The city of Berkeley and its community members have denounced campus’s 2021 Long Range Development Plan, or LRDP, and its environmental report for its lack of consideration of impacts on the city.
The LRDP draft provides guidelines on how campus should improve transportation and infrastructure, use campus-owned land and address the housing shortage from now until the 2036-37 academic year. It also provides estimates on the student and faculty population growth for the next 15 years.
“An LRDP is analogous to a city’s general plan which is a zoning strategy for where development would take place if funded, and likewise, does not make development guarantees.” said campus spokesperson Kyle Gibson in an email.
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Berkeley slams UC Berkeley s long-term plans in fight over housing
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People’s Park is pictured with UC Berkeley’s campus in the background. Students are rallying and camping in the park to protest UC Berkeley’s plan to develop the property as student housing.Noah Berger / Special to The Chronicle
The city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley are at odds once again over the university’s long-term development plans.
In a 75-page letter sent last week, the city lambasted the university’s 2021 Long Range Development Plan and its accompanying environmental documents, arguing that UC Berkeley failed to adequately analyze the effects of its projected growth. In addition, the city called the environmental analysis “fatally flawed,” adding that it does not comply with California law.
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