April 06, 2009

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

City Hall, Room 263

Meeting Agenda
Monday, April 6, 2009
1:00 PM
Regular Meeting

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Members: Sophie Maxwell, Eric Mar, David Chiu

Clerk: Linda Laws (415) 554-4441

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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.	090252	[Street Encroachment at 19th Avenue and Crespi Drive]	Supervisor Elsbernd
		Resolution granting revocable permission to Parkmerced Investors Properties LLC, to occupy portions of the public right-of-way to construct, realign, and maintain an existing paved curb islands to improve pedestrian accessibility and vehicular traffic circulation and safety, resurface portions of Crespi Drive with new Bomanite stamped concrete paving and install three (3) decorative columns at the entry way to Crespi Drive public right-of-way, between 19th Avenue and Serrano Drive, to enhance the Property at 3711 19th Avenue (Assessor's Blocks 7315, 7316, 7320), conditioned upon the payment of an annual assessment fee; and making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)
		3/9/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

2.	081560	[India Basin Industrial Park Zoning Map Amendment]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sectional Map Sheets ZN08, ZN10, SU08 and SU10 to change the use classification of certain parcels in and around the India Basin Industrial Park Redevelopment Project Area from M-1 (Light Industrial) and M-2 (Heavy Industrial) Districts to PDR-1-B (Light Industrial, Buffer) and PDR-2 (Production, Distribution, and Repair) Districts and to incorporate all of the subject parcels into the India Basin Industrial Park Special Use District; adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		12/9/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 1/8/2009.
		12/29/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.
		2/6/09, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission Resolution 17818 recommending approval with modifications.
		2/9/09, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Heard in Committee. Speaker: Lily Langlois, Planning Department. 2/9/09 Amendment of the whole bearing same title.
		2/9/09, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued to February 23, 2009.
		2/23/09, RECOMMENDED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Lily Langlois, Planning Department; Ruben David Goodman.
		3/3/09, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
		3/17/09, RE-REFERRED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

3.	081561	[India Basin Industrial Park, Planning Code Text Amendment]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding Section 249.42 to create a new India Basin Industrial Park Special Use District; adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		12/9/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 1/8/2009.
		12/29/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.
		2/6/09, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission Resolution 17817 recommending approval with modifications.
		2/23/09, RECOMMENDED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Lily Langlois, Planning Department; Ruben David Goodman.
		3/3/09, PASSED ON FIRST READING.
		3/17/09, RE-REFERRED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

4.	090022	[Streamlining the regulation of small businesses]	Supervisors Chiu, Chu, Maxwell
		Hearing on streamlining the regulation of small businesses: a review of the roles and responsibilities of the fifteen City departments that interface with small businesses, pursuant to Administrative Code Section 2A.241 as enacted by Proposition I in November 2007.
		1/13/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

5.	090175	[Community input on the creation of jobs in San Francisco]	Supervisor Mar
		Hearing to obtain community input on the creation of jobs, particularly green collar jobs, in San Francisco as the City is positioning itself for Federal investment dollars.
		2/10/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee.
		2/23/09, TRANSFERRED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		3/23/09, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Oscar Grande, POWER; Kyri McLellan and Jennifer Matz, Office of Workforce and Economic Development; Dr. Raquel Pinderhughes, SF State University; Tom Ryan, SF Labor Council; Guillermo Rodriguez, CityBuild; Bing Liao, Chinese Progressive Association; Ms. Szeto; Wen Lan Rong and Yan Fen Liu, Chinese Progressive Association; Cal Broomhead, Department of Environment; John Russo, City College of San Francisco; Matt Golden, Sustainable Spaces; Mario Demira, Filipino Community Center; Pam Tau Lee, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Eric Smith, Green Depot; Eric Brooks, SF Green Party; Joseph Bryant, APRI; Karen Heisler, Mission Pie; Jeanine Cotter, Luminalt Solar; Antonio Villas, PODER; Joshua Arcy, Brightline; Tony Kelly, Potrero Boosters. Continued to April 6, 2009.

	ADJOURNMENT

	IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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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.

	090319	[Zoning - Providing for a Five Feet Special Height Exception for Active Ground Floor Uses in the NC-2 and NC-3 Designated Parcels Along Randolph and Broad Streets, from 19th Avenue to San	Supervisor Avalos
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Section 263.20 to provide for a special height exception for ground floor uses in the NC-2 and NC-3 designated parcels along Randolph and Broad Streets, from 19th Avenue to San Jose Avenue; amending Sections 711.1 and 712.1, to refer to this special height exception; adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan.
		3/17/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 4/16/2009.
		3/24/09, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review.
		3/26/09, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Non-physical per CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2). 2009.0240E

	090320	[Local Business Enterprise and Non-Discrimination in Contracting Ordinance]	Supervisor Chiu
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Sections 14B.3, 14B.7, 14B.8, adding a new Section 14B.9, and renumbering Sections 14B.10, 14B.11, 14B.12, 14B.13, 14B.14, 14B.15, 14B.16, 14B.17, 14B.18, 14B.19 to (1) require departments to set aside contracts worth $400,000 or less for the Micro-Local Business Enterprise Set Aside Program; (2) create a pilot Graduated Local Business Enterprise program that will enable graduated firms to receive a 5% bid discount; and (3) allow bidders and proposers the flexibility of meeting the participation goal by either achieving adequate good faith efforts or by meeting and/or exceeding the participation goal based on the availability of MBEs, WBEs, and OBEs.
		3/17/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 4/16/2009.
		3/24/09, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.

	090321	[Massage Services in South of Market Residential/Service Mixed Use District]	Supervisor Dufty
		Ordinance amending the Planning Code by amending Section 803.4, Section 815, and Table 815 to allow a business operating as a full-service spa to provide massage services with a conditional use authorization; adopting findings, including environmental findings, Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		3/17/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 4/16/2009.
		3/26/09, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation; referred to Planning Department for environmental review; referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.

	090327	[First Source Hiring Program - expand definitions of "entry level position" and "economically disadvantaged individual"]	Supervisor Mirkarimi
		Ordinance amending section 83.4 of the San Francisco Administrative Code by expanding the definitions of "economically disadvantaged individual" and "entry level position."
		3/17/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 4/16/2009.
		3/24/09, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.

	090367	[Planning Code Amendment - Philanthropic Administrative Service Use; Zoning Map Amendment - 2503 Clay Street]	Supervisor Alioto-Pier
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding Section 790.107 to define a Philanthropic Administrative Service Use and by adding 718.85 to the Zoning Control Table in Section 718 to authorize a Philanthropic Administrative Service Use as a permitted use in the Upper Fillmore Street Neighborhood Commercial District; amending Sheet ZN02 of the Zoning Maps of the City and County of San Francisco to change the zoning for Assessor's Block 0630, Lot 032 (2503 Clay Street) from RH-2 to NCD; adopting findings, including environmental findings, Section 301 findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		3/24/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 4/24/2009.
		4/1/09, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation; referred to Planning Department for environmental review.

	090369	[Office Building After-Hours Lighting]	Supervisor Chiu
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Environment Code by adding a new Chapter 9 to conserve electricity by prohibiting commercial buildings from lighting unoccupied interior spaces after business hours; and to make environmental findings.
		3/24/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 4/24/2009.
		4/1/09, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review and Department of Environment for informational purposes only.

	090381	[Zoning Map Amendment - 2550 Mission Street]	Supervisor Campos
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Zoning Map by amending the height district designation for property located at 2550 Mission Street, Assessor's Block 3616, Lot 007, between 21st and 22nd Streets to 65-X; and making various findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		3/24/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 4/24/2009.
		3/26/09, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation; referred to Planning Department for environmental review.
		3/26/09, CLERICAL CORRECTION. Clerical correction at page 1, line 4 after "for" insert "for property located at 2550 Mission Street," ; line 5, after "007" add "," and delete "on Mission Street".

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