00:00:00 . >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
00:00:01 THIS MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER .
00:00:03 >> WELCOME TO THAT JULY 27, 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE
00:00:08 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:00:12 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. I AM SUPERVISOR MARINA MELGAR,
00:00:16 CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE JOINED BY VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR
00:00:20 CHEYENNE CHEN AND SUPERVISOR BILAL MAHMOOD THE COMMITTEE
00:00:24 CLERK IS JOHN CARROLL AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK
00:00:28 JEANETTE EGAN AND LOUTH FROM S F CUP T V FOR STAFFING US
00:00:32 DURING THIS MEETING. >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY
00:00:33 ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE? YES.
00:00:34 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. >> PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU'VE
00:00:37 SILENCED YOUR CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES
00:00:40 YOU'VE BROUGHT WITH YOU INTO THE CHAMBER TODAY.
00:00:41 IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF ANY OF
00:00:44 TODAY'S FILES YOU CAN SUBMIT THEM DIRECTLY TO ME.
00:00:45 PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON EACH ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA
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00:01:13 FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102 IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT
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00:01:25 ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOARD
00:01:28 OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF SEPTEMBER 1ST 2026 UNLESS
00:01:31 OTHERWISE STATED. >> THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
00:01:35 PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN
00:01:39 ORDINANCE ACCEPTING IRREVOCABLE OFFERS OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
00:01:42 ASSOCIATED WITH THE HUNTER'S VIEW HOPE S.F. PROJECT PHASE
00:01:46 TWO INCLUDING AN OFFER OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
00:01:47 LOCATED WITHIN CATALINA STREET, FAIRFAX AVENUE, INGLES STREET,
00:01:54 INNIS AVENUE IRONWOOD WAY AND MIDDLE POINT ROAD AND AN
00:01:57 OFFER OF DEDICATION FOR REAL PROPERTY FOR PORTIONS OF
00:01:59 FAIRFAX IRONWOOD AND MIDDLE POINT DEDICATING SAID PUBLIC
00:02:02 IMPROVEMENTS FOR PUBLIC USE DESIGNATING SAID A PUBLIC
00:02:06 IMPROVEMENTS FOR PUBLIC STREET AND ROADWAY PURPOSES ACCEPTING
00:02:10 SAID PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CITY MAINTENANCE AND LIABILITY
00:02:14 PURPOSES SUBJECT TO SPECIFIED LIMITATIONS ESTABLISHING
00:02:17 OFFICIAL SIDEWALK WIDTHS GRADES AND PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY
00:02:22 AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1061 ENTITLED REGULATING THE WIDTH
00:02:25 OF SIDEWALKS TO ESTABLISH OFFICIAL SIDEWALK WIDTHS ON
00:02:29 CATALINA FAIRFAX INGLES INNES IRONWOOD AND MIDDLE POINT
00:02:32 ACCEPTING AN OFFER OF DEDICATION FOR PHASE TWO
00:02:36 EASEMENTS DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO
00:02:39 ACCEPT THE PHASE THREE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING
00:02:40 AUTHORITY TO TAKE ALL OF THE PHASE TWO ACTIONS IN THE
00:02:43 ORDINANCE FOR PHASE THREE AS WELL AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR
00:02:46 OF PROPERTY TO EXECUTE DEEDS AND EASEMENT AGREEMENTS AS
00:02:48 SPECIFIED ACCEPTING THE PUBLIC WORKS ORDER REGARDING VARIOUS
00:02:51 ACTIONS IN REGARD TO THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
00:02:55 ADOPTING FINDINGS UNDER SECOND MAKING OTHER APPROPRIATE
00:02:58 FINDINGS. THIS ITEM IS ON OUR AGENDA AS A
00:02:59 POTENTIAL COMMITTEE REPORT AND IT MAY BE SENT TO THE BOARD
00:03:02 OF SUPERVISORS FOR CONSIDERATION TOMORROW JULY
00:03:05 28TH 2026. >> THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
00:03:09 WE ARE JOINED BY JASON LU AT POLICY DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNITY
00:03:13 DEVELOPMENT AND HELP US UP. >> WELCOME.
00:03:17 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:03:17 GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MELGAR VICE CHAIR CHEN AND MEMBER
00:03:20 MAHMOOD THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AS WE TALK ABOUT THE
00:03:25 ACCEPTANCE OF NEW STREETS OUR HOPE AS OF HUNCHES VIEW MY NAME
00:03:28 IS JASON LU THE HOPE IT'S A PROGRAM MANAGER WITH SAID I'M
00:03:32 JOINED BY MY CITY AND DPW COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS THE
00:03:35 PROJECT SPONSOR THE JOHN STEWART COMPANY HERE TODAY
00:03:39 IN CHAMBERS AS A QUICK REFRESHER HOPE S.F. WAS CREATED
00:03:43 BY THEN MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM'S ADMINISTRATION IN RESPONSE TO
00:03:47 DIMINISHING FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SAN FRANCISCO'S LARGEST
00:03:51 AND MOST NEGLECTED PUBLIC HOUSING SITES NAMELY ALICE
00:03:54 GRIFFITH, HUNTER'S VIEW SAN DIEGO AND POTRERO HOPE S.F.
00:03:59 REPRESENTS A CONTINUING COMMITMENT BY THE CITY TO
00:04:02 ACHIEVE REPARATIONS FOR INSIDIOUS IMPACTS OF PASSING ON
00:04:03 GOING TRAUMA, SYSTEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
00:04:07 AND DEEP AND PERSISTENT POVERTY CHRONIC DISINVESTMENT BY THE
00:04:10 CITY AND THESE SITES OVER MANY DECADES RESULTED IN A
00:04:14 NEIGHBORHOOD DISCONNECTED FROM THE LARGER CITY STREET GRID TO
00:04:18 RESTORE BASIC NECESSITIES AND PUBLIC BENEFITS TO HOPE AS
00:04:22 HAVE COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY
00:04:23 TO ACCEPT THESE NEW STREETS AS PART OF OUR CONTINUING
00:04:25 COMMITMENT TO THE COUNTRY'S VIEW COMMUNITY.
00:04:29 SO THERE ARE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY WE'RE SEEKING YOUR
00:04:33 POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CITY TO ACCEPT THE STREETS
00:04:36 UNDER HUNCHES VIEW PHASE TWO AND DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO D P
00:04:41 W TO ACCEPT THE STREETS UNDER HUNCHES VIEW PHASE THREE UPON
00:04:44 COMPLETION THE PROJECT TEAM AND OUR TEAM AT MOST HAVE HAD
00:04:48 REGULAR MEETINGS WITH SFM TO TO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING
00:04:51 TRANSFER OF ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY AND PROPERTY
00:04:52 MANAGEMENT WILL NOTIFY RESIDENTS OF THE TRANSFER
00:04:56 BEFORE THIS ORDINANCE BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
00:04:59 I SHOULD NOTE FOR FOR THE SUPERVISORS HERE ORDINANCE THE
00:05:07 ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED TO STRIKE OUT THE REFERENCE TO THE FILE
00:05:12 NUMBER OF THE TRAILING EASEMENT FICATION LEGISLATION SINCE THE
00:05:16 ORDINANCE HAS NOT YET BEEN INTRODUCED.
00:05:17 SO JUST IN NOTES FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE TODAY AS WELL AS
00:05:27 AN OVERVIEW OF THE HOPES OF HUNTERS VIEW COMMUNITY, THE
00:05:30 SITE HAS WELCOMED HOUSEHOLDS PREVIOUSLY LIVING ON SITE AS
00:05:32 WELL AS NEW HOUSEHOLDS INTO 267 PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE PUBLIC
00:05:38 HOUSING REPLACEMENT UNITS AND 133 NEW AFFORDABLE UNITS.
00:05:42 IN ADDITION, AT FULL BUILDOUT HUNDREDS OF YOU CAN WELCOME UP
00:05:46 TO 400 MARKET RATE UNITS IN ADDITION TO THOSE AFFORDABLE
00:05:47 UNITS. NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE SITE
00:05:51 WELCOMES RESIDENTS WITH NEWLY BUILT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING
00:05:54 SPACES INCLUDING A D H OPERATED WELLNESS CENTER, A CHILD CARE
00:05:58 CENTER, A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN AND A NEW EDUCATION CENTER TO
00:06:01 BE OPERATED BY BAYVIEW YMCA. >> TO SUPPORT ALL OF THIS WE'VE
00:06:06 MADE MASSIVE INVESTMENTS INTO THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF
00:06:10 THE SITE WITH NEW PARKS, UTILITIES AND ROADS, SIDEWALKS
00:06:13 AND STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS TO BETTER CONNECT THE COMMUNITY TO
00:06:17 THE WIDER NEIGHBORHOOD. CONSIDERING THE SIZE OF THE
00:06:21 SITE WORK WAS COMPLETED OVER MULTIPLE PHASES.
00:06:25 PHASE ONE WAS COMPLETED IN 2013 AND SAW 107 UNITS OF NEW
00:06:29 AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSTRUCTED ALONGSIDE A NEW PARK AND SOCIAL
00:06:33 SERVICES OFFICE SPACE AN ADDITIONAL MARKET RATE PARCELS
00:06:38 IN 2018 PHASE TWO SAW HUNDRED 79 UNITS OF NEW AFFORDABLE
00:06:39 HOUSING CONSTRUCTED ALONGSIDE A NEW PARK CHILDCARE WELLNESS
00:06:42 CENTER AND SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICE SPACE AND MARKET RATE
00:06:46 PARCELS. >> PHASE TWO ALSO INCLUDED
00:06:50 NUMEROUS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU SEE ON
00:06:54 SCREEN HERE INCLUDING STREETS, SIDEWALKS, CURB RAMPS, UTILITY
00:06:58 LINES, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND STREETSCAPES.
00:07:01 >> MOST RECENTLY PHASE THREE WAS COMPLETED EARLIER THIS YEAR
00:07:05 WITH 118 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLETED WITH
00:07:08 COMMUNITY SERVING RESTAURANT RETAIL AND AN EDUCATION SPACE
00:07:11 BUILT OUT ALONGSIDE ADDITIONAL MARKET RATE PARCELS.
00:07:18 WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THIS MILESTONE IN MAY ALONGSIDE
00:07:19 COMMUNITY LEADERS AND LEADERS WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE.
00:07:23 THESE PHOTOS ON SCREEN ARE FROM THE RECENT PHASE THREE GRAND
00:07:26 OPENING CELEBRATION WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER MAYOR LURIE
00:07:30 MOE SAID DPW, THE PROJECT TEAM AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AS WELL
00:07:33 AND WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND WE THANK YOU SO
00:07:41 MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. OKAY I DON'T SEE ANY NAMES ON
00:07:49 THE ROSTER WITH QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AND SO LET'S GO TO
00:07:53 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:07:57 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:08:01 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
00:08:02 IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD
00:08:05 TO THE LECTERN AT THIS TIME. >> AND MADAM CHAIR, IT APPEARS
00:08:08 WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS. OKAY.
00:08:09 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
00:08:12 MR. CLERK. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT
00:08:16 WE ADOPT THE AMENDMENTS AS PRESENTED BY STAFF AND THEN I
00:08:19 WILL ALSO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND THIS ITEM OUT AS AMENDED
00:08:28 AS A COMMITTEE REPORT TO THE FULL BOARD.
00:08:33 >> TWO MOTIONS THE FIRST TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE AND THEN
00:08:37 THE SECOND TO RECOMMEND THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED AS A
00:08:41 COMMITTEE REPORT. THOSE MOTIONS OFFERED BY THE
00:08:42 CHAIR ON THOSE MOTIONS. VICE-CHAIR CHEN CHEN I'M
00:08:45 MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I AND I'M SURE THERE
00:08:50 ARE THREE EYES THAT MOTION PASSES THANK YOU.
00:08:53 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:08:57 >> OKAY MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER TWO.
00:09:01 >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RESOLUTION ADDING THE
00:09:02 COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAME DR. CARLOTTA TAKES A DOOR DOWN
00:09:05 PARTY AWAY ON BARTLETT STREET BETWEEN 21ST AND 22ND STREETS
00:09:08 IN RECOGNITION OF DR. CARLOTTA, TEXAS ADORED PORTILLO'S
00:09:13 LEADERSHIP IN ESTABLISHING THE CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S
00:09:17 MISSION CAMPUS AND HER LEGACY AS A LONGTIME CIVIC
00:09:20 AND EDUCATIONAL LEADER. THIS ITEM IS ALSO ON OUR AGENDA
00:09:22 AS A POTENTIAL COMMITTEE REPORT AND MAY BE SENT FOR
00:09:25 CONSIDERATION TOMORROW, JULY 28TH, 2026 BY THE BOARD OF
00:09:28 SUPERVISORS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:09:32 WE HAVE GRACE WANG HERE FROM PRESIDENT MANDELL MEN'S OFFICE
00:09:34 TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU TURMEL GA.
00:09:39 GOOD AFTERNOON. CERMAK OUR VICE CHAIR CHEN
00:09:43 AND SUPERVISOR MAHMUD MY NAME IS GRACE WONG AND I'M HERE
00:09:46 TODAY ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN THE ITEM BEFORE YOU
00:09:47 TODAY AS A RESOLUTION TO ADD THE COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAME
00:09:51 CARLOTTA TUXEDO RETAIL PRETTIER AWAY TO THE SECTION OF BARTLETT
00:09:54 STREET BETWEEN 21ST AND 22ND STREET THIS BLOCK IS HOME TO
00:09:57 THE CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MISSION CAMPUS
00:10:01 WHICH DR. DALE PORTIER HELPED ESTABLISH AND WHERE SHE SERVED
00:10:02 AS DEAN FOR MANY YEARS. IN ADDITION TO HELPING
00:10:05 ESTABLISH AND SERVING AS THE DEAN OF CSPS MISSION CAMPUS,
00:10:09 DR. DEL PORTIER HAS ALSO BROKEN BARRIERS AS A CIVIC LEADER.
00:10:12 SHE WAS THE FIRST LATINA APPOINTED TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS
00:10:14 COMMISSION, THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AND THE FIRE
00:10:17 COMMISSION. SHE HELPED TO INTEGRATE THE SAN
00:10:18 FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SHE BECAME THE FIRST LATINA
00:10:20 ELECTED CITYWIDE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL
00:10:23 DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION DR. DEL POTRO ALSO HELPED FOUND
00:10:27 INFLUENTIAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE
00:10:29 MEXICAN-AMERICAN POLITICAL ASSOCIATION, LATINO DEMOCRATIC
00:10:32 CLUB AND MISSION HIRING HALL THIS COMMEMORATIVE STREET
00:10:36 NAMING IS A WAY TO HONOR DR. DEL PORTILLO FOR HER
00:10:37 EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE AS AN EDUCATIONAL AND CIVIC LEADER
00:10:40 IN SAN FRANCISCO. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT OUR
00:10:44 INITIAL RESOLUTION PROPOSED THE STREET NAME DR. CARLOTTA DEXTER
00:10:47 DEL POTRO AWAY HOWEVER A 70 AND INFORMED US DUE THAT DUE TO
00:10:50 THE LENGTH OF THE NAME AND AVAILABLE SCIENCE SPACE THE
00:10:53 LETTERING WOULD NEED TO BE REDUCED IN SIZE AFTER
00:10:56 DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS MANY OF WHOM ARE HERE
00:10:57 TODAY, WE WORK TO STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN
00:11:01 READABILITY AND THE PRESENCE OF RECOGNIZING HER FULL NAME.
00:11:04 ACCORDINGLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE PROPOSED STREET NAME
00:11:07 TO CARLOTTA TUXEDO RETAIL FOR TWO AWAY.
00:11:08 THANK YOU TO DR. DALE PADILLA'S FAMILY JUANITA OWENS, DR.
00:11:11 CAHILL AND MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR CHAMPIONING THIS
00:11:15 COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAMING. AND I'M WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE
00:11:17 ON THIS PROJECT. >> I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK
00:11:19 SUPERVISOR FIELDER'S OFFICE FOR THEIR COLLABORATION WITH US AS
00:11:22 THIS WILL TAKE PLACE IN DISTRICT NINE AND CHAIR
00:11:24 MELGAR FOR YOUR CO-SPONSORSHIP I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
00:11:26 SUPPORT IN RECOMMENDING THIS ORDINANCE AND TODAY'S
00:11:30 AMENDMENTS WITH APPROVAL. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
00:11:32 QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:11:34 THANK YOU. AND WE DO HAVE COMMENTS FROM MY
00:11:37 COLLEAGUES. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY
00:11:41 MUCH FOR DOING THIS. >> DR. DEL PORTILLO WAS
00:11:45 SOMEBODY WHO IS SOMEBODY WHO IS VERY IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE
00:11:49 HAVING BEEN SUCH A SORT OF OUTSIZED FIGURE IN THE
00:11:53 COMMUNITY AND ALSO SHOWN THE WAY FOR LATINA LEADERSHIP
00:11:57 IN OUR CITY, IN OUR STATE AND AMONG HER MANY, MANY
00:12:01 ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED.
00:12:05 IT IS OF COURSE HAVING PRODUCED OUTSTANDING HUMAN BEINGS AS HER
00:12:09 DAUGHTERS AND YOU KNOW THEY'VE ALSO PRODUCED OUTSTANDING HUMAN
00:12:16 BEINGS. >> SO I I'M JUST THRILLED THAT
00:12:20 WE ARE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE HER IN THIS WAY IN A VISIBLE WAY TO
00:12:23 THE COMMUNITY THAT SHE SPENDS SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY
00:12:28 IMPROVING, GUIDING OPENING OPPORTUNITIES FOR.
00:12:32 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THAT.
00:12:35 >> AND SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU CHAIR MALKIA AND I ALSO
00:12:40 WOULD LIKE TO ECHO AND THANK YOU FOR BOB AS A MENTOR MAN FOR
00:12:43 ADVANCING THIS RESOLUTION I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY
00:12:44 APPRECIATION AND FOR THE INSPIRING YEARS OF LEADERSHIP
00:12:48 AND SERVICE OF DR. CARLO TO TEST ALL DEL PORTAL.
00:12:55 AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR CITY COLLEGE.
00:12:59 >> IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AND DATA TESTIMONIAL DEL
00:13:02 POTRO HAS LEFT SUCH A LASTING LEGACY ON OUR CITY SERVICES TO
00:13:07 THE ACADEMIC AND WORKFORCE NEEDS OF WORKING CLASS AND ALSO
00:13:11 IMMIGRANTS COMMUNITY. AND I'M VERY THRILLED TO
00:13:15 SUPPORT THIS COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAME DESTINATION ONE
00:13:20 AND ALSO MR. CLINT WERE YOU AT MY NAME IS A CO-SPONSOR.
00:13:21 THANK YOU, LARRY. MY MY IS THAT WORKING?
00:13:37 SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM WE DO I WANT TO
00:13:40 RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD
00:13:44 AND THIS ONE LILA OWENS HERE. SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT
00:13:47 AND HEAR FROM FOLKS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:13:51 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:13:52 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT
00:13:55 FOR THIS ITEM YOU MAY LINE UP TO SPEAK ALONG THAT WESTERN
00:13:57 WALL AND FOR SPEAKING NO I WAS PLEASE PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL
00:14:00 BOARD. I AM HONORED I CAN'T TELL YOU
00:14:03 HOW HONORED I AM TO BE HERE TODAY AND I'M SO TOUCHED.
00:14:09 >> AS HER FAMILY KNOWS, I HAVE TO GET MY COMPOSURE.
00:14:11 I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY ABOUT
00:14:15 HER LOVE BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR IS SHE CHANGED MY LIFE
00:14:21 SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE OF HER. I STAND HERE WITH FOUR DEGREES
00:14:28 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND MY DOCTORATE.
00:14:31 SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE AND ALWAYS BEEN A SUPPORTER SO
00:14:35 I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME WORDS THAT I HAVE.
00:14:39 IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO CELEBRATE
00:14:43 THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. CARLOTA TEXAS
00:14:46 ADORE DEL PORTILLO, A WOMAN WHOSE LEADERSHIP, COURAGE
00:14:51 AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SERVE HAS TRANSFORMED
00:14:54 COMMUNITIES, LIVES AND STRENGTHENED OUR SAN
00:14:59 FRANCISCO COMMUNITY. >> WHEN I THINK OF CARLOTA I
00:15:02 THINK ABOUT A TRAILBLAZER NOT BECAUSE SHE SOUGHT RECOGNITION
00:15:06 BUT BECAUSE SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT OPENING
00:15:10 DOORS FOR OTHERS WHICH SHE HAS DONE FOR ME AND ENSURING THAT
00:15:14 EVERY PERSON HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED.
00:15:17 CARLOS THIS JOURNEY REFLECTS THE VERY BEST OF PUBLIC SERVICE
00:15:22 AT A TIME WHEN FEW LATINAS HELD POSITIONS OF CIVIC LEADERSHIP.
00:15:25 CARLOTA WAS BREAKING BARRIERS CREATING PATHWAYS FOR FUTURE
00:15:29 GENERATIONS. >> SHE WAS APPOINTED BY
00:15:33 MAYOR GEORGE MOSCONE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO HUMAN RIGHTS
00:15:37 COMMISSION WHERE SHE BROUGHT HER DEEP COMMITMENT TO FAIRNESS
00:15:41 ,DIGNITY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO THE FOREFRONT OF CITY
00:15:45 GOVERNMENT. SHE CONTINUED THAT WORK WHEN
00:15:46 SHE WAS APPOINTED BY MAYOR FEINSTEIN, SAN
00:15:49 FRANCISCO'S CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION IN 79.
00:15:52 SHE SERVED DURING A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO'S
00:15:56 HISTORY WHEN THE CITY WAS CONFRONTING LONG STANDING
00:15:59 INEQUALITIES IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
00:16:03 >> THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION PLAYED THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:16:08 COMING CRITICAL. >> MAY I JUST WRAP THAT
00:16:09 SPEAKERS TIME IS CONCLUDED WE HAVE TO GIVE EVERYONE THE SAME
00:16:11 AMOUNT OF TIME. >> OKAY THEIR COMMENTS.
00:16:12 THANK YOU. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:16:13 THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE IT.
00:16:15 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS GREGORIA CAHILL
00:16:23 AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE DEAN OF THE CITY
00:16:27 COLLEGE MISSION CENTER. I'M HONORED TO SPEAK TODAY
00:16:31 IN SUPPORT OF COMMEMORATING THE SPAN OF THE BARTLETT STREET.
00:16:35 >> AS CARLOTTA TAKES THE DAUGHTER PORTILLO AWAY, DOCTORA
00:16:39 CARLOTTA TAKES THE ORDER THAT PORTILLO HAS BEEN MUCH MORE
00:16:42 THAN A CHAMPION FOR EDUCATION. >> SHE HAS BEEN A MENTOR AND AN
00:16:46 ADVOCATE FOR THE MISSION DISTRICT.
00:16:49 >> FROM THE DAY I MET HER. SHE MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE NEED
00:16:54 TO KEEP THE DOORS OF THE MISSION CAMPUS OPEN OPEN TO THE
00:16:58 COMMUNITY AND TO THOSE WHO COME FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
00:17:02 THAT MESSAGE CONTINUE TO GUIDE MY LEADERSHIP TODAY.
00:17:06 >> SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL. >> SHE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL
00:17:10 IN ADVOCATING FOR RESOURCES IN PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE WORKING
00:17:14 ADULTS DEGREE PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIFIED SCHOOL
00:17:18 DISTRICT. >> AND SHE ALSO BUILT
00:17:22 PARTNERSHIPS SUCH AS THE COLLABORATION WITH MISSION
00:17:26 HIRING HALL WITH THE CAPS, A PROGRAM CONNECTING STUDENTS
00:17:27 WITH MEANINGFUL CAREER PATHWAYS.
00:17:30 >> BECAUSE OF HER LEADERSHIP, THE MISSION CENTER HAS GROWN TO
00:17:34 BE THE SECOND LARGEST AT CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO AFTER
00:17:38 THE MAIN CAMPUS IN THAT PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO EXPAND FOR
00:17:42 STUDENTS AND THEIR SUPPORT. >> THOUGH TODAY PORTILLO ALSO
00:17:49 CHANGED MY LIFE AS MANY OTHERS FOR SHE BELIEVE IN MYSELF WAY
00:17:53 BEFORE I BELIEVE IN MYSELF. SHE ENCOURAGED ME TO GET MY
00:18:00 MASTER'S DEGREE AND MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE MASTER'S
00:18:02 DEGREE IN DOCTORAL DEGREE. >> AND SHE ALSO ENCOURAGED ME
00:18:06 TO PURSUE LEADERSHIP ROLES THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED
00:18:13 MYSELF. WITH HER LEADERSHIP, HER
00:18:14 MENTORSHIP AND DEAN ARE HORRIBLE.
00:18:18 >> THEY ALLOW ME TO GROW AND BE THE BEST ADMINISTRATOR I AM
00:18:24 TODAY. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:18:25 THANK YOU. LET'S HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER
00:18:28 PLEASE. >> AFTERNOON.
00:18:31 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA PELINI.
00:18:35 MY RELATIONSHIP WITH DR. CARLOTA DEL PORTILLO HAS BEEN
00:18:39 MUCH MORE RECENT SINCE SHE HAD RECENTLY RETIRED FROM AS DEAN
00:18:43 OF THE MISSION CAMPUS. SHE FOUNDED THE FRIENDS OF THE
00:18:47 MISSION CAMPUS WHERE I WAS HAPPY AND STILL AM HAPPY TO
00:18:51 PARTICIPATE AND SUPPORT. SHE STARTED BY MAKING SURE THAT
00:18:55 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMING INTO THE MISSION CAMPUS MANY OF
00:18:58 WHOM IF NOT MOST WERE FIRST TIME IN THEIR FAMILIES COLLEGE
00:19:01 STUDENTS UNDERSTOOD THE BUSINESS OF GOING TO COLLEGE,
00:19:05 HOW TO STUDY, HOW TO WRITE A PAPER, HOW TO APPROACH A
00:19:09 DEADLINE, HOW TO SEEK COUNSELING, HOW TO USE
00:19:11 RESOURCES. SHE WAS SO SHE IS SO FIERCE,
00:19:16 DETERMINED AND PRACTICAL. AFTER WE ESTABLISHED SOME
00:19:19 PROGRAMS TO HELP THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, HER NEXT PLAN OF
00:19:23 ATTACK WAS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR KIDS WHO ARE ALREADY YOUNG
00:19:27 PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY IN AT THE MISSION CAMPUS.
00:19:30 WE HAVE RAISED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, SUPPORTED
00:19:35 HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AT THE MISSION CAMPUS.
00:19:38 AND THIS WORK IS ONGOING. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
00:19:43 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:19:48 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M MARY HERNANDEZ AND I'M A
00:19:52 FOUNDING PARTNER OF THE LAW FIRM OF GARCIA AMANDA SUNNY.
00:19:53 >> I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING WITH DR. DEL PORTILLO
00:19:56 ON THE FRIENDS OF THE MISSION CAMPUS BOARD AND HAD THE
00:19:59 PRIVILEGE OF SERVING WITH HER ON THE SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL
00:20:03 BOARD WHERE I WAS ALSO A SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT IN 2000.
00:20:06 DR. DALE PORTILLO'S RESUME IS IMPRESSIVE AS A PIONEER AND A
00:20:11 TRAILBLAZER BUT THOSE OF US WHO KNEW HER WELL KNOW THAT HER
00:20:14 GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IS NOT IN ANY TITLE THAT SHE HAS HELD.
00:20:20 IT IS IN THE THOUSANDS OF LIVES THAT SHE QUIETLY CHANGED.
00:20:26 SHE'S SPENT A LIFETIME BELIEVING IN STUDENTS.
00:20:27 HAVE YOU HAVE HEARD BEFORE THEY BELIEVED IN THEMSELVES.
00:20:30 AS DEAN SHE TIRELESSLY CHAMPIONED EQUITABLE ACCESS TO
00:20:34 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO NEEDED IT MOST.
00:20:38 >> AND AS A FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, SHE KNEW THAT TO
00:20:42 IMPROVE CHILDREN'S LIVES YOU NEED TO EMPOWER THEIR PARENTS.
00:20:45 SO FOR WORKING MOMS SHE WAS A HERO RECOGNIZING THE BARRIERS
00:20:49 THEY FACED, SHE ENSURED THE CAREER CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
00:20:52 NEEDED TO IMPROVE THEIR FAMILIES ECONOMIC FUTURES WERE
00:20:56 ACTUALLY OFFERED AT TIMES THEY COULD REALISTICALLY ATTEND
00:21:01 IN THE EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS. AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY SHE
00:21:02 MADE CERTAIN THAT CHILDCARE WAS AVAILABLE REMOVING EVERY
00:21:06 OBSTACLE SHE POSSIBLY COULD SO THAT THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
00:21:09 TO SUCCEED. HER COMMITMENT TRANSFORMED
00:21:13 LIVES, STRENGTHENING FAMILIES, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES THAT
00:21:18 REACHED FAR BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.
00:21:20 >> THIS COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAMING, HOWEVER, IS NOT SIMPLY
00:21:24 ABOUT HONORING ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN.
00:21:25 IT IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE GENERATIONS OF LATINAS WHO HAVE
00:21:29 BUILT INSTITUTIONS STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOODS, TRANSFORM LIVES
00:21:33 OFTEN WITHOUT RECEIVING THE PUBLIC RECOGNITION THEY
00:21:37 DESERVED. IT IS ESPECIALLY FITTING THAT
00:21:40 CARLOTA TEXAS GORDON PORTILLO IS POISED TO BECOME THE FIRST
00:21:44 LATINA FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO RECEIVE A COMMEMORATIVE STREET
00:21:47 NAMING IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY. THIS RECOGNITION IS LONG
00:21:52 OVERDUE AND I CANNOT THINK OF ANYONE MORE DESERVING.
00:21:55 I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION.
00:21:57 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NEXT SPEAKER
00:22:00 PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON TODAY.
00:22:06 IT'S INDEED AN HONOR TO COME BEFORE YOU TO MAKE THESE
00:22:08 COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSAL THAT A STREET IN SAN
00:22:11 FRANCISCO BE NAMED AFTER THE HONORABLE LEADER AND FRIEND
00:22:15 CARLOTTA PORTILLO. >> MY NAME IS NO SEPARATE.
00:22:19 I'M THE RETIRED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CALIFORNIA RURAL
00:22:22 LEGAL ASSISTANCE WHERE I SPENT MY CAREER ADVOCATING FOR
00:22:25 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, CIVIL RIGHTS AND DIGNITY FOR
00:22:29 UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
00:22:30 IN PARTICULAR FARMWORKERS. >> OVER THE YEARS I'VE HAD THE
00:22:34 PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE MANY EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITY
00:22:38 LEADERS BUT VERY FEW HAVE MATCHED THE VISION, THE
00:22:42 PERSISTENCE AND GENEROSITY OF DR. CARLOTA PATEL.
00:22:45 THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SPENT OUR LIVES WORKING FOR EDUCATIONAL
00:22:49 EQUITY KNOW THAT LASTING CHANGE IS NEVER ACCOMPLISHED BY ONE
00:22:53 LAWSUIT ONE ELECTION, ONE PROGRAM.
00:22:56 IT'S ACCOMPLISHED BY PEOPLE WHO BUILD INSTITUTIONS THAT
00:23:00 CONTINUE SERVING COMMUNITIES LONG AFTER THEY THEMSELVES HAVE
00:23:04 STEPPED ASIDE. >> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT CARLOTA
00:23:08 HAS DONE. SHE HELPED CREATE A PEOPLE WHO
00:23:12 SET UP, CREATE AND BUILD MISSION CAMPUS INTO A PLACE
00:23:13 WHERE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS MANY OF THEM FIRST GENERATION
00:23:16 COLLEGE STUDENTS, IMMIGRANTS, WORKING PARENTS, ENGLISH
00:23:21 LEARNERS COULD PURSUE OPPORTUNITY AND TRANSFORMED
00:23:24 THEIR LIVES. >> SHE UNDERSTOOD EDUCATION IS
00:23:28 ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL CIVIL RIGHTS TOOLS THAT OUR SOCIETY
00:23:32 POSSESSES. HER LEADERSHIP EXTENDED WELL
00:23:33 BEYOND THE COLLEGE WHERE THEY'RE SERVING ON THE BOARD OF
00:23:36 EDUCATION HELPING ESTABLISH MISSION HIRING HALL ADVANCING
00:23:40 LITERACY OR MENTORING COMMUNITY LEADERS.
00:23:43 >> CARLOTA WAS ALWAYS FOCUSED ON OPENING DOORS FOR OTHERS.
00:23:47 SHE WAS A SELFLESS AS ONE CAN BE AND HUMBLE IN EVERYTHING SHE
00:23:50 HAS DONE. >> SO TODAY WE HAVE THE
00:23:52 OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE FUTURE GENERATIONS ASK WHO WAS DR.
00:23:56 CARLA TYLER PORTILLO? EVERY TIME THEY SEE THE STREET
00:23:59 SIGN AND THEY WILL DISCOVER SOMEONE WHO DEVOTED DEVOTED HER
00:24:03 LIFE TO MAKING SAN FRANCISCO A MORE INCLUSIVE, MORE JUST
00:24:09 AND MORE EQUITABLE AND HOPEFUL FOR OTHERS.
00:24:10 I URGE YOU TO TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION NAMING THE ONE
00:24:14 AVENUE KAHLO OF THAT PUT THE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
00:24:17 TIME. >> LET'S HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER
00:24:18 PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:24:21 I'M JOHN SWEENEY. I'M INGLESIDE NATIVE HOMEOWNER
00:24:28 AND IN DISTRICT 11 NEIGHBOR OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND I HAVE HAD
00:24:32 I'VE KNOWN DR. CARLOTA PORTILLO FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY I THINK
00:24:36 ACTUALLY SINCE THE LATE 1960S WHEN WITH HER WORK AT THE
00:24:42 SCHOOL DISTRICT ON ON ON DESEGREGATION NOT ONLY I KNOW I
00:24:47 HAVE RESPECTED HER, I'VE ADMIRED HER HER CONTRIBUTIONS
00:24:50 NOT ONLY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
00:24:53 BUT THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO. I AM AN ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTER
00:24:57 OF THIS HONOR FOR FOR HER WE PROUDLY CALL OURSELVES A
00:25:01 SANCTUARY CITY EDUCATION IS THE GREATEST SANCTUARY FOR THE
00:25:06 FUTURE OF SAN FRANCISCO AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
00:25:09 CARLOTA DEL PORTO HAS BEEN THE GUARDIAN OF NEWCOMERS
00:25:13 THROUGHOUT HER CAREER AND HER LIFETIME OVER THESE YEARS.
00:25:15 SO I IT'S A VERY APPROPRIATE HONOR BY OUR CITY TO NAME THIS
00:25:19 STREET FOR HER AND I ENCOURAGE YOUR ADOPTION OF THIS
00:25:22 RESOLUTION. >> THANK YOU.
00:25:25 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS
00:25:26 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO MADAM CHAIR OKAY.
00:25:29 >> PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
00:25:33 THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT
00:25:37 THIS MOMENTOUS RESOLUTION AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO
00:25:41 PRESIDENT MEHLMAN'S OFFICE FOR SUBMITTING IT TO US.
00:25:45 >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AMENDMENTS
00:25:49 AS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT EDELMAN'S OFFICE AND THEN TO
00:25:56 SEND THE MOTION AS AMENDED TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE
00:26:01 RECOMMENDATION AS A COMMITTEE REPORT TWO MOTIONS OFFERED BY
00:26:04 THE CHAIR THE FIRST TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION ON THE SECOND
00:26:09 THAT THE RESOLUTION BE RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED AS A
00:26:10 COMMITTEE REPORT ON THOSE MOTIONS.
00:26:13 VICE CHAIR CHIN CHIN I MOHAMMED MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I CHAIR MELGAR
00:26:17 I MELGAR I MET HIM TWO THERE ARE THREE EYES THAT MOTION
00:26:20 PASSES THANK YOU. >> LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER
00:26:27 THREE PLEASE MR. CLERK. >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE IS
00:26:30 A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO INITIATE AN UNDERGROUNDING
00:26:31 PROCESS FOR HOMESTEAD STREET BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH STREETS
00:26:36 MAKING FINDINGS THAT UNDERGROUNDING AT THE LOCATION
00:26:37 IS A GENERAL BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC.
00:26:40 THIS ITEM IS THE THIRD ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THAT MAY ALSO BE
00:26:43 SENT AS A COMMITTEE REPORT FOR CONSIDERATION TOMORROW THAT'S
00:26:47 ON THE BOARD AGENDA FOR JULY 28TH 2026.
00:26:50 >> OKAY. WE'RE JOINED BY RENE
00:26:51 AUBERJONOIS WITH OUR PRESENT AMENDMENTS OFFICE.
00:26:54 >> WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:26:57 >> CHAIR MELGAR BY CERTAIN MEMBER MAHMOOD THANK YOU FOR
00:26:59 HAVING ME TODAY. THIS ITEM IS A LITTLE NOVEL SO
00:27:02 I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO PROVIDE A THOROUGH EXPLANATION
00:27:05 ABOUT THE CONTEXT, THE HISTORY AS WELL AS WHAT THIS RESOLUTION
00:27:09 IS DOING HERE TODAY. >> SO I ASK THAT YOU BEAR WITH
00:27:10 ME. SO SAN FRANCISCO, AS YOU MAY
00:27:13 ALREADY BE AWARE, HAS BEEN UNDERGROUNDING UTILITY LINES
00:27:16 FOR DECADES UNDER A PROGRAM THAT WAS CALLED RULE 20 A.
00:27:19 THIS WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES
00:27:22 COMMISSION IN 1967. >> UNDER THAT PROGRAM PGE
00:27:26 ACCUMULATED RATEPAYER FUNDED CREDITS ON THE CITY'S BEHALF
00:27:29 WHICH WE COULD THEN DRAW DOWN TO PAY FOR CONVERTING OVERHEAD
00:27:31 WIRES TO UNDERGROUNDING TO UNDERGROUND ON QUALIFYING
00:27:35 STREETS. THE PROGRAM FUNDED REAL
00:27:39 IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE CITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
00:27:40 >> THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE SAN FRANCISCO USE THOSE CREDITS
00:27:44 PRETTY AGGRESSIVELY AND BY THE TIME THE CPC CONDUCTED A
00:27:47 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE PROGRAM, SAN FRANCISCO HAD NOT
00:27:51 ONLY EXHAUSTED OUR CREDIT BALANCE BUT BORROWED 14 YEARS
00:27:54 INTO THE FUTURE. SO BY THE CPC'S OWN ACCOUNTING
00:27:58 WE WERE IN SIGNIFICANT WORK CREDIT DEBT.
00:28:01 >> THE CPUC ISSUED A RULING IN 2021 ORDERING THAT NO NEW
00:28:05 RULE 28 CREDITS WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO ANY COMMUNITY
00:28:08 AFTER DECEMBER OF 2022. THAT DECISION EFFECTIVELY
00:28:11 CLOSED THE DOOR ON THE EXISTING UTILITY UNDERGROUNDING PROGRAM
00:28:15 THAT SAN FRANCISCO HAD HISTORICALLY RELIED ON.
00:28:18 WE CANNOT EARN NEW CREDITS AND WE HAVE NO NEW BALANCE TO
00:28:20 DRAW FROM. >> SO THAT'S SORT OF THE
00:28:23 CONTEXT BEHIND RULE 28. WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY IS
00:28:27 DIFFERENT IT'S RULE 20, B RULE 20 B IS DIFFERENT IN THAT IT
00:28:30 INSTEAD OF RELYING ON RATEPAYER FUNDED CREDITS THAT NO LONGER
00:28:35 EXIST. >> RULE 20 B ALLOWS PROPERTY
00:28:38 OWNERS TO FUND UNDERGROUNDING DIRECTLY WITH PGE CONTRIBUTING
00:28:41 WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST TO BUILD THE EQUIVALENT OVERHEAD
00:28:45 INFRASTRUCTURE INSTEAD. THE CITY'S ROLE IS TO PROVIDE
00:28:46 THE LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK THAT MAKES THE PROJECT POSSIBLE
00:28:50 AND TO ESTABLISH THE FINANCING MECHANISM AN ASSESSMENT
00:28:53 DISTRICT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE RESIDENTS TO SPREAD THEIR COSTS
00:28:57 OVER TIME INSTEAD OF PAYING A LUMP SUM UPFRONT.
00:28:58 THAT'S PRECISELY WHAT THIS RESOLUTION INITIATES AS THE
00:29:01 FIRST STEP IN A VERY LONG PROCESS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY
00:29:04 RETURN TO THE BOARD AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS IN THE FUTURE.
00:29:08 >> SO THAT'S SORT OF THE CONTEXT BEHIND RULE 20 B FOR
00:29:12 THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY IT WAS INITIATED WHEN MEMBERS OF
00:29:19 THE COMMUNITY HOLMSTEAD STREET ONE BLOCK IN NO VALLEY
00:29:22 APPROACHED OUR OFFICE IN LATE MARCH.
00:29:25 PG AND THEY HAD BEEN INFORMED THAT PGE HAD PLANNED TO PUT A
00:29:27 NEW OVERHEAD UTILITIES. AND FOR SAFETY CONCERNS THEY
00:29:33 ASKED THAT THOSE UTILITIES BE UNDERGROUND INSTEAD.
00:29:37 SO IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM DPW AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
00:29:38 OFFICE SORT OF EXPLORING RULE 20 B WHICH TO OUR KNOWLEDGE
00:29:44 MINE DPW AS WELL AS THE CITY ATTORNEYS HAS NOT BEEN DONE
00:29:46 IN SAN FRANCISCO AT ALL. >> WE'VE SORT OF BEEN TRYING TO
00:29:50 FIGURE OUT THIS PROCESS AND SEE HOW WE CAN ASSIST THESE
00:29:53 RESIDENTS AND ESPECIALLY ASSIST THEM AS IT COMES AS IT COMES TO
00:30:00 ,YOU KNOW, SORT OF TALKING TO PGE ANY AND TRYING TO FIGURE
00:30:01 THAT PROCESS OUT. PGD HAS NOT BEEN THE MOST
00:30:04 RESPONSIVE THUS FAR AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO
00:30:08 WITH THIS RESOLUTION. SO ON MAY 7TH THE MEMBERS OF
00:30:11 THE COMMUNITY SUBMITTED A PETITION TO DPW WITH OVER 60%
00:30:18 OF THE AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS AGREEING WITH THE DECISION TO
00:30:23 PROCEED ON AN INITIAL BASIS WITH UNDERGROUNDING.
00:30:26 AND ON JULY 22ND JUST ABOUT A LITTLE UNDER A WEEK AGO A
00:30:31 HEARING WAS CONDUCTED BY DPW. WE NOTICED OF COURSE WITH A
00:30:34 STRONG MAJORITY IN SUPPORT OF UNDERGROUNDING AND DPW
00:30:38 FORWARDED A RECOMMENDATION OF UNDERGROUNDING WHICH I BELIEVE
00:30:42 IS PART OF THE FILE. SO THIS RESOLUTION AS I
00:30:46 MENTIONED IS THE INITIAL PHASE IN WHAT IS A QUITE LONG, QUITE
00:30:53 LONG PROCESS. >> WHAT THIS IS AS I MENTIONED,
00:30:57 IT IS ONE GETTING SAN FRANCISCO ON THE RECORD SAYING THAT WE
00:30:59 ARE SUPPORTIVE OF YOU KNOW, IN ACCORDANCE WITH DPW FINDINGS
00:31:03 OF UNDERGROUNDING ON HOMESTEAD STREET.
00:31:06 >> AND TWO, IT'S ALSO OUR HOPE IN CONJUNCTION WITH, YOU KNOW,
00:31:10 DIRECT ENGAGEMENT FROM OUR OFFICE.
00:31:11 OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS WILL AFFECT GREATER COMMUNICATION
00:31:14 BETWEEN PGE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME
00:31:18 OF THOSE MATERIALS THAT WILL MAKE PROCEEDING WITH THIS
00:31:21 PROJECT FEASIBLE. TO PROVIDE A PREVIEW OF WHAT
00:31:26 WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE PENDING YOU KNOW THE
00:31:29 CONTINUANCE OF THIS PROJECT AFTER THIS.
00:31:36 >> THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO OBTAIN A ENGINEERING REPORT WHICH WILL
00:31:40 SORT OF PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE OF THE COSTS IT WOULD TAKE TO
00:31:44 UNDERGROUND. AND THEN BASED ON THAT
00:31:47 IN CONVERSATION WITH PGE AND OR THE AFFECTED UTILITIES AS WELL
00:31:51 AS THE CITY WE WILL BEGIN TO LOOK AT LEGISLATION A
00:31:55 RESOLUTION TO CREATE THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AND THE
00:31:59 ASSESSMENT DISTRICT ITSELF WILL ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING
00:32:02 AND IT WILL ALSO HAVE BALLOTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT SIMILAR TO
00:32:06 THE FORMATION OR RENEWAL OF CBD AS WE SAW LAST AT LAST WEEK'S
00:32:10 BOARD. >> SO TO BE VERY CLEAR, THIS
00:32:14 RESOLUTION IS JUST THE INITIAL STEP AND A VERY LONG PROCESS
00:32:17 AND WE ARE NOT ASKING THE BOARD TO DECIDE ON, YOU KNOW, ANY
00:32:19 COST ALLOCATION FUNDS OR ANY YOU KNOW, WORK BEING
00:32:23 CONSTRUCTED TODAY THAT WILL ALL COME LATER PENDING FURTHER
00:32:27 INVESTIGATION OF THE COSTS AND FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH
00:32:31 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, MANY OF WHOM I UNDERSTAND ARE HERE
00:32:35 TODAY. SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, THANK
00:32:38 YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME AND I STAND BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
00:32:40 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MR. BEJO I DON'T SEE ANYONE
00:32:43 ON THE ROSTER WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
00:32:46 I JUST HAVE TO SAY WITH GREAT ADMIRATION THAT THIS IS VERY
00:32:51 CREATIVE AND I JUST PASS THE POPCORN.
00:32:58 >> I'M LIKE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING, YOU KNOW,
00:33:02 WHAT THIS COMMUNITY CAN DO AND DOING IT THIS WAY.
00:33:03 IT'S, YOU KNOW, GREAT STRATEGY AND CREATIVITY.
00:33:06 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:33:10 SO WITH THAT LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SITE AND PLACE
00:33:13 MR. CLERK. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:33:14 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:33:16 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC
00:33:18 COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM YOU MAY COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN AT
00:33:21 THIS TIME AND IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
00:33:23 YOU CAN LINE UP TO SPEAK ALONG THAT WESTERN WALL.
00:33:27 >> IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE PROJECTOR.
00:33:31 >> I'LL START YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS ERNIE BIFFLE.
00:33:35 SUPERVISORS THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS UP.
00:33:38 HOMESTEAD STREET IS JUST ONE BLOCK LONG BUT WE CAN MAKE A
00:33:42 BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:33:44 HAVE YOU GUYS EVER WORKED WITH BILL SANDERS BEFORE?
00:33:46 BEFORE HE RETIRED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
00:33:49 WELL, HE WAS THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY WHO KNEW ALL ABOUT
00:33:51 RULE 20. IT HAS TAKEN IT'S BEEN A
00:33:54 CHALLENGE FOR THE NEW CITY ATTORNEY TO COME UP TO SPEED ON
00:33:57 THIS BECAUSE IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:34:01 BILL SAYS TWO EVEN THOUGH ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS WERE
00:34:05 LEGISLATED FOR UNDERGROUNDING IN 1966, THEY'VE NEVER BEEN
00:34:08 ADOPTED IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A
00:34:12 PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET GUIDANCE WHERE IT'S ALREADY
00:34:15 BEEN DONE. >> NEWPORT NEWPORT BEACH AS 125
00:34:19 TIMES DONE THESE UNDERGROUNDING DISTRICTS AND SO THEY HAVE A
00:34:24 CONSULTANT THAT HAS DONE IT MANY TIMES AN ENGINEERING FIRM
00:34:28 CALLED ENVY FIVE THAT WE SPOKE WITH THIS MORNING.
00:34:31 THEY UNDERSTAND ON THE WHOLE DRILL IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
00:34:36 SOMEBODY WHO'S IN SAN FRANCISCO'S POSITION, PALM
00:34:39 SPRINGS IS A BETTER PLACE TO GO BECAUSE THIS YEAR WAS THE LAST
00:34:43 YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME PALM SPRINGS EVER DID AN ASSESSMENT
00:34:47 DISTRICT. >> SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
00:34:48 GUIDANCE FROM OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES, NEWPORT BEACH AND PALM
00:34:51 SPRINGS ARE ON THE TOP OF MY LIST.
00:34:54 YOU ALSO HAVE PEOPLE IN BERKELEY, RICHMOND AND I
00:34:57 BELIEVE DOWN IN SAN MATEO THAT HAVE DONE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS
00:34:59 IN THE PAST. >> I'M JOINED HERE BY THREE
00:35:04 OTHER RESIDENTS OF HOMESTEAD STREET.
00:35:05 I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT BECAUSE I'VE GIVEN THIS A
00:35:08 VERY DEEP DIVE TO HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
00:35:12 NO, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:35:15 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS JOSH CLIP.
00:35:23 >> I'LL JUST KEEP THIS REALLY BRIEF.
00:35:24 I'M NOT ACTUALLY HERE FOR THIS MATTER BUT I WAS STRUCK BY THE
00:35:27 IMAGE SHOWN ON THE OVERHEAD BY THE PREVIOUS COMMENTER
00:35:30 AND THERE'S THE MAIN LINE KIND OF GOING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE
00:35:32 STREET AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE BLUE LINES BRANCHING OFF TO
00:35:35 THE INDIVIDUAL HOMES AND IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE BLUE
00:35:38 LINES GOING THROUGH JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE TREE ROUTE ON THAT
00:35:41 STREET. SO I HOPE THAT AS WE BEGIN THIS
00:35:43 LONG AND CREATIVE PROCESS THAT WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING THE
00:35:46 PRESERVATION OF OUR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS
00:35:50 IMPROVING OUR GRAY INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE
00:35:53 THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THIS CITY NEEDS TO BE SAFE
00:35:54 AND RESILIENT ALL AT ONCE. >> THANK YOU.
00:35:57 THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
00:36:00 FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE? >> ALL RIGHT.
00:36:05 >> EXCUSE ME. YEAH.
00:36:05 CATHERINE HOWARD I'M ALSO HERE FOR THE NEXT TREE ITEM BUT I
00:36:09 WAS STRUCK WITH THIS I BELIEVE I'VE SEEN STREETS WITH POWER
00:36:12 UNDERGROUND AND THERE IS NO THOUGHT OF WHERE YOU'RE GOING
00:36:16 TO PLANT TREES AND IT'S TOTALLY LEFT OUT.
00:36:19 >> THIS HAS TO BE PART OF THE PLAN NOW.
00:36:21 IT CANNOT BE PART OF THE PLAN LATER ONCE YOU HAVE UTILITIES
00:36:24 RUNNING UNDER THE STREET AND THE SIDEWALK IT'S PRIMITIVE
00:36:28 TIVOLI, VERY EXPENSIVE TO MOVE THEM.
00:36:32 SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ASK THAT TREE PLACEMENT BE
00:36:35 CONSIDERED. THANK YOU.
00:36:39 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS
00:36:40 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE RELATED TO AN
00:36:43 INTENTION TO INITIATE UNDERGROUNDING PROCESS FOR
00:36:47 HOMESTEAD STREET BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH?
00:36:49 >> MADAM CHAIR. OKAY.
00:36:53 >> PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
00:36:57 >> COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND THIS
00:37:00 ITEM OUT OF COMMITTEE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE
00:37:02 RECOMMENDATION AS A COMMITTEE REPORT OFFERED BY THE CHAIR
00:37:08 THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF
00:37:12 SUPERVISORS AS A COMMITTEE REPORT VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I
00:37:15 REMEMBER MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I MANAGER
00:37:19 THERE ARE THREE EYES OKAY THANK YOU THAT MOTION PASSES.
00:37:23 >> LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR PLEASE.
00:37:24 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PUBLIC
00:37:28 WORKS CODE TO ALLOW A DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO SATISFY
00:37:31 STREET TREE PLANTING REQUIREMENTS THROUGH PAYMENT OF
00:37:32 AN IN LIEU FEE OR PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE LANDSCAPING EXEMPT
00:37:35 ACCESS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS FROM STREET TREE PLANTING
00:37:39 REQUIREMENTS ELIMINATE APPEALS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:37:43 EXCUSE ME ELIMINATE APPEALS TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS AND THE
00:37:46 DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR HAZARDOUS TREE
00:37:48 REMOVALS UNDERTAKEN BY CITY DEPARTMENTS AND COMMISSIONS
00:37:51 AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO SPECIFY A SEPARATE
00:37:55 ACCOUNT WITHIN THE ADOPT A TREE FUND TO RECEIVE IN LIEU FEES
00:37:58 FOR STREET TREE REQUIREMENTS AMENDING THE PLANNING CODE TO
00:38:02 UPDATE STREET TREE APPLICABILITY REQUIREMENTS,
00:38:05 AMENDING THE BUSINESS AND TAX REGULATIONS CODE TO PRESCRIBE
00:38:07 TIME TIMEFRAMES FOR THE HEARING AND DECISION ON APPEALS OF
00:38:10 CERTAIN STREET TREE REMOVALS TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS AFFIRMING
00:38:13 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SECRET DETERMINATION AND MAKING
00:38:17 FINDINGS OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN IN THE EIGHT
00:38:18 PRIORITY POLICIES AND PLANNING CODE SECTION ONE OF 1.1 AS WELL
00:38:21 AS FINDINGS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY CONVENIENCE AND WELFARE UNDER A
00:38:25 PLANNING CODE SECTION 302. OKAY THANK YOU.
00:38:29 WE HAVE I IN SCHNEIDER HERE FROM DPW AND DAVID MOORE.
00:38:37 GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MELGAR VICE CHAIR CHEN MEMBER MAHMOOD
00:38:41 CLERK OF THE BOARD MY NAME IS IAN SCHNEIDER WITH PUBLIC WORKS
00:38:44 GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. I'M JOINED TODAY BY DAVID MOORE
00:38:48 ,SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS BUREAU OF URBAN FORESTRY
00:38:51 . WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS AN
00:38:52 ORDINANCE UPDATING SAN FRANCISCO'S STREET TREE
00:38:55 STANDARDS APPEAL PROCESSES AND THE ADOPT A TREE FUND.
00:38:59 THIS LEGISLATION REPRESENTS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG
00:39:00 PUBLIC WORKS PLANNING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE BOARD OF
00:39:04 SUPERVISORS. OUR GOAL IS TO BALANCE
00:39:07 EXPANDING OUR URBAN CANOPY WITH STREAMLINING PUBLIC SAFETY
00:39:08 AND PERMITTING. >> THANK YOU.
00:39:13 AS I SAID, MY NAME IS DAVID MOORE.
00:39:17 >> I'M THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BUREAU OF URBAN FORESTRY.
00:39:20 A LITTLE BACKGROUND IN CONTEXT OUR BUREAU CONSISTS OF ABOUT
00:39:24 150 EMPLOYEES. WE KEEP THE STREETS GREEN WITH
00:39:28 TREES, LANDSCAPES AND ALSO MANAGE THE SIDEWALKS BENEATH
00:39:31 THEM. WITHIN THE ARBORIST SHOP
00:39:35 THERE'S THE INSPECTION SHOP AND MANY OF THE SUBJECT MATTER
00:39:38 TODAY HAS TO DO WITH INSPECTIONS AND POLICY RELATED
00:39:42 TO TREES IN REGARDS TO STREET TREES WE MAINTAIN ABOUT 125,000
00:39:48 STREET TREES CITYWIDE WE PLANT ABOUT 2000 PER YEAR WITH OUR
00:39:56 PARTNERS INCLUDING FRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST AND OTHER
00:39:57 NONPROFITS. HERE'S A PICTURE FROM JULY 11TH
00:40:00 WHEN WE HAD ONE CITY DAY MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT INCLUDING CITY
00:40:03 STAFFERS SUCH AS THIS CITY STAFFER AND HER TWO CHILDREN TO
00:40:07 COME OUT AND PLANT TREES. IT'S A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT
00:40:11 AND WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION DAYS ONCE A
00:40:12 MONTH AND THE NEXT ONE IS COMING UP IN AUGUST WHICH WILL
00:40:16 BE AT OUR STREET TREE NURSERY AND SOMA.
00:40:18 >> SO WE DO LIKE TO DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WE
00:40:23 HAVE MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PROJECTS INCLUDING LANDSCAPING
00:40:26 BECAUSE THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF
00:40:27 WAY THAT ARE UNDEVELOPED AND BRIGHTEN UP PEOPLE'S DAY
00:40:31 WHEN THEY SEE PLANTS AND TREES IN THEM.
00:40:34 SO WE FOSTER A LOT OF STREET PARK ADOPTIONS AS WELL WHICH
00:40:37 YOU'LL NOTICE AS YOU DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH THE CITY.
00:40:39 OUR CEMENT SHOP IS THE ONLY CEMENT SHOP FOR SAN FRANCISCO
00:40:42 SO WE ALSO TAKE ON CLIENT WORK FOR OTHER PARTNER AGENCIES TO
00:40:46 HELP THEM WITH THEIR TRANSPORTATION PLATFORMS LIKE
00:40:49 FOR US MTA. HERE IS A LIST OF THOSE THINGS
00:40:55 THAT I JUST SUMMARIZED AND HERE'S A GRAPH OF WHERE
00:41:03 WE'VE RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING MOSTLY FOR TREE PLANTING AS
00:41:06 WELL AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TREE WATERING AND THE
00:41:10 DEVELOPMENT OF THE STREET TREE NURSERY WHICH CONSTITUTES OVER
00:41:14 12 MILLION DOLLARS OF GRANT FUNDING OVER THE PAST FEW
00:41:18 YEARS. WHEN WE APPLY FOR A GRANT IT
00:41:19 USUALLY COMES FROM A STATE OR FEDERAL SOURCE.
00:41:23 OTHERWISE WE DO GET SOME FROM THROUGH PROP L IN SAN
00:41:26 FRANCISCO. BUT WHEN WE APPLY FROM THE
00:41:30 FEDERAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT THEY USUALLY HAVE PARAMETERS
00:41:31 FOR WHERE THAT GRANT FUNDING WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO SPEND
00:41:34 BASED OFF OF EQUITY CRITERIA. SO THE COLOR CODING IN THIS MAP
00:41:41 SHOWS WHERE OUR PROJECTS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN
00:41:45 LOCATED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND CALIFORNIA
00:41:49 BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SERVE EVERYONE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:41:56 IT ALSO PUTS US IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE GRANT
00:42:00 FUNDING SPECIFICALLY FOR CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS BUT WE
00:42:01 DON'T ALWAYS GET GRANT FUNDING FOR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS SO WE
00:42:08 HAVE TO BE CREATIVE ON HOW WE ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS AND WE WORK
00:42:09 WITH OUR PARTNERS IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
00:42:11 THIS MIGHT BE PART OF SOME PEOPLE'S EQUITY QUESTIONS LATER
00:42:15 . WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO THIS
00:42:16 BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE IT AS A VISUAL FOR NOW AND I'M
00:42:19 GOING TO PASS THE MICROPHONE BACK TO MY COLLEAGUE IN THANK
00:42:26 YOU DAVID. >> THE ORDINANCE BEFORE US
00:42:27 TODAY TOUCHES ON THREE CORE AREAS EACH ALIGNED WITH OUR
00:42:31 BROADER PERMIT S.F. STREAMLINING EFFORTS.
00:42:33 FIRST WE ARE MODERNIZING DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS.
00:42:38 SMALLER PROJECTS WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO PAY AN IN LIEU FEE
00:42:42 FOR MANDATED TREE PLANTINGS WHILE LARGER PROJECTS WILL BE
00:42:43 REQUIRED TO PLANT TREES ON SITE SPACED EVERY 20FT UNLESS
00:42:47 PHYSICALLY INFEASIBLE. SECOND, WE ARE IMPROVING THE
00:42:50 TREE REMOVAL APPEALS PROCESS BY INTRODUCING STATUTORY DEADLINES
00:42:54 FOR BOARD OF APPEALS DECISIONS AND ELIMINATING ADDITIONAL
00:42:57 APPEALS FOR HAZARDOUS TREES. I'LL TURN NOW TO THE IN LIEU
00:43:05 FEE PROVISIONS WHICH BALANCE OUR TREE CANOPY GOALS WITH THE
00:43:09 REALITIES OF HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
00:43:12 UNDER THE CITY'S BETTER STREETS PLAN.
00:43:13 LARGE PROJECTS GENERALLY OVER 50,000FT2 WILL STILL BE
00:43:17 REQUIRED TO PLANT STREET TREES AS PART OF THEIR SCOPE OF WORK.
00:43:21 THANK YOU CHAIR MELGAR FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL ON THE
00:43:25 IMPORTANCE OF LARGE DEVELOPMENTS CONTRIBUTING TO
00:43:27 OUR CITY'S TREE CANOPY. FOR SMALLER PROJECTS THE
00:43:31 ORDINANCE GIVES APPLICANTS A CHOICE PLANT THE REQUIRED
00:43:32 STREET TREES ON SITE OR PAYING IN LIEU FEE INTO OUR ADAPTIVE
00:43:36 TREE FUND. THESE FUNDS MUST BE SPENT ON
00:43:40 THE PLANTING AND WATERING OF NEW STREET TREES.
00:43:41 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS BETTER KNOWN AS ADUS ARE EXEMPTED FROM
00:43:47 TREE PLANTING REQUIREMENTS CONSISTENT WITH STATE CODE.
00:43:50 FINALLY, AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT OPERATIONAL CHANGE
00:43:54 PROJECT SPONSORS WILL NOW RECEIVE FORMAL NOTICE OF THEIR
00:43:55 STREET TREE OBLIGATIONS MUCH EARLIER IN THE TIMELINE.
00:43:59 AT THE PLANNING APPROVAL STAGE RATHER THAN AT THE END OF THE
00:44:03 PROCESS THIS GIVES APPLICANTS TIME TO PLAN AND BUDGET
00:44:07 ACCORDINGLY. IT ALSO REDUCES LATE STAGE
00:44:10 DELAYS FOR BOTH APPLICANTS AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF.
00:44:13 WELL NOW DISCUSS TREE CITY INITIATED TREE REMOVALS
00:44:18 AND PUBLIC PROPERTY THAT ARE STANDARD AND NON-HAZARDOUS FOR
00:44:24 THESE WE ARE PRESERVING FULL TRANSPARENCY AND FULL ACCESS TO
00:44:29 THE BOARD OF APPEALS. WHAT THE ORDINANCE ADDS IS A
00:44:30 LEGISLATED STATUTORY TIMELINE SO APPEALS CAN'T STALL A
00:44:33 PROJECT INDEFINITELY. UNDER THIS LEGISLATION AN
00:44:37 APPEAL FILED TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS MUST BE SCHEDULED FOR A
00:44:41 HEARING WITHIN 15 DAYS OF FILING.
00:44:42 IT MUST BE FORMALLY ACTED UPON WITHIN 30 DAYS.
00:44:45 THIS PRESERVES THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO WEIGH IN WHILE GIVING
00:44:48 BOTH APPLICANTS AND THE DEPARTMENT A PREDICTABLE
00:44:50 TIMELINE TO WORK WITH. >> NOW ON THE TOPIC OF HAZARD
00:44:58 TREES TREES DESIGNATED AS IMMEDIATE HAZARDS REQUIRE
00:45:02 PROMPT ACTION TO SAFEGUARD PEOPLE AND PROPERTY.
00:45:03 AFTER INSPECTION THESE TREES ARE POSTED ONSITE FOR A
00:45:07 MANDATORY 15 DAY PUBLIC NOTICE PERIOD AND LISTED ON OUR TREE
00:45:10 REMOVAL WEBPAGE. THE INITIAL VERSION OF THIS
00:45:14 ORDINANCE ELIMINATED ALL APPEAL AVENUES FOR HAZARDOUS TREE
00:45:18 REMOVAL. HOWEVER, AN AMENDMENT THAT WE
00:45:19 UNDERSTAND SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD WILL PROPOSE TODAY STRIKES A
00:45:22 CRITICAL BALANCE. IT RESTORES PUBLIC APPEAL
00:45:25 RIGHTS AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL THROUGH A PUBLIC WORKS
00:45:27 DIRECTORS HEARING WHILE ELIMINATING SECONDARY
00:45:30 POTENTIALLY PROLONGED APPEALS TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS.
00:45:35 >> WE'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW THE
00:45:39 DEPARTMENT DEFINES A HAZARD TREE TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY
00:45:43 AND PREVENT ARBITRARY REMOVALS .
00:45:46 THE ORDINANCE CLEARLY DEFINES A HAZARDOUS TREE AS ONE POSING AN
00:45:50 IMMINENT HAZARD TO SAFETY OR PROPERTY WITH SPECIFIC
00:45:51 CONDITIONS BEING MET. THOSE INCLUDE A HIGH LIKELIHOOD
00:45:55 OF TREE FAILURE DUE TO DEATH, DISEASE OR INFESTATION SEVERE
00:45:58 OBSTRUCTION OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OR INFRASTRUCTURE DIRECT
00:46:03 INTERFERENCE WITH PEDESTRIANS OR VEHICLES SUCH THAT PRUNING
00:46:07 OR MITIGATING ACTIVITIES CANNOT ABATE THE SIGNIFICANT RISK
00:46:10 PRESENTED. TO PUT OUR OPERATIONS INTO
00:46:17 PERSPECTIVE IN 2026 PUBLIC WORKS BUREAU OF URBAN FORESTRY
00:46:20 HAS POSTED 37 HAZARDOUS TREES FOR REMOVAL ALONG WITH 37
00:46:24 EMERGENCY REMOVALS FOLLOWING STORM OR STRUCTURAL FAILURES.
00:46:28 THE REMAINING 191 REMOVAL POSTINGS COME FROM SIDEWALK
00:46:32 REPAIRS THAT REQUIRE DESTABILIZING ROOT PRUNING
00:46:36 YOUNG TREES AND SEVERE DECLINE TREES PROJECTED TO BE HIGH RISK
00:46:39 HAZARDS WITHIN A YEAR AND PERMIT RELATED TO REMOVALS
00:46:43 . >> WE WANT TO WORK THROUGH ONE
00:46:47 CASE THAT ILLUSTRATES THE CHALLENGES WE FACE WITH THE
00:46:50 CURRENT APPEALS PROCESS FOR HAZARD TREES.
00:46:54 ALONG GROVE AND HYDE STREETS OUTSIDE THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIN
00:46:56 LIBRARY NOT NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM HERE WE HAD A ROW OF
00:46:59 MATURE FICUS TREES WITH A DOCUMENTED CONDITION CALLED
00:47:03 REVERSE TAPER A WELL-KNOWN STRUCTURAL DEFECT THAT SIGNALS
00:47:06 IMMINENT ROOT FAILURE. IN 2019 PUBLIC WORKS ATTEMPTED
00:47:10 AN INITIAL REMOVAL BUT THE ATTEMPT WAS WITHDRAWN FOLLOWING
00:47:14 PROTESTS IN MAY 2021. ONE OF THESE FICUS COLLAPSED
00:47:18 DIRECTLY ONTO A PUBLIC WORKS TRUCK DEPICTED HERE.
00:47:22 THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE BUREAU OF URBAN FORESTRY
00:47:25 INITIATED FORMAL REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS FOR A SECOND TIME.
00:47:28 THAT DECISION WAS APPEALED AT A DIRECTOR'S HEARING AND THEN
00:47:32 APPEALED AGAIN TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS.
00:47:33 DURING WHAT BECAME AN EXTENDED SEVEN MONTH PROCESS, A SECOND
00:47:38 TREE ON HYDE STREET FAILED WHILE THE APPEALS WAS IN MOTION
00:47:42 . IN DECEMBER 2021 THE BOARD OF
00:47:43 APPEALS ULTIMATELY AUTHORIZED REMOVAL OF ONLY EIGHT OF THE 17
00:47:46 TREES. IN SEPTEMBER 2023, ONE OF THE
00:47:49 TOWERING TREES THE BOARD DENIED FOR REMOVAL FELL ONTO GROVE
00:47:53 STREET. >> THIS IS A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE
00:48:01 IN WHICH PROTRACTED APPEALS LEFT DANGEROUS TREES STANDING
00:48:02 IN A HIGH PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR WHICH CREATED AN AVOIDABLE
00:48:05 PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD WHEN A MATURE STREET TREE WITH SEVERE
00:48:09 STRUCTURAL DEFECTS FAILS. IT BLOCKS ACTIVE TRAFFIC LANES,
00:48:12 DISRUPTS TRANSIT AND MOST CONCERNING CREATES SEVERE LIFE
00:48:15 SAFETY RISKS. THE LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU
00:48:19 DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THIS BY GIVING PUBLIC WORKS THE
00:48:20 REGULATORY TOOLS TO ACT DECISIVELY ON HIGH RISK TREES
00:48:24 BEFORE A STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE OCCURS.
00:48:26 THE AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE PROPOSED TODAY WOULD ENSURE
00:48:28 THAT THERE IS A PATH FOR CONTESTING TREES THAT MAY HAVE
00:48:32 INCORRECTLY BEEN MARKED AS HAZARD TREES WHILE PROVIDING A
00:48:35 FASTER PROCESS THAT MITIGATES THE RISK OF TREE FAILURES.
00:48:37 AS APPEALS AWAIT RESOLUTION, HERE IS A FINAL SUMMARY TABLE
00:48:43 SHOWING HOW THE PROPOSED COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS REFINED
00:48:46 THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE. THE IN LIEU FEE UPDATES ALLOW
00:48:50 SMALLER PROJECTS TO HAVE FIT OUT FLEXIBILITY WHILE MANDATING
00:48:53 TREE PLANTING ASSOCIATED WITH LARGER PROJECTS.
00:48:56 BINDING STATUTORY DEADLINES ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPEALS
00:49:01 PROCESS FOR CITY INITIATED TREE REMOVALS WILL PROMOTE
00:49:02 EFFICIENCY BY PREVENTING INDEFINITE DELAYS WHILE STILL
00:49:05 ENSURING DUE PROCESS. A STREAMLINED HAZARD TREE
00:49:09 APPEAL PROCESS WILL REDUCE HIGH RISK SITUATIONS FROM ARISING
00:49:12 AND ALLOW OUR DEPARTMENT TO MAINTAIN A SAFE AND INVITING
00:49:14 PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR
00:49:19 CONSIDERATION OF THIS LEGISLATION.
00:49:20 DAVID AND I ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
00:49:23 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
00:49:26 SCHNEIDER. >> SUPERVISOR MAHMUD THANK YOU
00:49:30 CHAIR AND COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE SPONSORS FOR
00:49:34 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IN PARTICULAR THE IN LIEU FEE
00:49:38 OPTION FOR SMALLER PROJECTS WAS A GREAT STEP TO MAKING BUILDING
00:49:42 THE TYPES OF PROJECTS ENVISIONED IN THE FAMILY ZONING
00:49:43 PLAN A LITTLE BIT EASIER WHILE ALSO GENERATING MORE FUNDS FOR
00:49:46 TREE PLANTING AND WATERING CITYWIDE.
00:49:50 I ALSO WANT TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:49:53 FOR WORKING COLLABORATIVELY ON THIS LEGISLATION.
00:49:55 >> TODAY I HAVE ONE AMENDMENT TO OFFER AND IT COMES DIRECTLY
00:49:59 FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS IN MY DISTRICT.
00:50:02 EARLIER THIS YEAR RESIDENTS IN THE LOWER HAIGHT AND THE
00:50:06 POST TRIANGLE LEARNED THAT SEVEN MATURE FICUS TREES ON
00:50:09 WALLER STREET HAD BEEN SLATED FOR EMERGENCY REMOVAL AS PUBLIC
00:50:13 SAFETY HAZARDS. HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS CONTACTED
00:50:16 MY OFFICE AND MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION
00:50:21 CONDEMNING THE REMOVAL. MY OFFICE THEN WORKED WITH
00:50:22 PUBLIC WORKS TO SECURE A SECONDARY REVIEW BY THE ACTING
00:50:26 URBAN FORESTER WHICH RESULTED IN FOUR OF THE SEVEN TREES
00:50:30 BEING PRESERVED. THE REMAINING THREE MOVED
00:50:33 FORWARD WITH REMOVAL AS SUBSTITUTED.
00:50:36 >> THE ORDINANCE MAKES PUBLIC WORKS DECISION TO REMOVE A
00:50:40 HAZARD TREE. FINAL AND NON APPEALABLE.
00:50:44 IT ELIMINATES NOT ONLY REVIEW BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS BUT ANY
00:50:48 REVIEW BY THE DIRECTOR. THIS AMENDMENT THAT I'LL BE
00:50:49 PROPOSING TODAY RESTORES THAT ONE STEP.
00:50:53 I RAISE THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT IT SHOWED.
00:50:57 A SECOND LOOK BY A QUALIFIED FORESTER PROMPTED BY THE PUBLIC
00:51:01 CHANGED THE OUTCOME FOR FOR MATURE TREES AND DIDN'T HOLD UP
00:51:05 THE THREE THAT NEEDED TO COME DOWN.
00:51:08 THAT REVIEW HAPPENED BECAUSE MY OFFICE ASKED FOR IT NOT BECAUSE
00:51:12 THE CODE REQUIRED IT. >> THIS AMENDMENT TODAY REVISES
00:51:16 THE FINDINGS THAT SECTION TWO F PAGE FOUR LINES 20 THROUGH 23
00:51:19 TO READ QUOTE. TO THAT END, THIS ORDINANCE
00:51:23 RETAINS THE ABILITY FOR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO APPEAL
00:51:27 THE HAZARDOUS TREE REMOVAL TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
00:51:28 BUT ELIMINATES A FURTHER APPEAL TO THE BORDER OF PEEL'S.
00:51:32 THE EXISTING LANGUAGE AND THE EXISTING LANGUAGE WOULD BE
00:51:36 STRUCK. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS WOULD
00:51:39 REVISE SECTION 8O6A4B SO THE DEPARTMENT'S DECISION IS
00:51:43 APPEALABLE TO THE DIRECTOR UNDER SUBSECTION A3A WITH THE
00:51:46 DIRECTOR'S DECISION FINAL AND NON APPEALABLE.
00:51:49 MAKE A CORRESPONDING CARVE OUT IN SECTION 806A3C AND STRIKE
00:51:52 THE REFERENCE TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FROM THE
00:51:56 ORDINANCE AS TITLE HAZARD REMOVAL STILL MOVE QUICKLY NO
00:52:00 APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS NO HEAR NO RE HEARING NO DELAY
00:52:03 IN TAKING DOWN A TREE THAT POSES A REAL DANGER TO THE
00:52:05 PUBLIC AND OUR WORKERS. WHAT IT PRESERVES IS A CHANCE
00:52:08 TO CATCH AN ERROR BEFORE A MATURE TREE COMES DOWN.
00:52:12 MY COMMUNITY ASKED FOR A SAY IN THIS PROCESS AND THIS
00:52:15 AMENDMENT KEEPS THEM ONE. THEY CLOSED AND I ASKED FOR
00:52:18 MOVING THAT AMENDMENT FORWARD LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
00:52:21 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD.
00:52:25 >> SUPERVISOR CHEN. THANK YOU, CHAIR MALKA.
00:52:29 >> I KNOW THAT SAN FRANCISCANS CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR TREES.
00:52:34 >> WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR CITY RANKS POORLY RELATIVE TO OTHER
00:52:38 MAJOR AMERICAN CITIES WITH REGARDS TO OUR TREE CANOPY.
00:52:41 I KNOW THAT TREE HAS BEEN A LARGE VOLUMES OF FEEDBACK FROM
00:52:45 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING THIS LEGISLATION RIGHTFULLY SO.
00:52:49 THE PUBLIC IT'S ASKING FOR AND DESERVES A CERTAIN LEVEL OF
00:52:53 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT
00:52:57 DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING CHANGES THAT ENABLE IT TO STORE OUR
00:53:00 URBAN TREE CANOPY AS TRANSPARENTLY AND EFFICIENTLY
00:53:04 AS POSSIBLE. THE LEGISLATION HAS EVOLVED
00:53:08 THAT SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE INTRODUCTION BECAUSE OF THE
00:53:12 CHANGES MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT. AND AMENDMENTS OFFERED BY MY
00:53:16 COLLEAGUES INCLUDING SUPERVISORS MALCOLM MU
00:53:17 AND DORSEY WOOD THAT I ACTUALLY HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT I
00:53:21 WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE DEPARTMENT CAN THE DEPARTMENT
00:53:24 CLARIFY WHAT IS DUE PROCESS AND TIMELINE THAT THE DIRECTOR
00:53:28 OF DPW USES TO ADDRESS ABUSE OF REMOVAL OF HAZARD TREES
00:53:35 AND WHAT IS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE PUBLIC?
00:53:38 THANK YOU VICE CHAIR CHEN. WHEN A TREE THAT IS IDENTIFIED
00:53:43 AS A HAZARD TREE IS ASSESSED BY OUR ARBORIST STAFF THEY POST
00:53:50 THE TREE WITH THE PHYSICAL POSTING ON THE TREE ITSELF
00:53:54 AND THAT IS ADDED TO OUR TREE REMOVAL WEBPAGE.
00:53:58 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE A 15 DAY PERIOD TO FILE AN APPEAL
00:54:04 WHICH IS CONTACTING THE DEPARTMENT GENERALLY THROUGH
00:54:10 EMAIL. THE APPEAL IS SCHEDULED AT A
00:54:16 DIRECTOR'S HEARING WITH A NEUTRAL HEARING OFFICER.
00:54:20 THE DEPARTMENT PRESENTS ITS FINDINGS AND THE APPELLANT
00:54:27 PRESENTS THEIR CASE. AND THE HEARING OFFICER
00:54:31 PROVIDES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE DIRECTOR WITHIN TEN DAYS.
00:54:34 >> EACH OF THOSE STEPS IS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THE
00:54:42 AGENDA AND THE FINAL FINDINGS BY OUR DIRECTOR THROUGH PUBLIC
00:54:46 WORKS ORDER AND BOTH APPELLANTS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGN ON TO
00:54:50 THE APPEAL ARE INFORMED OVER EMAIL AS WELL.
00:54:54 >> GREAT. THANK YOU.
00:54:57 UM MY SECOND QUESTION IS I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
00:55:00 WHICH KINDS OF LARGE PROJECTS WOULD NO LONGER BE SUBJECT TO
00:55:05 THE TREE THE FEE OUT PROCESS OR THE LARGE PROJECTS TRIGGER BY
00:55:09 THE BETTER STREETS PLAN REQUIREMENTS.
00:55:13 >> IF NOT WHICH ONES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THAT?
00:55:16 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I'M GOING TO DEFER THE ANSWER
00:55:20 TO MY COLLEAGUE IN PLANNING. >> THANK YOU.
00:55:24 HI. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISOR SHAW
00:55:28 MELGAR. I'M LIZ WADI, DIRECTOR OF
00:55:29 CURRENT PLANNING AND DIRECTOR OF PERMIT S.F. THE TRIGGER FOR
00:55:31 THE BETTER STREETS PLAN THESE LARGE PROJECTS.
00:55:35 THERE ARE FOUR LOT SIZE VARIABLES WHERE CERTAIN SIZES
00:55:39 OF LOTS CAN TRIGGER BETTER STREETS.
00:55:43 >> AND THE PROJECT THAT SITS ON THOSE LARGE LOTS ALSO HAS TO BE
00:55:46 A LARGE PROJECT. SO I'LL READ THROUGH THOSE.
00:55:49 IT'S FOUR AND FOUR RESPECTIVELY WITH THE LOT AND THE SIZE OF
00:55:51 THE PROJECT SO ON THE LOT SIZE THE LOT MUST BE MORE THAN A
00:55:54 HALF ACRE AND TOTAL AREA OR BE MORE THAN 50,000FT2 OF NEW
00:56:00 CONSTRUCTION OR BE AT LEAST 150FT OF LOT FRONTAGE OR TAKE
00:56:10 UP THE ENTIRE LOT FRONTAGE OF A FULL CITY BLOCK BETWEEN TWO
00:56:13 STREETS. >> SO IF THE LOT CONTAINS ONE
00:56:15 OF THOSE FOUR CONDITIONS AND THE SCOPE OF WORK IS EITHER
00:56:18 NEW CONSTRUCTION OF TEN DWELLING UNITS, NEW
00:56:23 CONSTRUCTION OF 10,000FT2 OF COMMERCIAL USE AN ADDITION OF
00:56:27 20% TO AN EXISTING BUILDING ON THAT LOT OR A CHANGE OF USE OF
00:56:32 10,000FT2 OF A PDR LIKE AN INDUSTRIAL PROJECT TO A NON
00:56:36 INDUSTRIAL PROJECT. SO IT'S IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES
00:56:37 THAT THE PROJECT WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO FILL OUT.
00:56:40 >> THANK YOU. MAKE SOME OF THAT NEXT HOUR.
00:56:44 THIS IS ANOTHER QUESTION TO DPW.
00:56:48 I KNOW IN MY OWN VERY OWN DISTRICT THERE HAS BEEN
00:56:51 SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSED DISCUSSION REGARDING THE TREE
00:56:55 REMOVALS AT APART SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAZARD
00:56:59 TREES. CAN YOU CLARIFY HOW THIS
00:57:03 LEGISLATION WOULD IMPACT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TREE REMOVAL
00:57:06 AND THE PUBLIC OVERSIGHT OF THAT PROCESS?
00:57:10 THANK YOU MR. CHEN. CROCKER AMAZON PARK IS I
00:57:14 BELIEVE REC AND PARK PROPERTY. THIS LEGISLATION WILL NOT
00:57:18 IMPACT REC AND PARK REGULATIONS.
00:57:19 IT'S INTENDED ONLY FOR STREET TREES AND TREES UNDER PUBLIC
00:57:22 WORKS JURISDICTION. >> THANK YOU.
00:57:26 AND ALSO WHEN ASKED QUESTION BY DPW WOULD THIS LEGISLATION
00:57:31 RESULT IN DPW DEPARTMENT TOTAL COST SAVINGS?
00:57:34 AND IF SO ARE THOSE COST SAVINGS ALLOCATED TOWARDS
00:57:38 STREET TREE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS?
00:57:44 THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THE LEGISLATION COULD RESULT
00:57:48 IN SOME COST SAVINGS PRIMARILY FOR PROJECT BUDGETS.
00:57:52 IF A CAPITAL PROJECT CAN REACH A DECISION MORE QUICKLY IT CAN
00:57:56 SAVE MONEY IN COST ESCALATION DOWN THE LINE.
00:58:00 GENERALLY THAT MONEY IS NOT REALLOCATED.
00:58:03 IT GOES BACK TO THE PROJECT. HOWEVER THERE ARE KIND OF COST
00:58:07 SAVINGS BUILT IN IN THE BACKGROUND.
00:58:11 THANK YOU. >> I HAD JUST ONE QUESTION, MR.
00:58:17 SCHNEIDER, FOR YOU. SO WE JUST APPROVED OR JUST YOU
00:58:21 KNOW, RECENTLY APPROVED THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN FOR THE CITY
00:58:25 WHICH ABSCONDS MOST OF THE WEST SIDE AND NORTH OF THE CITY
00:58:32 WHICH HAS PRIMARILY BEEN ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND BY
00:58:36 DEFINITION NOT PRIORITY EQUITY COMMUNITIES.
00:58:40 >> AND SO IF WE ALLOW SMALLER PROJECTS TO FILL OUT AND INVEST
00:58:48 MOST OF OUR TREE PLANTING MONEY IN EQUITY COMMUNITIES, HOW DO
00:58:52 WE ENSURE THAT THERE IS AN ADEQUATE, YOU KNOW, TREE CANOPY
00:58:57 IN THE FUTURE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WE JUST ZONED
00:59:10 ? >> I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO MY
00:59:12 MAP JUST AS A NICE VISUAL WHICH I THINK WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
00:59:18 ABOUT GEOGRAPHY IT HELPS TO SEE A MAP.
00:59:21 SO WE CANNOT PREDICT WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE WILL FIT OUT OR NOT.
00:59:26 BUT IN THE SCENARIO WHERE PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING THE IN LIEU
00:59:33 FEE OVER THE PLANTING THE TREE IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY THAT
00:59:37 WOULD PUT THE FUNDS AS MY COLLEAGUES SAID DIRECTLY INTO A
00:59:41 PLACE THAT HAS TO BE USED FOR STREET TREE PLANTING BECAUSE A
00:59:44 LOT OF OUR FUNDING THAT WE HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DEDICATED
00:59:52 FOR FUNDING IN VERY SPECIFIC AREAS AND EQUITY IT ACTUALLY
00:59:55 HELPS PUTTING THAT MONEY IN FUNDS SO THAT WHILE WE WANT
00:59:59 TO FOCUS ON EQUITY AND YOU COULD YOU COULD DEFINE IT
01:00:03 IN DIFFERENT WAYS YOU COULD SAY THE EASTERN HALF OR THE SOUTH
01:00:07 SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE CITY COULD BE DEFINED BY A DIFFERENT
01:00:10 EQUITY METRIC. >> IT DOES HELP STAFF TO HAVE
01:00:14 SOME DISCRETION IN WHERE TREES ARE PLANTED.
01:00:15 SO WE DO INTENTIONALLY COME TO EVERY DISTRICT TO PLANT TREES
01:00:18 EVERY YEAR AND WE DO FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS IN EVERY DISTRICT.
01:00:22 IF IF THERE IS AN INCREASE IN IN LIEU FEES THAT CAN BE
01:00:26 USED FOR TREE PLANTING, IT GIVES OUR STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY
01:00:30 TO BATCH THE WORK. SO INSTEAD OF CO PROJECT
01:00:34 MANAGING A SINGLE OR TWO TREE PLANTINGS IN FRONT OF ONE HOUSE
01:00:37 IF THEY COULD PLANT 100 TREES AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS
01:00:44 A COMMUNITY BUY IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO PARTNER
01:00:45 WITH US TO HELP US FIND PLACES FOR TREES BECAUSE THEY'RE THEIR
01:00:49 ADVOCATES AND THEY ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN HELPING STEWARD TREES
01:00:53 AS LIKE WE WANT TO PLANT TREES IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS DEMAND
01:00:57 FOR THEM IN OUR EARS IS ALWAYS OPEN FOR IF THERE IS COMMUNITY
01:01:00 DEMAND TO PLANT TREES. AND I WOULD HATE TO THINK THAT
01:01:04 ANY NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE NEGLECTED AS WE ARE ONLY AT
01:01:07 PLANTING ABOUT 15 TO 2000 500 TO 2000 TREES A YEAR.
01:01:14 BUT OUR URBAN FOREST PLAN IS TO PLANT EVERY AVAILABLE SPACE
01:01:17 OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS WHICH WOULD REQUIRE US TO INCREASE
01:01:18 OUR TREE PLANTING TO 4 TO 5000 TREES A YEAR.
01:01:24 WE ARE RAMPING UP FOR THAT AND I THINK THAT ONCE WE CAN
01:01:28 START DELIVERING THE HIGHER VOLUME OF TREES PEOPLE WILL
01:01:30 FEEL MORE ASSURED THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL NOT BE
01:01:33 MISSING THE TREES BECAUSE IT IS IN OUR ADOPTED PLAN THAT WE
01:01:36 WILL PLANT ALL OF THE AVAILABLE STREET TREE PLANTING LOCATIONS.
01:01:40 >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
01:01:41 ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE
01:01:45 ROSTER, MR. CLARK SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM
01:01:48 . >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:01:49 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO
01:01:52 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
01:01:53 THIS ITEM PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ALONG THAT WESTERN WALL
01:01:56 THAT I'M INDICATING ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROOM
01:01:59 AND IF WE HAVE ANYONE WHO'S READY TO COME FORWARD FOR
01:02:03 PUBLIC COMMENT AND BE THE FIRST ONE AT THE LECTERN, PLEASE DO
01:02:05 SO. >> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:02:18 MY NAME IS CHRIS DSB. I FIRST BECAME INTERESTED
01:02:22 IN THIS ISSUE WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT 200 TREES WERE GOING TO BE
01:02:27 CHOPPED DOWN WILL BE CHOPPED DOWN THREE BLOCKS FROM ME FROM
01:02:31 WHERE I LIVE. AND SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN
01:02:34 STUDYING TREES THEIR ROLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IN THE
01:02:38 ENVIRONMENT AT LARGE AND FOUND THAT THEY ARE THE EASIEST WAY
01:02:42 TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE WHICH IS SOMETHING THE CITY SUPPOSED
01:02:47 TO BE INTERESTED IN. BUT THEY ARE OFTEN THE SILENT
01:02:50 VICTIMS OF PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY.
01:02:54 >> THERE'S ALWAYS A GOOD EXCUSE TO CHOP DOWN A TREE OR SEVERAL
01:02:55 TREES IN A ROW. >> DESPITE THE CITY'S CLIMATE
01:03:01 GOALS, TREES ARE THE FIRST THING ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
01:03:05 EVERY TIME AND THE ONLY RECOURSE WE HAVE ARE THESE
01:03:08 APPEALS. THE HAZARD TREES THAT HAVE BEEN
01:03:09 MENTIONED AND I FOUND THROUGH MY RESEARCH ARE OFTEN NEGLECTED
01:03:14 TREES EITHER THEY ARE NOT WATERED PROPERLY OR SOMETHING
01:03:17 LIKE THAT. I FEEL THAT A MONETARY PAYOFF
01:03:21 AND IN LIEU FEE BY A DEVELOPER WILL NOT GUARANTEE THAT ANY
01:03:28 TREE WILL BE REPLACED. FOR NOW MAY NOT COVER SOMETHING
01:03:32 IN THE FUTURE DEPENDS ON THE SOIL DEPENDS ON THE PLACEMENT
01:03:35 AND THERE ARE LOTS OF FACTORS THAT I THINK OF A FEE DOESN'T
01:03:40 REALLY COVER. SO I THINK REMOVING THE SINGLE
01:03:46 PUBLIC RECOURSE WE HAVE JUST REMOVES OUR OUR SMALL ATTEMPTS
01:03:57 OF RECOURSE AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE OR WHATEVER IT IS
01:04:02 AND IT WILL AFFECT OUR CLIMATE AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
01:04:06 DECADES TO COME. >> THANK YOU.
01:04:09 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:04:27 >> MY NAME IS JOSH CLIP. I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE
01:04:28 FORMER URBAN FORESTRY COUNCIL AND THE CO-FOUNDER OF MISSION
01:04:32 VERDI. SAN FRANCISCO HAS THE SMALLEST
01:04:33 TREE CANOPY OF ANY MAJOR CITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND WE ARE
01:04:36 FAILING THE TREE RELATED GOALS OF OUR 2014 URBAN FOREST
01:04:39 AND 2021 CLIMATE ACTION PLANS. PUBLIC WORKS CURRENTLY HAS
01:04:44 ROUGHLY $4.5 MILLION IN IN LIEU FEES.
01:04:45 THAT'S AROUND 2000 TREES THAT THE CITY ALREADY OWES US FROM
01:04:49 THOSE FEES ALONE. IF THIS PASSES THAT FUND WILL
01:04:50 GROW. BUT OUR CANOPY MAY NOT BECAUSE
01:04:53 IF IN LIEU FEES REALLY MEANT A NEW TREE THEN THAT FUND WOULD
01:04:56 BE EMPTY. REGARDING HAZARD TREES IF
01:04:57 PUBLIC WORKS HAS MONITORED THE TREES AT THE LIBRARY FOR ALL
01:05:01 THE PROBLEMS THEY JUST STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THEY
01:05:04 COULD HAVE LEGALLY REMOVED THEM ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS AT ANY
01:05:06 TIME. MORE IMPORTANTLY THE AMENDMENTS
01:05:08 WOULD BLESS THE DEPARTMENT'S SELF-POLICING ON AN ISSUE IT
01:05:10 HAS BEEN SHOWN TO ABUSE WHICH I AM PUTTING UNDER THE SCREEN
01:05:13 HERE RIGHT NOW. JUST LAST MONTH WHILE THIS
01:05:16 PROPOSED LEGISLATION WAS PENDING, THE ACTING URBAN
01:05:17 FORESTER ASKED HIS SUBORDINATE TO BREAK THE LAW BASICALLY TO
01:05:20 LIE AND DESIGNATE A DECENTLY HEALTHY TREE ON POLK STREET AS
01:05:24 A HAZARD SOLELY BECAUSE IT WAS CONVENIENT FOR THE APPLICANT.
01:05:28 AND FINALLY THE DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTATION DOESN'T REALLY
01:05:29 BOTHER EXPLAINING WHY THE DRACONIAN TIMEFRAMES SHOULD
01:05:32 APPLY TO ALL OTHER TREE REMOVAL PERMITS NOT JUST CITY PERMITS.
01:05:36 MORE THAN 80% OF APPEALS ARE FOR CONSTRUCTION.
01:05:39 LAST YEAR THERE WAS ONE TREE APPEAL.
01:05:40 THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE INCONVENIENCE OF APPEALS.
01:05:43 IT'S ABOUT THE INCONVENIENCE OF DISSENT.
01:05:44 WE SPENT MONTHS ON CONSTRUCTION PERMITS BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE
01:05:48 THE TREE MOVE FAST BECAUSE THE CITY CLAIMS WITHOUT CITING TO
01:05:51 ANY REAL EVIDENCE THAT IT CAN'T AFFORD THE TIME.
01:05:52 SPEAKING OF TIME, PLEASE ASK THE DEPARTMENT HOW MANY YEARS
01:05:56 IT TAKES TO REPLANT AN EMPTY TREE.
01:05:57 >> WELL. >> I'VE SHARED WITH YOUR STAFF
01:05:59 EXAMPLES OF MY PERSONAL REMARKABLE TREE APPEAL RESULTS.
01:06:03 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM THIS VERY CHAMBER GAVE ME A
01:06:04 CERTIFICATE OF HONOR FOR MY WORK.
01:06:07 IF THESE AMENDMENTS GO THROUGH PLEASE EXPECT THE COMMUNITY TO
01:06:10 STOP TRYING. I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A QUOTE
01:06:11 FROM A RETIRED PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE WHO PRESIDED AS A
01:06:14 HEARING OFFICER OVER DOZENS OF TREE REMOVAL.
01:06:15 SHE SAYS. WE LIVE IN A WORLD RIGHT NOW
01:06:18 WHERE OUR RIGHTS ARE DISAPPEARING ONE BY ONE AT A
01:06:20 TIME WHEN LOCAL PARTICIPATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
01:06:22 WE SHOULD BE EXPANDING COMMUNITY NOT COMMUNITY INPUT,
01:06:25 NOT TAKING IT AWAY. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
01:06:29 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:06:42 >> HI THERE. MY NAME IS ROSA BELL.
01:06:46 I'M A D1 RESIDENT AND TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY.
01:06:50 BUT I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN TREES.
01:06:53 THE HEARTBREAKING THING ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT OR THIS CHANGE
01:06:57 IN AMENDMENT IS THAT IT WILL REMOVE ANY ABILITY A COMMUNITY
01:07:01 HAS TO PROVIDE INPUT. TREES ARE NOT ABSTRACT CONCEPTS
01:07:05 THEY ARE REAL LIVING THINGS THAT HELP US BREATHE BETTER
01:07:07 LIFT OUR SPIRITS AND HOUSE WILDLIFE THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO
01:07:10 OUR EXISTENCE. HUMANS NEED TREES.
01:07:13 IF WE GREENLIGHT EVERY SINGLE REMOVAL WE ARE ONLY HURTING
01:07:17 OURSELVES. AND I KNOW YOU ALL CARE ABOUT
01:07:18 THE ENVIRONMENT. SUPERVISOR MAHMUD I WAS AT A
01:07:24 LAUNCH EVENT FOR COMMUNITY STREETS WHERE YOU SPOKE ABOUT
01:07:28 YOUR SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.
01:07:31 SUPERVISOR MELGAR I STOOD ON THE STEPS OF THIS VERY BUILDING
01:07:35 WITH YOU WHEN YOU'VE SPOKEN ABOUT OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
01:07:39 SUPERVISOR CHEN I HAVE READ YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT CLIMATE
01:07:40 RESILIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
01:07:44 QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD TODAY. >> THE APPEALS PROCESS FOR TREE
01:07:48 REMOVALS IS A LAST THREAD COMMUNITIES CLING TO WHEN IT
01:07:51 COMES TO OUR SAY IN CLIMATE ACTION AND PRESERVING OUR URBAN
01:07:55 CANOPY. >> PEOPLE ARE NOTICING THAT
01:07:58 TREES ARE DISAPPEARING FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
01:08:01 >> THIS AMENDMENT PROVISIONS GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING SAN
01:08:03 FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT SAYS IT STANDS FOR.
01:08:06 JUST LAST WEEK RESIDENTS OF KANSAS STREET WERE THROWING
01:08:10 THEMSELVES IN FRONT OF TREES BECAUSE CALTRANS WAS REMOVING
01:08:14 THEM AFTER THE COMMUNITY HAD EXPLICITLY SAID THAT THEY HAD
01:08:15 AN AGREEMENT WANTING THE TREES OVER A CEMENT STONE WALL.
01:08:22 >> I LISTENED TO DPW URBAN CANOPY EMPLOYEES AT THE APPEALS
01:08:26 HEARING SAY THAT THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE THE REPLACEMENT OF
01:08:31 ANY REMOVE TREE. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING
01:08:34 THAT WE SHOULD ALL THINK ABOUT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:08:40 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:08:44 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JOHN CRABTREE.
01:08:48 I'M A RESIDENT OF D4. I'M ALSO A WRITER AN
01:08:52 INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST AND EDITOR OF THE WESTSIDE
01:08:56 OBSERVER. BUT I'M HERE TODAY JUST AS A D
01:08:58 FOR A RESIDENT THAT WANTS TO TALK ABOUT TREES.
01:09:00 >> I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH FRIENDS ON SUNSET BOULEVARD.
01:09:03 MUCH OF MY VOLUNTEERISM IS TO TEND AND MAINTAIN TREES ON
01:09:08 SUNSET BOULEVARD ITSELF. >> I REMOVE THE BUILT UP
01:09:12 DETRITUS AT THE BASE OF THE TREES EXPOSING THE TREE FLARES
01:09:15 WHICH GREATLY GREATLY IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH.
01:09:19 >> IN FACT THE FOUR PUBLIC WORKS ARBORISTS WHO CAME
01:09:21 AND TRAINED US TOLD US TOLD ME THAT CLEARING THE TREE FLOWERS
01:09:29 COULD ADD 5 TO 10 YEARS TO THE LIFE OF A TREE.
01:09:32 >> NOW I'VE CLEARED TO THE FLARES NOT CLEARED OFF THE
01:09:36 PLANET CLEAR TO OVER 100 SUNSET BOULEVARD TREES THIS MONTH.
01:09:39 THAT'S HARDLY IMPRESSIVE THOUGH BECAUSE BY MY ESTIMATE THERE
01:09:44 ARE 1800 TREES ON SUNSET BOULEVARD.
01:09:46 SO I'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO BUT THAT'S 500 TREE YEARS THAT
01:09:53 WE'VE ADDED TO THE CANOPY JUST THIS MONTH AND ALL OF THIS WORK
01:10:01 MAKES ME QUESTION WHY WHEN RESIDENTS ARE WORKING SO HARD
01:10:05 TO SAVE TREES AND BEAUTIFY OUR STREETS AND GREEN SPACES, ARE
01:10:09 WE BEING QUITE SO CAVALIER ABOUT REMOVING STREET TREES,
01:10:13 ABOUT HOW THEY ARE REPLACED AND IF THEY'RE REPLACED
01:10:17 AND PERHAPS AS IMPORTANT AS ANYTHING RESTRICTING THE VOICES
01:10:21 OF RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO SPEAK OUT FOR THE STREET TREES THEY
01:10:25 ARE THEY CARED THE MOST ABOUT. I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO
01:10:29 CONSIDER THESE CONCERNS. >> CONTINUE TO CONSIDER
01:10:33 AND KNOW YOU HAVE THESE CONCERNS IN YOUR DELIBERATIONS
01:10:36 . THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:10:37 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:10:43 HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DAVID WOLFE.
01:10:45 I'M A SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS AND I AM
01:10:49 SORRY. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
01:10:52 GREAT. THANK YOU.
01:10:53 DAVID WOLFE IS MY NAME. I'M A RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO
01:10:57 FOR 35 YEARS AND I HAVE A LOT OF GRATITUDE TO BE ABLE TO
01:11:01 ADDRESS YOU THIS AFTERNOON. >> I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE
01:11:02 EMAILED EACH OF YOU THE FULL LENGTH OF MY COMMENTS BECAUSE
01:11:05 IT'S FOR SURE I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN TWO
01:11:08 MINUTES BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS THREE.
01:11:09 >> THE PROPOSED CODE CHANGES REPRESENT A PROFOUND SHIFT AWAY
01:11:12 FROM RECENT CITY COMMITMENTS TO GROWING OUR TREE CANOPY AND TO
01:11:16 ENSURING THE RIGHT OF COMMUNITIES TO ENGAGE OUR
01:11:20 GOVERNMENT WHEN WE DISAGREE WITH ITS INTENTIONS.
01:11:23 WELL, I'M RELIEVED TO SEE THE CHANGES OFFERED BY SUPE
01:11:24 SUPERVISOR MAHMUD TO VERSION TWO THE ORDINANCE WILL STILL
01:11:27 NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR CITY'S ALREADY BELOW AVERAGE TREE
01:11:30 CANOPY AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY NARROW THE
01:11:35 RIGHT OF COMMUNITIES TO APPEAL QUESTIONABLE REMOVAL ORDERS OF
01:11:38 STREET TREES. >> ADEQUATE TIME FOR COMMUNITY
01:11:45 MEMBERS TO APPEAL TREE REMOVAL ORDER IS ESSENTIAL TO THE LIFE
01:11:49 OF OUR TREE CANOPY AND THE PLACE OF CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
01:11:50 IN OUR PUBLIC LIFE. IT TURNS OUT A HAZARD TREE
01:11:53 ASSESSMENT ISN'T NECESSARILY A SLAM DUNK.
01:11:57 I LEARNED THIS IN 2019 TO 2020 WHEN OUR MISSION COMMUNITY
01:12:01 ENGAGED AN INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED ARBORIST TO REVIEW
01:12:04 BUFFY'S ORDER TO REMOVE A STAGGERING 78 TREES ALONG 24TH
01:12:08 STREET. THE INDEPENDENT ARBORIST TREE
01:12:11 BY TREE ASSESSMENT OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THESE
01:12:12 TREES DIFFERED DRAMATICALLY FROM BUFFS.
01:12:15 AS A RESULT WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A TREE CARE
01:12:18 SETTLEMENT WHICH ALLOWED US TO SAVE 40 PLUS TREES FROM BEING
01:12:20 CUT DOWN THAT BUFFER DEEMED TO BE UNFIT OR HAZARDOUS.
01:12:23 >> THE TAKEAWAY FROM THIS IS THAT A FULL PERIOD IS ESSENTIAL
01:12:29 FOR COMMUNITIES TO RESPOND TO TREE REMOVAL NOTICES SO THAT
01:12:31 DETERMINING OF A HAZARD CAN BE FULLY VETTED.
01:12:38 >> ADDITIONALLY, THE RIGHT OF COMMUNITIES TO BRING A TREE
01:12:39 REMOVAL APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT IF
01:12:43 THE ONLY AVENUE OF APPEAL IS TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
01:12:49 THE APPEAL IS ESSENTIALLY AT A DEAD END.
01:12:50 IT IS MY EXPERIENCE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:12:53 WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
01:13:00 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS JOHN SHREWSBURY, THE PRESIDENT
01:13:04 OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS. >> I'M HERE IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:13:07 WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE OFFICIAL PROCESS FOR WHICH THE
01:13:11 LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED. WE WERE NOT INCLUDED.
01:13:12 WE HEARD ABOUT IT FROM A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
01:13:15 SO WE REACHED OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT INVOLVED.
01:13:16 WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WHERE WE WERE REASONABLE.
01:13:19 >> WE'VE REDUCED SOME OF THE TIME FOR APPEALS, GOTTEN RID OF
01:13:23 A REHEARING. WE THINK WE CAN PROVIDE DUE
01:13:26 PROCESS IN THE TIME FRAME THAT'S WITHIN HERE.
01:13:27 >> BUT WE DID NOT AGREE TO THE SECOND PIECE ABOUT TAKING AWAY
01:13:31 OUR JURISDICTION AND THE BOARD OF APPEALS HAS BEEN AROUND
01:13:36 SINCE 1932. OCCASIONALLY DEPARTMENTS COME
01:13:39 AND TRY TO BECAUSE THEY'RE FRUSTRATED WITH US OR BECAUSE
01:13:40 THEY LOSE A CASE THEN THEY COME BACK AS OH LET'S GET RID OF THE
01:13:43 BOARD OF APPEALS. >> HAPPENED HAPPENED WITH THE
01:13:46 TAXES OF A WHILE BACK BUT HERE THE INDEPENDENT OUTSIDE REVIEW
01:13:51 OF OF OF HAZARDOUS TREE CASES IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE
01:13:56 PUBLIC. THERE'S NO REAL DOES THERE'S NO
01:13:57 NEED TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN HAZARDOUS TREES AND THE AND THE
01:13:59 OTHER TREES IN PART BECAUSE HAZARDOUS DOESN'T NECESSARILY
01:14:06 MEAN DANGEROUS. THERE IS ALREADY PROVISION THAT
01:14:07 THE CITY ALREADY HAS THE AUTHORITY AND THE POWER
01:14:11 SEPARATELY TO REMOVE DANGEROUS TREES OF IMMINENT HARM.
01:14:14 >> SO THIS DOES TAKING AWAY THE APPEAL TAKES AWAY THE VOICE OF
01:14:19 OF THE PEOPLE TO BE HEARD IN IN WITH AN INDEPENDENT FORUM TO
01:14:25 MAKE DECISIONS. >> WE HAD ONE CASE IN THE LAST
01:14:30 FOUR YEARS SINCE 2024 AND WE'RE NOT A REAL WE'RE NOT A BURDEN
01:14:35 ON THE ON THE DEPARTMENT IF WE WERE A BURDEN IN GENERAL THEY
01:14:40 WOULD ALSO PROBABLY TAKE AWAY THE JURISDICTION THAT WE HAVE
01:14:41 OVER PRIORITY OVER NON CITY TREES.
01:14:43 OFTENTIMES GOVERNMENT IS CRITICIZED FOR NOT LIVING UNDER
01:14:47 THE RULES THAT IT REQUIRES FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
01:14:50 THIS UNFORTUNATELY IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE THE CITY IS
01:14:52 TRYING TO TAKE AWAY OUR JURISDICTION FROM ITS REQUESTS
01:14:55 BUT NOT NOT FROM OTHERS. SO WE ARE REASONABLE.
01:14:58 WE HAVE WE HAVE WE SUPPORT THE REDUCTION IN TIME BUT DO NOT
01:15:02 SUPPORT THE THE ELIMINATION OF OUR JURISDICTION.
01:15:05 >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
01:15:13 HI, MY NAME IS MARIE SORENSEN. >> I'M WITH CHI EVENT A OF
01:15:16 LATINO CULTURAL DISTRICT AND I'M A RESIDENT OF D9.
01:15:19 PLEASE DON'T MAKE IT EASY FOR THE CITY TO CUT DOWN TREES THEY
01:15:21 DEEM A HAZARD. THAT'S WHAT ALMOST HAPPENED TO
01:15:26 24TH STREET. BUT THANKS TO PEOPLE COMING
01:15:27 TOGETHER TO CHALLENGE THE CITY, THE TREES WERE NOT ALL
01:15:31 HAZARDOUS. >> THE CITY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
01:15:35 EASIER AND CHEAPER TO TAKE THEM ALL OUT THEIR CLAIM OF
01:15:39 HAZARDOUS WAS A LIE. >> FOR THIS REASON WE CAN'T
01:15:43 GIVE A BLANK CHECK TO CLEAR CUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:15:44 >> THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO CHALLENGE ANY TREE REMOVAL.
01:15:50 >> SINCE WHEN HAVE WE BECOME A CARETAKER SOCIETY?
01:15:54 DON'T TAKE AWAY OUR VOICES. THANK YOU.
01:15:57 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:15:58 THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN
01:16:05 SUPERVISORS CATHERINE HOWARD. I AM A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
01:16:10 I ASK YOU TO REJECT THIS LEGISLATION.
01:16:13 IT IS DEEPLY FLAWED AND FLAWED AND IT WILL FORCE PROJECTS TO
01:16:16 NOT PLANT TREES. AS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT I HAVE
01:16:20 WORKED ON PLANS FOR ALL SIZES OF BUILDING PROJECTS.
01:16:23 STANDARD ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS LAYOUT BOTH INFRASTRUCTURE
01:16:27 AND LANDSCAPE. WATERLINES SEWER LINES
01:16:28 UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION MUST BE LOCATED AWAY
01:16:32 FROM TREE WELLS AND OTHER PLANTING AREAS.
01:16:35 BUT THIS LEGISLATION EVEN IF AMENDED, ALLOWS A PROJECT TO
01:16:36 FILL OUT A PLANTING TREES. THAT MEANS THEY ALSO DO NOT
01:16:40 HAVE TO PLAN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT.
01:16:44 IF YOU'RE THINKING OH TREES CAN BE PLANTED IN THE FUTURE.
01:16:47 PLEASE THINK AGAIN. IT IS VERY COSTLY TO
01:16:48 RETROACTIVE REOPEN A SIDEWALK AND TO MOVE UTILITY LINES.
01:16:52 BASICALLY IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
01:16:56 >> IF YOU APPROVE NO TREE NOW THAT'S NO TREE EVER.
01:16:59 >> IN FACT THE PROS PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT QUOTE LARGE
01:17:03 PROJECTS SUBJECT TO BETTER STREET PLANNING REQUIREMENTS
01:17:07 WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIT OUT UNLESS PLANTING IS NOT POSSIBLE
01:17:11 WHICH IS EXTREMELY VAGUE LANGUAGE.
01:17:14 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? COULD MEAN THAT BUILDERS COULD
01:17:16 INTENTIONAL LEE LOCATE UTILITIES IN TREE WELLS JUST TO
01:17:20 SAY OH IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLANT.
01:17:23 LOOK AT THOSE PIPES. IN MY EXPERIENCE DEVELOPERS ARE
01:17:27 WILLING TO FILE RULES AS LONG AS THERE IS A LEVEL PLAYING
01:17:28 FIELD. >> BUT IF SEEKING OUT TREE
01:17:31 PLANTING IS FINANCIALLY BENEFICIAL FOR ONE PROJECT ALL
01:17:34 THE DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FILL OUT IN ORDER TO
01:17:35 COMPETE BASICALLY BY LETTING THEM SEE THEIR WAY OUT WE ARE
01:17:39 PAVING THE WAY LITERALLY FOR A MAJORITY OF PROJECTS THAT WILL
01:17:43 NEVER HAVE TREES. AND FINALLY WHEN DID TREES
01:17:46 BECOME SO AN UNDESIRABLE LEVEL THAT WE ARE NOW ENCOURAGING
01:17:51 PEOPLE TO FIND WAYS TO NOT PLANT THEM?
01:17:54 WHEN DID PROVIDING HABITAT CLEAN AIR AND A GREEN CITY FOR
01:17:58 FAMILIES AND CHILDREN BECOME SO BURDENSOME THAT WE ARE
01:18:02 LEGISLATING IT'S LOST. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE INTRODUCED
01:18:05 US DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO PASS IT.
01:18:07 >> PLEASE PLEASE REJECT THIS NEXT SPEAKER.
01:18:10 >> PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:18:17 MY NAME IS LANCE CARNES. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
01:18:19 THREE. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REJECT THIS
01:18:24 PROPOSAL TO COMBINE HAZARD TREES AND RATER REMOVALS.
01:18:31 THERE'S ALSO AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL WHICH ALMOST NEVER
01:18:34 COMES UP. >> THE AND SORT OF YOU HAVE A
01:18:40 CAT CAVALIER ATTITUDE ABOUT TAKING OUT TREES.
01:18:45 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF SAN FRANCISCO
01:18:47 PROPERTY ON SEVEN BY SEVEN MILES HERE WHEN THE SPANISH
01:18:53 CAME THROUGH HERE IN THE 1700S ON THEIR WAY TO DISCOVERING THE
01:18:55 SAN FRANCISCO BAY THERE WERE PROBABLY A DOZEN TREES IN SAN
01:18:58 FRANCISCO, A COUPLE NEAR MOUNTAIN LAKE AND A COUPLE NEAR
01:19:02 MISSION BAY. NOW AND OF COURSE IF YOU THINK
01:19:09 ABOUT SURROUNDING COUNTIES LIKE PENINSULA EAST BAY MARIN, THERE
01:19:13 ARE A LOT OF TREES, REDWOODS, BUCKEYES, EVERYTHING.
01:19:17 SO FOR SOME REASON WE GOT RIPPED OFF ON GETTING TREES
01:19:21 NATURALLY GROWING HERE. >> SO I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE
01:19:28 SUPERVISOR WONG'S NAME AS A SPONSOR OF THIS THING.
01:19:32 HE LIVES IN DISTRICT FOUR WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE OCEAN AND IT'S
01:19:36 IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO GROW A TREE
01:19:39 IN DISTRICT FOUR. >> SO ANY ANY TREE STILL LIVING
01:19:43 IN DISTRICT FOUR IS A MIRACLE. YOU SHOULD WE SHOULD BOW DOWN
01:19:47 TO IT. >> SO I THINK THE I THINK, YOU
01:19:54 KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE A MORE SERIOUS ATTITUDE ABOUT OUR
01:19:58 TREES AS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT REALLY CAN'T BE JUST DISCARDED
01:20:02 HERE AND THERE AND THE CITY CODE CURRENTLY HAS ROOM REMOVAL
01:20:06 REGULAR REMOVAL HAZARD ROOM REMOVAL AND THEN EMERGENCY
01:20:10 REMOVAL WHICH IS ALMOST NEVER USED.
01:20:17 >> SO I SO I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP THE CURRENT.
01:20:21 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. LET'S HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER
01:20:22 PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
01:20:39 MY NAME'S CAROL BROWNSON. I HAVE LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO
01:20:43 FOR MANY YEARS AND THE LAST FIVE YEARS I GET AROUND THE
01:20:47 CITY ON MY LITTLE TRAVEL SCOOT .
01:20:50 SO I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT MY POINT OF
01:20:51 VIEW. THESE STREETS AND THESE TREES.
01:20:54 SO SAY I'M SITTING OUTSIDE A CAFE AND ONE OF THOSE NICE
01:20:59 LITTLE PLACES AND THERE'S NO TREES.
01:21:02 >> WELL, THERE'S AN UMBRELLA OVER SO THERE'S THERE'S SHADE.
01:21:05 >> BUT WHAT I SEE IS A BIG WALL OF A BUILDING A SIDEWALK.
01:21:12 THE STREET. THE SIDEWALK.
01:21:13 A BIG WALL. AND IT'S NOISY.
01:21:17 IT'S NOT REALLY VERY NICE. I'M SORRY.
01:21:20 THANK YOU. SO NOT ONLY IS THERE NO SHADE
01:21:24 WITH NO TREES PLANTED THERE, THERE'S NONE OF THAT DRAINAGE
01:21:28 BELOW THE TREE. THE ONLY DRAINAGE IS DOWN AT
01:21:31 THE CORNER. >> NOW THIS REALLY GETS TO BE A
01:21:35 PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY WHEN IT RAINS A LOT
01:21:36 IT'S A PROBLEM BEFORE THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK
01:21:40 THEIR DOGS AND THEY REALLY NEED TO MARK THEIR TERRITORY NOW
01:21:45 THAT DRAINAGE. SO WE GET A LOT OF WATER AND WE
01:21:54 DON'T HAVE THE GROUNDWATER ABSORBING THAT WATER.
01:21:57 IT'S ALL RUNNING OFF. AND SO FIRST OF ALL WE GET
01:22:01 FLOODED STREETS AND THEN A LOT OF DEBRIS AND WATER FLOWS INTO
01:22:05 THE BAY. ASK BAY KEEPER ABOUT THAT'S AN
01:22:09 ORGANIZATION THAT REALLY KNOWS WHAT THE CITY DUMPS IN THE BAY
01:22:11 . >> AND SO IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO
01:22:16 HAVE ALL OF THAT OPEN GROUND THAT ABSORBS WATER, CAN WE AT
01:22:23 LEAST HAVE BIO SWALES LIKE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL ON
01:22:27 VENICE? HMM.
01:22:30 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:22:31 SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLACE GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
01:22:41 MY NAME IS PAUL WIMMER. >> SEVERAL DIFFERENT TOPICS.
01:22:49 THE FIRST ONE I WILL MAKE VERY QUICKLY.
01:22:50 THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS THAT PUBLIC WORKS DESCRIBES
01:22:54 ABSOLUTELY FOLLOWS THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND IT DOES NOT
01:22:58 COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMUNITY IN A TIMELY MANNER OR
01:23:01 IN EFFECTIVE MANNER IF IT'S POSTED ON THE TREE.
01:23:05 I MAY WALK BY THERE ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS.
01:23:08 >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF AS PART OF
01:23:11 THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS THEY WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A WAY
01:23:15 PEOPLE COULD SIGN UP FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND A WAY THAT
01:23:19 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AUTOMATICALLY GOT NOTICE OF THE
01:23:22 TREE REMOVAL SO PEOPLE COULD RESPOND IN A TIMELY MANNER TO
01:23:26 THEIR PROPOSALS THAT DOES NOT EXIST NOW.
01:23:30 >> THAT'S THE FIRST POINT. THE SECOND POINT IS THE IN LIEU
01:23:33 FEE THEY HAVE THE STREET TREE AND LUCY CALCULATES ONE MATRIX
01:23:37 AND THAT CALCULATES THE DOLLAR COST TO PLANT A TREE AND THAT'S
01:23:41 WHAT THEY CHARGE FOR THE IN LIEU.
01:23:42 >> THIS IGNORES THE NON-FINANCIAL NON DIRECT
01:23:46 MONITOR LIST BENEFITS OF THE TREE.
01:23:50 IT IGNORES THE OTHER TANGIBLE BENEFITS OF THE SHADING THE
01:23:57 BIRD LIFE THE WAY PEOPLE RESPOND TO GREENERY AND TREES
01:24:02 IN A WAY THAT IMPACTS MENTAL HEALTH EMOTIONAL STATE
01:24:08 AND THAT'S WELL DOCUMENTED. >> AND AS YOU START TAKING AWAY
01:24:12 STREETS HERE AND STREET THAT STREET THERE ON A DEVELOPMENT
01:24:15 YOU CREATE NEW DESERTS. >> THAT IS A PROBLEM.
01:24:19 >> FINALLY, I WOULD TRUST THE HAZARD TREE DISCUSSION MORE IF
01:24:23 THE DEFINITION OF A HAZARD TREE NUMBER TWO DID NOT INCLUDE
01:24:27 OBSTRUCTS OR DAMAGES A STREET OR SIDEWALK EVERY SINGLE
01:24:30 SIDEWALK IN THIS CITY BLOCK IN THE SIDEWALK CITY HAS TREES
01:24:35 DAMAGING SIDEWALKS AND DO THOSE THEREFORE JUSTIFY CUTTING DOWN
01:24:41 ? >> AND AGAIN, IF IT'S THE
01:24:42 DEPARTMENT THAT DECIDES TO DO IT, HOW GOOD IS AN INTERNAL
01:24:46 REVIEW? >> THANK YOU.
01:24:46 LET'S HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:24:48 AND IF WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE FROM WHOM WE HAVE NOT YET ALREADY
01:24:50 HEARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR IF YOU
01:24:53 WISH TO SPEAK IT CAN LINE UP TO SPEAK BEHIND THE NEXT SPEAKER.
01:24:56 >> MY NAME IS SHAWN AUCKLAND. I FIRST STEPPED INTO THIS
01:24:59 BUILDING AFTER NOTICING HOW FEW TREES WE HAVE SO I FOUNDED FAIR
01:25:02 TREES.ORG. I URGE YOU TO REJECT THIS
01:25:03 AND JOIN THE OVER 1000 SAN FRANCISCANS THAT ARE IN YOUR
01:25:08 FILE OPPOSING THIS DEVELOPER FEE OUT OPTION.
01:25:11 THEY ARE NOT HERE TODAY BUT THEY'VE WRITTEN IN OVER THE
01:25:14 LAST SIX MONTHS. >> WE ARE STRONGLY PROPOSING WE
01:25:15 ENVISION A DENSE GREEN SAN FRANCISCO THAT'S TALL.
01:25:19 BUT PLANTING A STREET TREE IS NOT THE BARRIER TO BUILDING
01:25:22 HOUSING OTHERWISE YIMBY WOULD BE HERE SUPPORTING THIS.
01:25:25 >> THE REAL BARRIER IS THE CITY IS SLUGGISH APPROVAL PROCESS TO
01:25:29 HELP DEVELOPERS SPEED UP THE PERMITS DON'T SELL OFF OUR
01:25:33 URBAN CANOPY EVEN MORE. >> EVEN WITH THESE AMENDMENTS
01:25:36 THIS JUST MEANS MORE PAVEMENT. AS YOU HEARD, IF DEVELOPERS FEE
01:25:38 OUT THEY WILL ROUTE WATER AND ELECTRICAL LINES WITHOUT
01:25:42 REGARD FOR TREES. RETROACTIVELY MOVING UTILITIES
01:25:45 TO PLANT A TREE IS FINANCIALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
01:25:46 WE CAN'T EVEN PLANT IN THE SPOTS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE
01:25:49 THOSE. AND AS WE KNOW PUBLIC WORKS
01:25:50 DOES NOT EVEN USE THE EXISTING FEES THEY HAVE.
01:25:53 WE SEE THIS FIRSTHAND IN SOMA, MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH SUFFERS
01:25:57 FROM A CRITICALLY LOW 2.7% CANOPY COVER.
01:26:00 WE WERE TOLD MUCH OF 10TH STREET IS UNPALATABLE TODAY
01:26:04 BECAUSE POWER LINES CLAIM THE UNDERGROUND SPACE.
01:26:05 IF YOU DO NOT MANDATE TREE INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE OUTSET
01:26:08 THE SITE BECOMES UNPALATABLE FOREVER.
01:26:11 SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT MAKES SOMA
01:26:15 WORSE, NOT BETTER. THE RECENT AMENDMENT SAYS LARGE
01:26:16 SITES MUST STILL PLANT BUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THREAT THRESHOLD
01:26:20 IS MASSIVE. MOST OF THE TREES WE HAVE
01:26:23 IN SOMA ARE FAR BELOW THAT AND WERE PLANTED BY DEVELOPERS
01:26:26 . THIS WILL CREATE A RACE TO THE
01:26:27 BOTTOM WHERE DEVELOPERS JUST WRITE A CHECK TO STAY
01:26:28 COMPETITIVE. >> AND YOU CAN SEE HERE TODAY
01:26:31 HOW DPW HAS ABUSED THE HAZARD DESIGNATION WITH SCREENSHOTS
01:26:35 LAST MONTH. IT ALSO REMOVES THE APPEALS
01:26:39 BOARD OVERSIGHT FROM A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS SHOWN THEY
01:26:41 NEED THAT OVERSIGHT. WE NEED SWEEPING TREE REFORM
01:26:44 IN SAN FRANCISCO. I'VE RESEARCHED IT FOR A YEAR.
01:26:47 THIS IS NOT IT. OVER 1000 RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED
01:26:48 YOU DON'T LET DEVELOPERS BUY THEIR WAY OUT OF A LOW LIVABLE
01:26:52 ENVIRONMENT. PLEASE REJECT THIS FILE.
01:26:55 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:26:56 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SPEAKERS
01:27:03 DEPARTMENT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
01:27:07 MY NAME IS ERIN DONNELLY. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE
01:27:11 AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE
01:27:15 SUPPORTED BY MAYOR LIA LAURIE AND SUPERVISOR WONG.
01:27:20 >> BECAUSE IT WEAKENS OUR EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL
01:27:23 PROTECTIONS BY ALLOWING DEVELOPMENT TO TO BUY OUT OF
01:27:31 THE REQUIREMENT TO REPLACE AND PLANT TREES BUT ALSO
01:27:35 DIMINISHES AND MUTES THE PUBLIC VOICE BY GIVING FULL FIAT TO
01:27:42 THE DPW TO DETERMINE WHAT'S HAZARDOUS.
01:27:46 AND TO POLICE IT AS THE BOARD OF APPEALS HAS STATED.
01:27:50 WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE, YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATIC PROCESS THAT
01:27:54 EXISTS? CHECKS AND BALANCES IS SUPPOSED
01:27:55 TO BE WHAT DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT TOO.
01:27:58 >> YOU KNOW WHEN YOU DON'T ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN ON
01:28:02 THE THEIR BELOVED STREET TREES AND ALLOW THEM TO BE DECLARED
01:28:06 HAZARDOUS AND ALLOW DON'T ALLOW ANYONE TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.
01:28:11 THAT'S NOT DEMOCRACY. WE YOU KNOW, WE ARE THIS OUR
01:28:15 ELECTED SUPERVISORS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE STEWARDS OF
01:28:19 OUR ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS US AS CITIZENS.
01:28:23 BUT WE HAVE NO IF WE HAVE NO SAY IN THAT PROCESS IT YOU
01:28:27 KNOW, WE YOU TAKE AWAY OUR VOICE SO I ASK YOU TO VOTE
01:28:31 AGAINST THIS THE ALL THE TREES THAT WE HAVE THEY THEY GIVE A
01:28:37 SHADE, THEY KILL THE ENVIRONMENT.
01:28:38 THEY PROVIDE A LIFE FOR OUR BIRDS AND OUR POLLINATORS
01:28:45 AND THEY BRING BEAUTY TO ALL OF US.
01:28:46 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S WORTH PROTECTING AND WORTH ENSURING
01:28:52 THAT THE PUBLIC HAS A VOICE AND PLEASE VOTE AGAINST THIS
01:28:56 ORDINANCE. >> THANK YOU.
01:28:57 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS
01:29:00 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR?
01:29:02 OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS
01:29:06 NOW CLOSED AND I SEE MADISON TAMM HERE FROM SUPERVISOR
01:29:11 DORSEY'S OFFICE WHO IS NOT A MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE BUT
01:29:15 WANTED TO WEIGH IN ON THIS. >> THANK YOU CHAIR ON BEHALF OF
01:29:19 SUPERVISOR DORSEY I'M HERE TO PROPOSE A MINOR AMENDMENT TO
01:29:22 THIS LEGISLATION SAN FRANCISCO'S TREE CANOPY AS
01:29:25 SUPERVISOR CHEN MENTIONED, IS AMONG THE LOWEST OF ANY MAJOR
01:29:26 U.S. CITY AND SELMA IN PARTICULAR HAS A VERY LOW
01:29:30 TREE CANOPY COVERAGE AND IT'S ALSO DESIGNATED AS AN
01:29:33 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY.
01:29:34 CONSTITUENT LED RESEARCH HAS DOCUMENTED HUNDREDS OF EMPTY
01:29:37 TREE WELLS THAT REMAIN UNADDRESSED.
01:29:38 EARLIER THIS YEAR THE SUPERVISOR SENT A LETTER OF
01:29:41 INQUIRY TO PUBLIC WORKS ASKING HOW EQUITY FRAMEWORKS ARE
01:29:42 APPLIED TO FUNDING AND TREE PLANTING AS THIS ORDINANCE
01:29:45 PROVIDES A NEW REVENUE STREAM FOR THE ADOPT A TREE FUND.
01:29:48 THIS AMENDMENT ENSURES THAT THE FINDINGS REFLECT THE CITY'S
01:29:52 PRIORITY TO DIRECT THAT FUNDING TOWARD NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE SELMA
01:29:53 THAT HAVE A POOR TREE CANOPY. THIS AMENDMENT ADDS A SENTENCE
01:29:56 TO SECTION TO SEE IF THE FINDINGS FOLLOWING THE EXISTING
01:30:00 DISCUSSION OF THE IN LIEU FEE MECHANISM IT STATES THAT QUOTE
01:30:04 IN EXPENDING FUNDS FOR PLANTING AND MAINTENANCE THE DEPARTMENT
01:30:08 INTENDS TO PRIORITIZE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
01:30:09 COMMUNITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE GENERAL PLAN'S ENVIRONMENTAL
01:30:12 JUSTICE FRAMEWORK AND TO IMPROVE TREE CANOPY COVERAGE
01:30:15 ACROSS THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS AMENDMENT IS NOT LEGALLY
01:30:16 SUBSTANTIVE AND AS WAS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS
01:30:20 QUESTIONS BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT IT WOULD PRESERVE THE
01:30:23 DEPARTMENT DISCRETION THAT THAT SUPERVISOR MELGAR ASKED ABOUT
01:30:27 IN REGARDS TO HOW WE ENSURE THAT OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS NOT
01:30:30 JUST EQUITY NEIGHBORHOODS ALSO HAVE FAIR TREE PLANTING
01:30:32 AND CANOPY COVERAGE. >> THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE
01:30:35 FINDINGS NOT AN OPERATIVE CODE CHANGE DOESN'T ALTER THE FEE
01:30:39 STRUCTURE WAIVER PROCESS OR ANY OTHER PROVISIONS.
01:30:42 IT SIMPLY DOCUMENTS LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT CAN HELP GUIDE THE
01:30:44 DEPARTMENT'S PRIORITIES AND EXPENDITURES GOING FORWARD.
01:30:47 SO WE RESPECTFULLY ASKED THE COMMITTEE TO ADOPT THIS
01:30:51 AMENDMENT. >> THANK YOU.
01:30:52 THANK YOU, MS. TAN OKAY. SUPERVISOR CHEN I WOULD LIKE TO
01:30:58 MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE DEPARTMENT'S ABOUT TO ADOPT
01:31:05 AMENDMENTS THOSE THREE INTO THE RECORD TO THE RECORD BY MEADOWS
01:31:09 AND TIM ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR DORSEY UM OKAY.
01:31:13 UM, I'M JUST GOING TO UH, PROVIDE A FEW COMMENTS BEFORE
01:31:21 WE VOTE ON THE MOTION IF THAT'S OKAY.
01:31:22 SUPERVISOR CHEN UM, SO I THINK THAT YOU KNOW AS THE DISTRICTS
01:31:25 HAVE BEEN SUPERVISOR WE THE SORT OF TREES AND SIDEWALKS ARE
01:31:32 PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT WE DEAL WITH.
01:31:36 >> WE ARE THE LARGEST DISTRICT TWO GRAPHICALLY SO IT KIND OF
01:31:40 MAKES SENSE YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE COMPLAINTS
01:31:43 UM I WILL SAY THAT USUALLY DISTRICTS HAPPINESS IS A
01:31:50 DISTRICT THAT HAS A LOT OF TREES.
01:31:51 WE HAVE A LOT OF OPEN SPACES. SOME OF THE TREES ARE UNDER DPW
01:31:55 JURISDICTION, SOME ARE UNDER REC PARK.
01:31:59 UM I THINK THAT HAVING BEEN THROUGH THESE CONVERSATIONS FOR
01:32:03 THE LAST SIX YEARS I WOULD SAY THAT MOST OF THEM WERE TRYING
01:32:08 TO GET TO CONVINCED DPW THAT A TREE WAS DANGEROUS AND PRESENTS
01:32:13 A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
01:32:17 SO YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED MORE CAPACITY IN THE
01:32:24 DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. WE DO NEED MORE FOLKS IN THERE
01:32:25 LOOKING AT THESE ISSUES AND A LOT OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT
01:32:32 WE HAVE GOTTEN IN MY OFFICE AT BOTH IN WRITING AND TODAY
01:32:36 DURING PUBLIC COMMENT THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
01:32:37 CAME AND SEEMED TO THINK THAT IF WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO FEE OUT
01:32:47 THAT THEN THOSE TREES WILL NEVER BE PLANTED AND THAT HAS
01:32:51 NOT BEEN MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND THE
01:32:54 STAFF AT DPW. IN FACT I THINK THEY DO A
01:32:58 PRETTY OUTSTANDING JOB OF ORGANIZING TREE PLANTINGS
01:33:02 AND LEVERAGING OTHER RESOURCES BESIDES THE CITIES TO MAKE
01:33:10 THOSE YOU KNOW, PLANTINGS HAPPEN AND THEY GO TO GREAT
01:33:14 LENGTHS TO ORGANIZE NEIGHBORS TO BE ABLE TO WATER THE TREES
01:33:18 THAT FIRST YEAR WHILE THEY'RE SETTING ROUTES AND TAKING CARE
01:33:20 OF THEM AND DO A LOT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:33:26 THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. SO YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO MAKE
01:33:27 SURE THAT I YOU KNOW, SAID THAT ON THE RECORD BECAUSE I DO
01:33:31 APPRECIATE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:33:34 FORESTRY AND DPW AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN ADDING TO OUR
01:33:38 TREE CANOPY. THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO THINK
01:33:42 THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF PUBLIC
01:33:46 EDUCATION BECAUSE ON THE OTHER HAND I HAVE OFTEN OFTEN HEARD
01:33:52 FROM RESIDENTS OF THE CITY WHO RESISTED IT HAVING TREES
01:33:57 IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES NOT NEW DEVELOPERS, NOT PEOPLE WHO
01:34:01 WERE YOU KNOW, HAD A PROJECT BUT PEOPLE WHO RESENTED HAVING
01:34:05 A TREE IN FRONT OF THEIR DOOR BECAUSE THEY COULD NO LONGER
01:34:06 USE THE SIDEWALK TO PARK IN WHICH IS ILLEGAL BY THE WAY.
01:34:10 BUT PEOPLE DO IT ALL OVER. >> SO I DO THINK THAT THERE IS
01:34:13 A GREAT NEED AND I'M NOT THIS IS NOT PART OF THIS LEGISLATION
01:34:17 BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU NOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW STAFF IN THE
01:34:21 LEADERSHIP THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN PUBLIC
01:34:28 PUBLIC PUBLIC EDUCATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, THE ROLE OF
01:34:32 TREES AND PREVENTING FLOODING ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE
01:34:35 YOU KNOW, TEMPERATURE GOES DOWN SO THAT PEOPLE PERHAPS MORE
01:34:39 READILY CAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR TREE CANOPY.
01:34:43 AND I LASTLY I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION.
01:34:48 I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO WORKED ON AMENDMENTS TO
01:34:51 MAKE IT BETTER AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
01:34:56 IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN EVOLUTION OF A
01:34:59 LEGISLATURE SINCE IT WAS FIRST PROPOSED AND IT HAS BEEN MADE
01:35:03 MUCH BETTER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF
01:35:10 ALL THE SUPERVISORS. OKAY.
01:35:14 DID YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN? SUPERVISOR I ACTUALLY HAVE MORE
01:35:16 QUESTIONS. SURE.
01:35:16 YEAH, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU.
01:35:19 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:35:22 >> CHAIR MCCARTHY AGAIN, I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION TO DPW THAT
01:35:25 WAS PUMPED BY THE COMMENT. >> CAN YOU CLARIFY HOW MANY
01:35:28 APPEALS TO THIS KIND OF DECISION AND MAKE ACTUALLY MAKE
01:35:32 IT TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS SO YOU KNOW GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:35:50 >> MY NAME IS JULIE LAMAR. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE
01:35:54 BOARD OF APPEALS AND WE'RE JUST PUZZLED BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY
01:35:58 NOT A PROBLEM HERE SO FEW OF CITY INITIATED ORDERS GET
01:36:01 APPEALED TO THE BOARD. >> SO WE JUST WE'RE KIND OF
01:36:06 BAFFLED BY WHY WAS EVEN INCLUDED IN THE LEGISLATION.
01:36:09 I MEAN JUST LOOKING BACK TO 2024 WE HAD FOUR APPEALS OF
01:36:15 CITY INITIATED ORDERS. TWO OF THOSE APPEALS WERE
01:36:19 WITHDRAWN. SO IN EFFECT WE'VE HAD TO
01:36:22 APPEALS SINCE 2024 AND ONE OF THEM IS PENDING AND SO WE'RE
01:36:26 JUST KIND OF SURPRISED THAT DPW IS FIGHTING TO HAVE TO REMOVE
01:36:33 THAT AND WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT THIS CREATES AN
01:36:36 INCONSISTENT ADJUDICATION PROCESS.
01:36:37 SO THIS ONLY APPLIES TO CITY INITIATED ORDERS NOT TO ORDERS
01:36:44 ISSUE REALLY INITIATED BY PRIVATE PARTIES LIKE
01:36:45 CONTRACTORS OF A CONTRACTOR SAYS OH I WANT A TREE REMOVED
01:36:48 EVEN IF THEY BELIEVE IT'S A HAZARD IT IS IT'S IT'S
01:36:55 IN CONSISTENT THEY COULD GO IT CAN BE APPEALED TO THE BOARD OF
01:36:57 APPEALS SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IF THEY'RE IF THEY WERE
01:37:00 CONCERNED ABOUT TIME OR HAZARD AND AS PEOPLE ALSO POINTED OUT,
01:37:03 THE CODE ALREADY HAS AN EMERGENCY PROVISION.
01:37:07 WE ARE OF COURSE PUBLIC WORKS DOES I FEEL THEY HAVE A LOT OF
01:37:11 CHALLENGES BUT IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY IN THAT TREE NEEDS TO
01:37:15 BE REMOVED, THEY CAN DO SO WITHOUT THE APPEAL PROCESS.
01:37:19 >> SO I DO THINK THE BOARD OF APPEALS HAS BEEN OFFICIAL
01:37:22 IN THAT IT DOES SPOTLIGHT AN AREA LIKE WE HAD ON 24TH STREET
01:37:27 LIKE WE HAD IN HAYES AND SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD'S
01:37:29 DISTRICT AND IT KIND OF FORCES THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE
01:37:34 CONSTITUENTS TO TALK AND AND WORK OUT WHAT A SOLUTION AND I
01:37:38 THINK THAT'S REALLY BENEFICIAL AND PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC
01:37:41 PROCESS SORRY THAT WAS A LONG ANSWER BUT I DO I DO I DO FEEL
01:37:45 LIKE IT'S REALLY NOT A PROBLEM. >> WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, SLOWING
01:37:46 THINGS UP FOR THE DEPARTMENT GIVEN THE VERY EXTREMELY LOW
01:37:50 VOLUME OF APPEALS. THANK YOU.
01:37:55 THANK THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER?
01:37:59 >> I THINK NOW THAT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT CITY INITIATED
01:38:03 APPEALS AND CONTRACTORS AND INITIATED APPEALS SO SO
01:38:10 THERE'S TWO SO CAN WE SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU KNOW THE
01:38:15 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CITY INITIATED APPEALS
01:38:18 AND CONTRACTORS PRIVATE CONTRACTORS INITIATED APPEALS.
01:38:21 SO YES SO CONTRACTOR INITIATED APPEALS BECAUSE DO GO AND GO TO
01:38:26 THE BAR BOARD OF APPEALS, CORRECT.
01:38:29 >> A PRIVATE PARTY IF IF IT'S IF IT'S AN ORDER THAT WAS
01:38:33 INITIATED BY A PRIVATE PARTY OR IF A CONTRACTOR WANTS TO REMOVE
01:38:37 OR A HOMEOWNER WANTS TO REMOVE A SIGNIFICANT TREE THAT'S
01:38:41 WITHIN TEN FEET OF THE SIDEWALK SO THAT PROCESS CAN GO THROUGH
01:38:45 EVEN THE TREES AND NOT HAZARD YEAH INITIAL AND JUST INITIAL
01:38:51 YES. >> TREE REMOVALS CAN BE TREE
01:38:55 TREE REMOVALS CAN BE APPEALED. THIS LEGISLATURE IS PROPOSING A
01:39:00 STRING A SHORTER TIME FRAME FOR REGULAR TREE REMOVAL APPEALS
01:39:08 FOR THAT ARE RELATED TO CITY INITIATED ORDER SO THAT IS ALSO
01:39:12 A BIT CONFUSING BUT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE
01:39:15 DEPARTMENTS IN COMPROMISE SO WE AGREED THAT WE COULD
01:39:19 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE HEARINGS WITHIN YOU KNOW, 30 DAYS KIND
01:39:24 OF MIRRORING THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION TIMELINE.
01:39:27 >> BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY DIFFERENT THAN OTHER TREE
01:39:28 REMOVAL ORDERS. IF THEY WEREN'T CITY INITIATED
01:39:31 THEN THEY WOULD HAVE A LONGER PROCESS AND SO ALSO THE MAJOR
01:39:38 DIFFERENCES HAZARD REMOVALS OF THAT WERE CITY INITIATED CAN
01:39:42 ONLY BE APPEALED NOW TO THE DIRECTOR.
01:39:46 >> SO YEAH IT'S JUST INCONSISTENT YOU KNOW THANK YOU
01:39:50 FOR CLARIFYING IT. IT'S A TREE REMOVAL VERSUS HAS
01:39:53 A TREE REMOVAL RIGHT BUT FOR THE HAZARD TREE REMOVAL ALL THE
01:39:58 THERE IS NO APPEAL RIGHT TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS UNDER THE
01:39:59 PROPOSAL LEGISLATION AND JUST AS I SAID BEFORE, IT'S NOT
01:40:03 REALLY A PROBLEM. WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO FIX
01:40:06 SOMETHING? THAT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM.
01:40:07 WE'VE HAD TWO CASES AND YOU KNOW IN YEARS SO WE DON'T FEEL
01:40:10 LIKE IT'S DETRIMENTAL TO THE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC WORKS.
01:40:14 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:40:17 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT SUPERVISOR OR DID YOU WANT
01:40:21 TO WEIGH IN ON THAT? >> MR. SCHNEIDER NO.
01:40:22 YEAH. SO IT GOES BOTH WAYS, RIGHT?
01:40:25 THERE'S BEEN TWO APPEALS BUT SO WHILE YOU'RE FIXING A PROBLEM
01:40:29 AT THE SAME TIME IT'S IS THAT REALLY A BIG ISSUE IF IT WERE
01:40:33 TO APPEAL SINCE 2024 THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW ADDITIONAL GOING
01:40:35 BACK FURTHER AND I DEMONSTRATED THE ONE EXAMPLE OF OF A
01:40:42 RELATIVELY RECENT PROLONGED APPEAL PROCESS AND THEIR
01:40:44 PRESENTATION EARLIER AND RESAMPLE.
01:40:47 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
01:40:50 I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE ROSTER OR WITH QUESTIONS OR
01:40:55 COMMENTS AND THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM SUPERVISOR
01:41:02 CHEN TO TAKE AMENDMENTS INTO THIS LEGISLATION ON THE MOTION
01:41:06 OFFERED BY VICE CHAIR CHEN TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED
01:41:10 BY SUPERVISOR DORSEY ON THAT MOTION.
01:41:13 >> VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I'M MAHMOOD MAHMOOD ARE CHAIR
01:41:17 MELGAR I MALKA MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES ON THOSE
01:41:22 AMENDMENTS. >> DID YOU HAVE AMENDMENTS?
01:41:23 SUPERVISOR TORY YEAH. OKAY GO AHEAD.
01:41:26 I'D LIKE TO MOVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE AMENDMENTS I READ INTO
01:41:30 THE RECORD BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL ON THE MOTIONS
01:41:36 TO AMEND ACCEPTING THE AMENDMENTS FROM SUPERVISOR
01:41:41 MAHMOOD VICE-CHAIR TEN TO CHEN I REMEMBER MAHMOOD MAHMOOD AT
01:41:44 YOUR MELGAR I MELGAR MADAM CHAIR THAT MS..
01:41:49 EXCUSE ME MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES OKAY THAT MOTION
01:41:51 PASSES. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION
01:41:54 THAT WE RECOMMEND THE AMENDED LEGISLATION AND AMENDED AS PER
01:42:01 SUPERVISOR CHAN AND SUPERVISOR MAHMUD OUT OF COMMITTEE WITH A
01:42:05 POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD ON THE MOTION
01:42:09 OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT THE ORDINANCE BE RECOMMENDED TO THE
01:42:12 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS AMENDED.
01:42:13 VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I AM MEMBER MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I CHAIR
01:42:17 MELGAR I MELGAR I MADAM SURE THERE ARE THREE EYES THAT
01:42:21 MOTION PASSES THANK YOU. OKAY THANK YOU EVERYONE LET'S
01:42:29 GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE PLEASE MR. CLERK.
01:42:30 >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
01:42:33 LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR LANDMARK NUMBER 307 THE TURK
01:42:36 AND TAYLOR STREETS INTERSECTION TOGETHER WITH DEFINED PORTIONS
01:42:40 OF 121 TAYLOR STREET KNOWN AS THE SITE OF THE COMPTON'S
01:42:41 CAFETERIA RIOT UNDER ARTICLE TEN OF THE PLANNING CODE TO
01:42:45 INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BUILDING AT ONE TWO 1 TO 121 TAYLOR AND TO
01:42:49 EXPAND THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE.
01:42:52 THE ORDINANCE ALSO AFFIRMS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CINCO
01:42:55 DETERMINATION AND MAKES OTHER FINDINGS OKAY.
01:42:59 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD.
01:43:03 >> APPLAUSE THANK YOU, CHAIR. WE HAD HOPED THIS ITEM WOULD BE
01:43:04 READY TO ADVANCE AT THIS POINT. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS STILL
01:43:08 SOME WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
01:43:11 AND ADVOCATES TO BETTER REFLECT THE COMMUNITY'S DESIRE TO SEE A
01:43:15 MORE THOROUGH LANDMARKING ON THE SPACE.
01:43:16 BECAUSE OF THAT I WOULD ASK YOU CHAIR TO VOTE TO CONTINUE THIS
01:43:20 ITEM TO THE CALL THE CHAIR OKAY .
01:43:22 THE SUPERVISOR MAHMUD HAS A REQUEST SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO
01:43:30 CALL THE CHAIR SO I WILL WE HAVE TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON
01:43:33 THIS FIRST AND THEN I WILL MOVE THAT WE DO THAT.
01:43:36 >> SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE.
01:43:37 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
01:43:41 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR
01:43:44 THE SEAT OF THE COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIGHT.
01:43:47 IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD
01:43:48 TO THE LECTERN. >> AND MADAM CHAIR TO PRESERVE
01:43:52 THOSE SPEAKERS. OKAY.
01:43:55 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
01:43:56 MR. CLERK, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE THIS
01:44:00 ITEM TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY CHAIR
01:44:03 MELGAR THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE CONTINUED TO THE CALL THE CHAIR
01:44:07 VICE CHAIR CHIN CHIN I MEMBER MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I CHAIR MELGAR
01:44:10 I MELGAR I MEAN I'M SURE THERE ARE THREE EYES ONCE AGAIN THANK
01:44:15 YOU MR. CLERK ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS OUR AGENDA TODAY
01:44:19 THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS. WE ARE ADJOURNED.
01:44:21 >> THANK YOU