From today’s Examiner,

A survey of historic buildings in Hayes Valley and portions of the mid-Market and Mission Dolores neighborhoods stands to delay the construction of affordable housing, critics of a revised neighborhood plan argue.

The Market and Octavia Neighborhood Plan — which could pave the way for 4,400 new housing units by 2025 — has yet to meet official approval despite its beginnings six years ago. A draft plan was released in December 2002 after a series of community meetings, workshops and tours.

The environmental review of the plan has been under way ever since and the environmental impact report is slated for consideration along with new amendments to the plan this fall.

“The big delay with Market-Octavia was because of the halting way the environmental analysis was done,” Planning Director Dean Macris said. The environmental review began after the draft neighborhood plan was solidified in late 2002, resulting in delays because environmental reviews should coincide with plan approvals, Macris said, not follow plan approval.

Additionally, six years later, new changes are being proposed to the neighborhood plan, which could also cause several months of delays due to the approval process, which includes public hearings. The changes include performing a historic survey of the area on and near Market Street, between the Van Ness Avenue and Church Street Muni stations and along Octavia Boulevard, where the former Central Freeway once ran. [more...]

Neighborhood plan reviews blamed for construction delays [Examiner]
Market-Octavia plan mired in red tape [SFHomeBlog]
Octavia Boulevard — an urbane triumph [SFHomeBlog]
Activists say planning proposal would impair their efforts [SFHomeBlog]

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