[Federal Register: April 27, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 80)]
[Notices]               
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PRESIDIO TRUST

 
Letterman Complex, The Presidio of San Francisco, California; 
Notice of Availability to Review and Comment on the Draft Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: The Presidio Trust.

ACTION: Notice of availability to review and comment on the draft 
supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for new development 
and uses within the Letterman Complex, The Presidio of San Francisco. 
The draft SEIS is a supplement to the 1994 Final General Management 
Plan Amendment (GMPA) EIS for The Presidio of San Francisco.

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SUMMARY: The Presidio Trust has prepared a draft SEIS for the 
development and occupancy of approximately 900,000 square feet of new, 
low- to mid-rise mixed-use space within 23 acres of the 60-acre 
Letterman Complex, located in the northeast corner of The Presidio of 
San Francisco, California. New development would necessitate the 
demolition of the functionally obsolete 451,000-square-foot Letterman 
Army Medical Center (LAMC) and 356,000-square-foot Letterman Army 
Institute of Research (LAIR), and several other non-historic structures 
located within the Letterman Complex. For the purposes of the draft 
SEIS, six alternatives have been formulated for development and 
occupancy of the site: a ``Science and Education Center'' (the Updated 
Presidio GMPA Alternative, or Alternative 1); a ``Sustainable Urban 
Village'' (Alternative 2); a ``Mixed Use Development'' (Alternative 3); 
a ``Live/Work Village'' (Alternative 4); a ``Digital Arts Center'' 
(Alternative 5) and ``Minimum Management'' (the No Action Alternative, 
or Alternative 6). The alternatives were selected on the basis of 
concerns expressed during public involvement activities and the 
proposals received and considered by the Presidio Trust in response to 
its Request for Qualifications to develop the site.

Public Meetings

    The Presidio Trust will receive oral comment on the draft SEIS at 
the May 18, 1999 and June 15, 1999 meetings of the Citizens' Advisory 
Commission of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The meetings 
will be held at Park Headquarters, Building 201, Fort Mason, San 
Francisco, California at 7:30 p.m.

Comments

    Comments on the draft SEIS must be received by June 26, 1999. 
Written comments on the draft SEIS must be sent to: NEPA Compliance 
Coordinator--Attn: Letterman Complex, Presidio Trust 34 Graham Street, 
P.O. Box 29052, San Francisco, CA 94129-0052, Fax: 415-561-5315, E-
mail: presidio@presidiotrust.gov.

Materials Available to The Public

    Copies of the draft SEIS are available for the actual cost of 
reproduction at: Kinko's 3225 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94123, 
Phone: 415-441-2995.

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    The draft SEIS and final GMPA EIS are available for review at:

The Presidio Trust, 34 Graham Street, San Francisco, CA 94129-0052, 
Phone: 415-561-5300
GGNRA Park Headquarters, Building 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 
94123, Phone: 415-561-4620
San Francisco Main Library, Government Information Center, Civic 
Center, San Francisco, CA 94102, Phone: 415-557-4500
San Francisco Library, Presidio Branch, 3150 Sacramento Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94115, Phone: 415-292-2155

    A summary of the SEIS is available for viewing on the Internet by 
clicking on ``Letterman SEIS'' at the following website: http://
www.presidiotrust.gov/park/index.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Pelka, NEPA Compliance 
Coordinator, the Presidio Trust, 34 Graham Street, P.O. Box 29052, San 
Francisco, CA 94129-0052. Telephone: 415-561-5300.

    Dated: April 20, 1999.
Karen A. Cook,
General Counsel.
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