June 9, 2008

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	AGENDA CHANGES

	REGULAR AGENDA

1.	080589	[Agreement to Accept the Dolores Hotel Located at 35-37 Woodward Street]
		Resolution approving and authorizing the execution and performance of an Agreement to Transfer and an Irrevocable Assignment and Assumption Agreement and Amendment to Loan Documents relating to the property commonly known as Dolores Hotel and located at 35-37 Woodward Street; adopting findings that the transfer is exempt from Environmental Review and is consistent with the City's General Plan and Eight Priority Policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1; and authorizing the Director of Property to execute documents, make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of this Resolution. (Real Estate Department)
		5/12/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

2.	080436	[Authorizing the passthrough from landlord to residential tenant of specified percentages of water and sewer services cost increases imposed through adoption of water and sewer rates after	Supervisor Alioto-Pier
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code to encourage water conservation by authorizing landlords to pass through to tenants fifty percent of increased water and sewer bill charges resulting from the adoption of water and sewer rates after July 1, 2002, and the passthrough to tenants of seventy percent of increased water and sewer bill charges resulting from the adoption of water and sewer rates after July 1, 2002, where specified water conservation devices have been installed in all rental units and common areas of a building; and providing for passthrough administration, noticing and enforcement procedures.
		4/1/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 5/1/2008.
		4/3/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to the Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.

3.	080095	[Requirements for off-street parking and loading]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Section 151 to reduce the required number of parking spaces for housing for seniors and physically handicapped persons, affordable housing, group housing, SRO units and residential care facilities; amending Section 154 to revise the minimum dimensions for off-street parking spaces, to encourage space-efficient parking and to no longer require independently accessible parking and define independently accessible parking to include parking accessed by automated garages or car elevators and valet parking; amending Section 155 to delete a requirement for independently accessible parking and require parking design to prevent bicycle and transit lane conflicts; amending Section 157 to provide for a demonstration that car-share parking cannot satisfy the need for non-accessory parking as a conditional use; amending Section 167 to provide for optional parking in all new residential buildings or conversions to residential buildings of 10 units or more; amending Section 303(c)(2)(B) to provide for consideration of whether a use seeking a conditional use permit is providing car-share parking; amending Section 790.10 to include a car-share parking space as part of a community residential parking use; amending Section 890.10 to include a car-share parking space as part of a community commercial parking garage use; and adopting findings.
		1/15/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 2/14/2008.
		1/23/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comments.
		4/10/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department - Exempt from environmental review under General Rule Exclusion (CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)).
		4/21/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission - Adopted Resolution No. 17579 to recommend approval with modifications.

4.	070535	[Status of the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Hearing before the Land Use Committee by the Planning Department regarding the status of the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan.
		4/24/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		5/7/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in committee. Speaker: Amit Ghosh, Planning Department; Ken Rich, Planning Department; Supervisor Maxwell; Doug Shoemacker, Mayor's Office of Housing; Jessie Blout, Mayor's Office of Economic Workforce Development; Francisco Da Costa; Joe Boss; Charles Clary; Silvia Johnson.
		7/30/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in committee. Speakers: Supervisor Maxwell; Ken Rich, Planning Department; Supervisor McGoldrick; Peter Albert, Municipal Transportation Authority; Sarah Dennis, Planning Department; Espanola Jackson; Francisco Da Costa; Sylvia Johnson; Tony Kelly; Robin T.; Calvin Welch; Dennis A.; Katherine Williams; Peter Cohen; Joe Boss.
		9/17/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in committee. Speakers: Ken Rich, Planning Department; Supervisor Sandoval; Supervisor McGoldrick; Doug Shoemacker, Mayor's Office of Housing (MOH); Myrna Melgar, MOH; Francisco Da Costa; Judy West, Project Artaud; Espanola Jackson; Charles Brannigan; Shamus Busbey; Frank Schndier; Lew; Greg Markonlis, American Industrial Center; Gary Gee; Sean McArdle, Bay West Group; Tony Kelly; Sue Hestor; Eric; Grace Shanahan, Residential Builders; male speaker; Corinne Woods, Neighborhood Parks Council; Mat Regan, Bay Area Council; John O'Connor; Leo Cassidy; Sean Keeghrein; Dave O'Keeffe; Supervisor Maxwell. Supervisor Sandoval absent for the vote.
		4/21/08, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: John Rahaim, Director of Planning; Ken Rich and Amit Ghosh, Planning Department.
		5/19/08, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: John Rahaim, Planning Director; Steve Wertheim, Planning Department; Ken Kirkey, ABAG; Ken Rich, Planning Department; John Malamut, Deputy City Attorney; Espanola Jackson; Ariel Braunstein, Jamie Guarrero, Kate Sofis, Anje Kann, NEMRA; April Veneracion, SOMCAN; Tony Kelly, Potrero Boosters; Beth Weintraub, NEMRA and Weintraub Studios; Fred Snyder, David Allen Trust; Bill Lightner, Lightner Property Group; Tim Colen, SF Housing Action Coalition; John Tedesco; Alexis McNulty; Glenn McNulty; Robert Meyers; Kapa Askenasy; Ingrid Aquino; Carolyn Polikoff, NEMRA; Philip Lessner, Mission Miracle Mile; Sue Hestor; Chris Durazo, SOMCAN; Joe Boss.
		6/2/08, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Ken Rich, Planning Department; Michael Yarne and Rhonda Simmons, Office of Economic Workforce Development; Francisco Da Costa; Jazzie Collins, SOMCAN; Ingrid Aquino; Espanola Jackson; Tony Kelly, Potrero Boosters; Kapa Askenasy; Male Speaker; Bill Lightner, Lightner Property Group; John O'Brien, O'Brien Mechanical; Philip Lessner, Mission Miracle Mile; Eric Acosta; Sue Hestor.

	ADJOURNMENT

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	LEGISLATION UNDER THE 30-DAY RULE

	(Not to be considered at this meeting)
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5.	080567	[Zoning - Ordinance creating a Conditional Use requirement for establishments that sell Tobacco Paraphernalia]	Supervisor Sandoval
		Ordinance amending the Planning Code to add a new Section 227(v), to define Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments, and to impose a conditional use requirement on the establishment of such new enterprises in all Commercial and Industrial districts; amending Section 303 of the Planning Code to refer to this requirement, and to require consideration of additional criteria when analyzing a conditional use application; adding a new Section 790.123, to define Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments in the Neighborhood Commercial districts; amending sections 710.1, 711.1, 712.1, 713.1, 714.1, 715.1, 716.1, 717.1, 718.1, 719.1, 720.1, 721.1, 722.1, 723.1, 724.1, 725.1, 726.1, 727.1, 728.1, 729.1, 730.1, and 732.1, to refer to this definition and conditional use requirement; adding a new Section 890.89 to define Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments in the Mixed Use districts; amending sections 803.1, 810.1, 811.1, 812.1, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, and 827 to refer to this definition and conditional use requirement; and making findings, including findings of consistency with the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and environmental findings.
		4/22/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 5/22/2008.
		4/29/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review; Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation; and Small Business Commission for review and recommendation.
		5/6/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department - non-physical per Section 15060(c)(2) of the CEQA Guidelines.

6.	080652	[Rental Subsidy Program for Low-Income Families]	Supervisor Daly
		Ordinance adding Sections 48.1 through 48.7 to the San Francisco Administrative Code creating the Rental Subsidy Program for Low-Income Families that establishes a need-based local housing subsidy for homeless families subject to the fiscal and budgetary provisions of the Charter.
		5/13/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 6/12/2008.

7.	080691	[Zoning - HOPE SF Hunters View SUD and the 40/65-X Height and Bulk District]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding Section 263.20 to establish special exceptions for heights within the HOPE SF Hunters View Special Use District and the 40/65-X Height and Bulk District, allowing residential buildings with conditional use authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303 and 304 to have a maximum height of 65 feet; adopting environmental findings, Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		5/20/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 6/19/2008.
		5/29/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comment.

8.	080692	[Zoning - HOPE SF Hunters View Special Use District]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding Section 249.39 to establish the HOPE SF Hunters View Special Use District, allowing the subdivision or portions of the site as individual lots to exceed the density of the underlying zoning district and allowing uses that are either principally or conditionally permitted within NC-1 districts to be principally permitted within the special use district; adopting environmental findings, Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		5/20/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 6/19/2008.
		5/29/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comment.

9.	080693	[Zoning Map Amendments - HOPE SF Hunters View]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Ordinance amending the Zoning Maps of the City and County of San Francisco, Sheet HT10, to change the Height and bulk Designation of Assessor's Block 4624, Lots 3, 4 and 9 and Block 4720, Lot 27 from 40-X to 40/65-X, Sheet ZN10, to change the Zoning Use Districts of Block 4720, Lot 27 from RH-2, NC-2 and M-1 to RM-1, and Sheet SU10, to designate Assessor's Block 4624, Lots 3, 4 and 9 and Block 4720, Lot 27 with the HOPE SF Hunters View Special Use District; adopting environmental findings, Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		5/20/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 6/19/2008.
		5/29/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comment.

10.	080696	[Zoning - New Controls for the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District, to protect neighborhood-serving small businesses and Preserve Basic Neighborhood Services]	Supervisor Peskin
		Draft Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Section 722.1 and the Zoning Control Table in Section 722 to protect neighborhood-serving small businesses in the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District by prohibiting the establishment of new bars and restaurants in locations that have been occupied by Basic Neighborhood Services; to protect North Beach Specialty Take Out uses, such as traditional North Beach bakeries, delicatessens, gelato and ice cream stores, as defined; to prohibit the establishment of new ground-story Limited Financial and Business and Professional uses; to prohibit new automated bank teller machines (ATMs); to allow restaurants to obtain liquor licenses if they operate as a bona-fide eating places, as defined; and adding a new Section 790.142, to define bona-fide eating place; amending the definition of Basic Neighborhood Services in Section 790.68; and adopting findings, including environmental findings, Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		5/20/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 6/19/2008.
		5/30/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to City Attorney to approve as to form.

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