Category: Housing

Apr 8: Balboa Reservoir community meeting (online)

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The Balboa Reservoir Community Advisory Committee is meeting in an online form on Wednesday April 8th at 6 PM (not April 6th as previously posted).

  • Agenda here.
  • Draft presentation here.
  • Draft Design Standards and Guideline document here.

Instructions for viewing and participating in online meeting:

Here are the instructions for public access to the Balboa Reservoir Virtual CAC meeting:

Below is a step-by-step guide on how to join and participate in the CAC meeting. We will post these online as soon as we have successfully completed a dry run of the meeting, testing both internal and public communication (hopefully by today). Please note that you *do not* need access to Microsoft products in order to access the online meeting–you will need internet access and a web browser in order to view the meeting online.

  • Individuals who wish to watch this meeting can join from the Teams app or a web browser at: https://tinyurl.com/brcac0406 or click here
  • If Internet access is not available, you can listen to the meeting by dialing (866) 434-5269 and enter access code 8863144.
  • Comments or opportunities to speak during the public comment period are available via phone by dialing (866) 434-5269 and enter access code 8863144. (There is no need to hang up and call again if you are already on the line and want to provide public comment on the next agenda item, you will be prompted with the same instructions over the phone).
    • The following is step-by-step instructions: 

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Balboa Reservoir meeting events in April

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Balboa Reservoir Project, city government, development, Housing, SF Planning Dept, SFPUC, Traffic, Transit, transportationLeave a comment

Planned meetings regarding the Balboa Reservoir housing project will go forward this month, but using virtual meeting methods.

Analysis and Opinion: Balboa Reservoir Development

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The following is analysis and opinion by Jennifer Heggie, the current chair of SNA’s Balboa Reservoir Committee, and does not necessarily reflect the official position of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association.

BALBOA RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT

By Jennifer Heggie, Chair, SNA Balboa Reservoir Committee

The Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report identifies a number of areas in which the proposed development will create a significant adverse impact to the surroundings even after possible mitigation is implemented. These relate to Air Quality, Noise, and Transportation and Circulation. Neighborhood comments suggest that even with these identified harmful results, some of the tests used to draft the DSEIR were inadequate.

Transportation and Circulation 

There are three areas of significant impact to transportation and circulation due to the construction and/or operations of the Balboa Reservoir that would  result in Significant and Unavoidable adverse impacts with no feasible Mitigation or Significant and Unavoidable adverse impacts with Mitigation.  Continue reading “Analysis and Opinion: Balboa Reservoir Development” →

Balboa Reservoir housing project: Design Guidelines draft now available

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[UPDATE March 8th: The meeting of the BRCAC is now cancelled, to be rescheduled later.]

The Balboa Reservoir Community Advisory Committee will next meet on Monday March 9th (6-8 PM) at City College Multi-Use Building (Rm 140). The topic will be the draft Design Standards and Guidelines document, which sets out standards for a great many aspects of the project. PDF available here:

https://default.sfplanning.org/plans-and-programs/planning-for-the-city/public-sites/balboareservoir/balboareservoir_Design_Standards_Guidelines_DRAFT-022420.pdf

Article about the DSG on Socketsite: https://socketsite.com/archives/2020/02/design-standards-for-balboa-reservoir-redevelopment-released.html

Here is a small selection of slides from the 282-page document.

DRAFT Design Standards and Guidelines - Balboa Reservoir Neighbo
Slide from Balboa Reservoir draft Design Standards and Guidelines. https://default.sfplanning.org/plans-and-programs/planning-for-the-city/public-sites/balboareservoir/balboareservoir_Design_Standards_Guidelines_DRAFT-022420.pdf

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Feb 10: Balboa Reservoir community meeting — Public benefits on agenda

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The next meeting of the Balboa Reservoir Community Advisory Committee (BRCAC) is Monday, February 10th, at City College Ocean Campus Multi-Use Bldg (Rm 140), 55 Frida Kahlo Way.

The main topic is public benefits of the project. Agenda here. Minutes of the December meeting here. More about the project and the BRCAC here.

Slide from Dec 2019 presentation at BRCAC. View PDF here: https://default.sfplanning.org/plans-and-programs/planning-for-the-city/public-sites/balboareservoir/balboareservoir_CAC_120919_presentation.pdf
Slide from Dec 2019 presentation at BRCAC. View PDF here: https://default.sfplanning.org/plans-and-programs/planning-for-the-city/public-sites/balboareservoir/balboareservoir_CAC_120919_presentation.pdf