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Feb Town Hall: Considering Public Transit In Rockridge

BART, AC Transit
Reps Discuss
Local Concerns;
Public Q&A
Follows

Thursday,
February 16,

7230-9 p.m.
Rockridge
Branch Library

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Transit in Rockridge: Trouble in Paradise?

y many standards, Rockridge is practically a
transit paradise. Not only do we have a BART
station located at the heart of our district, but there
are not one, but two bus lines running along College
Avenue. One of them, the 51 A/B is one of the most
heavily used bus lines in AC Transit’s service area.

Yet all is not milk and honey. AC Transit riders
have perennially complained about the erratic
schedule of the 51A/B buses —sometimes a long
wait; and then two or even three buses in a row.

The situation is little better for BART. While
there’s a fairly predictable train schedule, it seems
that practically every day there’s some kind of
equipment probem on a train or the tracks causing
delay; and at rush hour, when the car doors open,
there’s often little room for anyone else to squeeze
on. Plus, the parking lot fills up so fast and early that
many people give up and drive their cars to work.

However, help is on the way... Maybe? Last

November, iy Town Hall: Transportation, page 7

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RCPC Readies for April 20 Board Elections

n April 20, the Rockridge
Community Planning
ouncil (RCPC) holds its
annual election meeting, when
Rockridge residents will vote
to fill six of the 13 voting seats

on the organization’s board of

directors. The RCPC board is

the organization’s governing
body. Although committees and

“merchant seat,” which the board

fills annually by appointment.
Board members can expect to

community volunteers help out
with everything from advising
the board on various topics to
helping to edit and distribute The
Rockridge News, it is the board of
directors that takes on the major
work of making decisions and
directing how RCPC runs.

The six seats up for election in
April are now filled by incumbent

board members, some of whom
may seek re-election. Of the
seven other voting seats on the
board, six are elected seats not up
for election until next year. Two
of those seats are vacant, and the
board is also seeking candidates
to appoint to fill those vacancies.
Also open is one non-elected
voting position, known as the

spend from 5 to 10 hours a month
on RCPC activities, including
attending a board meeting on the
evening of the first Thursday of
each month.

If you’re interested in
participating on the board and
helping to set RCPC’s direction,

> April Board Elections, page 6

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Community’s ‘Original Paperboy’ and
RCPC Stalwart Cherishes the Opportunity
to Say His Good-byes to Rockridge Friends

by Judith

ay Perman has made his
last round distributing
The Rockridge News to
College Avenue merchants
and residents, a monthly
routine he has followed since

BP rorty after the paper began

publishing 31 years ago.
“I’m making one last

delivery,” the former

Rockridge resident,

businessman and Rockridge
Community Planning
Council (RCPC) chair, told
Lynn Bosko, co-owner of
Bosko’s Gallery, handing
her the January newsletter.
“Are you quitting?” she
inquired. “I’m dying,’ came
the unflinching response,
followed by Bosko’s
immediate hug.

The exchange came as
Rockridge News editor Don
Kinkead pushed Perman’s
wheelchair into the vintage
framing store located
along the stretch of College
between Claremont Avenue
and BART. The delivery
route includes the site of the
international consulting and

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and schools. Studies show that locally owned
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communities. And I know of many other
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aS many jobs as local businesses do. For
every $10 million in sales, Amazon employs
just 19 people. In contrast, independent
retailers create 47 jobs for that same $10
million.

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collecting sales tax in California. But in

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Christina Wong Masalin, Jesse Ortega,
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First Annual Oakland Promise Report

Dear Oakland Promise Friends,
Supporters, and Community Members:

Annual Oakland Promise Community
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Join us Wednesday, February 15,

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Land Use Committee Starts Work
on Rockridge Housing Policy

f you live in Rockridge, you are surely
aware that Oakland is facing a serious
housing crisis. The supply of housing has
not kept up with the fast-increasing demand.
As aresult, home prices and rents have been
escalating, and it’s becoming harder and
harder for anyone except the very well-to-do
to find affordable Oakland housing.
The Mayor and City Council have made it
a priority to address this crisis, which is one
of the causes of Oakland’s growing homeless
population. This is why the city adopted
new laws to facilitate building or legalizing
secondary units. The city also is reducing
residential off-street parking requirements to
make parking costs less onerous for builders
of multifamily housing projects. The city is

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also considering other options.

Many of the city’s decisions could affect
Rockridge, and RCPC has decided it’s better
to start thinking about what Rockridge’s role
should be in providing more housing now,
rather than waiting for the city to act without
our input. Consequently, the RCPC board
has directed the Land Use Committee to
begin a study for a Rockridge housing policy.

The Land Use Committee held its first
discussion meeting late in January. More
meetings will follow in the coming months
to gather input and draft a policy. The
committee will then present its ideas at a
community Town Hall to get additional
feedback before bringing a policy proposal
to the RCPC board for its consideration.

While January’s discussion was wide-
ranging, a few principles appear to be taking
shape.

he February Land Use Committee meeting |

is Wednesday, February 22, 7:30 p.m., at the |
Rockridge Branch Library, 2nd floor meeting room. |
Please check the rockridge.org website for updates |

on future meetings and agendas.

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First, there was a strong feeling that
Rockridge’s current zoning (CN-1) for the
College Avenue commercial area, and the
current residential zoning (mostly RM-]
for Lower Rockridge and RD-1 for Upper
Rockridge) are working well and should
not be changed. There was also agreement
that, for the most part, Rockridge’s current
residential housing stock is in good
shape and, especially given its historical
significance, should be retained. If large
residential projects are proposed, the feeling
was they should be located on the two major
four-lane arterials that border Rockridge:
Broadway and Telegraph Avenue. Several
such projects have been approved or are
already under construction.

Many other topics remain to be discussed,
including: affordability; off-street parking
requirements for new residential projects;
and what the policy should be on allowing
second units to be used as short-term rentals
(e.g., airbnb). The public is invited to become
involved in these discussions. Questions
or comments? Land use committee email:

landuse@rockridge.org

Director Brooke Levin Retires from Public Works Dept Role

by Don Kinkead
rooke Levin, a Rockridge resident and

director of Oakland’s Public Works
Department, is retiring this month after 26
years of service with the city. “It’s been a
24/7 job,” she says. “I’m ready to devote
more time to my art.”
It is clear that Brooke is not exaggerating
her commitment in time and energy to the
job. The city’s proclamation listing her

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typewritten pages, beginning with her start
in 1991 as policy advisor to then-Mayor
Elihu Harris, followed by her subsequent
assignments including Environmental
Services Manager, Assistant Director of
the Public Works Agency, and, ultimately,

Director of that agency.
The titles she amassed indicate her

diverse responsibilities, but not the breadth
of innovative approaches she brought to
each position. Following the Oakland Hills
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notes that Brooke’s concept was later used
by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) as a national model for
disaster response. In further post-fire-related
support, Brooke led the Oakland/Berkeley
Task Force, and conceived of and created
the healing Firestorm Memorial Tile Mural
composed of 2,300 tiles installed at the
Rockridge BART station.

It is also clear that Brooke did not totally
neglect art in her work with the city: in
1999, she created the “Hands on Oakland”
banners for the inauguration of Mayor Jerry
Brown, displayed at the Henry J. Kaiser
Arena and later in City Hall; founded the
city employee art show and the City Stitchers
knitting group; taught an employee yoga
class and produced the Yoga for Peace event;
was founding artist for the Autumn Lights
Festival, and was the executive producer
of the award-winning “Doing the Green
Thing,” a 10-part series of videos about the
environment and how people could make a
difference in reducing waste, saving energy
and beautification of the community.

But prior to her service with the city,
Brooke also played an important and

» Brooke Levin, page !2

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February 4, 2017

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Rockridge
this Month

ockridge’s Chabot Elementary
Kicks off its spring fundraising
with some flocking fun.

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neighbors and friends’ yards, then think of
the surprise and giggles when they wake
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Claremont: Masons Host
8th Annual Pancake Feed

he Rockridge Masonic Hall in the heart of the
Rockridge shopping district will open its doors to
the public on Saturday, February 25, for its 8th Annual
Pancake Break fast benefitting Claremont Middle School.

This fun community event is generously hosted by
the Oakland-Durant-Rockridge Masonic Lodge #188
in association with the Rockridge District Association
(RDA), the Claremont Middle School Dads Club and the
Claremont PTA. Proceeds from the breakfast support
educational enrichment programs benefitting 6th, 7th
and 8th grade students at our neighborhood public middle

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Geoffrey’s Inner Circle at 410-14th Stree,
between Broadway and Franklin.

This festive community event wil] feature
no-host cocktails at 4:30 p.m. followed by
all-you-can eat crab, salad and pasta (chicken
also available), then dancing from 7 to9 p.m
Also, a wonderful silent auction, dessert
auction and raffle prizes.

Get tickets at the Claremont Middle
School office during school hours at 5750
College Avenue to pay by cash or check, or
purchase online at claremontms.org.

Individual tickets are $40 for adults, $20
for ages 10 and under — or choose one of the
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still relatively low. That combined with the winter season low inventory of homes
and we continue to have demand exceeding supply, especially in Rockridge. The
rental market seems to be leveling off. This doesn’t mean that rents are more
affordable, just that the playing field is leveling. Economists consistently agree we

still need to build more housing to meet demand and keep spending in Oakland.

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We share crime
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involved in crime prevention are invited as
speakers. We meet the second Thursday,
every other month, at the Rockridge
Library, 7:30 p.m. Confirm meetings: www.
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Reminder: NCPC February Speaker Discusses
Surveillance Camera Registry

he next meeting of the Greater Rockridge

Neighborhood Crime Prevention
Council (NCPC) is Thursday, February 9,
7:30 p.m., in the Rockridge Branch Library’s
second floor meeting room at 5366 College
Avenue. Our speaker is Bruce Stoffmacher
of the Oakland Police Department

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explaining OPD’s new voluntary camera
registry program. Join us for this discussion
and to discuss local crime and public safety

issues.

Karen Ivy
Secretary, Greater Rockridge NCPC

secretary@rockridgencpc.com

A Quick Look at Recent Crime Stats

Moe’ crime statistics for December
showed 37 auto-related crimes (car
burglaries, vehicle thefts). The graph for
2016 (bottom of tinyurl.com/pnkx4qk)
shows that from a low of 14 incidents in
August, beat 12Y went to 37 auto-related
crimes in September, 47 in October, and 44
in November. Thirty-seven such crimes in
December is actually down from a much
higher peak. (see: What Beat doI Live In?,
box at right) A recent weekly report showed
9 auto burglaries and 5 vehicle thefts (14 auto
crimes) in 12Y for January 2-8. [fit continues
at that rate, we'll top 60 for the month. Crimes

against the person in 12Y (robberies, mainly)
hit a high of 13 in November for 2016 but
otherwise stayed below 10 per month.

— Karen Ivy

What Beat do I Live In?

Enter your address at this link:
http://spjika.github.io/Find YourBeat/

Find Your Beatis provided by OpenOakland

at https://www.openoakland.org/.
To see a map of all of Oakland’s police

beats, check the Police District Locator.

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Rockridge News

Bey Friends of the Rockridge
Library (FORL) seek a
Candidate to fill an open seat
On Our board. Our all-volunteer
board collaborates with library
Management and staff to fund programs
and resources not covered under the library
budget.

In particular, we’re looking for a
candidate who is interested in helping us

Friends of the Rockridge Library Seek

s a New Board Member

potential supporters.

We're acreative and active bunch @

eager to hear your ideas on how you
might lend your time and skijj< to
support the library we all love.
The board meets 5-6 times a year on
Tuesday nights, and, most of all, we have
fun supporting our library. Please Contact
us at info@rockridgefriends.org with your
interest. www.RockridgeFriends.org,

Friends of the
Rockridge Library

Branch
Su rting the Rockridge
of the Oakland Public Library_

grow our donor base. We seek someone
who has a background in development,
who is comfortable with public speaking,
and who enjoys building relationships and
communicating the value of the library to

Spending:
Keep It Local

from page 2

local businesses that are equally involved.

Your local retailers know you are going
to shop Amazon. But think about the
impact before you click. If San Francisco
consumer spending shifted just 10 percent,
San Francisco retailers would create nearly
1,300 jobs and pump more than $190
million into our community, and imagine

April Board
Elections

from page |

please send an e-mail indicating your interest
to chair@rockridge .org, or send a letter of
interest to RCPC, 4123 Broadway PMB 311,
Oakland, CA 94611.

The deadline for submitting a letter
of interest for election to a seat is March
1, 2017. Potential candidates must be at
least 18 years old, and reside within RCPC
boundaries. Candidacy does not require
being a registered voter or U.S. citizen.

See RCPC boundary map at: rockridge.
org/boundaries.

Martin Coyle
5221 James Ave. Oakland Ca. 94618

www.coylehomeremodel.com

510-655-8717 Mike Tracy

those numbers applied to Oakland and the
greater Bay Area. (Don’t take my word for it.
Check out the study at sfloma.org/Studies.)

So, what’s the message? If you click
10 percent less and move those purchases
to your favorite locally owned store, out
community will benefit immensely. You I]
help create jobs and keep our neighborhoods
vibrant. Resist the urge to shop Amazon.
Think about it before you click.

— Rick
Reprinted with permission of Rick Karp, president,
Cole Hardware.

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approval for major infusions of public funds.
What will those funds be used for? Will they
result in any of Rockridge’s transit problems

disappearing? Come to the February Town
Hall meeting to learn what’s in store for local
transit. We’ve invited representatives of both
AC Transit and BART, as well as our elected
directors for both systems. They'll explain
how the new funds are going to be used, what
changes are planned, and whether they Il be
able to make the trains and buses run on time.

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design firm he founded and ran for nearly
30 years from a second floor office above
the former Barclay’s Pub.

“Oh goodness gracious,” responded Carl
Larkin,” a long-time employee of Warm
Things, when Perman entered his shop to say
good-bye. “You have such a cheerful spirit.
It’s very unusual.”

But it wasn’t just the many longtime
store owners who were saddened. Young
Sales associate Brian Lyons, who works at
Transports, hadn’t met Perman before but ran
down the street to say, “Good luck to you.”

Perman, tall, seemingly strapping and
definitely strong-willed, accepts that he is in
the final stages of terminal cancer. What he
doesn’t accept is the terminology that he is
“battling” the two types of stage-four cancer
that were diagnosed five years ago.

“Please don’t use the terms ‘battling’ or
‘struggling against’ cancer in regards to me,”
he says. “To battle cancer is to miss out on
the beauty of this last phase of life.”

Instead, “I am living, singing, dancing,
playing music with cancer,’ says Perman,
who was born in Germany, grew up in
Palo Alto, and defected — he likes to say
— to Berkeley. At the same time, “I’m a
mountaineer and a rock climber. To suddenly
go to staggering is very hard.”

He has publicly elected to use California’s
End of Life Option Act, enacted last June.
His letter to Gov. Jerry Brown, written when
the legislative bill was in play, urged passage
(see letter, page 9).

Perman has had palliative care through
home hospice for the past several months. He
has been told he will soon have “a window
of about five days” when the cancer damage
finally overwhelms his body’s functioning.
But he relishes the time he has to talk openly
about life and death with his two adult
children, other relatives and friends.

“T have the prescription that has to be
self-administered,” he told me. “At this point,
I think I'll have the courage to do it.”

‘“T want everyone to understand that
it’s a beautiful law and it’s a helpful law, a
psychologically comforting law,” he says in
an interview reported in the newsletter from
the Compassion and Choices organization
in December. It is comforting, “not just
to you as the patient, but to all the people
around you. It is a monumental favorable
step in quality of life — to have control of

the quality of its end.” 3
At the communal monthly bundling of

The Rockridge News for delivery of the
January issue, he asked to have the radio
turned on so that those assembled could
hear his interview commentary on death and

dying as it aired on KQED.
“Tt was abit stunning to sit around and talk

about death and dying with someone while
eating cookies,” said Jo Ellis, Rockridge
News advertising manager. “Here you had
grown-ups not knowing what to say, but he

led the way with grace.”
Ellis hadn’t actually met Perman before

he joined in the newsletter packaging about
a year ago. In the past, she just dropped the

| Saying goodbye to
_ Lynn Bosko.

newsletters off, leaving them for him outside
his office. “He’s kind of a legend,” she says.
‘“He’s the original paperboy.”

Several people remarked that Perman is
a Renaissance man: a former commercial
pilot and a geographer with a wide array
of interests — including playing drums in
the UC Berkeley Marching Band and in

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with Carl Larkin.

HotFlash, a band started in the Fifties. “T’ye
been a percussionist all my life,” he says. His
Rockridge-based company designed and
installed window, door and facade systems
for business and residential use. Among his
national and international projects, “We did
every window and door in Market Hall.”

Locally, he is a general volunteer and
editor of the newsletter for Oakland’s Lake
Merritt Institute (LMI) and counts the
Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir and.
Piedmont Center for the Arts among ris)
pet projects.

“T have to earn my place on this earth,”
he told me. “I give generously. I’m not a
toy person.” He is involved in Piedmont
projects “only when they look outward,” he
says, emphasizing they serve all East Bay
residents.

Perman continues to accomplish more in
the last stages of his life than many of us do
in our prime, with most of his efforts directed
at young people. “My motto is ‘all children
are my children,” he says.

As late as December, he produced and
co-led tours for a group of Castlemont High
School students to the Oakland Museum

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February 4, 2017

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Ray Perman

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and to geographically important points
in East Bay history to acquaint them with
their new home. The students are all recent
immigrants, most having come to Oakland
after fleeing violence in their homelands in
Central America and Mexico.

Recently, Perman also mentored two
Piedmont teens on their Eagle Scout projects.

Andrew Pinkham, a Piedmont High
School junior, created a database app to aid in
collecting data to improve his troop’s annual
food drive. “He created an app,” Perman
says, with some pride. An app that increased
Alameda County Community Food Bank
yields by 125 percent in his region.

“Considering his health, I was unsure if
he would even think of taking on the role

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“He taught me many lessons about how to
be successful in this world and about life in
general...His attitude toward death is also
very inspiring and honorable...He will be
remembered.”

Tucker Palmeri, a Piedmont High
senior, developed a list of local sources of
post-earthquake emergency standing water,
including wells, pools, and ponds. His
findings were put on CDs and distributed to
the computer of every Piedmont police car
and fire engine.

“He proposed the project,” Tucker, a
senior at Piedmont High told me. “I was
getting pretty frustrated since some pool
owners were unresponsive. Perman was the
one who kept me on track. He told me ‘just
deal with it.’”

On January 20, Perman formally resigned
from “all things RCPC” and gave up his
Rockridge News route. He wrote: “I have
enjoyed a marvelous run with all of you
and will be ever grateful. Wish I could stay
longer.”

“Ray was a very important person at
a key time for Rockridge,” RCPC attorney
John Gussman says. “In the early ’80s, it was
Ray who took charge of RCPC, which was
far from robust, and kept it going.” Perman
was on the board of directors for 10 years,
president for two terms, and took the lead
in establishing nonprofit, tax-exempt status.

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Two years ago, the organization presented
him with a “Rockridge Champion” citation
for his long association and support.
“Many people who leave Rockridge never
really look back,’ Gussman says. But even
after he moved his home to Piedmont, “Ray
was still watching from over the border.”

To honor Ray Perman, donate online to the Oakland
Public Education Fund “school donations,” and
reference Castlemont High School Newcomers
History Field Trip; or call 510/221-6968 during

business hours.

To comment on this column or to suggest ideas
for future columns on your Rockridge neighbors
or neighborhood, email judyberne@att.net.

September 29, 2015
Dear Governor Brown,

End of Life Option Letter

| have terminal cancer and | am urging you to support the
passage of the End of Life Option Act.

Life is defined by birth through death. Yet, as a seminarian,

you surely have experienced how our society tends to shy away
from death and its unfortunate realities, one of the most fright-

ening of which is the prospect of losing control over one’s own
life existence.

The law of both the sea and air is for a Captain to use every

degree of intelligence and expend every remaining ounce of
energy to maintain control of his ship. If it is clear that the vessel
will not make port, then the alternative is a controlled beaching
or crash. National Transportation Safety Board statistics have
shown repeatedly that once the control of a vessel is lost, little
good comes of the situation.
My body is my vessel and | am its captain, and so long as |am
mentally competent, no citizen, organization, government, insti-
tution, etc., should have either the moral right or legal authority
to order me away from the controls. | do indeed want to control
my life, my descent, and the end; and | am confident that most
of my fellow citizens do as well.

Please help pass the End of Life Option Act.

Ray G. Perman

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| appreciated Sherry Karver’s and Stuart
Flashman’s letters in the January issue of
The Rockridge News about the types of
shops on College Avenue. It’s an important
conversation. | share Ms. Karver’s desire for
more variety in the street’s retail offerings. |
like Berkeley's 4th Street too!

In her advocacy for chain stores, however,
Ms. Karver overlooks the value of local shop
ownership in an area like Rockridge, which
is (unlike the 4th Street district) significantly
residential. A resident shop owner has much
more at stake when considering their role
in a neighborhood. They are more likely to
engage in Community issues and participate
in local hiring, education, security, and
beautification. By their very nature,
corporations headquartered elsewhere
do not share these interests. Shareholders
are their watchdogs, not neighbors. This

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Letters to the Editor

appear with your letter. Letters may
be edited for clarity and brevity at the
editor's discretion. Views expressed in
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or by RCPC.

doesn’t mean RCPC shouldn't seek ways
to diversify College Avenue storefronts, but
local ownership should remain a priority.
— Stephen Coles

AN Economicatty HEALTHY “RETAIL
Forest” ts A SHIFTING BALANCE OF
CHANGE AND STRENGTH

Epiror:

As an old Cal geographer (specialty:
Social Economics), my advice to my fellows
in the Rockridge community Is to not worry.
‘Two points:

|. Geographers and foresters know that
the dynamic of a healthy retail center ts
generally similar to the dynamic of a healthy
torest in the wild. This means that about 10
percent of the forest biomass is young, fresh
replacement saplings coming in; about 75
percent is healthy, core forest growth; and
the remaining approximately 15 percent
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Berkeley's South Campus region is an
area under constant “hot forest” damage.
Rents are so high business Owners can’t
afford to assign employees to even sweep
the front walks. The “you do tt” battle
runs back and forth between landlords and
tenants. Passive aggression Wipes out pride

of ownership.

2. The single most difficult task for
any small merchant is to face a landlord
and renegotiate an existing lease that will
allow the shop to stay in tts current space.
Landlords almost always look for the hot
green forest effect described above and
then, at renewal time, jack up rents to make
store space barely survivable. Worst yet, an
unscrupulous landlord might watch a local
business person work for years building up
a business to profitable levels, and then not
renew the existing lease only to pass the
now profitable business to waiting relatives’
business partners. The C-35 (now CN-1) zone
in Rockridge was specifically designed by
RCPC to protect business owners and their
shops that we love. We must continue ni®
practice. So in the Rockridge “forest” we
should not fear the 15 percent vacant space,

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but welcome it. It is the presence of vacant
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tenants with a persuasive balance of power.
If a landlord is going to jack up rents, the
merchant can simply move to a place a block
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Remaining steps to complete the project are:

ci ta na city ’s underground work. Install new conduit, wire and foundations for
aa ; poles (since we’re upgrading the Broadway/Keith intersection), and irrigation for
p anting areas and new storm drain structures. Expected completion: end of January.

@ Provide power to the new traffic signal, Weather delayed scheduled dates to provide
power to traffic signals at the new locations. The city awaits a PG&E commitment.

A Pave Broadway. When underground work is complete, city contractors will pave
the project on the next dry Saturday. That date was tentatively set for Saturday, February
4. When this occurs, the following will be necessary:

¢ The southbound Broadway, the eastbound SR 24 off-ramp at Keith (Exit #4),
and the westbound SR 24 Broadway off-ramp (Exit #4B), will be closed. Northbound
Broadway will be open with traffic control. Expect delays.

* Portable changeable message signs to notify motorists of this work and the
corresponding ramp closure will be installed in advance of the possibility of this work.

a Stripe Broadway. Temporary lane markers will be installed with the new pavement.
Given the new lane configurations, the city may or may not lift the detour before the
area 1s permanently striped. This will be up to the discretion of the city’s inspectors, who
have to balance the desire to open the new project and end the detour as soon as possible
with the potential confusion caused by the combination of a new lane configuration and
less-than-ideal lane delineators.

m@ Lift the detour. Once the area is paved, signals are operational and striping is in
that results in a safe driving, biking and walking environment, the detour will be lifted.

If the city completes its underground work, PG&E powers the new signals and the
weather cooperates, contractors will have paved the area on Saturday, February 4. Best
case is that the temporary striping is sufficient to then lift the detour. Otherwise, per-
manent striping will occur as soon as possible depending on the weather.

Compiled from an informational emailing the city sends by request to local residents. (victoria@eisenletunic.com)

Ed. Note: While the Broadway/Keith/
Brookside Project nears completion, an
even larger project is starting just south
of Keith Avenue: The Broadway/Ocean
View/Broadway Terrace Project, which
many residents think of as the Broadway
“road diet.” The project involves repaving
this entire section of Broadway, and will
reduce through-traffic lanes from two to
one in each direction; add a center turn

lane; add bicycle lanes on both sides; place
sidewalk bulb-outs at several intersections
to improve pedestrian safety; and add a
“HAWK” pedestrian-activated traffic signal
at the Broadway Lawton intersection. (See:
https://bikeeastbay.org/upperbroadway for
information.) Some preliminary construction
work has begun, but the new project will
probably begin in earnest later in the Spring,
once the Keith/Brookside section 1s finished.

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| (In (Memoriam

GRenee Seidan

Renee Zeidan, co-owner of the There will be a celebration of
former Chimes Market, College and life Saturday, February 25, 3-5 p.m.,
Keith Avenues, and a former at the Lafayette Veterans
Rockridge resident, passed Memorial, 3780 Mt. Diablo
away December 31, 2016. Boulevard, Lafayette.

Renee was the beloved If you plan to attend,
wife of Edward (Eddie) please RSVP to edward@
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and grandmother of three. In lieu of flowers,

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Renee lived for her family Renee Zeidan may be made
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FE every way. Renee also volunteered John Muir Medical Center Oncology

much of her time to the schools, and Department, 1601 Ygnacio Valley Road,
Walnut Creek, CA P4596.

he Zeidan family owned and operated Chimes Market

from about 1964 to 1994 at the corner of Keith and
College avenues, now the location of Cactus Tacqueria.
After the Oakland-Berkeley Hills fire, the family offered
the use of their storefront windows as a message center
for people looking for missing friends and pets or seeking
temporay housing. Chimes placed the first advertisement in
The Rockridge News when the newsletter began taking ads.

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extended role in the Rockridge Community
Planning Council (RCPC).

Shortly after she and her husband
purchased a home in Rockridge in 1986,
Brooke began attending RCPC meetings
and contributing to the ongoing debate
on the nature of neighborhoods and their
sustenance.

It was not long before she was chair of
the RCPC zoning committee, then RCPC
vice chair, and, in 1990, chair, a position
she held until she left to work in Mayor
Elihu Harris’ office. In farewell remarks,
her RCPC successor pointed out, “Her
astounding energy and enthusiasm put her
fellow board members in awe.” Rockridge’s
loss was Oakland’s gain.

At the end of her 26 years of work for
the city, it was noted that she served five
mayors, 13 city manager/administrators, 29
city councilmembers and four public works
directors, a total of more than 51 supervisors.

An early tone for the work ethic sh¢
demonstrated over those years with rc)
were confirmed for the city when Harris
established the “We Mean Clean” program
and said of Brooke’s leadership: “She's the
‘mean’ in We Mean Clean.”

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for at least 200 years, a stately live oak
tree was felled at 10:15 a.m., January 12,
by a long bout of wet and windy weather.
Describing the tree as “Crashing to the
ground with a noise like a delivery truck
door closing heavily,’ Birch Court resident
Annette Floystrup said it hit only a parked
10-year-old silver BM W, damaging it enough
that it was totaled.

The tree, said Floystrup, was one of a
pair that stood on the old Perry Estate, now
the site of St. Albert’s Priory. Floystrup’s
neighbor, Barbara Dunne, owned the car that
took the brunt of the toppled tree’s massive
weight. “I heard a pulling, crunching sound,
@:’ felt a sort of bounce. When I looked out

e window, I was saddened to see the tree
in the street.”

Neighbors gathered around the remains
of the tree, noting its four-foot diameter
trunk, its rotted roots, and the height of the

branches now rising above
the street.

In a later e-mail to The
Rockridge News, resident Ben
Hong, Floystrup’s husband,
pointed out that frequent foot
and auto traffic travel to and
from St. Albert’s and said it
was fortunate that no one was
injured. “The tree,” he wrote,
“fell in exactly the one place
to cause the least amount of

harm to property.”

Hong also wrote that
many neighbors commented
appreciatively that a swift
response by city-contracted
workers cleared the debris
within 24 hours.

> The tree’s 4-foot
diameter stump, after
cleanup.

PHOoTOS/BARBARA DUNNE

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prop-in Community Office Hours at the Temescal
carmers Market, 5300 Claremont Ave. (off Teleg.) at DMV

arking lot on the 3rd Sunday each month,10:30am-
42:30PM. For times/locations of other office hours or
more information: mmharris@oakland.net or www.

jankalb.net/icontactaan.

rockridge Branch Library
5366 College Avenue, 597-5017

technology for all ages:
_ Ready, Set, Connect! One-on-one computer

tutoring. Saturdays, 10:30am -12:30pm. Get help
with basic computer skills, email, device set up, and
e-book & audio book downloads. Sign up during the
week or just drop-in.

. eBook Help: Tuesdays by appointment, 6 - 7:30pm.
Get help downloading eBooks to your Kindle, Nook,
smartphone, or laptop. Make appt. online at www.
gaklandlibrary.org or in person at any library.

FOR CHILDREN

. Family Story Time: Stories/songs/rhymes (for all
ages); Saturdays, 10:30am.

. Toddler Story Time: Songs, active rhymes and
stories (for 9 months to 2 years), Thursdays, 10:30am,
upstairs.

» Pre-School Story Time: Read-alouds, songs, and
rhymes (ages 2 to 5); Thursdays, 10:30am.

™ All story times followed by Play Time; parents and

is caregivers invited.

' Special Events

» TWIG-Rockridge Tween Interests Group: For ages
8 to 13. Creative work, friendship, and snacks. Writers,
illustrators, craftspeople, sculptors, film-makers,
actors, and/or avid readers — help us plan projects
of your choice. Bring ideas of what you & your friends
would most like to do each month. Every 2nd & 4th
Tues evening (2/7 and 2/28), 6:30-7:45pm, in the
Children's Area.

+ Valentines Making Party: Sat, 2/11, 3pm. Bring the
list of your classmates; make a valentine for each
with unique collage art. Best for ages 5 to 12 but all
ages welcome.

« 90-Second Newbery Film Festival: Friday, 2/17, 7pm.
See hilarious 90-second movies submitted to this 6th
annual national video contest by young filmmakers
that tell the entire stories of Newbery-award-winning
books, hosted by children’s book authors, Make
free reservations using the online form: https://goo.
gl/3gdlab.

Teddy Bear Hip Hop: Sat., 2/25, 10:30am. Destiny Arts

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FOR ADULTS

* Lawyers inthe Library: Free legal information and
referral. ist Tues each month, 6pm-8pm. A lottery
System determines who may see the lawyer. Sign-up
Opens at Spm; must be present for lottery drawing at
9:45. Call day of program to confirm.

* Women Bike Book Club: discuss biking, feminism,
and the intersection of the two. Hosted in partnership
with Bike East Bay. Thurs, 2/9, 6pm.

* Indie Publishing and Social Media Promotion:
The Mystery Writers of America, NorCal chapter
will guide you through what works and what doesn't
when it comes to being an author on social media.
Learn how you can build an online community and
find more readers. Followed by a mixer with light
refreshments. Sat, 2/11, 11am.

* Writers Support/Critique Group: All writers wel-
come. Bring 15 copies of up to 5 pgs. (double-spaced,
MS margins) of any prose for on-site reading/discussion
(also welcome to come empty-handed). Third Sat.
each month (2/18), 1 to 5pm; wheelchair-accessible.
Sponsored by the Calif. Writers Club of Berkeley.
Info: 420-8775 or Writefox@aol.com. Call to confirm.

* Bike for Tibet: Climate Change at the Roof of the
World. Sat, 3/4, 11am.

LIBRARY HOURS
Tues, 12:30 to 8pm.
Wed, Thurs & Sat: 10am to 5:30pm.
Fri, 12 to 5:30pm.
Closed: Sun and Mon; also Tuesdays, 2/14 and 2/21.

Diesel Book/Poetry Readings/Events

FREE and open to the public.
¢ Sun, 2/5, 3pm. Legendary Beat and SF Renaissance
poet Michael McClure: Mephistos and Other Poems

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Christine Hyung-Oak Lee: Je// Me Everything You
Don't Remember: The Stroke That Changed My Life.
Joined in conversation by Jessica Fechtor.

¢ Thurs, 2/16, 7pm. Publication party for local author
Nina LaCour: new young adult novel, We Are Okay.

« Sun, 2/19, 3pm. Poetry Flash featuring Michael
McLaughlin: Countless Cinemas and Raina J. Leon:
Sombra: (Dis)Locate.

* Thurs, 2/23, 7pm. James Sherry: poetry collection,
Entangled Bank. Joined in conversation with local
poet Sara Larsen.

+ Fri, 2/24, 6pm. Pajama Party Story Time for Kids.
Come in Pus, bring teddy bear, have milk and cookies.
Hear bedtime story by Constance Hale: /walani's Tree.

« Wed, 3/1, 6:30pm. Freud's Bar (monthly talks given
by local Bay Area psychoanalysts, aimed al students
ages 16-25, while enjoying drinks and snacks): This
meeting topic is “From Muses to Composers”
presented by Dr. Susana Winkel.

» Sun, 3/5, 3pm. Poetry Flash and Sixteen Rivers
Press pay tribute to Susan Herron Sibbet for Greal
Blue. Participating Sixteen Rivers Press readers will
be Terry Ehret, Steve Gilmartin, Nina Lindsay,
Carolyn Miller, and LeeAnn Pickrell.

DIESEL, A Bookstore, 5433 College Ave. More info

abt the authors, books and other events: 653-9965 or

events@dieselbookstore.com

Square Dance in North Oakland

Music by The Squirrelly String Band. Calling by Jordan
Ruyle. 1st Fridays each month, 8 — 10pm. All levels
welcome: all dances taught on the spot. $5-10 sliding
scale donation. The Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, 6501
Telegraph Ave. Info: squirrellystringband.com.

North Oakland Senior Center

Mon. — Fri., 9am to 4:30pm. 5714 Martin Luther King,

Jr. Way: 597- 5085

Programs include: Arts/crafts; health counseling, dancing

and exercise; trips, tours and theater outings; Alzheimer's

caregivers support groups, computer classes/more.

» AARP 4.5-hour refresher driving class to keep
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Tues, Feb 28 (call for time)

« CANE DO! Classes: An exercise and self-defense
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Get more event details at the desk or 597- 5085.

Seniors age 55+ are invited to join the center for $12

annual dues. Get discounts and other benefits. Receive

“The North Oakland Senior Times” for full schedule of

classes/events, lunch menus, and volunteer opportu-

nities. Info: 597-5085.

Temescal Farmers’ Market

Open Sundays, 9am to 1pm. Locally grown fruits and
vegetables; ranch eggs; home-made bakery items;
fresh cut flowers; unique prepared foods, fresh locally
caught fish, handcrafts and more. Sample the goods;
meet the grower. Live music. Bring reusable bags
5300 Claremont Ave. (off Telegraph) at DMV parking lot.

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built in 1926 near the intersection of College
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4 ticket. Tickets also may be purchased '@
cash or check from the Claremont Dads Clu

Contact Dads Club Co-Chair Morris Dye at
webmaster@claremontms.org.

fruit, coffee and tea. The event will feature
student musical performances and raffle
prizes for each seating.

Advance tickets may be reserved online
for $10 per person via the school website at
www.claremontms.org. There is no service
charge, and the site accepts major credit
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Note: There are three scheduled seatings:
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and donations for their “Let’s Flamingle”
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