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by Gloria Bruce When I moved to Rockridge, I had no idea of the “arts scene” hidden among its bungalows and in-law apartments: jewelry workshops in back yards, artists living on every block, dance studios on residential streets– and 120 singers filling a ...

By Gloria Bruce

Affordable Housing 101 ROCKRIDGE BRANCH LIBRARY 5366 College Avenue by Gloria Bruce, RCPC Secretary Warea’s median income, which in the East Bay is $83,800. Some affordable housing is targeted at special-needs populations like formerly homeless young adults, seniors, or the disabled. Residents typically have jobs and pay ...

By Gloria Bruce

...Neighborhood Merchant Susan Montauk...................Business Manager Don Kinkead.......................Graphics & Layout RCPC Board of 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...

By Gloria Bruce

Residents Hear Plans for Safeway Reconstruction Chabot School Makeover Starts by Gloria Bruce, RCPC Secretary Adesign, or number of parking spaces will not be determined for some time, he said that residents could expect a larger store footprint, structured park- ing (likely above the store), and a more transparent frontage along C...

By Gloria Bruce

by Gloria Bruce, interim chairwoman of the RCPC Land Use Committee and Ronnie Spitzer, RCPC chairwoman Bplanning commission considered Hauser Architects’ “Creekside” project, a 115- unit building at the Global Video site on Telegraph Avenue, at its April ...

By Gloria Bruce

...second Monday of the month at the Rockridge branch of the Oakland Public Library. An ad hoc committee of present and former board members with expertise in planning, zoning and design review, including interim Land Use Committee Chairwoman Gloria Bruce, was charged to bring rec- ommendations before the full board for

By Gloria Bruce

by Gloria Bruce, RCPC board member T Both projects, if built, would create a new hub of housing and street life at the Telegraph-Claremont intersection, but also raise questions about the future of development along Claremont in terms of height, architect...

By Gloria Bruce

...share your thoughts and hear about upcoming community meetings. Keeping abreast of all the development in North Oakland is no small task, but we urge you to share your ideas with RCPC, develop- ers, and the city. To learn more, email me at gloriabruce00@gmail. com and ask to be put on the Land Use Committee mailing list. Farther south on College Avenue, architect Kirk Peterson plans to build a mixed-use Mediterranean-style building. Stop by his office, at 5253 College, to see the model i...

By Jessica Pitt

Hail and Farewell Changes to RCPC Board by Jessica Pitt, RCPC Board Chair In September, the RCPC said goodbye to Adrienne D’Angelo, our Board Secretary, and appointed Gloria Bruce and Janelle Cavanagh to fill two vacant positions. Gloria Bruce recently completed a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley, and currently serves as a Senior Program Associate at the Berkeley Alliance, a community pa...

...this event or about Chabot’s fundraising efforts or programs, contact Tamara Morrish at 205-6971 or tamara@secventures.com. Jessica Pitt............................Chair Mike Taylor ......................... Vice-Chair Janelle Cavanagh and Gloria Bruce.......................Co-Secretaries Susan Montauk...................Treasurer For more information, contact Karen Cheever at 910-0826 or chuckcheev@ sbcglobal.net. Gloria Bruce, Janelle Cavanagh, Kent Deverell, Jennifer Edmister, Annette ...

......................Business Manager Don Kinkead .......................Graphics & Layout RCPC Board of Directors, 2006-2007 Jessica Pitt............................Chair Mike Taylor ......................... Vice-Chair Janelle Cavanagh and Gloria Bruce .......................Co-Secretaries Susan Montauk ...................Treasurer Gloria Bruce, Janelle Cavanagh, Kent Deverell, Jennifer Edmister, Annette Floystrup, Cy Gulassa, Albert Hussian, Hiroko Kurihara, Mike McDonald, Steve Meyer, ...

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, Ri...

...ecially if we want to preserve open space and farmland. Based on this realization, let us try to distribute the impacts equitably, reuse before we build new, work cooperatively with developers and keep our terms of debate clear and open. — Gloria Bruce Ed. Note: Bruce is a member of the RCPC board of directors. She has submitted this letter for publication as a statement of her own point of view, not necessarily that of the organization.

By Cy Gulassa

... plans to incorporate them in its future discussions. Issue: Plan vs Zoning Codes iroko Kurihara has stepped down as chairwoman of the RCPC Land Use Committee, but will continue as a com- mittee member and serve as mentor to her successor, Gloria Bruce. Bruce was elected at RCPC’s annual February retreat at the Rockridge Library to be the interim chair until May. She has worked with local urban policy organizations and holds a Master’s degree from UC Berkeley’s Department of City and Reg...

By Cy Gulassa

n early February, the RCPC board sup- ported my request to turn over the Land Use Committee chairmanship to Gloria Bruce, fellow Land Use Committee member and RCPC board member. We’ll be working extensively on a transition plan in the coming month. I’m grateful to Gloria for her offer to lead the committee and am confident that she will uphold the process of...

...field Jacqueline Tasch Hiroko 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: Zabra...

Report: April RCPC Meeting Board Candidates Speak; Residents Discuss Crime, Safeway, and Development Stuart Flashman by Gloria Bruce ‘I f it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” was a common refrain heard at the April RCPC Town Hall meeting, whether the topic was Rockridge streets or a local supermarket. Six candidates for positions on the RCPC board of directors, each pledging ...

...Neighborhood Merchant Susan Montauk...................Business Manager Don Kinkead.......................Graphics & Layout RCPC Board of 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...

...Neighborhood Merchant Susan Montauk...................Business Manager Don Kinkead.......................Graphics & Layout RCPC Board of Directors, 2007-2008 Ronnie Spitzer....................Chair Annette Floystrup ............ Vice-Chair Gloria Bruce.......................Secretary Susan Montauk...................Treasurer

By Vivek Bhatia

...Neighborhood Merchant Susan Montauk...................Business Manager Don Kinkead.......................Graphics & Layout RCPC Board of 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@rockr...

...Neighborhood Merchant Susan Montauk...................Business Manager Don Kinkead.......................Graphics & Layout RCPC Board of 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,

Patrick Daughton, page 10 ¤ ¤ Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send your check for $20, payable to Rockridge News Subscriptions, to: Rockridge News Subscriptions at the address below. by Gloria Bruce, RCPC secretary The RCPC Board of Directors would like to acknowledge and thank former member Stephanie Upp, who recently stepped down to devote more time to her family and her work. During Stephanie’s two years on the board, she was an ac...

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

...Neighborhood Merchant Susan Montauk...................Business Manager Don Kinkead.......................Graphics & Layout RCPC Board of 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 Th...

By Ellen Peterson

...Neighborhood Merchant Susan Montauk...................Business Manager Don Kinkead.......................Graphics & Layout RCPC Board of Directors, 2007-2008 Ronnie Spitzer....................Chair Annette Floystrup ............ Vice-Chair Gloria Bruce.......................Secretary Susan Montauk...................Treasurer Jennifer Edmister, Stuart Flashman, Cy Gulassa,

...Neighborhood Merchant Susan Montauk...................Business Manager Don Kinkead.......................Graphics & Layout RCPC Board of Directors, 2007-2008 Ronnie Spitzer....................Chair Annette Floystrup ............ Vice-Chair Gloria Bruce.......................Secretary Susan Montauk...................Treasurer Jennifer Edmister, Stuart Flashman, Cy Gulassa,

By Ronnie Spitzer

...ural and urban design perspective. The commit- tee will bring the results of its review to the RCPC board for discussion and further action. The board has appointed Rich- ard Smith to chair the PPRC, replacing interim land use Chair- woman Gloria Bruce. The board is developing guidelines for prospective members. ing to seek broader community input. Separate community meetings will be scheduled when the Town Hall forum is not avail- able. The Rockridge News will publish monthly status rep...

...and water conservation strategy that is expected to reduce utility costs by between $750,000 and $1,000,000 annually. Chabot Elementary will be the first school to be constructed or retrofitted under OUSD’s new environmental guidelines. by Gloria Bruce, RCPC Secretary At the June RCPC Town Hall meet- ing, Jason Patton, manager of the Oakland Bicycle Master Plan, provided an overview of a long-term update of the city’s 1999 bicycle plan which aims to make Oakland more bicycle-friendly. Th...

By Gay Ducey

...Neighborhood Merchant Susan Montauk...................Business Manager Don Kinkead.......................Graphics & Layout 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 Subscrip...

... Tasch, Hiroko 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, 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 incorpor...

...when each first joined the board. The names of post-1985 directors who have served as chairpersons (either before or since the incorporation) appear in bold. Ronnie Spitzer....................Chair Annette Floystrup ............ 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...

Board: Fast Start from page  accompanying comments for absten- tions or dissenting votes. The new board elected Ronnie Spitzer chairwoman and board member Annette Floystrup vice chairwoman. Gloria Bruce was appointed secretary. The board also filled two seats recently vacated by Mike Taylor and Mike McDonald. The new appointees are Rich- ard W. Smith and Jennifer Edmister, both past members of the RCPC board. Smith, who holds a doctorate ...

Janelle Cavanagh and Gloria Bruce.......................Co-Secretaries Susan Montauk...................Treasurer Kent Deverell, Jennifer Edmister, Annette Floystrup, The RCPC board’s primary function was then, and is now, to represent the interest of the community as expre...

was actually more generally intact, and its housing stock even more well-maintained and prized. W Jessica Pitt............................Chair Mike Taylor ......................... Vice-Chair Janelle Cavanagh and Gloria Bruce.......................Co-Secretaries Susan Montauk...................Treasurer Kent Deverell, Jennifer Edmister, Annette Floystrup, Even people who live on sidestreets, away from the most at-risk commercial corridors, shouldn’t feel safe a...

Jessica Pitt............................Chair Mike Taylor ......................... Vice-Chair Janelle Cavanagh and Gloria Bruce.......................Co-Secretaries Susan Montauk...................Treasurer Kent Deverell, Jennifer Edmister, Annette Floystrup,

........Business Manager Don Kinkead.......................Graphics & Layout RCPC Board of Directors, 2006-2007 API API Change Jessica Pitt............................Chair Mike Taylor ......................... Vice-Chair Janelle Cavanagh and Gloria Bruce.......................Co-Secretaries Susan Montauk...................Treasurer Kent Deverell, Jennifer Edmister, Annette Floystrup, API gains came after API % CHANGE 1999 2006 School increased Emerson Elementary 480 652 + 172 + 36 teacher ...

The Board— Front row, from left: Steve Meyer, Gloria Bruce, Susan Montauk, Albert Hussian, Hiroko Kurihara, Kent Deverell, Janelle Cavanagh. Back row: Jessica Pitt, Jen- nifer Edmister, Stephanie Upp, Annette Floystrup, Mike McDonald, Mike Taylor.

....Graphics & Layout RCPC Board of Directors, 2006-2007 Jessica Pitt............................Chair Mike Taylor ......................... Vice-Chair To be selected .......................Secretary Susan Montauk ...................Treasurer Gloria Bruce, Janelle Cavanagh, Kent Deverell, Jennifer

By Patrick Daughton

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