Important Issues for Potrero Hill and the Boosters in 2009

Get involved!
Choose what is important to you, and call or email Tony Kelly or Dick Millet (contact info on the Contact Us page)

Cleaning up after the Eastern Neighborhoods re-zoning
Open space planning for Showplace Square: Channel Street?
Public Improvements – new infrastructure, services in new neighborhoods
More affordable housing
Historic building preservation in Showplace Square, Central Waterfront
Enforcement of the Residential Design Guidelines

Demolitions, monster homes, and luxury housing

Rebuilding Potrero Terrace and Potrero Annex

The SF Port
The AT&T Park parking lot / Seawall Lot 337
Pier 70 – developing waterfront property
The Blue/Greenway - public access and parks
Environmental issues: diesel trucking, cement crushing

Open space around the Hill
Starr King Park
Mission Bay Parks (and the Bluepeter building)

SF General Hospital rebuild and helipad

UCSF Hospital buildings and helipad

Closing the Potrero Power Plant

Parking and Traffic
Transit planning and improvements
A ‘downtown’ congestion charge?
Traffic calming measures around the Hill

Quality of Life
Neighborhood crime watch / Project SAFE
Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams
Parks & Rec – improvements, and more public recreation opportunities
Homeless and street issues – street camping, clean up, services, etc.
Underground utilities

Social Stuff
The Annual Dinner, Potrero Hill History Night, the Holiday Party

Government liaison and support
Volunteer staff support at Supervisor Maxwell’s office
Support of Webster, Starr King, ISA, and other neighborhood schools

Membership / recruitment
Outreach to other neighborhood organizations
New homeowners and new tenants