00:00:11 . >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
00:00:11 THIS MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
00:00:12 WELCOME TO THE JUNE 15TH 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE U.S.
00:00:16 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
00:00:20 SUPERVISORS. I AM SUPERVISOR MARIANA MELGAR,
00:00:23 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE JOINED BY VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR
00:00:26 CHEYENNE CHEN AND SUPERVISOR BILAL MOHAMMED.
00:00:27 >> THE COMMITTEE CLERK IS JOHN CARROLL AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE
00:00:35 TO THANK HIGH MATURITY TODAY AT A SAFE CUP T V FOR STAFFING US.
00:00:40 >> MR. CLERK WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS?
00:00:43 YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:00:44 PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU'VE SILENCED YOUR CELL PHONES
00:00:45 AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES YOU'VE BROUGHT WITH YOU INTO
00:00:48 THE CHAMBER TODAY IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS
00:00:49 PART OF ANY OF TODAY'S FILES YOU CAN SUBMIT THEM DIRECTLY TO
00:00:52 ME. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON
00:00:55 EACH ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST
00:00:56 COMES UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALLED PLEASE SIGN UP TO SPEAK
00:00:59 ALONG THAT RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS ROOM.
00:01:02 ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS IN WRITING
00:01:03 IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS .
00:01:05 FIRST YOU MAY EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS TO ME AT G O H
00:01:07 AND PERIOD C A R O L L S F G OF YOUR G OR YOU MAY SEND YOUR
00:01:13 WRITTEN COMMENTS A US POSTAL SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE IN CITY
00:01:15 HALL ADDRESS YOUR MESSAGE TO ONE DR. CARLTON BE GOOD PLACE
00:01:21 ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102 IF YOU SUBMIT
00:01:24 PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE
00:01:27 MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE AND WILL ALSO INCLUDE YOUR
00:01:28 COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL FILE ON WHICH YOU ARE
00:01:31 COMMENTING. ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY ARE
00:01:32 EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF JUNE
00:01:37 23RD 2026 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
00:01:40 >> THANK YOU MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE AGENDA
00:01:43 ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RESOLUTION ADDING THE COMMEMORATIVE STREET
00:01:45 NAME TONY STEPHANIE WAY TO FALMOUTH STREET BETWEEN FOLSOM
00:01:48 AND SHIPLEY STREETS IN RECOGNITION OF RETIRED SAN
00:01:52 FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN TONY STEPHANIE THANK
00:01:55 YOU. WE DO HAVE A CHIEF CHRIS BEEN
00:01:56 HERE TO SPEAK WITH US ABOUT THIS ITEM AS WELL AS SAM
00:02:00 KEPPLER, PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL 798.
00:02:03 WELCOME CHIEF. THANK YOU.
00:02:07 GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, WE
00:02:10 CLEARLY SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE AND THIS RENAMING OF FORMER TO
00:02:15 TONY'S TIFFANY WAY TONY STEPHANIE HAS COMMITTED HIS
00:02:19 LIFE TO KEEPING FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR
00:02:23 FRIENDS AND THEIR LOVED ONES SAFE.
00:02:24 WE OFTEN CONCENTRATE ON THE 400 MEMBERS THAT WE'VE LOST FROM
00:02:30 THIS HORRIBLE DISEASE OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.
00:02:31 >> BUT I THINK WE IN THIS CONTEXT NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE
00:02:35 LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN SAVED AND IT'S BEEN THOUSANDS AND THE
00:02:38 MEMBERS OF THE CANCER PREVENTION FOUNDATION WITH THE
00:02:41 LEADERSHIP OF TONY STEPHANIE HAVE DONE IMMEASURABLE WORK TO
00:02:45 KEEP OUR MEMBERS ALIVE AND KEEP THEM SUPPORTED DURING THE
00:02:47 PROCESS OF THIS HORRIBLE DISEASE.
00:02:50 AND IT'S REALLY BEEN HEARTWARMING AND A BIG LIFT TO
00:02:54 OUR DEPARTMENT. I THINK ONE THING THAT GOES
00:02:56 UNMENTIONED IS TONY'S INCREDIBLE CAREER IN THE SAN
00:02:58 FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE ROSE TO THE LEVEL OF CAPTAIN
00:02:59 WAS ACTUALLY MY TRAINING OFFICER WHEN I ENTERED THE FIRE
00:03:04 DEPARTMENT IN 1990 AND EVEN BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT HE WAS
00:03:08 FOCUSED ON THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR MEMBERS.
00:03:09 HE TAUGHT ME THE VALUE OF TRAINING, THE VALUE OF FITNESS,
00:03:13 THE VALUE OF DIET. IN FACT WHEN I WENT TO STATION
00:03:16 ONE WITH HIM A LOT OF THE SENIOR MEMBERS WORK THERE AND I
00:03:20 MADE A HALIBUT AND VEGETABLES AND I GOT SOME STRANGE LOOKS
00:03:23 FROM THE MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY WERE USED TO ME AND POTATOES
00:03:25 AND TONY GAVE ME AN OUT BOY FOR COOKING HEALTHY MEAL FOR THE
00:03:27 FIREFIGHTERS. SO HE WAS ALWAYS CONCERNED
00:03:29 ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR MEMBERS A FANTASTIC
00:03:31 FIREFIGHTER AND AN INCREDIBLE LEADER AND WE'RE REALLY HONORED
00:03:35 TO HAVE THIS NAME RIGHT NEXT TO THE THIRD ITERATION OF STATION
00:03:40 ONE ON FAMILY STATION ONE BEING A 935 FOLSOM STREET.
00:03:42 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE
00:03:44 COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, CHIEF.
00:03:46 MR. GETLER GOOD AFTERNOON AND SUPERVISORS THANK YOU FOR
00:04:01 TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR THIS VERY IMPORTANT STREET NAMING
00:04:05 FOR TONY. STEPHANIE HE HAS DONE MORE TO
00:04:08 PROTECT AND HELP THE LIVES OF FIREFIGHTERS THAN AT LEAST
00:04:13 IN SAN FRANCISCO THAN ANY SINGLE PERSON ALIVE AFTER
00:04:16 BEATING CANCER HIMSELF A VERY RARE AND DEADLY FORM OF CANCER
00:04:21 THAT HE WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME. HE DECIDED TO HELP EVERYBODY
00:04:24 ELSE OVERCOME IT. AND IN THE FIRE SERVICE WE TALK
00:04:28 A LOT ABOUT INTEGRITY AND THAT DEFINITION FOR PEOPLE CHANGES
00:04:33 OVER TIME. SOME PEOPLE WILL COMMONLY THINK
00:04:37 OF IT AS DOING THE RIGHT THING WHEN NOBODY'S LOOKING.
00:04:40 YOU KNOW THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE HIGH INTEGRITY.
00:04:43 >> YOU'RE GOING TO YOU CAN BE TRUSTED BUT THE MORE THAT I'VE
00:04:47 SEEN TIME GO ON AND THESE THINGS I THINK THAT HAVING TRUE
00:04:52 INTEGRITY IS DOING THE RIGHT THING WHEN EVERYBODY'S LOOKING
00:04:55 AND YOU KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY OR POPULAR AND THAT'S
00:04:59 WHAT TONY DID. >> TONY WENT AGAINST ALL ODDS
00:05:03 TO START THIS FOUNDATION WHEN PEOPLE TOLD HIM IT WOULD BE A
00:05:04 WASTE OF TIME, THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND HE
00:05:07 PERSEVERED THROUGH IT NOT BECAUSE HE WANTED TO OR BECAUSE
00:05:11 HE WAS SEEKING SOME FAME OR FORTUNE.
00:05:15 IT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE HE HAD TRUE
00:05:18 INTEGRITY AND BECAUSE OF THAT HE SAVED THOUSANDS OF
00:05:21 FIREFIGHTERS LIVES AND THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE HAS SPARKED A
00:05:25 NATIONAL MOVEMENT. I GO TO EVENTS FOR FIREFIGHTERS
00:05:29 ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND EVERY SINGLE EVENT TALKS ABOUT CANCER
00:05:30 AND THE FIRE SERVICE. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN 20 YEARS
00:05:34 AGO. NOBODY TALKED ABOUT THAT
00:05:36 AND THAT ALL STARTED HERE. SO TO SEE THE CITY OF SAN
00:05:40 FRANCISCO HONOR TONY SAN FRANCISCO'S VERY PROGRESSIVE
00:05:42 CITY AND WE THINK THAT TONY WAS LITERALLY THE LYNCHPIN OF
00:05:48 PROGRESS FOR FIREFIGHTERS ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
00:05:52 I THINK IT'S VERY FITTING AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THIS
00:05:56 PASS AND UNVEIL HIS HIS NEW HONORARY STREET NAME.
00:06:00 WE COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER PERSON FOR IT.
00:06:02 SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THANK YOU FOR
00:06:05 YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.
00:06:07 OKAY. SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU CHAIR
00:06:11 MALKA I ALSO WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S OFFICE FOR
00:06:16 PUTTING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTIONS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
00:06:19 JOBS AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO IN THIS ROLE AS
00:06:23 SUPERVISOR IS WHEN OUR CITY REALLY GETS HAVE TO TIME
00:06:29 AND ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR AND TO CELEBRATE THE
00:06:33 ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR HOMETOWN HEROES SAN FRANCISCAN AND THE
00:06:38 FIREFIGHTERS OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO FIREFIGHTER TONY
00:06:41 STEPHANIE. HIS SERVICES DID NOT STOP WHEN
00:06:43 HE PUTS OUT FIRES WHEN A CANCER EPIDEMIC BEGAN TAKING LIVES OF
00:06:50 OUR FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS, TONY CHOSE TO FIGHT BACK AND BY
00:06:54 NAMING THIS BLOG TONY STEPHANIE WAY RIGHT NEXT TO STATION HE
00:06:58 CALL HOME WE ENSURE THAT EVERY PERSON WHO WALKS DOWN THE
00:07:02 STREET IS REMINDED OF A MAN WHO LOOKED OUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
00:07:06 LOOKED OUT FOR SAN FRANCISCAN. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MAHMUD I
00:07:12 JUST WANT TO BE HONORED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THE STREET
00:07:17 RENAMING AS WELL. SO THANK YOU AND I WOULD LIKE
00:07:20 TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL.
00:07:23 WITH THAT LET'S GO TO A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SITE IN PLACE.
00:07:27 >> MR. CLERK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:07:29 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:07:31 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE A COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAME
00:07:33 DESIGNATION TONY STEPHANIE WAY FOR FALMOUTH BETWEEN FOLSOM
00:07:36 AND SHIPLEY PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
00:07:40 THIS ITEM. >> WELCOME COMMISSIONER.
00:07:41 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SUPERVISOR THANK YOU SO MUCH
00:07:44 FOR YOUR SPONSORSHIP WITH THIS RESOLUTION IN TERMS OF A STREET
00:07:48 NAME DESIGNATION SUPERVISOR CHANGE SUPERVISOR MAHMUD MY
00:07:52 NAME IS STEPHEN THE JJO I'M A RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:07:56 IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY I'M A 30 YEAR FIRE COMMISSIONER.
00:07:59 I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND THIS RESOLUTION.
00:08:03 I JUST WANTED TO SHARE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A COMMISSIONER
00:08:06 THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR 30 YEARS IS THAT A TOTAL INTERPRETATION
00:08:09 OF WHAT OUR MEMBERS HAVE DONE AND HOW THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH
00:08:13 DAILY TYPES OF WORK AND CHALLENGES WAS REALLY
00:08:16 EMPHASIZED BY THE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND THE LIFE
00:08:20 EXPERIENCE OF CHOICE. THE FATHER I DON'T KNOW ANYONE
00:08:24 IN TERMS OF RESPECTIVE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT BETWEEN THE OLD
00:08:29 TIMERS AND THE YOUNGSTERS AND THE YOUNG MEMBERS COMING UP
00:08:32 IN TERMS OF AGAIN THE JOB BUT OUR JOB IN TERMS OF THE SASCO
00:08:36 FIRE DEPARTMENT IS A LIFE HAZARDOUS JOB THAT STAYS WITH
00:08:40 YOU FOR THE ENTIRE CAREER NOT ONLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUT OF
00:08:43 YOUR LIFE AND WITH THIS KIND OF LEGISLATION AND EFFORT FOR TONY
00:08:48 IN TERMS OF THE CANCER PREVENTION FOR THE FIRE
00:08:49 DEPARTMENT, SAM TALKED ABOUT IT BEING A NATIONAL MODEL
00:08:52 AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND THE BEST THING ABOUT NAMING
00:08:55 THE STREET AFTER TONY IS THAT IT'S A LIVING KIND OF A
00:08:59 MEMORIAL AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF
00:09:02 WORK AND HE'LL BE THERE FOR US IN TERMS OF LEADERSHIP IN TERMS
00:09:06 OF THIS ENDEAVOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
00:09:07 SUPERVISORS, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN TERMS OF THIS.
00:09:10 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FOR
00:09:13 YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS
00:09:14 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE?
00:09:16 >> YEAH OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED
00:09:20 COMMISSION AND FRASER CHAN THANK YOU CHAIR MORGAN MR.
00:09:24 CLERK WHERE YOU ALSO AT ME AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THIS RESOLUTION
00:09:28 AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM OUT OF
00:09:33 COMMITTEE WITH POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:09:36 >> THANK YOU. ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY THE
00:09:40 VICE CHAIR THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF
00:09:42 SUPERVISORS VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I REMEMBER MY ONE MAHMOOD
00:09:46 I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I MET HIM TWO THERE ARE THREE EYES
00:09:51 OKAY THAT MOTION PASSES THANK YOU.
00:09:55 PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER TWO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO EXCUSE
00:10:00 ME IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING CODE TO EXEMPT
00:10:04 POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS LOCATED IN AC3
00:10:07 DISTRICT OR THE ARTS AND DESIGN EDUCATIONAL SPECIAL USE
00:10:11 DISTRICT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLANS
00:10:15 REQUIRE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
00:10:17 LOCATED ELSEWHERE TO FILE INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLANS WITH
00:10:20 A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION TO REQUIRE UPDATES TO SUCH PLANS
00:10:24 ONLY WHEN THE INSTITUTION WILL INCREASE AFFIRMING THE SECRET
00:10:31 DETERMINATION AND MAKING FINDINGS OF CONSISTENCY WITH
00:10:35 THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE PRIORITY POLICIES OF PLANNING
00:10:36 CODE SECTION 121.1 AND FINDINGS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY,
00:10:38 CONVENIENCE AND WELFARE PURSUANT TO PLANNING CODE
00:10:41 SECTION 302. OKAY.
00:10:45 THANK YOU MR. CLERK. >> WE HAVE MADISON TAM HERE
00:10:49 FROM SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S OFFICE WHO IS A SPONSOR OF THIS
00:10:53 LEGISLATION AND WE ALSO HAVE VERONICA FLORES FROM THE
00:10:57 PLANNING DEPARTMENT. >> WELCOME, PAM.
00:11:00 THANK YOU, CHAIR MCGURK AND GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:11:01 COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MADISON I'M HERE REPRESENTING
00:11:04 SUPERVISOR DORSEY SUPERVISOR DORSEY STRONGLY SUPPORTS
00:11:08 EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL
00:11:09 INSTITUTIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITIES BRINGS SIGNIFICANT
00:11:13 PUBLIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, FOOT TRAFFIC,
00:11:16 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT
00:11:19 STRENGTHEN OUR INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC ECOSYSTEM.
00:11:20 THIS LEGISLATION ADVANCES THAT GOAL WITH MODEST CHANGES TO OUR
00:11:24 INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN REQUIREMENTS.
00:11:27 I AM PLEASED FUNCTION PRIMARILY AS PROCEDURAL DELAYS THEY DO
00:11:31 NOT GRANT APPROVALS. THEY DO NOT BIND FUTURE
00:11:32 COMMISSION DECISIONS AND THEY DO NOT MEANINGFULLY ENHANCE
00:11:35 ENFORCEABLE COMMUNITY CONTROL OVER INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS OR
00:11:39 INSTITUTIONS ARE STILL SUBJECT TO THE FULL SUITE OF PLANNING
00:11:41 CODE PROTECTIONS INCLUDING ZONING REQUIREMENTS,
00:11:43 ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW WHERE APPLICABLE
00:11:46 AND DISCRETIONARY APPROVALS IF TRIGGERED.
00:11:48 IMPORTANTLY, THE COMMISSION RETAINS FULL AUTHORITY AT THE
00:11:51 PROJECT LEVEL WHERE REAL IMPACTS ARE EVALUATED AND WHERE
00:11:54 COMMUNITY INPUT IS MOST MEANINGFUL.
00:11:55 THIS IS A TARGETED AND BALANCED CHANGE THAT PRESERVES THE CORE
00:11:59 OF THE IP REQUIREMENTS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS
00:12:00 WHILE REMOVING BUREAUCRATIC PROCESSES IN A STUDY WITH AN
00:12:04 EXISTING UNIVERSITY AND THE C THREE DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS.
00:12:07 CITY POLICY HAS LONG SUPPORTED UNIVERSITIES AND DOWNTOWN BY
00:12:11 NATURE OF THEM BEING PRINCIPALLY PERMITTED SINCE THE
00:12:13 PASSAGE OF THE 1980 DOWNTOWN PLAN FOR UNIVERSITIES ELSEWHERE
00:12:14 IN THE CITY THE IAP REQUIREMENT REMAINS AND THEY FILE WHEN
00:12:19 APPLYING FOR AN ENTITLEMENT REQUIRING DEPARTMENT OR
00:12:22 COMMISSION APPROVAL. >> THIS LEGISLATION HAS
00:12:25 GUARDRAILS TO ENSURE THAT OUR HOUSING STOCK IS NOT HARMED BY
00:12:27 INSTITUTIONS WHO WILL NOW BE EXEMPT.
00:12:29 THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DECLARE UNDER THE PENALTY OF PERJURY
00:12:32 THAT THEY WILL NOT DEMOLISH OR CONVERT HOUSING AND THAT THEIR
00:12:34 DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT RESULT IN THE ELIMINATION OF ANY RENT
00:12:37 CONTROLLED UNITS. THIS IS A PRAGMATIC UPDATE THAT
00:12:38 SHIFTS OVERSIGHT TO THE MOST MEANINGFUL POINT IN THE PROCESS
00:12:41 ELIMINATES PROCEDURAL REDUNDANCY AND SUPPORTS SAN
00:12:45 FRANCISCO'S GOAL OF BUILDING A VIBRANT ECONOMY WITH THRIVING
00:12:46 AS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SUPERVISOR DORSEY RESPECTFULLY
00:12:49 ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
00:12:52 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MISS SAM.
00:13:00 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS VERONICA FLORES PLANNING
00:13:01 DEPARTMENTS STAFF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ITEM ON
00:13:04 APRIL 16TH AND ADOPTED A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH
00:13:08 SOME ANTICIPATED AMENDMENTS DURING THAT TIME.
00:13:12 THE AMENDMENTS INCLUDED AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF
00:13:16 SCHOOL WITH THE PROPOSED POSTING MODERATE EDUCATIONAL
00:13:20 INSTITUTION AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE LASK OR WESTERN
00:13:24 ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ACCREDITATION AND MAKING SURE
00:13:27 THAT THOSE WITH EQUIVALENT ACCREDITATION OR CONSIDERED
00:13:31 THIS ALSO EXTENDS TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE IN THE
00:13:35 PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR SUCH ACCREDITATION.
00:13:36 >> THE OTHER ANTICIPATED AMENDMENTS WERE RELATED TO
00:13:40 UPDATING THE ART AND DESIGN EDUCATIONAL SPECIAL USE
00:13:44 DISTRICT TO PROPERLY REFLECT THESE OTHER CHANGES.
00:13:47 THESE MODIFICATIONS WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE
00:13:51 SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE INTRODUCED ON JUNE 2ND.
00:13:55 THIS CONCLUDES THE COMMISSION REPORT AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR
00:13:56 ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
00:13:58 >> THANK YOU MS. FLORES. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ON THE
00:14:03 ROSTER WITH CLARIFICATION OR ISSUES SO LET'S PUT A PUBLIC
00:14:08 COMMENT. >> I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS
00:14:11 AND I WILL MAKE THEM AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:14:13 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:14:14 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:14:16 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
00:14:18 IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD
00:14:20 TO THE LECTERN AT THIS TIME. >> HELLO SUPERVISORS DAVID WU
00:14:26 WITH SOMA PILIPINAS. >> WE ARE ASKING THAT THIS
00:14:30 LEGISLATION REMOVE THE EXEMPTION FOR C THREE DISTRICTS
00:14:33 AND INSTEAD JUST FOCUS ON THE EXEMPTION FOR THE ARTS
00:14:37 AND DESIGN EDUCATIONAL SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.
00:14:38 THE CURRENT PROPOSAL TO EXEMPT POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL
00:14:44 INSTITUTIONS FROM THE EMPLOYERS IN THE C THREE DISTRICTS WOULD
00:14:48 HEAVILY IMPACT THE SOUTH OF MARKET.
00:14:49 THERE ARE SEVERAL POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
00:14:52 IN SOMA AND THERE'S SO MUCH DESERVES COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
00:14:56 WHICH I AND PLEASE HELP TO PROVIDE AND ESPECIALLY GIVEN
00:14:59 THE RISE OF AI AND THE FLOOD OF WEALTH COMING INTO SOMA WE NEED
00:15:02 TO BE PLANNING COMPREHENSIBLY WITH COMMUNITIES.
00:15:06 AMPS ARE A WAY FOR THE CITY, ITS RESIDENTS AND INSTITUTIONS
00:15:10 TO HAVE CLEAR AND REASONABLE WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT
00:15:12 IMPROVES TRANSPARENCY, RESPECT AND IMPROVES PLANNING AND THEY
00:15:15 ALSO WORK TO PROTECT THE CITY AGAINST BAD ACTORS.
00:15:19 AS IS CLEAR WITH THE CASE OF THE ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY
00:15:23 WHICH ILLEGALLY CONVERTED HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:15:27 AND REPEATEDLY IGNORED CITY LAWS AND THE INSTITUTIONAL
00:15:31 MASTER PLAN HELPED SAN FRANCISCO TO WIN A LAWSUIT
00:15:35 AGAINST THE ACADEMY AND STOP THE ILLEGAL CONVERSIONS
00:15:40 INCLUDING C THREE DISTRICTS AND THE EXEMPTION WOULD
00:15:44 ACTUALLY DIRECTLY REDUCE OVERSIGHT OF THE ACADEMY OF ART
00:15:46 WHICH HAS SEVERAL LOCATIONS INCLUDING ITS MAIN OFFICE
00:15:51 IN AC3 DISTRICT. >> WITH THE CURRENT LEGISLATION
00:15:52 WE DO SUPPORT THE REQUIREMENT THAT ANY INSTITUTION THAT
00:15:56 RECEIVES AN EXEMPTION DECLARE THAT IT WILL NOT DEMOLISH OR
00:16:00 CONVERT ANY EXISTING HOUSING. WE THINK THAT SHOULD GO FURTHER
00:16:04 WITH ANY INSTITUTION RECEIVING AN EXEMPTION ALSO DECLARING
00:16:08 THAT IT WILL NOT CONVERT OR DEMOLISH ANY NEIGHBORHOODS
00:16:11 SERVING RETAIL USES OR KEEPS LEGACY BUSINESSES AND WE AGAIN
00:16:15 ASK THAT YOU REMOVE THE C THREE DISTRICT EXEMPTION CONTINUING
00:16:19 TO REQUIRE INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLANS IN THE C THREE DISTRICTS
00:16:23 AND NARROW THE EXEMPTION ONLY TO THE ART AND DESIGN
00:16:27 EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVED. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:16:28 SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLACE CALVIN WELCH HOUSING AND LAND
00:16:36 USE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE HAIGHT-ASHBURY NEIGHBORHOOD
00:16:38 COUNCIL SPEAKING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL THE
00:16:44 INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN CAME OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE
00:16:48 EXPERIENCE THAT WE SUFFERED FROM EXPANDING INSTITUTIONS
00:16:51 THEN IN THE 70S MAINLY HOSPITALS UCSF OLD HARKNESS
00:16:59 AND ST MARY'S WERE CONDEMNING HUNDREDS OF UNITS OF HOUSING
00:17:03 AND CONVERTING THEM TO NONRESIDENTIAL USES.
00:17:07 WE DRAFTED ALONG WITH THE STANTON FULTON NEIGHBORHOOD
00:17:11 ASSOCIATION IN WHAT BECAME THE INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN.
00:17:18 >> WE SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS MADE TO THE APRIL VERSION OF
00:17:22 THIS AMENDMENT. THAT REQUIRES AN INSTITUTION TO
00:17:29 CERTIFY UNDER POINT OF PERJURY THAT THEY ARE NOT DEMOLISHING
00:17:34 OR CONVERTING EXISTING RESIDENTIAL UNITS OR ANY RENT
00:17:38 CONTROLLED UNITS. WE AGREE WITH SAM CAM THAT THIS
00:17:42 SHOULD BE APPLIED TO NEIGHBORHOODS SERVING RETAIL
00:17:48 AND LEGACY BUSINESSES. THE ARGUMENT USED BY THE
00:17:53 MAYOR TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT IS TO CREATE STREET TRAFFIC TO
00:17:57 USE SAN FRANCISCO'S MALL BUSINESSES.
00:18:01 WHAT SENSE DOES IT MAKE TO EXEMPT INSTITUTIONS FROM
00:18:05 DISPLACING THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT THE MAYOR SAYS THIS
00:18:09 ORDINANCE IS PRIMARILY AIMED AT BENEFITING?
00:18:14 SO WE WOULD STRONGLY URGE THAT YOU ADD LANGUAGE EXEMPTING ANY
00:18:17 INSTITUTION THAT DOES NOT CERTIFY THAT IT WILL NOT
00:18:22 DISPLACE NEIGHBORHOODS SERVING RETAIL OR LEGACY BUSINESSES.
00:18:26 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:18:30 DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO?
00:18:33 >> MADAM CHAIR. >> OKAY.
00:18:37 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
00:18:40 THANK YOU MS. TAM. I THINK YOU'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR
00:18:45 A WHILE AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU TO THE
00:18:48 PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR
00:18:52 CONSIDERING IT. I KNOW THAT IT WAS NOT A
00:18:56 UNANIMOUS DECISION. I THINK THAT SINCE THIS WAS
00:19:00 INTRODUCED WE HAVE COME UP WITH AMENDMENTS AND I APPRECIATE IT.
00:19:06 I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS IN HERE.
00:19:10 THE EXEMPTION OF STUDENT HOUSING FROM THE DEFINITION I
00:19:15 THINK IS A REALLY GOOD THING. I ALSO SUPPORT THE CONDITIONAL
00:19:19 USE CHANGES AND THAT ALSO I THINK IS PROGRESS.
00:19:25 I WOULD HOWEVER AGREE WITH SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE
00:19:29 SHOULD LIMIT IT TO THE ARTS AND DESIGN EDUCATIONAL SPECIAL
00:19:32 USE DISTRICT OR AND PERHAPS CONSIDER LIKE A TIME LIMIT FOR
00:19:39 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW I HAD RAISED BEFORE THAT IF WE
00:19:45 WANT TO INCENTIVIZE THESE KINDS OF USES OR MAKE IT EASIER FOR
00:19:48 SOME INSTITUTIONS TO COME INTO CERTAIN DISTRICTS AS AN
00:19:52 INCENTIVE TO YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS OF
00:19:56 ON RAMP TO SEE IF THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS LOCATION
00:19:59 BEFORE WE EXEMPT THEM FROM THE MASTER PLANS.
00:20:03 AND I THINK YOU KNOW, I WAS AROUND I WAS ON THE BUILDING
00:20:07 INSPECTION COMMISSION WHEN WE OUR CITY ATTORNEY WAS GOING
00:20:11 THROUGH ALL THE LITIGATION WITH THE ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY.
00:20:15 WE HAD RENT CONTROL. WE HAD DEMOLITION CONTROLS.
00:20:18 WE HAD A BUNCH OF LAWS THAT WERE JUST COMPLETELY
00:20:22 DISREGARDED. AND SO I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK
00:20:24 TO A TIME WHEN PEOPLE KIND OF PLANNED ON EXEMPTING THEMSELVES
00:20:30 FROM HAVING TO PLAN WITH THE CITY AND WITH A COMMUNITY I
00:20:35 THINK IS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS CAN BE A REALLY
00:20:38 IMPORTANT PART OF A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN AND I THINK THAT
00:20:42 IN ORDER TO ATTRACT THEM WE DO NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SET
00:20:46 OF GOODIES OR, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVES.
00:20:50 I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAS TO
00:20:54 BE A TOTAL EXEMPTION IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
00:20:57 I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE TOO BROAD FOR ME.
00:21:00 I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE COULD DO SOME
00:21:02 TIME OR AT THE VERY LEAST SPEAK WITH THE GOOD FOLKS WHO WROTE
00:21:09 THIS LETTER TODAY. THERE WERE SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS
00:21:10 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO I THINK WANT TO ENGAGE IN A FURTHER
00:21:14 CONVERSATION. SO WITH THAT I THINK THAT I'M
00:21:17 GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE THIS UNTIL OUR MEETING
00:21:24 ON THE 29TH WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO
00:21:27 GET TOGETHER AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE TIME TO TALK TO THE
00:21:31 FOLKS WHO HAD OPINIONS AND MAYBE WORK OUT A COUPLE OF
00:21:35 OTHER FIXES. BUT LIKE I SAID, I THINK
00:21:36 THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF IN HERE WITH THAT.
00:21:43 I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE ROSTER WHEN TO MAKE COMMENTS SO
00:21:46 I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE THIS ITEM UNTIL OUR
00:21:50 MEETING OF THE 29TH MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT THIS
00:21:53 ORDINANCE BE CONTINUED TO THE JUNE 29TH MEETING OF THIS
00:21:57 COMMITTEE. ON THAT MOTION VICE CHAIR CHEN
00:22:00 CHEN I'M MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I, I MELGAR I AND I'M SURE THERE ARE
00:22:04 THREE EYES OKAY THAT MOTION PASSES.
00:22:08 DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR AGENDA PLEASE MR. CLERK THERE
00:22:11 IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS. >> WE ARE ADJOURNED