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Committee OKs jurisdictional exchange of asphalt plant and Napoleon Yard to support Sewer System Improvement Program
Summary
The committee approved sending a resolution to the full Board recommending a jurisdictional land exchange between Public Works and the SFPUC, enabling staging and possible future digester facilities for the Southeast Wastewater Plant rebuild.
San Francisco — The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted unanimously to send to the full Board a resolution approving a jurisdictional land exchange between the Department of Public Works and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC).
Project manager Shelby Campbell of the SFPUC told supervisors the exchange involves 1801 Gerald Avenue (the former asphalt plant) and part of 116 Napoleon Street (the PUC’s Napoleon Yard). Campbell said the transfer supports the Sewer System Improvement Program, a long-term city investment to upgrade aging sewer infrastructure; she described Phase 1 as including 70 projects totaling about $2.9 billion and said the properties — each under about 1.5 acres — would be accepted "as is." DPW assistant to the deputy director Sue Black told the committee Public Works supports the exchange and noted the acreage will improve operations by allowing easier movement of rolling stock adjacent to the central yard.
When Chair Supervisor Malia Cohen asked about long-term use after the rebuild, staff said the asphalt plant site could be part of a future digester program and could host an energy-recovery facility producing heat and power from methane. With no public commenters, Supervisor Aaron Peskin moved to send the item to the full Board with a recommendation; the motion passed unanimously.
