The Illinois Street Bridge Pros & Cons

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1. Community Suggested Alternatives to Illinois Street Bridge

• audit finds port of san francisco is wasting money- sf chronicle, april 27, 2004
• SWAC Meeting Agenda July 10, 2002
• Port of San Francisco Illinois Bridge Agenda Feb 6, 2002
• Francisco DaCosta Press SFBV News Release- "Hunters Point and the Muwekma Ohlone"
• SF Bayview News Press Release- January 9-"Tell Muni What You Want" by Willie Ratcliffe
• SF Bay Guardian Press Release-Jory Bell-(Letter the Editor) January 9
• SF BayView News Press Release by Francisco DaCosta- "Another Moveable Bridge?"
• sfindymedia Press Release Dec 17
• SF Bay Guardian Press Release Unedited Version- "A bridge too near (if not too far)
• SF Chronicle Press Release- "NoWelcome Mat for Concrete"
• SFBay Guardian Press Release-"Is Growth Inevitable?
• Illinois Street Bridge- Written Petitions by Tenants of Spencer Property

• Illinois Street Bridge Petition -HTML Format
• Illinois Street Bridge Petition-MS Word Format
• Letter to Kimberly Brandon, President of the SF Port from Nick Merz
• Letter to the SF Supervisors and SF Planning Commission from Nick Merz
• SNAFU! Bridge, Sewer Line Collapse, 3rd St Light Rail, Catellus, and wait, there's MORE!!
• Questionaire to the Port of San Francisco from the Community at Islais Creek
• Letter From NOAA On the Negative Impacts of Constructing a Bridge
• Signed List of Businesses and Individuals Adversely Impacted by a Bridge at Illinois and Islais Creek
• Letter of Concerns from David
• The Public Trust and the Duties of the Port of San Francisco to the People
• Letter to the Port Commission from Nick Merz
• Letter of response to Nick Merz from Kimberly Brandon
• Letter to the Port Commission from Francisco DaCosta
• Letter to the Port Commission from Francisco DaCosta, 9/27/2001
• Pictures of Current Truck Traffic on Illinois Street near Islais Creek
• Suggestions From Kal Spellitech Regarding Illinois Street Bridge
• Letter to the Port Commission from Nick Merz- 10/16/01
• Letter to the Port Commission from Francisco Da Costa- 10/17/01
• Letter to the Port Commission from Jory Bell
• Suggestions and Observations from Michael Pritchard
• Letter From Francisco Da Costa
• Letter Questioning the Intent of Catellus, SF Port, etc..
• Letter from a Concerned Citizen December 1

2. Port Agendas for the Bridge

• Illinois Street Bridge Fact Sheet
• Rendeering of the Illinois Street Bridge Viewed from the Existing Bridge on Third Street-courtesy RMC Lonestar
• Rendering of the Illinois Street Bridge- Port Engineering Staff- at Port Commission meeting 9/25/01
• Bridge Plan View
• North Shore Diagram
• South Shore Diagram
• Response to Questionaire to the Port of San Francisco from the Community at Islais Creek
• Action Items Resulting from the Illinois Street Community Meeting on September 6, 2001 at Pier 80
• EIR Memoradum-April 13 of the Port Commission
• Contact Information for Port Staff Representatives for Regulatory Agencies and such...

3. Documents from regulatory agencies