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City Council: 07-23-09 - Special Meeting Agenda - City of Berkeley, CA
Special Meeting eAgendaJuly 23, 2009
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REVISED PROCLAMATION CALLING A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL 1. Move Item 15, 2525 Telegraph Avenue/2512 Regent Street – Certify LPC Action For Review, to Appeals Heading, Item 9.1
2. Add Appeal filed on July 20, 2009 to Item 7, ZAB-LPC Certification: 740 Heinz Avenue.
3. Add Item 18: Update on State Budget and Impacts on City of Berkeley - See note under Item 18 regarding adding this item to the Agenda.
In accordance with the authority in me vested, I do hereby call the Berkeley City Council in special session as follows: THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2009 5:00 P.M.Note: Due to a clerical error, the July 23, 2009 meeting was inadvertently referred to as a “regular meeting” when it was approved by Council on July 7, 2009. This notice hereby cancels the regular meeting and also hereby calls for a special meeting to commence at 5:00 p.m. on July 23, 2009. Council Chambers, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way Teleconference Location – #11 Sparkling Sands, Yachats, OR 97498 Tom Bates, MayorCouncilmembers:
1. Contract No. 2588 Amendment: Modify Existing Loan Terms and Increase Housing Trust Fund Loan - Erna P. Harris Court (PDF)
Recommendation: Approve a Resolution reserving funds in the amount of $400,000, with conditions, from the Housing Trust Fund to Resources for Community Development (RCD) for Erna P. Harris Court and authorizing the City Manager to modify the existing Housing Trust Fund (HTF) loan terms and to execute a loan agreement and any amendments and all other documents related to this fund reservation. Financial Implications:
2. 2109 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way - Certify ZAB Action For Review And Set Public Hearing For September 22, 2009 (PDF)
Recommendation: Request that the City Council: 1) Certify the Zoning Adjustments Board’s (ZAB) action regarding Use Permit #09-10000031, for the project at 2109 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, for review by the Council, and 2) Set a public hearing for this item on the Council’s September 22, 2009 agenda.
3. City Co-Sponsorship of the Downtown Berkeley MusicFest (PDF)
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving city co-sponsorship of the Downtown Berkeley MusicFest to be held from August 27-30, 2009, and refer a request for $2,500 to help support the festival to the City Manager. Fiscal Impact: $2,500
4. City Sponsorship of the 2nd Annual Sit For Change Sit-A-Thon Hosted by the Center for Transformative Change (PDF)
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving city sponsorship of the 2009 Sit for Change Sit-A-Thon to be held at the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park on Saturday, September 19, 2009.
5. Official City Sponsorship of the 2009 USTA Girls’ 18 National Championships (PDF)
From: Councilmembers Wozniak and Worthington
Recommendation: Approve City of Berkeley sponsorship of the 2009 US Tennis Association Girls’ 18 National Championships.
6. Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds To The Berkeley Tennis Club Foundation for the 2009 USTA Girls’ 18 National Championship (PDF)
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution to approve the expenditure of $500 to the Berkeley Tennis Club Foundation with funds relinquished to the City’s general fund for this purpose from Councilmember Wozniak’s discretionary Council Office Budget.
Fiscal Impact: $500
7. ZAB-LPC Certification: 740 Heinz Avenue (PDF)
Attachment 4 - Admin Record - part 1(PDF)
Attachment 4 - Admin Record - part 2(PDF)
Attachment 4 - Admin Record - part 3(PDF)
Attachment 4 - Admin Record - part 4(PDF)
Attachment 4 - Admin Record - part 5(PDF)
Attachment 4 - Admin Record - part 6(PDF)
Attachment 4 - Admin Record - part 7(PDF)
Recommendation: Conduct a public hearing and, upon conclusion adopt a Resolution approving Use Permit and Variance No. 05-10000017 and Demolition Permit No. 05-10000019 to allow the demolition of the existing single-story, 10,000 square foot City of Berkeley Landmark (the former Copra Warehouse) to construct a 92,000 square foot building for research and development laboratory, warehousing and a 49-space sub-surface garage.
Contact: Contact: Dan Marks, Planning and Development, 981-7400
8. ZAB Certification: 3240 Sacramento Street (PDF)
Attachment 4 - Admin Record (PDF)
Recommendation: Conduct a public hearing and, upon conclusion adopt a Resolution approving Use Permit #08-10000127 to demolish an existing seven unit apartment building and to construct a new 16 unit, four story mixed-use development for transition-age youth.
9. ZAB Certification: 1200 Ashby Avenue (PDF)
Attachment 5 - Admin Record (PDF)
Recommendation: Conduct a public hearing and, upon conclusion, adopt a Resolution approving Use Permit Modification No. 09-70000010 to construct the approved project at 1200 Ashby Avenue as an affordable senior housing development and denying the appeal.
9.1 2525 Telegraph Avenue/2512 Regent Street – Certify LPC Action For Review (PDF) Supplemental materials (PDF) From: City ManagerRecommendation: 1) Certify the Landmark Preservation Commission’s (LPC) designation of 2525 Telegraph/2512 Regent Street as a City of Berkeley Landmark (LM #09-40000004), for review by the Council, and 2) Choose among the three options for action.Financial Implications: NoneContact: Dan Marks, Planning and Development, 981-7400
10. Berkeley Way Traffic Barrier Between MLK Jr. Way and Grant Street (PDF) (Continued from July 14, 2009)
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the installation of a full traffic barrier on Berkeley Way, west of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, to be designed, constructed, and fully funded by 1950 MLK LLC, the project’s owner.
11. Referral to City Manager: Naming of I-80 Bridge in Honor of Dona Spring (PDF) (Continued from July 14, 2009)
12. Repeal and Reenactment of Berkeley Municipal Code Chapter 9.32 - Massage Therapy Establishments (PDF) (Continued from July 14, 2009)
13. City Manager Referral: Minor Encroachments to the Public Right of Way (PDF) (Continued from July 14, 2009)
14. Support SCA 21 Authored by State Senators Leland Yee and Roy Ashburn (PDF) (Continued from July 14, 2009)
15. **Moved to Appeals Heading – Item 9.1**2525 Telegraph Avenue/2512 Regent Street – Certify LPC Action For Review
16. Mental Health Services Act Housing Funds (PDF)
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving a fund reservation in the amount of $500,000 in local Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Community Services and Supports (CSS) one-time funds for the Harmon Gardens development at 3240 Sacramento Street. The Resolution authorizes the City Manager to execute a loan agreement and any amendments and commit the $500,000 amount only after federal environmental review requirements are met. In addition, approve submitting Affordable Housing Associates’ application to the California Housing Finance Agency and the Department of Mental Health for an additional $500,000 in Mental Health Services Act Housing Program Funding. In order to complete the application, authorize the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with Affordable Housing Associates for the operations of the completed property and certain certifications required by the State.
Contact: Fred Medrano, Heath and Human Services, 981-5100
17. Housing Trust Fund Recommendations
a. From: Housing Advisory Commission (PDF) Recommendation: Approve fund reservations from the Housing Trust Fund account to Affordable Housing Associates (AHA) in the amount of $400,000 for the development of Harmon Gardens and to Resources for Community Development (RCD) in the amount of $90,259 for physical upgrades to Regent House.
b. City Manager (PDF) Supplemental Material (PDF)
Recommendation: Adopt the Housing Advisory Commission’s recommendations for fund reservations to Affordable Housing Associates (AHA) in the amount of $400,000 for the Harmon Gardens project and to Resources for Community Development (RCD) in the amount of $90, 259 for Regent House from the Housing Trust Fund as set forth in the Housing Advisory Commision (HAC) report on this same agenda. See report
c. Councilmembers Worthington and Moore (PDF) Recommendation: Increase housing trust funds by 1.4 million and reserving funding for Ashby Arts affordable senior housing. Provide $1,381,450 from Housing Trust Fund and other sources to provide 98 units of permanently affordable senior citizen housing at less than $15,000 per unit. This funding reservation will expire if the project is rejected for this round of tax credits.
18. Update on State Budget and Impacts on the City of Berkeley (PDF)
This is item is generated by the announcement of the State Legislature that it intends to vote on a State Budget on the date of this Council meeting. This announcement was made after the posting of the Agenda for this meeting. Given the impending Council recess and the likely impacts of the State Budget on the City and various community agencies, the City Manager will request that this item be added to this Agenda. This addition requires a 2/3 vote to approve (Government Code Section 54954.2(b)(2)).
From: City ManagerRecommendation: Receive report and authorize the City Manager to, at his discretion, provide additional advances to those community agencies which are negatively affected by the newly adopted State Budget and who were previously authorized to receive advances.Financial Implications: See reportContact: Tracy Vesely, City Manager’s Office, 981-7000
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the official seal of the City of Berkeley to be affixed on this 16th day of July, 2009.
NOTICE CONCERNING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS: f you object to a decision by the City Council to approve or deny an appeal, the following requirements and restrictions apply: 1) Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 and Government Code Section 65009(c)(1)(E), no lawsuit challenging a City decision to deny or approve a Zoning Adjustments Board decision may be filed and served on the City more than 90 days after the date the Notice of Decision of the action of the City Council is mailed. Any lawsuit not filed within that 90-day period will be barred. 2) In any lawsuit that may be filed against a City Council decision to approve or deny a Zoning Adjustments Board decision, the issues and evidence will be limited to those raised by you or someone else, orally or in writing, at a public hearing or prior to the close of the last public hearing on the project.
I hereby certify that the agenda for this meeting of the Berkeley City Council was posted at the display case located near the walkway in front of Council Chambers, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, as well as on the City’s website, on July 16, 2009.