May 21, 2007

City and County of San Francisco

Land Use and Economic Development Committee

City Hall, Room 263

Meeting Agenda
Monday, May 21, 2007
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.	060004	[Interdepartmental jurisdictional transfer of property near Islais Creek, Indiana and Cesar Chavez Streets]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Resolution transferring jurisdiction of the real property identified as portions of Assessor's Parcel Nos. 4352/001 and 4382/005, at Indiana and Cesar Chavez Streets, from the Public Utilities Commission to the Municipal Transportation Agency as part of the new Islais Creek Motor Coach Operations and Maintenance Facility; adopting findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; and adopting findings that the transfer of jurisdiction is consistent with the City's General Plan and the Eight Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Real Estate Department)
		1/5/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.
		2/7/06, TRANSFERRED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		11/20/06, FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.37.
		5/1/07, REACTIVATED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.23. Supervisor Maxwell requested this mattter be reactivated.
		5/1/07, ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		5/18/07, CLERICAL CORRECTION. Corrected to add "Indiana and Cesar Chavez Streets" to the title.

2.	070625	[Resolution to Initiate the Designation of First St. John's Methodist Church, 1601 Larkin Street as a Landmark]	Supervisor Peskin
		Resolution initiating designation of the First St. John's Methodist Church, 1601 Larkin Street, located at the Northwest corner of Larkin Street and Clay Street, encompassing all of Lot 006 in Block 620, as a Landmark pursuant to Section 1004.1 of the San Francisco Planning Code.
		5/8/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		5/17/07, CLERICAL CORRECTION. Corrected spelling of Pennsylvania on page 1, line 22.
		The Chair intends to entertain a motion to send this item out as a Committee Report to the Board meeting of May 22, 2007.

	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.

3.	070546	[Zoning Map Amendment - Northwest corner of Divisadero and O'Farrell Streets, Block 1098, Lot 9]	Supervisor Mirkarimi
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sectional Map 2 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco to change the use classification of Block 1098, Lot 9, located at the northwest corner of Divisadero and O'Farrell Streets, from Small-scale Neighborhood Commercial (NC-2) District to Moderate-scale Neighborhood Commercial (NC-3) District; adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		4/24/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 5/24/2007.
		4/26/07, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation. 10/2/07, Board adopted 90-day extension for Planning Commission review; see File 071382. 11/20/07, Board adopted 120-day extension for Planning Commission review; see File 071566. 02/26/08, Board adopted 90-day extension for Planning Commission review; see File 080248.

4.	070590	[Requiring that individuals be provided access to Residential Hotels as visitors of guests and occupants to assist in "get out the vote" activities]	Supervisor Mirkarimi
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 41D.4, to require that individuals engaged in "get out the vote" activities be provided access to Residential Hotels as visitors of guests and occupants, on the same basis as any other visitor under the Uniform Visitor Policy. (Supervisor Elsbernd Dissenting in Committee)
		5/1/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 5/31/2007.

5.	070617	[Zoning - modifying the definition of liquor store to remove prohibitions on grocery stores and similar uses]	Supervisor Alioto-Pier
		Ordinance amending Planning Code Sections 790.55, 790.102, 249.5, 781.8, 781.9, 782, 783, and 784 to remove grocery stores and other similar uses from prohibitions placed on the establishment of liquor stores in certain districts; and making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		5/8/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 6/7/2007.
		5/18/07, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comment.

6.	070623	[Inclusionary Housing Program - New Alternative to Meet Requirements]	Supervisor Daly
		Ordinance amending Section 315.4 to provide for a new alternative to meeting the requirements of the Residential Inclusionary Affordable Housing Ordinance; adding Section 315.6A. to provide that a project sponsor may pay the amount of the in lieu fee to a qualifying nonprofit entity to acquire and rehabilitate units as permanently affordable rental housing if the number of resulting units will be 25% higher than the amount provided under the existing off-site alternative; and making findings, including findings under the California Environmental Quality Act.
		5/8/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 6/7/2007.
		5/18/07, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comments.

7.	070628	[Describing the Limits on the Redevelopment Agency's Use of Eminent Domain to Acquire Real Property in Existing Redevelopment Plan Project Areas]	Mayor, Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance describing the limits in existing redevelopment plans on acquisition of real property by the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco through the use of eminent domain, in compliance with a new requirement of the California Community Redevelopment Law.
		5/8/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 6/7/2007.

Meeting Procedures

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Disability Access

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