Planning Association for the Richmond, SF

Beach Chalet Soccer Fields Final EIR Published and the Hearing Set for May 24, 2012

The Beach Chalet Soccer Fields Final EIR has been published.  You can find it by following this link:

http://sfplanning.org/index.aspx?page=1828

 

The draft EIR (which was previously published is the first of the documents) followed by the newly published documents.  The hearing is set for May 24th.

Meeting Re Soccer Fields in Golden Gate Park

 

 

 

Note change in time:  Our agenda item starts at 5:00 p.m.* 

Public Hearing

BEACH CHALET ATHLETIC FIELDS

DRAFT  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT  REPORT  (DEIR) 

Thursday, December  1, 2011

San Francisco Planning Commission

SF City Hall, Room 400, 5:00 p.m. start

 

This is the most important hearing this year – please plan to attend.       

Come to the final official hearing for the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the City’s plan to build 7 acres of artificial-turf soccer fields with 150,000 watts of stadium lighting in Golden Gate Park.   Your presence will show the City government that you are concerned about the loss of parkland in Golden Gate Park, and you are willing to act on that concern.  This is your EIR – you fought for it – come to the hearing and speak!

 

Click here to fill out a form and let us know that you will be attending this hearing.  If you can help with rides, let us know.   We are also looking for people from the Peninsula to give some rides to volunteers – let us know!

 

More info:

 

Follow this link for the Hearing agenda.  (We are item #15.) We will also post updates on our website as they become available.  

 

Click here to learn more about how to do public testimony at City Hall.

 

Click here for information on the DEIR and how to send in written comment  (due December 12th).

 

Check our website for general information on this project and what you can do to protect Golden Gate Park. 

 

Please PRINT the attached flyers.  POST them in your local coffee shop.  GIVE them to your friends and neighbors  and ENCOURAGE them to ATTEND the hearing, too.

 

Look for us outside Room 400 (4^th floor) and get your Save Golden Gate Park button!

SFOE

 

 

 

 

 

Farewell to Boathouse

 

Help Bid Farewell to Our Beloved Boathouse and Staff:

There is an outpouring of love and support for our historic boathouse, the devoted staff and the local concessioner who has run the boathouse for 68 years. 

Please join us on Saturday, September 10th at Noon, at the boathouse, as we mark the end of seven decades of boathouse fun and friendship.

If you would like, please bring an appetizer and/or special memories to share. 

We look forward to seeing you.

Best,
Suzanne R. Dumont
Sandy Weil
Save the Stow Lake Boathouse Coalition 

In case you aren't aware, the local, longtime concessionaire is being evicted by SF Recreation & Park, in a retaliatory move after a civil lawsuit was filed protesting multiple irregularities in the bid process.
Please stay informed about what Rec and Park is doing to our parks!
Visit: www.takebackourparks.org

 

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SF Recreation and Parks 9/1/11

e-News from the SF Recreation and Park Department   Battle By the Bay on Saturday: Cal vs. Fresno State at the 'Stick   West Sunset Playground and Ortega Branch Library Reopen     Vote Today for America's Most Natural City   Is San Francisco America's most natural city? Safeway has launched an online Facebook contest to determine "America's Most Natural City" and we need your help encouraging people to vote.   Whether it's parks, outdoor activities or a city's promise to be environmentally friendly, Safeway will reward the winning city's commitment to being natural by donating $20,000 to the winning city's local parks and recreation department.   Log on to vote for San Francisco today. Here's how: 1) Visit Safeway's Facebook Page 2) "Like" Safeway's page 3) Click the "Vote Now" button 4) Choose your "natural city" from the drop down menu and enter your contact information 5) Check the box that says "I agree to the rules of the Safeway Natural City Contest" 6) Click "Vote and Enter"   McKinley Square Park Community Design Meeting #2   Join us for the second community meeting and workshop to solicit input and assess community needs for both short-term and long-term improvements benefiting McKinley Square Park.      Free Hoops Clinic for Boys and Girls on September 10 Join our staff of coaches for a free basketball clinic for boys and girls in elementary and middle school, Saturday, September 10, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., at Gene Friend Recreation Center at SOMA (270 Sixth Street).  Enjoy some hoops, exercise and sign up for our Fall Basketball League.    Day of Service on Sunday, 9/11   Serve in remembrance at one of San Francisco Recreation and Park Department's tribute projects in partnership with Hands on Bay Area. On Sunday, September 11, 2011, volunteers will gather together at the Veterans War Memorial Building courtyard at Civic Center to honor the memories of the victims of 9/11 and then going forth to give tribute to the fallen by serving at community projects. The Day of Service will begin at 9 a.m. with registration and a light breakfast. At 9:30 a.m., a 20-minute the commemoration program will begin. At 10 a.m., volunteers will disperse to their projects. Registered participants will receive a commemorative t-shirt. You must register to participate in the volunteer projects. There is no charge to register.  SFRPD will be hosting three projects on 9/11, please sign up below for the following three sites: Jefferson Park, Margaret Hayward Playground, and Patricia's Green    Congratulations, America SCORES Bay Area!  Congratulations to America SCORES Bay Area, a soccer and literacy after school program for 1st-5th graders, for being recognized with a $12,500 initial grant by the Bay Area Youth Sports Foundation (BAYS). Click here to read the press release and learn more about BAYS & America SCORES. America SCORES Bay Area provides children with experiences to develop their own voice through poetry and creative expression, promotes physical activity through soccer, and supports leadership development through team-based service-learning projects. In San Francisco, SCORES partners with SFUSD ExCEL programs throughout the Mission, Excelsior, Western Addition, Tenderloin and Bayview Hunter's Point and has been a tremendous partner of ours at various Recreation and Park Department events. For more information, please visit AmericaScoresBayArea.org.   Video: August Park Events       Like Us on Facebook!   Our following on Facebook is growing!  If you aren't part of our Facebook family yet, click here and "Like" us to start receiving highlights and updates on park events!

 

 

 

Sunday Streets

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Thanks for joining us at Sunday Streets!   We had so much fun in Golden Gate Park and along the Great Highway! There we so many highlights to the day, it's hard to know where to even begin! What were your favorite moments?  Share your photos, videos and stories on our facebook page:     The San Francisco Rock Project came out and performed on the Great Highway and were AMAZING!!! They will be back at the August 14th event, so don't miss them!! Photo by Frank Chan      Spotlight on Our Pet Programs:                                   Every month, Shelah Barr donates her time to Sunday Streets by  organizing all of the pet programs that come out. Each month,  she brings out all kinds of folks who dedicate their lives to helping  out our furry friends. Here are some words from Shelah on the work she does, and how she gives back to the community:     "Happy Hounds Massage started as a desire to do for our pets what I was doing for humans – helping them achieve efficient and comfortable movement through bodywork and massage.  I specialize in rehabilitative and therapeutic work, because that’s what my training is in (for humans, and it translates well into work with animals). The majority of pets I see through Happy Hounds Massage are seniors, injured, highly active and permanently disabled - not necessarily in that order.  I work with all small animals but specialize in dogs because they’re like the rugby players of the domestic animal world. They throw themselves into whatever they’re doing with no sense of self-preservation, bang themselves up, then go back for more.  A cat or a lizard for example won’t usually do that – they’ll pretty much just rest when they need to.   I try to support the animal community as much as possible. I’m expanding my social network through Facebook and Twitter as a way to share information about what’s happening in the pet world. I donate Happy Hounds Massage Gift Coupons whenever I can to help organizations raise money, and attend as many of the fundraising events as possible. I started organizing the Pet Program at Sunday Streets because I thought it would be a great way to introduce the local rescues and a public that might normally never meet.  My idea was that it would give the rescues a bigger pool of potential adopters, fosters, volunteers and supporters, and the public would have new opportunities to get involved, be helpful, and learn about personal and social animal care."   Highlight on a Rescue Copper’s Dream is new to the Sunday Streets Pet Program.  It was founded by a local woman, Jennifer Wang, who like so many of us would like to see the end of pet overpopulation and euthanasia. Copper’s Dream rescues dogs and cats of all ages, breeds and sizes, and has North and South Bay chapters. They brought a good variety of dogs and had a pretty successful first day with us.   Pet Photography by Mark Rogers    Mark Rogers is a San Francisco pet photographer specializing in candid, intimate portraits of pets and their people throughout the Bay Area. The above images were taken by him, as well as the volunteer photo on the right. Sunday Streets Raffle!   We are having a season long raffle! Enter for a chance to win an electric bike from The New Wheel or a Public J7 bike! Other prizes include a child's push bike, kid's bike (brand tba), City CarShare Membership, Urban walker packages, transit passes, and more! Stop by the green Sunday Streets tent at the next event to buy your raffle tickets! They are only $5 and the money goes to fund the Sunday Streets program.  SAVE THE DATE!! The next Sunday Streets will be on August 14th in the Tenderloin and Civic Center. If you have an organization that would like to come play in the streets, contact us at SundayStreets@gmail.com. Look for details to be posted on our website soon and RSVP to our Facebook event. Once you've done that, all you have to do is invite your friends! How to get to Sunday Streets: MUNI: These routes serve the event area: Metro lines J, K, L, M, N, T  to Civic Center; 5 Fulton, *19 Polk, 21 Hayes, *27 Bryant, 31 Balboa, *38 Geary;* NOTE: 19, 27 and 38 lines will be re-routed on nearby streets. For trip planning and other Muni-related info, go to sfmta.com Bike: Go to: http://bicycling.511.org/ for help mapping a bike-friendly route from your area to the Civic Center BART area BART: Civic Center Station: Exit at 8thand Market Street. For trip planning, go to bart.gov. For more info: www.SundayStreetsSF.com or visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sundaystreets  Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/SundayStreets    Sunday Streets 2011 Sponsors: Sunday Streets is made possible by the good work of the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, (the program's official City sponsor), the San Francisco Mayor’s Office, and Livable City. This program could not be possible, however, without the significant support of our many sponsors, program partners and individual donors. To make a contribution online, go to: https://livablecity.org/donate/    Lead Sponsor: Bank of America Sponsors: AT&T; Bay Area Air Quality Management District; Shape Up; City CarShare; SF Bicycle Coalition; Red Cross Bay Area; Bike & Roll; Bay City Bikes; Blazing Saddles; California Pacific Medical Center; Rec & Parks Dept., YMCA; California Outdoor Rollersports Association;  Media Sponsors: The San Francisco Examiner, Clear Channel Radio, Streetsblog SF	Do you love Sunday Streets??  Volunteer!! We can't put on these events without our hundreds of amazing volunteers. Volunteer at Sunday Streets as an Intersection Monitor or Route Rabbit and help Sunday Streets run smoothly! All volunteers get a t-shirt and lunch on us! Sign up to Volunteer today!!
sundaystreets@gmail.com

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