Committee forwards street‑vacation and jurisdiction transfer for Alemany Farmers Market

The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted Feb. 25 to forward an ordinance that would vacate remaining portions of Bradford Street, Ogden Street and Crescent Avenue located within the Alemany Farmers Market and transfer jurisdiction of the property from Public Works and the Agricultural Commissioner to the Real Estate Division and the General Services Agency (GSA), a presenter said.

Claudia Gorham of the Department of Real Estate (identified in the record as the expected presenter) described the request as a continuation of prior work to remove remaining street fragments inside the market footprint. She said the parcels in question have no utilities and are not used as public sidewalks or streets; they lie where market stalls are located. "This will continue that general plan referral to get rid of all the streets and then transfer the jurisdiction from DPW and the remaining portion that's with agricultural commission over to real estate division," the presenter said.

The county surveyor, Mr. Storrs, was asked for any additional remarks and stated for the record he had nothing to add. There were no members of the public to testify on the item. Supervisor Ahsha Safaí made a motion to send the ordinance to the full Board with recommendation; the motion was taken without objection and the committee adjourned.

Next steps: the ordinance will proceed to the full Board of Supervisors for consideration; implementation will include jurisdictional transfers to the Real Estate Division and GSA if approved.