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Parking Meters in Potrero Hill

Hi Neighbors,

I don't know how many of you have read the news about MTA's proposal to install parking meters in our neighborhood. This proposal, if carried out, will add parking meters directly in front of our residences. The attached document describes the proposed plan (see figure 13)Draft-Mission-Bay-Parking-Management-Strategy-10.28.11.pdf along with information about the meters themselves. Under the proposal, these meters will be active between 9am and 11pm. Therefore, if you live in the affected areas and park on the street, it will effectively require you to pay metered parking in front of your home. I find this an outrage and plan to start a petition and to develop an effective counter-strategy. There will be an upcoming SFMTA meeting for "public comment". This meeting has not yet been scheduled, but for more information on this proposal please see the attached PDF and/or contact and send comments to Jay Primus (Jay.Primus@sfmta.com). We have already contacted Supervisor Cohen's office : CohenStaff@sfgov.org and are waiting to hear back from her.

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Comment by Tracy Damiano on December 14, 2011 at 11:55: For Caltrain stakeholders, my husband is speaking out during the Caltrain Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting tonight December 14th at 5:40pm - 1 block from San Carlos Caltrain station. Anyone who will be an affected commuter - please show and voice your opinion if you can. (the meeting calendar says December 21st, but if you click on the Agenda link, it shows the meeting has been moved to tonight) http://www.caltrain.com/about/advisorycommittees/cac/Citizens_Advis...

Comment by Jack Doyle on December 14, 2011 at 11:49: I signed the petition. I have contacted the Director of the SF Food Bank, the Muni Transit Workers Union, Caltrain, The Chronicle, The Potrero View, The Examiner, SFMTA and passed out flyers to Muni Drivers and Caltrain Commuters to try and gain support for opposing the plan to carpet Potrero Hill and Dogpatch with meters. If you hear of any opportunity for the public to voice opposition, please let me know so I can tell my fellow commuters, Food Bank staff & volunteers and the Muni drivers.

I don’t know if it will make a difference but, I’ve been saying this about the plan to carpet Dogpatch with meters:

I am a San Francisco Resident, Food Bank Volunteer and Caltrain Commuter. If you are not already aware of this, SFMTA wants to install parking meters along 22^nd, 23^rd, Pennsylvania Ave., Indiana Ave, Iowa & Minnesota near the 22^nd St. Caltrain Station.

This is bad news for Volunteers and Staff at the Food Bank, Muni workers at the Muni Yard, factory workers, those who commute to Silicon Valley via Caltrain and the Dogpatch Neighborhood in general.

For Caltrain Commuters, this may just be enough to tip the scale and many will return to commuting by car defeating the higher goal of using mass transit. For some, paying for parking will almost double the cost of the commute. Free parking encourages use of the 22^nd street Caltrain Station.

There is already burden enough on the working class without having to feed meters and risk tickets.

I hope you and others will voice your opposition by contacting SFMTA: Jay.Primus@sfmta.com

Contact District 10 Supervisor Malia Cohen: Malia.Cohen@sfgov.org

Get on the distribution list and attend the public hearings. Spread the word!

Details on the proposal can be found at: http://sfpark.org/resources/draft-mission-bay-parking-management-st...

Comment by jim wilkins on December 12, 2011 at 10:23: Hi Tracy,
Thanks for your note. I dont know if they allow comment on items in
their "Forward Calendar" I called the Port Authority to ask about
their authority. They do have a plan to put parking meters all over Terry Francois Blvd and closer to the bay. In talking to them and checking the maps, It appears that their authority
extends only up to Illinois St. and does not go further into Dogpatch
and Potrero Hill. We still do not have any information about when
SFMTA is scheduling their meeting about Dogpatch/Potrero Hill.

Jim

Comment by Tracy Damiano on December 12, 2011 at 9:51: Hi Jim,

This parking thing would be a joint agreement between SFMTA and the SF Port Commission. I see that there will be a Port Commission meeting this coming Friday, December 16th, at 10:15am (open session). (http://www.sfport.com/index.aspx?page=1966) On the Port's Forward Calendar agenda items, I see they have marked an item for an "informational presentation" on SFMTA and Port Mission Bay Parking Strategy. So as far as timing, the Port does not seem to have technically passed this proposal yet. Perhaps it would be useful to attend this Port Commission meeting this Friday and utilize the Public Comment period to speak out against this action.

Comment by jim wilkins on December 6, 2011 at 9:40: Hi Tracy,
There is an online petition that you can sign at:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/stop-parking-meter-installation-in...

The other thing is that SFMTA will have a public meeting to consider
the proposal. They have not yet announced the time/date of the
meeting. As soon as they do, I will post on the potrero boosters site.

Jim

Comment by Tracy Damiano on December 6, 2011 at 9:10: Hi Jim,

This parking proposal greatly, greatly concerns me. I'm not a resident in Potrero Hill, but my husband drives from lower Noe Valley to the Caltrain station every morning and depends on available free parking in that area. I would love to do everything I can to help your petition and be on top of this issue. Can you please let me know what I can do to help you with your counter-strategy?

Thank you