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Board continues CEQA and conditional use appeals over maintenance building at 1310 Junipero Serra Blvd. to May 13
Summary
An appeal of a planning‑department categorical exemption under CEQA and an associated conditional‑use authorization for a proposed maintenance building at 1310 Junipero Serra Boulevard was continued to May 13, 2025 to allow further negotiations between Saint Thomas More (appellant) and the golf club.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 29 opened public hearings on an appeal of the Planning Department’s categorical CEQA exemption and a related conditional‑use authorization for a proposed maintenance and facility building at 1310 Junipero Serra Boulevard. After public comment from the appellant and area stakeholders, the board continued the hearings open to a date certain: May 13, 2025.
The project as described on the agenda proposes demolition of nine maintenance and facility structures and construction of a single‑story maintenance building approximately 20,000 gross square feet in size (items 34–37 and 38–41 on the agenda). The board noted the motions before it would continue the hearings to allow more time for the parties to negotiate.
What happened in the meeting: Supervisor Melgar moved to continue items 34 through 41 to the May 13, 2025 meeting "to give the two parties more time to come together and find some common ground," and Supervisor Walton seconded the motion. The board then took public comment limited to the continuance. An attorney speaking for Saint Thomas More said the school "is asking for a continuance today to try to negotiate a bit more with the golf club" and that the school had just retained new counsel, Patterson O'Neil, who would assist with negotiations. David Greenbaum, principal of Saint Thomas More School, testified in support of the appeal and said the proposed shed would be "about 20 feet away from our preschool."
Why it matters: the appeal raises neighborhood concerns about the size and location of a maintenance building for the adjacent golf club, the proximity of construction to a preschool and open‑recreation uses, and whether the Planning Department correctly issued a categorical exemption under CEQA. Continuance preserves the board’s ability to hear community testimony while allowing parties to attempt a negotiated resolution.
Next steps: the hearings on the CEQA exemption and the conditional‑use authorization will remain open and will be taken up again on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. The board did not rule on the merits at this session; it only continued the hearings to permit further negotiations and additional public testimony at the later date.
