Public Works Hearing

Notice is hereby given that the Director of Public Works will hold a remote public hearing via teleconference to consider the item(s) listed below and that said public hearing will be held as follows:

DATE:                    July 23, 2025

Time:                     10:00am

Location:              REMOTE MEETING VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

1. Call to Order

2. Public Comment

Members of the public may address the hearing officer on matters that are within the department’s jurisdiction but not on today’s agenda.

3. Hearing Order 211867

To consider a request from Shawn Spreng with McMillen Jacobs Associates on behalf of the city of Daly City for a major encroachment permit (21ME-00015) for the construction of four 6-foot by 6-foot precast concrete box culvert crossing under John Muir Dr., force main and overflow structure all encroaching along John Muir Dr., fronting the subject property (block 7283, lots 004).

4. Hearing Order 211896

To consider a request from Bridge-Potrero Community Associates, LLC. for a major encroachment permit to construct and maintain encroachments in the public right-of-way, including but not limited to cobblestones and pavers, benches, landscaping, irrigation, tree well pavers, landscape islands, granite blocks, temporary walkways to existing buildings, retaining walls, drainage facilities and community gardens within the Potrero Hope SF development area including parcels A and B as shown on Final Map No. 9610 for Phase 2 of the project and against the parcel adjacent to Phase 1 of the project located at 1101 Connecticut Street (APN 4287-076) and future phases of the development. Permit number (24me-00004).

5. Hearing Order 211900

To consider approval of a major encroachment permit for EQX Jackson SQ Holdco LLC to construct and maintain encroachments in the merchant street public right-of-way, generally including but not limited to decorative roadway and sidewalk paving, tabletop crosswalks, overhead string lighting, various pedestrian- and bike-oriented improvements, other non-standard infrastructure, and new street trees between Sansome Street and Battery Street for the 530 Sansome Street and Fire Station 13 development agreement project to be recorded against the adjacent parcels at 530 Sansome Street (APN 0206-017), 425 Washington Street (APN 0206-014), and 439-445 Washington Street (APN 0206-013), or as may be assigned under the permit. permit number (25ME-00013); recommending waiver of public works code provisions in relation to the major encroachment permit and the project; and recommending Board of Supervisors delegation to the director to accept public improvements in merchant street for city maintenance and liability and an associated waiver of administrative code sections 1.51 et seq.

Public Works hearings are held through videoconferencing and will provide for remote public comment.

For Order # 211867: Persons unable to participate in the videoconference may submit written comments regarding the subject matter to San Francisco Public Works (SFPW), Development Permits at 49 South Van Ness, Suite 300, Attn: Eric Lam or email directly to eric.lam@sfdpw.org or SFPW – Development Permits

DPW-developmentpermits@sfdpw.org. Comments received before the hearing will be brought to the attention of the hearing officer and made a part of the official public record.

Further information, if desired, on this matter may be obtained prior to the hearing by contacting Eric Lam at eric.lam@sfdpw.org or DPW-developmentpermits@sfdpw.org. Those with PowerPoint files, documents and photo images in their presentations must send the materials to Eric Lam via email at eric.lam@sfdpw.org by 5 p.m. one business day before the hearing. If attendees access the webinar via a computer, they will be able to share documents themselves via the “share screen” functionality.

For Order # 211896 & 211900: Persons unable to participate in the videoconference may submit written comments regarding the subject matter to Infrastructure Task Force at 49 South Van Ness Ave. Suite 960-19 DPW-ITF@sfdpw.org. Comments received before the hearing will be brought to the attention of the hearing officer and made a part of the official public record. Further information, if desired, on this matter may be obtained prior to the hearing by contacting the Infrastructure Task Force via email at DPW-ITF@sfdpw.org.

Those with PowerPoint files, documents and photo images in their presentations must send the materials to Infrastructure Task Force via email at DPW-ITF@sfdpw.org by 5 p.m. one business day before the hearing. If attendees access the webinar via a computer, they will be able to share documents themselves via the “share screen” functionality.

Personal information that is provided in communications to Public Works is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information provided will not be redacted. Members of the public are not required to provide personal identifying information when they communicate with Public Works. All written or oral communications that members of the public submit to the department regarding projects or hearings will be made available to all members of the public for inspection and copying. The department does not redact any information from these submissions. This means that personal information including names, phone numbers, addresses and similar information that a member of the public elects to submit to the department may appear in public documents that members of the public may inspect or copy.

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For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force: City Hall Room 244, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102; phone (415) 554-7724, fax (415) 554-7854 or E-mail sotf@sfgov.org

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Language Interpreters
Request must be received at least 48 hours in advance of the hearing to ensure availability. 
ESPAÑOL: La solicitud de un intérprete debe recibirse 48 horas antes de la reunión. 
中文: 如需即時傳譯，請於會議前最少四十八小時通知