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Housing Authority OKs easement with PG&E to keep gas service for Sunnydale legacy buildings
Summary
The Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco authorized its CEO to sign and record an easement with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to preserve gas service to legacy buildings, clearing a critical path for demolition and construction work on Blocks 7 and 9 in the Sunnydale/Santos infrastructure area.
The Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco voted unanimously April 30 to authorize its chief executive officer to enter into an easement agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company to maintain gas service along West Access Road while utility mains are removed as part of redevelopment work.
The easement will preserve service to legacy buildings during demolition of existing gas mains and is a prerequisite PG&E requires before it can complete pressurization and energization work that the agency says is on the critical path for construction on Block 7 and Block 9.
Linda Mason, general counsel and chief people officer for the housing authority, told commissioners the easement is “needed to actually begin the constructions for Block 7 and Block 9,” and that partners alerted staff last week that the PG&E easement “needed to move forward, which is why we called the special meeting.”
Associate Director Mercy Claire Murphy said the easement “will allow us to maintain the gas service for legacy buildings while we're demoing the gas mains that are in the infrastructure area,” and that PG&E “requires that this easement be signed and recorded in order to complete their portion of the work, which is pressurization and energization.”
Commissioners asked about a map and Mason confirmed an exhibit to the easement (Exhibit B, pages 10–11) shows the plat, which is on the privately owned West Access Road that maintains vehicular access. Mason said the work could begin May 15 if the signed easement is delivered to PG&E that day.
There was no public comment. The motion to approve was made and seconded; roll call votes were recorded as Commissioner Pikes: Aye; Commissioner Kim: Yes; Commissioner Lindo: Yes; President Joaquin Torres: Aye. The motion passed.
The resolution authorizes the CEO to execute and record the easement; the authority did not discuss other terms of the developer easement agreement approved in June 2024 beyond noting the PG&E requirement and relationship to the previously approved developer easement.
