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THE BERKELEY ACTIVIST'S CALENDAR: APRIL 13-20

Kelly Hammargren
Friday April 11, 2025 - 10:58:00 AM
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Worth Noting:

Council returns from recess with Special Council meeting at 4 pm on Adoption of Cal Fire Map, Adoption of Fire code Amendments followed with regular meeting scheduled to start at 6 pm. 

 

Check Indivisible East Bay for events and rallies - https://indivisibleeb.org/ 

Check 50501 Fifty Protests Fifty States One Movement - https://www.fiftyfifty.one/events 

 

  • Sunday, April 13, 2025
    • At 9 am the Sugar Sweetened Beverage Ad-Hoc Subcommittee Application Review meets in person
  • Monday, April 14, 2025
    • At 2:30 pm the Agenda Committee meets in the hybrid format.
    • At 4:30 pm the City Council meets in closed session in the hybrid format
    • At 6:30 pm the Youth Commission in person
  • Tuesday, April 15, 2025
    • At 4 pm City Council meets on Fire Code and Fire Map in the hybrid format.
    • At 6 pm is the regular City Council meeting with all items listed on consent.
  • Wednesday, April 16, 2025
    • At 1:30 pm the Commission on Aging meets in person.
    • At 6 pm the Planning Commission meets in person.
    • At 6:30 pm the Human Welfare and Community Action Commission meets in person only in a conference room fully equipped for hybrid meetings (Cypress Room at 2180 Milvia)
    • At 7 pm the Commission on the Status of Women meets in person.
  • Thursday, April17, 2025
    • From 11 am – 12:30 pm is the rally for Hands off Social Security in Oakland.
    • At 5:30 pm the Zero Waste Commission meets in person.
    • At 6:15 pm the Transportation and Infrastructure Commission meets in person.
    • At 6:30 pm the Design Review Committee meets in person.
    • At 6:30 pm Fair Campaign Practices Commission-Open Government Commission meets in the hybrid format.
    • From 9:30 am – 12 pm is Together Wee Play with the Story-Time Band for ages 4 and under.
    • From 4 pm – 5:30 pm is the free Garden and Cooking Class Series
  • Friday, April 18, 2025
    • At 11 am the Civic Arts Commission Policy Subcommittee in person.
    • From 7 – 9 pm is a Flashlight Egg Hunt for 5th to 8th graders.
  • Saturday, April 19, 2025
    • At 9 am is CERT Class Unit 7.
    • At 9:30 am is Spring Egg Hunt Extravaganza with prizes (fee $12 per participant) for ages 1 – 12
    • From 12 – 1:30 pm is Tesla Takedown at 4th Street in Berkeley.
    • From 1 – 4 pm is Earth Day Shoreline Cleanup.
Check City website for meetings posted on short notice https://berkeleyca.gov 

If you are unable to attend a meeting in person and/or it is not offered in the hybrid or an accessible format, TO REQUEST A DISABILITY RELATED ACCOMMODATION(S) TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact the Disability Services specialist at 510-981-6418 (V) or 510-981-6347 at least 3 days before the meeting (the sooner the better). Thomas Gregory is the ADA Program Coordinator. 

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BERKELEY PUBLIC MEETINGS AND CIVIC EVENTS 

 

Sunday, April 13, 2025 – Passover, Jewish Holiday 

 

SUGAR – SWEETENED BEVERAGE PRODUCT PANEL of EXPERTS Ad-Hoc Application Review Subcommittee at 9 am 

In-Person: at 1724 San Pablo 

AGENDA: 1. Review Healthy Berkeley applications received for the FY 2026/2027 Grant Cycle. 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/sugar-sweetened-beverage-product-panel-experts 

 

Monday, April 14 2025  

 

AGENDA AND RULES COMMITTEE Meeting at 2:30 pm 

Members: Ishii, Humbert, Taplin alternate: Bartlett 

Hybrid Meeting 

In-Person: at 2180 Milvia, 6th Floor – Redwood Room 

Videoconference: https://cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1614796877 

Teleconference: 1-669-254-5252 or 1-833-568-8864 (Toll Free)  

Meeting ID: 161 479 6877 

AGENDA: Public Comment on non-agenda and items 1 – 7. 1. Minutes, 2. Review and Approve -4/29/2025 -- draft agenda – use link or read full draft agenda below at the end of the list of city meetings, 3. Adjournment in Memory, 4. Council Worksessions, 5. Referrals for scheduling, 6. Land Use Calendar, Referred Items for Review: none Unscheduled 7. City Council Legislative Redesign. 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/council-committees/policy-committee-agenda-rules 

 

City Council Closed Session at 4:30 pm 

Hybrid Meeting 

In-Person: at 2180 Milvia, 6th Floor – Redwood Room 

Videoconference: https://cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1610965055 

Teleconference: 1-669-254-5252 or 1-833-568-8864 (Toll Free)  

Meeting ID: 161 096 5055 

AGENDA: Conference with Labor Negotiators, employee organizations: Berkeley Fire Fighters Association Local 1227 I.A.F.F., Berkeley Chief Fire Officers Association Local 1227 I.A.F.F., Berkeley Fire EMS Professionals Association, Berkeley Police Association, SEIU 1021 Community Services and Part-Time Recreation Activity Leaders, SEIU 1021 Maintenance anc Clerical, IBEW Local 1245, Public Employee Local 1, Unrepresented Employees, 2. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pending Litigation a. RealPage, Inc v. City of Berkeley Et al, No. 3:25-CV-034004-JSC. 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/city-council-agendas 

 

YOUTH COMMISSION at 6:30 pm 

In-Person: at 1730 Oregon 

AGENDA: 8. Guest Speaker Liza McNulty presentation on the Pier-Ferry project. 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/youth-commission 

 

Tuesday, April 15, 2024 

 

CITY COUNCIL Special Meeting at 4 pm 

Hybrid Meeting 

In-Person: at 1231 Addison, School District Board Room 

Videoconference: https://cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1617330038 

Teleconference: 1-669-254-5252 or 1-833-568-8864 (toll free)  

Meeting ID: 161 733 0038 

AGENDA: adopt first readings 1. Adoption of CALFIRE Map and Additional Areas Designated as the City of Berkeley Fire Hazard Severity Area Zones, 2. Modification and Adoption of Berkeley Fire Code Local Amendments.  

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/city-council-agendas 

 

CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting at 6 pm 

Hybrid Meeting 

In-Person: at 1231 Addison, School District Board Room 

Videoconference: https://cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1617330038 

Teleconference: 1-669-254-5252 or 1-833-568-8864 (toll free)  

Meeting ID: 161 733 0038 

AGENDA: Use the link and choose the html option to review agenda items individually or pdf to see the entire packet as one document or go to the agenda listed at the end of the calendar. 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/city-council-agendas 

 

Wednesday, April 16, 2024 

 

COMMISSION on AGING at 1:30 pm 

In-Person: at 1901 Hearst, North Berkeley Senior Center 

AGENDA: Letter regarding the Implementation Measure FF funds and sidewalk funding 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/commission-aging 

 

COMMISSION on the STATUS of WOMEN at 7 pm 

In-Person: at 1901 Hearst, North Berkeley Senior Center 

AGENDA: 6. Presentation by Jasmina Viteskic, District Title IX Coordinator/Compliance Officer, with discussion and possible action on Creating a Safe and Supportive Environment: Title IX and Student Safety in BUSD, 8. Presentation by Carol Marasovic on Sexual HarassmentPrevention Training recommendation. 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/commission-status-women 

 

HUMAN WELFARE and COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION at 6:30 pm 

In-Person: at 2180 Milvia, 1st Floor – Cypress Room 

AGENDA: 5. Community Services Block Grant Community Action Plan and Community Needs Assessment memo, 6. Review City of Berkeley funded agency program and financial reports a. Family Violence Law Center program and financial reports. 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/human-welfare-and-community-action-commission 

 

PLANNING COMMISSION at 6 pm 

In-Person: at 1901 Hearst, North Berkeley Senior Center 

AGENDA: 10. B State Law and Technical Edits and proposed amendments to Title 23. Recommendations listed cover BMC 23.106.030 - Floor Area, Gross, 23.202.0030 - Additional Permit Requirements Residential, 23.2004.0030 - Additional Permit Requirements Commercial Districts 23.206.030 – Additional Permit Requirements Manufacturing Districts, 23.302.020 – General Use Regulations, 23.304.0700 – Unenclosed Accessory structures in Residential Districts, 23.326.030 Demolition Residential, 23.326.050 Demolition Accessory Buildings, 23.326.070 Demolition of Non-Residential Buildings 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/planning-commission 

 

Thursday, April 17, 2024 

 

DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE (DRC) at 6:30 pm 

In-Person: at 1901 Hearst, North Berkeley Senior Center, Gooseberry Room 

AGENDA: 2942 College (near Ashby) - DRC222-0015 - Preliminary Design Review to demolish a 1-story (20 feet), 2,273 sq ft commercial building and construct 2-story (28 feet) 1,839 sq ft mixed used building at front of the lot with food service on the ground floor and two dwelling units on the upper floor and 2-story (28 feet) 2,968 sq ft residential building at the rear of the lot with 4 dwelling units. 

2680 Bancroft (near college) – DRC2024-0014 – Preliminary Design Review – todemolish the existing parking lot and construct a multi-family residential 8-story, 79 unit building including 8 very low income units at 2660 Bancroft (APN 55-1871-20 and convert an existing City Landmark hotel into offices at 2680 Bancroft. 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/design-review-committee 

 

FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES COMMISSION (FCPC) & OPEN GOVERNMENT COMMISSION (OGC) at 6:30 pm 

Hybrid Meeting 

In-Person: at 2180 Milvia, 1st Floor – Cypress Room 

Videoconference: https://cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1614055306 900 

Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 

Meeting ID: 161 405 536 

AGENDA: FCPC: 8. Report from Negotiating Subcommittee: Yes on Measure CC / No on Measure BB, 9. Public financing matching funds disbursement process, 10. Disbursements to Mark Humbert for Council 2022, 11. Review and possible revision of Procedures for the FCPC. 

OGC: 13. Publicizing commission work and vacancies, 14. Referral of non-filing quarterly lobbying reports: Yuri Sadiki-Torres, 15. Lobbyist Registration Act processes and administration, 16. Progress in providing remote access to Commission and Board meetings. 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/fair-campaign-practices-commission 

 

TRANSPORTATION and INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSION at 6:15 pm 

In-Person: at 1901 Hearst, North Berkeley Senior Center, Aspen Room 

AGENDA: 1. Daniel Ellsberg street naming recommendation renaming Kittredge between Milvia and Fulton (this street includes the Berkeley Central Library). 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/transportation-and-infrastructure-commission 

 

ZERO WASTE COMMISSION at 5:30 pm 

In-Person: at 1326 Allston Way, Corporation Yard, Ratcliff Building, Willow Room 

AGENDA: 6:15 pm 1. Presentation on Bottle Bills by Susan Collins, President of the Container Recycling Institute, 6:45 pm Presentation by the Ecology Center about their work. 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/zero-waste-commission 

 

TOGETHER WEE PLAY with the STORY-TIME BAND from 9:30 am – 12 pm 

Location: 2800 Park, Frances Albrier Community Center 

Use link for event details, for ages 4 and under. 

https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/events/together-wee-play-story-time-band-9 

 

FREE GARDENING and COOKING CLASS SERIES from 4 pm – 5:30 pm 

Location: at 1640 Stuart 

Use link for details and to register 

https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/events/free-gardening-and-cooking-class-series-2 

 

INDIVISIBLE HANDS OFF OUR SOCIAL SECURITY FROM 11 AM – 12:30 PM 

LOCATION: at 360 22nd Street at Webster on the sidewalks around the Social Security Office 

Noticed by Indivisible East Bay 

https://indivisibleeb.org/ 

 

Friday, April 18, 2024 

 

CIVIC ARTS COMMISSION Policy Subcommittee at 11 am 

Check later for location and agenda 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/civic-arts-commission 

 

FLASHLIGHT EGG HUNT from 7 – 9 pm 

Location 1730 Oregon 

Use link for details, prizes and to pre-register for grades 5 through 8. 

https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/events/flashlight-egg-hunt-0 

 

Saturday, April 19, 2024 

 

INDIVISIBLE EAST BAY TESLA TAKEDOWN from 12 – 1:30 pm 

Location: on sidewalk in front of Tesla dealership at 1731 Fourth Street between Virginia and Delaware. 

https://indivisibleeb.org/event/tesla-takedown-berkeley-april-19th-event/ 

 

COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT) Unit 7: Light Search and Rescue at 9 am 

Location: 997 Cedar, Fire Department Training Center 

Use link for details and to register 

https://berkeleyca.gov/cert-classes-unit-7-april-19-2025 

 

SPRING EGG HUNT EXTRAVAGANZA at 9:30 am 

Location: 11 Spinnaker Way 

Use link for details and to pre-register, activities for ages 1 – 12, fee $12/participant 

https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/events/spring-egg-hunt-extravaganza 

 

3rd SATURDAY EARTH DAY SHORELINE CLEANUP from 1 – 4 pm 

Location: at 160 University 

Use link for details and to register 

https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/events/earth-day-shoreline-cleanup-0 

 

Sunday, April 20, 2024 – Easter Sunday, Christian Holiday, Passover, Jewish Holiday ends 

 

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++++++ AGENDA & RULES COMMITTEE, Monday, April 14, 2024 +++++++++++ 

 

AGENDA AND RULES COMMITTEE Meeting at 2:30 pm,  

Members: Ishii, Humbert, Taplin alternate: Bartlett 

Hybrid Meeting 

In-Person: at 2180 Milvia, 6th Floor – Redwood Room 

Videoconference: https://cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1614796877 

Teleconference: 1-669-254-5252 or 1-833-568-8864 (Toll Free)  

Meeting ID: 161 479 6877 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/council-committees/policy-committee-agenda-rules 

 

DRAFT AGENDA for City Council Regular 6 pm Meeting on April 29, 2025 

 

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

CEREMONIAL MATTERS: PLEDGE of ALLEGIANCE 

CITY MANAGER COMMENTS 

PUBLIC COMMENTS on NON-AGENDA MATTERS 

 

AGENDA on CONSENT: 

  1. Numainville, City Clerk – Minutes
  2. Oyekanmi, Finance – Formal Bid Solicitations
  3. Sprague, Fire – Contract $200,000 with Public Consulting Group (PCG)for Professional Services related to Ground Emergency Medical Transport (GEMT), Quality Assurance Fee (QAF), Intergovernmental Transfer (IGT), Public Provider Ground Emergency Transport (PP-GEMT) using General Services Agency’s (GSA) contract No. 47QTCA20D004Y 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2027 with two 2 year extensions to 3/31/2032 not to exceed $300,000 in total
  4. Walker, HR – Amend Berkeley Police Association (BPA) MOU Section 19.5 Administrative leave for Captains increase from 50 hours to 60 hours
  5. Fong, IT - Amend Contract No. 31900270 add $2,786,057 total $8,197,733 with Dell Computers for hardware, software and related services utilizing County of Riverside Agreement 808445 11/1/2019 – 10/31/2027
  6. Fong, IT – New Contract $171,323 with Tyler Technologies Inc. for Open Data Portal’s (ODP) Hosting Services, thru 6/30/2027
  7. Aguilar, Office of Director PAB – Process for Adjusting PAB Stipend following AAO#1 Carryover Approval $12,000 in FY 2024 carryover funds for PAB Committee + Training Stipends Adjustments
  8. Klein, Planning – Amend Contract No. 32200208 add $100,000 total $1,600,000 with West Coast Code Consultants
  9. Klein, Planning – Amend Contract No. 32200207 add $100,000 total $1,600,000 with Telesis for Plan Checking Services
  10. Davis, Public Works – Amend PO add $75,000 total $505,000 with Braun Northwest Inc. for two 2025 F-450 North Star Engine Remount of Ambulance Bodies to New Chassis
  11. Davis, Public Works – Final Map of Tract 8717: 805 Jones Street
  12. Davis Public Works – Contract $12,323,848 with Bay cities Paving & Grading, Inc. for 2025 Street Maintenance and Rehabilitation Project
  13. Davis, Public Works – Contract $4,208,200 includes 10% contingency for South Berkeley Bikeway and Bus Stop Improvements Projects
  14. Davis, Public Works – 2 Contracts $150,000 each with M&A Towing and City Towing for towing services
  15. Taplin – Budget Referral $300,000 for Afterschool Program Expansion to FY 2026 Mid-Biennial Budget Update
  16. Taplin – Budget Referral $250,000 for F and G Dock Deck Replacement
  17. Bartlett – Berkeley Juneteenth Festival: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds
  18. Authors Tregub, O’Keefe, Humbert, cosponsor Ishii – Budget Referral $7,000/year total $14,000 for Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day for FY 2026/2027
  19. Authors Tregub, O’Keefe, co-sponsors Ishii, Taplin – Bay Area Robotics Education Sustainability Alliance: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds for 2025 Berkeley High Robotics Team’s East Bay Regional Robotics Competition
  20. O’Keefe – Letter in support of SB 456 Muralist Exemption from having to obtain a contractor’s license
  21. Blackaby – Budget Referral $200,000 for Deportation Defense Legal and Education Funds
  22. Lunnaparra - $25,000 to June 2025 Mid-Biennial Budget Process to Partially Cover Street Spirit’s Operational and Programming Costs
  23. Lunaparra – Resolution supporting State and Regional Funding for Bay Area Public Transit
  24. Lunaparra – Resolution Supporting a State Budget Request for CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable EBT Program and Endorsing AB 936 supplemental benefits program
  25. Humbert – Defer $150,000 for Round Park from Nov 2024 FY 2025 AAO#1
AGENDA on ACTION: 

  1. Gilman, HHCS – Submission of the 2025-2030 Consolidated Plan and Program Year 2025 Annual Action Plan – allocation of federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) Emergency Solutions Grant, HOME Investment Partnership Grant (measure includes defining percentage to administration
  2. Davis, Public Works – Residential Preferential Parking (RPP) Program on 1500 block of Virginia
  3. Klein, Planning – General Plan Amendments relating Middle Housing
  4. Harrison – Policy Committee recommendation, negative – Opposition to Police Brutality and Use of Force on Nonviolent Protestors
  5. Taplin – Referral to CM feasibility analysis and request for recommendation for Berkeley Green New Deal Workforce Development to create pathways to green jobs and accelerate the transition to a fossil-free local economy
  6. Taplin – Refer to City Manager to assess potential 2026 revenue ballot measures to support capital improvements to fire department facilities
  7. Tregub, co-sponsor Lunaparra – Budget Referral $400,000 - Oxford for All IV bicycle facility on the east side of Oxford Street and Fulton Street between Bancroft and Hearst,
  8. Blackaby, co-sponsor – Add ADA expertise to the Safe Streets Citizen Oversight Committee
  9. Blackaby, co-sponsors Taplin, O’Keefe, Humbert – Resolution to request amend AB-645 (2023-2024) to add Berkeley to California Automated Speed Enforcement PilotBerkeley
INFORMATION REPORTS: 

  1. 2025 Police Accountability Board Work Plan
  2. Wong, Auditor – Restaurant Inspections Audit Report Wins National Recognition
 

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++++++ CITY COUNCIL AGENDA for Tuesday, April 15, 2025+++++++++++ 

 

CITY COUNCIL Regular 6 pm Meeting on April 15, 2025 

Hybrid Meeting 

In-Person: at 1231 Addison, School District Board Room 

Videoconference: https://cityofberkeley-info.zoomgov.com/j/1617330038 

Teleconference: 1-669-254-5252 or 1-833-568-8864 (toll free)  

Meeting ID: 161 733 0038 

https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/city-council-agendas 

 

FINAL AGENDA for City Council Regular 6 pm Meeting on April 15, 2025 

 

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

CEREMONIAL MATTERS: PLEDGE of ALLEGIANCE 

CITY MANAGER COMMENTS 

PUBLIC COMMENTS on NON-AGENDA MATTERS 

PUBLIC COMMENT by EMPLOYEE UNIONS 

 

AGENDA on CONSENT: 

  1. Klein, Planning – 2nd reading Building Emission Saving Ordinance (BESO)
  2. Klein, Planning – 2nd reading – Establishment of M-RD Zoning District
  3. Numainville, City Clerk, Police Accountability Board appointment of new member
  4. Radu, City Manager’s Office - Contract $200,000 with The Regents of the University of California on behalf of its San Francisco Campus to evaluate the success of its Encampment Resolution Funding Round 3 encampment resolution strategy, 1/1/2025 – 12/31/2025
  5. Oyekanmi, Finance - Formal Bid Solicitations total $15,794,774 includes FY 26 and FY 27 Healthy Berkeley community Funding $2,294,774, On-Call Electrical City Facilities $700,000, On-Call Structural Services City Facilities $500,000, Sanitary Sewer & Storm Drain Rehabilitation Union Pacific Railroad Corridor $8,800,000, Elevator Maintenance $350,000, On-Call HVAC $300,000, Indoor/Outdoor painting $100,000, Public Works Supervisor Training $150,000, Fire/Life Safety Equipment Monitoring $350,000, On-Call Electrical Street Lighting $1,100,000, On-Call Equitable Community Engagement Services $1,000,000, Public art for the Santa Fe Trackbed to Park Conversion $150,000
  6. Gilman, HHCS - Amend Contract No. 32200086 add $50,001 total $100,000 through 6/30/2028 with Crisis Services of Alameda County for Mental Health Crisis Line
  7. Gilman, HHCS – Amend Contract No. 32200191 add $500,000 total $1,000,000 (add 2 years) through 6/30/2025 with Options Recovery for substance Use Disorder services
  8. Fong, IT – Amend Contract No. 32000177 add $61,098 total $194,475 with NextRequest PRA Software for software hosting, implementation, maintenance and related services for a Public Records Act Response Software System 7/1/2019 – 6/30/2027
  9. Ferris, Parks – Purchase Order $116,495 with Multiquip Inc. for a Portable Emergency Power Generator for Berkeley Tuolumne Family Group amended $116766
  10. Aguilar, PAB – Proclamation of the City of Berkeley Designating April 17 as Police Accountability Day
  11. a. Aguilar, PAB – Berkeley Police Department (BPD) Texting Offences: Independent Investigation by Police Accountability Board (PAB) Recommendations 1. Council affirm PAB access to records, 2. Full and meaningful sworn officer accountability, 3. Direct City Manager with BPD and Director of Police Accountability to fulfill vision of CA Penal Code Section 832.7 (b)(1) allowing transparency in sustained cases of officer racism or other discriminatory conduct or expression, 4. Call on CA State legislators to extend prohibition on arrest quotas. (Policy Committee negative recommendation)
b. Blackaby – Resolution Affirming support for BPD, PAB and Director Police Accountability in response to Downtown Task Force Texting Offenses Investigation 

  1. Ishii, co-sponsors Blackaby, Lunaparra, Taplin – Sanctuary City Ordinance
  2. Kesarwani – Budget Referral $150,000 for Ohlone Greenway Safety Improvements Project Unfunded Balance
  3. Kesarwani, co-sponsor Ishii – Establish Rules and Limits When Community-Based Organizations Receive Funding without Procurement to Promote Transparency, Fairness, and Stewardship of Public Funds
  4. Bartlett – Resolution approving expenditure of funds to Celebracion Cultural Sylvia Mendez (Spring Cultural Celebration)
  5. Tregub – Resolution Commemorating April 24, 2025 as Berkeley Holocaust Remembrance Day
  6. Authors Tregub, O’Keefe, Humbert, co-sponsor Ishii – Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to Virtual Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025
  7. Tregub, co-sponsors Blackaby, Lunaparra, Taplin – Support CA SB 42 Political Reform Act public campaign financing, remove prohibition of public financing of campaigns
  8. O’Keefe, co-sponsor Humbert – Budget referral $80,000 for Thousand Oaks Park Playground Update
  9. Hahn – Policy Committee negative recommendation for Study: Sabbatical Leave for City of Berkeley Employees,
  10. Humbert – Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds for Music in Elmwood Festival
AGENDA on ACTION: none 

INFORMATION REPORTS: 

  1. Gilman, HHCS – Age-Friendly Berkeley Update
  2. Klein, Planning – Climate Action Plan
  3. Klein, Planning Notice of Decision: 21 Mosswood Road
  4. Klein, Planning Notice of Decision: 2138 Cedar
  5. Klein, Planning Notice of Decision: 2231 McKinley
  6. Klein, Planning Notice of Decision: 2425 Durant
  7. Environment and Climate Commission Workplan
  8. PAB – Former PAB member recognition
  9. Wong, Auditor – City Auditor’s Office 2024 Peer Review Results
 

DISPOSITION of ITEMS REMOVED from DRAFT AGENDA: 

  • Referred to Council Health, Life Enrichment, Equity & Community Committee - O’Keefe, co-sponsors Ishii, Blackaby, Lunaparra – alternate Housing Options for People experiencing homelessness, staff to identify a list of potential locations of City properties for the purpose of establishing alternative housing options
  • Gilman, HHCS – Response to Referral “Care first, Jails Last” pulled
 

+++++++++++++++++++ Land Use - Work Sessions - Special Meetings +++++++++++++++ 

 

LAND USE CALENDAR 

  • 2274 Shattuck (UA theater Project) 4/22/2025
  • 1048 Keith (single family house) 5/6/2025
  • 2500-2512 San Pablo / 1094-1098 Dwight 5/20/2025
  • 1950-1998 Shattuck 6/3/2025
  • 2138 Kittredge 6/3/2025
  • 2655 Shattuck 7/22/2025
NOD – NOTICES OF DECISION 

  • 0/1117 Virginia (construct residential building) expires 4/15/2025
  • 2700 Ninth Street – Berkeley Humane expires 4/15/2025
WORK SESSIONS & SPECIAL MEETINGS: 

  • April 15 (4 pm) Adoption of Cal Fire Map, Adoption of Fire code Amendments
  • April 22 (6 pm) City Council ZAB Appeal Hearing for UA Theater Project
  • April 28 (5 pm) Peace and Justice Ceasefire Resolution
  • April 29 (4 pm) Presentation on City’s Unfunded Liabilities
  • May 6 (4 pm) Brown Act Training
  • May 13 (new date) (6 pm) Evacuation Study and Response Times
UNSCHEDULED WORK SESSIONS & SPECIAL MEETINGS 

Council Referral: Social Housing previously listed as Mixed-Income Housing (June or July) 

Comprehensive Summary of Homeless Response 

FUTURE INFORMATION REPORTS 

  1. Reimagining Public Safety Update
  2. Affordable Housing Fee Feasibility Study
  3. Berkeley Fire Department Annual Report
PREVIOUSLY LISTED WORKSESSIONS and SPECIAL MEETINGS REMOVED FROM LIST 

  • Fire Department Standards of Coverage & Community Risk Assessment
  • Dispatch Needs Assessment Presentation
  • Presentation on Homelessness/Re-Housing/Thousand-Person Plan (TBD regular agenda) Feasibility Study Follow Up Session
  • Greenhouse Gas Inventory / Climate Action Plan Update
 

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