City and County of San Francisco Tuesday, December 01, 2015
civic center plaza" ) Playgrounds- $10,000,000]
Sponsor: mayor resolution retroactively authorizing the recreation and park department to accept and expend grants of up to $10,000,000 from the trust for public land for design and reconstruction of the playgrounds at the joseph l. Alioto performing arts piazza (" civic center plaza" ), and approving grant agreements with the trust for public land for acceptance and performance of the grant services for the project term of November 5, 2014, through January 31, 2017. [Master license agreements-extenet systems
California: , llc, gte mobilnet of california, lp, dba verizon wireless, and mobilitie investments iii, llc-wireless telecommunications equipment on transit support poles- each to exceed $1,000,000] Resolution retroactively approving executed master license agreements between the city and county of san francisco,
California: , llc, gte mobilnet of california, lp, dba verizon wireless, and mobilitie investments iii, llc, for the installation of wireless telecommunications antennae and equipment on san francisco municipal transportation agency poles, each for an amount to exceed $1,000,000 and a term of nine years beginning September 22, 2014, November 30, 2014, and April 23, 2015, respectively; and affirming the planning department' s determination under the california environmental quality act. [Multifamily housing revenue bonds- 510 folsom street (Also known as transbay block 9)-not to exceed $95,000,000]
Sponsor: kim resolution declaring the intent of the city and county of san francisco ("city") To reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of future bonded indebtedness; authorizing the director of the mayor' s office of housing and community development ("director") To submit an application and related documents to the california debt limit allocation committee ("cdlac") To permit the issuance of tax exempt residential rental housing bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $95,000,000 to finance costs of the construction of 311 rental housing units to be located on the first 21 floors of a 42-story mixed use building to be constructed at 510 folsom street sdp [Multifamily housing revenue bonds- 1855-15th street-not to exceed $48,715,000]
Sponsors: mayor; wiener resolution declaring the intent of the city and county of san francisco (The " city" ) To reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of future bonded indebtedness; authorizing the director of the mayor' s office of housing and community development (The " director" ) To submit an application and related documents to the california debt limit allocation committee (Sf 25 >> >> please stand by... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> city of san francisco >> >> >> london
>>supervisor london breed: good afternoon. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. >>clerk, please call the roll. Supervisors avalos, present, breed, present, campos present, christensen, present, supervisor cohen, present, supervisor farrell, present, supervisor kim, not present. Supervisor mar, present, supervisor tang, present, supervisor wiener, present, supervisor yee. Present. Madam President, you have a quorum. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> >> >> >>
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supervisor london breed: can we prove
the meeting minutes.
Can we take those without objection.
those items pass.
Clerk. Please call the first item.
City clerk: continuing from the board meeting.
First item is the mayor ed lee and May
address the board for 5 minutes.
Supervisor london breed: welcome mayor ed lee.
>>mayor edwin m. Lee: thank you. Let me apologize for the delay. I got the flu.
This is a make-up time and I'm appreciative of it.
Last time we met in these chambers, the
voters of san francisco passed the largest affordable housing bond in our city's history.
I'm so gratified to have worked with
the board and all of you on this
because in many ways it was historic.
I want to indicate my sincere appreciation for working together on
this. There is housing crisis and we
are all serious about getting this done.
I want to work with you on a
number of items but mainly this affordable
housing bond that is a $1.5 billion investment that makes our city more
affordable and building and rehabbing lower and middle income housing for our families is truly important on
everybody 's agenda.
It will also help us deliver on a commitment that I made to deliver at
least 30,000 new homes by 2020 with
over half of that available to middle
and low income families and certainly will help us with the commitment and
important work of fixing our public
housing for our lower and middle income san francisco residents. When we talk about working faster, we need to talk
about our private sector to help us
build a more affordable housing
especially on this economy and large project. Today I have announced that we'll bring to the voters sometime next
year a charter amendment that will
require housing developers to build
more affordable housing in new developments.
We convene what I think you will agree
with me it was a very -- housing
working group with the trust fund passed with proposition c. I will direct this working group that
includes not only that original group
but members of our housing development community and as well as developers who passed this recent housing bond and
direct a plan that increases our affordable housing requirements and new developments especially in large developments.
We will simultaneously need to consider how to speed up construction. I know the cost of constructing housing is
very expensive in the city, but
we need to work alongside this challenge as well to provide housing investors with even more certainty.
Our housing working group will consider
process improvements as well as shorten the timeframe needed for affordable housing projects in our city. When it
comes to affordable housing policy and
certainly homeless policies for that
matter, I know that when we work
together and we will make great progress.
So this thursday, I intend to
layout an ambitious plan for our city, a vision for addressing homelessness working
with this board and with our non-profits, with our housing providers and in the private sector. I look forward to working with all of
you on this challenge. Let me take this opportunity to give a special thanks to one of your
colleagues and one that I had the
privilege of appointing to the board.
Supervisor christensen, I want to thank you for someone working in the
community for those years advocating for parks and neighborhood centers and transportation and taking up the
privilege of being a supervisor for district 3.
I personally want to thank you for the
attention to your colleagues and for
being a member of the board and representing district 3. Thank you for that sacrifice. I know
you want to continue in the public
sector so I will take the opportunity
now for the sacrifice that you did and look forward to working with you in the
future. Thank you, supervisor christensen. Also today is world aids day and we are
providing hope for those living with
hiv and aids and I look forward to the generation that will be aids free.
Not only will this city be drenched in the red lining, our symbol to end hiv and aids. We are going to redouble that effort to
get to zero infections and we'll do so with some tremendous boost as you have
heard with the the last 48 hours. A $20 million grant to uc san francisco that
I know we are smiling ought -- at because investing in san
francisco
approach and ucfs institute to cure
aids and we are providing housing and treatment for people with aids and be
will never abandon that and we remain committed to finding a hope and 1 day
hope to bring an end to this epidemic. Finally, I want to acknowledge another
mayor in the chambers with us today.
I would like to recognize milla, the
news dog mayor of the day and mayor
lukea who have won out hearts.
They have considered important dog friendly legislation. They ran
campaigns of their dignified species
with platforms for few nail trims,
longer naps, more outdoor romps and
belly rubs. The non-profit animal care and control
selected these two qualified dogs as
potential two mayors for a day
to the
anniversary gala in 2014. Teresa king won the item. She's there with our friendly dogs.
Funds raised for the auction of our animal care and control.
I want to thank them for their support. Thanks for being here. Now it's time
for my belly rub and work for the city.
Supervisor london breed: thank you, Mr.
Mayor for being here today. Madam
Clerk, will you please read the consent agenda. >>
city clerk: items 1-9 comprise the
items on consent agenda and maybe
approved together. Supervisor london breed:
>>clerk, please call the roll..
City clerk: breed, aye, christensen,
aye, cohen, aye, supervisor farrell,
aye, supervisor kim, aye, supervisor
mar, aye, supervisor tang, aye,
supervisor wiener, aye,
supervisor yee,
aye, supervisor avalos on the consent
agenda? Avalos aye.
There are 11 AYEs. >>supervisor london breed: these items
are approved and adopted on the first reading unanimously.
Madam Clerk please call items
11, 12
together. [General plan-fifth and mission special use district] Ordinance amending the general plan of the city and county of san francisco by amending map 1 of the downtown plan to reclassify lot nos. 005, 006, 008, 009, 012, and 098 in assessor' s block no. 3725 as
Downtown support: ; amending map 5 of the downtown plan to reclassify the height and bulk limits in accordance with the fifth and mission special use district and sectional map ht001; amending figures 2, 3, and 4 of the downtown plan to refer to the fifth and mission special use district, planning code, section 249.74; amending maps 4 and 5 of the urban design element to refer to the fifth and mission special use district; amending maps 2, 3, 5, and 7 of the south of market area plan to remove lot nos. 005, 006, 008, 009, 012, and 098 in assessor' s block no. 3725 from the boundaries of the south of market area plan; and adopting findings, including environmental findings, section 340 findings, and findings of consistency with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of planning sf 101234 [Planning code, zoning map- fifth and mission special use district]
Sponsor: mayor ordinance amending the planning code to add section 249.74 to create the fifth and mission special use district; amending zoning sectional maps zn001, su001, and ht001 to reflect the fifth and mission special use district; and making environmental findings, including a statement of overriding considerations, findings of consistency with the general plan, the eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.1, and findings pursuant to planning code, section 302sf 101234 sf 111234 [Development agreement-5m project, llc-fifth and mission project]
Sponsor: mayor ordinance approving a development agreement between the city and county of san francisco and 5m project, llc, a delaware limited liability company, for the fifth and mission project at the approximately 4-acre site located at fifth street between mission and howard streets, with various public benefits including a minimum percentage of affordable housing; making findings under the california environmental quality act, findings of conformity with the general plan, and with the eight priority policies of planning code, section
B: ; approving the use of impact fees and exactions for affordable housing and other community benefits, as set forth in the development agreement, and waiving any conflicting provision in planning code, article 4, or administrative code, article 10; authorizing the acquisition of real property at 967 mission street for affordable housing; and confirming compliance with or waiving certain provisions of administrative code, chapters 14b and 56, and ratifying certain actions taken sf 101234 sf 111234 sf 121234
supervisor london breed: roll call vote. >> breed, aye, campos, no, farrell aye, supervisor kim, aye, supervisor mar, no, supervisor tang, aye, supervisor wiener, aye, supervisor yee, aye, supervisor avalos, no. There are 8 ayes and 3 no. With campos, mar and avalos in the dissent.
Supervisor london breed: those ordinances are finally passed. Madam
Sponsors: mayor; christensen, cohen, breed and wiener ordinance amending the administrative code to clarify existing preferences in allocating city affordable housing units first to certificate of preference holders and second to tenants evicted under the ellis act, expand the second category of preference for eligible tenants displaced under the ellis act to include certain tenants displaced through an owner move-in or omi eviction, and create a third preference for residents in the neighborhood where the affordable housing is located; to make conforming amendments to provisions of the administrative and planning codes; to affirm the planning department' s determination under the california environmental quality act; and to make findings of consistency with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.112341234 supervisor london breed: >>clerk, please call the roll.
>>clerk, please tang no, wiener, aye,
yee, aye, supervisor avalos, aye.
There are 9 AYEs and two nos with supervisors mar and tang in the dissent.
Sponsors: mayor; christensen, cohen, breed and wiener ordinance amending the administrative code to clarify existing preferences in allocating city affordable housing units first to certificate of preference holders and second to tenants evicted under the ellis act, expand the second category of preference for eligible tenants displaced under the ellis act to include certain tenants displaced through an owner move-in or omi eviction, and create a third preference for residents in the neighborhood where the affordable housing is located; to make conforming amendments to provisions of the administrative and planning codes; to affirm the planning department' s determination under the california environmental quality act; and to make findings of consistency with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.1 1234 [Airport hotel management agreement, cash management and lockbox agreement-hyatt corporation- on-airport hotel at san francisco international airport-not to exceed $19,945,420] Resolution approving the award of a hotel management agreement and a cash management and lockbox agreement to hyatt corporation for a term of ten years to commence following opening of the hotel, with compensation not to exceed $19,945,420 relating to an on-airport hotel at the san francisco international airport; approving the forms of the agreements and authorizing the execution and delivery thereof; approving certain related matters, as defined herein; and adopting environmental findings. (Airport commission sf[Airport hotel management agreement, cash management and lockbox agreement-hyatt corporation- on-airport hotel at san francisco international airport-not to exceed $19,945,420] Resolution approving the award of a hotel management agreement and a cash management and lockbox agreement to hyatt corporation for a term of ten years to commence following opening of the hotel, with compensation not to exceed $19,945,420 relating to an on-airport hotel at the san francisco international airport; approving the forms of the agreements and authorizing the execution and delivery thereof; approving certain related matters, as defined herein; and adopting environmental findings. (Airport commission1234 [Airport commission capital plan bonds-up to $243,000,000 -airport commission special facility bonds- $225,000,000-airport hotel financing] Resolution approving the issuance of up to $243,000,000 aggregate principal amount of san francisco airport commission capital plan bonds and $225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of san francisco airport commission special facility bonds to finance a hotel at san francisco international airport; authorizing the execution and delivery of certain agreements related to such bonds; and approving certain related matters. (Airport commission1234 >> >> [Appropriation-airport commission -airport hotel project- fy2015-2016- $473,450,000]
Sponsor: mayor ordinance appropriating $473,450,000 consisting of $243,000,000 of proceeds from the sale of airport capital plan bonds and $450,000 from fund balance, and $230,000,000 of proceeds from hotel special facility revenue bonds and other long-term financing sources to develop a hotel within the san francisco international airport, and placing $473,450,000 on controller' s reserve pending receipt of proceeds of indebtedness and other financing source1234 supervisor london breed: colleagues can i have a motion to recuse supervisor farrell. Can we take this without objection? Motion passes. Supervisor mar? >> as you might know there was a discussion on this item at the budget committee. I raised some questions about the process but I wanted to thank john martin our airport director for answering our questions and wanted to thank hyatt and Mr. Martin for the process and I want to thank Mr. Martin who selected the management
that will fill need for the airport. I'm supportive of this now.
Supervisor london breed: thank you,
supervisor mar. Supervisor yee?
>>supervisor norman yee: thank you,
Madam President. I just have a couple of questions since
I was not on the land use
committee. >>> >> >>
>>supervisor norman yee: that's going
to pay less attention to the other ones
and will support the business going towards the other hotels, in this case
not the one in the airport. So that's sort of the gist of this report. Can you, do you have any comments around that?
>> at the bottom line, the report is meaningless because it ignores the fact
that we negotiated a 35% room rate differential between the burling game property and the other property.
If we don't receive 35% more on average per night, hyatt loses that contract.
The key fact of the analysis, the analysis was prepared in November and
public information for some period that
we negotiated that 35% differential.
Dallas has the hyatt regency and grand hyatt on airport property and they have
been successful. The economic down turn.
The room rate differential at
the hyatt
increased in comparison to other hotels
in the area.
We know our hotel rate will be higher.
We also know with the economic down
turn, that it will increase. That's our experience with dallas.
>> thank you for your answer.
That clarifies some of my questions.
>> thank you, supervisor yee. Supervisor campos? >>supervisor david campos: thank you very much.
I want to thank our airport director
for being willing to have a conversation on this item. I want a
follow up for the question that supervisor yee raised and I believe that in fact I know that issue was also raised in committee.
But specifically going back to the
question of whether or not the other hyatt hotel in the vicinity to the
airport is is a four star or four diamond.
The reason why that's relevant is that
people who May not beware of the
specific know is the extent that the city's take from the proceeds is
dependent on the success of the airport hotel if you have another similar
property that is competing for the same clientele then there is an argument that the hotel that we are talking
about would not be as successful which means less money for the city.
That's why this is so relevant. So I
appreciate what you said and I wanted
to just more specifically ask.
I saw a couple of things including
information on the website that seems
at least at the time that this was
printed seemed to be the website for
the hyatt regency in burling game that
it was a four diamond. I have seen some evidence that some of the personnel at the property identify the property as a four star.
So, I just wanted to go back, what is
your response to any concern or intimation that we might be getting ourselves into a relationship with a
company that has a very similar
property that would be competing with this? >> supervisor, the bottom line protection that I negotiated and I was
prepared to walk away from the deal, actually walked away from negotiations over this issue that we demanded a high differential requirement and we obtain that commitment.
Therefore that 35% room rate differential and while hyatt intends to
keep the burling game properties at 3 diamond, even if it should later become
a four diamond, that's 35% provided for the protection we need.
The airports around the country do
command a premium. That's why they
agreed to the 35% differential.
Hyatt has about eight times the number and that provides a level of protection as well for us to have that big
of a
draw. I think I May have missed another part of your question.
>> I think that addresses it.
I'm not an expert in any of these things. I have a lot of respect for the
director for the work that he and the
staff do. That 35% differentiation in terms of
pricing is more important in terms of
insuring the viability and success of the hotel.
>> that's the most important to me and
that was the deal that I would have
walked away from if I didn't get that guarantee. The other things with the diamond and
star ratings, the diamond rating is an
aaa and the star rating is from 4 that used to be the mobile rating. There is a lot of confusion on part of the
public and the industry versus
a star
and diamond rating. Even as recently as
2 weeks ago, I popped up to
fair market
-- fairmount and seattle
showing it a
four diamond hotel and now identified as a four diamond property. A lot of information on the internet that we are all trying to track down
and keep up to date.
>>supervisor david campos: just a final
question that make-up the 35% differentiation. How going forward do you monitor to make sure there is compliance with that requirement?
>> we receive an annual certification
from hyatt's department auditor as
well as we can check the county and tax records because they have to report the gross records to san mateo county as well. >> thank you.
Supervisor london breed: thank you, supervisor campos, supervisor mar and I had a question about the process.
There have been comments made by
individuals that suggested that this,
the hyatt when they bid on this project, they were actually in fact a four diamond which was basically and I
know there have been a lot of questions asked along these same lines. I want to make sure for the record it's clear that when they bid on this
process, there was a process that determined and checked to ensure that they weren't actually a four diamond hotel within that proximity in order to allow them to move forward in the bidding process. Is that correct? >> that is correct. They have been a
three diamond hotel since 2008.
>> how did you make that determination
because again there are a lot of determination and you were able to
research and make that determination clearly? >> that's right.
We have a hotel manager on staff and we
have an expert on hotels and they researched and confirmed that. >> thank you.
>> all right.
Supervisor christensen? >>supervisor julie christensen: we maybe going over the same grounds. We talked a lot about the diamond and
star ratings, but there are a number of
chains in the area approximate to the hotel and all were invited to participated in the rfp.
that indicates then that comanagement
of hotels on and off the
airport grounds
is not an issue.
The airport is not concerned about the
prior advantage as the singular advantage. You mentioned the hotel is
on the dfw property and whatever
happens dfw wins, but in in case the
level of hotels is no concern about
that comanagement on and off grounds?
>> with that 35% room differential, there would be no concern.
Otherwise I would not be recommending it.
We have hotel operators and people that
go to the hyatt which is their first choice. It's a real plus to have that
kind of base to draw from, but even if
we had selected marriott or star wood,
if they scored no. 1, we would have
negotiated a same requirement of a room
rate differential to support the airport and city's interest.
>> that means the hotel operator would have people of a higher rate regardless of the size of the hotel or size of operations? >> they want to be successful with both
hotels and they are really fairly distinct markets. People are willing to pay for the rights on their property to demand a
significant premium. >> the 35% differential
remains, is
there any restrictions that governs the designation of the hotel.
Are we guaranteed in someway of getting
the grand hyatt at the airport as
opposed to regency off sight -- site.
>> we are guaranteed to have at least a four diamond rating will be maintained during the term of the agreement.
>> the agreement precludes them from
upgrading the burling game facility to
the terms of this contract to a four diamond hotel?
>> they do not intend to upgrade it to
that, but because the rating comes from
aaa and not from them, it's not under their direct control to provide that from happening. That's why that room rate differential
was so key to me.
>> thank you.
Supervisor london breed: okay, thank you, colleagues, there are some questions and concerns that I have.
but now it's 2:30. Before we continue
to this item, we are moving to 2:30 commendations.
At this time we'll start with
supervisor tang? Tang tang --
>>supervisor katy tang: thank you very much. If you would like to continue
with the item first before the commendation?
>>supervisor london breed: okay
supervisor tang, we need some time on
these items before we continue.
>>supervisor katy tang: okay. We do
have another mayor in our chambers
today. I'm pleased to welcome milla
king to our board. We all know there
was a heat intense race.
That was the mayor dog of san
francisco. After a rough
campaign, I'm
excited to announce milla king. Our
voters were very inspired by milla's story.
It was a close race. Today I'm also excited to announce that we
have a deputy mayor luka king. They are from
the same family and proud guardians teresa and norm. If you would like to please stand. I'm sure that teresa and norm are very
proud of milla and luka for their accomplishments. They are really great
examples for how much rescue animals
add to our lives. I want to
take this
opportunity for treers teresa and norm
and for the work from the animal control and the directors here today.
They are an incredible department. They take in any animals in any condition and they are the only organization in san francisco public or private that does so.
They even take animals considered
unadoptable by any organization
such as terriers and rats.
You can also adopt birds, rabbits and almost any domesticated animal that you
can imagine.
Acc also serves to many in our city and helps to transparent injured
wild life
to rehab centers to rescuing animals from dangerous situations. This was a wonderful opportunity to
thank animal control for their work. A
place where our family adopted
our dog.
I would like to thank the
friends here who helped organize teresa and norm
that are the proud members of the dog
mayors of san francisco today. Some of
milla's friends here today, kittens event that started.
Our office is hosting adoptable kittens until December 11th.
We will be in our office for people to
stop by to get some kitten playtime to destress from work. So our office is
happy to turn city hall until detective
11 into kitty hall and we are happy to
have mayor milla and lukea to kickoff the festivities. I don't know if you
would like to say a few words but
welcome.
Public speaker: I want to thank you
very much for the honor.
Mayor milla and lucka are happy to work with animal control and to better the
animals around the city.
Both milla and luka are greyhounds. That is important in taking care of rescued animals. Thank you very much.
I appreciate it.
Supervisor london breed: thank you and congratulations.
I would like to recognize supervisor
campos for his commendation. >>supervisor david campos: don't worry. I'm not going to make fun. They are very well behaved. It is my honor today to recognize a
pretty amazing group of women.
if you will remember I introduceded in
this board of supervisors' past the first of it's kind equal pay ordinance in January of 2014.
That law requires contractors and subcontractors to do business on large projects with the city to submit anne
equal pay report on
compensation pay to employees and establishes an equal pay advisory board. This board has been
meeting throughout the year to undertake a very physical task, a task that no one else in this country perhaps even the world has actually
done. The task is to create a data
collection system to analyze
compensation rates for men and women
and men of women of different races
that will set off a flag in disparity.
If it indicates that men and women are compensated differently for the same work they are performing. We know this happens all over the united states, it happens all over the world. It's a pervasive problem that affects all of us especially women. Despite the equal
pay act of 1963, census data from 2011
shows the average woman still earns $0.77 for every dollar earned by men.
The pay gap is even greater for african
american women and latino women.
With african american earning $0.64 and
latina women $0.56. I am proud we are seeking to do something about this in san francisco and enormously proud and appreciative
of the seven members of the equal pay advisory board for creating something that can truly change not just san
francisco, but it can change
this country, it can change the world. With that in mind, I would like to call upon the members of the board to please come
up.
They are tum a; margie english.
I also would like to call on elaine
huron to come forward.
The person from human rights commission who has worked tirelessly to implement this.
Please come up to the podium. This amazing group of women will be releasing it's final report in the next
couple of weeks and men. Stay tuned for more on that when we get
roll call. I would like to recognize every member of the board for the work
they are doing. I would like to thank
teresa sparks for making this priority and to staff who has been working with
this group and now I especially
want to
acknowledge rachel for her work and to ensure all meetings were productive.
I know rachel is is going to say a few
words. On behalf, not only of the board
and the district that I represent, but quite frankly on future
generations of san francisco, especially all
the girls and young women who will be impacted by this work.
Thank you very much.
>> thank you so much, supervisor
campos. Again, my name is
rachel lang
ston chair of equal pay advisory board.
I would like to thank you for
continuing to support our efforts.
Since our first meeting in April we've
had meetings from variety of experts including individuals from the
department of status of women, labor enforcement, city attorney's office and
city controllers to department of human
resources to name a few. We have also
taken similar efforts to affect pay equity.
Usually from the fast rate of experts.
We began to developing a system to ensure san francisco will continue to
set the bar to others throughout the
state and the country for minimizing this.
We will have a report to share with the
board next month.
I would like to thank
supervisors for their unwavering commitment.
Thank you again and we look forward to
sharing our report in January.
[Applause]
Supervisor london breed: thank you all
for your advocacy and congratulations.
Now I want to turn to our last item. 14, 15, 16.
Before we move forward with our vote, I
actually had a few more questions more specifically. You have already been recused supervisor farrell. Thank you for leaving.
So I want to ask questions of director
martin more specifically about the four
diamond rating because I have received
information that specifies that and this is directly from the hyatt at the
airport that the hotel is in fact a four diamond hotel. Can you explain to
me, you know, exactly, or someone from
the hyatt can probably explain, but it
seems there is information out there that makes it clear from the public
that this is a four diamond hotel, but there is something that your office did
to verify that it is in fact a three diamond hotel.
Can you just be clear about that explanation because that's what I'm
most concerned about. >> sure.
It's a very important criteria
that be met.
The aaa publishes the diamond rating on an annual bases.
>> do you know when annually?
>> I don't, but since 2008, -- since 2007, actually. The burling game
property has been a 3 diamond hotel.
If you go to the hyatt website, there
is no question that the burling game property, if you are going to make a reservation at the hyatt burling game, it is a three diamond. It has been that
for 8 years. We have verified that.
There is still maybe legacy information out there.
If I request five diamond hotel
seattle, there is a link to another
site.
Fairmount site shows 5 stars, not five
diamonds. They are accurate.
It's a little confusing but if one
would think as an ordinary traveller
that the fairmount is a 5 diamond, but
it's a 5 star hotel. It's important we follow the aaa published data which we
have followed and vefrd
>> are you aware that they are
advertising as a four diamond hotel and
are you concerned that they are advertising it this way. This is information being put out there about this specific hotel. I'm just trying to reconcile why we would select
a hotel that although we know legally
they are rated at 3 star, their
advertising is basically is false advertisement?
>> there is legacy information on the internet that is difficult for all of
us to track down.
There is airline information to sfo and
shows on other websites it has old
pages to sfo that is not accurate. All of these organizations are having
the task to track down inaccurate information from old legacy
information. In the end, my 35%
differential is my guarantee.
It's a guarantee for the airport, the city, even if this property becomes a four diamond property at a later date,
we geneed. >> we get the financial protection we need, but what about the public and the advertising to the public and what the hotel is supposed to provide to the public. Is that protected in this agreement as well?
>> they are not to have on their sites misinformation.
If they are, we will hold them
accountable and I recognize
there is information out there that is not
accurate. If you go to make the
reservation, there is no question that
the hotel is a three diamond property at the burling game.
>> thank you for this information. I'm still a little concerned. I know this process was discussed in
more detail in the budget and finance committee meeting, and I know there have been a number of issues that have come to my attention last minute.
so this is why I have continued to
bring those issues up. More specifically I did have an
opportunity to meet with your attorney who specifically worked on this agreement to asked a number of
questions and was assured that the process was vetted.
There were -- there was a lot of care taken and dealing with this particular process and based on their work, based on your work, I know that you understand that these kinds of issues can be really problematic especially
when you have groups of individuals who
you respect and you also trust bringing
to your attention serious concerns.
Unfortunately, I don't have a way to determine whether or not those concerns
are valid or not based on how the information is presented.
So, at this time, I'm definitely
willing to consider supporting this,
but I am just hopeful that in the
future that these kinds of
issues department will be a little bit more proactive with members of the board and communicating with us before they get to the level of coming to our attention where we have to discuss them in more detail in this
manner. But I see other names in the roster and I'm going to recognize my
colleagues, supervisor cohen in
>>supervisor malia cohen: thank you
very much. I just have a couple questions. Would you describe to me or
elaborate on the prioritization of lbe on this particular process?
>> we have a significant high goals for
participation in the construction program.
Would expect we would receive
based on
our history 20-25%
participation for --
I think it maybe higher than that.
For the on going operation, I can give
you that information. We've identified $6.3 million at the hotel that the hyatt has agreed to work with us on. >> I would agree that you guys do an
excellent job when it comes to the construction industry and having
diversity in the construction industry
and I applaud you for that.
But where our concern is the contract
for special services in the lbe community. I know that I have been in touch with your commission and I have also articulated concerns with your commissioners. >> I will be happy to share that information with you. Frankly
supervisor I couldn't be more proud of
our accomplishments. We have
extraordinary level of wpe/lbe and highest in the nation and we do a very
good job for promoting opportunities
for many of those firms to become successful nationally.
>> thank you.
I'm glad you clarified that with me and
shared that so people know of our successes. Thank you.
Supervisor london breed: supervisor
campos? Cams >>supervisor david campos: thank you.
I would like to thank you for your
work. If I had to make a choice in terms of this market, I don't know that
I would see selecting a hotel company
that has another hotel that might
possibly be competing as the ideal. So I don't know that I would have done
it that way.
But that's not the question for me as to how I would have done it.
but the question is it a sound bases for this selection by the airport and this administration. I think it really
speaks to the level of the
respect that
I and many of the colleagues have for
the director and that I May not have gone down this path.
But that you are recommending this that I am willing to support it. What I would say is that I think it is the
kind of contract that we have to watch
and you know, director martin is very
good at what he does.
But for like all of us he's not going
to be around forever and we have a responsibility especially if the time comes where the director is not there
to make sure that the letter and the
spirit of this contract is enforced fully.
I would say enforcement is not just
dependent on the requirement of the
35%, but to me, I would also expect
that att beyond the rates
that in the marketing, they would not undermine the
success of the airport hotel, and i
think going back to what President Breed noted to me there is an
expectation that I have that they will not be marketing themselves in a way
that would compete with the airport hotel.
That's including to me that designation or identification of a four star or as
a four star as a four diamond. I think
we retain the right to call to task if
they continue to do that to the extent
they have done that and beyond that, I think as a good business
partnercious
-- partner, it's not how they just interact with the city but also with
the public and they are accurately marketing themselves to the residents of san francisco is important to me.
So I certainly will be watching this going forward.
Again, I will be voting for
this
advice of the director, and out of
deference to him, but with any contract
especially something of this nature, things could change and I think we have
to be vigilant as we move forward. Thank you. >>supervisor london breed: thank you,
supervisor campos. Madam Clerk, please
call the roll.
City clerk: supervisor campos, aye,
christensen, aye, cohen aye, kim aye, supervisor mar, aye, supervisor tang,
aye, supervisor wiener, aye, supervisor
yee, aye, supervisor avalos, aye. 10 ayes.
>>supervisor london breed: those resolutions have been adopted and pass
unanimously.
Item 17.
City clerk: [Administrative code- establishing the navigation partnerships fund]
Sponsors: mayor; farrell and christensen ordinance amending the administrative code to establish the navigation partnerships fund supervisor london breed:
>>clerk, please call the roll.
City clerk: supervisor cohen, aye,
farrell, aye, mar, aye, tang, aye,
supervisor wiener, aye,
supervisor yee,
no. Supervisor avalos, aye.
There are 10 AYEs and one no.
>>supervisor london breed: the ordinance passes on the first reading. Next item.
City clerk: item 18. [Appropriation and de-appropriation- revenue bond proceeds for parking garage and transit projects to radio replacement and pedestrian projects- $9,437,587-fy2015-2016]
Sponsors: mayor; breed ordinance appropriating and de-appropriating $9,437,587 consisting of $9,000,000 from municipal transportation agency series 2014a revenue bonds proceeds for parking garage projects to support the radio replacement project and $437,587 from municipal transportation agency series 2013a revenue bonds proceeds for transit projects to pedestrian projects in
fy2015-2016. Supervisor london breed: >>clerk, please call the roll.
City clerk: breed, aye, campos, aye,
christensen, aye, supervisor cohen,
aye, farrell aye, supervisor kim, aye,
mar, aye, tang, aye, supervisor wiener,
aye, supervisor yee, aye, supervisor avalos, aye. There are 11 ayes.
>>supervisor london breed: this
ordinance passes unanimously on the
first reading. Item 19.
City clerk: [Contract requirements-sf access paratransit program- prevailing wage and worker retention requirements]
Sponsor: campos ordinance authorizing the municipal transportation agency to include, in the next contract it executes for brokerage services for the sf access paratransit program after issuing a competitive solicitation, provisions that require the contractor and subcontractors to pay prevailing wages to drivers, dispatchers and reservationists providing services for the sf access program, and to provide transitional employment and retention to the prior contractor' s employees performing such services; and setting the prevailing wage rates for individuals providing services for the
sf access program1234 supervisor london breed: supervisor campos? >>supervisor david campos: thank you.
I want to take this opportunity to
thank mta and partners as well and as we move forward with these contracts that we are in fact as a requirement for any competing process that we add
that workers should be paid a prevailing wage.
I think that it's important for us as a city to make that a priority when we
issue these kinds of rfp's and at the end of the day, if you care about
workers and you care about them getting
the wages they deserve to be successful and to survive in this city you have to
put up the money that it takes. That's what this does. I'm very grateful for that and very proud of the work done around this. Thank you.
I ask for your support.
>> thank you, supervisor campos.
This is great regulation.
I'm supportive 100%.
Madam Clerk, please add me as a sponsor.
Can we take this colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. Without objection this item is approved.
>> item 20.
City clerk: [Purchase and sale of electricity and related products and services for cleanpowersf-san francisco public utilities commission]
Sponsors: mayor; breed ordinance conditionally authorizing the san francisco public utilities commission
Sfpuc: To enter into one or more agreements requiring expenditures of $10,000,000 or more for electric power and related products and services to launch the city' s community choice aggregation program, cleanpowersf, and authorizing the general manager of the sfpuc to deviate from certain otherwise applicable requirements of city
law in such agreementsity
clerk: sf 201234 supervisor london breed: colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. Without objection this item is
approved. Item 21.
City clerk: [Accept and expend grants- trust for public land-joseph l. Alioto performing arts piazza (" civic center plaza" ) Playgrounds- $10,000,000]
Sponsor: mayor resolution retroactively authorizing the recreation and park department to accept and expend grants of up to $10,000,000 from the trust for public land for design and reconstruction of the playgrounds at the joseph l. Alioto performing arts piazza (" civic center plaza" ), and approving grant agreements with the trust for public land for acceptance and performance of the grant services for the project term of November 5, 2014, through January 31, 2017. Ity
clerk: sf 211234 supervisor london breed: colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. Without objection this item is
approved. Item 22.
City clerk: [Master license agreements
California: , llc, gte mobilnet of california, lp, dba verizon wireless, and mobilitie investments iii, llc-wireless telecommunications equipment on transit support poles- each to exceed $1,000,000] Resolution retroactively approving executed master license agreements between the city and county of san francisco,
California: , llc, gte mobilnet of california, lp, dba verizon wireless, and mobilitie investments iii, llc, for the installation of wireless telecommunications antennae and equipment on san francisco municipal transportation agency poles, each for an amount to exceed $1,000,000 and a term of nine years beginning September 22, 2014, November 30, 2014, and April 23, 2015, respectively; and affirming the planning department' s determination under the california environmental
quality act.
City clerk: [Master license agreements
California: , llc, gte mobilnet of california, lp, dba verizon wireless, and mobilitie investments iii, llc-wireless telecommunications equipment on transit support poles- each to exceed $1,000,000] Resolution retroactively approving executed master license agreements between the city and county of san francisco,
California: , llc, gte mobilnet of california, lp, dba verizon wireless, and mobilitie investments iii, llc, for the installation of wireless telecommunications antennae and equipment on san francisco municipal transportation agency poles, each for an amount to exceed $1,000,000 and a term of nine years beginning September 22, 2014, November 30, 2014, and April 23, 2015, respectively; and affirming the planning department' s determination under the california environmental quality act. >>
supervisor london breed: #123w4 colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. Without objection this item is approved. >> items 23 through -- >>
city clerk: [Multifamily housing revenue bonds-510 folsom street (Also known as transbay block 9)-not to exceed $95,000,000]
Sponsor: kim resolution declaring the intent of the city and county of san francisco ("city") To reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of future bonded indebtedness; authorizing the director of the mayor' s office of housing and community development ("director") To submit an application and related documents to the california debt limit allocation committee ("cdlac") To
permit t [Multifamily housing revenue bonds- 1855-15th street-not to exceed $48,715,000]
Sponsors: mayor; wiener resolution declaring the intent of the city and county of san francisco (The " city" ) To reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of future bonded indebtedness; authorizing the director of the mayor' s office of housing and community development (The " director" ) To submit an application and related documents to the california debt limit street [Multifamily housing revenue bonds-1855-15th street-not to exceed $48,715,000]
Sponsors: mayor; wiener resolution declaring the intent of the city and county of san francisco (The " city" ) To reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of future bonded indebtedness; authorizing the director of the mayor' s office of housing and community development (The " director" ) To submit an application and related documents to the california debt limit allocation committee (Sf 251234 sf 25 item 26, multifamily housing revenue bond.
Item 27, item 28, item 29,
Reading: ...
Item 30, item 31, item 32, item 33,
item 34, item 35, item 36, item 37,
item 38, item 39, item 40.
Item 41, item 42. Supervisor london breed: colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. Without objection this item is
approved.
City clerk: item 42.
Planning code, zoning maep rezoning
properties on ocean avenue. Ordinance amending the planning code
and zoning map.
Adopting the proceeds. >>supervisor london breed: colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. Without objection this item is
approved. Item 43.
City clerk: general plan amendment erin
conhill area plan.
Reading: ... Supervisor london breed: colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. Without objection this item is
approved. Item 44.
City clerk: item 44 planning code
zoning map 525 harrison street.
To redesignate a portion of the
assessor's block lot no. 063 to affirm
the planning department ceqa determination that the amendments are
within the scope of the erin conhill
area plan and with the report. >>supervisor london breed: colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. Without objection this item is
approved. Item 45.
City clerk: item 45, an ordinance to
amend the administrative code tiding
sugar sweetened beverages on city property.
Supervisor london breed: supervisor cohen?
>>supervisor malia cohen: thank you.
On June the board advertised
legislation legislation regarding
beverages on city property accompanying
legislation for sugary beverages
including labeling and city spending on these. A week after the passing of the law, the supreme court rule
regarding the
1st amendment and speech left the city attorney to reevaluate the advice that
they had given to us. The supreme court raised several legal issues that related to this ordinance. So it's for this reason that I have
asked that we repeal the law.
To those folks that joined me in the fight around sugary beverages, I want
to assure you that the war rages on and we May have lost this particular battle but we'll continue to be working forward.
This is incredibly disappointing but it's important that we move forward in
a smart and thoughtful manner.
Thank you, Madam President. >>supervisor london breed: thank you, supervisor cohen. Supervisor wiener?
>>supervisor scott weiner: i would like
to thank supervisor cohen's leadership on this issue.
We moved forward 3 pieces of
legislation. This one from supervisor
cohen, legislation that I authored
requiring warning labels and ads for
sugary drinks and we all moved forward
together as part of our continued
efforts to address the explosion of type two diabetes and other health problems that are being fueled by these
drinks and the science has not been
disputed for a long time but less disputable showing how much damage this
contributes to our community's health.
It's unfortunate that the court has
come forward with the speech that it
has. We should prevent these
harmful
products from the private properties.
We are moving forward with other pieces of legislation. I know it will work
together in coalition to address this
important public health issue and I want to thank everyone for moving forward.
aye, supervisor wiener aye, supervisor yee, aye, supervisor avalos.
There are 11 ayes.
>>supervisor london breed: this
ordinance is passed on the first
reading. Next item.
City clerk city clerk item 47. Urging establishment of fair and effective guidelines for beach
fires at ocean beach.
>>supervisor london breed: supervisor mar?
>>supervisor eric mar: thank you.
This protects the longstanding issues
with beach fires with our city and national park service to maintain one of the treasures of san francisco but also to create a sustainable ocean beach.
I wanted to thank supervisors tang,
yee, avalos, wiener and farrell and
campos for this.
Beach bonfires have created a recreational activity and one of the activities that have been enjoyed by
families, young,000 thooz and many people and shared with my office how
deep this goes and enjoying bonfires
back as far as 1890 around ocean beach
near the cliff house and many serving themselves after a long day of
is
surfing and would be collected for use
and in the middle of the 20th
century,
surfer is needed this along the beach
after surfing. A lot of the beach fires
have taken place around fulton street
close to lincoln boulevard to where supervisor tang's district is. But in 2007, after national park
service tried to shutdown bonfire
parks, community groups worked with the
parks and city to limit the area
between stairwell 15-20 which is roughly between fulton and somewhere close to lincoln boulevard where people
are confined to about 10-12 fire pits.
Importantly, this kept fires away from environmentally sensitive areas and homes and made clean up easier as well.
I think it's an example of a guideline
and partnership that have improved
people's experience at ocean beach and
new national park superintendent leonard has extended the deadline for
input for the process of the national park service on limiting bonfires. I
encourage people to go to the national park website to give input all the way up to friday. The resolution we are hearing today would establish fair and effective
guidelines for ocean beach. Acknowledge that that parks historically that have been in our city and national park service.
The maintenance of ocean beach is a shared responsibility between all of us. In the spirit of that, I initiated
and the board approved two budget
cycles, $235,000 to the
recreation and parks department.
The recreation and parks
departme
creatingwant to thank recreation and parks for establishing that and also establishing
an education campaign to educate others so they don't leave no trace and make the park better than what it was when they got there. This is an important resolution
becausthe national parks service to listen to local communities around
ocean beach and beach goers and
residents that have depended on bonfires and recreational activities over the years. Please continue to give
input into the process and the national parks service makes it's determination.
I urge support and thank all the cosponsors as well. >>supervisor london breed:
thank you, supervisor mar. Colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. Without objection this
item is item 48.
City clerk: a resolution
designatchildren
and
evaluation and californ
welfare and institution code section. >>supervisor london breed: colleagues,
can we item is
approvedem no. 49.
City clerk: item 49 to appoint
miriam >>supervisor london breed:
supervis
would liappointing miriam to
this commission and we want to thank
her for her support and how much she has been involved. She will be a great addition to the small business commission. I want to
thank her for her service.
Supervisor london breed: thank you, supervisor kim?
>>supervisor jane kim: thank you. I
want to say some words of
support of miriam.
And glad she's applied for the small business commission. Her family
runs and ownsd's market in the south of market and they have been a tremendously good neighbor and a large foot print in the neighborhood
because have been so generous in giving
and actively participate ing in many
activities and great to see a young woman joining one of our commissions.
So many of our young women are sponsors in san francisco and I think
she'll an amazing job in representing.
All owners but
in y that you applied and that you will be joining this city in advising us in supporting small businesses which
creates a lot of jobs here in san francisco. >>supervisor london breed:
thank you.
Supervis miriam
zouzounis
continues to support and been a
tremendous leader on many fronts bringing different groups together.
Also with her work with the safe and san francisco rights ordinance
and the healthy food retail ordinance
and e trickybusiness bigger chain issues with the working group. She's an amazing leader and I think she'll be a
great addition to the small business commission.
>>supervisor london breed:
thank you.
Seeing no other names on the roster. Colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. Without
objectiopproved. Roll call for
introduand legislative analyst to conduct a full performance audit of all the homeless services in san francisco. The board's contract with the budget and legislative analyst
stipulthat
the bla will conduct 3 audits each year
on the committee. I have been on the committee for 3
years now and the bla conducted an
audit of the san francisco fire
department and one our senior service
requested this and I want to thank supervisor avalos for joining me in requesting this audit.
We are looking for all services in san
francisco with provider specificity.
>> no. 2, homeless review population
data and needs assessment and
contracting procedures for homeless
services including how contracting services are meeting the needs and contracts for monitors are quality
performance. We are looking to
particulservices for homeless targeted population with behavioral
health needs.
No. 4, the existing mix and funds for
supportthis. Supervisor's report that the city
spends $165 million per year on homelessness.
That side 2 years ago and the figures
are close to $2 million now. We are looking at best practice
surveysstrategies for homeless
services that are succeeding in other cities.
We are spending over $2 million each
year and yet 255 people still continue
to be homeless in san
franciscans and
thousands sleep in the streets every night.
First we need to understand the most case by case, dollar for dollar level what is working and what isn't working and what others are doing
succeswe can doop duplicate that.
I look forward to reviewing
that
and posting a hearing at g ao sometime next year. The other item I want to briefly address is our on going efforts
to housing production not only in district 5 but throughout
the city.
This morning mayor ed lee and I
announced that we are
reconducthe housing measure for the ballot for affordable housing that
buildeired to build. The housing
coalition of advocates and city leaders and non-profit developers. I'm
confident we will develop a successful proposals to increase inclusionary of affordable housing requirement. We have to. The on-site requirement implemented by
voters in prop c in 2012 is simply not doing enough. It's just not doing the job. In fact in today's housing criticize in
san francisco, prop c has
unfortunand creating more affordable housing at times preventing
us from requiring more than 12%.
We have felt that impact firsthand in
district 5 as we try to increase affordability standards. 12% is not enough and we are pushing
for a new larger measure to increase
affordabwe are increasing the housing working group and look forward to leading the
effort at the board of supervisors. San franciscans even well paying jobs
are struggling to find affordable homes and can't afford the homes they already have.
We must push the envelope and make it
possible for san franciscan to be able
to afford and I intend to do that in 2016.
I also have an in memoriam for ms.Estell crawford.
I know the family is in the audience.
Ms. Crawford was the san francisco heritage redevelopment agency and advisory committee and board member of freedom west homes for more
than 40
years. Her surviving siblings
include
-- leroy sykes, her children, larry, donna, lonnie.
And she had 12 grandchildren
and 5 grandchildren. She passed away November 11th of this year. She leaves behind a host of
family friends ancommunity that truly loves her and she will be missed. Thank you to the family members who are here today and we will be adjourning
the meeting in her honor.
Last but not least, colleagues,
I have imperative item.
It is of the most importance
here today. We will be reviewing this item towards the end of our meeting, but I wanted to
make a few comments about this item.
More specifically, this is commending
our colleague supervisor julie
christene board earlier this year. Hit the ground running, rolling up her sleeves and has done a remarkable job
not for district 3, but for the city and county of san francisco. I remember her first meeting where she
basically had a ceqa appeal in
her it inside and out and made an incredible decision to work
with both sides and I was extremely impressed because she just hit
the did a fantastic job of that first meeting. When I was out
in with supervisor christensen and she noticed some graffiti on one of the
newspaper stands and some newspaper stand was broken. She took a picture of it and sent it to
dpw asking they fix this. She stopped right in the middle of what
she was doing and that's
exactly kind of supervisor christensen is.
But over 20 years she's been an
incredible advocate for district 3.
Fighting for the joe demaggio playground and which raised a lot of
money to open that playground which just happened less that a month
ago. A major advocate of the north beach library and was very
instrumeng that library built and open and available to the residents in her community and she was also
instrumecentral subway to north beach
and fisherman's wharf.
No where supervisor christensen is, I know she is committed to this
city and she will continue to
fight city and will continue to be an advocate for san franciscans everywhere. She has been an amazing
colleagu am so thankful for the time that we've had on the board of supervisors to work
together. So sarment -- as a result of your commitment, today I'm
releasing an imperative agenda item which I rarely do and actually I have only
done on one other occasion. Today I'm introducing
that to commend our colleagues supervisor julie christensen for over 20 years of service to the city and
county of san francisco.
Thank you, supervisor, christensen. I know when you leave the board of supervisors, you will continue to be
the sabring that same passion that you brought to the board. You will continue to bring that same passion to your district for years to come and I'm just grateful to have had the opportunity to work with you. So
thank you. At this time, if there are any other members of the board who
would like to say any comments, I will recognize you now before we move on to
the next member on roll call for introductions. supervisor wiener? >>supervisor scott weiner: thank you very much, President Breed for
introducing this imperative item to
commend our colleague and my friend julie christensen. Julie, we will certainly Miss You. I
will Miss You dearly at the board of supervisors but I also know you are not
going anywhere because you are deeply committed our community and after a very difficult election day within a
few days, I started seeing you at community events where I might have
been caught up in a ball somewhere showed your strength and your
commitment to the community.
You know, I for years have been inspired by julie's work, not just work in the community because we all
do workthe community, but really being able
to deliver pretty massive contributions to the neighborhood.
And not that many people, a lot of people claim credit for different playgrounds and libraries and pools and
other things that go into a
neighborhood and success as many parents.
In your case there was not even the slightest exaggeration. Some of these things would not have happened but for your leadership.
I want to thank mayor lee for really I
think making an inspired appointment to the board of supervisors and it's been such a real pleasure to work with you here in this building. I know it's been a tough year.
I can only imagine taking
office, never
having campaigned before and never holding elected office before
and
did kind of fist year immediately. That's something I have not
gone through.
When you run for office from scratch,
you #3w8d ---- build that up.
I you have conducted yourself with grace and commitment.
I would like to thank you for that service and I know that service
will rvisor london breed: thank you, supervisor wiener. Supervisor tang?
>>supervisor katy tang: thank you for
your service. I will definitely Miss
You as well. In your short amount of time in the board of supervisors you have shown incredible legislation that will have long lasting effects. I know
that you don't need the title of supervisor to continue doing the amazing things for district 3 and the
rest of the city which as everyone has said you have already demonstrated
prior to being here. I really and our
entire office has enjoyed
working with
your staff, gary, mason, all of them have been wonderful. I applaud you for again taking on this roll when you are asked to do so.
I know how you felt when you received that call. So, again, it's not easy to
have to turn around and campaign so quickly. Thank you for everything you
have done and look forward to seeing you in the community.
Julie, I'm going to echo comments. As mentioned, this was not the last we
are see of you. On a personal
level, it's been great working
with
as a and from each one of us, it's been great to work with you and
meeting your husband and mom and sister.
We are going to Miss You. But we look forward to working together in other capacities.
I think the city is so lucky to have people like yourself thrust into this role and neighborhood leaders like
yourself and on a personal level again, it's just been personally a
great
to know you with you and look forward to continue to working with you whatever that capacity maybe. Congratulations on a great year. >>supervisor london breed: thank you
very or farrell. Supervisor kim?
>>supervisor jane kim: thank you, I
also want to recognize supervisor christensen. Even when you are not on
the same side of issues you can respect each other on differing opinions and that's great about this board. I have to respect that anyone who works and fights hard for their
neighborr what they
believe and i think weagree that your work in north beach playground was incredibly important not just for your neighborhood, but the city as well. I think finally the one thing we can all say that this is a challenging and
tough job and having watched many of us
although not all of us
experienas our first year on the board of supervisors and the trials and tribulations that come with it,
I wantyou major props for going through one of those years as
well. I through something like that.
But you really, you dove right into it. You weren't ever scared to express your opinion and your position which can be very intimidate to go do when
you are
new to chambers, but I really appreciated that you stood strong and that you continued to fight for your community here.
So, you know, looking forward to
continuing to working with you.
No longer as a supervisor but continue
to go -- working with you. >>supervisor london breed: thank you. We will move this forward at the end of
our members
in the audience for ms.Estell, if you
can stand up.
Our commander -- ally.
Please stand and be recognized.
We be adjourning the meeting on her behalf.
She will be truly missed. Thank you for all being here today.
With that, Madam Clerk, the rest I submit.
>> thank you. Supervisor campos? >>supervisor david campos: thank you.
I'm wishing my colleagues a very happy
holiday season and hope they had an enjoyable thanksgiving. I have a couple
items today, first is a piece of legislation I'm introducing and I would like to thank supervisor
farrell happen and supervisors avalos, mar and yee.
This insures protect the diverse, culture, arts and community festivals that makes san francisco what it is.
As you look at that issue, security
place an important role in our festivals but security can also
be verwe are proposing is a set
of amendments to the 10b ordinance by
creating a clear timeline and
transparent process for how festivals apply for security.
We intent to ensure that festival
organizations are not hit with
unfor for their events and
therefoit impossible to put
that event together. We have spent a year working on this matter and I want
to thank my staff, carolyn gus in for
spending a lot of time and
prior to
carol, nathan alde. We would thought be where we are today without the collaboration with the san
francisco police department and
specifically chief -- suhr who has
been working with us around the 10b
program. Festivals are a huge economic engine for san francisco.
In the year 2014 and if you
look only
and tivals, the
economi as $495 million and more
than 4,000 jobs supported by
these -- and that's only lgbt festivals in 2014.
If we look back, these festivals have
had over $1 billion in festivities and
supported thousands of jobs in san
francisstipulation has three components.
First it creates a time line for when
festival organizers must apply for the
policing process and when
police must
respond for the festival and an appeals
process which is not existent for the
san francisco police if a request for
police was denied or a number has been recommended is problematic.
The thiich is actually something I'm very excited about is it creates a data collection process through the san francisco entertainment commission detailing how many
police being used for events and
how much money is spent related to the
10b program. By collecting this data, we can better understand how
the 10 b program impacts festivals and the entertainment industry as a whole.
Again, I want to thank chief suhr for
his support and lieutenant and officer navin for his input and would like to
thank th work on this and acknowledge the work of
terrence allen and carl son. San francisco would not be the incredible city it is without
many of
the festivals and entertainment venues
we have with our music, dance, food that make san francisco unique.
We the festival organizers for this
culture and beauty that this
city has
and ensureing the safety of our neighborhood.
The second item I have is around legislation that we discussed when we honored and recognized the work of equal pay advisory board. Again, if you
remember the equal pay ordinance
requires contractors and subcontractors
who do business to submit a report on
compensation of equal pay.
The equal pay advisory board has been
meetingto analyze the data collection that identify wage gaps
based on gender and ethnicity in san francisco.
To dough -- do so in a way that
minimizesan francisco as they provide this data. Putting this together has been very challenging. It's something that no one
in this country in arguably in the world has been able to do up to this point. So we are very grateful for the
work of the advisory board.
What I'a hearing request first and foremost to review the final report that should be
released in the next couple of weeks.
We have met with the human
rights commission and in anticipation of some of the recommendations, the second
piece of this introduction is
to amend
the original legislation to amend the existing headlines that align with the
recommeboard. We specifically want to make the
following points to ensure the proper
implementation of the equal pay legislation. That the first phase will involve working with the controllers office to
develop a pilot study for compensation
analysis
>> because the city has
information on data. And update the records. Phase three of the implementation will allow equal pay reporting to piggy back
on the system, the city comptrollers office and legislation for contractors and grant recipients who do not
use at
the elation system.
I agree the equal pay ordinance makes
more sense and more thoroughly to adequately implement that law. therefore the ordinance I'm introducing
today wothe
adminifor the
initial equal pay reports from January
31, 2016, to July 3, 2017.
The ordinance also extend the
sunset
data to July 22, 2018. The final item is not something that I'm happy I have to do, but it's
something that I believe is
necessar we move forward with the continued
implementation of the city's
identification car program, the id card that san francisco has been leading the
way and has become such a success.
Unfortunately I have recently heard
from a number of constituents about some accounts for some individuals that had a negative experience to go through
the process of having a city id card
and the way that many of these
individ disrespected in that office is very alarming and it's
because of that, that today I'm
introducing a hearing request
on the operations, the policy and training
procedures and the overall kvz customer service that takes place with
this program. We have asked the county clerk of the city to do a presentation as part of this hearing and we specifically want them to explain what
kind of procedures, training and other processes to have in place to ensure
their office is free of senior phobia,
homophobia.
A particular concern an issue raised by
latino community and felt
disrptd respected. What makes san francisco unique is that
we can create programs like the
municipal id cards and that legislation has become a model for the rest of the country and we want to continue to be a model and for that to happen, we need
to make sure the concerns that have been raised are addressed swiftly and quickly. The rest I submit. >> thank you. Madam President? >> thank you, I want to go back to our 3:00 P.M. Special order, Madam Clerk.
Let's go to one of our hearings which
should not take very long items
53-61.
City clerk: Madam President,
you are
speaking about items 58-61.
Public hearing appeal of conditional
use authorization 22 ord court.
Item 59, proog conditional use
authorization 22 ord court.
Item 60. Disapproving conditional use
authorization 22 ord court.
And 61, preparation of findings related
to conditional use authorization people
22 ord court.
>>supervisor london breed: we will
consider this conditional use
authorization to increase the existing
square footage and more than 100% by
constructing a new approximately dwelling unit. Without objection we will proceed as as
follows: up to 10 minutes by appellant and representatives and 2 minutes per
speaker in support of the appeal, 10 minutes from presentation from the planning commission and 10 minutes from
the project sponsor and representatives
and 10 minutes for speaker opposition
for appeal. Finally up to 3 minutes for
rebuttal from the appellant and appellant representative.
At this time, we will open up the
hearing and I will recognize supervisor scott wiener. >>supervisor scott weiner: thank you
very much, Madam President. Colleagues, i'm happy to report that we do have a
resolution of this item. I
first want
to thank andre's tower and my office
for doing a yomans work to help mediate
the project sponsor and I want to thank Mr. Power for his extraordinary
work in
getting this appeal resolved. Colleagues, I want to outline to you
the agreement on the parties and at the conclusion of hearing, I want to make a
motion to reject the conditional use
and to adopt conditional use as revised and I will articulate that motion at the end of the hearing. My
understanding is that the two sides will affirm that they have agreed to
these terms. I want to briefly outline
for you what the parties agreement is.
So, in addition to the conditions imposed by the planning commission,
when it issued the conditional use, the amendments period of time
agreement are
as follows: reducing the massing of the existing 22 ord court building and allowing for additional
excavation on the ground floor requiring a setback of the roof deck above the existing
building and the new building facing state street, adding sound rated and
bird safe glass as the roof
deck enclosure. Maintaining the setback for the new
property at 22 ord court facing third street and requiring areas in the
setback and requiring the construction
plan be prepared for admitting -- I also understand the parties have agreed
to a separate agreement on a property
that ma occur at 24 ord court although it's not subject to appeal before us
today. Those are the
amendments. To the conditional use the parties have
agreed I will ask as the parties come
up they indicate their agreement to these changes. >>supervisor london breed: thank you,
supervisor wiener, okay. The appellant or representative
can now
come forward.
>> good afternoon.
>> Madam, please speak directly
into the microphone.
Public speaker: my name is maryann droezer. I'm speaking on behalf of jack keeting
who is the named appellant in this matter.
Jack keeting is the chair of
the eureka valley neighborhood of planning use committee.
Jack keeting has authorized me to state the supervisors have come to an
agreement on the project and we no
longer oppose the project at 22 ord court based on the agreement reached with the project sponsors.
>> thank you.
>> okay.
Are there any members of the public who
would support of this
appeal? You have 2 minutes.
Public speaker: I'm johnson.
This is going to change a lot
of this this which has been said which
is going
to be I do think they should be charged
for those who thought that.
I was trying to be rude, I was
trying
to be nice.
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and
maximum for housing for our children. >>supervisor london breed: thank you
very much. Is there any additional public comment? Seeing none, public comment is closed. I'm assuming the planning department does not have a presentation since
there is an agreement that has been reached?
>> we do have a presentation, but given the statement, there is no reason to present it. Thank you. >> thank you very much. Okay.
For the project sponsor, you will have
up to ten minutes. 10 minutes.
>> thank you, allen murphy on behalf of
the project sponsor, kenneth tam.
We agree to the modification of the approval and appreciate the board's consideration to prove the conditional
use authorization with those modified conditions. >>supervisor london breed: thank you very much. Are there any members of the public who would like to speak on
behalf of the project sponsor? Seeing
none, public comment is closed.
Is there rebuttal? I'm
assuming since
there is agreement, there is no need for rebuttal. Okay, colleagues, the
hearing has been held and is now closed. The hands are now in the hands
of the board of supervisors. Supervisor wiener? >>supervisor scott weiner: thank you,
Madam President. I would first
make a
motion d item 60 which is the
item to approve and amend item 60 with
the additional conditions which I articulated and distributed in writing to the members of the board.
I would make a subsequent motion.
>> so you want to amend the item? >> item 60.
The disapproval.
>> okay, supervisor wiener has made a motion to amend.
Is there a second? Second by supervisor farrell. Colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. Without objection this
item is approved. >> Madam President I will make a further motion to object the
conditional use issued by the planning department and issue effectively a
revised conditional use specifically I move item 60 as amended and move to
table items 59 and 61. >>supervisor london breed: okay, supervisor wiener has made a motion. Is
there second? Seconded by supervisor farrell. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.
City clerk: supervisor breed, aye, supervisor campos, aye, supervisor
There are 11 ayes. >>supervisor london breed: okay, item
60 as amended passes and items 59 and
61 are both tabled.
Madam Clerk, can we please go to the
next 3:00 P.M. Special order.
The peralta is going to be continued?
Supervisor campos.
Call items 54-57.
City clerk: pleading appeal of
tentative map 369 peralta avenue, items
5, 56, 57, approve and disapprove the
obtaining of the parcel map. >> supervisor campos? >>supervisor david campos: thank you.
We have tabled this item before because we are waiting for action of
the courts.
The courts have set a trial for July
15th and the appellants have proposed mediation which will take place December 10th.
With that in mind, I hereby to make a
motion to continue to -- table this
item in the January 16, 2016.
>> thank you. Supervisor campos has made a motion to
continue the item to January 16, 2016, second by supervisor mar. Are there any members of the public who
would like to make a comment on this continuance? Is there any additional public comment? Seeing none, public comment is closed. Colleagues, can we
take this without objection.
Without objection, continuance is approved.
This will continue to January 16, 2015.
Madam Clerk, our final special 3:00
P.M. Order.
50-53.
City clerk: public hearing to appeal
the tentative map 40 bernal heights
boulevard and to make the environmental findings under ceqa.
Item 51, a motion to approve a
decision for the vernal heights boulevard project.
The motion to disapprove did position and disapprove the map for this project
and item 53 the preparation of findings. >>supervisor london breed: colleagues,
is there a motion to excuse supervisor campos. Motion by supervisor tang and yee without objection. Supervisor campos is excused.
All right, colleagues we have before us
an appeal of a tentative map for 40 bernal heights. For this hearing we
will consider the department approving
a tentative map for a proposed sublot
subdivision at vernal heights boulevard
is consistent with the plan forker any consistent plan that applies. Without objection we will proceed as follows.. Up to ten 10 minutes for the appellant to describe the grounds of their appeal.
Up to 2 minutes for public commenter is
to speak in support of their appeal.
Up to 10 minutes for department of public works for the planning department to describe the grounds decision to approve the tentative map. Up to ten 10 minutes for the real parties and interest to present and 10 minutes for public commenters to speak
in support of the real party and interest and finally the appellant will
have up to three 3 minutes for
a
rebuttal argument.
Okay. With that, we will now move for the public hearing and the appellant is
up for presentation. >> good afternoon. Before I start my ten 10 minutes I would like to make a procedural
motion
if I might we were just informed this morning.
This is really not the type of appeal
about the recusal of supervisor campos. This matter has been pending for months.
We are a little taken a back by that.
We have measured this lot ourselves and
found that it was more than 500
feet
and more than supervisor campos house
and the acknowledge and input is essential. We do not believe there is a conflict here. this is not about money.
Denial of this project would not
benefit supervisor campos.
Indeed, the building of $3 million housing for me might well
benefit me.
This is about neighborhood quality, neighborhood character. It is and therefore we do not believe there is a conflict and we
would
request that the board of supervisors
obtain and opinion from the fair and political practices commission that supervisor campos is not
conflicted in this matter. That's our motion. >> sir, your time is ticking.
You have 8 minutes and 28 seconds left.
>> I would request, President Breed, that I have 10 minutes to address the merits.
That was the procedural matter sprung
on us this morning as I say.
My name is chris whitman.
I live in bernal heights and I'm here representing myself. Approximately 120 neighbors in the immediate plan of the subdivision and
30 or more outside of the 300-foot
radius. We want to thank you for hearing us today although it was
difficult for many to leave work to attend today although a number of here
in attendance and I would ask that they
stand so the board can see the broad
support we have.
We've also prepared a graphic
illustration of the distribution of
opposing parties to this subdivision.
The subdivision is in black. The opposing parties in red.
I do notice this red should be here.
So there are a couple of small errors
here. The fact of the matter is that this represents the distribution of the
150 people who have opposed the project. All of the people and immediately
adjacent to the project oppose this project.
I would like to also address the remaining supervisors in the room and suggest to you that this is a matter of citywide importance.
I know you are involving with large downtown development issues, but I submit to you that health development
in the city's neighborhood is essential
to the ecology of the city. I'm sure many of you have walked around the west
village in new york city, other areas
like that and have seen the way that
small carriage homes and town houses
stand in relation to the large towers
of wall street on madison avenue.
That is the same ecology and
relationship we are talking about here.
Bernal heights is a small village and same to the type of ecology and the
granting of this subdivision, diminishes the character and quality of
that village. Over the year we have met
repeatedly with the planning department urging our concerns about the
neighborhood character as defined by
building mass ratio as relationship to houses.
These efforts have fallen on deaf ears.
This brings us to a threshold matter.
I'm sure you have all read the planning department memo which claims that our
issues are planning issues and not subdivision issues.
We urge you to reject this contention for three reasons.
No. 1, we strongly believe the
preservation of the neighborhood character and priority of the planning use district and the master plan begins
with the foot print of the lots.
In fact, we have before us concrete
plans for these four proposed parcels. In deed, the planning memo which you
have comingles planning and subdivision complex throughout. Most importantly the state's subdivision act requires a
legislative body of the city to deny
approval of a tentative map if it is
not consistent with applicable general
and specific plans.
Thus we contend you cannot approve this subdivision if it results in violation
of such plans and we believe that subdivision is inevitably inconsistent
with the character of the neighborhood. We talked a lot about character.
Let me just quote briefly from the
bernal heights special use district in
the city with topography that has old
buildings in a lot generally smaller
than the lots smaller than other low density area. There is a special use district.
This is the culmination of a long
history in 1979, bernal neighbors, it
actually began in the 60s where a gold
rush where large house is were built in
the bernal heights and adopted the east slope building guidelines none
of which
are considered in the board, the
planning department's memo. 1991 the bernal heights use district was adopted. That was not addressed in the memo. We
are here today on two issues: all of
the city's general and specific plans
call for community input and involvement, but our input in this case
has been systematically ignored.
There are two issues: one is
neighborhood character.
The mass density in shear site
of this
development to open space. In our neighborhoods within 300 feet of the
site, proposed to put substantially
bigger lots on substantially bigger
buildings on substantially smaller
lots.
This creates a density.
Instead on page 3, refers to the
smaller and larger lots rather than the larger sides. Our second is our repeated suggestion that our planning developers consider a
three parcel solution.
On this point, the planning department
repeats what it threatens. On the last
memo we read while three parcels will reduce the overall density of the
subject property, it May have an
inverse impact on mapping because there are none applicable to
the site.
Notice the memo would reduce the overall density.
Notice the use of the word May related to mapping t department itself is not sure. More specifically the notion that there
will be little or no restraint on the
size of the building in a three
parcel development rights large portion of the
code of the special use
district of the
bernal heights special use district has
several provisions that limit the size
of building which lot no. 3 would be
and expands the size of the backyard.
The larger the lot is.
So by subdividing it into
former lots.
It does not consider set backs and how
it's built to this maximum approach and
the general guidelines and plan that
has to do with the supply to
the
subdivision code.
>> thank you very much. Thank you very much.
Thank you very much. Thank you. Before we move to public comment in
support of the appeal, since the
appellant raised an issue about supervisor campos' residence and the
500-foot rule. It's a rule if you own property within 500 feet of the subject property you are legally prohibited from state law from participating in
the adjudication of the appeal and when
we take office, I know I was given a
map with a circle with around where I live. I will ask the city attorney to comment
on that because I know that supervisors
do always consult with the planning department and the city attorney to
ensure we are all very careful.
>> deputy city attorney, john gibner. That's correct. The planning department prepared a map for supervisor campos
when he first took office in 2009, shortly after he first took office with
a 500-foot radius around the property. We reviewed that map with the supervisor and his staff earlier today and concluded that the proposed project
is within the 500-foot radius. The current practical commission rules on this question by essentially
supervisor campos has a
conflict unless the spcc provide advice that considering all the factors that his property will not be materially
impacted by the project because the
spcc has not issued any advice and we haven't asked for it at this
point, we have advised supervisor campos that he must recuse himself on this matter. >> thank you very much. We now move to public comment in support of the appeal. Public comment will be 2 minutes.
If there are any members of the public
who wish to comment in support of the appeal, please lineup.
If there is anyone who due to
disability, let us know.
Public speaker: members of the
governing body. I would submit that because the members of this body were not paying attention to the appellant
during his speaking, in fact
three were having a jovial conversation they are not receiving a fair hearing and you are prejudice to their hearing because you didn't listen to what the person
was saying. Supervisors avalos and
wiener and I can't remember the other
name, were having a private conversation. That is not fair. If you are a hearing officer, you have an obligation to at least listen to what the people are saying to you. You get away with not listening to the public on a regular basis, but when you
are holding a hearing you need to be
fair and you are not being fair. You were texting on your phone and
doing something else and doing anything
but listen to the appellants. You can't call yourself fair if you are
not going to listen to both
sides. >> next speaker.
Public speaker: my name is steve richen. A neighbor. Being part of this project, it's been
an education albeit a sad one. Between 150 individuals have been part of this.
This is never an n issue.
We have stated the character and relations to bernal heights. There have been numerous communications with the planning department but from
the beginning we have felt patronized. When we talk about the neighborhood character, we are forcing to listen to long presentations on landscaping which
is staging for the ultimate
sale of
these luxury homes. Is subdividing
these two homes require to
remove two trees and ignoring the topography of the site.
It is not outrageous to think the
developers and architects would take
these things into consideration. It's a
consideration of how it relates to the neighborhood. Unfortunately this situation or input
has not fallen on deaf ears but what sounded like threats and changes to the
house to make it worse to punish the neighbors. While I understand it's
important, it seems to me it doesn't require actively assisting investors to
get the most money from their investment.
The education is written in the codes. Thank you for listening.
>> thank you, next speaker.
Public speaker: this is eva johnson. I
think this is important.
it's already discriminated by.
I'm over it at that perceived
and
condition of using safety devices.
That result in abuse for two modified
alternatives. First manufacture and
assistance for
our assistive devices with
manufacturing repair in our of our
doubts.
That at weddings and damages
fishing in
the sea.
>> thank you. Next speaker, please.
Public speaker: thank you for listening. I live within a couple of houses of this project.
I have lived there for 12 years with my family.
All of that time I have worked at a neighborhood school and many of my family members live in bernal heights.
If you want to know what tracts -- attracts them to bernal heights
is the
unique area and neighborhood. The neighborhood and character does not
come from what the buildings look like on the outside. It comes from the mass.
The mass of the buildings, that built
space to the lot size and how the lot that's being created is going to match
with the rest of the blocks in the area.
This all has an impact on the character
of our neighborhood.
We strongly believe the
preservation of our neighborhood character which is a
priority that is especially to create our neighborhood, it begins
with the square foot of the lot. This is building out to the max, doesn't include a setback or yard space.
It's not in consistent with what most of us live in. So I ask you today when you vote to really think about the future of this
city and especially my neighborhood which I love bernal heights and think
about how it affects future buildings. I hope it's not setting a precedent.
Thank you for listening. >>supervisor london breed: thank you, next speaker, please.
Public speaker: my name is linda
Mcnight. I want to emphasize that 150 of my neighbors agree that we are not against this development. We
are not a
bunch of neighborhood zealots that don't want our neighborhood to change.
I was part of the neighborhood agency
and I voted for the housing south of market. I voted for approval of those designs because they fit in that neighborhood
that we are creating south of market.
When I have visitors to san francisco,
I don't take them to the wharf, or
alcatraz, but I take them through neighborhoods.
Bernal heights that has that
character, it has a certain feel. It's changing. A lot of the facade
has a
modern architecture. The larger homes
are predominantly are in a minority and predominantly very small houses in
bernal. I'm sure you all have driven
through there and know that. This development is basically no set
backs and is just a wall of large out
of character houses.
Right up against the street. The house right across the street from
it is under 1,000 square feet.
These houses are huge. We feel it's important that four lots are too many.
The mass and the density of the project
is too large and we just want homes that fit in with our
neighborhood.
thank you.
>> thank you, next speaker.
Public speaker: my name is vernal.
I live within half of block of this development.
I have lived there since 1983.
A lot of change has happened. I
remember when the streets were unpaved.
They were just on dirt roads and much has changed.
I have been to the meetings for the design board for bernal heights. I have
heard my neighbors be very reasonable
about this process. Nobody has said
don't build. Leave this as open space. They are saying the builder has
a right
to build on that property but leave it
as it is.
We have all lived in bernal heights and
we have taken time out of our busy lives to appeal to you and that we are
not just in our own interest. To every real estate agent I have
spoken to who said your value will only
go up if you have 300-0000 -- 3
million, houses near you. We are asking
you to think about seriously. Why have 150 people in a city where you can
barely get that many to agree on
anything, come together to say this is not right. Build something that is in character with the existing neighborhood.
So that we can keep that little place
that everybody refers to as being very
special and keep it special. Thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please.
Public speaker: hi, thank you for being open to listening to us.
My name
is betsy brown, I live at 2 nebraska street. I don't think there is anybody who doesn't know that site more than I do
being there for 20 years across the street.
Never had I imagined that after moving
into that house there would be four buildings across the street wedged into
a very narrow lot with a strange slope. I always knew I would have a neighbor there.
At some point I'm not opposed to having building there but we are looking at
something that has dramatic character out of this neighborhood.
We are not here to -- bash building
together but we want it compatible with the surrounding neighborhood with it's character that has gained notoriety for it's special nature.
What you are seeing in your packages is research we did that was referred to
that looks at the relationship between
how it's built on the lots and the
overall size of the lots.
What we find in our analysis is the proposed buildings for the proposed
four lots completely flip the predoment ratio with far more space with open
space on the lot. If we are talking
about one house it would be one thing
talking about an entire of four houses. That's what we would like to reinforce
to you that the subdivision is not in a
relevant act of this. It's actually instrumental and fundamental to what's happened next to this property so we would like you to consider that as you
think about this decision. Thanks again.
>>supervisor london breed: thank you. Next speaker, please.
Public speaker: good afternoon, borpdz. Thank you for listening to us. My make
the is is nick.
I live a block away from this site.
I have lived at the house for 22 years.
The back of my house overlooks that parcel. I enjoy watching the
trees grow.
It covered the sides of what I thought were very large buildings on the right-of-way.
In fact the road along to that, I
thought how on earth does such
large
buildings get built which are so out of scale. They do have a setback and apparently this project doesn't have a
setback and they are not nearly as tall as the buildings proposed on this site.
That is a huge shock and deep sadness for me.
Also just a question of what really
when you chop it up into four instead
of three, you have smaller parcels and larger house and less open space, no possibility of growing trees and
possibility of decent backyards. The subdivision should not have been approved. It was going to individually cost us a lot of money to protest which
is the unfair. i urge you to support this appeal. Thank you. >>supervisor london breed: thank you,
next speaker, please.
Public speaker: thank you, I also
thank you for the opportunity for
hearing us. My address 130 chapman
street. I appeal the decision to grant
four subdivisions to the pal hat an
triangle because the lot is a
triangular shape and not rectangle and
make it difficult to fit four
triangular lots.
If such is granted it would entice later on to deny other set backs in other neighborhood concerns in order to
fit that irregular shape thing.
Primarily the four subdivision plan
runs counter to the existing neighborhood residential character that
we in the 150 red dots you see on our
map represent. That existing, residential neighborhood character is expressed in those 150 immediate and surrounding neighbors
expressing their opinion that
the four
lot separation is is too much. The existing residential character is
one of cooperation, our neighborhoods
cooperate, we listen to each other.
This is existing, we are already there residential character.
Such a four lot seems to favor new
residents to develop over existing residents to live there.
We already live here with our
diversity, wide diversity of characters
in our character with wide diversity of houses, ethics, living size to lot size
ratio and our community spirit. We already live here.
We are the existing residential character.
Please note, we are agreeable
to growth
, we are helpful. However, three lot subdivision is able to accommodate all of those concerns
and maintain this essential existing neighborhood character. Thanks for your time. Appreciate it. >> thank you. Are there any other members of the public who would like to speak in
support of the appeal at this time? Seeing none, public comment is closed.
Now we will have up to 10 minutes for representative of the department of public works or planning department to describe the grounds for their decision
to approve the tentative map.
>> good afternoon, supervisors. Bruce -- city development.
We received the application May 8, 2014.
To the city June of 2014. We got the final approval from the
department of city planning on August
17th, of this year.
2015, we gave the project tentative
proval on the 24th and received notice
of appeal on the 9th.
Very briefly to give city planning as
much time as possible that the
tentative map failed to undergo proper ceqa review where it's not consistent with the general plan and public works right hand side the board upholds the application as approved on
August 24th. Thank you.
>> good afternoon. Rodgers, planning department staff.
I'm be presuming the department
planning issues as you have heard the subdivision of this appeal. First let's
talk about the subdivision process as
well as the planning process already
under way for the proposed building.
The subdivision creates the
lots for the subdivision that already exist. The responsibility of this
appeal is to
confirm this subdivision is consistent
with the plan and make a recommendation to dpw. In addition and through a
separate process with it's own appeal windows, the planning department must
also review the proposed homes. During our review of the construction
we look at and have the ability to
alter the proposed mapping which is important. Here again we review the general plan,
planning code and we add in the design guidelines. The review of the proposed construction
is under way.
After determining the design is
full in compliance the department issues the notices required by the code and also
the local practice to provide a more specific review of the design and scale and mass of the buildings.
This process allows us to consider the massing when we have the ability to modify it. It's here that staff or anyone who has concerns about this development will have the at some point to request a hearing before the
planning commission called discretionary review.
At the time of our subdivision, our
review concentrates on the acts of the
subdivision itself. Are the lots complying? Clearly yes. It's a scale of four lots and four buildings appropriate with the general plan and
planning code? Again, yes.
These issues presently raised as part
of our review as not a subdivision. Staff and public and the commission can
contribute to this course on mapping which is important and the commission can provided specific direction based on the design guidelines. Meaning both staff and planning commission yet to consider and impose their modification
side -- to address the
proposed scale.
Today the recommendation to subdivide
the four lots is in consideration.
It reduces one large lot into four properties from 1755 square feet to 2073 square feet.
The code minimum is 1750 per square feet. All four lots would exceed the minimum requirements and consistent with the single family zoning district. There is actually a process that make even smaller lots than what the code
requires n.
In this case the project sponsor sponsor has not pursued a variance and
they are requesting the larger
size. Second, the appellant encourages the development that is out of scale prevailing with the character. However approval of the tentative map does not automatically entitle the
property owner to develop at the
maximum as allowed by code. Staff
frequently modify the projects during entitlement. On the matter of three lots versus four lots.
Contrary to the appellants claim, we did review this. In particular the response about the ultimate size of the buildings, we believe that four lots would result in
a better project.
It is one more house, true, but smaller building mass overall.
If only three lots were approved, as the various control set backs and the requirements were applied, they would be applied only three times instead of four. this would enable each actual building
to be increased to a larger size.
And this in turn May encourage larger single family homes and will
result in
one less home. Bernal is a neighborhood
with small lots and small houses and because of the housing crisis we would
recommend the four houses we built here consistent with the zoning and general plan and design guidelines and lastly with some clarifying information on the
special use district, there are no subdivision requirements, they rely on the planning code and lot size requirements.
The way the bernal sud scale is through
the massing of the building
through the entitlement process. That's what we are suggesting today. That concludes my presentation.
>>supervisor london breed: supervisor avalos?
>>supervisor john avalos: thank you, a
question for Ms. Rodgers, what are the
entitlements we are expecting during
the entitlement review?
>> in this case, the application that we have before us is code complying so
there is no cu and no discretionally action required. However the public could request a dr
hearing before the commission.
>> okay. So is there any, if the public
does not request a dr hearing there
will be no action before the planning
commission, is that correct? >> exactly. If it's determined we are out of scale.
A review is under at this point.
>> if there is a review and the planning department determine that it's
better for a three building, dividing
to three instead of four, could that be made? >> yes. The planning commission is not bound to four houses and can provide direction
to the applicant in how to revise the
application and there will be a new building entitlement application as part of the review.
>> what are the processes for that >> the commission would hear
the dr
request and suggest ways they can come
back with the project to satisfy the commission. >> thank you. >> thank you supervisor avalos. Seeing no other names on the roster we will move on with the hearing and ask for the real party and interest to present at this time.
You will have up to 10 minutes.
>> thank you, on behalf of the project sponsor.
In fact the appellant is using the subdivision appeal process to challenge a development project outside the appropriate city approval process. The item at issue before you today is a
subdivision of an existing 7612 -square
foot lot into four separate parcels.
Lot size division are governed by the state division map act.
It provides six considerations
cha # -- which a local consideration of the
body and none apply to this appeal. Briefly, the first consideration one whether the subdivision complies with
the map act and/or subdivision
code. It
is in compliance by both the department
of public works and bureau of streets
and mapping and the bureau department.
The second criterion is whether it is consistent with the city's
general plan.
acknowledged that the new lots
are in
fact with the size of this area.
The subdivision approval did does not
prove the development and the planning commission will review the development
guidelines as well as any individual public comment to the development of these lots. Other thing I have mentioned about consistency with the general plan is the appellants suggestion that creates three lots would in fact create larger
lots which are larger than the typical
size in this area and allow for houses even that are currently proposed and larger than what the typical scale is in the neighborhood.
The third criterion is what is physically suitable for the proposed density of the development. Again, the four new lots are consistent with the minimum lot size requirements of the planning code. They are consistent with the average lot size
with the vicinity with the appellant's
own filing and one dwelling each
permitted by the planning code. The second subdivision that is likely to
cause damage to wild life and habitat.
Environment al review for this
process
forren dangered rare and species and already by existing development and the subdivision will be consistent with the urban development project in the city.
The fifth criterion is whether the subdivision will cause serious health
problems, again t subdivision will make
for low density and housing and will
not create a serious public health problem.
The fact that the project will lead to access to more public open space. The project sponsor will be at their own
cost constructing a public staircase
and landscaping along the street next
to the project site so it will lead to more access.
The sixth criterion whether it will
conflict with the public easement on the property.
The property will result in greater
public access to carver street through the construction of that staircase. So
in short, the appellants provide no basis under the state map act and the code.
What we have here is an appellant who
is very clearly opposed to the project using the map appeal as a new venue to challenge the project.
I would submit this is not a precedent we want to set at this point.
There is already a very robust approval process in place that this project is expected to go through.
We are working with the east slope
design review board and our
correspondence who are very happy with
the data and will continue that
dialogue and will have an opportunity
and the planning appropriate body with other residential guidelines and the board of appeals will have the at some
point to hear any building permit
appeals and of course it's very possible that this project will be back
in front of the board of supervisors on
appeal at the ceqa document on any
project's approval. Adding this new appeals process and the city concerning
the fact that we have a very robust review process which is still to play on.
So, with that said, we respectfully request the board deny this appeal, allow the development under the city's well established procedures and we are
here if you have any questions.
Thank you. >>supervisor london breed: thank you very much.
I will now the open this up for public comment for those wishing to speak in support.
I'm sorry, ma'am, you spoke in favor. >> is there any additional public comment? Seeing none, public comment is
closed. Now, I will allow a rebuttal
for up to three 3 minutes from the appellant >> thank you.
Eileen I will -- endeavor to stay within my 3 minutes. First, subdivision in this in bernal is very unusual.
In the 25 years I have lived there, I
have never experienced this subdivision process before.
All of the developments were already in existing lots. I found it very interesting that the spokesperson from the planning department talked
about
our local process essentially not to consider the special use district on the guidelines at this point but to
push all of that into the
planning process.
Well, unfortunately, the subdivision
map act, the state code says no local
agency shall approve a tentative map
unless at that time there is a finding
that it is consistent with the general plan.
And the general plan is very very
specific. 11.3.
Objective of the general plan. Accommodation of growth shall be
achieved without damaging existing residential neighborhood character.
The city should continue to use a community planning process to direct
growth and change according to a
community based vision. This is all being thrown out the window in our local process.
I submit to you that that is illegal.
It violates the state subdivision map
act and we ask that you reject the subdivision approval and you send this back to the planning department and the developer to give us something that is consistent with the neighborhood character so that we can live as good neighbors going forward. This
is going
to be a blot on the neighborhood and a very bad precedent going forward. Thank you very much. >>supervisor london breed: thank you.
Okay, at this time item no. 50 has been
held and is now closed.
Supervisor avalos?
>>supervisor john avalos: thank you, President Breed. I meant to ask a question related to the hearing about any potential ceqa issues that might be
related to this project?
>> thank you, supervisor, rodgers through the board President From the planning department staff. It's a good question. When we had written our response to the
board that the ceqa appeal was open and
ceqa appeal maybe filed. Since our appeal response was presented to you guys, that window has closed and there
was no ceqa appeal filed by the appellant. The extension for the subdivision for
ceqa review for the development proposals which we have in our office.
there will be no ceqa appeal before the
board since none was filed.
>> can you clarify what type of review
was done? What was the ruling?
>> it's a class 32 exemption for development. We went through all the standard ceqa requirements and criteria to ensure it met that development and it did. Looking the entire built
structure in
addition to the subdivision. So in the future, if the project sponsor
were to
change the project significantly.
We would redo the ceqa and the appeal is over.
>> the buildings would be less -- or
more in
>> I would rely on ceqa to
determine if it's under ceqa determination. >> okay. Thank you. Colleagues, I did have a chance to meet with the appellants in my
office last
week and you know, I really heard their
concerns about just the change to the neighborhood and there was a lot of
alarm about the kind of density that this project would create. However I
did feel that what has been discussed
in terms of there is still a
possibility for a discretionary review
bfrp -- before the planning commission that there is a lot of work in terms of
what the project will actually look
like and hearing from Ms. Rodgers and discussion with Mr. Gibner as well that
if there was an attempt for the
residents around the site bernal heights boulevard who wanted to see if
there was a possibility from going from 4-3 lots and there was a method for that as well. Hearing from the planning department, if we keep this at four
lots and that makes sense and looks
like the lot sizes do make sense to have the four houses in the lots and to
make sure they are not massive on those
lots and the smaller structure that
three lots would cause perhaps larger
structures to be made. So seems like smaller structures is what the community would want.
If three lots were to move forward then
we would see that desire to see smaller structures perhaps would not
necessarily go into effect to the
planning process.
Given that to bite the apple that the residents have, it doesn't seem this is the right place to make the
determination about the process.
I'm okay with the subdivision with the
one lot into four for this project knowing that we can go to three
in the
future.
I would like to motion for these items
to not approve the appeal. To approve
item 51 and table items 52 and 53.
Not approval the appeal but acknowledgeing the residents who have concerns about changes to their neighborhood and this lot that there could be other process that have to
engage with the developer to have
something they feel is going to be working for the neighborhood.
>>supervisor london breed: supervisor
avalos has made a motion to approve
item 51 and table 52 and 53.
>>clerk, please call the roll.
City clerk: breed aye, cohen, aye, kim,
aye, mar, aye, tang, aye, wiener, aye,
supervisor yee, aye, supervisor avalos?
Aye, there are 10 ayes. >>supervisor london breed: okay, colleagues.
A tentative map is finally affirmed. Madam Clerk, can we go back to roll
call for introductions.
>> next, supervisor cohen, new business. >>
>>supervisor malia cohen: thank you.
I have no new legislation to introduce.
I would like to close to remember a
wonderful man who passed away a few
months ago.
And in his home going ceremony, the
chief of police attended and other
bayview officers. It was a beautiful community event and opportunity from people from all walks of life who had
the opportunity to remember Mr. Ben
robinson to share how he
touched people's lives.
And a member of the community. We called him uncle ben.
Just to give you a brief
background and profile about ben.
He was known as uncle ben to the
community and family and friends as benny robinson.
He was known to be the heart
and soul
of the bayview's hunters point for the
full finger of his needs font community
with kindhearted nature.
Mr. Ben robinson served as a forward
observer and combat infantry
man in all black artillery regiment and
experienced some of the most horrific fighting in the pacific during
world
war ii.
He retired after receiving an
honorable release from the military. He worked in the community as a lease
on -- liaison for his
community with a
cement trucking business.
Through his fierce dignity and
unwavering spirit in the
community. Necessary year 2,000 Mr. Robinson
founding the bayview chapter of
this rotary chapter and committed to service
and to provide for knows need.
The bayview rotary established a
robinson scholarship fund in 2011. I remember this was around the time I was sworn in as a new member of the board of supervisors and became very an acquainted with uncle ben.
This fund is in honor of his life's
work to raise money for promising
bayview use aspiring to their higher
educatio basis we have from
friends -- while a community mourns a
giant, we have many memories of uncle
ben and his memories will live on so
many who will up lift and move forward
our next leaders of our nation. With that said, Madam Clerk, I want to recognize the family and community
members here in the chamber who have
come to celebrate Mr. Robinson's memory
with us. Please stand, thank you. Thank you for joining us. I would like to have a motion that we close out the entire board meeting in honor of Mr.
Ben robinson.
Thank you.
>> thank you.
>> I think at this point we can all
agree that homelessness in san
francisco has not only reached a crisis
but an emergency. Our overall homeless population has stagnated for many years.
We have far too many families and children which are starting to be addressed specifically seniors and other people suffering from mental illness in our streets and other situations that need our help. During a time when our local economy is growing and strong, I do believe we
need to make investment now in terms of programs and services to have the best outcomes. One of the best programs we
have seen is the navigation center in the early mission district. Early data and analysis on the effects
of the navigation model have pit falls of the model to learn and adapted to as
needed. As you are aware, the
navigation center is not set on location.
The center will close it's
doors in
June in 2016 once construction begins.
During that, I want to expand the navigation center across san francisco.
To date the controllers office has released three reports.
They have provided an overview of the
model itself and over our traditional homeless shelters in san francisco with interviews from stakeholders and clients at the navigation center. A look at the impact the navigation center is having on homelessness in san
francisco and a look at how different
city agencies and non-profit partners are creating better outcomes for those in the navigation center.
I would like to thank
supervisor london breed: for her legislation today and look forward to
seeing how the money is spent around homelessness. The final report is to be released later this month at the end of
December. I will plan to bring the
mayor's office of hope and homeless agency and non-profit partners to report for this hearing as well. I look
forward to hosting this hearing in mid-January and look forward to the expansion early next year particularly when the existing navigation will close.
We want to make sure we will not skip I beat and provide the best service for our homeless. The rest I submit.
>> thank you. Supervisor mar?
>>supervisor eric mar: thank you.
I have a couple of items.
This is lou as last week in
civic engagement.
He has jury duty this week. He grew up
in the richmond district and went to
graduate from urban planning before
joining staff in the youth commission.
During his tenure, allen has been part
of the youth empowerment. he's worked with youth commissioners
and been the leader to young san
franciscans and worked on free muni for youth and thank you to supervisors for
that as well. He's also
empowered
immigrated youth and thanks for that
and also equitable housing and justice
issues for youth and transitional
issues and also a key point with the
commission on the public education
enrichment fund and in the 2014
campaign as well. Allen has brought a
deep sense of mutual respect with humility and quality and insight in his
work and I want to thank him for his
support of the youth commission staff.
I also want to say he's gone on
to work
with the cal center.
I wish him the best of luck. Today I'm introducing a hearing request on hunger and food insecurity.
As you recall, 2 years ago, December,
we passed a policy to drastically reduce or end hunger and food
insecurity in san francisco by 2020. It involved analyzing data from the food security task force and the tenderloin security task force that
said 1/4 of san franciscans up to
225,000 people of in danger of food insecurity and during the holidays we are more aware of how many people, lots of seniors and family are going
to bed hungry at night or waking up in the morning not having enough to eat as well. I think the reports from the task forces really brought to light the real suffering that happens.
I know our board resolution and the city is committed to developing plans
and setting goals so we are gradually reducing and dramatically
reducing hung er in our city.
In March of 2014, we held more hearings
in our each department's plans to
advance progress in achieving recommendations for ending hunger by
2020 resolution. We also set out concrete city departments steps to get
us to the goal so it's been 2 years and
this hearing would help us assess how
far we've gone and how far we have to go. I also want to acknowledge that we've committed millions of dollars in the last several budgets.
I want to thank the budget committee and colleagues for committing money for
critical senior nutrition and health
programs, but also
significantly
impacting hung and -- hunger and food
insecurity and how we are ending hunger
by 2020.
Also we are creating legislation for
increasing culture and safety. Supervisor yee and kim and wiener all
attended with me as well walk sf moving memorial for traffic systems 2 weeks
ago where I'm really understanding for
walk sf for base of systems for traffic
killings. I think it was very moving to
hear the stories during March and
gathering along market street. Our community will see that as a
district level. It's about enforcement and engineering and education. Reducing
speeds and really looking at methods is a tool we have.
Speed reduction is a strategy and will
look at how of we done in terms
of
reducing speeds and in district 4.
Patrick yee, the 87-year-old richmond
district hit by a car in the crosswalk.
The first traffic killing in 2015 along
a high injury corridor and kelly senior, killed around the corner from
my house as well on cabrillo.
These stories were brought out on walk sf memorial. As we look at state streets and other programs that we are telling the human stories of the families and loses and how we need to
do what we can to advance vision zero more aggressively. This budget item report will ask for assessment and evaluation for speed reduction and
strategies in the city and reports on the recent calming strategy and
reducing speeding and speed limits,
updating on all streets where the city
has street limits and examining the data and preventing collisions and improving safety.
Secondly it will look at safe streets
for senior strategies reports on
recommendations where seniors
congregate such as senior centers and care facilities and study models and
best practices such as new york's
senior zone along chinatown and places in manhattan.
This will develop best practices and
models for traffic calming measures
that involve seniors with disabilities and creating safer streets as well. Another issue that's very
important to
me is developing a water access
for
all. Agua for all in the central valley
as we look at how to increase water fountains and tap station in their community.
We looked at updates from from our
cities not just from the public utilities commission but school district and other departments on
achieving new water fountain drinking stations. We are almost there.
We are up to 69 and next week I will be
working with harlin kelly and from the health improvement partnership and communities to acknowledge that we are
getting close to the 100 mark. But the
69th will be on clement street near the park by the farmers market that the
community has set up. As you know,
access to water is a great
strategy to
curb obesity and diabetes by discouraging sweet drinks and
discouraging the use of plastic water bottles. I think that water has been one of
those ways and if we have access to it,
it will lead to healthier lives.
The fountains we will have next year
are necessary as well.
As we counter the soda issue and we counter the water problem going on in
our world and the rest of the community.
As we have clean and hetch hetchy water
is critical to the new fountains of youth in our city.
Next September 4th, at 10:00 A.M. Join
us at clemente street at third avenue.
This new drink tap station will be again the 69 as we are trying to advocate for 100 in our city by next year. It the collaboration of our school district, the public utilities
commission and the parks and
recreation department and where the
drink fountain station will be unveiled
and it will be opened in 10 days. There
is many coming to the district and district one but also throughout the city.
I want to thank from the public
utilities commission from natel and
those uniting for water access for all and fountain communities as well. One
more plug before I give the mic to our next colleague, on December 8th, coming
up next week from 5:00 P.M. To 9:00 P.M.. Richmond district merchants are
holding
the clemen tine will band together to
carried fun family oriented experience of holiday shopping and community gathering. There is going to be a bunch
of discounts and promotions and will be
a way to gather earned clement street for holiday shopping.
If you want more information go to clement street sf.Com. Thank you. The rest I will submit. >> thank you. Supervisor mar. Supervisor tang?
>>supervisor katy tang: thank you.
Colleagues, last week we had a pretty
lengthy discussion in regards to
neighborhood evictions where they
currently reside. I said I was
going to
tac on that legislation.
It requires the board -- rent board when they are providing notices that they are going to be evicted and to provide information what housing
resources are there offered by the
city's mayor's office of housing particular in below market rate and the program they maybe eligible for. I think it's pretty important as we are
doing as much work that we can to strengthen our programs to allow for more affordable housing especially for our tennants that they actually know what is available and what they are
eligible for. Then per our existing
language access ordinance, these
notifications will be provided in the
various languages spelled out already.
Secondly, I'm introducing a resolution today that really reflects some of the
work of the shelter monitoring
committee. They had adopted a resolution at their last meeting to
urge the human services agency
to amend
the eminent danger policy for the shelter systems. I would like to thank
all of our female cosponsors and of
course our male colleagues are invited
as well. Thank you supervisor's breed and kim. Those involved in domestic violence
incident are denied shelter admittance
or not allowed to remain in a shelter
for 30 days if they are in a dangerous
situation that might cause harm to the
family themselves.
Recently fsh and the monitoring community did reduce the timeframe to 15 days.
While this has been put into place, out of concern for the protection of the
individuals at the shelter, it doesn't provide assistance to the victims of domestic violence who are in dire need of protection and services.
As we all know domestic violence affects the thousands of san francisco
resident s and one of the most under reported crimes to transitional housing to provide that support that they need
during domestic violence situations.
In fiscal year 2013-2014, city funded
emergency shelters provided 3500 bed
nights and one permanent supportive
housing program providing 11069 nights to services.
There needs to be a change in policy.
So adopting the shelter monitoring committee recommendations would most importantly prohibit the denial of
services based on being a victim of domestic violence and being a self disclosure of domestic violence and no victim of domestic violence should be
turned away from shelter or services.
Furthermore we do not want to discourage victims from reporting.
In addition the changes would require
assessments upon intake to assess all families, establish protective order to
contact law enforcement and
updating
manuals for staff and improving policy
to renew and establish shelter providers.
So as we all know victims of domestic violence are already facing difficult
battles. I want to thank the shelter monitoring community members and
domestic violence advocates for their
dedicated work on this issue. 1 person
in particular, nicholas is part of the shelter monitoring committee. He was really key in bringing a lot of these issues to our attention. I think
actually when I was sitting on the gao committee and unfortunately he will be
leaving the shelter monitoring committee very shortly, I think the end
of this week is his last week. So I
just would like to thank him for everything he's done and all the
members who contributed to this
particular change pursuant with the hsa w that I will submit.
>> thank you. Supervisor tang. Supervisor wiener >>supervisor scott weiner: thank you very much.
Today I'm introducing a reoccurring
oversight hearing request dpor a
quarterly hearing so we can have full
transparency on the city's enforcement
effort around short-term rentals. Prop
fchl, of course during this ballot measure and those who are opposing it and those who are supporting
it, we all want strong enforcement regarding show
term rentals. We know there are short-term rentals occurring
right now violating the law that are causing problems in neighborhoods that are
really not in the spirit of the
regulations that we passed late last year and in the middle of this year.
We need to make sure that we are allowing those engaging in legal and appropriate short-term rentals to do so and to their lives while cracking down on the short-term rentals that are violating the law. This summer, we passed legislation as you will recall creating the office of
short-term rentals, we also
significantly increasing the important
resources providing to that office so
they can enforce the laws.
We've seen what appears to be an
increase in enforcement. In my district there are properties for violations of the law were occurring and city staff stepped in and enforced
an imposed significant fines. It is important for the public to
have confidence that enforcement is
happening. A lot of times there is
skepticism in san francisco in various aspects of city government.
When it comes to short-term rentals given importance of this issue to a lot of people on all sides of this issue.
The public needs to know what level of enforcement is happening and needs to
know that people are being held accountable when they violate the law. The hearing request an oversight
hearing to occur every 3 months and
every time the short-term office for
rentals will come and determine how much enforcement is happening, how to enforcement is happening, how many registrations are occurring in terms of short-term of rental properties and the properties imposed and what the trend are.
Colleagues, I look forward to this quarterly hearing to have full
transparency on this important enforcement endeavor.
I also have two very tragic in memoriam
today for chris mitchell who passed
away suddenly saturday November 21st. He resided in san francisco and
employee of fitness sf, the gym.
Known for his amazing smile and wit.
He was an invaluable colleague and
friend to all who knew him. A memory at
the oasis December 11th where friends can celebrate his life and reflect.
The second in memoriam, dennis nick, an
avid diver and skier killed. He was part of the social fabric and participate negative local
groups and
often seen in the neighborhood.
A dear friend to so many people. Dennis
was involved in many civic and social
organizations in the bay area and nationwide. Dennis reveled in his new
york up bringing and styling his new
york accent for all in san francisco.
His death comes as a shock to his family and he will be missed.
I also want to acknowledge mayor lee
that today is world aids day. To really reflect on the progress we've
made in addressing this epidemic when
we look at the number of new infection
in san francisco last year, 302 which
was lower than before and dramatically lower than 10-15 years ago. We have been collapsing infection rates
in san francisco. We've also been reducing the number of san francisco who pass away from hiv.
We have significantly expanding access
to testing, access is to all prevention
tools, and access to medication, quick access to medication for people who
become hiv positive.
We really do see a light at the end of
the tunnel in terms of in the not so
distant future eliminating new hiv
infections in san francisco and eliminating deaths in san francisco and making sure that everyone living with
hiv can do so in a healthy way and full support of our community. We also need to recognize that
many
people in our -- continue to struggle with the virus.
We have 2 million new infections
throughout the world and 2,000 infections in the U.S..
There are people here in san francisco who struggle to access healthcare and
struggle with mental health and
substance abuse issues who struggle to
stay healthy too many people
with hiv
and aid struggle with housing. Hiv is still unfortunately alive and
well and we need to recommit ourselves
to ending this epidemic and supporting everyone living with this virus and the rest I submit.
>> thank you, supervisor wiener. Supervisor yee?
>> thank you. Madam Clerk.
Colleagues, today I'm assessing the
impact of coyotes in this city and the city's response plan moving forward.
Over the past several months we have
received dozens of calls
reporting coyote sightings. The office is working with animal control with experts to better
understand the issues.
Wild coyotes have been in and around
our neighborhoods in the past including
in disupervisor wiener, supervisor farrell, I think coyotes in
your district and supervisor's christensen and probably supervisor
mar's also. It's nothing new. However it seems this
year, they are moving into some
neighboan issue.
There is really a lot of considerable concern for our households.
There is for our dogs and other pets and cats and so forth.
There is especially when two
dogs coyotes this year. Several neighborhood associations have taken it upon themselves to
conduct surveys and organized neighborhood
meetings to better understand coyote
behaviors and mitigate their impacts.
Animal care and control and recreation and parks have dealt with
this issue. However there is still a lot to learn about coyotes in our city and how we as our local jurisdiction can manage the
impacts to ensure the safety of our residents, pets and wild life preserving too.
I look forward to working with the
departments and our neighbors on the citywide plan to see what we are do with this. The rest I submit. >> thank you.
Supervisor yee. Supervisor avalos? >>supervisor john avalos: colleagues,
with the world watching on the current
climate, it will not be
sufficient to limit global warming as
predicted in
the copenhagen conference. In cities like san francisco must lead the way.
We have a really strong climate action strategy in san francisco and we point
out in that that moving to 100% clean
power is the single biggest step we can
take to reduce our carbon emissions.
As a delay we are close to launching our cleanpowersf in the spring of 2016. It's kind of disappointing to
see that
while the ceo of pg & e is jetting off into conference in paris, pg & e is
looking to undermining our efforts to promote climate change or prevent
climate change with our cleanpowersf program in san francisco. The california public utilities
commission will be making two important
decisions to affect our cleanpowersf program's ability to compete with pg &
e energy. Pg & e wants to increase the
monthly exit fee to cleanpowersf
customers and increase solar
charge for customers.
Allowing pg & e to increase the exit fee will hurt the ability to compete with pg & e. Those fees will go to increasing pg &
e's profits instead of enabling
us to build new renewable power abilities.
Pg & e's proposing changes from solar
will discourage our residents from
building solar panels and will cause
jobs. Today I'm introducing two resolutions opposing the pg &
e's fee
on cleanpowersf customers and increased
fees for rooftop solar. Unfortunately
we saw & e's employee union local 45 is
continue to be to try to sabotage.
They put on the ballot our ability to compete with pg & e and when they came
with prop h instead of prop g, they
spent thousands of dollars and
-- yet I
b appears to supporting pg &
e's
attempt to sabotage solar. They have submitted comments.
If it does agree with local power, I
hope it speaks in favor to these
resolutions. We will be scheduling a
special public hearing at lafco probably December 11th in order to vote
on these resolutions before the
california public utilities commission
takes action later this month.
I want to thank the cosponsors on the
resolution related to the exit fee which includes every member of the
board of supervisors and on the net
metering fee, I haven't had the chance
to talk to all the colleagues about it,
but I want to talk to the cosponsors on
the resolutions before lafco later this month. >> thank you.
Supervisor avalos. Madam President, that concludes the
introduction of new business.
>>supervisor london breed: okay, Madam
Clerk, can you read public
comment.
City clerk: an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the board on items of interest to the
public that are within the subject
matter jurisdiction of the board including items being considered today which have not been considered
by board committee and excluding items which
have been considered by a board
committee. >>
public speaker: free energy is used to
create fresh water and will remove
excess co 2 from the atmosphere and
pull us back from the bring of
a near catastrophe.
Our billion year catastrophe
which will
destroy our world. These desalination systems will be
powered by free energy. Free energy is
free for the cost of harvesting equipment.
Free energy is free of all carbon upload, free energy is free of waiting
for the sun to rise or the wind to
shift or the tide to change. Free energy is available to everyone.
It's available do anyone,
anywhere. It is available to anyone any where
except that it a few miles down.
Geo thermal energy is free energy and freely available to water
called high
ydrothermal events like this one is
into ocean and internal heat will force
the water towards the surface.
This kin tin impulse can pull turban blades. However accomplished free energy will
provide a safety net for our civilization.
Thank you, President Breed.
>> thank you, next speaker,
please.
Public speaker: for 2 years I'm coming
here since I'm homeless. Supervisor christensen is lucky, maybe
it's her last time that she's
fascist. Yet you know you have millions of
people on the streets. It's not people. It's animals. They are eating from the garbage can.
They drink from garbage can.
They never saw doctors.
They are not people.
They are coyotes, maybe. Maybe change face.
you are listening to me for 2 years and
no one of you tried to help me to ask
what can I do for you.
85 years old who survive world
war ii, who survived holocaust but couldn't
maybe survive homeless in san
francisco.
Interesting right.
>> he should ask people who
came to
russia.
But here it exist on the streets. God punish you and your family.
What do you do to people.
>> thank you, next speaker.
>>
public speaker: a complete awakening from everyone. A loss.
Personal television at loss.
To the helping hands and the
difficulties in that end. Everything
back to security.
Education, life support, life,
mercy.
From being the physical entity.
By playing are working city
what's so
-- work on this idea.
The initial rescue for the five major
ancestor.
Buddhism, catholic, muslims can work on
the rescue for people.
Having holy management for people on
the realistic work of kings way of holiness. >>supervisor london breed: thank you very much. Your time is up.
next speaker, please.
Public speaker: hi, my name is jackie
and a lifelong educator. I didn't know I was going to wait for
hours to make this tiny speech.
I'm hoping you will change your public comment to the beginning. Anyway, good evening, everyone.
President And board of
supervisors of
san francisco. After the vicious
attacks at planned parenthood I'm
appealing to you to disallow the
January 2016 March for life in san francisco. Allowing this March will be like
allowing the kkk to come after the charleston massacre and March through the streets.
The anti-choice people want to take people back to the middle ages.
They are the kind of people who oppose
and call for violence against the legal
abortion providers of this country. This is hate speech. It's not free speech.
Women have the right to be liberated
from these back ward ideas. Women have the right to choose their own health providers when it comes to our own bodies. How can this so-called progressive san
francisco government year after year
allow these 50,000 women haters to
March through san francisco's market
street against our rights. I
say no
more. >>supervisor london breed: thank you. Next speaker, please.
Public speaker: good evening,
supervisors, san francisco domestic violence consortium. I'm happy to be with you all tonight. I'm here for two things.. One is that
we want to show our full and complete
support for supervisor katie tang's
resolution around the eminent danger policy for the homeless
shelters and it's effects on domestic violence. It
couldn't be a more poetic time
as the
mercury falls and holidays are near us
and I could not understand that
a
shelter is full on a cold night.
I want to thank supervisor tang for here leadership and everyone who has worked on this.
I'm just very pleased an
honored ks, thank you. It really brings my second reason for being here. We live over the policies for this year. We have learned to cut corners and to hide families and do all kinds of stuff because of this policy.
I have to say we got complacent and
this young activist, nick camera, I wish you were here. Asked is this okay with you guys, you know and we said no,
of course not and wefk the energy to do this and I want to make this change and we've been working from shoulder to
shoulder with his team and the shelter monitoring community and it's really
been an experience of having some real
help, somebody that would climb with these families and push from a different perspective.
I want to join the supervisors and
especially supervisor katie tang and
honoring camera and san francisco' loss
and new york's game. It's what we need.
Public speaker: last week I learned
something that is slosh dash -- 27
years ago within a month of my being
paralyzed I was roller skating and my last date before I was paralyzed was at
the north beach pool. Any attention that goes in the area is very much appreciated.
My housing is on a grand scale
preferential housing.
Appreciated. Learning something else. There seems to be a pattern here. Communities come. It's hard to get communities rolling.
They come here in mass to say housing
is this element were not in favor of
this at the marsh they came.
So came we have to expect that crowds
come late and they keep losing the appeal here 0-5. We need a little bit more step up here
at the board of supervisors.
We need a halt. Thank you.
>>supervisor london breed: thank you. Next speaker, please.
Public speaker: my name is johnson.
These outcomes and my mathematics
should be higher and 4%. And housing situations and an economy
that we have housing is for.
That our safety building are written a
long time ago and that they
were in
deed an they have it already.
The advantages have been more safety
issues and where we need to put
our
cars and our and the elements
we are
contracting the major in our same
projects and 347 message.
Which we need all of these degrees in
housing and our view in our
center in
our high prices that it will be 7.5%. >>supervisor london breed: thank you.
Next speaker.
Public speaker: members of the board,
earlier this week I applied for the
resignation by london breed.
I gave public notice on three separate occasions.
I filed a complaint with the sunshine task force, there was a hearing with the task force.
I would say a person has to be dumber
than a box of rocks that she didn't know of this lawful request.
Throughout the process the supervisor
failed to respond in any manner.
She did both knowing and willfully
under both obligations and under the
sunshine ordinance and the act.
I publically cues board supervisors
london breed of malfeasance and under the law not able to carry out the duties to serve certainly not as your
board President. My sincere when eric
returns to this chamber, that one of the earliest opportunities you remove
President Breed from the presidency of
this board. She sets a bad example
which supervisor farrell has passed. He's been found in violation of this ordinance twice in respect to
my public
records request.
I concur with supervisor's wieners
comments that many of this city have a
lack of faith in enforcement of law.
As the sunshine ordinance this board
has done nothing to be of blatant force
and violating the public. >>supervisor london breed: thank you.
Are is there any additional public comment? Seeing none, public comment is
closed. Madam Clerk, can we go today next item.
City clerk: item 64 and they will be considered together. Madam Clerk, item
66, I have a couple of clean up
amendments to it. My apologies. >> okay. We will remove.
Please call the roll.
>> items 64, 65, 68, 69.
Supervisor breed, aye, campos, aye,
christensen, aye, cohen, aye, farrell,
aye, kim, aye, supervisor mar, aye,
supervisor tang, aye, supervisor
wiener, aye, supervisor yee, supervisor
avalos? Aye.
There are 11 ayes.
>>supervisor london breed: those
motions are adopted unanimously.
Madam Clerk, please call item
66. Board of supervisors regular meeting schedule.
To strike March 29th, page 6, at the
end of the sentence, add the word
spring, line 7, add March 28th-April
1st, on second page striking
lines 8-10.
Duplicative paragraph. >>supervisor london breed: thank you, Madam Clerk. Colleagues is there a motion to approve those amendments to
item 66, moved by supervisor cohen,
second by supervisor farrell.
Colleagues can we take this
amendment
without objection? It passes.
Colleagues on the item as
amended can
we take this same house same call? Without objection.
Item 66 passes as amended unanimously. Thank you. All right.
Madam Clerk, can you please go to our
imperative item and please read the item.
>> yes, on behalf of President Breed
and supervisor tang we have a resolution commending supervisors julie
christensen and for 20 years of duty of serving san francisco.
>> we have a finding by two-thirds
vote. Before unanimous adoption of the actual
item. So this is purely commendatory and there is action came at the attention of the board after the agenda was posted. So, is there a motion to approve those
two particular items. Motioned by supervisor farrell and
second by supervisor tang. Without objection.
>> public comment?
>> for the findings? >> no. I apologize.
>> without objection we will prove the findings unanimously. On the actual item. I will open that item up to public comment. Are there any members of the public who would like to
comment on the
imperative item only?
Public speaker: this is evera johnson.
I have spoken on the major.
>> ma'am you have to comment on the item specifically.
On supervisor christensen? >> christensen. She's a supervisor.
I really like him.
He has a lot of outlines where our
difference and you know -- i think we
need to bring to some new
supervisors
all supervisors are here on
items that
I haven't approved on languages in our
area that when we see for love and
protection and safety issues.
I have been working hard on these
issues that I have put in to make
advances to our board building
processes and we need to see a
little
better eye view >>supervisor london breed: thank you very much.
Next speaker, please.
Public speaker: tom. A few seconds on
my second speech.
In my heart, the north beach pool and playground occupies a big place in my heart.
I'm hoping for other generations to
appreciate it too.
>>supervisor london breed: is there any additional public comment? Seeing none,
public comment is closed. Colleagues,
can we take this imperative, somebody is missing. There we go.
Can we take this imperative item colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. Without objection this
item is approved. And madam clerk, can
you please read the in memoriams.
City clerk: yes, today 's meeting will
be adjourned on behalf of the following
individuals, Mr. Chris mitchell
and Mr.
Dennis nick's, and ms.Es estel crawford
and Mr. Ben robinson.
>> Madam Clerk, is there any further
business before us today?
>> that concludes our business
for today. >> >>supervisor london breed: thank you. We are adjourned.
