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By Ellen Peterson

Ellen Peterson, Peter St. John, Jeff Small, Richard W. Smith, Danica Truchlikova, Stephanie Upp, Margaret Wahlberg Other comments suggested that a fourth bore would not eliminate traffic backups at the MacArthur Maze and the Bay Bridge toll plaza, but wo...

By Ellen Peterson

by Ellen Peterson, RCPC boardmember Immediately following BART’s seis- mic retrofit presentation at the RCPC Town Hall meeting was a presentation stressing the importance of planting native plants and removing non-native invasives in order to repair the eco...

By Ellen Peterson

ROCKRIDGE BRANCH LIBRARY 5366 College Avenue 597-5017 by Ellen Peterson, RCPC boardmember F HOURS: Mon,Tues: Weds,Thurs, Sat: Five years of construction would be needed 12:30 – 8 p.m. 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. 12 – 5:30 p.m. CLOSED or the last several years, Rockridge residents have been discussing the wisdom of con...

Ellen Peterson, Peter St. John, Jeff Small, Richard W. Smith, Danica Truchlikova, Stephanie Upp, Margaret Wahlberg

...Kurihara Jessica Pitt John Potis Greg Yoch Jennifer Edmister Mike Taylor Dulcy Anderson Ehab Bandar Mike McDonald Camille Reed Adrienne d’Angelo Kent Deverell Robert Wiles Stephanie Upp Steven Meyer Al Hussian Gloria Bruce Janelle Cavanagh Ellen Peterson Peter St. John Jeff Small RCPC Board of Directors 2015-16 Jennifer Daskal, left, Ronnie Spitzer, Stuart Flashman, Brendan Havenar- Daughton, Leonora Sea, Laura Schlichtmann, Kevin Faughnan. Inset, top: Zabrae Valentine; Greg Pasquali; Gabe...

... Ronnie Spitzer ��������������������Vice-Chair Danica Truchlikova ������������Secretary Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Katy Taylor, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson, Andrew Charman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org

... Ronnie Spitzer ��������������������Vice-Chair Danica Truchlikova ������������Secretary Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Katy Taylor, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson, Andrew Charman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org With permission from the Sacramento Bee and editorial cartoonist Rex Babin. Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send your c...

By Bob Brokl

Jason Burke, Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Katy Taylor, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org main campus of Children’s Hospital) The owner reconsidered condos, and beautifully rehabbed an unreinforced masonry, “A” rated, former Grove Street cable car barn i...

By Bob Brokl

...er ��������������������Vice-Chair Danica Truchlikova ������������Secretary Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Jason Burke, Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Katy Taylor, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org

Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Jason Burke, Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Katy Taylor, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send your check for $20, payable to Rockridge News Subscriptions, to: Rockridge News Subscriptions at t...

Katy Taylor ��������������������������Secretary Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Jason Burke, Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson, Danica Truchlikova Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send your check for $20, payable to Rockridge News Subscriptions, to: Rockridge New...

By Susan Montauk

... Spitzer ��������������������Vice-Chair Katy Taylor ��������������������������Secretary Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Jason Burke, Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson, Danica Truchlikova Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send your check for $20, payable to Rockridge News Subscriptions, to: Rockridge New...

By Bill Kaufner

... Spitzer ��������������������Vice-Chair Katy Taylor ��������������������������Secretary Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Jason Burke, Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson, Danica Truchlikova Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org relatively small BART stations and bring even more cars into neighborhoods. Some existing issues work against our walkable environment: the poss...

ROCKRIDGE BRANCH LIBRARY 5366 College Avenue 597-5017 HOURS: Mon, Tues: Weds, Thurs, Sat: Friday: Sunday: Library program details: See Calendar, page 15. by Ellen Peterson, RCPC boardmember As discussed in the May 2008 issue of The Rockridge News, the Rockridge Community Planning Council (RCPC) has joined the Fourth Bore Coalition (FBC), a group of local civic and neighborhood organizations that have banded ...

Ronnie Spitzer..................... Vice-Chair Katy Taylor...........................Secretary Joan Martin..........................Treasurer Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, Don Kinkead, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson, Danica Truchlikova Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send your check for $20, payable to Rockridge News Subscriptions, to: Rockridge New...

...uart Flashman..................Chair Ronnie Spitzer..................... Vice-Chair Katy Taylor...........................Secretary Joan Martin..........................Treasurer Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, Don Kinkead, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson, Danica Truchlikova, Margaret Wahlberg Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Dedicated FBC volunteers from all coalition member groups are preparing “the record” for review by the judge, a time-consumin...

... Directors, 2007-2008 Ronnie Spitzer....................Chair Annette Floystrup ............ Vice-Chair Gloria Bruce.......................Secretary Susan Montauk...................Treasurer Jennifer Edmister, Stuart Flashman, Don Kinkead, Ellen Peterson, Peter St. John, Danica Truchlikova, Margaret Wahlberg Contact the Board: rcpcchair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org

Jennifer Edmister, Stuart Flashman, Don Kinkead, Ellen Peterson, Peter St. John, Danica Truchlikova, Margaret Wahlberg Contact the Board: rcpcchair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send your check for $20, payable to Rockridg...

By Vivek Bhatia

... Directors, 2007-2008 Ronnie Spitzer....................Chair Annette Floystrup ............ Vice-Chair Gloria Bruce.......................Secretary Susan Montauk...................Treasurer Jennifer Edmister, Stuart Flashman, Don Kinkead, Ellen Peterson, Peter St. John, Jeff Small, Danica Truchlikova, Margaret Wahlberg Contact the Board: rcpcchair@rockridge.org

... Directors, 2007-2008 Ronnie Spitzer....................Chair Annette Floystrup ............ Vice-Chair Gloria Bruce.......................Secretary Susan Montauk...................Treasurer Jennifer Edmister, Stuart Flashman, Don Kinkead, Ellen Peterson, Peter St. John, Jeff Small, Richard W. Smith,

Ronnie Spitzer....................Chair Annette Floystrup ............ Vice-Chair Gloria Bruce.......................Secretary Susan Montauk...................Treasurer Jennifer Edmister, Stuart Flashman, Don Kinkead, Ellen Peterson, Peter St. John,

...g in the afternoon, potentially forcing cars into Rockridge. Pollution will be ever-increasing. Traffic impacts on Rockridge streets and intersections were not evaluated in the Caltrans study, and no mitigations offered. Current status: by Ellen Peterson, RCPC representative to the Fourth Bore Coalition Background: The California Depart­ ment of Transportation (Caltrans) has proposed building an additional tube, or bore, in the Caldecott Tunnel, presently three separate bores. Caltrans pre...

...fi­ ciencies in the report. RCPC subsequently joined with the Fourth Bore Coalition (FBC), an organization of neighborhood groups and residents on the west side of Caldecott Tunnel, in a suit to invalidate the environmental reports. Below, Ellen Peterson writes of the concerns leading to the suit. Rconstruction will cause massive east bound backups during the 4.5 years of the project. These backups will result in ever more cars cutting through Rockridge neighborhoods to avoid the mess. Yet...

... completed in 1903. The photo is from 1918, the year the tunnel had lights installed.) Photos: Kennedy Tunnel; courtesy of the Lafayette Historical Society. Caldecott Tunnel today; Don Kinkead Armed with a map of Wild Weather, page 5 ¬¬ by Ellen Peterson and Kent Deverell, RCPC representatives to the Fourth Bore Coalition Tmembers of the coalition and sup­ port the legal action. Changes, New Staff for Jane Brunner’s Office The inadequacies of Caltrans’ environmental impact study were docum...

By Stuart Flashman

Gloria Bruce.......................Secretary Susan Montauk...................Treasurer residents. The month- long program, run jointly Jennifer Edmister, Stuart Flashman, Cy Gulassa, Ellen Peterson, Peter St. John, by the Sierra Club and Jeff Small, Richard W. Smith, Danica Truchlikova, Margaret Wahlberg Contact the Board: rcpcchair@rockridge.org PG&E under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission A reminder: while ...

...traffic and heavy construction, those trucks would haul their debris loads via the Broadway exit, seriously affecting traffic, bike and pedestrian safety along Broadway every day but Sunday. For more information or comments, please contact Ellen Peterson at tigersma@ comcast.net. Post-construction, Caltrans’ own outside sound expert has stated that, following the Give Gift ART of the

By Gloria Bruce

...f Directors, 2007-2008 Ronnie Spitzer....................Chair Annette Floystrup ............ Vice-Chair Gloria Bruce.......................Secretary Susan Montauk...................Treasurer Jennifer Edmister, Stuart Flashman, Cy Gulassa, Ellen Peterson, Peter St. John, Jeff Small, Richard W. Smith, Danica Truchlikova, Margaret Wahlberg Contact the Board: rcpcchair@rockridge.org Multiple studies have shown that affordable housing has no negative impacts on surrounding property values. Wha...

By Danica Truchlikova

...bulbs. If you’d like to receive bulbs but can’t make it to the meeting, or to distribute more light bulbs on your block, contact Stu Flashman at 510/652-5373 or e-mail stuflash@aol.com to make arrangements. 4th Bore Update: Negotiations by Ellen Peterson, Boardmember, RCPC O 12, the time during which challengers to the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) may file suit. The City of Oakland, along with other groups, is negotiating with Caltrans over the project but may file suit. n Octob...

...f Directors, 2007-2008 Ronnie Spitzer....................Chair Annette Floystrup ............ Vice-Chair Gloria Bruce.......................Secretary Susan Montauk...................Treasurer Jennifer Edmister, Stuart Flashman, Cy Gulassa, Ellen Peterson, Peter St. John, Jeff Small, Richard W. Smith, Danica Truchlikova, Stephanie Upp, Margaret Wahlberg The chief architect and planner for Kaiser Permanente Oakland, Craun has over 30 years’ experience in architecture and design, with emphasi...

...ews welcomes letters to the editor. Your name, address, phone number and e-mail address and city/neighborhood must be included for verification. Only your name will appear with your letter. Letters may be edited for clarity and brevity. by Ellen Peterson, RCPC boardmember On August 29, Caltrans sent to Oakland its Response to Com- ments, a document meant to answer questions and comments by the city about the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) of the Caldecott Improvement Project (als...

...ew “green” structure. Reusing existing resources — buildings, cars, or clothing — is less harmful to the planet than consuming new materials, however eco-friendly. The bore will have a long-term impact on Rockridge. To get involved, e-mail Ellen Peterson at fourthbore@rockridge.org. Safeway to Build New Store on Longs Pleasant Valley Site Unfortunately, this crucial point is obscured by Powell’s anti-

...oses the project or conditions his support on sufficient studies of potential negative impacts, adequate mitigations may become available to Oakland and Berkeley. The question remains whether the fourth bore should be con- structed at all. Ellen Peterson is co-chairwoman of the Fourth Bore Coalition, a group of concerned Oakland and Berkeley neighborhood organizations, including RCPC, that are monitoring the proposed fourth bore project. Celebrate Creek to Bay Day Saturday, September 15; T...

...date The RCPC subcommittee on the 4th Bore of the Caldecott Tunnel project is preparing its response to the project’s Draft Environmental Assessment/Envi- ronmental Impact Report (EA/EIR). The RCPC board of directors appointed board member Ellen Peterson as its representa- tive to the Fourth Bore Coalition (FBC), an association of neighborhood groups created in response to the potential project impacts. The FBC will compile a list of mitigations over the summer, prior to the anticipated re...

By Gay Ducey

...yout RCPC Board of Directors, 2007-2008 Ronnie Spitzer....................Chair Annette Floystrup ............ Vice-Chair Gloria Bruce.......................Secretary Susan Montauk...................Treasurer Jennifer Edmister, Cy Gulassa, Ellen Peterson, Peter St. John, Jeff Small, Richard W. Smith, Danica Truchlikova, Stephanie Upp, Margaret Wahlberg Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send your check for $20, payable to Rockridge News Subscriptions, to: Rockridg...

By Cy Gulassa

n all, 532 ballots were cast. The final tallies were: Ronnie Spitzer 371, Ellen Peterson 369, Danica Truchlikova 362, Margaret Wahlberg 351, Peter St. John 343, Jeff Small 342, Steve Meyer 139, Jennifer Edmister 138, Grace Park 120, Hiroko Kurihara 115, Albert Hussian 59. R

... Pitt, John Potis, Greg Yoch, Jennifer Edmister, Mike Taylor, Dulcy Anderson, Ehab Bandar, Mike McDonald, Camille Reed, Adrienne d’Angelo, Kent Deverell, Robert Wiles, Stephanie Upp, Steve Meyer, Al Hussian, Gloria Bruce, Janelle Cavanagh, Ellen Peterson, Peter St. John, Jeff Small, Danica Truchlikova, Margaret Wahlberg. he 2007 RCPC board election has resulted in the seating of the 100th member of the board of directors since the organization was incorporated, in October 1985. Community C...

... Vice-Chair Gloria Bruce.......................Secretary Susan Montauk...................Treasurer The individual with the longest record of service on the board of directors is Theresa Nelson (1991 to 2005). Jennifer Edmister, Cy Gulassa, Ellen Peterson, Peter St. John, Jeff Small, Richard W. Smith, 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...

...events throughout last year, reducing their expenses while enhancing their events. My plan includes working more closely with the Rockridge business association (RDA) on community events and special projects. Hiroko M. Kurihara 62nd Street Ellen Peterson Roble Road I Incumbent Ihave lived in Rockridge for over 20 years, first as a renter, then as an owner and a landlord. Following the Oakland Hills Fire, and following my retirement from practicing law, I became involved in several planning...

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