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Port lays out Blue Greenway design guidelines, identifies $66.5M in projects and $25.5M currently funded
Summary
Port staff presented the Blue Greenway planning and design guidelines to complete a continuous open-space network along the southern waterfront, listing an estimated $66.5 million in potential projects and roughly $25.5 million currently identified for implementation; staff emphasized phased prioritization and continued interagency outreach.
Port staff presented the Blue Greenway planning and design guidelines, a multi-agency plan to extend the Bay Trail and Bay Area Water Trail along San Francisco's central and southern waterfront and to knit together open spaces, connecting streets, signage, site furnishings and stewardship.
David Beaupre, Planning and Development Division, said the guidelines prioritize 11 Port open spaces and identify linking streets and wayfinding elements to create continuity between otherwise fragmented waterfront areas. "The Blue Greenway, again, is the city's project to complete the Bay Trail and Bay Area Water Trail from Mission Creek on the north...to Candlestick Point on the south," Beaupre said.
Staff provided preliminary cost estimates for individual open spaces (one example among the 11 was about $3.5 million) and reported a combined project list totaling about $66.5 million, with an estimated $25.5 million currently funded through Proposition A bond monies (about $22.5 million noted in the plan), annual cable-lease revenues and grants or mitigation funds. The guidelines include nine prioritization criteria (eligibility for specific funding sources, inclusion in city/port plans, ability to strengthen Blue Greenway identity, community priority, phasing and funding leverage among them).
Public commenters and stakeholders praised the Port's leadership. Corinne Woods, Blue Greenway coordinator for the Neighborhood Parks Council, thanked staff and noted the interagency cooperation that made the plan possible. Dog-owner groups urged that off-leash and multiuse areas be considered in park designs, and commissioners asked about timelines and funding strategies; staff suggested much of the initial work could be completed by 2014-15 with additional funding campaigns and grants.
Next steps: continue community outreach through CACs and neighborhood groups, take public comment through the end of the month, and finalize the document for Commission consideration and broader public presentations.
Provenance: topicintro SEG 765, topfinish SEG 1450.
