JohnRenesch

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:38:34 -0800

Has anybody written the Presidio Trust board asking them to stop the plan to make it into Disneyland North? See SFGate at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/09/MNVA10QGPG.DTL&hw=presidio&sn=002&sc=402 Here's mine: From: John Renesch [mailto:john@renesch.com] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:57 PM To: 'mainpost@presidiotrust.gov' Cc: 'gavin_newsom@ci.sf.ca.us' Subject: developing the Presidio Dear board members of the Presidio Trust: The current redevelopment plan flies in the face of earlier-promises to the community and, therefore, violates the public trust. A few points: Most of you made or make your living doing real estate development so your reasoning context is development is a good thing. There are times when development is NOT a good thing and the Presidio is one of those. Getting to financial sustainability doesn’t require making it into a highly congested tourist attraction like Disneyland. Traffic has already gotten tedious for anyone entering or leaving the Presidio and all the existing renovation isn’t even done yet. Imagine the additional traffic when all the existing buildings are occupied! If you go forward with this plan I can only imagine your next stage of development will be to widen all the roads so more people can get into the Presidio in order to meet retail occupants’ demands for greater egress and ingress (isn’t that what happens in suburbia?). Personal wealth and power alone should not dictate what is done here, nor should individual egos, which seem to be strongly in play in this plan. Finally, the same argument for massive development was made when the huge Lucas complex was proposed and the Trust got their way on that one. Most of us have reconciled this gargantuan edifice rationalizing that the worst is done. But, no, here you are again!! I urge you to return to a sane approach to making the Presidio financially sustainable by 2013, not at the sacrifice of this rare treasure within the city Herb Caen once referred to as “the city that knows how.” Respectfully submitted, John Renesch San Francisco resident

Jackson West

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:40:08 -0800

Mom! You're embarrassing me.

MaryD

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:06:33 -0800

This is certainly one of the most astutely edited publications of its kind. This editor must have it in his genes!

SFist: The City that Knows How

JohnRenesch

Jackson West

MaryD