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ISSUE NO. 98

Library Ground-
Breaking and Fund-

Raising Kick-Off

by Nancy Dutcher, Chair of
Neighbors for a Rockridge Library

Almosteight years after the Rockridge
Library moved into a“temporary” trailer,
ground will be broken for the new li-
brary on Saturday, February 11, 1995,
at 11 a.m. City dignitaries will be in-
vited to participate in the ceremonial act
of wielding the first shovels of dirt, and
the community is invited to help cel-
ebrate this long-anticipated event.

Atthe December 6, 1994, City Coun-
cilmeeting, the library construction contract
was awarded to Nibbi Brothers, Inc.,
which expects to begin construction in
February. The Council also voted to
provide $1.1 million of the construction
costs from the Capital Improvement Fund.

Because of increases in costs of ma-
terials and construction, the total cost of

the library came in above the original
See “Library” on page 3

General Membership
Meeting Agenda

Thursday, January 19, 1995,
7:30 p.m.
College Ave. Presbyterian Church
5951 College Avenue (Sanctuary)

¢ Supervisor Keith Carson,
- Alameda County’s Land
Use Decisions

-March I! Urban Environ-
mental Conference

¢ Dreyer’s Update (See article on
this page.)

¢ “Halfway Houses” in Resi-
dential Areas — Health,
Safety and Zoning Issues
(See article on page 2.)

¢ Neighborhood Traffic Plan
Update

© JANUARY 14, 1995

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Photo by Trish West, developed courtesy of Ag Photo, College Avenue

Bigger isn’t

always better:

Dreyer’s
proposes to
expand its
international
corporate

headquarters in
Rockridge from

more than
$0,000 square
feet to over

100,000 square

feet.

Dreyer’s Planned Expansion

by Richard W. Smith, Architect, Development Designer,
RCPC Boardmember, and Chair of Design Review Committee, 1986-87

I have not seen the proposed expan-
sion plans, as they have only been viewed
by selected members of the community.
Reportedly, Dreyer’s plans to add 50,000
sq. ft. of office space in a three-story
building along Claremont Avenue with
an associated three-story underground
garage. To the existing developmentsite
would be added the pink apartment building
parcel and Yoshi’s properties.

Should this project be approved? I
think it boils down to three key consid-
erations. The first is the value of pre-
serving the C-31 zoning that was spe-
cifically created for College Avenue.
The second is embodied in the “new
urban philosophy” as presented by Pe-
ter Calthorpe in the Jordan/Miley Lun-
cheon Forum on Sustainability. Third is
the value of “146 new jobs” being brought
to Oakland by the proposal.

C-31 Zoning
This zoning was created in defense of
the traditional character of Cellege Av-

enue as it was being threatened by high
density development proposals associ-
ated with the new access created by the
Rockridge BART station and Warren
Freeway. In the early 1970s, Oakland’s
City Planning Department presented a
Comprehensive Plan update that showed
highrise development around the BART
Station and a general increase of den-
sity along the Avenue.

The proposed plan had some impor-
tant implications. First, it would begin
the conversion of a neighborhood area
to a subregional node by taking away
neighborhood-serving resources along
the Avenue and replacing them with
region-serving resources. Second, it would
introduce new parking and traffic bur-
dens on the area, particularly along the
Avenue. Third, it would change the
character of the Avenue from a collec-
tion of small parcels with its associated
varied and numerous establishments.
And finally, it would make it more

See “Dreyer’s” on page 4

Page 2

The Rockridge News

Book Corner

by Gay Ducey, Children's Librarian, Rockridge Branch Library

The Best—and the Rest

We library folk churn out “best lists” just like the rest of the world. It always
strikes me as ironic since inclusion and universal access to information are both
our pledge and our work. We take these lists with the usual grain of salt. But
there is something appealing about these tidy assessments, whether movies,
albums, or other such. It seems to make the acquisition of knowledge or
experience just a matter of purchasing power and time. And then too there Is
none of the messiness of ambiguity either...there they are: the best. Now, you
can imagine that these book lists are prey to the same restless appetite for
innovation that plagues any field. Sometimes we children’s librarians mistake
what is fresh for that which is simply startling. But on the whole, the list from
School Library Journal is a useful one. It does contain fresh and fine works and some
books that take on topics of current interest and concern. There are 63 titles,
chosen from 3,700 titles reviewed during 1994. Below are the picture book
selections. Come by the Branch for the fiction and nonfiction lists. [Editors’ note:

Two books by local author Patricia Polacco appear on this list.]

Best Picture Books of 1994

One Saturday Morning by Barbara Baker

Night of the Gargoyles by Eve Bunting

Smoky Nights by Eve Bunting

Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming

Splish Splash by Joan Graham
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs

Mary Ann by Betsy James

An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni
My Real Family by Emily McCully

The Rattlebang Picnic by Margaret Mahy

Martha Calling by Susan Meddaugh
Mouse TV by Matt Novak
Sitti’s Secret by Naomi Shihab Nye

My Rotten Red-Headed Brother by Patricia Polacco

Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco

Mrs. Merriweather’s Musical Cat by Carol Purdy

Truman’s Aunt Farm by Jama Rattigan

Zeke Pippin by William Steig

A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoéke

Neighbors Request Permit

Process for Halfway House

by Joe Thornhill, Association of Concerned Neighbors of
Bateman-Fairview Park

What if you discovered that your new
neighbors were two nonprofit corpora-
tions engaged in a nearly half-million
dollar purchase-lease deal using public
monies to house only five homeless people
with HIV+/AIDS who may also have a
history of mental illness and/or alcohol
and/or drug abuse? What if those non-
profit corporations claimed they had no
need for a permit/license to operate this
facility in your neighborhood?

This is now happening to the Fairview
Park/Bateman neighborhood, on the

Berkeley/Oakland border, which includes
blocks bordered by Colby, Woolsey, and
Bienvenue in Rockridge. 180 neighbors
signed a petition requesting a public
hearing. It was sent with a six-page let-
ter to Oakland’s Director of City Plan-
ning, detailing neighbors’ concerns, in-
Cluding:

* The proposed use, which the op-
erators describe asa “halfway house,” is
a “residential care civic activity” as de-
fined in Oakland Zoning Regulation Section
2319(d). As such, a conditional use per-

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mit is required and, therefore, a public
hearing must be held.

- A variance allowing the operation
of the halfway house is required because
Oakland Zoning Regulation Section 2250
prohibits institutional living arrangements
involving provision of special care in R-
40 zones. (The proposed project is in an
R-40 zone.) A public hearing is required
for a variance.

- The City has rejected the neigh-
borhood’s request that a public hearing
be held, asserting that Oakland’s Zon-
ing Regulations are not applicable to
this project.

Willie Yee, Jr., acting Director of
City Planning, responded, saying the
proposed use was “not subject to any
greater regulation than any single fam-
ily use, it did not “meet the definition
of...any type of civic or institutional
activity,” and “does not propose to op-

See “Halfway House” on page 9

January 14, 1995

Library

from page 1

estimates. As a result, cuts had to be
made in materials, finishes, and some
equipment. Neighbors for a Rockridge
Library, in conjunction with RCPC, is
now beginning fund raising with the aim
of reinstating some of those cutitems, as
well as providing additional equipment
on the Library’s “wish list.”

The fund raising will begin with a
drive to “Make a Lasting Impression in
Rockridge.” Granite tiles (12" x 12")
will be engraved with donors’ names or
quotations. A tile can be divided into
three $100 sections (4" x 12"). Each
secuion can include up to three lines of
type (20 letters and spaces per line.) A
donor can also purchase a whole tile for
$300 and have up to 6 lines of type,
again with up to 20 letters and spaces
per line. The granite tiles will form the
flooring of the entrance lobby.

Already two significant donations have
been received. Ananonymous donor made
a contribution of $1000, and the real
estate agents in the Rockridge Market-
ing Group of Pacific Union Residential
Brokerage have offered to dedicate a
tile to the name of each person who
refers a buyer or seller whose escrow
closes in 1995.

Donations of any amount, will, of course,
be accepted and appreciated. There are
numerous pieces of equipment and books
that the librarians have asked for. If a
donor wants to make a donation for an
individual piece of furniture or the book
collection, he or she will be recognized
on that item with a small plaque. Some of
the items on the “wish list” include:

From $50 to $100

Children’s CD-ROM programs and
software

Portable cassette player with head-
phones

Portable CD player with headphones

Flannel board for children’s area

Puzzles, games, stuffed animals, Legos

From $100 to $500

Adult CD-ROM programs and soft-
ware

Puppet stage and hand puppets for
children’s area

Picture book easel table

Eyewitness Art Series

From $500 to $1000

Rocking chair for children’s area
(Moser Furniture Co.)

Soft sculpture for children’s area

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Historical Note on Rockridge Library Site

by Jennifer Katz

When the site for the Rockridge Branch
Library at College and Manila is cleared
for the start of construction, the dwelling
and storefront shown in the photograph
(recently known as Moderno) will be
razed. The house, built in 1906 as a
residence for Herman Windmuller and
his wife, Mary, is a good example of the
transition of College Avenue from a turn-
of-the century residential street to acom-
mercial district. (The billboard beside
the house dates from 1927.)

Herman Windmuller’s central Grocery,
later known as the College Food Center,
operated here at 5380-84 College Avenue

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Farewell to this 1906 building on the corner of Manila and College, one

of the Avenue’s first commercial structures.

for more than sixty years. The land on
which the house sits was divided into
homesites in 1890 and marketed as the
Broadway Terrace Tract, “the most at-
tractive subdivision of Oakland, the Cream
of the Athens of the Pacific.”

At that time, the nearest commercial
district was at Temescal around 49th
and Telegraph. After moving to College
Avenue, Windmuller continued to work
at a saloon on 12th Street; however,
with the growth of Rockridge, the need
grew for stores in the neighborhood.

Many of the early College Avenue
businesses were like Windmul ler’s, with
the proprietor
living above or
behind the store-
front. The va-
Cant portion of
the library par-
cel to the south
also had a col-
lection of build-
ings which for
several decades
combined ares-
idence with bus-
iness activity,
the Longo Art
Stone and Pot-
tery Works. @

Photo: Jennifer Katz

Start-up collection of compact discs,
videotapes, books on tape,
storytelling tapes

From $1000 to $5000

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science
and Technology (20 volumes)

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World
Art (17 volumes)

Something About the Author (80
volumes)

Furniture from Moser Furniture Co.
for reading room

Names of donors of $2500 and up will
be engraved on a plaque to be installed
in the library. Donors of up to $2500 will
be recognized in a book displayed in the
library.

To request an order form for the gran-
ite tiles, or to receive more information
about how you can contribute, write to
Neighbors for a Rockridge Library, c/o
RCPC, 5856 College Avenue, #130,
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Dreyer’s
from page 1

‘difficult to use the resources of the
Avenue by walking because the new
establishments would be larger and more
spread out.

The residents of the area 20 years ago
were successful in convincing the City
to change the way it had been looking at
the area. They devised a zoning code
that would preserve the desirable fea-
tures of the area while enriching its
effectiveness and economic vitality. Col-
lege Avenue, as a result, is one of the
City’s most attractive neighborhood
commercial streets and one of the main
contributors to the City’s tax revenue.
The C-31 zone captured the essence of
the street and fit like a glove. Generally,
developers over the years have supported
this zoning because they have seen it as
preserving the character that sustains
the economic vitality of the Avenue and
its individual establishments.

Dreyer’s by the
Numbers

e Square footage of present Dreyer’s
building approved in | 989: 50,000+

e Square footage proposed for ad
dition to Dreyer’s in 1995: $0,000

e Square footage per parcel limitation
under C-31 zoning: 7,500

e Percentage of present Dreyer’s em-
ployees who live in Oakland: 10

e Units of affordable housing to be lost
because of addition: 5

Yes! | want to purchase a 4” x 12” tile section. (Up
to three lines of type at 20 letters and spaces per line.) The
tile section should read (please print clearly):

The C-31 zone’s stated purpose 1S
“to create, preserve, and enhance areas
with a wide range of retail establish-
ments servicing both short and long
term needs in attractive settings orl-
ented toward pedestrian comparison
shopping as is typically appropriate along
important shopping streets having a special

The C-31 zoning was
created by Rockridge
residents 20 years ago in
defense of the traditional
character of College Avenue
as it was being threatened
by high-density develop-
ment proposals.

or particularly pleasant character.” The
zone established a limit of 7,500 sq. ft.
of building area on any parcel. It re-
quires retail on the ground floor but
permits office and residential uses on
the second and third floors. The zone’s
provisions are specific in ways of imple-
menting the purpose of the zone. Other
policies contained in the City’s Com-
prehensive Plan limit the intrusion of
parking into residential areas adjacent
to the C-31 zone and provide policy
guidance on compatibility and design.

C-31 does provide a means for a
project to exceed the allowable floor
area limitation and the omission of re-
tail from the ground floor facing the
Avenue. However, to do so, the Plan-
ning Director or Planning Commission,
must make findings that show the pro-
posed design 1s compatible and harmo-

Have Your Name or Quotation (or That of a Loved One) on a Granite Tile in the
Entrance of the New Library (See article on page 3.)

Yes! | want to purchase a 12” x |2” tile. (Up to six

lines of type at 20 letters and spaces per line.) The tile
should read (please print clearly):

nious with the surrounding area, that it
will generally support the intent of the
C-31 zone, that it will contribute to the
successful operation of the surround-
ing area, and that it conforms in all
significant respects to the Comprehen-
sive Plan. It should be noted that the
findings cannot be simply “it does” or
“it does not,” but must be supported by
clear and written arguments.

To my knowledge, no such findings
were ever made for the current Dreyer’s
building. My question to the Planning
Commission and City Council is: “Wil]
the required findings be made for the
proposed Dreyer’s expansion?” Not to
do so will destroy the C-31 zone, as it
will be disregarded in future proposals.
In the future, developers who might
want to redevelop the Safeway or Bank
of America property, or any other large
parcel or aggregation of parcels along
the Avenue, will simply cite precedence
— “You did it for Dreyer’s project, why
not for our project?”

New Urban Design Philosophy

In the first of a series of Luncheon
Forums, sponsored by Councilmembers
Sheila Jordan and Nate Miley, Peter
Calthorpe, the noted urban designer,
made a presentation on a way of look-
ing at urban development that com-
bines some traditional design principles
with new ones. The proceedings of the
meeting were presented in a November
18, 1994, Montclarion article. This
approach is referred to as “sustainable
development” design and planning.
Without sustainable values, urban de-
velopments have become too big, have
lost their human scale, and produce

See “Dreyer’s” on page §

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Dreyer’s

from page 4

social and economic problems. The ap-
plication of principles of sustainable
design generally result in mixed-use,
transit-onented, and pedestrian-friendly
urban areas or developments. It is not
surprising that Calthorpe cited Rockridge
as a good example to follow since the
C-31 zone was written to serve the very
principles that have recently become
associated with sustainable planning.

The Dreyer’s expansion generally
follows the older dictum of “bigger is
better.” With the existing 60,000 sq. ft.
otfice building, the addition would re-
sult in an office development of 110,000
sq. f{l.—or approximately 15 times the
maximum limit of the C-31 zone. There-
fore, my second question is: ‘How can
the Commissioners and Councilmembers
who support sustainable planning sup-
port the Dreyer’s expansion?”

—__——_ —

Economic Gain or Loss of Dreyer’s
Expansion

Reportedly, Dreyer’s plan adds 146
new jobs in the planned expansion. Oak-
land is hard pressed to keep jobs in
Oakland, so, the argument goes, the
Council willapprove Dreyer’s proposal
because the City can’t afford to lose the
jobs. First, what is the actual value of

Would the City Council
have approved this develop-
ment in 1989 if it had been

presented as a 110,000 sq. ft.
project? What about the next

expansion in 1999?

these jobs to Oakland? Reportedly 90%
of Dreyer’s employees do not live in
Oakland. What is the value of the busi-
ness tax ascribed to the additional 146
employees? Second, how many jobs

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will be lost by demolishing Yoshi’s? In
other words, what's the net business
tax gain? And add to the equation the
loss of Yoshi's sales taxes that are re-
turned to the city. Also, the proposed
demolition of the four-unit apartment
building (at 6048-52 Claremont) will
mean the permanent loss of four afford-
able units for people who would likely
work and shop in Oakland.

This raises my third question to the
Planning Commission and City Coun-
cil: “What is the actual economic gain
(or loss) to the city of the proposed
Dreyer’s expansion?”

Would the City Council have ap-
proved this development in 1989 if it
had been presented as a 110,000 sa. ft.
project? What about the next expansion
proposal in 1999? Even though Dreyer’s
does not “intend” or “have plans” for
further expansion, isn’t it a reasonable
expectation?

And finally, I would ask the Com-
missioners and Councilmembers to vi-
sualize Rockridge and College Avenue
in the future, particularly the area around
College and Claremont. What do you
see? What role would the approval of
Dreyer’s expansion play in achieving
an appropriate vision? &

Richard W. Smith is a Rockridge resi-
dent who devoted much time and profes-
stonal skill in critiquing Dreyer’ s origt-
nal plans for its current building as well
as in evaluating the EIR for that project.

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fo Letter to
The Editor

Dear Editor,
Recently our family moved from

Oakland to Sebastopol, California, where
we expected to find top-notch public
schools. It may interest your readers to
know that both of our children, Maggie,
14, a ninth grader, and Zocy, a fourth
grader, are so far ahead of their peers

here that we feel compelled to sing praises
to the Oakland Public Schools, espe-
cially Peralta Elementary and Claremont

Middle School.

cated that her skills are excellent.

Thank you, Ms. Besse, Ms. Larsen,
Ms. Pancho, Ms. Kreit, Ms. Lee, princi-
pal at Peralta Year Round School, and
Mrs. Hojo, principal at Claremont, and
all the teachers at Claremont Middle
School for providing the kind of atmo-
sphere where questions are encouraged
and children learn
by doing.

Those of you con-
sidering leaving the
inner cities for the
suburbs and those of
you with children in
private school might
want to reconsider your choices. These
Oakland Public Schools are top-notch.

Sincerely,

Franny and Glenn Minervini-Zick

In praise
of Oakland

Public
Schools

Both of these schools have
provided our girls with an
excellent education in which
they have been challenged, while
creating an atmosphere where
everyone is valued and en-
couraged.

We were very sad to say
goodbye to the community at
Peralta School and the excel-
lent teachers there. At Zoey’s
conference the teacher told us
that she had writing and math
skills far beyond her class-
mates and wanted to put her
ahead to fifth grade.

Maggie has experienced the
same phenomenon, advanc-
ing to geometry and Spanish
3, thanks to Mr. Puente’s ex-
cellent teaching [at Claremont].
Her science and social stud-
ies teachers have also indi-

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January 14, 1995
prcus a high school gym, circa
1956, its basketball hoops fes-
tooned with crepe paper streamers.
A stack of 45 rpm records 1s bal-
anced precariously atop a portable
hi-f1. Pastel party dresses of taffeta
and chiffon, their circular skirts
propped up by voluminous crino-
lines, shimmer against the dingy
walls. Barely sufled giggles floatin
the supercharged air. A dozen feet
away, a pack of sport coats huddles,

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mules. Next to itis ademure puffed-
sleeved dress that culminates sur-
prisingly in a flouncy lace trumpet
skirt. A taupe flapper dress, drip-
ping with rhinestones, looks just
right for doing the Charleston at a
Gatsby-era ball. “I wish this weren’t
too big for me,” says Kay regret-
fully as she displays what she con-
siders her shop’s most unique item.

emitting an aura of tentative bra-
vado.

The youthful party-goers of this era
have long since grown up, and their
festive raiment now hangs in a crowded
clothing shop on College Avenue, awaiting
another generation of gigglers and jostlers.
Kay Charles, the owner of this collec-
tion of vintage clothing, opened Ma-
dame Butterfly in 1982. She had long
been a devotee of similar shops, and her
own closets were stuffed with enough
collectibles to give her a start in the
business.

Kay's desk 1s stacked high with such
esoteric volumes as The Hawaiian Shirt
and other references on old clothing
dating from the Victorian era through
the swingin’ sixties. She is wearing a
favorite find from a neighbor’s attic, a
1940s black coat fastened with bakelite
buttons. At her shoulder is pinned an
unusual 1920s brooch of enameled brass.
“I favor clothing from the ’30s and ’40s,”
she says. “Their fabric and workman-
ship are superb.”

Suddenly feeling boringly dressed in
my jeans and sweater, I cajole Kay into
decking me out in the mode of the movie
“Casablanca.” She pulls from a rack a
forest green taffeta halter-topped dress
with a pouffed hem. To reach the dressing
room, I sidle between a flock of tuxedos
and a glittering jewelry display case. Feather
boas tickle me as I pass by. I slip the
glamorous frock over my head and zip it
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dals and pick up a matching gold mesh
clutch bag. Kay perches a velvet cocktail
hat on my head and adjusts the flirty net
veil over my eyes. To ward off the winter
chill, I slide my arms into a curly Persian
lamb jacket and turn up the mink cuffs.
And now the finishing touch: a pair of
black opera-length gloves. A twirl before
the mirror convinces me that I could very
well step into a time machine and make
Rick’s Bar my destination.

After I change out of my °40s finery,
Kay gives mea tour of the store to point
Out her favorite outfits. There’s a satin
bathrobe with flowers handpainted around

It’s a dazzling circle-skirt brightly
handpainted with scenes from Guadalajara
and sprinkled with sparkly beads — cer-
tainly a one-of-a-kind treasure.

For anyone who likes to play dress-
up, or even fantasize about doing so,
Madame Butterfly is worth a lengthy
browse. &

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Chair of Chabot PTA Community Relations Committee

Fall 1995 registration for kindergar-
ten starts at Chabot Elementary School
in February. All children who were five
years old by December 2, 1994 and who
live within the attendance area will be
registered. If the two classes (8:45-11:45
a.m. and 11:53 a.m.-2:53 p.m.) are not
filled, intradistrict transfers will be ad-

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January 14, 1995

Dogged Support Wins

Hardy Park Dog Run

by Dan Pitcock, RCPC Boardmember

On Tuesday, December 13, the Oak-
land City Council formally approved the
proposed Hardy Park dog run. With a 6-
Q vote (with one abstention), Coun-
cilmembers have given Rockridge resi-
dents a unique opportunity to be pio-
neers in progressive park usage, as this
will be the first legal off-leash dog run in
an urban Oakland park. The successful
examples of Berkeley, Piedmont, and
many other municipalities with dog park
areas comprised a big factor in this
proposal’s passage.

Another major factor was the mobili-
zation of our neighbors in support of the
dog run. Many Rockridge residents were
looking for alternative recreational sites
for their families and pets. This pro-
posal, which had been previously dis-
cussed in the City’s Open Space, Con-
servation and Recreation (OSCAR) pro-
gram and brought to the front burner by
the seismic retrofitting work being done
by CalTrans, struck a nerve. Hundreds

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of residents signed petitions circulated
by supporters and members of the newly
formed Hardy Park Dog Owners’ Asso-
ciation. The formation of this organiza-
tion was a requirement contained in the
City’s staff report that recommended
support of the dog run areca.

Our City Councilmember, Sheila
Jordan, heard the recommendation and
watched the organizing efforts of the
neighborhood and then made a strong
presentation in support at both the Cul-
tural Services subcommittee meeting
and at the City Council meeting where
the final vote occurred.

A big challenge lies ahead. This 1s a
conditional permit with a six-month trial
period. All the parties involved — City
Council, City Staff, supporters, and
opponents — agreed that it is up to the

users of the park to make this work. This
means telling our neighbors about the
existence of the park, and, most impor-
tantly, educating people to use the park
safely, keep it clean, and socialize their
dogs to “new friends.”

The next few months are crucial to
the future of the dog run. Please become
an active member of the Hardy Park Dog
Owners’ Association. The park needs
both community involvement and people
to follow through on their promises of
support. Please call 601-8603 for infor-
mation about helping or about joining
the association. Let’s make Rockridge
an example that this kind of park can
work. Many thanks to all those who
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An ancient curse says, “May you live in interesting times.” 1994 has been
extremely interesting, and 1995 promises to be more so. The good news is that
the years-long logjam is breaking up, and many projects we have been working
on are starting to move. All across North Oakland, projects and new develop-
ments are underway or being planned, and every part of our district is struggling
to define “good” development. This is true in the fire area, at Old Merritt
College, at the old Vern’s market site at 51st and Telegraph, and along Piedmont
Avenue/MacArthur and in other flatland areas to be affected by the Kaiser move.
In Rockridge, debate has been sparked most recently by Dreyer’s proposal to
expand its facility to Claremont Avenue.

Dreyer’s is indicating their interest in a dialogue with the Rockridge commu-
nity on the expansion. They will hold an initial scoping session early in 1995. |
want to encourage everyone to attend and participate, and am eager to hear
from residents concerning the proposal.

In my discussions with RCPC representatives, several have raised their
concerns about what will come next in this key section, regardless of what
happens with Dreyer’s expansion proposal. Some have suggested the necessity
for an overall plan for the College/Claremont node. | support developing an
expansion of the RAP (Rockridge Area Plan) to establish guidelines for future
development within the C-3! zone. We are updating the city’s general plan,
which provides a perfect context for looking at specific areas within general
overarching principles.

Rockridge is already held up as a successful “urban village,” near a major
transportation hub. Peter Calthorpe, a noted architect and planner, has agreed
to help analyze this area and try to reach agreement on what kinds of
development are most appropriate for the future. His assistance will surely
contribute to what | feel confident will be some interesting deliberations. | look
forward to working with all of you in the new year.

Councilmember Sheila Jordan can be reached by phone at 238-3266 or at 505-
14th St. Suite 601, Oakland 9461 2. Her district office,, in the basement of Temescal

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The following is a summary of serious incidents
phoned into the Rockridge Crime Alert Hot

Line since our last Issue.

Police report that during the last two
weeks of November there were a number
of strong-arm robberies occurring along
College Avenue and Claremont near
College, as well as in lower Rockridge.
Victims have been individuals who were

carrying large shopping bags and/or purses.

On Monday, November 28, at 8 p.m., a
woman walking on Oak Grove Avenue
near Forest was robbed. She was ap-
proached from behind by a man who got

out of a car and demanded her money but
did not display a weapon. He is described
as ayoung African-American man, medium
skin tone, very short hair, about 5’8",

clean-shaven, and wearing a green army
surplus jacket. His companion, in his twen-
ties, was driving a well-kept car, possibly

light blue, a hatchback compact or sub-
compact.

Rockridge Crime Report

On Monday, December 5, about 7:30 p.m.
on Shafter Avenue, a woman and her
children were soliciting door-to-door to
raise funds for Sequoia School. This is a
scam, as the fund-raiser is long over. (One
of the Rockridge News editors also encoun-
tered this woman in the Claremont Safeway
parking lot)

To stay informed, or to report any suspicious
actvity, be sure to call the Hotline. The mes-
Sage is updated every Friday. &

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crale aS an institutional activity with a
special level of care.” This flies in the
face of proponents’ representations —
that the facility will enforce rules/regu-
lations, including curfews and visitor
limitation. These rules reveal that this is
not a traditional family or even an “al-
ternative family” of five unrelated adults
pooling their resources on their own
initiative. Rents will be subsidized by
public grants-in-aid. If this is not an
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dismal shape that even charities weren’t
interested — used to be a hassle. No
longer! Now there’s an environmentally
friendly way to give the heave-ho to that
bulky clutter. Two Rockridge residents,
Arthur Boone and Ted Hilliard, have
formed a new Oakland business, Total
Recycling Center, with a grant from
Alameda County Waste Management.

Plans are to have the facility, at 2743
East Seventh Street salvage and recycle
1,250 couches and 2,000 mattresses each
month. The furniture is dismantled, and
the component parts are sold to various
scrap industries. As a sideline, the com-
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What would we do without the sense of

a fresh start that the New Year brings?
Rhetorical questions aside, unleash that

adventurous spirit, step out, and enjoy the
Neighborhood.

Life Is Stranger than
Fiction

In his book, La Conspiration des Justes
(The Conspiracy of the Righteous), Rock-
ridge resident David Klugman has un-
covered a true World War Il story that
occurred in the small French village of
Prelenfrey, where Klugman himself lived
as a boy, although he then knew nothing
about the incredible events that he
chronicles in his book. The story is
doubly fascinating: not only did the
courageous inhabitants of Prelenfrey
shield many Jewish children and teenag-
ers during the war—even under the
threat of imminent death—but they also
managed to keep the entire episode a
complete secret during the intervening
50 years. Originally published in French,
English photocopies of La Conspiration
des fustes, along with the French ver-
sion, will be available at Diesel Books
(5433 College Avenue) where Klugman
will discuss his book on Saturday, Janu-
ary 28, at 4:00 p.m.

It’s a Multicultural Whirl

The Fine Arts Gallery at 5940 College
Avenue, at the corner of Harwood, holds
some exciting surprises. Featured is an
impressive collection of contemporary
multicultural art and sculpture. Emerg-
ing and internationally acclaimed artists
are represented by the gallery, among
them Jonathan Green, whose paintings
reveal a unique love of color, form, and
narrative. Stop by Tuesday-Friday, 10:00
a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday,
12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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Dress,” is one of the many interesting works
on view at The Fine Arts Gallery.

The Rockridge News

Counterculture Memoir

Local author Wes “Scoop” Nisker’s
new book has just been published by
Ten Speed Press in Berkeley. If You
Don’t Like the News...Go Out and Make
Some of Your Own is a personal memoir
of Bay Area counterculture from the
60s through today. Nisker, a reporter
for 30 years on Bay Area radio, re-
counts a chain of events and their re-
sulting impacts that have shaped the
world we live in today, everything from
the value of meditation brought back
from Asia in the 60s by Western
seekers to the environmental move-
ment that Nisker believes ultimately
grew out of the initial People’s Park
episode. Experiments in communal liv-
ing also figure in this history as Nisker
writes about Harwood House, a com-
munal house in Rockridge where he
lived for about 10 years. Nisker’s expe-
riences parallel those of many Bay Area
inhabitants who will want to hear him
read from his book at Cody’s, 2454

Telegraph Avenue, on January 26 at
7:30 p.m.

Si, Si, Sierra Club

Looking for A Kiss for Little Bear in
Spanish? Else Holmelund Minarik’s popular
book can now be found at the Sierra
Club Bookstore (601 4 College Avenue),
in the Spanish section under the title Un
Beso Para Osito. The bookstore has a
number of children’s books in Spanish;
for example, Oliver by Jean Van Leeuwen,
Barbara Cooney’s La Seforita Emila, col-
orfully illustrated natural science books
such as Astronomo, El Cuidad del Aire,
Gatos, and Cabillos. One of the favorite
adult Spanish books is Easy Crossword
Books (also available in French and Ital-
ian).

The bookstore would like to expand
its Spanish collection and is looking for
a volunteer to guide its selections; ide-
ally this person should be bilingual with
a love of books. If you are this person,
give Kirsten a call at 658-7470.

January 14, 1995

Jarvis Architects
In the Arts and Craft
Mode

Rockridge resident and architect Glen
Jarvis is currently in the limelight. Jarvis,
along with his partner, Robert Pennell,
have been awarded the prestigious First
Prize in the Sympathetic Additions cat-
egory of the 1994 Great American
Home Awards, sponsored by the Na-
tional Trust for Historic Preservation
and formally announced in the January/
February, 1995 issue of Historic Preser-
vation magazine. Their firm, Jarvis Ar-

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contains an expanded kitchen and upstairs bedroom,
characteristic of the “comprehensive approach
to preservation” lauded by the National Trust for
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chitects, displayed a comprehensive
approach to preservation with “such
interior details ... as the dimensions of
the doors and windows (which are
lower and wider than modern coun-
terparts) and the style of the hard-
ware, wainscoting, and ceiling beams
precisely match originals in the house.
For the exterior lap siding, rafters, and
bargeboards, Jarvis specified lumber
cut to match the wood used on the
original house. The architect also de-
signed French doors that open directly
onto a new, raised terrace composed
of Colorado river stone—a graceful
melding of indoors and out that Stickley
surely would have approved.” [Editor’s
note: Gustav Stickley was a ground-
breaking architect, furniture designer,
and editor of the turn-of-the-century
magazine, The Crafstman.]

See “The Muse” on page 11

The Rockridge News

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This column provides a list of new and continuin
as well as decisions affecting the Rockridge area
sons, usually provides comments on proposals to the City’

The information listed inthe column is take
final report to the applicant, and/or the
following the applicant's name and addre
Department at 238-3911] for additional j

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tion of Conditional Use Permit allowing live
music at Via Veneto. Commission accepted

s€ propositions that merit community-wide concern
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case file or comments made at public hearing. The number

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residents under which new owner will adhere
to original conditions of approval, in particu-
lar, playing live music on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday only, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., and
keeping doors and windows closed during
performances. Commission ordered review
of compliance with conditions in mid-July

plan proposed by RCPC and neighboring

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