Thursday, November 6, 2025 ANNOTATED AGENDA Page 1
A N N O T AT E D A G E N D A
S P E C I AL M E E T I N G O F T H E
B E R K E L E Y C I T Y C O U N C I L
In accordance with the authority in me vested, I do hereby call the Berkeley City Council in special session as follows:
Thursday, November 6, 2025
6:00 PM
SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ROOM - 1231 ADDISON STREET, BERKELEY, CA 94702
ADENA ISHII, MAYOR
Councilmembers:
DISTRICT 1 – RASHI KESARWANI
DISTRICT 2 – TERRY TAPLIN
DISTRICT 3 – BEN BARTLETT
DISTRICT 4 – IGOR TREGUB
DISTRICT 5 – SHOSHANA O’KEEFE
DISTRICT 6 – BRENT BLACKABY
DISTRICT 7 – CECILIA LUNAPARRA
DISTRICT 8 – MARK HUMBERT
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The City Council may take action related to any subject listed on the Agenda.
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Preliminary Matters
Roll Call: 6:06 p.m.
Present: Taplin, Bartlett, Tregub, O’Keefe, Blackaby, Lunaparra, Humbert, Ishii
Absent: Kesarwani
Councilmember Kesarwani present at 6:10p.m.
Worksession
1. Corridors Zoning Update
From: City Manager
Contact: Jordan Klein, Planning and Development, (510) 981-7400
Recess 7:58 p.m. – 8:12 p.m.
Recess 9:56 p.m. – 10:12 p.m.
Action: M/S/C (Blackaby/Lunaparra) to extend the meeting to 12:00 a.m.
Vote: All Ayes.
Action: 104 speakers. Presentation made and discussion held.
2. San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan
From: City Manager
Contact: Jordan Klein, Planning and Development, (510) 981-7400
Action: M/S/C (Lunaparra/Tregub) to extend the meeting to 12:30 a.m.
Vote: All Ayes.
Action: M/S/C (Ishii/Tregub) to extend the meeting to 12:45 a.m.
Vote: All Ayes.
Action: 13 speakers. Presentation made and discussion held.
Adjournment
Action: M/S/C (Ishii/Taplin) to adjourn the meeting.
Vote: All Ayes.
Adjourned at 12:27 a.m.
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Communications
Item #1: Corridors Zoning Update
Item #2: San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan
1. Leslie Sakai
2. Kirk McCarthy (2)
3. Preet Dhillon
4. Doris Fulder Nassiry (3)
5. Susan Jones
6. Barbara Gilbert (2)
7. John J. Parman (2)
8. Sharon Entwistle (2)
9. Diana Collins
10. Steve Ratcliff
11. Amy & Garet O’Keefe
12. Barbara Sargent
13. Ian Wulfson
14. Helane Zeiger
15. Robin Kibby
16. Alison Klairmont Lingo
17. Carolyn F. McNiven
18. Pam Zelnik
19. Zelda Bronstein
20. Peggy Mendelson
21. Meredith Miller
22. Save Berkeley Shops (2)
23. Lynn Sherrell
24. Ondine Norman
25. Brandon Essex
26. Elizabeth Horowitz
27. George Rose
28. Mary Mackey
29. Eric King
30. Bonnie Fore
31. Larry Hendel
32. Jim Reynolds
33. Shirley Haberfeld and Bob Allegrotti
34. Chris Mays
35. Erika St John
36. Barbara Fisher
37. Sam Busa
38. Sarah Stearns
39. Gina Rieger
40. Carolyn Holm
41. Kathleen Haberer
42. Susan Blew
43. Mykael and John Moss
44. Diane Shavelson
45. Madeleine Shearer
46. Emily Benner
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47. Ryan Van Valer
48. Hawley Holmes
49. Kate Pocass
50. Petra Lamberson
51. Mindy Loginotti
52. Claire Kahane and Robert Melville
53. Kristin
54. Barbara and Christopher Wagstaff
55. Mary Staats
56. Lorraine Lerman
57. Sallie Hanna-Rhyne
58. Elea Bernou
59. Michael Frantz
60. Craig Upson
61. Victoria Leonard
62. Constance Rivemale
63. M Ryce
64. Theo Gordon (2)
65. Alana Kinrich
66. Audrey Bree Tse
67. Tami Boulet & Nick Rizza
68. Oban Lopez-Bassols (2)
69. Sheryl Rose
70. Theo Posselt (2)
71. Larry and Jane Baack
72. Carla Bell and Adriana Guerra
73. John P. Anderson
74. David Anderson
75. Dr. Bruce Feingold
76. Anthony Bruce
77. Holly Scheider
78. Kathryn Hambly
79. Mara Melandry
80. Alexander Altman
81. Peter Ewell and Helga Recke
82. Alice Feller
83. V. Sommer
84. Shmuel Weissman
85. Chris Gilbert
86. Kirsten Rose
87. Scott Hambly
88. Mary Matsushita
89. Kate H
90. Victor Ichioka
91. Carla Woodsworth
92. Adriana Guerra
93. John Magruder
94. Michael Nguyen
95. Kelly Hammargren
96. Stephen Alpert (9)
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97. Peter Radu
98. Shoshana O’Keefe
99. 46 Similarly worded form letters “I am opposed…”
100. 10 Similarly worded form letters “We applaud the effort…” Supplemental Communications and Reports 1
• None
Supplemental Communications and Reports 2
Item #1: Corridors Zoning Update
Item #2: San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan
101. Gale Garcia
102. Leah Kaizer
103. Matt O’Brien
104. Zachary Russ (2)
105. Oban Lopez-Bassols (2)
106. Karen Dabrusin
107. Agnes Czaja (2)
108. Dawn Thomas
109. Tobey Wiebe
110. Laura Katz
111. Margot Smith (2)
112. Kori Kody
113. Lisa Parks
114. Rosemary Castorina
115. Harvey Sherback
116. Kay van der Have
117. Charlene Harrington
118. Vyan Kumar
119. Anne Weinberger
120. John Rice
121. Carol Denney (2)
122. S. Entwistle (2)
123. Michelle Schorr
124. Bruce Feingold
125. Ed
126. Margaret Child
127. Andy Kahn
128. Andrea Satin
129. Greg Nachtwey
130. Esther Hirsh
131. Summer Brenner
132. Jacqueline Beth
133. Robert Riemer
134. Steve Tracy
135. Christene Diehr
136. Chris Hamilton
137. Delia Taylor
138. Mark Elfield
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139. Michon Pinnix Wilson
140. Donald Simon
141. Kamala Visweswaran
142. Mary Lee Noonan
143. Mia Baldwin
144. Stephen Alpert
145. Briselle Lopez (2)
146. Maria Ansari
147. Janice Craik
148. Gurdeepak Kular
149. Donna DeDiemar
150. Robert Epstein
151. Jeff Kaplan
152. Marilyn Simons
153. Barbara Hadenfeldt
154. Craig Norton
155. Tarah Ornelas
156. Laura Leventer
157. Peggy Radel
158. Art Goldberg
159. Trevor Lederberger
160. Edwin Gamez
161. Rachel Bradley
162. Renee Kopulos
163. Cindy Shamban
164. Lorraine Lerman
165. Brendan Byrne
166. Neil Schneider
167. Save Berkeley Shops
168. Aimee Baldwin (2)
169. Alan Williamson
170. Michelle Haner
171. Sally Nelson
172. V. Sommer
173. Paola Laverde
174. Patty Lipinska
175. Claudia Hunka
176. Gael Alcock
177. Diane WS
178. 7 Similarly worded form letters “I am opposed…”
179. 30 Similarly worded form letters “We applaud…”
180. 64 Similarly worded form letters “We are writing…” Supplemental Communications and Reports 3
Item #1: Corridors Zoning Update
181. Presentation submitted by the Planning Department
182. Ilene Lee
183. John J. Parman
184. Michael UpTIC SF
185. Dan I Slobin
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186. Fred Dodsworth
187. Allan Abshez
188. Save Berkeley Shops
Item #2: San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan
189. Presentation submitted by the Planning Department
Item #1: Corridors Zoning Update
Item #2: San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan
190. Barryett Enge
191. Tony Marine
192. Elizabeth Ferguson
193. C. Cosgrove
194. Hrald Leventhal
195. Anna Harris (2)
196. Clare Marcus
197. Marjorie Winter
198. Dorothy Hale
199. Esther Lerman
200. Lois Yuen
201. Jeffrey Knapp
202. Catherine Durand
203. Linda Schacht and John Gage
204. Jacqueline DeSouza
205. Steve Allen
206. David Ross
207. Helen M. Marcus
208. Hans Stahlschmidt and Patricia Stahlschmidt Hart
209. Helen Mountford (2)
210. Sondra Jensen
211. Dan I Slobin
212. John J. Parman (3)
213. Margaret Sparks
214. Emily Fox
215. Fred Dodsworth (2)
216. Yael Moses
217. Stephen Alpert (2)
218. Michael UpTIC SF
219. Anne Herrick
220. Marion Abbott
Miscellaneous
221. Unknown
222. Unknown