City and County of San Francisco
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
1:00 PM
City Hall, Room 263
Special Meeting
Land Use and Economic Development Committee
Members: Sophie Maxwell, Gerardo Sandoval, Aaron Peskin
Clerk: Linda Laws (415) 554-4441
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Sophie Maxwell, Gerardo Sandoval, Aaron Peskin. |
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None. |
| Members Absent: |
None. |
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| MEETING CONVENED |
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The meeting convened at 1:00 p.m.
Supervisor Peskin was noted present at 1:08 p.m. |
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| 081118 |
[Administrative Code - Community Preservation and Blight Reduction Act] |
Supervisor Sandoval |
| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Chapter 80, Sections 80.1 through 80.10, to establish a uniform procedure for enforcement of blight-related provisions of existing municipal code sections and to provide for: additional definition of blight conditions subject to enforcement, administrative penalties for failure to abate blight, summary abatement for certain blighted conditions, an administrative process for contesting the Director's declaration of blight, and civil penalties and injunctive remedies for continuing violations; and making environmental findings. |
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8/12/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 9/11/2008. |
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8/19/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to City Attorney to approve as to form. |
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10/7/08, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Sandoval submitted a substitute Ordinance bearing new title. |
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10/7/08, ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
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10/8/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review and Department of Public Works for informational purposes. |
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10/15/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department - Not a project, per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060 and 15378. |
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Heard in Committee. Speakers: Speakers: John Malamut, Deputy City Attorney; Jill Fox, India Basin Neighborhood Association; Barbara Moy, Department of Public Works; Francisco Da Costa; Chris Schulman, Lower Polk Neighbors; Marilyn Amini; and Rebecca Delgado Rottman, Graffiti Advisory Board.
10/22/08 - Amendment of the whole bearing new title.
Supervisor Peskin requested to be added as a co-sponsor. |
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| AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. |
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| Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Chapter 80, Sections 80.1 through 80.10, to establish a uniform procedure for enforcement of blight-related provisions of existing municipal code sections and to provide for additional definition of blight conditions subject to enforcement, administrative penalties for failure to abate blight, summary abatement for certain blighted conditions, an administrative process for contesting declarationd of blight by the Director of the Department of Public Works, civil penalties and injunctive remedies for continuing violations, and making environmental findings. |
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| RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED by the following vote: |
Ayes: 3 - Maxwell, Sandoval, Peskin
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| 081033 |
[Mirant Potrero Units 4, 5, and 6 retrofitting feasibility study] |
Supervisor Maxwell |
| Hearing on CH2M Hill's study on the feasibility of retrofitting Mirant Potrero Units 4, 5, and 6. |
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7/22/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
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8/11/08, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Ed Harrington and Michael Martin, SFPUC; John Chilemi, Mirant Corporation; David Stein; Espanola Jackson; Francisco Da Costa; Eric Brooks, SF Green Party; Philip DeAndrade, Power Plant Task Force; Joe Boss; Joshua Arce, Brightline. |
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Heard in Committee. Speakers: Philip DeAndrade, Power Plant Task Force; Mike Martin, Public Utilities Commission; Bruce Schaller, Sega, Inc.; Brian Petermann, Sega, Inc.; Tom Flagg; Francisco Da Costa; Marie Harrison; Greg Karras, Communities for a Better Environment; Ashley Eagle-Gibbs, Golden Gate Environmental Law & Justice Clinic; Loretta Lynch; Karen Pierce, Power Plant Task Force; Joshua Arce, Brightline; Joe Boss; Tony Kelly; Eric Brooks, SF Green Party; John deCastro, Potrero Boosters; Esther Jackson; Jeff Henderson, Mirant; and Nancy |
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| FILED by the following vote: |
Ayes: 2 - Maxwell, Peskin
Absent: 1 - Sandoval
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| 081191 |
[Opposing renewal of wastewater discharge permit for Potrero Power Plant Unit 3] |
Supervisors Maxwell, Dufty, Peskin, Daly |
| Resolution establishing City policy opposing renewal of the wastewater discharge permit for Mirant's Potrero Power Plant Unit 3 and urging the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board to decline to issue a permit extension. |
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9/9/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. |
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Heard in Committee. Speakers: Mike Martin, Public Utilities Commission; Sarah Aminzadeh, Baykeeper; Greg Karras, Communities for a Better Environment; Marie Harrison; Tony Kelly; Eric Brooks, SF Green Party; Ryan Patrick; Joshua Arce, Brightline; Joe Boss; and John deCastro, Potrero Boosters. |
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| RECOMMENDED by the following vote: |
Ayes: 2 - Maxwell, Peskin
Absent: 1 - Sandoval
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| ADJOURNMENT |
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The meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m. |
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