3/22/2016 UC Berkeley Mail East Bay Hills ....tree cutting plan Planning Departmental East Bay Hills ....tree cutting plan 1 message Alison James Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 2:37 PM To: planning@berkeley.edu Your plan will not hinder fire but help it. Along with it, floods will not be hindered, mud slides will be helped, children will be exposed to carcinogens, and you will be killing a multitude of wildlife. What a shortsighted, stupid plan you you have. All because of nonnative species? Terrible. How very racist of you. You will reap the disastrous rewards. Alison James Sent from my iPad UC BERKELEY HCFRR ADDENDUM PAGE 73 OF SECTION VIII JUNE 2016 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c13b967b21&view=pt&search=inbox&th=153397abf77c1511&siml=153397abf77c1511 1/1 3/22/2016 UC Berkeley Mail Tree cutting Planning Departmental Tree cutting 1 message Alison James Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:46 PM To: planning@berkeley.edu Dear Sirs, Your plan of cutting down and thinning of trees is both shortsighted and potentially dangerous. Shortsighted because you are denuding the hills of moisture loving trees, yes they are probably not native, but then probably most of your planning council aren't either. Dangerous because you are not only killing a multitude of animals and birds, but you are potentially poisoning thousands of men, women and children with carcnogenic herbicides for decades! For shame on you and your planning committee upon embarking on such a illadvised policy Sent from my iPad UC BERKELEY HCFRR ADDENDUM PAGE 74 OF SECTION VIII JUNE 2016 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c13b967b21&view=pt&search=inbox&th=1539b24f88185393&siml=1539b24f88185393 1/1 3/22/2016 UC Berkeley Mail Save the Hills Planning Departmental Save the Hills 1 message Arlene Merryman Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 10:45 AM To: inquiries@hillsconservationnetwork.org Cc: planning@berkeley.edu 1. The 2020 LRDP is a programmatic document that requires tiered EIRs for specific projects 2. The addendum is a completely inadequate substitute for an EIR 3. The other 2 agencies involved in this have either completed or are developing EIRs… and their projects are far less damaging than UCs 4. That in attempting to avoid an EIR UC is attempting to prevent the public from having a real voice in this matter. 5. That only through an EIR will there be a full assessment of the impacts of what’s being proposed. 6. That only through an EIR will there be consideration of alternative approaches. Arlene Merryman UC BERKELEY HCFRR ADDENDUM PAGE 75 OF SECTION VIII JUNE 2016 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c13b967b21&view=pt&search=inbox&th=15361d9316aa77af&siml=15361d9316aa77af 1/1 3/24/2016 UC Berkeley Mail Hill Campus Fire Risk Reduction comments Planning Departmental Hill Campus Fire Risk Reduction comments 1 message Baiba STRADS Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 2:30 PM To: Planning Departmental dear UC planners, I am very distressed by your intention to "return" the hills to a treeless state because your reasoning: ignores the U.S. Forest Service analysis which recommends against removing trees; has no basis in fire science; violates fundamental principles of Wildland Fire Prevention; is ideologically motivated; and, creates the conditions for a perfect firestorm. and seems to be motivated by the millions in funding somehow available for this travesty. Moreover, it is predicated on the use of carcinogenic herbicides, will contribute to climate change, and will cause increasing pollution and erosion, further putting the public at risk. Ou r forests are home to multitudes of animals who will be injured, displaced and poisoned by this plan. It's their world, too. kindly please reconsider! Baiba Baiba Vija Strads The Bancroft Library, retired The University of California Berkeley, California 94720 Even the leaves on the trees, even the petals on the flowers teach…. UC BERKELEY HCFRR ADDENDUM PAGE 76 OF SECTION VIII JUNE 2016 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c13b967b21&view=pt&search=inbox&th=153a03d41e409d3f&siml=153a03d41e409d3f 1/1 3/22/2016 UC Berkeley Mail Long Range Development Plan EIR Addendum Planning Departmental Long Range Development Plan EIR Addendum 1 message Barry Pilger Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 10:14 AM To: "planning@berkeley.edu" We, the board of the North Hills Community Association are writing to express our support for proposed work outlined in the recently published Addendum to the UC Berkeley 2020 Long Range Development Plan Environmental Impact Report. The NHCA is a community based organization advocating safety, security, environmental health and a sense of community on behalf of the North Oakland Hills. We are keenly eager to see work proposed in Claremont Canyon related to the recent FEMA grant completed. Most sincerely, Barry Pilger Board Member, on behalf of the entire board (by resolution passed unanimously March 21, 2016) UC BERKELEY HCFRR ADDENDUM PAGE 77 OF SECTION VIII JUNE 2016 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c13b967b21&view=pt&search=inbox&th=1539f53218b6a6d8&siml=1539f53218b6a6d8 1/1 3/22/2016 UC Berkeley Mail Please Do Not Slaughter and Execute Thousands Of Trees That Help Humanity, The Planet, And Animals Planning Departmental Please Do Not Slaughter and Execute Thousands Of Trees That Help Humanity, The Planet, And Animals 1 message Caroline Krewson Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 3:53 AM To: planning@berkeley.edu 1. The 2020 LRDP is a programmatic document that requires tiered EIRs for specific projects 2. The addendum is a completely inadequate substitute for an EIR 3. The other 2 agencies involved in this have either completed or are developing EIR and their projects are far less damaging than UCs 4. That in attempting to avoid an EIR UC is attempting to prevent the public from having a real voice in this matter. 5. That only through an EIR will there be a full assessment of the impacts of what’s being proposed. 6. That only through an EIR will there be consideration of alternative approaches. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Caroline UC BERKELEY HCFRR ADDENDUM PAGE 78 OF SECTION VIII JUNE 2016 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c13b967b21&view=pt&search=inbox&th=15360605fb3aee20&siml=15360605fb3aee20 1/1 3/24/2016 UC Berkeley Mail About the long range development plan, the trees and the herbicides Planning Departmental About the long range development plan, the trees and the herbicides 1 message Carolyn Scarr Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 12:23 PM To: planning@berkeley.edu Dear UCB, I am writing to ask you to drop altogether the attempt to cut down thousands of trees in the Berkeley/Oakland hills. The plan as it has been described in the newspapers is clearly a bad idea. Firstly cutting down the trees chopping them into bits which are left lying on the ground will actually increase fire hazard. Oregon has learned that heaps of duff are a major contributor to fires. The same will hold true in California with manmade duff. Secondly spraying poison around will do a lot of damage to our watershed. This will be bad for other plants and for animals which rely on our creeks for their water. These are just two of the things which would be seen by a properly done environmental impact report. It is reprehensible that the University is trying to avoid doing an environmental impact report for a proposal which goes far beyond the Long Range Development Plan. As a UCB alumna, I am entirely ashamed that UCB is trying to conceal facts. We the public are entitled to see a rigorous Environmental Impact Report based on a complete examination of the impact of the actions you propose. Sincerely yours, Carolyn Smith Scarr class of 1965 (mathematics) 1340 Ada Street Berkeley, CA 94702 UC BERKELEY HCFRR ADDENDUM PAGE 79 OF SECTION VIII JUNE 2016 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c13b967b21&view=pt&search=inbox&th=1539fc8371042a45&siml=1539fc8371042a45 1/1 3/22/2016 UC Berkeley Mail deforestation Planning Departmental deforestation 1 message Carolyn Tipton Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 1:42 PM To: planning@berkeley.edu U.C. needs to do an EIR before it proceeds with a plan that would be both an aesthetic and environmental disaster for our hills. Only with an EIR will there be a full assessment of all the damage that could be wrought. Moreover, the public deserves to have a voice in such an important matter. U.C. must do an EIR and must consider alternatives to this destructive plan. Sincerely, Dr. Carolyn L. Tipton UC BERKELEY HCFRR ADDENDUM PAGE 80 OF SECTION VIII JUNE 2016 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c13b967b21&view=pt&search=inbox&th=15367a1c58e7acea&siml=15367a1c58e7acea 1/1 3/22/2016 UC Berkeley Mail OPEN Planning Departmental OPEN 1 message Cecilia Fernandez Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:46 PM To: planning@berkeley.edu To whom may have an open ear, I am an Ayurvedic practitioner and business owner here in the east bay. I am writing you based on my education of 13 years on holistic natural medicine based on digestion. I educate the public about how to remove toxicity caused by food and the environment. I know it is not very common for us to learn in school how microbes, good bugs that strengthen our immune system are essential. Or how synthetic chemicals affect us. Being in toxic environments, eating toxic food, and applying chemicals to our skin; destroys our immunity and causes disease. Many people become very sick due to a lack of microbe biodiversity that is killed by synthetic chemicals and pesticides. When we spray chemicals on the earth it destroys the soil and the life that is there. It may just look like dirt. But if you have understanding, the bugs in the soil, the animals and humans become sick from the toxins and sterility. You may have never seen the pictures of the children of the farm workers in the valley of California. Huge tumors upon there face, and body. Dying from pesticide spraying that landed on skin, on the dirt, blown in the air, and seeped into the water system. Every action has a consequence. I urge you to reevaluate a plan that is already being implemented. Our bodies thrive on being healthy, and healthy meaning without toxic substance contributing to disease and shortening our lives. I hope that those who are reading this, understand that you have the ability to affect all of our lives here in the east bay. Our health, our happiness and our longevity. Take into account that you are not only harming nature and our immune systems. But you are harming, YOURSELF. Your family. Your children's health. It saddens me to be scared to go hiking, walk my families dog or take my nephew to hills. I benefit greatly from these hills as so many of us do. WE NEED NATURE!!! It is our reflection of ourselves. It is a learning opportunity for children as well as adults when we get to observe and realize we are nature. And we are not what the media and the television reflects at us. Nature RESTORES MENTAL WELLBEING. Nature is HEALTHY. I urge you to please learn more from those who have the education and understanding of BIODIVERSITY AND PERMACULTURE. We have an opportunity to be an example of a conscious place to live, not run by politics or greed, but instead sustainable living and education. If you need to learn more about alternative HEALTHY PERMACULTURE plans, or health education. I would be happy to make it my mission to connect you with those resources and information. We have many resources in our area that could be of huge value. If this is about money and you are turned off to the idea of being apart of a healthy community and future. I urge you to look deeper. I'm sure the depth is there. Look at your children and remember how you want the best for them. And remember what you decide will affect us ALL. I am highly against the use of chemicals on the regional hills disturbing our ecosystem. And I know we have much better alternatives. Thank you for taking the time to read this, UC BERKELEY HCFRR ADDENDUM PAGE 81 OF SECTION VIII JUNE 2016 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c13b967b21&view=pt&search=inbox&th=1539cdc3e40b5632&siml=1539cdc3e40b5632 1/2 3/22/2016 UC Berkeley Mail OPEN Cecilia Fernandez Dharadaya@gmail.com Born and raised here in the East Bay. 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