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Transit Villages

by Mary MacDonald, Chair, RCPC

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people indoors on the first sunny Sat-
urday after weeks of unrelenting rain,
drizzle, and hail? The Urban Environ-
mental Forum hosted on March 25 by

Meet Henry Chang

Oakland’s new Councilmember-at-Large
Henry Chang, Jr., will be at RCPC’s
Gencral Meeting on April 20, 1995,
7:30 p.m., at the College Avenue Pres-
byterian Church, 5951 College Av-
enue. Bring your concerns, issues, and
comments to him, including those on
Dreyer’s — here’s your chance for an
in-person meeting! Councilmember
Chang served on the Oakland Plan-
ning Commission about 15 years ago
and is familiar with zoning and plan-
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General Membership
Meeting Agenda

Thursday, April 20, 1995,
7:30 p.m.
College Ave. Presbyterian Church
5951 College Avenue (Sanctuary)

¢ Councilmember-at-Large
Henry Chang, Jr. (see article on
this page)

¢ Proposed Changes in Com-
mercial and Residential
Design Review - Marina
Carlson, Assistant to the
Mayor for Planning and
Public Works (see article on

page 6)

Alameda County Supervisor Keith Car-
son and a free vegetarian lunch pre-
pared by Alice Waters of Chez Panisse
restaurant, featuring locally grown
produce.

Dedicated individuals whose inter-
ests ranged from environmentally sound
construction techniques,
such as using compressed
Clay and straw for build-
ing walls, to environ-
mentally sound planning
policies gathered in the
auditorium of Martin
Luther King, Jr., Jun-
ior High School in Ber-
keley for an “Oprah-
style” conversation on
a myriad of environmen-
tal issues.

After the delicious
lunch served al fresco,
attendees chose between
twelve different work-
shops held in different
classrooms at the school.
The “Transit Villages”
workshop filled all the
seats, and representa-
tives from the Rockridge
Community Planning
Council (RCPC), the
Spanish Speaking Unity
Council, and the MLK/
Telegraph Avenue Busi-

ness Association gave perspectives on
the concept in relation to their areas,
Rockridge, Fruitvale and MacArthur,
respectively.

“Transit village,” a hot land-use plan-
ning topic for a number of years, pro-
motes housing and retail development
around public transit “nodes” such as
BART stations, with an aim of reduc-
ing reliance on the automobile by making
housing, shopping, and transportation

See “Transit Villages” on page 8

This plucky pioneer woman graces the cover of Rockridge
author Cathy Luchetti’s recent book, Home on the Range:
A Culinary History of the American West. For more about
this fascinating look at our gastronomic past— when “What's
for dinner?” yielded some surprising answers — see the
Rockridge Muse on page 10.

Get Out the Vote

You can support your neighborhood
Organization by voting in the upcoming
election for RCPC’s Board of Directors.

the College Avenue Presbyterian Church.
To be eligible to vote, you must be 18
years of age or older and reside within

RCPC boundaries.

Your neighborhood organization needs
to know that you support and appreciate
its efforts. You can accomplish this by
taking a few minutes on either day to let
us know you're out there.

The election will be conducted at RCPC’s
general meeting on Thursday, April 20,
7:30-9:30 p.m. or the end of the meeting,
whichever occurs later (you do not need
to stay for the meeting), and on Satur-
day, April 22, from 12 noon to 3 p.m., at

¢ Studio One (the City’s Parks
and Recreation Art/Exercise
Center) — Proposed Closure
for Seismic Retrofitting

¢ Dreyer’s Update

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Book Corner

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

Each spring while | was in college, a large box, damp on the bottom, was
delivered to my Southern Appalachian school, addressed to me, Mary-Gay Boettcher,
and my roommate, Martha Emily Cook. It was postmarked Norcross, Georgia and
was from Martha Emily’s mother. Inside there were hundreds of daffodil buds
layered between wet newspaper. We made nosegays and boutonnieres and
extravagant bouquets in milk bottles and still had some left over. Mrs. Cook was
a fabled gardener and her yard declared riotous primacy each spring. She was a
widow, working hard to support her three children, Martha Emily, Alice Beth and
Buddy, and was stretching every dollar. But the garden was as opulent as possible.
She was thrifty there, too, trading cuttings in the old, neighborly way. The kids
remember saving coffee grounds for the azaleas and making rose hip jelly. Martha
Emily said her mother was happiest cradling a new plant and a scoop of red Georgia
dirt. In time, the children moved away to Tennessee, Canada, and Virginia. Mrs.
Cook sent them daffodils each spring. When they came home, they measured the
passing years by the garden—how far the old magnolia leaned, how the sweet
almond had grown. At last they returned to bury their mother and settle her small
estate. As it happened, the house was sold to the family of a woman of whom Mrs.
Cook had not been overly fond. It worried the children that the garden would be
tended by somebody like that. But their own lives called them, so they concluded
the family business and returned to the motel to spend one final night together.
They couldn’t sleep, so one knocked on the others’ doors, and after some talk and
a small excursion, they were at peace. Come spring of the next year, | received
a box, damp on the bottom, filled with Mrs. Cook’s daffodils. But the postmark
was Virginia. The perfume lingered for weeks. And although | have not seen them,
| am sure that the daffodils in Tennessee and Canada bloom as well, their roots
still holding some of the rich red soil of home.

Postscript: They took the sweet almond too.
Below, books for gardening (inside and out) with kids:
Blue Potatoes, Orange Tomatoes: How to Grow a Rainbow Garden by Rosalind
Creasey, 1994. Juvenile nonfiction.
Festus and Mercury: Ruckus in the Garden by Sven Nordoavist, 1991.

Picture book.

Flower Garden by Eve Bunting, 1994. Picture book.

A Garden Alphabet by Isabel Wilner and Ashley Wolff, 1991. Picture book.

Gardens from Garbage: How to Grow Indoor Plants from Recycled Kitchen Scraps
by L. Handelsman, 1990. Juvenile nonfiction.

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, by Chris Van Allsbury, 1979. Picture book.

Greening the City Streets: The Story of Community Gardens by Barbara Huff,
1990. Juvenile nonfiction.

Linnea’s Windowsill Garden by Christina Bjork, 1998. Juvenile nonfiction.

Rosy’s Garden: A Child’s Keepsake of Flowers by Elizabeth Laird, 1990.
Picture book.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1912. Juvenvile fiction.

Sunset Best Kids Garden Book, 1992. Juvenile nonfiction.

Vegetable Garden, Douglas Florian, 1991. Picture book.

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sponsored by The Rockridge Community Planning
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organization's boundaries. The goals of the organiza-
tion are to promote community involvementin neigh-
borhood planning and area development, to address
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May deadline is April 27.

Peralta School News

The Peralta Year-Round School Gar-
den will be one of 64 Bay Area commu-
nity gardens featured in the Open Gar-
den Weekend, May 6 and 7 from 10 a.m
to 4 p.m. Peralta’s garden is located on
the Dana Street side of the school, near
North Street. The garden has been grow-
ing for two years. Led by volunteer Anita
Halpern, students tend the garden and
often take home delicious samples. The
Open Garden Weekend is sponsored by
the Center for Urban Education About
Sustainable Agriculture. For more infor-
mation, call (510) 526-2788.

Peralta is now accepting applications
for kindergarten enrollment for Septem-
ber. Out-of-district children are welcome
to apply. Call Principal Wendy Lee at 652-
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April 15, 1995

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Library Fundraising Effort
Is Off to a Great Start

by Nancy Dutcher, Chair of Neighbors for a Rockridge Library

While the start of construction of the
new library was delayed by March's
torrential rains, which made it impos-
sible to dig foundation trenches, the sun
has reappeared to dry out the lot. Work
on the building should soon begin.

More progress 1s apparent in the
fundraising program for the library,
however. Rockridge residents are gen-
erously responding to the early-March
mailing, which listed ways to donate to
the library. The response received so far
is indeed a verification of both the di-
versity of our neighbors and their pride
in the community. While many neigh-
bors are ordering the granite tiles en-
graved with their families’ names, oth-
ers memorialize parents, grandparents,
and faithful pets. Still others show their
pride in the City: “For the Future of Our
Children and the Growth of Our City,”
and their neighbors: “The Kennedys and
the Kanes, Good Neighbors, Good Books,
Good Friends.” The inscriptions on many
tiles show support for the library, with
‘Read a Hundred Books to Live a Thou-
sand Lives,” or “Laws Die, Books Never
— Richelieu — 5200 block Shafter Av-
enue.” It’s like Christmas every day to

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Residents of the Chabot Elementary
School attendance area who are planning
to send their kindergartners to Chabot
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soon as possible. The current registra-
tion is used to determine whether to
accept intra-district transfers from out-

side the attendance area, starting in April.
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forth! Once the library is complete, the
entry floor will be a permanent record of
the pride we have in our community,
and, like the BART Fire Tile Wall, will
tell the stories of the people who are our

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neighbors. It is gratifying to receive the
outpouring of interest and love that this
community is showing for its library.

While the engraved granite tiles are a
major part of our fundraising, many people
are making donations for specific items
from the librarians’ wish list, or for use
at the librarians’ discretion. Those who
don’t order a granite tile but donate over
$500 will have their names engraved on
a plaque in the reading room.

The Library Committee is initiating
the corporate outreach segment of
fundraising and would like more volun-
teers to help with contacting businesses.
Please call me if you can help with this
important task.

Although the March mailing was sup-
posedly sent to everyone in the 94618
zip code, evidently some addresses were
omitted. If you would like to receive an
information packet that describes ways
to contribute to the library, orif you have
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any or all of the Holy Week activities
being planned. This is a community
church, diverse, full of imagination and
the permission to be all that God has
called you to be. For your support and
growth, the congregation offers Sunday
school for all ages (including adults) at
9:15 a.m., spiritually exciting Worship at
10:30 a.m., Youth (Junior and Senior
High) at 6:30 pm., plus several small
home groups during the week, in addi-
tion to Adult Activity Center on Wednes-
days at 9:30 a.m., plus much more.

Sunday, April 9, 10:30 a.m., Palm
Sunday Worship

Thursday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.,
Candlelight Maundy Thursday Service

Friday, April 14, 7:30 p.m., Candle-
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Sunday, April 16, Easter Sunday

5:15 a.m., Meet at church for rides to
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Tuesday, April 18, 7:30 p.m., “De-
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Improve Your Neighborhood by Bicycling

by Marc Rumminger, a Rockridge Bicyclist

The California Bike Commute on Thurs-
day, May 4, will be a celebration of
clean-air commuting. Thousands of
Californians will leave theircars athome
and ride their bicycles to work, demon-
strating that bicycling can be a realistic
commute alternative formany. Rockridge
is ideal for utility bicycling because stores
are close together, drivers are courte-
ous, and the weather 1s usually great. It
is also an important place for bicycle
commuting because downtown Oakland
is a fifteen-minute ride away, the BART
station 1s within bicycling distance for
many, offices are scattered along Col-
lege Avenue, and UC Berkeley is two
miles away.

Everyone in Rockridge benefits when
more people use their bicycles for shop-
ping andcommutuing—even drivers. Drivers
benefit because the streets are less crowded
and parking is easier. Merchants benefit
because customers can be added with-
Oul increasing the number of car parking
spaces. Residents benefit through cleaner
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such as bicycle accessories. Furthermore,
a large number of registrations will send
a message to politicians and government
agencies that bicycling is important in
the Bay Area. Councilmember Sheila
Jordan and Mayor Elihu Harris are scheduled
to bike to work on May 4.

The East Bay Bicycle Coalition (EBBC)
has planned diverse events in Oakland
for the California Bike Commute. The
Different Spokes bicycle club (339-2345)
will be holding a “Get Ready to Com-
mute Ride” at 10: a.m. on Sunday, April
30, originating from Rockridge Noah’s
Bagels. “Bike Buddy” escorts are also
available from the EBBC (530-3444).

On Thursday, May 4, take advantage
of some of the events in Berkeley and
Oakland: a free bagel at any Noah’s
Bagels for bicycle commuters; free valet
bicycle parking at the downtown Berke-

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own kitchen register high on the pride meter, we’d love to
add it to our list. Previews will continue through the begin-
ning of May. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to participate in
what we anticipate as one of the finest kitchen tours in the East Bay!
Please call to help out: Susan Montauk, 547-3855 (remember that

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Club has provided boys and girls aged
six through eighteen with the opportu-
nity to play competitive soccer. Last
year, 620 young people joined the Club,
which is part of the 4,800-member Jack
London Youth Soccer League.
Although spring soccer is already under
way, the deadline for fall registration is
May | 5. Registration forms are available
at Laser Copy (College Avenue at
Chabot). Requests for additional infor-
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ley and 12th Street BART stations (14th
and Telegraph) from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.;
and a free breakfast for bicyclists at City
Hall Park in Oakland. Local sponsors
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Rundown on the Dog Run

by Dan Pitcock, RCPC Boardmember

The Oakland City Council met in
closed executive session several wecks
ago to determine the future of the Hardy
Park Dog Run. Before the Council were
the following courses of action: 1) de-
ciding that the process had become too
bogged down with legal and planning
issues, and ending it by eliminating
the dog run; 2) requesting a full envi-
ronmental impact report, a costly and
time-consuming process, demanded by
the citizens behind the legal challenge;
or 3) requesting a preliminary study
by the Planning Department to deter-
mine if a full study is necessary. The
council decided upon the final choice.
There are two possible outcomes: the
first 1s that the full report is needed, at
which time a decision will be made as
to whether the dog run is worth the
cost of that report. The second possi-
bility is that the planner could deter-
mine that the environmental impact is
at such a level that, with some mitigat-
ing actions, a full report would not be
necessary. This is termed “a negative
declaration with mitigations.”

If the process plays out in this man-
ner, those who are not happy with that
determination can appeal to the City
Planning Commission. If the commis-
sion were to uphold the decision, it is
appealable to the City council. This pro-
cess 1S conceivably a six-month cycle.
So the question is, what can we do to
speed it up?

This question was discussed at the
March 25 meeting of the dog owner’s

association. If the park is to finally be-
come operational, we must look for sta-
tistical evidence related to the success-
ful operation of other dog parks in the
Bay Area. If you would like to help in
this process of discovery, please call me
at 601-8603.

Sounding Off on
the Soundwall

‘Something there is that doesn’t love
a wall...” penned Robert Frost. This sen-
timent was amply voiced at CalTrans’
March 28th public meeting on the pro-
posed soundwall along the north side of
Highway 24. Proponents of the soundwall
had their say, too. Chabot Canyon
homeowners dramatically described the
effects on their lives of noisy traffic on
the highway.

In hopes of finding a noise-buffering
solution acceptable to all area residents,
County Supervisor Keith Carson (Fifth
District) has proposed that representa-
tives of both sides of the issue meet with
CalTrans, the City of Oakland, and the
Alameda County Transportation Authority
(ACTA). The first such meeting will
probably occur in May and will be open
to the public. (Call 893-3347 for the
date, time, and place.)

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creative suggestions are welcomed by
ACTA and may be addressed to: Keith
Carson, 1221 Oak Street, Suite 536,
Oakland, CA 94612. &

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closer we will be to the opening day of
the dog run. I realize that this process
has become laborious, considering the
many meetings and hours of time we
have already spent to get to this point,
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the final goal of a neighborhood area
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Apni 15, 1995

Streamlining Commercial Design Review Oakland General

by Marina Carlson, Assistant to the Mayor for Planning and Public Works

The Mayor’s Office is currently working
with the Planning Departmenton stream-
lining the Commercial Design Review
process. At issue is the process of re-
viewing designs for new signage, minor
facade alterations, and color changes
for businesses in the commercial areas
of our city that require Design Review.
Presently, the regulations require a new
permit for any alterations, a process that
can take 6-8 weeks for planning ap-
proval. The cost of a minor permit —
$957 — is sometimes more than the cost
of the work being reviewed.

The Mayor’s Office would like to
change this. We would like to see the
cost of any application be more in line
with the amount of time needed to re-
view the application and/or be in line

with the cost of construction. We also
feel that the present amount of ume it
takes to review applications should be
drastically reduced to encourage and
expedite the process for small businesses.

In order to reduce the time needed to
review the applications, issues of public
noticing, public comment periods, and
appeal rights need to be thoughtfully
considered. In addition, design guide-
lines for minor changes, if developed,
would guide staff and make the approval
process work more smoothly.

I will be coming to the next meeting
of RCPC on April 20 to discuss our
ideas more thoroughly, to encourage the
participation of your organization in this
streamlining process, and to hear your
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able at Diesel and will update it periodi-
cally over the next year. Copies of the
list are available at Diesel (5433 Col-
lege Avenue) and at the Library (5803
Birch Court). Anyone who buys a book
for the Library will be asked to sign a
bookplate, which will be placed in the
book to acknowledge the gift. All do-
nated books will be put into storage
until the new branch opens in April 1996
and will make their debut with the build-
ing. Many thanks in advance to Diesel
and all donors! &

Plan Update

A community workshop was held on
March 18 as part of the ongoing creation
of anew General Plan for Oakland. About
100 participants from all over Oakland
heard speakers from each of the General
Plan Congress Working Groups describe
the goals each group has formulated for
future development and growth in the
following areas: Waterfront, Downtown,
Neighborhood Areas, Industry and Com-
merce, and Transportation/Transit-Ori-
ented Development.

General Plan Congress Chairperson
Peter Smith (a City of Oakland Planning
Commissioner) outlined the next key
element for community input, the Pre-
liminary Citywide Land Use and Trans-
portation Goals.

There will bb ONE CHANCE ONLY
for North Oakland residents to partici-
pate in a workshop on this important
topic as it specifically relates to our
area: Saturday, May 13, 9:30 a.m. to
12:30p.m., Golden Gate Recreation Center,
1075 62nd Street (one block above San
Pablo).

Announcement: The 1995 Annual
Meeting of Oakland Sharing the Vision
will be held Saturday, April 29, 9:00
a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Oakland Conven-
tion Center, 10th Street and Broadway.
Registration and Continental breakfast
8:00-9:00 a.m. Please RS VP at 238-6556.
This is a working session to update the
Oakland Strategic Plan and discuss 1995-
96 priorities. &

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Apnil 15, 1995

The Rockridge News

F rom zero to 745 customers in
just 18 months—not bad for a
commercial space that some people
considered jinxed. Optometrist Sue
Lin accomplished this feat by first
appealing to the curiosity of the
passersby. Who could resist an ex-
tra-long peek in the window at the
shiny metal sculpture cradling “jewels”
along with sleek eyeglass frames?
The fanciful furniture also invited
scruuiny, especially the lavender-

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THE NEIGHBORHOOD MERCHANT

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parent. Other systemic problems can
be detected as well. For example, a
peripheral vision test can reveal a
brain tumor along the visual path-
way. There are certainly lots of good
reasons for regular eye care.

Sue describes herself as a “high
myope,’ a term that sounds exotic
until I realize that it fits me as well.
Itsimply means “very near-sighted.”
She says, “I got into optometry because
[honestly thought! was going blind.

and-purple chair with the lightning bolt
backrest and the daisy-backed chair. Sue
worked closely with her architect friend
Fred Dong. The artistic results delighted
Sue, who says, “A lotof artists are drawn
to this space. I think they recognize ‘one
of their own.’”

Changes on
College

Cotton Basics
(Former site of Legend Antiques)

5540 College Avenue

At Cotton Basics, you'll find moderately
priced women's (and some men’s) cloth-
ing ranging from $15 to $45. All clothing
is made and dyed in the East Bay, so your
clothing dollar will stay close to home.
Susan Ciochetto is the partner on the

scene. The store is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
daily. 653-0383

Aqueous

(Former site of A Fine Line)
6025 College Avenue

Opening sometime in April, this shop will
feature tropical fish and small reptiles,
such as chameleons and geckos. There
will also be artwork from local artists and,
eventually, Northwest crafts. The owner
is Thomas Noble, and Kevin Kechely is
manager.

Paper Roses
5963 College Avenue

This card store is closing and will be
replaced by a similar store in the summer.

Chimney Rock Springs
(Former site of Motherhood Maternity)
5519 College

Around the first of May, Jo and Clive
Scullion will open their shop, which will
feature gas fireplaces, fireplace accesso-
ries, and massage furniture. Hours will be
Monday-Saturday, |0 am. to 6 p.m. 465-
0394

Of course, effective window dress-
ing has to be backed up with real ser-
vices. Behind the spacious frame dis-
play area, Sue and Fred managed to
Squeeze in two exam rooms, a labora-
tory, a separate visual-field testing area,
a contact lens modification area, and a
separate office. Having all these spe-
Cialized functions under one roof means
that clients can have a complete eye
exam and then pick up most prescription
glasses or contact lenses the next day.

Sue emphasizes the importance of a
thorough eye exam, which in her office
takes an hour and is a bargain at only
$79. She says, “I see alot of people who
take care of their bodies but don’t real-
ize that eyes also require routine care.”
She recommends an eye exam every two
years until the age of 40 and every year
after that. Besides early detection of
vision problems such as glaucoma, a
dilated eye exam can reveal signs of
high blood pressure and diabetes. As
Sue explains, the retina is the only place
in the body that blood can be viewed
coursing through capillaries. The rea-
son, of course, is that the retina is trans-

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Prevention

I started wearing Coke-bottle-thick lenses
when I was in the fifth grade.” Because
of her own vision problems, Sue is very
sensitive to the concerns of her own
patients. She understands that a major
health concern of people is of going
blind, and she takes the time to explain
the structure and function of the eye,
something many of us may have forgot-
ten since high school biology.

In spite of her youth, Sue brings to
her practice a wide range of profes-
sional experience. After four years of
college, four years of optometry school,
a residency in fitting contact lenses, and
a master’s degree from UC Berkeley in
physiological optics, she worked for two
years as a senior optometrist at the UC
Davis Medical Center Eye Clinic. There,
she participated in the care of serious
eye trauma. “Your mom was right,” she
says. “Running while carrying a screw-
driver can be a big mistake!”

When she moved on to seeing “ordi-
nary” eye problems in her own practice,
Sue thought at first she might be bored.
But she’s not. She enjoys getting to spend
more time with her patients and thor-
oughly addressing their vision concerns.

Another aspect of the business that
Sue enjoys is helping a client pick out
just the right eyeglass frame. “Half the
people who come in start with a well-
defined idea about what they want. I
always Start there and then look at varia-
tions.” She subtly demonstrated her skill
by encouraging me to try on several
different frames. While insisting that I
was definitely a “big-frame” person, I
agreed to give a pair of smaller frames
a try. To my surprise, I liked the look.
Besides, the titanium frames felt so light
on my ears and nose. I just may be a
convert!

It’s quite obvious that Sue enjoys her
work. “So many people say that owning
your own business is the American dream.
About my chances for success, I’m cau-
tiously optimistic.” A good choice of
adjective for an optometrist! @

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Comments y Katy Foulkes, East Bay Municipal Utilities District
Boardmember

Easy Bay MUD News

As your new representative to the EBMUD Board, | appreciate this opportunity to

communicate with you.
First, the rain. We've had lots, and it’s wonderful to begin with enough water to

assure that we will not have to declare a drought this year! Our reservoirs have served
us well, both in storing water for future use and preventing the floods which have
devastated so much of the state. But to provide that protection, EBMUD carefully
monitors reservoir levels throughout the year in preparation for a wet winter. And
that leads us all back to worrying about a dry winter again.

In an effort to provide more water storage for dry years, discussions with San
Joaquin County representatives for a joint ground water storage project have
intensified. While | have serious concerns over our ability to adequately protect our
water for future use under this plan, | am still hopeful guarantees can be negotiated for
a successful project.

EMBUD's budget process will be starting soon, and | will be scrutinizing the details
carefully, trying to locate all responsible cuts. Commitments made by previous boards
are predicted to raise rates by at least 60% over the next few years. Trying to reduce
the extent of those rate increases without gutting worthwhile programs is indeed a
challenge!

| am making a personal commitment to work to increase the District’s water
conservation and recycling efforts. To that end, | will support an expanded low-flush
toilet rebate and water reclamation projects.

With all funding now in place, the design phase of the Uppper Rockridge Area
Water System Improvement project is proceeding. Construction is expected to begin
in August and be completed in April 1997. The project, jointly funded by EBMUD,
Oakland and the residents in the Rockridge Special District, will improve fire flows to
|,500 gallons per minute from the current 50-650 gpm rate. It will be a day of
celebration when the work is completed!

As your representative, | have pledged to listen to all sides of an issue and explore
all options in an effort to provide adequate, safe water in the most environmentally
sound method possible. | would love to hear your comments and advice. You can reach

me at EBMUD at 287-0404 or leave a message at my home at 658-0844. m

Transit Villages

from page l

available within walking distance.
Everyone seems to want a transit
village these days, but RCPC Chair
Mary MacDonald offered another thought:
there’s no need to “create” a “transit
village” where one already exists!
Rockridge is an example of an area
which has been a transit village for
decades. Streetcars ran up and down
College until 1955, connecting with
other streetcars that took workers to
downtown Oakland and to ferries that
crossed the Bay to San Francisco. Streetcar
lines allowed people to live away from
the city core, creating neighborhood
residential areas and neighborhood-serv-
ing retail shops along the streetcar lines,
and Rockridge is a prime example. Many
lots are small, making Rockridge a dense
residential area, and the retail charac-
ter of College Avenue has remained

Over the years, due in large part to
RCPC’s successful efforts to create the
C-31 Special Commercial Zone.

RCPC Chair MacDonald discussed
BART’s misguided and unsuccessful
attempts to create more parking at the
Rockridge station and its ill-conceived
proposal to place a 32-unit apartment
building immediately adjacent to High-
way 24 at the station. She cited these as
good examples of the misapplication of
the “transit village” concept to an area
that already achieves the “transit vil-
lage” goals: retail shops, housing over
retail, arelatively dense residential area,
and a high use of public transit by resi-
dents. Another example of a “transit
village” concept which doesn’t work in
Rockridge is the creation of a large
“employment center,” such as the pro-
posed Dreyer’s expansion. It’s a great
idea for just-developing transit villages,
but will only disrupt the current desir-
able urban-transit village character of
Rockridge.

Apni 15, 1995

@ Letter to the
Editor

The controversy in regard to the pro-
posed Highway 24 soundwall is disap-
pointing. In a professional capacity, I
have performed noise impact studies,
and am familiar with highway soundwalls
in both Europe and Japan. I am confi-
dent that the proposed soundwall will
have a favorable noise-reducing effect
for residents in Chabot Canyon, and that
the claims about reflected noise, made
by residents living at greater distances,
are without scientific merit.

The Caltrans soundwall will reduce
noise for nearby residents by both re-
flecting and diffusing traffic noise en-
ergy back towards the center divider.
Studies have shown that the reflected
noise on a standard highway will be no
greater that 2-3 dB(a) at the edge of the
right-of-way, an amount judged insig-
nificant. The noise-absorbing earthen
face of the center divider, which results
from the grade difference between Highway
24’s east- and west-bound lanes, will
make the situation even more favorable.

There is no scientific evidence to support
claims of focused or “bouncing” noise.
Traffic noise is thoroughly diffuse, and
therefore defies focused reflection over
any significant distance. Fears of graf-
fiti may be addressed by planting vines
to cover the soundwall. Caltrans has a
soundwall design that allows planting
on the residential side, but directs growth
through to the highway side. Alternative
suggestions for hillside landscaping will
have no effect on noise reduction — un-
fortunately, it is a common misbelief
that vegetation reduces sound pressure.

Highway noise has reduced the qual-
ity of life for residents in Chabot Can-
yon and in many other parts of the
Rockridge. I hope that when accurate
information about the merits of soundwalls
is disseminated and understood, other
impacted areas of the neighborhood will
be similarly protected.

Ray Perman, Auburn Avenue

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Rockridge Crime Report

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The following is a summary of serious incidents
phoned into the Rockridge Crime Alert Hot
Line during the past month. To stay informed,
be sure to call the Hot Line every week. The
message is updated every Friday.

On Tuesday, March 7, on the 6400 block
of Benvenue, there was an assault and
attempted strong-arm mugging. The vic-
tim was followed up his stairs and assaulted
on the front porch. Two men punched and
kicked him ina robbery attempt. He fought
back and his screams brought out neigh-
bors. The assailants fled on foot. Both are
described as African-American, late teens
to early twenties, about 6' tall, clean-cut,
and unarmed. Fortunately, the victim was
not severely injured. He stated that in the
past few months this block has had a
number of muggings which, in part, can be
blamed on inadequate street lighting.

On Wednesday night, March |5, on the
5600 block of Oakgrove, the front door
of a residence was kicked in by two men
who fled when confronted and chased by
an alert neighbor who described them as
follows: both are African-American, the
taller man, about 6’ 2", was approximately
|9or 20 years old and weighed 220 pounds.

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He wore a black jacket over a white T-
shirt, dark pants, black watch cap, and
carried a large white plastic bag. The other
man was in his mid-30s, with a lined, worn
face. In sharp contrast to the younger man,
he was around 5' 7", 150 pounds, of lighter
complexion, and had noticeably matted
hair. He wore a black “Chicago Bulls”
jacket. This older man appeared to direct
the younger man, asking him (in an obvious
way that was apparently meant to impress
the neighbor who confronted them), “Are
you packing?” (meaning, “Do you have a
gun?”). It is assumed that the two were
wearing heavy boots. They had apparently
cased the neighborhood, because the house
involved was vacant.

The neighbor who chased them off (and
who described them so well) recounts that

car parked out of sight, because they disap-
peared so quickly from the area.

These men may be the same individuals
responsible for similar attacks in the neigh-
borhood over the last several months.

On Thursday, March 16, about 9 p.m.,
there was an attempted break-in of an
automobile parked on the 5200 block of
Manila. The thieves drove off when ob-
served by a neighbor. They are described
as two men in their early 20s, one white
and the other African-American, driving a
blue 1960s Ford-product compact station
wagon.

It’s obvious from this month’s reports that
neighbors watching out for each other
is a great deterrent to crime, sc keep up the
good work! &

City Traffic Engineers Finally See the Light

by Ray Perman

In February, city traffic engineers re-
programmed the traffic lights at the in-
tersection of College and Claremont
Avenues to “split” the green light phase
for Claremont Avenue traffic. The new
split-phase signal gives east-bound through
traffic and left-turn traffic a dedicated
green light to allow movement through
the intersection without conflict, and
then provides the same to west-bound
traffic. Other changes include an ad-
vance green light for College Avenue
north-bound traffic, and four daily ad-
justments in all cycle lengths to best
match hourly traffic demand.

Rockridge residents have long been
concerned about safety at whatis the district’s
busiestcross-street. A high traffic volume
(with much of the Claremont Avenue flow
travelling at excess of 35 MPH), a rela-
tively high left-turn traffic ratio (40%+),

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an unusual parallelogram shape (with long
left-turn paths), and heavy pedestrian and
bicycle traffic volumes, combined to make
travel through the intersection an often
stressful experience.

RCPC first wrote a letter requesting
that the signal be changed to a split-
phase strategy in 1986, and has repeated
the request several times since, most
recently in regard to the proposed office
expansion of the Medical Insurance
Exchange of California. Until now, city
traffic engineers had declined to make
changes because of other more pressing
priorities.

Most all agree that the new split phase
is a welcome relief. Surrounding resi-
dents have already noted a dramatic
decrease in noise normally generated by
gunning engines, screeching tires, and
frustrated horn soundings.

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Hibernation time is definitely over and
Spring Ahead is the drill, so collect your
friends for a dip in the cultural pool where,
mmmm, the medium’s so fine.

Home on the Range

Do you have to chase the livestock
out of the kitchen before starting din-
ner? Rockridge author Cathy Luchetti,
in her book Home on the Range: A Culi-
nary History of the American West (Villard
Books) writes that was only one of
many challenges faced by western fron-
tier folk in the process of simply putting
food on the table. And what food!
Burnt-toast coffee, coon cake, and moss
ice cream! Luchetti’s book, full of his-
toric photographs and excerpts from
westerners’ diaries and letters, recently
received the James Beard Foundation
Award for Best Writing on Food, 1994.
Her upcoming books are! Do: Courtship,
Love and Marriage in the American West
and Medicine Women.

Women Composers
Featured by Sacred and
Profane

Sacred and Profane chamber chorus’
spring concert series, “A Song of One’s
Own: Women Composers Through the
Ages,” includes works by Hildegard von
Bingen (medieval), Vittoria Aleotti and
Maddalena Casulana (Renaissance), Fanny
Hensel Mendelssohn (| 9th century, sis-
ter of Felix Mendelssohn) and Ruth
Crawford Seeger (20th century). If you
pass by St. Peter’s Church at Lawton
and Broadway at the right time, you'll
hear Sacred and Profane rehearsing,
but if that doesn’t work for you, buy a
ticket for their Sunday, May |2 perfor-
mance, 8:00 p.m., at St. John’s Presby-
terian Church, 2727 College Avenue in
Berkeley. Sacred and Profane’s music
director, Susan Swerdlow, has done
choral work with Westwind Interna-
tional Folk Ensemble (see “American
Pie” item below) and she currently di-
rects the choruses of the College Pre-
paratory School in Rockridge. For in-
formation about tickets and other con-
cert locations and dates, call ($10) 524-
3611.

The Class of 1995

If you'd like to see what the gradu-
ating seniors from the California Col-
lege of Arts and Crafts have been up to,
catch their very fleeting exhibition, May
10-13, at the college's Oliver Art Cen-

Photo by Frances Reid

ter. CCAC is located at College and
Broadway, and more information about

the exhibition may be gleaned by calling
597-3605.

How We Gonna Keep
"Em Down on the
"Ridge After They’ve

Seen Hollywood?

Rockridge residents and independent
filmmakers, Deborah Hoffmann and Frances
Reid, were both nominated for Acad-
emy Awards: Deborah in the Best Docu-
mentary Feature category with her film,
“Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter,” in

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which she chronicles the progression
of her mother’s Alzheimer’s disease,
and Frances in the Best Documentary
Short category with her entry, “Straight

From the Heart,” about the parents of

gays and lesbians.

Frances Reid’s documentary, “Straight From
the Heart”

Where can you see their films lo-
cally? Both “Complaints of a Dutiful

Daughter” and “Straight From the Heart”
will be showing at the UC Theatre on

May 23. “Complaints” will also be showing
on May 17-19 at the Castro Theatre in
San Francisco and on PBS on June 6 as
part of the POV (Point of View) series.

Frances, whose current film project
focuses on college students and race re-
lations, is at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley
most days. Since Deborah works out of
their Lawton Avenue home, you just might
catch her lunching along College Avenue.

Iris Polis’ “Fingers”
Touch Social Concerns

lris Polis, former artist-in-residence
at Chabot School where she taught K-
6 students, will be showing her work in
a solo exhibit entitled “Fingers of Fury,”
from May 4 through the first week of
June at the new Morphos Gallery, 49
Geary Street, San Francisco. Over the
years, she has developed a unique “oil
painting technique with pencils” — she
initially creates a paper collage on can-
vas that she then draws over with
PrismaColor pencils. Polis’s paintings
reflect her interest in political issues:
her work reveals “a bit of rage” as she
explores themes such as hunger, vio-
lence, racism, and “family values.”

As Apple as
American Pie

Here’s aconcept. Don’t just talk about
preserving America’s musical past: collect
an ensemble of 40 singers, dancers and
musicians, use authentic costumes, and
serve up an eclectic “American Pie” that
includes music from the Tex-Mex border,
Appalachian Clogging, Swing, the Charles-
ton, bluegrass, gospel and blues, a dance
collage based on Apache Indian and Mexi-
can Indian themes, and a Shaker wor-
ship service that New York’s Village
Voice says “retrieves an American re-
ligious phenomenon from the brink of
extinction.” A Rockridge-based group,
Westwind International Folk Ensemble,
will present these swatches of Ameri-
| cana at the Julia Morgan Theater (2640

College Avenue) from April 2 through
23 (Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. and
8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.). The tickets are
reasonably priced and the entire family
, will enjoy this “Pie.” For tickets, call
(510) 444-8575 or BASS. m

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MARVIN GARDENS REAL ESTATE lisc. #606308 - Oakland, CA

res. 428-4023 ¢ bus. 527-2700

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