AGENDA

 

BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING

tuesday, September 4, 2007

5:00 P.M.

Council Chambers – 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Teleconference Locations: 1636 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA

 

Tom Bates, Mayor

Councilmembers:

This meeting will be conducted in accordance with the Brown Act, Government Code Section 54953, and Teleconferencing.  Any member of the public may attend this meeting at either the Council Chambers or at the teleconference location Questions regarding this matter may be addressed to Pamyla Means, City Clerk, 981-6900

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Roll Call

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Public Comment - Limited to items on this agenda only

 

Closed Session

 

1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(a):

 

City of Berkeley v. University of California et.al.

Alameda County Superior Court No.  RG. 06302934

 

Adjournment

NOTICE CONCERNING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS: If you object to a decision by the City Council to approve or deny a use permit or variance for a project the following requirements and restrictions apply:  1) No lawsuit challenging a City decision to deny (Code Civ. Proc. '1094.6(b)) or approve (Gov. Code 65009(c)(5)) a use permit or variance may be filed 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 use permit or variance, 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.

 

Live captioned broadcasts of Council Meetings are available on Cable B-TV (Channel 33),
via internet accessible video stream at http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/video and KPFB Radio 89.3.
 Archived indexed video streams are available at http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/citycouncil.
Channel 33 rebroadcasts the following Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. and Sunday at 9:00 a.m.

Agendas and agenda reports may be accessed via the Internet at http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/citycouncil
and may be read at reference desks at the following locations:

COMMUNICATION ACCESS INFORMATION:

To request a meeting agenda in large print, Braille, or on cassette, or to request a sign language interpreter for the meeting, call 981-6900 (Voice) or 981-6903 (TDD) at least 5 working days prior to the meeting to insure availability.  Captioning services are provided at the meeting, on B-TV, and on the Internet.  In addition, assisted listening devices for the hearing impaired are available from the City Clerk prior to the meeting, and are to be returned before the end of the meeting.

Please refrain from wearing scented products at public meetings.

 

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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 August 30, 2007.

 

Pamyla Means, MMC, City Clerk