PLEASE ATTEND:

Two Issues Critical To West Berkeley’s Future At City Council This Tuesday - 5/31: 1. Vote On Proposal To Open ALL Protected Wholesale Trade & Warehouse Space to R&D

2. Define Master Use Permit Provisions - Height/Massing/Coverage, MUPs in MUR, Floating Uses This Tuesday, May 31, 7:30, Council Chambers - 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (between Center & Allston)

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Please Attend To Encourage the City Council to Take A Balanced Approach to Development That Supports:

A Sustainable Economy & Environment, Community Equity, and Economic and Ethnic Diversity A.) Vote To Support the WEBAIC Compromise Proposal To:

Open 100,000 sq ft of Protected Wholesale Trade & Warehouse space to R&D

In Place Of The Council majority proposal to Open ALL Protected Wholesale & Warehouse Space to R&D

B.) Support Master Use Permit (MUP) provisions that maintain West Berkeley’s workability & livability:

1. Maintain reasonable heights and massing standards - existing 45’ & Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 2, not proposed 75 feet height and (FAR) of 3.

2. A robust, but reasonable 30 acre limitation on aggregation of property for Master Use Permit eligibility.

3. 3.Maintain Mixed Use Residential Zoning Standards for MUP sites occupying MUR property
   

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Please Support WEBAIC Compromise Proposal on Protected Wholesale Trade & Warehouse Space: Open Up A Reasonable 100,000 sq ft of Protected Wholesale Trade & Warehouse space to R&D

100,000 sq ft, plus MUP sites, existing non-protected space, and protected space now allowed to be converted to R&D provide a large, more than adequate amount of space for R&D closely matching projected demand. The proposal to open all this space would be destroy blue & green collar jobs supporting working families, a local-serving, stable economy, contributing companies, environmental sustainability, & our community’s equity as seen in our economic & ethnic diversity.

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