Posted in Balboa Park Station, Balboa Reservoir Project, CCSF, City College, development, Housing, parking, Parks, SF Planning, SFPUC, Streets, traffic, transit, Uncategorized on April 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On Friday April 20th and Saturday April 21st, view the developers’ plans for the Balboa Reservoir, including open space and community amenities. Give your feedback and talk with the design team. Ask questions, talk with neighbors, have refreshments.
Posted in Balboa Reservoir Project, CCSF, City College, development, Housing, parking, Parks, Pedestrian, SF Planning, SFPUC, Streets, traffic, transit, Uncategorized on April 11, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On Friday Apr 20 and Saturday Apr 21, the developer team AvalonBay/BRIDGE will host an open house for the public review and comment on the Balboa Reservoir housing project plans.
When: Friday Apr 20, 2-6pm and Saturday Apr 21, 10am-2pm.
Where: 1100 Ocean Ave Community Room, off Unity Plaza next to Philz.
What: More links about the Balboa Reservoir Project here.
Posted in Balboa Reservoir Project, CCSF, City College, development, Housing, Meetings, parking, Parks, SF Planning, SFMTA, SFPUC, Streets, traffic, transit, Uncategorized on April 6, 2018| 1 Comment »
The developer team will be showing their plans for the Balboa Reservoir housing project at the next meeting of the Balboa Reservoir Community Advisory Committee on Monday Apr 9, 6-8pm, at the CCSF Multi-Use Building. This community meeting offers an opportunity not only for local residents to see the plans, but to comment on them.
Now that the City has approved the Fiscal Feasibility Report, the plan presented at this meeting will be closer to the final version. Then it goes into the environmental review process. Community input is a part of the process now and into the coming months. (more…)
Posted in Balboa Reservoir Project, CCSF, City College, development, Housing, parking, Parks, real estate, SF Planning, SFMTA, Streets, traffic, transit, Uncategorized on April 2, 2018| Leave a Comment »
From SF Planning, regarding upcoming Balboa Reservoir Project events.
We would like to remind you that the next Balboa Reservoir CAC Meeting will be held on Monday, April 9th, 6pm at the City College Multi-Use Building, room 140. The development team will be providing updates based on feedback heard to date. The agenda (PDF).
We would also like to announce that on April 20 and 21, the development team will be hosting open house events in the neighborhood. Community members will have the opportunity to learn more about and offer feedback on the housing, open space, and public amenities in the development team’s refined base case plan. The open houses will take place Friday, April 20 from 2-6pm and Saturday April 21 from 10am-2pm, at the 1100 Ocean Ave Community Room (in front of Unity Plaza right next to Philz Coffee). (more…)
Posted in Balboa Reservoir Project, CCSF, City College, city government, development, greening, Housing, Norman Yee, parking, Parks, SF Planning, SFMTA, Streets, traffic, transit, Uncategorized on March 23, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The next meeting of the Balboa Reservoir Community Advisory Committee is Monday Apr 9, 6pm, at the CCSF Multi-Use Building. The developer team AvalonBay/BRIDGE will show their plan for the 17-acre site, along with several options for various aspects. Now that the City has approved the Fiscal Feasibility Report, this site plan, if accepted, will begin the environmental review process.
The project site is located west of Phelan Ave and north of Ocean Ave. All residents are welcome at the BRCAC meetings. There is an open public comment period.
Slide from AvalonBay/BRIDGE presentation of their June 2017 proposal for the Balboa Reservoir site. http://sfwater.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=10884
Posted in Balboa Reservoir Project, bugdeting, CCSF, City College, city government, development, diego rivera theatre, Housing, parking, SF Planning, traffic, Uncategorized on March 16, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Source SF Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/balboa-reservoir-housing-project-opponents-launch-ballot-measure/
Also, there is this recent piece on sfcurbed:
https://sf.curbed.com/2018/3/16/17130218/balboa-reservoir-save-ccsf-yimby-nimby-housing
By Laura Waxmann on March 15, 2018 5:28 pm
Advocates concerned that a proposed 1,100 unit housing development at the Balboa Reservoir will exacerbate parking issues and further delay long-standing construction plans for a performance center at City College of San Francisco are planning to take the issue to city voters.
On Monday, Save CCSF, a coalition of City College professors, community members and public education advocates, filed initial paperwork for a ballot measure that would prohibit new development on the Balboa Reservoir site until a planned Performing Arts Education Center on an adjacent site is “built, completed and opened to the public.”
Advocates for the Save CCSF coalition have spoken out against the “privatization of public land” and called for the Public Utilities Commission, which owns the reservoir, to transfer the land to City College.
“I don’t think there should be housing built right now, it should be a campus,” said Tomasita Medal, of Save CCSF. (more…)
Posted in Balboa Reservoir Project, Board of Supervisors, bugdeting, CCSF, City College, city government, development, Housing, parking, SF Planning, Uncategorized on March 13, 2018| 2 Comments »
On Thursday Mar 15, there will be a meeting on the Balboa Reservoir fiscal feasibility–at the 10 a.m. meeting of the Budget & Finance Sub-Committee, in City Hall Room 250.
It is the final item on the meeting’s agenda, which can be downloaded here.
Note that the Budget & Finance Committee will also be meeting at 1 p.m. on March 15, but the Balboa Reservoir project will not be discussed at that time.
Read more about the project at the top tab on this page.
