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The

Rockridge News

September 13,1986 Vol. 1 No. 6

Circulation: 4,500 Residences; 200 Businesses

€ Sponsored by the Rockridge Community Planning Council, 6225 Ross Street, Oakland *
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Mandated by By-Laws

Election of R.C.P.C.
Officers Slated

All nine Board positions of the
Rockridge Community Planning Council
are to be filled by an election in November
mandated by the RCPC By-Laws,

according to RCPC President Nina
Robinson.

Ms. Robinson explained that the
Organization’s By-Laws call for the
annual election of nine members of the
Board of Directors from candidates
nominated by a Board-selected nominating
committee and by Neighborhood residents.
Elected Board members will then select a
President, Vice President, Secretary, and
Treasurer among themselves.

Nominations are now open, she said,
and candidates’ names may be submitted at
the September 18, October 16, and
November 20 General Meetings, or by
mail to nominating committee members

whose names and mailing address are listed
below.

According to the By-Laws, those
persons nominated must be at least
eighteen years old, interested in the
purposes of the organization, and a
permanent resident within the boundaries
set Out in the By-Laws.

The boundaries begin at the
intersecuon of College Avenue and

See RCPC Elections, page 4

A Message From
The Board

To those of you returning after a Summer away in the sun,
Welcome Back!

To those of you here during the Summer and participating in
Neighborhood concerns, Thank You!

For many of us, with kids returning to school and the season
changing, it feels like the beginning of a new year. For the Board of
the Rockridge Community Planning Council, itis a new year;

Board elections will take place this November.

This election, discussed in greater detail in the accompanying
article on this page, is mandated by the By—Laws of the
Organization and provides an opportunity to draw new people into
active participation in Neighborhood affairs. Take this
opportunity to get involved and to help others get involved in
selecting those you feel would make good RCPC Board Members.
Nominations can be made at the September, October, and November
General Meetings and through the Nominating Committee.

The breadth of participation by Neighbors in the organization
is exciting! Volunteers deliver the newsletter, pass out flyers,
monitor informational tables, organize fund-raisers, and attend
City meetings, all with a seemingly boundless enthusiasm. This

election provides another arena for those who want to help shape
their Neighborhood.

A lot has happened in the Rockridge Area during the current
Board’s tenure: Dreyer’s submitted their plans to the City and got
an EIR underway; Wilson Associates built their Market Hall and
made a beginning on their plans for housing on Shafter Avenue; the
Rockridge News was launched and helped spread the word about

See Message, page 3

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Wednesday Sept 17 1:30 pm
Thursday Sept 18 7:30 pm
Saturday Sept 20 11-3 pm
Monday Sept 22 7:30 pm

Planning Commission meeting: City Hall, Room 115. Three separate
Major Conditional Use Permit Hearings for two restaurants and a catering
business on College Avenue are scheduled: Agenda Items 8, 9, and 10.
See article on page 2.

RCPC September General Meeting, College Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Informational table in front of College Avenue Presbyterian Church.
North Oakland District Board meets to determine priorities and
recommendation for Block Grant Funds: Sante Fe School 915 54th St.

The Rockridge News

September 13, 1986

Page 2

(Welcome) Back To The Future:

A Fall Look At Current Neighborhood Issues

New Businesses Proposed
For College Avenue

Two new restaurants and a commercial catering business
are proposed for College Avenue in the section just South of
the intersection of Manila, Hudson, and College.

According to documents on file at the Zoning
Department, Oakland City Hall, Mr. Tom Cavala filed
applications on August 28 for a Major Conditional Use
Permit for a Catering Shop and for a Major Conditional Use
Permit for a Full Service Restaurant—Pizza/Italian restaurant

use. The restaurant will include a “‘Cybelle’s” pizza operation,
according to the filing.

Mr. Cavala made the filings as an authorized agent for
Bruce Taylor, President of Making Dough, Inc., the company
proposing the restaurant, and for Paula LeDuc Catering. Both
businesses would be located in the Rockridge Court building
currently nearing completion. Mr. Warren Wincorn, one of
the building owners, described LeDuc Catering as a

commercial caterer doing business with institutions and
businesses, not dealing at a retail level.

Across the street in the yellow one-story building next
door to McNally’s Irish Pub, a company called College
Avenue Fish Co., A Restaurant, proposes to open a seafood

restaurant and has also filed for a Major Conditional Use
Permit.

Meeting with the RCPC Board, Mr. Delett G. Paul and
Mr. Art Napala explained their plan to build a business that
would seat about 30 diners at a time and serve approximately
100 dinners a night. They plan to build a deck at the rear of
the building to provide a space for customers awaiting service.

Karen Paulsell, a Neighbor living next door to the
proposed restaurant, has expressed strong concerns about the

potential for noise and for cooking oders from such a
restaurant.

Planning Commission Public Hearings of these Ap-
plications will be held Wednesday, September 17, at 1:30 pm,
Room 115, Oakland City Hall. College Avenue Fish Co. is
number 8 on the agenda, case number CMD86—384; Cybelle’s
Pizza is number 9 on the agenda, case number CM86—403;

Paula LuDuc Catering is number 10 on the agenda, case
number CM86—404.

Plan to attend this Planning Commission Hearing to let

your views be known, or write to the Planning Commission,
1] City Hall Plaza, Oakland, 94612.

Dreyer’s Expansion Plans

What is the status of Dreyer’s headquarters project?
Representatives of the Corporation say they are moving full
speed ahead on the development, while people working on the

Environmental Impact Report aspect of the project report no
signs of movement.

Willie Yee, Associate Planner with the City of Oakland,
and Linda Peirce, Vice President of Environmental Impact
Planning Corporation, the company hired to prepare an

Environmental Impact Report for the Dreyer's project, report
they have had no contact and no direction from Dreyer’s for at

least the past month and no work has been done on the EIR
during that time.

Paul Woodland, Dreyer’s Vice President for Finance and
Administration, told RCPC Board Member Don Kinkead late
in July that the Corporation was proceeding with its plans as
submitted to the City in March.

Shell Oil Proposes Minimarket
For Station On Broadway at Taft Street

Mr. Gregory L. Shockey, Territory Manager for the
Shell Oil East Bay Marketing District, wrote to RCPC
President Nina Robinson to describe Shell’s plans for a Mini-
market at the station located at 5755 Broadway at Taft Street.

Shell feels the addition of a quickstop market at the
station will provide enough income to help station owner
Alan Brooks keep his gas prices competitive. Neighborhood
resident Ted Radosevich and other Neighbors feel such a quick-
stop market addition is inconsistent with the Neighborhood
and could also be dangerous.

Mr. Radosevich cited the recent robbery and shooting in
Berkeley near another quickstop type of store. He feels there
are enough stores nearby open late enough and in more secure
areas providing similar shopping convenience. He pointed out
that the Neighborhood defeated a similar proposal about five
years ago and felt the Neighbors would not support this one,
either.

Contact Ted Radosevich at 658-1150, for further
information.

Wilson Associates Postpones
Shafter Avenue Housing Proposal
To Concentrate on Garage

Wilson Associates has decided to amended their plan for
the land behind the Market Hall and Alta Bates Showcase
developments, according to Mr. Tony Wilson. Earlier
submissions called for 20 new housing units built over an

underground garage with parking space for about 50 cars, and
the remodeling of 5 adjacent rental units.

_ The amended plan for that portion of the project calls for
parking only and no housing except the adjacent rentals.
Contacted by phone, Mr. Wilson explained the proposal had
been modified to eliminate housing at this time because it did
not appear City Planning staff would support the zoning
changes necessary to permit the housing construction.

Prior to the Wilson’s postponement, RCPC wrote to
the Planning Department suggesting consideration of the three
phases of this development as a single project for which an

Environmental Impact Report should be prepared. The City is
sull considering the request.

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News Needs Names!

Production and distribution of the Rockridge News is
sponsored by RCPC for Neighborhood communication. The

paper is made available to 4,500 residences and 200 businesses
in the Rockridge Area.

The distribution network is composed of 130 volunteers
consisting of Block Marshalls, District Captains, and Block
Captains; the Block Captains make the actual delivery to their
friends and Neighbors.

The blocks listed below in the Rockridge Area need help
to ensure dependable delivery of the Rockridge News!

Volunteer to help with once a month newsletter
distribution— Call Bobbie Kinkead, 655-5608, to sign up.

Chabolyn Terrace;

Odd numbers along Broadway between Ada and College
Avenue;

62nd Street between Colby and Hillegass;
5900, 6000, 6100 Blocks of Colby;

5200 Manila between Clifton and 51st Street.

Treasurer Reports
Rich Fund Response

The July 12 issue of the Rockridge News offered an
opportunity for Neighbors to show their support financially
for the Rockridge Area by making a registration donation, a

Rockridge News donation, and/or a Legal Fund donation to the
RCPC Treasury.

In his Report to the Board on September 9, RCPC
Treasurer Don Kinkead described the initial response by the
Neighborhood as “immensely gratifying”.

“More than forty families responded in the first week
alone,” he told the Board, “‘and donations continue to come in
every other day.”

Asked by the Board about the breakdown of the
donations, Mr. Kinkead reported that registrations and
Rockridge News support were fairly equal, with Legal fund
donations totalling about a quarter of the total funds received.

Buoyed by the initial response of the Neighborhood, Mr.
Kinkead said he would like to continue the clip—out donation
coupons in the next several issues of the News to enable as

many Neighbors as possible to send in their donations. The
Board concurred in that plan.

Take a moment now to fill out the coupon below and
send it in with your tax decuctible donation.

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Message From the Board

Continued from Front Page

RCPC and College Avenue Development; and,
most recently, Yoshi’s was challenged by
Neighbors concerned about problems associated
with the expansion of Yoshi's Night Spot;
parking, noise, and patron behavior.

These issues touch on points each of us hold
dear. Mediating among the sometimes conflicting
needs of different areas of the Neighborhood as
well as businesses and developers is never easy. In
many of those situations, reaching a solution that
pleases everyone is impossible.

Looking to the future of College Avenue and
the Rockridge Neighborhood, it is clear that
controversy and occasional conflict are here to
stay. This Neighborhood is no different than
other Commercial/Retail shopping strips in
Oakland and the Bay Area— we are all facing
pressures and development that seem to push more
to regional service areas rather than meeting the
shopping and service needs of local residents. To
the extent that pressure grows, controversy will
intensify.

Encouraging the greatest participation of
Neighbors in planning and directing growth that
most directly affects them is a major goal of the
RCPC. Everyone benefits when residents are
aware of the plans afoot in their Neighborhood
and have the opportunity to participate in

decisions affecting them and their
Neighborhood.

Thank you for your support of the Rockridge
Neighborhood and the Rockridge Community
Planning Council.

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The Rockridge News

September 13, 1986

Page 4

Welcome Back continued from page 2

Yoshi’s Restaurant and Night Spot
Signs Agreement With RCPC

Yoshi's President Kaz Kajimura and RCPC Board
President Nina Robinson have signed an Agreement developed
during numerous meetings between the restaurant owner, the
Board, and concerned Neighbors establishing conditions for the
operation of the Restaurant and Night Spot in a manner
compatible with the surrounding Neighborhood.

Completion of the Agreement brings Yoshi’s and the
Neighborhood one step closer to a mutual accomodation.
Yoshi’s still must go through the liquor license transfer
procedure and that may or may not lead to a public hearing.

According to Mr. David Wright, Supervising Special
Investigator for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
(ABC), Yoshi’s application for a transfer of premises is
pending at the Departmental level. He felt that a decision
would probably be made within the next 30 days. Several
avenues of appeal remain available to the applicant or the
protestants, depending on the decision.

The quidia pro quo for the signing of the Agreement are
that Yoshi’s agreed to submit this Agreement to the ABC and
to include the basic terms and conditions in the Agreement as
Binding Conditions for any license the ABC may issue;
RCPC agreed to withdraw its Letter of Protest sent to the
ABC, agreed not to oppose Yoshi’s in the City of Oakland’s
review of provisional parking arrangements as long as the
terms of the Agreement regarding parking are made a part of
the City’s ultimate approval, and agreed to review terms of the

Agreement with Neighbors who have filed a Letter of Protest
with the ABC.

The Agreement makes the following stipulations:

Parking- Yoshi’s agreed to provide a minimum of 40
onsite parking spaces for its patrons during the week and valet
parking on Friday and Saturday and at all other times that
entertainment is provided on the premises;

Noise— music and sound from the establishment is to
be kept within 5 decibels of the ambient noise level as
measured by qualified acoustical engineers at the perimeter of
the property. RCPC hired the engineers and Yoshi’s paid for
the noise level measurement study;

Hours of operation- entertainment and bar sales are
to be ended so as to permit the premises to be cleared of
patrons by 11:30 pm Sunday through Thursday, and 1:00 am
Friday and Saturday;

Patron behavior— a parking lot supervisor will
monitor patrons’ behavior on the premises and in the
immediate area from 10pm to closing on wecknights and
11pm to closing on weekends;

Expansion of facilities- Yoshi’s will keep its
current capacity to 300 seats for the restaurant and 300 persons
for the nightclub and agrees not to expand into adjacent
residential propertcs;

Review and resolution of disputes— disputes
between Yoshi’s and the RCPC that cannot be otherwise

resolved shall be submitted to third party arbitration under the
rules of the American Arbitration Association.

For further information about the Agreement and to find
Out more about the issues, come to the RCPC General
Mecting, 7:30 pm Thursday, September 18, College Avenue
Presbyterian Church.

RCPC Elections

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Woolsey Street; run in a direct line to the Chabort Recreation
Center in Oakland; then along Broadway to College and
Broadway; then to the intersection of Clifton and Shafter; then
to the intersection of Shafter and Hudson; then to the
intersection of Hudson and Claremont Avenue; then to
Claremont Avenue and Colby; then to the intersection of
Colby and Woolsey; then returning to the intersection of

College Avenue and Woolsey.

A list of the individuals nominated will be published in

the October and November issues of the Rockridge News.
Additional nominations received after that publication will be
compiled and available at the General Meeting November 20.

Voting will be held during the General Meeting

November 20.
Nominating Committee Members are: Dianne Rhett,
Sue Parker, and Barry Kaufman. Send nominations to:

RCPC Board Nominations

c/o RCPC
6225 Ross Street
Oakland, CA 94618.

Nominations should include the addresses of the nominee
and of the nominator.

Is the Rockridge News covering the topics that interest
you? Would you like to see more or less of certain items?

Would you like to submit an article or two for publication?

Write to the News c/o RCPC, 6225 Ross Street,

Oakland, 94618, or call Don Kinkead— 655-7474.

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