Dear Neighbors, [Please share this email with your friends, neighbors, and members of your community organizations]
UCSF feels that continuing community involvement is important as we plan for the new medical center for children, women, and cancer patients at Mission Bay . The hospital site is located just south of the existing UCSF research campus (bounded by Mariposa, 16th, 3rd, and the new Owens Street ).
As announced at the October 24 community meeting, the next meeting of the UCSF Hospital Replacement CAG* Action Team will be held:
Monday, December 3
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
UCSF Mission Bay Campus
Genentech Hall, Room N-114
600 16th Street
The December 3 agenda will focus on traffic analysis and an update on exterior design. Refreshments will be provided.
The October 24 meeting focused on the helicopter test flight that UCSF conducted on Sunday, October 21. (The meeting was publicized in the Potrero View and in emails to 500+ neighbors.) 15-20 neighbors attended and shared their impressions of the test flight. At the meeting and in emails received by UCSF, responses ranged from positive to neutral to negative. Some neighbors who live across Mariposa from the hospital site experienced very high levels of noise, and UCSF staff will be following up with them. Some neighbors felt that the case for including a helipad at Mission Bay was strong. Cindy Lima, Director of Mission Bay Clinical Facilities Development, and Sam Hawgood, M.D., Chair of Pediatrics, fielded questions at the meeting.
In response to community feedback, it was announced in September that the proposed helipad─ which would be used only in the most serious of medical situations and could cut travel time in half for patients requiring emergency care ─has been relocated to 16th street, the northernmost point of the hospital site.
Of note regarding the test: When the helicopter landed during the test flight, it landed about 250 feet south of the location of the proposed helipad. The helipad would be located at 140 feet and not on the ground. The helicopter hovered several times, but this will not occur when landing on a helipad. In addition, a tour helicopter flew low and directly over Potrero Hill just minutes after we completed our test.
Attached for your information is an updated information sheet on the UCSF helipad. It includes the reasons a helipad is needed, the estimated number of flights expected, the approval process for the helipad, and other key information.
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.
For more information about the Mission Bay hospital design process, including information sheets and presentations from past meetings, please see www.community.ucsf.edu or contact Barbara Bagot-López, Associate Director of UCSF Community Relations, at bblopez@cgr.ucsf.edu or 476-8318.
*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 at 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 is Catherine Reilly at Catherine.Reilly@sfgov
- Port of San Francisco meetings and groups:
o Central Waterfront Advisory Group—Port property from Mission Creek to 24th Street ; CWAG meets generally on the 2nd Wednesday at 4 p.m.. Contact Person is Mark Paez mark.paez@sfport.com
o China Basin Seawall Lot 337—The Port is undertaking a public planning process for the 14-acre site south of China Basin Channel that is currently used for Giants and commuter parking. Contact person is Diane Oshima at diane.oshima@sfport.com
o Pier 70 Master Plan —Pier 70 is a 65-acre Port-owned site, generally between 18th and 22nd Streets, east of Illinois Street . The Port is conducting a public planning process to develop a master plan for the entire 65-acre site. Contact person is David Beaupre at david.beaupre@sfport.com
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