March 13: Balboa Reservoir CAC Meeting

The next meeting of the Balboa Reservoir Project Community Advisory Committee (BRCAC) is Monday March 13, 2017. The topic is: Outreach and public review of developer. More about the meeting here.  All concerned community members are welcome at these meetings.

This important new development, right next to Sunnyside, will have a big impact on the neighborhood. More about the Balboa Reservoir Project here.  Community participation has been a part of the project from early on — and you can be involved and help determine the direction of that development.
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March 12th: Gardening Day at the Conservatory

From Sally Ross, Friends of the Sunnyside Conservatory:

Our next gardening day is Sunday, March 12th. It will run from 9:00 till noon. If you would like to come, but are not able to work the entire time, never fear, we appreciate any contribution you can make.

Sunnyside Conservatory. From sunnysideconservatory.org.
Sunnyside Conservatory. From sunnysideconservatory.org.

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Get ready to vote for Sunnyside – Participatory Budgeting ballot coming soon

A chance for you to help bring City money to Sunnyside for projects like pedestrian safety and community art is coming soon. On March 17, 2017 the voting opens on this year’s array of choices. This page is where it will happen: https://sfpbd.sfgov.org/d7/d7_b4vote.html

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SNA President Stephen Martinpinto is on the PB committee, and has helped craft a package of ped safety improvements for the neighborhood that incorporates the requests of numerous local residents. There is a quarter of a million dollars available for ped safety alone, and SNA hopes we can bring some of that money to Sunnyside.

More later!

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Getting red curbs painted

Residents in Sunnyside with tight space to maneuver into the driveway may be tempted to paint their own curbs red …

But this isn’t legal, and SFMTA will paint over it at some point.

Do it the legal way: any resident can get an eligible curb-cut painted by contacting SFMTA: https://www.sfmta.com/services/streets-sidewalks/installation-requests/new-color-curb. This is how they look when SFMTA does it:

More info: https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/parking/curb-colors