Photo: Eric Angstadt Update, Feb. 26, 10:11 a.m. The city manager’s office sent the following notice to city officials at 10:05 a.m. “It is with sadness that I inform you that Eric Angstadt has submitted his resignation as Planning Director effective March 25, 2016 to become the Chief Assistant County Administrator for Contra Costa County. Eric came […]
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Another Berkeley department head to retire
Andrew Clough is retiring after eight years running the Public Works department. Photo: Emilie Raguso Another longtime city employee has announced plans to leave Berkeley, according to a memo to the Berkeley City Council from the city manager posted online Wednesday. Andrew Clough, who has helped run the city’s Public Works Department for eight years — […]
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Berkeley’s Sacramento Street corridor on the rise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QAGuiQ1sro Berkeley city staff are taking aim at a South Berkeley neighborhood that has struggled economically in recent years by teaming up with residents, as well as business and property owners, to make improvements hoped to make a difference in the near-term along Sacramento Street. Last week, some 30 people attended a meeting at San […]
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Second Measure M planning meeting comes Saturday
Residents attended a meeting in early May to learn about the planning process for Measure M spending. Photo: Emilie Raguso The second community meeting on Measure M spending will take place Saturday at 10 a.m. at the South Berkeley senior center to seek input from community members on their priorities for street and watershed improvements. Priorities […]
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Ambitious public works program falls short of need
Measure M will provide more funds for improving streets, but it still will fall short of the need. Photo: Tracey Taylor The public works capital improvement program was the focus of the budget worksession that preceded Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. Public Works Director Andrew Clough and his colleagues presented an ambitious roster of projects […]
