February 2015 Newsletter
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Newsletter | February 2015
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If the park gates are locked during open hours, call 311.
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Spring Registration Day Camp Registration Winter Hoops Fun & Fitness For Free Opportunity for Expanded Hours Park Place Busy Bees of Upper Noe Canine Corner Volunteer Opportunities Community Events Spring Registration See the daily schedule of Upper Noe programs and registration info. Most classes at Upper Noe are open to drop-in guests for a small per-session fee. Check with Rec Center staff. *** Adult Cooking classes return to Upper Noe with Home Cooking 101 Wed 4/8 – 5/13, 6:30 -8 p.m.
Day Camp Registration Winter is basketball season and Upper Noe is teaming with players. From first and second grade basketball leagues, to pick up games during Open Gym hours, to shirts-and-skins games on the outside court, enthusiasts of all ages are coming out with Warriors fever to emulate Stephen Currie.
Fun & Fitness For Free Drop-in Volleyball (adult) – Wed 6:30 – 8:30 pm (or so)
Opportunity for Expanded Hours
Park Place Friends of the NV Rec Center hosted this informational meeting after the community reacted negatively to a sudden proposal by a small group of neighbors to expand Glen Park’s Area D RPP zone all the way to, and including, 30th Street. While the SFMTA process for expanding a zone does not call for community meetings, only a gathering of signatures, it was clear from the turnout that neighbors felt a need to hear and be heard before committing one way or the other. Representatives presented for and against the proposal, and neighbors weighed in with one-minute comments. At least 70 people were still present when the meeting concluded two hours later. The proposal is a reaction to frustration over a perception that parking in our area is harder now than ever. According to SFMTA, the goal of the RPP program, which dates to 1976, is to "provide more parking spaces for residents by discouraging long-term parking by people who do not live in the area" by limiting non-permit holders to 2 or 4 hours between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays. Some residents see this as the solution to their parking problems. Some decry it as a costly and ineffective over-reaction. Others worry that it will adversely effect visitors, local teachers and other community workers, and exacerbate parking problems on the remaining streets outside of RPP zones. No consensus was taken. Whether SFMTA begins a study to expand Area D will be the result of signature campaigns for and against, block by block.
Busy Bees of Upper Noe Recently, painters beautifully refurbished the bleachers at the ball field and completely refinished the heavily used exterior walls around the basketball court; they went the extra mile to chip away layers of loose paint and hand prime the surface so that it will withstand the punishment of high impact activities such as baseball pitching and tennis practice. In late March, other workers will undertake a project to refinish all of the interior wooden floors. The downside is that, for health reasons, the Rec Center must close completely from March 23 to April 4 until the vapors fully dissipate. The exterior will remain open and all scheduled activities there will proceed without interruption.
Canine Corner
At the Rec Center
February 18 and March 18 (third Wednesday of the month) Feb 19 March 14 March 7 March 21
Outside the Center
February 28 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Contact info@noevalleyreccenter.com if you have an event that you would like to list. • Help advise the city on what classes should be offered at the Upper Noe Rec Center. Serve a term on the Upper Noe Recreation Center’s Community Recreation Council and help shape programming at the Center. A teen member is still needed! Please contact Cheryl Woltjen at 970-8061. The form is available on our website and at the center. Please either drop it off or mail it to: Cheryl Woltjen, UNRC, 295 Day Street, SF, 94131. • Lead a new event. Are you interested in organizing a new event at the Center? Maybe a game night or movie night? Please contact us at info (at) noevalleyreccenter.com. • Garden at the Park. Help keep the park beautiful by volunteering with the Ladybug Gardeners on the second Saturday of each quarter. The next date in 2014 will be September 13. All ages welcome, no experience necessary, community service hours credited. Even an hour would be a big help! Please email ladybugs (at) noevalleyreccenter.com. Thanks for your interest and support of your park! Please contact us with any questions or suggestions. Let us know about any community events you are planning at the park so we can promote them. Please forward this newsletter to your friends and neighbors who use the Noe Valley Recreation Center. We want this newsletter to help build the park community — please help us connect with members of the community. Friends of the Noe Valley Recreation Center |
On Wednesday, February 4, the Upper Noe auditorium held its largest community meeting ever. Over two-hundred neighbors packed the hall to hear spokesperson Kathie Studwell (inset, left) of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Sustainable Streets Division explain the Residential Permit Parking (RPP) process and how it will affect our neighborhood.
Upper Noe is a beautiful park and neighbors love to stroll through as they traverse the neighborhood. While the $13M renovation of 2007-2008 overhauled the entire place, keeping it attractive has been a team effort. A lot of credit goes to local volunteers who pitch in to keep the gardens, courts and the dog park looking good. However, the heavy lifting is by dedicated Rec & Park staff doing the extraordinary.
Meanwhile, gardeners completely renovated the struggling garden in the northeast corner along Day Street. They pulled a huge weedy pampas grass, a herculean task in itself, along with unhealthy groundcover. They then planted a mix of California natives and succulents in a bed of fresh bark mulch.