Arts & Events

Worth Noting:

Another busy week – our attendance is important. The May 23, City Council Agenda is now available for public comment. Check the City website for late announcements and meetings posted on short notice at: https://berkeleyca.gov/

• Sunday: 2 -5 pm a Mother’s Day Hats and High Tea at the Rose Garden.
• Monday:
  • 10:30 am the Public Safety Committee meets in the hybrid format and receives a multi-department report on the January 16, 2023 mudslide. (audio recorded)
  • 3 pm City Council Closed Session includes the CA Restaurant Association v. CoB over the natural gas ban comment can be made in the hybrid format before the closed session.
  • 6 pm “What we can do now to prevent deadly bird-window collisions” Erin Diehm and Kelly Hammargren online at Speaking Up for Point Molate and hosted by the Sierra Club
• Tuesday:
  • 9 am the Budget Committee meets in the hybrid format on the 2024 Budget and RV parking. (audio recorded)
  • 4 pm City Council meets in the hybrid format on FY 2024 Budget (recorded)
  • 6 pm Council meets in the hybrid format on the Community Fire Wildfire Protection Plan and the Fire Department Facilities. (recorded)
• Wednesday:
  • 1:30 the Commission on Aging meets in person.
  • 6:30 pm the Human welfare and Community Action Commission.
  • 7 pm the Commission on the Status of Women meets in person.
  • 7 pm the Commission on Labor meets in person.
• Thursday:
  • 6:30 pm the Fair Campaign Practices and Open Government Commissions meet in person.
  • 7 pm the DRC meets on two SB 330 projects and responds to the presentation on the Southside Zoning Modification Project.
  • 7 pm the Mental Health Commission meets in person on the SCU.
  • 7 pm the Transportation and Infrastructure Commission meets in person and receives presentations on goBerkeley SmartSpace (parking metering pilot in residential neighborhoods) and HAWK signals.
  • 7 pm the Rent Board is scheduled to meet, but no agenda is posted.
• Saturday:
  • 10 am BNC meets online with City presentation on Small Business Support Package and Proposed Downtown Development. (recorded)
  • 10 am is the virtual Green Home Tour. (video recorded – whether closed captioning is offered is unknown)

All meetings noted as “recorded” are recorded by the host and recordings are posted for public access. If you attend one of the meetings noted as “recorded” those meetings also provide closed captioning and allow attendees to save the transcript. At City Council meetings, a real person is transcribing. At all other meetings the transcript is through computer voice recognition software.



Directions with links to ZOOM support for activating Closed Captioning and Save Transcript are at the bottom of this calendar. Whether the Green Home Tour offers closed captioning and saving the transcript is unknown. All of the other meetings that are noted as recorded also have closed captioning and allow attendees to save the transcript.

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BERKELEY PUBLIC MEETINGS AND CIVIC EVENTS

Sunday, May 14, 2023 – Mother’s Day -more-

Worth Noting:

Another busy week. The funding gap for approved T1 projects ate up another Council Budget and Finance Committee on Thursday, meaning a special extra Budget meeting will be scheduled. Check the City website for late announcements and meetings posted on short notice at https://berkeleyca.gov/

• Sunday: Bay Area Book Festival
• Monday:
  • 10 am the Council Health Life, Enrichment Equity & Community meets in the hybrid format.
  • 1 pm the Community Health Commission Subcommittee meets online on long term care facilities
  • 2 pm (note time) the Agenda Committee meets in the hybrid format to plan the May 23 City Council Regular Meeting agenda. Use the link below or read the full draft agenda at the end of the list of city meetings.
  • 3 pm City council meets in closed session on labor negotiations,
  • 6:30 pm the Youth Commission meets in person.
• Tuesday: City Council meets at 6 pm in the hybrid format. Confirmation of Police Chief Louis is item 5 on Consent.
• Wednesday:
  • 6 – 8 pm is an in person open house on the North Berkeley BART Plan.
  • 6:30 pm the PAB meets in the hybrid format.
  • 7 pm the Homeless Services Panel of Experts meets in person on Measure P.
  • 7 pm the Parks Commission meets on the Waterfront Specific Plan.
• Thursday: The Zoning Adjustment Board meets in the hybrid format with two State Density Bonus projects on the agenda, 1598 University and 3000 Shattuck.
• Saturday: 10 am Berkeley Neighborhoods Council meets online. Two presentations by city staff are on the agenda, the Small Business Support Package and proposed downtown development.
• Sunday: 2 -5 pm a Mother’s Day Hats and High Tea at the Rose Garden.

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

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