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BART Director Sue Hone and BART Joint Development specialist Terry Marjorum will discuss the transportation agency’s commercial development and second deck plans for the Rockridge Station in a meeting with the Rockridge Area Specific Plan (RASP) steering co...

Temporary changes for BART's overflow parking problem and future planning for the Rockridge station were discussed at October’s general member- ship meeting by BART Director Sue Hone, Dale Fousel, BART System Ac- cess Planning Department, Eric Harris, AC Transit, and Mike Pickering, City Traffic Engineer.

In letters sent last week to BART Director Sue Hone and BART Superin- tendent of Grounds Bill Lane, the Board of the Rockridge Community Planning Council commended the BART Board’s recently announced plans to improve cleanliness on the transit system, pointed out the ever present litte...

Open Letter To Sue Hone, BART Director, and BART

By Sue Hone

BART staff (along with Director Sue Hone) talked about proposals for the site such as a child-care center, a library, small shops and housing. Though there has been some support for more parking, concerns over increased traffic and the high cost of parking ...

and property owners and official agencies. When RCPC received the notice of prepara- tion and a letter sent by BART Director Sue Hone for publication in this issue of the Rockridge News, questions arose regarding the entire process proposed by the transit agency.

current plans allow, but AB2923 did not set minimum standards for the number of parking spaces for transit riders. This leaves open the question of what happens to the many BART riders who have been waiting years for a parking lot permit? According to Director Saltzman, “BART is aware there are people in the hills who can’t walk or ride bikes to the station. There are similar issues in El Cerrito, as well as Berkeley.” Althoug...

By Stuart Flashman

FORL’s board, the Steering Sub-Com- mittee, is composed of 11 members with overlapping terms. Four incumbents are running in ■ ■Update and Discussion of BART Plaza Project: RCPC board- member Ann Winterman chairs a presentation and discussion of the BART Plaza project. Details below. ■ ■Organization Elections: RCPC Board Candidates’ Forum y y Candidates for RCPC’s election to the board of directors will exp...

budget issues, and it will certainly infuri- ate the residents, who already suffer for the location.” Responding to resident’s concerns, Zac Wald, chief of staff for City Council Presi- dent Jane Brunner, promptly organized and hosted a meeting to bring together Roc...

RCPC Boardmembers Brooke Levin and Don Kinkead spoke to the BART Directors about the Neighborhood’ s inter- est in working with the transit district to resolve the parking issue. They pointed out that parking and traffic circulation were a major part of the Specific Plan now being developed. Director Margaret Pryor ...

election of six candidates to fill seats on the Board of Directors for terms ending in 2022. The meeting will take place at the Rockridge BART park- ing lot by the intersection of Forest Street and Shafter Avenue. The names and statements of all nominees appear on pages 3 through 5 of this issue. For the health o...

By Annette Floystrup

without getting tickets. The need has always existed. For years, the City issued special parking stickers for teachers, but stopped the practice in 2000. Residential Permit Parking (RPP) on Birch Court was designed to exclude 27 parking spaces for teachers along the length of the schoolyard. But teachers who have errands midday, or...

...y characteristics. (The report is on-line at http://www.actransit.org/pdf/ planning_focus/planning_focus_228.pdf ?PHPSESSID=1c939660de8429dd5057 3ed4d407591c.) The Rockridge News reported on the proposal to split the line in the May 2009 issue. According to Jim Gleich of AC Transit, the agency’s board of directors has voted to implement the line split. AC Transit Proposes to split Route 51 at Rockridge BART Editor: AC transit is proposing to cut route

By Bill Kaufner

Theresa Nelson ��������������������Neighborhood Merchant Susan Montauk �������������������Business Manager Don Kinkead �����������������������Graphics & Layout RCPC Board of Directors, 2008-2009 Stuart Flashman �����������������Chair Ronnie Spitzer ��������������������Vice-Chair Katy Taylor ��������������������������Secretary Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Jason Burke, Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William...

many locations. Our new retail location will allow The Depot to serve even more successfully teachers, students, artists, non-profit groups, and families in the East Bay and beyond,” said Linda Levitsky, The Depot’s Executive Director. “We will www.rockridge.org VOL. 21 ■ NO. 10 ■ ISSUE NO. 228 ■ November 4, 2006 ■ CIRCULATION: 5,100 RESIDENCES; 200 BUSINESSES Sponsored by The Rockridge Community Planning Council • 5245 College Ave. PMB 311 • Oakland, CA 94618 • 869-4200 RCPC Se...

the robust discussion in the library. Some of the ideas voiced at the Town Hall meeting include:  Would you like to volunteer to be a Rockridge News block captain? Real-time BART and bus departure information on the street level A business directory with a com-  Would you like to write a letter to the Editor? Contact us at one of the following addresses or telephone numbers:  Editor: editor@rockridge.org www.rockridge.org The...

By Sue Hone

by Sue Hone, BART Director, District 3

By Sue Hone

by Sue Hone BART Director District 3