City and County of San Francisco

April 16, 2007

City and County of San Francisco


Land Use and Economic Development Committee

City Hall, Room 263

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Meeting Agenda
Monday, April 16, 2007
1:00 PM
Regular Meeting


Members: Sophie Maxwell, Gerardo Sandoval, Jake McGoldrick

Clerk: Mary Red (415) 554-4442


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. 070327 [Consent Calendar Procedures - Planning Commission] Supervisor McGoldrick
Ordinance amending Planning Code Sections 316.2, 316.3, 316.4, 316.5, 316.6, 316.7 and 316.8 to conform the procedures for consideration of Planning Commission consent calendar items in the Neighborhood-Commercial and South of Market districts and for live-work units in RH and RM districts. (Planning Department)

3/8/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 4/9/2007. (SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: Planning Commission Resolutions 17373 and 17342)

2. 070362 [Redevelopment of Candlestick Point and the Hunters Point Shipyard for an intergrated mixed-use project] Supervisor Maxwell
Hearing to consider the City's progress, working in cooperation with Lennar Corporation and the Redevelopment Agency, on developing a conceptual proposal for a mixed-use development on Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard (See Resolution 070099).

3/20/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.


SPECIAL ORDER - 2:30 P.M.

3. 070269 [Closing specified streets in Golden Gate Park on Saturdays on a trial basis for six months beginning May 5, 2007] Supervisors McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Ammiano
Ordinance adding Section 6.13 to the San Francisco Park Code to prohibit motor vehicle traffic on Saturdays in Golden Gate Park on John F. Kennedy Drive between Transverse Drive and the western side of Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive and Stow Lake Drive between Stow Lake Drive East and John F. Kennedy Drive from May 26, 2007 until September 29, 2007; requesting development of improvement plan for Middle Drive West between Transverse Drive and Metson Road; requiring reports from the Recreation and Park Department pertaining to the Saturday road closures; and making environmental findings.

3/9/07, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review, Youth Commission and Small Business Commission.
3/20/07, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Certificate of Determination of Exemption/Exclusion from Environmental review.
3/27/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Sponsor requests that the item be referred to Land Use Committee.
3/27/07, SUBSTITUTED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Supervisor McGoldrick submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
4/9/07, CONTINUED. Heard in committee. Speakers: Supervisor McGoldrick; Zabe Bent, S. F. County Transportation Authority; Supervisor Maxwell; Fred Nisen; Ellen Weaver; Elena Pomelor; Rick Galbreath; Megan Jankowski; Michael Woods; Marcia Weisbrot; Sue Willard; Carla Dometrius; Ted Strawser; Razzu Engen; Jim Lazarus; Carolyn Blair; Jon Winston; Connie Baron; Michelle Stratton; Janet Zanetto; Barnaby Conrad; Elizabeth Elmore; Chooi Eng Grosso; Mrs. Lewis and Family; Ed Pike; Zane Lewis; Lana Weilder; Judith Berkowitz; Kate McCarthy Benny Wright; Bruce Oka; Lisa Marie Hubbard; Franziska Cohen; David Gartner; Rachel Kraui; Greg Rodgers; Jonathan Waldman; Mathew Abfalter; Don Willenburg; Jane Morrison; Anne Ziolkowski; Susan King; Dan Nguyen-Tan; Leah Shahum; Thomasita Medal; David Miles; Andy Thorneley; Richard Hansen; Hank Davis; James Prial; Nancy Bolkin; Leonore Fifer; Brent Clark; Patty Kilduff; Roberta Morganknoble; Linda Blondiis; Sandy Lindner; Margie Hom Brown; Sarah Mehl; Shelley Gottlieb; Chris Duderstadt; Mary Harris; Carlos Villa; Margaret Schubert; Sheila Pressley; Female Speaker; Mark Johnson; Holly Turney; Joan Levy; Molly Beyer; Sue Lee; Michael Smith, WalkSF; Mike Smith, District 1; Robert Johnson; Pat Langdell; Thomas Farley; David Miles; Rene Yanez; Tim Hornbecker; Gretchen Kimball;
The Chair intends to entertain a motion to send this item to the Board meeting April 17, 2007 as a Committee Report.

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.

4. 070381 [Amendment to the Visitacion Valley Fee Ordinance] Supervisor Maxwell
Ordinance amending Planning Code Sections 319.2 and 319.3 of the Visitacion Valley Community Facilities and Infrastructure Fee and Fund ordinance to set a lower fee level of $3.00 per square foot for principally permitted projects that do not require material General Plan, Planning Code or Zoning Map amendments, and making findings including findings under the California Environmental Quality Act.

3/20/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 4/19/2007.
3/28/07, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comment. 6/20/07, Extension of Planning Commission review period for 60-days, see File 070898, adopted 6/19/07.

Meeting Procedures
The Board of Supervisors is the Legislative Body of the City and County of San Francisco. The Board has several standing Committees where ordinances and resolutions are the subject of hearings at which members of the public are urged to testify. The full Board does not hold a second public hearing on measures which have been heard in committee.
Board procedures do not permit: 1) persons in the audience at a Committee meeting to vocally express support or opposition to statements by Supervisors or by other persons testifying; 2) ringing and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices; 3) signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room; 4) standing in the meeting room.
Citizens are encouraged to testify at Committee meetings and to write letters to the Clerk of a Committee or to its members, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102.
USING LAPTOP COMPUTERS FOR PRESENTATIONS: Please contact City Hall Media Services at (415) 554-4933 to coordinate the use of laptop computers for presentations at the meeting. Computers to be used are required to be tested in advance. The presenter should arrive 30 minutes prior to the meeting to connect and test their computer.
THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT CITY HALL, ROOM 244, RECEPTION DESK. Agendas are available on the internet at www.sfgov.org/site/bos_meetings
Board meetings are cablecast on SF Cable 26. For video tape copies and scheduling call (415) 554-4188.
Requests for language interpreters at a meeting must be received at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting to help ensure availability. Contact Madeleine Licavoli at (415) 554-7722.
AVISO EN ESPA¥OL: La solicitud para un traductor en una reunion debe recibirse antes de mediodia de el viernes anterior a la reunion. Llame a Erasmo Vazquez (415) 554-4909.

Translation: request at least 48 hours before the meeting. Please call: (415) 554-7701

Disability Access
The Legislative Chamber (Room 250) and the Committee Room (Room 263) in City Hall are wheelchair accessible.
Meetings are real-time captioned and are cablecast open-captioned on SF Cable 26. Assistive listening devices for the Legislative Chamber are available upon request at the Clerk of the Board's Office, Room 244. Assistive listening devices for the Committee Room are available upon request at the Clerk of the Board's Office, Room 244 or in the Committee Room. To request sign language interpreters, readers, large print agendas or other accommodations, please contact Madeleine Licavoli at (415) 554-7722 or (415) 554-5227 (TTY). Requests made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting will help to ensure availability.
The nearest accessible BART station is Civic Center (Market/Grove/Hyde Streets). Accessible MUNI Metro lines are the J, K, L, M, N, and T (Civic Center or Van Ness Stations). MUNI bus lines serving the area are the 47 Van Ness, 9 San Bruno, and the 6, 7, 71 Haight/Noriega. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.
There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex. Accessible curbside parking is available on Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place and Grove Street.
In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to perfumes and various other chemical-based scented products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance
Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. The Sunshine Ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Frank Darby by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102 by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by email at sotf@sfgov.org
Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Mr. Darby or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine

Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements
Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code Sec. 2.100] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300; fax (415) 581-2317; web site www.sfgov.org/ethics
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