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To the Editor: 

I would like to thank the City Council for voting at the July 23rd meeting to move ahead with studying two alternatives to the new Public Safety Building tower. I commend Mayor Dean and Councilmembers Maio, Spring, Breland, Hawley and Worthington for their votes. By voting to study the alternatives they have acknowledged that we need a communications tower that is functional but that does not skirt the process of review. Councilmember Armstrong stated at a February council meeting that she does not blame the neighbors for fighting the tower because she would do the same if it were in her neighborhood. I encourage her to reconsider this position and work for a solution that makes the historical downtown a pride of the city. 

Janet Levenson 

Berkeley