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Worth Noting:

The April 25 City Council Regular Meeting Agenda is available for public comment and follows below this calendar of meetings.

The bolded phases are to encourage your attendance and comment. Picking a commission and/or council committee that covers your issues and then attending those meetings regularly is the best way to influence / have a say in the outcome.

• Sunday: Holocaust Remembrance Day at 2 pm. The program event is online.
• Monday:
  • 2 pm WETA Business Plan Workshop #2 in hybrid format online and in-person.
  • 3 pm City Council closed session.
  • 6-7 pm Speaking Up for Point Molate is online on the development of the Bay Trail.
• Tuesday: 7 pm the Homeless Services Panel of Experts meets in-person on Measure P priorities for funding.
• Wednesday:
  • 9 am The City/UC/Student committee meets in the hybrid format on funding priorities for the long-range development plan settlement funding.
  • 1:30 pm The Commission on Aging meets in person.
  • 3 – 4:30 pm The Mental Health Services Act meeting is online (this will be repeated).
  • 5:30 pm (new time ) The Planning Commission meets on proposed zoning changes to for the Southside (increasing housing for students)
  • 5:30 – 7:30 pm James Kenney Community is meeting online on the Skate Spot
  • 6:30 pm BOLT meets in person.
  • 6:30 pm Human Welfare and Community Action meets in-person. Accessibility issues on the agenda.
• Thursday:
  • 10 am Budget & Finance meets in hybrid format on T1 Phase 2 (not enough funds for approved projects).
  • 1 pm FITES meets in the hybrid format on increasing financing for streets.
  • 6:30 pm The Rent Board meets in the hybrid format.
  • 6:30 – 8:30 pm BART meeting on the Ashby BART housing project and station planning is in-person only. Register by April 17, space limited to 100. (links below)
  • 7 pm The Design Review Committee meets in-person on 3 density bonus projects and the bid safe ordinance.
  • 7 pm The Mental Health Commission meets in person and receives an update on SCU (Special Care Unit for response to mental health crisis)
  • 7 pm The Transportation and Infrastructure Commission meets in-person and receives a presentation on the safety plan for railroad crossings from ACTC.
• Saturday: Earth Day 2 – 5 pm is an in-person free event on electrification at the Brower Center

Check the City website for late announcements and meetings posted on short notice at: https://berkeleyca.gov/

Directions with links to ZOOM support for activating Closed Captioning and Save Transcript are at the bottom of this calendar.



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BERKELEY PUBLIC MEETINGS AND CIVIC EVENTS -more-

On Saturday, April 8, two-time Grammy Award winner Sasha Cooke again teamed with guitarist Jason Vieaux in a recital at Herbst Theatre under the auspices of San Francisco Performances. -more-

Worth Noting:

The draft agenda for the April 25 City Council Regular Meeting and the agenda for next Tuesday, April 11 City Council meeting follows below this calendar of city meetings.

• Monday: The Agenda and Rules Committee meets at 2:30 pm, the Youth Commission is at 6:30 pm and the Housing Advisory Commission meets at 6 pm. Speaking Up for Point Molate from 6 – 7 pm on the Richmond Port looks interesting.
• Tuesday: City Council meets at 6 pm with item 36 from Councilmember Harrison The Labor Peace Policy Minimizing Labor/Management Conflict in Berkeley Marina and item 37 from the Finance Department on unfunded liabilities. The Police Accountability Board meets at 6:30 pm. Both meetings are hybrid with online and in-person options.
• Wednesday: The location for the Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Commission has changed, note that the meeting is at the Live Oak Center at 7 pm. The agenda includes a presentation and discussion of the Waterfront Specific Plan.
• Thursday: Note the changed time for the FITES Committee. FITES meets at 9 am in the hybrid format. City Council will be in closed session at 3 pm.
• Saturday: The Berkeley Neighborhoods Council meets at 10 am in the virtual online format. The recording of the South Berkeley Town Hall with Ben Bartlett and Kate Harrison is available until April 23.
• Sunday: The Holocaust Remembrance Day observation will be an online gathering at 2 pm. Register with Eventbrite.

Check the City website for late announcements and meetings posted on short notice at: https://berkeleyca.gov/ -more-