Events
The Berkeley Activist's Calendar, Feb. 10-17
Sunday, February 10, 2019
No city meetings or events found
Monday, February 11, 2019
Berkeley City Council Agenda Committee, Monday, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm, 2180 Milvia, 6th Floor Redwood Conf Room, Agenda Planning for February 26, City Council Meeting: Consent items: #3. Dorothy Day House agreement Veterans Memorial Building & Old City Hall, #4. Receipt $150,000 from Kaiser Permanent to support Pathways STAIR Center, #8. $200,000 to clean, paint, repair refuse and recycling bins, #9.
. Sanitary Sewer Rehab and Replacement, #11. Resolution to denounce and oppose white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups and actions, Action items: #14. Proposed location Apothecarium Cannabis Retailer, #15. Sanctuary Contracting Ordinance, #16. Retirement of Council Ad Hoc Subcommittees Immediate - Community Benefits, Urban Shield, Small Business, Automatic Door Openers, March 31, 2019 – Paid Family Leave and Fair Work Week, Climate Emergency, #18. Traffic Circle Policy Task Force, #19. Sustainability Berkeley Flea Market, #20. Open Doors Initiative – R1-R1A to renovate homes to become multi-family condominiums and limit sale to employees of City of Berkeley or first time moderate income home buyers, #21. Modify In Lieu Mitigation to be based on gross residential floor area rather than number of units, #22. Missing Middle – revision to zoning to foster broader range of housing types.
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/Agenda_Committee__2019_Index.aspx
Tax the Rich Rally, Mon, 4 pm – 5 pm, Top of Solano in front of the closed Oaks theater (soon to be a climbing gym), Rain Cancels
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
No city meetings or events found
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Board of Library Trustees Special Meeting, 2 pm at 1901 Russell St, Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch Library, Agenda item: Governance Work Session with Moss Adams LLP
https://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/about/board-library-trustees
Homeless Commission, 7 pm – 9 pm at 2180 Milvia, 1st Floor Cypress Room, Agenda items: #6. Recommending inclusionary housing over Housing Trust Fund monies for new developments, #7. Housing subsidy discrimination, #9. Conflicts of interest and recusals from RFP discussions, #10. Community Agency Funding proposals
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Homeless_Commission_Homepage.aspx
Parks and Waterfront Commission, 7 pm – 9 pm at 2800 Park St, Frances Albrier Community Center, Agenda items: #10. Extend subcommittee Off Leash Dog Area at Cesar Chavez Park, #11. T1, #12. Funding 4th of July Festival, #13. Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, #14, Irregular compliance of leash law at Cesar Chavez Park,
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Parks_and_Waterfront_Commission.aspx
Police Review Commission, 7 pm – 10 pm, 2939 Ellis St, South Berkeley Senior Center, Agenda items: #9. A. Lexipol Policy 425 body-worn cameras, b. afteraction reports, c. Lexipol policies, d. BPD response to changing role of Black Block to Antifa – making protests safer, e. Communications subject to Public record Requests, f. Response to mental health crisis – role BPD and mental health services, #10. a. Procedures and time limits for debate, b. commendations BPD personnel, BPD MOU (formerly Mutual Aid Pacts), NACOLE Regional Training & Networking event
Public Works Commission – Undergrounding Subcommittee, 4 pm at 1947 Center St, 4th Floor, Agenda: #3. A. Phase 3 study, B. Natural conditions creating increased urban wildfire and earthquakes, C. Berkeley’s preparation hazard mitigation plan, emergency preparedness, evacuation routes, D. Preliminary identification of arterial and collector streets for utility undergrounding
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Public_Works_Commission_Homepage.aspx
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Community Environmental Advisory Commission, 7 pm – 9 pm at 1901 Russell St, Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch Library, Agenda: Discussion/Action items #1. Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, #2. Audubon Society presentation on Bird-Friendly Architecture, #3. Bee City Initiative, #4. Cigarette-Butt Pilot Project, 6. CO2 Labels for Gas Stations
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Community_Environmental_Advisory_Commission/
Zoning Adjustments Board, 7 pm – 11:30 pm at 1234 Addison, BUSD Board Room, Agenda:
1605 Solano – add medical practitioner office to holistic day spa, on consent
2119 Eighth St – construct 2-story detached single famile dwelling at rear of parcel, reduce set-back, staff recommend approve
1940 Haste – relocate existing 3-story building to back, relocate 2028 Bancroft Way 2-story residential building to front of lot, relocate or waive parking, staff recommend continue
2025 Durant – remove 26 parking spaces on ground floor to construct 2 dwelling units and common space, staff recommend approve
2028 Bancroft Way – relocate existing building to 1940 Haste, construct 6-story residential with 37 dwellings (including 2 below market rate) staff recommend approve
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/zoningadjustmentsboard/
Friday, February 15 2019
No city meetings or events found
Saturday, February 16, 2019
No city meetings or events found
Sunday, February 17, 2019
No city meetings or events found
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Worth Noting:
Berkeley City Council February 19 meeting agenda is posted and available for comment. Email comments to council@cityofberkeley.info, Agenda items: #10. Resolution to request Gov Newsom declare a CA Homelessness State of Emergency, #14. Density Bonus Ordinance, #15. Contract Pride Industries for Citywide Janitorial Services, #16. Cannabis Number of Retail Establishments and Equity Program, #17.a&b. Living Wage Ordinance, #18. Standby Officers, #19.a&b. Assessment Vacant Properties, #20.a&b. Declaration City of Berkeley will not invest in production or upgrading of weapons – current policy limited to guns, #21. Refer to Planning Commission close loophole allowing prospective project applicants to avoid inclusionary affordable housing -in lieu fee by modifying property lines https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/City_Council__Agenda_Index.aspx
Comment period on the Local Hazard Mitigation plan draft (the Plan for preparing for natural disasters and reducing the impacts) ends February 28.
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Mitigation/#Download_the_First_Draft_2019_LHMP
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To Check For Regional Meetings with Berkeley Council Appointees
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The meeting list is also posted on the Sustainable Berkeley Coalition website.
http://www.sustainableberkeleycoalition.com/whats-ahead.html
When notices of meetings are found that are posted after Friday 5:00 pm they are added to the website schedule https://www.sustainableberkeleycoalition.com/whats-ahead.html and preceded by LATE ENTRY
