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Vol. 4d No. 11 Issue No. 45

Neighbors Elect
RCPC Board

Members

Braving blustery winter rains and a
Street shattered by construction proj-
ects, 100 Neighbors turned out on Feb-
ruary 17 and 21 to vote for five out of a
field of stx candidates for the 1990-’91
RCPC Board of Directors.

ELECTION NEUTRALITY

To ensure neutrality and fairness,
the election was conducted by the
League of Women Voters who prepared
and counted ballots and secured the
ballot box between election days. The
League’s reputation and thorough ap-
proach helped elevate the clectoral
process above divisive controversy.

ELECTION RESULTS
Results of the election are:

Candidate Votes received
Nancy Dutcher 91
Lisa Curet 719
Alisa Michaels Metzner 76
Shelley R. Poticha 72
Elizabeth Allen 68
Ronnie Polonsky 65

Listed above by votes received, the
first five persons were elected to the
Board.

BoarD ELEctTs OFFICERS

Altits meeting on March 5, the 1990-
"91 Board elected the following Board-

members as officers:
Brooke A. Levin Chair

Dates Calendar Events Calendar Dates

Andréa Walhof Ist Vice Chair
Don Kinkead 2nd Vice Chair
Lisa Curet Secretary

Bill Manley Treasurer
Wednesday Mar21 7:30 PM
Monday Apr 2 7:30 PM
Wednesday Apr18 7:30 PM

RCPC Legal Fund Urgently Need

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Circulation: 4.500 Residences, 200 Businesses

March 17, 1990

CALIFORNIA = 94618

Court Date To Be Set Soon

EIR Suit Alive And Kicking;
Still Urgent Need For $$$

Rockridge Library Report:

Pieces Continue
To Come Together

by Andy Young

The pieces that will bring Rockndge
a new branch library are coming to-
gether. The City of Oakland has ac-
quired the Art Stone site, a property
along College Avenue near Manila, and
is committed to obtaining the adjacent
parcel on the corner of College and Ma-
nila, purchased by an outside party ina
probate procecding.

The City also is committed to build-
ing a good sized library facility on the
site: it has budgeted money for furnish-
ing and operating the new branch, and
applied to the State for funds from
Proposition 85, a 1988 library construc-
tion bond measure.

Councilmember Marge Gibson-Has-
kell supports the project, and has been
responsive to RCPC efforts to move it
forward.

Current efforts focus on creating a

See “Library,” page 5

Have You Signed The
Library Petition Yet?

You'll have the chance at
Lucky Market on Saturday,
March 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports
of our defeat are greatly exaggerated.

In fact, the RCPC v. City of Oakland
(the Dreyer’s development project) suit
is still very much alive! Nevertheless,
construction activity at the project site
has raised questions about the status of
the suit and fundraising efforts. Fol-
lowing are answers to some of the ques-
tions.
Wry Has Construction STartep?

RCPC petitioned the courts to stop
work on the Dreyer’s development untl
there could be a full hearing on the
merits of our case challenging the City's
certifiction of the Dreyer’s Environ-
mental Impact Report (EIR). The Court

of Appeals denied our request on March
See “Suit,” page 3

How Can You Help?

Donations to our Legal Fund
have NOT kept pace with the
steady stream of legal expenses.
We urgently need of money. We
urgently need fundraising ideas
and support.

Contact Barbara Anderson,
Fundraising Chair, 655-3499.
Send your contributions in any
amount as soon as possible to:

Neighborhood Legal Fund

cfo RCPC

5856 College Avenue #130
Oakland, CA M4618

RCPC General Meeting. College Avenue Presbyterian Church 5951 College Avenue.

RCPC Board Meeting
RCPC General Meeting. College Avenue Presbyterian Church.

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The Rockridge News

March 17, 1999

Ancient Creeks Still Flow In Rockridge

Much of the recent construction work on College Avenue, Chabot Road and Miles
Avenue involves the culverts and waterways built years ago to contain the creeks running
above-ground through Rockridge. Parts of Temescal Creek still are visible at St. Albert's

Priory.

Out of sight but not out of mind, the creeks continue to exert an influence upon our lives
and constitute a part of the Bay Area's natural treasures, right in (or perhaps, under) our own

backyards.

February's Rockridge News presented a reprint of an article by Rockridge res ident Larry
Kolb discussing the effects of the pollution of urban creeks. This article reviews the histone
course of Temescal Creek and some current efforts to restore its flow.

by Tom Parrish & John Steere, East
Bay Citizens for Creek Restoration.

Temescal is among the largest of our
East Bay Creeks as well as being one of
the most “centrally located.” The rorth-
ern branch, Harwood Creek, carved
Claremont Canyon, winding down
through layers of sedimentary rock
which contain the remains of lush plio-
cene era forests, above sediments de-
posited when the area was a warm shal-
low sea. The creek disappears into a
culvert near the bottom of the canyon,
running just east of Claremont Avenue
past the Claremont Hotel and reappear-
ing briefly in residential yards in
Berkeley’s Claremont neighborhood.

The southern creek branches run
southwest from their sources in the hills,
turning abruptly north to run along the
long trough of the Hayward fault (now
covered by Highway 13). Lake Temes-
cal lies in the fault zone. The lake itself
was Created by Anthony Chabot in 1868
to provide water for the town of
Oakland; water cannons were used to
erode the creekbanks away, and the
sediment used to create an earth dam
which impounded its waters. The creek
disappears below the lake, running un-
der the 24 freeway, with a brief foray
above ground in the garden of St.
Albert’s College, on Birch Court off
College Avenue. The two branches flow
together underground near Hardy Park,
and an artificial creek bed can be seen
behind the DMV on Claremont Avenue,
over the culverted creek. From the

Michael Kilian, CPA

College
Avenue

AND

PREPARATION

On | Specializing in

Tax PLANNING

Temescal neighborhood the creek winds
west through Oakland and Emeryville,
reaching the Bay at the Emeryville Cres-
cent, the marshland lying west of I-80.

Several proposals for restoring and
“daylighting” sections of the creek have
been put forward. One such site is the
“Vern’s Grocery” site, a large vacant lot
between Telegraph and Shattuck Ave-
nues near 51st Street. Neighborhood ac-
tivists, including some members of the
local merchants association, have ar-
gued for a commercial development
whose focus will be a pedestrian axis
along the restored creek.

(Reprinted with permission from Creek

Speak, the newsletter of East Bay Citizens
for Creek Restoration.)

East Bay Citizens for Creek Restoration
(EBCCR) is a grass-roots environmental
action and education group dedicated to re-
newing creeks in the urban context. EBCCR
develops and implements creek restoration
projects while educating and encouraging
people to treat creeks in an environmentally
sensitive manner.

For information on how you can get in-
volved, call Sean Gosiewski, 654-7639 or
John Steere, 653-6107.

BAZAAR
Rockridge Woman’s Club

Saturday, March 24th
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
6065 Chabot Road
Handmade articles, Collectibles,
Jewelry, Baked Goods, and more.
Sandwiches and beverages.
Come and have your palm read!

Chimes Block Building
5290 College Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618
(415) 652-8393

Citizens’ Budget

Group Studies
City Spending

Rockridge resident Theresa Nelsop 7
one of two North Oakland residents sery;

; in
on the Citizen's Advisory Budget Commitss

composed of two representatives from each
council district. She and Randy Hamitton,

U.C. Professor of Public Policy — the Other
North Oakland representative — wil!

a presentation at the March 21st RCpc
General Meeting, 7:30 p.m., College Aye.
nue Presbyterian Church, 595] College

Avene.
by Theresa Nelson

Serving on this committee for the
past year has been an enlightening ex.
perience for me. A dedicated group of
volunteers from each council district
working with city staff has been digest-
ing the City’s Policy Budget (the one
actually adopted by the Council), Sey-
eral key issues have emerged, which
will be discussed in more detail at the
March RCPC general meeting. Some
of the highlights:

«Most people think the City’s
budget involves revenues of about $212
million, but that’s only the General
Fund, which supports most of the serv-
ices we, as citizens, see and use. In
fact, the City’s total revenues are about
$437 million, collected and spent
through 102 special funds including the
General Fund. These funds include:
special revenue, debt service, capital,
enterprise, internal services, and trust &
agency funds, all of which have some
restrictions on how money is collected
and spent. Most of the Committee’s
work has focussed on the General Fund,
as it has no restrictions on revenue and
expense,

- The Committee was appointed too
late in the FY89-90 budget process to
affect that budget. We started meeting
in early May of 1989, and final recom-
mendations had to go to Council by
June Ist. This year, preparing for our
FY90-91 study, we researched the
City’s budget and focussed on major
city departments. Questions on issues
such as funding for new programs, sta-
bility of outside revenue sources (such
as grants), department needs and objec-

See “Budget,” page 7

March 17, 1990

The Rockridge News

Page 3

Bottom Lines:
RCPC’s Income And | |
Expenses In 1989

INCOME

Donations === $. 12,843,

Interest - 140,

Rockridge News Ads: 5.244. |

Total Income | oe eon
EXPENSES

Fundraising supplies ‘7A.
Insurance = 584,

Legal Fees (EIR. suit). 7 263.

Mail Rockridge News . 300.

Office  - vo ATED oe:
Other 612% oe

Print Library Survey’. 265. tt Ela

Print Rockridge News . ee = ey

Xeroxing oe OQ.

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De

- Total Expenses.

Suit

from page I

—$ 17, m7

9, 1990. Unimpeded by a preliminary
injunction, Dreyer’s proceeded with
construction.

Have WE Lost?

No! RCPC’s suit is still pending in
the Superior Court. The hearing date
for the trial is expected to be set soon.

Why Are We Gornc Forwarp?

RCPC filed suit six months ago be-
Cause we believe citizens must be able
to expect that the City will do proper
EIRs now and in the future. The courts
are being asked to decide whether the

RCPC Secures RASP Funding

by Shelley Poticha

After months of heated negotiations
and numerous delays, the Oakland City
Council granted RCPC $22,283 to pre-
pare the second phase of a draft Rock-
ridge Area Specific Plan (RASP). At
its February 27 meeting, the Council
voted to appropriate the grant funds
from the City’s Emergency Contin-
gency Fund. The monies will be mont-
tored by Alvin James, Oakland Plan-
ning Director, who was instructed by
the Council to ensure that the member-
ship of the RASP Steering Committee
is representative of a wide range of
neighborhood interests.

At the meeting, members of the
audience and the City Council hotly
debated the source and terms of the
grant money. The Council finally de-
termined that RCPC would receive the
funds conditioned upon a restructuring
of the RASP steering committee to in-

UsE Tris Couron For Your Donation To THE LEGAL FUND

Dreyer’s EIR is inadequate and should
be re-done wholly or in part.

RCPC’s suit also seeks to compel
the City to adhere to its General Plan
and zoning policies, “intended to pro-
tect residential districts with neighbor-
hood serving businesses, like Rock-
ridge, from massive commercial proj-
ects that drastically alter and detract
from their character and livability.”

S Enclosed i is my check k payable t to the RCPC ‘ Neighborhood Legal Fund to help
| cover expenses in the RCPC vs. City of Oakland suit (Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream,
| Inc. project approval). I understand this is a tax-deductible donation.
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(Of course, donations to

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: City/Zip: 7 Planning Council
| 5856 College Avenue #130
| Phone: __ _ Oakland, CA 94618

| Thank you for your support!

clude a variety of interested parties such
as Neighbors, merchants and commet-

cial property owners.
A second issue was whether the

grant should be made from Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG)
funds -— as originally approved late in
1987 — or from the city’s Emergency
Contingency Fund. Representatives of
the North Oakland Community Devel-
opment Committee, the group that allo-
cates CDBG funds for the city, opposed
the use of CDBG funds for RASP, but
testified in support of RCPC receipt of
funds as long as the money was appro-
priated from the contingency fund.

The next step for RCPC will be to
meet with Planning Director James to
discuss the process for soliciting and
selecting members of the RASP Steer-
ing Committee and to determine the
best way to utilize the funds.

If you are interested in being a
member of the Steering Committee or
getting involved in the project, call
Shelley Poticha, 655-7463 or Andréa
Walhof, 420-1593, Co-Chairs of the

RASP Committee.

PIANO FOR SALE.

Lovely Everett spinet

with beautiful, full

sound. Beechwood case,
with bench. $1000.

Call: 420-0539.

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Rockridge News Production Committee
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to this issue are:

| _ Kate Crawford Word processing
i Research

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Mark Grissom ‘Word processing, me

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March 17. 1999

Avalanche Of Trash Threatens City;

Council Takes Recycling Action

by Ellen Griffin
Editor, MacArthur Metro

Californians generate twice the trash
of average Americans, producing more
than 38 million tons each year. This is
not strictly our own fault, ofcourse. Much
of the debris is from wrappings designed
to facilitate marketing and advertising
goals, not to meet consumer and envi-
ronmental concerns.

Regardless of the source of the trash,
experts estimate that 70 percent of the
State's landfill capacity will be exhausted
by the mid-1990s. They warn that if
wasteful ways continue, we could see
Staggering garbage bills, even neighbor-
hood refuse heaps.

But our days as garbage kings may be
numbered, In an effort to put a lid on

California’s bulging trash cans, state leg-
islators have passed bills to force local
governments to recycle more solid waste.
The Oakland City Council recently re-
sponded by appointing a 15-member
Waste Reduction and Recycling Com-
mission.

The accompanying chart lists current
programs that can help readers avoid the
wasteful throwaway habit. The list in-
cludes some of the more comprehensive
Oakland recycling programs, but it is by
no means complete.

Rockridge residents may wish to check
local phone listings for additional pro-
grams throughout the East Bay. Because
hours, materials accepted, buyback rates
and fees are subject to change, it is best
to call ahead for current information.

Article and chart courtesy of The MacArthur Metro. Additional research by Annette Floystrup.

Recycling Sources For Rockridge News Readers

Quake Committee
Sets Goals, Meeting

The RCPC Community Earthquake
Preparedness Committee wants to make
sure that Rockridge isn’t caught by sur.
prise when the Hayward Fault decides
to shake, rattle, and roll.

Goal number one: three days supply
of emergency provision in every hoyse.
hold. If not for your self, then Prepare
for the sake of your kids!

The committee will help neighbor.
hood groups get started. For those qi.
ready in existence, the committee wij]
coordinate preparedness plans through.
out Rockridge.

The next meeting of the committee
is Thursday, April 5, 7:30 p.m. in the
Sunday School Room of the College
Avenue Presbyterian Church, 595]
College Avenue.

Call Drew Shagrin at 653-7376 for
further information.

Program Sponsor/Location Hours Phone Materials
Curbside Karl's Recycling  =——~S~SC«<CCaaid' for 635-1727 CAredemption value beverage
Service schedule containers, newsprint, glass,
aluminum, some cardboard &
magazines. @
Buyback Cogidor Westem Recycling M-F.8-5 465-8690 Paper, newspaper, glass, cans, =
1639 18th Street Call first cardboard. ent
Buyback Independant Paper Stock M-F, 7-4:30 654-3787 Paper, newspaper, glass, cans, -
Drop-off ‘The North Oakland ‘7 days, 10-6 655-5373 | Newspaper, magazines, mixed paper, =
Recycling Center glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, are
1027 60th St. at Idaho scrap metal, flat cardboard, plastic ~~
soda and milk bottles. c
Buyback/ ~The Oakland | Daily 8-5 655-5373 Newspaper, magazines, mixed paper, Cf)
Drop-off Recycling Center (except Tues) glass jars and bottles, aluminum cans, @
27th Street behind Sears Sunday 10-5 Scrap metal, flat cardboard, plastic
(under 980 freeway) soda and milk bottles. -
Drop-off Community Recycling Center Callfirst (653-2104 Aluminum cans, glass and plastic C
3550 Adeline bottles, cardboard, newspaper. i
“Bottle Bill” 20/20 Center (Safeway) W-Fri 11-5 654-6992: Buyback: CA redemption value >
Redemption 6310 College Avenue’ Sat 8:30-5 658-6612 beverage containers. Bg
5130 Broadway* Sun 11-5
Used Motor Larry’s Union 7 Everyday 832-9605 Drop-off fee: 50¢/gallon. QO
Oil Drop-off 3374 Grand Ave. "till 10 p.m. tA
Used Motor Montclair Automotive -_ Weekdays to9 339-2486 Drop-off fee: 50¢/gallon. C2
Oul Drop-off 5725 Thomhill Weekends to 6 Qa
Fee Recycled Wood Products M-Sat. 525-4557 Scrap lumber, tree limbs,
3rd & Harrison, Berkeley 8-4:30 garden debris.
Fee Urban Ore —_ Tdays  -———«§26-9467 Building materials.

2nd & Gilman, Berkeley

March 17, 1990

Page 5

Rockridge News
Marks Fourth

Anniversary

This issue of the Rockridge News
begins the fifth year of reporting issues
and activities in the Rockridge area.

Over the last four years, the newslet-
ter has grown from a one page xeroxed
handout to the eight page professionally
printed publication itis today. Distriby-
tion has expanded from telephone pole
postings and street-corner hand-outs to
4.500 area households and 200 busi-
nesses. A distribution network of 150
supportive Rockridge residents makes
sure that Neighbors and businesses re-
ceive the News each month.

None of this really matters, though,
if the paper doesn’t have the informa-
tion in it that you want to read. Take a
moment to complete and mail the reader
survey form in the box at right, marking
whether the listed articles and topics
either interest you or leave you cold.
Survey findings will help guide the di-
rection and content of the newsletter
during the coming year.

Thank you for your help and sup-
port. If you have questions about the
newsletter or would like to join the pro-
duction committee, please call Don

Kinkead at 655-7474.
—Don Kinkead, Editor

Library |

from page I

special assessment district to raise addi-
tional funds through an annual assess-
ment of $25 on residential properties in
the Rockridge service area which in-
cludes the Upper Rockridge area below
Highway 13 and east of Broadway Ter-
race,

As now envisioned, the library will
cost about $2.5 million to build and
furnish. Operating costs will be over
$200,000 per year. Proposition 85 is
expected to meet a large portion of the
construction costs. The balance will
come from the proposed assessment
district, planned to include over 5,000
parcels and raise close to $1 million,
key funding that will pull the project to-
gether.

Because Proposition 85 funds are
sought by districts throughout the state,

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the state considers community support
when allocating money for a project. A
community-passed assessment district
would be a convincing show of support.
Thus, the assessment district will not
just help meet costs, but will also 1m-
prove the possibility of qualifying for
Proposition 85 funds.

To establish the assessment, the
Oakland City Council must pass a meas-
ure creating the assessment district and
placing the measure on the November
ballot. Only if two thirds of those vot-
ing approve it and only if other funding
comes through so that the library is

Other Topics or Articles (list here or attach a sheet):

actually built will the assessment go
into effect. The City can provide for
low-income exemptions to the assess-
ment.

Volunteers are circulating petitions
supporting the assessment and request-
ing that the Council put the measure on
the November ballot.

Anyone who has not yet signed a
petition, or who would like to circulate
petitions, should call Friends of the
Rockridge Library co-chairs Nancy
Dutcher (653-6018) or Andy Young
(653-7686). Let’s do our part for a
library!

The Rockridge News March 17, 1990

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frees And Planning — A Green And
Successful Future

The City Council recently approved the Rockridge Area
Specific Plan (RASP) grant and the new Tree Preservation
Ordinance. While Rockridge interest in the RASP grant is obvi-

ous, the tree ordinance is also of importance to all areas
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Oakland. /

RASP Funpinc

More than two years after application, the Council au-
thorized RCPC to carry out the RASP grant and the City
Planning Department to monitor it. In the interim, RCPC
negotiated the concept of the plan with the Community |
Development District, the City Planning Department, and
community members not entirely satisfied with the origi-
nal planning process concept. The plan as anticipated by

Dolores R. Uribe 4009 Grand Avenue
Barber/Stylist Oakland, CA 94610

New Business — Now Open.
Ms. Uribe formerly worked on College Avenue

the City Council will include a broad base of community
involvement, including not only residents, but merchants,
} Property owners, and representatives of other groups that
have a stake in the community — commuters, educational

and religious institutions, transportation agencies, and
public entities.

Rockridge is a small-business and retail neighborhood
shopping area. It also contains manufacturing and large |
businesses. It serves as a transportation hub for North

Oakland and must take into account local and regional Ideas 4
transportation planning. Rockridge is coming to terms ] ] S f
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the City of Oakland and connected in many other ways to New Kid’s Styles, Too!

the greater Bay Area. Thoughtful and inclusive consulta-
tions with all who have a stake in the specific community
will help frame an outline that will connect Rockridge to |
its larger community and reasonably insure that it will
remain not only a viable commercial area, but a livable
neighborhood.

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TREE PRESERVATION

The recently enacted tree preservation ordinance, dis-
cussed for over two years, is also the result of community
involvement. Through an application and appeal proce-
dure for topping or removal, it protects trees on private
property throughout Oakland, whether on undeveloped or
developed land. Yes, this may include trees in your back-
yard if they are a) California or Coast Live Oak 4" or
more in diameter, or b) all other species, except
eucalyptus, with a diameter of 9" or more.

-Updated and
classic styles

-Great Values for
comfortable
tops, pants,

jackets, shorts
and much more!

"You'll want
fo live tn
these sweafs!"

Oakland is a city blessed by a wealth of energy and Open
talent in its citizens who care enough to become involved. Mon-Sat 10-6
The tree and design review ordinances, as well as the Sun 12-5

RASP planning process, are products of that concern for
our mutual future.

If you have any questions on these or other matters,

call me or my aide Winkie Campbell-Notar at 273-3266. 2407 College Ave Oakland
(415) 601-1131

(Next to Hudson Bay Caffe!)

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March 17, 1990

The Rockridge News __ —— —
Budget Under Citizen Review

from page 2 —
tives, and how budgets do or do not
respond to public needs were asked of
each department head. We will also
meet with our communities to gather
their input on the budget. Department
head interviews, budget documents,
and community concerns will be
refined into a set of recommendations:

ah of Ss a nm

more manageable. Alternative revenue
and expenditures will be examined, to
expand the City’s available revenues
and use of resources.

* Key facts we can present are: new
departments are being formed with
objectives and funding which may be
inconsistent with the City’s goals; staff

cian.

Page 7

Letters To The News |

Editor:
For some time now I have meant to

write to the Rockridge News about a

pet peeve. It really annoys me that
Marge Gibson-Haskell, our councilper-
son, gets a column in this newsletter
each month. This amounts to free
campaign publicity for a local politi-
Providing Ms. Gibson-Haskell

we will then meet with the Council.

e The City’s Goals and Objectives
are key to the budget process; they
guide how the departments set internal
objectives and allocate resources. The
Committee is reviewing the goals and
objectives the Council set at their
budget retreat last fall, to see how well
they express the needs of the City in a
way that can be addressed by the
budget.

¢ The Committee is working with
the 5-year financial planning process
now being created. The idea for this
plan — a plan which can guide the
City’s budgeting for years to come —
was actually first raised at an RCPC
meeting about Measure M two years
ago! Lack of such a plan has made it
more difficult for the City to address
some current and serious financial
needs. We'll also assemble a Citizen’s
Guide to the Budget, to reduce the cur-
rent 500+ page budget to something

movement between departments is not
tracked well; the City’s goals are too
general and objectives too specific to
relate to our needs; the City’s reserve
fund (critical in emergencies such as
the earthquake) is still far too low; the
City would benefit from a program
budget format rather than an organiza-
tional budget; the Landscape and Light-
ing Assessment District made sense as
a substitute for the Measure M parcel
tax; and the key performance criteria
created by each department are not
passed on to Council. This makes it
difficult for the Council to monitor
achievement of stated objectives.

¢ The Committee was also asked to
make a recommendation on the Raiders
proposal to the Council. We recom-
mended that the City either undertake
hew negotiations based on the apparent
decline in competition for the Raiders
by other cities, or place the matter on
the ballot for a public vote.

I am very interested in hearing your
comments and questions about the
City’s budget and the budget process as
we move into the time of year when the
FY90-91 budget is created.

Please bring your questions to the
March 21st meeting, or contact me at
my home phone, 420-0539, and leave a
message — your input ts important.

with a forum indirectly constitutes an
endorsement.

This space could be better used and
more interesting and informative if it
was filled on a rotating basis with inter-
views with neighborhood residents,
city officials, and representatives of
Oakland’s many neighborhood groups.
I'd like to hear from my neighbors on
this. Do you agree, disagree, or have

comments?
—— Ronnie Polonsky

Marge Gibson-Haskell’s column
has been a regular feature of The Rock-
ridge News in order to provide direct
communication from our councilmem-
ber, not necessarily to endorse or sup-
port her point of view.

This is not an unusual idea; other
neighborhood newsletters contain writ-
ings from representaives in their areas.

Coincidentally, page 5 of this issue
has a response for readers to indicate
the types of articles they would like to
see — or not see — in the newsletter.
Ms. Haskell’s column is on the list.

— Editor

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March 17, 1990

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