Tuesday, December 12, 2023 ANNOTATED AGENDA Page 1
ANNOTATED AG ENDA
SPECIAL MEETING OF T HE
BERKELEY CITY COUNCI L
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
3:00 PM
SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ROOM - 1231 ADDISON STREET, BERKELEY, CA 94702
TELECONFERENCE LOCATION - 1404 LE ROY AVE, BERKELEY, CA 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: 3:03 p.m.
Present: Kesarwani, Taplin, Harrison, Hahn, Wengraf, Robinson, Humbert, Arreguin
Absent: Bartlett
Councilmember Bartlett present at 3:38 p.m.
Action Calendar – Public Hearing
1. North Berkeley BART Objective Design Standards
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Conduct a public hearing and upon conclusion adopt a Resolution approving the North Berkeley Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Objective Design Standards (ODS).
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Jordan Klein, Planning and Development, (510) 981-7400
Public Testimony: The Mayor opened the public hearing. 35 speakers.
M/S/C (Arreguin/Kesarwani) to close the public hearing.
Vote: All Ayes.
Action: M/S/Failed (Harrison/Hahn) to approve the standards as submitted by the City Manager in Supplemental Communications Packet #2 amended as follows: On the ornamentation, accept the amendment to require facades with ornaments on 5% of the wall shall eliminate requirements to have breaks on those facades in the affordable housing buildings.
Vote: Ayes – Harrison, Hahn, Wengraf; Noes – Kesarwani, Taplin, Bartlett, Robinson, Humbert, Arreguin.
Action: M/S/Carried (Kesarwani/Humbert) to adopt Resolution No. 71,130–N.S. approving the objective design standards as submitted by the City Manager in Supplemental Communications Packet #2.
Vote: Ayes – Kesarwani, Taplin, Bartlett, Hahn, Wengraf, Robinson, Humbert, Arreguin; Noes – None; Abstain – Harrison.
Adjournment
Action: M/S/C (Arreguin/Robinson) to adjourn the meeting.
Vote: All Ayes.
Adjourned at 5:30 p.m.
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Communications
• None
Supplemental Communications and Reports 1
Item #1: North Berkeley BART Objective Design Standards
1. Jenna Fahle
2. Chris Lee-Egan
3. Adam Rogers
Supplemental Communications and Reports 2
Item #1: North Berkeley BART Objective Design Standards
4. Revised material, submitted by Planning and Development
5. AJ Cho
6. Michael Katz
7. Charles Siegel, on behalf of Walk Bike Berkeley
8. Megan Nguyen, on behalf of East Bay Housing Organization
9. Alfred Twu
10. Gerry Tierney (2)
11. Clifford Fred
12. David Lerman
13. Peggy Radel
Supplemental Communications and Reports 3
Item #1: North Berkeley BART Objective Design Standards
14. Ann May
15. Chris Gilbert
16. Claire Kahane
17. Cheryl Brewster
18. Tamara Birdsall
19. Daniel Dong
20. Carol and Bruce Feldman
21. Carla Woodworth
22. Wei-bing Chen
23. Michael Frantz
24. Virginia Browning
25. Meryl Siegal
26. Nell Friedman
27. Virginia Browning
28. Sperberstein
29. Kevin James
30. Sam Dorman
31. Mitali Ganguly
32. Aimee Baldwin
33. David Mendelsohn
34. Katherine Eckhouse (2)
35. Toni Mester
36. Lois Frances Smith
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37. Roberta Silverstien
38. T. Anne Richards
39. Victoria Eisen (2)
40. Christopher Kroll
41. S. Entsistle
42. Meilan Ho
43. Elizabeth Kowal
44. Laureen O’Brien
45. Sharon Richey
46. Joel Myerson
47. Amanda Loudin
48. Oskar
49. Jeanne Schuman
50. David Helfant and Elliott Abrams
51. 15 similarly-worded form letters