Studies, Reports, and Grant Proposals

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Studies and Reports

UC Berkeley student reports from 1983 & 1989 Senior Seminars taught by Doris Sloan.
Hydrology and Water Quality: Berkeley Aquatic Park: Study by Jeffrey Haltiner, Philip Williams Assoc., for City of Berkeley, 1990.
Aquatic Park Water Quality Improvement Study: Study by CH2MHill for the City of Berkeley, 1994.
Aquatic Park Sound Barrier Options 2000: City Manager’s report to City Council, 2000.
Aquatic Park Natural Resource Management Study: Study by Laurel Marcus Assoc. and other consultants for the City of Berkeley, 2003.
Aquatic Park Waterbird Population and Disturbance Response Study: Study by Avocet Research Associates for the City of Berkeley, 2004.
Aquatic Park Improvement Program (APIP) Draft Environmental Impact Report: Environmental Impact Report from the Aquatic Park Improvement Plan (APIP), 2012.
Analysis and recommendations for the Potter Watershed, from the Berkeley Watershed ManagementPlan, 2012. The Potter Watershed drains almost 1/3 of Berkeley and strongly affects the Aquatic Park lagoons.

Grant Proposals

Berkeley Aquatic Park Grant Application: Measure AA Round 4 grant proposal by the city of Berkeley, 2021, and denial.
Berkeley Aquatic Park Urban Habitat Project Grant Application: Measure AA Round 5 grant proposal by the city of Berkeley, 2021 (denied).
Berkeley Aquatic Park Stormwater Treatment Grant Proposal, to US EPA, 2023. Approved. As of April 2024, the city plans to install trash-catching centrifugal devices east of the tracks for the small watersheds that drain to the park at Bancroft and Channing, and a 10,000-square-foot rain garden or “bioswale” west of the tracks at the parking area near the Dreamland for Kids playground.
Berkeley Aquatic Park Grant Proposal for Planning Tide Tube Improvements, to US Federal Highway Administration, 2023, denied. As of April 2024, city intends to submit a larger proposal, with $800,000 in matching funds, to include the work of cleaning and reinforcing these tide tubes.