September 29, 2008

City and County of San Francisco
Land Use and Economic Development Committee

City Hall, Room 263

Meeting Agenda
Monday, September 29, 2008
10:00 AM
Rescheduled Meeting

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Members: Sophie Maxwell, Gerardo Sandoval, Aaron Peskin

Clerk: Linda Laws (415) 554-4441

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		NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the regularly scheduled meeting of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee on Monday, September 29, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO Monday, September 29, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.

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

		Each member of the public will be allotted the same maximum number of minutes to speak as set by the Chair at the beginning of each item, excluding City representatives, except that public speakers using translation assistance will be allowed to testify for twice the amount of the public testimony time limit. If simultaneous translation services are used, speakers will be governed by the public testimony time limit applied to speakers not requesting translation assistance. Members of the public who want a document placed on the overhead for display should clearly state such and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting.

	AGENDA CHANGES

	REGULAR AGENDA

1.	081004	[Interim Controls On Major Rights of Way Along and Near the Southern 19th Avenue Corridor]	Supervisor Elsbernd
		Resolution adopting more restrictive interim controls for a period of eighteen months that would require conditional use authorization for new residential developments over 20 units or for new commercial or retail developments over 50,000 square feet on both sides of the following rights of way along and near the Southern 19th Avenue Corridor: commencing at Lake Merced Boulevard where it begins at the County line, north along Lake Merced Boulevard to Sloat Boulevard, east along Sloat Boulevard to 19th Avenue, north along 19th Avenue to Taraval Street, east on Taraval Street to Claremont, south on Claremont to Portola, southwest on Portola to Junipero Serra Boulevard, and south on Junipero Serra Boulevard to the County line; adopting environmental findings and a determination of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		7/16/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		7/22/08, ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		7/22/08, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Elsbernd submitted a substitute resolution bearing same title.
		7/24/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comment and Planning Department for environmental review.
		9/4/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department - Not a project per Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines.
		9/9/08, ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		9/9/08, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Elsbernd submitted a substitute resolution bearing same title.
		9/15/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speaker: Marilyn Amini. Continued to September 29, 2008.

2.	081005	[19th Avenue Cumulative Impact Study]	Supervisors Elsbernd, Chu
		Resolution urging the Planning Department and Municipal Transportation Authority to conduct, and continually update, a comprehensive cumulative transportation impact study encompassing all the reasonably foreseeable developments along the 19th Avenue corridor from 19th Avenue and Vicente south to the county line, and expressing the Board of Supervisors' intent that individual environmental reviews of any projects along this corridor must incorporate this on-going and comprehensive cumulative impacts analysis to be considered adequate. (9/09/08 - Supervisor Elsbernd submitted a substitute resolution bearing same title.)
		7/16/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		9/9/08, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Elsbernd submitted a substitute resolution bearing same title.
		9/9/08, ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		9/15/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speaker: Marilyn Amini. Continued to September 29, 2008.

3.	081122	[Vacation of the Ingleside Path]	Supervisor Elsbernd
		Resolution declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to vacate the Ingleside Path right-of-way between Ocean Avenue and Corona Street and Urbano and Head Streets; setting the hearing date for all persons interested in the proposed vacation of the street area; and adopting environmental findings and findings that the vacation is consistent with the City's General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		8/12/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

4.	081120	[Ordering vacation of the Ingleside Path]	Supervisor Elsbernd
		Ordinance ordering the vacation of the Ingleside Path right-of-way between Ocean Avenue and Corona Street and Urbano and Head Streets subject to reservations of certain utility easements in the vacated area; authorizing the quit claim of the City's interest in the vacated right-of-way pursuant to the terms of the conveyancing documents; declaring such paths abandoned; adopting environmental findings and findings that such actions are consistent with the City's General Plan and the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1; and authorizing official acts in connection with this Ordinance.
		8/12/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

5.	080720	[Landmark Designation of 1969 California Street (Tobin House)]
		Ordinance designating 1969 California Street, the Tobin House, (Assessor's Block Number 0649, Lot Number 016), as a Landmark under Planning Code Article 10; and adopting General Plan, Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and environmental findings. (Planning Department)
		5/23/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		6/16/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review.
		6/30/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department - Categorically exempt from environmental review.Class 8 -Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment: designation of landmarks and historic districts, and other such preservation efforts.

6.	081078	[Personal Wireless Service Facilities Site Permits]
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending section 11.9 to: (1) establish new standards for review by the Planning Department and the Recreation and Park Department of applications for personal wireless service facilities site permits; (2) establish the right to protest the grant or denial of applications for personal wireless service facilities site permits; (3) authorize the Department of Public Works to establish certain requirements for all applications for personal wireless service facilities site permits; (4) change certain fees applicable to personal wireless service facilities site permits; (5) extend the term of personal wireless service facilities site permits; and (6) make specified technical changes to the application process and requirements for personal wireless service facilities site permits. (Public Works Department)
		8/4/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 9/11/2008. 9/11/08 - Submitted fee ad for publication on 9/13 and 9/20/08.
		8/19/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review and determination if the proposed fees will impact the environment.
		8/24/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department - The proposed fees are statutorily exempt from CEQA per CEQA Guidelines Section 15273. The establishment of standards for review are not a project per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5).

7.	080520	[Below Market Rate Condominium Conversion Program]	Mayor, Supervisor McGoldrick
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Subdivision Code by adding Section 1344 to update and clarify the provisions relating to Below Market Rate Units under the Condominium Conversion Program including provisions related to the calculation of sales price, renting, capital improvements, duration and monitoring of affordability, marketing, and ongoing regulations; and amending Sections 1308, 1309, 1341, 1341B, 1343, 1359, and 1385 to make conforming changes, and making findings including findings under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
		4/15/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 5/15/2008.
		4/18/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review.
		5/6/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department - non-physical per Section 15060(c)(2) of the CEQA Guidelines.
		7/14/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor McGoldrick; Doug Shoemaker and Myrna Melgar, Mayor's Office of Housing; Mary Ellen Mannix; Richard Henry; Emily Behr; Thomas Blom; Victor Aiuto; Dee; Joanne Woo Knight; Laura Carroll; Paul Utrecht; Patrick Carroll; Phyllis Lund; Soher Youssef; Cornelia Hoppe; Ren Cujak; Heidi Timken; Leslie Johnson; Francisco Da Costa; David Margolis; Jim Ross; David Schachter, 1220 La Playa HOA; Tracy Parent, SF Community Land Trust; Chad Ryan; Helen Leslie; Kathy O'Laughlin; Peter Horvath, Goldmine Hill HOA; Jay Oakman; Marsha Lee; Robert Mills; Reha Serna, Mission Asset Fund; Rebecca Norelset; Marna Schwartz, Housing Justice; Alex Sasayama; Ricardo Corona and Jane Duong, MEDA; Bob Jeffrey; Matthew Cahill; David Cincotta; Nancy Trogman; Rod Nucella. The Mayor was substituted as sponsor and Supervisor McGoldrick changed to co-sponsor. Continued to August 4, 2008.
		8/4/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Doug Shoemaker and Myrna Melgar, Mayor's Office of Housing; Heidi Timken; Leslie Johnson; Kathy Trewin; Laura Carroll; Dee; Rebecca Norelest; Patrick Carroll; David Margolis; Soher Yousef; Tina Tracy; Rose Tracy Reinheimer; Chris Grainger; Tom Blom; Rodney Cella; Paul Utrect; Marsha Lee; Elsa Dixon; Mohsen Tavakolian; Ben Cujak; Joanne Woo Knight; Jay Oakman; Larry Miller; Barbara Wirth; Matthew Cahill; Cornelia Hoppe; David Schacter; Carlos Alas, Jr.; Ruby Harris. Continued to September 22, 2008.
		9/22/08, CONTINUED. Speakers: None. Continued to September 29, 2008.

8.	081117	[Zoning - Interim Moratorium on Conversion of Residential Rental Units to Student Housing]	Supervisor Daly
		Urgency Ordinance imposing an interim zoning moratorium on the conversion of residential rental units to student housing for 45 days and making required findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		8/12/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		8/19/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review.
		8/27/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department - Non-physical per Section 15060(c)(2) of the CEQA Guidelines.

9.	081152	[Approving General Plan Amendments Related to the Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans - the Mission, East SoMa, Showplace Square/Potrero Hill and Central Waterfront Area Plans]
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco General Plan by adding four new area plans, entitled the Mission Area Plan, the East South of Market (East SoMa) Area Plan, the Showplace Square/Potrero Hill Area Plan and the Central Waterfront Area Plan and approving General Plan amendments to implement the four aforementioned Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans by amending the Commerce and Industry and Recreation and Open Space Elements, the Land Use Index, and the South of Market, Northeastern Waterfront, and Central Waterfront Area Plans; making environmental findings and findings that the proposed amendments are consistent with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of the Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department)
		8/22/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		9/19/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.
		The Chair intends to entertain a motion to continue this item to a Special Meeting on October 1, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.

10.	081153	[Planning Code amendments for the Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans]
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding and amending various sections to implement the four Eastern Neighborhood Area Plans comprised of the East SoMa, the Mission, the Showplace Square/Potrero Hill, and the Central Waterfront Area Plans; adopting in-lieu fees for on-site open space, trees, and affordable housing; adopting the Eastern Neighborhoods impact fee subject to certain restrictions; and making various findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department)
		8/22/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. 9/11/08 - Submitted fee ad for publication on 9/13 and 9/20/08.
		9/19/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.
		The Chair intends to entertain a motion to continue this item to a Special Meeting on October 1, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.

11.	081154	[Zoning Map Amendments in connection with the Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans]
		Ordinance amending Zoning Map Sheets ZN01, ZN07, ZN08, HT01, HT07, HT08 and SU08 of the City and County of San Francisco Planning Code with revised use districts and height and bulk districts within the four Eastern Neighborhoods Planning Areas comprised of the East South of Market, Mission, Showplace Square/Potrero Hill and Central Waterfront Area Plans; and creating three special use districts for Life Science and Medical Special Use District bounded generally by Mariposa Street to the north, Ilinois Street to the West, Iowa Street to the East, and 23rd Street to the South, for Innovative Industries Incubator Special Use District bounded generally by 3rd Street to the West, Illinois Street to the east, 20th Street to the north and 23rd Street to the South, for 16th Street Retail Special Use District bounded generally by Capp Street to the East, San Bruno Avenue to the West, 15th Sreet to the North and 17th Street to the South; and making various findings, including CEQA findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department)
		8/22/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		9/19/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.
		The Chair intends to entertain a motion to continue this item to a Special Meeting on October 1, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.

12.	081155	[Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans - monitoring program]
		Ordinance amending the Administrative Code Chapter 10E to establish the Eastern Neighborhoods Monitoring Program for purposes of reviewing the effectiveness of the Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans and implementation of specified improvements; and adopting environmental findings. (Planning Department)
		8/22/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		9/19/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.
		The Chair intends to entertain a motion to continue this item to a Special Meeting on October 1, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.

	ADJOURNMENT

	IMPORTANT INFORMATION
		NOTE: Persons unable to attend the meeting may submit to the City, by the time the proceedings begin, written comments regarding the agenda items above. These comments will be made a part of the official public record and shall be brought to the attention of the Board of Supervisors. Any written comments should be sent to: Committee Clerk of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102 by 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the hearing. Comments which cannot be delivered to the committee clerk by that time may be taken directly to the hearing at the location above.

		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.

	081232	[Zoning - Requiring a Conditional Use Permit for Formula Retail Uses in the Residential-Commercial Combined Medium Density (RC-3) and Residential-Commercial Combined High Density (RC-4)	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Ordinance amending the Planning Code by amending Section 209.9, to require a conditional use permit for formula retail uses in the Residential-Commercial Combined Medium Density (RC-3) and Residential-Commercial Combined High Density (RC-4) Districts; and adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan.
		9/16/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 10/16/2008.
		9/23/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comment; and Planning Department for environmental review.

	081235	[Subdivision Code - notice and appeal procedures, DBI review fee]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance amending the Subdivision Code Section 1313 to modify noticing procedures for subdivision applications and delete the Department of Public Works appeal hearing on engineering and surveying matters; amending Section 1314 concerning appellants so that it conforms with the California Subdivision Map Act; amending Section 1359 to conform with the abovementioned amendments; amending Section 1315 to include a processing fee for all subdivisions that the Department of Building Inspection reviews; and making environmental findings.
		9/16/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 10/16/2008.
		9/23/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review and determination if the proposed fee will impact the environment.
		9/24/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Building Inspection Commission for informational purposes.

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