Former city manager Phil Kamlarz, just before his retirement Phil Kamlarz, city manager for eight years and a city employee for 36, retired this month. He first became a Berkeley city employee as a temporary associate accountant in the Berkeley Public Library in 1975, and a year later transferred to the city manager’s office. He […]
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Average Berkeley street in at-risk condition, many worse
Cracks that lead to constant potholes on Dwight Way at Telegraph. Photo: Tracey Taylor According to a report from the City Auditor presented to the City Council last night, the average Berkeley street is in “at risk” condition. As the report, “Failing Streets,” details, as street condition deteriorates, the cost of paving increases rapidly. “Berkeley […]
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Are Blackberries best bet for Berkeley in emergencies?
The city of Berkeley’s executive team, which includes all councilmembers, department heads and senior managers, relies on Blackberries to communicate with each other and externally The city of Berkeley’s executive team, which includes all councilmembers, department heads and senior managers, relies on Blackberries to communicate with each other and externally On Tuesday, October 11th, at […]
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Call for alerts (and fewer tickets) on street sweeping
Neighborly reminder of street sweeping at Hearst and Milvia put up in April last year. Photo: D.H. Parks If you own a car in Berkeley there’s a high chance you will have experienced the frustration of being ticketed, or even towed, for being parked in the wrong place at the wrong time on a street-sweeping […]
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City Council tackles housing development downtown
“Downtown” area expanded under Measure R “Downtown” area expanded under Measure R By Judith Scherr With the passage of Measure R last year, Berkeley voters set the stage for a taller, denser, greener downtown. While developers will be allowed to build one hotel and two residential buildings of 180 feet, a couple of office buildings at […]
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Students submit first 2011 city redistricting proposal
Stephanie Phonvongsa explains the redistricting proposal to a gathering audience. Photos: Robert Mills By Robert Mills Nine students met on the steps of Old City Hall Tuesday to submit their redistricting proposal to Berkeley City Council. Their pitch came early in the game – with the deadline for initial submissions agreed at last night’s council meeting […]
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Cal leaders push to put student on Berkeley City Council
Will a student ever sit on Berkeley City Council again? In the 15 years since Berkeley adopted City Council districts, no student has been elected to the post even though they make up a quarter of the population. Now a coalition of UC Berkeley student leaders is aiming to change that. The group hopes to […]
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Berkeley City Council meeting, June 28, covered live
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Two Berkeley council members visit the White House
Darryl Moore will attend a Pride Month reception at the White House on June 29 “I am going to wear my charcoal gray suit with a bright color shirt. We are really excited.” So says Darryl Moore who is celebrating Pride Month with a visit to the White House. Moore, a gay African American councilmember in […]
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City workers make sacrifices, help alleviate budget crisis
Berkeley City Manager Phil Kamlarz: grateful to city employees for making cuts. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel The city could achieve annual savings in excess of $4 million, if an agreement reached this week with more than 500 city employees on salary cuts and pensions is also adopted by other union members, according to City Manager Phil […]
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Have your say on City decisions and bullying at school
Take the survey on bullying in Berkeley schools Two online resources are currently open to Berkeleyans to enable them to make their views known on, respectively, decisions on the City Council’s next agenda, and the issue of bullying and how it is dealt with in Berkeley schools. Berkeley councilmembers Susan Wengraf and Gordon Wozniak are […]
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City votes to raise parking fees in downtown zone
Around 750 spaces in a "premium" parking zone in Downtown will cost $1.75/hour rather than $1.50/hour. Photo: Tracey Taylor Berkeley City Council Tuesday voted to raise hourly parking rates by 25 cents to $1.75 an hour within a pre-determined “premium” zone in Downtown in order to raise an estimated $125,000. The area where the new […]
