judge on the matter.
The mayor and the president of the Board of Supervisors also appoint members to the San Francisco Planning Commission, who approved the design and environmental study of the arena Thursday.
A Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) prepared by the OCII found that "implementation of the proposed project would lead to significant, unavoidable project-level and/or cumulative impacts related to transportation and circulation, noise, air quality, wind, and utilities and
service systems."
The concerns initially expressed by UCSF Medical Center personnel regarding the arena were assuaged in a preliminary agreement that included the creation of a special transportation improvement fund for the
neighborhood and a limit to be placed on events at the arena in special circumstances.