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By Theresa Nelson

Our thanks to Mike McDonald, Jennifer Cooper, Ronnie Spitzer and Christie Beeman for their dedication and persistence in making the new restroom a reality. D. Kinkead Ronnie Spitzer, left, Mike McDonald and Theresa Nelson at the construction site of the new Frog Park restroom. Norman H. Burg, DDS Be...

By Don Kinkead

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CANDIDATE STATEMENTS (continued from previous page) Ronnie Spitzer I’m running for the RCPC Board because I love Rockridge and want to continue advocating for its inclusive and vibrant character. I’ve served on the RCPC Board over several terms and in various capacities including Chair, Vice Chair, and Tr...

Ben Friedman, Annette Floystrup, Star Lightner, Kirk Peterson, Ronnie Spitzer, Zac Unger Contact the board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org We’re also very concerned about pedestrian and cyclist safety. As it is now, we can barely cross the street here, and we’re talking about an incredible i...

Stuart Flashman, Annette Floystrup, David Garcia, Kirk Peterson, Ronnie Spitzer Contact the board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org are not very practical these days. My house isn’t really in shape to accommodate it anyway. And then I was thinking, well, my porch is probably too small, but when ...

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Elizabeth McLeod, left; Ronnie Spitzer ; Don Kinkead; Natalie Mehta; Nancy Sale and Keziah Moss. Not pictured: Kelly Patrick Dugan and Annette Floystrup. Photo: Liz Monaghan Rockridge design firm providing creative, livable design solutions •  Residential Remodels •  Kitchens +...

William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Alex Naughton, Douglas Oliver, Ronnie Spitzer, Ann Winterman Contact the board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org How long have you been with the BART Police Department? I have worked at the department for 14 years. I started at the department’s entry level, and ...

By Judith Doner Berne

William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Alex Naughton, Ronnie Spitzer, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org /D. Kinkead by Judith Doner Berne The first thing we did upon moving to Rockridge in June was pare down from two cars to one. So what, you might say....

Alex Naughton, Ronnie Spitzer, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Newsletter Subscriptions An email plea to friends and neighbors went viral through the neighborhood and beyond. On August 24, the City granted the re...

Andy Charman Bill Kaufner Colby Lavin Ruth Miller Ronnie Spitzer Ann Winterman RCPC Election Fills Board Positions Rockridge residents voted in April to elect to full board terms four RCPC boardmembers previously appointed to interim positions, and for two new candi- dates to fill vacant positions on th...

one residents voted; 40 at the meeting, 11 on Saturday. Votes cast for each candidate were as follows: Current, appointed board members elected to full terms: Andy Charman, 45; Ronnie Spitzer, 41; Colby Lavin, 41; Bill Kauf- ner, 39. New board members elected to full terms: Ann Winterman, 34; Ruth Miller, 26. In a subsequent special meeting, the board elected new officers. Andrew Char- man was elected vice-chair, Ruth Miller wa...

Andy Charman Bill Kaufner Colby Lavin Ruth Miller Ronnie Spitzer Ann Winterman

Stuart Flashman �����������������Chair 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,...

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Cy Gulassa, Dan Pitcock, Ronnie Spitzer, Theresa Nelson

By Ronnie Spitzer

How Could Oakland’s Housing Element Impact the Future of Rockridge? by Ronnie Spitzer, RCPC Board Member, and Stu Flashman Iimpacts resulting from the proposed changes (see bit.ly/OakGPUDEIR). The City is inviting comments on the DEIR until 5pm on May 9, 2023. Comments can be submitted via email to generalplan@oaklandca.gov...

By Ronnie Spitzer

Oakland Releases Draft of Five-Year Paving Plan for Public Comment by Ronnie Spitzer, RCPC boardmember T

By Ronnie Spitzer

M C Haug, Don Kinkead, Mike Lin, Noah Rosen Laura Schlichtmann, Leonora Sea Contact the board: chair@rockridge.org by Ronnie Spitzer and Laura Schlichtmann Afull house turned out for a May 18 public meeting, sponsored by City Councilmember Dan Kalb, about the 5110 Telegraph multiunit residential project located on the northeast corner of Telegraph Ave. and 51st St. Atte...

By Ronnie Spitzer

Three Feet for Bicycle Safety by Ronnie Spitzer, Transportation Committee co-chair Following the lead of many other states, California has enacted a new law, which took effect last September, requiring that car drivers maintain a minimum three- foot buffer when passing a bicyclist, an i...

By Ronnie Spitzer

by Ronnie Spitzer As my son prepares for college, we mull over the changes in Oakland Technical High School since he started in 2010. Academically, Tech cemented its position as the premier Oakland comprehensive public high school. Academic Performance Inde...

By Ronnie Spitzer

May Town Hall: Enhanced Cycling Routes Picturing Rockridge by Ronnie Spitzer, RCPC boardmember Audience members at the May RCPC Town Hall meeting heard the latest news on bicycling in Oakland. Jason Patton, Oakland’s Bicy- cle and Pedestrian program manager, described new bicycling improvements in Oakland and Rockr...

By Ronnie Spitzer

by Ronnie Spitzer, Fourth Bore Coalition D 1 through 4 lie completely in the North Hills area. Projects 5 and 6 lie partially in Rockridge. The city is reviewing public comments, and is hopeful these projects will be under construc- tion by summer 2013. Pro...

By Ronnie Spitzer

by Ronnie Spitzer, Tech parent Wonderful food, friendship, entertain- ment and the chance to bid on an enticing array of auction items await you at “This is It!,” Oakland Technical High School’s 2012 Auction. Funds raised by the Auction provide necessary su...

By Ronnie Spitzer

by Ronnie Spitzer “O h God, why?” ask the characters throughout Speak Like This: the Prayer Play, being performed in Berkeley Rep’s School of Theatre. Described as funny, sad, and often ironic, the play follows the lives of five characters from different wa...

By Ronnie Spitzer

by Ronnie Spitzer, RCPC board member Join cyclists from around the Bay Area and ride your bike to work! The San Francisco Bay Area’s 16th annual Bike to Work Day (BTWD) is Thursday, May 13, as part of National Bike Month. For more information, see http://bt...

By Ronnie Spitzer

RCPC Town Hall Meeting AGENDA May 2009 Note mtg. start time by Ronnie Spitzer, RCPC board member Memorializing the settlement reached in January between Caltrans and the Fourth Bore Coalition, state Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, and Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, presented a check for $3 million to Oaklan...

By Ronnie Spitzer

site, especially as the work moves closer to Claremont Middle School and residences. AC Transit Studies Changes for 51 Line by Ronnie Spitzer, chair, Transportation, Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety committee Agency Wants Input A C Transit Line 51 links our neigh- borhood with downtown Oakland, Alameda, UC Berkeley and the Berkeley Amtrak station from 5 a.m. to midnight. At 13 mile...

By Ronnie Spitzer

Traffic, Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety (TPBS) Committee by Ronnie Spitzer Rockridge-specific changes envisioned in the Oakland Bicycle Master Plan for the Broadway corridor and improvements to existing bikeways, particularly along Colby Street in the “Rockridge Triangle” area, were presented by Jason Patton, Oak...

By Ronnie Spitzer

by Ronnie Spitzer, RCPC Chairwoman T The PPRC will review and analyze project proposals for compliance with the Oakland General Plan and applicable zoning, and assess their merits from an architectural and urban design perspective. The commit- tee will brin...

By Ronnie Spitzer

...Project Review Committee (PPRC), a technical working group of board-appointed members with expertise in planning, architec- ture, and land-use legal issues. If you have any questions or comments about this pro- posed restructuring, contact Ronnie Spitzer at rcpcchair@ rockridge.org.

By Ronnie Spitzer

...g Project 41st Street to Alcatraz; Shafter, 45th to the Highway 24 freeway; and Claremont, Telegraph to Cavour Street. Planning staff presented the proposed changes at the ZUC hearing on June 20. During public commen- tary, RCPC Chairwoman Ronnie Spitzer expressed concern about the proposed height, developer bonuses, and rezoning Claremont from C-28 to C-30. RCPC objects to C-30 because it does not provide for neighborhood-oriented commercial facilities, allows for an excessive increase in...

By Ronnie Spitzer

...eview Committee (DRC) heard com- ments, took testimony on, and passed this project, sending it to the full commission. The RCPC board sent a letter to the com- mission, and R. W. Smith read excerpts during public testimony. RCPC Chairwoman Ronnie Spitzer argued for a reduction in bulk

By Ronnie Spitzer

by Ronnie Spitzer C Use” applies to College Avenue, Piedmont Avenue, Telegraph Avenue between Cla- remont Avenue and Highway 580, and MacArthur Boulevard. Four separate plan- ning designations apply to these locations, each with its own height and density l...

By Ronnie Spitzer

...de or Municipal Code – Title 17), was never updated after the general plan was adopted. And therein lie many problems facing current and future development in North Oakland. The question now is, what’s in store for Rockridge in the future? Ronnie Spitzer is a former vice-chairwoman of RCPC. Yet under the general plan, the maximum

By Ronnie Spitzer

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by Ronnie Spitzer & Reh-Lin Chen he City of Berkeley will repave College Avenue between Alcatraz and Dwight Way in late May, a project expected to take up to 2 months. During

Pictured at left are current members of the Rockridge Community Planning Council (RCPC) board of directors. Back row from left are Kevin Faughnan, Ronnie Spitzer, Leonora Sea, and M C Haug. Front row, from left, are Rekha Rao, Mike Lin, Stuart Flashman and Noah Rosen. Inset photo is of Laura Schlichtmann, traveling at the time the group was photographed. New board members Haug and Rao were elected ...

rk Corner a Pbers Ronnie Spitzer, Mike McDonald and Jennifer Cooper have agreed to take on this exciting project and figure out how to make the path happen. Imagine being able to walk from BART to 51st and Telegraph using only the Greenbelt. If you have an interest in wor...

By Carol Behr

Nelson; Jimmy Pedersen, construction projects; Barney Smits, creek project; Ronnie Spitzer, Treasurer and website; Alex Naughton, RCPC liaison to FROG. Other Important Contributors: Annual Fall Maintenance, College Preparatory High School freshman class; Jennifer Cooper, former FROG committee chair and Phase Two coordinator; Mik...

By Stuart Flashman

...o new mem- bers joined the board: Ben Friedman (123), and Alysoun Bonde (118). The vote tallies for the rest of the 2022 candidates were as follows: Diana Mitchell-Chavez (114), Brett Moyer (103), Eric Neville (72) votes. RCPC board member Ronnie Spitzer assists neighbors with the voting process. Congratulations to the new and returning board members, and thank you to all the candidates in the 2022 RCPC Board election. The Board would also like to thank the board members who volunteered to...

...dar 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 Kleinman; Noah Rosen. Shawn Hooks Beryl Shore Leigh Trivette Cliff Cline Ginny Palmer Meredith ...

Ronnie Spitzer...............................................Treasurer Matt Levy......................................Assistant Treasurer Michelle Boyd, David Garcia, Stuart Flashman, Annette Floystrup, Kirk Peterson, Ken Rich Contact the board: chair@ro...

Ronnie Spitzer...............................................Treasurer David Garcia, Stuart Flashman, Annette Floystrup, Matt Levy, Eric Lombardo, Andrew Masalin, Kirk Peterson Contact the board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Co...

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Ronnie Spitzer, Susan Strahan. Tech, Emerson, Park Day, Chabot, Hillcrest, Peralta, and Aurora. Local participating contractors will be at the Roadshow to answer questions. Admission is free, lunch will be provided, and children are welcome. This is the ...

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By Leonora Sea

...upply pipe, but less than an hour after the creek turn-on at the end of the Earth Day cleanup, enough water had backed up in the creek culvert that it was lifting the 3-ft diameter manhole cover by the path on the Big Frog side of Clifton. Ronnie Spitzer and I noticed water streaming out 2 to 3 inches deep and pouring into the laundry room of the apartment building near the path. Howard Ferrier and Barney Smits of FROG, and Lee Patterson of Scenic Streets built a brilliant impromptu dam fr...

...g pastries and coffee at our sign-in table at Redondo, and light snacks afterwards. Everyone is welcome: Come for the morning or come for an hour; you’ll be welcomed. Contact Leonora Sea, DMV Neighbors Association, leonorasea@yahoo.com, or Ronnie Spitzer, FROG Park, rcspitzer@ yahoo.com. Come Play in the Creek: Temescal Creek and FROG Parks Interim Work Party, Mid-June by Leonora Sea, DMV Neighbors The DMV Neighbors Association and FROG had spirited and enthusiastic volunteers turn out for...

4867. Please copy Ronnie Spitzer, TPBS Chair, at Ronnie@rockridge.org. Reprinted and adapted to the Rockridge locale with permission of Piedmont Avenue Neighborhood Improvement League and Valerie Winemiller. Cathy M., Oakland Homeowner: “Extraordinarily attentive to detai...