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Sponsored by = Tre RockKrIDGE COMMUNITY PLANNinc Counc. * 5856 COLLEGE AVENUE #130 = OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA * 94618

Vol. 5 No. §

October 13, 1990

Circulation: 4,500 Residences: 200 Busjnesses

Issue No. 51

Word, Dude!

@ OCTOBER 17 GENERAL MEETING
Come meet the future mayor of
Oakland at this month’s RCPC
General Meeting.

* Elihu Harris and Wilson Riles,
Jr., will answer questions regarding
issues important to you and the
Neighborhood. See story, pages 1
and 2.

¢ Measure L, the Rockridge Branch
Library proposal and Measure K,
the Oakland Parks Bond, will also
be presented and discussed.

@ NOVEMBER MEETING DATE CHANGES
The November General Meeting
date has been changed to:

Monday November 19th, 7:30
p.m. but the location is the same:
College Avenue Presbyterian
Church, 5951 College Avenue.

/ GENERAL MEMBERSHIP. - ws
~ MEETING AGENDA _ |

~ Wednesday, October 17, 1990
7:30 PM
College Avenue Presbyterian Church

5951 College Avenue

ELECTION FORUM
w MAYORAL CANDIDATES:

Elihu Harris
Wilson Riles, Jr.
mw PRESENTATIONS ABOUT:
Measure L — The Rockridge
Branch Library
Measure K — Oakland Park
Bond

Mayoral Candidates To Speak,
Answer Questions At RCPC Meeting

November is election season and ev-
ery season has its celebrations. RCPC is
celebrating this election season with a
presentation of the two Oakland Mayoral
election run-off candidates and a discus-
sion of two important ballot measures at
the October 17 General Meeting.

Elihu Harris, State Assembly Member
representing Oakland, and Wilson Riles,
Jr., Oakland City Councilman, District 5,
will answer questions about themselves
and their candidacies submitted in writ-
ing by residents at the meeting.

Also on the meeting agenda are pre-
sentations and discussions of Measure L,
the Rockridge library assessment district

measure, and Measure K, a bond to pro-
vide funds for city park space acquisi-
tion.

To provide some information on the
Mayoral candidates’ positions, the
Rockridge News presents on page 2 a
selection of questions and candidate an-
swers concerning planning issues. The
questionsare from a bookletof 49 questions
prepared by the Neighborhood Newsletter
Task Force of the University-Oakland
Metropolitan Forum and answered by the

candidates.

Copies of the booklets containing a
complete list of questions and answers
will be available at the meeting.

“T” Is For Library — And So Is Rockridge

by Kathy Walsh

Although autumn is usually marked
by falling leaves, in this comer of Oak-
land it is heralded by the sprouting of
“Measure L” signs throughout the
neighborhood. Overnight they multiply,
appearing in windows, on lawns, in shops
and cafes — and itisapparent that Rockndge
and Claremont Pines residents are involved
in a vigorous grass roots campaign to
construct a new permanent Rockridge
branch library.

When the old branch library at Col-
lege and Miles closed in 1987, victim of
a 1000% rent increase, it was relocated
nearby on the grounds of Claremont Middle
School. Because it 1s limited in size and

resources, most library users find the site
inadequate. Even the old Rockridge li-
brary -—— smallest in the city — ranked
third in intensity of use.

Liprary COMMITTEE GOES To WoRK

When it became clear that the city
would not be abie to finance and build a
replacement library, concerned residents,
in conjunction with the Oakland Library
Department and the City Manager’s Of-
fice, formed Neighbors for a Rockridge
Library. Underco-chairs Nancy Dutcher
and Andy Young, this volunteer group
has steered a steady course through bu-
reaucratic mazes and interminable meet-
ings, scoping out available city and state

See “Library,” page 6

Dates Calendar Events Calendar Dates

5951 College Avenue: see Agenda Box above.

Wednesday Oct.17 7:30pm
Thursday Oct25 7:30 pm
Monday Nov 5 7:30 pm
Tuesday Nov 6 All Day
Monday Nov19 = 7:30 pm

Alameda Cty. Public Wks Dept hearing on Temescal Creek bypass. Claremont Jr. High School.
RCPC Board Meeting.
Election Day. Be sure to vote!

RCPC General Meeting (note: this is a changed date).
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Candidates’ Forum: RCPC General Meeting, College Avenue Presbyterian Church,

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Page 2

Members of the Neighborhood Newsletter Task Force of the
University-Oakland Metropolitan Forum and the Oakland com-
munity prepared 49 questions for the Mayoral candidates in the
Oakland Municipal Run-Off Election set for Tuesday, Novem-
ber 6, 1990. |

Candidates Elihu Harris and Wilson Riles, Jr. were invited
to respond to the questions with no restrictions on the length or
Style of their answers. Their responses were then compiled in
a booklet distributed to 36 Oakland neighborhood newsletter
editors to use in their publications. The questions on this page
were selected from that booklet. Neighborhood and merchant
organizations and the League of Women Voters of Oakland also
received copies of the booklet.

Printing and distribution costs were paid by the University-
Oakland Metropolitan Forum.

Questions or comments? Call Don Kinkead at 655-7474.
ADDITIONAL COPIES

Some copies of the booklets will be available at the RCPC
meeting Wednesday, October 17. Copies may also be obtained
at $1.25 each from Copymat, 48 Shattuck Square (Shattuck and
University), Berkeley. Phone Mansour at 848-7034 for details.
THE UNIVERSITY-OAKLAND METROPOLITAN FORUM

The Forum is a parmership of Holy Names College, Mills
College, UC Berkeley, the City of Oakland and the Oakland

community dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in the
Oakland region.

m™ DO YOU THINK OAKLAND’S GENERAL PLAN ACCURATELY
REFLECTS THE CITY’S PRESENT AND FUTURE NEEDS?

ELINv HARRIS:

No. The General Plan has not been updated since 1974
and includes maps and data from the 1950s. Oakland
ranked last in California per capita spending on city
planning according to a 1988-89 national survey of cities.
The city’s neighborhoods clearly deserve better.

WILSON RILEs, JR.:

Oakland's general plan needs to be updated and revised.
Not only have conditions changed but also new State laws
require the inclusion of additional elements in our general
plan. A hazardous waste element needs to be included
along with a historical and architectural preservation
element. The recycling section of the environmental
element should be revised to reflect changes in State laws.
Much additional work needs to be done on the economic
and housing element. The plan does not accurately reflect
the City’s present and future needs. -

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@ How IMPORTANT IS A GENERAL PLAN TO THE CITY?

ELISU HARRIS:

No general plan means no long range vision for our city,
no way to balance the interests of downtown with the
interests of neighborhoods, no way to prioritize our needs
for specific neighborhood plans, no way to plan for
building preservation. No general plan means plotting the
future of a major American city by pieces.

WILSON RILEs, JR.:
The general plan is a legal document, required by law,

The Rockridge News

Mayoral Candidate QO & A

October 13, 1990

which establishes a framework for the City’s planning,
zoning, and other ordinances. Ordinances and actions by
the City which are beyond the framework of the general
plan will have little protection in a Court of law. The
general plan’s importance is significant but limited. The
City’s ordinances are much more important to the on-
going activity of the businesses and individuals inthe. _

City. . 2
@ IF NEEDED, HOW WOULD YOU DIRECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF **"

A NEW GENERAL PLAN AND WHAT ROLE WOULD PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION PLAY IN DEVELOPING THIS PLAN?

ELIHU HARRIS:
I have already asked the University-Oakland Metropolitan
Forum to join the city government in developing a long
range general plan from the neighborhoods uD, whether I
am elected or not. This means public hearings to give
each and every one of Oakland’s neighborhoods a voice.
It also means supplementing city staff with the scholar-
ship that the Forum can provide.

WILSON RILES, JR.: |
Amending a genera! plan is a very costly and time
consuming process. It must be done carefully with a view
to meeting all of the legal requirements, inviting quality
participation by all sectors of the community, and to
achieving long term usefulness of the results. Any
amendment of our general plan ought to be combined with
a process to create a long term strategic plan for Oakland.
Oakland ought to pick up the valuable work being done
by the University-Oakland Metropolitan Forum and other
groups and embark on a multi-year process to produce a ©
long range strategic plan similar to those that exist in
other cities. The general plan update would be one of the
products of that process. Intense, high quality public
participation is crucial to such a process of community
consensus building.

@ DO YOU THINK THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN HELPED OR
HURT BY CURRENT PLANNING?

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ELIBU HARRIS:

Oakland’s neighborhoods have been hurt by a lack of
planning. Only one neighborhood plan has been com-
pleted in the past 12 years. Only 12 of Oakland’s nearly
150 neighborhoods are even on a waiting list for commu-
nity planning. This hurts our city.

WILSON RILES, Jr.:

I think that the neighborhoods have been hurt by the lack
of planning. The City’s planning has not kept pace with
the changing demographics and changes in our economy.
Some areas. through community pressure, have been
rezoned; others are in desperate need of rezoning. More of
the City needs to be placed in the “specific zoning”
process whereby community desires are worked out ina
process prior to specific developer interest. As Mayor I
will continue to emphasize this process and support the
funding of the Planning Department necessary to make it
happen.

October 13, 1990

The Rockridge News

_. From THE ZONING COUNTER

WINTER’s REAL ESTATE
5699 MILES AVENUE
(AT COLLEGE AVENUE)

Application for a major conditional
use permit to legalize an existing Real
Estate office on the ground floor in the C-
31 zone. The zoning requires a use permit
approved by the Planning Commission
for non-retail uses along C-31 frontage.
The application is being reviewed by the
Zoning/Design Review Committee.
Comments can be made by calling John
Gussman at 655-8817 or Billi Dutcher at
653-6018. The Planning Commission
will hold a public hearing on October 17,
1990, at 6:30 p.m., Lakeside Garden Center,
666 Bellevue Avenue. Mail written
comments to: City Planning Department,
421 14th Sereet, Oakland, 94612.

ANTHONY WILSON
5833-35 COLLEGE AVENUE (D 90-333)
Responding to this application for de-
Sign review of a proposal to alter the
ground floor of an existing commercial
space at 5833-35 College Avenue, the
RCPC Board of Directors recommended
recessed entrances and clear store front
windows. The Planning Director has

Melvin Mikell Janitorial.
We specialize i in apartment

and house cleaning

Free estimates. Rockridge Area.
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Listed below are standing committees of the

Rockridge Community Planning Council with their
respective Chairs and Co-Chairs. Please cal] any of
the individuals listed if you have questions or prob-
lems with what's going on:

COMMITTEE Cram/Co-CuHams
CLEAN ROCKRIGE Open
EARTHQUAKE Prep Drew Shagrin 653-7376
Alisa Metzner 652-6620
Barbara Anderson 655-3499
Nancy Dutcher 653-6018
Andy Young 653-7686
Shelley Poticha 655-7463
Andréa Walhof 420-1593
ROCKRIDGE News Don Kinkead 655-7474
SAFETY Beth Allen 652-3965
TRAFFIC Open
David Reinke
Bill Dutcher
John Gussman
Andréa Walhof

FuNDRAISING
LIBRARY

RASP

653-5312
653-6018
655-8817
420-1593

ZONING/ DESIGN

approved the application with conditions
for street trees and recessed entries.

NOTICES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION

ROCKRIDGE BRANCH LIBRARY
(ER 90-83)

The city is proposing a negative dec-
laration on the proposed Library project.
Call Assistant Planner Bill Quesada at
273-3911 for further information.

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING
(ER 90-77)

An Environmental Review has been
made of a proposed revision of the exist-
ing Residential Permit Parking (RPP)
ordinance which incorporates changes
intended to improve the program. Call
Assistant Planner Bill Quesada at 273-
3911 for further information.

Page 3

RCPC Updates

m Rockridge Area

Specific Plan

RASP is still pending contract ap-
proval. Sign up now to work with the
steering committee. The RCPC Board
will make Steering Committee appoint-
ments at its November meeting. Call
Shelley Poticha at 655-7463 or Andréa
Walhof at 420-1593, or Brooke Levin at
653-7522 for more information.

= BART EIR

BART staff says the Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed
Rockridge Station parking lot and com-
mercial development is still being reviewed -
“atthe administrative level”. To participate
in the EIR review, or to have a copy of
your own, mail the coupon on page 5.
Call RCPC Chair Brooke Levin at 653-
7522 for further information and to help
with the RCPC review and response.

City Prevails In EIR Suit: RCPC Seeks $

The final decision in RCPC’s suit
against the city in the Dreyer's EIR case
is being drafted and will be reported upon
at greater length in nextmonth’s Rockridge
News. Essentially, the decision was against
RCPC and the Neighborhood. Although
the RCPC Board feels the issues raised 1n
the suit still have merit, the likelihood of
a successful appeal seemed remote. No
further appeals are planned.

Thanks to generous donations and
receipts from the successful garage/rum-

mage sale, RCPC was able to stay current
with preliminary attorney's fees and other
costs. However, the finalround of appeals
drained the account, and there is a sub-
stantial bill owing the attorneys.

Your Neighborhood association needs
your help now to begin to meet these
remaining costs. Please take amoment to
send in your donation along with the
coupon below.

And watch for future FUNd raising
activities.

Enclosed is is my y check & nachna to > the RCPC C Neighborhood Legal F Fund to o help

cover expenses in the RCPC vs. City of Oakland suit (Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream,
Inc. project approval). J understand this ts a tax-deductible donation.
(Of course, donations
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The Rockridge News

October 13, 1999

Candidate Statements: EBMUD Board of Director

Mary Warren

I have served Rockridge on the ERMUD board of
directors since 1983. During that time, EBMUD imple-
mented many progressive water policies and programs.

Last year I authored EBMUD’s voluntary and highly
successful conservation program. Over 16% savings
resulted, signaling a change in our water using habits, the
best conservation and environmental protection.

This year I am leading local efforts to convince °
Congress to improve water conservation standards of
California’s huge agri-business. Agri-industry uses 85%
of our Sierra water, yet is not by law required to use
modem conservation procedures. We need to change
that: I hope you will help me in that effort, too.

These are examples of the kind of leadership I have
tried to bring to EBMUD, I pledged to provide high
quality, good tasting Sierra water at the lowest prices
possible. I have kept that pledge, but much work remains
to guarantee that water quality and supply in the future.

I am seeking another term on November 6 to continue
to work for long term water conservation, self-efficiency
and environmental protection.

(Please call 531-5069 for more information.)

Stuart Flashman

Isn't it time for change at East Bay MUD? After four
years of drought come two rate increases — Ironically,
because we're saving water. EBMUD and Mary Warren
say conservation’s important, but the District rates say
the opposite. We need rates that encourage conservation,
1 Meanwhile, Mary Warren’s votes have added devel-
opments like Blackhawk Estates to EBMUD's service
area; places with twice our water use — not to mention

the sprawl and congestion they produce. Now the

District wants to build the expensive and environmen-

tally damaging Buckhorn Dam to provide water for more

development while we ratepayers pay the bills. |

With a background in biology (Ph.D., Harvard

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University) and public interest law J.D., New College of
California), and years of experience fighting overdevel-
opment, I’m well qualified to serve. More importantly,
unlike Mary Warren, I have the public’s interest at heart,
not that of developers. That’s why I’m endorsed by the
Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters, and many
other citizen groups.

(Please call 652-5373 for more information.)

Cantiung Ge Rloucsber |

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October 13, 1990 _
[s Curbside Right
For Oakland?

w Curbside Recycling Forum
October 20 9 a.m. — Noon
Lakeside Park Garden Center

666 Bellevue

The City of Oakland Waste Reduc-
tion and Recycling Commission, the City
of Oakland, and the League of Women
Voters are sponsoring a Curbside Recy-
cling Forum on October 20th. The Fo-
rum has three goals:

1) To stimulate discussion among
city officials and citizens on the subject
orrecycling and waste reduction with the
eventual goal of arriving at a recycling
program which the whole community can
support;

2) To garner information on recy-
cling from a panel of experts;

3) To educate commissioners, city
officials and staff, citizens and businesses
on recycling issues and alternatives;

4) To generate publicity for the
Commission and City and their responsi-
bility to establish a community supported
waste reduction and recycling program.

—from the Oakland League of
Women Voters newsletter

College Avenue To
Be Dug Up Again

Phase II of the project replacing the
Temescal Creek culvert will be discussed
at a public hearing on October 25, 1990,
at 7:30 p.m., Claremont Jr. High School,
College and Miles Avenues.

The hearing, conducted by the Alameda

County Flood Control District, will present
scheduling, traffic routing plans, and po-
tential impacts to the community. Half
of College Avenue and portions of
Claremont Avenue will be closed during
construction.

Scheduled to start next spring, con-
struction will continue for aboutsix months.
From College and Chabot, the project
will proceed north to Claremont, turn up
Claremont to Mystic, then go to the end
of Mystic.

For further information, contact En-
vironmental Analyst Robert Hale at 670-
5546, or Civil Engineer Moses Tsang at
670-5175.

Send written comments to: Alameda
County Flood Control District, 399
Elmhurst Street, Hayward, CA 94544.

Page §

The Rockridge News

_ Order Your Copy Of The BART
Rockridge Station EIR Now!

BART is proposing extensive changes for the Rockridge Station. An Envi-
ronmental Impact Report (EIR) to study the effects of commercial and residen-
tial development under the tracks and the freeway and the addition of one or
more new levels of parking is being prepared. You are entitled to a copy for
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Wednesday, November 7
Charles Fitch: Slide show of “Fall's
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Wednesday, November 14
Janet Silver Ghent, Tribune staff

writer: “Journalism — Its Fun and Foibles.”
Wednesday, November 21

Kathy Connelly: Slide show of “My

First Trip To Europe — 25 Years Ago in

Programs for October and November
have been announced by the College
Avenue Adult Center. Programs are pre-
sented at the center in the College Av-
enue Presbyterian Church at 595 1 College
Avenue on Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m.
to 12 Noon and are followed by an inex-
pensive lunch.

Wednesday, October 17

Della Weigand: “SlidesofYosemite, 1965.”
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Page 6

Measure L

from page 1

resources.

The Rockridge Library committee
reports that construction costs and land
for a new, permanent library will total
about $3.6 million. Because city funding
will cover only $1 million, local resi-
dents must demonstrate their willingness
to raise $1 million to qualify for the
remaining $1.6 million in state funds.
Thus, Measure L on the November ballot
will create aneighborhood tax assessment
district designed to raise $1 million over
the next 30 years by taxing households
$25 per year.

Some voters contacted in a recent
phone-a-thon were concemed that a new
Rockridge Library would mean closing
the Temescal Branch Library on Tele-
graph. This concern is unfounded. The
Library Department says that, even though
the westem boundaries of the Rockridge
Branch are close to the Temescal Branch,
that hbrary will remain open.

LIBRARY PLANS EVOLVE

Although specific design plans for
the new Rockridge Library at College
and Manila have not yet been drawn up,
it will cover 9000+ square feet — a size
requirement to qualify for state funding
— house a large book collection, study
areas, a separate children’s section, a
community meeting room, and include
space for parking on the site.

PostrrvE Pusiic RESPONSE

To make this dream a reality, Neigh-
bors for a Rockridge Library have sent
hand-addressed information about Mea-
sure L to every voting household in the
15 precincts that comprise this assessment
district. Others library boosters have
spent evenings at phone banks, asking
local voters for their support at the polls
and eliciting, according to Nancy Dutcher,
a gratifyingly positive response charac-
terized by such commentsas, “I’m sending
you $60 — the same amount I send to
support public radio — and I read a lot

. more than I listen to the radio. Speed the

ground-breaking!” “I can’t wait for a
decent library! Send mea yard sign!” “I
don’t live in the Rockridge area per se
but that’s the library I’ll use, so I’m
sending a contribution and will help with
phoning.”

The Rockridge News
In My View...

Comments by Marge Gibson-Haskell
City Council, District 1

Simple Majority Simply Not Enough:
Library Needs 2/3 Vote To Succeed

The present Rockridge library, which
seats only eight people and has 50% of
its books in storage, is sadly inadequate.
A new library at the comer of College
and Manila that will include meeting
rooms, children’s areas, and will serve
the community into the next century is
a strong possibility. That possibility
will bea leap closer to reality if Rockndge
passes Measure L in November. The
City will then be able to restore the
level of library services the commu-
nity needs.

Measure L needs a two-thirds vote
for passage. If you support Measure L,
there are several things you can do and
two to them are most important: 1)
Vote on November 6, and, 2) talk to
your neighbors and get at least two of
them to vote in support. If you are able
to volunteer your time or send a dona-
tion to the campaign, that also is very
helpful, but your vote is your most
powerful tool.

Although indications are that com-
munity support is strong, a two-thirds
vote is very difficult to achieve. This
is our only chance to show support
when the City applies for State Propo-
sition 85 bond funds later this year.
The monies are available one time only,
and competition for them is fierce. If
Rockridge voters demonstrate their
willingness to provide a key piece of
the construction costs, the application
will be greatly strengthened.

The idea, impetus and driving force

Dutcher warns, however, that because
Measure L must pass by a 2/3 vote, such
a high percentage will be “very hard to
get despite our best efforts and we cannot
afford to be complaisant.”

Many residents and merchants have
contributed much-needed financial sup-
port for pamphlets, mailing costs, and for
the ubiquitous Measure L signs. If you'd
like a yard or window sign or would like
to be part of this effort in any of the ways
mentioned above, call 658-4675. Co-

behind this effort has truly been the
greater Rockridge community. The
campaign for a Rockridge library has
been, from the beginning, a grass roots
effort, and grass roots campaigns suc-
ceed when supporters vote and get ad-
ditional voters to the polls.

The dedicated core of volunteers
working on the campaign are your
neighbors. They include, to name just
a few: Nancy Dutcher and Andy Young,
co-chairs of the committee; Gity Baxter,
Reine Brent, Winkie Campbeil-Notar;
Ruth Friedman; Joel Gomberg; Earl
Hamlin: Ron Heckart; Mary MacDonald;
Alisa Metzner, Sharon Miller; Pat Rigby;
Howard Rodkin; Penn Shearer; Laura
Schlichtmann; Linda Sensabaugh; Kathy
Walsh; and Trish West. They have put
up signs, contacted voters and distrib-
uted literature explaining Measure L.
Thanks to all. Your families will see
you more regularly after November 6.

Measure L is the keystone to this
exceptional community, City and State
partnership. Talk to your friends and
neighbors. Vote on November 6 and
get them to vote as well. If you need
assistance to get to the polls, call the
Neighbors for a Rockridge Library at
658-4675. They can arrange transpor-
tation.

Your questions and comments are
invited.

Write me at 505 14th Street, Room
642, 94612, or call me or my assistant
Winkie Campbell-Notar at 273-3266.

chair Andy Young adds that “ultimately
what is most necessary are people’s ‘yes’
votes on November 6.”

$10/hr.

Housecleaning
Gardening

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Reference: N. McKay
654-0649, eves.

October 13, 1990

The Rockridge News

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BART ProposaL WILL
COMPOUND TRAFFIC, CRowps

Editor:

It should be fairly obvious to every-
one that the Rockridge BART parking lot
is not the only area that has reached
saturation level. The whole neighborhood
has pretty well reached that point. We
don’t need any more restaurants, hair
cutting establishments, offices, — or
automobiles. If BART builds more of-
fices and apartments around the proposed
2-level parking lot, guests and customers
will only add to the traffic. The occupants
and their guests and customers have to
park somewhere, right? The result will
be even more Cars.

Here are some Suggestions for BART
that might actually alleviate the situation:

1) Encourage people to travel an extra
mile to the MacArthur station, where
they have a choice of Concord or Rich-
mond trains;

2) Schedule trains that originate at
the MacArthur BART station during the
rush hour instead of, or as well as, down-
town Oakland. (We are paying BART to
run 4 railroad, not a real estate opera-
tion.);

3) There is plenty of room at
MacArthur station for a second deck, and
room for expansion into commuter-re-
lated businesses — bookstore, grocery,
deli, liquor store, candy and snack stand,
laundry and cleaner, et cetera;

4) ABART presence will encourage
further development in that neighbor-
hood, which can only be good for the city
as a whole.

I hope that the powers that be can use
some or preferably all of these sugges-
tions.

— Pat Watters

Ay Avon
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Claudia March
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To Save Ture OLp Crry HAL
BUILDING, WrirE Now!

Editor:

This Fall, the City Council will con-
Sider the results of the Evaluation of
Earthquake Damage and Repairs to City
Hall Report prepared by VBN Architects
and Michael Willis and Associates in
conjunction with the City Architect and
Department of Public Works. The report
is expected to set out various alternatives
for the repair of the landmark structure.
The City Managers Office has consis-
tently stated that City Hall should be
repaired.

Council members need to know there
IS City-wide support to keep the building
and that they should aggressively pursue
all sources of funding, including federal
reimbursement to carry out this aim.

Calls and letters make a difference. If
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— Annalee Allen

TNT Is Ricat: Post Orrice/
DRUGSTORE PROPOSAL Is
ANTI-PEDESTRIAN

Editor:

We used to go to the Temescal shop-
ping area quite frequently. I went to the
nursery all the time, and the theatre. Vern’s
was tacky, but at least useful, and made
an entrée to the hardware store and deli-
catessen which we frequented.

Then the nursery left, the barren bank
building and parking lots went in, and the
theatre turned gross. This all created a
wasteland area, and of course, with the
Vern’s site a wasteland as well, the am-
bience is more “no-man’s land” than an
area one feels like shopping in.

“TNT” [Temescal Neighbors Together,
anew organization forming in the Temescal
area -— Ed.] is right: the proposal of a
postal distribution area and a Walgreen's
would not create aneighborhood shopping
area, which it once was, and which it
should and could easily be returned to.

The library is so nice, the theater could
be, etc., etc. It would be wonderful if the
area could be planned to tie together into
a friendly pedestrian-oriented shopping
neighborhood, where one felt good about

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