![]() ![]() As for the selection of stainless steel, “we want a material that will withstand the daily (oceanside) weather in San Francisco, as well as all the behaviors.”īut commissioners balked at giving what would be the final green light before the department goes public with a formal request for proposals to build the cans. “We looked at cans all over the world,” Zhuo said. Lisa Zhuo, the project manager for Public Works, said that these matters are taken seriously by the department and that they will be emphasized when selecting a manufacturer for the contract. “We have a trash can graffiti problem … it’s the culture in this city right now.” “I know it’s a trash can, but we want it to look nice,” Stryker said at one point. It’s marred by stickers and graffiti, including a phrase denouncing the cost. Public Works decreed it to be the model that bested its rivals in terms of both design and functional criteria.Īs for the much-lampooned question of costs - test models of the city-designed contenders come in at between $12,000 and $20,000 each - the aim at full production is for individual bins to cost no more than $3,000.ĭuring the presentation to the committee, members were swayed by photos that Carney took earlier this month of a chosen model that remains at Sutter and Leavenworth streets, on Lower Nob Hill. ![]() The model being reviewed by the committee on Monday also was the narrow public favorite after a two-month trial last summer where prototypes were on view in 52 locations across the city: “Slim Silhouette.” Streamlined in design, with an oval footprint and vertical strips of stainless steel, “Commissioners made it clear they really like the design, and that’s great … their concerns about maintenance are understandable.” “We don’t think it’s going to be much of a wrinkle,” said Beth Rubenstein, a spokesperson for the department. And 32 months have passed since the city selected three prototypes for a 21st century trash receptacle - a process widely ridiculed when the initial costs for the test was set at $537,000 (it was lowered to $400,000).Īfter the hearing, a Public Works official said that the temporary roadblock erected by the civic design committee shouldn’t knock the replacement project off-track. The committee’s non-vote comes nearly five months after the department announced that it had decided on a new model to replace the green trash cans that San Francisco has been using - with increasingly ramshackle results - since 1993. Functionally concerning,” Stryker said, after no commissioner offered a motion to approve the design presented by the Public Works department. The chair of the committee, landscape architect Kimberlee Stryker, framed the dilemma in a different way. ![]() “We’re talking about (spending) millions of dollars of city money, and it’s a graffiti magnet.” I love the design,” said Arts Commissioner Patrick Carney, an architect on the committee that must sign off on public construction projects at all scales. ![]()
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