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SFPUC votes to transfer Francisco Reservoir site to Recreation and Parks for park use at $9.9 million
Summary
After public testimony and a staff recommendation, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission declared the Francisco Reservoir surplus to utility needs and authorized a conditional jurisdictional transfer to the Recreation and Park Department at a fair market value of $9,900,000; the measure passed by voice vote and staff were authorized to execute a memorandum of understanding and seek Board of Supervisors and mayoral approval.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on the record voted to declare the Francisco Reservoir property (Bay Street between Larkin and Hyde) surplus to SFPUC utility needs and authorized the general manager to execute a memorandum of understanding to effect a conditional jurisdictional transfer to the Recreation and Park Department at a fair market value of $9,900,000.
The decision followed a staff recommendation and a public comment period in which multiple speakers urged that the city convert the roughly 4.5-acre, long-unused reservoir site into a public park. Matt O'Grady, CEO of the San Francisco Parks Alliance,…
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