Events
THE BERKELEY ACTIVIST'S CALENDAR: March 31 - APRIL 6
Worth Noting:
City Council is on recess through May 6 with the next City Council meeting scheduled for May 7, 2024
Check the City website for late announcements and meetings posted on short notice at: https://berkeleyca.gov/
- MONDAY, April 1:
- At 4 pm is Part 2 of the recreation activity “Design a Medicine Bag”.
- At 7 pm the Personnel Board meets in person
- WEDNESDAY, April 3:
- At 6 pm the Planning Commission meets in person and holds a public hearing on the Middle Housing Map.
- At 6:30 pm the Board of Library Trustees meets in person on the FY 2025-2026 budget.
- THURSDAY, April 4:
- At 7 pm the Housing Advisory Commission (HAC) meets in person on block grants.
- The LPC is cancelled.
- SATURDAY, April 6: At 9:15 am is the Tree Planting at Aquatic Park.
Directions for activating show full transcript, saving transcripts and chat and converting YouTube videos into a transcript go to the end of this post.
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BERKELEY PUBLIC MEETINGS AND CIVIC EVENTS
Sunday, March 31, 2024 – no city events found – Easter Sunday
Monday, April 1, 2024
DESIGN a MEDICINE BAG: Part 2 of FREE 2-PART ART WORKSHOP at 4 pm
Location: at 1900 Sixth Street
Use link for details and to register (medicine bag is for herbals and flowers)
https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/events/design-medicine-bag-free-art-workshop
PERSONNEL BOARD at 7 pm
In-Person: at 1301 Shattuck, Live Oak Community Center, Fireside Room
AGENDA: V. Recommendation to Revise Job Class Specification – Paramedic (R), VI. Recommendation to Revise Job Class Specification and Salary Range-Legislative Aide, VII. Recommendation to Approve New Personnel Rule 11.09 – Reinstatement of Sick Leave.
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/personnel-board
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 – no city meetings or events found
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
BOARD of LIBRARY TRUSTEES (BOLT) at 6:30 pm
In-Person: 1125 University, West Branch Library
AGENDA: III.A. Proposed Budget FY 2025 – 2026 – All Library Funds, B. Report on Community Survey and Recommended Action.
https://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/about/board-library-trustees
PLANNING COMMISSION at 6 pm
In-Person: at 1901 Hearst, North Berkeley Senior Center
AGENDA: Public Hearing on Middle Housing General Plan Map Amendment, 11. Discussion San Pablo Specific Plan.
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/planning-commission
Thursday, April 4, 2024
HOUSING ADVISORY COMMISSION (HAC) at 7 pm
In-Person: at 2939 Ellis, South Berkeley Senior Center
AGENDA: 6. Receive Presentation from City of Berkeley Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funded subrecipient: Bay Area Community Services (BACS) North County Housing Resource Center Access Point, 7. Update on the Arts and Housing Subcommittee.
https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/housing-advisory-commission
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION (LPC) - Cancelled
Friday, April 5, 2024 – no city meetings or events found
Saturday, April 6, 2024
AQUATIC PARK TREE PLANTING at 9:15 am
Location: at80 Bolivar Drive
Use link for details and to register
https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/events/aquatic-park-tree-planting
Sunday, April 7, 2024 – no city meetings or events found
+++++++++++++++++++ Land Use - Work Sessions - Special Meetings +++++++++++++++
LAND USE CALENDAR
2113-2115 Kittredge (California Theater) 6/4/2024
3000 Shattuck (construct 10-story mixed-use building) TBD
WORK SESSIONS & SPECIAL MEETINGS:
- May 21 at 4 pm (tentative)Inclusionary Housing In-Lieu Fee Feasibility Study
- October 22 Draft Waterfront Specific Plan
- Demolition Ordinance - Zoning Amendments BMC 23.326 Demolition and Dwelling Unit Controls
- Ashby BART Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Berkeley – El Cerrito Corridor Access Plan Presentation
- Dispatch Needs Assessment Presentation
- Presentation on Homelessness/Re-Housing/Thousand-Person Plan (TBD regular agenda)
- Fire Department Standards of Coverage & Community Risk Assessment
- May 16 - Fire Facilities Study Report, Wildfire Prevention Plan https://berkeleyca.gov/city-council-special-meeting-eagenda-may-16-2023-6-pm
- June 20 (WS) - Climate Action Plan & Resilience Update, Berkeley Economic Dashboards Update reports available https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/city-council-agendas/city-council-2023-06-20
++++ How to get on or off the Activist’s Calendar and Activist’s Diary email list ++++++++
Kelly Hammargren’s summary on what happened the preceding week is posted on the What Happened page at: https://www.sustainableberkeleycoalition.com/what-happened.html and in the Berkeley Daily Planet https://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/
The Activist’s Calendar of meetings is posted on the What’s Ahead page at: https://www.sustainableberkeleycoalition.com/whats-ahead.html
If you would like to receive the Activist’s Calendar as soon as it is completed send an email to: kellyhammargren@gmail.com.If you want to receive the Activist’s Diary send an email to kellyhammargren@gmail.com. If you wish to stop receiving the weekly calendar of city meetings please forward the email you received to- kellyhammargren@gmail.com -with the request to be removed from the email list.
+++++++++ HINTS for MANAGING CLOSED CAPTIONING and TRANSCRIPTS ++++++++
For ZOOM Meetings
CLOSED CAPTIONING, SAVE TRANSCRIPT OVERVIEW, CHAT, DIRECTIONS and ZOOM SUPPORT LINKS:
GENERAL
ZOOM has as part of the program -(for no extra cost)- Closed Captioning (CC). It turns computer voice recognition into a text transcript. Closed Captioning and show full transcript and the save option are only available when the person setting up the ZOOM meeting has activated these options. If you don’t see CC ask for it. If it can’t be activated for the current meeting ask for it for future meetings.
The accuracy of the Closed Captioning is affected by background noise and other factors, The CC and transcript will not be perfect, but most of the time reading through it the few odd words, can be deciphered--for example "Shattuck" was transcribed as Shadow in one transcript.
ATTENDEES
For the online attendee, the full transcript is only available from the time the attendee activates Show Full Transcript. But if you sit through a meeting and then remember 10 minutes before it is over to click on Show Full Transcript you will only get the last 10 minutes, not the full transcript – So click often on both Save Transcript and on Save to Folder during the meeting for best results.
When you click on Show Full Transcript it will allow you to scroll up and down, so if want to go back and see what was said earlier you can do that during the meeting while the transcript is running.
At the bottom of the transcript when we as attendees are allowed to save there will be a button for, "Save Transcript," you can click on the button repeatedly throughout the meeting and it will just overwrite and update the full transcript. If you lose connection during a zoom meeting your transcript will be from when you started it to the last time you clicked on save transcript. Clicking on the Save Transcript repeatedly as the meeting is coming to an end is important because once the host ends the meeting, the transcript is gone if you didn't save it.
Near the end of the meeting, after you click on "Save Transcript," click on "Save to Folder." The meeting transcript will show up (as a download to your desktop) in a separate box as a text file. (These text files are not large.) After you have done your last Save Transcript and Save to Folder (after the meeting is over) you can rename the new transcript folder on your computer, and save it (re-read or send or share it).
Remember, allowing us attendees to save the meeting transcript does not require the public meeting host to save the transcript (for public record.)
Saving CHAT: There are three dots at the bottom of the CHAT. If you click on these you should get a menu to save the CHAT.
How to FLOAT / DETACH the CHAT or TRANSCRIPT from the ZOOM SCREEN so you can see one or both
At the upper corner of the transcript and the chat there is a tiny box with an arrow. If you click on this the transcript and chat will pop out of being connected to the zoom screen. You can then move these on your screen for easier continuous viewing.
If you activated the CHAT or the TRANSCRIPT and it has disappeared look for the header at the top of the zoom screen that says “exit full screen”. Click on that and you should see the CHAT or TRANSCRIPT again.
Here is the link to ZOOM Support for attendees in how to save Closed Captions:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360060958752-Using-save-captions#h_01F5XW3BGWJAKJFWCHPPZGBD70
FOR THE HOST Creating / Scheduling a ZOOM Meeting
HOW TO SET UP TRANSCRIPTS, CLOSED CAPTIONING
When scheduling a meeting go to “Settings” scroll down to “Automated Captions” and allow captions, then allow “Full Transcript” and “Save Captions”. Once you change these settings, they will stay as part of your profile.
Here is the link to ZOOM Support for how to set up Closed Captioning for a meeting or webinar:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/8158738379917#h_01GHWATNVPW5FR304S2SVGXN2X
How to convert a YouTube video into a transcript
Open the website https://youtubetranscript.com/
Copy the YouTube url into the box with “enter a youtube url” and click on go https://youtubetranscript.com/
The transcript (not perfect, but very close) will appear instantaneously
