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ANNOTATED AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING OF T HE
BERKELEY CITY COUNCI L
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
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Preliminary Matters
Roll Call: 6:02 p.m.
Present: Harrison, Hahn, Wengraf, Robinson, Droste, Arreguin
Absent: Kesarwani, Taplin, Bartlett
Councilmember Kesarwani present at 6:05 p.m.
Councilmember Bartlett present at 6:07 p.m.
Councilmember Taplin present at 6:15 p.m.
Report from Closed Session
The City Council met in closed session and there was no reportable action taken.
Ceremonial Matters:
1. Adjourned in memory of the Berkeley High School Student who passed away on April 18, 2022.
Worksession
Action: M/S/C (Arreguin/Robinson) to adopt a temporary rule to limit public comment to one minute per speaker.
Vote: All Ayes.
1. Fire Department Standards of Cover and Community Risk Assessment Study From: City Manager
Contact: Abe Roman, Fire, (510) 981-3473
Action: 9 speakers. Presentation made, including the material in the Supplemental Communications Packet #2 from the Fire Department, and discussion held.
Recess 8:09 p.m. – 8:19 p.m.
2. Ashby and North Berkeley BART Transit-Oriented Development From: City Manager
Contact: Paul Buddenhagen, City Manager's Office, (510) 981-7000 Action: 57 speakers. Presentation made and discussion held.
Councilmember Hahn absent 9:20 p.m. – 11:45 p.m.
Action: M/S/C (Arreguin/Harrison) to suspend the rules and extend the meeting to 11:15 p.m.
Vote: Ayes – Kesarwani, Taplin, Bartlett, Harrison, Wengraf, Robinson, Droste, Arreguin; Noes – None; Abstain – None; Absent – Hahn.
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Action: M/S/C (Arreguin/Taplin) to suspend the rules and extend the meeting to 11:30 p.m.
Vote: Ayes – Kesarwani, Taplin, Bartlett, Harrison, Wengraf, Robinson, Droste, Arreguin; Noes – None; Abstain – None; Absent – Hahn.
Action: M/S/C (Arreguin/Taplin) to suspend the rules and extend the meeting to 11:45 p.m.
Vote: Ayes – Kesarwani, Taplin, Bartlett, Harrison, Robinson, Droste, Arreguin; Noes – None; Abstain – Wengraf; Absent – Hahn.
Adjournment
Adjourned at 11:45 p.m.
Communications
Item #2: Ashby and North Berkeley BART Transit-Oriented Development
1. 31 similarly-worded form letters (I am a resident)
2. 25 similarly-worded form letters (I live in)
3. 20 similarly-worded form letters (12 stories)
4. 19 similarly-worded form letters (Generational opportunity)
5. 11 similarly-worded form letters (1-4, a-c)
6. 9 similarly-worded form letters (Please ensure)
7. Anne Boersma
8. Naomi Janowitz
9. Bernard Marszalek
10. Carolyn McNiven
11. Mary Rose
12. Jodi Ravel
13. Elie Hassenfeld
14. Elana Auerbach
15. Mary Dorst
16. Cindy Shamban
17. Lynda Caesara
18. Basak Altan
19. David Brandon
20. Summer Brenner
21. Ben Gerhardstein
22. Kori Kody and Steve Jackson
23. Josh Cohen
24. Paul Bickmore
25. Theo Posselt (2)
26. Andrew Doran
27. Margot Smith
28. Libby Lee-Egan
29. Susan Segal
30. Barbara Fisher
31. Carole Cool
32. Stephen Sperber
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33. Anne Torney
34. Oren Cheyette
35. Helena Chang
36. Carla Woodworth
37. Tony Corman
38. Phil Allen
39. Andrew Fox
40. Nat Kane
41. Raymon Sutedjo-The
42. Jonathan Packman
43. Emily Lin
44. Barry Fike
45. Sarah Bell
46. Janet Byron
47. Emily Klion
48. Anirvan Chatterjee
49. Alisa (2)
50. Yoni Mayeri
51. Stephanie Allan
52. Xander Boutelle
53. Ayushi Samaddar
54. David Mendelsohn
55. Councilmember Kesarwani
56. Steven Morris
57. Laura Stevens
58. Becca Schonberg
59. Annie Preston
60. Maureen Sedonaen
61. Stephen Dalton
62. Doris Nassiry
63. Susan Mathews
64. Anandamayi Arnold
65. Ignacio Dayrit
66. Hayley Currier
67. Virginia Browning
68. Emma Lydon
69. Laureen O’Brien
70. Susan Holbrook
71. Avram Gur Arye
72. Mary Behm Steinberg
73. Michael Caplan
74. Reynaldo Santa Cruz
75. Toni Casal
Supplemental Communications and Reports 1
• None
Supplemental Communications and Reports 2
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Item #1: Fire Department Standards of Coverage and Community Risk Assessment Study
76. Revised material, submitted by the Fire Department
Item #2: Ashby and North Berkeley BART Transit-Oriented Development
77. Elana Naftalin-Kelman
78. Andrea Altschuler
79. Vicki Sommer (2)
80. Jack Kurzweil
81. Tony Corman
82. Claudia Valas
83. David Jackson
84. Toni Mester
85. Paul Buddenhagen
86. Deena Aranoff
87. Ellen Greenblatt
88. Larisa Cummings
89. Cindy Shamban
90. Mrs. The-Anh Cao
91. Susan Brand
92. Kori Kody
93. Chris McKee
94. Greysonne Coomes
95. Lynda Caesara
96. Todd Darling
97. E. Horowitz
98. Cynthia Papermaster
99. Candice Schott
100. Laura Klein
101. Judy MacLean
102. Ann Einstein
103. Sheila Jordan
104. Larisa Cummings
105. Kris Eggen
106. Kathy Labriola
107. Janice Schroeder
108. Jane Welford
109. Diana Bohn (2)
110. Jeff and Kim Haltiner
111. Kirsten Rose
112. E. Anne Griffiths
113. Tobey Wiebe
114. Stephanie Manning
115. Eric Arens
116. Larry Orman
117. Priscilla Hine
118. Richard Hiersch
119. Mary Louise Zernicke
120. Cynthia Larson
121. Thea Davison
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122. Rebecca Tuden
123. Terence O’Hare
124. Peter Gleick
125. Alexander Benn
126. Rachel Bradley
127. Louise Rosenkrantz
128. Sabina McMurtry
129. Jane Tierney
130. Karen Jacobs
131. Hayler Currier, on behalf of TransFrom
132. Ms. Barryett Enge
133. Marice Ashe
134. Carol Hirth
135. Carol Nyhoff
136. Eva Herzer
137. Barbara Fisher
138. John Rice
139. Ralda Lee
140. Sandy Young
141. Sheila Goldmacher
142. Meryl Siegal
143. Julia Cato
144. Paola Laverde, on behalf of Berkeley Tenants Union 145. Shirley Issel
146. Mimi Moungovan
147. Negeene Mosaed
148. Norma Myers
149. Michael Katz
150. Nathan Tsuizaki
151. Lisa and Tim Goodman
152. Lisa Bruce
153. Alisa Foster, et al
154. Bronya Feldmann
155. Juliet Lamont
156. George Porter
157. Irene Rice
158. Karen Sumner
159. Jason Warriner
160. Sean Bouvet
Supplemental Communications and Reports 3
Item #2: Ashby and North Berkeley BART Transit-Oriented Development 161. Presentation, submitted by the Planning Department 162. Lisa Camasi
163. Ron Dion
164. Alan Thomsen
165. Candace Hyde-Wang
166. Bill Bogert
167. Phyllis Olin
168. Louise Kimball
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169. Vicki Sommer
170. Richard Faszholz
171. Peter Guinosso
172. Charlene Woodcock
173. Jill Holloway
174. Clifford Fred
175. Reynaldo Santa Cruz
176. George Porter
177. Kenneth Gross
178. Elana Auerbach
179. Dorothy Walker
180. Catherine Ryan
181. Carla Woodworth
182. Andrea Horbinski
183. Gene Meyers
184. Toni Casal
185. Leslie Valas
186. Tom Reilly
187. Vivian Pisano
188. Toni Mester
189. Kristina Feller
190. Julieta Pisani McCarthy
191. Nathan Tsuizaki
192. David Rice
193. Santiago Casal
194. Kevin Burke
195. David Brown
196. Michael Frantz
197. Uzma Hussain
198. Paul Widess
199. Todd Andrew
200. Eileen Hughes
201. Kip Waldo
202. Mark Schirmer
203. Teresa Clarke (3)
204. Laura Garcia-Moreno
205. Linda Press Wulf
206. Julieta Pisani McCarthy
207. Andrea Altschuler
208. Toni Mester