South Oceanview Neighborhood Association
Next meeting:
March 19 at Jim Orjalla's: 1813 Ninth St.
(6:45 shmooze & meet your neighbors; 7:15-9:00 business meeting)
Minutes of February 4 Meeting
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Jim Orjalla reported on the West Berkeley Plan. He is working with Darcy and (several others) to propose alternatives to several plan provisions. His focus is to use the plan to make it more difficult to site auto related businesses, and encourage neighborhood serving businesses.
Jim also pointed out that changes in the zoning process would double the size of the business before public input before the Zoning Adjustments Board would be required. His assessment is that very few businesses along San Pablo would be greater than the new threshold.
Next Year
The group prioritzed activities for the coming year. Following are activities, followed by the number of SONA members present who are interested in the topic/# of members would invest time in the topic.
Development issues all/3
Social activities (getting to know one another better) all/5
Crime & safety 6/2
Neighborhood church/organization intros 10/4
Traffic 9/0
Neighborhood beautification 9/6
Supporting James Kenney Park 6/1
Monitoring pollution 8/2
Outreach to other neighborhood groups 8/3
Pedestrian street lighting/ped friendly sidewalks 2/1
Racial integration 11/7
Educational activities 0
Planning/Zoning/West Berkeley Plan all/5
Outreach to local merchants 12/3
Party
Alan is hosting a party to honor the hardest working SONA volunteers: the newsletter distributors. It will be on March 23, from 5-7. Call Alan for details.