Thursday Night May 2: UC Berkeley Students Present Ideas on The Ridge Site

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 Join us! Thursday, May 2 at 7:30pm Zoom Link

Hosted by Rockridge Community Planning Council

 Analysis & Ideas about The Ridge Phase II Site: Project Presentations by UC Berkeley Urban Studies students’

The empty lot at Broadway / Pleasant Valley (Photo from Oaklandside, 2022)

This spring, the Urban Planning Process Studio (CP 116) at UC Berkeley has been studying The Ridge site at Broadway and Pleasant Valley Ave. City Planning 116 is an intensive studio course that seeks to give students a real-world experience with city planning.  By focusing on one physical area, the course helps students learn about the entire gamut of city planning issues:  physical building and street design issues, social and economic issues, environmental impacts, analysis methods, legal framework, city government, politics, and community dynamics.  
The final assignment is organized around thematic focus areas: Social and Racial Equity, Housing and Affordability, Economic Opportunity, Culture Keeping, and Public Realm. Over the last two months, students have been working to gather information via site observations, surveying Oakland Tech High School students, and reviewing city planning documents, and now based on their research have proposed solutions to the problems/trends, their early work identified.  
As student work can help add fresh perspective to planning issues, we are hoping that the broader community is able to join these final presentations, to provide the students with feedback about their overall analysis and proposed solutions, in addition to helping inspire new conversations within the community. Also, this review has the unique opportunity for many students to be their last class/presentation of their undergraduate education and is a wonderful opportunity to encourage the creative problem solving of the next generation of planners.  
  Join us! Thursday, May 2 at 7:30pm Zoom Link
Hosted by Rockridge Community Planning Council
 

You’re invited to a fund-raising dinner party on Saturday March 2 at 5PM for Emerson Elementary School!

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To kick off potluck season this year, Alana, Sarah and Ryan invite you to a Fundraising Dinner on Saturday, March 2, 5pm – 8pm. It’ll be at Studio One (365 45th St) which is just a few blocks from our condo. 

There will be an awesome taco bar, lots of local craft beer and so many amazing prizes to bid on and win! It’s a great way to get to know more of our neighbors while supporting Emerson Elementary, our neighborhood’s public school where over 75% of the students come from low-income families. 

Tickets are $30 per person and it includes dinner and 2 drink tickets. On event day, tickets are $40 at the door. Get Tickets Now: ourschool.auction/Emerson2024 (click “Tickets” at the top). 

If you have questions, or would like to walk over to the event as a group from the pool deck, please contact Alana or Sarah.  

Thank you so much for your support! We look forward to an amazing 2024 potluck season!

Candidate Forum at Oakland Tech Feb 13 at 6PM

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  • Co-hosted by Rockridge Community Planning Council, the Oakland Technical High School Varsity Debate Team and OUSD School Board Member Sam Davis
    Tuesday, February 13 6-7:30pmOakland Tech Student Center or on Zoom
    The Alameda County Board of Supervisors is responsible for our social safety net programs – including homelessness services, mental health, public health and hospitals, foster care, welfare programs, and much more. District 5 represents Rockridge, Berkeley, Emeryville, Albany, West Oakland, Downtown Oakland, and Crocker Highlands. Supervisor Keith Carson has served in this seat for 32 years and will be retiring at the end of this year.
    Hot chocolate and tea provided by RCPC.
    This election is important! Thank you for being an informed voter.
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Virtual Meeting about the Proposed CCA Campus Redevelopment on Wednesday Feb 14 at 6PM

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Virtual Community Meeting California College of the Arts Redevelopment Wednesday, February 14 | 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Join Online: http://tinyurl.com/CCA-Feb14
Join via Phone: Dial 1-669-900-9128 and enter webinar ID 867 4022 5167 #
Emerald Fund and Equity Community Builders, the developers of the former California College of the Arts Campus, invite members of the public to a virtual community meeting to learn the latest about the proposed project which includes a mix of housing, commercial space and a 1.5-acre public park and the project Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR), which the City released on January 12, 2024. The Draft EIR describes the project, the potential environmental impacts and associated mitigation measures.
For more information, please visit www.5212broadway.com.
If you have questions or need help with the Zoom webinar platform, please call Tracy Craig at (510) 334-4866 or tracy@craig-communications.com.
Below is an illustration provided on January 29.2024 by the developer of the proposed redevelopment of the CCA campus for apartment buildings.

The DEIR for the CCA Project has been released on 1/12/2024

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https://www.oaklandca.gov/documents/california-college-of-the-arts-cca-oakland-campus-redevelopment-project-ceqa-documents-er19003-5200-broadway?token=gpnXA9yzl3lu8fXFSQ8bZxV6pgeA9fv6&utm_campaign=Major%20Development%20Projects%20Updates&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=289820598&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8wWSu2pTCr4gYLdctVPbzOEJVsR9qo_cqkAhk9Lhjo7DiDXfJ5YH05SHf27ZxjdsAuWUsHzWcklYbJ2HqUVxhtVybRAg&utm_content=289820598&utm_source=hs_email

Below are suggestions of what to review 1st from a neighbor experienced in analyzing EIRs.

I typically look at the Project objectives, then at the significant unavoidable impacts for each alternative. It is typical that meeting the project objectives is used to rationalize any legislative decision to recommend a preferred alternative that has significant unavoidable impacts.

One other table to comparatively assess is the scope summary of each alternative studied. This provides an easy reference of various elements, such as the number of units of housing, parking count, commercial and other space SF, etc.

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