December 6, 2006

City and County of San Francisco

Land Use and Economic Development Committee

City Hall, Room 263

Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
1:00 PM
Regular Meeting

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Members: Sophie Maxwell, Gerardo Sandoval, Jake McGoldrick

Clerk: Mary Red (415) 554-4442

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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

		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.	061519	[Condominium conversion lottery extension to 2008]	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Ordinance amending Subdivision Code Section 1396 to extend the annual 200-unit condominium conversion lottery until 2008; repealing Section 1396.1 to delete condominium conversion lottery provisions that are void by their own terms; adding Section 1396.1 to reenact the condominium conversion lottery process from 2005 and to establish provisions concerning the standby list selection process; and making environmental findings. (Public Works Department)
		11/6/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 12/6/2006.
		11/13/06, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review.
		11/17/06, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Exempt from CEQA, Non-Physical exemption.

2.	061162	[Implementation of the Lottery to market affordable housing units]	Supervisor Sandoval
		Hearing to discuss the details and implementation of the Lottery to market affordable housing units to be administered by the Mayor's Office of Housing pursuant to the recent amendments to the Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program.
		8/8/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Sponsor requests this item to be heard at the Land Use Committee meeting.
		10/25/06, CONTINUED. Continued to December 6, 2006.

3.	061493	[Interim Zoning Requiring Conditional Use Authorization for Change in Use or Reduction of 15,000 square feet or more of Recreational Space]	Supervisors Ma, Daly, Sandoval, McGoldrick
		Resolution imposing interim zoning controls establishing a requirement for conditional use authorization for a change in use or reduction in size of any recreational space of 15,000 square feet or more including indoor or outdoor facilities, for an eighteen (18) month period and making a determination of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		10/31/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		11/2/06, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review. 11/3/06, Posted at Library, Planning Department and Board. 11/2/06, Ad to run in Chronicle November 6, 2006.
		11/8/06, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Exempt from CEQA, Non-physical exemption.
		11/15/06, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Bill Barnes, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Ma; John Malamut, Deputy City Attorney; Lena Grotz; Ernestine Weiss; Renee Richards, FOGG; Lee Radner, Friends of Golden Gateway; Suzanne Ratcliffe; Dr. John Wilson; Lorraine Honig, Golden Gateway Condo Association; Bill Sauro, Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association; Bill Benkavitch, FOGG; Robert Hughes, Youth Tennis Advantage; Loretta Conway, US Tennis Association; Linda Paulding, Youth Tennis Advantage; Bill Schwartz; Steve Jamison; Douglass Fitch, Glide Church; Lisa Schreiber; Frederick Allardyce, Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association; Lloyd Root; Robert Pender, Park Merced Residents Organization; Susan Parrish; Steve Vettel; Rick Hammer. 11/15/06 Amendment of the Whole bearing new title. Supervisors Sandoval and McGoldrick requested to be added as co-sponsors.
		11/15/06, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued to 12/6/06.

4.	061163	[Zoning - Conditional Use for Change in use of an elementary or secondary school]	Supervisor Alioto-Pier
		Ordinance amending the Planning Code to add Section 209.3A and Section 217.1 to require conditional use authorization for any project involving the change in use of an elementary or secondary school; making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and priority policies of the Planning Code Section 101.1.
		8/8/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 9/7/2006.
		8/14/06, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comments.
		8/22/06, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Exempt from CEQA, non-physical exemption.
		11/7/06, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission Executive Summary; Map of elementary and secondary schools in S. F.; Planning Resolution 17336 recommending adoption.
		11/22/06, CLERICAL CORRECTION. Corrections to page 2 lines 3 and 7, delete the word "motion" and insert the word "Resolution".

5.	061538	[Exemption of housing for victims of domestic violence from compliance with the Uniform Visitor Policy for Residential Hotels]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance amending Section 41D.1 those of the San Francisco Administrative Code to exempt from the requirements of Chapter 41D residential hotels that are operated by non-profit agencies to provide housing and supportive services to victims of domestic violence.
		11/7/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

	SPECIAL ORDER - 3:00 P.M.

6.	061342	[Establishing City and County of San Francisco Policy for the Eastern Neighborhoods Rezoning and Community Plans Area]	Supervisors Maxwell, Ammiano, Peskin, McGoldrick
		Resolution establishing City and County of San Francisco policy for the Eastern Neighborhoods Rezoning and Community Plans Area.
		9/26/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Sponsor requests the item be placed before the Land Use and Economic Development Committee on October 11, 2006 agenda.
		10/2/06, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department.
		10/11/06, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Heard in committee. Speakers: Supervisor Maxwell; Supervisor McGoldrick; Amit Ghosh, Planning Department; Supervisor Sandoval; Michael Jacinto, Environmental Review, Planning Department; Jasper Rubin, Planning Department; Steven Vettel; Marc Salomon; Gabriel Metcalf, SPUR; Chris Durazo; Jazzie Collins; Mike Eiseman; Angelica Cabande; Robert Pender; April Venerauz; Peter Cohen; Amar Azvaena Ciel, Clark University; Johanna Walczak, CU; Evan Wilson, CU; Miriam Chion, CU; Sean Keighran, Residential Builders Association; Angus McCarthy; Calvin Welch; Dennis; Marilyn Amini; Sue Hestor, Robert McCarthy; John Bardis; Joe boss; Tony Kelley; John Malamut, Deputy City Attorney. Amendment of the Whole. At the direction of the Committee, the legislation was referred to the Planning Commission.
		10/11/06, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued to November 1, 2006.
		10/23/06, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Exempt from CEQA, Non physical exemption.
		11/1/06, CONTINUED. Heard in committee. Speakers: Supervisor Maxwell; Jim Fabris, S. F. Association of Realtors; Dorothy Peterson, Shoreview; Espanola Jackson; Francisco Da Costa; Arcadia Smails, Coalition to Save Potrero; Kepa Askenasy; Sylvia Johnson. Continued to November 29, 2006.
		11/17/06, MEETING CANCELLED. The Land Use and Economic Development Committee meeting of November 29, 2006 is cancelled.

	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.

7.	061563	[Condominium conversion lottery based on seniority of participation]	Supervisor McGoldrick
		Ordinance amending the Subdivision Code by adding Section 1396.3 to prioritize the condominium conversion lottery based on seniority of participation in prior lotteries and to continue this lottery selection process for two years; and making environmental findings.
		11/14/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 12/14/2016.
		11/20/06, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review; and to Small Business Commission for review and comments. 12/13/06, memo requesting that Supervisor McGoldrick become sponsor due to Supervisor Dufty's conflict of interest.
		12/1/06, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Exempt from CEQA, non-physical exemption.

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