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Affidavit of Mailing I, Jonathan Carey, have mailed the attached document: (please print name) _ __ Notification of Project Receiving Environmental Review (Neighborhood Notice) _X__ Notice of Availability of Environmental Review Document (NOA) _X__ Notice of Scoping Meeting for an Environmental Impact Report _X__ Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report ____ Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Report ____ Preliminary Negative Declaration (PND) and Standard Neg Dec Cover Letter ____ Final Negative Declaration (FND) ____ Notice of Availability of Preliminary Negative Declaration ____ Notice of Hearing on Appeal After Initial Evaluation of a Project ____ Certificate of Determination of Exemption/Exclusion From Environmental Review Other : __________________________________________________________ on November 19, 2014, for Project File No. 2014.1441E, Event Center and Mixed-Use Development at Mission Bay Blocks 29-32 Also attached is a copy of the mailing lists to which the document was mailed. 11/20/2014 Mailing lists: (1) Standard Distribution List (NOA hard copy) (2) Mail Merge List (NOA hard copy) (3) Mission Bay CAC & Interested Parties (NOA e-mail) www.sfplanning.org Revised 10/5/12 Office of Community EDWIN M. LEE, Mayor Investment and Infrastructure (Successor to the San Francisco Mara Rosales, Chair Redevelopment Agency) Marily Mondejar Darshan Singh One South Van Ness Avenue Miguel Bustos San Francisco, CA 94103 Tiffany Bohee, Executive Director 415.749.2400 126-0022014-000 PUBLIC NOTICE Availability of Notice of Preparation of Environmental Impact Report Date: November 19, 2014 Case No.: Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII): ER 2014-919-97 Planning Department: 2014.1441E Project Title: Event Center and Mixed-Use Development at Mission Bay Blocks 29-32 Zoning: MB-RA; Mission Bay South Redevelopment Plan – Commercial/Industrial/ Retail Designation; Design for Development for the Mission Bay South Project Area Height Zone 5 Block/Lot: Mission Bay South Redevelopment Plan Blocks 29-32; Assessor’s Block 8722, Lots 001 and 008 Blocks Size: Mission Bay Blocks 29-32: Approximately 11 acres Project Sponsor: GSW Arena LLC David Kelly (510) 986-2200 [email protected] Lead Agency: OCII Staff Contact: Catherine Reilly, OCII – (415) 749-2516 [email protected] A notice of preparation (NOP) of an environmental impact report (EIR) has been prepared by the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) in connection with this project. The report is available for public review and comment on the San Francisco Planning Department’s Negative Declarations and EIRs web page (http://www.sf-planning.org/sfceqadocs). CDs and paper copies are also available at the Planning Information Center (PIC) counter on the first floor of 1660 Mission Street, San Francisco. Referenced materials are available for review by appointment at the Planning Department's office on the fourth floor of 1650 Mission Street. [Call (415) 575-9024] Project Description: GSW Arena LLC (GSW), an affiliate of Golden State Warriors, LLC, which owns and operates the Golden State Warriors National Basketball Association (NBA) team, proposes to construct a multi-purpose event center and a variety of mixed uses, including office, retail, open space and structured parking on an approximately 11-acre site (Blocks 29-32) within the Mission Bay South Redevelopment Plan Area of San Francisco. The project site is bounded by South Street on the north, Third Street on the west, 16th Street on the south, and by the future planned realigned Terry A. François Boulevard on the east. The proposed event center would host the Golden State Warriors basketball team during the NBA season, as well as provide a year-round venue for a variety of other uses, including concerts, family shows, other sporting events, cultural events, conferences and conventions. GSW has entered into an agreement to purchase the project site from the current site owner, an affiliate of salesforce.com. The project is subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and a number of local and state approvals. OCII has determined that an EIR must be prepared for the proposed project prior to any final decision regarding whether to approve the project. The purpose of the EIR is to provide information about potential significant physical environmental effects of the proposed project, to identify possible ways to minimize the significant effects, and to describe and analyze possible alternatives to the proposed project. Preparation of an NOP or EIR does not indicate a decision by the City to approve or to disapprove the project. However, prior to making any such decision, the decision makers must review and consider the information contained in the EIR. OCII will hold a PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. at the Mission Creek Senior Community, 225 Berry Street, Second Floor Cafeteria, San Francisco. The purpose of this meeting is to receive comments to assist the Planning Department in reviewing the scope and content of the environmental impact analysis and information to be contained in the EIR for the project. To request a language interpreter or to accommodate persons with disabilities at the scoping meeting, please contact the staff contact listed above at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. Written comments will also be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on December 19, 2014. Written comments should be sent to Tiffany Bohee, OCII Executive Director, c/o Brett Bollinger, San Francisco Planning Department, 1650 Mission Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94103, or by email to [email protected] If you work for an agency that is a Responsible or a Trustee Agency, we need to know the views of your agency as to the scope and content of the environmental information that is relevant to your agency’s statutory responsibilities in connection with the proposed project. Your agency may need to use the EIR when considering a permit or other approval for this project. We will also need the name of the contact person for your agency. If you have questions concerning environmental review of the proposed project, please contact Brett Bollinger at (415) 575‐9024. Members of the public are not required to provide personal identifying information when they communicate with OCII, the Planning Commission, or the Planning Department. All written or oral communications, including submitted personal contact information, may be made available to the public for inspection and copying upon request and may appear on the Department’s website or in other public documents. Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure STANDARD EIR DISTRIBUTION LIST UPDATED 6/27/2014 Northwest Information Center State Office of Intergovernmental Management Central Coast Region Attn: Leigh Jordan, Coordinator State Clearinghouse California Department of Fish and Wildlife Sonoma State University 1400 Tenth Street, Room 121 Bay Delta Region 150 Professional Center Drive, Suite E PO Box 3044 7329 Silverado Trail Rohnert Park, CA 94928 Sacramento, CA 95812-3044 Napa, CA 94588 California Department of Transportation Office of Historic Preservation California Department of Transportation Attn: Yatman Kwan Attn: Milford Wayne Donaldson FAIA, SHPO Attn: Erik Alm, District Branch Chief Local Development-Intergovernmental Review California Department of Parks and Recreation 111 Grand Avenue (MS-10D) 111 Grand Avenue (MS-10D) PO Box 942896 Oakland, CA 94612-3717 Oakland, CA 94612-3717 Sacramento, CA 94296-0001 Calif. Integrated Waste Management Board Caltrans Division of Aeronautic, MS 40 Attn: Reinhard Hohlwein U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1120 N. Street, Suite 3300 Sue O’Leary – CEQA 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-260 PO Box 942874 Permitting & Inspection Branch, MS #15 Sacramento, CA 95825-1846 Sacramento, CA 94274-0001 1001 “I” Street – PO Box 4025 Sacramento, CA 95812-4025 Regional Water Quality Control Board Regional Clearinghouse Coordinator Association of Bay Area Governments Attn: Victor Aelion c/o ABAG Attn: Suzan Ryder San Francisco Bay region PO Box 2050 PO Box 2050 1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400 Oakland, CA 94604-2050 Oakland, CA 94604-2050 Oakland, CA 94612 Bay Area Quality Management District/ Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Metropolitan Transportation Commission Environmental Planner Attn: Val Menotti Attn: Craig Goldblatt Attn: Jackie Winkel 300 Lakeside Drive, 16th Floor 101 – 8th Street 939 Ellis Street Oakland, CA 94612 Oakland, CA 94607 San Francisco, CA 94109 Dennis Baker, Chief of Operations Mr. Ron Downing, Director of Planning Department of Building Inspection City of Daly City Golden Gate Bridge, Hwy & Trans. Dist. Attn: Tom C. Hui, Director Wastewater Treatment Plant 1011 Anderson Drive 1660 Mission Street, 6th Floor 153 Lake Merced Blvd. San Rafael, CA 94901 San Francisco, CA 94103 Daly City, CA 94015 Tiffany Bohee Wastewater Enterprise Eugene T. Flannery, Environ. Comp. Mngr. Executive Director SFPUC Mayor’s Office of Housing & Comm. Develop. Successor Agency to the SF Redevelop. Agency Attn: Marla Jurosek 1 South Van Ness, 5th Floor 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 5th Floor 525 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, CA 94103 San Francisco, CA 94103 San Francisco, CA 94102 Director Bureau of Equipment San Francisco Fire Department Mayor’s Office of Economic Development Captain Attn: Phil Stevens City Hall, Room 448 San Francisco Fire Department 698 Second Street, room 304 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place 698 Second Street, Room 304 San Francisco,