Draft Glen Park Endorsed by Planning Commission: April 15, 2004* On April 15 at the request of Planning Department staff, the Commission endorsed the Glen Park Draft Plan. Endorsing a draft plan is a somewhat unusual step. Fully funded draft plans typically proceed directly to environmental review and adoption. In the case of the draft plan for Glen Park, the grants were not enough to complete the environmental review, so the intermediate step of endorsement was taken to show support for the public process, which had occurred over the summer, and to assist in leveraging funding for implementation. After a presentation of the draft by staff members David Alumbaugh and AnMarie Rodgers and public comment, the commission voted unanimously to endorse. This endorsement is an important step in helping to secure more funds so the public planning process can proceed. Some have asked how this draft plan for Glen Park relates to the Housing Element of the City's General Plan. The Glen Park Draft Plan is an example of how the broad policies of the General Plan, including the Housing Element, are articulated and applied to individual neighborhoods in the city. The plan was prepared through a series of intensive planning workshops based directly in the community. Neighbors and city planners worked to resolve existing traffic, transit, and parking problems, improve connections and pedestrian safety, enhance local business vitality, build transit-served housing and explore ways of retaining the beloved character of Glen Park into the future. The Draft Plan for Glen Park does not recommend changing height limits or significant rezoning. It proposes a modest number of new units and offers guidelines for new development within the neighborhood commercial center of Glen Park. And it addresses other issues such as transportation, open space, and economic vitality for neighborhood health. Copies of the draft plan are available for viewing at the Glen Park Library. Limited copies of the draft are available from the Planning Department. Click here to download unlimited copies of the draft plan. Call the Planning Department at 558-6395 to request a copy or to be added to the Planning Department's notification list for the Glen Park Neighborhood Plan.
What is the Glen Park Community Plan? Return to Glen Park Home Read what the neighborhood is saying about the Draft Plan Send in your comment on the Draft Background
From a seed grant of $177,000 won in the initial round of federal TCSP funding, San Francisco has developed a community-based planning program - a $3 million plus effort termed the Better Neighborhoods Program - that has gained astounding support from the people of San Francisco. Termed a "best practice" by the city's new mayor, it has become the model for other community planning that will be undertaken in the city. The Glen Park Community Plan is an early prototype of a slimmed-down, more agile offshoot of this successful planning process. In 2003 the San Francisco Planning Department hosted a series of intensive planning workshops in Glen Park, gathering local residents and merchants, and state, regional, and local agencies together. From a temporary field office in the community, neighbors and city planners worked hard to resolve existing traffic, transit, and parking problems, improve connections and pedestrian safety, enhance local business vitality, build transit served housing and explore ways of retaining the beloved character of Glen Park into the future. Housing on the BART parking lot The Draft Plan to be presented to the Planning Commission will be the same plan that was presented to the community in November, 2003. Prior to the November 2003 meeting an error was found in the illustration of housing which was thought to be on the BART parking lot but was in fact on private property. This error and the staff recommendation to correct this error will be presented to the Planning Commission just as it was presented to the community in November of 2003.
- Recommendation: Housing on Wilder Street west of BART transformer: Removal of housing on this private parcel. See image below:
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Send in your comment Please send written comments to Charles Rivasplata, Project Manager at the San Francisco Planning Department, 1650 Mission Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94103 or by e-mailing Charles.Rivasplata@sfgov.org. You can also fax your comments to 415.558.6409 ATTN: Charles Rivasplata. Return to Glen Park Homepage Top |
