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THE BERKELEY ACTIVISTS' CALENDAR: March 16-23
Worth Noting:
City Council Spring Recess is March 26 – April 14, 2025
Check City website for meetings posted on short notice https://berkeleyca.gov
- Tuesday, March 18, 2025:
- At 11 am the Solano Business Improvement District meets in person.
- At 4 pm is the annual Police Department Report to Council
- At 6 pm is the regular Council meeting with local hazard mitigation plan, a task force to address sex trafficking and fixed surveillance cameras on the action agenda
- Wednesday, March 19, 2025:
- At 2 pm Cesar Chavez Park is on the FITES Committee agenda.
- At 3:45 pm small business support and impact bond are on the Health, Life Enrichments, Equity & Community Agenda.
- At 1:30 pm at the Commission on Aging in person meeting is a presentation on street safety and emergency response in the Berkeley Hills overly (fire zone) from UCB city planning graduate studies
- At 6 pm is a virtual community meeting on Adeline Corridor landscaping planning.
- At 6:30 pm the DRC meets in person on an 8-story project on Milvia at Addison
- At 6:30 pm the Human Welfare and Community Action Commission meets in person only format on Block Grants in a room fully equipped for hybrid meetings.
- At 6:30 pm the Police Accountability Board meets in the hybrid format.
- At 7 pm the Commission on Labor meets in person.
- At 7 pm the Commission on the Status of Women is scheduled to meet, but no agenda posted.
- Thursday, March 20, 2025:
- At 9:30 am is recreation Wee Play for under age 4.
- At 5:30 pm the Zero Waste Commission meets in person.
- At 6 pm is CERT Unit 6 Training.
- At 6:30 pm the Fair Campaign Practices and Open Government Commission meets on ongoing campaign enforcement referrals.
- Friday, March 21, 2025:
- At 1:45 pm the 2 x 2 Committee meets on safe routes to school
- Saturday, March 21, 2025:
- At 9 am is CERT Unit 6 Training.
- At 10 am is Nature Journaling for age 7 and up.
- From 10:30 am – 12:30 pm is Fatherhood Initiative Spring Cohort.
- At 3 pm is Building your Fire weather Plan.
If you are unable to attend a meeting in person and/or it is not offered in the hybrid or an accessible format, TO REQUEST A DISABILITY RELATED ACCOMMODATION(S) TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact the Disability Services specialist at 510-981-6418 (V) or 510-981-6347 at least 3 days before the meeting (the sooner the better). Thomas Gregory is the ADA Program Coordinator.
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BERKELEY PUBLIC MEETINGS AND CIVIC EVENTS
Sunday, March 16, 2025: no city meetings, events found
Monday, March 17, 2025: no city meetings, events found
Tuesday, March 18, 2025:
CITY COUNCIL Special Meeting at 4 pm
Hybrid Meeting
In-Person: at 1231 Addison St. in the School District Board Room
Videoconference: https://cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1609781710
Teleconference: 1-669-254-5252 or 1-833-568-8864 (toll free)
Meeting ID: 160 978 1710
AGENDA: 1. Louis, Police Chief – 2024 Berkeley Police Department Annual Report
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/city-council-agendas
CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting at 6 pm
Hybrid Meeting
In-Person: at 1231 Addison St. in the School District Board Room
Videoconference: https://cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1609781710
Teleconference: 1-669-254-5252 or 1-833-568-8864 (toll free)
Meeting ID: 160 978 1710
AGENDA: Use the link and choose the html option to review agenda items individually or pdf to see the entire packet as one document. or go to the agenda listed at the end of the calendar.
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/city-council-agendas
SOLANO AVENUE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD at 11 am
In-Person: 1849 Solano
AGENDA: 4. Chair’s Report Introduction of Solano Berkeley Police Department Officer, 5. Financials, 6. Work Plan.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025:
FACILITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION, ENVIRONMENT and SUSTAINABILITY (FITES) at 2 pm
Members: Taplin, Lunapara, Humbert, alternate Ishii
Hybrid Meeting
In-Person: at 2180 Milvia, 6th Floor – Redwood Room
Videoconference: https://cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1608672417
Teleconference: 1-669-254-5252 or 1-833-568-8864 (Toll Free)
Meeting ID: 160 867 2417
AGENDA: All items for discussion 2. Taplin – Waterfront Specific Plan Update: Cesar Chavez Park Next Steps, 3. Lunaparra – Southside Complete Streets Plan, 4. Humbert – Status of Zachary’s Corner
HEALTH, LIFE ENRICHMENTS, EQUITY & COMMUNITY at 3:45 pm
Members: Bartlett, Tregub, O’Keefe, alternate Taplin
Hybrid Meeting
In-Person: at 2180 Milvia, 1st Floor, Cypress Room
Videoconference: https://cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1618229815
Teleconference: 1-669-254-5252 or 1-833-568-8864 (Toll Free)
Meeting ID: 161 822 9815
AGENDA: 2. Bartlett – Small Business Support Act, 3. Bartlett – discussion - Impact Bond
COMMISSION on AGING at 1:30 pm
In-Person: at 1901 Hearst, North Berkeley Senior Center, Gooseberry Room
AGENDA: Presentation: Aligning Street Safety and Emergency Response in the Berkeley Hills-This work reveals that the current status quo may be dangerous for people living in the Berkeley Hills, especially for those over the age of 60 who make up a high proportion of the area’s residents. Presenter Morgan Elizabeth Cunneen-Franco, Lisa Schroer, Esteban Villasenor Masters of City Planning Student at UC Berkeley, Discussion/Action: 2. Measure FF
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/commission-aging
COMMISSION on LABOR at 7 pm
In-Person: at 2939 Ellis, South Berkeley Senior Center
AGENDA: 2. Officer election, 3. Debrief Worker Cooperative Panel of Experts and consider recommendations to Council.
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/commission-labor
COMMISSION on the STATUS of WOMEN at 7 pm
In-Person: at 1901 Hearst, North Berkeley Senior Center
AGENDA: no agenda posted
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/commission-status-women
DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE (DRC) at 6:30 pm
(note meeting on Wednesday not usual Thursday)
In-Person: at 1901 Hearst, North Berkeley Senior Center, Gooseberry Room
AGENDA: 6. 2100 Milvia at Addison – DRCP2023-0018 - Preliminary Design Review – to demolish an existing 3-story non-residential building and construct an 8-story 97 ft 6 in, 208,740 sq ft mixed-use building containing 201 dwelling units, 4 liv/work ununits including 11 very low income units and 3,713 sq ft ground floor commercial space
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/design-review-committee
HUMAN WELFARE and COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION at 6:30 pm
In-Person: at 2180 Milvia, 1st Floor, Cypress Room (2180 Milvia has at least 3 meeting rooms equipped for hybrid meetings yet this meeting is not posted as a hybrid meeting)
AGENDA: 5. Community Services Block Grant Community Action Plan and Community Needs Assessment update, 8. Review CoB funded agency Program and Financial reports, Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP) program and financial reports, 9. Discussion and possible action on review of 2024 outcomes and goal setting for 2025, 11. ADA audits of City programs.
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD (PAB) at 6:30 pm
Hybrid Meeting
In-Person: at 1900 Addison, 3rd Floor
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89174589069
Teleconference: try 1-669-900-6833
Meeting ID: 891 7458 9069
AGENDA: 4. Public comment on agenda and non-agenda items, 8. Police Chief report, 10. A. Restructuring existing subcommittees, b. PAB review of Berkeley Police Department (BPD) Mutual Aid Agreements, c. BPD revised external fixed camera locations, d. BPD 2024 annual report, 12. Closed Session.
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/police-accountability-board
SOUTH ADELINE LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS COMMUNITY MEETING #3 at 6 pm
Videoconference: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88519743757?
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833
Meeting ID: 885 1974 3757 Passcode: 233546
AGENDA: Proposed landscaping improvements from south end of Ashby BART in area of Alcatraz to southern city limit.
Thursday, March 20, 2025:
FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES COMMISSION (FCPC) and OPEN GOVERNMENT COMMISSION (OGC) at 6:30 pm
Hybrid Meeting
In-Person: at 2180 Milvia, 1st Floor, Cypress Room
Videoconference: https://cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1614055306
Teleconference: try 1-669-900-6833
Meeting ID: 161 405 5306
AGENDA: FCPC: 8. Yes on Measure CC / No on Measure BB, 9. Enforcement referral regarding Vanessa Danielle Marrero, Rent Stabilization Board Commission, 10. Public financing matching funds disbursement to Mark Humbert for Council 2022, 11. Referral Failure to repay unspent public financing matching funds a. Jenny Guarino for City Council 2024, b. Re-Elect Laura Babitt 4 Berkeley School Board 2024, 12. Mandate cost of living adjustments, 13. Review and possible revision of Procedures for FCPC, OGC: 15. Referral of non-filing quarterly lobbying reports: Yuri Sadiki-Torres, 16. Lobbyist Registration Form Revisions, 17. Publicizing commission work and vacancies, 18. Council rules of Procedure, 19. Progress in proving remote access to Commission and Board meetings.
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/fair-campaign-practices-commission
ZERO WASTE COMMISSION at 5:30 pm
In-Person: at 1326 Allston, Corporation Yard, Ratcliff Building, Willow Room
AGENDA: Discussion/Action: 6:15 pm 1. Update by Abbe & Associates about CoB Zero Waste Strategic Plan, 6:40 pm 2. Update by the Ecology Center about their Operations, 7 pm 3. Report outs from the special events Subcommittee and Green Building Subcommittee.
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/zero-waste-commission
COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT) Unit 6: Fire Safety and Utility Controls at 6 pm
Location: 997 Cedar, Fire Department Training Facility
Use link for details and to register
https://berkeleyca.gov/cert-classes-unit-6-March-20-2025
TOGETHER WEE PLAY WITH THE STORY-TIME BAND at 9:30 am
Location 2800 Park, Rances Albrier Community Center
For age 4 years and under
https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/events/together-wee-play-story-time-band-7
Friday, March 21, 2025:
2 x 2 COMMITTEE at 1:45 pm
Members: Council - Taplin, Blackaby and BUSD - Brown, Shanoski
Hybrid Meeting:
In-Person: at 1231 Addison St. in the School District Board Room
Videoconference: https://berkeley-net.zoom.us/j/88225033466?pwd=QJXaDTjNl69fWtaxwaS8BMGM6hGmtV.1
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833
Meeting ID: 882 2503 3466 Password: 796338
AGENDA: 6.1 Safe Routes to School 6.1.1 Cragmont Elementary, 6.1.2 Longfellow Middle School, 6.1.3 Student Safety Around Homeless Encampments Near School Sites.
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/council-committees/2x2-committee
Saturday March 22, 2025:
COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT) Unit 6: Fire Safety and Utility Controls at 9 am
Location: 997 Cedar, Fire Department Training Facility
Use link for details and to register
https://berkeleyca.gov/cert-classes-unit-6-March-22-2025
NATURE JOURNALING CLUB at 10 am
Location: at 160 University
Use link for details and to register, for ages 7 and older, cost $10 per person
https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/events/nature-journaling-club-march
FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE SPRING COHORT from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: at 2090 Kittredge, Berkeley Central Library, 3rd floor, Community Meeting Room
Use link for details and to register, event is free, child friendly, lunch provided
https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/events/fatherhood-initiative-spring-cohort-0
BUILDING YOUR FIRE WEATHER PLAN at 3 pm
Location: at 2940 Benvenue, Clarmont Branch Library
Use link for details and to register
Sunday, March 23, 2025: no city meetings, events found
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+++++ FINAL AGENDA for March 18, 2025 CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting at 6 pm +++++
CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting at 6 pm
Hybrid Meeting
In-Person: at 1231 Addison St. in the School District Board Room
Videoconference: https://cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1609781710
Teleconference: 1-669-254-5252 or 1-833-568-8864 (toll free)
Meeting ID: 160 978 1710
AGENDA: Use the link and choose the html option to review agenda items individually or pdf to see the entire packet as one document. or go to the agenda listed at the end of the calendar.
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/city-council-agendas
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CEREMONIAL MATTERS: PLEDGE of ALLEGIANCE
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
PUBLIC COMMENTS on NON-AGENDA MATTERS
AGENDA on CONSENT:
- Fong, It – Amend Contract No. 31900122-1 add $120,000 total $794,300 with Rolling Orange, Inc for website maintenance and support 3/1/2019 – 6/30/2027
- Davis, Public Works – Contract $5,500,000 with Pride Industries for Citywide Custodial Services at 21 locations in total for 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 with an option for two 1-year extensions for maximum 5 years
- Davis, Public works – Contract $8,962,808 which includes 10% contingency of $814,800 with SubTerra Constructions, Inc. for sewer rehabilitation project and reimbursement contracts with UC $210,000, Addison Labs Foundation $120,000 and Core Services $120,000.
- Davis, Public Works – Amend Contract No. 32400141 add $100,000 total $225,000 with Mercury Associates, Inc. for fleet consulting services 12/1/2023 – 12/30/2026
- Davis, Public Works Contract $470,910 which includes a 10% contingency of $42,810 for urgent sewer repair FY 2025 Project
- Davis, Public Works – Initiate FY 2026 Street Lighting Assessments
- Davis, Public Works – Establish Measure FF Safe Streets Citizen Oversight Committee
- Lunaparra – Relinquishments of Office Budget funds for California Triathlon club
- Sprague, Fire – 2024 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP)
- Commission on the status of Women – Formation of a Sex Trafficking Task Force to Address Current Sex Trafficking
- Louis, Police – Revised External Fixed Surveillance Camera Locations away from areas covered by ALPR to high pedestrian traffic and Vendor Transition from Edgeworth Integration, LLC to Flock Safety Center/MLK, College Ashby, Milvia/Allston, 9th/Gilman, Center/Shattuck, Adeline/Fairview, Durant/Telegraph, Shattuck/Ashby, 4th/Virginia, 62nd/King, University/MLK
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+++++ FINAL AGENDA for March 25, 2025 CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting at 6 pm +++++
CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting at 6 pm
Hybrid Meeting
In-Person: at 1231 Addison St. in the School District Board Room
Videoconference: https://cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1611397649
Teleconference: 1-669-254-5252 or 1-833-568-8864 (toll free)
Meeting ID: 161 139 7649
AGENDA: Use the link and choose the html option to review agenda items individually or pdf to see the entire packet as one document. or go to the agenda listed at the end of the calendar.
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/city-council-agendas
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CEREMONIAL MATTERS: PLEDGE of ALLEGIANCE
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
PUBLIC COMMENTS on NON-AGENDA MATTERS
AGENDA on CONSENT:
- New first reading - Klein, Planning – Proposed Amendments to Building Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO), adopt new first reading
- 2nd reading Ordinance No. 7,956-N.S. - Housing Advisory Commission – Adopt an Ordinance to Prohibit the Sale or Use of Algorithmic Devices to Set Rents or Manage Occupancy Levels for Residential Dwelling Units – Policy Committee qualified positive recommendation
- Numainville, City Clerk – Minutes for approval
- Oyekanmi, Finance – Formal bid solicitations and RFP total $6,575,000, Construction of Class 3 bikeway on Fulton, Prince, Wheeler, and Woolsey connecting the Southside neighborhood to the Ashby BART - $3,740,000, Converting traffic bollards to green infrastructure, repair of University bridge deck
- Fong, IT – Amend Contract No. 32000118 add $1,123,457 total $2,830,366 with NEXGEN Asset Management for software maintenance and professional services through 6/30/2029
- Ferris, Parks – Five Contracts at $450,000 each total $2,250,000 for on-call Landscape Architectural Services for Capital Improvement Projects 5/1/2025 – 4/30/2028 with 1 – Carducci & Associates, Inc, 2 – Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc (MIG, Inc), 3 – PGAdesign, Inc, 4 – Royston Hanamoto Alley & Abey (RHAA), 5 – RRM Design Group
- Ferris, Parks – Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Tom Bates Regional Sports Complex Restroom and Community Space Project
- Klein, Planning – Establishment of M-RD Zoning District, Associated General Plan and West Berkeley Plan Amendments, and EIR
- ZAB Appeal: 3000 Shattuck Use Permit #ZP2022-0046 – Project to demolish gas station and construct 10-story (114) mixed-use with 166 dwellings including 17 very low-income density bonus qualifying units and 1000 sq ft of commercial space, staff recommends dismiss appeal
- a. Sugar Sweetened Beverage Product of Experts – Allocations of $2,294,774 over 2 years FY 2026 and FY 2027 to Reduce Consumption and Health Impacts of Sugar Sweetened Beverages with 42.5% ($975,278.95) to BUSD, 42.5% ($975,278.95) to grants community-based organizations, c. up to 15% ($344,216.10) to support overall program evaluation, 11. b. Companion Oyekanmi, Finance – Distribution (39.45%) $905,292 to BUSD, (39.45%) $905,292 to grants, 16% total for $128,990 to Finance Dept for staffing and Muni-Services, $242,095 to staffing and monitoring and carry over any excess
- Friedrichsen, Budget Manager - FY 2025 Mid-Year Budget Update
- Klein, Planning - LPO NOD 2138 Kittredge #LMIN 2024-0006
- Klein, Planning - LPO NOD 3332 Adeline #LMSAP 2025-0001
- Referred to Public Safety Committee - Sprague, Fire – Adoption of CAL FIRE Map Designating City of Berkeley Fire Hazard Severity Zones
- Referred to Public Safety Committee - Sprague, Fire – Modification and Adoption of Berkeley Fire code Local Amendments first reading, second reading scheduled for April 15, 2025.
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LAND USE CALENDAR
- 3000 Shattuck (construct 10-story mixed-use building) 3/25/2025
- 2274 Shattuck (UA theater Project) 4/22/2025
- 1048 Keith (single family house) 5/6/2025
- 2500-2512 San Pablo / 1094-1098 Dwight 5/20/2025
- March 18 (4 pm) Berkeley Police Department Annual Update
- March 25 (4 pm) Pavement Management Program Development
- April 22 (6 pm) City Council ZAB Appeal Hearing for UA Theater Project
- April 29 (4 pm) Presentation on City’s Unfunded Liabilities
- May 13 (new date) (6 pm) Evacuation Study and Response Times
Council Referral: Mixed-Income Housing
FUTURE INFORMATION REPORTS
- Reimagining Public Safety Update
- Affordable Housing Fee Feasibility Study
- Berkeley Fire Department Annual Report
- Greenhouse Gas Inventory / Climate Action Plan Update
- Fire Department Standards of Coverage & Community Risk Assessment
- Dispatch Needs Assessment Presentation
- Presentation on Homelessness/Re-Housing/Thousand-Person Plan (TBD regular agenda)
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