The Land Use Committee will hold a SHORT meeting on Wednesday, November 20th (note change of date) at 7:30 PM at the Rockridge Branch Library.  The agenda will be further discussion of the California College of Art Oakland Campus Redevelopment Project and the Rockridge Housing Study - next steps.

The Land Use Committee will meet this Wednesday, October 23rd, at 7:30 PM in the upstairs meeting room at the Rockridge branch library.

The main agenda item will be a recap/discussion of last Wednesday's Planning Commission scoping session for the California College of Arts campus redevelopment project, including summary of topics addressed and a critique of various comments presented.

The seond agenda item will be a brief preview of next weeks meeting of RCPC representatives with the City to discuss the Rockridge Housing Study.

The attached documents were obtained from the City of Oakland at an obscure City website location.  Directions for accessing that location are also provided.

As reported in last month’s Rockridge News, the settlement reached by community groups [including RCPC] with Safeway resulted in $400,000 to be made available for “community enhancements” within five years of the store’s opening.  The five year deadline is approaching in January, so the choice is, “use it, or lose it.”

On Thursday, June 20th, the Rockridge Community Planning Council and the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council held their annual joint town hall meeting.  It was an opportunity for the two organizations to join together on a topic of mutual interest.  This year, that topic was disaster preparedness.

This year, a U.C. Berkeley graduate course included student projects studying possible housing projects at two BART station sites:  Glen Park Station in San Francisco and the Rockridge BART Station.  The projects were all based on recent state legislation that allowed BART to “upzone” land it owned to promote transit-oriented housing, with an emphasis on affordable housing.

Following up on the previous week’s Town Hall featuring Senator Skinner’s Communications Director, Bob Gammon, explaining the bill, the committee discussed various aspects of the bill and how it might affect Oakland and Rockridge.  Committee members raised numerous concerns about the bill.  Perhaps the biggest concern is that the bill, like its predecessor SB 827, attempts a “one-size-fits-all” approach to addressing California’s shortage of affordable housing.  Indeed, Mr.

The Rockridge Community Planning Council held its annual election to its Board of Directors on April 18th in conjunction with its annual membership meeting, with continued balloting on Saturday, April 20th between 10 AM and 1 PM.  A total of 38 ballots were cast, with one ballot being invalidated because it was marked improperly.  Incumbent board members Alden Conner, Stuart Flashman, and Ronnie Spitzer were re-elected.  New board candidate Mia Ashleigh was also elected.  Detailed election results are available upon request to the RCPC Secretary.

The meeting's agenda will tentatively include presentation and discussion of revised plans for a four-story [density bonus] mixed-use project at 5346 College Ave  (next to McNally's Irish Pub - current building is a one-story bungalow converted to commercial use).  May also include a short update on Rockridge Housing Study and proposed April Town Hall land use topic.