City Council Special (WS) Meeting - April 19, 2022
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PROCLAMATION
CALLING A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL
In accordance with the authority in me vested, I do hereby call the Berkeley City Council in special session as follows:
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
6:00 PM
Jesse Arreguin, Mayor
Councilmembers:
District 1 – Rashi Kesarwani
District 5 – Sophie Hahn
District 2 – Terry Taplin
District 6 – Susan Wengraf
District 3 – Ben Bartlett
District 7 – Rigel Robinson
District 4 – Kate Harrison
District 8 – Lori Droste
PUBLIC ADVISORY: THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH VIDEOCONFERENCE AND TELECONFERENCE Pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e) and the state declared emergency, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted exclusively through teleconference and Zoom videoconference. The COVID-19 state of emergency continues to directly impact the ability of the members to meet safely in person and presents imminent risks to the health of attendees. Therefore, no physical meeting location will be available.
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Preliminary Matters
Roll Call:
Worksession
1. Fire Department Standards of Coverage and Community Risk Assessment Study Revised material (Supp 2)
From: City Manager
Contact: Abe Roman, Fire, (510) 981-3473
2. Ashby and North Berkeley BART Transit-Oriented Development Presentation
From: City Manager
Contact: Paul Buddenhagen, City Manager's Office, (510) 981-7000 Public Comment - Items on this agenda only
Adjournment
I hereby request that the City Clerk of the City of Berkeley cause personal notice to be given to each member of the Berkeley City Council on the time and place of said meeting, forthwith.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the official seal of the City of Berkeley to be affixed on this 14th of April, 2022.
Jesse Arreguin, Mayor
Public Notice – this Proclamation serves as the official agenda for this meeting.
ATTEST:
Date: April 14, 2022
Mark Numainville, City Clerk
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: If you object to a decision by the City Council to approve or deny an appeal, the following requirements and restrictions apply: 1) Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 and Government Code Section 65009(c)(1)(E), no lawsuit challenging a City decision to deny or approve a Zoning Adjustments Board decision may be filed and served on the City more than 90 days after the date the Notice of Decision of the action of the City Council is mailed. Any lawsuit not filed within that 90-day period will be barred. 2) In any lawsuit that may be filed against a City Council decision to approve or deny a Zoning Adjustments Board decision, the issues and evidence will be limited to those raised by you or someone else, orally or in writing, at a public hearing or prior to the close of the last public hearing on the project.
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Communications
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Item #2: Ashby and North Berkeley BART Transit-Oriented Development 31 similarly-worded form letters (I am a resident)
25 similarly-worded form letters (I live in)
20 similarly-worded form letters (12 stories)
19 similarly-worded form letters (Generational opportunity) 11 similarly-worded form letters (1-4, a-c)
9 similarly-worded form letters (Please ensure)
Anne Boersma
Naomi Janowitz
Bernard Marszalek
Carolyn McNiven
Mary Rose
Jodi Ravel
Elie Hassenfeld
Elana Auerbach
Mary Dorst
Cindy Shamban
Lynda Caesara
Basak Altan
David Brandon
Summer Brenner
Ben Gerhardstein
Kori Kody and Steve Jackson
Josh Cohen
Paul Bickmore
Theo Posselt (2)
Andrew Doran
Margot Smith
Libby Lee-Egan
Susan Segal
Barbara Fisher
Carole Cool
Stephen Sperber
Anne Torney
Oren Cheyette
Helena Chang
Carla Woodworth
Tony Corman
Phil Allen
Andrew Fox
Nat Kane
Raymon Sutedjo-The
Jonathan Packman
Emily Lin
Barry Fike
Sarah Bell
Janet Byron
Emily Klion
Anirvan Chatterjee
Alisa (2)
Yoni Mayeri
Stephanie Allan
Xander Boutelle
Ayushi Samaddar
David Mendelsohn
Councilmember Kesarwani
Steven Morris
Laura Stevens
Becca Schonberg
Annie Preston
Maureen Sedonaen
Stephen Dalton
Doris Nassiry
Susan Mathews
Anandamayi Arnold
Ignacio Dayrit
Hayley Currier
Virginia Browning
Emma Lydon
Laureen O’Brien
Susan Holbrook
Avram Gur Arye
Mary Behm Steinberg
Michael Caplan
Reynaldo Santa Cruz
Toni Casal