Building connection among Berkeley blue-space users
The Green Flash, Image courtesy of Paul Kamen
There are many communities of waterfront users at the Berkeley waterfront - dog walkers, sailors, boatowners, kayakers, swimmers, families coming to picnic, school kids on field trips to Adventure Playground and Shorebird Park, fishers along the shoreline, and sunset seekers to view one of the most iconic images in California. BWCC’s goal is to develop projects that raise awareness of these groups - including historical perspectives - and enhance the sense of community at the Berkeley waterfront.
South Cove East Dock to be repaired in 2025. $200,000 in funds for redrafting Waterfront Specific Plan reallocated for capital infrastructure repairs.
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BWCC's comments on Scope of Environmental Impact Report The city has begun a process of producing and environmental impact report for the WETA-Ferry plan which would replace the old pier with a ferry terminal and extension. BWCC submitted comments in response to the city's call for "scoping comments," as in what should the EIR cover. Read to find out more about questions like:
Will the city remove recreation from the waterfront and use that as a baseline default scenario from which to study impacts?
Will the ferry company entertain alternatives to its plan?
Will they overstate potential secondary benefits without substantive evidence?
What will happen to fish and bird habitat?
Will affordable open space access cease to exist?
Parking fees and passes to be applied in South Cove and J/K dock lots Word has it that parking fees for visitors to the baitshop, Adventure Playground and any recreation in the south basin will bail out the DoubleTree.
Courtesy of Paul Kamen
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Courtesy of Camille Antinori
Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Commission
Berkeley City Council: council@berkeleyca.gov
City Manager: CManager@berkeleyca.gov
Marina office: Marina@berkeleyca.gov or 510-981-6742 (after hours maintenance: 510-649-5892)
Contact camilleantinori @ duck dot com to get more information
A Berkeley Partners for Parks affiliate
Donations to BWCC can be sent to Berkeley Partners for Parks, PO Box 12521, Berkeley, CA 94712. Please make check payable to Berkeley Partners for Parks and be sure to put "Berkeley Waterfront Community Coalition" in the memo field of the check.