Twin Peaks Promenade moves forward after committee amendment; neighborhood outreach questioned
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Summary
Rec and Park presented the Twin Peaks Promenade project and requested a street vacation and interdepartmental transfer; the committee amended Item 3 to set a Committee of the Whole hearing for March 17, 2026, recommended it, and sent Item 4 to the full Board without recommendation amid neighborhood outreach concerns.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on Feb. 9 advanced two linked items to enable the Twin Peaks Promenade project: a resolution of intent to vacate portions of Christmas Tree Point Road and the eastern alignment of Twin Peaks Boulevard and an ordinance for a conditional vacation and interdepartmental transfer to the Recreation and Park Department.
Chris Towns, a planner with the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, described the project and said several state grants previously approved by the Board total about $4,250,000 and would fund construction. Towns said the street vacation would transfer jurisdiction of a decommissioned roadway from Public Works to Rec and Park so the eastern alignment can be managed as recreation and open space; construction is slated to begin in 2026 and complete in early 2027.
George Wooding, president of the Midtown Terrace neighborhood association, told the committee residents were not adequately consulted and reported increases in traffic and crime since the eastern alignment was closed. "We found out the skateboard association was a stakeholder… Nobody talks to us," Wooding said, and he asked for a continuance until the neighborhood is contacted.
Stacy Bradley, Deputy Director of Capital and Planning at Rec and Park, responded that the effort to close the figure‑8 began in 2015 with SFMTA and that the department had conducted multiple community outreach efforts over more than a decade. Bradley said the street vacation is intended to keep the eastern alignment as open space in alignment with federal grants.
Chair Mirna Melgar moved to amend Item 3 to add a Committee of the Whole hearing date of March 17, 2026, and to recommend Item 3 as a committee report; the committee voted 3‑0 in favor. For Item 4 (the ordinance and property transfer), Melgar moved to send it to the full Board without recommendation for consideration on the same March 17 date; the committee voted 3‑0 to send the ordinance without recommendation.
The committee closed public comment and set the Committee of the Whole hearing date for March 17, 2026, while noting the Rec and Park Department should continue outreach with Midtown Terrace residents.
