urgent notice of pre-application meeting for 690 page street

[Joanne Schwartz]

The proposal is to replace the old Baptist center with four new buildings-- each 4 floors and 3 units for a total of 12 new units. The plan contains the mandatory 12 on site parking spots but the neighborhood will lose the present 9 street spots which border the center and the parking lot: approx 10 - 12 spots some contracted to City Car Share and others rented to nearby residents who can afford $250 per month.

As all folks in the neighborhood know, this is already quite a crowded little area-- lots of people and cars, short on parking and green space. The last thing we need is four additional buildings of three units each with resultant loss of lots of parking.

The pre-application meeting will be held January 24, 2013. Time of meeting 6:30PM. Location 690 Page Street at the existing building. Property owner/sponsors Urbano Ezquerro. Victor Quan, Tony Kim, to...@townconsulting.com (415)246-8855.  Development proposal #0843/016 (hard to read).

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While we are still able to voice our concerns we must look closely at this proposal and how it will impact our sweet little neighborhood-- already overwhelmed with autos, gridlock parking, good folks, their families, friends and doggies. Our voices must be heard before it is too late to establish a base of reasonable growth, green space, and urban sanity. Hope to see you at this important community meeting.

Joanne Schwartz

429 Steiner

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[bjneuman]

Team -

How does this building proposal eliminate all of the street parking? also, why should it be a neighborhood concern that a privately owned (surface!) parking lot that brings in money for the landowner from leased spaces is eliminated?

To offer an alternate perspective:

There are LOTS of reasons to build or to not build, but I for one would never go an rally at a planning meeting against a project because i considered scarce the space provided on public land for folks to store their private property. our neighborhood is dense, no doubt! and desirable, to boot. does keeping other people out so that those who are still there can park their cars make good planning sense? i dont believe it does. this project is not enormous like many others along market street - in fact the building sizes sound quite modest. these buildings wouldn't overwhelm the area, and actually sound like a very reasonable way to infill an underutilized space.

thanks,

Bryce

[Mitch]

+1 for being reasonable.  Wouldn't it be great to add 12 more good folks, their families, friends and doggies to our neighborhood?

Dmitry

[Scott]

Boom!

I say they add 12 additional spots and put it underground. ( of course I have yet to actually view the project)   :)