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Category Archives: Meetings
UCSF Parnassus: December 2020 Meeting Report
In December 2020, UCSF had a public virtual meeting about its further plans, which modify the earlier ones for which it produced an extensive Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Dr Ariane Eroy attended, and sent us these notes. They are published … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, Sutro Forest, UCSF meeting
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Peter Ehrlich, 1948-2017
Peter Ehrlich was the Chief Forester at the Presidio, and sat on UCSF’s Technical Advisory Committee for Sutro Forest. Tragically, he died in a bicycle accident on May 2, 2017. The Presidio is holding a community work day in his … Continue reading
Report: UCSF Second Sutro Forest TAC Meeting
UCSF held its second Planning Meeting for Sutro Forest on 28 April 2016. The two hired arborists, Jim Clark of Hort Science and Matt Greene, presented the direction they were taking the Plan, and their evaluation of the forest. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Plan for Sutro Forest, environment, eucalyptus, nativism, Sutro Stewards, UCSF
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UCSF’s 2016 Sutro Forest Plan: Who’s Who
This post is to take a look at all the people who will be involved in the new Sutro Forest plan for 2016. We may edit it to update it with more information as we get it. THE CONSULTANTS Jim … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Plan, Technical Advisory Committee, UCSF
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UCSF’s Second Sutro Forest Meeting – April 28, 2016
UCSF has announced its second meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee: “On Thursday, April 28, UCSF will convene the second meeting of the Mount Sutro Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). The TAC is comprised of volunteer experts in forestry, fire hazard … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, Mount Sutro Forest, UCSF
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No Comments at UCSF’s LRDP EIR Hearing – 22 Sept 2014
UCSF held a meeting for public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on its Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) on Sept 22, 2014. About 15-20 neighbors showed up. No one had any comments. The meeting started at 7p.m. … Continue reading
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Tagged LRDP, UCSF
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Come to UCSF’s Mt Sutro Meeting: 21 Nov 2013
UCSF has called a meeting to talk about its plans for Mount Sutro Forest. It’s scheduled for 21st November, 2013, at 6.30 pm, and will be held at Millberry Conference Center, 500 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco CA 94122. We understand … Continue reading
Presentations: How Did it Become Mt Davidson?
Mount Davidson – the smaller, taller forested mountain just to the south-west of Mount Sutro. Like Mount Sutro, it’s a forest surrounded by neighborhoods. Unlike Mount Sutro, it has a landmark cross on top, visible above the trees. How did … Continue reading
Save the Forests! Meeting – 21 April 2013
Jointly with San Francisco Forest Alliance, we’re holding a meeting about the planned tree-cutting – not just on Mount Sutro, but also on Mount Davidson and elsewhere in San Francisco. It’s on Sunday, April 21, 2013 from 4.30 p.m. to … Continue reading
UCSF Long Range Development Plan Meeting and Sutro Forest
We attended UCSF’s Long Range Development Plan meeting this evening. It’s due 2014, and gives UCSF a road-map through 2035. Most of the discussion focused on how UCSF should get back under their space ceiling, a limit they had decided … Continue reading
Posted in Meetings, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, UCSF
Tagged Draft Environment Impact Report, mount sutro, UCSF
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UCSF Postpones Tree-felling Another Year
At a public meeting of the Community Advisory Group on 4 June 2012, UCSF’s Barbara Bagot-Lopez announced that the project to fell trees on four “demonstration”plots would be postponed, probably to the Fall of 2013. (Those are the yellow areas … Continue reading
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Tagged EIR, Environmental Impact Report, mount sutro, mt sutro stewards, Sutro Forest, Sutro Stewards, UCSF, wind
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Report: UCSF’s EIR Scoping Meeting, Jan 2011
Last evening, UCSF held its scoping meeting for the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). They plan to finish the Draft EIR in spring, in time to start felling trees on the South Ridge (above Forest Knolls neighborhood) by September 2011. This … Continue reading
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Tagged EIR, Environmental Impact Report, herbicide, mount sutro, mt sutro stewards, UCSF
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Report on the UCSF Parnassus Meeting (Nov 2010)
We were not aware of the existence of the “Parnassus CAG Action Team” – a sub-committee of the UCSF Community Advisory Group (CAG) – until now. This meeting was run by Craig Dawson (Mt Sutro Stewards) and Kevin Hart, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldea Student Housing, Environmental Impact Report, mount sutro, mt sutro stewards, trails
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Parnassus Meeting Nov 8th 2010
We received this message from one of the neighbor organizations under the heading: ————————————————————————————————————————– Announcing: mt. sutro stewards / UCSF update meeting MEETING: UCSF PCAT Meeting MONDAY, November 8, 7:00 pm UCSF Parnassus Library, 530 Parnassus Avenue Lange Room, 5th … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldea Student Housing, mt sutro stewards, UCSF
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Our notes on UCSF’s Notes – May 25th Meeting
This is UCSF’s summary of the May 25th meeting, which we reported on here. We have edited it for clarity. “C” stands for comment; “Q” for question; “A” for an answer provided by UCSF or by its hired arborist, Ray … Continue reading
Report: UCSF’s Agenda Planning Meeting #2
This evening we had the second of three scheduled agenda planning meetings. Those present were the usual agenda-planners, with the addition of Walter Caplan (President, Forest Knolls Neighborhood Organization) who had been outside the country at the previous one. This … Continue reading
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Tagged mount sutro, Sutro Forest, UCSF
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Sutro Forest 2010-2011: UCSF Meeting update
UCSF’s meeting was intended to inform the neighbors about the reasons for the withdrawal of the FEMA application; reaffirm their commitment to a safe, healthy, beautiful and usable forest; and lay out next steps. Barbara French opened the meeting with … Continue reading
UCSF Update and March 24 meeting
We attended a meeting at UCSF today, in which they addressed several planning items. On Mt Sutro, UCSF was seeking money from FEMA to gut a quarter of the forest in the name of fire hazard mitigation. What UCSF’s Lori … Continue reading
Low Fire Risk and the “Historic Trail”
I attended a meeting called by Parks and Rec this evening, to discuss opening access to the forest at 17th and Stanyan in Cole Valley. This the black dotted line in the map below. [ETA: The map was distributed at … Continue reading