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Sunnyside Neighborhood Association in San Francisco, CA

Let’s Celebrate: Participatory Budgeting Results…I message from Supervisor Norman Yee

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Dear Community Members:

Today, I am proud to announce the results of the District 7 Participatory Budgeting Process. Over 1,000 District 7 residents voted to decide on which improvements and projects we should fund to make our streets safer and our community more vibrant.

Overall, I think this was a tremendous success!  This process gave my staff and me the opportunity to hear from all of you about your ideas, your priorities, and your vision for District 7. I want to thank every single person who submitted a proposal, who attended a meeting or encouraged a neighbor to vote, and every resident who helped us think about the priorities that the Supervisor and the City need to address.

You — the people of District 7– selected 9 Projects in the Safety and Traffic category, 2 Projects in the Beautification category, 2 Projects in the Open Space Access and Improvement category and finally 2 Projects in the Community Services and Neighborhood Enhancementscategory. The winning projects are listed below in order of the number of votes received.

We look forward to working with all of you to make every project a reality and to continue advocating for more funding so that even the projects that weren’t selected will be prioritized.  As always, please feel free to reach out to our office if you have any questions or thoughts.

Kindest regards,

Norman Yee

GRANTEES SELECTED FOR THE SAFETY AND TRAFFIC CATEGORY

8. Make the crosswalk at O’Shaughnessy and Del Vale Safer (MTA) $20,000

7. Safety Study for Laguna Honda and Dewey Blvd (MTA) $20,000

4. Interactive speed limit sign for Clarendon School Zone (MTA) $20,000

2. Traffic Calming for 14th Ave (MTA) $20,000

9.Sunnyside Park Safe Access Study (MTA) $5,000

5. Interactive speed limit sign on Alemany Blvd (MTA) $20,000

1. Interactive speed limit sign on Panorama Drive (MTA) $20,000

6. Traffic Calming for Balboa Terrace (MTA) $15,000

3. Interactive speed limit sign on Olympia Way (MTA) $20,000

 

 

GRANTEES SELECTED FOR PROJECTS IN BEAUTIFICATION, OPEN SPACE ACCESS AND IMPROVEMENT, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENTS

 

13. Better amenities for Golden Gate Heights Park (RPD) $23,000

20. A Pathway for a better West Portal (OEWD) $15,000

11. A Parklet for West Portal Ave (CPC) $15,000

12. A Makeover for Hoover Middle School (SFUSD) $25,000

18. Teen Summer Reader Scholarships (LIB) $10,000

10. A Makeover for Sunnyside Elementary (SFUSD) $12,000

 

 

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi comments on City College of San Francisco

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From the office of Nancy Pelosi:

Still Strong, Still Committed, Still City College
City College is an indispensable part of San Francisco – one of our most important ladders of opportunity. The education CCSF provides has enabled thousands of San Franciscans young and old to invest in themselves and build a better future for themselves and their families.

On Tuesday, the Department of Education responded to my inquiry about the veracity of public statements from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC). The Department of Education’s welcome response proves that ACCJC is able grant CCSF a good-cause extension of accreditation. For the ACCJC to refuse to allow good-cause extension – even after this clarification from the Department of Education, even after all the monumental progress City College has made along its Roadmap to Success – would be destructive, irresponsible, and could be viewed as a political act. For the livelihood of the students, the community, and the state, the ACCJC must send in a new evaluation team with a fresh set of eyes and allow a good-cause extension of accreditation, a team that can see the progress that CCSF has already made. CCSF is still strong, still committed, and still City College.

http://pelosi.house.gov

Public Hearing to Discuss City Share Parking Spot on Monterey/Detroit – Friday May 16 at 10 a.m.

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If you haven’t heard already, there will be a public hearing on this Friday, May 16th at 10am in City Hall Room 400 (located at 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA, 94102).  There has been a room change, so please know that Room 400 is the most current information.
 
I believe you would be affected by the space request on Monterey Avenue.  The specific request is for the south side of Monterey Avenue, the first space east of the Detroit Street crosswalk.  
 
We would love to hear your feedback on this request, so please feel free to respond with any questions or comments.  I’ve attached some more information, and we also have a link on our website:
 
 
Best,
Emily Van Gulik
Community Relations Associate
28 Geary Street, Suite 590
San Francisco, CA 94108

 

Ocean Avenue Corridor Design Project Meeting: Wed., May 14, 6-8 pm at Lick-Wilmerding High School Room C

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The City of San Francisco in coordination with the Ocean Avenue Association invites you to the second public workshop for the OCEAN AVENUE CORRIDOR DESIGN PROJECT.

We want to hear your ideas on how to beautify the Ocean Avenue Commercial Corridor and improve your experience along Ocean Avenue.

Ocean AvenueOn March 12th, the first public workshop took place. At this meeting, there was a brief introduction to the project, followed by an opportunity to provide feedback on priorities for short-term and long-term improvements.

On May 14, 2014, the second public workshop will take place. The meeting will include a presentation of conceptual designs for the commercial corridor followed by an opportunity to provide feedback on the design. There will also be an opportunity to provide input on goals and objectives for the long-term improvements.

For more information, please their website,

http://oceanavenue.sfplanning.org

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Gardening on May 10 at the Sunnyside Conservatory, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

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Just a reminder – there will be a gardening day, from 9:00 till noon at the Conservatory on Saturday, May 10th.  It was till 11:30 am, but the renter canceled, so we have an extra ½ hr .. There is a lot of grass that needs to be pulled, and we might cut back some of the Salvia that is growing next to the house. When you see the great progress that has been made by R&P, you will be inspired. Any time you can spare for this is most appreciated.

 The gardeners have been hard at work, removing some of the Lantana that were doing poorly, moving the agaves out from under the yellow flax and relocating them, planting a couple of  exotic trees, adding a lovely red hibiscus and some succulents, planting more Clivia in the deep shade area, cutting back the Abutilon, pruning the gangly blue Iochroma, removing the blue flowering weeds that spread  badly, and doing a really great job on a number of levels. We owe huge thanks to Wayne Kappelman and Steve Cismowski for getting creative and forging ahead.  Did I mention that we are having gardening on the 10th?

 On another topic, we were awarded $500 by the Glen Park Association for signage, and I am informed that our COF grant application was declared complete and has been awarded.  We asked for plants (available from the R&P green house), and got them, the palm trees requested have been donated, and the size of the remaining request is small enough to get done by more routine expenditures.  There is possibly a Parks Alliance Grant out there, but I will make sure we have enough for the signs before I request that it be withdrawn. Maybe we can get the weathered doors refinished.

Sooo – on the 10th of May, please grab your fanciest shade hat, don your most questionable Levis , and help do in the grass. We will have light refreshments.

Best regards,

Sally

Sec. for the FSC

http://www.sunnysideconservatoy.org