March 2012 Next Meeting March 27 Potrero Hill Neighborhood House 953 DeHaro Street (at Southern Heights)

6:45 pm 7:00 pm Social Business Meeting Introductions / Welcome to New Members Police Report Neighborhood News and Updates A new American Industrial Center on Hooper Street? with Dan Murphy The Concourse and 1 Henry Adams: Building Design with Amir Massih et al, Archstone
Thank you to Ray Bright

Ray Bright had a substantial impact on Potrero Hill during a long and productive life. He served as president of the Boosters decades ago, when it was known as the Potrero Boosters and Merchants Association; and he developed the 87 condominiums of Victoria Mews, a controversial project at the time that may now be, in some ways, a positive model for the next wave of higher-density development on the Hill. When Ray passed away on August 31 of last year, at the age of 80, he ensured that he would continue to have a substantial impact on Potrero Hill for years to come. In his will, he made a bequest of $20,000 to the Boosters. We received that bequest early this month. The funds will go toward the establishment of an operating reserve for the organization (our first in our 86 year history!), and the advancement of the Boosters ambitious plans for neighborhood planning and support of public transportation and open space. Ray Brights gift is expanding the capacity of the Boosters, at a time when that capacity is needed more than ever. We thank him for his service over the years, and for thinking of us in his estate planning.
At Tuesdays Boosters meeting

8:00 pm

Coming Up: May 22 The Potrero Boosters Dinner

Tuesday, May 22, 5:30 pm, Technique at the California Culinary Academy, 16th Street at Rhode Island

Presidents Message
The Boosters Dinner: May 22 at the California Culinary Academy

The annual Boosters Dinner, the most social Booster meeting of the year, is all set! Tuesday night, May 22 at 5.30 pm, is the date and time, with dinner served at 7:00; and we are very excited to be returning to Technique, the California Culinary Academys restaurant on 16th Street at Rhode Island. This is a full catered threecourse dinner, prepared by the California Culinary Academy, with wine donated by local merchants. Heres the menu: 5:30 pm - No host bar 7.00 pm - Dinner is served, with complimentary wine Family style appetizers and Caesar salad Choice of entrees: Spring lamb stew on polenta Pine nut-olive crusted Halibut, with fingerling potatoes and asparagus Roast chicken with herb gnocchi, baby vegetables and pan reduction Polenta or risotto with assorted vegetables This is always a fun event, where we install the new years Executive Committee quickly and efficiently (with City Attorney Dennis Herrera doing the honor of swearing us in) and recognize some of the hardest working among us for what they do in our community. Its a great chance to bring a neighbor and show them what the Boosters are all about!
This event sells out every year, and this year, theres only 120 seats available. So we are sure to sell out in advance! You can

At Tuesdays Boosters meeting, March 27 at 7 pm at the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House: Well have our second visit from the team of architects and others designing the large apartment complexes planned for the Concourse site and 1 Henry Adams Street. In January, we got a first look at the site plan, now we get a preview of building designs. Also, well talk about Hooper Street (currently dominated by self-storage and truck rentals) with developer Dan Murphy. The site adjoins California College of Arts, and development there might lead to a greener Hooper Street, connected to Mission Bays open space. Dan will present two concepts for mixed use commercial buildings, along the lines of the American Industrial Center on Third Street; one of the options requires some changes to the planning code.
Bring Your Own Big Wheel, April 8

The Citys inter-agency board in charge of street closures has unanimously approved the 2012 Bring Your Own Big Wheel race, now set for Easter Sunday, April 8th, from 4-6 pm at the top of Vermont Street next to McKinley Square Park. Were looking forward to a crowded, but manageable, race again this year! To participate in this years event, racers must fill out a waiver, which is available at www.bringyourownbigwheel.com.
Executive Committee nominations are open

get tickets online at potreroboosters.org in about a week. Or, mail your check today to Potrero Boosters Annual Dinner, 1459 18th St. #133, San Francisco, CA 94107. Write the number of reservations requested on your check and include a note with your choice of entree. Tickets are $45 per person in advance. Your ticket will be held at the door. .

The Executive Committee of the Boosters step up every year to make the Boosters more visible in the neighborhood, and to make the neighborhood more visible in the City. There's much more to come in the future, as the membership of the Boosters grows, and as the City looks to its southeast neighborhoods to solve more and more of its problems. We've learned the hard way that
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when it comes to local advocacy, city planning and environmental issues, no one looks out for us like we can. I bring this up because its time for Executive Committee nominations for the coming year. We are always looking for new active members to join the Booster leadership.
Candidates for Executive Committee positions must be nominated by the end of the March 27 Booster meeting. If you have

COMMUNITY RESOURCES
City Hall Web site: Mayor Ed Lee 1 Goodlett Place Rm 200 SF Ca 94102 www.sfgov.org ph: 554-6141 fax 554-6160 ed.lee@sfgov.org

been a Booster for a year, and you are interested in becoming a member of the Executive Committee, please contact me or Dick Millet (contact info on the back of this newsletter).

Supervisor Malia Cohen / District 10 (which includes Potrero Hill): ph: 554-7670 fax 554-7674 Malia.Cohen@sfgov.org Bayview Police Station SFPD Web site: Capt. Paul Chignell Anonymous Tips Community Liaison Quality of Life Liaison Abandoned autos Potrero Terrace/Annex 201 Williams St, SF 94124 www.sfgov.org/police/ ph: 671-2300 fax 671-2345 paul.chignell@sfgov.org 822-8147 voicemail, 575-4444 live 671-2302 (Sergeant Garrick) 671-2333 (Officer McConico) 850-9737 (Officer Rodriguez) 509-1408 (Officers Rodatos & Sanders) 987-6389 (Officers Fowlie & Ferraez)

How do you use the Potrero Library? Take the survey

The San Francisco Public Library is asking 10 questions of Potrero Hill neighbors, focusing on how and why people access their public library. Its really fast, and filling it out will improve library services in the future! Take the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W2QD77D

CITY PLANNING
GREEN CONNECTIONS MEETING 3:00-6:00 PM WEDS, 28 MARCH 2012 POTRERO HILL RECREATION CENTER, 801 Arkansas/22nd Streets Contact: Kearstin Dischinger, Proj. Mgr., SF Planning Dept. ph: (415) 558-6284, <greenconnections@sfgov.org> GREEN CONNECTIONS is a project working to improve connections of our Citys streets and routes that lead from our PARKS to WATERFRONT through OPEN SPACES.

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Potrero Boosters Executive Committee President Tony Kelly 341-8040 president@potreroboosters.org First Vice President Dick Millet 861-0345 1stvp@potreroboosters.org Second Vice President Monisha Mustapha 2ndvp@potreroboosters.org Recording Secretary Keith Goldstein recordingsecretary@potreroboosters.org Corresponding Sec. DeWitt Lacy correspondingsecretary@potreroboosters.org Treasurer Daphne Magnawa treasurer@potreroboosters.org Sergeant-at-Arms Ellen Kernaghan 824-5065 Auditors Robin Talmadge Joe Boss 826-2515 Member-at-Large David Glober atlarge@potreroboosters.org Webmaster: webmaster@potreroboosters.org

The Potrero Boosters Neighborhood Association is devoted to issues of importance to the communities of Potrero Hill. Our goals are to act as a forum for concerned Potrero residents and to participate in policy and development decisions that affect the quality of life here on the Hill. Meetings are the last Tuesday of the month (7:00 p.m. at the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House) and are open to everyone, members and non-members. Dues: Individual $25, Household (couple) $30, Senior $20. (Make checks out to: Potrero Boosters.) Mail check to Potrero Boosters, 1459 18th St., #133, San Francisco, CA 94107, or sign up at PotreroBoosters.org.
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