To cheer up your essential bout of exercise, in deep colors, from our local sidewalk artist, Amar Pai. At Monterey and Detroit. See more photos here.
Sidewalk hearts in the time of Covid-19
Category: Streets
Analysis and Opinion: Balboa Reservoir Development
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
[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:
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.
Continue reading “Balboa Reservoir housing project: Design Guidelines draft now available”
Quick response by City on stolen stop sign
Last weekend, a stop sign disappeared from the corner of Hearst and Edna. Notified by neighbors, the Dept of Public Works replaced the sign on this busy school corner promptly on Monday morning.
But they forgot the “One-Way” sign on top, to prevent cars turning the wrong way into a narrow section of Edna. The problem was addressed quickly once again, early on Tuesday morning. Continue reading “Quick response by City on stolen stop sign”
Rain means it’s Adopt-a-Drain season
Many Sunnyside residents participate in the Adopt-a-Drain program from SFPUC. Now is the time to give your pet storm-drain some attention. Message from SFPUC:
Rain is expected to start Tuesday, November 26 and may continue through the next few days in San Francisco. The best time to clear leaves and litter from your adopted drain is prior to rain.
A few reminders before you roll up your sleeves and get to work:
- Clear from the sidewalk, not the street.
- Please never attempt to remove the drain grate.
- Wear reflective clothing so drivers can see you.
- Always wear gloves, use a rake or broom or a trash grabber – not your hands, and be careful of sharp objects.
- If you see a badly-clogged drain that you can’t clear, please report it to 311 online at sf311.org , on the app for Android and iPhone, or by calling 3-1-1.
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