There seemed to be a lot of new faces at the meeting at the Rec Center on July 25. Maybe they wanted to hear and speak to Supervisor Mandelman, or find out the latest in the Kern alley saga, or broaden their vision of the future with the presentation on autonomous vehicles in San […]
Meeting Summaries
Glen Park Association spring meeting wrap-up
The quarterly meeting took place in the Recreation Center on April 25. Update on crime and other matters in Glen Park Captain Hart had just come from a fire safety meeting in Diamond Heights and had some helpful information to share. There are two separate access points to Glen Canyon Park. The official address is […]
Glen Park Association winter meeting rundown
The quarterly meeting of the Glen Park Association took place on Thursday, January 17, at the Glen Canyon Park recreation center. Here are some highlights. Supervisor Mandelman: Rafael Mandelman presented a legislative update and engaged in a Q & A for the first time since being sworn in as District 8 Supervisor. While declaring this […]
Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting Roundup
BIKE SHARE PROGRAM: The hot button issue at the October 18 meeting was bike share in Glen Park. SFMTA has engaged the organization, Motivate, to manage the bike share program in San Francisco and other cities, utilizing Ford GoBikes at docked stations. Ford’s title sponsorship provides the bikes at no cost to the City. […]
Notes on the Quarterly Glen Park Association Meeting, July 26, 2018
DIAMOND/BOSWORTH INTERSECTION UPDATE First up was Britt Tanner, senior engineer with the Sustainable Streets program of SFMTA. She came to speak about the recent Diamond and Bosworth signal update. “I’m going to try and stay clear of history,” she said lightheartedly – and preemptively. Changes to the troubled intersection began in 2015 and are focused […]
Greenway Planning Meeting
Please join us Wednesday, July 11, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for a community meeting at the Glen Park Public Library to review and discuss the Greenway shrub planting plan. We are planning to plant some shrubs along the Greenway between Brompton and Chilton Avenues. These shrubs will accompany the new trees that we successfully […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and Transportation for Temporary Street Closures (ISCOTT) meets Thuesday, May 24, 9 a.m., at 1 South Van Ness, room 7080. See agenda here. B. Laidley Street between Harper and Fairmount streets. Wednesday, July 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Neighborhood Block Party. The Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, May 22, 2 p.m., in […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The SFMTA Board of Directors meets Tuesday, May 15, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See agenda here B. ESTABLISH – STOP SIGN − Malta Drive, southbound, at Stillings Avenue. Z. ESTABLISH – NO PARKING ANYTIME − Highland Avenue, north side, from Mission Street to 18 feet easterly; Highland Avenue, south side, from Mission […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The Transit Authority meets Tuesday, May 8, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. Not GP but of note is agenda item #9, which is an effort to create guidelines for e-scooters, shared bikes or whatever comes next. Link to presentation here. See Carolyn Said’s article in the SF Chronicle on May 4. The […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Here’s a topic that’s sure to divide the neighborhood: Glen Park parking lot in the Planning Commission agenda! The SFMTA Board of Directors meets Tuesday, May 1, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See agenda here. More scooters! Link to staff report and slide show here. See the presentation on proposed transit options for the […]
New Leadership in District 8 and Glen Park
Photos by Michael Waldstein In a coincidence of timing, Mayor Lee appointed a new District 8 Supervisor to replace Scott Wiener, who has moved on to the State Senate; and, in the January 26 meeting, Michael Rice capped his 12-year long run as president of the Glen Park Association. MICHAEL RICE: In the last of […]
GPA Quarterly Meeting Notes
By Bonnee Waldstein The summer meeting covered a number of topics, new and old, that are of interest to Glen Park. GPA GRANTS GPA President Michael Rice presented a two thousand dollar grant from the GPA to the San Francisco Mime Troupe, who will perform in Glen Canyon Park in August. The grant will defray the […]
D8 Safety Meeting
Thanks to Chris Faust of Upper Noe Neighbors (and more) for writing up this summary of the D8 Safety Meeting held Thursday: District 8 Safety Meeting January 14, 2016 – 6 pm Saint Philip the Apostle community room 725 Diamond St. San Francisco Jean Elle of NBC Bay Area was there. The story is at […]
Glen Park Association quarterly meeting
Join the Glen Park Association for its quarterly meeting on Thursday, October 22, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the St. John School Gym, 925 Chenery Street (enter from parking lot). Program Agenda: 1- Updates from Sup. Scott Wiener and Ingleside Cpt. Joseph McFadden 2- Sup. Mark Farrell will speak on the Shared Schoolyard Project. […]
Notes from the Glen Park Association meeting July 30
Considering it’s the middle of summer, or what most people outside of San Francisco experience as summer, the recent meeting of the Glen Park Association in the Glen Canyon Rec Center offered up a well-attended, wide ranging community meeting. GPA president and meeting chair Michael Rice, periodically begins GPA gatherings by having each person introducing […]