Thursday, November 29, 2012

Update: December 3 Hearing Postponed

 
 
Dear Public Golf Alliance Members: 
Please attend, Monday, Dec. 3, 1 p.m. at SF City Hall, Room 250 (the Supervisors' Legislative Chamber at top of the grand staircase), the continued public hearing by the Land Use Committee on the most recent Anti-Sharp Park Golf resolution, sponsored by Supervisor Olague.    Members of the Land Use Committee are:  Supervisors Eric Mar, Scott Weiner, and Malia Cohen.
The Olague Resolution  (see text of the Resolution here)   would sever Sharp Park from the ongoing Natural Areas Environmental Impact Report process,  and require San Francisco to start over with its Sharp Park planning.   What a waste!  The City has better uses for its limited financial resources.
This will continue the Land Use Committee public hearing that began Nov. 19.  If you haven't yet, please send an e-mail to Committee members, and send us a copy; we will collect the e-mails and deliver hard copies to the Committee at the public meeting.   Be certain to put your own home address and phone number on your e-mail comment. See a draft of such an e-mail, below.  But use your own words.   
RSVP:  Please let us know if you will be able to attend.  We will meet you outside the Supervisors' chambers at 12:40 p.m.  Circulate this to your friends, and bring 2 friends to the hearing.  Thanks.   Save Sharp Park!
Thank you.
San Francisco Public Golf Alliance
Richard Harris 
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Sample E-Mail 
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Land Use and Economic Development Committee    alisa.miller@sfgov.org
Supervisor Eric Mar          Eric.L.Mar@sfgov.org
Supervisor Scott Weiner  scott.wiener@sfgov.org
Supervisor Malia Cohen   malia.cohen@sfgov.org
Re:  Please Vote No on Resolution to Sever Sharp Park from the Natural Areas EIR
File No. 120619
Land Use Committee Hearing December 3 , 2012
Dear Supervisors,
            I support the San Francisco Rec & Park Department's plan to save the historic and popular Sharp Park Golf Course, while at the same time protecting the environment by recovering frog and snake habitat in the golf course's wetlands. 
             I urge you to vote "No" on the Sharp Park resolution, File No. 120619, which would require the City's Rec & Park and Planning Departments to start over on the Environmental Review process for the City's Sharp Park plan.   This would mean a colossal waste of more than 4 years of public time, money, and effort that has gone into the Sharp Park plan.  We cannot afford such public waste.     
            For these reasons, I respectfully request your "No" vote on File No. 120619.
Yours truly,
[your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address]
cc:    Mayor Ed Lee                                ed.lee@sfgov.org
        President of the Board David Chiu    david.chiu@sfgov.org
        Supervisor Sean Elsbernd               sean.elsbernd@sfgov.org
        Clerk of the Board of Supervisors     angela.calvillo@sfgov.org


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Submitted by Richard Harris

4 comments:

Spring Roads said...

that golf course is a menace to frogs and snakes. turn it into a park already so pacifica can make millions from tourists!

Anonymous said...

Golf is for Rich White Men. I demand a Park for the Rich White Enviromentalists. They are so rich , they can spend all day hiking.

Butch Larroche said...

One important thing to remember here is that Plater and his crew are once again arguing against their own argument. They say Sharp Park GC costs the city money. We all now this is not true, however, how much more money will it cost to separate Sharp Park from the current plan and to start over?

winter roads said...

Frog legs are best served with garlic and butter

Dipped in flour


Lightly pan fried