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The previously announced July 9* meeting of the UCSF Hospital Replacement CAG Action Team** has been rescheduled.
It will now take place:

Wednesday August 1
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
UCSF Mission Bay Campus
Genentech Hall, Room N-114
600 16th Street

 

UCSF is continuing the community involvement process for the new clinical facilities for children, women, and cancer patients to be built on the Mission Bay site just south of the existing UCSF research campus (bounded by Mariposa, 16th, 3rd, and the new Owens Street ). (See map http://www.community.ucsf.edu/MB_hosp_site.pdf )

 

In response to questions raised at previous meetings, the August 1 meeting will focus on bicycle and pedestrian access to the hospital site.  We will also touch on public transit issues.

 

The UCSF Mission Bay campus is accessible using the MUNI T-Third light rail line.  If you drive, please park at NO COST in the SURFACE LOT (near the UCSF Police Station); this lot can be reached by taking 16th Street to 4th Street .  Complimentary parking is not available in the garages.  Please bring photo id to show at building security desk.  We will have refreshments, but you may want to eat dinner beforehand!  

 

For more information about the Mission Bay hospital design process, please contact Barbara Bagot-López, Associate Director of UCSF Community Relations, at bblopez@cgr.ucsf.edu or 476-8318. 

*[We were advised to avoid the "All Star Home Run Derby" to be held the evening of July 9].

 

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For past meeting agendas and presentations, please see http://www.community.ucsf.edu/MBHosp_RelatedDocs.html .

 

The June 4 meeting focused on the proposed helipad.  Presenters included Cindy Lima, Director of Medical Center Administration; Roxanne Fernandes, Executive Director of UCSF Children’s Hospital; Christa Thomas, RN, Patient Care Manager of the UCSF Children’s Hospital Transport Program;  Gene Reindel, aviation noise consultant; and Jim Adams, CEO of REACH Air Medical Services.

 

No decisions have been made regarding the location of the proposed helipad:

 

  1. While the University is still interested in pursuing a helipad on the hospital site, we are also analyzing alternative sites for the helipad, including along the waterfront and at UCSF’s research campus. 
  2. An information sheet is available that provides the projected number of helicopter trips and their daily average arrival times, etc.  http://www.community.ucsf.edu/UCSF_MBHospHelipadInfo051407.pdf
  3. We will be conducting a helicopter demonstration flight, which will be planned in conjunction with a working group of neighbors.   We plan to convene the first meeting of this working group in the July-August timeframe. 

At the May 14 meeting, UCSF shared that, in response to community concerns, the location of the Urgent Care/Emergency Department entrance was moved from Mariposa to Fourth Street .  This was very well received by those in attendance.  There was a detailed discussion of the history of traffic/transportation planning at Mission Bay, and options short of closing Fourth Street were discussed that would minimize traffic flow from Fourth Street to Dogpatch’s Minnesota Street. 

 

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FYI:  Explanation of various UCSF- and Mission Bay-related meetings and groups

 

  • UCSF Community Advisory Group (CAG)—Formed in 1992, the CAG is comprised of representatives from a wide variety of San Francisco neighborhood, civic, ethnic, labor, and business groups who function as a sounding board, giving UCSF unvarnished views on issues including campus space needs and expansion opportunities.
  • **UCSF Hospital Replacement CAG Action Team—Subcommittee of the CAG, focused on Hospital Replacement project, which over the years has included the Mission Bay , Mount Zion , and Parnassus campus sites; currently focused on Mission Bay hospital.
  • UCSF Mission Bay CAG Action Team—Subcommittee of the CAG, focused on Mission Bay campus-related issues and projects; e.g., location of central utility plant on research campus; design of cancer research building.
  • UCSF Mission Bay Community Task Force—Formed in March 2007, the purpose of this group is to provide UCSF and neighbors with the opportunity to have an honest dialogue about the desires and needs of the community and the future direction of UCSF in and around Mission Bay over the next five years.  

Contact person for above UCSF groups is Barbara Bagot-López bblopez@cgr.ucsf.edu.

 

  • Mission Bay Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) —this committee is advisory to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency regarding the Mission Bay redevelopment area, 303 acres of land including UCSF’s 58-acre campus.  Contact person for the CAC is Kelley Kahn kelley.kahn@sfgov

 

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