Recology Modernization Project

Recology is proposing a comprehensive modernization program designed to facilitate management of San Francisco’s solid waste stream and achieve the 2020 “Zero-Waste” goals established by the San Francisco Commission on the Environment.   The proposed program is substantially different from Recology’s previous proposal from 2015.  The current proposal includes construction activities within both San Francisco and Brisbane, with much of the future development occurring in San Francisco.  In Recology’s 2015 proposal, much of the new development was proposed in Brisbane.  Components of the project now proposed within Brisbane include:
 

• Construction of a 2-story 67,000 sq. ft.  fleet maintenance facility and a 2-story 13,600 sq. ft. welding shop
• Demolition of approximately 154,311 sq. ft. of small shop space and administrative offices to create a fleet storage area for approximately 265 vehicles.

While the City of Brisbane and City of San Francisco maintain land use control over development within their respective jurisdictions, state law requires that a single environmental document be prepared to disclose and evaluate the environmental impacts of the entire project, including components within San Francisco and Brisbane.  Since most of the development occurs within San Francisco, San Francisco will serve as the lead agency in preparing the environmental document.  The City of Brisbane is working with the City of San Francisco in the preparation of the environmental document to ensure that impacts occurring within Brisbane are adequately identified, evaluated, and mitigated as needed.  As part of the City of San Francisco’s environmental review process, this public notice has been sent out describing the project and providing the public the opportunity to provide preliminary comments on the project’s proposed environmental  impacts.

Rendering from Recology's 2019 Project Proposal in Brisbane

Comments are due by Monday, November 4, 2019.  Please contact Jennifer McKellar, SF Planning Department at (415) 575-8754 or Jennifer.mckellar@sfgov.org.  Alternatively, you may also contact Brisbane Community Development Director John Swiecki at (415) 508-2120 or jswiecki@brisbaneca.org.  The Brisbane Planning Commission will be responsible for issuing the Use Permit to Recology for their project, which is estimated to come before them in the spring of 2020.  To receive weekly notifications from the City, which include upcoming public meetings, please sign up for the City Manager’s Weekly Update here.