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Commission authorizes SFPUC consent to Visitation/Schlage Lock development; DTSC remediation and land‑use controls remain central
Summary
Commission authorized the general manager to consent to the Visitation Valley/Schlage Lock development agreement; the project includes up to 1,679 mostly-affordable housing units, parks and retail, but public commenters pressed for strict remediation controls after DTSC-directed cleanup steps and an identified prohibition on growing vegetables in the capped areas unless raised beds are used.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on June 25 authorized the general manager to consent to the development agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and Visitation Development LLC for the 20-acre Schlage Lock/Visitation site on PUC land, adopting associated CEQA findings and a mitigation-and-monitoring reporting program.
The presentation (Ken Rich, Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development; Michael Carlin, Deputy GM) summarized a multi-decade planning process and described the project’s core commitments: developer-built horizontal infrastructure (potable water distribution, combined wastewater, stormwater improvements and an auxiliary water-supply system for fire suppression), a conceptual infrastructure plan requiring PUC approval of a water master plan and other 60%/90% design submittals, and a public‑use orientation that anticipates two publicly owned parks and significant affordable housing (staff cited up to 1,679 units targeted to middle- and lower-income households in the project). The development agreement freezes…
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