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Read the summary from last Thursday’s meeting in the 12.19.06 Daily Planet.
This is great for the Berkeley Unified School District, since it can save them time and money, but not so much for the city as a whole. While these processes can be long, drawn out and hard for everyone (look at the West Berkeley Bowl) it does provide moderation that includes the interests of those beyond the immediate developers of the property, in this case the school district. This has become an issue recently because of the pending development of the BUSD’s West Campus site. Read more about it in today’s Daily Planet.
*Per the same Daily Planet article, the BUSD is said to be losing $400,000 a year on their proposed transportation hub/bus yard at Sixth between Gilman and Camelia. Apparently this project did need to go through some City approvals.
The proposal for the BUSD Bus Depot at 1325 Sixth St. will be presented this Thursday, Jan. 19th at 7:30pm at the North Berkeley Senior Center at 1901 Hearst. The design, by Baker Vilar Architects, contains 4,100 sf of office/classroom space, 6,550 of shop space, 44,000 sf of parking for 32 school buses, and 11,300 sf for on site parking. If it meets the DRC’s approval, it will go on to its first ZAB meeting.
For more specific info, contact planner Chris Wolf.
Or click here to view the evening’s agenda.
August 15, 2005 Update
Per Mark Rhoades (Planning Dept Manager), this project will likely NOT have an Environmental Impact Study/Review. He says this is due mostly to its “scale.” This is frustrating considering it will impact traffic and air quality.
August 5, 2005
Apparently this project is moving ahead. It may be a bit worrisome considering the multiple point and mobile pollution sources already concentrated in this area. Since Jan. 2005, the city of Berkeley is no longer using 100% Bio-diesel. Even if all the buses are using the 50/50 Low Sulfur blend, 32 or so buses reving up their motors every morning and afternoon isn’t going to be pleasant. The project will likely start up in Nov. with Design Review/ZAB hearings.
Neighbors within a 300 ft. radius should be notified for ZAB etc. Or if you’d like, email Chris Wolf for more info: CWolf@ci.berkeley.ca.us
UPPH(Use Permit Public Hearing)# 04-10000141
DRCL(Design Review Committee Level)# 04-30000097
Related Info and Articles:
Zelda Bronstein Daily Planet Article
Older Description from BUSD (see page 5)
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