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Planning Commission certifies Transbay Transit Center EIR amid heated shadow debate
Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission certified the final environmental impact report for the Transit Center District Plan and Transit Tower after extensive debate over shadow impacts and Proposition K. The certification passed 4–1; commissioners also adopted related CEQA findings and plan actions.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on May 24 certified the final environmental impact report (EIR) for the Transit Center District Plan and Transit Tower, clearing the way for subsequent entitlement steps while stopping short of approving the tower project itself. The commission voted 4–1 to certify the EIR, with Commissioner Catherine Moore the lone no vote.
Sarah Jones, senior environmental planner for the department, told the commission the document is both programmatic for the district and project-level for the transit tower; it was circulated as a draft on Sept. 28, 2011, with a public hearing on Nov. 3 and a comment period that closed Nov. 28. Jones said the EIR analyzes a “worst case scenario” for shadow impacts, recognizes significant unavoidable impacts across multiple areas (visual resources, cultural resources, transportation, noise, air quality and shadow), and includes three…
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