00:00:06 AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THIS MEETING WILL COME TO
00:00:11 ORDER. WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER 28TH,
00:00:14 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
00:00:15 COMMITTEE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:00:18 >> I AM SUPERVISOR MIRANDA MELGAR, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
00:00:22 JOINED BY VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR CHEYENNE CHEN AND SUPERVISOR
00:00:25 MATT DORSEY. THE COMMITTEE CLERK TODAY IS
00:00:26 JOHN CARROLL. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
00:00:31 ACKNOWLEDGE SUSAN INNES FROM TV FOR STAFFING THIS MEETING.
00:00:37 >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
00:00:38 YES, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU SILENCED
00:00:42 YOUR CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES YOU BROUGHT
00:00:43 WITH YOU INTO THE CHAMBER TODAY.
00:00:45 IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF ANY OF
00:00:46 TODAY'S FILES YOU CAN SUBMIT THOSE DOCUMENTS DIRECTLY TO ME.
00:00:49 >> PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON EACH ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
00:00:52 WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS
00:00:56 CALLED PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ALONG YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF
00:00:57 THIS ROOM. ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT
00:01:00 PUBLIC COMMENTS IN WRITING IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING
00:01:02 WAYS. FIRST YOU MAY EMAIL YOUR
00:01:04 COMMENTS TO ME AT J O H N PERIOD C PAYROLL L AT SFD OF
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00:01:12 SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE IN CITY HALL.
00:01:15 THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS ROOM 244 AND CITY HALL'S ADDRESS IS ONE
00:01:20 DR. CARLTON B GOOD PLACE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102.
00:01:23 IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS IN WRITING I WILL FORWARD YOUR
00:01:27 COMMENTS TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE AND ALSO INCLUDE YOUR
00:01:28 COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL FILE ON WHICH YOU ARE
00:01:31 COMMENTING. >> ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ARE
00:01:32 EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF
00:01:37 OCTOBER 6TH 2026 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
00:01:38 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. CLERK. PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE.
00:01:44 >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE
00:01:47 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO APPROVE THE INSTALLATION OF A
00:01:49 COMMEMORATIVE STREET PLAQUE TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF MARK
00:01:52 BITTNER, A SAN FRANCISCO ICON REMEMBERED FOR CHAMPIONING THE
00:01:53 WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL. PROVIDED THAT THE INSTALLATION
00:01:59 SHALL BE APPROVED FOLLOWING THE ARTS COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF
00:02:01 THE COMMEMORATIVE STREET PLAQUE DESIGN AND THE DIRECTORS REVIEW
00:02:04 OF ALL CORRESPONDING PERMIT APPLICATION MATERIALS AND THE
00:02:07 COMMEMORATIVE STREET PLAQUE SHALL BE INSTALLED ON THE
00:02:09 PUBLIC WORKS RETAINING WALL THAT IS PART OF THE GREENWICH
00:02:12 STREET STAIRWAY ADJACENT TO 241 GREENWICH.
00:02:14 THIS ITEM IS ON OUR AGENDA AS A POTENTIAL COMMITTEE REPORT
00:02:18 AND MAY BE SENT FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD OF
00:02:19 SUPERVISORS TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2026.
00:02:22 >> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A SPECIAL
00:02:26 ITEM. >> MARK BITTNER WAS THE LOCAL
00:02:30 TREASURER WHO IS BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS LOVE
00:02:34 AND DEDICATION TO THE PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL.
00:02:37 HE WAS A WRITER, MUSICIAN FRIEND, BROTHER AND COMMUNITY
00:02:42 BUILDER AND A LOVER OF NATURE. WE LOST MARK EARLIER THIS YEAR
00:02:46 AS YOU MAY REMEMBER. HIS LOVED ONES ARE
00:02:50 COMMEMORATING HIM THROUGH A PLAQUE THAT WILL BE PLACED ON
00:02:53 THE WALL NEXT TO THE GREENWICH STREET STAIRWAY CLOSE TO HIS
00:02:57 LONGTIME HOME AT 241 GREENWICH WHERE HE WROTE HIS MEMOIR AT
00:03:01 THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL AND WHERE THE DOCUMENTARY
00:03:05 BY JUDY IRVING FEATURING HIM WAS ALSO FILMED.
00:03:09 >> I GOT TO KNOW MARK THROUGH THE NAMING PROCESS OR THE
00:03:13 PROCESS OF DECIDING THAT THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL
00:03:17 WOULD BE OUR OFFICIAL ANIMAL IN SAN FRANCISCO A CONTEST THAT
00:03:21 WE HELD ON THE CHRONICLE WHERE PEOPLE VOTED THAT HE DID
00:03:29 CONVERSATIONS AND CAMARADERIE WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN ALL
00:03:32 PUSHING FOR A DIFFERENT ANIMAL WHERE THE WILD PARROTS FINALLY
00:03:37 WON OUT. YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THAT IT IS
00:03:41 SOME OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO THAT WE SUPPORT
00:03:44 THESE WILD CRITTERS WHO ARE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
00:03:48 >> VERY GAY AND COLORED AND YOU KNOW, HAVE MADE THIS FOGGY
00:03:55 CLIMATE THEIR HOME BEING TROPICAL BIRDS.
00:03:59 MARK SAW HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY WERE AND DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO
00:04:06 SUPPORTING THEM AND YOU KNOW, HELPING THEM THRIVE.
00:04:09 THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS
00:04:13 PLAQUE. >> I CAN THINK OF NO BETTER WAY
00:04:15 TO SHARE THE REMARKABLE STORY OF MARK IN EVERYTHING HE
00:04:18 REPRESENTED WHO REMINDED EVERYONE AROUND HIM TO LIVE
00:04:23 WITH A SENSE OF WONDER BOTH IN OUR CITY AND IN THE NATURAL
00:04:26 WORLD. >> IN 20 23 MARK WAS SO
00:04:29 THRILLED WHEN THE PARENTS WERE CHOSEN AS THE OFFICIAL ANIMAL
00:04:34 OF SAN FRANCISCO. I WANT TO READ A SHORT MESSAGE
00:04:38 FROM JUDY IRVING WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY BUT IS LEADING
00:04:41 THE EFFORT. THE COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE AS THE
00:04:45 OFFICIAL ANIMAL OF SAN FRANCISCO THE WILD PARROTS
00:04:48 SHARE MANY QUALITIES WITH THE CITY'S HUMAN INHABITANT THEIR
00:04:50 FEISTY, COLORFUL AND ARGUMENTATIVE.
00:04:53 >> MOST OF US ARE IMMIGRANTS. MARK BITTNER PAID SUCH A CLOSE
00:04:57 ATTENTION TO THE WILD PARROT FLOCK THAT THEY BECAME WORLD
00:05:01 FAMOUS IN THIS PLAQUE HONORS HIS MEMORY.
00:05:05 >> SHE'S GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD AND IF
00:05:08 THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WE CAN TAKE PUBLIC
00:05:10 COMMENT. >> BUT I SEE SUPERVISOR DORSEY
00:05:12 WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. >> SURE.
00:05:16 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY AS A AS A MARINE MAMMAL PARTIZAN IN THAT
00:05:19 CONTEST AND TO SHOW THAT THERE'S NO HARD FEELINGS I
00:05:23 ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVED ABOUT THAT CONTEST WAS
00:05:26 YOU KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN WE DON'T DO THINGS THAT ARE REALLY
00:05:30 NUMBER ONE ISSUES WE CAN BE CRITICIZED AS A BOARD OF
00:05:31 SUPERVISORS BUT I REALLY I LOVE THAT AS A CITY WE CELEBRATE THE
00:05:35 THINGS THAT ARE WORTH CELEBRATING AND THIS IS ONE OF
00:05:38 THEM. SO I'D LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A
00:05:39 CO-SPONSOR. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK
00:05:41 WE CAN ALL FEEL GOOD ABOUT. >> THANK YOU.
00:05:42 SUPERVISOR DORSEY. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT
00:05:45 ON THIS, MR. CLERK. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:05:48 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:05:50 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE FROM
00:05:53 MARK BITTNER ON THE GREENWICH STEPS.
00:05:54 IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD
00:05:57 TO THE LECTERN. >> AND MADAM CHAIR, TO PRESERVE
00:06:00 THOSE SPEAKERS. >> OKAY.
00:06:01 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION
00:06:04 THAT WE SEND THIS WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION OUT OF
00:06:07 COMMITTEE AS A COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY THE
00:06:11 CHAIR THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE RECOMMENDED AS A COMMITTEE
00:06:15 REPORT. VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I'M MEMBER
00:06:16 DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I MEAN I'M SURE THERE
00:06:22 ARE THREE EYES THANK YOU THAT MOTION PASSES.
00:06:23 >> LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO PLEASE.
00:06:26 >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
00:06:29 ENVIRONMENT CODE TO UPDATE AND STRENGTHEN THE GREEN
00:06:31 BUILDING REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR RENOVATION
00:06:33 AND TENANT IMPROVEMENT OF CITY BUILDINGS AND AFFIRMING THE
00:06:37 PLANNING DEPARTMENT SECRET DETERMINATION.
00:06:38 >> OKAY I SEE GRACE HUANG HERE FROM SUPERVISOR THIS OFFICE
00:06:42 AND WE ALSO HAVE NICK FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
00:06:49 SO GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
00:06:50 THANK YOU. CHAIR MILK OUR GOOD AFTERNOON
00:06:53 CHAIR MILK OUR VICE CHAIR CHEN AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY AS CHAIR
00:06:57 MELGAR SAID MY NAME IS RUTH HUANG AND I'M HERE TODAY ON
00:07:00 BEHALF OF PRESIDENT MITTLEMAN. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS AN
00:07:02 ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PROVIDE SOME UPDATES TO CHAPTER SEVEN
00:07:05 OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ENVIRONMENT CODE WHICH CODIFIES
00:07:08 CITY MUNICIPAL GREEN BUILDING REQUIREMENTS.
00:07:09 THESE UPDATES WILL PROVIDE CLEAR GUIDANCE TO CITY
00:07:13 DEPARTMENTS REGARDING THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
00:07:16 AND RENOVATION OF CITY BUILDINGS AND ADVANCED BUILDING
00:07:18 SECTOR CLIMATE GOALS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
00:07:20 >> THEY ALSO STREAMLINE EXISTING REQUIREMENTS AND ALIGN
00:07:22 THEM WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS, REGULATIONS AND THE CITY'S 2026
00:07:25 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. >> EXAMPLES OF THESE CHANGES
00:07:28 INCLUDE SIMPLIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR
00:07:31 CERTAIN LIMITED SCOPE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS,
00:07:33 CLARIFICATION AROUND BIODIVERSITY SUBMITTAL
00:07:36 GUIDELINES AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE LATEST LEED FIVE RATING
00:07:38 SYSTEM. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AT THE
00:07:39 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING CINDY FOR NICK
00:07:43 KARSNER. BARRY HOOPER I WAS HER
00:07:46 AND CHARLES SHEEHAN FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS ORDINANCE.
00:07:47 I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK ROB COPPOLA FROM THE CITY
00:07:50 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR HIS HELP IN DRAFTING THIS LEGISLATION.
00:07:53 >> WITH US TODAY WE HAVE NICK KARSNER SENIOR BUILDING
00:07:55 DECARBONIZATION CORNER COORDINATOR AT THE DEPARTMENT
00:07:58 OF ENVIRONMENT WHO WILL GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO STAFF
00:08:02 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT ARE ALSO AVAILABLE
00:08:03 TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
00:08:06 I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN RECOMMENDING THIS
00:08:10 ORDINANCE AND WITH THAT I'LL GIVE THE FLOOR TO NICK.
00:08:11 >> OKAY. WE DO HAVE SOMETHING FROM
00:08:13 SUPERVISOR CHEN. I'M SORRY.
00:08:14 PRESENTATION? >> YES.
00:08:18 OKAY. WE'LL PLAY THAT AFTER THE
00:08:19 PRESENTATION. SO STICK AROUND.
00:08:21 >> OKAY. WE HAVE NICK.
00:08:22 THANK YOU. >> HELLO, CHAIR MELGAR.
00:08:25 NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN AFTER I THINK WE TOOK TRANSIT TO THE
00:08:29 LOWER BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT TOGETHER.
00:08:30 HELLO, SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS AN ORCHESTRA.
00:08:33 I'M THE SENIOR BUILDING DECARBONIZATION COORDINATOR
00:08:34 AND I'M EXCITED AND THANKFUL TO BOTH FROM EDELMAN FOR ALLOWING
00:08:37 US TO UPDATE CHAPTER SEVEN. >> I WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE
00:08:41 BIT OF CONTEXT FIRST, IF WE LOOK AT THE CITY'S CLIMATE
00:08:45 EMISSIONS, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR MUNICIPAL EMISSIONS BARELY ADD
00:08:48 UP TO 5% WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A SMALL SLICE OF THE PIE.
00:08:52 BUT I WANT TO REMIND ALL OF US THAT IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
00:08:54 FOR THE CITY TO BE A ROLE MODEL FOR PRIVATE CITIZENS
00:08:56 AND BUSINESSES IN THE IN SAN FRANCISCO TO TAKE STEPS TO
00:09:00 REDUCE OUR CLIMATE FOOTPRINT. SO IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
00:09:03 THAT WE KEEP OUR REGULATIONS UP TO DATE AND AT THE CURRENT
00:09:07 LEVEL OF AMBITION IF WE DO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO OUR
00:09:12 MUNICIPAL EMISSIONS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY
00:09:16 OF THOSE EMISSIONS SHOWN IN ORANGE COME FROM THE
00:09:19 BUILDING SECTOR AND ONLY A SMALL PORTION FROM OUR FLEET.
00:09:20 NOW THANKFULLY OUR MUNICIPAL BUILDING EMISSIONS HAVE GONE
00:09:23 DOWN BY 4% BETWEEN 2022 AND 2024 BUT THERE'S STILL
00:09:27 PLENTY OF WORK TO DO AND IF WE DIG EVEN DEEPER INTO THE
00:09:31 BUILDINGS SECTOR YOU'LL SEE THAT THE AIRPORT IS A LARGE
00:09:35 PART OF OUR BUILDING EMISSIONS FOLLOWED BY HOSPITALS AND THEN
00:09:38 SCHOOLS. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
00:09:42 TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN PARTICULAR DEPARTMENTS BUT
00:09:45 OVERALL THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO ACROSS THE CITY'S
00:09:49 PORTFOLIO AND THE WAY THAT WE ENSURE THAT WE MAKE
00:09:53 IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE PORTFOLIO IS THROUGH THE
00:09:56 MUNICIPAL GREEN BUILDING REQUIREMENTS.
00:09:57 AND WHILE THEY DO TOUCH CLIMATE EMISSIONS THEY ALSO TOUCH A
00:10:01 BUNCH OF OTHER TOPICS INCLUDING WHICH GREEN RATING SYSTEMS
00:10:05 APPLY TO OUR BUILDINGS ENERGY AND WATER CONSERVATION, ZERO
00:10:08 WASTE MANDATES, BIODIVERSITY GUIDELINES AND FACTORS THAT
00:10:12 AFFECT HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
00:10:16 >> NOW SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT IN 2023 WE HAD OUR LAST
00:10:20 UPDATE OF CHAPTER SEVEN. THAT ONE WAS MUCH BIGGER
00:10:23 IN SCALE AND IMPACT AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE THREE OF THE BIG
00:10:25 FEATURES THAT WERE UPDATED BACK THEN.
00:10:28 MOST IMPORTANTLY WE INTRODUCED A TIME OF REPLACEMENT
00:10:30 REQUIREMENT FOR ELECT FOR RETROFITS IN THE CITY'S
00:10:34 BUILDING STOCK. SO THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE
00:10:37 AIR DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY DEBATING FOR WATER HEATERS
00:10:38 AND FURNACES. WE DECIDE TO APPLY THAT TO OUR
00:10:41 MUNICIPAL BUILDING STOCK EARLY AGAIN TO SERVE THAT ROLE MODEL
00:10:44 FUNCTION. SECONDLY, WE ADDED SOME
00:10:46 RESILIENCE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEMS WILL
00:10:49 NOW BE REQUIRED AS PART OF PARTICULAR CITY PROJECTS TO THE
00:10:53 EXTENT THAT THEY HAVE A RESILIENCE COMPONENT.
00:10:57 AND FINALLY WE INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT OF LIFECYCLE ASSESSMENT
00:11:01 SO THAT WE CAPTURE NOT JUST THE EMISSIONS OF OPERATING A
00:11:04 BUILDING BUT ALSO THE EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MATERIALS
00:11:05 THAT WE CHOOSE FOR THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING.
00:11:11 >> THE 20 26 UPDATE IS MUCH SMALLER IN SCALE.
00:11:13 WE'RE FOCUSING ON STREAMLINING AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.
00:11:16 ONE MIGHT CALL IT HOUSEKEEPING .
00:11:19 SO WE WANT TO STREAMLINE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT THEY
00:11:20 REALLY SERVE THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING GREEN BUILDING IN THE
00:11:23 CITY. AND WE WANT TO UPDATE SOME CODE
00:11:24 REFERENCES THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE UPDATED
00:11:27 CHAPTER SEVEN. >> AND I'LL GO INTO A BIT OF
00:11:31 DETAIL ON EACH. AND THAT WILL BE IT IN TERMS OF
00:11:34 STREAMLINING THE THE MUNICIPAL GREEN BUILDING TASK FORCE.
00:11:37 DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES REPORTED THAT FOR SMALL
00:11:41 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THEY DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO BE
00:11:43 FILLING OUT THE SAME PAPERWORK AS FOR LARGER CONSTRUCTION
00:11:46 PROJECTS BUT THAT OUR LOCAL REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS UPDATES
00:11:50 TO TITLE 24 IN CALIFORNIA MEAN THAT EVEN THE SMALLEST PROJECTS
00:11:53 ARE ALREADY OPERATING AT A VERY HIGH SUSTAINABILITY LEVEL.
00:11:57 SO AS PART OF THIS UPDATE WE'VE REMOVED REDUNDANCIES
00:12:00 AND REPORTING THAT DOESN'T SERVE THE FUNCTION OF ACTUALLY
00:12:04 INCREASING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR PROJECTS.
00:12:05 >> SECONDLY, WE'VE CLARIFIED THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE BARRED
00:12:08 FROM MEETING THE BIODIVERSITY GUIDELINES.
00:12:11 SPECIFICALLY THAT MEANS THAT OUR PROJECTS WILL NOW BE
00:12:13 REPORTING THEIR PLANT LISTS TO S.F. ENVIRONMENT SO WE CAN MAKE
00:12:16 SURE THAT THOSE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AS OUTLINED.
00:12:19 AND FINALLY WE REALIZED THAT THE BASIC SUSTAINABILITY
00:12:23 REQUIREMENTS THE BUILDING CODE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE STATE
00:12:24 ALREADY APPLY TO TEMPORARY BUILDINGS AND IT DIDN'T MAKE
00:12:27 SENSE TO ADD ANOTHER LEVEL OF REPORTING FOR BUILDINGS THAT
00:12:31 ARE ONLY USED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
00:12:32 FOR EXAMPLE IS FLEX SPACE AND THEN REMOVED AFTER
00:12:35 CONSTRUCTION IS OVER. >> IN TERMS OF THE HOUSEKEEPING
00:12:39 WE'VE UPDATED THE LEAD RATING SYSTEM FROM LEED 4.1 WHICH WILL
00:12:43 BE PHASED OUT NEXT JULY TO LEAD 5.0 WHICH WILL BE APPLIED
00:12:47 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE'VE ALSO UPDATED SOME
00:12:50 LANGUAGE AROUND THE MUNICIPAL NATURAL GAS EQUIPMENT INVENTORY
00:12:54 WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT THAT MAPS ALL GAS EQUIPMENT
00:12:57 IN THE CITY'S BUILDING STOCK. AND ACCORDING TO THE LAST
00:13:01 UPDATE THAT WAS GOING TO BE A ONE TIME EFFORT AND WE'VE SINCE
00:13:05 REALIZED IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT INVENTORY UP TO DATE.
00:13:08 AND WE'VE MADE THE ACCORDING CHANGES IN THE LANGUAGE OF
00:13:11 CHAPTER SEVEN. AND THEN FINALLY I DID MENTION
00:13:15 THE MUNICIPAL GREEN BUILDING TASK FORCE IN MY LAST SLIDE.
00:13:16 BUT THAT TASK FORCE HAS SUNSET AS YOU KNOW DUE TO THE
00:13:20 STREAMLINING TASK FORCE'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
00:13:23 >> AND SO WE ARE NOW CONTINUING AS A STAFF WORKING GROUP BUT
00:13:27 WE'VE REMOVED REFERENCES TO THE MSG ETF IN CHAPTER SEVEN.
00:13:29 >> SO THAT'S IT FOR UPDATES. I WILL FINISH BY JUST
00:13:34 MENTIONING THAT OUR NEXT TASK IS TO REALLY FOCUS ON
00:13:38 DECARBONIZING THE BUILDING STOCK.
00:13:39 I'M EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH OCP, THE OFFICE OF RESILIENCE
00:13:42 AND CAPITAL PLANNING TO MEET WITH DEPARTMENTS NEXT MONTH TO
00:13:45 START PLANNING TEN BUILDING DECARBONIZATION PILOT PROJECTS
00:13:48 THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO THE NEXT BOND SO WE CAN REALLY
00:13:52 GET OUR FEET WET AND WHAT IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY REMOVE
00:13:54 NATURAL GAS EQUIPMENT FROM OUR BUILDINGS AND USE THOSE LESSONS
00:13:58 THEN TO DECARBONIZE THE REST OF THE BUILDING STOCK IN THE 2030.
00:14:01 I WILL LEAVE IT THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
00:14:04 AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS.
00:14:05 >> OH, WE HAVE QUESTIONS. MR. GESSNER.
00:14:09 >> OKAY. GO AHEAD.
00:14:10 SUPERVISOR CHEN. THANK YOU, CHAIR MALCOLM.
00:14:13 DEFINITELY. WE WE ALL UNDERSTAND AND KNOW
00:14:14 THAT BUILDING OUR MAJOR DRIVERS OF OUR GLOBAL CARBON EMISSIONS
00:14:20 AND PRIORITIZING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURES HELPS CITIES
00:14:21 LIKE SAN FRANCISCO TO BE LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
00:14:25 AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY MANY BENEFITS INCLUDING COMPACTING
00:14:29 DOUBT, CLIMATE CHANGE, REDUCING LOCALIZED POLLUTION
00:14:33 AND MINIMIZING STRAINS ON UTILITY GRIDS AND ALSO REDUCING
00:14:37 OPERATIONAL COSTS THAT DIRECTLY SAVES TAXPAYER MONEY.
00:14:41 AND I IN THIS LEGISLATION IT'S A VERY MODEST ADJUSTMENT TO
00:14:45 CHAPTER SEVEN. AND WITH THAT I HAVE QUESTIONS
00:14:48 ABOUT WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF THE MUNICIPAL NATURAL GAS INCREMENT
00:14:55 INVENTORY. AND ARE THERE HIGH LEVEL
00:14:56 FINDINGS THAT YOU CAN SHARE? >> YEAH.
00:15:00 SO THE SCOPE OF THE NATURAL GAS EQUIPMENT INVENTORY IS TO
00:15:04 ACTUALLY CATALOG EVERY PIECE OF NATURAL GAS EQUIPMENT IN OUR
00:15:05 BUILDING STOCK SO WE CAN TRACK WHEN THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT
00:15:09 ARE REPLACED OR ELECTRIFIED. AND SO WE CAN ALSO DETERMINE
00:15:12 WHAT THE BUDGET NEEDS ARE TO DO THAT WORK.
00:15:16 AND SO WE CAN INCORPORATE IT INTO THE BONDS AS I MENTIONED.
00:15:20 SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE THAT I THINK
00:15:23 YOU CAN STILL ACCESS NO, IT'S NOT PRESENT IN THE BUILDING.
00:15:26 >> YEAH, THERE WE GO. YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS FROM
00:15:29 THAT FIRST INVENTORY THAT WE DID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
00:15:33 AND I MEAN I DON'T HAVE THIS IS JUST FOR FIGURATIVE PURPOSES
00:15:36 BUT YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
00:15:38 IS AT THE TOP WITH THE MOST PIECES OF NATURAL GAS
00:15:41 EQUIPMENT, REC AND PARKS, MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION IS
00:15:45 BELOW THAT. SO THIS THESE ARE LIKE
00:15:46 LITERALLY CATALOGING EVERY SINGLE NATURAL GAS APPLIANCE
00:15:49 THAT EXISTS IN THE BUILDING STOCK.
00:15:52 AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE AFTERWARDS A WEBSITE THAT WE
00:15:54 SET UP THAT NOT ONLY HAS THIS INFORMATION BUT ALSO LOOKS AT
00:15:57 WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT EQUIPMENT GOES TO HEATING
00:16:00 AND SPACE HEATING VERSUS WATER HEATING.
00:16:04 BASICALLY THE VAST MAJORITY OF PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE FOR
00:16:08 SPACE HEATING AND THERE'S A SMALLER SHARE FOR WATER HEATING
00:16:09 WITH COOKING AND OTHER APPLIANCES MAKING UP A VERY
00:16:12 SMALL SHARE OF THE BUILDING STOCK.
00:16:13 SO HIGH LEVEL WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THERE'S A LOT OF
00:16:16 WORK OUT THERE. WE'VE ALSO LEARNED WHICH
00:16:17 DEPARTMENTS TEND TO HAVE MORE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND WHICH
00:16:20 HAVE FEWER. AND WE'VE LEARNED WHAT KINDS OF
00:16:21 EQUIPMENT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IN THE COMING YEARS.
00:16:23 >> IT'S GREAT TO SEE TWO AIRPORTS ON THE TOP OF THE
00:16:27 LIST. >> CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT
00:16:28 ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES TO REMOVING ANY OF
00:16:34 THE SPECIFIC GAS EQUIPMENT IN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS?
00:16:35 >> YEAH. BESIDES THE OBVIOUS ONE
00:16:39 FUNDING, WHAT ARE THE MAIN CHALLENGES AND THE ONE THAT
00:16:42 COULD DRIVE FUNDING CONCERNS IS THE POTENTIAL NEED TO UPDATE
00:16:45 ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO ANY PARTICULAR BUILDING.
00:16:48 AND IDEALLY THE MUNICIPAL NATURAL GAS EQUIPMENT INVENTORY
00:16:52 WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW US TO COORDINATE THAT WORK TO THE
00:16:54 EXTENT THAT IT'S ACTUALLY NEEDED AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS
00:16:56 THE CASE. SO THAT WE CAN ELECTRIFY
00:16:57 BUILDINGS THAT ARE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER TOGETHER RATHER THAN
00:17:03 HAVING A WHOLE BUNCH OF INDIVIDUAL SMALLER PROJECTS
00:17:05 THAT MIGHT BE LESS COST EFFECTIVE WHEN DONE THAT WAY.
00:17:08 SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. BUT IN GENERAL THE GOAL OF THE
00:17:11 INVENTORY IS TO ALLOW US TO KNOW HOW BIG THE PROBLEM IS SO
00:17:15 THAT WE CAN REALLY STRATEGICALLY TACKLE IT.
00:17:16 AND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY BY THE WAY, THAT HAS COME UP WITH
00:17:20 AN INVENTORY AND A DECARBONIZATION PLAN.
00:17:21 CITIES SUCH AS LOS ANGELES, SAN LUIS OBISPO, SEATTLE HAVE ALSO
00:17:24 TAKEN A SIMILAR APPROACH TO US. >> RIGHT.
00:17:27 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:17:31 SUPERVISOR CHEN. SO I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT
00:17:35 THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
00:17:38 >> YOU KNOW, I A LITTLE WHILE AGO HAD SOME LEGISLATION AROUND
00:17:45 EQUIPMENT OWNED BY THE DEPARTMENTS THAT RUNS ON
00:17:49 GASOLINE TO STROKE ENGINES. AND YOU KNOW THE MAIN
00:17:55 IMPEDIMENT LIKE THIS ONE IS, YOU KNOW, BUDGET AND THAT EACH
00:17:57 DEPARTMENT HAS ITS OWN BUDGET AND THEY'RE LIKE YOU KNOW,
00:18:00 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF REPLACING IT AND YOU KNOW, IT'S
00:18:04 HARD TO DO THAT WHILE YOU'RE ALSO PAID FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
00:18:08 THAT'S DIFFERENT THAT'S REQUIRED.
00:18:12 AND SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE TEN PILOT
00:18:16 PROJECTS WILL DO AND THEN AFTER THE PROJECTS ARE DONE HOW THEY
00:18:19 WILL BE ASSESSED AND WHAT THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
00:18:23 ENVIRONMENT WILL BE TO HELP ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT IN SORT OF
00:18:27 TRANSITION INTO AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS
00:18:31 THIS APP AND MORE IMPORTANTLY HOW YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT PLAN
00:18:35 FOR BEING CENTRALIZED LIKE ACTUALLY SAVES IN THE MONEY.
00:18:40 YOU KNOW, I GUESS THEY'RE NOT GOING AT IT ON THEIR OWN BUT
00:18:43 YOU KNOW, SORT OF BENEFITING FROM THAT WISDOM AND GUIDANCE
00:18:47 THAT'S YOU KNOW, BEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
00:18:52 BE THE AGENCY THAT DOES THAT. YEAH.
00:18:55 WELL, WE LIKE TO THINK OF OURSELVES AS THE INNOVATORS BUT
00:18:57 THEN AS SOON AS THINGS START TO SCALE WE OFTEN PARTNER WITH
00:19:00 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE OCP IN THIS
00:19:03 CASE. SO WE WERE THE ONES THAT
00:19:04 LAUNCHED THE MUNICIPAL NATURAL GAS EQUIPMENT INVENTORY.
00:19:07 WE COLLECTED THE DATA, DEVELOPED THE PROCESSES AND ALL
00:19:11 OF THAT LED TO A PRIORITIZATION MATRIX THAT ALLOWS US TO
00:19:14 EVALUATE OUR BUILDINGS BASED ON READINESS.
00:19:15 FOR EXAMPLE, DO THEY ALREADY HAVE ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
00:19:19 THAT WOULD THAT WOULD REDUCE COSTS IN TERMS OF EQUITY?
00:19:22 LIKE WHERE ARE THESE BUILDINGS LOCATED AND WHO DO THEY
00:19:25 BENEFIT? AND IN TERMS OF THE AGE OF THE
00:19:27 EQUIPMENT THAT WE NOW KNOW FROM THIS INVENTORY, DO THEY HAVE
00:19:30 OLD PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ON THESE BE REPLACED SOON OR DO WE
00:19:32 HAVE SOME TIME TO UPGRADE? SO WHEN YOU PUT THOSE THREE
00:19:35 LENSES TOGETHER YOU GET THIS PRIORITIZATION MATRIX AND THAT
00:19:39 WAS KIND OF THE BULK OF THE WORK THAT THE ENVIRONMENT
00:19:40 DEPARTMENT DID WHICH TOOK A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW THAT WE'VE
00:19:43 PARTNERED WITH OUR CIP, I THINK THEY WILL BE LEADING ON THE
00:19:47 CAPITAL PLANNING SIDE OF THINGS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS BECAUSE
00:19:50 THEY ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE REVENUES THAT WILL HELP PAY FOR
00:19:54 THE WORK. AND IT'S A LITTLE TOO EARLY FOR
00:19:55 ME TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE MEETINGS WITH DEPARTMENTS
00:19:58 BECAUSE THOSE ARE BEING DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW AND WILL
00:20:01 HAPPEN IN OCTOBER NOVEMBER. BUT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO
00:20:02 COME BACK AND SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THOSE EARLY LESSONS ARE.
00:20:06 I THINK FROM AN ONGOING PERSPECTIVE WE WILL CONTINUE TO
00:20:09 BE BUT WE WILL START TO BE CONSULTANTS THAT SUPPORT OF OUR
00:20:12 SEEP AND DEVELOPING SCOPE FOR DIFFERENT BUILDINGS
00:20:15 AND IDENTIFYING WHICH BUILDINGS WHICH LIKE COMPLEMENT OF
00:20:17 BUILDINGS MAKES SENSE TO DO SO THAT THE PILOT WILL ACTUALLY
00:20:20 TEACH US ABOUT A VARIETY OF BUILDINGS AND OUR BUILDING
00:20:23 STOCK AND NOT JUST ONE TYPE. SO WE WANT TO HAVE A REC CENTER
00:20:25 FOR EXAMPLE, AS PART OF THAT FIRST GROUP OF TEN, RIGHT.
00:20:28 AND WE WANT TO HAVE A LARGE BUILDING LIKE THE CITY HALL
00:20:31 TYPE BUILDING. SO I THINK WE WILL WE ARE YOU
00:20:33 KNOW, WE ALWAYS ARE IN SOME WAYS WE GERMINATE IDEAS
00:20:36 AND THEN WE SEE THEM TO COMPLETION.
00:20:40 BUT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO PARTNER WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS
00:20:41 TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >> DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR
00:20:44 QUESTION? THANK YOU, MR. KESTER.
00:20:45 OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE
00:20:47 ROSTER LIST. >> GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS
00:20:49 ITEM PLEASE. THANK YOU.
00:20:51 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION NOW
00:20:52 YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO IF YOU
00:20:55 HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE
00:20:56 LECTERN AT THIS TIME AND IT APPEARS TO HAVE NO SPEAKERS
00:21:01 MANAGER. >> OKAY.
00:21:02 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU.
00:21:05 THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
00:21:06 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND THIS ITEM OUT OF
00:21:12 COMMITTEE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION
00:21:15 ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE
00:21:17 RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:21:20 VICE CHAIR CHIN CHIN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I
00:21:25 MELGAR I AND I'M SURE THERE ARE THREE EYES.
00:21:26 >> THANK YOU THE MOTION PASSES. >> LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER
00:21:29 THREE PLACE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING
00:21:32 AND AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE FILLMORE HERITAGE CENTER
00:21:36 COMMERCIAL PARCEL GARAGE PARCEL AND ELLIS DRIVEWAY FROM THE
00:21:40 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE SERVING AS
00:21:43 THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE
00:21:45 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO TO THE CITY
00:21:48 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO PLACING THESE PARCELS UNDER THE
00:21:51 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
00:21:53 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT DISSOLUTION LAW
00:21:55 FINDING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION IS IN CONFORMANCE
00:21:59 OF THE GENERAL PLAN IN THE EIGHT PRIORITY POLICIES OF
00:22:00 PLANNING CODE SECTION 9.1 AS WELL AS ADOPTING FINDINGS UNDER
00:22:03 SEQUOIA AND AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY TO EXECUTE
00:22:07 DOCUMENTS MAKE CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS AS NECESSARY
00:22:11 AND TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE
00:22:12 ACCEPTANCE OF THE FILLMORE HERITAGE CENTER AND THE
00:22:15 RESOLUTION AS DEFINED WITHIN THE RESOLUTION TEXT.
00:22:18 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO NOW WELCOME
00:22:22 DISTRICT FIVE SUPERVISOR AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE LAND
00:22:26 USE COMMITTEE PAULA MAHMOOD. >> WELCOME.
00:22:27 GOOD TO BE BACK. COLLEAGUES REALLY EXCITED TO
00:22:29 HAVE THIS ITEM BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE TODAY.
00:22:33 I'LL SPEAK ABOUT IT BRIEFLY BEFORE HANDING IT OVER TO EMERY
00:22:34 CITY TO PRESENT SOME MORE OF THE CONTEXT.
00:22:37 >> BUT THIS IS A SMALL ROUTINE ITEM THAT IS PART OF A MUCH
00:22:41 MORE REMARKABLE STORY ABOUT THE RENAISSANCE THAT IS GOING ON ON
00:22:44 FILLMORE STREET. >> THE FILLMORE HERITAGE CENTER
00:22:45 HAS ENORMOUS POTENTIAL TO SERVE AS A GATHERING SPACE HOME FOR
00:22:48 CELEBRATION AND A THRIVING CULTURAL HUB FOR GENERATIONS
00:22:52 JUST AS WAS THE INTENT WHEN IT WAS BUILT.
00:22:56 THE CENTER INCLUDES A NIGHTCLUB AND RESTAURANT SPACE THAT
00:22:59 FORMERLY OPERATED AT YOSHI'S AN ART GALLERY SCREENING ROOM,
00:23:03 HOBBY SPACE, A SECOND RESTAURANT SPACE AND A PARKING
00:23:06 GARAGE. THE SPACE HAS LARGELY BEEN
00:23:07 DORMANT UNFORTUNATELY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
00:23:10 >> BUT ADVOCACY FROM PROMINENT FILLMORE LEADERS THE MAYOR'S
00:23:14 OFFICE AND MYSELF HAVE KICKSTARTED THE WORK TO BRING
00:23:15 THIS SITE BACK TO ITS FORMER GLORY.
00:23:18 >> I WON'T CD AND I WOULD HAVE ALREADY HELPED TO FACILITATE A
00:23:22 LIMITED NUMBER OF EVENTS OVER THE SUMMER AND ONCE FINAL
00:23:25 PERMITS ARE APPROVED PLAN TO OPEN UP APPLICATIONS FOR MORE
00:23:29 REGULAR COMMUNITY PROGRAMING IN NOVEMBER.
00:23:30 >> BEYOND THAT WE IS WORKING TO ANALYZE VIABLE OPTIONS FOR
00:23:34 SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM FUTURE AND IS ACTIVELY WORKING
00:23:38 ALONGSIDE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THE FILLMORE
00:23:39 COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN TO LEARN HOW THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE
00:23:42 THESE SPACES USED. THERE'S ALREADY BEEN SO MUCH
00:23:46 ENTHUSIASM. SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD LED GROUPS
00:23:49 HAVE COME FORTH WITH ROBUST VISIONS FOR HOW THE SITE CAN
00:23:50 CONTINUE TO CARRY FORTH THE FILLMORE'S CULTURAL AND SOCIAL
00:23:54 LEGACY. THIS TRANSFER WILL HELP
00:23:57 FACILITATE THE BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD FOR FILLMORE HERITAGE
00:23:58 CENTER AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT AND AFTER THE VOTE CLICK HERE I
00:24:02 WOULD LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A SPONSOR CO-SPONSOR ON THIS ITEM
00:24:05 AS WELL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH SUPERVISOR
00:24:09 MAHMUD. WELCOME MR. MCCLOSKEY.
00:24:12 >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS
00:24:15 BENJAMIN MCCLOSKEY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
00:24:16 AND ADMINISTRATION EMILY CD. I'M JOINED TODAY BY MY
00:24:23 COLLEAGUES DIANA PONCE DE LEON AND JOHN LAW FROM EARLY WD
00:24:28 AND SALLY ORTH FROM REAL ESTATE AND MARK SLATKIN FROM OCI.
00:24:33 BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE PRESENTATION I WANT TO JUST
00:24:37 BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHY MOST CD IS INVOLVED AT ALL.
00:24:44 >> THE LAND UNDERNEATH THIS PARCEL WAS PURCHASED WITH
00:24:47 FEDERAL URBAN RENEWAL DOLLARS BY THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
00:24:51 AND THE URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM IS NOW MAPPED TO THE CDBG
00:24:56 PROGRAM AND M0 CD ADMINISTERS THE CDBG PROGRAM FOR THE CITY.
00:25:02 >> SO AS A RESULT WHEN THE COMMERCIAL SPACE BECAME VACANT,
00:25:06 MOST CD STEPPED IN TO BE THE CARETAKER OF THE PROPERTY.
00:25:11 WE'VE BEEN ENSURING THE SPACE IS SAFE AND MAINTAINED AND THAT
00:25:15 ALL THE REQUIRED COSTS HAVE BEEN COVERED.
00:25:18 SO WHILE OKAY I CURRENTLY IS THE OWNER AND OWNERSHIP IS
00:25:22 TRANSFERRING TO THE CITY. IN PRACTICE MOST CD HAS BEEN
00:25:29 THE CARETAKER OF THE PROPERTY FOR A WHILE AND WITH THAT AS A
00:25:34 SUPERVISOR MY MOOD SAID THIS IS A TECHNICAL TRANSFER THAT'S
00:25:38 REQUIRED UNDER REDEVELOPMENT DISSOLUTION LAW IN FEBRUARY OF
00:25:45 2012 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DISSOLVED OUR REDEVELOPMENT
00:25:48 AGENCIES AND REQUIRED THEIR REPLACEMENT ENTITIES TO CREATE
00:25:53 LONG RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLANS GOVERNING DISPOSITION OF
00:25:57 THEIR REAL PROPERTY ASSETS. THE CITY THROUGH THE BOARD HAS
00:26:01 PREVIOUSLY ACCEPTED OTHER FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
00:26:05 ASSETS INCLUDING YERBA BUENA GARDENS.
00:26:06 SHOREVIEW PARK AND THE FOOD CO GROCERY SITE AT 345 WILLIAMS.
00:26:12 THIS PARTICULAR SITE FILLMORE HERITAGE CENTER COMMERCIAL WAS
00:26:16 BUILT IN THE MID 2000S UNDER THE WESTERN ADDITION TO PLAN.
00:26:22 THE GROUND FLOOR SPACE IS VACANT ABOUT 50,000FT2 AND 112
00:26:28 PUBLIC PARKING SPOTS. THERE'S THREE PARCELS THAT WILL
00:26:33 BE CONVEYED AND EACH OF THOSE PARCELS HAS A DIFFERENT
00:26:37 DISPOSITION STANDARD UNDER THE LONG RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
00:26:40 PLAN. THE FIRST IS THE GARAGE PARCEL
00:26:43 WHICH IS UNDERNEATH THE RESIDENTIAL TOWER.
00:26:47 THIS DISPOSITION IN THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN IS A
00:26:51 DONATION TO THE CITY FOR GOVERNMENTAL USE BUT IT MUST
00:26:55 REMAIN PUBLIC PARKING. THE SECOND PARCEL IS THE MAIN
00:27:00 COMMERCIAL PARCEL. >> AS I STATED BEFORE IT'S
00:27:04 ABOUT 50,000FT2. AS SUPERVISOR MAHMUD SAID, IT
00:27:10 USED TO BE AN ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING VENUE.
00:27:13 THIS IS TO BE RETAINED BY THE CITY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
00:27:17 AND IS WHAT'S TRIGGERING A REQUIREMENT FOR A COMPENSATION
00:27:20 AGREEMENT WITH THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES.
00:27:23 THE THIRD PARCEL IS THIS DRIVEWAY PARCEL.
00:27:24 THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A LITTLE CONNECTOR AND THE FORMER ELLIS
00:27:32 STREET RIGHT OF WAY FROM FILLMORE STREET AND IT KIND OF
00:27:35 CONNECTS THROUGH TO THE BACK OF THE SAFEWAY PARKING LOT.
00:27:39 IT'S ENCUMBERED BY A NUMBER OF EASEMENTS AND UNDER THE PUMP
00:27:44 IT'S TO BE SOLD AT FAIR MARKET VALUE WHICH IS CURRENTLY
00:27:45 ASSESSED AT $33,000. HOWEVER, NO FUNDS ARE GOING TO
00:27:51 ACTUALLY CHANGE HANDS BETWEEN THE CITY AND OCI.
00:27:55 RATHER THE CITY IS GOING TO PAY OCI THROUGH A SERVICE CREDIT
00:27:59 BECAUSE MOST CDB PROVIDES SERVICES CURRENTLY TO OCI FOR
00:28:03 HOUSING AND RECEPTION SERVICES. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO NOT
00:28:08 CHARGE THEM FOR $33,000 WORTH OF SERVICES.
00:28:14 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRANSACTION TERMS THEMSELVES.
00:28:18 THE PROPERTY WILL STAY UNDER OECD'S JURISDICTION BECAUSE OF
00:28:22 ITS RELATIONSHIP TO CDBG. THE USES WILL NOT BE CHANGING
00:28:29 AND THE REQUESTED ACTION BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY IS TO ADOPT THE
00:28:33 RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF
00:28:37 THE THREE PARCELS AS WELL AS ADOPTING THE ACCOMPANYING
00:28:41 GENERAL PLAN AND SECURE FINDINGS.
00:28:44 AND WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO AWB TO TALK A LITTLE
00:28:46 BIT ABOUT IT. ACTIVATION AND PLANNING FOR THE
00:28:50 FUTURE OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACE .
00:28:56 GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS THE SPONSOR THE EARLIER ON HERE ON
00:29:00 BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE
00:29:01 DEVELOPMENT ACTING WORKFORCE DIRECTOR SO I'M HERE ON BEHALF
00:29:05 OF THE DEPARTMENT TO JUST PRESENT OF HONORED OUR
00:29:08 ENGAGEMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER CITY AGENCIES AROUND THE
00:29:11 FILLMORE HERITAGE CENTER SO IN PHASE ONE WE SUPPORTED THE
00:29:16 ACTIVATION AND WORKING WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO DO
00:29:20 SOME PILOT ACTIVATIONS IN JUNE AND WE HELD A TOTAL OF THREE
00:29:24 EVENTS WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A PROCESS TO DEVELOP
00:29:28 A PROCESS A COMMUNITY FACING PROCESS WHERE FOUR PEOPLE CAN
00:29:32 BASICALLY APPLY TO USE THE SPACE AT A LOW COST.
00:29:37 SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT THAT CENTER ACTIVE AND BRING IT
00:29:44 BACK TO LIFE AS PART OF THE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
00:29:48 ALONG THE CORRIDOR. SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
00:29:49 OBTAINING ALL THE REQUIRED PERMITS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
00:29:52 BUILDING IS SAFE FOR GATHERING AND IS ABLE TO FUNCTION THAT
00:29:56 WAY FOR A TEMPORARY FOR A TEMPORARY USE.
00:30:03 AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE ALSO UNDERGOING A MARKET STUDY THAT
00:30:08 WILL LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
00:30:12 ONE IS DETERMINING WHAT THE BEST USE BASED ON THE ECONOMIC
00:30:16 CONDITIONS AND THE MARKET IS FOR THAT BUILDING.
00:30:19 AND SECOND, IT'S TO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BRING
00:30:24 THE BUILDING BACK. WHAT'S THE COST OF BRINGING THE
00:30:28 BUILDING BACK TO ITS INITIAL ENTERTAINMENT AND RESTAURANT
00:30:32 USE? SO WE ARE EVALUATING THOSE TWO
00:30:35 PIECES. THAT REPORT WILL THEN BE MADE
00:30:36 PUBLIC AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN TERMS OF FEEDBACK
00:30:40 AND COMMENTS. WE WILL BE SHARING THAT TO THEN
00:30:43 INFORM WHAT IS THE LONG TERM PLAN FOR THIS BUILDING.
00:30:50 WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO REALLY WE ARE DOING THE
00:30:51 CURRENT TEMPORARY ACTIVATION TO ADD LIFE TO THAT BUILDING
00:30:58 AND FOR IT TO BE PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
00:31:00 AND IN THE INTERIM AND AT THE SAME TIME DOING OUR ASSESSMENT
00:31:03 TO INFORM THE LONGER TERM PLAN FOR THAT BUILDING WHAT THE
00:31:07 OPTIONS ARE. SO THAT'S OUR ROLE.
00:31:10 >> AND WITH THAT I THINK WE ARE OPENING IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
00:31:14 >> IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY.
00:31:17 I DON'T SEE ANYONE ON THE ROSTER.
00:31:21 I DO HAVE A QUESTION RESPONSIVELY ON IT.
00:31:24 YEAH FOR IT'S FOR SO THIS ALL SOUNDS GOOD.
00:31:28 SOUNDS GREAT. WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY'S ROLE
00:31:32 IN TERMS OF LIKE THE SUBSEQUENT USES OF THE SPACE AND THE
00:31:36 BUSINESS PLAN AND INVESTMENT OF THE CITY FURTHER INTO LIKE THE
00:31:41 OPERATIONS OF WHAT WHAT IS THE PLAN?
00:31:44 >> YEAH SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING THE ASSESSMENT TO INFORM
00:31:48 THAT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:31:49 WE'RE GETTING THE CURRENT BASED ON THE CURRENT MARKET WHAT'S
00:31:52 THE BEST USE IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMY.
00:31:53 >> RIGHT. BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE
00:31:56 GATHERING INPUT ONCE WE GET THOSE RESULTS OF THE THE
00:31:57 REPORTING THEN WE'LL WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THAT WITH
00:32:00 COMMUNITY GATHER INPUT TO THEN INFORM WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE
00:32:04 IN THE LONG TERM SO THERE'S NO PREDETERMINED CURRENTLY
00:32:08 IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE WE'RE
00:32:09 GATHERING INFORMATION TERMS OF THE COST OF OF BRINGING THE
00:32:13 BUILDING BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL USE AND OR WHAT ARE SOME OTHER
00:32:16 USES. YEAH MAYBE MORE CONVERSATION
00:32:20 WITH SUPERVISOR MAHMUD YOU KNOW THIS IS SUCH A IMPORTANT SPACE
00:32:24 FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE NOT HAD SUCCESS WHICH IS PUZZLE
00:32:32 TO ME BECAUSE YOU JUST GO ACROSS GEARY STREET TO
00:32:33 JAPANTOWN IT IS SO ECONOMICALLY SUCCESSFUL AND FULL OF YOUNG
00:32:36 PEOPLE ALL THE TIME AND IT'S LITERALLY JUST A FEW FEET AWAY
00:32:42 . RIGHT?
00:32:43 AND SO THERE'S NO REASON WHY THIS COULD ALSO BE SUCCESSFUL
00:32:47 AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST HASN'T GOTTEN AS MUCH
00:32:50 SUPPORT AS IT SHOULD, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING THE
00:32:51 STRATEGY, THE MORE YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THINGS SO HOPEFULLY
00:32:56 WE CAN GET IT RIGHT. >> YEAH.
00:32:58 AND I THINK THAT WE ALSO HAVE ALSO THE FILLMORE ACTION PLAN
00:33:01 WHICH IS A FULL BLOWN COMMUNITY PLAN THAT WE'VE BEEN UNDERGOING
00:33:06 WITH MONTHS WITH WITH THE SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR MAHMUD TO
00:33:09 ALSO INFORM THAT AS WELL AS OUR JUST REGULAR DAY TO DAY WORK
00:33:13 IN TERMS OF ATTRACTING BUSINESSES, ASSESSING THE
00:33:14 VACANCIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR. >> SO WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING
00:33:18 ON ALL THOSE STRATEGIES. OKAY.
00:33:21 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:33:21 A SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD I JUST WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION
00:33:25 CHAIRMAN MELGAR ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THERE'S CONCERN FROM
00:33:29 THE COMMUNITY IS WHY DOES IT WHY IS IT SO HARD?
00:33:33 >> WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG AND IS PART OF BEING A NEW
00:33:36 ADMINISTRATION? ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO
00:33:38 BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT WAS DEVELOPING THAT COMMUNITY
00:33:40 ACTION PLAN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S SO
00:33:43 MANY DIFFERENT VOICES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT
00:33:44 SHOULD BE THE FUTURE OF THE HERITAGE CENTER AND IN THAT
00:33:48 FACET THE COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN HAS BEEN BOTH A BRIDGE BUILDING
00:33:51 BUT ALSO AN ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING EXERCISE TO
00:33:54 HELP BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER THAT DIDN'T NORMALLY TALK TO
00:33:58 GET THEM AT THE SAME TABLE AND ENSURE THAT THERE'S ONE
00:34:03 VOICE COMING OUT AND I'VE SEEN THIS SUCCESSFUL IN THE
00:34:04 TENDERLOIN I BELIEVE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THE MISSION
00:34:06 BEFORE SO WE REALLY WANTED TO WAIT FOR THAT PLAN SHOULD BE
00:34:10 READY BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND THAT WILL HELP INFORM
00:34:12 COMMUNITY DRIVEN APPROACH TO ACTION WHAT THE FUTURE SHOULD
00:34:15 BE. >> SO I THINK YOU SUPERVISE SO
00:34:18 LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
00:34:19 >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
00:34:23 WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
00:34:26 THREE. IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
00:34:27 THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN AT THIS TIME.
00:34:29 MADAM CHAIR, TO PRESERVE THOSE SPEAKERS ONCE AGAIN.
00:34:33 >> OKAY PUBLIC COMMENT TIME THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
00:34:37 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND THIS ITEM OUT OF
00:34:41 COMMITTEE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION
00:34:42 ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE
00:34:45 RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VICE CHAIR CHEN
00:34:49 CHEN. I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY.
00:34:53 >> I REMEMBER I MELGAR I MET HIM TWO OTHER THREE EYES THAT
00:34:57 MOTION PASSES AND THANK YOU. >> LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR
00:35:00 PLEASE. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN
00:35:01 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING CODE TO REVISE THE SIZE
00:35:04 THRESHOLD FOR WHEN A MEZZANINE IS CONSIDERED A SEPARATE STORY
00:35:07 FROM ONE THIRD TO ONE HALF OF THE FLOOR AREA OF THE STORY OR
00:35:11 ROOM IN WHICH THE MEZZANINE IS LOCATED.
00:35:12 THE ORDINANCE AFFIRMS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S SECRET
00:35:15 DETERMINATION AND MAKES FINDINGS OF CONSISTENCY WITH
00:35:17 THE GENERAL PLAN AS WELL AS PLANNING CODE SECTION 302.
00:35:23 >> SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INTRODUCING
00:35:26 THIS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
00:35:27 WE'VE RECENTLY HAD A BUSINESS ON OCEAN AVENUE THAT WENT
00:35:35 THROUGH THIS AND IT WOULD HAVE SAVED US A WHOLE YEAR IN ON
00:35:39 HEADACHES IF WE HAD HAD THIS EARLIER.
00:35:40 >> SO I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN GARD YEAH, I
00:35:44 THINK WE ALL HAVE A GOAL TO BUILD MORE HOUSING AND BUILD
00:35:47 MORE SMALL BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO OCCUPY THESE SPACES.
00:35:50 AND WHILE ORIGINALLY I THOUGHT THIS WAS A VERY IDIOSYNCRATIC
00:35:54 THING THAT CAME UP FROM ONE OF THE CONSTITUENTS IN MY
00:35:55 DISTRICT, WE'VE HEARD SO MANY MORE STORIES OF OTHER
00:35:58 BUSINESSES THAT HAVE WANTED IT AS WELL.
00:36:01 AND SO FOR CONTEXT THIS CAME TO US FROM A LAND USE ATTORNEY
00:36:03 THAT HAD AN ISSUE WITH A PROJECT THAT WAS BEING SLOWED
00:36:06 DOWN AND HIS VALLEY IN MY DISTRICT AND SPECIFICALLY THE
00:36:09 CONTEXT WAS THAT PLANS INCLUDING A MEZZANINE BETWEEN
00:36:13 THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR WHICH IS A COMMON FEATURE
00:36:16 IN SAN FRANCISCO, A CITY KNOWN FOR ITS HIGH CEILINGS BUT THERE
00:36:21 WAS A CONFLICTING CODE IN OUR CITY'S CODE UNDER THE BUILDING
00:36:24 CODE IF THERE ARE SPRINKLERS BUILDERS BUILDINGS CAN HAVE
00:36:28 MEZZANINE THAT COVER UP TO 50% OF THE FLOOR AND NOT HAVE THAT
00:36:30 COUNT AGAINST THEIR OVERALL STORAGE ACCOUNT.
00:36:33 THAT MEANS ACCORDING TO EXPERTS TO COMPILE THE BUILDING CODES A
00:36:36 SPRINKLER ISED MEZZANINE OF THIS SIZE IS SAFE FOR USE BUT
00:36:40 UNDER THE PLANNING CODE THAT SAME NUMBER IS 33%.
00:36:43 THAT MEANS IF A MEZZANINE IS BETWEEN 33 AND 50% OF THE AREA
00:36:47 OF THE FLOOR PLATE A PLANNING DEPARTMENT PLAN CHECKER AND A
00:36:50 DBA INSPECTOR WOULD GIVE YOU VERY DIFFERENT ANSWERS TO THE
00:36:54 SAME QUESTION OF HOW MANY STORIES THE BUILDING HAS
00:36:58 AND ONLY IN SAN FRANCISCO COULD YOU LOOK AT THE SAME BUILDING
00:37:01 AND TWO DIFFERENT CODES SAY IT IS TO DO DIFFERENT SETS OF
00:37:02 STORIES. >> SO RECONCILING THOSE TWO
00:37:04 DEFINITIONS CAUSED DELAYS IN THE REVIEW AND REQUIRED
00:37:06 ESCALATION WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR MORE CONTEXT, AN
00:37:09 EXAMPLE WOULD BE AN ARCHITECT COULD INSTEAD INTEND FOR A
00:37:13 FLOOR BEING BUILT AS MANDATORY IN FOUR B FOR RETAIL USE.
00:37:16 >> BUT IF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THINKS IT'S THE
00:37:19 SECOND FLOOR AND NOT A MEZZANINE AND IT'S IN A ZONE
00:37:20 WHERE SECOND FLOOR RETAIL IS NOT PERMITTED, THEN THE
00:37:23 PROPERTY OWNER WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THE PLANS OR FIND
00:37:26 ANOTHER USE. >> THIS LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU
00:37:29 SIMPLY ALIGNS THE PLANNING CODE WITH THE BUILDING CODE WITH
00:37:33 MORE EXPANSIVE DEFINITIONS OF A MEZZANINE AND THIS LEGISLATION
00:37:34 WILL BRING THE TWO CODES INTO ALIGNMENT CLEARING UP ANY
00:37:38 CONFUSION AND ALLOWING FOR MORE USABLE SPACE AND OUR NEW
00:37:41 CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING SAFETY.
00:37:44 >> TATE HANNA AND FIRST ORDINANCE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
00:37:46 STAFFER AFTER MOVING OVER FROM DBA AS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT
00:37:50 OF MERGER RECOMMEND AMENDMENTS THAT DO AN EVEN BETTER JOB OF
00:37:54 CONNECTING THE PLANNING CODE DIRECTLY TO THE BUILDING CODE
00:37:57 AND THOSE AMENDMENTS WHICH I'LL READ ARE AS FOLLOWS IN THE LONG
00:38:01 TITLE BEGINNING ON PAGE ONE LINE FOUR REPLACING QUOTE FROM
00:38:06 ONE THIRD TO ONE HALF OF THE FLOOR AREA OF THE STORY OR ROOM
00:38:09 IN WHICH THE MEZZANINE IS LOCATED WITH QUOTE INCLUDE
00:38:11 LARGER MEZZANINE IS PERMITTED BY THE BUILDING CODE ON PAGE
00:38:17 TWO LINE 21 REPLACING 50% WITH ONE THIRD AND ADDING THE PHRASE
00:38:20 QUOTE UNLESS THE BUILDING MEETS ANY OF THE LISTED EXPECTATIONS
00:38:23 PRESENT IN SECTION FIVE OF 5.2.1 OF THE BUILDING CODE
00:38:26 IN WHICH CASE THE MEZZANINE MAY NOT EXCEED THE LISTED
00:38:31 PERCENTAGE OF THE FLOOR AREA AND THE APPLICABLE EXCEPTION
00:38:34 AND QUOTE TO END OF THAT SENTENCE THE SAME CHANGE ON
00:38:38 PAGE THREE LINE FIVE EXCEPT THAT 33 AND A THIRD PERCENT IS
00:38:41 IS USED INSTEAD OF ONE THIRD TO REFLECT THE LANGUAGE ALREADY
00:38:45 EXISTING IN THAT CODE SECTION. AND FINALLY THE SAME CHANGE ON
00:38:48 PAGE THREE LINE 12 REPLACING 50% WITH ONE THIRD AND THE
00:38:51 PREVIOUSLY REFERENCED PHRASE ADDED TO THE END OF THAT
00:38:55 SENTENCE THESE AMENDMENTS BECAUSE THEY CHANGE THE LONG
00:38:58 TITLE ARE SUBSTANTIVE AND WILL REQUIRE THE ITEM TO BE HEARD
00:39:01 AGAIN. SO I ASK THAT YOU'RE WELCOME
00:39:02 MOVE THESE AMENDMENTS. THE COMMITTEE APPROVES THEM
00:39:05 AND THAT THE ITEM BE CONTINUED TO THE OCTOBER 5TH MEETING.
00:39:08 AND THEN THANKS AGAIN TO TATE FOR TAKING THIS LEGISLATION TO
00:39:12 A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL PUN INTENDED OR AT LEAST THE
00:39:16 MEZZANINE DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK.
00:39:20 THANKS AS WELL TO LISA GLUCKSTEIN AND ELIZABETH COURT
00:39:23 AND JOHN JOHN CHAIR AND PLANNING DEPUTY CITY
00:39:25 ATTORNEY ROB COPPOLA AND MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE RINO COOPER
00:39:28 FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS LEGISLATION AS WELL AS TO
00:39:32 JILLIAN ALLEN, BRIAN HARDY AND ROSA KUSHNER BOSSA NOVA SON
00:39:35 FOR BRINGING THIS SUBJECT TO OUR ATTENTION IS HARDLY THE
00:39:39 ONLY PLACE WHERE THE BUILDING CODE AND THE PLANNING CODE
00:39:43 CONFLICT OR CREATE CONFUSION WHERE OTHER PARTS OF THE CODE
00:39:46 AND THESE ISSUES MAY SEEM AGAIN LIKE PEDANTIC NIT PICKS BUT AS
00:39:47 WE'VE ALREADY HEARD THEY HAVE REAL COSTS AND AFFECT PROJECTS
00:39:51 THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE IN MY OFFICE
00:39:54 TO INVESTIGATE OTHER INCONSISTENCIES AND HOPE TO
00:39:58 BRING FORWARD MORE LEGISLATION ON THE SAME POINT.
00:39:59 BUT FOR NOW ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS LEGISLATION
00:40:03 AND FOR ACCEPTING THE AMENDMENTS AS REQUESTED.
00:40:05 >> AND TATE, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING AS WELL?
00:40:09 >> THANK YOU, JOHN. CHAIRMAN ELGAR AND MEMBERS TATE
00:40:13 HANNA PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT
00:40:14 THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID REVIEW THIS ORDINANCE ON
00:40:17 SEPTEMBER 10TH. THEY UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED A
00:40:18 RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL WITH MODIFICATIONS AND THE
00:40:21 AMENDMENTS THAT SUPERVISOR MAHMUD JUST READ INTO THE
00:40:22 RECORD REFLECT THOSE MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN
00:40:25 ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
00:40:28 AND I DON'T SEE ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE ROSTER WITH
00:40:33 QUESTIONS. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH
00:40:36 SUPERVISOR FOR THIS REALLY WELL NEEDED PIECE OF LEGISLATION SO
00:40:40 LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
00:40:44 >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
00:40:45 WILL NOT HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO NUMBER FOUR STORY
00:40:48 COUNTED MEZZANINE. IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
00:40:52 THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
00:40:54 >> MADAM CHAIR, I PRESUME THE SPEAKER'S OKAY GOOD.
00:40:56 WHILE PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED I WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT
00:41:02 THE MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED BY
00:41:06 SUPERVISOR MAHMUD AND THEN TO KNOW PUT IT FORWARD WITH A
00:41:10 POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. >> MADAM CHAIR, I THINK I
00:41:14 UNDERSTAND I'M SORRY THAT THEY ARE SUBSTANTIVE.
00:41:15 THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY.
00:41:17 SO SO THAT MOTION WOULD BE TO ADOPT THE AMENDMENTS
00:41:21 AND CONTINUE IT FOR ONE WEEK TO OCTOBER 5TH MEETING OF THIS
00:41:24 COMMITTEE. I'M HEARING TWO MOTIONS BOTH
00:41:27 OFFERED BY THE CHAIR, THE FIRST TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS AS
00:41:29 PRESENTED BY SUPERVISOR MAHMUD AND THE SECOND TO CONTINUE THE
00:41:31 ITEM AS AMENDED TO OCTOBER FIFTH, 2026.
00:41:34 ON THOSE MOTIONS, VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I REMEMBER DORSEY
00:41:38 DORSEY I ASSUME GA I MELGAR I MEAN I'M SURE THERE ARE THREE
00:41:42 EYES ON EACH MOTION. >> OKAY THAT MOTION PASSES.
00:41:45 >> CONGRATULATIONS. LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE
00:41:49 PLEASE. >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS
00:41:53 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO SIMPLIFY
00:41:57 AND STREAMLINE PROCEDURES FOR LOCAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE
00:41:58 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT INCLUDING REMOVING
00:42:02 SHADOW ANALYSIS AS A SPECIFIC TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT,
00:42:05 REDUCING THE TIME TO APPEAL SECRET DETERMINATIONS TO THE
00:42:09 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM 30 TO 15 DAYS AND REMOVING SOME
00:42:12 PROCEDURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED
00:42:15 BY SEQUEL TO IMPLEMENT RECENT CHANGES IN STATE LAW REGARDING
00:42:19 THE TIMING OF COMPLIANCE WITH CEQA AS WELL AS INFORMING THE
00:42:23 PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S SEQUEL DETERMINATION OF OKAY, THIS
00:42:26 ONE'S A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED AT SUPERVISOR MAHMUD THE FLOOR IS
00:42:31 YOURS. >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN OLGA THIS
00:42:32 ITEM IS A SET OF LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT I'M ADVANCING
00:42:35 IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING STAFF AT
00:42:39 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE CALLED THE SHADE ACT OR
00:42:42 SHADE STANDS FOR SLASHING HOUSING APPEALS AND DELAYS
00:42:46 EVERYWHERE. >> I KNOW THE NAME DRAWS
00:42:47 ATTENTION TO THE ELEMENTS OF THE LEGISLATION AROUND SHADOWS
00:42:50 WHICH I WILL GET TO. THE LEGISLATION IS ABOUT SO
00:42:53 MUCH MORE. >> SAN FRANCISCO'S STORY IS THE
00:42:54 STORY OF THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE COME HERE
00:42:58 AND CREATE A CULTURE OF INCLUSION INVENTION
00:43:01 AND IMAGINATION. HOWEVER, WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO
00:43:02 BE A DIVERSE AND WELCOMING CITY IF WE DO NOT BUILD MORE HOUSING
00:43:08 AND WE CANNOT BUILD MORE HOUSING IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
00:43:09 A SYSTEM THAT SLOWS HOUSING DOWN AND CREATES UNCERTAINTY
00:43:13 IN OUR PLANNING AND APPROVAL PROCESSES, WE ALSO CANNOT
00:43:16 PROTECT OUR REGION'S ENVIRONMENT OR OUR PLANET'S
00:43:20 CLIMATE IF WE FORCE POPULATION GROWTH INTO SPRAWL SUBURBS.
00:43:24 THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT OR SEQUA IS ALREADY
00:43:28 ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN THE
00:43:30 COUNTRY. YET THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
00:43:33 HAS LAYERED ON EXTRA HEARINGS, NEW APPEAL ROUTES AND EXTENDED
00:43:37 TIMELINES THAT DO MORE TO KEEP NEW HOUSING AND NEW RESIDENTS
00:43:40 OUT OF OUR CITY THAN TO PROTECT THE STATE'S ENVIRONMENT BY
00:43:43 BRINGING CITY PROCESSES CLOSER IN LINE WITH THE STANDARDS
00:43:47 ACROSS THE STATE AS ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW ESPECIALLY
00:43:51 AROUND TIMELINES AND APPEALABLE DOCUMENTS.
00:43:53 THESE CHANGES CAN SHAVE MONTHS OFF OF PROJECTS WHICH MEANS
00:43:56 HOMES BEING BUILT MORE QUICKLY AND AT A LOWER COST SEEKING
00:43:59 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS WILL STILL BE APPEALABLE
00:44:03 AND DOCUMENTS WILL STILL BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.
00:44:04 >> THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE BEING MODIFIED WILL HAVE WILL
00:44:09 SAVE DEPARTMENT TIME AND ACCELERATE PROJECTS WHILE
00:44:12 STILL GUARANTEEING TRANSPARENCY.
00:44:13 >> THE MOST HIGH PROFILE CHANGE HERE THOUGH INVOLVES SHUTTERS.
00:44:17 >> SAN FRANCISCO HAS INCLUDED SHADE AS PART OF ITS
00:44:20 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS DESPITE SHADE NOT BEING PART OF
00:44:24 SEQUA AT THE STATE LEVEL SINCE 2017 SEQUA APPEALS INVOLVING
00:44:27 SHADOW ANALYSIS HAVE LED TO DELAYING OR STALLING OVER 2000
00:44:30 HOUSING UNITS CITYWIDE ACROSS OVER A DOZEN PROJECTS.
00:44:34 THAT INCLUDES THE INFAMOUS PROJECT AT 469 STEVENSON BUT
00:44:38 ALSO EVEN LAST YEAR WHERE A HOUSING PROJECT WITH THE MARVEL
00:44:43 THE MISSION WAS DELAYED DUE TO THIS SUCH TYPE OF APPEAL.
00:44:46 THIS LEGISLATION WOULD RENDER SUCH APPEALS INVALID.
00:44:49 >> NOTABLY THE SHADE ACT DOES NOT AFFECT THE VOTER MANDATE.
00:44:53 >> IN 19 84 AS PROP K AS ENSHRINED IN PLANNING CODE
00:44:59 SECTION 295 SHADOW ANALYSIS I WANT TO BE CLEAR WILL STILL BE
00:45:03 REQUIRED TO ASSESS THE SHADOW IMPACTS ON REC AND PARK
00:45:07 JURISDICTION. >> WHILE MUCH OF WHAT'S COVERED
00:45:10 UNDER SEQUEL LIKE CONTAMINATED SOIL OR PLANT CONSERVATION HAS
00:45:14 AN OBJECTIVE IMPACT ON OUR HEALTH, WELL-BEING
00:45:15 AND LIVABILITY SHADE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX.
00:45:18 I KNOW THE SUN MAY FEEL NICE AND COOLER DAYS BUT A 2024
00:45:24 PAPER PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND FOR OF
00:45:25 BIOLOGY SUGGESTS THAT MOST PEOPLE JUST NEED TEN MINUTES OF
00:45:29 SUNLIGHT TO GENERATE SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS OF VITAMIN D THE
00:45:32 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY EVEN STATES THAT THERE'S NOT A
00:45:35 SAFE LEVEL OF ULTRAVIOLET EXPOSURE FROM THE SUN.
00:45:37 >> SO WHEN IT GETS HOT IN SAN FRANCISCO SHADE IS ACTUALLY
00:45:40 VERY CLEARLY AN ASSET AND NOT SOMETHING THAT NECESSARILY
00:45:43 NEEDS TO BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS.
00:45:44 >> JUST THIS MONTH I WAS AT TWO DIFFERENT EVENTS WHERE THE
00:45:48 MICROPHONE AND LECTERN WAS USED BY SPEAKERS WAS IN THE SUN BUT
00:45:51 THE AUDIENCE HID IN THE SHADE JUST TO GET BY THROUGH THE END
00:45:55 OF THE SPEECH. >> I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE
00:45:59 THAT THE PUBLIC VOICE IN THIS ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS
00:46:02 WILL STILL BE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR.
00:46:03 ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OVER PRELIMINARY MITIGATED NEGATIVE
00:46:07 DECLARATIONS ARE REMOVED BUT THERE ARE STILL APPEAL PATHWAYS
00:46:10 FOR EXEMPTIONS. FINAL NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS
00:46:13 AND FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS.
00:46:17 >> THIS LEGISLATION REMOVES ADDED PROCESSES AND LONG
00:46:18 TIMELINES NOT REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW AND ALIGNS OUR LOCAL
00:46:22 PROCESS WITH THE STANDARDS FOLLOWED BY MOST OTHER
00:46:25 JURISDICTIONS. >> SO WHETHER IT'S APPEALS
00:46:28 CAUSED BY SHADOWS, EXTRANEOUS PUBLIC HEARINGS OR OVERKILL
00:46:32 OUTREACH REQUIREMENTS, THE SHADE ACT TACKLES THE LOCAL
00:46:33 ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS BARRIERS THAT MAKE SAN FRANCISCO
00:46:37 NOTORIOUS AMONG THOSE TRYING TO BUILD HOUSING.
00:46:40 >> IT'S A COMMON SENSE STEP TO MAINTAIN ENGAGEMENT IN OUR
00:46:44 ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS WHILE ADDRESSING THE RED TAPE AROUND
00:46:45 OUR HOUSING SHORTAGE. OUR OWN HOUSING ELEMENT
00:46:48 APPROVED BY THIS BODY AND GUIDANCE FROM CALIFORNIA
00:46:52 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGREE
00:46:56 IT'S TIME TO PEEL BACK THE LAYERS OF LOCAL PROCESS IN OUR
00:46:59 LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF CYCLE. I WANT TO THANK LISA GIBSON,
00:47:03 LISA GLUCKSTEIN, RYAN SCHUMAN KAI, AS YOU SEE AS YOU SEE
00:47:08 TONYA SHIRE DEBORAH DWYER FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, DEPUTY
00:47:11 CITY ATTORNEY ANDREA RUIZ AND MY ADRENAL COOPER FOR THE
00:47:15 SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM. AND THANK YOU AS WELL TO
00:47:17 SUPERVISORS DORSI AND SAUTER FOR CO-SPONSORING.
00:47:19 >> I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN MOVING THIS ITEM TO THE FULL
00:47:23 BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE IF WE
00:47:24 WANT TO FIX THIS HOUSING CRISIS WE NEED TO NO LONGER BE AFRAID
00:47:27 OF OUR OWN SHADOW. >> THANK YOU.
00:47:33 OKAY. THANK YOU.
00:47:34 I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS MR. SUJI.
00:47:38 IT'S MS.. GIBSON.
00:47:40 >> WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:47:41 CHAIR MELGAR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE
00:47:45 COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
00:47:46 TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION
00:47:49 AMENDING OUR LOCAL SECTOR PROCEDURES.
00:47:53 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS GRATEFUL TO SUPERVISOR MAHMUD
00:47:56 FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN SPONSORING THIS ORDINANCE
00:47:57 AND TO SUPERVISORS DORSEY AND SADR FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP
00:48:02 AS CO-SPONSORS. I'D LIKE TO REITERATE THE
00:48:05 THANKS TO THE TEAM WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE
00:48:09 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT SUPERVISOR FROM WE WOULD
00:48:12 ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS LEGISLATION SUPPORTS KEY STEPS
00:48:16 WE ARE TAKING LOCALLY TO MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD HOUSING BY
00:48:20 REDUCING UNNECESSARY CONSTRAINTS.
00:48:21 OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS MADE
00:48:24 MEANINGFUL PROGRESS TOWARDS STREAMLINING HOUSING DELIVERY
00:48:28 AND THIS ORDINANCE REPRESENTS ANOTHER IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF
00:48:29 THAT WORK. THESE AMENDMENTS ALSO HELP
00:48:32 FULFILL A COMMITMENT IN OUR HOUSING ELEMENT TO IDENTIFY
00:48:36 AND ADJUST LOCAL SCORE REQUIREMENTS THAT GO BEYOND
00:48:39 STATE LAW. >> AND THROUGHOUT THIS EFFORT
00:48:42 WE'VE REMAINED FULLY COMMITTED TO THE CITY'S CORE VALUES OF
00:48:44 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MEANINGFUL PUBLIC
00:48:47 ENGAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AT THE HEART OF SEQUA.
00:48:51 THE PROPOSED CHANGES STRIKE A THOUGHTFUL BALANCE MAINTAINING
00:48:55 ROBUST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SAFEGUARD THE ENVIRONMENT
00:48:59 AND SUPPORTING OUR HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS
00:49:03 . >> THESE CHANGES ARE NOT BEING
00:49:04 PROPOSED BECAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS UNIMPORTANT.
00:49:07 RATHER IT IS BECAUSE OUR LOCAL PRACTICE HAS DELAYED PROJECTS
00:49:11 AND INCREASED COSTS UNNECESSARILY AND BECAUSE
00:49:14 INFILL HOUSING IS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST TOOLS TO PROTECT
00:49:15 NATURAL AREAS AND REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
00:49:18 WITH THESE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES THE CITY IS MEETING THE
00:49:22 COMMITMENTS WE SET FOR OURSELVES AND FULFILLING OUR
00:49:23 OBLIGATIONS TO THE STATE. I'LL NOW TURN THINGS OVER TO MY
00:49:27 COLLEAGUE KEISUKE. THANK YOU.
00:49:32 >> THANK YOU, LISA. I HAVE SLIDES.
00:49:36 CAN YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR MILLER
00:49:40 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M CASEY, SENIOR PLANNER WITH
00:49:42 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION
00:49:44 TODAY THAT PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE KEY PROVISIONS OF THE
00:49:49 PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AMEND CHAPTER 31 OF THE SAN
00:49:52 FRANCISCO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CHAPTER 31
00:49:55 ESTABLISHES LOCAL PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE CALIFORNIA
00:49:59 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT OR SEQUOIA SEQUENCE.
00:50:02 >> STATE LAW REQUIRING PUBLIC AGENCIES TO ANALYZE
00:50:06 AND DISCLOSED THE SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF
00:50:09 PROPOSED PROJECTS AND TO ADOPT FEASIBLE MEASURES TO MITIGATE
00:50:13 THOSE IMPACTS BEFORE APPROVING THEM.
00:50:16 >> I WILL HIGHLIGHT WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS WOULD LOOK LIKE IF
00:50:21 THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD
00:50:24 REDUCE APPEAL PERIODS FOR THREE TYPES OF CYCLE DETERMINATIONS
00:50:28 THAT ARE APPEALABLE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS UNDER THE
00:50:32 CURRENT CODE. EXEMPTIONS FINAL NEGATIVE
00:50:33 DECLARATIONS AND FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS
00:50:38 ARE SUBJECT TO A 30 DAY APPEAL PERIOD.
00:50:40 THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD REDUCE THIS PERIOD TO 15 DAYS.
00:50:47 >> THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE THREE TYPES OF
00:50:50 APPEALS THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED UNDER SEQUOIA.
00:50:53 THESE APPEALS INCLUDE APPEALS OF PRELIMINARY NEGATIVE
00:50:55 DECLARATIONS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPEALS OF NO
00:50:59 SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION DETERMINATIONS TO THE
00:51:02 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OFFICER IN APPEALS OF A PUBLISHED LIST
00:51:06 OF ACTIONS THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED PRODUCTS UNDER
00:51:08 SEQUOIA TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
00:51:12 >> THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD MODIFY THE APPEAL REVIEW
00:51:17 TIMELINES APPLICABLE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO COMPLY
00:51:21 WITH THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.
00:51:22 THE CURRENT CODE REQUIRES THE BOARD TO ACT ON THE APPEAL
00:51:25 WITHIN CERTAIN TIMEFRAMES UNDER THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
00:51:29 THAT TIMEFRAME GENERALLY WOULD BE SHORTENED TO 14 DAYS FROM
00:51:33 SCHEDULING OF THE HEARING. THE CHAPTER 31 CURRENTLY DOES
00:51:37 NOT SPECIFY A TIMELINE FOR THE BOARD TO ISSUE THE FINDINGS.
00:51:41 WHEN THE BOARD REVERSES SEQUEL DECISION UNDER THE PROPOSED
00:51:44 ORDINANCE THE BOARD GENERALLY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ISSUE
00:51:48 FINDINGS WITHIN 14 DAYS OF A REVERSAL.
00:51:51 >> THE ORDINANCE WOULD ELIMINATE DRAFT EIA HEARINGS AT
00:51:56 THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION
00:51:59 AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THE
00:52:00 OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS ON DRAFT A YEAR DURING
00:52:03 THE PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD BEFORE THE PREPARATION OF FINAL HOURS.
00:52:08 IN ADDITION, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION WOULD
00:52:12 CONTINUE TO REVIEW YEAR WITH SIGNIFI IN UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS
00:52:16 ON CULTURAL RESOURCES. >> THE ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO
00:52:20 AMEND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION FOR SEQUEL DETERMINATIONS TO ALIGN
00:52:24 THEM WITH STATE LAW. >> WHILE OUR CURRENT CODE
00:52:30 REQUIRES EXEMPTIONS TO BE SENT TO DECISION MAKERS SEQUENCES
00:52:34 NOW INCLUDE THIS REQUIREMENT. SO THE ORDINANCE WOULD
00:52:35 ELIMINATE THIS REQUIREMENT. DECISION MAKERS WOULD CONTINUE
00:52:40 TO RECEIVE SECRET DOCUMENTS AT THE TIME OF THEIR ACTION ON THE
00:52:44 PROJECT. >> EXCUSE ME FOR MITIGATING
00:52:50 NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS IN THE YEAR.
00:52:51 THE CURRENT CODE REQUIRES THAT THE DEPARTMENT POST NOTICES ON
00:52:54 OUR WEBSITE AND PROVIDE THREE TYPES OF NOTICES CONSISTENT
00:52:58 WITH CEQA. >> THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE
00:53:01 ONLY ONE TYPE OF NOTICE. OUT OF THE THREE OPTIONS
00:53:05 IN PRACTICE HOWEVER, THE ORDINANCE WOULD NOT RESULT
00:53:06 IN MAJOR CHANGES IN HOW WE PROVIDE NOTICES.
00:53:10 THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE MOST OF ITS CURRENT NOT JUST
00:53:12 PRACTICES. >> THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD
00:53:17 ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT TO ANALYZE SHADOW IMPACTS AS PART
00:53:20 OF LOCAL SQUAD REVIEW. BECAUSE SHADOW ON BALANCE DOES
00:53:24 NOT CREATE ADVERSE PHYSICAL CHANGES TO HUMANS OR THE
00:53:28 ENVIRONMENT AS SQUARE DEFINES IT.
00:53:31 WHILE THE ORDINANCE WOULD REMOVE SHADOW AS A TOPIC UNDER
00:53:32 SEQUOIA IT WOULD NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO PROPOSITION K OR
00:53:38 SECTION 295 OF THE PLANNING CODE.
00:53:41 SHADOW STUDIES WOULD STILL BE PREPARED AND REVIEWED BY
00:53:43 PLANNING AND RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT STAFF
00:53:47 AND THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON
00:53:50 SHADOW STUDIES. RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION
00:53:53 HEARINGS AS THEY CURRENTLY DO. THE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WAS
00:54:01 HEARD AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON JULY 23RD, 2026
00:54:05 AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD
00:54:08 APPROVES THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
00:54:09 BEFORE WE CONCLUDE, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT DOZENS OF
00:54:13 COMMENT LETTERS OPPOSING THE ORDINANCE WERE SUBMITTED BY
00:54:17 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE ORGANIZATIONS
00:54:20 INCLUDING THE TELEGRAPH HILL DWELLERS NEIGHBORHOODS UNITED
00:54:23 S.F. AND THE GOLDEN GATE PARK PRESERVATION ALLIANCE.
00:54:27 A FEW COMMENT LETTERS IN SUPPORT OF THE ORDINANCE
00:54:29 HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED INCLUDING A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE
00:54:32 HOUSING ACTION COALITION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
00:54:35 ATTENTION. MY COLLEAGUES AND I ARE
00:54:36 AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
00:54:38 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:54:42 SUPERVISOR CHEN. THANK YOU CHAIR MELGAR.
00:54:45 >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
00:54:46 I KNOW THAT WE DEEPLY CHERISH OUR PUBLIC PARKS AND OPEN SPACE
00:54:52 ESPECIALLY AT THIS ONLINE STAGE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTS
00:54:54 RESIDENTS. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR
00:54:58 THE DEPARTMENT. WHAT IS THE EXCITING BOARD OF
00:55:01 APPEALS RELATED TO SHADOW IMPACTS BY MEMBERS OF THE
00:55:03 PUBLIC? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
00:55:15 SUPERVISOR CHEN RYAN. DEPARTMENT STAFF UM WE YOU WANT
00:55:18 AN EXACT LIKE NUMBER OF APPEAL CASES THAT HAVE MENTIONED
00:55:22 SHADOW. >> WHAT IS YEAH SURE.
00:55:26 >> HOW MANY HOW MANY. UM UM OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD
00:55:31 ABOUT OR WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS APPEALS.
00:55:35 UM I THINK DEPENDING UM LIKE WITHIN THE LAST SIX YEARS WE'VE
00:55:42 HAD ABOUT I WOULD SAY 1518 APPEALS OVER SIX YEARS BY
00:55:50 PUBLIC MEMBERS, BY PUBLIC MEMBERS BUT 14 OF THEM DID
00:55:53 MENTION SHADOW BUT IT IS NOT THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE
00:55:57 APPEAL. >> OKAY 14 OF THEM MENTIONED
00:55:58 SHADOW BUT IS NOT A MAJOR BUT IS NOT THE MAJOR REASON THEY
00:56:02 APPEAL. >> CORRECT.
00:56:04 >> OKAY. AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS HAS
00:56:05 THE DEPARTMENT, UH, ANALYZED THE EXTENT OF THE OPPORTUNITY
00:56:12 SITES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO OUR PUBLIC SPACE RECREATION CENTERS
00:56:16 ,SCHOOLS AND OTHER PARTS THAT ARE NOT PROTECTED BY
00:56:20 PROPOSITION K? >> UM, WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT
00:56:25 ANALYSIS. OKAY.
00:56:26 THANK YOU. >> OKAY.
00:56:30 I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE ROSTER.
00:56:35 >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SITE AND PLEASE THANK
00:56:40 YOU MADAM CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION NOT
00:56:41 HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE LOCAL
00:56:44 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
00:56:45 QUALITY ACT. IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
00:56:48 THIS ITEM PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ALONG THAT WESTERN WALL
00:56:51 THAT I'M INDICATING WITH MY LEFT HAND AND IF YOU ARE FIRST
00:56:55 IN LINE YOU CAN COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN AT THIS TIME.
00:56:57 >> I'LL START YOUR CLOCK ONCE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING AND ERIC
00:57:00 BROOKS REPRESENTING SAN FRANCISCANS PROTECTING THE
00:57:03 SEQUOIA AND OUR CITY SAN FRANCISCO ALSO THE SAN
00:57:11 FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY. SO LAST WEEK I SENT YOU A
00:57:12 LETTER SIGNED BY 28 ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL
00:57:19 JUSTICE, HOUSING JUSTICE, ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND OTHER
00:57:22 ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS THAT SHOWS THAT THERE ARE 30 OTHER GROUPS
00:57:26 BESIDES THE SCORES OF NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS THAT HAVE
00:57:31 CONTACTED YOU OPPOSING THIS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED IN THE
00:57:35 ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE COMMUNITY WHO
00:57:38 ARE NOT ONLY STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS BUT WILL NOT TOLERATE
00:57:42 ANY POLITICIAN WHO VOTES IN FAVOR OF IT.
00:57:46 THIS THIS ISN'T ABOUT SHADOWS. THIS IS A SNEAK ATTACK TO
00:57:51 WEAKEN THIS SAN FRANCISCO ACCESS TO THE CALIFORNIA
00:57:54 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT MORE THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN WEAKENED
00:57:58 SINCE THE HISTORY OF THAT ACT IN THE 70S.
00:58:01 >> THIS IS A JOKE. THIS IS NOT LIKE THE STREET
00:58:05 THREE ORDINANCE AND ANYONE WHO CLAIMS TO BE A PROGRESSIVE
00:58:09 NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT ANY POLITICIAN WHO THINKS
00:58:14 THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A POLITICAL FUTURE WHO VOTES FOR
00:58:15 THIS LEGISLATION IS SADLY MISTAKEN BECAUSE IF YOU NOTICE
00:58:18 IN THE NEWS AND IN PUBLIC MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA THE TIDE HAS
00:58:25 TURNED AGAINST THE LIES OF GMB AND THE ABUNDANCE NETWORK.
00:58:29 YOU'RE LOSING GROUND. THIS IS WHY JOEL AND GARCIA WAS
00:58:33 KICKED OUT OF HIS SEAT. THIS IS THE WAY SCOTT WIENER IS
00:58:36 FACING A MAJOR CHALLENGE THAT HE MAY WELL LOSE FOR THE
00:58:40 NATIONAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
00:58:43 SO WHY IS UP ANY OF YOU WHO THINK YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR
00:58:45 THIS AND GET AWAY WITH IT WITH PROGRESSIVE VOTERS AND WITH
00:58:48 WESTSIDE VOTERS IN ALL THOSE SCORES OF NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS
00:58:52 THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO OPPOSE THIS, YOU DARE NOT DO IT.
00:58:58 THANK YOU FOR COMING. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:59:01 >> HI SUPERVISOR ERS. MY NAME IS BEN EWING AND I URGE
00:59:07 YOU TO APPROVE THIS LEGISLATION .
00:59:09 I'M A RENTER AND HAVE LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR ALMOST
00:59:12 NINE YEARS WITH MY NOW WIFE. AS WE THINK ABOUT HAVING KIDS
00:59:16 IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THE PROSPECT OF STAYING IN SAN
00:59:17 FRANCISCO IS DAUNTING. HOW CAN WE RAISE A FAMILY HERE
00:59:20 WHEN THE COST OF RENT IS SO HIGH?
00:59:23 I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY LEFT FOR THIS REASON
00:59:25 AND I DON'T WANT TO BE ONE OF THEM.
00:59:28 PLEASE APPROVE THIS LEGISLATION TO HELP SPEED UP HOUSING
00:59:30 PRODUCTION AND STOP ALLOWING OBSTRUCTION ON BEHALF OF
00:59:32 SHADOWS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
00:59:36 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:59:38 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. >> I'M CATHERINE GOMEZ, PROUD
00:59:43 RESIDENT OF THE CITY AND PART OF DISTRICT SIX.
00:59:46 I'M ALSO A PROUD PROGRESSIVE. EVERYONE I KNOW IN THIS CITY IS
00:59:51 CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT IF THEY SHOULD LEAVE SAN
00:59:54 FRANCISCO. THIS INCLUDES HIGHLY PAID TECH
00:59:55 EMPLOYEES THAT I KNOW THEY. >> SAN FRANCISCO IS WORTH IT.
01:00:02 >> BUT THEY DON'T KNOW IF IT IS WORTH IT AT THE CURRENT PRICE.
01:00:05 AND EVERY YEAR THE PRICE KEEPS GOING UP.
01:00:07 I WOULD ASK YOU I WOULD STATE THAT THE ONLY LONG TERM
01:00:13 SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE
01:00:14 SUPPLY OF HOUSING AT ANY AND EVERY LEVEL.
01:00:20 >> ANYBODY WHO DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT IS WILLFULLY OR
01:00:24 UNWILLINGLY MAKING THIS CITY A WORSE PLACE FOR EVERYONE HERE.
01:00:28 SUPERVISORS MAHMOOD'S LEGISLATION DOES EXACTLY THAT
01:00:32 AND IT IS ONLY A SMALL FORCE FIRST STEP TOWARDS RIGHTING THE
01:00:36 AWFUL RENT CRISIS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THIS CITY.
01:00:40 >> FOR EVERYONE HERE BEFORE ME AND BACK HERE COULD YOU AFFORD
01:00:43 $4,000 A MONTH IN RENT OR $1.7 MILLION FOR A HOUSE IN THIS
01:00:48 CITY? >> I ASK YOU.
01:00:53 >> I WENT RUNNING THIS MORNING AS I GOT THROUGH THE AQUATIC
01:00:58 PARK I LOOKED BACK AND SAW THE FONTANA TOWERS AND THE COUPLE
01:01:02 OF HIGH RISES WE HAVE ON TOP OF RUSSIAN HILL.
01:01:03 THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND THEY CAME UNDER MUCH ATTACK WHEN
01:01:06 THEY WERE FIRST BUILT. SOME OF IT RACIALLY MOTIVATED.
01:01:12 >> TODAY I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD HAVE TOO MUCH ISSUE WITH
01:01:14 THEM AND THEY ARE THE EXACT TYPES OF BUILDING WE NEED MORE
01:01:17 OF IN THIS CITY. >> THANK YOU.
01:01:20 THANK YOU FOR COMMENTS. SPEAK UP PLEASE.
01:01:23 >> GOOD AFTERNOON DOCTOR AND SUPPORTER SOMCHAI.
01:01:31 THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF THE PODIUM.
01:01:32 I STAND BEFORE YOU IN OPPOSITION TO EFFORTS TO
01:01:35 WEAKEN THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT AT A
01:01:39 TIME WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE STRENGTHENED.
01:01:42 IT'S LIKE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOESN'T KNOW WHAT
01:01:49 THE RIGHT HAND AND THE LEFT HAND ARE DOING.
01:01:50 IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER THAT IN MAY OF THIS YEAR YOU
01:01:54 APPROVED THE TRANSFER AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTIES
01:01:58 FOR A DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS AND THIS IS NOT A TIME TO
01:02:03 IMPLEMENT RESTRICTIONS ON THE IMPACT OF SHADOWS ON OUR OPEN
01:02:11 SPACES. >> I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THE
01:02:15 ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. SINCE 2020 FOR SAN FRANCISCO
01:02:18 AND SILICON VALLEY WE HAVE EMERGED AS A MAJOR NODE OF HIGH
01:02:22 DENSITY TECH INFRASTRUCTURE AND ONE OF THE LARGEST OF THE
01:02:25 NATION'S ORIGINAL AIR DATA CENTER HUBS.
01:02:29 ACCORDING TO DATA CENTER AECOM THERE ARE 15 ACTIVE DATA
01:02:33 CENTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO, 32 IN THE VICINITY
01:02:35 AND APPROXIMATELY 150 EIGHT DATA CENTERS OPERATE IN THE
01:02:40 REGIONAL TRIANGLE BOUNDED BY SAN FRANCISCO, ALAMEDA COUNTY
01:02:47 AND SANTA CLARA COUNTY. >> THE EXISTING CAMPUS ON PAUL
01:02:50 STREET IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN INADEQUATE SEQUEL
01:02:55 REVIEWS TAKE PLACE. >> FROM AN AI ANALYSIS I
01:02:59 CONDUCTED THIS WEEK IN THERE ARE EIGHT INDIVIDUAL AI DATA
01:03:05 CENTERS OPERATING AT 200 TO 400 APPLE STREET AND IT APPEARS
01:03:09 THAT ONLY TWO HAVE UNDERGONE A NEGATIVE MITIGATED
01:03:16 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. >> THIS IS AN AI DATA CENTER
01:03:17 THAT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM RESIDENTS IS ONE BLOCK FROM
01:03:20 MAJOR TRANSIT'S CENTER ACROSS THE STREET FROM RAILROAD TRACKS
01:03:25 AND SENIOR HOUSING WITH OPEN WINDOWS.
01:03:28 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS .
01:03:32 >> SPEAKER'S TIME IS CONCLUDED SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:03:42 OKAY. MY NAME IS LANCE CARNES.
01:03:43 I'M I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE.
01:03:49 >> I WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST MONTH JULY 23RD
01:03:56 AND PRESENTED THIS IMAGE AND EXPLAINED THAT PEOPLE
01:04:03 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE PLANNING TO PUT UP 100 FOOT
01:04:06 HIGH BUILDING WHICH WILL CAST SHADOWS INTO THE PARK
01:04:09 AND OVERSHADOW FAN HERE TO CAST SHADOWS OVER THE PARK FOR MOST
01:04:17 OF THE DAY. >> THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS
01:04:20 TOOK A LOOK AT THIS. THAT'S THE VERDE BUILDING.
01:04:25 WE'RE NOT GOING TO MESS WITH THAT.
01:04:27 AND THEY SAID PROP K STILL HOLDS.
01:04:29 AND IN FACT EVERY AND ANY LAW SUCH AS PROP K WOULD STILL HOLD
01:04:35 IN IN ADDITION AND OVERRIDING THE THIS WAS THING CALLED THE
01:04:40 SHADE ACT. >> SO I THINK THAT YOU KNOW
01:04:43 THIS THERE'S THIS EXTRA WHITE SPACE ON THIS PAGE YOU COULD
01:04:47 LIST THE THE THE ACTS THAT WILL BE WILL OVERRIDE THE SHADE ACT
01:04:57 FOR EXAMPLE PROP K WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE VOTERS IN THE
01:05:01 1980S. >> AND I THOUGHT I HEARD
01:05:04 SOMETHING ABOUT TO 92 I DON'T KNOW THAT ONE BUT I THINK THAT
01:05:07 I THINK THERE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS THE THE PERSON
01:05:12 WHO GAVE THE THE SUMMARY MAHMOOD DID MENTION THAT
01:05:19 IN PASSING VERY, VERY BRIEFLY. BUT I THINK I SHOULD BE
01:05:23 EXPLICIT OTHERWISE WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE DANNY
01:05:29 SUTTER, SUPERVISOR SOUDER WHO IS WORKING WITH A LOCAL
01:05:34 DEVELOPER TO PUT UP A 100 FOOT BUILDING RIGHT ACROSS FROM
01:05:40 WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK SPEAKER'S TIME HAS CONCLUDED.
01:05:44 >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS WITH THE COMMITTEE.
01:05:46 LET'S HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:05:58 DEAR SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS JULES AND I'M A RESIDENT OF D
01:06:00 FIVE. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT
01:06:02 TO THE STATE ACT. AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, WE ARE
01:06:05 IN A SEVERE HOUSING CRISIS AND WE CANNOT GET OUT OF IT
01:06:07 WITHOUT MAKING IT EASIER TO BUILD MORE HOUSING.
01:06:10 UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE'VE SEEN COUNTLESS TIMES, HOUSING
01:06:14 OPPONENTS ARE DENYING FAMILIES LIKE MINE THE ABILITY TO LIVE
01:06:18 HERE BY DELAYING AND BLOCKING PROJECTS USING OFTEN FRIVOLOUS
01:06:21 ARGUMENT SUCH AS A PROJECT SHADOW IMPACT.
01:06:25 WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CERTAINTY AND EXPEDIENCY
01:06:28 IN YOUR CURIOUS TASK THOSE AHEAD OF US OF DIGGING
01:06:32 OURSELVES OUT OF THIS SEVERE HOUSING SHORTAGE THAT WE'VE
01:06:34 BUILT OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS I JUST ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THIS
01:06:39 ACT AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR ALL TO BUILD AND AFFORD TO BE
01:06:43 IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU.
01:06:44 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THE SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:06:49 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS MOSES. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE SIX.
01:06:52 I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS ACT AS AS WE KNOW WE HAVE A MASSIVE
01:06:56 HOUSING SHORTAGE AND A RENT CRISIS HERE IN S.F. AND I THINK
01:07:01 WE NEED TO BUILD MORE HOUSING WHICH WILL ALLOW MORE OF OUR
01:07:04 FAMILIES TO STAY AND ALLOW US TO WELCOME MORE NEIGHBORS
01:07:10 AND GROW AS A CITY. I PERSONALLY THIS YEAR WHEN I
01:07:15 RENEWED MY LEASE MY RENTS WENT UP 10% AND THAT WAS PRETTY
01:07:18 PAINFUL. BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE I'VE HEARD
01:07:22 I'VE HEARD BIGGER NUMBERS TOO AND I AND I THINK IT WILL JUST
01:07:26 KEEP CONTINUING UNTIL WE CAN RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM QUICKLY.
01:07:30 AND I'M LOOKING TO START A FAMILY AS WELL AS MANY PEOPLE
01:07:34 HAVE SAID UP HERE AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT WHAT THE
01:07:38 SPREADSHEET LOOKS LIKE FOR THAT .
01:07:41 SO I HOPE YOU WILL SUPPORT THIS ACT SO WE CAN GET MORE HOUSING
01:07:44 BUILT. THANK YOU.
01:07:45 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:07:48 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS XAVIER.
01:07:49 I LIVE IN THE TENDERLOIN DISTRICT JUST NEARBY.
01:07:52 I'M ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THE SHARED ACT NOT NECESSARILY JUST
01:07:56 FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW BUT ALSO FOR THE SHORTENING OF THE
01:07:57 SUPPORT PROCESS THAT IS MENTIONED.
01:08:00 I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL STILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAKE THE
01:08:03 COMMENTS THAT THEY WANT TO IN REGARDS TO HOW IT WILL
01:08:07 AFFECT THEM PERSONALLY BUT ALSO SPEED UP THE PROCESS FOR
01:08:11 BUILDING NEW HOUSING WHICH WE MOST DESPERATELY NEED IN SAN
01:08:12 FRANCISCO. LIKE MANY OTHER SPEAKERS HERE I
01:08:15 HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH CRAZY RENTS IN THE CITY.
01:08:19 I HAVE HAD FRIENDS THAT HAVE HAD TO MOVE COMPLETELY OUT OF
01:08:23 THEIR EXISTING PLACE BECAUSE THEIR RENTS HAVE GONE UP TO
01:08:25 4000 MAYBE 5000. FOR A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT AT
01:08:30 THIS POINT I THINK IT HAS REACHED A BREAKING POINT
01:08:34 AND ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN STUFF SUCH AS THE
01:08:37 SAID ACT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
01:08:38 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
01:08:40 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. SUPERVISORS RETURNED WITH THE
01:08:45 HOUSING ACTION COALITION. WE'RE A STATEWIDE MEMBER
01:08:48 SUPPORTED NONPROFIT THAT ADVOCATES FOR MORE HOUSING AT
01:08:49 ALL INCOME LEVELS. I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS
01:08:52 ABOUT EFFICIENCY AT ITS CORE. >> STEPS ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
01:08:56 TAKES FAR LONGER THAN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN THE STATE
01:09:00 AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OUR STANDARDS ARE STRONGER
01:09:01 NECESSARILY BUT BECAUSE WE'VE PILED A TON OF LOCAL PROCEDURE
01:09:05 ON TOP OF WHAT STATE LAW ALREADY REQUIRES.
01:09:07 AND THIS LEGISLATION SEEKS TO SCRAPE THAT OFF.
01:09:11 RIGHT NOW A PROJECT SHADOW CAN BE USED AS A STANDALONE LEGAL
01:09:13 HOOK TO A PILOT PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY CLEARED ZONING
01:09:16 AND CHECKED ALL THE BOXES. THAT HOOK HAS STALLED ROUGHLY
01:09:19 2200 HOMES ACROSS 11 PROJECTS IN THE LAST NINE YEARS.
01:09:22 THAT'S A TOTAL PROCEDURAL LOOPHOLE.
01:09:26 >> HD HAS ALREADY CALLED OUR APPROVAL PROCESS THE SLOWEST
01:09:29 IN THE STATE AND FIXING IT IS A COMMITMENT WE MADE OURSELVES
01:09:31 IN OUR OWN HOUSING ELEMENT. THANK YOU MR. MOON AND STAFF
01:09:34 AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS.
01:09:38 FOR A CITY TRYING TO BUILD MORE HOUSING AT EVERY INCOME LEVEL,
01:09:41 EFFICIENCY MUST BE OUR HOUSING POLICY.
01:09:42 EVERY MONTH WE DELAY IS A MONTH OF HOMES NOT GETTING BUILT SO
01:09:47 WE URGE THE COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT THE ACT.
01:09:48 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:09:50 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:09:57 BRIDGET MALEY WITH NEIGHBORHOODS UNITED SAN
01:10:00 FRANCISCO. THANK YOU SO MUCH SUPERVISORS
01:10:01 FOR HEARING THIS ITEM IN YOUR PACKET YOU SHOULD HAVE A LETTER
01:10:04 FROM NEIGHBORHOODS UNITED AS WELL AS FROM TELEGRAPH HILL
01:10:08 DWELLERS AND SEVERAL OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS
01:10:12 IN OPPOSITION TO SOME SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF THIS LEGISLATION
01:10:16 THAT WE FEEL WILL LIMIT THE PUBLIC'S VOICE THAT WE FEEL
01:10:20 WILL ALLOW PROJECTS TO BE APPROVED THAT WOULD CAST
01:10:26 SHADOWS ON PUBLIC PARKS, THAT WOULD CAST SHADOWS ON OTHER
01:10:31 BUILDINGS AND LIMIT DAYLIGHT ACCESS TO DAYLIGHT BY RESIDENTS
01:10:39 OF THE CITY. WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED
01:10:41 ABOUT THE CHANGE FROM 30 DAYS TO 15 DAYS TO FILE APPEALS
01:10:49 CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN PUBLIC NOTICING AND OUR
01:10:57 ABILITY THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO APPEAL HOUSING PROJECTS FIRST
01:11:01 APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
01:11:04 >> SO IN OTHER WORDS, YES WE NEED HOUSING.
01:11:09 YES WE NEED TO MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE
01:11:13 IN THIS CITY. BUT BY UNDERMINING OUR
01:11:16 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS, WHAT ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF
01:11:20 GIVING PEOPLE THEIR ACCESS TO PROPER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW?
01:11:25 >> THIS IS THE MAJOR CONCERN. THANK YOU.
01:11:28 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:11:39 >> SORRY, I FEEL VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS.
01:11:40 THE STAFF REPORT IS ORWELLIAN AND IN STATEMENTS THAT SHADE IS
01:11:44 GOOD AND SUN IS BAD. >> THIS ORDINANCE IS PART OF A
01:11:48 DEEPLY DISTURBING TREND TO ATTACK BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL
01:11:51 PROTECTION AND THE PUBLIC PROCESS.
01:11:55 FOR YEARS SENATOR WIENER AND THE REAL ESTATE FUNDED YUMA
01:11:56 LOBBY HAVE BEEN ATTACKING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
01:11:59 THIS BOARD JUST APPROVED LEGISLATION THAT WILL REALLY
01:12:04 RESULT IN THE LOSS NOT ONLY OF TREES IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT THE
01:12:07 PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO PROTEST THAT LAWS ON THE FALL BALLOT
01:12:08 PROPOSITION D WILL DEPRIVE THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO OF THE
01:12:12 ABILITY TO BRING THEIR ISSUES BEFORE THE ELECTORATE BECAUSE
01:12:15 IT MAKES CITIZEN INITIATIVES PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE.
01:12:19 AND NOW WE HAVE THIS LEGISLATION ATTACKING SICKO
01:12:23 AND PUBLIC INPUT SECRET DOES NOT STOP PROJECTS THE PURPOSE
01:12:26 OF SEQUELS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND OTHER DECISION MAKERS OF AN
01:12:30 ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE THAT PROJECT ME INFLICT ON A
01:12:31 COMMUNITY. RIGHT NOW THE PUBLIC HAS 30
01:12:34 DAYS TO LEARN THAT A PROJECT EXISTS.
01:12:38 YOU REQUEST FILES TO FIND AN ATTORNEY TO CONSULT
01:12:39 ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS TO FIND MONEY TO PAY FOR THIS AND FILE
01:12:42 AN APPEAL. THIS IS VERY CHALLENGING
01:12:45 AND THIS ORDINANCE WANTS TO CHANGE IT TO FRANKLY WHAT IS AN
01:12:49 IMPOSSIBLE 15 DAYS. YOU JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO
01:12:51 HAVE INPUT. >> THE MORE AFFLUENT SECTIONS
01:12:53 OF THE CITY MAY HAVE THE TIME AND RESOURCES TO FILE AN APPEAL
01:12:57 BUT THE LESS WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS THE PEOPLE WITH
01:13:00 TWO JOBS TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET WILL BE AS OUT OF LUCK.
01:13:04 >> AS A RESULT, AN ENVIRONMENTALLY DAMAGING
01:13:08 PROJECT WILL NOT MOST LIKELY BE BUILT WITHOUT REMEDIATION
01:13:11 IN THE POORER NEIGHBORHOODS. PEOPLE IN A HABITAT WILL SUFFER
01:13:13 BUT DEVELOPERS WILL WALK AWAY WITH THEIR PROFITS.
01:13:17 >> SAN FRANCISCO USED TO BE A LEADER IN ENVIRONMENTAL
01:13:20 PROTECTION AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
01:13:24 WHY ARE WE CONTINUING CONSIDERING LEGISLATION THAT
01:13:28 WILL LEAD TO FURTHER DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
01:13:29 AND LOSS OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS ?
01:13:32 HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT? PLEASE REJECT THIS REGRESSIVE
01:13:36 LEGISLATION. >> THANK YOU.
01:13:37 THANK IF YOUR COMMENTS DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS PUBLIC
01:13:41 COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE FROM WHOM WE HAVE NOT YET
01:13:43 HEARD? >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED
01:13:46 . >> SUPERVISOR CHEN.
01:13:47 THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MELGAR AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE'S
01:13:51 PUBLIC COMMENT. I THINK I ALSO DON'T MAKE
01:13:56 DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS POLICY AND VERY LIKELY I
01:14:02 ACTUALLY ASKED A QUESTION. I DO NOT SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY
01:14:06 HAVE GOOD DATA AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW OUR PUBLIC SPACE
01:14:10 RECREATION CENTERS, SCHOOLS AND OR PARTS OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC
01:14:14 PROTECTIONS MAY BE SHAPED BY THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
01:14:18 >> SO I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THIS
01:14:22 IMPACTS ALONGSIDE THE LEGISLATION.
01:14:25 THUS THEN I WILL PUT IN A REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT
01:14:29 PREPARE ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF THIS POTENTIAL
01:14:33 IMPACTS. SO MR. CLERK, WITH THAT I WOULD
01:14:34 LIKE TO DUPLICATE THE FILE IN TERMS OF THIS LEGISLATION
01:14:41 BEFORE US. >> I KNOW THAT OUR CITY HAS
01:14:42 BEEN ON A CONCERNED THE PATH TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO HOUSING
01:14:48 DEVELOPMENT BUT I ALSO DON'T SEE HOW WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE
01:14:52 TO EXPAND OUR HOUSING STOCK WITHOUT ALLOWING SOME NEW
01:14:56 SHADING BY NEW DEVELOPMENT. AND I ALSO SEE THE BENEFITS OF
01:15:00 BEING ABLE TO FACILITATE MORE HOUSING AS A TRADEOFF THAT I'M
01:15:04 CURRENTLY WILLING TO MAKE. HOW WOULD THAT SEND ON MY
01:15:08 COMMENT? >> THANK YOU.
01:15:09 THANK YOU. I SAW MS..
01:15:12 GIBSON PIPE UP. DID DID YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO
01:15:16 THAT? THANK YOU AGAIN, LISA GIBSON
01:15:17 AND I DID WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.
01:15:20 SUPERVISOR TAN THAT YOU HAD ASKED REGARDING DO WE HAVE
01:15:24 INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND I WANT TO
01:15:27 RECALL THAT WE HAVE A HOUSING ELEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
01:15:32 REPORT THAT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND THAT INCLUDED ANALYSIS THIS
01:15:36 OF SHADOW IMPACTS THAT WOULD BE CAUSED BY THE HOUSING ELEMENT
01:15:39 ADOPTION AND THEN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD OCCUR
01:15:43 IN PURSUANT TO THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN EXCUSE ME AND THAT
01:15:47 INCLUDES YOU KNOW UP TO THE 82,000 UNITS THAT WOULD BE
01:15:53 REQUIRED. SO IN IN THAT ANALYSIS WE DID
01:15:54 HAVE A SHADOW CHAPTER AND WE LOOKED AT THE IMPACTS OF SHADE
01:15:58 THAT COULD RESULT FROM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND THAT INCLUDED
01:16:02 ON PROPERTIES UNDER REC PARK JURISDICTION AS WELL AS THOSE
01:16:07 THAT ARE NOT. SO ALL TYPES OF OPEN SPACE
01:16:10 AND WE DID IDENTIFY THAT THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT
01:16:11 AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACT. THERE COULD BE SHADING THAT
01:16:14 COULD RESULT IN THE FUTURE FROM PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE BUILT
01:16:18 PURSUANT TO THAT. >> SO I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT
01:16:19 THE RECORD ON THAT. MAY I RESPOND TO.
01:16:21 >> YES, GO AHEAD. YEAH.
01:16:22 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:16:24 AND I APPRECIATE THE SHARING OF THAT.
01:16:28 MAY I ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION? THAT'S THE ANALYSIS AND A
01:16:31 REPORT INCLUDING THE OPPORTUNITY SITE.
01:16:35 YES, I DID. IT DID WORK.
01:16:42 >> EXCUSE ME. CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY WHEN YOU
01:16:43 SAY THAT OPPORTUNITY SITES ARE YOU TALKING?
01:16:47 YEAH. I WANT TO MAP THE STATE
01:16:48 OPPORTUNITIES SITES BY INDUSTRIAL LEVEL AND WE ALSO
01:16:51 HAVE A COUPLE WE THE ANALYSIS IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT WAS
01:16:55 FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD OCCUR AND COULD OCCUR
01:16:58 PURSUANT TO THE CHANGES IN ZONING THAT WERE ULTIMATELY
01:17:02 ADOPTED THROUGH THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN.
01:17:06 SO ANY AND THEN SO NOT AS A RESULT OF ANY FUTURE REZONING
01:17:12 THAT WASN'T ANY OTHER REZONING. >> IT WAS JUST FOR FROM THAT
01:17:16 AND SO OPPORTUNITY SITES THAT WERE PART OF THE THE FAMILY
01:17:17 ZONING PLAN REZONING HAVE BEEN ANALYZED.
01:17:20 >> OKAY. I WALK MY MY OFFICE WILL
01:17:24 CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP AND TO FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE
01:17:27 A REPORT AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS OF THE REPORT
01:17:29 AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ALL
01:17:33 THIS IMPACT THEN HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT.
01:17:35 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHEN AND THERE'S
01:17:39 BEEN A REQUEST TO DUPLICATE THE FILE.
01:17:40 SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR MELGAR.
01:17:43 >> I'M PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR THIS ORDINANCE WITH SUPERVISOR
01:17:47 MAHMUD AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS AS
01:17:51 WELL AS OUR FELLOW CO-SPONSOR SUPERVISOR SAUDER AND I
01:17:55 STRONGLY CONCUR WITH SUPERVISOR MARK INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
01:17:59 >> I SPENT A LONG TIME ON THE EXECUTIVE STAFF OF THE CITY
01:18:00 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND AS I SAID IN MY REMARKS ON THE SECURE
01:18:04 APPEAL WE HEARD LAST WEEK FROM OUR FRIENDS AT JANNEY.
01:18:07 I'VE SEEN MORE THAN MY SHARE OF BAD ACTORS AND QUERULOUS
01:18:11 LITIGANTS USUALLY AROUND THESE KINDS OF CASES INVOLVING SEQUA.
01:18:14 I'VE HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT TO ABUSES OF SEQUA THAT USUALLY
01:18:18 AND INFURIATINGLY RAN COUNTER TO THE CORE INTENT OF
01:18:22 PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT WHETHER THAT WAS TO STOP BIKE
01:18:26 LANES, TO STAND IN THE WAY OF PUBLIC POWER OR TO BLOCK
01:18:30 HOUSING PRODUCTION. HONESTLY I'M TIRED OF SEEING
01:18:34 SEQUA ABUSED IN WAYS THAT FRUSTRATE RATHER THAN
01:18:35 FACILITATE PROGRESS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES.
01:18:39 I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE BIKE LANE CASE WAS ACTUALLY
01:18:42 CALLED IT WAS THE COALITION FOR ADEQUATE REVIEW.
01:18:46 CAR VERSUS SAN FRANCISCO WAS JUST IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE
01:18:50 A THUMB IN YOUR EYE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH BY
01:18:51 GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS AND INTO SOMETHING THAT IS
01:18:56 ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. >> RESEARCH THAT CAME OUT JUST
01:19:01 LAST WEEK FROM HOLLAND AND KNIGHT REVIEWED 498
01:19:04 APPELLATE DECISIONS AND FOUND THAT HOUSING WAS THE LARGEST
01:19:08 SINGLE CATEGORY OF APPEALS. NEARLY 90% OF CHALLENGED
01:19:11 HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS WERE INFILL PROJECTS.
01:19:14 >> THOSE ARE THE EXACT KINDS OF PROJECTS WE NEED THE EXACT
01:19:16 KINDS OF PROJECTS WE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING HERE IN SAN
01:19:18 FRANCISCO JUST TO MEET THE TRANSIT AND CLIMATE GOALS THAT
01:19:22 RESPONSIBLE 21ST CENTURY URBANISM SHOULD REFLECT TO
01:19:28 ADVANCE IN OTHER WORDS, THE CAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
01:19:31 . >> HOLLAND IN NIGHT'S EARLIER
01:19:32 TRIAL COURT RESEARCH FOUND THAT SEQUEL LAWSUITS IN 2020 SOUGHT
01:19:35 TO BLOCK ROUGHLY 48,000 APPROVED HOMES STATEWIDE.
01:19:39 THAT WAS JUST UNDER HALF OF THAT YEAR'S PRODUCTION.
01:19:42 >> THE SAME STUDY REPORTS THAT AGENCIES PREVAILED IN ABOUT 75%
01:19:46 OF THOSE APPEALS. >> AND YET THE LITIGATION
01:19:47 TYPICALLY TAKES 4 TO 5 YEARS TO RESOLVE.
01:19:51 MOST OF THOSE CHALLENGES FAIL BUT INEVITABLY THEY DELAY THE
01:19:54 PROJECTS AND THOSE DELAYS ARE MEASURED IN COSTS AND THOSE
01:19:57 COSTS ARE THINGS THAT WE ALL BEAR AS RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS
01:20:02 WHO ARE STRUGGLING STRUGGLING INCREASINGLY TO AFFORD HOUSING.
01:20:05 SO I THINK MOST SAN FRANCISCANS WANT THEIRS TO BE A CITY WHERE
01:20:09 IT IS EASIER TO BUILD HOUSING TRANSIT OFFICES AND PUBLIC
01:20:13 AMENITIES THAT BUILD VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:20:14 RIGHT NOW WE MAKE IT HARDER TO DO THAT THAN IN OTHER
01:20:18 JURISDICTIONS WHEN OUR RULES IN SAN FRANCISCO GO BEYOND WHAT
01:20:22 THE STATE LAW REQUIRES, WE TILT THE PLAYING FIELD AGAINST
01:20:25 HOUSING PRODUCTION. I THINK THIS LEGISLATION QUITE
01:20:29 WISELY AND PRUDENTLY MOVES TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD BACK.
01:20:33 >> THIS ORDINANCE IS A MEASURED STEP TO IMPLEMENT STATE LAW
01:20:34 CHANGES AND TO MAKE OUR IMPLEMENTATION MORE FAIR, MORE
01:20:38 PREDICTABLE AND EFFICIENT. WE CAN HONOR SEQUEL'S INTENT
01:20:41 AND STILL BUILD THE HOUSING WE NEED AND IN FACT THAT'S EXACTLY
01:20:44 WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IF WE REALLY CARE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL
01:20:46 PRIORITIES. >> SO I WANT TO THANK
01:20:49 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THE SHARED ACT
01:20:50 WHICH I'M HAPPY TO CO-SPONSOR AND TO ENTHUSIASTICALLY
01:20:53 SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU.
01:20:53 SUPERVISOR ESTHER DORSEY. I'M GOING TO MAKE MY COMMENTS
01:20:58 BEFORE I GO BACK TO YOU. SUPERVISOR MAHMUD AND YOU CAN
01:21:00 CLOSE US UP. SO I HAVE I AM NOT YET A
01:21:04 CO-SPONSOR AND I WAS GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS LEGISLATION BUT I
01:21:08 WASN'T GOING TO PUT MY NAME ON IT.
01:21:09 >> BUT SINCE I GOT THREATENED WITH BEING KICKED OUT OF THE
01:21:13 PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT AND ALSO BACKLASH FROM WEST SIDE VOTERS
01:21:16 WHERE I HAVE BEEN ELECTED TWICE WITH LARGE MARGINS WITH AN
01:21:20 ENDORSEMENT I'M GOING TO PUT MY NAME ON IT SO PLEASE ADD ME AS
01:21:25 A CO-SPONSOR. JUST IN A BAD MOOD TODAY.
01:21:27 SO I HAVE TO SAY A FEW THINGS. >> FIRST OF ALL, THIS
01:21:32 LEGISLATION PERTAINS TO NOT TO WATER DOWN SECURE BECAUSE
01:21:39 SECURE IS A STATE LAW OVER WHICH WE HAVE NO POWER TO, YOU
01:21:43 KNOW, MAKE US STRONGER. >> WELL, WE CAN'T DO THAT.
01:21:47 BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS TO ADAPT OUR PROCESSES, OUR INTERNAL
01:21:50 PROCESSES AS A CITY TO COMPLY WITH A SECURE WHICH IS STATE
01:21:54 LAW. WE HAVE OVER THE YEARS ADDED A
01:21:58 BUNCH OF STUFF TO THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE APPLY SECURE THIS
01:22:02 LEGISLATION AND MAKES THE PROCESS LESS STRENUOUS WHEN
01:22:09 THERE'S A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND OR A
01:22:13 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION WHEN THIS THE THE STAFF SAYS NO REALLY
01:22:18 THERE'S THERE'S NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT HERE.
01:22:21 >> SO RATHER THAN HAVING A HEARING AT THE COMMISSION AT
01:22:25 SOMEBODY WHO OBJECTS TO THAT STAFF DETERMINATION TO THE
01:22:26 EXPERT STAFF DETERMINATION CAN COME DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD OF
01:22:30 SUPERVISORS THAT'S WHAT IT DOES.
01:22:33 IT DOES NOTHING ABOUT DATA CENTERS.
01:22:34 IT DOES NOTHING TO YOU KNOW, ON THE PARKS OR WILD AREA BECAUSE
01:22:41 PROP K STILL APPLIES. >> SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU KNOW,
01:22:45 THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR A SHADOW IMPACT AND IT DOES HAVE
01:22:49 YOU KNOW, AN IMPACT. >> IT ALSO DOES NOT APPLY IF
01:22:57 THERE IS A DETERMINATION THAT DOES THIS DOES NEED IN THE AIR
01:23:01 FOR AIR. >> SO THE PROCESS IN IS REMAINS
01:23:05 UNCHANGED AND THAT IS STATE LAW AND THE THING ABOUT THE THE
01:23:09 TIME REQUIREMENT WE ARE ONLY MAKING OUR PROCESSES COMPLY
01:23:13 WITH WITH ALREADY STATE LAW. THE 15 DAYS FOR THIS IS A 30
01:23:19 DAY SO WE COULD JUST CHANCE IT AND STRAY FROM STATE LAW
01:23:22 AND GET SUED BUT THAT'S LIKE A WHOLE OTHER PROCESS.
01:23:24 >> I WILL SAY THIS TO YOU KNOW I AM FIRMLY PRO HOUSING PERSON.
01:23:30 I THINK WE NEED MORE HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT I AM ALSO
01:23:34 AN ARDENT ENVIRONMENTALIST. I WAKE UP AT TWO IN THE MORNING
01:23:39 KNOWING THAT MY KIDS MAY BE UNDER WATER AND THE FACT IS A
01:23:43 GENERATION OF CALIFORNIA KIDS WHO THINK THAT WE SHOULD GO
01:23:47 BACK TO 1978 WITH LIKE THE WAY THINGS WERE THEN HAS CREATED AN
01:23:52 APPLICATION OF SECURE AND NEPA BY THE WAY TO BECAUSE IT'S NOT
01:23:58 JUST A CALIFORNIA PROBLEM THAT IS ACTUALLY KEEPING US FROM
01:24:01 TAKING ON THE URGENCY OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
01:24:05 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT TAKING PEOPLE OFF OUT OF THEIR
01:24:09 CARS, CREATING PUBLIC SPACES LIKE A PARK AT THE BEACH
01:24:15 INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, A FREEWAY ADAPTING, YOU KNOW,
01:24:20 DECARBONIZATION, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ALL THESE
01:24:23 THINGS THAT WE MUST DO TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE TO GET PEOPLE
01:24:27 OUT OF THEIR CARS, TO DECARBONIZE OUR SOCIETY, TO
01:24:30 MAKE PROGRESS, TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR YOU KNOW,
01:24:34 ELECTRICAL GRID INSTEAD OF CARS.
01:24:35 ALL OF THESE THINGS WE MUST DO WE MUST DO IT WITH URGENCY.
01:24:39 AND GUESS WHAT? >> PEOPLE HAVE USED SECURE
01:24:43 THEY'VE USED SECURE TO GET IN THE WAY OF ALL THESE THINGS.
01:24:46 SO I AM ALL FOR YOU KNOW, ADAPTING OUR PROCESSES.
01:24:50 I THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD FOR DOING A VERY SMALL THING
01:24:54 ABOUT OUR LOCAL PROCESSES BUT I THINK YOU KNOW THE MILLENNIALS
01:24:57 AND GEN Z I'M SO SORRY THAT PREVIOUS GENERATIONS HAVE DONE
01:25:02 THIS TO YOU. WE MUST MOVE WITH EXPEDIENCY
01:25:05 AND URGENCY AND I ALSO HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, AS AN IMMIGRANT,
01:25:10 A WOMAN OF COLOR REPRESENT THE WEST SIDE.
01:25:13 I AM ACTUALLY OFFENDED THAT WE USE, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL
01:25:17 JUSTICE BECAUSE IT'S MY PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE UNDER WATER
01:25:21 FASTER THAN ANYONE ELSE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
01:25:25 DOESN'T HAPPEN AND WE NEED TO MOVE WITH EXPEDIENCY.
01:25:28 WE NEED TO MOVE PEOPLE TO A DENSER, MORE TRANSIT ORIENTED
01:25:34 URBAN FABRIC SO THAT WE USE LESS RESOURCES AND ACTUALLY
01:25:39 PROTECT NATURAL AREAS FROM DEVELOPMENT SO SUPERVISOR MY
01:25:44 VOTE YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT IN AMI AS A CO-SPONSOR.
01:25:47 >> THANK YOU. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE
01:25:51 TO SAY. THAT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW SO
01:25:54 I SEE MY TIME. >> THANK YOU CHAIR MILLER OKAY
01:25:58 SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND THIS ITEM
01:26:02 OUT OF COMMITTEE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE
01:26:06 RECOMMENDATION UNLESS ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO MAKE AN
01:26:10 ALTERNATIVE MOTION. >> OKAY.
01:26:13 A MOTION HAS BEEN OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT THE ORDINANCE BE
01:26:17 RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THAT MOTION.
01:26:19 >> VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR
01:26:22 MELGAR I MELGAR I MET HIM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES ON THAT
01:26:28 MOTION. >> OKAY THANK YOU.
01:26:29 LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER SIX PLEASE.
01:26:33 >> ONE QUICK POINT MADAM CHAIR BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
01:26:36 THERE IS THE MATTER OF THE DUPLICATE ORDINANCE THAT WAS
01:26:40 CREATED BY SUPERVISOR CHEN PREVIOUSLY.
01:26:41 >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO DISPENSE WITH THAT AND I WOULD
01:26:44 LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE THIS TO THE CALL OF
01:26:45 THE CHAIR OKAY. >> MOTION TO CONTINUE THE
01:26:50 DUPLICATED ORDINANCE TO THE CALL THE CHAIR ON THAT MOTION
01:26:55 VICE CHAIR CHIN CHIN I'M MEMBER DAWSON DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I
01:26:58 MELGAR I MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES ON THAT MOTION.
01:27:03 >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
01:27:03 NOW LET'S GO TO ITEM SIX AND SEVEN TOGETHER PLEASE.
01:27:12 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDED
01:27:15 AND RESTATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
01:27:16 AND COUNTY AND CALIFORNIA BARREL COMPANY LLC, A DELAWARE
01:27:19 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FOR THE POTRERO POWER STATION MIXED
01:27:24 USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
01:27:27 AMENDMENTS TO ITS HOUSING PLAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND PHASING
01:27:30 PLAN. >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS
01:27:33 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING CODE AND ZONING MAP
01:27:35 FOR THE POTRERO POWER STATION SPECIAL USE DISTRICT TO
01:27:38 INCREASE HEIGHT LIMITS AND MODIFY THE LAND USE PARKING
01:27:41 ROOFTOP PERTINENCE BUILDING DESIGN AND BUILDING APPROVAL
01:27:45 REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.
01:27:47 EACH ORDINANCE MAKES APPROPRIATE SCOPE FINDINGS
01:27:50 AND FINDINGS OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN IN THE
01:27:53 EIGHT PRIORITY POLICIES PLANNING CODE SECTION ONE
01:27:54 AND 1.1 AS WELL AS PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE
01:27:57 AND WELFARE FINDINGS UNDER PLANNING CODE SECTION 302
01:28:00 AND FINALLY MADAM CHAIR BY PREVIOUS ARRANGEMENT WE HAVE
01:28:04 MADE SPACE ON TOMORROW'S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA ON THE
01:28:05 COMMITTEE REPORTS AGENDA SO THAT THESE MATTERS CAN BE SENT
01:28:09 FOR CONSIDERATION TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 29TH.
01:28:11 >> OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU.
01:28:12 WELCOME MR. LAO THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
01:28:15 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. GOOD AFTERNOON JOHN LAO WITH O
01:28:19 STAFF I'LL BE VERY BRIEF HERE SIMPLY TO OFFER ONE
01:28:25 CLARIFICATION ON BEHALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE SPONSORS YOU SHOULD
01:28:29 HAVE IT ON YOUR DESK. I'M FINE TUNING THE LANGUAGE TO
01:28:34 A TOPIC THAT WE COVERED LAST WEEK AT THE HEARING CLARIFYING
01:28:40 THAT DATA CENTERS ARE NOT PERMITTED ON ANY BLOCK WITHIN
01:28:44 THE PROJECT. WE BELIEVE THAT THE PRIOR
01:28:48 LANGUAGE HAD THE SAME NET EFFECT BUT IN AN EFFORT TO BE
01:28:52 BEYOND CRYSTAL CLEAR WE'VE OFFERED THIS MINOR MODIFICATION
01:28:55 TODAY SO NO DATA CENTER IS PERMITTED ON ANY BLOCK WITHIN
01:29:00 THE PROJECT AND WE'VE ALSO TWO SETS OF TECHNICAL MODIFICATIONS
01:29:06 TO DOCUMENTS IN THE DIA AND ITS EXHIBITS WHICH WILL ADD TO THE
01:29:11 FILE AFTER THE HEARING RELATED TO IMPLEMENTING THE NON-POTABLE
01:29:15 WATER ORDINANCE THE DISTRICT SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE PROJECT
01:29:22 AND THEN CLARIFICATION ON THE NATURE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF
01:29:26 OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN PRIVATELY OWNED COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS.
01:29:30 >> SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE AND WE WOULD
01:29:34 ASK KINDLY TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS OF THAT SIDE
01:29:38 AND THEN PASS OUT AS A COMMITTEE REPORT.
01:29:39 >> THANK YOU. OKAY.
01:29:42 THANK YOU MR. LOW. I DON'T THINK I SEE ANYONE WITH
01:29:46 COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ITEM SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON
01:29:50 THIS ITEM NOW PLEASE. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
01:29:51 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
01:29:54 RELATED TO BOTH AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS SIX AND SEVEN RELATED
01:29:57 TO THE PROCURE POWER STATION MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
01:30:00 IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THESE TWO ITEMS CALLED TOGETHER
01:30:02 PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN AT THIS TIME.
01:30:04 >> SORRY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISOR
01:30:15 IT'S ALLISON HEATH AND I AM CHAIR OF THE PATROL BOOSTERS
01:30:19 DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND A LONGTIME RESIDENT PETRO HILL
01:30:25 SPEAKING TODAY AS AN INDIVIDUAL I PARTICIPATED IN THE EARLY
01:30:32 NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE POWER STATION PROJECT AND HAVE
01:30:35 REMAINED INVOLVED AS THE PROJECT HAS EVOLVED DESPITE
01:30:39 SEVERAL CHALLENGING YEARS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO,
01:30:43 THE POWER STATION TEAM HAS MOVED THE PROJECT FORWARD WHILE
01:30:46 PRESERVING THE MAJOR PUBLIC BENEFITS PROMISED TO US.
01:30:50 THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS CONTINUE THAT APPROACH
01:30:51 RESPONDING TO CHANGED ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WITHOUT SACRIFICING
01:30:58 THOSE BENEFITS. THE PARKS SHORELINE ACCESS
01:31:03 TRANSIT COMMITMENTS AND 30% AFFORDABLE HOUSING REMAIN
01:31:06 INTACT AT A TIME WHEN OTHER DEVELOPERS ARE TRYING TO REDUCE
01:31:11 PROMISED COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT SIGNIFICANT AND THEY'VE
01:31:15 ALSO DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY'RE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL BOTH
01:31:19 INDIVIDUALLY AND THROUGH FIFTH SPACE.
01:31:22 THEY'VE BEEN GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUPPORTING THE
01:31:25 DOGPATCH HUB, THE YMCA AT CRANE COVE, THE GREEN BENEFIT
01:31:29 DISTRICT, THE 22ND STREET TRAIL STEPS, JACKSON PARK YOUTH
01:31:35 PROGRAMS AND NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS CIRCLE STANCES CHANGE
01:31:39 OVER THE LIFE OF A PROJECT THIS LARGE.
01:31:43 >> WHAT MATTERS IS HOW A DEVELOPER RESPONDS AND WHAT IT
01:31:47 CHOOSES TO PROTECT HERE THE POWER STATION TEAM HAS FOUND A
01:31:51 WAY FORWARD THAT PRESERVES THE PROMISES THEY MADE TO OUR
01:31:55 COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT THESE
01:31:58 AMENDMENTS AND I URGE YOU TO MOVE THEM FORWARD.
01:32:02 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:32:03 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE COULD AFTERNOON.
01:32:10 MY NAME IS DEMETRIA GREGORY. I'M A DISTRICT TEN RESIDENT
01:32:14 AND A FORMER RESIDENT OF THE SOPHIE MAXWELL BUILDING AT THE
01:32:17 PETRO POWER STATION. I TRULY ENJOY MY TIME LIVING
01:32:18 THERE. THE BUILDING PROVIDED ME WITH
01:32:21 PEACE OF MIND, STABILITY AND CONVENIENCE AS SOMEONE BORN
01:32:25 AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO HAVING HOUSING IN MY OWN
01:32:26 COMMUNITY MEANT A GREAT DEAL TO ME.
01:32:29 MY EXPERIENCE SHOWED ME HOW IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS LIKE
01:32:33 THIS CAN BE FOR SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO REMAIN
01:32:34 CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY THEY THE COMMUNITIES THEY KNOW
01:32:37 AND LOVE BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE I SUPPORT THE PETRO POWER
01:32:41 STATION PROJECT AND THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IT PROVIDES.
01:32:45 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:32:46 SPEAKER PLEASE DOCTOR AND HIM SUPPORTER SOMCHAI I HAVE AN
01:32:54 INTERESTING PERSONAL HISTORY WITH THE PETRO DISTRICT.
01:32:58 I LIVED AT 27 DAKOTA STREET IN THE POTRERO HOUSING PROJECTS
01:33:07 AND ATTENDED STARR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND GOT MY
01:33:13 FIRST IMMUNIZATIONS AT THE BETRAYAL COMMUNITY CENTER.
01:33:18 ADDITIONALLY I WAS A MEMBER OF THE VAST COALITION THE
01:33:22 ADMIRABLE COALITION THAT SUCCESSFULLY SHUT DOWN THE
01:33:26 POLLUTING HUNTERS POINT AND POWER PLANT AND THE COAL
01:33:30 FIRED POWER PLANT IN POTRERO AND SUBSTITUTED THE JEFFERSON
01:33:38 MARKET AND TRANSMISSION LINES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE OBVIOUS
01:33:44 COMMENT THAT WE SHOULD EXPECT HISTORICAL AND LEGACY POLLUTANT
01:33:52 CONTAMINANTS AT THIS SITE AND IT NEEDS TO UNDERGO A VERY
01:33:57 EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. WE'RE ALSO DEALING WITH A LAND
01:34:01 THAT IS SITUATED IN EARTHQUAKE LIQUEFACTION ZONE AND AREAS
01:34:05 THAT ARE PROJECTED TO BE THE SITE OF PERMANENT FLOODING BY
01:34:12 2035. SO THESE ARE VERY, VERY SERIOUS
01:34:13 IMPACTS THAT MUST BE ADEQUATELY ANALYZED FOR THIS PROJECT.
01:34:20 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
01:34:22 COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE A WHO HAS PUBLIC
01:34:24 COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX AND SEVEN?
01:34:26 >> OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
01:34:28 >> SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU CHAIR.
01:34:31 I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT THAT INVOLVES
01:34:35 MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS. I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE THE
01:34:39 PROJECT DEMONSTRATED A HIGH LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY THAT
01:34:43 IT'S POSSIBLE AND FEASIBLE AND I ALSO WANT TO REALLY SHOW
01:34:47 OUR SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR NEGOTIATING A STRONG COMMUNITY
01:34:48 BENEFITS PROGRAM AND I KNOW THAT ANY PROJECT OF THIS SCALE
01:34:52 AND TIME HORIZON WILL ALWAYS REQUIRE FLEXIBILITY AND I'M
01:34:56 PLEASED THAT THE PROPOSAL LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE
01:35:00 ELIGIBILITY OF DATA CENTER HAS BEEN REMOVED AND I KNOW THAT
01:35:04 THERE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT INTERMEDIATE LINK
01:35:07 OCCUPANCIES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE BEING INCLUDED
01:35:11 IN THE PROJECT AS PART OF THE UCSF CANCER CENTER TO SERVE
01:35:15 FAMILY MEMBERS FOR LONG TERM PATIENTS AND I SEE THE VALUE
01:35:18 IN INCLUDING THIS SOURCE FOR PATIENTS FAMILIES.
01:35:22 SO OVERALL I WANT TO AGAIN THANK SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR HIS
01:35:26 LEADERSHIP AND I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE
01:35:29 DEVELOPMENT DISPOSITION AGREEMENT THAT IS BEING
01:35:33 PRESENTED TODAY. >> THANK YOU.
01:35:34 WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS
01:35:37 AND MOVE IT FORWARD AS A COMMITTEE REPORT?
01:35:38 >> A COMMITTEE REPORT? >> OF COURSE WITH THAT I WOULD
01:35:41 LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
01:35:45 AND MOVE IT TO THE FULL BALL WITH POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS
01:35:49 A COMMITTEE. AS A COMMITTEE REPORT.
01:35:52 >> THANK YOU MADAM VICE CHAIR. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
01:35:56 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DOCUMENT IS BEING CHANGED OUT BUT THE
01:36:00 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ORDINANCE DOES NOT NEED TO BE AMENDED.
01:36:01 HOWEVER, THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE
01:36:04 RECORDING THE AMENDMENTS UPON. SO IN MY BOOK HERE I WILL
01:36:07 RECORD A MOTION FROM THE VICE CHAIR THAT THE DEVELOPMENT
01:36:10 AGREEMENT ORDINANCE BE RECOMMENDED AS A COMMITTEE
01:36:11 REPORT. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THAT ONE
01:36:13 FIRST ON THAT. VICE CHAIR CHEN TO RECOMMEND
01:36:17 THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ORDINANCE AS A COMMITTEE
01:36:21 REPORT. HI CHEN I'M DORSEY DORSEY I
01:36:25 VICE CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE
01:36:26 EYES ON THAT MOTION AND THEN I HAVE A MOTION FROM VICE CHAIR
01:36:29 CHEN THAT THE ZONING MAP AND PLANNING CODE AMENDMENT
01:36:33 ORDINANCE BE AMENDED AS PRESENTED AND THEN RECOMMENDED
01:36:37 AS AMENDED AS A COMMITTEE REPORT AND ON THOSE TWO MOTIONS
01:36:41 VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I REMEMBER DORSEY DORSEY I CHAIR MELGAR I
01:36:45 MELGAR I MADAM SURE THERE ARE THREE EYES ON THOSE TWO MOTIONS
01:36:49 THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VICE CHAIR DO WE HAVE
01:36:52 ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY?
01:36:58 >> THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
01:36:59 WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU