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Vol. 5 Issue No. 52

Hurray For
Rockridge
Voters!

The election results are conclusive!
Measure L passed with a “yes” vote of
81.6%, proving the Rockridge commu-
nity wants, and is willing to help pay for,
a new Rockridge Branch Library. The
results of the election grew directly from
strong community support throughout
thecampaign. Donations of money, goods,
time and much effort reaffirmed the
generosity and commitment of the
Rockridge Community for its library.

Literally hundreds of Neighbors do-
nated money to the campaign, put up
yard and window signs, helped with phoning
and mailing, and contacted the numerous
merchants who contributed food (to feed
election volunteers), money, and phones.
Special thanks to the steering committee
(the Magnificent Twelve) who forat least
two years have attended countless meetings
and contributed much expertise and de-
votion to the cause!

The community now enters into a
new phase of the library campaign, working
with the Library Department on the ap-
plication for State funds. Measure L's
great victory should persuade those ad-
ministering the State funds to look favor-
ably on the application. Further neigh-
borhood input will be needed as we get
closer to actually planning the library.

Again, congratulations and thanks to
all who worked on the campaign.

—Nancy Dutcher, Andy Young
Co-chairs,
Neighbors for a Rockridge Library

No. 6

November 17, 1990 .
Dreyer’s Suit
Judgment Goes
Against RCPC

by John Gussman

RCPC’s suit challenging the City’s
approval of the Dreyer’s headquarters
project on College Avenue came to an
end in October with the entry of a judgment
against RCPC and in favor of the City
and Dreyer’s.

Between 1985 and 1989, RCPC strove
to ensure that the Dreyer’s expansion
would not result in inappropriate massive
development along College Avenue or
perpetuate uses incompatible with a
residential neighborhood. While pressure
from RCPC and Neighbors did lead to
some project modifications — including
elimination of factory uses and retention
of retail space — Dreyer’s succeeded in
its plan to demolish residential struc-
tures on Chabot Road and to erect a
combined office and retail structure of
60,000 square feet on College Avenue.

When the City approved the head-
quarters office building proposal in July
1989, RCPC sued to overturn the permits
for the project, to decertify the Environ-
mental Impact Report (EIR), and to en-
join the destruction of the Chabot Road
residences. The challenge to the EIR
was based on a wide variety of objec-
tions, most of them relating to the inap-
propriate size of the project.

RCPC asserted throughout the City
hearings and later in the lawsuit that the
City had disregarded goals and policies

See “Judgment,” page 8

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County Plans To
Dig Up College
Avenue — Again!

A public hearing held October 25 at
Claremont Middle School to discuss flood
control construction plans drew angry
reactions from merchants and residents
in attendance.

The Alameda County Flood Control
District is planning Phase II of the creek
relocation project started last winter and
called the meeting to solicit comments.

According to the proposal, College
Avenue will be excavated in sequential
sections from College and Chabot to
Claremont, then easterly to Mystic Av-
enue. The project, slated originally to
begin on May 9, 1991, has been delayed
until the Spring of 1992.

Merchants and residents attending the
heated meeting raised strong concerns
and suggestions:

* concern over the lack of traffic re-

routing plans;

* concern about lost business revenues
during construction (some still haven't
recovered from Phase I of the con-
struction);

+ the effectiveness of dust and noise
controls;

* suggestions for either longer con-

struction hours (7 a.m - 7 p.m.) or
24-hour construction to speed the
project.

Submit yourcomments on the proposal
in writing to:

Alameda County Flood Control and
Water Conservation District, 399 Elmhurst
Street, Hayward, CA 94544, Attention:
Mr. Wadie Saad, phone: 670-5480.

In addition to the county’s call for
comments, the city wants input from the
community on where traffic impacts can
be reduced.

Comments on traffic-related issues
should be sent to: Michael J. Vecchio,
Transportation Engineer, City of Oakland,
1330 Broadway, Suite 450, Oakland, CA
94612, phone: 273-3466.

A second public hearing will be held
in March 1991.

BART Project EIR
Review Still Active

The Bay Area Rapid Transit district’s
proposal to build new garage levels for
additional parking and to construct
commercial and residential developments
around the Rockridge station is now at
the administrative review level, accord-
ing to Michelle Jacobson, Project Man-
ager.

Earlier announcements in the Rockridge

News reported BART would release the’

EIR in September as part of the public
review process, but Jacobson says the
release date is now not certain.

Many Rockridge Neighbors have used
the newsletter coupons to order their copy
of the EIR. BART is saving the coupons
and will forward copies of the EIR when
it is ready for public review.

There is still time to send off for your
own copy of the EIR: use the coupon
from earlier Rockridge News issues or
write to BART, c/o Michelle Jacobson,
BART Service Integration Planning, 800
Madison Street, 4th Floor, Oakland, CA
94607.

Learn the details of a development

proposal that could:
- add parking for up to 825 more cars
at the station;
+ add almost 43,000 square feet of of-
fice space at the station;
» add almost 8,000 square feet of retail
space at the station;
+ add 30 units of housing at the station.
The public hearing process provides
an opportunity for citizens and citizen
organizations to comment on the pro-
posal.
To help with the RCPC review and
response, please call Brooke A. Levin,
653-7522, evenings.

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Frxox THE ZONING COUNTER

WINTER’S REAL ESTATE
5699 MILES AVENUE
(at College Avenue)

An application to legalize an existing
Real Estate Office on the ground floor in
the C-31 zone was approved by the Plan-
ning Commission at its Oct. 31, 1990
meeting.

Permit Parking
Proposed For
Four Streets

A public hearing was held on Novem-
ber 8, 1990 to hear comments on proposed
Residential Permit Parking (RPP) areas
for:

Chabot Road between College and
Ivanhoe;

Presley Way between Chabotand Miles;

Ivanhoe between Chabot and Miles;

Miles between Presley and Ivanhoe.

RPP regulates parking with stickers
to 2- and 4-hour zones. According to
Kevin Cummings of the City Traffic
Engineering Department, all blocks re-
questing RPP meet the City’s current
standards, except Ivanhoe which has 50%
occupancy, not the required 75%.

The City will accept comments until
November 23, 1990, either by phone to
Ade Sogo, 273-3466, or in writing to
Department of Public Works, 1 City Hall
Plaza, Oakland, 94612.

Listed below are standing committees of the
Rockridge Community Planning Council with their
respective Chairs and Co-Chairs. Please call any of
the individuals listed if you have questions or prob-
lems with what's going on:

ComMITTEE Cuamr/Co-Cuarrs
CLEAN ROCKRIDGEOpen
EARTHQUAKE PREPOpen

Alisa Metzner 652-6620

FUNDRAISING Barbara Anderson 655-3499
LIBRARY Nancy Dutcher 653-6018
Andy Young 653-7686
RASP Shelley Poticha 655-7463
Andréa Walhof 420-1593
ROcKRIDGE News Don Kinkead 655-7474
SAFETY Beth Allen 652-3965
TRAFFIC Open
David Reinke 653-5312
Zoninc/DeEsiGN __ Bill Dutcher 653-6018
John Gussman 655-8817
Andréa Walhof 420-1593

RCPC Membership Boundaries Election Notice

(Amended November 15, 1989)

That area of the City of Oakland lying
within the following boundaries:

Begin at the intersection of College Ave-
nue and Woolsey Street in the City of Berke-
ley, and proceed in a direct line to the end of
Chabot Road in the City of Oakland; then due
south to Broadway; then along Broadway to
the intersection of Broadway and Brookside
Drive; then in a direct line to the intersection
of Ocean View and Margarido Drive; then
along Margarido Drive to the intersection of
Margarido, Manila, and Acacia Avenue; then
along Manila Avenue to the intersection of
Broadway and Monroe Avenue; then along
Monroe Avenue to the intersection of Monroe
Avenue and Carlton Street; then to the inter-
section of Carlton Street and Broadway Ter-
race; then along Broadway Terrace to the
intersection of Broadway Terrace and Broad-
way; then to the intersection of Broadway and
51st Street; then to the intersection of 51st
Street and Clarke Street; then to the intersec-
tion of Clarke Street and Claremont Avenue;
then to the intersection of Claremont Avenue
and Colby Street; then to the intersection of
Colby Street and Woolsey Street; then return-
ing to the intersection of Woolsey Street and
College Avenue.

In February 1991, the Rockridge
Community Planning Council will
hold its annual election meeting.
Directors will be elected to fill five
(5) seats on the Board of Directors.
Voting will commence at 7:30 p.m.
at the College Avenue Presbyterian
Church, 5951 College Avenue.

The polls will also be open on
Saturday, February 16; the place
and time will be announced in the
December and January issues of The
Rockridge News.

Persons interested in becoming
candidates for the board of directors
should notify the Board of Directors
in writing, no later than December
31, 1990 (or sent by certified mail,
no later than December 27, 1990.)
See form below.

Candidates must be at least 18
years of age, and must reside within
the RCPC boundaries.

Tentative RCPC Election Schedule: 1991*

Deadline for receipt of Statement of Intent
and Candidate’s Statement

List of Candidates and Candidates’ Statements
published in January Rockridge News

1991 Election Candidates’ Forum,

College Avenue Presbyterian Church, 7:30 pm
1991 Annual Election of RCPC Board of Direc-
tors (Alternate daytime Polling Date)

1991 Annual Meeting, Election of RCPC Board
of Directors College Avenue Presbyterian
Church, 5951 College Avenue, 7:30 pm

* Final dates to be published in the December Rockridge News.

Monday, December 31
Friday, January 11

Thursday, February 14
Saturday, February 16

Wednesday, February 21

Statement Of Intent To Be A Candidate For
I The RCPC Board of Directors 1991-1993

I I hereby state my intent to be a candidate for the RCPC Board of Directors
I (1991-1993). Iam 18 years of age or older and I reside permanently within
I the RCPC membership boundaries.
I Name:

Address:

Phone (Work): Phone (Home):

I enclose my Candidate’s Statement (150 words maximum length) for
I publication in the January issue of The Rockridge News.
I Send to: Lisa Curet, Secretary Rockridge Community Planning Council
5856 College Avenue #130 Oakland, California 94618
I Statements must be received at the above address no later than December 31, 1990
(or sent by certified mail no later than December 27, 1990).

ee
Page 4

The Rockridge News

November 17, 1990

Volunteers Needed For Rockridge Area
Specific Plan Steering Committee

by Shelley Poticha

Now is your opportunity to get in-
volved in shaping the future of Rockridge!
RCPC is looking for volunteers to fill
three positions on the Rockridge Area
Specific Plan (RASP) Steering Commit-
tee. All residents of the Rockridge
Neighborhood are qualified to serve on
this Steering Committee which will be
formed and guide the RASP planning
process over the next 6 to 12 months.
The RASP will provide comprehensive
recommendations to the Oakland City
Council regarding the neighborhood’s
wishes for protecting and enhancing the
character of the residential areas and the
economic vitality of College Avenue.

As many of you know, the RASP was
proposed in 1987 in response to pressures
for growth and change in Rockridge.
During 1988, RCPC sponsored a series
ofCommunity Forums and opinion surveys
to identify the concerns and desires of
residents and merchants. Since thattime,
RCPC has received a grant from the City
of Oakland to continue this planning
process. One condition of the grant was
that RCPC work with a variety of local

and regional interest groups to prepare a
set of recommendations to the City Council
regarding future growth and develop-
ment in the neighborhood.

During the past several months, RCPC
Board members have been meeting with
the Oakland City Planning Department
Director and staff, as wellas representatives
of the College Avenue Merchant’s As-
sociation and the Rockridge Coalition to
hammer out a consensus agreement on
the appropriate membership of this Steering
Committee. A 17 member RASP Steering
Committee will now be formed to oversee
and guide the preparation of along-range
plan for the neighborhood. The Steering
Committee will include the following
representatives:

4 Representatives of the Rockridge
Community Planning Council (one
representative will bea Board member
who will also serve as the Steering
Committee Chairperson);

3 Representatives of the College Av-
enue Merchants Association;

2 Representatives of the Rockridge
Coalition;

1 Developer to be selected by the
Oakland Development Council;

1 Large Business Representative to
be selected by the Oakland Cham-
ber of Commerce;

1 Rockridge Area Apartment Build-
ing Owner;

1 Representative of the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission;

1 Historic Preservation Representative;

1 Environmentalist Representative from
the Sierra Club Urban Affairs
Committee;

1 City Planning Commissioner;

1 City Planning Department Staff
Person.

17 Total

Volunteers are asked to submit a let-
ter of interest to the RCPC Board of
Directors stating their interests in getting
involved with the RASP Steering Com-
mittee and any prior experience with
planning issues or previous RASP efforts
(none required). Volunteers should be
aware that the RASP Steering Commit-
tee with be a working committee and will
require time outside of monthly or bi-
weekly meetings. Anyone with questions
can call Shelley Poticha (655-7463) or
Brooke Levin ( 653-7522).

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Page 5

Earthquake Safety

Committee Offers

Organizing Blueprint
by Drew Shagrin

On October 17, 1989, the Pretty Big
One caught most of us unprepared. Now
that a year has passed, can you say that
you're better prepared than you were a
year ago?

In February we asked you if you knew
where to turn off your neighbor's gas. Do
you know now? We asked you how the
fire department would find out that there
was a fire on your street if the phones
weren't working. Can your neighbor-
hood now reach emergency personnel in
a disaster?

There's a lot to earthquake prepared-
ness. Evenif you have water, food, cash,
vital medications, and all the other ap-
propriate provisions set aside, don't be
lulled intoa false sense of security. YOU'RE
NOT PREPARED UNTIL YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD IS PREPARED, and
your neighborhood isn't prepared until
you have a neighborhood earthquake
response plan.

To help you organize your neighbor-
hood, the RCPC Community Earthquake
Preparedness Committee has prepared a
“Blueprint” for organizing aneighborhoods
around earthquake preparedness. In con-
junction with the City of Oakland's three-
part training program, Citizens of Oak-
land Respond to Emergencies (“CORE”),
the Blueprint will make organizing the

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by Kate Crawford

When asked to describe a typical day
at her printing shop, Emma Fleming
gave a one-word answer: "Panic!" At
Fleming's Letter Shop, 5453 College
Avenue, the deadlines of the printing
business have taught co-proprietors
William and Emma Fleming the true
meaning of pressure and hard work.

The Flemings started the business
from scratch when they bought a single
press in 1948. For years the couple
spent many days and nights laboring to
meet deadlines.

The nature of the business, however,
has changed; before the labor-saving
computer, Emma would spend hours on
end just typing copy. Now they have
reduced the number of hours worked
each day and the number of people at the
shop, but have increased the equipment,
including a computer, several presses,
plate-making equipment and copy ma-
chines.

When they first moved to California

Fleming’s Letter Shop

with the idea of giving this coast a six-
week trial run, the Flemings stayed in
Rockridge and just couldn't leave.

During the more than forty years
that Emma and William have lived in
Rockridge, they have watched many
changes in the neighborhood. Emma
remembers when the Sacramento North-
ern train line ran down Shafter in frontof
their home, and when the shops along
College were so varied and practical —
including a hardware and a shoe store —
that nearly anything you might need was
available locally.

The Flemings continue to enjoy the
neighborhood, the local businesses and
the Letter Shop. In spite of the rush and
the ruckus of the business, Emma says,
"It's fun... Itmakes you thrive. It makes
you plunge in and get things done."

However, Emma stated that they're
“going to start to pull in the reigns on the
business” and hope that their daughter,
Debra, and her fiancé, Charles, will take
over the shop to free the Flemings for a
well-deserved retirement.

neighborhood about as painless and effi-
cient as possible.

To request the Blueprint, call Alisa
Metzner at 652-6620. To begin the City's
CORE program without a Blueprint, call
the Office of Emergency Services at 273-
3938.

The Earthquake Preparedness Com-
mittee is seeking more participants and
particularly those who wish to chair or
co-chair the committee.

Please call Alisa Metzner at 652-
6620 to join the committee.

Avon
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5241 Lawton Avenue 655-4258

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Adult Center Sets
December Programs

Programs for December have been
announced by the College Avenue Adult
Center.

Programs are presented at the center
inthe College Avenue Presbyterian Church
at 5951 College Avenue on Wednesdays
from 11:00 a.m. to 12 Noon and are
followed by an inexpensive lunch.
December 5, 1990:

Charles Fitch: slides of “Drive to

Minnesota and Back to Berkeley.”
December 12, 1990

Jean Williamson leading the College

Avenue Singers and Band in “A Very

Special Christmas Music Program.”
December 19, 1990

Don Lower, owner of Rockridge Travel

Agency, showing pictures of “Snow

or Sunshine.”

December 26, 1990
Kathy Connelly will show a movie.

— Mary Proffitt
Page 6

The Rockridge News November 17, 1990

City Begins Upper
Telegraph Avenue
Rezoning Study

by John Wagers

With the assistance of the City Plan-
ning Department’s recently organized
Planning Services Division, the Upper
Telegraph Coalition (UTC) is moving
forward in its four-year effort to devise
and adopt new zoning regulations, amajor
element in the creation of the Upper
Telegraph Area Specific Plan.

Existing C-30, C-35, and C-45 zones
on Telegraph Avenue allow conditional
use permits for fast food restaurants and
automotive repair and servicing. Acting
on a UTC petition and urged by
Councilmember Marge Haskell, the city
Council adopted a moratorium on these
uses pending new zoning, but this tem-
porary control has expired.

The Planning Services Division is
conducting a rezoning study of thenorthem
portion of Telegraph Avenue to “‘deter-
mine the full range of land use issues in
the Upper Telegraph commercial corri-
dor, identify goals and objectives and
identify community contact persons.”

UTC has developed a rezoning pro-
posal — C-32, A Plan for a Regional
Retail and Professional Boulevard —
that forbids fast food restaurants, motels,
auto servicing and repair, establishes
parking requirements basedon commercial
square footage, sets building height limits
to 35 feet, and establishes design review
to ensure compatible development.

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In My View...
Comments by Marge Gibson-Kskell
City Council, District 1

The Rockridge Library:
Form Will Follow Function

Congratulations to the greater Rockridge community for passing Measure L
with an overwhelming 81.6 percent vote. The depth and breadth of support for
a library is a message that will be heeded by the City and hopefully the State.
Wuat Comes Next?

The City Library Department must submit a pre-application to the State for
Proposition 85 library construction funds by November 21. The State Librarian
will review the pre-application and let us know how competitive the project is. We
have been encouraged to include in the pre-application as many types of services
as the community can envision — developed by the Library Department, from the
survey by Neighbors for a Rockridge Library, and discussions with many people
during the campaign to pass Measure L.

The Library Department will tailor the branch library's collections to fit the
community. Groups to be served range from preschool children to senior citizens.
Programs and facilities can include story hours, math tutoring, help with home-
work and learning to do electronic research, community meeting spaces, and tax
help for senior and low-income citizens.

New types of library services that the community may wish to consider include
access to State and Federal legislation on-line; other libraries’ collections; and
information from a variety of databases. As the City implements its “Cityline”
network, library users could become able to preview City Council agendas and
determine the status of and apply for City permits and licenses.

It will not be all smooth sailing, however. The State funding legislation is
skewed to favor rural sites. Some accommodation has been made to take urban
needs into account, as a result in part of comments made on the proposed
regulations by both the Library Department and my office. We should hear by the
end of December how competitive our application will be. During the month of
January, additional community input will be sought. The full application is due
February 15.

If the library project is funded in the first round, the next step will be to design
the facility to accommodate the community-identified service priorities and
reflect community values. The design of the permanent library's services and
facilities will be done with community comment at each step. Design review will
provide additional opportunities for public comments and suggestions. The
library should be built in about two years.

You have demonstrated your interest in a permanent library by your vote. Now
we all share the task of making that desire become reality. 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.

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The Rockridge News Page 7

Manila Avenue
Gets Free Trees

by Lynne Geries

How many times over the years have
you asked yourself, “Wouldn’t it be
wonderful if there were more trees along
my street”?

We on Manila Avenue have said it
many times, and now we’ ve been able to
do something aboutit. The City of Oakland
will soon plant trees for us in front of 18
homes along the two blocks of Manila
below College.

Would you like to have the city plant
trees along your street too? For free?
Here’s what to do:

First, adefinition. The City recognizes
“unofficial trees” and “official trees”.
Anunofficial tree is one you plant, whenever
you want, wherever you want. You are
responsible for an unofficial tree. If it
damages the sidewalk, you pay.

Official trees are trees designated as
street trees and planted by the city. If
they damage the sidewalk or need pruning,
the city handles it. All you do is water
the tree.

To arrange your official street tree,
call Joseph Newman or Robert Fontes at
the Oakland Park Services Department
at 273-3151.

Charity Group
Flips For Funds

Local restaurant chefs, parish mem-
bers and school parents have formed
“Pancakes for Charity” at St. Augustine
Church and School. The abundant spread
is offered the third Sunday of every month
from 8:30 until noon in the school cafete-
ria at 400 Alcatraz Avenue.

The entire community is invited. All-
you-can-eat-pancakes are $2.00 for adults
and $1.00 for children. A buffet is of-
fered at $3.75 for adults and $2.75 for
children. This is a great way to help the
community while enjoying a great breakfast.
Proceeds from the event go to local charities
such as Narcotics Education League of
Oakland and Room to Grow, a tutoring
program for homeless children.

To volunteer to help flip the cakes,
please call St. Augustine church at 653-
8631 or Mark Skalsky at 285-2191.

On The Agenda

OCCUR Wants Neighborhood Input
On Cultural Development

As part of the Oakland Arts Profiles and Cultural Needs Assessment Project, a
representative from the Oakland Citizens Committee for Urban Renewal (OCCUR)
Community Information Service (OCIS) will attend the November 19 RCPC general
membership meeting to administer a survey and hear from Oakland residents how
they would like to see city artistic and cultural activities developed.

The Arts Profiles will inventory Oakland's artistic resources and publish this
information for Oakland residents. The Cultural Needs Assessment element of the
project, through meetings with community groups and in public forums, will determine
and document the artistic and cultural needs of Oakland residents.

Recommendations for bridging the gap between those needs and the artistic
resources identified in the profiles will be included in a narrative report to City
officials.

The report will also be available to the public as an aid for community cultural
planning and implementation. For more information, call Project Coordinator Steven
Rypins at 839-2440.

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The Rockridge News

November 17, 1990

Sacred and Profane:
A Chamber Chorus

Sacred and Profane, a Chamber Cho-
rus, presents their first concert under
their new music director, Marika Kuzma.
A Christmas program celebrating the
Blessed Virgin, the concert will include
pieces by Rachmaninoff, Praetorius/Distler,
Machaut, Gabrieli, Josquin, and Dufay,
and several Ukrainian folk songs.

A festive party will follow the per-
formances scheduled for these dates:

Saturday, December 8, 1990, 8:00 pm

St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Lawton at Broadway, Oakland.
Friday, December 14, 1990, 8:00 pm

St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Bancroft at Ellsworth, Berkeley

Tickets are available at the door fora
donation of $10, seniors and students $5.

For further information please contact:

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dance was held in the Ballroom of the
Holiday Inn, Emeryville.

Over two dozen College Avenue
businesses participated in a variety of
ways, from donating prizes to catering to
the staff of over 150 volunteers and models.

“Never before have we had such a

Judgment

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of the Oakland general plan which fa-
vored locating this type of project down-
town.

The Superior Court, Judge Marsh
presiding, rejected RCPC’s arguments
and held the EIR was substantively and
procedurally adequate. In the Court’s
opinion, there was “No reason why any
preference should be given” to the al-
ternative of a downtown location. After
the decision was released, the RCPC Board
of Directors decided not to pursue fur-
ther litigation.

spectacular event staged for us,” CAP
Director Kate Cain told the audience of
over 250. “‘And never before have we
staged such an ambitious show, with such
overwhelming community support,” re-
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the training of a local school child in
ways to prevent child abuse and to know
how to respond effectively to the threat
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