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Second Saturday BBBC Clean & Sweep Drop-In and Dog Romp

jamie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:50:42 +0000

Please let you fellow dog owners know that the Beale and Bryant future dog park site will be open this Saturday, March 13th for volunteers to help clean up the lot a bit and for anyone to bring their dog(s) to run around and play a bit (9:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.).

From Marty Coressel ….

This Saturday, March 13th is the second Saturday of the month, so we will be opening up the Beale / Bryant Street lot from 9:00 am till 11:30 am. Weather is looking good so bring the dogs on out for a romp.

We continue to do a great job keeping the weeds near the fence and sidewalk under control and will focus on those again this Saturday.

Today, Caltrans said that they are still targeting this October to start construction along with the many other West Approach Landscaping projects. This Open Space & Dog Park will be the largest of the efforts, so we started discussion on planning a site groundbreaking event and having a “Coming Soon” type sign posted. Hope to have more on these items to share shortly. All good news!

Hope for sunshine and see you on Saturday morning.

Cheers – Marty

FYI – Remember – Owners are legally responsible for their dog(s) and any damage and/or injury caused by their dog(s).

Come Out and Play on The Embarcadero on Sunday!

jamie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:13:40 +0000

Come out and play this Sunday for the 2010 kick-off event of San Francisco’s Sunday Streets along The Embarcadero from Fisherman’s Wharf down to China Basin. Volunteers for this and future Sunday Streets events are always welcomed (and needed!) by the event coordinators. The event runs from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. (don’t forget daylight savings time kicks on Sunday at 2:00 a.m. … clocks spring forward an hour). Learn about the planned activities, see the route map, and sign up to volunteer by visiting www.SundayStreetsSF.com.

Sunday Streets on The Embarcadero on March 14th 10am - 3pm

Exploratorium Raising Funds for Move to Become Waterfront’s Next Gem

jamie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:48:21 +0000

The Exploratorium has received two anonymous gifts totaling $90 million to help pay for renovations of Piers 15 and 17 and the construction of their new location along San Francisco’s waterfront, according to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle. The funds are conditional based upon the museum raising another $40 million from other donors. This will be the biggest project along he eastern waterfront of San Francisco since AT&T Park.

This is great news for SoMa waterfront residents who will be a short walk away from another cultural and educational destination! Another gem along the waterfront, so-to-speak.

South Beach/Rincon/Mission Bay Neighborhood Association Meets Monday

jamie — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:41:51 +0000

In addition to the regular meeting, members in good standing (dues paid) will be voting on Board Members and Officers at the Monday, March 8th meeting of the South Beach/Rincon/Mission Bay Neighborhood Association from 6pm until 7pm at the South Beach Harbor Services Building.

South Beach/Rincon/Mission Bay Neighborhood Association Meeting
Monday, March 8th from 6pm until 7pm
South Beach Harbor Services Building
(between Pier 40 & the Ballpark)
Community Room

Jay Primus, Director of the new SFPark Program, will walk us through the development of this innovative synthesis of new thinking and new technology related to parking management, and how the program will be implemented in our neighborhood. `Circle less, Live more’ is the promise for the future.

Preceding Jay will be Charles Higueras, DPW Project Manager, Asst. Fire Chief Jim Barden, and Police Captain John Goldberg to talk about the earthquake safety bond measure which will be on the June ballot.

COME JOIN US!

Here’s some video from CBS 5 about the new parking sensors you may have noticed being installed in the Rincon Hill neighborhood and around town in recent weeks.

Block 11A’s Supportive Housing – Drawings from February 24th Meeting

jamie — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:21:46 +0000

Our friend Michael Chao, Project Manager with Community Housing Partnership, has provided an online link for the drawings of designs for their supportive housing project on Folsom Street at Essex presented to neighbors at the community meeting held at The Metropolitan a couple of Wednesdays ago. You can find the drawings posted online if you’re interested to see the ideas discussed. Currently, the site is a surface parking lot.

I have not yet received any communication from the Redevelopment Agency concerning the Transbay CAC meeting tentatively scheduled for the 2nd Thursday of each month, so I am uncertain whether there will be a meeting in March and if they’ll be considering recommending a design for Block 11A or not at their next meeting.

San Francisco General Hospital Rebuild Community Meeting

jamie — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:10:35 +0000

For those of you interested in the progress on the rebuilding of San Francisco General Hospital…

SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL (SFGH) REBUILD COMMUNITY TOWN HALL MEETING
SFGH will be holding a community town hall meeting to hear the communities thoughts on the rebuild project thus far. Please join SFGH on Monday, April 5, 2010 from 6:00pm-8pm in the Carr Auditorium on the SFGH campus. The Carr Auditorium is located at the corner of 22nd Street and San Bruno. For more information, please call 415-206-5784.

Support to Enhance Penalties against Anyone who Assaults a Patrol Special Police Officer

jamie — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:06:34 +0000

From our friend and community public safety advocate Ken Craig:

Hi All :

I am writing to ask you to seriously consider attending the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting at 2pm on Tuesday March 9, held on the 4th floor of San Francisco City Hall, to speak in support of Supervisor Bevan Dufty’s resolution to enhance penalties for anyone who assaults a Patrol Special Police officer.

Supervisor Dufty would greatly appreciate the public support of as many individuals as possible at the meeting. I’m sending out this information to anyone who may be able to attend and speak in person.

Three Patrol Special Police officers have been assaulted in the line of duty since December of 2009 when Officer Jane Warner had her arm broken while trying to arrest an aggressive male outside of the Trigger bar. Another Patrol Special Police officer was very recently knocked out in the Tenderloin area when engaging with a suspect.

At present, Patrol Special Police officers do not enjoy the same protection that SFPD officers do. Indeed they do not enjoy the same protection that parking enforcement officials, MUNI operators, and DPW workers do. They put their lives quite literally on the line every day on behalf of the citizens of San Francisco, and they minimally deserve the same protections as our SFPD and parking enforcement officers.

I therefore encourage you to attend the Board of Supervisors meeting and speak in support of Supervisor Dufty’s resolution and in support of the Patrol Special Police and the incredible job they do. If you are unable to attend in person as I am, please consider sending an e-mail to your supervisor, or to the entire board of supervisors. I am including their e-mail addresses to make this easier.

Mayor Gavin Newsom : gavin.newsom@sfgov.org

San Francisco Police Commission: sfpd.commission@sfgov.org

SFPD Chief of Police : sfpd.online@sfgov.org

SF Patrol Special Police Officers Assocaition : sfpatrol@earthlink.net

Board of Supervisors : Eric.L.Mar@sfgov.org, Michela.Alioto-Pier@sfgov.org, David.Chiu@sfgov.org, Carmen.Chu@sfgov.org, Ross.Mirkarimi@sfgov.org, Chris.Daly@sfgov.org, Sean.Elsbernd@sfgov.org, Bevan.Dufty@sfgov.org, David.Campos@sfgov.org, Sophie.Maxwell@sfgov.org, John.Avalos@sfgov.org

Sincerely,

Ken Craig
President

“Building Safer Neighborhoods by Collaborating on Community Safety and Security”

Community Patrol USA is a not for profit, entirely volunteer run, organization that seeks to build comprehensive collaborative efforts on safety and security between residents, businesses, private security and law enforcement agencies. We also support and assist in the development of Citizen Walking Patrols and advocate for general safety and security measures at the neighborhood, city, state and national level.

Rincon Hill Neighborhood Association Meets Tonight

jamie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:07:16 +0000

Please join us at the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific’s Library Room (450 Harrison Street) at 6pm this evening (March 2, 2010) to learn about legislation currently under review to help to either stimulate the building of currently approved developments (like the second tower at One Rincon Hill or 201 Folsom) or to incentivize developers who own empty lots (like 45 Lansing and 399 Fremont) to temporarily re-purpose the lots for specific public benefits.

Michael Yarne from the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development has been working on both pieces of legislation, introducing the “developer stimulus” legislation to the Planning Commission in late January and the “green development agreement” legislation to the Planning Commission just last week. He will be the main speaker this evening followed by Steve Kuklin, representing Fifield Companies (owners of the 399 Fremont Street development site), who will discuss some interesting ideas they have for temporarily repurposing the 399 Fremont Street lot until they’re ready to build their condo development.

If you cannot join us this evening, pencil in our April 6th meeting at 6pm also at the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific in the Library Room where we’ll learn about the SFPark program from the SFMTA.

Mission Bay Parks Events Meeting

jamie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:01:41 +0000

If you haven’t explored Mission Creek Park near the Mission Bay public library branch, you should certainly do so soon. Just a short bicycle ride, walk, or T-Third ride away from the Rincon Hill neighborhood, it is a beautiful new park with many different recreational activity areas (sand volleyball comes to mind first followed by basketball, kayaking, etc.). On Wednesday, March 10th, there will be a meeting to discuss upcoming events at or near Mission Creek Park. All neighbors are welcome to attend – please RSVP beforehand to Carolyn Weir at CWeir @missionbayparks.org if you plan to attend so she can be prepared with enough sandwiches!!

Mission Bay Parks Coordination Meeting

March 10, 2010
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm
Mission Bay Park Pavilion (301 Channel Street, glass and steel building at end of Mission Creek Park on UCSF side of the creek)

1) Introductions

2) Park Projects – Carolyn Weir, Park Management

3) Park Parcels Status Updates – Catherine Reilly, SFRA

a. Pump station project – P1

4) Park events – Jes Muse, Park Management

a. Sunday Streets 3.14 and 4.18 (Terry François Blvd.)
b. Easter Egg Hunt 4.3
c. Bike Build Day – Variety Children’s Event – 4.24
d. Kite Day for Kids – 8.4
e. Community Basketball Tournament – 8.21 (Wayne Patanian)
f. Memory Walk – Alzheimer’s Association – 9.11
g. Howl-O-Ween 10.16

5) UCSF – kayak programming for 2010

6) Mission Bay Families – update on “tot lot” and meetings (Sarah Davis)

7) Next meeting proposed for Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 12 noon – 1:30 pm

Harrison Street Repaving from Main Street to 8th Street

jamie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:46:26 +0000

Rincon Hill residents received a “Notice of Planned Street Excavation” today from Esquivel Grading & Paving Co. The notice indicates that Harrison Street will be ground down and repaved from approximately March 29, 2010 until June 30, 2010 with work happening Monday through Friday, 7am until 3pm and Saturday and Sunday, 8am to 5pm.

The 24-hour emergency contact related to the project is Esquivel Grading & Paving, Inc. at 415-354-4870.

Additional information can be garnered from San Francisco’s Department of Public Works’s Public Affairs Officer, Bill Adams, at 415-437-7038.

The only downside of the repaving without any pedestrian safety enhancements is that the smoother roads might encourage even more excessive speeding by drivers, endangering pedestrians, but we can hope that won’t be the case, eh?