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The Berkeley Zoning Adjustment Board (ZAB) is holding a special hearing on the 18 story apartment building proposed for 2211 Harold Way on Wednesday, September 30th at 7:00 pm, Berkeley City Council Chambers, 2134 MLK Jr Way - 2nd floor. It is very important for Berkeley residents to express their views at this ZAB meeting. 

Developers and the city council are putting heavy pressure on the Zoning Adjustment Board to approve the Harold Way high-rise project. Note that Zoning Adjustment Board members are appointed by the City Council, and six of the nine members are connected to the real estate and development industry. If there is to be a suit appealing their decision, the case for the suit must be presented to the ZAB beforehand. 

Many Berkeley residents think that this tall building is the wrong design, the wrong size, and in the wrong place. It increases Berkeley density, traffic, water and infrastructure usage, and is not environmentally sound. It is located within the Berkeley High School student zone. The building includes few parking places, the developers hoping that people will use our already overcrowded public transportation system and will not drive on our already overcrowded streets. Berkeley residents have many questions about the validity of the Environmental Impact Report. 

Berkeley citizens want every new Berkeley building to be green, energy efficient and in-scale, as when they voted on Measure R in 2010. At 2211 Harold Way, the very successful Shattuck Cinemas that bring business to downtown Berkeley restaurants will be replaced with smaller theaters. The historic view from the UCB Campanile designed by John Galen Howard, founder of the College of Environental Design and a gift of Jane Sather in 1914 would be blocked by this multi-story apartment building. For more information, contact 510 325-1218 or kellyhammargren@gmail.com.