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Board advances ordinance to clear site and rezone for new SFFD training campus in Bayview
Summary
The board passed ordinances on first reading to vacate paper streets and change zoning (PDR2 to Public; bulk/height 40X to 90X) to allow construction of an SFFD Division of Training at 1236 Carroll Avenue; presenters said the campus will consolidate existing training and include an 84‑foot training tower.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors advanced on first reading legislation to clear and rezone an approximately 8‑acre site in the Bayview to build a consolidated San Francisco Fire Department Division of Training at 1236 Carroll Avenue.
Assistant Deputy Chief Garrett Miller told the board the training division is "the foundation" of the department, where firefighters, EMTs and paramedics learn and maintain skills. Public Works project manager Scott Moran presented site renderings, described the site's composition (26 parcels and three paper streets) and outlined two legislative components: street vacations (Hawes, Griffith and Bancroft paper streets) and planning code map amendments to reclassify the parcels from PDR2 (production, distribution and repair) to Public and to increase a bulk/height designation from 40X to 90X to accommodate training structures. (Garrett Miller; Scott Moran)
Moran said the site includes two tall training structures (one an 84‑foot tower and a simulated communications tower) purposely sited away from residences and noted existing utilities under the paper streets (PUC sewers and PG&E overhead lines) with memoranda of understanding and easement language incorporated into the legislation to preserve utility rights. He reported outreach to the Bayview community and that the planning commission and the Land Use & Transportation Committee recommended approval. (Scott Moran)
Supervisor Walton supported the project as an investment in public safety and workforce development and urged colleagues to approve the next steps. With no public speakers on items 9–11, the board, by unanimous consent, passed the ordinances on first reading. (President Mandelmann presiding)
Why it matters: The training campus consolidates two aging SFFD training sites and includes purpose‑built high structures for realistic rescue and fire simulations, which proponents say improves training quality and public safety readiness.
What comes next: The ordinances advanced on first reading; final approvals, environmental and construction planning follow prior to project delivery. (Provenance: topic introduced SEG 1723; last related remarks SEG 2027.)
