SAVE THE HANC RECYCLING CENTER
Current Status of the HANC Recycling Center
Thank you to those who came to the February 14 hearing to support HANC. The hearing resulted in a resolution (see below) introduced to the Board of Supervisors on February 15, which has been sent back to the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee for discussion and approval before it can be voted upon by the full Board.
We are again asking for your support at this upcoming hearing, the last opportunity for public comment.
Monday, February 28
10:00 am
Room 250, on the second floor of City Hall
If you cannot attend the meeting, (and even if you can attend the meeting), please e-mail the Board of Supervisors at board.of.supervisors@sfgov.org and the Mayor at mayoredwinlee@sfgov.org.
We are again asking for your support at this upcoming hearing, the last opportunity for public comment.
Monday, February 28
10:00 am
Room 250, on the second floor of City Hall
If you cannot attend the meeting, (and even if you can attend the meeting), please e-mail the Board of Supervisors at board.of.supervisors@sfgov.org and the Mayor at mayoredwinlee@sfgov.org.
Resolution Language
The full resolution can be read on the HANC website, www.hanc-sf.org. The resolution ends with:
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors calls upon the Mayor to direct the General Manager of the RPD to begin a planning process involving the HANC Recycling Center and neighbors of the Park, aimed at devising a comprehensive Golden Gate Park recycling program, native plant nursery, and neighborhood serving buy-back and drop-off center which meets the clear intent of the Golden Gate Park Master Plan to be placed before the Recreation and Park Commission for public hearing and action, and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that the eviction of the HANC Recycling Center from 780 Stanyan be rescinded.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors calls upon the Mayor to direct the General Manager of the RPD to begin a planning process involving the HANC Recycling Center and neighbors of the Park, aimed at devising a comprehensive Golden Gate Park recycling program, native plant nursery, and neighborhood serving buy-back and drop-off center which meets the clear intent of the Golden Gate Park Master Plan to be placed before the Recreation and Park Commission for public hearing and action, and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that the eviction of the HANC Recycling Center from 780 Stanyan be rescinded.
Letter to SF Recreation and Park Department Regarding the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council
November 5, 2010
General Manager Phil Ginsburg
San Francisco Recreation and Park Department
501 Stanyan Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
Subject: Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council Recycling Center and Native Plant Nursery
Dear General Manager Ginsburg:
It has come to our attention through articles in the San Francisco Chronicle and through a press release about the possibility of your department evicting the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council (HANC) Recycling Center and Native Plant Nursery located at 780 Frederick St., and replacing it with a garden resource center or community garden. The San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance (SFUAA) is both firmly in support of garden resource centers and in support of continued operation of the HANC Recycling Center and Native Plant Nursery.
The HANC Recycling Center, at that location, is already providing enormous benefit to the gardening and urban agriculture community in San Francisco by fully funding and operating the Native Plant Nursery, by donating tons of cardboard for sheet mulch for urban agriculture projects like Hayes Valley Farm, by offering garden education workshops and classes, and by acting as a garden resource distribution point for compost for events like the 10/10/10 SF 350 Kitchen Garden Challenge. We are firmly in support of its continued tenancy and operation at 780 Frederick St., providing such garden services in addition to the community benefits of acting as a Bottle Bill redemption site for recyclers; a resource for residential fats, oils and grease recycling to protect our sewer system and home compost piles; and as a contributor to the city's overall zero waste goals.
Recently, the SFUAA Policy Working Group worked with the Mayor’s office to compile, analyze, and offer recommendations of best uses for underutilized city-owned land to the Food Policy Council, as identified in the recent land audit ordered by Mayor Newsom’s Executive Directive on “Healthy and Sustainable Food”. The SFUAA recommended prioritizing garden resource centers and community gardens, including some on Recreation and Park Department land, in order to maximize food production in San Francisco.
The SFUAA supports equal access to food production and believes a new garden resource center would best serve San Francisco if it was in a location that currently did not currently have a garden resource center. The Inner Sunset neighborhood is fortunate enough to have Garden for the Environment, at 7th and Lawton, which currently serves the Inner Sunset neighborhood. Currently, a number of neighborhoods lack a garden resource center or an adequate supply of community garden space, therefore we suggest that instead of evicting the HANC Recycling Center and Native Plant Nursery, more support and priority be given to garden resource centers in under-served areas of San Francisco.
We request that you reconsider any plans to evict the HANC Recycling Center and Native Plant Nursery and instead support the establishment of garden resource centers in higher need neighborhoods in San Francisco.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Martin-Craig, Antonio Roman-Alcala, & Eli Zigas
Co-coordinators of the San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance
cc: Mayor Gavin Newsom
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi
Recreation and Park Commission
HANC Recycling Committee
General Manager Phil Ginsburg
San Francisco Recreation and Park Department
501 Stanyan Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
Subject: Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council Recycling Center and Native Plant Nursery
Dear General Manager Ginsburg:
It has come to our attention through articles in the San Francisco Chronicle and through a press release about the possibility of your department evicting the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council (HANC) Recycling Center and Native Plant Nursery located at 780 Frederick St., and replacing it with a garden resource center or community garden. The San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance (SFUAA) is both firmly in support of garden resource centers and in support of continued operation of the HANC Recycling Center and Native Plant Nursery.
The HANC Recycling Center, at that location, is already providing enormous benefit to the gardening and urban agriculture community in San Francisco by fully funding and operating the Native Plant Nursery, by donating tons of cardboard for sheet mulch for urban agriculture projects like Hayes Valley Farm, by offering garden education workshops and classes, and by acting as a garden resource distribution point for compost for events like the 10/10/10 SF 350 Kitchen Garden Challenge. We are firmly in support of its continued tenancy and operation at 780 Frederick St., providing such garden services in addition to the community benefits of acting as a Bottle Bill redemption site for recyclers; a resource for residential fats, oils and grease recycling to protect our sewer system and home compost piles; and as a contributor to the city's overall zero waste goals.
Recently, the SFUAA Policy Working Group worked with the Mayor’s office to compile, analyze, and offer recommendations of best uses for underutilized city-owned land to the Food Policy Council, as identified in the recent land audit ordered by Mayor Newsom’s Executive Directive on “Healthy and Sustainable Food”. The SFUAA recommended prioritizing garden resource centers and community gardens, including some on Recreation and Park Department land, in order to maximize food production in San Francisco.
The SFUAA supports equal access to food production and believes a new garden resource center would best serve San Francisco if it was in a location that currently did not currently have a garden resource center. The Inner Sunset neighborhood is fortunate enough to have Garden for the Environment, at 7th and Lawton, which currently serves the Inner Sunset neighborhood. Currently, a number of neighborhoods lack a garden resource center or an adequate supply of community garden space, therefore we suggest that instead of evicting the HANC Recycling Center and Native Plant Nursery, more support and priority be given to garden resource centers in under-served areas of San Francisco.
We request that you reconsider any plans to evict the HANC Recycling Center and Native Plant Nursery and instead support the establishment of garden resource centers in higher need neighborhoods in San Francisco.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Martin-Craig, Antonio Roman-Alcala, & Eli Zigas
Co-coordinators of the San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance
cc: Mayor Gavin Newsom
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi
Recreation and Park Commission
HANC Recycling Committee
| SFUAA HANC Letter to RPD - November 5, 2010 |
