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Commission certifies two South-of-Market EIRs and advances large projects at 900 Folsom and 260 Fifth
Summary
After reviewing comments and responses, the Planning Commission certified Final EIRs for the 900 Folsom and 260 Fifth projects and considered the large-project authorizations. Projects would provide roughly 448 market-rate units combined with 67 on-site below-market-rate units; staff and opponents debated parking, pedestrian impacts and historic/resource issues before approval with conditions.
The Planning Commission certified Final Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) for two large South-of-Market projects — 900 Folsom Street and 260 Fifth Street — and then considered the projects' large-project authorizations and conditions on May 20.
Brett Bollinger of the Planning Department's environmental analysis team told commissioners the agencies had issued a draft EIR in July 2009, published a comments-and-responses packet in early May 2010 and circulated an errata for 900 Folsom correcting a parking description; staff said the errata did not change EIR conclusions. The EIRs identified transportation, pedestrian and historic-resource questions;…
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