Millions and Meetings
The local online daily, Berkeleyside, had a story yesterday titled “City secures $15M state earmark to improve Berkeley Marina.” This
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Issues
Can I Sign Too?
The petition drive to save Chavez Park from BMASP destruction added 122 ink-on-paper signatures at the Conservancy kiosk in the
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Weekly Roundup
The petition to City Council and City Manager has topped our initial goal of 1,000 signatures. As I write this
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Good News and Work to Be Done
The movement to save Chavez Park from the BMASP park-wrecking scheme has enjoyed success in reaching some members of the
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Kite Fest Not Dead Yet?
UPDATE 2:43 pm. The Kite Fest may not be dead yet. In an email from Mayor Jesse Arreguin this morning,
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Steady Progress
At the Chavez Park Conservancy kiosk in the park on Sunday July 24, we collected 131 ink signatures on the
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Petition to Save Chavez Park
To Berkeley City Council and Berkeley City Manager: I am a Chavez Park visitor. A consultant that you hired has
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More than Halfway There
The campaign for a thousand signatures on the Petition to Save Our Park is more than halfway there after just
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New Book: Love Letters to the Park
More than 125 park visitors recently put fingers to keyboards and shared their love for Chavez Park and their opposition
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Unanimous NO on BMASP
The Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Commission met on Zoom last night with the largest attendance in memory unanimously telling Commissioners
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Letters Pour In
Reminder: Parks Commission meeting tonight (Wednesday) 7 pm, Zoom link here. Speak out! Raise your hand and wait for your
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Hands On the Park
Reminder: Parks Commission meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) 7 pm, Zoom link here. Speak out! Raise your hand and wait for your
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And More Letters
Letter from Susan Tomasello I am a SF Bay Area native Californian. My husband and I have lived in the
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Speak Up Time
To stop the BMASP scheme that would wreck our park, it’s time to speak up. This coming Wednesday at 7
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Letters Continued
Letter from Tom Reilly Dear Mas. Kesarwani and Mayor Arreguín and Berkeley City Council Members, I’m writing in response to
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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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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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