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RCPC Hosts California College of the Arts

in a Presentation of Oakland Campus

Redevelopment Plans
Audience discussion reveals
widely divergent views
by Stuart Flashman, RCPC Land Use Committee Chair

A! RCPC’s January 2019 Town Hall Meeting, an overflow crowd
of over 100 listened intently as Marc Babsin of Emerald Fund
showed, described, and explained current plans for redevelopment
of the Oakland campus of California College of the Arts (CCA).
The campus, located on the east side of Broadway just north of the
half-constructed “Shops at the Ridge”

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Emerald Fund and Equity Community Builders Propose
589 homes coupled with arts uses and 1.5 acres

of publicly accessible outdoor gathering space to

celebrate art and community

by Marc Babsin, Principal, Emerald Fund

Rr" Fund and Equity Community Builders (ECB) have shared
the most recent proposed redevelopment plan for the Oakland

campus of the California College of the Arts (CCA), including rendered

views of the project from various viewpoints throughout the community.
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Builders, its development team, at an Broadway intersection.
RCPC Town Hall where the team presented preliminary plans for
the redevelopment and reuse of the campus. The plans included
preserving three historic buildings and the Broadway entry gate;
providing an arts-oriented area along Clifton Street at the campus’
northern end that would include permanently affordable housing and

studio space for Oaklang artists: opening up approximately an acre
January Meeting and Town Hall, page 10

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Bylaw Vote Results: At the January Town Hall, RCPC membership
voted on the bylaw amendment to Section 5.1, clarifying residency
requirements for RCPC. The amendment passed, with 57 ballots in
favor, none against, and one not marked. The results were certified

by RCPC Board Chair Leonora Sea, RCPC Board Vice Chair

Alden Conner, and Stuart Flashman.

operations at its San Francisco campus
in 2021, partnered with ECB to create
plans for reuse of the Oakland property.

The redevelopment team met with a broad array of community
organizations in 2017 to define its goals for redeveloping this iconic
property. The list was long and included addressing the city’s need
for housing, opening the site to the public, supporting and promoting
the arts, retaining historic buildings and setting, and minimizing
local impacts such as traffic.

“This site’s transit-rich location, generous size, dramatic
topography and deep history present a rare opportunity to create a
significant community asset in North Oakland,” said Marc Babsin,
Emerald Fund Principal. “In addition to providing much needed
housing, our goal is to open the site up to the community and create a

place where neighbors will gather — _} CCA Proposed Plans, page 1!

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2019 is an odd-numbered year, and that means it’s
a Rockridge Kitchen Tour year. The Kitchen Tour | RCPC is Ready for You!

is the Rockridge Community Planning Council’s

as Tap, Sunday; major fundraiser, and it provides RCPC with money
to support the Kevin Faughnan Memorial Grants

program, the Town Halls, the Halloween Parade, and a number of other
neighborhood benefits. The KT itself builds community through volunteering;

Are You Ready for RCPC?

a ow do you feel about your neighborhood? Your
city? Are things going the way you think they
should? If the answer is‘‘no,’ there is another answer:
RCPC —-The Rockridge Community Planning Council.
Board Elections are at hand:Answer the call. See top

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what will turn up
when one of those del-
icately balanced tiny
towers of used coffee cups, forgotten
messages and failed resolutions topples
off the desk in the dead of night. Darn cat.

The latest crash the other night exposed
a previously published Rockridge News
article of mine entitled, “Rockridge Devel-
opment: It’s Adding Up,” dated May 12,
1990. At the time, several significant local
project proposals were in play:

@ The large brick Medical Insurance build-
ing on Claremont Avenue across from the
now-new Safeway had just been proposed
and an Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
was in draft preparation.

@ BART was proposing office, retail
and parking space development on the
Rockridge station parking lot.

@ Dreyer’s was making plans for a large
office building and headquarters on College.
= Retail development and expansion were
proposed for College Avenue frontage
from Birch Court north to an apartment
building.

The 1990 Article Continues:

“Fifteen years ago, the issues in Rock-
ridge were development and change
because there wasn’t any of either.

“Those were the days after BART con-
struction when College Avenue shops not
boarded up were occupied by some of the
funkiest businesses imaginable. There was
actually a vacant lot on a major corner. At
least Dreyer’s had a genuine soda fountain
staffed by real waitresses.

“Nevertheless, when BART and some
College Avenue business interests pushed
for high-rise residential and commercial
development close to the Rockridge BART
station in the 1970s to lodge a live-in pool
of commuters around the station, the
neighborhood launched a successful drive
to downzone the area and develop a pedes-
trian-oriented environment.

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“Today, development
and change are still issues
in Rockridge, but now the
question is how to guide
them so the still-charming urban gem is not
overwhelmed.

“Recent years have seen a spate of
buildings and developments proposed for
College Avenue. RCPC has often argued
successfully for design and use changes to
make projects more consistent with the
built environment and with existing zoning.

“Environmental impact reports pre-
pared for those projects usually state no
negative impact will result from this building
or that restaurant. Individually, that may be
true. Considered cumulatively, the projects
introduce undeniable impacts on traffic, air
quality, parking and visual interest.

“Decisions to permit these projects to
go ahead, to require them to be altered, or
to deny them are made by public officials
who fundamentally want to do a good job.
Still, they best understand numbers either
as dollars of revenue or as votes. We may
not have dollars but we do have the votes.

“What kind of neighborhood do you
want to live in? Put pen to paper; voice
to phone; thought to action: Call or write
your representatives on the City Council,
the planning commission or other public
boards to let them know your opinion of
the changes in your neighborhood.”

The article ended with that call to
the community for action, to preserve
what Rockridge residents themselves had
designed and wrested from the City fifteen
years earlier.

Now, in 2019, the proposals of yore
return, many backed by state law and legal
rulings and supported by changing values
and growing needs.

A long time ago, a now well-known
local developer declared, “The dialectic of
change is upon the neighborhood.” We can
now add: “Always has been, always will be.”

— Don Kinkead, Editor

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The Rockridge News, founded March 1986 by Don
Kinkead, is published monthly (except in August)
and is sponsored by the Rockridge Community
Planning Council (RCPC), a nonprofit public
benefit organization founded to: preserve and
enhance the unique character of the Rockridge
neighborhood; promote the health, safety and
quality of life of its residents; furnish a forum for
community involvement; and provide leadership and

representation of neighborhood interests.
Rockridge News Production

Library program details/hours: Calendar,

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JO Elllis........c-r-ccceerererssseccenseors Asst. Editor

Judith Doner Berne............ Eyes on Rockridge

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Community Calendar

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RCPC Board of Directors, 2018-19
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Alden Conner .....----.---+++ Vice-Chair
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Ronnie Spitzer............-.-.-++ Treasurer

Ashley Cruz, Casey Farmer, Stuart Flashman,
M C Haug, Don Kinkead,Andrew Masalin,
Courtney Welch
Contact the board: chair@rockridge.org
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Articles submitted for publication may be
emailed to the editor or sent to the address above.
Submissions are limited to 600 words, must include
the author's name, phone number, email address, and
city or neighborhood of residence, and are subject
to editing. Views expressed in articles accepted for
publication do not necessarily reflect those of The
Rockridge News, its editor, or the board of directors
of the Rockridge Community Planning Council. To
reprint a Rockridge News article, contact the editor.

Newsletter Advertising/Deadline
Publication date of the March issue is:

—@ March 2, 2019.

17 Submission deadline: February 14, 2019. @
Advertising rates are $26/column inch. Si A
month pre-pay rate available. For display ads,
call Jo Ellis at 653-3210 (after noon), or email
joellis!@hotmail.com. RCPC reserves the right
to refuse any display or classified ad it deems
inappropriate. (Classified ad contact, page 14.)

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RCPC Sets Annual Board Election, Invites s New 1 Candidates

he Rockridge Community Planning
Council’s annual election of board
members will be held at the April 18,2019
Town Hall. Service-minded Rockridge
residents are invited to declare their candi-
dacy for a position on the RCPC Board of
Directors, if they are 18 years or older and

live within RCPC boundaries. (See www.

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rockridge.org/boundaries.)

RCPC board members promote commu-
nity projects in Rockridge; help represent
Rockridge to the City on matters of zoning
and development, traffic and transportation,
and public safety; and contribute to strength-
ening our community.

Tell the Board of your interest: email

lprpr | : The February Land Use Committee meeting will be held
all Se Wednesday, February 27, 7:30 p.m. at the Rockridge Branch Library.

The agenda includes an update on the housing study: Check at https://
rockridge.org — the RCPC website — to confirm date, time, place.

RCPC Land Use Committee Update — January 2019

He New Year! The Land Use Com-
mittee met on January 23. A quorum
was not present, so no official action was
taken. However, the committee members
and interested residents present discussed
setting priorities for the Committee for 2019.
Topping the list was “bird-dogging”
high-profile projects in the Rockridge area.
These include:
@ Plans for redevelopment and reuse
California College of the Arts’ Oakland

@.....

@ Plans for a redesigned Phase II of
Shops at the Ridge;

@ Plans for development of the currently
vacant lot at College and Claremont.

Beyond that, the Committee hopes to
complete the Rockridge Housing Study
and present the results to the Rockridge
Community for discussion. The Committee
also will consult with the Rockridge District
Association about possible priorities to help
maintain and promote College Avenue’s
retail corridor.

Committee members present also dis-
cussed the presentation on redevelopment
of the CCA Oakland campus. The following
observations were made:

@ It is an open question whether having
auto traffic enter and leave the campus on
Clifton Street will work without installation
of an additional traffic signal.

@ Another open question is the extent
to which synchronization of the traffic
signals along Broadway will avert a major
congestion problem once the CCA campus,
Shops at the Ridge, and Baxter on Broadway

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Kitchen Tour
on Tap, from page |!

and craftspeople; and as a truly delightful
Rockridge block party writ large.

But the Tour doesn’t happen overnight,
and it doesn’t happen without kitchens to
show.

The Tour Committee invites homeown-
ers, architects, designers, and builders to
submit kitchens to be considered for the 2019
Tour. A kitchen does not have to be finished
to qualify; one kitchen on a previous tour
was completed just two weeks before the
Tour day. The Committee isn’t looking for a
single design theme. Kitchens can be large or

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Behind the Scenes
Volunteers:
| Kitchen Tour Backbone

he Kitchen Tour doesn’t happen with-

out volunteers. Currently, the Tour
needs the behind-the-scenes committee
members who will visit homeowners to
check out kitchens; find sponsors; write
and send out press releases; order Tour
banners and find locations for them;
create the Tour Brochure; and perform
all the other tasks that make the event
run smoothly.

The first planning meeting is sched-
uled for Monday, March 4. To volunteer
as a Kitchen Tour Committee member,
sign up at kitchentour@rockridge.org.

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| Support the CCA Project, as
Do Many of My Neighbors

Epiror:

I attended the RCPC meeting regarding
the proposed project at the CCA campus. I,
for one, support the project and think that
more housing is great for Oakland and this
site is an example of a small thing that our
very fortunate community of Rockridge
can do to help address the housing crisis.
And, I am glad I was not alone. While
those who oppose the 19-story tower were
the most vocal at the meeting, a showing
of hands at the end of the meeting showed
significant support for the project, as-is. I
was heartened by many of my neighbors’
passionate support for more housing and a
more open and inclusive Rockridge.

— Justin Horner

CONSIDER THE FABRIC OF THE CiTy
WHeEN ApproVING New BuILDINGS

EpiTor:
I am NOT in favor of increased hous-

ing density; namely, I am NOT in favor
of the construction of more market-rate
housing erected for the tech workers who,
for the most part, do not work in Oakland.
I favor only construction of below market
rate housing for teachers, writers, artists,
and nurses — those people who are, and
have been for years, an integral part of our
community and who cannot afford to live
here any longer. I will fight assiduously
against the construction of those hideous
condominiums that have popped up all over
Oakland. They provide no off-street parking,
no trees (which our declining bird popula-
tion needs and which combat the increased
greenhouse gases that have resulted from
increased automobile exhaust). Moreover,
our city streets are clogged with increased
traffic. PLEASE: think about the fabric of
our city. We need to keep our teachers, our
writers, our artists, our nurses.

— Sharon L. Osmond

he Rockridge News welcomes
posted letters and emails to the
editor. Your name, address, phone
number, email address and city/neigh-
borhood must be included in either
for verification. Only your name will

Letters to the Editor

appear with your letter. Letters may
be edited for clarity and brevity at the
editor’s discretion. Views expressed
in any letter are the writer's own, and
may not necessarily be shared by the
editor or by RCPC.

My Famity SUPPORTS THE
CCA Project

Epiror:
I write to express my family’s support

for the CCA project specifically, and greater
density in Rockridge in general. When I
shared the original article (complete with
misleading renderings) with my family,
we had a long discussion about supply and
demand, denser cities like Paris, and how
some people are opposed to more density in
Rockridge because of how our neighborhood
“feels.” To this last point our 11-year old
daughter said simply, “Why do people care
more about how a town feels than people
having somewhere to live?”

I was born and raised in Rockridge,
have owned a house here for 19 years, and
our kids have lived in Rockridge their
entire lives. Our whole family understands
that as much as we love how Rockridge
is now, we who are lucky enough to live
here should be open to change that will
allow this wonderful neighborhood to be
shared by more people. We all agreed that
taller mixed-use buildings on College and
Telegraph Avenues make sense, as do more
multi-unit residences throughout Rockridge.

If there is greater supply, there will be
less demand. And if apartments like those
at the Baxter are not fully occupied, then
prices will have to drop as the market cor-
rects itself. This is a good thing!

Finally, in Ms. Lazarro’s letter, she
implies that apartments like the Baxter and
the proposed CCA project will adversely
affect Rockridge’s “vibrant pedestrian-ori-
ented mixed-use commercial district,”
“walkable small scale,” “being able to
shop local for just about everything,” and
‘sustainable pedestrian-oriented values this
community was founded on.” She doesn’t
explain how these apartment buildings
will negatively impact those things and
[ can’t see how they (or higher density in
general) would.

It’s time we look at our real values —
which I hope include the environment, social
Justice, and equity, and not just what is most
personally and aesthetically pleasing to us

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February 2, 2019

individually — in thinking about the future
of Rockridge. Yes In My Backyard!
— Star Lightner, 36-year Rock-
ridge resident

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SHAFTER AVENUE ROUNDABOUTS
Are PERPLEXING

EpiTor:
Am I the only one perplexed by the new

traffic circles on Shafter Avenue? Having
lived on Miles Avenue since 1994, [ can count
the number of times I have had a problem at
these intersections, either as a pedestrian,
cyclist, or motorist, on zero fingers. Thatis,
until now. Frankly, these intersections are
dangerous now in a way they never were
before. Try crossing the street while a car
careens around the circle: it directs the car
right into the cross walk. I’ve had to skip
out of the way more than once. Don’t get
me wrong, I fully support traffic circles in
the right places. Anyone that’s driven in
Truckee or Kings Beach — or France for
that matter — can attest to the efficiency
of traffic circles when designed properly.
The Shafter Avenue circles are not designed
properly, foremost because there isn’t enough
room for them at these locations. On to

of that, the signage on them makes tne
an eyesore. It’s depressing to think of the
number of pot holes in Rockridge that could
have been filled with the money spent on
these circles. So, let’s review: (1) the circles
make these intersections more dangerous
than before; (2) their signage is an eyesore;
and (3) they diverted scarce dollars from
better uses. If this is government in action,
I can see why some people want less of it!
— David Mitchell

Drivers WHo Do Nort UNDER-
STAND ‘Hawk’ SIGNALS ARE A
THREAT TO PEDESTRIANS

EDITOR:
Iam responding to Victoria Eisen’s arti-

cle appearing on page 5 of the December
Rockridge News entitled “Look Both Ways
Before Crossing.”

I have lived on Lawton Avenue since
1989 and use the pedestrian crossing at
Lawton and Broadway every day, typically
during commute hours. While Ms. Eisen’s
explanation of drivers’ Cae
with regard to the new HAWK signals
Lawton and Broadway is useful for drivers
living in the Rockridge area, my guess 1s
the bulk of drivers up and down Broadway

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@aurin: Commute hours are not Rockridge
residents but rather folks traveling to or

from their jobs.

My experience to date with the HAWK
signal is that, despite having the white
crossing light, I must, more than half the
time, dodge cars continuing through the
pedestrian crossing. Many drivers seem to
have no clue as to their responsibilities with
respect to the HAWK signals. No signage
alerts them to this new signal or explains
the various signal modes. The much simpler
and less costly pedestrian crossing signal
at Taft and Broadway seems to be better
understood by the average driver.

The other thing routinely ignored at this
intersection is the prohibition of left turns
from northbound Broadway onto Lawton.
The signage is small and located where no
driver intending to make this turn will see it.

These problems would seem to be
addressable with improved signage. Until
then, the best advice in Ms. Eisen’s article

is captured in the title: Look Both Ways
Before Crossing.

. 3 Mike Ingham
OLDECOTT Project CooRDINATOR

Victoria Eisen REPLIES:

l am writing in response to Mr. Ingham’s
letter regarding the new HAWK signal at
Broadway and Lawton Street. Based on mul-
tiple complaints by residents who routinely
cross Broadway at Lawton on foot, like the
writer, the City of Oakland chose to install
a HAWK signal due to their proven effec-
tiveness in similar situations in other cities.

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Music PROGRAM

EpiTor:

Thank you for publishing the feature article
by Judith Berne on Ari Brown, the music
teacher at Claremont Middle School. My

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husband and I are both musicians who
live in the neighborhood. It makes me
definitely want to consider Claremont as
an option for my kids, knowing there's a
strong music program happening.

— Becca Burrington

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RCPC Committee + Transportation News

¢ RCPC’s Transportation Committee Re-Launches
¢ AC Transit Public Hearings on Fare Increase Proposal

We several new projects recently completed or underway, Rockridge residents
are noticing changes to local roads and public transportation offerings. RCPC
is re-launching its transportation committee to discuss how these issues affect our
neighborhood and to make recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding
transportation. The first transportation committee meeting of the year takes place
Thursday, February 28, 7:30-9 p.m. at the Rockridge Library. Email transportation@
rockridge.org for more information about the committee and its plans. The meeting

is open to the public.

AC transit is proposing to raise fares in phases over the next 5 years until the
adult cash fare reaches $3. The transit company is asking for public comment
on the plan. Visit http://www.actransit.org/fareproposal/ for more information and/or
comment at: http://www.actransit.org/about-us/board-of-directors/.

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Save the Date:
EARTH DAY at FROG Park: April 20

to our neighborhood park.

The FROG Committee welcomes
volunteers and donations as we plan
activities for the day. To help
with Earth Day plans, con-

pring may feel far away, but the
FROG Committee is busy plan-
ning activities for the annual Earth

Day Cleanup at FROG Park and -
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donations of items and services from local businesses to offer
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Eve, still works, gardens, cooks, walks,
drives and takes an active part in the lives
of his close-knit and mostly close-by family.

His grandson and his family live “just
down the street” from his home, which he
built in Lower Rockridge in 1981 but didn’t
occupy until about 12 years ago. Daughter
Elena, a retired therapist, lives in Upper
Rockridge. A son and another grandson live
in side-by-side houses he built (and used to
live in) in Lafayette. And his granddaughter,
who lives with her family in a suburb of Los
Angeles, calls him every day. “My parents
were really close to my three kids,” Elena
told me. “He’s been a great dad, a great
grandfather.”

Silva, who, as you can see from the
photographs on page 9, looks years younger.
He says, “Oh, I don’t know,’ when asked
about his long and full life. “I guess it is
moderation and exercise. I just try to eat
nicely. I can cook anything.”

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cook,” the West Oakland born and raised
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“He’s a real product of the depression,”
Elena said. She relayed the story of when an
older brother, who had the “hot downtown
corner” for selling papers, was promoted,
her dad expected to inherit that corner.
When he didn’t, “he was so upset he just
sat right down on the curb and cried. When
he finally looked up, he said he saw more
money than he had ever seen” as, even in
hard times, Oaklanders opened their wallets
to a sobbing child.

A graduate of and football star at
McClymonds High School, Silva said his
mom made him turn down the college
scholarships he was offered because she
needed him to help support the family. So
he apprenticed as an ornamental plasterer,
working on the Chapel of the Chimes, then
studied to become a welder. Looking back,
“I was making 50 cents an hour. I'd give
$10 a week to my mother and I'd have $10.
I don’t know how I did it.”

He met his late wife, Dorothy, a Castle-
mont High graduate, at Sweet’s Ballroom, a
“99-to-venue in downtown Oakland during
the Big Band era of WWII,” according to
Wikipedia. “I saw that girl on the dance
floor. I just ‘knew’ her,” Silva said. They
were married for 70 years and she always
called him “Honey.” His first grandchild
picked it up and it caught on because “Honey,
that’s who he is,” Elena said. His wife’s wish
before she died six years ago was for him

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to go back to dancing so he wouldn't be a
lonely without her. “So I went to the senior
center and did ballroom dancing five days
a week,” Silva said. “It was fun.”

He served in the Navy during World
War II, stationed at the Naval Air Station
in Alameda. “During the war years I got
my real estate broker's license and I was
building on the side,” he said. After his
discharge, he became a general contractor
and studied law for a time.

Besides constructing his current home,
the two Lafayette houses and other build-
ings which he has since sold, Silva built,
owns and manages the two-story retail/
office building at 5332 College Avenue. You
might know it, because it houses the i do
Bridal Boutique and the Gold Star Beauty
Lounge on its first floor plus professional
offices upstairs.

Rockridge therapist Lauren Field is one
of his tenants. “I went to graduate school
with Elena.” she emailed me. “When we
completed our master’s degrees, Elena
suggested we build the office space Vic ha
available into a counseling center. Togeth
we offered low-fee therapy to those who
could not otherwise afford it.

“Vic has been my landlord since 1989
or so.” Field said, “and I am very fond of
him. I still offer low-fee therapy (I charge
from $30 to $100) for my services, but it
is Vic to whom I owe this ability; his rent
is very reasonable. If he charged more, I
couldn’t do it.”

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don't take over from my dad,” Elena said
He's proud that “Everything own today I
never had a loan on.” )
An avid athlete, he played baseball.
tennis, handball and racquet ball over the
years and still tries to take a walk every
day. But what seems to sustain him now,

in addition to his family, is cooking and
gardening.

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life,” Silva said. Two of his specialties are
chicken cacciatore and pot au feu,” Elena
told me, and he once cooked for a Mexican
restaurant she ran in Lafayette. “Now.” she
bemoaned, “He cooks too much. At any given
moment he could feed an army.” His choices
when he eats out are the ethnic restaurants
in East Oakland and in Oakland’s China-
town. Within Rockridge, he likes Becky’s
“because I don’t cook Chinese.”

Since his wife’s death, Silva turned the
living room of his house into an office, his
desk up against the front window where he
can look out on one of his gardens which, as
a Master Gardener, he has knowledgeably
planted and propagated. | | ght ae .

Indeed, you can see hundreds of plants After stints living in Montclair and
growing in a seriés of gardens that run fayette, Silva said he was gladto get back —_ gardening,” says 97-year-old Victor

front, side and back of his house, including a the diversity that marks ur ban Oakland. Silva, above, a Master Gardener since
an entire wall of rosemary. The gardens, [ like Oakland. It's mixed.” And, “I love — 49g5,

plus a greenhouse and a tool shed, sit on ‘1S house.

his 5,725-foot lot. “You never completely To comment on this column and/or suggest ideas

learn gardening,” he said. “There’s just so for future columns about Rockridge people and
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of the 4-acre campus to the public for park
use; and building between 500 and 600 new

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follow-up Town Hall planned for November
Se Poa qpaiany commcdby
the Camp Fire east of Chico. It was delayed
agam in December by a scheduling conflict.

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ket-rate housing was needed to offset the costs

the public open space; below market-rate artist
housing and office space for local nonprofits;
as well as other proposed public amenities.
The only way to fit all that housing on the site
was a high-rise structure. They noted they had
yet to submit a development application. Once
submitted. the project would require a general
plan amendment and rezoning, and a full

Tronmental impact report (EIR) to evaluate
the project's visual, traffic, and other effects.
The public approval process would take two to
three years with many opportunities for public
input. The next formal opportunity for public
partucipation will be m determining the scope
of the EIR. The City’s Planning and Building
Department ought to announce when that
wed page ts under construction and unavail-
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which spanned a wide range. A comment on
the need for more housing drew applause, as
did a comment on the need to focus on afford-
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Dan Kalb’s office said Kalb had not taken a
position on the project, but he hoped to see
more affordable housing than now proposed.
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Temescal Alley or First Fridays.”

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honors and recreates the historic setti ng —is
centered upon 1.5 acres of community open
space and offers a host of on-site public
amenities, including communal gathering
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and a pedestrian promenade culminating
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remain in their homes and their workspaces,
Strategies for Protecting and Creating Arts
& Culture Space in Oakland, as well as
the 100+-year legacy of arts education on
the site, the development proposal seeks
to support Oakland’s artist community
through deeply affordable homes reserved
for artists, affordable workspaces for artists
and affordable office space for nonprofit arts
organizations. The project creates an oppor-
tunity for an Arts Walk along Clifton Street,
in addition to a public sculpture garden in
the re-established historic sett ing.

Under the proposal, a freshman student
dorm would be converted into 35 perma-
nently and deeply affordable homes for art-
ists, arts space would welcome visitors to the
site and line the streets at the intersection of
Broadway and Clifton, and a National His-
toric Register Victorian mansion would be
repurposed into affordable office space for
arts nonprofits, much like Preservation Park.

As a prime example of transit-oriented
development, the project also leverages the
region’s investment in its transit infrastruc-
ture. The site is located only .6 miles from
the Rockridge BART station, a 12-minute
walk or a brief bus ride away. Frequent
buses along Broadway and College Avenue
also provide excellent access to downtown,
across the East Bay and to San Francisco.

Emerald Fund and ECB have shared the
proposed vision with numerous community
stakeholder groups through a series of
meetings over the past year and a half and
recently submitted a pre-application filing
to the City of Oakland Bureau of Planning
to begin the entitlement and environmental
review process. An Environmental Impact

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over the next 18 months. The project entitle-
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the General Plan, a new zoning classification
and new height limits. Public hearings for
approval of the project are anticipated to

occur in late 2020.

Emerald Fund and ECB have a project
website to provide interested individuals
with up-to-date information: 5212Broad-

way.com
Proposed Project — 5212 Broadway,

Oakland
e Total size of site — 4 acres

¢ Publicly accessible community gath-
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¢ Market-rate homes — 554
¢ Deeply affordable homes for artists
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profits — 6,300 SF
¢ Affordable art space/live-work space
— over 24,000 SF
¢ Three significant historic buildings
and a grand historic staircase reno-
vated
¢ Garage parking spaces — .64 to .76
spaces per unit
¢ Bike parking spaces — 590
¢ Four perimeter residential buildings —
6 to 8 stories
¢ One taller residential building —
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akland’s historic |05-year-old Sequoyah Country Club has elected technology

business owner Steve Hart, photo above, as President, and named three other new
Directors. Hart, a Rockridge district resident, succeeds Oakland attorney David Stein
who helped oversee completion of major enhancements to Sequoyah. A member of
the Club since 2011, Hart was deeply involved in the completion of the most sweeping
enhancements to the Club in the past two decades. Working with various committees,
Hart brought a technological focus to projects, increased membership and revamped

Club services.

As a freshman at the University of California at Berkeley, Hart launched Advantage
Microsystems, a Bay Area information security service. From material submitted by Jim Zelinski.

Letters

from page 5

A 2010 study in Tucson, Arizona, found
the before-after evaluation results were as
follows (both statistically significant at the
95 percent confidence level):
¢ 29 percent reduction in total crashes
¢ 69 percent reduction in crashes

involving pedestrians

(See https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publica-
tions/research/safety/10045/,)

More recently, a 2017 study of two cities
with numerous HAWKs — Austin, Texas
and Tucson, Arizona — showed 96 percent
of drivers yielded to pedestrians in the
crosswalk when the HAWK was activated.
Pedestrian compliance was similarly high
with 70 percent crossing during the drivers’
steady red. The authors concluded these
signals improve safety at unsignalized
crossings, like Broadway/Lawton used to be.
(See https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/
publicroads/17janfeb/02.cfm.) Oakland now
has five active HAWK signals throughout
the city. As that number grows, city staff
expect driver familiarity and compliance

to increase.

— Victoria Eisen, Consulting
Caldecott Project Coordinator
Department of Transportation
City of Oakland

Kitchen Tour
on Tap

from page 3

small (or very small like the 41-square-foot
gem on the 2017 Tour), rustic or high-tech,
Mid-Century Modern or Post-modern,
open-plan or separated. You get the idea;
the Tour is always eclectic with something
for every budget and taste. Tour guests come
to admire and to be inspired by Rockridge’s
beautiful kitchens, and to meet the profes-
sionals whose artistry, design genius, and
craftsmanship produce the amazing results.

Past tours have also included one whole-
house tour. If you find the idea of displaying
all of the great facets of living in your home
as well as your kitchen intriguing, please let
the Committee know. Previous houses have
ranged from historic properties to up-to-the
minute sustainable green designs.

The Tour Committee is accepting sub-
missions through March 1, 2019, at kitchen-
tour@rockridge.org. Works in progress are
most welcome, although the project should
be expected to be completed by the begin-
ning of September at the absolute latest.

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CA 94611. The classified ad March issue
deadline is February 14. The March
issue will be out March 2. For information:
Email Susan Montauk via snontauk@gmail.com

Valentine’s Day Special!
The best holiday yet!

Penelope’s Aesthetics is offering a full Euro-
pean facial for $64 for the month of February.
Gift certificates. Please call for an appoint-
ment. 510/594-1552 www.penelopecalef.com

Your Rockridge Specialists—
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HOUSE REPAIRS &
REMODELING, INTERIOR
& EXTERIOR

Plumbing, tile work , decks, dry rot, drain-
age, walls, termite damage, doors, windows,
kitchen & bath remodel. Professional
work for affordable prices. Local refer-
ences available. Juan, 510/692-6399 or

Jbahena.info@gmail.com

Gardening Cleanups and

Maintenance
Experienced team of 2, dedicated to the
care and maintenance of plants and trees.
Garden design and restoration, pruning and
vegetable garden installation, affordable

rates. Yelp: Chris Rausch Gardening. Chris
@ 510/655-0157.

Want to build an ADU or

Remodel your home?
College Avenue firm works with you to
create a second unit or new kitchen/bath
to complement the character of your
existing home. Kirk E. Peterson Architects.
www.kpaarch.com. 510/547-0275.

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Email Rockridge News Community Calendar |

‘after noon), OF mail to: Rockridge News Sean cpt Joellist @hotmail.com, phone 653-3210

@ 94611. Deadline is the next to the last Tu
Rockridge Branch Library
5366 College Avenue, 597-5017

FOR CHILDREN

e Family Story Time: Stories/sonas/rh mes (f
all ages); Saturdays, 10:30am. oe se

e 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
caregivers invited.

SPECIAL EVENTS: all ages welcome.

e Stretching for Caregivers: bring your children

to free basic stretching session for adults.
Wednesdays, 10:10am,

e Chess Club: learn the basics: Instruction and

chess sets provided. Best for ages 8 to 12.
Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30pm.

¢ MixItUp Family Game Night: Bring your favorite

game or try one of ours, Every Tues 6:30-7:45pm
(except for Family Craft Night).

2 Family Craft Night: Usually 2nd Tues (clos

2/12), 6:30-7:45pm. Make Valentines on 2/5,
FOR TEENS

" Rockridge Teen Advisory Board (ages 14-1 8):
Help advise the library how to better serve teens:

get community service credit for school. 2nd
Sat. each month, 1 to 2pm.

e Teen ‘Scape Program: Play video games and
make craft; every Tues, Thurs, and Fri, 3:30 -
opm; Wed, 1:30 - 5pm (during school days),

¢ Study Room Hours: High school tutor available
for homework help. Tues, and Thurs 4 - 5pm;
Wed, 2:45 - 4pm (during school days).

© Decorate Stress Balls: with different faces,
2/6, 2pm.

© Book Page Roses: make paper roses using old
book pages: 2/13, 2pm.

© Peer Circle, A Healing Space for Youth: series

CALENDAR

of youth-led Restorative Justice (RJ) circles
about relationships, racism, social justice, and
more. Safe space provides young people an
Opportunity to engage in community building
and to learn skills to become RJ leaders in their
community. Age 11 and up. (Gift cards available
for participation). Second Wednesdays, 4 —5 pm.

FOR ADULTS

*** eBook Help: Work one-on-one with a librarian
to download eBooks. Fridays, 2 -3:30pm. Make
appt. online or call 597-5017,

* What's New In Breast Cancer Research: Alta
Bates Summit Medical Center presents updates
on major advances in research, prevention,
diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Call
to register: 510-204-5656,

* AARP Smart Driver Class (for ages 50+):
refresh driving skills; learn new research-based
driving strategies. Classes on Saturdays, March
23 & 30, 10:30am-3pm but space limited. Sign-
ups start Feb 1. Call 597-5017 or visit the library
to register.

® Second Saturday Book Club: 2nd Sat each
month, 3 - 4pm. Phone for details and book
selection: 597-5017.

© Writers Support/Critique Group: Bring 15
copies of up to 5 pgs. of any prose for on-site
reading/discussion (OK to come empty-handed).
3rd Sat. each month,1 to 5pm; wheelchair-
accessible. Info: 420-8775 or Writefox@aol.com.

© Lawyer in the Library: Free legal info and
referral. 1st Tues each month; 6pm-8pm. Sign-up
for lottery starting 5pm; lottery at 5:45 pm.

© Knitting Meet-Up: Third Sat. each month, 3pm.
Bring your knit and crochet project; all levels.

UPSTAIRS ART GALLERY
Feb: Alex Hauptman: Grids — Photography.

Library Hours
Tues, 12:30 to 8pm.
Wed, Thurs & Sat: 10am to 5:30pm.
Fri, 12 to 5:30pm.
Closed: Sun and Mon; also, Tues, 2/12 & 2/19.

Land Use
Committee

from page 3

B fully built and occupied.
@ It’s unclear to what extent the proposed

semi-public (privately owned but open to the
public) open space on the campus will be a
popular community amenity, as opposed to
an amenity primarily benefiting the devel-

opment’s residents.

® Also unclear is how successful the
proposed Clifton Street “Art Walk” will be
in establishing a vital artists’ community
when it is far removed from other Oakland
foci of arts activity.

®@ Concern was expressed on shadowing
effects of the 19-story building, especially
as it might affect nearby roof-top solar
installations, and the question of the project’s
energy use. (After 2020, new residences will
be required to have zero net CO2 emissions.)

15.

East Bay Booksellers Book/Poetry

Readings
FREE and open to the public.

® Thurs, 2/7, 7pm. Esmé Weijun Wang:
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays. In
conversation with Caille Milner.

© Sun, 2/10, 3pm. Poetry Flash. Poets from
Kelsay Books/Aldritch press: Rachel Dacus,
Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas, Eileen Malone,
Kathleen McClung, Lenore Weiss and Andrena

Zawinski.

© Wed, 2/13, 6:30pm. Freud’s Bar (talks by local
Bay Area psychoanalysts/psychologists, aimed at
students ages 16-25, while enjoying drinks and
snacks). Mtg topic: All the Jazz: The Therapy in
Music, The Music in Therapy. Presenter: Henry
Markman, MD.

® Tues,2/19, 7pm. Sandy Allen: A Kind of
Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story About
Schizophrenia. \n conversation with Rahawa

Haile.

© Tue, 2/26, 7pm. Mikhail lossel: Notes From
Cyberground: Trumpland and My Old Soviet
Feeling. In conversation with local author/poet
Matthew Zapruder.

East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave. More info
abt. the authors, books and other events: 653-9965

or info@ebbooksellers.com.

Volunteer at Chabot Space & Science

Center :
Help families learn science through interactive and

hands-on science demonstrations. RSVP for Vol-
unteer Orientation: Sat, Feb 9, 10am to 12:30pm.
Volunteers work 8 hours per month (two shifts) to greet
visitors, share the activity schedules, work registra-
tion, and usher people to theater seats, exhibits and
telescopes. For more information and to RSVP for
orientation: www.chabotspace.org/adult-volunteers.
htm or volunteers@chabotspace.org.

North Oakland Senior Center
5714 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way

Mon. —Fri., 9am to 4:30pm. Programs include: Arts/
crafts; health counseling; dancing and exercise; trips,
tours and theater outings; Alzheimer’s support groups,
computer classes/more.
Free AARP Tax Preparation: Thursdays, by
appointment, beginning Feb 7. Call 597-5085 to
schedule appointment.
© Thunder Valley Fun Bus: $35 fun(d) raiser for
the Sr. Center on March 14. Treats and games on

a deluxe bus. Reserve space now (in person:
cash or chk.).

Seniors age 55+ join for $12 annual dues to get
discount and other benefits. Receive “The North
Oakland Senior Times” for full schedule of classes/

events, lunch menus, and volunteer opportunities.
More info at 597-5085.

Temescal Farmers’ Market
Open Sundays, 9am to 1pm (all year). Sample the
goods; meet the growers. Live music. Bring reus-

able bags. 5300 Claremont Ave. (off Telegraph) at
DMV parking lot.

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