Even More Letters
Reminders: Saturday July 9 (tomorrow) 9 am Native Plant Watering and Cultivating. Meet at parking circle west end of Spinnaker
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Issues
Letter to Parks Commission, with Document
Roger Miller is the Secretary of the Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Commission. The following email was sent on July 7
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Park Engagement Times and Letters
This coming weekend there are two kinds of opportunities to engage with the park. On Saturday morning from 9 to
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Not One Person
Not a single person thought that the proposed commercial developments for Chavez Park were a good idea. That was a
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Letter: End this Ill-Conceived Idea!
Dear Mayor Arreguín and Berkeley City Council Members,I’m writing in response to the Berkeley Marina Area Specific Plan (BMASP) proposal
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BMASP: A Betrayal of Nature
Letter to City Council and related parties from Susan Black, June 28 2022: Today on my usual morning walk around
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More Letters
Note: On Saturday July 1 the Conservancy will have a booth in the southeast corner of the park (near the
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Let’s Stop the Plan That Would Destroy Our Park
The City has hired a consultant to propose changes in the Berkeley Marina. The project is known as the Berkeley
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Coastal Quality Threatened
Copy of a Public Comment sent to the California Coastal Commission June 24 2022 for its meeting on July 22.
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Thank You EBCE
Chavez Park Conservancy Treasurer Lana Lew reports that we have received a check for $2,500.00 from East Bay Community Energy
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Alarmed About the BMASP Plan
Exchange of messages between park visitor Ryan Turner and Berkeley City Council member and Vice Mayor Kate Harrison, June 12-21
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Leave the Park Alone!
Letter to Berkeley City Council by Carolyn Lasar, June 20 2022. Thanks to Jeff at savecc6@gmail.com for forwarding it. Dear
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Violates Covenant
The City of Berkeley does not own the land that makes up the Marina. The State of California owns it.
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They Simply Don’t Get It
Letter to City Council by Landscape Architect John N. Roberts, June 15 2022: Dear Mayor and City Council, I have
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This is Not Landscape Design
(The Hargreaves Jones firm is behind the Berkeley Marina Area Specific Plan (BMASP) that would destroy Chavez Park as we
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Deeply Flawed Process
The following letter is by Eileen Cohen, a long time Berkeley resident and park visitor. She makes the central point
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Saturday Park Care
A hard-working crew of volunteers turned out on Saturday morning May 28 to care for the Native Plant Area on
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Open Letter from Sierra Club about BMASP
The East Bay Public Lands Committee of the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club addressed the following letter
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Open Letter from CESP about BMASP
The following open letter is from Shirley Dean, former Mayor of Berkeley, and Robert Cheasty, in their current capacities as
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Dear Rashi: I am horrified
Dear Rashi: I have been receiving daily postings about Cesar Chavez park for quite a while, about the migratory bird
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A Very Bad Idea
To council@cityofberkeley.info I am a 83 year old woman who walks a few times a week around Chavez park. I
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Dear Susan Wengraf
Dear Council member Wengraf ~ I have belatedly heard of the bizarre idea to monetize César Chavez Park with event
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Butterflies and Budgets: Parks Commission Meets
The Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Commission’s session last night strained to find a middle ground between protection of endangered butterflies
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A Respite from Craziness
Dear Sophie Hahn, Good afternoon, thank you for your stand on Berkeley police and explaining what the real needs are for
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