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Planning Commission reviews SFMTA Trejo Yard draft EIR; commissioners press for alternatives on air quality and shadowing
Summary
Staff presented the draft EIR for SFMTA's proposed Trejo/Transit Yard modernization at 2500 Mariposa; commissioners asked for additional alternatives to address draft EIR findings of significant and unavoidable historic‑resource and toxic‑air impacts and discussed whether to extend the public comment period (currently July 1–Aug 31, 2021).
The Planning Commission on Aug. 26 reviewed the draft environmental impact report for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s proposed modernization of its Potrero (Trejo) Yard at 2500 Mariposa Street and pressed staff and the project team for additional alternatives to reduce air‑quality and shadow impacts.
Jennifer McKellar, senior environmental planner and EIR coordinator, summarized the draft EIR, describing a proposed replacement transit facility and joint development on a 4.4‑acre site that would demolish an existing early‑20th‑century building (a CEQA historical resource) and construct a modern transit facility with vehicle storage, maintenance bays, battery electric infrastructure and joint‑development residential and commercial space. The draft EIR concluded that demolition would cause a significant and unavoidable…
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