302 units now precarious: We really need you tomorrow night in Berkeley

[Emunah Hauser]

Hope the Berkeleyphiles can be there for 302 units tomorrow night! 

And everyone who believes this crisis isn't JUST SF's responsibility . . .

Invite everyone to the meeting on Facebook.

Zoning and Adjustments Board Meeting
Wednesday September 30, 7pm

Zoning Adjustments Board meetings take place in the Council Chambers
Located on the second floor of:
2134 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA MAP

For the policy wonks, a message from the project team for the Residences at Berkeley Plaza:  

I wanted to alert people to the fact that we really need your support at the Berkeley ZAB tomorrow night because the Residences at Berkeley Plaza project is in jeopardy. The staff report forWednesday is unfortunate, it severely under values the proposed community benefits package. In particular two tragically flawed financial characterizations of the two most important project benefits.

 

First, in all four of the City staff’s report on the community benefit options, the union PLA is completely undervalued. The project is going to cost $125MM to build and the PLA is going to cost an additional $12MM to $20MM dollar to achieve. One option has the PLA valued at only $6MM, two options have it valued at $1.8MM, and the last option has it valued at a meager $675K. An outrage to be sure in a community that SAYS it values union labor. Apparently not.

 

The second and as troublesome issue is the undervaluation of the movie theaters. Our estimates (which are derived from actual data, the staff’s are NOT) has the theaters worth approximately $15MM to $17MM. In one of the staff’s options to ZAB they value the theaters at $6.3MM. The next option has it at $4.1MM, the next option at $2.7MM, and in the final option the theaters are valued at $0. That’s right, $0.

 

This is an attempt to extort even more money out of the project. The project is already agreeing to pay an in-lieu affordable housing fee of $6,040,000. The project won’t work under any of the options except MAYBE Option 1, which is more than $1MM over our estimates and proposal. That option still undervalues the community benefits, which is going to make it very difficult for the City to attract more of these buildings.  

 

So a vote tomorrow night is still critical – up or down. If the ZAB decides it wants to go with anything beyond Option 1 we don’t have a project and may look for the ZAB to deny it so we can move on to Council. That would be a shame but might be unavoidable if we can't ’pack the chambers tomorrow night to tell the ZAB to recognize the value of the project’s Community Benefits package and overall design after almost three years of good faith effort on our part to deliver what the community has said they wanted…twice.

 

Remember the project itself is worth approving even without the additional benefits – 302 units of sustainable, transit-oriented housing units. LEED Gold. Transit passes. Car share. Very high quality design. Public plaza. More than $6MM to the Housing Trust Fund. The development project has shown good faith, now it’s time for the Berkeley ZAB to hold up their end of the voters desires and approve the project after almost three years and 35 public hearings.

On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Sonja Trauss <sonja....@gmail.com> wrote:

Who can go to this and who can go to the Oakland meeting that day? Diego is going to Berkely. Ian? Alfred? Who else? 

On Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 'Jon Schwark' via SFBA Renters Federation <SFBAren...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

got this on the facebook and twitter. Is there a Facebook event made?

On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 10:12:07 AM UTC-7, emunahhauser wrote:

Looking for a satisfying brawl? To be part of history? To make or break the difference whether housing lives or dies?

This is IT, the critical moment for housing units in Downtown Berkeley at 2211 Harold Way, the hopeful end of a long road of THREE YEARS of process. Bodies are needed to get it in the basket.

Zoning and Adjustments Board Meeting (with your help, the last)
Wednesday September 30, 7pm

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Message needed: After more than 30 meetings and 3 years of community input, full EIR evaluation, it is time to approve the project at 2211 Harold Way. The project is generously proposing more than $27 million in additional community benefits, which is twice what the Council directed in July. The project provides desperately needed housing, economic vitality, and more safety and foot traffic to the Downtown. We have waited long enough for these benefits and we're happy the project is finally moving forward.

Email members of the Zoning & Adjustments Board via 
Secretary of the Board Carol Johnson: cjoh...@ci.berkeley.ca.us , ZAB@CityofBerkeley.info

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[Leora Tanjuatco]

Emunah, do you have any links to more info about this? I just want to be well-informed when I speak tonight.

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[j...@mightysmallfilms.com]

Harold Way is an ill-conceived project that will require incredible amounts of water to build (concrete) as well as to control dust & cleanup during the several years of construction. It will be a death kneel to downtown local businesses & jack both residential & retail rents out of reach to all but everything-made-in-China chain stores. No information about how the 200' cranes necessary for construction will be positioned, where, or what to do if they collapse. We already have an abundance of "luxury" (i.e., high priced) units & retail in Berkeley, much of it vacant or redirected to unregulated AirBnB. The businesses that depend on the enormous amount of foot traffic generated by the Landmark Shattuck Cinema (whose fare appeals more to a demographic who will also spend money on a nice meal or drinks before or after) as opposed to the UA which books mostly films appealing to the Spiderman 3-type of film crowd.
The Harold Way project has been given a sweetheart deal behind the scenes from the get-go. Other cities who have gone this building route have ended up with empty buildings & foreclosure, as well as vacant places with sky-high rent. One example: http://vegasinc.com/business/tourism/2013/mar/05/abandoned-construction-projects-still-dot-las-vega/
To make a city function, we need housing for the retail clerks, restaurant staff, repair people, vet assistants, home health care assistants, office clerks and many, many others who seem to be invisible to the proponents of this project. It's unethical and immoral (as well as shortsighted) not to consider the people who make every day livable. These are also the people who would most benefit from living on public transportation lines & near their jobs, which unlike many tech jobs, actually require their physical presence.
Many existing properties near BART are blighted or underutilized. Why not build there, rather than waste enormous amounts water on tearing down well used & solid infrastructure, water which may never get replaced? Climate change is here now. The supposed water savings on density in this case is erased by the amount of water it will need up front in order to be built. Tree ring survey's show the snowpack (where we get most of our water) is the lowest in 500 years. Central Valley is lowering 1/2" per month due to the necessary use of groundwater. Speaking of which, Harold Way sits only about 15' over Strawberry Creek, so building into a basement not so simple. And then there's the Hayward fault to consider.
This is a poorly planned project whose main beneficiary are out-of-the-area developers.

Jai Jai Noire
Lifetime local resident, homeowner
www.JaiJai.com

[Sonja Trauss]

This project is near BART.

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[JJ]

Yes. And BART is most desperately needed by modest income people, as well as those who take BART from the suburbs to attend one of the few theaters in the entire Bay Area who still book foreign & independent films as their main roster of films - and has a restaurant inside & drinks allowed into the theaters. This attracts the kind of demographic the Downtown desperately needs to hang on to.

Cheers,

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Lifetime local resident, homeowner
www.JaiJai.com

[Jon Titus]

The water use required to construct a building is a literal drop in the bucket compared to agricultural water use in California.

If the Hayward fault is so dangerous that we cannot construct new buildings in Berkeley, we'd better start on a regional evacuation and abandon all of east bay. Think of all the buildings that could totally collapse!

Retail rents are charged on a market basis. If a space is vacant for a while, the landlord's building costs don't disappear: they lower the rent until they attract a tenant. Likewise, when residential units are scarce, landlords can charge higher rents and still attract tenants, but only those who are able to pay the premium.

Scarcity is luxury.

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[Sonja Trauss]

The theatre is going to close if the new units aren't built, but will be rehabbed and kept open if they are built 

So if you like the theatre, you're in favor of the 302 units. 

[Jon Schwark]

Not much needed to answer this completely ridiculous screed, but it was a great laugh. 

"oh the cranes!! they are so dangerous" is probably the most ridiculous thing I have heard a desperate NIMBY say this year, followed closely by many of your other points. Its like you wandered out of a remote village that had never had contact with the modern world.

Also, how about we make a bet Jai... I'll give you 2-1 odds on $100 that says if this building is built it wont be more than 5% vacant within a year of the first unit being occupied. 

PUT UP OR SHUT UP.

Jon

[JJ]

Jon-

That's like comparing how much more squashed one would be if they jumped from 200' as opposed to 150'.  Good heavens, at least we can eat what agriculture grows, so if one is going to expend a resource, for Pete's sake, pick the one that is a matter of life & death. Much of our economy is based on locally sourced food.

Just  because someone else jumps off a bridge, doesn't mean you have to follow. There is zero public benefit to this project. It's entire process has been wiggy & rigged. The "market" has priced units far beyond prevailing wages, since much construction globally these days is basically money-laundering & not building for actual real need. If markets were fairly controlling the situation, we would have zero vacancy locally, instead of lots of vacancies. Places are overvalued & overpriced, because they are simply places to play a money shell-game.

Do you really want to expend the water in CA on concrete vs food?

And yes, given the increase in major earthquakes in the Pacific Rim, it's simply common sense to look very carefully at building tall.

Newer studies too have shown that the supposed density advantage is a myth.

San Francisco screwed themselves up, why do we need to follow suit?

Jai Jai

[Ian Monroe]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:12 PM 'Jon Schwark' via SFBA Renters Federation <SFBAren...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Not much needed to answer this completely ridiculous screed, but it was a great laugh. 

"oh the cranes!! they are so dangerous" is probably the most ridiculous thing I have heard a desperate NIMBY say this year, followed closely by many of your other points. Its like you wandered out of a remote village that had never had contact with the modern world.

I assume time traveler. 1890s Berkeley man, emerging from his steampunk cryogenic chamber deep under campus,  confused by lack of cows in Berkeley. :(

 

Also, how about we make a bet Jai... I'll give you 2-1 odds on $100 that says if this building is built it wont be more than 5% vacant within a year of the first unit being occupied.

I've heard Berkeley NIMBYs talk about how such-n-such apartment block has a vacancy so more apartments aren't needed. So 5% vacancy would be clear proof that the apartment building wasn't needed. :D

Ian

[JJ]

Another fallacy that shows a lack of business understanding. This project will take a minimum of two years (more likely 4) to build. The current theaters are gorgeous, glorious, a treat to visit. I don't want to attend a movie in an underground dungeon atmosphere; few do. Secondly, the Landmark's ability to book the films that they do require a certain number of screens & seats in order to secure the film bookings. The new proposal will not achieve that, so yet another waste. Few of the downtown businesses will survive such downtown turmoil, and, just as some are recovering from the last financial collapse, the length of time for construction to cease (9f it ever does.)

The mess to BART riders while this is going on should not be overlooked either.

Those 302 units will not be affordable to the majority of workers, so are likely destined as AirBNB, which is hardly a boon for the Shattuck Hotel - assuming its business survives the construction.

And... still no comment on where 200' of crane is supposed to go?

The limited support for this project seems based on selfish interests or ill informed whim.

Jai Jai

[Jon Titus]

The water thing is an obvious canard: what amount of water goes into concrete mostly evaporates as concrete cures, which is why when you lean against a concrete wall you do not sink into it. If you want to reduce water usage in California look to people with pristine green lawns that represent an invasive species of grass in this state. 

If you think there's no real need to construct housing in a region that's adding jobs at a far faster rate than it does housing, and that building housing here is only done as "money laundering," then you are so far removed from reality that I honestly don't have anything more to say to you. San Francisco added 100,000 jobs in the same amount of time it added 8,000 housing units. Where do you think the other 92,000 people go? Live in the ether?

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[JJ]

Then you will love this, Ian. It seems when profit is involved, common sense seems so "ridiculous."  http://www.klclutch.com/cranes/10-famous-crane-collapses/

And here is some more to chew on:

In regards to water for Harold Way and downtown in general: EBMUD, in the EIR for Harold Way, has said the sewer infrastructure is in need of upgrading but the project will not be upgrading that infrastructure.

Yes, they will attach a line from the building to the main 12" sewer line that runs under Allston, just south of the proposed building but the 12" sewer is old, inadequate and funneling water use from the thousand or so residents (many will be students cramming in) into an already deteriorated sewage system is outrageous.

Additionally, the BHS uses that same sewer line that runs under Allston and BHS routinely has sewage back up with smelly sewage flowing into the school. Unsanitary and proof that the sewage infrastructure we have does not meet the needs we have downtown now.

But ZAB, the council and the crony insider paid to write the EIR (this EIR author just scored a one million dollar consultant gig with the city -- do you seriously think he can be objective in an EIR? he writes to please those who pay him fat stacks of money) have chosen to ignore the sewer infrastructure issues.

And to the person who said apartments use less water - that is irrelevant to the problems with water use during YEARS of construction and ignores the reality of the outdated sewer infrastructure.

And the law provides that the developer has to do needed sewer upgrades before a build permit can be issued. I go to all ZAB meetings that address Harold Way. I have heard no one suggest that sewer upgrades are needed as a condition to the build permit.

Our sewer system was not built to handle Harold Way's many new residences, and don't forget the first floor retail, restaurants using lots of water and pressure on the sewer system. It is irrelevant to know apartment dwellers use less water than house dwellers. The issue are (1) where will the water come from for these new residents (2) if we already have sewage back ups with the current inadquate system, how can ZAB ignore this and allow Harold Way to add more pressure on our outdated system?

and this one
 http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-battle-over-san-franciscos-skyline-battle-over-its-soul

Jai Jai

[Sonja Trauss]

If you're worried about the sewer, does that mean you have been lobbying the city to spend money on that infrastructure? If not, why not? 

Convince me you are actually concerned about infrastructure, and not just using an infrastructure argument to bolster an underlying prejudice against density and adequate housing supply. 

On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, JJ <j...@mightysmallfilms.com> wrote:

[Rafael Solari]

Thanks for sharing your perspective JJ. Keep in mind that you own a home, and most people on this mailing list do not.

What would you do if you were a young renter, housing was scarce, and homeowners in the Bay Area fought tooth-and-nail to stop new homes?

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[JJ]

Jon:

You write, "

The water thing is an obvious canard: what amount of water goes into concrete mostly evaporates as concrete cures, which is why when you lean against a concrete wall you do not sink into it. If you want to reduce water usage in California look to people with pristine green lawns that represent an invasive species of grass in this state." 

Now I'm questioning your grasp of logic. To evaporate, one must put the water into the recipe. It is now gone. You cannot pour it into a glass and sip it while you lean, unsinkably, on that concrete wall. Canard? The only canard here is the blind unwillingness to consider the reality of basic resources & Mother Nature.  Furthermore, the water shortage is so critical that measures across the board must be taken in every sector. I see a lot of dry lawns. Now let's see less wasteful building projects & more conservative plans.

Jai Jai

[Jon Schwark]

fought "crane and sewer" as it were.

On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 3:51:22 PM UTC-7, Rafael Solari wrote:

Thanks for sharing your perspective JJ. Keep in mind that you own a home, and most people on this mailing list do not.

What would you do if you were a young renter, housing was scarce, and homeowners in the Bay Area fought tooth-and-nail to stop new homes?

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:43 PM, JJ <j...@mightysmallfilms.com> wrote:

Then you will love this, Ian. It seems when profit is involved, common sense seems so "ridiculous."  http://www.klclutch.com/cranes/10-famous-crane-collapses/

And here is some more to chew on:

In regards to water for Harold Way and downtown in general: EBMUD, in the EIR for Harold Way, has said the sewer infrastructure is in need of upgrading but the project will not be upgrading that infrastructure.

Yes, they will attach a line from the building to the main 12" sewer line that runs under Allston, just south of the proposed building but the 12" sewer is old, inadequate and funneling water use from the thousand or so residents (many will be students cramming in) into an already deteriorated sewage system is outrageous.

Additionally, the BHS uses that same sewer line that runs under Allston and BHS routinely has sewage back up with smelly sewage flowing into the school. Unsanitary and proof that the sewage infrastructure we have does not meet the needs we have downtown now.

But ZAB, the council and the crony insider paid to write the EIR (this EIR author just scored a one million dollar consultant gig with the city -- do you seriously think he can be objective in an EIR? he writes to please those who pay him fat stacks of money) have chosen to ignore the sewer infrastructure issues.

And to the person who said apartments use less water - that is irrelevant to the problems with water use during YEARS of construction and ignores the reality of the outdated sewer infrastructure.

And the law provides that the developer has to do needed sewer upgrades before a build permit can be issued. I go to all ZAB meetings that address Harold Way. I have heard no one suggest that sewer upgrades are needed as a condition to the build permit.

Our sewer system was not built to handle Harold Way's many new residences, and don't forget the first floor retail, restaurants using lots of water and pressure on the sewer system. It is irrelevant to know apartment dwellers use less water than house dwellers. The issue are (1) where will the water come from for these new residents (2) if we already have sewage back ups with the current inadquate system, how can ZAB ignore this and allow Harold Way to add more pressure on our outdated system?

and this one
 http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-battle-over-san-franciscos-skyline-battle-over-its-soul

Jai Jai

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On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:12 PM 'Jon Schwark' via SFBA Renters Federation <SFBArentersfed@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Not much needed to answer this completely ridiculous screed, but it was a great laugh. 

"oh the cranes!! they are so dangerous" is probably the most ridiculous thing I have heard a desperate NIMBY say this year, followed closely by many of your other points. Its like you wandered out of a remote village that had never had contact with the modern world.

I assume time traveler. 1890s Berkeley man, emerging from his steampunk cryogenic chamber deep under campus,  confused by lack of cows in Berkeley. :(

 

Also, how about we make a bet Jai... I'll give you 2-1 odds on $100 that says if this building is built it wont be more than 5% vacant within a year of the first unit being occupied.

I've heard Berkeley NIMBYs talk about how such-n-such apartment block has a vacancy so more apartments aren't needed. So 5% vacancy would be clear proof that the apartment building wasn't needed. :D

Ian

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[JJ]

Sonja:

You are being presumptuous regarding whether my household has lobbied the City re infrastructure. If you were a homeowner you would have, like us, received a notice about the necessary sewer upgrades. We had a meeting here about it.

Jai Jai

[Jon Titus]

"It is now gone."

It evaporates into the atmosphere, where it will eventually fall as rain. 

Since agriculture uses 80% of water in this state, cutting usage there will have a vastly more dramatic effect on water usage than anything else will. This is not a reasonable argument. You are using water usage to rationalize your opposition to density.

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[Brian Hanlon]

LOL. Love that Jai Jai signs their email, "Lifetime local resident, homeowner." I'm not going to bother engaging with the paranoid landed gentry. Is it possible to submit our views about this project via email? I can't make it tonight.

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[Gary Miguel]

> jack both residential & retail rents out of reach

Jai can you please explain how building more housing will result in higher rents?
I honestly would like to understand this argument.

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[Armand Domalewski]

Jai,

Regarding the water thing---there's two big issues here.

1. The drought is not going away anytime soon. If an upfront investment of water now generates units that are more water efficient in the long run, that's a good investment.
2. Remember that the people who move to Berkeley still exist even if they don't move to this housing---and they most likely live in less dense, less urban environments that are a lot less water efficient.

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[Jon Titus]

JJ, please understand that homeownership in a state that showers tax subsidies on landowners and builds very little housing in proportion to demand is an incredible privilege. Please don't denigrate tenants. 

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[Sonja Trauss]

So ... You have been lobbying to upgrade infrastructure? Your email isn't clear. It appears you're saying you took care of your sewer responsibilities as a homeowner. That's not the same as lobbying the city to improve and expand infrastructure in order to expand residential capacity. 

[Sonja Trauss]

Yeah Brian write to the Berkeley zoning board 

[JJ]

LOL! That's stretching it Jon. The water evaporated from the mixing of concrete will come right back down as raindrops into its water cachement system, equal in volume?  It's  an atmosphere, not a recirculating garden pump.

Jai Jai

[Jon Titus]

Matter is neither created nor destroyed. 

Sent from my iPhone

[Brian Hanlon]

I'm starting to admire Jai Jai's troll game. Check out this email she sent to Sally Zarnowitz, of the Berkeley Landmarks Preservation Commission about the Harold Way project.

"This is not a way to treat our Landmarks, particularly when we get nothing in return for our existing long time
residents. I certainly do not want to see elites spying into my west-of-Martin Luther King Way back yard or
creating twilight at noon with its' shadow. 

Please protect our historic buildings, our historic views, and tell the outside developers to make their ill-gotten
gains elsewhere."

Not in my backyard! Shadows! Out-of-town developers! 

Drink! 

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/uploadedFiles/Planning_and_Development/Level_3_-_LPC/2015-08-13_LPC_Correspondence%20Received_Round%203_2211%20Harold.pdf

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[Brian Hanlon]

OK, so I can write to  Z...@CityofBerkeley.info ?

[Sonja Trauss]

Yeah 

[Brian Hanlon]

My letter:

=============================

Please support the Harold Way Project

I am writing in support of the Harold Way Project. Unlike many of the people opposed to this project, I do not yet live in Berkeley, because I cannot afford to live in Berkeley. By restricting the production of new housing, incumbent Berkeley homeowners have made themselves rich at the expense of prospective residents. Median home prices now exceed $1,000,000 in Berkeley, which is a direct result of Berkeley's restrictive land use policies. I work in Albany and have lived in West Berkeley and South Berkeley. I want to return, but many wealthy residents, in the guise of "progressive" politics, thwart any attempt to meet the need for housing, so people like me suffer. Please do not be swayed by the rabble of the 1%, as they pretend to represent the interests of middle-income tenants like me. We need to build more houses, and we need them now.

Thank you,

Brian Hanlon

San Francisco, CA

=============================

[Emunah Hauser]

Nice, Brian. Berkeley is missing out on you. 

Here is some more material for Leora and others. Your physical presence will be critical. To anyone who simply can't come, emails are fantastic. 

I am writing urging you to approve the project at 2211 Harold Way as proposed at your September 30 meeting.

The Berkeley community has provided input on this project at more than 30 public meetings over the last 3 years. After a lengthy Downtown Area Planning process and two trips to the ballot, it is time to move forward.

The project proposes a greater level of community benefits than we as a City could have anticipated - the movie theaters are a cultural resource for our downtown, and union labor is an important community value.

New dwelling units, commercial/restaurant space, theaters, and improved sidewalks and landscaping will revitalize Downtown Berkeley. Most importantly, the project locates new housing opportunities directly adjacent to BART.

We’ve waited long enough for these benefits, and we want to see this project finally move forward.

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[Jon Titus]

My own letter:

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I am writing in support of the Harold Way project. While I do not yet live in Berkeley, I would absolutely love to (and know several PhD students at the UC who do) were it not for extremely high rents resulting from years of development failing to keep pace with the demand to live in the Bay Area. My friends spend an exorbitant amount of their limited stipends on artificially high rent due to this underdevelopment, and this project will contribute greatly to scaling the urban idea of Berkeley up to meet demand. Though the units themselves are high rent, they reduce pressure on existing housing stock, since would-be tenants of this building do not have to compete with or displace existing tenants in existing units. Many deride new development as "luxury", but truly scarcity is luxury, and it is this that affects all Bay Area tenants like myself in a way it does not Berkeley landowners opposed to the project. 

Sent from my iPhone

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[Mike Ege]

Mike Ege <mi...@frisko.org>	6:16 PM (0 minutes ago)
to ZAB

As a native Bay Area resident I urge you to support this project. 

Right now, our region is facing incredible demand for housing. I have had friends and family who have been forced to move further inland because of skyrocketing housing prices. For the past generation, as noted in several past State Legislative Analyst reports, not a single Bay Area community has pulled their weight on building housing, and now we are paying the price. 

New housing removes pressure on existing rental housing. It provides a base for services and businesses which will make the area around Harold Way more exciting, convenient, and safer. Right now the area around the BART station is blighted, with blank walls and burnt out streetlights. When I visit downtown I use that station, and often I feel unsafe. For Downtown Berkeley to be safe and welcoming, you need to build residences there. 

For the sake of renters and other residents, and of a livable, welcoming Downtown, please approve 2211 Harold Way, the Residences at Berkeley Plaza.

Regards,

Michael Ege

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[JJ]

Glad to amuse you, Bruce.

And why is my concern about loss of view & light unimportant, but your rush to add to the AirBnB options so much more valid?  I stand by that letter. It is one of so many reasons Harold Way is a ridiculous project, and all supporters are offering are presumptions - presumptions the units will be occupied as people's primary home, presumption we will acquire normal rainfall in the foreseeable future, presumptions that the construction will go without a hitch, when so little has been firmly determined about how they plan to do this without disrupting all of downtown.

To our young friend who said he could not afford Berkeley (but did I see correctly? Lives in SF?) More units do not equal lower rents as San Francisco is now well aware.  Vancouver BC, with no Silicon Valley or major urban industry, is also facing enormous "shortages" of housing. See http://hir.harvard.edu/archives/10888  and locally http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/turning-housing-into-hotels/Content?oid=4499687

But nothing to rent? Look- picked this up 5 minutes ago: Berkeley housing (Craig’s List only, does not include housing advertised via other media)
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/eby/apa?query=Berkeley  (375)
Berkeley commercial space (Craig’s List only, does not include commercial space advertised via other media)
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/eby/off?query=Berkeley (165)
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/more_vacant_homes_than_homeless_in_us_20111231

Off to edit film due Sunday. You all enjoy your evening.

Cheers,

Jai Jai

[Kyle Huey]

I know the project was approved. Can someone who was there summarize
the meeting and the conditions the ZAB applied?

- Kyle

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 6:54 PM, Emunah Hauser <emunah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hope the Berkeleyphiles can be there for 302 units tomorrow night!
> And everyone who believes this crisis isn't JUST SF's responsibility . . .
>
> Invite everyone to the meeting on Facebook.
> Zoning and Adjustments Board Meeting
> Wednesday September 30, 7pm
> Zoning Adjustments Board meetings take place in the Council Chambers
> Located on the second floor of:
> 2134 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA MAP
>
> For the policy wonks, a message from the project team for the Residences at
> Berkeley Plaza:
>
>
> I wanted to alert people to the fact that we really need your support at the
> Berkeley ZAB tomorrow night because the Residences at Berkeley Plaza project
> is in jeopardy. The staff report forWednesday is unfortunate, it severely
> under values the proposed community benefits package. In particular two
> tragically flawed financial characterizations of the two most important
> project benefits.
>
>
>
> First, in all four of the City staff’s report on the community benefit
> options, the union PLA is completely undervalued. The project is going to
> cost $125MM to build and the PLA is going to cost an additional $12MM to
> $20MM dollar to achieve. One option has the PLA valued at only $6MM, two
> options have it valued at $1.8MM, and the last option has it valued at a
> meager $675K. An outrage to be sure in a community that SAYS it values union
> labor. Apparently not.
>
>
>
> The second and as troublesome issue is the undervaluation of the movie
> theaters. Our estimates (which are derived from actual data, the staff’s are
> NOT) has the theaters worth approximately $15MM to $17MM. In one of the
> staff’s options to ZAB they value the theaters at $6.3MM. The next option
> has it at $4.1MM, the next option at $2.7MM, and in the final option the
> theaters are valued at $0. That’s right, $0.
>
>
>
> This is an attempt to extort even more money out of the project. The project
> is already agreeing to pay an in-lieu affordable housing fee of $6,040,000.
> The project won’t work under any of the options except MAYBE Option 1, which
> is more than $1MM over our estimates and proposal. That option still
> undervalues the community benefits, which is going to make it very difficult
> for the City to attract more of these buildings.
>
>
>
> So a vote tomorrow night is still critical – up or down. If the ZAB decides
> it wants to go with anything beyond Option 1 we don’t have a project and may
> look for the ZAB to deny it so we can move on to Council. That would be a
> shame but might be unavoidable if we can't ’pack the chambers tomorrow night
> to tell the ZAB to recognize the value of the project’s Community Benefits
> package and overall design after almost three years of good faith effort on
> our part to deliver what the community has said they wanted…twice.
>
>
>
> Remember the project itself is worth approving even without the additional
> benefits – 302 units of sustainable, transit-oriented housing units. LEED
> Gold. Transit passes. Car share. Very high quality design. Public plaza.
> More than $6MM to the Housing Trust Fund. The development project has shown
> good faith, now it’s time for the Berkeley ZAB to hold up their end of the
> voters desires and approve the project after almost three years and 35
> public hearings.
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Sonja Trauss <sonja....@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Who can go to this and who can go to the Oakland meeting that day? Diego
>> is going to Berkely. Ian? Alfred? Who else?
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 'Jon Schwark' via SFBA Renters
>> Federation <SFBAren...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> got this on the facebook and twitter. Is there a Facebook event made?
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 10:12:07 AM UTC-7, emunahhauser
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Looking for a satisfying brawl? To be part of history? To make or break
>>>> the difference whether housing lives or dies?
>>>>
>>>> This is IT, the critical moment for housing units in Downtown Berkeley
>>>> at 2211 Harold Way, the hopeful end of a long road of THREE YEARS of
>>>> process. Bodies are needed to get it in the basket.
>>>>
>>>> Zoning and Adjustments Board Meeting (with your help, the last)
>>>> Wednesday September 30, 7pm
>>>> Zoning Adjustments Board meetings take place in the Council Chambers
>>>> Located on the second floor of:
>>>> 2134 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA MAP
>>>>
>>>> Message needed: After more than 30 meetings and 3 years of community
>>>> input, full EIR evaluation, it is time to approve the project at 2211 Harold
>>>> Way. The project is generously proposing more than $27 million in additional
>>>> community benefits, which is twice what the Council directed in July. The
>>>> project provides desperately needed housing, economic vitality, and more
>>>> safety and foot traffic to the Downtown. We have waited long enough for
>>>> these benefits and we're happy the project is finally moving forward.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Email members of the Zoning & Adjustments Board via
>>>> Secretary of the Board Carol Johnson: cjoh...@ci.berkeley.ca.us ,
>>>> Z...@CityofBerkeley.info

>>>>
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[Libby]

I only know what Berkeleyside tweeted: It looks like we're moving to a decision at #zab. Likely: $5m for labor, $4m for theaters, $1m for arts + culture and $4.5m for housing.

https://twitter.com/berkeleyside

[Leora Tanjuatco]

Thanks for writing the letters Brian, Jon, and Mike. 

I thought our presence was definitely felt. We were loud and persuasive.

Kyle, here's more of a summary for you:

The final vote was 6/3 to support the project but with modifications of the community benefits numbers that may not be factually supported and which would raise project costs. They want the developer to pay $14.5M in community benefits!

We don’t know what the applicant will do. They may appeal to council to resolve the discrepancies. 

Despite the fact that the community benefits agreement in the final resolution was inflated from what the council had recommended, three members wanted more more more from the project and voted no on that basis:

Igor, representing Jessee voted no. 

Shaushana Okeef representing Max Anderson voted no.

Stephan, who normally functions as Jesse’s aid, but who was serving on the ZAB tonight on behalf of Chris Worthington, voted no.

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[Kyle Huey]

Thanks.

14.5M is 48,000 per unit. And people wonder why housing is expensive ...

- Kyle

>>>>> Z...@CityofBerkeley.info

> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SFBArentersfed/16f71204-1388-404a-a068-711640c04e15%40googlegroups.com.

[Ritu Vohra]

you missed a zero. Its a zero but very powerful depending on where its placed...:-))))

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Igor Tregub, I believe.

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[Kyle Huey]

I don't follow ... 14.5 million / 302 units is about $48,000 per unit.

- Kyle

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[Diego Aguilar-Canabal]

yeah all the furor over community benefits was kind of ridiculous, but I'm just relieved this passed. my hope is it's easier to fight for financial feasibility of the project now that the project is allowed to exist. I wonder how all the rich old people yelling about community benefits would react if they found out how poor I am despite being a "profiteer"!

Big shout-outs to Ian, Leora, Emunah, other people I'm forgetting or whose names I don't know yet, for coming out and speaking. Y'all rocked it. Also, Berkeleyside should be publishing an op-ed I sent them soon, basically chastising old people for being dicks in public.

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[Diego Aguilar-Canabal]

oh and hey, Berkeleyside did a pretty awesome write-up: http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/10/01/zab-approves-harold-way-use-permit-with-increased-affordable-housing-provision/ (not sure where the $14m number came from?)

I think they misattributed a quote by Ian to Eric, but I only know you guys from twitter so I could be wrong