Dates for Balboa Park BART Station Closures, July – October

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UPDATE OCT 1, 2016: THERE WILL BE NO CLOSURES IN OCT 2016. READ MORE HERE.

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BART will have no trains running between Daly City BART Station and Glen Park BART Station on multiple weekends between the end of July and October. BART must perform critical track safety repairs between those stations as well as station improvements at Balboa Park Station. There will be some accommodation for passengers traveling between those stations (TBA).

BART has tentatively identified seven weekends to perform these safety repairs, however these dates are subject to change.
• July 30-31
• August 13-14
• August 20-21
• September 3-5 (Labor Day weekend)
• September 17-18
• October 1-2
• October 15-16

See https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2016/news20160615-2 for more information.

Upcoming Meeting on July 11: Balboa Reservoir Project Community Advisory Committee

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Sunnyside residents are helping to shape the planning process for the Balboa Reservoir Project, which is likely to be the biggest change in our neighborhood in decades. The Community Advisory Committee meets monthly, and you are invited to participate.

More about next meeting, July 11th: http://sf-planning.org/balboa-reservoir-cac-meeting-schedule [agenda TBA soon]

SF Planning Dept page about the Project: http://sf-planning.org/balboa-reservoir

More about the Project on our website archives: https://sunnysideassociation.wordpress.com/category/balboa-reservoir-project/

Area impacted by Balboa Reservoir Project. Image: sf-planning.org
Area impacted by Balboa Reservoir Project. Image: sf-planning.org

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Town Hall with Congresswoman Speier at City College, July 9th

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[Source: http://email.capitolenews.com/q/8LkB9NqyyMZqDJ05SWfQCYxxgMdu09Zoi7HE_I5VYORMdrpQBAFb1-Rkb]

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Dear Friends,

Please join me for one of two Town Halls I will be hosting on Saturday, July 9, 2016. This is your chance to ask me about the economy, public safety, civil rights, foreign policy, government spending or anything else that may be on your mind. We will have an open conversation for an hour at each event.

San Francisco:
Saturday, July 9, 2016
10-11 am
City College of San Francisco
Multi-Use Building, Room 140
50 Phelan Avenue
Map It!
REGISTER HERE!
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Upcoming Tree-Planting in Sunnyside

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Sunnyside, Glen Park & Mt. Davidson residents can get new trees on your street this summer. Neighborhood Launch event on July 7th!

Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF) is a non-profit organization that helps San Francisco residents get new trees on their blocks, and covers most of the costs. They have planted over 50k trees in San Francisco, but we still have more work to do!

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In partnership with the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association (SNA) and the Monterey Heights Homes Association, FUF is launching a community tree planting happening throughout the Sunnyside, Glen Park & Mt. Davidson area this September –– and FUF has raised money to subsidize tree planting for local residents!  FUF can help you plant a tree in the sidewalk or yard in front of your home AND will come back for 3 – 5 years of follow-up tree care.

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Friends of the Urban Forest on Tree-Care Fix

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We all have a stake in greening our neighborhood, but over the long term there are problems to be dealt with. Here is some information about the solution that Friends of the Urban Forest (along with others) is offering. A representative from FUF will be giving a presentation and answering your questions at the August 1st SNA quarterly meeting at St Finn Barr Auditorium (7 p.m.). [Source: http://www.fuf.net/fix/]

Friends of the Urban Forest: Fix the Tree & Sidewalk Mess

Why the system is broken 

Over the last 30 years, the City has cut the budget for street tree maintenance and sidewalk repair so deeply that individual trees don’t get inspected or pruned nearly as often as they should. Trees should be pruned every 3 to 5 years, yet the majority of San Francisco street trees are pruned only every 12 to 15 years. This increases the risk for limb drops and tree falls, which endanger people and property.

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