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Neighbors, school leaders urge more study of traffic, school impacts at 1601 Mariposa EIR hearing
Summary
At the Planning Commission public hearing on the 1601 Mariposa Draft EIR, dozens of Potrero Hill residents and Live Oak School parents urged additional analysis on traffic, pedestrian safety, school impacts, shadowing of Jackson Park, hazardous materials and cumulative development in the Eastern Neighborhoods. Staff said the Draft EIR found significant and unavoidable transportation impacts; comment period runs through Feb. 17.
Planning Department staff presented the 1601 Mariposa Draft Environmental Impact Report on Jan. 22, describing a proposed mixed‑use project in the Showplace Square / Potrero Hill area. The DEIR found potentially significant and unavoidable transportation impacts and concluded that some impacts (noise, hazardous materials, archaeological resources) could be mitigated to less‑than‑significant levels with identified measures.
The public record for the project expanded into a sustained two‑hour comment period in which a large coalition of parents, neighbors, school leaders and community groups urged more robust analysis and stricter mitigation. Key concerns included:
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