Updated Saturday October 21, 5:00 PM Public Works contractor crews wrapped up hillside stabilization work adjacent to O’Shaughnessy Boulevard a day-plus ahead of schedule. Roadway back open. Thursday October 19, 2017 Project Description In January 2017 a rock slide forced a brief closure of O’Shaughnessy Boulevard. Geotechnical engineers and geologists were brought in to assess […]
Supe Sheehy Meet-and-Greet
Forwarded from Supervisor Sheehy’s office: Please join Supervisor Sheehy for an informal meet and greet over everyone’s favorite – cookies and milk! If you haven’t had the chance to meet Supervisor Sheehy, this is a great opportunity to learn about Jeff’s priorities for the neighborhood and have your questions answered. When: Saturday, October 21, 11 […]
New Ingleside Precinct Captain
Forwarded from the Ingleside Community Police Advisory Board: Captain McFadden will no longer be Captain of Ingleside Station as of Saturday, October 21s. The Captain is moving on and heading up a new unit within the San Francisco Police Dept. Our new Captain is Jack Hart who was recently with Special Operations Unit and Homeland […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The Assessment Appeals Board meets Monday, October 16, through Thursday, October 19, 9:30 a.m. in City Hall, room 406. See full agenda here. I’m throwing this in because I think it’s worth noting that Comcast is trying to get its tax bill reduced by claiming devalued assets. The Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, October 17, […]
Native Plant Sale
23rd Annual Native Plant Sale Brought to you by the Yerba Buena chapter of the California Native Plant Society October 21st, 1-5 pmMiraloma Park Clubhouse350 O’Shaughnessy BlvdSan Francisco, CA To take advantage of the winter rains, fall is the ideal time for planting. Growing locally native plants in your garden is an important way to: § Attract […]
Red Sun
Thank you to Marian Dalere of Dalere’s Beauty Salon for sharing this photo of the sun made red by the fires up north:
SF Emergency Alert System
Forwarded from the fabulous Betsy Eddy of the Diamond Heights Community Association: This morning when I smelled smoke I immediately checked email messages and received the message below so that I had a brief idea of what was happening and where the fires were located. You can sign up for a free emergency alert service […]
DHB Roadwork Update
Forwarded from SF Public Works Dear Friends and Neighbors of Diamond Heights, SF public Works and our contractor Esquivel Grading and Paving will be paving portions of Diamond Heights Boulevard this week. This is the segment that was postponed last week due to mechanical problems with our equipment. To avoid delays motorists may want to […]
(No) City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Editor is on vacation. We’ll see you again next week! Here are the links I go through if you want to look yourself: Board of Supervisor Committee Meetings: http://sfbos.org/events/calendar/upcoming Board of Supes: http://sfbos.org/meetings/42 SFMTA: https://www.sfmta.com/calendar/meetings Planning Dept: http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/list.php?crd=sfplanning&&jsenabled=1&winh=803&winw=1348&inifr=false SF Public Works: http://sfpublicworks.org/ RecPark Commission: http://sfrecpark.org/about/recreation-park-commission/ Crime on BART: https://www.bartcrimes.com/
Find Your House, circa 1900
Here’s something fun: There’s a great collection of old SF photos, mapped out by street, on Open SF History’s website. You might get to see your house in its early days! Click here to see.
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
GLEN PARK RELATED CITY AGENCY HEARINGS The SFMTA Board of Directors meets Tuesday, October 3, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See full agenda here. 12. Amending Transportation Code Division II to (1) delete the defined term for “Institution” and add “Residential Area”; (2) limit the number of parking permits that may be issued […]
Fix-it Team in Glen Park!
Who in Glen Park *doesn’t* have their own list of neighborhood improvements they’d like to see? Tell city agencies about it on Tuesday, September 26, from 6:30-8 PM at St. John School, 925 Chenery Street, in the 7th and 8th grade classroom. This will be the first in a series of better, more effective ways […]
St. Aidan’s Open During Heatwave
Forwarded from the fabulous Betsy Eddy of the Diamond Heights Community Association: Saint Aidan’s Church, 101 Gold Mine Drive next to Safeway in Diamond Heights, will be open during the heatwave on Wednesday, Sept. 27, and Thursday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 6 pm. While you are cooling off, enjoy: • Cards, games and […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The SF Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, September 26, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here. The SFMTA Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and Transportation (ISCOTT) for Temporary Street Closures meets Thursday, September 28, 9 a.m., at One South Van Ness Avenue, room 7080. N. Sussex Street between Diamond and Castro Streets […]
Park Detour Friday
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Late update: SF Planning reports that last week’s hearing of an Appeal of Determination of Exemption from Environmental Review for 43 Everson was tabled. The Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, September 19, 2 p.m. in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here. The SFMTA Board of Directors meets Tuesday, September 19, 1 p.m. in City Hall, […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The SF Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, September 12, at 2 p.m. in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here. (On August 30, 2017, the Planning Department rescinded its Categorical Exemption determination for 43 Everson Street; therefore, the President may entertain a motion to table all Motions on this matter.) 29. 170855 [Hearing – Appeal of […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The SFMTA Board of Directors meets Tuesday, September 5, at 1 p.m. in City Hall, room 400. Click here for full agenda. Nothing specific to Glen Park, but three items of interest: Many neighbors on NextDoor expressed concern about outreach around bike share. Please note this will be discussed in the Director’s Report. Many neighbors […]
Movie Night in Glen Canyon
See “Sing” outdoors in Glen Canyon Park Saturday, September 9, starting at 7 p.m. or dusk. Remember to bring warm clothes, snacks, and picnic blankets! (Please no glass or alcohol.) The first 250 attendees will receive a special goodie bag (one per family) from sponsor Sutter Health. For more information, visit cpmc2020.org
Park Closures
If the image doesn’t come through, here are the details: Glen Canyon Park temporary detour September 5 to 13, 2017 Rec center courtyard closed Exterior restrooms closed Use west entrance ramp to access building Playground open Questions? Please contact SF Rec Park Project Manager Brett Desmarais at 415-575-5601
DHB Roadwork Update
Forwarded from Betsy Eddy of the Diamond Heights Community Association, who forwarded from SF Public Works: Construction Update #7 –August 23, 2017 Dear Neighbors, We are rapidly approaching the end of our project and crews are preparing for roadway paving next week. Beginning Monday, August 28th 2017 our sub-contractor Esquivel Grading and Paving will start […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Nothing to report for Glen Park. Enjoy the final lazy days of summer! Forwarded from SFMTA’s Moving SF: SFMTA Blog Weekly Update, Aug. 17 – 23 SFMTA Board Recap: Aug. 15, 2017 Thursday, August 17, 2017 This is a basic recap of items voted on and discussed by the SFMTA Board of Directors at its most […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
SFMTA Engineering Hearing happens Friday, August 18, 10 a.m., City Hall, room 416. Full agenda here. 12.ESTABLISH – TOW-AWAY NO PARKING ANYTIME Diamond Street (North), east side, from Diamond Heights Boulevard to 117 feet northerly SFMTA Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and Transportation Issues for Temporary Street Closures (ISCOTT) meets Thursday, August 24, 9 a.m. 1 South Van […]
Farewell, Fennel!
Photos by Stephany Wilkes Thanks to all who turned out for last weekend’s Greenway Clean Up, and thanks to Stephany Wilkes and Nicholas Dewar for keeping this project on track with grants, plans and clean ups. Around a dozen Glen Parkers and another dozen from DPW’s Green Team braved the fennel forest in an effort […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The Assessment Appeals Board meets Wednesday, August 16, 9:30 a.m., City Hall, room 406. See full agenda here. 2) Hearing, discussion, and possible action involving: APPLICATION: 2016-0718 APPLICANT: SAFEWAY INC PARCEL NO.: 2016200387 PARCEL ADDRESS: 5290 DIAMOND HEIGHTS BLVD, TOPIC: Personal Property/Fixtures CURRENT ASSESSMENT: $1,786,400.00 APPLICANT’S OPINION: $357,280.00 TAXABLE YEAR: 2016 APPEAL TYPE: Personal Property […]
Celebration of the Life of Mike Lefiti
Forwarded from the Diamond Heights Neighborhood Association and Cameron Partridge, St. Aidan’s Church: What: A Diamond Heights Neighborhood Celebration of the Life of Mike Lefiti When: Saturday, August 19, from 2 to 4 p.m. Where: St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 101 Gold Mine Drive, corner of Diamond Heights Blvd and Gold Mine Drive. The Diamond Heights neighborhood lost […]
Greenway Clean Up: Fennel Version
What: Glen Park Greenway Clean Up and Potluck Tools provided. Bring water, sunscreen, and a potluck dish to share. When: Saturday, August 12, 9 a.m. to noon Where: On the Greenway behind St. John School, between Chilton and Burnside Work as much or as little as you’d like. All help is appreciated! Questions? Contact GPA VP […]
Cuppa in the Greenway
Thank you GPA members for helping us win a Community Challenge Grant that will pay for new trees planted along the Greenway! To honor those who have worked very hard in the last months the make this vision of revitalizing our community’s green space a reality, the GPA will be serving complimentary frozen yogurt from […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Public Works Hearing on Wednesday, August 9, 9 a.m., City Hall, room 400. See full agenda here. [Editor’s note: This item ran in our column last week. I think this is probably people contesting the white dots* that indicate they must repair their sidewalks. To consider the validity of notices to repair that have been […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The SF Municipal Transportation Agency Citizens Advisory Committee meets Thursday, August 3, 5:30 p.m., 1 South Van Ness Avenue, room 7080. See full agenda here. Presentation, discussion and possible action regarding the SFMTA’s Strategic Plan. [Editor’s note: not specifically GP-related, but of interest and worth noting that CACs can be a good way to volunteer […]
Temp Trail Closures: Glen Canyon park
Forwarded from SF Rec and Park’s Project Manager Brett Desmarais: There will be a temporary trail detour around the construction of the new trash enclosure in the rear of the Rec Center. I will be posting this notice on the project blog as well as throughout the park. [Editor’s note: I can’t get the image […]
San Jose Avenue Closure
Forwarded from the Department of Public Works: OVERNIGHT WORK – San Jose Avenue Concrete Barrier Installation SF Public Works and SFMTA are scheduled to begin installing concrete barriers along the expressway portion of San Jose Avenue to better delineate the traffic and bicycle lanes. The work will be performed overnight due to the large […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Here is your weekly roundup of upcoming hearings with Glen Park-related items, followed by legislation proposed by our District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy* that will be heard next week: Planning Department Zoning Variance Hearing, Wednesday, July 26, 9:30 a.m., City Hall, room 408. See supporting documents here. 015-008473VAR (SYLVIA JIMENEZ) 531 – 30TH STREET, Lot 020 in […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Dear Readers, We’re going to try to add in any legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by our District 8 Supervisor, Jeff Sheehy. Look for it below the agency hearings. SFMTA Board of Directors meeting, Tuesday, July 18, 1 p.m., City Hall, room 400. (See full agenda here.) P. ESTABLISH – STOP SIGN − Miguel Street, northbound, […]
Proposal for Car Share Parking Spots to be Considered
Forwarded from the SFMTA. To read about on-street parking for shared vehicles in Glen Park, please see the fall 2014 Glen Park News, p. 11. On-Street Shared Vehicle Parking Permit Proposal The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has carried out a pilot program to test the use of on-street parking spaces as stations (“pods”) for […]
City Agency Hearings
Nothing to report for Glen Park this week.
City Agency Hearings
SF Planning Commission meeting Thursday, July 6, noon, City Hall, Room 400. On the agenda is an item to approve the minutes from the June 15, 2017, meeting, and in those minutes is the following item related to Glen Park: 2016-000017DRP (E. SAMONSKY: (415) 575-9112) 43 EVERSON STREET – south side approximately 150 feet east […]
SJA Gets Its Stripes
Nighttime work crews are scheduled to lay permanent striping on southbound San Jose Avenue from Dolores to the freeway on-ramp starting June 26, according to Damon Curtis, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency engineer who has managed the project. The week after, they will install the raised concrete barriers—called K rails—that separate the bike lane from […]
City Agency Hearings
Assessment Appeals Board 3 Hearing on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at 9:30 a.m, City Hall, Room 408. Hearing, discussion, and possible action involving: APPLICATION: 2016-0347 APPLICANT: WYYS LLC PARCEL NO.: 7542 006 PARCEL ADDRESS: 0048 MIGUEL ST, TOPIC: Decline in Value CURRENT ASSESSMENT: $2,842,700.00 APPLICANT’S OPINION: $1,800,000.00 TAXABLE YEAR: 2016 APPEAL TYPE: Real Property ROLL […]
City Agency Hearings
Nothing to report this week.
The Real Housewives of GP: Thesis on Neighborhood Activism Wins Award
Read about the GPA’s very own Zoanne Nordstrom and the other neighborhood women who saved Glen Canyon from becoming a freeway in the 1970s! U.C. Berkeley scholar Justin Germain has won the 2017 Charlene Conrad Liebau Library Prize for Undergraduate Research (upper division) for his research paper titled “Housewives Save the City from the ‘Cement Octopus’! […]
City Agency Hearings
SFMTA Engineering hearing on Friday, June 16, 10 a.m., City Hall, Room 416 (See full agenda here). 9. ESTABLISH – STOP SIGN Miguel Street, northbound, at Beacon Street, stopping the stem of the “T” of the intersection 30th Street at San Jose Avenue – Bike Share Station ESTABLISH – NO PARKING EXCEPT BICYCLES ESTABLISH – […]
City Agency Hearings
SFMTA Color Curb Public Hearing on Friday, May 26, 10 a.m., City Hall, room 416. See agenda here. ESTABLISH – YELLOW ZONE, COMMERCIAL LOADING 8AM TO 6PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 2922 Diamond Street (D8, Glen Park), west side, from 6½ feet to 29½ feet south of the north property line (23-foot zone) I see nothing else […]
City Agency Hearings
Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and Transportation for Temporary Street Closures, also known as ISCOTT, meets Thursday, May 25, 9 a.m., One South Van Ness Avenue, room 7080. See agenda here. Temporary Street Closure Laidley between Harper and Fairmont Tuesday, July 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Neighborhood Block Party I see nothing of […]
City Agency Hearings
SFMTA Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, May 16, 1 p.m., City Hall, Room 400 (See full agenda here.) ESTABLISH – BIKE LANE – Bosworth Street, westbound, from 225 feet east of Elk Street to Bosworth Street/O’Shaughnessy Path. Click here to see the proposal. SF Planning Department, Thursday, May 18, noon, City Hall, Room 400 […]
Sussex Crossing Update
Forwarded from Calvin Gee, SFMTA: The concept that SFMTA is proposing for the intersection is a marked crosswalk and pedestrian-activated yellow flashing beacon, with some sidewalk widening on both sides of DH Boulevard at Sussex Street. The MTA has received the design funding for the project, and I am working with our partners at Public […]
City Agency Hearings
Nothing to report from Glen Park this week, but heads up on an impending change: SFMTA is widening the pedestrian crossings at Dolores Street where it meets San Jose Avenue, which is meant to force sharper (and therefore slower) turns by vehicular traffic. You can read about these changes in our Glen Park News stories about […]
City Agency Hearings
Dear GPA Blog Readers, We are working toward a weekly post that includes neighborhood-specific hearing information at city agencies. Right now we are looking at the agendas for the Planning Dept, the SFMTA Board of Directors, and the SFMTA Engineering Dept, which considers parking, stop signs, red zones, and that sort of thing. Please comment on […]
DHB Beautification Day
Forwarded from Paul Matalucci, Project Coordinator, of the Diamond Heights Boulevard Beautification Project. RSVP to him paul@wordwc.com, if you would like to participate, or have questions. Diamond Heights Blvd. Median Beautification Day Date: Saturday, April 29 Time: 9:00 to 12:00 noon Location: Meet at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, Parish Hall (Lower Level) Refreshments: Coffee, tea, […]
Inside the new Glen Canyon Rec Center
The big news at the last Glen Park Association General Assembly meeting was that our 1930s-era recreation center building is set to re-open Monday, June 5, following a $14 million renovation. Missed the meeting? You can get a sneak preview of the inside of the building by clicking here to see pictures supplied by Project […]