January 2009 Next Meeting January 27 Potrero Hill Neighborhood House 953 DeHaro Street (at Southern Heights)

6:45 pm 7:00 pm Social Business Meeting Introductions / Welcome to New Members Police Report Neighborhood Issues and Updates Eastern Neighborhoods re-zoning update A downtown congestion charge? with Zabe Bent, Principal Transportation Planner, SF County Transportation Authority
commuter would pay $6 a day in congestion tolls. The fees would be collected using FasTrak transponders and a network of cameras. Motorists would be able to pay via phone, the Internet or retail outlets.

Important Issues for Potrero Hill and the Boosters in 2009

Choose what is important to you, and call or email Tony Kelly or Dick Millet (phone numbers on the other side of this newsletter and at potreroboosters.org)
Get involved!

7:30 pm 8:00 pm

hosted by the Boosters & the Neighborhood Parks Council

at next months Boosters meeting: Open Space Community Workshop also next month: Potrero Power Plant Task Force Presidents Message

Thursday, February 26 - time and place TBA

Rebuilding Potrero Terrace and Potrero Annex

Cleaning up after the Eastern Neighborhoods re-zoning Open space planning for Showplace Square: Channel St.? 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

The SF Chronicle discussed the subject in November 2008: Drivers could pay $3 to enter, leave or pass through parts of San Francisco during morning and evening commutes under a proposal designed to push motorists out of their cars. The San Francisco County Transportation Authority, which has been studying the idea of imposing congestion-based tolls on city streets for nearly two years, released some of the details of its study Tuesday at a meeting of its board. . . . The board won't consider recommending a congestion toll plan until February. The congestion toll, if implemented, would be the first in the nation. Similar tolls, also known as cordon tolls, have been used in London and Stockholm, where they're credited with reducing traffic congestion, air pollution and miles driven. They also have raised tens of millions annually for public transportation improvements. While many of the details are still being studied, Zabe Bent, principal planner for the authority, said a $3 toll was chosen because it would probably influence how many people choose to drive versus walking, biking or taking transit. "There's going to be a long process of determining the toll," said Jose Luis Moscovich, executive director of the authority. "There are many variables, including social variables. The amount we arrive at may be very different." The $3 toll would be collected on weekdays between 6 and 9 a.m. and 4 and 7 p.m. - meaning the average car

At Tuesdays Boosters meeting, well be discussing the Citys proposed congestion charge designed to reduce traffic and improve transit downtown. Zabe Bent of the Citys Transportation Authority will be here to clarify the multiple proposals one of which draws the boundary of the congestion zone right down 18th Street. Will you have to pay an extra $6 just to get out of Dogpatch, or go to class at CCA, or shop at Good Life and get back home? Lets get the facts, and give the City our opinions.
A downtown congestion charge on 18th Street?

SF General Hospital rebuild and helipad UCSF Hospital buildings and helipad Closing the Potrero Power Plant Parking and Traffic A downtown congestion charge? Traffic calming measures around the Hill

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

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

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

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

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

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

We've learned the hard way that when it comes to city planning and environmental issues, no one looks out for us like we can. That's why we need the Boosters, and why the Boosters needs active members and leaders. I bring this up because its time for Executive Committee nominations for the coming year. We may have a couple of folks leaving the Committee, and we are always looking for new active members to join the Booster leadership. Candidates for Executive Committee positions must be announced by the end of the March 31 Booster meeting. If you have been a Booster for more than a year, and you are interested in becoming a member of the Executive Committee, please contact me or Dick Millet our contact information is right next to this article. Thanks for helping us continue to make the Hill a better place to live!

In the past year, the Executive Committee of the Boosters has stepped up to make the Boosters more visible in the neighborhood, and to make the neighborhood more visible in the City. There's much more to come in the future, as the membership of the Boosters grows, and as the City looks to its southeast neighborhoods to solve more and more of its problems.
Executive Committee Nominations are Due

COMMUNITY RESOURCES
City Hall Web site: Mayor Gavin Newsom 1 Goodlett Place Rm 200 SF Ca 94102 www.sfgov.org ph: 554-6141 fax 554-6160 gavin.newsom@sfgov.org

Supervisor Sophie Maxwell / District 10 (which includes Potrero Hill): ph: 554-7670 fax 554-7674 Sophie.Maxwell@sfgov.org Bayview Police Station SFPD Web site: Capt. John Loftus Anonymous Tips Community Liaison Quality of Life Liaison Abandoned autos Potrero Terrace/Annex 201 Williams St, SF 94124 www.sfgov.org/police/ ph: 671-2300 fax 671-2345 SFPDBayviewStation@ci.sf.ca.us 822-8147 voicemail, 575-4444 live 671-2302 (Sergeant Garrick) 671-2332, 850 9740 cell (Officer Bandvik) 850-9737 (Officer Rodriguez) 509-1408 (Officers Rodatos & Martinez) 987-6389 (Officers Fowlie & Ferraez)

MEMBERSHIP
Renew Your Potrero Boosters Membership! Now is the time to pay your dues and renew your membership through 2009, if you havent done so already! Just fill out the form below and send it in . . .

Potrero Boosters Executive Committee President Tony Kelly 341-8040 president@potreroboosters.org First Vice President Dick Millet 861-0345 1stvp@potreroboosters.org Second Vice President Audrey Cole 648-1926 2ndvp@potreroboosters.org Recording Secretary Hilary Cohen 341-8441 recordingsecretary@potreroboosters.org Corresponding Sec. Joe Boss 826-2515 correspondingsecretary@potreroboosters.org Treasurer Robin Talmadge 863-8925 Sergeant-at-Arms Ellen Kernaghan 824-5065 Auditors Jean Neblett 550-2613 Kuzuri Jackson 826-8080 Webmaster: webmaster@potreroboosters.org

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