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February 11, 1989

Vol. 3 No.9 Issue No. 33

Circulation: 4,500 Residences; 200 Businesses

Welcome Carter
Gilmore, City Council-
member for District 6,
our honored guest for
the General Meeting.

Dreyers Draft EIR
Close To Release;
Freezer Moved

Lately, College Avenue seems to be a
place where buildings are going up but
things are different at the corer of Chabot
Road and College.

For the past week or so, huge cranes
have been working in the Dreyer’s park-
ing lot to dismantle and truck away the
flash freezer building. In spite of the
(de)construction activity, the corner is
quieter: no freezer compressors running
day and night and no delivery big rigs
pulling up eight times a day make a differ-
ence.

This work is a definite signal the
company is proceeding with development
plans for their headquarters site.

In March 1988, Dreyer’s approached
RCPC to discuss the status of the ice
cream company’s development project.
The RCPC Board met with Dreyer’s,
which unveiled a revised plan to remove
the factory, eliminate the proposed R&D
facility and build an office building with
ground level commercial space and park-

See Dreyer’s, page 7

Thank You, Neighbors!

In an exciting show of neighborhood
involvement and support, nearly four
hundred Rockridge residents cast their
ballots at the January Rockridge Commu-
nity Planning Council Election Meeting
to determine RCPC Board membership
for the coming year.

Asked to vote for five candidates from
a field of nine, Neighbors filed into the
College Avenue Presbyterian Church to

At the meeting, candidates spoke for
three minutes to describe themselves and
what they would do if elected.

After the polls closed, ballots were tal-
lied by RCPC Registrars Ray Perman and
Jack Ripsteen with Harold Borkowski and
Tony Wilson present as witnesses ap-
proved by the challengers. Ripsteen did
the reading under the observation of
Borkowski; Perman did the recording un-

verify their der the ob-
residence and VoTE ROCKRIDGE CHALLENGERS servation of
receive a bal-| Don Kinkead 281 | Jolyon Wurr 109 | Wilson.

lot. For much] Andréa Walhof 278 | Russ Johnson 108 Results
of the evening, | Bill Manley 273 | John Steuart 106 | of the ballot-
the line of vot- | Brooke Levin 269 | Michael Kraszulyak 99 | ing  paral-
ers stretched | Glen Jarvis 264 leled the two
out of the groups.

church and onto the sidewalk. RCPC
Chair Barbara Anderson enthused, “This
is a fantastic tumout. What a great neigh-
borhood!”

Much of the enthusiasm resulted from
the controversy raised during campaigns
the candidates waged. Stating they had a
“broad vision for a diverse improved
Rockridge”, a group of four community
residents organized to challenge what
their literature referred to as “an elitist
group of activist planners”, the current
RCPC Board. The five other candidates
included three incumbent Board members
and two other residents. Both groups
distributed flyers and other literature
describing positions and goals on neigh-
borhood issues such as housing, home oc-
cupation, and parking.

In addition to ballots cast at the meet-
ing, a total of 132 proxy votes collected
from people unable to attend the meeting
in person was submitted. After a count of
the ballots and a comparison of the mini-
mum difference between votes cast and
proxy ballots submitted, it was clear that
the total number of proxies was less than
the number required to change the elec-
tion results. Registrars and witnesses
agreed the proxy votes were moot and
placed them in a sealed envelope.

This election brings the RCPC Board
to its full membership of ten residents and
one College Avenue Merchants Associa-
tion (CAMA) representative. Those
elected in this election will serve for two
years. There will be an election in Janu-
ary 1990 for the five other positions.

Dates Calendar Events Calendar Dates

Wednesday Feb15 7:30pm RCPC General Meeting
Wednesday Feb22 1:30pm Planning Commission
Wednesday Mari5 7:30pm RCPC General Meeting

Councilmember Carter Gilmore
City Hall, Room 115. Regular meeting

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Boardmembers Speak About Selves, Rockridge

Beth Allen

My family and I have lived in the Rock-
tidge as a homeowner for twenty years.
During this time I have seen many changes:
changes in physical structures and community
population; changes in attitudes — from racism
to a more accepting attitude; changes on my
block — from thirty-seven children (who have
now grown up) to only three. My own daugh-
ter, now 17, will be going away to college in
August.

I, too, have changed and grown, profes-
sionally and in other ways: BA, S.F. State;
MBA, UC Berkeley; to Doctoral
Candidate, UC Berkeley. I’ve
also changed jobs: from com-
puter scientist, to Peralta Col-
leges Instructor, to teacher, and
now to Vice-Principal.

My personal vision for the
Rockridge is that it will continue
to grow and prosper, that it will
continue to become more ac-
cepting of people of diverse
cultures and ethnicities, and
finally, that it will work dili- |
gently to accommodate all
people regardless of their politi-
cal, religious, social, or ethnic
persuasions.

Barbara Anderson

I’ve lived in the Bay area for
more than twenty years, first for
eight years as a renter in North
Beach and later starting a family in Santa
Rosa. I began to get to know the East Bay as
a graduate student at Cal and during the last ten
years in our home on Lawton next to College.
Getting to know Rockridge as a community
emerged especially from lots of volunteer
work at Chabot School where our son attends
(our daughter now is at Claremont) and where
currently I work as an instructional aide. My
husband Bruce is an urban designer.

My interest in neighborhood planning
activities and issues started with Safeway’s
attempt to put a Liquor Bam over at Clifton
and Claremont six years ago. I’ve been in-
volved ever since, and it’s getting more excit-
ing. Instead of always “reacting” to what's
happening, now we as a community are taking
the initiative to state what we want (e.g., anew
library, an area specific plan, a more humane
use of the BART station area).

I see Oakland’s strength in large measure
growing out of and spreading from neighbor-
hood to neighborhood. The degree to which
we each feel a part of and empowered to shape
our immediate community has been and will
continue to be what makes the difference.

Nancy Dutcher

I have lived in Rockridge almost continu-
ously since 1939, and 25 years on Ivanhoe. I
have two grown daughters who also live in
Rockridge. I work at Studio One Art Center

Dutcher, Andréa Walhuf.

and am a student at Cal State Hayward work-
ing toward a Master’s Degree in Environ-
mental Interpretation. My husband Bill, an
architect, is on the RCPC Design Review
Committee.

Neighborhoods are the vital force of the
city. While Rockridge is now being touted as
“yuppie heaven”, those of us who have lived
here for many years know Rockridge has
always been a fine place to live — with good
schools and a diverse mix of people from blue
collar workers to professionals. Indeed, I find
it unsettling that real estate prices in our area

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have escalated to the point that moderate in-
come people will no longer be able to afford
homes in Rockridge. My goal as a Board
member is to help make sure that any develop-
ment that takes place in Rockridge will en-
hance the neighborhood, and add to the quality
of life for its residents, rather than detract from
it.

My personal goal for the year is to work
with the Library Committee to ensure that our
vision of the new library becomes a reality.
My other areas of concern are: a post office;
open space; retaining planning and design
integrity for new projects, and getting bill-
boards off College Avenue!

John Gussman

[I have lived in Rockridge, as a renter, for
the past 9 years. I am a lawyer by profession.

I look on Rockridge as a neighborhood
with many strengths, some more visible than
others.

One of the physical advantages of live in
Rockridge is that it is less tied to the automo-
bile than elsewhere. Many trips or errands can
be made more conveniently — and more
pleasurably — on foot than by car. I hope that
in the RASP, our community will be able to
build on this advantage. Along College Ave-
nue, all that can be done should be done, to
preserve and enhance the avenue as an attrac-
tive place for people of all ages to walk and

photo by Kinkead & Calkins

stroll.

Far more than in many more modem or
more homogeneous communities, the “built
environment” in Rockridge makes one feel in
the presence of a kind of extended conversa-
tion, which the houses and other structures
seem to be carrying on with one another. This
delightful quality ought to be preserved.

Jn human resources, Rockridge has a strik-
ing concentration of talented people; and,
perhaps, more of a feeling of connectedness
than one usually finds in urban neighborhoods.
RCPC draws on these assets.

As RCPC’s name suggests,
the important neighborhood is-
sues in Rockridge are often plan-
ning issues. In Rockridge, as
elsewhere, these types of issues
tend to be viewed through the
prism of property rights; and
this, in turn, causes the planning
issue to be re-framed as legal
issues. Some may feel that the
legal outcome ends all discus-
sion, but I do not think that we
ought to concede this. Not all
civic obligations are contained
within the law. The exercise of
property rights in ways which
impose unfair burdens on the
whole community should not be
assisted.

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989 RCPC Boardmembers (from left, in back): Barbara Anderson, Glen Jarvis,
Bill Manley, Don Kinkead, ({,ont) John Gussman, Beth Allen, Brooke Levin, Nancy

Glen Jarvis

We purchased our home on
Benvenue in 1971. At that time we were
sharing the house with other students. Then in
°74 our household changed when we started
our family. Now our daughter is 15, and our
son is 11.

Since 1970 I have been an architect with
my own business specializing in residential
and commercial buildings, both remodeling
and new construction.

I started working on local Rockridge
neighborhood issues fifteen years ago during
the efforts to rezone College Avenue and the
surrounding residential areas. The C-31 and
R-35 zoning initiated by local residents has
been successful in preserving and enhancing
the character of our neighborhoods. I have
been a member of the design review commit-
tee since, and have served as the chairperson.

My visions for our neighborhood are:

1. On going growth of a continuous and

varied front of pedestrian and neighborhood
oriented businesses along College Avenue,
similar to a European shopping street. Addi-
tional parking and a new library are important
too.
2. Clearer design review guidelines.
3. Development of the space above BART
parking areas into a larger public plaza facing
College Avenue with public oriented buildings
including a post office, a repertory theater,
etc., while also increasing parking on an upper
deck,
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4. An uninterrupted pedestrian and bike
trail from Lake Temescal to the BART station
and beyond.

5. Continued improvement of residential
areas without sacrificing their livability and
historical character.

Responding to new development propos-

Rockridge in recent years has become an
increasingly popular neighborhood. The pres-
sure is on for more retail, office and residential
units. Our neighborhood standards helped
guide Rockridge towards what it is today. All
new projects must be reviewed with fairness
and the vision to see each proposal meets
current regulations, be a good neighbor, and
will satisfy its own needs on site without being
a burden on adjacent properties and the neigh-
borhood. I am hoping for further improve-
ments that add quality while respecting the
historical character of the local architecture.

Don Kinkead

Ihave lived in the East Bay most of my life
and in Rockridge since 1970. My wife Bobbie
and I have two children, a son 18 and a daugh-
ter 15.

I have been actively involved with RCPC
for the last three years because I believe the
best way to build neighborhoods is to work
with organized neighbors. RCPC has helped
Rockridge neighbors realize the strength they
have in speaking out for their due as part of a
larger urban area.

—_ A benchmark of Rockridge’s progress was

the rezoning accomplished in the early 1970's
by RCPC and other groups. We are approach-
ing what will be another benchmark when
work on RASP is done and it begins to shape
the neighborhood for the coming ten or fifteen
years. What it really all amounts to is people
working with other people to get what they
want. The nice thing about Rockridge is that
the work on the big projects carries over into
the smaller and equally important jobs.

There are plenty of short term projects with
more immediate effects than RASP and yet

they are as effective in shaping the future: the
library, tracking requests for variances, work-
ing with neighbors who have concerns about
the direction their city is taking, and so forth.
And people come forward to help.

Brooke A, Levin

My husband James Calkins and I moved to
Oakland from New Mexico ten years ago.
After renting for almost eight years, we pur-
chased our home on Clifton Street in August
1986. We have one child, Leland, who will be
four in March. I work full time as a Commer-
cial Real Estate Appraiser.

In addition to being on the 1988 RCPC
Board, I Co-Chair the American Institute of
Real Estate Appraisers Programs Committee,
represent RCPC on the City Assets Commit-
tee, served on the 1988 Mayor’s Budget
Advisory Committee and am a Home Alert
Block Captain.

My vision of Oakland includes a vital
downtown retail district, a strong economic
base and governmental responsiveness to the
needs and concerns of all Oakland neighbor-
hoods. The neighborhoods are the City — we
are what makes things happen. My goal is to
encourage more people to get involved in
working together as a community to improve
the quality of life.

Bill Manley

I've lived in the Rockridge area with my
wife for the last six years as both a renter and
a homeowner. By profession, I’m a computer
programmer/analyst. We have a three year old
we'd like to raise here, so I’m very concerned
with the quality of our schools and the safety
of our streets. I also want to keep Rockridge
the stimulating community it is. RCPC must
strive to keep all our residents involved, and
show them that their voices count at City Hall.

Michael Peltz

I have lived in Rockridge for about six
years — the first four years as a renter and the
past two as ahomeowner. A lot of things make

Rockridge a great place to live, including
friendly neighbors, the diversity of our popu-
lation, a convenient, lively, pedestrian-ori-
ented shopping area, a good mix of stores,
quality development, and the like. There is
another dimension which is less visible but
something I am equally proud of — the strong
spirit of community involvement and coopera-
tion in our neighborhood. This desire to work
together to solve problems and help shape the
future of our neighborhood is what motivates
me on the RCPC Board and as Chair of the
Rockridge Area Specific Plan (RASP) Com-
mittee.

This year, following up on a successful
series of community forums, interested neigh-
borhood residents and business people will
study and formulate specific objectives, poli-
cies, and programs for the RASP. By the end
of the year, with the help of City funds, we
should be well on our way toward completing
the Plan for City review.

During this year, I also hope to call to-
gether a new Special Events Committee. If
you're interested, call me at 658-2713.

Andréa Walhof
Born and raised in the Netherlands, I have

lived in the U.S. for 6 and 1/2 years, having
lived in Philadelphia, San Francisco and, for
the last 3 years, in Rockridge with my husband
Jonathan Grisham. We live in the 5200 block
of Shafter Avenue.

I have studied architecture in Holland and
the U.S. (Philadelphia) and am currently doing
architectural design/drafting, working toward
a license. I have a strong interest is in urban
planning and design.

I am very enthusiastic about the opportu-
nity to serve on the RCPC Board. Currently,
I am especially interested in pursuing the
development of a new library for our area
through work with the Library Committee.

My vision of our area is for a safe, attrac-
tive, cozy, clean, pedestrian- and bicycle-ori-
ented community with an emphasis on the
neighbor in neighborhood.

Attention Neighbors! Tucked carefully into your copy of The Rockridge News is a handy pre-addressed enve-
lope you can use to forward your RCPC donation for 1989. Preparation and distribution of the newsletter is an all-
volunteer effort, but we do have to pay for the printing. Your donation helps with that cost and with other costs of
getting neighborhood information circulated. Thank you for your support and consideration.

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February 11, 1989

From The Zoning Counter

Alcatraz Duplex Plans
Nixed: Appeal Slated

Ladner-Kampel Properties

363-367 Alcatraz Avenue

(Zoning File No. V88-460)

City Planning Director Alvin James
has recommended denial of this applica-
tion for a zoning variance to build a
duplex at the rear of the property. There
is already an existing 4-unit apartment
building on the property.

The project as proposed did not meet
the City’s requirements for off-street
parking and rear-yard setback.

The applicant, Ladner-Kampel Prop-
erties, has appealed the staff decision to
the Planning Commission. The item will
be heard at the Commission meeting on
February 8th, 1989 at 1:30 pm, Room 115,
City Hall.

Bakery Seeks
Bigger Kitchen

Wilson Associates

5525 College Avenue

(Zoning File No. CD 88-520)

The applicant is requesting approval
of a minor Conditional Use Permit to op-
erate a wholesale bakery business at the
rear of the building now housing Major
Details.

Approval would expand Grace Bak-
ing’s Market Hall facility. The applicant
assured the RCPC Zoning Committee that
baked goods would be loaded before 7:00
AM each day. Also, according to the
applicant, some bread carts would be
moved along the sidewalk from the
wholesale to the retail facility. With one
exception, these movements will occur
before 7:00 am.

RCPC has drafted a letter to the Plan-
ning Department recommending condi-
tions including: limiting the use to the
proposed floor area; limiting loading and
unloading to the existing loading zone and
complete transfers to offsite locations by
7:00 aM; keeping trash inside, except
when placed outside on College Avenue
for pickup; surrounding roof mounted
equipment with soundproof materials;
provide an odor/ventilation plan ap-
proved by the Planning Director; and,
make a review in six months to determine
if the use is causing any nuisance.

Send your comments to the Planning
Department, 1 City Hall Plaza, Oakland,
CA, 94612.

Library Plan
Progresses

Meeting several times since our last
update in the November Rockridge News,
the Library Committee and its subcom-
mittees have continued their work to
define the following variables essential to
development of a plan for the new library.

FUNDING

Working with K.G. Ouye and Susanna
Gilden of the Library staff, several ave-
nues of funding are being researched.
Proposition 85, the recently passed Li-
brary Bond Act looks most promising.
Other funding possibilities are Library
Development Funds and Proposition AA,
the Open Space Act, which might fund
landscaped planting and a tot lot. A
special assessment district is also being
researched. A committee is working on
establishing the most realistic boundaries
for such a district.

FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

The library may be larger than we had
originally envisioned, in large part due to
the equipment and facilities favored by
the participants in the Library Survey. As
all libraries switch to computer catalog-
ing, computer terminals will be a neces-
sary part of the library. Other equipment
will be public typewriters, copy and
change machines, study carrels, a public
meeting room, children’s story area,
audio equipment, microfiche readers,
public rest rooms, comfortable seating for
leisure reading, and an outdoor reading
area.

PROJECT SIZE

Weare also pursuing the possibility of
purchasing the corner property adjacent to
‘Art Stone (at Manila and College). With
the recent death of its owner, Fred
Windmuller, this may soon come on the
market. Acquisition of this property
would greatly expand the potential for the
library development and provide more
parking and greater flexibility in the
overall plan. The Public Works Depart-
ment will request that $100,000 from Off-
Street Parking Funds be put toward pur-
chase of this site, with the balance coming
from Library Department funds.

PUBLIC SUPPORT
Lee White, Director of Library Serv-
ices, recently stated that the Library staff

Special Trash Pick Up

Get Ready To
Load’em Up!

Once a year in our area a special free
trash pick-up is sponsored by the City of
Oakland to encourage all households to
keep yards, gutters and sidewalks clean.
The program is not designed to handle
construction debris, household castoffs,
or garbage.

The Rockridge Community Planning
Council (RCPC) is supporting Oakland’s
Clean Community Service. RCPC has
scheduled four Saturdays for the special
trash pick-up: April 1, April 8, April 29,
and May 6.

Neighborhood volunteer help is essen-
tial to make this service possible for
Rockridge. At this point, we are looking
for at least 20 volunteers to help organize
distribution of the plastic bags the City
provides and to help organize the program
on Broadway Terrace and parts east of
Broadway. Next, we will need people to
help with the actual bag pick up on desig-
nated days.

The unselfish effort of numerous vol-
unteers last year made the trash pick-up a
great success. In the spirit of neighborli-
ness, we ask your support and help this
year: join in the fun!...volunteer to help
with this special program. Call Gity
Baxter at 652-8419,

is working very hard to make the library
a reality. While the current portables on
the Claremont School grounds are filling
a temporary need, they are heavily used,
and inadequate. Ms. White wants the
public to know that it is extremely impor-
tant that they show support for the project
by turning out for Council meetings and
any other meetings where library issues
are on the agenda. It is very important that
the City be made aware of the support of
the community for the Library.

YOu CAN HELP

The effort to get the new library built
will be an on-going job and we urge
anyone interested in helping on the proj-

ect to get in touch with us.
— Nancy Dutcher (653-6018),
Marc Beyeler (654-6787)
Co-Chairs, Library Committee
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Spring Time Sweep All Year Long!

by Brooke Levin

Neighborhood litter has become a
major problem in Rockridge, especially
along College Avenue and its intersecting
Streets.

My father was recently quoted in the
New Haven Register as saying “No matter
how much the merchants do, how much
government does, sooner or later it’s the
ordinary citizen that we have to reach.
The Environment is our living room. You
shouldn’t be throwing trash around here
any more than you would in your own
home.”

Last month’s Rockridge News article
about the two seven year olds who
cleaned up trash along Hudson has in-
spired me to do the same. College Ave-
nue is littered with a lot of newspapers,
fast food wrappers, coffee cups and lids,

Eastshore Park Plan
To Include Oakland?

Efforts by concerned citizens to create
a State park along the Bay shores fronting
Albany, Berkeley and Oakland took an-
other step forward when Assemblyman
Tom Bates met in January with the
Oakland Shoreline Committee and con-
cerned Oakland residents for its founding
meeting as an Oakland Affiliate of the
Citizens for the Eastshore State Park
(CESP).

Assemblyman Bates’ informative talk
highlighted Oakland’s importance in es-
tablishing the East Bay’s shoreline as
open space. The proposed State park
would extend from the northern Albany
border to just north of the Bay Bridge.
The land within Oakland’s City limits is
owned by the Port of Oakland, which has
a plan designating part of the area as a
deep water port. Among the conse-
quences of this plan is the destruction of
a major Bay wetlands area and the result-
ing harm to already threatened marsh life.

To prevent disruption of this fragile
habitat, Oakland residents are urged to
support the efforts of and to volunteer to
help the Oakland Shoreline Committee.

The next meeting will be held at Ti
Bacio Restaurant, 5301 College Avenue,
February 25th at 11 aM. ,

For further information, call Kathy at
652-8574.

Pampers and almost anything else you’d
never think of. Today I picked up a large
bag of litter (most of which came from
BART station area) just picking up large
items between Claremont and Manila
(one side only).

The merchants are working to obtain
more trash cans along College, as well as
more frequent pick up, (if you have any
suggestions for CAMA, please call Eddie
Zeidan at 428-9256) but this can only
meet part of the problem.

I propose a group of concerned “Ordi-
nary Citizens” take this on weekly, one
block each, one side only. We can make
this a cleaner area.

If you’re interested, please call me at
653-7522, evenings.

Thank you.

There But For
The Grace
Of God...

A young man who had become some-
thing of a Rockridge institution died last
month, alone in the night.

Up until he died, you could usually
find Danny Bergstedt on College Avenue,
walking with his dog Peace, sweeping in
front of someone’s store, or just sitting in
the sun. You may have seen him sober or
you may have seen him drunk, but when
you saw him, you would see a disheveled
and shambling person.

When you saw him, if you didn’t know
him, you might have dismissed him as just
a bum. There are those who say if you did
know him — as many Avenue merchants
did — you liked him as a person, as an
individual who happened to be homeless
and alcoholic.

People who did know Danny have
organized a burial fund in his behalf.
Pastor Bill Beatty of the College Avenue
Presbyterian Church asks that donations
to the Danny Bergstedt Burial Fund be
sent in care of: The College Avenue Pres-
byterian Church, 5951 College Avenue,
Oakland, CA 94618.

Danny’s passing in January was
memorialized in a service held by Rever-
end David McKeithen of the Rockridge
United Methodist Church.

Moratorium For
Multi-Bedrooms

At its January 24, 1989 regular meet-
ing, the City Council unanimously passed
an emergency Ordinance establishing a
moratorium on the issuance of Building
Permits for alterations or additions to
single family homes in Residential Zones.
The moratorium applies to additions and/
or alterations which cause the total num-
ber of sleeping rooms of any home to
equal or exceed five.

The moratorium was proposed by the
City Attorney and the Director of City
Planning in response to citywide commu-
nity concerns raised over problems asso-
ciated with the conversions of single-
family residential dwellings into “Ho-
tels.”

Currently, the Zoning regulations for
the R-35 Zone allow an unlimited number
of rooms to be added (within setback
requirements) to a “‘single family resi-
dence” without any provision for addi-
tional off-street parking and adequate
light, air and open space.

For example, with additions, a two
bedroom, 1 bath house on a typical 5,000
square foot lot may be converted into an
8 or 10 bedroom commercial rental or
boarding house facility. Also, the new
facility is not being constructed to com-
mercial building code or safety standards.

The moratorium will be for a 2 month
period to give the Planning staff time to
draft legislation to regulate these conver-
sions.

The most recent conversion is located
at 491 Cavour Street.

Concern For Child
Saftety Prompts

Committee Formation

What can you do to help ensure your
child is safe when she or he is out of your
sight?

RCPC Board Member Beth Allen has
called for the formation of a Committee
on Child Safety in Rockridge to review
measures for the safety of our children and
improve them as much as possible.

Are you available to help with this
project?

Call Beth Allen at 652-3965, eve-
nings, to offer your help.
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In My View...

Comments by Marge Gibson-Haskell
City Council, District 1

Updates for the New Year

...on Congregate Housing

With the help and advice of a substantial number of the
Rockridge and Mountain Boulevard neighbors, the City Coun-
cil approved my motion to place a two month moratorium on
building permits for bedroom additions that would result in five
or more bedrooms for single family homes in residentially
zoned areas. The moratorium provides time for City staff to
develop and process a regulatory ordinance that will control the
impacts of such expansion upon neighborhoods.

...on Permit Parking

The permit parking program must provide for the concerns
of those who live and own businesses on College Avenue as
well as assisting the residents of the adjoining streets who need
to park. City staff is working to adjust the ordinance to deal
with these issues and hopes to return this matter to the City
Council agenda for the meeting of February 7. Nevertheless,
there is a problem to be addressed by BART and the Rockridge
neighborhood.

How do we provide for the transportation needs of those
who live in Rockridge and North Oakland just beyond walking
distance from BART or women who are concerned about
walking long distances after dark and do not live close to a
reasonably scheduled bus route? Parking permit requirements
will present a substantial problem to be worked out for these
categories of BART commuters.

Innovative ideas which could be suggested to BART or AC
Transit include everything from building a second parking deck
under the station to developing some form of customized
shuttle service to supplement existing bus routes. Any ideas?

...Chabot Tennis Courts

The more I look into this issue, the more complex it seems
to become. The simplest status report is that the Department
of Parks and Recreation is presently looking into the feasibility
of acquiring the BART owned portion of the property. Possible
resolution of this issue may occur about mid-February. To
obtain complete and more complicated details, call me.

...Rockridge Library

As I hope most of you know, the Artstone property was
acquired by the City with money from the Offstreet Parking
fund with the intent of building a library at a later date and
reimbursing the fund from other sources if it becomes neces-
sary.

Presently, the City is considering acquiring the corner prop-
erty as well in order to make the entire site more workable. To
arrive at a realistic estimate of the library’s total size, I have
asked Library Director Lee White to analyze the library serv-
ices requested by the neighborhood and determine how much
space each will require. This will take a while but it should be
a useful undertaking.

If you wish to discuss any of these issues with me or there
is an issue you would particularly like me to write about, call
me at 273-3266.

February 11, 1989

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City Council ap-
proved permit parking
for Auburn, Florio,
Hudson, Keith,
Lawton, McMillan
and Ocean View.

City Council, on
motion of Marge Has-
kell, will write to
BART and AC Transit
concerning improved
transportation to
BART stations.

When buying and selling in
the Rockridge District,
it makes good “cents”

to call Rockridge Realtors.

Rockridge Realtors
655-2330

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Dreyer’s, from page 1
ing for 121 cars. The company later made
a presentation to the general membership
at the March meeting.

RCPC’s objections to the plan as then
presented are:

1. Conversion of two residential par-
cels on Chabot Road to parking;

2. Concern that the surface parking lot
will be used to bootstrap future commer-
cial development; and,

3. Concer that this project will be a
precedent for other conversions of resi-
dential parcels to commercial use next to
the C-31 district.

Following discussion of their plan,

_ wWreyer’s began preparation of a revised
"Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to

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The Dreyer’s
Corporation flash
Freezer being
disassembled last

week,
Photo- D. Kinkead

address traffic circulation,buffering,
building size and bulk, shadowing of the
Church, viable retail spaces, and other
project impacts.

According to Associate Planner Willie
Yee, Jr., the Draft EIR is now close to re-
lease for public review. Mr. Yee is re-
viewing the report to see if comments
raised by City staff in their review have
been adequately addressed by the EIR
consultant.

If no further revisions are necessary,
the document may be ready for release for
public comment in a week. The release
starts a 45 day public review period dur-
ing which residents may respond to the
published findings and proposed mitiga-
tions. Public meetings will be scheduled.

officially released.

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Date:

Mr. Willie Yee, Jr.

Zoning Division 2nd Floor
1 City Hall Plaza

Oakland, CA 94612

Dear Mr. Yee:

Avenue Development proposal.

Dreyer’s proposal.
Thank you.

Name.

To learn what the Draft EIR says.and how the Dreyer’s proposal would affect
Rockridge, mail the coupon below to the City to order 'a copy of the document.
Mail it in as soon as possible so:your request is on file when the Draft EIR is

Please send me a copy of the Draft Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) prepared for the Dreyer’s College

Please also add my name to your mailing list and keep
me posted on any publications, hearings, etc. regarding the

Adult Center To
Party Hearty

Clowns, musicians and actors will be
on hand to help celebrate the 18th anni-
versary of the College Avenue Adult
Center at a gala blow-out on Wednesday,
February 15th, at the Center’s meeting
place in the Presbyterian Church Gym,
5955 College Avenue.

The Center will open at 9 Am, its regu-
lar time. The fun begins at 11 AM witha
performance by JoCo the Clown. The
College Avenue Singers and Combo
come on at 12:30 pm to entertain with
music and songs, followed by the College
Avenue Players performing their play,
“Showcase” at 1 pM. In addition to all
that, crafts by local artists will be on
display.

Everyone is welcome to attend the
celebration and to attend regular gather-
ings at the Center every Wednesday from
9 to 2. Call 658-3665 for information.

— Cathy Connelly

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