Next Meeting – November 29

6:45 pm Social
7:00 pm Business Meeting Introductions / Welcome to New Members Police Report
7:20 pm Supervisor Sophie Maxwell Q &A (rescheduled from October)
7:55 pm Break 8:05 pm Martin Building Co. – 3rd and 19th Streets Discussion and vote on development

And Later Next Week …
Sunday, December 4, 3–6 pm, Axis Cafe, 1201 8th Street The Potrero Boosters Holiday Party — free food and drink from Axis Cafe’s chefs, homemade eggnog, a warm fireplace and an outdoor patio.

Welcome to Albert Pardini, new SFPD Captain at Bayview Station
From the new captain’s email of November 10:

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and tell you that I was very pleased to be chosen as the new captain of Bayview Station. I started my twentyfourth year in the department today and I look forward toworking with the community to make the area a safer place to live and work. During the last twenty-three years, I have spent eighteen years at district police stations (Central, Southern, Taraval, Mission, Northern, and Tenderloin), two years as an investigator in the departments Internal Affairs division and most recently, three years in the Administration Bureau as the commanding officer of the Planning Division.

Captain Pardini begins his tenure on Saturday November 26. We look forward to working with him!

Potrero Hill Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT)
The goal of the SFFire Department’s NERT program is to help the residents of San Francisco be self sufficient in a major disaster situation. Neighbors receive free training in basic hands-on disaster skills that will help them as members of an emergency response team, or as aleader directing untrained volunteers during an emergency, allowing them to act independently or as an adjunct to City emergency services.

Thanks to Lynn Jacklevich, Potrero Hill’s NERT coordinator, the next course of free NERT classes begin Saturday, January 28 at St. Teresa’s Church at 19th and Connecticut.

NERT Training – SATURDAYS from 9am - 4pm
January 28, February 4, February 11
To enroll, go to www.sfgov.org/site/sfnert_form.asp?id=18563 or call 970-2024, and provide your name, phone number, location and start date of class. Enrollment is limited.

Martin Building Co. project – 3rd and 19th Streets
At this month’s Booster meeting we’ll be discussing and perhaps voting on whether to support the Martin Building Company’s proposal for 3rd and 19th Streets.

Booster member Susan Eslick writes:

Many of you are familiar with the proposed project for 2225-55 Third St. from Martin Building Co.; they have presented at many of our meetings over the past 18 months; made numerous revisions, heard our concerns and made more revisions. I like this project. I think this project and the Esprit project are examples of really good, innovative and interesting design that our community should demand from developers.

Here are some of the project details:
• 50′ height on Third and 65′ on Illinois,
• Approx. 182 units of studio, 1, 2, & 3 bedroom rental
• Approx. 1-1 parking,
• 20K square feet of Third St. ground floor neighborhood serving retail, with a subsidized grocery store serving good produce and food products
• Preservation of 2 historic on site warehouses in combination with new modern architecture, on site open space for residents, street independent entrances on Illinois Street, 3 pedestrian entrances along Third St., walk pass through from Third St. to Illinois
• On site daycare for both tenants and neighbors, push for city car share program, new green public pocket plazas along Illinois St, GreenTrust open space project linked to project.

Martin Building Co. is a local company based in SF since 1989, specializing in historic preservation and adaptive reuse. You can see examples of their work at 410, 418, 424 Jessie St., 54 Mint St. and the four buildings surrounding the Old Mint. For additional information contact: Michael Yarne, Martin Building Co. 415.348.4620.

Help shut down the Potrero Power Plant!
At the Boosters, we’ve been working for years to shut down the dirty and obsolete Mirant power plant. Here’s one of our best chances to do so.

Mirant’s Potrero plant uses water from San Francisco Bay for cooling; their permit to do so is up for review, and the “responsible” agency, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, has delayed permit review for six yearsand proposes further delays.

A long-overdue permit review can help protect the Bay, require dry cooling of the plant in the future, and gain added assurance that the plant will shut down in the near future. Please spread the word and attend the City’s public meeting on Mirant’s Bay discharge permit.

6:30 pm, Wednesday, November 30, 2005
SF City Hall, Room 201

Protect the Bay and Potrero Hill!

City Planning
BLDG PERMIT APPLICATION #2005.04049078: Demolition & #2005.04049074, New Construction: 791 SAN BRUNO/20th Sts. Propose to demolish existing structures and build a 3-story over 2 car garage single family home that will be 39 ft high, have a 6 ft front setback, a 33 ft rear yard and use 10 feet of street right of way asaside yard in an RH-2 , 40-X zone. Contact: Jon Purvis, Planner, ph: 558-6345.

BLDG PERMIT APPLICATION #2005.10195963: 2490 3rd/20th Sts. Change of Use from “Personal Service” to “Bar”. No parking. In a NC2, 50–X zone. Contact: Edgar Oropeza, Planner, ph: 558-6409.

BLDG PERMIT APPLICATION #20055.09082345: 624 De Haro/18th Sts. Proposed 42 sq. ft. garage in front of existing 2-story single family house in a RH-2, 40-X zone. Contact: J. Banales, Planner; ph: 558-6339.

BLDG PERMIT APPLICATION #2003.12313217: 909 Wisconsin/ Madera Sts. Legalize the reconfigur-ation of existing illegal 4 units, including the front & rear stairs in an RH-2, 40-X zone. A variance is required for front stairs. Contact: Mat Snyder,Planner; ph: 575-6891.

BLDG PERMIT APPLICATION #9926483: 721 San Bruno Ave/20th St. Proposed front alteration vertical and rear addition to existing 2 story over base-ment single family house. Bldg height 35 ft 6 in, 33 ft rear yard, & one parking space in an RH-2, 40-X zone. Contact: Mat Snyder, Planner; ph: 575-6891.

Notice of availability of Preliminary Mitigated NEGATIVE DECLARATION, Case #2004.0724E, 184 Hooper St/7th, 8th, Channel, Carolina Sts: Project proposes to convert 9,000 sq ft warehouse to school use & construct a new 2-story, 22,000 sq ft warehouse style bldg & parking for 12 cars in an MC-2, 50-X zone. Contact: Leigh Kienker, Environmental Review Planner, ph: 558-5970.