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VOL 10 * NO.2 * ISSUE NO. 99

FEBRUARY 11, 1995

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View of Dreyer’s proposed expansion along Claremont Avenue.

Dreyer’s and the C-31 Zoning, or Why
194,517 Square Feet Is Too Much

by Annette Floystrup

RCPC Seeks
Candidates for

Board
April Elections for

1995-97 Term

If you think Rockridge is a special
place and would like to become more
involved in your neighborhood, here’s
your chance. In April 1995, the Rockridge
Community Planning Council (RCPC)
will hold an election for the five posi-
tions which will open at that time. The

Board consists of ten elected positions
See “RCPC Board” on page 3

General Membership
Meeting Agenda

Thursday, February 16, 1995,
7:30 p.m.
College Ave. Presbyterian Church
5951 College Avenue (Sanctuary)

¢ Dreyer’s Update

(See article on this page.)

- Application filed for
57,200 sq. feet building
addition on Claremont

Avenue

¢ Update on Rockridge
Library
- Ground-breaking on
February I!

COLLEGE AVENUE ONE OF THE
MOST ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED
COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS IN OAK-
LAND!

ROCKRIDGE HAS HIGH
RATE IN CITY!

These are not grim fantasies but the
absolute realities of the late sixties and
early seventies here in Rockridge. Imag-
ine College Avenue with at least 50% of
the storefronts boarded up, add a few
empty, trash-strewn lots and the highest
crime rate in the city, and you then have
the conditions facing neighbors in the
early 1970’s, when the C-31 Commer-
cial Zoning was created by those same
neighbors.

Historical perspective lends a valu-
able dimension to most discussions, shed-
ding light on passions that cannot be
explained by other means. The RCPC
community 1S once again preparing to
vigorously defend its Special Retail
Commercial Zone Regulations in the face
of a Dreyer’s expansion, as it did begin-
ning in 1986. Why is the C-31 Zoning so
important to our community—and to all
of Oakland?

Zoning is a legally binding economic
contract between a city and its citizens.
Zoning determines your quality of life
and your property value, which in turn
determine acity’s property tax revenues.

EST CRIME

Steve Wisenbacker, AIA

Good zoning enables a city to plan de-
velopment around existing and future
infrastructure, such as traffic, sewers
and storm drain systems, and to project
revenues to pay for maintenance of these
systems. Such zoning creates and builds
economic prosperity by creating and
preserving stable, well-functioning neigh-
borhoods and commercial districts. Zoning
is the reason why you will not one day
have a factory next door to your home
and why College Avenue doesn’t have
any 10-story buildings. Your home’s
zoning is critical to your property value,
and so are the adjacent zones. In Rockridge,
College Avenue’s zoning heavily deter-
mines the quality of all our lives as well
as property values and, in turn, the City’s
property tax income stream.

A Capsule History

I’ve lived in Rockridge since 1955,
when it was the Chimes District. Col-
lege Avenue was a thriving commercial
district where you could buy anything
from bikes to cars, lingerie to children’s
clothes. We had florists, pharmacies
(three!), grocery stores, bowling and
movies, and a number of good neighbor-
hood restaurants. The heartof the Avenue’s
community life was Dreyer’s restaurant,
open for breakfast, lunch and dinner,

See “Dreyer’s” on page 4

Page 2 The Rockridge News

Book Corner
by Gay Ducey, Children's Librarian, Rockridge Branch

Broken Hearts ...and Mended

From then on, | waited, with
to my father’s

Library

| stopped giving valentines in the seventh grade.
a sense of entitlement, for valentines to come to me. And, ;
increasing unease, they did. He was often on the front porch when the swain du
jour arrived with the offering. Their eyes never met, because Dad was always

surveying the lawn. My father was proud of that ripple-free blanket of 3
Augustine and he liked to look at it. Certainly it was better than the alternative,

for | was inclined toward the bad, the strange, and the truly funky. But my dad
refused to be drawn in. He did not seem to notice the fellow who sang arias
outside my window, or the kid with a hole in the hood of his car to let the flames
out. So Dad was experienced enough to say nothing when | took up with a Cajun
biker. When that beau arrived on a low-slung, evilly polished motorcycle, Dad
grimaced and examined the lawn more closely. When the biker took to summon-
ing me to the curb by revving the motor, my father lowered his lids and raised

the newspaper. But the day my boyfriend wheeled his Harley Hawg onto the grass
and scorched out a valentine heart right between the wisteria and the hibiscus,
my dad chased him for three blocks, returning to ask, “Are you specializing in
unlikely pairings?” My mother said, “Love is a fine and unpredictable madness.”
Looking back from parenthood’s hard-earned perspective, | wonder if my father
was running toward that boy to defend both grass and girl, or if he was running
away from certain knowledge that children leave to make other alliances, lead
other lives. | only gave one valentine during those years. it was the next year and
it was to my father—a package of grass seed.

Below, books about unlikely pairings and fine madness:

Alice, In Rapture, Sort Of by Phyllis Naylor, 1989. (4th grade and up)
Beauty by Robin McKinley, 1978. (Sth grade and up)

Bingo Brown, Gypsy Lover by Betsy Byars, 1992. (4th-6th grades)
Children of the River by Linda Crew, 1989. (Sth-9th grades)

Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian, 1982 (Sth grade and up)
Haveli by Suzanne Fisher Staples, 1993 (Sth grade and up)

Margaret Ziegler ls Horse Crazy by Crescent Dragonwagon, 1988
(ist-3rd grades)

The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks, 1994 (5th grade and up)
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan, 1985 (2nd-4th grades)
The Secret Elephant of Harlan Kooter by Dean Harvey, 1992 (3rd-4th grades)

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher, 1993 (6th grade and up)
Strider by Beverley Cleary, 1991 (3rd-S5th grades)

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton, (5th grade and up)
Whiskers Once, Whiskers Always by Roris Orgel, 1986 (2nd-4th grades)

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| 9 95 : Plan ahead to attend general meetings of the Rockridge
7 Community Planning Council, which are held the third

RC: PC Thursday monthly, except in August. Meetings are held at
7:30 p.m. at the College Avenue Presbyterian Church

General 2951 College Avenue. The dates follow:
Meeting February 16, March 16, April 20, May 18, June 15,

july 20, No August Meeting, September 21, Octo-
Schedule ber 19, November |6, December 21,

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The Rockridge News

The Rockridge News, founded in 1986 by Don
Kinkead, is published monthly in Oakland and is
sponsored by The Rockridge Community Planning
Council, a neighborhood-based nonprofit organiza-
tion. Membership includes everyone living within the
organization's boundaries. The goais of the organia-
Gonare to promote community involvementin neigh-
borhood planning and area development, to address
neighborhood concerns (such as educational and
recreauonal resources and the deterrence of crime),
and to serve as a liaison between the community and
the City of Oakland, in particular the Oakland Ptan-
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RCPC Board

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and one appointed position.

RCPC has established itself asa strong
voice in the planning issues confronting
the Rockridge area and has been instru-
mental in providing many services. These
include helping to obtain funding for the
new Rockridge Library, providing a fo-
rum for the community to participate in
the library’s design, publishing The
Rockridge News, establishing the Crime
Alert Hotline, and holding monthly neigh-
borhood meetings covering topical is-
sues.

Candidates must be at least 18 years
old and reside within RCPC’s bound-
aries. To run for the board, send a short
letter stating your interest as well as a
“Candidate’s Statement” of about 150
words to RCPC, 5856 College Avenue,
#130, Oakland 94618, no later than
February 28, 1995.

The Candidates’ statements will be
published in the March 1995 issue, a
candidates’ forum will be held at the
March 16, 1995 General Meeting, and
the election will be conducted in April
1995. Terms will run from June 1995 to

June 1997. If you have any questions,
call 652-2696.

Take It for
Granite

by Nancy Dutcher, Chair, Neigh-
bors for a Rockridge Library

Just launched: A fund-raising cam-
paign to purchase furnishings, books,
and learning aids for the new library.
The library entry will be faced with
granite, and this same granite will be
used as paving in the entrance and lobby.
Donors may buy 1/3 of a 12" square tile
for $100 and have up to three lines of
engraving, or a whole tile for $300,
with up to four lines. Numerous Pacific
Union realtors have joined the effort by
dedicating a tile section to each person
who refers a buyer or seller whose es-
crow closes in 1995. Other ways of
making donations will be outlined in a
letter to go out to all Rockridge resi-
dents soon. To order a tile now, or for
further information, call Nancy Dutcher

at 653-6018 @.

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RCPC Membership Boundaries
(Amended as of February 19,1993)

Begin at the intersection of College Avenue and Woolsey Street in the City of
Berkeley, and proceed along College Avenue to the northerly boundary of the City of
Oakland; then in an easterly direction along said boundary of the City of Oakland to
a point where said boundary first intersects the right of way of Tunnel Road (State
Route 13); then in a direct line to the easterly end of Chabot Road; then due south
to Broadway; then along Broadway to the intersection of Broadway and Brookside
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and Broadway Terrace; then along Broadway Terrace to the intersection of Broadway
Terrace and Broadway; then to the intersection of Broadway and 5/st Street; then to
the intersection of 5Ist Street and Clarke Street; then to the intersection 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 returning
to the intersection of Woolsey Street and College Avenue. The above boundaries

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Dreyer’s
from Page |

and those wonderful evening ice cream
delights. That restaurant, with its low-
COSt senior meals and the waitresses
who knew us all by name, was the first
casualty of Dreyer’s corporate expan-
sion.

Rockridge was a neighborhood of
working families, much as now, though
there were more children because fami-
lies were large and more mothers worked
at home. My block of 63rd Street had 40
kids. My father was a carpenter, and
among Our neighbors were a machinist,
a drycleaner, salesmen, a fireman, an
artist, a jazz musician, a fire chief, and
an Otis elevator repairman. None of
these good people could be described as
what are now termed “yuppies,” but
they were active in the group of people
who wrote and established the C-31 Zoning
for College Avenue when the times forced
them into action to save the Avenue and
their neighborhood’s quality of life.

The Avenue’s prosperity of the 1950s
and early ’60s was utterly destroyed by
the building of the Grove-Shafter Free-
way (Highway 24) and the BART line.
More than 3,000 homes were demol-
ished to make room for the moderncom-
muter age, beginning in 1965, and the
economic impact was much worse than
the Hills Fire. Then, unlike now, Col-
lege Avenue businesses were almost wholly
dependent on local residents. In the pre-
freeway age, regional shopping meanta
long drive on surface streets, and a des-
tination store meant Sears, Kahn’s, or
Capwell’s downtown. It was a big deal
to drive to Montgomery Ward on the

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The depressed economy brought a
huge increase in crime. The nauonwide
Neighborhood Alert program started right
here as neighbors helping neighbors. It
was no great leap for RCPC (yes, it
existed over 20 years ago) to begin meeting
to consider how to revive the Avenue
and safeguard a rapidly vanishing qual-
ity of life. Talks soon centered on how
to recreate the bustling shopping district
of the ’20s through the early 60s. People
asked: What made College Avenue so
special in that era? What made it work?
The answer: lots of small shops serving

The quality of life
and property values of thou-
sands of individuals are at

stake along both sides of
College Avenue.

local needs, pedestrian-oriented shop-
ping, people living above the shops to
keep life on the street at night, and some
upper-story offices for local profession-
als. That’s what had made up their suc-
cessful neighborhood shopping district
before.

The New Zoning

These ideas were incorporated into a
brand-new zoning designation, the C-31
Special Retail Commercial Zone. It had
never been tried as law before, and the
neighbors held their collective breaths.
In only a few years the Avenue again
prospered. Small shops of every description
were drawn here, and inappropriate de-
velopments (e.g.,a Taco Bell at Harwood
and College) were successfully fought
off by acoalition of merchants and neigh-

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bors. The property values of the Sur-
rounding neighborhood Increased be-
yond anyone’s wildest dreams, and the
businesses tax and property tax rey.
enues rolled into City coffers. to the
benefit of all of Oakland. No one would
ever have imagined that Rockridge could

surpass Montclair in property values
but it did. )

In the same time frame, Telegraph
Avenue in the Temescal neighborhood
once a thriving business district, de-
clined miserably. Store after store closeq
its doors, and a hodge-podge of empty
shops and car-oriented Strip malls re-
placed them. Surrounding property val-
ues stayed depressed for years, and tax
income to the City decreased or simply
failed to grow. One big difference be-
tween College and Telegraph is prop-
erty zoning. Neighborhoods like Pieq-
mont Avenue copied the C-3] zoning
and thrived on it. Today, the College
and Piedmont Avenue shopping districts
are two of the most successful in Oak-
land, and other areas are exploring the
C-31 zoning option, hoping to achieve
economic progress and stability for their
own neighborhoods.

Destruction of Zoning

The proposed Dreyer’s project sototally
destroys both the letter and the spirit of
the C-31 zoning that it would make it
legally impossible to enforce many as-
pects of this zoning in the future. Ir,-
deed, if the City allows this destruction
of the C-31 Zone, the ability to enforce
ANY zoning law in Oakland will be
called into serious question, and the
City will have breached that legal con-
tract with its own citizens.

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Dreyer’s
from page 4

~The C-31 Zone is intended to create,
preserve, and enhance areas with a wide
range of retail establishments serving
both short and long terms needs in at-
tractive settings oriented to pedestrian
comparison shopping.” This is the state-
ment of purpose contained in the zoning
code as evolved by our neighborhood
20+ years ago and vigorously defended
ever since. One of the most important
provisions of this zoning is the limita-
tion of total floor area for any single
establishment to 7,500 square feet.

The current Dreyer’s proposal asks for
a total square footage of 57,420 square
feet for offices and 87,813 square feet for
parking. Combined with the existing 49,282
Square feet of office space, Dreyer’s is
requesting that the City permit it to put
194,517 square feet under roof in a two-
building complex for the exclusive use of
a single establishment. This is an expan-
sion of the permitted square footage of
2,500%, i.€., approximately 26 times larger
than allowed without a conditional use
permit. Only one other building in the C-
31 Zone has exceeded the 7,500 square
foot limitation, Medical Insurance Ex-
change of California(MIEC) on Claremont.
This has occurred to the great detriment
of the quality of life of the surrounding
neighbors. Be assured that MIEC is cur-
rently watching Dreyer’s proposal intently,
as it too has wanted to expand greatly at
its existing site. Thenew Rockridge Branch
Library, at 15,200 square feet mandated
by the state, will also exceed the bulk/
size limit, but I can guarantee that the
Library will be here in twenty years (bar-
ring natural disaster), and no such guar-

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antee can be made for either Dreyer’s or
MIEC. Besides, the library is a civic, not
a commercial, use and thus of a different
order entirely.

If the city allows this de-
struction of the C-31 Zone, the

ability to enforce ANY zoning
law in Oakland will be called

into serious question.

Let’s use another example: If the height
provision in C-31, which limits build-
ings to 35 feet in height, were to be
expanded by the same factor of 26, we
would have 910-foot high buildings on
College Avenue. That’s about 80 stories
high. When you look at these extreme
comparisons, what Dreyer’s 1s request-
ing looks like what it is—completely
out of line with the C-31 zoning’s stated
purpose and limitations.

i Letter to
7, Lhe Editor

As Rockridge residents, homeowners
and taxpayers, we were appalled to see
Joe Thornhill’s incitement to NIMBY-
syndrome action in the last issue [Janu-
ary 14, 1995] of The Rockridge News.

What exactly could neighbors have
to fear from a halfway house for five
HIV+/AIDS affected formerly homeless
persons? Might they go from house to
house forcing us to share their needles?
Mr. Thornhill apparently recognizes that
there is no rational basis for fearing the
project, relying as he does on the time-
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Dreyer’s received its initial permis-
sion to overbuild for the zoning in 1989
(their existing office space is 6.6 times
greater than allowed by C-31). Thisoccurred
even though the City’s planning staff
wrote that “Staff believes the Final EIR
(Environmental Impact Report) to be
inadequate and, therefore, not in com-
pliance with the requirements of the
California Environmental Quality Act.”
A vastly different Planning Commis-
sion certified the EIR and the City Council,
under a very different administration,
denied an appeal, permitting the project
to happen.

The truth is that it is inappropriate for
a municipality to put the desires of one
corporate entity above the legal contract
it holds with thousands of its citizens.
The quality of life, public trust, and
property values of thousands are at stake
along both sides of College Avenue.
History teaches us this: As the Avenue
goes, so goes the Neighborhood. @

the zoning board might permit next —
perhaps a check-cashing franchise or
methadone clinic.

None of us like to see homeless people
in Rockridge, or anywhere else. We rec-
ognize, however, that homelessness will
not be solved by blocking the develop-
ment of the very transitional services people
need to help themselves escape
homelessness. We are proud to live in
Oakland because of its diversity, and the
spirit of community action which fosters
the development of non-profit organiza-
tions like the group planning the project
in question. We are, however, occasion-
ally disappointed by our neighbors.

Gabrielle Lessard, Rachelle Feldman
Daniel Levin, Benjamin Quinones
— Armanino Court

Editor's note: Any institutional or
quast-institutional use of propery in an
area zoned only for residences will im-
pact the area, regardless of the nature

of the activity. For example, the City
Planning Commission recently denied a
group assembly permit for a home in
Rockridge which was the residence of a
few Zen Buddhist practitioners who planned
to conduct meditation sessions for non-
residents. A public hearing on the pro-
posed halfway house would allow all
sides to express their opinions on whether

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in certain zones. We believe that the
case raises valid zoning regulation is-
sues which are best addressed through
the permit/public hearing process. &

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February 11, 1995

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Birds and Habitat

by Annette Floystrup

Big birds capture the imagination of
people all over the world in a unique
way. I recently sat in my dining room
window seat sipping my morning coffee
and enjoying the rare sight of a Great
Blue Heron standing

* The atrestonmy neighbor's

I Backyard roof. With the possible
- exception of ostriches,

Naturalist which look simply silly

to me because they don’t fly, there is a
majesty to big birds that is unmatched in
nature.

My opinion was shaped by a couple
of events in my teens involving two
quite different birds. First I climbed up
to the roof of Ribe cathedral in my na-
tive Denmark, and looked out over a sea
of red rooftops, many sporting wagon
wheels in the hope of attracting storks to
nest. That day we counted 27 nests with
young. Some years later, I had the rare
privilege of seeing a California Condor
in its silent flight. My girlfriend and |
noticed it because it cast a shadow over
the river bank the size of a small plane,
but there was no accompanying sound.
As we stared up in awe, a huge primor-
dial, dark bird with a wingspan that
seemed to fill the sky floated over us as
it rode the thermals down the river can-
yon. We felt deeply blessed, like origi-
nal humans in the forest primeval.

We were recently in Denmark for a
family birthday, and the subject of storks
was raised. “How many this year?” I
asked. I was shocked to hear only seven
in the whole country. Whata sad differ-
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white stork with its jel black wing a
and festive bright orange-red legs mn
beak, so much an icon of Denmar S
identity, may soon come no more rom
Pharaoh’s land as in the children s songs
I sang long ago. Habitat encroachment
in Denmark in the form of lost wetlands
drained for agriculture and the global
thinning of the ozone layer have taken a
disastrous toll on the stork s primary
food source, frogs. People in Ribe have
taken to digging man-made ponds and
stocking them with frogs so that their
stork families will not starve before they
leave the nest. At the other end of their
migration, human overpopulation in Egypt
has almost obliterated the stork s win-
tering grounds. |
Here in California, the Condor is all
but extinct, surviving only through he-
roic efforts by humans to breed them in
captivity and release them. Already, several
of the released birds have been found
dead by both natural and human-caused

means. Finding a large enough habitat
for them, relatively free of humans who
will not shoot them for the perverse
pleasure of killing the last of a species,
is proving difficult.

Habitat is the key to all life. We
vacationed in Vancouver and Victoria,
B.C. last May, and along with many
delightful memories, we also took home
one of the saddest. While we were stay-
ing at the resort area of Whistler, the
only birds we saw in a week were a
couple of ravens and some ducks. The
hillside outside our condo was covered
with bushes and trees, a veritable bird
paradise of food and shelter, and utterly
devoid of life. Go one week without
birdsong and without bird flight and
activity, and you know how much they
add to our daily experience. I talked
with birder friends in Alberta who con-
firmed our impression. While everyone
in America knows about the destruction
of the Amazonian rain forests, the dis-
appearance of the vast majority of the
rain forests of the Pacific northwest has
not entered the greater consciousness.
Most of Vancouver Island is clear-cut
with enough left along roadways to hide
the devastation except from theair. NASA
photos reveal a far higher percentage of
destruction of our rain forests than of
South America’s.

In the face of such huge changes,
what can we do here? Start simply. Buy

and stock a birdfeeder or two. Plant a
garden. Put up a birdbath. If you have
the inclination and the energy, join a
wildlife organization and write letters
on behalf of the species which cannot
speak for themselves. Learn to appreci-
ate what we have here, and teach your
children and neighbors to value these
small lives too. Without them, the sj-
lence is deafening. &

Changes on
College

E Line Ale House

5612 College

(formerly The Lobby)
The old E Line, which linked Oakland
and San Francisco in pre-BART days,
will be memorialized in anew pub to be
opened in late February. The three co-
owners, Greg Boudreaux, Rick Warner
(the brewmaster), and Mia Yellin, would
love to borrow trolley car memorabilia
for the decor and are interested in
talking to local-history buffs. E Line will
have |6 to 20 beers on tap ata time. All
are brewed off-premises. Families will
be welcome at the pub, which will
serve inexpensive pub lunches. In fact,
the four offspring of one of the owners
(who is also a neighbor) will be fre-
quent visitors.

Levy’s Bagels &
Company

5640 College
(formerly Xerxes)
This New York-style establishmentaims
to open in mid-April. See April’s
Rockridge News for more information.

Choices

5817 College
After a short stay, the owner bids adieu
to the Avenue. The cause is that old

story — not enough customers. If you'll
miss this and other potential leave-

takers, remember to support Rockridge
businesses!

Bottom Line
Hair Salon

310 Forest
(around corner from Noah’s Art)

The specialty of owners Stacy and Scott
is hair color.

February 11, 1995

The Rockridge News

Page 7

he collision of several fortu-

itous events made Crystal Terry
the owner of Cosmos Flowers. Crystal
had long been a customer of the
shop under its previous owner. When
that owner mentioned that she was
considering selling the shop, Crys-
tal had just begun seeking a busi-
ness venture inher community. (She
lives in Upper Rockridge.) Then
Crystal's mother, Barbara Terry, was
thrust into the job market when the

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which comes in purple, pink, and
white and combines some of the char-
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ters. All flowers will be charmingly
arranged in Cosmos’ distinctive full,
airy, European-style array.

Crystal and Barbara warmly in-
vite Community members in for a
chat and a look at the beautiful flowers
arranged inside what probably used
to be a carriage house. Says Crystal,
“We live — as well as work — in

San Diego Councilmember for whom

she was administrative assistant decided
against rerunning. Crystal and Barbara
put their heads together, and afew months
later, Barbara had completed a floral
design course, rented a house three doors
trom her daughter’s, and started happily
arranging flowers at Cosmos.

Although Crystal also works at the
shop on weekends and some afternoons,
she has another demanding career to
attend to: she 1s an anesthesiologist with
Summit Hospital. Her seemingly boundless
energy has propelled her into a yet an-
other avocation, manager and fundraiser
of the Savage Jazz Dance Troupe, which
is based 1n Rockridge. As a former dancer
herself, Crystal speaks proudly of the
fledgling troupe’s successes. For instance,
the troupe was invited to participate in
the recent Dance Festival at Theater
Artaud in San Francisco. Crystal calls
herself the troupe’s “den mother”: “I
sew up the costumes, drive dancers to
rehearsal, and tape up their ankles.”
Crystal’s initial contact with the dance
troupe was also a Rockridge happening,
as she and Reggie Savage met in Oliveto
Cafe.

It may seem hard to believe, but Crystal
also finds time to be a mentor to several
Students who want to enter the medical
field. AND, she is adding to her classi-
cal talents at the piano by learning jazz.
How does she do itall? Crystal answers,
“Everything I’ve taken on has been be-
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gives me the energy.”

One of Crystal’s busiest days of the
year is just ahead at the flower shop. It
happens to be my own favorite holiday,
Saint Valentine’s Day. Crystal and Bar-
bara will set up an express window at
their small shop on that day. They’ll even
offer a 10% discount for phone orders
placed and paid for before noon on Feb-
ruary 13. Small bouquets at $5-10 for
modest budgets will stand beside more
extravagant offerings. Of course there
will be scads of roses and tulips, but
Crystal also suggests the beautiful lisianthus,

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Rockridge and want to be connected
to our neighborhood.”

Cosmos, at 5655 Keith, is open9 a.m.

to 7 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 9 a.m. to 6
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| isor, District 5
by Keith Carson, Alameda County Supervisor,
Northern Alameda County Urban Environmental Conference

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On Saturday, March 25, | will be hosting a unique opportunity to dialogue
about environmental issues: the Northern Alameda County Urban Environmen-
tal Conference.

The interest in such a conference became apparent to me as the Board of
Supervisors struggled to finalize the East County Area Plan (ECAP), aes
future development in the North Livermore/East Dublin area. | receive’ oY
300 letters and inquiries from District 5 residents regarding this Plana ne
mentally important piece of policy, but one with little direct impact on the ri
District. | |

| am further convinced of the need for this forum as | work with neighbor-
hoods, environmentalists and the business community to make policy regarding
land use and public health. | have participated in lengthy negotiations where
stakeholders struggled to balance the needs for economic development, jo f
open space, and safe, stable communities. In spite of this effort, costly lega
battles often ensue. | |

The goal of this event is to bring a diverse, community perspective to this
discussion. This free conference will include an interactive panel and break-out
sessions addressing specific environmental and economic issues In northern
Alameda County. |

Mary MacDonald, Chair of RCPC, will co-facilitate a session addressing the
Transit Village concept with representatives of BART and Urban Ecology. This
session will contrast the Fruitvale and Rockridge station sites, allowing us to
explore the benefits of this planning concept in an appropriate setting. Other
break-out sessions will address community gardening as a neighborhood devel-
opment tool, the recycling market development zone and its emerging indus-
tries, and lead poisoning prevention in older homes. In addition, participants will
have the opportunity to learn from exhibits and demonstration models at a
morning-long Information Fair. |

Alice Waters, renowned owner of Chez Panisse Restaurant & Cafe in
Berkeley, is volunteering her time as consulting chef to provide a vegetarian
feast showcasing produce from local growers. She will also give a keynote
speech addressing her innovative efforts to promote the consumption of local
foods in season.

Throughout the past five months of planning, my office has enjoyed the
support of an energetic and creative Steering Committee consisting of neigh-
borhood activists, local business people and representatives of many organiza-
tions. Together we have created a truly unique event.

| hope you will join us at the King Junior High School in Berkeley from 10 a.m. to

3 p.m. Should you have any questions, please call my assistant, Amalia Egri at (510)
272-6685. &

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It’s Official:

College Avenue Is on
The American
Discovery Trail

After five years of planning
and walking, the American
Hiking Society has developed
America’s first coast-to-coast,
multi-use hiking trail - a path-
way that links cities, wilder
ness, forests and deserts. The
Discovery Trail map has just
been published, and our very
own College Avenue is part of
the trek through California.

Map courtesy of Trails Illustrated, Evergreen,
1-800-962-1643.

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Rockridge?

by Susan Montauk,
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On September 17, the Rockridge
Community Planning Council will sponsor
a kitchen tour and tasting feast, with
tidbits from our superb College Avenue
eateries. You can glean some great ideas
for remodeling and, at the same time,
sample local culinary offerings. If you
(or a friend or neighbor) have a kitchen
you think would be of interest, or if
you'd like to volunteer as a docent, con-
tact our selection committee, Maya
Nissanka (658-5897) or Susan Montauk
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Don’t forget that February is kinder-
garten registration month for fall 1995.
Children should be five years old by
December 2, 1995. (Note correction in
date.) Kindergarten open house will be
held Thursday, March 2, 6:00 p.m., at
Chabot School, 6686 Chabot Road. Come
meet the kindergarten teachers, see the

classroom, and have your questions an-
swered.

February 11, 1995

The Rockridge News

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February 22 The “Sirs,” a.k.a. “Sing-
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The following is a summary of serious
incidents phoned into the Rockridge Crime
Alert Hot Line since our last issue.

Over the New Year’s weekend, profes-
sional offices on Oakgrove Avenue near
College were broken into. Items of value
were ignored by the burglar, who appar-
ently was searching for cash, checks, and
prescription pads.

On Monday, January 9, about 7 p.m. on the
5800 block of Chabot, residents were
solicited at their door for cash donations
to the Ghandi Foundation. The solicitor
had a clipboard with lots of papers about
the foundation but was unwilling to give
any out and was incensed when money was
refused. About fifteen minutes later, rocks
were thrown against this resident’s win-
dow and a flower pot was thrown against
the house of a neighbor who had also
refused to give. The resident who re-
ported this incident could not be positive
that the solicitor was responsible but be-
lieves that the circumstances led to this
possible conclusion. The solicitor is a white
male, between 40 and 50 years old, gray-
haired, balding, scruffy, about six feet tall.

On January 28, at |2:30 a.m., residents of
ahome near Ocean View and McMillan

were awakened by a loud noise that they
thought was an earthquake. Their | -3/4-

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inch deadbolted door was kicked in by a
person apparently wearing heavy boots.
Police officers responding to the call con-
jectured that the pair of intruders were in
need of quick drug money and stood on a
5-gallon paint can to peer inside the lighted
house. The owner of the house confronted
them at the front door and estimated the
whole incident took less than 10 seconds.
As the perpetrators fled, one returned to

pick up a dropped item, looked at the
owner standing on the front porch, and

said, “Thanks!”

To stay informed, or to report any suspicious
activity, be sure to call the Hotline. The mes-
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Absolutely everyone who’s anyone must
be cued in on what’s happening in Rockridge.
So, whether you’re a reader, an environ-
mentalist, a parent, a child, an artist, or all
of the above, The Muse has gathered some
special treats for your muse.

His and Hers
(Books, That Is)

Lawton Avenue residents Karen
Cushman and Philip Cushman have both
written a book — but not the same
book. Philip Cushman’s tome, Constructing
the Self, Constructing America: A Cultural
History of Psychotherapy, will be avail-
able around the end of February/begin-
ning of March and, as the title implies,
he intertwines the development of the
country with that of psychotherapy.
Favorable reviews of his book can be
found in Kirkus Reviews and Publishers
Weekly. And, watch for his appearance
at local bookstores; that is, when he’s
not teaching full-time or engaging in his
psychotherapy practice on College above
Citron restaurant.

Karen Cushman, a writer of books
for young readers, has just published
her second book (available in March),
The Midwife’s Apprentice. The moving
story follows the blossoming of an aban-
doned girl in medieval England as she
finds her place in the world.

Karen’s first book, Catherine, Called
Birdy, has done very well indeed: it
received the Carl Sandberg Award, and
the Friends of the Chicago Public Li-
brary voted it “the best children’s book
of 1994.” It will be released in
paperback in May.

we Rockridge Mug,

Children’s Art at
Christensen-Heller
Gallery

Jan Christensen-Heller is committed
to interesting children in creating art as
well as involving them in causes that
their art can benefit. Currently, she is
working with 4th-8th graders at St.
Augustine School who will display their
art work at her gallery (5831 College
Avenue), the proceeds of which will go
toward the children’s choice of the
following: Children’s Hospital, Earth-
quake Relief, Family House, Make A
Wish Foundation, Mocha, SPCA, Salva-
tion Army, Tuition Assistance, and Your
Art Program. From February 2! through
March 4 (the opening will be from 1-2
p.m. on Saturday, February 25), 30 matted
and framed works will grace the walls of
Christensen-Heller Gallery (more will
be in a portfolio), available for sale at
$30 each. All proceeds will go to the
designated organization(s). Help this
worthy effort, and encourage young
artists at the same time.

Three (to the nth)
Makes a (Madding)
Crowd

Never an organization to shirk from
controversial topics, the Sierra Club’s
local chapter is sponsoring a talk by
Sierra Club’s Executive Director Carl
Pope. The event, entitled “Talking About

Population,” will be held at 7:30 p.m.
on Tuesday, February 28, at the Col-
lege Avenue Presbyterian Church, 595 |

College Avenue. Admission is free.

Fred Beddall, the Club’s Conser-

™ vation Representative, tells us that,

despite the fact that the Club’s
national headquarters is in San Fran-
cisco, it is unusual for the Execu-
tive Director to make a local ap-
pearance; thus, an inference can
be drawn about the importance

of this issue. For more information, call
Fred Beddall at 653-6127.

Liz Maxwell’s Paintings
Fuel Diesel

Whether you're attending one of
the many scintillating authors’ talks at
Diesel, A Bookstore (5433 College Av-
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Zoning Applications

This column provides a list of new and continuing City of Oakland Planning Department applications
as well as decisions affecting the Rockridge area. RCPC tracks all commercial and residential applica-
tions, usually provides comments on proposals to the City's Planning Commission, and brings to the
attention of the Rockridge community those propositions that merit community-wide concern

The information listed inthe colwmn ts taken fromthe Planning Commission's agenda, the Commission's
final report to the applicant, and/or the case file or comments made at public hearing The number
following the applicant's name and address ts the Planning Department case number. Call the Planning
Department at 238-3911 for additional information on a particular item.

DREYER’S GRAND ICE CREAM/5929
COLLEGE AVENUE CMD95-6

Application for a Major Conditional Use Permit
and Design Review for a proposed 57,208 sq.
feet, two-story office structure, with a three-
story, partially underground parking garage
with 232 spaces. The structure will be physi-
cally attached to the existing Dreyer’s build-
ing on College which consists of 58,958 sq.
feet (49,284 used by Dreyer’s; 9,674 used by
ground floor retail). Total building above
ground, with proposed addition, will be 116,166:
sq. feet. City will determine whether an En-
vironmental Impact Report (EIR) is required,
and a public hearing on the Major Condi-
tional Use Permit and Design Review will be
held. City’s determination on the EIR not
available at publication time; hearing date
not yet scheduled.

FITLAB/5335 COLLEGE AVENUE
D94-251

Application for Design Review to install three
new business signs and to exceed the maxi-
mum aggregate sign area (150 sq. feet pro-
posed; 100 sq. feet allowed). Comments on
application were due at Office of Planning
and Building/Zoning Division by January
20, 1995. No decision available at publica-
tion lime.

LEVY’S BAGELS & Co./5640
COLLEGE AVENUE CMD94-250

Application for Major Conditional Use Per-
mit to establish new General Food Sales
Commercial Activity and Design Review to
alter exterior (at former site of Xerxes). Pub-
lic hearing held January 11 and 25, 1995. No
decision available at publication time.

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