Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the HOPE SF Development at Sunnydale and Velasco Public Housing Developments, San Francisco, CA, 68803-68805 [2012-27985]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5670–N–01]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the HOPE SF Development at
Sunnydale and Velasco Public
Housing Developments, San
Francisco, CA
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an
EIS and to Conduct Public Scoping
Meeting.
AGENCY:
The Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) gives
notice to the public, agencies, and
Indian tribes that the City and County
of San Francisco’s Mayor’s Office of
Housing (MOH) as the Responsible
Entity in accordance with 24 CFR 58.2,
intends to prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Report/
Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/
EIS) for the HOPE SF Development at
the Sunnydale and Velasco Public
Housing Developments (Sunnydale
HOPE SF Master Plan Project). The EIR/
EIS will be a joint National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) document.
The EIR will satisfy requirements of
CEQA (Public Resources Code 21000 et
seq.) and the State CEQA Guidelines (14
California Code of Regulations 15000 et
seq.), which require that state and local
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government agencies consider the
environmental consequences of projects
over which they have discretionary
authority before acting on those
projects. The Proposed Action is subject
to NEPA, because funding for the
project may include HUD funds from
programs subject to regulation by 24
CFR part 58; these include, but are not
limited to, Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) funds under Title I
of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974; Home
Investment Partnership Program
(HOME) grants under Title II of the
Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable
Housing Act of 1990, as amended;
Project Based Section 8 Vouchers under
Section 8(o)(13) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937; and/or Public
Housing operating subsidies for mixed
income developments authorized under
the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, Section
35. In accordance with specific statutory
authority and HUD’s regulations at 24
CFR part 58 (Environmental Review
Procedures for Entities Assuming HUD
Environmental Responsibilities), HUD
has provided for assumption of its
NEPA authority and NEPA lead agency
responsibility by the City and County of
San Francisco. This notice is issued in
accordance with the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500–1508.
A Draft EIR/EIS will be prepared for
the Proposed Action described herein.
Comments relating to the Draft EIR/EIS
are requested and will be accepted by
the contact person listed below. When
the Draft EIR/EIS is completed, a notice
will be sent to individuals and groups
known to have an interest in the Draft
EIR/EIS and particularly in the
environmental impact issues identified
therein. Any person or agency interested
in receiving a notice and making
comment on the Draft EIR/EIS should
contact the person listed below within
30 days of publication of this notice.
This EIS will be a NEPA document
intended to satisfy requirements of
Federal environmental statutes. In
accordance with specific statutory
authority and HUD’s regulations at 24
CFR part 58 (Environmental Review
Procedures for Entities Assuming HUD
Environmental Responsibilities), HUD
has provided for assumption of its
NEPA authority and NEPA lead agency
responsibility by the City and County of
San Francisco. The EIR will be a CEQA
document intended to satisfy State
environmental statutes (Public
Resources Code 21000 et seq. and 14
California Code of Regulations 15000 et
seq.).
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All interested agencies,
tribes, groups, and persons are invited
to submit written comments on the
scope of the Draft EIS to the contact
person shown below. Comments
received will be considered in the
preparation and distribution of the Draft
EIS. Particularly solicited is information
on reports or other environmental
studies planned or completed in the
project area, major issues that the EIS
should consider, recommended
mitigation measures, and alternatives to
the Proposed Action. Federal agencies
having jurisdiction by law, special
expertise or other special interest
should report their interest and indicate
their readiness to aid in the EIS effort as
a ‘‘Cooperating Agency.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eugene Flannery, Environmental
Compliance Manager, City and County
of San Francisco Mayor’s Office of
Housing, 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 5th
Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103; Phone:
(415) 701–5598; Fax (415) 701–5501;
email: eugene.flannery@sfgov.org. The
Environmental Review Record and
information regarding the scoping
meeting will be posted online at
https://sf-moh.org/index.aspx?page=155.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
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A. Background
The MOH, acting under authority of
section 104(g) of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974
(42 U.S.C. 5304(g)), section 288 of the
HOME Investment Partnerships Act (42
U.S.C. 12838), section 26 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437x) and HUD’s regulations at 24 CFR
part 58, in cooperation with other
interested agencies, will prepare an EIS
to analyze potential impacts of the
Sunnydale HOPE SF Master Plan
Project.
Constructed in 1941 and 1963
respectively, the Sunnydale and Velasco
Public Housing Developments together
form the City’s largest public housing
community. Located in the Visitacion
Valley area of San Francisco, the project
site is bounded by Hahn Street to the
east, Velasco Avenue to the south,
Brookdale Avenue to the west, and
McLaren Park to the north and
northwest. It includes Assessor’s Blocks
6310-Lot 1, Block 6311-Lot 1, Block
6312-Lot 1, Block 6313-Lot 1, Block
6314-Lot 1, and Block 6315-Lot 1. The
2,127,187-square-foot (approximately
50-acre) project site slopes down from
west (Brookdale Avenue) to east (Hahn
Street), at slopes ranging from 15.5
percent at its highest and steepest point
to a 2-percent slope at the lower
elevations. The average grade change is
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9 percent. Elevations range from 250
feet above sea level (asl) at the western
edge of the site to 75 feet asl at the
southeastern corner.
The project site is a quarter of a mile
north of Geneva Avenue, which is
roughly the border between the City of
San Francisco and Daly City and also
leads to the I–280 freeway to the west.
The project site is approximately threequarters of a mile west of Bayshore
Boulevard, which is a main street that
connects the neighborhood to U.S.
Highway 101 to the east. Single-family
residential and small-multifamily
residential uses are immediately
adjacent to the site to the south and east,
and these uses characterize most of the
Visitacion Valley neighborhood. The
north and west is McLaren Park, which
is the City’s second largest park at 312
acres. The park’s Gleneagles Golf Course
and Herz Playground are directly north
of the project site. A sloped natural area
of McLaren Park with a walking path to
the Crocker Amazon Playground abuts
the project site to the west. Also to the
west is the partially occupied McLaren
campus of the San Francisco Unified
School District, which currently houses
a pre-kindergarten school.
The Sunnydale and Velasco Public
Housing Developments consist of 785
residential units and the Willie Brown
Community Center (including the
Housing Authority’s Leasing Center)
located in 94 buildings that are one and
two stories (20–35 feet) in height. The
buildings are laid out according to the
site topography, as are the streets;
neither follow the grid pattern of the
surrounding neighborhood. In between
the buildings is open space of grass and
unmaintained landscaping with three
play areas. A bungalow on Velasco
Street is occupied by Wu Yee Children’s
Services, which operates a child care
program for the neighborhood. Several
asphalt surface parking lots are located
throughout the site and provide 430 off
street parking spaces. The streets
internal to the project site provide
parking for another 452 automobiles.
Three bus stops are located within the
project site.
The Sunnydale HOPE SF Master Plan
(Proposed Action) would replace all 785
units, the current utility and open space
infrastructure, re-align the streets and
add new community facilities and park
spaces. The Proposed Action would
consist of the development of up to
1,700 new residential units that are a
mix of public housing replacement
units, new affordable units and new
market rate units in buildings that range
from 40–65 feet in height. The Proposed
Action would also include up to 6 acres
of new park spaces within the project
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site, up to 72,500 square feet of
community facilities including a new
community center, neighborhoodserving retail space, and a child care
program.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
There are three alternatives to the
Proposed Action to be analyzed in the
EIS. Alternative 1 is a variation of the
project density. Alternative sites for the
project were explored early in the
process, and it was determined that no
other more viable site was available.
Alternative 1—Reduced Development
Alternative
Number of Units: 1,372.
Maximum Height: 65 feet.
Acreage: 48.8 acres (no change).
Percent Reduction in Units Compared
to Proposed Action: 19 percent.
Alternative 2—Replacement of Existing
Public Housing Units
Number of Units: 785 units.
Acreage: 48.8 acres.
No new Community Center, no retail,
no additional open space.
Percent Reduction in Units Compared
to Proposed Action: 53 percent.
Alternative 3—No Project Alternative
The No Project Alternative would
analyze the ‘‘no action’’ alternative,
which would be the continuation of
uses on the site; therefore, existing
buildings and tenants would remain at
the project site and no new buildings or
uses would be constructed.
B. Need for the EIS
The proposed project may constitute
an action significantly affecting the
quality of the human environment and
an EIS will be prepared on this project
by the City and County of San
Francisco’s MOH in accordance with
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Responses to this notice will be used to:
(1) Determine significant environmental
issues, (2) identify data that the EIS
should address, and (3) identify
agencies and other parties that will
participate in the EIS process and the
basis for their involvement.
C. Scoping
A public joint EIR/EIS scoping
meeting will be held on a date within
the comment period and after at least 15
days of publishing this Notice of Intent.
Notices of the scoping meeting will be
mailed when the date has been
determined. The joint EIR/EIS scoping
meeting will provide an opportunity for
the public to learn more about the
project and provide input to the
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environmental process. At the meeting,
the public will be able to view graphics
illustrating preliminary planning work
and talk with MOH staff, and members
of the consultant team providing
technical analysis to the project.
Translators will be available. Written
comments and testimony concerning the
scope of the joint EIR/EIS will be
accepted at this meeting. In accordance
with 40 CFR 1501.7 affected Federal,
State, and local agencies, any affected
Indian tribe, and other interested parties
will be sent a scoping notice. Owners
and occupants within a 300-foot radius
will also be notified of the scoping
process. In accordance with 24 CFR
58.59, the scoping hearing will be
preceded by a notice of public hearing
published in the local news media 15
days before the hearing date.
D. Probable Environmental Effects
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The following subject areas will be
analyzed in the combined EIR/EIS for
probable environmental effects: Land
Use and Planning (land use patterns,
relationship to plans/policies and
regulations; Visual Quality/Aesthetics
(views/light and glare); Socioeconomics
and Community (demographic character
changes, displacement); Environmental
Justice (disproportionately high and
adverse effects on minority and low
income populations); Cultural/Historic
Resources; Transportation and
Circulation; Noise (construction and
operational); Air Quality (construction
and operational); Greenhouse Gas
Emissions; Wind and Shadow;
Recreation; Utilities and Service
Systems (water supply, stormwater,
sewer, solid waste); Public Services
(fire, police, schools, parks); Biological
Resources; Geology/Soils; Hydrology/
Water Quality (erosion control and
drainage); Toxic and Hazardous
Materials; Mineral and Energy
Resources; and Agriculture and Forest
Resources.
Questions may be directed to the
individual named in this notice under
the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Dated: November 8, 2012.
Mark Johnston,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning
and Development (Acting).
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5601–N–45]
Federal Property Suitable as Facilities
To Assist the Homeless
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This Notice identifies
unutilized, underutilized, excess, and
surplus Federal property reviewed by
HUD for suitability for use to assist the
homeless.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Juanita Perry, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW., Room 7266, Washington, DC
20410; telephone (202) 402–3970; TTY
number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these
telephone numbers are not toll-free), or
call the toll-free Title V information line
at 800–927–7588.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and
section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11411), as amended, HUD is publishing
this Notice to identify Federal buildings
and other real property that HUD has
reviewed for suitability for use to assist
the homeless. The properties were
reviewed using information provided to
HUD by Federal landholding agencies
regarding unutilized and underutilized
buildings and real property controlled
by such agencies or by GSA regarding
its inventory of excess or surplus
Federal property. This Notice is also
published in order to comply with the
December 12, 1988 Court Order in
National Coalition for the Homeless v.
Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503–
OG (D.D.C.).
Properties reviewed are listed in this
Notice according to the following
categories: Suitable/available, suitable/
unavailable, suitable/to be excess, and
unsuitable. The properties listed in the
three suitable categories have been
reviewed by the landholding agencies,
and each agency has transmitted to
HUD: (1) Its intention to make the
property available for use to assist the
homeless, (2) its intention to declare the
property excess to the agency’s needs, or
(3) a statement of the reasons that the
property cannot be declared excess or
made available for use as facilities to
assist the homeless.
Properties listed as suitable/available
will be available exclusively for
homeless use for a period of 60 days
from the date of this Notice. Where
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property is described as for ‘‘off-site use
only’’ recipients of the property will be
required to relocate the building to their
own site at their own expense.
Homeless assistance providers
interested in any such property should
send a written expression of interest to
HHS, addressed to Theresa Ritta,
Division of Property Management,
Program Support Center, HHS, room
5B–17, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857; (301) 443–2265. (This is not
a toll-free number.) HHS will mail to the
interested provider an application
packet, which will include instructions
for completing the application. In order
to maximize the opportunity to utilize a
suitable property, providers should
submit their written expressions of
interest as soon as possible. For
complete details concerning the
processing of applications, the reader is
encouraged to refer to the interim rule
governing this program, 24 CFR part
581.
For properties listed as suitable/to be
excess, that property may, if
subsequently accepted as excess by
GSA, be made available for use by the
homeless in accordance with applicable
law, subject to screening for other
Federal use. At the appropriate time,
HUD will publish the property in a
Notice showing it as either suitable/
available or suitable/unavailable.
For properties listed as suitable/
unavailable, the landholding agency has
decided that the property cannot be
declared excess or made available for
use to assist the homeless, and the
property will not be available.
Properties listed as unsuitable will
not be made available for any other
purpose for 20 days from the date of this
Notice. Homeless assistance providers
interested in a review by HUD of the
determination of unsuitability should
call the toll free information line at 1–
800–927–7588 for detailed instructions
or write a letter to Ann Marie Oliva at
the address listed at the beginning of
this Notice. Included in the request for
review should be the property address
(including zip code), the date of
publication in the Federal Register, the
landholding agency, and the property
number.
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particular properties identified in this
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sanitary facilities, exact street address),
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following addresses: AIR FORCE: Mr.
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Agency, 143 Billy Mitchell Blvd., San
Antonio, TX 78226, (210) 925–3047;
GSA: Mr. Flavio Peres, General Services
Administration, Office of Real Property
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5670-N-01]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
the HOPE SF Development at Sunnydale and Velasco Public Housing
Developments, San Francisco, CA
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS and to Conduct Public
Scoping Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gives
notice to the public, agencies, and Indian tribes that the City and
County of San Francisco's Mayor's Office of Housing (MOH) as the
Responsible Entity in accordance with 24 CFR 58.2, intends to prepare a
Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/
EIS) for the HOPE SF Development at the Sunnydale and Velasco Public
Housing Developments (Sunnydale HOPE SF Master Plan Project). The EIR/
EIS will be a joint National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) document.
The EIR will satisfy requirements of CEQA (Public Resources Code
21000 et seq.) and the State CEQA Guidelines (14 California Code of
Regulations 15000 et seq.), which require that state and local
government agencies consider the environmental consequences of projects
over which they have discretionary authority before acting on those
projects. The Proposed Action is subject to NEPA, because funding for
the project may include HUD funds from programs subject to regulation
by 24 CFR part 58; these include, but are not limited to, Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds under Title I of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974; Home Investment Partnership Program
(HOME) grants under Title II of the Cranston-Gonzales National
Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended; Project Based Section 8
Vouchers under Section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of
1937; and/or Public Housing operating subsidies for mixed income
developments authorized under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, Section 35.
In accordance with specific statutory authority and HUD's regulations
at 24 CFR part 58 (Environmental Review Procedures for Entities
Assuming HUD Environmental Responsibilities), HUD has provided for
assumption of its NEPA authority and NEPA lead agency responsibility by
the City and County of San Francisco. This notice is issued in
accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations
at 40 CFR parts 1500-1508.
A Draft EIR/EIS will be prepared for the Proposed Action described
herein. Comments relating to the Draft EIR/EIS are requested and will
be accepted by the contact person listed below. When the Draft EIR/EIS
is completed, a notice will be sent to individuals and groups known to
have an interest in the Draft EIR/EIS and particularly in the
environmental impact issues identified therein. Any person or agency
interested in receiving a notice and making comment on the Draft EIR/
EIS should contact the person listed below within 30 days of
publication of this notice.
This EIS will be a NEPA document intended to satisfy requirements
of Federal environmental statutes. In accordance with specific
statutory authority and HUD's regulations at 24 CFR part 58
(Environmental Review Procedures for Entities Assuming HUD
Environmental Responsibilities), HUD has provided for assumption of its
NEPA authority and NEPA lead agency responsibility by the City and
County of San Francisco. The EIR will be a CEQA document intended to
satisfy State environmental statutes (Public Resources Code 21000 et
seq. and 14 California Code of Regulations 15000 et seq.).
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ADDRESSES: All interested agencies, tribes, groups, and persons are
invited to submit written comments on the scope of the Draft EIS to the
contact person shown below. Comments received will be considered in the
preparation and distribution of the Draft EIS. Particularly solicited
is information on reports or other environmental studies planned or
completed in the project area, major issues that the EIS should
consider, recommended mitigation measures, and alternatives to the
Proposed Action. Federal agencies having jurisdiction by law, special
expertise or other special interest should report their interest and
indicate their readiness to aid in the EIS effort as a ``Cooperating
Agency.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugene Flannery, Environmental
Compliance Manager, City and County of San Francisco Mayor's Office of
Housing, 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103;
Phone: (415) 701-5598; Fax (415) 701-5501; email:
eugene.flannery@sfgov.org. The Environmental Review Record and
information regarding the scoping meeting will be posted online at
https://sf-moh.org/index.aspx?page=155.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
The MOH, acting under authority of section 104(g) of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(g)), section 288
of the HOME Investment Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 12838), section 26
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and HUD's
regulations at 24 CFR part 58, in cooperation with other interested
agencies, will prepare an EIS to analyze potential impacts of the
Sunnydale HOPE SF Master Plan Project.
Constructed in 1941 and 1963 respectively, the Sunnydale and
Velasco Public Housing Developments together form the City's largest
public housing community. Located in the Visitacion Valley area of San
Francisco, the project site is bounded by Hahn Street to the east,
Velasco Avenue to the south, Brookdale Avenue to the west, and McLaren
Park to the north and northwest. It includes Assessor's Blocks 6310-Lot
1, Block 6311-Lot 1, Block 6312-Lot 1, Block 6313-Lot 1, Block 6314-Lot
1, and Block 6315-Lot 1. The 2,127,187-square-foot (approximately 50-
acre) project site slopes down from west (Brookdale Avenue) to east
(Hahn Street), at slopes ranging from 15.5 percent at its highest and
steepest point to a 2-percent slope at the lower elevations. The
average grade change is 9 percent. Elevations range from 250 feet above
sea level (asl) at the western edge of the site to 75 feet asl at the
southeastern corner.
The project site is a quarter of a mile north of Geneva Avenue,
which is roughly the border between the City of San Francisco and Daly
City and also leads to the I-280 freeway to the west. The project site
is approximately three-quarters of a mile west of Bayshore Boulevard,
which is a main street that connects the neighborhood to U.S. Highway
101 to the east. Single-family residential and small-multifamily
residential uses are immediately adjacent to the site to the south and
east, and these uses characterize most of the Visitacion Valley
neighborhood. The north and west is McLaren Park, which is the City's
second largest park at 312 acres. The park's Gleneagles Golf Course and
Herz Playground are directly north of the project site. A sloped
natural area of McLaren Park with a walking path to the Crocker Amazon
Playground abuts the project site to the west. Also to the west is the
partially occupied McLaren campus of the San Francisco Unified School
District, which currently houses a pre-kindergarten school.
The Sunnydale and Velasco Public Housing Developments consist of
785 residential units and the Willie Brown Community Center (including
the Housing Authority's Leasing Center) located in 94 buildings that
are one and two stories (20-35 feet) in height. The buildings are laid
out according to the site topography, as are the streets; neither
follow the grid pattern of the surrounding neighborhood. In between the
buildings is open space of grass and unmaintained landscaping with
three play areas. A bungalow on Velasco Street is occupied by Wu Yee
Children's Services, which operates a child care program for the
neighborhood. Several asphalt surface parking lots are located
throughout the site and provide 430 off street parking spaces. The
streets internal to the project site provide parking for another 452
automobiles. Three bus stops are located within the project site.
The Sunnydale HOPE SF Master Plan (Proposed Action) would replace
all 785 units, the current utility and open space infrastructure, re-
align the streets and add new community facilities and park spaces. The
Proposed Action would consist of the development of up to 1,700 new
residential units that are a mix of public housing replacement units,
new affordable units and new market rate units in buildings that range
from 40-65 feet in height. The Proposed Action would also include up to
6 acres of new park spaces within the project site, up to 72,500 square
feet of community facilities including a new community center,
neighborhood-serving retail space, and a child care program.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
There are three alternatives to the Proposed Action to be analyzed
in the EIS. Alternative 1 is a variation of the project density.
Alternative sites for the project were explored early in the process,
and it was determined that no other more viable site was available.
Alternative 1--Reduced Development Alternative
Number of Units: 1,372.
Maximum Height: 65 feet.
Acreage: 48.8 acres (no change).
Percent Reduction in Units Compared to Proposed Action: 19 percent.
Alternative 2--Replacement of Existing Public Housing Units
Number of Units: 785 units.
Acreage: 48.8 acres.
No new Community Center, no retail, no additional open space.
Percent Reduction in Units Compared to Proposed Action: 53 percent.
Alternative 3--No Project Alternative
The No Project Alternative would analyze the ``no action''
alternative, which would be the continuation of uses on the site;
therefore, existing buildings and tenants would remain at the project
site and no new buildings or uses would be constructed.
B. Need for the EIS
The proposed project may constitute an action significantly
affecting the quality of the human environment and an EIS will be
prepared on this project by the City and County of San Francisco's MOH
in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Responses to this notice will be used to: (1)
Determine significant environmental issues, (2) identify data that the
EIS should address, and (3) identify agencies and other parties that
will participate in the EIS process and the basis for their
involvement.
C. Scoping
A public joint EIR/EIS scoping meeting will be held on a date
within the comment period and after at least 15 days of publishing this
Notice of Intent. Notices of the scoping meeting will be mailed when
the date has been determined. The joint EIR/EIS scoping meeting will
provide an opportunity for the public to learn more about the project
and provide input to the
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environmental process. At the meeting, the public will be able to view
graphics illustrating preliminary planning work and talk with MOH
staff, and members of the consultant team providing technical analysis
to the project. Translators will be available. Written comments and
testimony concerning the scope of the joint EIR/EIS will be accepted at
this meeting. In accordance with 40 CFR 1501.7 affected Federal, State,
and local agencies, any affected Indian tribe, and other interested
parties will be sent a scoping notice. Owners and occupants within a
300-foot radius will also be notified of the scoping process. In
accordance with 24 CFR 58.59, the scoping hearing will be preceded by a
notice of public hearing published in the local news media 15 days
before the hearing date.
D. Probable Environmental Effects
The following subject areas will be analyzed in the combined EIR/
EIS for probable environmental effects: Land Use and Planning (land use
patterns, relationship to plans/policies and regulations; Visual
Quality/Aesthetics (views/light and glare); Socioeconomics and
Community (demographic character changes, displacement); Environmental
Justice (disproportionately high and adverse effects on minority and
low income populations); Cultural/Historic Resources; Transportation
and Circulation; Noise (construction and operational); Air Quality
(construction and operational); Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Wind and
Shadow; Recreation; Utilities and Service Systems (water supply,
stormwater, sewer, solid waste); Public Services (fire, police,
schools, parks); Biological Resources; Geology/Soils; Hydrology/Water
Quality (erosion control and drainage); Toxic and Hazardous Materials;
Mineral and Energy Resources; and Agriculture and Forest Resources.
Questions may be directed to the individual named in this notice
under the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: November 8, 2012.
Mark Johnston,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (Acting).
[FR Doc. 2012-27985 Filed 11-15-12; 8:45 am]
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