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Council Agenda Committee**

Minutes

Monday, May 8, 2006

1. Roll Call:    2:34 p.m.
   Present:      Mayor Bates and Councilmembers Maio and Anderson.
   Absent:       None.

    

2. Public Comment: Pamela Sihvola.

    

3. Approval of Minutes of Meeting of April 17, 2006 (PDF, 28 KB).

   Action: Moved, seconded, carried (Maio/Anderson) to approve the minutes.

    

4. Review and Action on Draft Work Session Agenda for May 16, 2006 (PDF, 19 KB).

   Action: All items approved for placement on the agenda as amended to include the Planning Department Workplan.

    

5. Review and Action on Draft Redevelopment Agency Agenda for May 16, 2006 (PDF, 33 KB).

   Action: All items approved for placement on the agenda with the following addition:

    

   Use of 1631 Fifth Street – Request to Issue a Request for Qualifications

   From:  Councilmember Maio 

   Recommendation:  Refer the use of 1631 Fifth Street to the City Manager to develop an RFQ to determine the future use of the City’s property at 1631 Fifth Street utilizing criteria developed by the Project Area Committee.

   Financial Implications: See report

   Contact: Linda Maio, Councilmember District 1, 981-7110

     

6. Review and Action on Draft City Council Agenda for May 16, 2006.
   Action: All items approved for placement on the agenda with the following additions, deletions or changes:

    

   By Right Reconstruction of Homes After a Disaster

   From: Mayor Bates

   Recommendation: Direct the Planning Commission to review our home rebuilding policy (especially in the event of a major disaster) and examine changing it to allow a homeowner to rebuild their house in its existing location and in the same size with a "by right" permit unless serious engineering or ground stability complications exist.

   Financial Implications: None

   Contact: Tom Bates, Mayor, 981-7100

   Action:  Amend by Mayor Bates. Held over to May 23, 2006 and moved to Consent.

    

   Clean Money Ballot Measure

   From: Councilmember Worthington

   Recommendation: Consider placement on the November 7, 2006 election ballot, of a campaign finance reform item providing for public finance of future Berkeley elections.

   Financial Implications: Approximately $10,000 to place a ballot measure on a consolidated election.

   Contact: Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170

   Action:  Held over to May 23, 2006 and moved to Action.

    

   Zoning Ordinance Amendment: Off-street Parking in Required Yards on Residential Lots

   From: City Manager

   Recommendation: Adopt a first reading of one of two alternative Ordinances amending Berkeley Municipal Code (BMC) Title 23 to: 1a) require an Administrative Use Permit (AUP) for new uncovered parking spaces in all yards on residential lots, except when the space is for a by-right Accessory Dwelling Unit and not in the front yard, as recommended by the Planning Commission; or 1b) allow new uncovered parking spaces in rear and side yards by-right and require an AUP for parking in front yards on residential lots, as recommended by Staff; 2) revise the definition of “yard” to no longer prohibit parking in required yards; and 3) expand screening requirements for uncovered parking in rear yards, eliminate landscaping requirements along shared driveways, and clarify the intent and organization of the parking regulations.

   Financial Implications: None

   Contact: Dan Marks, Planning and Development, 981-7400

   Action: Held over to June 13, 2006.

    

   Added to the Consent Calendar

   Budget Referral: Reinstatement of the Community Health and Safety Team and Restoration of Two Bike Patrol Officers

   From: Councilmembers Worthington

   Recommendation: Refer the restoration of the Telegraph Area Community Health and Safety Team and Two Bike Patrol Officers.

   Financial Implications: $324,000

   Contact: Kriss Worthington, Councilmember, District 7, 981-7170.

    

7. Review and Action on Scheduling of Calendar, Public Hearings, Presentations and Work Session topics.

   1. Master Calendar (PDF, 45 KB)

   2. Land Use Matters (PDF, 80 KB)

   Action: None.

    

8. Discussion regarding setting a separate schedule for land use public hearings and/or scheduling time-certain land use public hearings during regular Council meetings (Held over from March 13, 2006)

   Action:  Held over to May 15, 2006.

    

9. Adjournment: 2:56  p.m.

    

   Communications

    

   Demolition of the Bevatron at LBNL

   Pamela Sihvola

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