Monday, November 18, 2024 ANNOTATED AGENDA Page 1
AN N O T AT E D AG E N D A
S P E CI AL M E E T I NG O F THE
B E R K E LE Y CI T Y C O U N CIL
Monday, November 18, 2024
6:00 PM
SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ROOM - 1231 ADDISON STREET, BERKELEY, CA 94702
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 – CECILIA LUNAPARRA DISTRICT 4 – IGOR TREGUB DISTRICT 8 – MARK HUMBERT
This meeting will be conducted in a hybrid model with both in -person attendance and virtual participation . Live captioned broadcasts of Council meetings are available on B -TV (Channel 33) and via internet video stream at http://berkeley.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=1244. All Council meetings are recorded.
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This meeting will be conducted in accordance with the Brown Act, Government Code Section 54953. Any member of the public may attend this meeting, however, if you are feeling sick, please do not attend the meeting in person.
The City Council may take action related to any subject listed on the Agenda.
Pursuant to the City Council Rul es of Procedure and State Law, the presiding officer may remove, or cause the removal of, an individual for disrupting the meeting. Prior to removing an individual, the presiding officer shall warn the individual that their behavior is disrupting the meeti ng and that their failure to cease their behavior may result in their removal. The presiding officer may then remove the individual if they do not promptly cease their disruptive behavior. “Disrupting” means engaging in behavior during a meeting of a legis lative body that actually disrupts, disturbs, impedes, or renders infeasible the orderly conduct of the meeting and includes, but is not limited to, a failure to comply with reasonable and lawful regulations adopted by a legislative body, or engaging in behavior that constitutes use of force or a true threat of force.
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Preliminary Matters
Roll Call: 6:09 p.m.
Present: Kesarwani, Taplin, Bartlett, Tregub, Hahn, Wengraf, Lunaparra, Humbert
Absent: Arreguin
Councilmember Hahn participated remotely pursuant to the just cause provisions of the Brown Act as amended by AB 2449.
Action Calendar
The public may comment on each item listed on the agenda for action. For items moved to the Action Calendar from the Consent Calendar or Information Calendar, persons who spoke on the item during the Consent Calendar public comment period may speak again during the Action Calendar public comment period on the item.
The Presiding Officer will request that persons wishing to speak line up at the podium, or use the "raise hand" function in Zoom, to determine the number of persons interested in speaking at that time. If ten or fewer persons are interested in speaking on an individual agenda item, each speaker may speak for tw o minutes. If there are more than ten persons interested in speaking, the Presiding Officer may limit the public comment for all speakers to one minute per speaker. Speakers are permitted to yield their time to one other speaker, however no one speaker shall have more than four minutes. The Presiding Officer may, with the consent of persons representing both sides of an issue, allocate a block of time to each side to present their issue.
Action items may be reordered at the discretion of the Chair with the consent of Council.
The Presiding Officer may open and close an additional comment period for Action items on this agenda (excluding any public hearings, appeals, and/or quasi-judicial matters), at the start of the Action Calendar.
Those who speak on an item during this comment period may not speak a second time when the item is taken up by Council.
1. Update on the Waterfront Specific Plan for the City of Berkeley Public Tidelands Area
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Provide feedback and direction on how to proceed with the Waterfront Specific Plan process.
Financial Implications: None
Contact: Scott Ferris, Parks, Recreation and Waterfront, (510) 981-6700 Action: 22 speakers. M/S/C (Taplin/Kesarwani) to provide direction to staff to 1) complete the parking study; 2) prepare a nature and recreation-based conceptual plan for Caesar Chavez Park; 3) proceed with the EIR with the highest development scenario; and 4) return to Council with the revised Specific Plan and certification of the EIR.
Vote: Ayes - Kesarwani, Taplin, Bartlett, Tregub, Hahn, Wengraf, Lunaparra, Humbert; Noes – None; Abstain – None; Absent – Arreguin.
Adjournment
Action: M/S/C (Kesarwani/Tregub) to adjourn the meeting.
Vote: Ayes - Kesarwani, Taplin, Bartlett, Tregub, Wengraf, Lunaparra, Humbert; Noes – None; Abstain – None; Absent – Hahn, Arreguin.
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Adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
Communications
• None
Supplemental Communications and Reports 1
• None
Supplemental Communications and Reports 2
Item #1: Update on the Waterfront Specific Plan for the City of Berkeley Public Tidelands Area
1. Martin Nicolaus
2. Camille Antinori
3. Roger Miller, Parks, Recreation, and Waterfront Commission
4. Paul Kamen
5. Gordon Stout (3)
6. Rachel Bradley
7. Virginia Browning (2)
8. Sally Tobin
Supplemental Communications and Reports 3
Item #1: Update on the Waterfront Specific Plan for the City of Berkeley Public Tidelands Area
9. Presentation submitted by the Parks and Recreation Department
10. Doug Yamamoto
11. Heike Helmer