Camelia Street Blog

With some dealerships getting itchy feet, the City of Berkeley is trying to formulate a plan to keep existing, and attract new, car dealerships to the area. Sales tax from local car sales make up about 10% of the city’s total sales tax collection, so finding ways to keep them here is essential to maintaining the already fragile city budget. The tour will kick off the public discussion on the necessary changes to the West Berkeley Plan and zoning code that would need to occur to accomodate the dealerships–mostly along the Frontage Road/Gilman St./Camelia St.

The Saturday morning tour starts at 9:45 a.m. at 2700 Shattuck Ave. in front of McKevitt Volvo-Nissan. From there it will wind its way through west Berkeley along the Frontage Road, and end at Weatherford BMW on Ashby a couple hours later. The public is encouraged to attend. There will also be a follow up public workshop on this topic this Wednesday at 7pm at the North Berkeley Senior Center at 1901 Hearst.

For more info:
* Click here for the Daily Planet article or here for the Berkeley Voice Article.
* Or call assistant planner Jordan Harrison at 510.981.7416.

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Apparently this is old news…but here it is anyway. Back in Feb/March of 2005, Cemex, one of the largest producers of building materials in the world, bought RMC Pacific. Sounds a little like a monopoly to me. The old RMC plant located on 5th st. between Camelia and Gilman will continue to function as usual.

Click here for a RMC timeline.

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There will be a public workshop on this topic on Jan. 12. at the West Berkeley Senior Center, 1600 Sixth St. Clear here for more info.

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