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Worth Noting:

Check the new city website for late postings https://berkeleyca.gov/ but don’t count on the City to publish all the Berkeley City meetings that are important.

Monday – daytime meetings only, no evening meetings – 10 am Health, Life Enrichment, Equity & Community takes up Fair Work Week and Office of Racial Equity, 2:30 pm is Agenda planning for July 26.

Tuesday – 7 am January 6th Hearing, 10 am 4 x 4 on Relocation Ordinance, 6 pm City Council regular meeting with warrantless searches as item 18.

Wednesday – 6:30 pm Fire Dept webinar on home hardening, 7 pm Parks Commission item 9 is the Berkeley Marina Area Specific Plan more appropriately described as the Berkeley Marina Commercial Development Plan, 7 pm Police Accountability Board item 10 c. is Controlled Equipment.

Thursday – 7 pm Zoning Adjustment Board, 3 projects addition to / expansion of existing buildings

Friday – 9am Climate Emergency Task Force webinar focuses on the environment & climate with 3 presentations, military & climate, forever chemicals and wildfire.

DEADLINE July 14, 2022 to comment on standards for new housing in the Housing Element Draft go to Appendix B (size – height, mass – how much of lot is covered), Check Site Map and comment on suggested locations for new housing, Chapter 4 - Housing Constraints in Housing Element Public Draft starting on page 67 is helpful background. Put your attention on Appendix B and Sites.

Draft: https://raimi.konveio.com/city-berkeley-housing-element-update-public-draft

Housing Element Update Webpage: https://berkeleyca.gov/construction-development/land-use-development/general-plan-and-area-plans/housing-element-update

Rent Board - Ballot request deadline extended to Monday, July 11 at 11:59 pm Friday. Ballots must be turned in by July 15 at 11:59 pm. For full information go to the Berkeley Tenants Convention website https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOAqWds54-w3W7J_UGPWqhdTRARFOGf6JmfCJa8xMJTFsw-w/viewform

Two BART meetings are included in the calendar. Monday at 4 pm BART Police Citizen Review Board if you are interested in incidents on BART and Tuesday at 2 pm BART Justice subcommittee on parking policy.

Monday, July 11, 2022 – Juneteenth Holiday -more-

In my July 2 review of the recent San Francisco Opera concert in which music director Eun Sun Kim conducted music by Verdi, I took note of General Manager Matthew Shilvock’s introductory remarks situating that concert’s excerpts within the overall arch of Giuseppe Verdi’s long and illustrious career. Indeed, this perspective struck responsive chords in me, and long after that wonderful concert I continued to pursue thoughts about the overall trajectory of Verdi’s operas. In this endeavour I was aided by owning several brilliant videos of late Verdi operas, most notably, the Metropolitan Opera’s 1980 production of UN BALLO IN MASCHERA with Luciano Pavarotti and Katia Ricciarelli; and the 1958 production at Teatro San Carlo in Naples of LA FORZA DEL -more-