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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). "That concludes the amendment and I would respectfully ask the committee to look favorably on the legislation as amended," Dorsey said.
Yair Goran of the Recreation and Park Department described the site as a two‑story commercial building with the top floor occupied under a lease expiring mid‑2026 and the bottom floor vacant. The appraised value was presented as $6,900,000; the purchase structure shown in the presentation allocated $5,310,000 to the seller with $1,590,000 credited to the city toward remediation, plus an additional remediation allocation of $250,000. The department said tenant rent would be used for maintenance costs until planning and development funds are identified, and that the building is anticipated to be demolished for a future open space once funding, outreach and design are completed.
The Budget and Legislative Analyst’s memo repeated the $7,150,000 spending total (based on a $5,300,000 purchase price and $1,840,000 in remediation in the BLA memo) and flagged that Rec and Park could not yet answer questions about development costs or a firm timeline for park conversion, which BLA noted is a material policy consideration for capital investments.
Rec and Park said the site may be competitive for EPA remediation grants and that community outreach for a park concept would include multiple meetings, online surveys and commission reviews once funding is secured. Representatives of local nonprofit partners said they have engaged informally and are prepared to participate in formal outreach.
Chair Chan moved to amend per Dorsey’s technical correction and forward the resolution; the committee recorded affirmative votes and passed the motion to send the item to the full Board with a positive recommendation.
