Current Events

Blue Greenway Project for San Francisco's Southeast Waterfront Gains National Support Federal Support Provides a Local Voice for 13 Miles of Waterfront Park
NPC was recently awarded $175,000 from the EPA to heighten local community involvement in the execution of the Blue Greenway through a Brownfields Area-wide Planning process, for more information please visit here.

Candlestick Point State Recreation Area Public Workshop
You're invited to attend a public workshop to discuss new park improvements and design ideas for Candlestick Point. This event will be held Wednesday, July 14 from 6-8:30pm at the Southeast Community Facility located at 1800 Oakdale Ave. For more information, please visit here.

Sunday Streets 2010
The 2010 Sunday Streets season will feature nine dates, longer hours (10:00-3:00) and extend into new communities, in addition to the return of the routes in the Fisherman's Wharf/Embarcadero, Bayview, Mission and Outer Sunset/Great Highway neighborhoods. For the complete schedule of 2010 Sunday Streets events, visit http://sundaystreetssf.com.

Sunday, May 23 - 10 am to 3 pm
The third Sunday Streets on the Blue Greenway will close Terry Francois Boulevard from 3rd Street to Mariposa, and the northbound lanes of 3rd Street from Mariposa to Bayview Playground on Sunday, May 23, 2010 from 10 AM to 3 PM.� ABAG�s Bay Trail Project and NPC�s Blue Greenway project will have a table at Pier 52 near the public boat launch.� Stop by and see us.

Area C/India Basin Community Workshops
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) and Planning Department staff held two open houses at LEJ in March, 2010. The March 3rd Open House showed a Land Use Plan and alternative plans for street improvements at Innes Avenue, Hunters Point Boulevard and Hawes Streets, and preliminary studies for pedestrian and bicycle path options connecting India Basin Shoreline Park and India Basin Open Space at Hudson Street via a series of �bridglets�, a single long bridge or a seawall providing at grade access. Comments on the options should be sent to Lila Hussein at [email protected] or by fax to 415-749-2524.

The March 24th Open House showed proposed height limits, view corridors, a topographic model, area wide design guidelines and a land use map. These will be available at http://www.sfredevelopment.org/index.aspx?page=68 shortly.

SFRA and Planning have also released a Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the India Basin Shoreline Redevelopment Program (also available on the website) and will hold a Public Scoping Meeting on Wednesday, April 7th 6-8 PM at Our Lady of Lourdes Church located at Innes Avenue and Hawes Street in India Basin. Comments on the scope and content of environmental information to be provided in the EIR should be sent no later than 5 PM on Thursday, April 22, 2010 to Stanley Muraoka at SFRA ([email protected]).

The India Basin Neighborhood Association (http://www.indiabasin.org) has drafted a separate �Community Vision� for the area which can be viewed on their website.

There will be a SPUR lunchtime forum on the future of India Basin on Thursday, May 20th at 12:30 PM at the SPUR Urban Center. See spur.org/events for more information.

Help Shape the Future of San Francisco:
India Basin Walking Tour
Saturdays: May 22
10:00 am – Noon

Meet at the entrance to Heron’s Head Park, Cargo Way & Jennings Street
2 hours, 3 mile loop walk, with 8 informational stops.

The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency has created a DRAFT Plan for the 76-acre India Basin Shoreline — from the PG&E; Power Plant to the Hunters Point Shipyard — that changes: Zoning, Building Heights, Transportation & Housing. Walk with community members to hear creative ideas to revitalize the area by zoning for:

• Places for Children, Youth & Family Fun
• Restaurants, Food Stores & Clubs
• Business Opportunities & Jobs
• Bike & Pedestrian Paths
• Maritime Recreation Destination
• Boating Access & Water Taxis
• Dog Agility Course
• Extreme Sport Park
• Farm & Marketplace
• Safe Streets & Sidewalks

The India Basin Neighborhood Association has been Advocating for Our Community Since 1994 www.INDIABASIN.org

Heron�s Head Park EcoCenter Grand Opening, Sunday, April 18th 10 AM to 3 PM Herons Head Park - Cargo Way @ Jennings Street
Come celebrate the 10th Annual People's Earth Day at the EcoCenter, a NEW environmental justice education center.� Free to the public.� With food, dance, great raffle prizes, youth talent and youth led interactive tours of the EcoCenter.

This year�s celebration marks the 10th Annual People�s Earth Day, and the Grand Opening of the EcoCenter at Heron�s Head Park, our landmark ecological education center.� The festivities are taking place in conjunction with Sunday Streets, and will mark the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, the �birth of the modern environmental movement.� � The day�s events will feature:

��Keynote address by EPA Region 9 Administrator Jared Blumenfeld
��Healing for the land and spirit from the Ohlone Peoples and Hamaya dancers
��Announcement of a major new scholarship fund for Bayview youth
��Unveiling of a signature heron sculpture designed and created by metal artist Daniel Macchiarini in collaboration with LEJ youth
��Jazz and R&B; from Jaye & Friends
��Local and international cuisine from Good Eats and La Laguna
��A showcase of talent
��Bird tours led by SF Nature
���Hands on the land� restoration activities in Heron�s Head Park
��Tours of the EcoCenter led by LEJ youth leaders
��Confirmed speakers include San Francisco Supervisor Sophie Maxwell and Indian Canyon Key Keeper Ann Marie Sayers

For more info, visit http://www.lejyouth.org or call (415) 282-6840, [email protected]

Call for Applicants: PIERO PATRI FELLOWSHIP 2010 on the BLUE GREENWAY
The SPUR Piero N. Patri Fellowship was established by Piero's family in 2006, in honor of Piero N. Patri's commitment to good planning and urban design. The Fellowship recruits a graduate level Planner, Architect or Landscape Architect to spend a summer studying and developing a Concept Plan for a selected project. For further information, go to: http://www.spur.org/communityplanning/patri/callforapplicants.

The SPUR 2010 Piero Patri Fellowship Program has selected the Port of San Francisco's Third and Cargo Gateway for this year�s project. The scope of the project will require the candidate to conduct a site assessment and key stakeholder outreach that will be the basis for a Site and Use Plan that will serve the diverse uses anticipated on the site including:

a) a new commercial opportunity to serve local residences, workforce and trucking businesses by reutilizing the existing historic scale house;
b) providing an expanded and integrated open space that can be an amenity to the new commercial use and be utilized by the Bayview community that incorporates Blue Greenway improvements, including new bicycle and pedestrian facilities on Illinois Street and Cargo Way and new public art at the adjacent Pier 90 Grain silos;
c) providing an improved setting for the fire station that could become a partner in activating the site; and
d) collectively becoming an improved gateway to the Bayview community.

The Site plan must not impact the access to the Port�s cargo operations, including vehicular, freight rail or waterborne vessels.