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Committee backs forwarding acquisition of 240 Sixth Street to expand open space in D6
Summary
The committee forwarded a resolution to spend $7,150,000 from the open space acquisition fund to buy and remediate 240 Sixth Street adjacent to Gene Friend Recreation Center in District 6; planning and development funding has not yet been identified.
The Budget and Finance Committee voted Sept. 11 to forward a resolution authorizing use of $7,150,000 from the open space acquisition fund to acquire a roughly 9,700‑square‑foot parcel (referred to in the clerk’s readout alternately as 246 Street and 240 Sixth Street) adjacent to Gene Friend Recreation Center in District 6.
Supervisor Matt Dorsey introduced the purchase as a rare opportunity to expand parkland in densely populated, park‑poor neighborhoods and read a technical amendment that corrected a tenant’s monthly rent in the resolution to $9,342 (CPI adjustment).…
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