Conceptual Master Plan - Emeryville Center of Community Life

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Why did we abandon the AC Transit yard? It seems like a blown opportunity.
o We can’t force them to sell…and we could still purchase it down the road
for other uses.
Does the school district own the current middle school? Also, what will happen
to these sites?
o Yes, EUSD owns Ralph Hawley.
o Not sure yet, currently its being leased to Piedmont to make revenue for
our district as Piedmont renovates one of their schools. School board also
is committing this site in the future to infant/toddler/pre-k needs that aren’t
being served by the City’s ECDC.
Do we have any backup plan for something in terms of more modest plans? Like
instead of three big ballrooms, just one…
o We have scaled back the project from 230,000 to 175,000 square feet,
reusing site areas, so were saving a lot of money now. This is based on
what a finance committee said we could reasonably afford.
I don’t have children, so the building doesn’t have much appeal to me now. I’m
concerned about security plans for events, like monitors for neighborhood parking
similar to what is seen at UC-Berkeley’s campus.
o These areas are not fully vetted yet, but we didn’t want to wait until the
building is built to think of them. We noted your idea and concern for the
next round of planning.
Also remember Emery Bay residents are going to face much more impact from
this site because school and recreation centers aren’t on one site now.
Can we just have a good plan/building to serve youth on this site? I think just a
school and rec center would be good. Also, as a parent, I’m not thrilled on social
services being at the same site for safety reasons.