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Committee backs PG&E land sale to city and easement for McLaren Park, sending both items to full Board
Summary
Supervisors advanced two linked resolutions July 15 to acquire a PG&E parcel at 5000 Hunters Point Blvd for $575,000 to complete India Basin Waterfront Park and to sell an underground easement in McLaren Park to PG&E for $950,000 to enable an Egbert switching station; Rec Park and community speakers described long-term partnership and park completion benefits.
The Budget and Finance Committee on July 15 voted to send to the full Board two interdependent resolutions with PG&E: (1) a purchase and sale agreement allowing Rec Park to acquire a PG&E parcel at 5000 Hunters Point Boulevard for $575,000 to include the parcel in the India Basin Waterfront Park; and (2) the sale of an approximately 15‑foot‑wide underground easement beneath Visitation Avenue in McLaren Park to PG&E for $950,000 to permit installation of a segment of the Egbert switching station project.
Rec Park and Supervisor Shamann Walton’s office described both transactions as essential to completing the India Basin project as originally envisioned — removing an eyesore transmission tower and restoring a planned primary park entry — and as a funding source for a pedestrian and bicycle safety project in McLaren Park. Yael Golan (Rec Park deputy director of planning) said PG&E already removed the tower at its own cost, and that the easement will not reduce above‑ground park space; PG&E representatives said the sale proceeds will support McLaren safety improvements and CPUC approval remains pending for finalization.
Community leaders and partners offered public comment in support: Jacqueline Bryant (A. Philip Randolph Institute) and Kurt Grimes recounted years of community engagement in project planning and endorsed the deeds as finishing a long‑standing community vision. After public comment the Committee voted to refer both resolutions to the full Board with recommendation (Dorsey, Sauter, Chan — ayes).
