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Rockridge News

Sponsored by - The ROCKRIDGE COMMUNITY PLANNING COUNCIL - 5856 College Avenue #130 - Oakland California - 94618

Vol. 2 No. 8 Issuc No. 20

December 12, 1987

Circulation: 4,500 Residences; 200 Businesses

Srason’s Greetings
from REBC and
The Rockrisge Rewst

Best Wishes for The Coming Bear

The December General Meeting
has been cancelled.
Next meeting will be
7:30 pm., Wednesday, January 20, 1988,
at the
College Avenue Presbyterian Church,
See You Then!

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Rockridge Street Gets
Preferential Parking

Preferential parking has come to Rockridge.

Last week, residents of Oak Grove Avenue became the first
in Oakland to qualify for the Preferential Permit Parking program
by purchasing the minimum number of permit stickers required
to fully implement the program.

According to Mr. I. Jeeva of the City’s Traffic Engineering
Department, two other Oakland Neighborhoods— one off Park
Avenue and one near the Oakland West BART station— initiated
sticker programs for their streets but not enough residents pur-
chased permits to enable the City to install parking control signs.

Mr. Jeeva explained that the sticker program is available to
any contiguous three block area or on blocks over certain lengths.

Turn to “Parking’’, page 2

’Tis The Season

Election Set For RCPC
Board Of Directors

An election will be held in January to fill all ten RCPC
Board positions as mandated by RCPC By-Laws, according to
an announcement made by RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson at the
November General Meeting.

According to Ms. Anderson, the By-Laws call for the
annual election of the members of the Board of Directors from
candidates nominated by a Board-selected nominating commit-
tee and by Neighborhood residents. Elected Board members will
then select a President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer
among themselves. An eleventh Board position is appointed
annually by the College Avenue Merchants Association
(CAMA).

Up to now, Ms. Anderson said, terms of office have been
one year. To assure continuity and stability of RCPC’s ongoing
activities, the Board voted at its May, 1987 meeting to change the
terms to two years and to stagger the terms so only half the Board
is elected each year. The new Board will draw lots to determine
which five members will serve for only one year and which will
serve for two years. Elections will continue on an annual basis.

Nominations for the RCPC Board for 1988-90 are now
open. Candidates’ names may be submitted by mail or in person
to the following Nominating Committee members: Mr. Ray
Craun (655-6589), Ms. Karen Paulsell (655-0818) and Ms. Ethel
Ruymaker (658-3912). Nominations should include the ad-
dresses of the nominee and of the nominator. Send your nomi-
nations to:

RCPC Board Nominations

c/o RCPC

5856 College Avenue #130

Oakland, CA 94618.

Turn to “Elections’’, page 3

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«Wednesday Dec 16 1:30pm Planning Commission Mtg. City Hall, Room 115. Regular meeting.

«Wednesday Dec 16 RCPC General Meeting CANCELLED. Enyoy THE Hotipays.

« Tuesday Jan § 7:30 pm City Council Meeting City Hall.

«Wednesday Jan 20 7:30 pm RCPC General Meeting College Avenue Presbyterian Church. Annual election of

RCPC Board of Directors.

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A Brief History of Public
Transit in Oakland

By Andrea V. Gabriel

Part I of a two-part article. Some of the information for this
article was taken from an unpublished manuscript by Francis X.
Flood in the Oakland History Room of the Oakland Public Library.
I thank Rockridge resident Julie Dewey for additional research

material.

Imagine, if you will, the Rockridge Area in the 1890's.
College Avenue was little more than a dirt road, Ashby and
Alcatraz did not exist and Broadway ended at Keith Avenue.
Much of the area was fruit and vegetable farms. There was the
Davis Farm on the corer of College and Claremont and a few
large estates sprinkled along Upper Claremont toward the Clare-
mont Hotel and Tunnel Road. A few of Oakland’s larger stores
made deliveries by horse and cart out to this “Claremont” area.
This was the early state of Rockridge —pre development— when
Oakland was beginning to discover land beyond its business
center of 7th Street and Broadway. Rockridge was just an
outlying area, but the idea of a public transportation system was
in the works. Within a few years, major transportation routes
were weaving in and out of Rockridge just as they do today.

Steam Trains and Horsecars

By 1863, Southern Pacific Railway ran a network of ferries
and steam trains in a public transportation system. When ferry
passengers landed in Oakland, they would take an SP steam
“local” in and around routes in the growing city. In 1869, the first
horsecar line opened up, coming from the waterfront up Broad-
way to Telegraph. (Horsecars were small streetcars pulled by one
or two horses along iron rails in the streets; each car could hold
about 20 passengers. Passengers passed their ten cent fare
through a window in the back of the horsecar.) Later, the line was
extended to Berkeley where the University of California had
relocated on Strawberry Creek. To get to Berkeley, passengers
would take the horsecar to about 51st Street, then transfer to a
steam “dummy” into town. By 1890, some of the horsecars had
been replaced by two cable car lines.

The Age of Electricity and the Rise of the Key System

By 1891, electricity was available city-wide and electric
trains evolved, replacing the horsecar as the major means of
public transportation. Francis “Borax” Smith introduced an
elaborate network of ferries, electric trains and streetcars in his
famous Key System. The Key System name came from the shape
of the ferry slips jutting out like the teeth of a key from the 3.25
mile long pier stretching out almost to Yerba Buena Island.

Smith bought up independent street railways and by 1903 had
a near monopoly on interurban travel. The new electric trains
were cleaner and more reliable than the horsecars and less noisy
than the smoke and cinder spewing steam locals. Southern
Pacific, its public transportation monopoly threatened, was
forced to upgrade its rails and introduce electric cars. Over
seventy feet long, weighing over thirty tons and carrying up to
116 passengers, the SP trains were huge. Rather than rely on city
electricity, SP built its own powerhouse in the Fruitvale district.
Thus began a period of intense competition between the orange
Key System cars and the “big red trains” of the Southern Pacific.

San Pablo Avenue Neighborhood
Group Works On School

San Pablo Avenue/Golden Gate Improvement Area (SPA/
GGIA), an association of Neighbors, church congregations and
community groups, has joined with the Sterling Community
Service Foundation of Oakland to install playground equipment
and landscaping and to make repairs to the school buildings at
Golden Gate School on San Pablo Avenue.

The improvement project began December 5 and 6 and ends
December 12 and 13. The Sterling Foundation works with
neighborhoods to build community spirit and participation
through work on community facilities. The group has worked
with other Oakland Neighborhoods and completed a similar
project at Belle Vista School. The real goal is to establish a
lasting network of community members that will continue com-

munity improvement. :
In her newsletter School Crossings, Ms. Sheila Jordan, Rock-

ridge resident and Oakland School Board Vice-President, spoke
of her interest in the current project: “I and other members of the
School Board are very excited about the work going on at Golden
Gate School. Community residents and other North Oakland
volunteers have undertaken a long-term effort to revitalize the
educational program. The value of a school’s educational pro-
gram increases in direct proportion to the level of participation
by family members, neighbors, local church people, and labor
and civic groups.

“Please contact me or a member of my advisory committee at
652-7823 to participate in a community service day either De-
cember 12th or December 13th.”

Donations of cash or materials to the project may be made in
care of Golden Gate School at 6200 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland,
94608, or in care of the Sterling Foundation at 2930 Lakeshore
Avenue, Oakland, 94610.

Parking, from page 1

When eighty per cent of the residents sign a petition requesting
the program, the City holds a hearing to designate the area for
permit parking. After a minimum of 15 residents per block or
50% of the homes purchase the permits, enforcement begins.
Parking control signs are installed and police begin issuing
parking tickets.

The cost of $25 per year per automobile has been deemed
worthwhile by many satisfied Oak Grove residents. Their street,
only a block from the Rockridge BART station, often filled up
with overflow BART parking. Mr. Art Smith, the resident who
spearheaded the petition drive on the street, reports a dramatic
change in parking availability. “Spaces opened up all over, even
on the first day,” he said. “I hope BART will be forced to do
something about their own parking, now. If a lot of people do
this, it will put the squeeze on BART to add to station parking.

This will help their ultimate ridership more than anything else
could.”

If there is a parking problem on your street, call Mr. Jeeva or

Mr. Kevin Cummings at 273-3466 for information about the
Permit Parking Program.

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_December 12, 1987

The Rockridge News

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The Business of Rockridge

Last month's Rockridge News inaugurated a forum for |
College Avenue merchants, business people and property
owners to present their views on Rockridge, commerce and
planning in a column format based on wide-ranging inter-
views.

Interviewees were asked for their views on College Ave-
nue, Rockridge, community communication, the role of the
City, their assessment of City Planning and for general
remarks.

Interviewees reviewed and approved their own comments

rior to publication.

P
Retail merchant John Knight is our contributor for this
month's column.

= John Knight

Owner, Rockridge Antiques, 5601 College Avenue
Co-—Developer, Rockridge Court, 5335 College Avenue

Born in Vallejo, John Knight has lived in the Bay Area all his
life. He has live in the Rockridge area and been in business on
College Avenue since 1973. During that time, he has owned
several different antique furniture stores on the Avenue. His wife
owns and runs Mother's a few doors south of Rockridge Antiques.

I’m optimistic about the Neighborhood and College Avenue;
I think the area is getting better and better for retail trade and for
the shopping public. The merchants work well together and this
helps, too. But the Rockridge district is more than merchants. It’s
the Neighborhood around as well.

College Avenue

College Avenue can go on indefinitely as a prosperous area
but we need to look at it to improve its destiny. For instance,
College Avenue has an abundance of certain types of businesses
and needs more diversity. I feel a mix of businesses— a diversity
—is imperative. Too many businesses of one type drive up com-
petition to unrealistic levels. Business becomes too cut-throat,

too uneven.
We can maintain diversity

in many ways: I once sub-
leased a space at below mar-
ket rate to keep a greater mix;

College Avenue

I mperative: J think the City should get
opinions from RCPC and

Diversity I n CAMA when a business li-
cense is applied for.

Businesses Good planning can help

too but sometimes the process
is subverted. The City has

competent, capable people but there is lots of working around the
rules. Variances are an example of this situation. They are a
two-sided sword. They can be beneficial, yet degrade zoning
laws after a ume.
Planning and Public Notice

A new procedure is necessary. Neighbors should meet with
the City for a full explanation of the potential effect of a variance.
Then the Neighborhood and merchants should take a straw vote

before a public hearing on the matter. 1 would support efforts to
strengthen public noticing process of proposed changes; it is the
City’s responsibility to improve this process.

Warren Wincorn and I built Rockridge Court without using
variances. We wanted something that would fit in the area and
be a part of College Avenue. Nearby residents didn’t agree with
all our plans but we gained their support with early discussions
and meetings to answer their questions and objections. Then we
designed solutions.

Too often, the City responds to developer pressure and is not
as responsive to Neighborhood concerns as it should be. Very
few developers have not got what they want. City Hall counts
pennies and dimes, and lets the dollars get away.

Despite my feelings about the City, Marge Gibson—Haskell is
super. I support her 100 per cent.

Change and the Future

I first came to College Avenue because rents were low. The
Avenue has changed 1000 per cent in the time I’ve been here and
change continues in many ways. Rents can take over and domi-
nate change, controlling planning efforts. Market processes bring
change but they are too slow and too inefficient to be predictable.
As change progresses, parking is going to be a major problem—
too many people crammed into a small area combined with
parking variances given too freely will cause trouble. Parking
problems may limit change and improvement but cannot alter the

reality of its presence.
Communication should be improved between RCPC, Mer-

chants and the community to be sure we get the change we want.

E lections, from page 1

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 intersection of College Avenue
and Woolsey Street; run in a direct line to the Chabot Recreation
Center in Oakland; then along Broadway to Lawton, up Lawton
to Manila, down Manila to Carlton, along Carlton to Broadway
Terrace, down Broadway Terrace to the intersection of Broadway
and Coronado, down Coronado to Desmond, then on Desmond
to Clifton, then on Clifton 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 Clare-
mont 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
January issue of The Rockridge News. Nominations received
after that publication will be compiled and available at the
General Meeting January 20, 7:30 pm, at the College Avenue
Presbyterian Church.

Nominations may also be made at the General Meeting.
Voting will be held during the January General Meeting.

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Holiday Sharing In Rockridge

Charity begins athome! For Rockridge Neighbors who would
like to share with those in need in our community, there are
several special and ongoing programs requesting donations.

Donations of new toys are welcome at our fire station, Engine
#19, at 5776 Miles, the local drop—off point for the Mayor’s
annual Toy Drive. Donations may be brought to the main en-
trance daily 9am —6 pm. There is a brochure which explains who
qualifies as recipient of the toys. The Claremont Branch of the
Bank of America is also collecting Toys for Tots.

Several College Avenue Merchants are participating along
with Lucky’s Markets in the annual Alameda County Food Bank
holiday community food giveaway. Neighbors can drop off their
donations at Lucky’s, at Chimes Grocery, at First Federal Savings
and Loan of San Rafael, and at Hudson Bay Beans. Only
non-perishable items are acceptable, such as canned meats,
vegetables, fruits, juices, dried peas and beans, macaroni and
pasta, dry non-fat milk, infant formula, crackers, etc.

College Avenue Presbyterian Church, 5951 College Avenue,
658-3665, also welcomes donations of food and money for the
Pantry which operates year around. Each week the Church pre-
pares two types of food—filled grocery bags for distribution. The
“Street Bag” consists of ready—to—eat items which don’t require

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Psst! Got Any
Spare Time?

Neighborhood work in any area of
the City is handled by an army of quiet
volunteers giving generously of time
and talent. Here’s your opportunity:

EIR REVIEW

Last month’s call for volunteers to
help review Dreyer’s EIR when it is
released for public review got strong
response. However, your help is still
needed.

To help, or for additional
information, call RCPC Boardmember
John Gussman at 654-9269 (evenings).

ROCKRIDGE NEws

If EIRs and planning aren’t for you,
perhaps you can find your calling as an
ink-stained wretch. The Rockridge
News is expanding its production staff
and wants you to help with stories,
news, views, typing, cutting and
pasting. Remember Clark Kent, Lois
Lane and the Daily Planet!

Call Don Kinkead at 655—7474 for
more information.

NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTION

If you don’t want to work on it, you
may enjoy passing it out. Block
Captains are needed to round out the
newsletter distribution network in the
5100 block of Shafter, Lawton and
Manila.

Call Bobbie Kinkead at 655-7474 to
discuss the possibilities.

Letters To The News

Editor:

Regarding Ms. Margret Elson’s
wish to “...enliven our Neighborhood
with different aspects of the arts”
(Rockridge News, 11/14/87): I would
be willing to bet even money that she
is not a resident of the Rockridge. Or,
at least not a resident of one of the side
Streets leading off College Avenue. I
am such a resident and I am really tired
of cars blocking my driveway and the
ever-increasing racket of cars driving
up and down my street (Lawton Ave-
nue) at all hours. A lot of this action
is no doubt due to the “increased eco-
nomic development” occurring along
College Avenue. But, in the name of
Culture, does Ms. Elson want to make
matters even worse?

I am an avid music—lover, and
many evenings throughout the year
you will find me at Davies Hall in S.F.
or at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley or at
any number or recital halls in the Bay
Area. You might also find me at an oc-
casional jazz concert. But, when I
come home, I want a little peace and
quiet. Is that too much to ask?

Ms. Elson seeks to “enliven our
Neighborhood”. I find the Neighbor-
hood quite lively enough, thank you.
To tell the truth, I’d like to cool it down
a bit. A modest art gallery or perhaps
a string trio playing at the Cornucopian
would be tolerable, but please, no
“performing arts centers” or jazz con-

certs a la Yoshi’s. The Rockridge
cannot provide all the attractions of the
big city without being compromised as
a residential neighborhood.
Enough already!
—Robert A. Maynard

Editor:

There seems to be a growing trend
of Rockridge area dog owners not curb-
ing their dogs or cleaning up after
them. It is quite disturbing when walk-
ing down College Avenue in the eve-
ning you discover that you've just
stepped in dog poop. In addition, it has
also become a nuisance in the residen-
tial neighborhood. All it requires is
that people clean up after their dogs or
curb them. There are very few dogs
running wild in the Rockridge so this is
a problem of the dog owners and not a
problem of wild dogs. I hope that
others will agree and help deal with this

public health nuisance.
—Brooke Levin

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Oakland 94618

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Of General Interest:

Sister Cities And Challenges For
The Future: Marge Gibson Haskell

The 19th biennial meeting of the Japan—America Mayors
and Chamber of Commerce Presidents Conference was similar
to the one in Hiroshima four years ago, but the emphasis now
was slightly different. Then, as now, the prime concern was the
quality of life in cities, but this conference focused upon the
challenges arising from technological improvements in the
fields of communication and transportation. It noted the extent
lo which new computer technology permits more people to
work in their homes and how this affects provision of services
by a city. On the micro-scale, a long term reduction in
work-related trips was predicted but a potential increase in
commuting for other purposes was hypothesized based upon the
Japanese perception that people are social creatures who will
sull seek to congregate. For the American side, improved
communications actually strengthened the need for
neighborhood centers for people to get together.

On the macro-scale, Sendai, a Japanese city near Tokyo,
discussed how it is planning to take advantage of the world wide
communications revolution by means of a teleport similar to
that of Bay Farm Island. Their teleport will not only provide
world wide conference facilities but will also allow access to
international educational opportunities and permit researchers
to tap into diverse publications and research networks.

After the conference, I took a detour en route to Fukuoka,
our sister City, to visit Kyoto. That city was the early center of
government when Japan was governed under the Shogunate
System prior to becoming an Imperial nation. I was impressed
with Kyoto’s promotion of different sections of the city to
visilors— an antiques sales area, an area of artists and a center
where traditional handicrafts are demonstrated and sold. It
suggests that we might wish to encourage greater use of maps—

such as Pro—Arts’ tour of artists’ workshops— and we may
wish to encourage more antique dealers to locate near Harvey
Clar’s on Telegraph. The Japanese merchant’s associations in
Kyoto sponsor special advertising about the strength of each
area.

Once in Fukuoka, we toured the site proposed for the
exposition celebrating the city’s 100th birthday as an
independent city. We viewed the reclaimed land, the new
highway connections and subway stations, all being constructed
by the City to service the exposition area. It is awesome to
contemplate the ability of a city to fund so many major public
improvements in such a short time.

As I write this memorandum on the return JAL flight it has
just been announced that there is a problem with the engine and
we must return to Narita Airport in Tokyo. It has been further
announced that upon landing the air crew will meet with the
ground crew to discuss what will be done and whether another
plane will be available.

It seems that no matter what the situation, Japanese quality
circle problem solving methods are used.

RCPC and The Rockridge News present these columns to assist
regular communication from local officials. Give some thought

to what you read here, then give a call:

Marge Gibson-Haskell — 273-3266
City Council District 1

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Have A Tree Lined Street

Residents in the Rockridge Neighborhood are once again
irying to get trees planted on their streets. City policy has
changed several times over the last few years, but currently
residents must pay for the tree and water it the first year. The City
will forever after maintain the tree.

When there are no street trees on a block, residents have the
choice of several types of trees: deciduous or evergreen; small,
medium or large. If trees are already planted, there is some room
to negotiate for an alternative tree.

In some cases, Rockridge Neighbors have shared the cost and
clean—up of deciduous trees in order to fill out their blocks when
residents would otherwise not plant trees. Renters have paid for
trees, once they’ve secured the approval of the property owner.
In many cases, renters have convinced landlords to purchase the
trees.

The cost of the trees depends upon their size at planting. The
cost is $28 for a 5 gallon tree; $38 for a 15 gallon tree. The City
will plant the trees and be responsible for any damage that might
occur to the sidewalk or to the street.

If the usual planting strip is covered with concrete, it is the
residents’ responsibility to remove enough of the concrete to
plant the tree. Some Neighbors work together on this chore.
Oakland Neighborhood Tree Organizing Program (O.N.T.O.P.),
a Civic organization planting trees in low income neighborhoods,
can provide a concrete saw if residents have no other way to
remove concrete. Call 465-1064

To arrange street trees for your block or to obtain more infor-
mation about the program, call Oakland Park Services,
273-3151. If you wish to discuss tree varieties, or have other
questions, ask to speak to Mr. Jim Ryugo.

—Lisa Rubens

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Neighbors To Meet With Police
Burglary In Rockridge’?
It’s A Crime!

A home is burglarized in Rockridge once every five days. Can
anything be done to stop this tragedy? Yes!

The Home Alert Program is the most effective method of pre-
venting burglaries. Your participation in the program can save
you from becoming a robbery victim.

Twenty-four Neighbors attended the third meeting of the
Rockridge Neighborhood Alert Watch held Monday, November
23rd, at the College Avenue Presbyterian Church, to learn how
to stop break-ins, to meet other Rockridge Neighbors and to get
acquainted with the beat officer for the area. The Neighborhood
Watch meetings are helping to make people aware of the real
extent of crime in the Rockridge Area. Increased awareness of
crime has brought an increased awareness of Police investigation
and follow-up procedures. Mr. Sam Lazar, Rockridge resident,
Planning Commission member, and Chairman of the Oakland
Citizen’s Crime Prevention Committee has arranged a meeting
for police representatives and concerned citizens and Neighbors
of the Rockridge Area to discuss police response to thefts and
break-ins. The meeting— set for 4:30 pm Thursday, January 21,
1988, in the Chief’s Conference Room, 8th Floor of the Oakland
Police Department, 455 7th Street— will bring Beat Officer
David Donovan, the Sergeant-In—Charge for Rockridge, and
Vice Squad representatives together with Neighbors for a frank
examination of Rockridge crime control.

For more information call Mr. Lazar at 655-4700, Ms. Sam
Bieksza at 652-1765, Ms. Connie Kidder at 652-3080 or Ms.
Dolores Bishop at 652-4526.

Seasonal Crime Control Tips

The Crrizen’s Crime PREVENTION CoMMITTEE and the
OakLAND Potice DEPARTMENT advise parking in well-lighted,
busy areas, locking your car and placing valuables in the
trunk. Beware of pickpockets and purse snatchers in crowded
shopping areas. At home, make sure you have good locks and
use them. Do not leave Christmas packages in plain view. If
you will be gone from home, notify your neighbors.

Call Sergeant Jones at 273—3066 for more information.

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The Rockridge News

December 12, 1987

Ho.tmay Events AT

College Avenue
Presbyterian Church
e 5951 College Avenue * Oakland, CA 94618 *

e Pastor’s Open House
Sunday December 13 1:30 pm to 7 pm.

Church and community invited.
5653 Ocean View Drive.

¢ Bagpipe Processional
December 20, Christmas Sunday.
Meet at the BART Station at 10:00 am.
Processional starts at 10:20.

¢ Candlelight Christmas Eve Service
At the Church, Thursday, December 24, 7 pm.

¢ Agape Meals open to Church and community

members every Wednesday evening 6 pm at the
Church. Serving from 6 to 6:40.

—Reverend Bill Beatty, Pastor

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