Friends of Appleton-Wolfard Libraries v. City and County of San Francisco CA1/4

I. BACKGROUND

The project site consists of two parcels and a portion of roadway between them in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. One of the parcels, 701 Lombard Street (Assessor’s Block 74, Lot 1) is a 4,119-square-foot triangular lot bounded by Lombard Street to the north, Mason Street to the east, and Columbus Avenue (which runs diagonally) to the south and west. The lot is owned by the City, under the jurisdiction of the Recreation and Parks Department, and at the time the EIR was prepared was used as a commercial parking lot. The other parcel, located at 2000 Mason Street and 661 Lombard Street (Assessors Block 75, Lot 1), is a 109,701-square-foot block bounded by Lombard Street to the north, Powell Street to the east, Greenwich Street to the south, and Columbus Avenue and Mason Street to the west. The parcel is occupied by the Joe DiMaggio Playground, which includes outdoor play areas (i.e., bocce ball courts, children’s play areas, tennis courts, a pool, and a multipurpose area with softball, volleyball, foursquare, and basketball courts) and the existing North Beach Branch Library. The project site also includes a 195-foot portion of the Mason Street…