HNA E-News: Important neighborhood events this weekend: Sat. Work Party and Sunday Neighborhood Watch meeting, etc.
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Halcyon Neighborhood Association E-Newsletter
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Items appearing in the HNA E-Newsletter are deemed to be of general interest to neighbors but do not necessarily reflect the views of Halcyon Neighborhood Association (HNA), its Steering Committee, or the Editor. The Editor's introductory comments express her personal viewpoint.
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1 Big Neighborhood Work Party, Saturday, Oct. 27, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Volunteers Needed!!!
2. Fall Neighborhood Watch Meeting, Sunday, Oct. 28, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Chochmat HaLev (Prince at Fulton)
3. Berkeley Fire Department Responds to Southern California Fires
4. HNA's Guiding Principles
5. "Memorial Service Held for Slain Berkeley Boy": Link to Daily Planet Article
6. Concert/Labyrinth Walk with Musician Margie Adam, Sunday, October 28, 4-6 p.m.
* For Your Calendar: HNA Dates Scheduled for 2007/Early 2008
* Disaster Prep Supply Cache Wish List
* City of Berkeley: Useful Contact Information
* Halcyon Neighborhood Association's Guiding Principles
Editor's Introductory Note:
Over the years, HNA has emphasized community-building events, greening projects, nighttime safety walks, and work parties over frequent meetings, but when we do have a meeting, such as the semi-annual Neighborhood Watch event this coming Sunday (see item 2), it's important that as many neighbors as possible show up so we can demonstrate a strong presence as we meet with the city officials who serve us. These meetings are always informative and are run tightly so we can cover a lot of ground. If you possibly can, please show up from 6:30 to 8:00 this Sunday (if you show up fifteen minutes early, at 6:15, you'll also have a chance to talk informally with Mayor Tom Bates and Councilmember Kriss Worthington beforehand). Your presence makes a difference!
Another important opportunity to put some of your energy into making our neighborhood a better place is taking place Saturday, when we'll have both Cal students and Willard Middle School volunteering as part of the Berkeley Project. Working side by side with youth who are volunteering is an inspiring experience, and a little guidance from us neighbors will allow everyone to be as productive as possible. I know there are many ways to spend your Saturday, but if you can spare an hour or two, please let us know (see item 1). An added incentive is the delicious food being donated by Whole Foods Market, and coffee from Mokka cafe to help get you going when we first start out!
These are the final official HNA events of the year (though we'll be holding a Steering Committee meeting on Sunday, December 2, 4:00-5:30 if you'd like to help plan the outlines of our calendar for 2008). I hope to see you at one or both of them!
-Nancy Carleton, HNA Co-Chair and E-Newsletter Editor
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1. Big Neighborhood Work Party, Saturday, Oct. 27, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Volunteers Needed!!!
Saturday, October 27, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Meet at Halcyon Commons (Halcyon at Prince)
We'll weed, mulch, and plant rain or shine (but paint only if dry)
Refreshments courtesy of Whole Foods Market
Coffee courtesy of Mokka (cafe at Telegraph and Dowling)
Flyers courtesy of Chochmat HaLev
* Weeding, Mulching, and Planting in Halcyon Commons and nearby landscaped barriers
* Painting Addresses on the Sidewalk to help make our neighborhood easier to navigate by police and emergency personnel
* Picking up Litter from Streets
* Removing Graffiti from as wide an area of our neighborhood as we can reach
** Note ** We remain in need of a few neighborhood crew leader volunteers to assist and supervise groups of student volunteers. Please contact Dawn Rubin to help with painting of neighborhood addresses & clean-up (843-6306, <familyrubin@comcast.net>) and/or John Steere to help with weeding, mulching, and planting (849-1969, <jsteere@igc.org>). Or you can respond by reply email to Nancy Carleton at <halcyon92@gmail.com>.
Please lend us a few hours to help with our big annual fall work party! Around 30 student volunteers (UC students plus some of their Willard Middle Shcool mentees) will be helping us out as part of Cal's Berkeley Project day, but in order to accomplish the most we can with this much-appreciated help from the Cal volunteers, we need plenty of neighbors present to provide guidance and lend a hand. If you can help for any or all of these two-hour shifts - 9 to 11, 11 to 1, 1 to 3 - please let us know by emailing <halcyon92@gmail.com> or calling the contacts listed above. We need your help to make this day as successful as it can possibly be. THANK YOU!
We also need wheelbarrows and shovels for moving mulch. If you can loan yours for the day, please reply to <halcyon92@gmail.com> (and be sure to label it with your address on masking tape so we can return it promptly when we're done).
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2. Fall Neighborhood Watch Meeting, Sunday, Oct. 28, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Chochmat HaLev (Prince at Fulton)
Please join your neighbors at our semi-annual neighborhood watch meeting (the spring meeting emphasizes emergency preparedness; the fall meeting emphasizes crime watch, though both are included each time). This is our big chance to network with our beat officers and city representatives and share our concerns about neighborhood safety. And the evening is especially timely given the recent upsurge in crime along the Berkeley-Oakland border.
The meeting will start promptly and be run tightly. You're welcome to come as early as 6 to help set up and to schmooze, and please plan on arriving at least a few minutes early to check in and get seated. The meeting proper will start promptly at 6:30 and end at 8, with time for individual follow-up with speakers from 8 to 8:30 while we clean up.
NOTE: Mayor Tom Bates and District 7 Councilmember Kriss Worthington have committed to showing up by 6:15 for 15 fifteen minutes to chat informally before the meeting starts promptly at 6:15. There will also be representatives from the Police Department and the City Manager's Office at the meeting itself, and District 3 Councilmember Max Anderson has also been invited.
The agenda includes:
If you can help HNA Neighborhood Watch Coordinator Dawn Trygstad Rubin set up at 6 p.m. the evening of the 28th, please contact her at <familyrubin@comcast.net>.
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3. Berkeley Fire Department Responds to Southern California Fires
The City of Berkeley has put out the following press release:
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/news/2007/10October/102307BFDinSoCal.html
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4. HNA's Guiding Principles
Editor's Note: The previous E-News provided a link to a commentary in the Daily Planet concerning the principles that have guided HNA through its fifteen-year history, which were recently put into written form by HNA Co-Chairs Nancy Carleton and John Steere and HNA Neighborhood Watch Coordinator Dawn Trygstad Rubin ("HNA: Guiding Principles for a Collaborative Approach,"
http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?issue=10-12-07&storyID=28215). HNA Co-Chair John Steere asked that these principles be highlighted in the current issue of the E-News, in case anyone has feedback to offer on this draft (the principles will also be included as a placeholder in the E-News henceforth). If you have comments or suggestions, please email them to HNA at <halcyon92@gmail.com>.
HNA is a community group dedicated to stewardship of the Halcyon Neighborhood in South Berkeley (bounded by Telegraph, Ashby, Adeline, and Woolsey). We encourage positive, proactive, partnership-oriented approaches to improving the well-being of our neighborhood, with an emphasis on the following goals:
- Community building (such as regular potlucks, special events in the park, mutual support among neighbors, and multiblock yard sales);
- Ongoing care of Halcyon Commons (a park conceived of and created by the neighbors who founded HNA) under the nonprofit umbrella provided by Berkeley Partners for Parks and in partnership with the City of Berkeley;
- Continued greening and care of the neighborhood (planting trees, cleaning litter off streets, graffiti removal, and helping maintain public landscaped features);
- Strengthening neighborhood watch (crime watch, community safety walks, emergency preparedness, and disaster supply cache);
- Networking with the larger Berkeley community (nearby neighborhood groups, neighborhood businesses, City staff, and elected officials);
- Sharing information and empowering residents to become proactive in addressing neighborhood needs and in expressing individual viewpoints regarding civic affairs (spreading news through meetings, flyers, and the HNA E-Newsletter, and providing contact information).
To fulfill these goals, HNA provides a sanctuary from partisan politics so that neighbors with diverse viewpoints feel welcome to participate. Thus, HNA only takes stands on larger issues when there is near-unanimity among neighbors. By focusing on immediate local concerns, we find we can have a greater impact and get better results from the time we invest.
Guided by these principles, HNA invites neighbors who are willing to work together in a spirit of partnership to participate at whatever level makes sense for them. Opportunities for serving on our volunteer Steering Committee and project-oriented committees are available to neighbors who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work together in a nonpartisan spirit. Neighbors are invited to step forward into leadership positions defined by the work they do in accordance with HNA's primary goals and guiding principles.
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5. "Memorial Service Held for Slain Berkeley Boy": Link to Daily Planet Article
A recent Berkeley Daily Planet article describes the memorial held for Shattuck neighbor Amir Hassan:
http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?issue=10-23-07&storyID=28280
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6. Concert/Labyrinth Walk with Musician Margie Adam, Sunday, October 28, 4-6 p.m.
[Editor's Note: A number of Halcyon neighbors, including HNA Co-Chair Nancy Carleton, are involved with this project.]
Singer, songwriter, and pianist Margie Adam will bring her "PORTAL Experience" concert/labyrinth walk to Berkeley City Club, , 2315 Durant, Sunday, October 28, 4-6:30 p.m., to benefit the East Bay Labyrinth Project (EBLP). This intimate afternoon event will feature Margie's piano and vocal music, followed by a community walk on a 40-foot Chartres-style canvas labyrinth enveloped in large screen projections of Scotland's ancient Callanish Stones. Lauren Artress, author and labyrinth movement visionary, will be EBLP's special guest. The concert/walk launches EBLP's campaign to raise $100,000 to install a public and accessible labyrinth at the Berkeley Marina at a site approved by the Waterfront Commission and Berkeley City Council after an extensive public process. Tickets $25 advance; $30 door; $15 students. www.margieadam.com or (510) 526-7377.
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For Your Calendar: HNA Dates Scheduled for 2007/Early 2008
Dates set as of October 2007 (verify a couple weeks before event by checking HNA E-Newsletter):
Saturday, October 27, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Fall Mulching in Park & Neighborhood Work Party (including painting addresses on sidewalks) with help from Cal volunteers of Berkeley Project
Sunday, October 28, 6:30-8:00 p.m., Big Neighborhood Watch Community Meeting, Chochmat HaLev (Prince at Fulton)
December 2, 4:00-5:30 p.m., HNA Steering Committee Meeting (email <halcyon92@gmail.com> for location)
Sunday, January 13, 2008, 5:00-8:30 p.m., Post-Holiday Progressive Potluck, four locations TBD
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* Disaster Prep Supply Cache Wish List
HNA's Disaster Prep Supply Cache contains items intended to benefit the entire neighborhood in the event of disaster. You can help us have what we need on hand in two ways: (1) Make a tax-deductible financial contribution to Berkeley Partners for Parks (BPFP, our nonprofit fiscal sponsor), earmarked Halcyon Disaster Prep, which will go toward purchasing additional supplies, and mail or drop off to HNA Treasurer Susan Hunter, 3044 Halcyon Court, Berkeley, CA 94705. (2) Contribute any of the following items in-kind (supplies MUST be new or in GOOD condition):
Duct Tape (this is a versatile supply that allows us to improvise with common household items in the event of a disaster: lots needed!); Batteries (AA, C, D), regular & rechargeable; Battery Recharger for AA (LOTS of these needed!), C, D; Quality Walkie-Talkies with 8-mile range, 22 channels (i.e., Motorola Talkabout T5500 two-way radios); Axes; Crow Bars, Hard Hats; Other Tools for Search & Rescue; Head Lamps; Heavy-duty Flashlights; Bullhorn; Laptop Computer with rechargeable power supply & USB port; Flashcard (for storing neighborhood database to transfer to laptop); Sheets (freshly laundered or new; good for first aid); Blankets; First Aid Supplies; Gas Siphon (for extracting gas from cars to run generator); 5-Gallon Drums for long-term gas storage; Work Gloves; Large Camping Tents (with all parts!); Coleman or similar Gas or Propane Stove; Shelving for Shed; Two-Foot Lengths of 2x4s and 4x4s (good for cribbing and creating fulcrums for removing heavy objects during search & rescue operations).
Contact HNA Co-Chair and Cache Coordinator Nancy Carleton at <halcyon92@gmail.com> or 644-0172 to contribute supplies.
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* City of Berkeley: Useful Contact Information
Police
Police Emergency Number: 911 (from landline); 981-5911(from cell; preprogram with this number)
Police Nonemergency Number: 981-5900
Link to beat maps and a list of beat officers:
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/police/department/beatinfo/beatlineup.html
In Halcyon neighborhood, west of Fulton is Beat 10, east of Fulton is Beat 9.
Link to crime stats:
Berkeley: www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/police
Link to police bulletins:
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/police/crimestats/policebulletins.html
Other City Departments:
Neighborhood Services Liaison Jim Hynes <jhynes@ci.berkeley.ca.us> 981-2493
Public Works Customer Service: 981-6620 (streets, sidewalks, graffiti, sewers, litter, storm drains, street lights)
Tree Trimming/Planting (Forestry)/Parks: 981-6660
Written Communication with City Council:
To comment to City Council, cut and paste the following email addresses:
City Clerk <clerk@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Mayor Tom Bates <Mayor@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Linda Maio <LMaio@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Darryl Moore <DMoore@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Max Anderson <MAnderson@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Dona Spring <DSpring@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Laurie Capitelli <LCapitelli@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Betty Olds <BOlds@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Kriss Worthington <KWorthington@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Gordon Wozniak <GWozniak@ci.berkeley.ca.us>
Representatives for Our Neighborhood:
Councilmember Max Anderson (District 3) 981-7130
West side of Wheeler Street to west (except for Woolsey between Wheeler and Shattuck)
Councilmember Kriss Worthington (District 7) 981-7170
East side of Wheeler to east (includes block of Woolsey from Wheeler to Shattuck)
Mayor Tom Bates 981-7100
Zoning Adjustments Board:
To comment to the Zoning Adjustments Board regarding projects on their calendar, email:
Zoning Adjustments Board <zab@ci.berkeley.ca.us>
(best to submit your comments 10 days prior to meeting for inclusion in the advance packet to board members, but late submissions will be distributed the evening of the meeting)
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* Halcyon Neighborhood Association's Guiding Principles
HNA is a community group dedicated to stewardship of the Halcyon Neighborhood in South Berkeley (bounded by Telegraph, Ashby, Adeline, and Woolsey). We encourage positive, proactive, partnership-oriented approaches to improving the well-being of our neighborhood, with an emphasis on the following goals:
- Community building (such as regular potlucks, special events in the park, mutual support among neighbors, and multiblock yard sales);
- Ongoing care of Halcyon Commons (a park conceived of and created by the neighbors who founded HNA) under the nonprofit umbrella provided by Berkeley Partners for Parks and in partnership with the City of Berkeley;
- Continued greening and care of the neighborhood (planting trees, cleaning litter off streets, graffiti removal, and helping maintain public landscaped features);
- Strengthening neighborhood watch (crime watch, community safety walks, emergency preparedness, and disaster supply cache);
- Networking with the larger Berkeley community (nearby neighborhood groups, neighborhood businesses, City staff, and elected officials);
- Sharing information and empowering residents to become proactive in addressing neighborhood needs and in expressing individual viewpoints regarding civic affairs (spreading news through meetings, flyers, and the HNA E-Newsletter, and providing contact information).
To fulfill these goals, HNA provides a sanctuary from partisan politics so that neighbors with diverse viewpoints feel welcome to participate. Thus, HNA only takes stands on larger issues when there is near-unanimity among neighbors. By focusing on immediate local concerns, we find we can have a greater impact and get better results from the time we invest.
Guided by these principles, HNA invites neighbors who are willing to work together in a spirit of partnership to participate at whatever level makes sense for them. Opportunities for serving on our volunteer Steering Committee and project-oriented committees are available to neighbors who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work together in a nonpartisan spirit. Neighbors are invited to step forward into leadership positions defined by the work they do in accordance with HNA's primary goals and guiding principles.
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The Halcyon Neighborhood Association E-Newsletter: The HNA E-Newsletter forwards occasional crime-watch notices as well as items of general interest to neighbors in the Ashby/Telegraph/Woolsey/Adeline area of south Berkeley (HNA's borders), including announcements about community-building potlucks, greening projects, disaster preparedness meetings, and work parties in Halcyon Commons Park. If you're receiving this email, you probably either signed up at a neighborhood event or a neighbor forwarded it to you. Please note that to prevent spam, HNA always uses bcc and does not share your email address with third parties. If you wish to be removed from this list, please reply to HNA Co-Chair Nancy Carleton/Halcyon Neighborhood Association <halcyon92@gmail.com>. Feel free to pass the HNA E-Newsletter on to other neighbors you think might be interested.
To submit items for the newsletter: Email unformatted content or links (no graphics or attachments) to HNA E-Newsletter Editor Nancy Carleton <halcyon92@gmail.com>. Crime-watch reports and news about neighbors (births, new jobs, announcements re home businesses) is especially welcome. Please note that due to the volunteer nature of the endeavor, the E-Newsletter does not typically include "letters to the editor" or "commentary," but will gladly include links to such items written by neighbors in the Ashby/Telegraph/Woolsey/Adeline area and published elsewhere (the Berkeley Daily Planet has a large section devoted to opinion).
HNA Halcyon Safety Walk Listserve: For those who'd like to participate in night-time and daytime safety "dog" walks (dogs not required) to build community and serve as eyes on the street, please reply to Halcyon Neighborhood Association <halcyon92@gmail.com> indicating your interest, and you will receive an invitation to join. For everyone's safety, be sure to include your full name, address, email, and phone.
HNA Blog: If you would like to view previous newsletters online (and comment via a blog format, though this is a low-activity blog), please visit http://halcyoncourt.blogspot.com/
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