LIBRARY CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Room 278 City Hall

San Francisco, California 94102

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415 391 0737

NORTH BEACH EIR

ADDRESS CITIZEN CONCERNS!

The Board of Supervisors Library Citizens Advisory Committee hosted a panel at its May 20, 2009, meeting to explore the citywide impact of the North Beach library project.

Following input and comment from community members, the advisory committee authorized the chair to write a letter to the Planning Department official overseeing preparation of the planned environmental impact report (EIR). The letter will strongly recommend that the EIR study:

Whether the Open Space Fund money used to buy the Triangle site must be used to provide open space on the site

Whether the eminent domain legislation taking the site for open space precludes erecting a building there

Restoration and possible expansion of the historic existing library

A meaningful assessment of resultant traffic patterns if Mason Street is closed