Crissy Field East Beach open house Saturday June 1st 10-2

Riptide · Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 411

This June 1st event is the beginning of the GGNRA's public input/scoping process to introduce and receive feedback from Crissy users regarding NPS ideas for Crissy Field. Please note that one of the larger drivers for this "Crissy Next" program is to make physical changes to minimize wear and tear and thus reduce operations and maintenance costs. Much of the focus and likely outcomes will be to reorganize parking and perhaps introduce or replace some infrastructure, such as the restroom.

The San Francisco Board Sailing Association encourages as many sailors as possible to attend, and engage NPS in discussion regarding their ideas and to provide feedback.

Please keep the following in mind as priorities:

1.Place emphasis on protecting existing user amenities, such as
Rigging-friendly surfaces (e.g., grass) immediately adjacent to parking. The earlier NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) documents provided seven acres of parking for 500 cars, including 200 overflow parking spots on the other side of Mason Street, which have yet to materialize!

2. Water Access and Rigging-friendly surfaces/parking as far West on site as possible... towards the GG Bridge.

3. Restroom placement should remain in or near its existing location, not to be placed at the East end of the East Beach only... since boardsailing usage is at the west end, near the main water access.

4. Attempt to separate parking for the general public from that desirable for boardsailing at the West end.... such that general public parking does not compete with specific sailors needs.... e.g,, place as much grass adjacent to and between parking for boardsailing in the middle and behind and to the upwind side of general user desired parking (general public parking will likely be closer to and along the water/shoreline edge, and encourage general user parking to the east side of the East Beach. This can be done with visual ques and other landscaping and infrastructure.

5. Move the majority of the picnic and BBQ areas to the East, in the downwind areas of the site, which will help to encourage general usage parking to the East and prevent the smoke and smell from wafting over everyone at East Beach.

6. Make the West end and Southwest side of the site, as it is used today, heavily focused with grass immediately adjacent to parking, and permit parking along ALL grassy areas.

Riptide · Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 411

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RSVP the Park service too

rigatoni · Joined: 25 Feb 1999 Posts: 498

"Discover the untold stories of Crissy Field and create mini comic books" Did I read that right?

Riptide · Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 411

The National park service mission statement : The National Park Service preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.

Windsurfing and kite-boarding are cultural resources.

Riptide · Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 411

Other suggestions I have heard are equipment storage locker rentals to encourage public transit/bicycles etc. Hot water for the showers.

Riptide · Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 411

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Riptide · Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 411

Both of the NPS proposed plans leave to little rigging lawn. About 20 sailors went to the event and gave feedback.

Two proposed plans by the National Park Service, not good enough. The plans leave to few parking spaces immediately adjacent to lawn area for setting up your gear. The same available lawn areas will be in competition for picnickers. Approximately 20 sailors attended this informal meet and greet event and gave feedback. The formal on the record comment period will be in the fall. You will be able to comment online at the ggnra dot gov website. We are asking for more lawn area to be restored with adjacent parking or on lawn parking with permeable pavers like most of Europe uses for on grass parking.

Riptide · Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 411

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A4013a62c-2dd2-49e2-824c-4de8a184f101

The two proposed plans will turn Crissy Field into a massive paved parking lot compared to the current model of tail gate informal parking on grass areas. This document will give you in depth information of the current plan the National Park Service wants to bring back to Crissy field they tried to implement three years ago.