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The Berkeley Activists' Calendar, March 27 - April 3, 2022
Worth Noting:
City Council is on Spring Recess through April 11.
The meeting schedule for the coming week is relatively light with the Agenda Committee meeting Monday at 2:30 pm to review the draft agenda for the April 12, City Council meeting.
The Design Review Committee (Tuesday) and the Police Accountability Board (Wednesday) are both having special meetings.
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Healthy Air for All – Time for Action at 4 – 5:30 pm
Pre-register for zoom link at https://tinyurl.com/38thxwn2
Agenda: UUCB Sponsored Workshop on Climate Change, Air Pollution, who is most vulnerable and what we can do about it. Speakers Dr. Teresa Munoz and Dr. Juan Aguilera Mendoza,
Berkeley Equity Summit Series #8 at 6 pm
Videoconference: https://bit.ly/3HSXMLD
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 ID: 832 1453 3420 Passcode: 712730
AGENDA: Women’s Herstory, Celebrate and Embrace Women’s Stories
Monday, March 28, 2022
Agenda and Rules Committee at 2:30 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89884901744
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-877-853-5257 (toll free) Meeting ID: 898 8490 1744
AGENDA: Public Comment on non-agenda and items 1 – 7. 1. Minutes, 2. Review and Approve 4/12/2022 draft agenda – use link or read full draft agenda after list of city meetings, 3. Berkeley Considers, 4. Adjournments in Memory, 5. Worksessions Schedule, 6. Referrals to Agenda Committee for Scheduling, 7. Land Use Calendar, Referred Items for Review: 8. COVID, 9. Return to In-person meetings, Unscheduled Items: 10. Discussion Regarding Design and Strengthening of Policy Committees, 11. Supporting Commissions, Guidance on Legislative Proposals. Surveillance, Technology and Acquisition Reports and ALPR (packet 500 pages)
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/Policy_Committee__Agenda___Rules.aspx
Zero Waste Commission at 7 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/s/82587046286
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 ID: 825 8704 6286
AGENDA: 4. Public comment non-agenda items, 6. Staff Updates Zero Waste strategic Plan, C&D Processing RFP due 3/24/2022, Mattress Recycling, Textile Recycling, Single-use foodware ordinance implementation, SB1383 Implementation, Discussion and Action: Work Plan
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Zero_Waste_Commission_Homepage.aspx
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board Budget and Personnel Committee Meeting at 5 pm
Videoconference: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82496867959?pwd=RUdLL21YbWh5KzNUUTFKZWVOak1HUT09
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 ID: 824 9686 7959 Passcode: 449731
AGENDA: 6. FY 2022/23 Budget Projections, 7. Adopt the FY 2022/23 Registration Fee for Fully Covered and Measure MM units, 8. Rent Board Commissioner CPI Stipend Increase.
http://www.cityofberkeley.info/rent/
Design Review Committee at 7 pm
Videoconference: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84219088422
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 ID: 842 1908 8422
AGENDA: 1. 2352 Shattuck – final design review – demolish 2 existing buildings, split lot in two and construct 2 8-story mixed-use buildings with 204 units including 14 very low income units, 12,154 sq ft commercial space, 17, 012 sq ft usable open space, 90 ground level parking spaces
2. 1201-1205 San Pablo at Harrison – continued preliminary design review – construct 6-story mixed-use building on vacant lot with 66 units including 5 very low income units, 1680 sq ft commercial space, 2514 sq ft usable open space and 17 – 28 ground-level parking spaces.
SB 330 Project - 2440 Shattuck at Haste – mixed-use project will be reviewed at the April DRC meeting
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/designreview/
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4x4 Joint Task Force Committee on Housing: Rent Board/City Council at 3 pm
Videoconference: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81662879929?pwd=U2xXVlhuOUFHZEZnSmRiQXhTdVdHUT09
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 ID: 816 6287 9929 Passcode: 839026
AGENDA: Discussion and possible action: 6. Revisions to the Demolition Ordinance, 7. Potential for adding more rent controlled units under CA Civil Code Section 1954.52(b), 8. Recommendation on Relocation Ordinance and additions to Tenant Habitability Plan Ordinance, 9. Amendments to Rent Stabilization and Eviction for Good Cause Ordinance for Nov 2022 ballot. (packet 73 pages)
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Home/4x4_Committee_Homepage.aspx
http://www.cityofberkeley.info/rent/
Police Accountability Board Special Meeting at 7 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82318238840
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 ID: 823 1823 8840
AGENDA: 3. Review Police Equipment & Community Safety Ordinance Impact Statements (agenda is one item).
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=162752
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Police Accountability Board Budget Proposal Subcommittee at 5 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87077154163
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 ID: 870 7715 4163
AGENDA: 4. Review proposed budget for the Office of the Director of Police Accountability for FY 2023 and 2024 and make recommendation.
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=162752
Police Accountability Board at 7 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82281228507
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 ID: 822 8122 8507
AGENDA: 4. Continue drafting permanent Regulations to include consideration of ideas contained in all prior agenda packets.
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=162752
MLK Jr Youth services Renovation Project at 6:30 – 8 pm
Videoconference: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84908648967
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 ID: 849 0864 8967 Passcode: 948097
AGENDA: meeting to discuss the MLK Jr Youth Services/Y.A.P. Center Seismic Retrofit
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/CalendarEventMain.aspx?calendarEventID=17831
Friday, April 1, 2022 & Saturday, April 2, 2022 & Sunday, April 3, 2022
No city meetings or events found
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AGENDA COMMITTEE, Monday, March 28, at 2:30 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89884901744
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-877-853-5257 (toll free) Meeting ID: 898 8490 1744
DRAFT AGENDA APRIL 12, 2022 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/Policy_Committee__Agenda___Rules.aspx
CONSENT: 1. 2nd reading implementing the Independent Redistricting Commission adjusted City Council District boundaries, 2. 2nd reading align State and Local Laws on Cannabis, 3. 2nd reading R&D definition, 4. Resolution to continue legislative bodies to meet via videoconference, 5. Amends BMC Section 6.24.050 to allow Parking Space rental tax to be placed in the general fund instead of a special fund, 6. $710,000 Bid Solicitations, 7. Fire Dept - Purchase order $621,000 for 8 Emergency vehicle utility pickup trucks for the Berkeley Fire Dept, 8. $2,802,400 for Mental Health Services Innovations – Encampment-Based Mobile Wellness Center Project over 5 yr period starting FY2023, 9. Revenue contract $2,500,000 apply for Mental Health Student Services Oversight and Accountability Commission funding for BUSD, 10. Revenue Grant application $173,408 for FY 2023-2027 CA Dept of Public Health-Oral Health Program, 11. Adopt a Resolution to ratify pre-approved PARS Plan document and related Amendments by Interim Deputy City Manager on 12/27/2021, 12. Human resources - Re-establish Senior Engineering Inspector Classification, 13. Parks - Contract $4,468,610 with Sysco San Francisco for Food Services for Tuolumme and Echo Lake Resident Camps for 5/1/2022 – 5/1/2027 amount subject to annual budget appropriation process, 14. Donation $16,000 from friends of Lucinda Sikes for a memorial bench and picnic equipment to be placed at Codornices Park in memory of Lucinda, 15. Planning and Development - Application for Revenue Grant FEMA for Hazard Mitigation Grant amount $3,750,000 with commitment to be matched with $1,750,000, 16. BPD - Revenue Grant CA Dept of Justice Tobacco Grant $191,053 FY 2022-2025, 17. Public Works - Contract $6,084,809 with Bay Cities Paving & Grading for Street Rehabilitation rejecting Azul Works bid as non-responsive for Intersection Reconfiguration at Dwight and California, 18. Public Works - Master License agreement template for the non-exclusive installation of small cell telecommunications facilities on City owned and maintained streetlight poles in the public right-of-way 19. Energy Commission – Refer to new Climate and Environment Commission Proposed Regulations for the Use of Carryout and Pre-checkout bags, 20. Arreguin – Budget Referral $60,000 for providing essential school supplies to Berkeley families, 21. Arreguin – Support AB 1944 which amends the Brown Act to permanently enable meetings of legislative bodies to be conducted through videoconference or teleconference, 22. Arreguin – Support AB 1947 requires law enforcement agencies to adopt policies on how to identify and report Hate Crimes, 23. Taplin – Budget Referral funding of EV Charging Infrastructure for City’s Fleet of EV, 24. Taplin – Budget Referral funding West Berkeley Park Ambassadors at San Pablo Park, Strawberry Creek and Aquatic Parks, 25. Taplin – Support AB 1608 – Independent Coroner’s Offices, 26. Taplin – Native and Drought Resistant Plants and Landscaping policy update, 27. Taplin – Community Policing: Flex Team for Problem-Oriented Policing Under the Scanning, Analysis, Response and Assessment (SARA) Model and other applicable community engagement models, 28. Harrison – Budget Referral $100,000 to hire CPA to provide supplemental assistance in fulfilling budgetary obligations, 29. Arreguin, co-sponsors Wengraf, Taplin – (Council Office Budget Funds) Berkeley Public Library Foundation Dinner, 30. Hahn, co-sponsors Taplin, Arreguin – (Council Office Budget Funds) Kala Art Institute to support programs, 31. Wengraf, Hahn, co-sponsors Arreguin, Bartlett - Proclamation in Honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, 32. Wengraf, co-sponsors Arreguin, Hahn – Budget Referral $6000 annual to fund Holocaust Remembrance Day, 33. Robinson, Harrison – Budget Referral $250,000 to contribute to preliminary design Downtown BART station modernization project, 34. Robinson - (Council Office Budget Funds) Suitcase Clinic, 35. Robinson – Support AB 2050 Ellis act reform, 36. Robinson – Support SB 649 Affordable Housing Local Tenant Preference, 37. Robinson - Support AB 2147 Jaywalking Decriminalization, 38. Robinson, co-sponsors Arreguin, Harrison, Droste – Support for Support Article 34 Repeal eliminating the required city-wide vote for construction of publicly funded low-income housing projects, ACTION: 39. Auditor – Berkeley Police: Improvements Needed to Manage Overtime and Security Work for Outside Entities, 40. a. Disaster and Fire Safety Commission (DFSC) – UC Berkeley Agreement $4,300,000/year to cover cost expended by the City due to the University expansion, funding is intended to support fire and city services, DFSC recommends the City administer funds separately from the general funds and with public review under DFSC similar to FF and GG for the duration of the agreement, b. City Manager – use the general fund to administer payments, 41. a. Commission on Labor – Adopt first reading of proposed Workweek Ordinance BMC 13.110, b. City Manager – Direct Item to Health, Life Enrichment, Equity and Community Policy Committee, 42. Kesarwani – Reaffirm City commitment to transgender rights, 43. Taplin – Refer to City Manager to develop a Crisis Stabilization Center based on the Deschutes County Health services model,
LAND USE CALENDAR:
Public Hearings Scheduled – Land Use Appeals
1643-47 California – new basement level and 2nd story 4/26/2022
Remanded to ZAB or LPC
1205 Peralta – Conversion of an existing garage
Notice of Decision (NOD) and Use Permits with the End of the Appeal Period
8 Brookside – Construct 2-story addition over 14 ft in average height and 20 ft max height, add 5th bedroom in R-1H zoning district 3/30/2022
1635 Curtis - 187 sq ft backyard office over 12 ft in average height 4/6/2022
2407 Dana – Establish a temporary daytime drop-in center where services and support will be provided for unhoused community members in need of a place to gather during the daytime 4/11/2022
2451 Fifth – Establish an art/craft studio under 20,000 sq ft 4/6/2022
1795 Fourth – 1350 sq ft addition to existing 3750 sq ft commercial building conversion from 4 tenants to 2 tenants, work is shell only, tenant improvements under separate permit 3/31/2022
2200 Fourth – Change of use of less than 25% of existing protected manufacturing use to R&D, construction of 5113 sq ft of new R&D space, 4/6/2022
2730 Grant – 2-story rear addition with average height of 21 ft 7 in, which horizontally and vertically extends the existing non-conforming 1 ft 8 in side setback 4/6/2022
2421 Piedmont – Remove and replace an existing 6-ft fence along the northern side lot line on top of retaining wall with combined maximum height of 9 ft 3/30/2022
83 San Mateo – 15 sq ft addition above 14 ft in average height and 20 feet in maximum height on 7560 sq ft lot with an existing 3,457 sq ft dwelling 4/13/2022
89 San Mateo – New rear decks above 14 ft in average height, window alterations within non-conforming setbacks 4/6/2022,
825 Santa Barbara – Expand existing 502 sq ft garage with a non-conforming setback by 31 feet, increase average height from 6 ft 11 in to 10 ft 5 in and replace door 4/6/2022
2145 Ward – Major Residential addition over 14 ft reconfiguration of existing 2 units, continuation of non-conforming side setback and an increase of bedrooms to 5 on lot 4/6/2022
WORKSESSIONS:
April 19 – Fire Department Standards of Coverage Study, BART Station Planning
June 21 – Ballot Measure Development/Discussion (tentative)
July 19 - open
Unscheduled Workshops/Presentations
Cannabis Health Considerations
Alameda County LAFCO Presentation
Civic Arts Grantmaking Process & Capital Grant Program
Mid-Year Budget Report FY 2022
Berkeley Strategic Transportation Plan Update
Kelly Hammargren’s comments on what happened the preceding week can be found in the Berkeley Daily Planet www.berkeleydailyplanet.com under Activist’s Diary. This meeting list is also posted at https://www.sustainableberkeleycoalition.com/whats-ahead.html on the Sustainable Berkeley Coalition website.
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