Events
The Berkeley Activist's Calendar, March 7-14
Worth Noting:
Another full week ahead
Monday - At the 2:30 pm Agenda Planning Committee Item 6 Objective Standards for the Implementation of State Housing Law is listed as consent, it should be an action item as the committee assigned to establish objective standards did not reach agreement. Objective standards take on critical importance with the increasing number of proposals for ministerial approval (no public review) of major projects. The Agenda Committee may take up reorganizing Commissions. Those with concerns about the various proposals for restructuring should attend and be prepared to speak.
Tuesday – Regular City Council meeting at 6 pm
Wednesday – If you want to know more about what is happening with housing, watch the very interesting documentary film PUSH. BCA is sponsoring the virtual screening
Thursday – The Reimagining Public Safety Task Force meets at 6 pm
Saturday – BNC meets at 10 am. The new Police Accountability Board that we approved by ballot initiative is explained at 4 pm.
If you have a meeting you would like included in the summary of meetings, please send a notice to kellyhammargren@gmail.com by noon on the Friday of the preceding week.
Sunday, March 7, 2021
DSA sponsored movie series, Who is the International Working Class Today, 6 pm
Videoconference: https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1825/2021-03-07-movie-series-who-is-the-international-working-class-today/
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 858 7053 6500 Passcode: movie
AGENDA: Documentary film of workers in Chicago in 2008 who occupied the Republic Windows and Doors and organized the plant into a worker-owned cooperative, Q&A at 7:10 pm
Monday, March 8, 2021
City Council Health, Life Enrichment, Equity & Community Committee, at 10 am,
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83663740251
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-877-853-5257 Meeting ID: 836 6374 0251
AGENDA: 2. Requesting CA State Legislature to introduce actions to value human life and to condemn racial injustice and police brutality, 3. Presentation Public Health Implications for unsanitary conditions at Aquatic Park,
Agenda and Rules Committee, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm,
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/Policy_Committee__Agenda___Rules.aspx
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87847857478
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-877-853-5257 Meeting ID: 878 4785 7478
AGENDA: 2. Review and approve draft agenda for March 23 regular Council meeting, CONSENT: 1. Add $100,000 total $250,000with AG Witt for COVID-19 Emergency Operations Cost Recovery Consultant, 2. Partnership with EBCE to Pursue Solar and Battery Energy Storage Systems on Municipal Facilities, 3. Add $250,000 total $1 million add 3 years to 6/30/25 with Serological Research Institute for DNA Testing Services, 4. FY2022 Street Lightening Assessments, 5. Add $150,000 total $250,000 extend to 6/30/2022 with Restoration Management Company for emergency services in the event of flooding, sewer backups or other property damage that requires restoration, 6. Objective Standards for Density, Design and Shadows from Joint Subcommittee for the Implementation of State Housing Laws (pages 21- 41), 7. Appointment of boona cheema and Javonna Blanton to Mental Health Commission, 9. Proclamation Holocaust Remembrance Day, 10. Support AB 286: requires food delivery platforms to provide accurate transaction breakdowns, 11. Support AB 314: right to unionize and bargain for improved wages and working conditions, 12. Support AB 328: allows those with recent histories of incarceration to remain stably housed and exit homelessness through grants and housing services interventions, 13. Support AB 1400: Health Care for All, ACTION: 14. Updated BESO fees, 15. ZAB Appeal 1200 San Pablo, 16. Partnership for the Bay’s Future and Current Anti-Displacement Initiatives, 17. 2021 Alameda County Redistricting Process – calling for resources for redistricting, 18. Refer to staff to work with Ashby Recreation and Community Housing (ARCH) to develop a planning grant for Ashby BART East Parking Lot, 19. Establish a Parking Benefits District in the Adeline Corridor Budget Referral $50,000, Information Reports: 20. Children, Youth and Recreation Commission FY2021 Work Plan, Referred Items for Review: 8. Impact of COVID-19 on meetings, 9. Commission Reorganization (due April 1, Droste author, Co-sponsors Kesarwani & Robinson, Unscheduled Items: 10. Systems Realignment, 11. Amendments to BERA Officeholder Accounts and Council Office Budget Expenditures, (packet 296 pages)
Youth Commission, at 5 pm
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Youth_Commission_Homepage.aspx
Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/92807173116
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 928 0717 3116
AGENDA: 5. Public Comment, 8. Report Reimagining Public Safety Task Force, 9. Report Out from Consent and Sex Education Working Group, 10. Report Out from Anti-Racist Working Group, 11. Report Out from Trigger Warning Group, Items 12 – 17 form subcommittees on Consent and Sex Education, Racial Justice and Trigger Warnings,
EV 102: New EV Owner Workshop at 7 pm
https://drivecleanbayarea.org/new-ev-owner-workshop/
Go to website to pre-register and obtain links, City of Berkeley sponsored from the Office of Energy & Sustainable Development,
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
City Council Regular Meeting, March 9 at 6 pm,
To comment email: council@cityofberkeley.info
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/City_Council__Agenda_Index.aspx
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87992485568
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-877-853-5257 (toll free) Meeting ID: 879 9248 5568
AGENDA: 2. Settlement Stahlschmidt v. COB $75,533, 3. Commission stipend $100/meeting adjustment for qualifying annual household income < 50% Alameda Co AMI with annual CPI inflator, 4. Confirm At-Large appointments to Reimagining Public Safety Task Force, 5. Deferral $676,464 remaining building permit fees, etc for 2009 Addison Berkeley Rep Theater project, 6. $48,994 Kitchen electrification grant from EBCE for North and South Berkeley Senior Centers, 7. Amend contract add $270,000 total $630,000 with United Site Service for additional portable toilet and handwashing stations for period of 2 yr with option to extend for 3-12 month periods, 8. Contracts $1 million each with AnchorCM and Park Engineering, Inc for on-call Capital Improvement Projects at Berkeley Waterfront 4/1/2021 – 6/30/2024, 9. Loan agreement $5,500,000 for replacement D & E docks at Berkeley Marina, 10. Grant Application $500,000 Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Project (EEMP) to plant urban forest trees, 11. Amendments to BERA to regulate Officeholder accounts and to change donations to nonprofit organizations made in the name of the entire City Council (not individuals), 12.a&b. Amend Source of Income Discrimination Ordinance to establish Enforcement Procedure – Council Land Use Committee made qualified recommendations to a. with referral to 4 x 4 committee to explore enforcement alongside fair chance ordinance, 13. Council discretionary funds to HelpBerkeley, 14. Declare 3/21/2021 – 4/10/2021 as Cesar Chavez-Delores Huerta Commemorative Period, 15. Budget Referral Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFB) at 6th and Addison, 16. Budget referral George Florence Park Traffic calming (10th Street between University and Allston), 17. Resolution Supporting HR 25 Calling for Federal Investigation on Sedition at US Capitol and Expulsion of Complicit Members of Congress, 18. Support SB 260 Climate Corporate Accountability Act, 19. Support Vision 2025 for Sustainable Food Policies (increasing plant based food) Council Committee Health, Life Enrichment recommends adopt resolution as amended, 20. Resolution in Support of Establishing Statewide Targets for 100% Zero-Emission Vehicle sales, 21. Budget Referral to allocate Transportation Network Companies Tax (Uber, Lyft, etc.) to Bicycle Boulevards and Street Repair Programs, 22. Council discretionary funds to Kala Art Institute, 23. Resolution Condemning Anti-Asian Hate and Violence, 24. Affirm COB Support for People of Tibet, ACTION: 25. Resolution Clarifying Eligibility for Historic Landmark Designation for Residences of Notable Residents, 26. Berkeley Economic Dashboards Update, INFORMATION REPORTS: 26. Peace and Justice 2021-2022 Workplan, 27. Youth Commission Workplan,
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
4x4 Joint Task Force Committee on Housing: Rent Board/City Council, at 3 pm
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Home/4x4_Committee_Homepage.aspx
Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/98120154505?pwd=eFN2cXhHMkU2Vmc0dHlLQlh5QTcydz09
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 981 2015 4505 Passcode: 965937
AGENDA: 5. Amendments on Short Term Rental Ordinance, 6. Update on Amendments to Demolition Ordinance, 7. Affordable Housing Overlay,
Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board Outreach Committee, at 5:30 pm
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/rent/
Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/97798424322?pwd=STB2OTZqOFpyRTVUL2ZRZk9meXFsZz09
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 977 9842 4322 Passcode: 789996
AGENDA: 5. Survey 2021, a) History of surveys, b) Next Steps for New Survey, 7. Update MM, 8. Work Plan, 8. Social Media and website outreach,
Parks and Waterfront Commission, at 7 pm
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Parks_and_Waterfront_Commission.aspx
Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/96974512296
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 969 7451 2296
AGENDA: 7. Capital Budget, 8. Presentation Annual Monarch Butterfly Monitoring at Aquatic Park, 9. Workplan, 10. Request to Council to allocate Transient Occupancy Tax, (“hotel tax”) generated in the Marina to the Marina, 11. 600 Addison, 12. PWC Capital Budget FY2022, 13. Pickleball and BMX/bike sites, 14. Monthly vacancy report and crime update,
Police Review Commission, at 7 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87070468124
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 870 7046 8124
AGENDA: 3. Public Comment on agenda and non-agenda items, 7. Chief of Police Report, 9. a. Policy 311 inquiring about supervised release status of detainees and searches, b. Update on transition to new Police Accountability Board
Thousand Oaks Neighborhood Association, at 7 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84380068532?pwd=K0NBZUYvcDFPd0Q3Rzh1dVkwOHAvQT09
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 843 8006 8532 Passcode: 924224
AGENDA: Meet Berkeley’s new Director of Public Works, Liam Garland,
Documentary Film PUSH (film about manipulation of housing), 7 pm
Film website: https://www.pushthefilm.com/
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81011677643?pwd=Q0NzUDB4TVVZQzZsV1ZWcFFsY1hLdz09
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 Meeting ID: 810 1167 7643 Passcode: BCA
AGENDA: Virtual screening sponsored by BCA, Film is about the manipulation of housing as an asset and commodity. To watch an interview with the director and Leilani Farha as they talk about the state of housing in California and the world go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4-VORQZ1-Q
Thursday, March 11, 2021
City Council Budget & Finance Committee, at 10 am,
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Home/Policy_Committee__Budget___Finance.aspx
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84346639907
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-877-853-5257 Meeting ID: 843 4663 9907
AGENDA: 2. FY2022 Budget Update, 3. Unfunded Liability Obligations, Unfunded Infrastructure Needs ($1.1 billion from FY2022-FY2026 – chart packet page 41) and FY2021 Mid-Year Report, 4. Parks, Recreation & Waterfront and Public Works Capital Improvement Plan, 5. Potential Measure P FY2022 Allocations (pages 93-128), 6. Disposition Referrals, Projects and Audits – pages 129 – 210),
Zoning Adjustment Board, at 7 pm
http://www.cityofberkeley.info/zoningadjustmentsboard/
Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/91445166785
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 914 4516 6785
AGENDA: 2. 1330 and 1336 Gilman – add sale of beer and wine at existing grocery store – on consent
3. 800 Dwight Way – Bayer Building 69 – construct 98,840 sq ft, 4-story, 79 ft tall building for manufacturing use – staff recommend approve
Reimagining Public Safety Task Force, at 6 pm
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/RIPST.aspx
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81679043514
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 Meeting ID: 816 7904 3514
AGENDA: 2. Mayor and City Manager comments, 8. Reimagining Public Safety Overview, National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) Work Plan, 10. Community Engagement – NICJR, 11. 911 calls-for-service analysis from City Auditor,
Friday, March 12, 2021
City of Berkeley Reduced Service Day
Elmwood Business Improvement District Advisory Board, at 9 am
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Elmwood_BID_Board_Homepage.aspx
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86443349885
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 Meeting ID: 864 4334 9885
AGENDA: V. Budget and Work Plan,
Saturday, March 13, 2021
BNC (Berkeley Neighborhoods Council), at 10 am, waiting room opens at 9:45 am,
https://berkeleyneighborhoodscouncil.com/
Videoconference and Teleconference not published yet, check website for links
AGENDA: 10 – 10:15 am welcome and Panoramic Hill Associations update, 10:15 – 10:45 am Lehigh Hanson Asphalt Plant Air Quality Issues with update and Q&A with Deputy City Manager Paul Buddenhagen, 10:45-11:15 am ADU Standards and Ministerial Approval, 11:15 – 11:45 Quadplex Zoning and Ending Exclusionary Zoning, 11:45 – 12 noon Announcements and Adjourn,
Oversight of Policing in Berkeley at 4 – 5 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86908147095
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 869 0814 7095
AGENDA: The new Police Accountability Board, with Mayor Arreguin and Councilmember Harrison and the Police Review Commission, 1. History and Function of Community Oversight, 2. What’s Changing in Berkeley, 3. How to apply to the Police Accountability Board, Questions can be asked during the Q&A or submitted in advance to prcmailbox@cityofberkeley.info
Sunday, March 14, 2021
No City meetings or events found
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Public Hearings Scheduled – Land Use Appeals
1200-1214 San Pablo (construct mixed-use building) 3/23/2021
2421 Fifth Street (construct two residential buildings) TBD
Notice of Decision (NOD) and Use Permits with End of Appeal Period
1328 Alcatraz 3/11/21
1528 Berkeley Way 3/16/2021
31 Florida 3/2/2021
2634 MLK 3/16/2021
1481 Stannage
LINK to Current Zoning Applications https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Planning_and_Development/Land_Use_Division/Current_Zoning_Applications.aspx
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WORKSESSIONS
March 16 – 1. Capital Improvement Plan (Parks & Public Works), 2. Digital Strategic Plan/FUND$ Replacement Website Update, 3. FY 2021 Mid-Year Report and Unfunded Liabilities Report (tentative)
May 18 – (tentative) – 1. Bayer Development Agreement, 2. Affordable Housing Policy Reform
Unscheduled Workshops/Presentations
Cannabis Health Considerations
Berkeley Police Department Hiring Practices (referred by Public Safety Committee)
Update Zero Waste Priorities
Civic Arts Grantmaking Process & Capital Grant Program
Systems Realignment
This meeting list is also posted on the Sustainable Berkeley Coalition website.
http://www.sustainableberkeleycoalition.com/whats-ahead.html and in the Berkeley Daily Planet under activist’s calendar http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com
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