HNA E-News: Steering Comm/Disaster Prep Planning Mtg. Sunday, 4-5:30 p.m.; Crime watch, 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. Joint Steering Committee/Disaster Prep Committee Planning Meeting, Sunday, February 8,  2009, 4-5:30  p.m.

2. Ashby Flowers Needs Your Support

3. Proposed HNA Action in Support of Ashby Flowers

4. Adopt a Piece of Halcyon Commons!

5. Crime Watch Report: Car Break-in 2300 Block of Prince

6. Crime Watch Report: Attempted Break-in on Fulton

7. Crime Watch Alert: Help Needed to Catch a Sex Crime Predator

8. Radon Reported in Neighborhood and Link to Information on Testing

9. Bay Area Emergency Preparedness Exercise at the Oakland Coliseum, Thursday, March 19

10. Berkeley Visitor's Guide Available Online

11. Link to the Ecology Center's Climate Change Action Project

12. Buy Local Berkeley Suggests Local Economic Stimulus Action

* For Your Calendar: HNA Dates Scheduled for 2009

* Disaster Prep Supply Cache Wish List

* City of Berkeley: Useful Contact Information

* Halcyon Neighborhood Association's Guiding Principles

Editor's Introductory Note:

Thanks to all who participated in our hour-long Halcyon neighborhood cleanup on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which was listed as part of the national Day of Service organized through the new USAservice.org site promoted by President Obama. Forty-five adults and children showed up for this hour-long event, generating eighteen bags of trash and removing graffiti from dozens of signs and poles! It was very gratifying to see so many volunteers filled with a renewed dedication to service inspired by Obama's election, along with the recognition that it's going to take all of us to clean up the mess left from the last eight years.

There will be plenty of opportunities to pitch in and be part of the ongoing renewal of our neighborhood during the coming year. Please consider joining us this coming Sunday if you'd like to help plan some of the HNA dates and events for 2009 (see item 1). We could really use a few more community-minded folks to help us plan neighborhood watch,  community potlucks, cleanups, work parties in the park, disaster preparedness events, and more. As the saying goes, "Many hands make light work."

-Nancy Carleton, HNA Co-Chair and E-Newsletter Editor

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1. Joint Steering Committee/Disaster Prep Committee Planning Meeting, Sunday, February 8,  2009, 4-5:30  p.m.

What: Joint Meeting of HNA Steering Committee and Disaster Prep Commitee

Where: 3044-B Halcyon Court (back unit at end of driveway)

Agenda: Set HNA events/dates for 2009

Please join us for a meeting focused on setting HNA dates for events in 2009 (including neighborhood/park cleanups, community potlucks, tai chi chih in the park, and a likely disaster prep drill). New participants welcome! The scope of what we'll be able to take on this year will depend on the number of neighbors willing to help organize an event or two during the course of the year. Putting on the events is relatively simple if we have enough folks to help, because we already have good information-spreading methods in place (between the E-News, our flyer distribution network, and our park bulletin board).  We need two or three point people per event to move forward with it.

Come if you're interested in helping set the date for an event or two focusing on neighborhood watch (crime watch and/or disaster prep, self-defense training), cleanups, community building (potlucks, music in park, tai chi in the park, a multi-block yard sale, etc.), and/or other neighborhood projects, and you feel in alignment with HNA's Guiding Principles published toward the end of the E-News. Contact <halcyon92@gmail.com> for more information.

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2. Ashby Flowers Needs Your Support

 

[Editor's note: The owners of Ashby Flowers submitted the following information for us to pass on to neighbors. As editor, I have let Whole Foods Market know on three occasions that I will gladly print their perspective on this situation if and when they submit something to me in writing.]

Dear neighbors:

After more than 50 years at the corner of Ashby and Telegraph avenues, Ashby Flowers will be forced to vacate our shop at the end of July. Whole Foods Market has declined to renew our lease.

 

We sank our life savings into this shop when we bought it in 1995. Since then, we've worked hard to support our customers and to be a good neighbor. We count among our customers many residents of the Halcyon neighborhood. We are a small, family-owned and operated business, and this store is our livelihood. In this economy, especially, we cannot afford to be shut down.

 
Some customers have heard that Whole Foods is planning to open a cafe in what is now our flower store. This is unsubstantiated to the extent that the City of Berkeley has neither received any permit requests nor issued any permits to Whole Foods for the building that houses our flower shop.

Meanwhile, Whole Foods won't tell us why they won't renew our lease. We believe it is a bad business decision for Whole Foods, and certainly bad for us and our customers.
 

We could use all the neighborhood support we can get to help Whole Foods change its mind. To help us, please stop by our shop and sign our petition to Whole Foods upper management. In it, we ask Whole Foods to renew our lease.

In addition, tell the Whole Foods Board of Directors How You Really Feel!

Members of corporate boards of directors safeguard the core values of their companies. They are in a position to recommend action when senior employees violate a company's core values. As neighborhood members, you are among the "stakeholders" Whole Foods talks about serving. How does eliminating Ashby Flowers, a business many of you frequent regularly, serve your interests? Did Whole Foods invite your input on this decision? Is Whole Foods acting with the integrity it refers to on its website?

Here's your chance to tell the Whole Foods Board of Directors how you feel about the company's decision not to renew Ashby Flower Shop's lease. What does this say about Whole Foods' support for its local community? Write to the board members at:

Shareholder Services, Whole Foods Market, Inc.

550 Bowie Street, Austin, Texas 78703

512.477.4455

We found email addresses for only a few of the board members, as noted below. If you want to copy Ashby Flowers on  emails you write, do so at ashbyflowers@gmail.com:

John Mackey John.Mackey@wholefoods.com

John P. Mackey, co-founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since 1980. Mr. Mackey also served as President from June 2001 to Oct. 2004.

Dr. John B. Elstrott elstrott@tulane.edu   

Dr. John B. Elstrott has served as a director of the Company since 1995. Dr. Elstrott is a Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and the founding director of the Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship at Tulane University's Freeman School of Business, which was started in 1991.

Hass Hassan hass@greenmontcapital.com

Hass Hassan has served as a director of the Company since 2005. Mr. Hassan has been a General Partner of Greenmont Capital, an investment firm, since 2006.

 
We thank you for your continued support.
 
Marcy Simon and Iraj Misaghi
Owners, Ashby Flowers,  ashbyflowers@gmail.com

[Editor's note: You can also use the Whole Foods site for the Berkeley store to submit your opinion.]

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/company/contact_direct.php?tlc=BRK

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3. Proposed HNA Action in Support of Ashby Flowers

Editor's note:  Our HNA Steering Committee is considering sending a letter in support of Ashby Flowers, asking that Whole Foods Market renew the lease of this long-time local business. As many of you know, HNA rarely takes stands on land-use issues because they are so often fraught with controversy, which we intentionally steer clear of so that as many neighbors as possible will feel comfortable participating in our nonpartisan efforts devoted to neighborhood watch, park cleanups, community building, and so forth. As our Guiding Principles (reprinted toward the end of each E-News) state, "HNA only takes stands on larger issues when there is near-unanimity among neighbors." So far, every neighbor we've talked to or heard from by email has indicated support for Ashby Flowers receiving a renewed lease, so this looks like one of those occasions where there's "near-uanimity." If you are a neighbor living in the Halcyon neighborhood (Ashby to Woolsey, Telegraph to Adeline) and you have strong feelings in either direction about the Ashby Flowers situation, please email <halcyon92@gmail.com> by this Friday, February 6, and our Steering Committee will take your opinion into account as we weigh whether to proceed with our planned letter of support. Thanks, Nancy Carleton, HNA Co-Chair

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4. Adopt a Piece of Halcyon Commons!

[Editor's note: HNA Treasurer Susan Hunter, one of the main folks who has served as a steward for our neighborhood park over the past fifteen years, hopes to get a few more neighbors involved in her new project, which will allow those who can't always make it to big weekend work parties to help care for our shared common space.]

Attention all Park Lovers:  Adopt a Piece of Our Park Plan

I am writing to see if I can get a few more folks to join me in "adopting a piece of the park" to help maintain a small piece of Halcyon Commons (our neighborhood-created park on Halcyon Court near Prince Street). The idea is something you can do on your own time, once a month. I just need a core group of about 8 to 18 people for us to get started. It would take you all of 10-15 minutes to do your area if we had enough people. So far we have three plus me, and some time has gone by since I last wrote a piece about this. So, if I could get four or more additional people to volunteer a very small segment of time, we could have a short first meeting to scope out the areas. I want it to be fun, rather than "work." Simple. Plus it would be great to meet new neighbors in the process.

Please email me at huntersec@gmail.com and join me for coffee & scones upon our first meeting, tbd ( most likely a Saturday or Sunday a.m.).

Thanks again,

Susan Hunter

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5. Crime Watch Report: Car Break-in 2300 Block of Prince

A Prince Street neighbor reports:

"My car was broken into Wednesday night January 28. The passenger side window was broken (closest to the sidewalk). They rifled through the car, but nothing was taken."

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6. Crime Watch Report: Attempted Break-in on Fulton

A Fulton Street neighbor reports:

"Hi all!  Just a brief item about crime. I came home late ( 1130 p.m.) on Sunday 1/18 and found two street barricades and a old black plastic box set up underneath my son's bedroom window (alleyway). He was home alone with our dog. When I questioned him, he said he had heard some rustling about out there, but thought it was my brother who lives behind us in the cottage. The next morning I found his window screen behind the green bin and a small hole in the bottom corner. I reported all this to the police, who were great (as usual!), and told me there have been a fair amount of house and car break-ins in our neighborhood lately. He reinforced the importance of reporting any thing suspicious to the police. Keep your eyes open!"

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7. Crime Watch Alert: Help Needed to Catch a Sex Crime Predator

Berkeley, California (Wednesday, January 28, 2009) City of Berkeley Police Department (BPD) Sex Crimes detectives need the community's help to nab a predator. Detectives are tracking a series of assaults in which the suspect is focusing on college-aged women who are wearing skirts. In each case, the suspect approaches the victim(s)from behind, lifts their skirts, and tries to penetrate the victim's vagina with his finger. Three of the crimes occurred on Saturday, January 24, 2009 in the south campus area of the City of Berkeley close to the University of California at Berkeley. (UC)

Case #1 1:30 a.m. Channing Way & Piedmont Avenue

Case #2   12:30 a.m. Bowditch Way & Channing Way

Case #3  2:30 a.m. 2400 block of Warring Street

Detectives believe that an incident on October 31, 2008 at 12:30 a.m. at Haste Street and Piedmont Avenue is also related based on the similar M.O. (Modus Operandi) in that case. Due to the fact that the suspect approaches the victims from behind to commit the crime, the victims were unable to get a detailed description of the suspect. The victims have generally described the suspect as:

White male, 20s to 30 years old
5'6"-5'9" tall
Medium build, short dark hair

BPD needs the community's help in catching this suspect. If you were a victim who did not report a similar crime or a witness to any of these crimes, please contact the BPD Sex Crimes Detail at 510-981-5735/5734. If you wish to remain anonymous, please call Bay Area Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. All Bay Area Crime Stoppers calls are completely confidential. For crimes in progress, call 911 or  510- 981-5911 from your cell phone when in the City of Berkeley.

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8. Radon Reported in Neighborhood and Link to Information on Testing

A Prince Street neighbor reports:

My husband and I live in the 2100 block of Prince Street in the bottom level of a two-story house.  We recently had our home tested for Radon (we did two short term tests) and the levels came out just above the action level indicated by the EPA for remediation work to be done.  We had the remediation work completed and retested and our levels fell to background levels.  Radon is usually not considered a problem in the Bay Area, however our levels were too high and show that it can be a hazard in our neighborhood.  The Radon tests are inexpensive and easy to use.  For more information on Radon you can check the EPA website. http://www.epa.gov/radon/ "

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9. Bay Area Emergency Preparedness Exercise at the Oakland Coliseum, Thursday, March 19

[Editor's note: The following information was forwarded by the City's Office of Emergency Preparedness.]

The City of Berkeley is working in collaboration with 9 Counties and 3 cities on a Point of Distribution Emergency Preparedness Exercise. The Public Health Preparedness division and the Office of Emergency Services would like to forward this information to you and your neighborhood members about an opportunity to participate as a volunteer in a mass prophylaxis disaster response exercise on March 19 at the Oakland Coliseum. This will be an great opportunity for citizens to see what a possible bioterrorism event response would look like.

A BAY AREA EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE

Focus:  Mass Dispensing

Thursday March 19th, 2009, 10:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.

Oakland Coliseum Complex (East Arena), 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland, CA 94621
(Take BART or Amtrak and exit at the Coliseum/Oakland stop)

FREE PARKING! FREE REFRESHMENTS!
All participants will get a certificate of community service.

TO SIGN UP CALL: Kathy Dervin  510-981-5361

EMAIL: kdervin@ci.berkeley.ca.us

Must have a valid California ID or be accompanied by someone with a valid ID to participate

1000s of VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED

Come join us in this exciting exercise to prepare for future health emergencies. Giving 4 hours of your time provides us with the support we need to build our efficiency and preparedness. For more information on exercise activities and how you can help, please see contact information above.

NOTE:  No actual medications or vaccines will be distributed during this exercise.

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10. Berkeley Visitor's Guide Available Online

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/berkeley/ovg0809/

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11. Link to the Ecology Center's Climate Change Action Project

[Editor's note: Several neighbors have expressed a desire to learn more about the Ecology Center's efforts to help us reduce our carbon footprints. See the following links for more information.]

The Ecology Center's Climate Change Action Project has been featured lately in area news media, including the East Bay Express:

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/changing_the_climate_one_person_at_a_time/Content?oid=880868

To find out more, contact:

http://ecologycenter.org/climatechange/

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12. Buy Local Berkeley Suggests Local Economic Stimulus Action

[Editor's note: A neighbor submitted the following excerpt from a recent email from Buy Local Berkeley.]

We're all watching our pennies these days. So, when you do spend, make sure you get the most for your dollar.  Shopping at locally owned, independent businesses provides the greatest economic stimulus to our own community.

 

That's right: You are a walking, talking stimulus package!  For every dollar you spend at a local independent, 58% more of your money gets spent again right here in our region. That means that you are helping your friends and neighbors keep their jobs and funding local charities every time you buy from the cool businesses that make our town unique. You get all that PLUS the actual product or service too?!  What a bargain!

 

Read on to find out just some of the ways we can "self stimulate" right here in Berkeley ...

The Resolution:

"I resolve to increase my support of independent businesses and artists, and I will put my thoughts, actions and dollars behind my local community."

 

The Reward:

By making the Indie Resolution, I am creating a healthier, more thoughtful, and stronger community, economy, and life for myself.

 

The Incentive:

A chance to win $5800 in local gift certificates! Why $5800? Fifty-eight percent more of your money stays in the community when spent at local, independent businesses rather than out-of-town chains. Think about every dollar you spend, and how you can circulate it here, in your community.

How to Participate:

Email your name and mailing address by 2/07/09 tobuylocalberkeley@gmail.com. You will receive an Indie Resolution Journal in the postal service mail in February, along with info on how to identify local, indie businesses. Each month, make at least one journal entry of what you did to support the theme of the month. You will receive a monthly email that explains the theme, and makes suggestions for activities. At the end of the year, mail your Journal back to our sponsoring partner in this effort, The East Bay Express, by 12/31/09, and you will be automatically entered into the drawing.

http://www.buylocalberkeley.com/node/26

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* For Your Calendar: HNA Dates Scheduled for 2009

Dates set as of  January 2009 (verify a couple weeks before event by checking HNA E-News; more dates will be added after the 2/8 planning meeting):

Sunday, February, 8, 2009, 4-5:30, Joint Steering Committee/Disaster Prep Committee meeting to plan dates/events for 2009, 3044-B Halcyon Court (back unit) (email <halcyon92@gmail.com> if you'd like to participate)

Saturday, April 25,  2009, 10 a.m., T'ai Chi Chih Practice in the Park with Juditth Schwartz on World Tai Chi and QiGong Day, Halcyon Commons (Halcyon Court at Prince Street); this will be the beginning of free ongoing neighborhood practice (days/times 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;  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 to reach Berkeley emergency from a cell)

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:  http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/police

Link to police bulletins:

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/police/crimestats/policebulletins.html

Other City Departments:

City Manager's Office: 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 Jesse Arreguin <JArreguin@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,

Councilmember Laurie Capitelli <LCapitelli@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,

Councilmember Susan Wengraf <SWengraf@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 at <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 please!) to HNA E-Newsletter Editor Nancy Carleton at <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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