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Worth Noting:

The Housing Element has been revised and gave us one week to respond. The deadline to respond to the revision is Tuesday, October 25. The Housing Element is the plan to add 19,098 housing units to Berkeley with an estimated 47,443 new residents to fill those units. The first round stated there was no significant impact to Berkeley with adding all these units and new residents except for the additional units to be added to the high fire zones where adding people would generate significant impact and declared impacts were unavoidable and new housing should be added anyway.

Monday at 4 pm Ann Riley presents on daylighting/restoring urban creeks and civic center park (this is my go to meeting of the week). The Housing Element drop in hours are 12 – 2 pm and Zero waste is at 7 pm.

Tuesday the Police Accountability Board meets at 7 pm this is a switch from the usual meeting night. Council is off. Tuesday is the last day to respond to the Housing Element. which now contains revisions and additions

Wednesday the 4 x 4 Committee meets at 3 pm, the Commission on Disability and Telegraph Ave redesign are at 6 pm. The flyer states the Telegraph redesign is from Dwight going south to Woolsey. The Disaster and Fire Safety Commission meets at 7 pm.

Thursday the Mental Health Commission meets at 7 pm.

The next council meeting is November 3. The Agenda (includes Fair Work Week) is available for comment.

Don’t forget to check for meetings posted on short notice at https://berkeleyca.gov/

If you don’t already have your ballot, Monday, October 24, 2022 is the last day for California residents to register to vote for the November 8, 2022 election. You can register online and/or check your registration status at https://registertovote.ca.gov/

Monday, October 24, 2022 -more-

On Saturday, October 22 I attended another operatic rarity offered by Céline Ricci’s Ars Minerva, a company dedicated to reviving long forgotten Italian Baroque operas. This year’s offering was Astianatte by Neapolitan composer Leonardo Vinci, whose operas have never before been seen in USA. Having read an online summary of Astianatte on the Ars Minerva website, I also left myself plenty of time to read the program notes and synopsis at the ODC Theatre in the Mission District where Astianatte was presented. The plot, I read with interest, involves Andromache (Andromaca in Italian), the widow of the slain Trojan hero Hector, and her young son, Astayanax (Astianatte in Italian). In the aftermath of their successful siege of Troy, the Greeks and their allies debate over what to do with Andromaca and Astianatte. So, having reviewed the plot and briefly greeted Céline Ricci in the lobby, I took my seat in the theatre and noted the projected backdrop which read “Teatro San Bartolomeo, Naples, ASTIANATTE, 1725.” -more-