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War Memorial seeks final certificate-of-participation funds for Veterans Building seismic upgrade

Budget and Finance Subcommittee, San Francisco Board of Supervisors · July 18, 2012
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Summary

The War Memorial and Performing Arts Center asked the Budget and Finance Subcommittee to approve the remaining certificates of participation funding for a seismic upgrade and building-wide repairs at the Veterans Building; private partners, including the San Francisco Opera and Arts Commission, will add tenant improvements. The committee moved the ordinance forward with the budget analyst’s recommended amendments.

The War Memorial and Performing Arts Center requested final city approval of financing for the Veterans Building Seismic Upgrade and Improvements Project, a multi-year rehabilitation of the 1932 landmark on Van Ness Avenue.

Beth Murray, executive director of the War Memorial, told the Budget and Finance Subcommittee the project’s primary objective is seismic upgrade and earthquake-damage repair, and that work also will include hazardous-materials mitigation, accessibility and code-mandated upgrades, and replacement of building systems such as water piping and fire alarms. “We are before you today to request your approval of the appropriation of the last…

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