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Supervisors advance $2.5M supplemental for Geneva Car Barn to full board without recommendation
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee voted to forward to the full San Francisco Board of Supervisors a supplemental appropriation to close a roughly $2.5 million funding gap for Phase 1 of the Geneva Office Building/Car Barn arts and community facility; the committee forwarded the item without a recommendation.
Supervisor David Avalos urged the committee on Feb. 2016 to move a supplemental appropriation for the Geneva Office Building—also called the Geneva Car Barn—to ensure the project is prioritized ahead of the mayor’s budget. Avalos said the project has been a “multi-decade” effort in District 11 and, if funded, would create a public arts facility that the neighborhood lacks.
Amy Cohen of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development described a phased approach developed with Recreation & Park and community stakeholders, saying the phased plan made the project more feasible. Nicole Averill,…
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