Environmental Impact Report Update:

There will be a legal briefing of the CPMC Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) meeting

Sunday, September 12th 2-4 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church
1187 Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA

hosted by the Cathedral Hill Neighborhood Association.

Noted land use attorney Ms. Barbara Kautz of Goldfarb&Lipman will present our alternatives to the CPMC proposal currently before the Planning Commission.  We will be distributing talking points for the hearing on September 23rd for those who plan to testify and and/or write letters.

Please Attend We Need Your Participation to Succeed!

For Latest Information Go To:  http://groups.google.com/group/cpmcneighbors?hl=en

Any questions, email Paul Wermer, PHRA Board Director, cpmcneighbors(at)pw-sc.com.

What can we expect to see in the EIR for CPMC’s Pacific site?

This EIR will be a large document, covering many facilities.  It is a very important document, because it sets the boundaries for what might happen for all sites.

The 2 projects that CPMC needs to start immediately (the Cathedral Hill and St. Luke’s projects) will be covered in great detail, and be very specific – they will be treated at a project level. 

That is not the case for CPMC’s Pacific and California sites, which are in our neighborhood.  There will be much less detail, because CPMC does not have clear plans for these sites.    And, without clear plans and specific project proposals, it will be difficult to craft focused comments.   However, because the EIR will attempt to set the stage to let CPMC do what it wants at these sites, this is a very important document to review when it is released.   The DEIR will deal with maximum impacts (worst case) for these locations. Key issues will be:

1) Maximum number of vehicle trips to the site – for employees, patients and deliveries.

2) Parking:  On-site, on-street, and off-site garages

3) Maximum Building Envelopes & related impacts:  Height, Bulk, shadow impacts, wind.

4) Construction Duration and mitigation of related impacts

Please plan on participating on one or more community meetings to discuss concerns and develop good comments on the DEIR.  Meetings will be held in late May and June.

 

What happens after the DIER is released?

The DEIR is open for Public Comment for a period of time (at least 30 days).  Public comment (written) will be collected, and summarized.  It is very unlikely that any changes will be made based on Public Comment, although CPMC will need to respond to the comments in a written document that is part of the record.

Once the public comment period closes, the DEIR will be scheduled for review at the Planning Commission, where the Commissioners can certify the EIR, or if they determine that is incomplete or inadequate, reject it.  If the Commission accepts it, it will be published as the Final EIR.    This hearing will be held no earlier than end of June.

If there is significant disagreement with the Planning Commission’s certification of the EIR, the Certification may be appealed to the Board of Supervisors.  The appeal would be based on comments received during the Public Comment Period.  The BOS can overturn the Planning Commission’s ruling, which would require CPMC to revise the EIR to address the points raised in the appeal.

Reporting problems at the Pacific site:

Call 415 600 0837 if you have complaints about CPMC’s operations (traffic, noise, safety, etc.).  This is the best number to call for immediate action.  CPMC’s Security team is tracking all issues and contacting the responsible parties within CPMC.   When you call them, be sure to request that your call be logged in their Daily Activity Report to ensure a response and to help with monitoring incidents.  

Call Alternate Contact: Paula Lykins, Community Relations Manager, 415-600-7482.  This is the best number if you have a repeating problem.

If problems repeat, or you are not getting a timely response, please contact cpmcneighbors(at)pw-sc.com and we will help raise the level of attention at CPMC.

 

ONGOING ISSUES:

PHRA and the CPMC Neighbors Coalition are working with CPMC to address on-going problems.  Presently the issues appear to be related to traffic, noise and deliveries.

Deliveries:

Deliveries to the Pacific site’s   Clay Street loading dock are not accepted in the evening or early morning hours.   We are working with CPMC to address the problem of delivery vehicles that arrive early (before 6:45 am) and leave engines idling or obstruct traffic or driveways while waiting to enter.  Please let us know if you are affected by any of these problems.

 

LONG RANGE PLANNING:

Summary:  CPMC plans to build a large new hospital at Geary and Post (the site of the Cathedral Hill Hotel) and replace the existing St. Luke’s Hospital with a smaller facility.  When this is done (Jan, 2015?), the in-patient (acute care) services at the Buchanan St. (Pacific site) and California St. hospitals will be moved to the Cathedral Hill hospital.  Plans call for the Pacific site to be converted to outpatient services, and the California site to be gradually closed.

Because of the investment CPMC plans for St. Luke’s and the Cathedral Hill sites, very little demolition or construction activity is forecast for the Pacific and California sites until after those projects are completed (2014 or 2015?).  There will be some project work and refurbishment of neighboring buildings, but no major demolition or construction for the foreseeable future.

More details are in CPMC’s Institutional Master Plan (IMP) (download from www.rebuildcpmc.org)

Because CPMC’s activities impact many neighborhoods, we have set up a Google Group at

http://groups.google.com/group/cpmcneighbors?hl=en

where neighbors can find more information about CPMC’s planning effort and about neighborhood responses to these plans.  CPMC’s plans call for significant changes, and continued neighborhood engagement is needed to make sure the plans do not adversely influence our neighborhood.

 

For More Information/Updates:

For more information on these issues or to receive updates on CPMC activities within PHRA’s boundaries, please send an e-mail to cpmcneighbors(at)pw-sc.com.

 

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