July 28, 2008

City Hall, Room 263

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		Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents: 1) Legislation 2) Budget Analyst report 3) Legislative Analyst report

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	AGENDA CHANGES

	REGULAR AGENDA

1.	080976	[Street Artist Spaces]
		Resolution approving designation for six (6) months of nine (9) temporary selling spaces for weekend usage on Market Street, north side, at Steuart Street, for street artists certified by the Arts Commission, City and County of San Francisco; exempting said spaces from the regulations of Police Code Section 2405 relating to street artist display size and bus zone; said spaces subject to Board of Supervisors review. (Arts Commission)
		7/10/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

2.	080478	[Height Map Amendment - Rezoning Block 5323, Lots 13, 14, 14A, 15, 15A And 15B On Third Street And Mendell Street, From A 105-A Height And Bulk Limit To A 55-X Height And Bulk Limit]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Height Map HT 10 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco to change height and bulk limit for Block 5323, lots 13, 14, 14A, 15, 15A and 15B, located at the intersection of Third Street and Mendell Street, from 105-A to 55-X; adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		4/8/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 5/8/2008.
		4/16/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comment.
		6/10/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department - Exempt from environmental review under Section 15060(c)(2) of the CEQA Guidelines.
		7/23/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission Resolution No. 17644 to recommending adoption of ordinance.

3.	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	Supervisors Alioto-Pier, Chu, Elsbernd
		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.
		6/9/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Charles Rudyear; Espanola Jackson. Continued to June 30, 2008.
		7/7/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Alioto-Pier; Laura Spanjian, SFPUC; Jared Blumenfeld, Department of the Environment; Bruce Alison, Senior Action Network; Jennifer Clary, Clean Water Action; Ernestine Weiss; Peter Fries; Francisco Da Costa; Ted Gulickson; Brook Turner, Coalition for Better Housing; John Roddy, Deputy City Attorney; Todd Rydstrom, SFPUC; John Malamut, Deputy City Attorney. Continued to July 21, 2008.
		7/21/08, CONTINUED. Speakers: None. Continued to July 28, 2008.

4.	080282	[Off-Site Residential Inclusionary Affordable Housing Requirements]	Supervisors Sandoval, Daly
		Ordinance amending Section 315.5 of the Planning Code to provide that twenty-five percent of off-site units given site permits annually may be built outside of the currently-required one-mile radius from the market-rate project, and to provide that off-site units cannot be located in industrially-zoned areas or within a quarter mile of developments containing 200 or more publicly-owned and operated affordable housing developments.
		2/26/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 3/24/2008.
		3/6/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comment.
		4/21/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department - non-physical per Section 15060(c)(2) of the CEQA Guidelines.
		6/10/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission Resolution No. 17607 with recommendation to disapprove the proposed ordinance.

5.	080858	[Conversion of affordable housing units to group housing units by Academy of Art University]	Supervisor Daly
		Hearing regarding the Academy of Art University converting to group housing, affordable rental housing in seventeen buildings in San Francisco to group housing, the preparation of its institutional master plan, and the environmental review of the institutional master plan prepared by the Academy of Art University.
		6/17/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

6.	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.
		6/5/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Received Hunters View Redevelopment Project FEIR.
		6/23/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission Resolution No. 17620 recommending approval.
		7/14/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Doug Shoemaker, Mayor's Office of Housing; Margaret Campbell, John Stewart Company; Charles Olsen, Sanger and Olsen; Ann Torney, architect for project sponsor; Mat Snyder, Planning Department; Francisco Da Costa; Jill Fox, India Basin Neighborhood Association; Philip Ragozzino; Lottie Titus. Continued to July 28, 2008.

7.	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.
		6/5/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Received Hunters View Redevelopment Project FEIR.
		6/23/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission Resolution No. 17622 recommending approval.
		7/14/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Doug Shoemaker, Mayor's Office of Housing; Margaret Campbell, John Stewart Company; Charles Olsen, Sanger and Olsen; Ann Torney, architect for project sponsor; Mat Snyder, Planning Department; Francisco Da Costa; Jill Fox, India Basin Neighborhood Association; Philip Ragozzino; Lottie Titus. Continued to July 28, 2008.

8.	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.
		6/5/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Received Hunters View Redevelopment Project FEIR.
		6/23/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission Resolution No. 17619 recommending approval.
		7/14/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Doug Shoemaker, Mayor's Office of Housing; Margaret Campbell, John Stewart Company; Charles Olsen, Sanger and Olsen; Ann Torney, architect for project sponsor; Mat Snyder, Planning Department; Francisco Da Costa; Jill Fox, India Basin Neighborhood Association; Philip Ragozzino; Lottie Titus. Continued to July 28, 2008.

	ADJOURNMENT

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		NOTE: Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, the following notice is hereby given: if you challenge, in court, the general plan amendments or planning code and zoning map amendments described above, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.

	LEGISLATION UNDER THE 30-DAY RULE

	(Not to be considered at this meeting)
		Rule 5.40 provides that when an ordinance or resolution is introduced which would CREATE OR REVISE MAJOR CITY POLICY, the committee to which the legislation is assigned shall not consider the legislation until at least thirty days after the date of introduction. The provisions of this rule shall not apply to the routine operations of the departments of the City or when a legal time limit controls the hearing timing. In general, the rule shall not apply to hearings to consider subject matter when no legislation has been presented, nor shall the rule apply to resolutions which simply URGE action to be taken.

	080934	[Requiring Air Quality Assessment and Ventilation for Certain Urban Infill Residential Developments]	Supervisor Ammiano
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code by adding new Article 38 to require air quality assessment and ventilation for certain urban infill residential developments; amending the San Francisco Building Code by adding a third paragraph to Section 1203.5 and amending the San Francisco Mechanical Code by adding new Section 419 to require special ventilation systems for certain urban infill residential developments; making environmental findings; adopting findings of local conditions pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 17958.7, and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward this Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission.
		7/8/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 8/7/2008.
		7/23/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comment and Planning Department for environmental review.

	081010	[Building - Ban on Wooden Fixed Utility Ladders in R-1 and R-2 Occupancies]	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Housing Code to add Section 605 prohibiting wooden fixed utility ladders in R-1 and R-2 Occupancies, and making findings under the California Environmental Quality Act.
		7/16/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 8/15/2008.
		7/23/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review.

	081038	[Permeable Paving]	Supervisor Sandoval
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Building Code by adding Section 106A.1.14 to require a permit for construction or reconstruction of a driveway unless the driveway construction or reconstruction work is approved under a building or site permit; by amending Table 1A-F to add a permit fee for construction of a permeable driveway surface; and by adding Chapter 13E to require new driveways to have a permeable surface; adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings required by California Health and Safety Code Section 17958.5.
		7/22/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 8/21/2008.
		7/24/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Building Inspection Commission for review and comment. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review and determination of fee increase impact.

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