Draft environmental impact report : 1634-1690 Pine Street, mixed-use project

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by  San Francisco (Calif.). Planning Dept

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PLANNING DEPARTMENTCASE NO. 2(X)4.0764E
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EIRPublicationDateDECEMBER31,2008
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DATE: December31, 2008
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TO: Distribution List for the 1634-1690 Pine StreetMixed-Use Project 415.558.6378
FROM: Bill Wycko, Environmental Review Officer Fax:
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SUBJECT: Request for the Final Environmental ImpactReport forthe 1634-1690 Pine
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415.558.6377
This is the Draft of thp Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the 1634-1690 Pine Street
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To avoid expending money and paper needlessly, we would like to send copies of the Final
EIR to private individuals only if they request them. If you would like a copy of the Final
EIR, therefore, please fill out and mail the postcard provided to the Major Environmental
Analysis division ofthe Planning Department within two weeks after certification of the EIR.
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agencies on the distribution list will automatically receive a copy of the Final EIR.
Thankyou for your interest in this project.
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SAN FRANCISCO
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
1650MissionSt.
Suite400
SanFrancisco,
CA94103-2479
DATE: December31, 2008
Reception:
TO: DistributionListforthe 1634-1690 Pine StreetMixed-Use Project 415.558.6378
FROM: Bill Wycko, Environmental Review Officer Fax:
415.558.6409
SUBJECT: Request for the Final Environmental ImpactReportforthe 1634-1690 Pine
StreetMixed-Use Project (Planning DepartmentFileNo. 2004.0764E) Planning
information:
415.558.6377
This is the Draft of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the 1634-1690 Pine Street
Project. A public hearing will be held on the adequacy and accuracy of this document. After
the public hearing, our office will prepare and publish a document titled "Comments and
Responses" that will contain a summary of all relevant comments on this Draft EIR and our
responses to those comments. It may also specify changes to this Draft EIR. Those who testify
at the hearing on the Draft EIR will automatically receive a copy of the Comments and
Responses document, along with notice of the date reserved for certification; others may
receive a copy of the Comments and Responses and notice by request or by visiting our
office. This Draft EIR together with the Comments and Responses document will be
considered by the Plarming Commission in an advertised publicmeeting and will be certified
as a Final EIRif deemed adequate.
After certification, we will modify the Draft EIR as specified by the Comments and
Responses document and print both documents in a single publication called the Final EIR.
The Final EIR will add no new information to the combination of the two documents except
to reproduce the certification resolution. It will simply provide the information in one
document, rather than two. Therefore, if you receive a copy of the Comments and Responses
document in addition to this copy of the Draft EIR, you will technically have a copy of the
Final EIR.
We are aware that many people who receive the Draft EIR and Comments and Responses
have no interest in receiving virtually the same information after the EIR has been certified.
To avoid expending money and paper needlessly, we would like to send copies of the Final
EIR to private individuals only if they request them. If you would like a copy of the Final
EIR, therefore, please fill out and mail the postcard provided to the Major Environmental
Analysis division of the Planning Department within two weeks after certification of the EIR.
Any private party not requesting a Final EIR by that time will not be mailed a copy. Public
agencies on the distribution listwill automatically receive a copy ofthe Final EIR.
Thankyou foryour interestin this project.
www.sfplanning.org
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1634-1690 Pine Street Mixed-Use Project
Draft Environmental Impact Report
Table of Contents
Page
Summary
I. 1
A. Introduction 1
B. ProjectDescription 1
C. Main Environmental Effects 3
D. Growth Inducement 12
E. Mitigation and ImprovementMeasures 13
F. Significant Environmental Impacts
ThatCannotbeAvoided iftheProjectisImplemented 23
G. AreasofControversy and IssuestobeResolved 24
H. Alternatives to theProposed Project 24
II. ProjectDescription 31
A. ProjectLocation 31
B. ProjectCharacteristics 31
C. ProjectApproval Requirements and Schedule 50
D. ProjectSponsor'sObjectives 51
ID. EnvironmentalSetting and Impacts 53
A. LandUse 54
B. Aesthetics 67
C. Transportation 82
D. HistoricalArchitectural Resources 103
E. Wind 116
F. Shadow 128
G. Growth Inducement 136
rV. Mitigation and ImprovementMeasures 137
V. OtherCEQAIssues 149
A. SignificantEnvironmental Impacts
thatCannotbeAvoided iftheProjectis Implemented 149
B. SignificantIrreversible Envirormiental Changes
WhichWouldbeInvolved iftheProjectisImplemented 150
C. "GreenhouseGas" Emissions 151
D. ToxicAirContaminants 161
E. AreasofControversyand Issues tobe Resolved 162
VL Alternativesto the Proposed Project 167
A. AlternativeA: NoProject 167
B. AlternativeB: PlannedUnitDevelopment (PUD)/NoRezoning 171
C. Alternative C. Preservation 171
VII. EIRAuthors, ProjectSponsor'sTeam, and PersonsConsulted 175
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Vni. Appendices 177
A. Initial Study
B. Transportation Definitions
C. Historical Architectural Resources
List of Figures
Figure 1 ProjectLocation 32
Figure2 ExistingSitePlan 35
Figure3 Proposed SitePlan 36
Figure4 Proposed First Floor Plan 37
Figure5 Proposed Second FloorPlan 38
Figure 6 ProposedThird FloorPlan 39
Figure7 Proposed Fourth FloorPlan 40
Figure8 Proposed Fifth FloorPlan 41
Figure9 Proposed Floor Plan-Levels7to 11 42
Figure 10 Proposed SampleUpperLevel FloorPlan 43
Figure 11 Proposed SampleBasement FloorPlan 44
Figure 12 Proposed Pine Street (South) Elevation 45
Figure 13 Proposed Franklin Street (West) Elevation 46
Figure14 Proposed West-East Section 47
Figure 15 Proposed North-South Section 48
Figure16 Heightand Bulk Districts 59
Figure 17 ViewpointLocations 68
Figure 18 Viev^Looking Northeaston Franklin StreetatPineStreet 69
Figure 19 View LookingSoutheaston FranklinStreet at California Street 70
Figure20 View East on PineStreetAcross FranklinStreet 71
Figure21 View LookingNorth onVan NessAvenue atBushStreet 72
Figure22 View LookingSoutheastfrom LafayettePark 73
Figure23 View Looking Northwest on Pine Street atVanNessAvenue 74
Figure 24 Transportation Study Area and AnalysisLocations 86
Figure25 ExistingTransit NetworksandStopLocations 87
Figure26 On-SiteStructures 104
Figure27 On-SiteStructures 105
Figure28 Wind TestPoint Locations 120
Figure29 Proposed Project Shadow: December 130
Figure30 Proposed Project Shadow: March 131
Figure31 Proposed Project Shadow: June 132
Figure32 Proposed ProjectShadow: September 133
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List ofTables
Table 1 ProjectCharacteristics 34
Table2 IntersectionLevelsofService: ExistingConditions-
Weekday P.M. PeakHour 85
Table3 MuniLineAnalysisExistingConditions-Weekday P.M. PeakHour 88
Table4 Intersection Level ofService: Existing, Existing-Plus-Project, and
2025 Cumulative Conditions-Weekday P.M. PeakHour 95
Table5 Muni LineAnalysis-Existing Conditions-PM PeakHour Conditions 98
Table6 Wind Hazard Conditions 121
Table7 Wind ComfortConditions 123
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