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Commission approves ground lease and LDDA for UCSF research center at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Summary
The commission voted to approve a resolution authorizing a ground lease and lease disposition and development agreement (LDDA) with the University of California San Francisco for a proposed research building on city property, adopting CEQA findings and mitigation measures after review of an environmental impact report.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health Commission on a voice vote approved a resolution authorizing a ground lease and a lease disposition and development agreement (LDDA) with the University of California San Francisco to build a new research facility on the Zuckerberg San Francisco General campus. The resolution also included adoption of CEQA findings and related mitigation measures.
The commission heard detailed presentations from Director Barbara Garcia and real estate staff about the project scope, which staff described as a roughly 175,000-square-foot, five-story research building with an estimated project cost (including fixtures, furniture and equipment) in the ballpark of $187 million. Real estate staff and UC representatives told the commission the project packet included 11 documents: the LDDA, the ground lease, CEQA findings, mitigation measures and transactional permits for hazardous-materials investigation, construction licensing and a utility easement.
The matter drew one public commenter, Sue Carlisle, who spoke in support of the partnership between UCSF and San Francisco General Hospital, stressing that on-site research supports recruitment and retention of clinical faculty and underpins trauma and specialty care. Several commissioners praised the long-standing collaboration between UCSF and the hospital and urged careful implementation of mitigation measures.
Diane Wong of UCSFs campus planning office summarized the environmental impact report, saying UCSF served as lead agency and the EIR examined the research building and several garage-expansion variants. She said mitigation measures would address construction air quality, noise, archaeological and historic-preservation concerns, traffic control plans, bird-nesting protection and an excavation management plan to comply with the Maher ordinance. She also reported that the EIR identified a significant and unavoidable traffic impact at the intersection of Potrero and 20th Streets that would be within the city's authority to address.
Commissioners asked staff to clarify hazardous-materials responsibilities during excavation and the scope of traffic mitigations; staff said hazardous-materials removal would be UCSF's responsibility once site control is obtained and that many mitigation measures would be implemented during construction and monitored by relevant city departments.
Commissioner Carson moved the resolution with additional language to explicitly recognize training relationships beyond medicine (dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and related programs); the motion was seconded and adopted. Staff said the package will proceed to the Board of Supervisors and the mayor for subsequent approvals and that the mayor has 10 days to sign. Staff also committed to annual updates to the commission as the rebuild progresses.
The commission's action today authorizes city staff to execute the ground lease and LDDA consistent with the resolution and the CEQA findings; project financing, design details and final construction timing remain subject to later approvals and the schedule described in the project materials.
The commission will forward the resolution to the Board of Supervisors and the mayor as the next procedural steps.
