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Committee forwards amended lease for Twin Peaks Auto Care at 598 Portola Drive despite analyst call for highest‑use review
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee voted to forward an amended resolution authorizing a five-year lease (with five-year option) at 598 Portola Drive to Twin Peaks Petroleum/Twin Peaks Auto Care. Real Estate recommended the sole-source lease given grandfathered use; the Budget Analyst urged amendments and study of highest/best use; several residents and the owner urged approval.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget & Finance Committee voted to forward with a positive recommendation a resolution to lease city-owned property at 598 Portola Drive to Twin Peaks Petroleum, Inc. (doing business as Twin Peaks Auto Care) for an initial five-year term with a five-year option.
Claudia Gorham, Assistant Director of Real Estate, told the committee the site has been operated and managed by current tenants Nancy and Michael Gareeb for more than 30 years, that the parcel’s use as a retail gas station and auto service is a grandfathered nonconforming use under current public zoning, and that the proposed rent—calculated from a 2013 appraisal—works out to roughly $6.96 per…
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