I say maybe

If they save the oaks.

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If the University satisfies all regulatory concerns it should be allowed to build as planned.

UC Berkeley has always been a world class institution and should be allowed to evolve as is required to support it's success in all it's arenas both intellectual and athletic.

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Under all circumstances trees should be protected or replaced to the full extent possible. But, if the U. if truly willing to mitigate that damage then I support the Center.

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The training center should be built.There is no argument that it is needed and would benefit the students and in reality the City of Berkeley.
The biggest issue that most people are unaware of or dimiss,is the stadium retrofit/remodel.UC is trying to get them both approved on "one ballot". Apparently the FINAL plans have not been shown to the public or to the City of Berkeley.
In my opinion,UC can perform the seismic upgrades and general upgrading that the place needs,but please dont modify or remodel the east side to block the view of Tightwad hill,the rugby field or the present stadium rim with any more structures or equipment.
As a 33 year Memorial Stadium visitor and Cal fan,I would hope any and all upgrades,retrofits or modifications,will still keep the character and beauty of this special space without becoming the modern corporate and marketing logo arena of the 2000's.
Most,if not all of the East side "improvements" could and should go underground.I am not a member of Save Tightwad Hill,or any other orginization.
I just love the look and feel of the place and do
not want to see it lose its beauty of simplicity.

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Maybe, if built at the North side of the Stadium... And not on the Oak Grove! But in the long run, why would they need one? It's an Academic Institution, not an Athletic Institution. I swam for Auburn University and we shared a weight room in the Beard-Eaves Coliseum, for our "high performance center..." definitely not "state of the art." Odd that our program(s), since 1995, have consistently placed in the top five at NCAA's... oh yeah, and has won 11, men's and women's programs combined, National Championships since 1997. It takes hard work and not money to be great! "Citius, Altius, Fortius."

Jonathan B. Lewis

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with the revised proposal it's reasonably acceptable

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Infrastructure? (Roads, walkways ect.)
Topography? (Does the topography lend itself to creating more infrastructure that can handle a bigger load of automobile and pedestrian traffic)
Parking? (will the proposed parking structure handle the projected increase in the number of cars)
The true value of some open space and trees in a crowded urban setting?
Scenic enhancements?
Access for emergency vehicles?
Earthquake danger?
Fire danger?
Noise pollution?
Garbage pollution?
Increased traffic and congestion on the existing roads if you cannot build more?
Increased use of the facilities which compounds these problems?
Attaching a second building onto an unsafe structure that strattles an earthquake fault, in a futile and substandard effort to butress the first structure against earthquakes?
A schedule of hours which benefits FOX Sports, Not Berkeley businessess, citizens, faculty, students, nor the athletes?

The Universtiy will pour hundreds of millions of dollars into the project, yet no money and worse, no planning will go towards any kind of mitigation or easement of any of these potential problems.

Yes, they did do an enviromental impact report, then they checked it themselves and said it was fine.

They did say they would replant some trees, but where will they be planted? In the bleachers?

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The Student Athlete High Performance Center should be built if it mitigates its environmental effects and leads to the expansion of the Student Rec Center.

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We know that Cal will be building this facility, and the real question is whether the citizens of Berkeley can influence the location prior to the start of construction. I'm not sure that my concerns regarding earthquake safety, parking & traffic, and the trees are of any interest to the private funders of Cal football, who don't live in this town any longer.

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UC is why berkeley business survives at all. despite the traffic jams no parking the high food and housing costs and on...
supportign berkley to keep growing and attracting new consumers
over places more accessible and affordable is crucial to the cities survival.
but make sure there's adeqaute parking and ohter supports fro the impacts of increased traffic signalling . parking and other needs and products of the facility functions.

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