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ANNOTATED A GENDA
SPECIAL MEETING OF T HE
BERKELEY CITY COUNCI L
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
6:00 PM
SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ROOM - 1231 ADDISON STREET, BERKELEY, CA 94702 TELECONFERENCE LOCATION - 1404 LE ROY AVE, BERKELEY 94708
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 – MARK HUMBERT
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Preliminary Matters
Roll Call: 6:19 p.m.
Present: Taplin, Harrison, Hahn, Wengraf, Robinson, Humbert, Arreguin
Absent: Kesarwani, Bartlett
Councilmember Kesarwani present at 6:20 p.m.
Councilmember Bartlett present at 6:20 p.m.
Worksession
1. Ashby BART Station Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) From: City Manager
Contact: Jordan Klein, Planning and Development, (510) 981-7400 Action: 32 speakers. Presentation made and discussion held.
2. City Policies for Managing Parking Around BART Stations (Continued from November 29, 2022)
From: City Manager
Contact: Liam Garland, Public Works, (510) 981-6300
Action: Presentation made and discussion held.
Adjournment
Action: M/S/C (Arreguin/Taplin) to adjourn the meeting.
Vote: Ayes – Kesarwani, Taplin, Bartlett, Harrison, Robinson, Humbert, Arreguin; Noes – None; Abstain – None; Absent – Hahn, Wengraf.
Adjourned at 10:19 p.m.
Communications
• None
Supplemental Communications and Reports 1
• None
Supplemental Communications and Reports 2
Item #1: Ashby BART Station Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
1. 9 similarly-worded form letters (heartening))
2. 16 similarly-worded form letters (substation)
3. Sarah Bell
4. Nicole Inaba
5. Becca Schonberg
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6. Tawny Reynolds
7. Tom Vosburgh
8. Margaret Wotkyns
9. Anne Holmes
10. Noah Baker
11. Sherry Wang
12. Kathy Vaughn
13. Lee Bishop
14. Oren Cheyette
15. Phyllis Orrick
Item #2: City Policies for Managing Parking Around BART Stations
16. Bruce Brody
17. Jacki Bernier
18. Sandra Tarbet
19. Eric Cheng
20. Linda Press Wulf
21. Gerald Morrison
22. Richard Laden
23. Barbara Gilbert
24. Adlai Leiby
25. Roberta Spieckerman
26. Caroline and Sam Yunker
27. Cindy Shamban
28. Meryl Siegal
29. Richard Tamm
30. Leslie Valas
Supplemental Communications and Reports 3
Item #1: Ashby BART Station Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
31. Presentation (Transit-Oriented Development), submitted by Planning and Development
32. Presentation (Transit-Oriented Development), submitted by BART
33. Jordan Klein, Director, Department of Planning & Development
34. Liz Exter
35. Kate Pocrass
36. Derek Sagehorn
37. Jack Kurzweil
38. Vishal Ganesan
39. Teresa Clarke
40. Peter Waller
41. Kitt Saginor
42. Kris Stangl
43. Abbie Turiansky
44. Ariella Granett
45. Serena Lim
46. Mike Wilson
47. Jenn Guitart
48. Todd Andrew
49. Michai Freeman
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50. Joaquin Carbonell
Item #2: City Policies for Managing Parking Around BART Stations
51. Elizabeth Horowitz
52. Nicole Corsini
53. Tammy Stellanova
54. Tony Corman
55. Christine and David Goldin
56. Victoria Kahn
57. Phil Allen
58. Liz Exter
59. Helene Silverberg
60. Meryl Siegal
61. Laura Klein
62. Vicki Sommer (3)
63. Claudia Valas
64. Michael Lonergan
65. Igor Tregub
66. Councilmember Kesarwani
67. Cheryl Brewster
68. Janice Murota
69. David Brandon
70. S. Entsistle
71. Doris Nassiry