This section of the San Francisco Bay Trail is maintained by the East Bay Regional Park District at 888-327-2757. Thank you.

EBRPD replied that the City of Berkeley maintains this area - Please reopen and resolve the problem.
Copied below is the reply from EBRPD.
"Dear Daniel Leaverton,

I have forwarded your message about the Bay Trail to Alexandra Endress, Waterfront Manager for City of Berkeley. The city has the maintenance agreement for the trail within city property.

Thank you for your offer of volunteer service at McLaughlin Eastshore State Park (MESP). While we do not host a volunteer trail maintenance event at this time, we would welcome you to Coast Cleanup Day on September 17. The event will begin at 9:00 am at Marina Way and University Avenue, west of the Bay Trail.

If you have any other question concerning MESP, please don’t hesitate to contact me at spossin@ebparks.org or 510-544-3108.

Your request to Berkeley 311 has been accepted. Your service request ID is 121000312282

This section of the San Francisco Bay Trail is maintained by the East Bay Regional Park District at 888-327-2757. Thank you.

Again, do not close issues that are not actually resolved. Individual reports on SeeClickFix get forwarded to multiple agencies, so if this is indeed not your jurisdiction then just leave the issue open. Closing it prematurely gives the incorrect impression that it has been resolved.

Your request to Berkeley 311 has been accepted. Your service request ID is 121000312325

Dear Community Member -
We understand your frustration with the process, however you are reporting a concern that is handled by the East Bay Regional Park District. We have supplied their telephone number 888-327-2757 so you may contact them to give them current and accurate information as the rider of the trail and the reporter of the concern. Please contact the East Bay Regional Park District directly regarding exact location of the weeds on the path, amount of growth, how it is impacting your use of the path, etc. GIS location from your phone is not always accurate especially if you include a picture but report the incident from a different location, so when you can please supply an exact address location or landmark indicator. This additional information is always helpful and increases response time. Please do not reopen cases that are with another jurisdiction prior to contacting them for assistance.

Regarding your feedback on closing cases in the SeeClickFix application. We close the cases when we provide direction to the community if the case is not in Berkeley jurisdiction or when a work order for the issue has been input with the City's Public Works department.

Thank you,
Berkeley, 311 Customer Service Center

The bike path is maintained by the East Bay Regional Park District. Please contact them directly to give them feedback on your challenges, concerns and request for maintenance. Toll Free: 888-327-2757 or via email http://www.ebparks.org/contact
Thank you.

In reviewing this case closer I see there has been communication with East Bay Regional Parks District and Dan Leaverton. I will be following up with our Marina Manager to confirm jurisdiction of the path area. Thank you for your patience while we determine status.

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Your request to Berkeley 311 has been accepted. Your service request ID is 121000312509

Thank you for your thorough reply, but the way you are handling these issues by referring and closing them is still inappropriate. Many agencies and jurisdictions receive reports of issues within the Berkeley borders via watch areas, and the City of Berkeley does not "own" these SeeClickFix reports. By closing them out prematurely you are giving the false impression that they have been resolved, and other agencies that received the report as well may not know they still need to follow up on it.

Stating that the issue is not the responsibility of the city is one thing, but then choosing to close it out with no fix is inappropriate and inhibits action on the problem. Here is another issue on the Berkeley Bay Trail which I reported some time ago, which was not closed out by the city, and which was recently fixed, possibly by EBRPD: http://seeclickfix.com/issues/2251237. In this case there seemed to be no problem with the city acknowledging but then leaving the report open, which was still eventually resolved. I encourage you to treat all other issues similarly.

Other cities using SeeClickFix actively contact other agencies responsible for that issue themselves instead of asking the public to do so, and I encourage Berkeley to do that too. SeeClickFix is great because an individual doesn't have to know whose responsibility a particular issue is when reporting it, so by closing these issues instead of sending them to EBPRD yourself you are missing out on this valuable citizen engagement and potentially frustrating people away from contributing their volunteer assistance.

City of Berkeley Parks Recreation and Waterfront has serviced this request. Thank you.

Thanks for fixing this issue!