00:00:08 AND WELL DONE. I'M SORRY I'M HAVING TECHNICAL
00:00:12 DIFFICULTIES WITH MY COMPUTER. SORRY
00:01:27 . >> OKAY LET'S JUST GET STARTED
00:01:35 . OKAY.
00:01:35 WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
00:01:39 COMMITTEE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LEADERS
00:01:43 FOR TODAY SEPTEMBER 14 OF 2026 AND I AM JOINED BY MY VICE
00:01:54 CHAIR SUPERVISOR CHEYENNE CHEN AND WE VERY MUCH WELCOME
00:01:58 SUPERVISOR DORSEY REPRESENTING DISTRICT 656 SORRY HERE TO OUR
00:02:09 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMITTEE THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE'RE
00:02:12 THRILLED TO HAVE YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
00:02:16 TO THIS COMMITTEE. >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY
00:02:18 ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES.
00:02:18 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU SILENCE
00:02:21 YOUR CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES YOU'VE
00:02:22 BROUGHT WITH YOU INTO THE CHAMBER TODAY.
00:02:24 IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE INCLUDED IS
00:02:26 ANY OF TODAY AS PART OF ANY OF TODAY'S FILES YOU CAN SUBMIT
00:02:28 THOSE DOCUMENTS DIRECTLY TO ME. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON
00:02:31 EACH ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST
00:02:33 COMES UP AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALLED PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK
00:02:36 ALONG YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS ROOM.
00:02:37 ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING
00:02:40 IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
00:02:41 FIRST YOU MAY EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS TO ME AT G O H
00:02:45 AND PERIOD C A R O L L AT S F G OF YOUR G OR YOU MAY SEND YOUR
00:02:49 WRITTEN COMMENTS VIA US POSTAL SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE IN CITY
00:02:52 HALL. THE ADDRESS IS ONE DR. CARLTON
00:02:55 BE GOOD PLACE ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102 IF
00:03:00 YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS IN WRITING WE WILL FORWARD YOUR
00:03:02 COMMENTS TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE AND ALSO INCLUDE YOUR
00:03:05 COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL FILE ON WHICH YOU ARE
00:03:07 COMMENTING. ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY ARE
00:03:09 EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF
00:03:14 SEPTEMBER 22ND 2026 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
00:03:18 >> OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE.
00:03:22 >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING
00:03:23 CODE TO INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE NUMBER AND SIZE OF SIGNS
00:03:26 IN MIXED USE DISTRICTS ON LOTS OVER ONE HALF ACRE AND IN THE
00:03:30 MIXED USE OFFICE DISTRICT SOUTH OF TOWNSEND STREET.
00:03:34 AFFIRMING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION OR
00:03:35 SEQUEL MAKING FINDINGS OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL
00:03:38 PLAN IN THE EIGHT PRIORITY POLICIES OF PLANNING CODE
00:03:41 SECTION 1 TO 1.1 AND MAKING FINDINGS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY
00:03:42 CONVENIENCE AND WELFARE PURSUANT TO PLANNING CODE
00:03:45 SECTION 302. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR.
00:03:49 CLERK. SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU FOR
00:03:52 INTRODUCING THIS ITEM AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:03:56 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHAIR MELGAR AND I REALLY
00:04:00 APPRECIATE THE WARM WELCOME TO THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
00:04:03 COMMITTEE. AFTER RELATIVELY FREQUENT GUEST
00:04:04 APPEARANCES HERE AT THIS COMMITTEE I LOOK FORWARD TO
00:04:08 BEING A FULL MEMBER. I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE
00:04:11 ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND PROFESSIONALISM BOTH YOU
00:04:15 AND VICE CHAIR CAN BRING TO YOUR ROLES AND I HOPE TO FOLLOW
00:04:16 YOUR EXAMPLE. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU
00:04:21 SCHEDULING THREE ITEMS MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR
00:04:23 TODAY'S MEETING AND EVERYONE HAS MY COMMITMENT THAT NOT ALL
00:04:26 OF OUR MEETINGS WILL INVOLVE ME TALKING AS MUCH AS I PLAN TO
00:04:30 TODAY. FOR ITEM ONE MISSION BAY THIS
00:04:35 IS A DISTRICT SIX NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS VERY MUCH LEADING SAN
00:04:36 FRANCISCO'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY WITH MANY NEW LONG TERM OFFICE
00:04:40 TENANTS, NEW RESTAURANTS AND NEW AMENITIES.
00:04:43 >> MY OFFICE WAS APPROACHED BY A PROPERTY WITH ALL WITH ALL
00:04:47 THREE AT A LARGE SITE ON BARRY STREET FOUR FACING MISSION
00:04:51 CREEK. I ACTUALLY HAVE A PERSONAL
00:04:54 HISTORY WITH THIS BUILDING BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WORKED HERE
00:04:57 FOR TWO YEARS BACK IN 1999 AND 2000 DURING THE.COM ERA
00:05:00 WHEN THE BALLPARK WAS BEING BUILT.
00:05:01 THIS WAS MY STOMPING GROUND FOR A WHILE.
00:05:05 SO TODAY THOUGH WITH THE ESPECIALLY WITH NEARBY MISSION
00:05:08 ROCK FULLY OPENED AND THRIVING, THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF
00:05:12 BUILDING WHOSE ACTIVATION AND ATTRACTION TO RESIDENTS
00:05:15 AND VISITORS AND TENANTS WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING.
00:05:16 MANY OF OUR EXISTING SCIENCE SIGNAGE CONTROLS SIMPLY WEREN'T
00:05:20 BUILT WITH LARGER PARCELS IN MIND AND THAT CREATES A REAL
00:05:24 MISMATCH. A BUILDING OCCUPYING A MAJOR
00:05:27 FOOTPRINT SHOULD HAVE SIGNAGE THAT REFLECTS THE SCALE OF ITS
00:05:31 PRESENCE. MINDFUL OF SOME OF THE IMMINENT
00:05:32 BUSINESSES BUSINESSES OPENING AND THE UNIQUE SIZE AND SCALE
00:05:35 OF THIS PROPERTY. MY OFFICE DECIDED TO PURSUE A
00:05:39 NARROW AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE THIS LARGE MULTI-TENANT SITE
00:05:43 WITH ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE OPTIONS.
00:05:44 THIS LEGISLATION ALIGNS WITH THE GENERAL PLAN POLICIES
00:05:47 SUPPORTING THE RETENTION OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL TENANTS
00:05:50 AND ATTRACTIONS OF NEW ONES. IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT GOOD
00:05:55 SIGNAGE IS PART OF WHAT MAKES A COMMERCIAL AREA WORK.
00:05:58 AS THE STAFF REPORT NOTES, THIS KIND OF SUPPORT MATTERS MOST
00:06:02 IN MIXED USE AREAS STILL WORKING TO ATTRACT TENANTS
00:06:03 AND VISITORS IN OUR POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY.
00:06:06 WHEN BUSINESSES INVEST IN SAN FRANCISCO WE SHOULD INVEST
00:06:07 IN POLICIES THAT HELP THEM AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND
00:06:11 THEM TO SUCCEED TOGETHER. I JUST ATTENDED THE GRAND
00:06:15 OPENING OF THE SITE'S NEW RESTAURANT SERGEANT MALL LAST
00:06:18 WEEK. THEIR VISION FOR AN INCLUSIVE
00:06:19 AND HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCE FOR WORKERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD
00:06:22 RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IS ADMIRABLE AND I AM VERY MUCH
00:06:26 ROOTING FOR THEIR SUCCESS. I WILL SAY I AM GRATEFUL TO THE
00:06:30 PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF FOR WORKING THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY
00:06:32 AS THEY DID TO HELP THESE BUSINESSES AND AT THE BEGINNING
00:06:37 OF THEIR TEN YEARS IN MISSION BAY.
00:06:38 THANKS ALSO TO MADISON TAM FOR MY OFFICE AS WELL AS DAN
00:06:41 SNYDER, VERONICA FLORES AND LISA GLUCKSTEIN FROM THE
00:06:45 PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS AND CHAIR.
00:06:48 >> I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH SUPERVISOR
00:06:52 DORSEY AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE ISSUE.
00:06:56 I HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS ISSUE IN MY OWN DISTRICT AS WELL.
00:06:59 >> BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE TAKING A VERY NARROW APPROACH
00:07:03 FOR THIS. I THINK AS WE ADAPT TO NEW
00:07:07 REALITIES TO CREATE A NEW RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS WE WILL
00:07:12 ALSO ADOPT OUR CODE IN AND EXIST ASSUMPTIONS AROUND
00:07:16 SIGNAGE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE LISA GLUCK
00:07:19 SAME HERE WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT.
00:07:23 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. LISA GLUCKSTEIN PLANNING
00:07:27 DEPARTMENT STAFF HERE ON BEHALF OF VERONICA FLORES.
00:07:31 THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ITEM ON JULY 30TH, 2026
00:07:34 AND UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
00:07:38 >> THAT'S ALL OKAY. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT
00:07:42 ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:07:45 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WHEN I HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:07:47 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT
00:07:49 FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN.
00:07:52 >> AND MADAM CHAIR, IT APPEARS WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS, NO
00:07:53 SPEAKERS. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW
00:07:56 CLOSED. SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU
00:08:00 CHAIR. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO
00:08:01 MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THIS ITEM TO THE FULL BOARD OF
00:08:03 SUPERVISORS WITH OUR POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:08:07 >> OKAY LET'S TAKE ROLL ON THIS ITEM PLACE MOTION OFFERED BY
00:08:10 MEMBER DORSEY THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE RECOMMENDED TO THE
00:08:12 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THAT MOTION.
00:08:15 VICE CHAIR CHIN CHIN I MEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I
00:08:19 MELGAR I AND I'M SURE THERE ARE THREE I'S THANK YOU.
00:08:20 >> THAT MOTION PASSES. >> LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO
00:08:24 PLEASE GENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
00:08:26 PLANNING CODE TO EXEMPT COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL
00:08:30 ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECTS FROM CERTAIN PARKING LIMITS CAR
00:08:33 SHARE OBLIGATIONS, LOADING REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER
00:08:34 DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS. THE ORDINANCE ALSO AFFIRMS THE
00:08:38 PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S SECRET DETERMINATION MAKES FINDINGS OF
00:08:41 CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE PRIORITY POLICIES
00:08:43 OF PLANNING CODE SECTION 121.1 AS WELL AS FINDINGS OF PUBLIC
00:08:45 NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE AND WELFARE UNDER PLANNING CODE
00:08:48 SECTION 302. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN
00:08:51 SUPERVISOR JOYCE THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:08:55 >> THANK YOU CHAIR MILKER SO THIS LEGISLATION BUILDS ON THE
00:08:59 WORK THAT THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS ON UNDERTAKEN
00:09:03 TO MAKE IT EASIER TO CONVERT UNDERUTILIZED OFFICE
00:09:04 AND COMMERCIAL SPACE INTO HOUSING THESE PROJECTS ACHIEVE
00:09:08 OUR GOALS AND ADDRESSING VACANCIES, REVITALIZING
00:09:12 DOWNTOWN AND HOPEFULLY SPEEDING UP HOUSING PRODUCTION.
00:09:15 >> I THINK MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE BUT
00:09:18 ONE ASPECT OF ADAPTIVE REUSE THAT I FIND ESPECIALLY EXCITING
00:09:22 IS THAT IT REALLY GIVES US A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO REIMAGINE
00:09:27 THE STODGY UTILITARIAN 9 TO 5 DOWNTOWNS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
00:09:32 INTO 24 HOUR VIBRANT MIXED USE COMMUNITIES THAT MUCH BETTER
00:09:33 REFLECT WHAT 21ST CENTURY URBANISM CAN BE.
00:09:39 OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE ADOPTED A SUITE OF
00:09:40 POLICIES TO FACILITATE ADAPTIVE REUSE PRIOR PROJECTS THAT
00:09:43 CONVERT UNDERUTILIZED OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL SPACE TO
00:09:47 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. THESE INCLUDE THE ESTABLISHMENT
00:09:50 OF THE PROGRAM IN 2023 IMPACT FEE WAIVERS TRANSFER TAX
00:09:54 AND EXEMPTIONS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN
00:09:58 REVITALIZING REVITALIZATION FINANCING DISTRICT TOGETHER
00:10:02 WITH THE BOARD OVERSEEING IT, I AM GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO SERVE
00:10:06 ON THAT WITH CHAIR SUPERVISOR SAUTER AND VICE CHAIR MAHMOOD
00:10:09 AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ANTONIO TOLENTINO AND CHRISTY
00:10:11 WANG. WE ARE FINALLY STARTING TO SEE
00:10:14 THIS WORK PAY OFF WITH SEVERAL NEW APPLICATIONS FOR ADAPTIVE
00:10:17 REUSE PROJECTS BEING SUBMITTED. >> TODAY'S LEGISLATION
00:10:21 CONTINUES THESE EFFORTS BY ADDRESSING PHYSICAL
00:10:22 AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS LIKE PARKING LOADING FLORIDA
00:10:25 AREA RATIOS, CAR SHARING OBLIGATIONS THAT CAN IMPOSE
00:10:29 SOME REAL CHALLENGE CHALLENGES ON THESE PROJECTS THESE
00:10:33 EXISTING CODE OBLIGATIONS MAY BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE
00:10:36 PHYSICAL LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING BEING CONVERTED AND SATISFYING
00:10:40 THEM CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROJECT PENCILING OUT
00:10:44 AND A PROJECT NEVER HAPPENING. BY ADJUSTING THESE REQUIREMENTS
00:10:45 FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY, THIS LEGISLATION
00:10:49 REMOVES A SMALL BUT VERY IMPORTANT BARRIER TO THESE
00:10:52 KINDS OF PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD MY OFFICE IS IN SUPPORT
00:10:56 OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT FROM
00:10:58 PLANNING AND WE INCORPORATED THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO THE
00:11:00 SUBSTITUTE FILE THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
00:11:04 SO I WANT TO ALSO AGAIN THANK MADISON TAM FROM MY OFFICE
00:11:07 AND THE DEPARTMENT STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS
00:11:08 IN PARTICULAR JACOB JACOB BENTLEY FROM THE OFFICE OF
00:11:12 ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND LILLY LANGLOIS
00:11:15 FROM PLANNING WHO WHO I UNDERSTAND WE WILL HEAR FROM
00:11:19 AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. >> THANK YOU CHAIR MULDER THANK
00:11:20 YOU SO MUCH SUPERVISOR DORSEY I DO THINK THAT THIS IS THE LOW
00:11:26 HANGING FRUIT THAT WE CAN HELP THESE PROJECTS ALONG.
00:11:30 >> LILY IS LILY HERE? OH, YOU'RE GOING TO GO FOR HI
00:11:38 AGAIN. LISA GLUCKSTEIN ON BEHALF OF
00:11:42 LILY LIMA, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ITEM ON
00:11:46 JULY 30TH AND UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED A RECOMMENDATION FOR
00:11:49 APPROVAL WITH MODIFICATIONS THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSED
00:11:53 MODIFICATIONS WERE AS FOLLOWS. FIRST, MODIFY THE LANGUAGE TO
00:11:57 WAIVE THE BIKE PARKING REQUIREMENT ONLY WHERE A
00:11:58 PROJECT DOES NOT PROVIDE ACCESSORY OFF STREET AUTOMOBILE
00:12:01 PARKING. >> SECOND, MODIFY THE LANGUAGE
00:12:04 TO WAIVE THE STREET FRONTAGE REQUIREMENT FOR ANY PROJECT
00:12:08 PROVIDING GROUND FLOOR ACCESSORY OFF STREET PARKING.
00:12:12 >> THREE. >> EXEMPT SECTION 150 THREE OFF
00:12:18 STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH PROJECTS AND FOR THE OFF
00:12:22 STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS IN SECTION 155 AS
00:12:26 SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY EXISTING OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING
00:12:31 THAT IS RECEIVING RETAINED TO SERVE THE NEW RESIDENTIAL USES
00:12:34 AS LONG AS THE PARKING IS LOCATED EITHER WITHIN OR ON THE
00:12:38 SAME LOT AS THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.
00:12:41 THESE AS SUPERVISOR DORSEY MENTIONED THESE RECOMMENDED
00:12:45 MODIFICATIONS WERE ALL INCORPORATED INTO VERSION TWO
00:12:48 OF THE LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU. >> THAT'S ALL.
00:12:49 THANK YOU. AWESOME.
00:12:51 THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS OR
00:12:54 COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON
00:12:56 THIS ITEM PLEASE. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:12:59 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:13:01 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
00:13:03 IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD
00:13:04 TO THE LECTERN AT THIS TIME AND I'LL START YOUR TIME WHEN
00:13:07 YOU'RE THERE. >> THAT AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS
00:13:11 MARK BABSON WITH EMERALD FUND SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING
00:13:15 DEVELOPERS OF MANY THOUSANDS OF UNITS WE CONVERTED 100 OF US
00:13:19 INTO 418 APARTMENTS IN 2015 AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY
00:13:22 HARD WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFFS IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO
00:13:29 CREATE INCENTIVES TO BRING THESE PRODUCTS IN TO FINANCIAL
00:13:32 FEASIBILITY. AND AS WHEN YOU GET INTO THE
00:13:33 NITTY GRITTY OF OF AN EXISTING BUILDING YOU LEARN ABOUT MORE
00:13:37 THINGS LIKE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WAS VERY FORWARD
00:13:40 AND HAVE GREAT VISION AND SORT OF THE PLANNING CODE CHANGES
00:13:44 BUT WE'RE LIKE ACTUALLY WE NEED A FEW MORE.
00:13:46 WE GOT ALL THIS PARKING AND THIS AND THAT AND SO
00:13:47 AND THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH AND WE SUPPORT THESE
00:13:54 THESE MODIFICATIONS THE LEGISLATION THAT WILL ALLOW AT
00:13:58 LEAST ONE PROJECT TO GO FORWARD I'M SURE MANY OTHERS AS WELL.
00:13:59 SO AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT FOR THESE PROGRAMS.
00:14:05 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:14:06 DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM
00:14:09 NUMBER TWO MADAM CHAIR OKAY. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IT'S NOW
00:14:13 CLOSED. >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU
00:14:14 CHAIR MILKER AND AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
00:14:17 SEND THIS ITEM TO THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH OUR
00:14:20 POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. >> SO IN THE MOTION OFFERED BY
00:14:22 MEMBER DORSEY THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE RECOMMENDED TO THE
00:14:25 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VICE CHAIR CHIN CHIN I REMEMBER DORSEY
00:14:29 DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I MET HIM THROUGH THEIR THREE
00:14:33 EYES THAT MOTION PASSES THANK YOU.
00:14:34 >> LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE
00:14:38 IS AN ORDINANCE TAKING VARIOUS ACTIONS RELATED TO THE TRANSBAY
00:14:43 UNDER RENT PARK PROJECT INCLUDING AFFIRMING THE
00:14:45 DETERMINATION OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
00:14:49 IN INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
00:14:52 QUALITY ACT RELATED TO THE ACTIONS OF THE ORDINANCE
00:14:53 ORDERING THE SUMMARY STREET VACATION OF A PORTION OF OSCAR
00:14:56 ALLEY BOUNDED BY TEHAMA CLEMENTINA FIRST AND SECOND
00:15:00 STREETS AND UNDER THE BUS RAMP FOR THE TRANSBAY TRANSIT CENTER
00:15:03 FINDING THE STREET VACATION AREA IS NOT NECESSARY FOR THE
00:15:07 CITY'S USE AND IS EXEMPT SURPLUS PROPERTY UNDER THE
00:15:10 CALIFORNIA SURPLUS LANDS ACT CLAIMING THE CITY'S INTEREST
00:15:14 IN THE STREET VACATION AREA TO THE TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS
00:15:15 AUTHORITY FOR A NOMINAL FEE WAIVING THE APPRAISAL
00:15:19 REQUIREMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CHAPTER 23 IN CONNECTION
00:15:22 WITH THE CONVEYANCE OF THE STREET VACATION AREA AMENDING
00:15:25 ORDINANCE NUMBER 1061 ENTITLED REGULATING THE WIDTH OF
00:15:30 SIDEWALKS TO NARROW THE SIDEWALK WIDTHS ON FOLSOM
00:15:32 STREET BETWEEN ESSEX AND SECOND STREETS AND ON CLEMENTINA
00:15:35 STREET BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND STREET MAKING FINDINGS OF
00:15:38 CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE PARTY POLICIES
00:15:42 AND PLANNING CODE SECTION 11.1 FOR THE STREET VACATION
00:15:45 AND SIDEWALK WIDTH CHANGES EXCEPTING A PUBLIC SIDEWALK
00:15:49 EASEMENT GRANT EXCUSE ME GRANTED BY THE JPA FOR AN AREA
00:15:52 ADJACENT TO THE CLEMENTINA SIDEWALK NARROWING TO ALLOW FOR
00:15:56 CONTINUATION OF THE PATH OF TRAVEL EXCEPTING IRREVOCABLE
00:16:00 OFFERS OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL INFRASTRUCTURE
00:16:02 AT THE INTERSECTION OF FIRST AND CLEMENTINA ACCEPTING THE
00:16:05 INFRASTRUCTURE AS A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FOR CITY
00:16:09 MAINTENANCE AND LIABILITY PURPOSES AND AUTHORIZING
00:16:12 OFFICIAL ACTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORDINANCE TO BE TAKEN
00:16:13 BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND OTHER SAN FRANCISCO
00:16:17 OFFICIALS. >> THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
00:16:20 >> IT'S DISTRICT SIX DAY OF THE LADY SAID TRANSPORTATION
00:16:24 COMMITTEE SUPERVISOR DORSEY THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:16:26 >> THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIR MULDER.
00:16:29 SO MY OFFICE IS SPONSORING THIS ITEM ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC WORKS
00:16:33 OR C I AND THE JPA IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF
00:16:37 AN INCREDIBLE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITY THE UNDER RAMP EAST CUT
00:16:41 SPORTS AND DOG PARK THIS PARK IS A ROUGHLY TWO AND A HALF
00:16:45 ACRE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE PLANNED BENEATH AND AROUND THE ELEVATED
00:16:49 BUS RAMP CONNECTING THE SALESFORCE TRANSIT CENTER TO
00:16:52 I-80 SPANNING THE BLOCKS BETWEEN THE TRANSIT CENTER
00:16:56 AND FOLSOM STREET AND LINKING THE EAST CUT TO THE REST OF
00:16:57 SOMA THE PARK IS A LONG PLANNED PUBLIC AMENITY IDENTIFIED
00:17:01 IN MULTIPLE CITY APPROVED FRAMEWORKS AS ESSENTIAL TO THE
00:17:04 NEIGHBORHOOD'S OPEN SPACE NETWORK.
00:17:08 >> AS DESIGNED, THE PARK WILL INCLUDE MULTI-SPORT COURTS FOR
00:17:11 PICKLEBALL, BASKETBALL, SOCCER AND A ROUGHLY 20,000 SQUARE
00:17:14 FOOT DOG PARK TOGETHER WITH A PAVILION AND AMPHITHEATER WITH
00:17:18 RETAIL SPACE ALONG WITH A LAWN OUTDOOR FITNESS AREA, BEER
00:17:22 GARDEN AND CYCLE TRACK IT WILL BE OPERATED, MAINTAINED
00:17:26 AND PROGRAMED BY THE EAST CUTS CBD.
00:17:30 THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF HIGH QUALITY ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC
00:17:31 SPACE THAT THIS GROWING MIXED INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS
00:17:34 AND AS A DOG DAD OF TWO I'M PERSONALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
00:17:37 HAVING THIS INCREDIBLE NEW PARK AS A AS A NEW DOG PLAYING
00:17:40 OPTION. >> THIS ITEM DOES REQUIRE SOME
00:17:45 MINOR BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND LEGALLY SUBSTANTIVE
00:17:48 AMENDMENTS AFTER THE STAFF PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
00:17:51 I WOULD BRIEFLY I CAN BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THOSE AMENDMENTS
00:17:53 AND MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO THE SEPTEMBER 21ST
00:17:56 COMMITTEE MEETING. AT THAT MEETING WE'LL BE ABLE
00:17:59 TO PASS IT OUT HOPEFULLY TO THE FULL BOARD.
00:18:01 SO THANK YOU AGAIN CHAIR MELGAR AND WE'LL BE BACK TO HAND IT
00:18:04 AFTER STAFF PRESENTATIONS. >> GREAT.
00:18:07 HI MR. HENNESSEY. I DO.
00:18:11 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CARLA HENNESSEY
00:18:12 PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT MANAGER AND SCREAM PLEASE.
00:18:14 >> THERE WE GO. AND AS SUPERVISOR DARCY
00:18:18 ELOQUENTLY COVERED HE'S COVERED ALL MY FIRST BEEN HERE TALKING
00:18:22 ABOUT THE THE UNDERARM PARK AND THE BENEFIT OF US.
00:18:26 >> SO I WILL JUST BRIEFLY JUMP INTO EXACT ACTIONS WE ARE
00:18:30 REQUESTING OF THE BOARD HERE TODAY WHICH IS SEEKING THE
00:18:33 BOARD'S APPROVAL APPROVAL FOR VACATING OSCAR ALLEY.
00:18:38 CHANGES TO SOME OF THE SIDEWALK WITH ACCEPTING A PUBLIC
00:18:41 EASEMENT FROM TGP AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRAFFIC
00:18:43 SIGNAL INFRASTRUCTURE. >> OSCAR ALLEY IS A SMALL PAPER
00:18:48 SERIES DOES IT IS RIGHT ABOVE IT IS A TRANSBAY BUS OFF RAMP.
00:18:55 >> SO SEVERAL YEARS AGO THIS BOARD TOOK ACTION TO VACATE THE
00:18:59 AIR SPACE RIGHTS JUST FOR THE RAMP TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
00:19:02 EARLIER THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM TGP REQUESTING
00:19:07 FURTHER VACATION UP THE STREET TO SUPPORT THE UNDERGROUND
00:19:11 POWER PROJECT TWO SECTION OF ROADWAY OUR PAPER STREETS WOULD
00:19:15 BE CONVERTED INTO A BIKE PARK BUT ALSO WILL HAVE ACCESS TO
00:19:16 MANY IMMUNITIES THAT THE SUPERVISOR HAS HAS MENTIONED
00:19:20 SUCH AS A CONCESSION STAND DOG RUN PARK AND MANY OTHER
00:19:23 AMENITIES. >> PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DID
00:19:26 REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND DEEMED THE PROPERTY NOT
00:19:27 NECESSARY FOR CITY USE NOR ARE THERE ANY UTILITIES WITHIN THIS
00:19:31 AREA. THE DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY HAS
00:19:34 ALSO REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE
00:19:38 BOARD HAS REQUESTED THAT ITS BOARD RECOMMEND A WAIVER OF
00:19:41 CHAPTER 23 OF THE ADMIN CODE AND TO CONVEY THE PROPERTY FOR
00:19:42 A NOMINAL FEE TO TGP THE SECONDARY ITEM THAT WE ARE
00:19:51 REQUESTING IS A CHANGE IN THE SIDEWALK AS SEEN ON THE SCREEN
00:19:53 HERE THERE IS A WE'RE LOOKING TO NARROW THE SIDEWALK SO
00:19:59 THERE'S A PASSENGER LOADING ZONE THAT WOULD BE ADA
00:20:03 ACCESSIBLE CAN FULLY PULL IN OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC.
00:20:06 THIS AREA WILL HAVE BORROWED BOATS TO PROTECT VEHICLES ON
00:20:10 THAT AREA AS WELL AS SOME ADA CAR RAMPS FOR PEOPLE WHO WITH
00:20:14 DISABILITIES MAY HAVE ACCESS ONTO THE SIDEWALK RECOGNIZING
00:20:15 OF COURSE WE STILL NEED TO HAVE A PEDESTRIAN PATH TO TRAVEL
00:20:19 PEDESTRIAN AS WELL AS IF WALKED EAST, EAST, WEST, EASTBOUND OR
00:20:25 WESTBOUND WILL WALK INTO THE TGP AREA.
00:20:26 THE AREA IN PINK IS ACTUALLY THE T JPA PROPERTY WHILE THE
00:20:30 AREA IN BLUE IS PROPERTY OWNED BY CALTRANS.
00:20:33 >> WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH CALTRANS TO RECEIVE AN
00:20:38 ENCROACHMENT FOR THE AREA AND IN THE TGP AREA WE ARE
00:20:41 CONSTANTLY HAVING CONTINUAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE EASEMENTS
00:20:45 IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA HERE TODAY AND BOTH PARTIES ARE ON
00:20:47 BOARD WITH THE IDEA OF MAKING THIS A SUCCESS.
00:20:53 >> THE SECONDARY CHANGE THAT WE'RE MAKING IS FOR FOLSOM
00:20:56 STREETS WHICH THIS IS TO FACILITATE THE NORTHBOUND BIKE
00:20:57 MOVEMENT. SO IF YOU'RE AN EASTBOUND
00:21:00 BICYCLIST GOING TOWARDS THE WATER IN ORDER TO GO INTO THE
00:21:04 PARK YOU HAVE TO MAKE A LEFT TURN BECAUSE THE BIKE LANE IS
00:21:07 ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE STREET YOU HAVE TO MAKE A LEFT
00:21:09 TURN. SO TO ACCOMMODATE THIS MOVE
00:21:11 AND WE'RE CUTTING BACK TO THE SIDEWALK TO CREATE A LITTLE
00:21:15 WHAT'S KNOWN AS A JOG HANDLE SO THE BIKES WILL THEN PARK THEIR
00:21:19 BIKES, POINT THEM NORTH AND THEN AS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL
00:21:22 CHANGES FOLLOWED THE PATH NORTHWARDS INTO THE POCKETS OF
00:21:29 NEXT ITEM IS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:21:33 SO AT THE END OF THE SCENE A STREET AT FOURTH STREETS THIS
00:21:35 TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS TO FACILITATE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT ACROSS THE
00:21:38 STREET AS SO MTA HAVE WILL ASSUME OPERATION MAINTENANCE OF
00:21:44 THIS INFRASTRUCTURE ONCE IT'S ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD.
00:21:45 >> SO WHY DOES OKAY. >> AND LASTLY JUST TO SUMMARIZE
00:21:51 OUR ASK HERE TODAY AGAIN AND IT'S BECAUSE I OF DARCY HAS
00:21:56 MENTIONED WE HAVE CONTINUED HAD CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS
00:21:59 IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH TGP SINCE WE INTRODUCED WHICH HAS
00:22:00 PROMPTED SOME ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THE
00:22:04 LANGUAGE TO THE ORDINANCE TREMENDOUS BUT IT DOESN'T
00:22:08 CHANGE THE OVERALL CONCEPT WHICH IS WE'RE REQUESTING THAT
00:22:12 OSCAR ALLEY BE VACATED AND CONVEYED TO TGP THE
00:22:15 SIDEWALK THAT THE BOARD WOULD APPROVE CHANGES TO THE SIDEWALK
00:22:16 WITH ACCEPTABLE PUBLIC EASEMENT FROM TGP AS WELL AS A NEW
00:22:20 TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND I AM ALSO JOINED HERE TODAY WITH MEMBERS
00:22:24 OF STAFF FROM OCI AND OTHER PROJECT MANAGERS WITHIN PUBLIC
00:22:28 WORKS NCO TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
00:22:34 >> THANK YOU. OKAY.
00:22:34 THANK YOU. MR. HENNESSY.
00:22:35 I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THIS IS PRETTY
00:22:39 STRAIGHTFORWARD AND AND I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING IT AND DO YOU
00:22:42 WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? >> I THINK MY VISOR WOULD SAY
00:22:47 THANK YOU, MR. HENNESSY. I THINK YOU'VE ADEQUATELY I'LL
00:22:50 LOOK TO THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
00:22:51 I THINK WE HAVE AT IT HE HAS ADEQUATELY DESCRIBED THE
00:22:54 AMENDMENTS INTO THE RECORD. >> OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES MY
00:23:01 REMARKS ON OKAY GREAT. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT
00:23:02 AND THEN YOU KNOW YOU CAN WRITE.
00:23:05 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:23:06 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:23:09 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC
00:23:11 COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD NOW.
00:23:13 AND MADAM CHAIR, BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO SPEAKERS, PUBLIC
00:23:16 COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU
00:23:20 AGAIN CHAIR MILLER. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO
00:23:21 MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE LEGISLATION AS DESCRIBED AND AS
00:23:25 CIRCULATED IN THE REVISED LEGISLATION AND CONTINUE THIS
00:23:29 ITEM TO THE SEPTEMBER 21ST MEETING OF THE LAND USE
00:23:32 AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. >> OKAY.
00:23:35 TWO MOTIONS BOTH OFFERED BY MEMBER DORSEY THE FIRST THAT
00:23:38 THE ORDINANCE BE AMENDED, THE SECOND THAT THE ORDINANCE THEN
00:23:40 BE CONTINUED AS AMENDED TO SEPTEMBER 21ST.
00:23:42 ON THOSE MOTIONS, VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I REMEMBER DORSEY.
00:23:46 ALL RIGHT. DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR
00:23:49 I MEAN I'M SURE THERE ARE THREE EYES FOR EACH MOTION.
00:23:51 OKAY. >> THAT MOTION PASSES.
00:23:53 MR. CLERK DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR AGENDA?
00:23:56 >> THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
00:23:57 WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU