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Barbara Anderson spoke on behalf of the Board to emphasize the importance of the voluntecr network to the gains of the Neighborhood: “Thank you Block Captains. Your contnbution r to our Neighborhood.” a nis. Anderson ihe presented Bobbie Kinkead, who has d...

— Barbara Anderson, RCPC Chair

Barbara Anderson, Chairperson 655-3499

RCPC Vice-Chair Barbara Anderson delivered a letter from the RCPC Board to the Planning Commission and testified against the proposed variance on behalf of the neighborhood. Ms. Anderson also argued that Shell’s plan met none of the requirements for a Major Variance.

Steven Aday  Scott Allen Greer Alley Barbara Anderson Kim Austin Jason Graham

About Esther: Liz Adams Rebensdorf/Early Family Friend Barbara Anderson/Neighbor

By Nancy Dutcher

Earl Hamlin, Events/Gallery - Barbara Anderson, Publicity - Sharon Miller, and Volunteers - Nancy Dutcher. This in- terim committee will make recommen- dations on the make-up and goals of the new organization at the October meet- ing.

Alisa Metzner Barbara Anderson

RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson and Boardmember John Gussman are leaving the Board effective with the election of the 1990 Board of Directors. They will be missed.

RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson said, “We are very disappointed with the Draft EIR. It is deficient, misleading and incomplete, especially given the proposed project’s size and potential impacts on the Rock- ridge community.”

Following brief introductions by RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson and Fa- cilitator Bonnie Jameson, RASP Commit- tee Chair Michael Peltz explained the reasoning behind the draft commercial land use goals. Following a lively discus- sion in which virtually every person pres- ent participated, the group ac...

For more information, please call RCPC Chairperson Barbara Anderson, 655-3499 or RCPC Board members: Beth Allen (652-3965)

RASP Committee Chair 658-2713 — Barbara Anderson,

RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson replies:

RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson spoke to the committee to emphasize the need for a process that would give BART guidance from the community in considering any development option. She also pointed out that a BART General Plan for the station could be combined with current...

For more information, please call RCPC Chairperson Barbara Anderson, 655-3499 or any of the RCPC Board

Call Barbara Anderson (655-3499) or John Wagers (653-1871) to make arrangements.

Board Members Barbara Anderson, Don Kinkead, and Nina Robinson discussed the proposed conditions with Mr. Allen and Mr. Alhakeem just before the Apnl 30 Planning Commission meeting. Both agreed to all the proposed litter control measures and to setting Columbus Pizza's ...

By Barbara Anderson

by Barbara Anderson, Chairperson

By Barbara Anderson

by Barbara Anderson, RCPC Chair

Six directors were re-elected to serve another term: Barbara Anderson, Nancy Dutcher, John Gussman, Don Kinkead, Brooke Levin, and Ray Perman. In addition, four new directors were elected: Beth Allen (Boyd), Steve Belcher (Locksley), Glen Jarvis (Benvenue), and Michael Peltz (Shafter). An eleventh Director r...

On March 24, RCPC Board Members Barbara Anderson and Richard Smith met with Planning Director Alvin James, other City officials, and representatives of the Corporation, to discuss the scope of the Environmental Review the project will require.

Barbara Anderson (H: 655-3499) Richard Smith (W: 981-6076) Brooke Levin (H: 653-7522) Bill Chung (W: 653-1567)

...aminer columnist, cartoonist and Rockridge resident Bradley Inman, ran in November 1987. Some Rockridge homes were red-tagged as “unsafe” and those residents sheltered at Claremont Middle School (60 people) and Oakland Tech (300 people). — Barbara Anderson, one-time RCPC Chair, said of the community’s Rockridge Area Plan

...May 1992 The Rockridge Kitchen Tour has been the primary fundraiser for the RCPC since it began 1995. The success of this publication is due not only to Don Kinkead’s vision, but also to his wife, Bobbie Kinkead (pictured above) along with Barbara Anderson and a vast number – 160 at last count – of neighborhood volunteers who bundle, box, and distribute to nearly 6,000 homes and businesses each month. Dec 1994 May 2000 Library breaks ground in March 1995. Dec 1994 The Rockridge Halloween Par...

...nue. Until the COVID-19 groundings, “I did a lot of traveling. I was on a plane once to twice a month. Now I’m grateful that I have this front porch and can go around the block and see people I know.” “Everybody is Brooke’s neighbor,” said Barbara Anderson, who preceded her as chair of the RCPC board, and who accompanies her through the streets and hillsides of Rockridge on

ing it was a group effort. “There would never have been a newsletter without the distribution system,” the block- by-block, doorstep-to-doorstep blue­ print co-developed by his wife Bobbie Kinkead, and then-RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson. A native New Yorker, Marks relo­ cated to the Bay Area after studying business and communications at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In 1989, when she moved to a classic Boyd Street bungalow where she still lives, that street ...

By Judith Doner Berne

...working title and subject to change,” and invited readers to phone in suggestions. No one called and the name stuck. As a tool to enhance community involvement and to ensure uniform delivery of the newsletter, Bobbie and Rockridge resident Barbara Anderson, who became RCPC chair later that year, spent weeks mapping out a block- by-block distribution system staffed by Rockridge neighborhood volunteers that – though expanded – is still in use. “Don Kinkead deserves every single kudo for sloggi...

By John Gussman

...e last 10 years, are marked with an asterisk. Succession of RCPC Chairs: Pre-Incorporation: Ted Burton (1971-80) Warren Chupp (1981) Jack Brown (1981) Ray Perman (1982-84) Nina Robinson (1984-85) Post-Incorporation: Nina Robinson (1985-86) Barbara Anderson (1987-90) Brooke Levin (1990-91) Kathy Walsh (1991-93) Mary MacDonald (1994-96) Cliff Cline (1996-97) The Rockridge News, founded in 1986 by Don Kinkead, is published monthly in Oakland and is sponsored by the Rockridge Community Planning ...

... Stuart Flashman (2008-12) Andrew Charman (2012-13) Zabrae Valentine (2013-15) Brendan Havenar-Daughton (2015 - ) Members of the RCPC Board of Directors 1985 – 2015 (cumulative list) Jack Brown Ray Perman Nina Robinson Richard W. Smith (*) Barbara Anderson Don Kinkead Bonneau Dickson Annette Floystrup (*) Sue Parker Bill Chung Mark Aaronson Nancy Dutcher Barry Epstein Peter Goldsmith Eddie Zeidan Marc Beyeler Brooke Levin John Gussman Kerry O’Banion

...mith, Danica Truchlikova, Stephanie Upp, Margaret Wahlberg Newsletter Subscriptions (The Rockridge News apologizes in advance to any one whose name may have been omitted by mistake.) Jack Brown, Ray Perman, Nina Robinson, Richard W. Smith, Barbara Anderson, Don Kinkead, Bonneau Dick-

By Jennifer Vetter

the RCPC in 1986, then- chair Barbara Anderson said, “Everyone on the Board has to take on a project.” Nancy chose the library as her project and volunteered to help with a survey of library users. No one knew that the fortunes of the library were about to change dramatically. Since Fe...

...that raised neighbors’ concerns. Notices posted on telephone poles gave way to a single-page newsletter created on a Macintosh with PageMaker software. Then, timely delivery of the fledg- ling newsletter was assured when Bobbie Kinkead and Barbara Anderson designed a Rockridge-wide distribution system involving more than 140 volunteer residents. Friends of the Rockridge Greenbelt (FROG) Income

By Jacqueline Tasch

ver since Bobbie Kinkead, wife of founding editor Don Kinkead, got out a map and, with Rockridge Neighbor Barbara Anderson, designed delivery routes and recruited neighbors to staff them, The Rockridge News has been laid respectfully at the front doors of area residents and merchants by an unpaid and highly motivated crew of volunteers. The night after Valenti...

RCPC General Meeting, College Avenue Presbyterian Church 5951 College Avenue: see Agenda Box above. RCPC Fund Raising Committee Meets. Call Barbara Anderson at 655-3499 for details. RCPC Board Meeting. RCPC General Meeting (note: read December Rockridge News for possible changes).

FUNDRAISING Barbara Anderson 655-3499 LIBRARY Nancy Dutcher 653-6018 Andy Young 653-7686 RASP Shelley Poticha 655-7463 Andréa Walhof 420-1593 ROcKRIDGE News Don Kinkead 655-7474 SAFETY Beth Allen 652-3965 TRAFFIC Open David Reinke 653-5312 Zoninc/DeEsiGN __ Bill Dutch...

COMMITTEE Cram/Co-CuHams CLEAN ROCKRIGE Open EARTHQUAKE Prep Drew Shagrin 653-7376 Alisa Metzner 652-6620 Barbara Anderson 655-3499 Nancy Dutcher 653-6018 Andy Young 653-7686 Shelley Poticha 655-7463 Andréa Walhof 420-1593 ROCKRIDGE News Don Kinkead 655-7474 SAFETY Beth Allen 652-3965 TRAFFIC Open David Reinke Bill Dutcher John Gussman Andréa Walhof

CoMMITTER Cuam/Co-Crams Crean Rockemce Open EarTHQUAKE Parr Drew Shagrin 653-7376 Alisa Metzner 652-6620 Barbara Anderson 655-3499 Nancy Dutcher 653-6018 Andy Young 653-7686 Shelley Poticha 655-7463 Andréa Walhof 420-1593 Don Kinkead 655-7474 Beth Allen 652-3965 Open David Reinke Bill Dutcher John Gussman Andréa Walhof

... 652-8419 (Of course, donations Desicn Review _ Bill Dutcher 653-6018 $s s«SNNeIGuporHoop Lecau FUND | 9 the RCPC General [| Glen Jarvis 654-5953 EARTHQUAKE Prepr Drew Shagrin 653-7376 Fund are also welcome!) = | Oe ena | Name: FUNDRAISING Barbara Anderson 655-3499 Mail to: | LIBRARY Nancy Dutcher 653-6018 | Address: a Andy Young —-653-7686 | Rockridge Community | | RASP Shelley Poticha 655-7463 ; : | Andréa Walhof 420-1593 | City/Zip: Planning Council Rocxripce News Don Kinkead 655-7474 585...

Crean Rockrmes Gity Baxter 652-8419 Desicn REVIEW Bill Dutcher 653-6018 Glen Jarvis 654-5953 EarRTHQUAKE Prep Drew Shagrin 653-7376 Alisa Metzner 652-6620 Barbara Anderson 655-3499 Nancy Dutcher 653-6018 Andy Young 653-7686 RASP Shelley Poticha 655-7463 Andréa Walhof 420-1593 Rocxripce News Don Kinkead 655-7474 SAfETY Beth Allen 652-3965 TRaFFic Open David Reinke John Gussman Andréa Walhof

ANNETTE FLOYSTRUP: 652-6794 Brooke Levin: 653-7522 BARBARA ANDERSON: 655-3499

Your help is needed to gather dona- tions and prepare them for sale. Stor- age space is needed. Trucks or vans are needed. To offer any kind of assis- tance, please call Barbara Anderson, 655-3499 or Shelley Poticha, 655-7463. Rain Postpones To May 26

By Gordon Laverty

CLEAN RockripcE Gity Baxter 652-8419 Desicn Review __ Bill Dutcher 653-6018 Glen Jarvis 654-5953 EarTHQUAKE Prep Drew Shagrin 653-7376 Alisa Metzner 652-6620 FUNDRAISING Barbara Anderson 655-3499 Lrprary Nancy Dutcher 653-6018 Andy Young 653-7686 RASP Shelley Poticha 655-7463 Andréa Walhof 420-1593 Rockripce News Don Kinkead 655-7474 SaFETY Beth Allen 652-3965 TRAFFIC Bill Manley 658-2419 David Reinke 653-5312 ZONING John ...

Contact Barbara Anderson, Fundraising Chair, 655-3499. Send your contributions in any amount as soon as possible to:

_— . E Prep Drew Shagn -73 eS piritual Ci ounseling Over-the-phone estimates. on Rien le oo ean Call Andy or Bernard FUNDRAISING Barbara Anderson 655-3499 © Energy Healing 547-8232 LiBRARY Nancy Dutcher 653-6018 © Clas Andy Young 653-7686 SES RASP Shelley Poticha 655-7463

Neighborhood voters will cast their ballots in February for five new members of the ten member RCPC Board of Directors. The new directors will serve a two year term, until 1992, Outgoing directors are Beth Allen, Barbara Anderson, Lisa Curet, Nancy Dutcher, and John Gussman. Directors Glen Jarvis, Don Kinkead, Brooke Levin, Bill Manley and Andréa Walhof will serve through 1991.

Those interested in attending a meet- ing should call RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson at 655-3499.

Greg Young Ty Yuglinich Chris Candell Sarah Picker Blase San Kelley Marge Gibson Nick Chiaia Barbara Anderson Aram Tondre Chris Kelley”

...crophone, and/or a video cam recorder with tripod, the technical skills, and the time to donate on May 24th, please contact John Gussman, Chair, RCPC Dreyer’s Project Committee, 655-8817. * Carpooling and Rideshare coordinator needed: call Barbara Anderson, 655-3499.

church and onto the sidewalk. RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson enthused, “This is a fantastic tumout. What a great neigh- borhood!”

j : i 989 RCPC Boardmembers (from left, in back): Barbara Anderson, Glen Jarvis, Bill Manley, Don Kinkead, ({,ont) John Gussman, Beth Allen, Brooke Levin, Nancy

At the December, 1988 Board meeting, Board members drew lots to determine which five directors would continue to serve for one more year (January 1989-January 1990). The five directors are: Beth Allen, Barbara Anderson, Nancy Dutcher, John Guss- man, and Michael Peltz.

Nominations for five RCPC Board of Directors positions to be filled by election in January, 1989 are now open, according to RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson.

In addition to discussion at the meeting, RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson invited further comment from the community. One letter was received and is printed below. If you have com- ments you wish to add or remarks to make, please send them to: Rockridge Community Planning Council, 5856 College Avenue, #130, Oakl...

...er John “Juanito” Lyons brought his radio station KEST (1450 on your AM dial!) noon-time week-day show to the Ritz Café on College Avenue in April to talk with owners Mssrs. Ali and Mike Zereshki, Mr. Chris Hanlon, new owner of Figaro, Ms. Barbara Anderson, RCPC Chair, and Mr. Don Kinkead, Editor of The Rockridge News.

...e of the RCPC Board, RCPC’s Board of Directors remains unable to give Dreyer’s the desired “‘100% endorsement” of their revised plans for expansion on College Avenue. When questioned April 8th about the Board’s position, RCPC Chairper- son Barbara Anderson stated, “In many ways, we are very close to reaching an understanding...we basically are for Dreyer’s new concept... we already are making a big concession by not oppos- ing an international company headquarters in a residential neigh- bor...

For further information, call the Chair of the committee(s) that interests you. For more general information, call RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson at 655-3499.

The following Directors were elected Board Officers at the first Board meeting on February 1, 1988: Chairperson, Barbara Anderson; Vice-Chair, Brooke Levin; Secretary, Ray Perman; Treasurer, Don Kinkead. Also, Chairpersons were appointed for the following committees:

Ms. Barbara Anderson Mr. Marc Beyeler

An election will be held in January to fill all ten RCPC Board positions as mandated by RCPC By-Laws, according to an announcement made by RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson at the November General Meeting.

eekly community dinner open to all. ae — Barbara Anderson

ScENARIO 2: RCPC Is Asked To Take A Position Either the applicant or any other interested party contacts the Chairperson (Barbara Anderson, 655-3499) or any other Board member, and requests that the RCPC take a position and convey that position to the Planning Commission. The request can also be made at the regular General Membership monthly meeting (3rd Wednesday, 7:30 PM, C...

This article is proposed as part of a Neighborhood Action Package being prepared for distribution by RCPC to anyone interested in partici- pate in the planning process. If you are interested in helping in any way, please call Barbara Anderson at 655-3499.

We’re looking forward to some exciting times. If you are interested in filling the vacant Directorships for the remaining quarter of the year, or if you know of someone who might be ready to sign on, please call RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson (655-3499) or any other RCPC Board member by July 31st.

Bill Chung Barry Epstein Don Kinkead Bobbie Kinkead Eddie Zeidan Nancy Dutcher Karen Paulsell Ethel Ruymaker Jack Brown Esther McFeely Elaine Smagon Barbara Anderson Bill Lowe

In last month’s Rockridge News, RCPC Chair Barbara Anderson discussed how a Rockridge Area Specilic Plan could strengthen the ability of the community to protect and enahnce the character, quality, and vitality of College Avenue and surrounding residential Neighborhoods.

By Barbara Anderson RCPC Chair

Rockridge residents and merchants who are interested in helping to get the RASP ball rolling should get in touch with Barbara Anderson, 655-3499, or Richard Smith, 981-6076 (work).

Ms. Barbara Anderson Mr. Don Kinkead Mr. Marc Beyeler Mr. Jack Nunberg Ms. Nancy Dutcher Mr. Ray Perman

Your views and concerns on the pro project and other parking issues may be directed to RCPC Board membg Barbara Anderson at 655-3499. a

Mr. Mark Aaronson Ms. Barbara Anderson

...axwell, Diane Ravnik, Ethel Ruymaker, Meg Trahey, and Mike Wilson met regularly to plan schedules, select events, contact merchants, and collect and clean garage sale merchandise. Many others helped along the way and at the event including Barbara Anderson, Jo Biagini, Connie Brand, Jim Clark, Melpo Chilimidos and Tony Chilimidos, Susan Cummins, Lincoln Cushing, Julie Dewey, Caryn Dombroski, Mr. & Mrs. Floystrup, Peter Goldsmith, Jack Gillen, Andy Kahn, Jack Nunberg, Pat Ozawa, Ray Perman, L...

Planning Director Alvin James established the EIR topics in consultation with Associate Planner Willie Yee, Jr., other City officials, representatives of the Corporation, and with RCPC Board Members Barbara Anderson and Richard Smith who attended “‘scoping meetings” at City Hall.

Contact: Barbara Anderson 655-3499.

Congratulations to Design Review Committee members Richard Smith, Glenn Jarvis, Barbara Anderson, Bill Dutcher, anc: others ter a job well done!

By Valerie Winemiller

by Barbara B. Anderson, RCPC Chair

—Barbara B. Anderson, Chairperson

Sincerely, Barbara B. Anderson, Chairperson for the Board of Directors of the

Barbara B. Anderson, Chairperson, for the Board of Directors ROCKRIDGE COMMUNITY PLANNING COUNCIL March 12, 1988

Gity, Bob, Sheila, and Nicol Baxter and Aram Tondre; Julie Dewey, Sidney and the Yellow Bomber; Don Kinkead;Ty Jur- gelevic, Jan Fougner, Steve Belcher and Cielo Ajero—Belcher, Bob and Karen Macklin, George Kreps; Barbara, Bruce, Allison and David Anderson; Doug Olsen, Alex Quinn; and City truck- drivers James White and Sandra Steen.