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September 24, 2008 - Special

City and County of San Francisco

City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689

MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
11:00 AM
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

Members Present: Sophie Maxwell, Gerardo Sandoval, Aaron Peskin.
Members Excused: None.
Members Absent: None.

MEETING CONVENED
The meeting convened at 11:11 a.m.

REGULAR AGENDA

080845 [Changing the official sidewalk width - Golden Gate Avenue] Supervisor McGoldrick
Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 1061 entitled "Regulating the Width of Sidewalks" by adding thereto Section 1580 to change the official sidewalk width on the southerly side of Golden Gate Avenue between Larkin and Hyde Streets; making environmental findings and findings pursuant to the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1; requiring relocation, modification, or both of facilities affected by the sidewalk width change. (Public Works Department)
6/23/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Barbara Moy, Department of Public Works; David Steward, Hastings College of Law.
RECOMMENDED by the following vote:
Ayes: 2 - Maxwell, Peskin
Absent: 1 - Sandoval

080873 [Naming the alleys behind the 2200 block of Fillmore Street Goldberg Lane] Supervisor Alioto-Pier
Resolution bestowing the new name of Goldberg Lane on the alleys behind the 2200 block of Fillmore Street, currently known as Unnamed Streets 110 and 111, in honor of the late Faye Goldberg.
6/17/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
7/9/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Police and Fire Departments; Parking and Traffic; and Public Works for review and comment.
7/11/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Fire Department has no objections to the proposal and in support of resolution.
7/15/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Department of Public Works has no issues with the proposed renaming.
8/15/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Police Department has no objections.
9/8/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Municipal Transporation Agency for review and comment.
9/9/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Municipal Transportation Agency has no objections and will install necessary street name signs.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Cammy Blackstone, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Alioto-Pier.
RECOMMENDED by the following vote:
Ayes: 2 - Maxwell, Peskin
Absent: 1 - Sandoval

071431 [Planning Code - Restoration of Movie Theater Projecting Signs and Marquees] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sections 188, 603, and 604 and by adding Sections 602.25 and 602.26 in order to allow for the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration or reconstruction of noncomplying Historic Movie Theater Projecting Signs and Marquees, as defined; and making findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan.
10/16/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 11/15/2007.
10/25/07, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission and Small Business Commission for review and comment.
11/2/07, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department, exempt from CEQA.
1/22/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission Resolution 17527 and Executive Summary.
4/14/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Mirkarimi; Tara Sullivan-Lenane, Planning Department; Male Speaker, owner of Harding Theater; Female Speaker; Mark Toppinger. Continued to April 21, 2008.
4/21/08, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. Heard in Committee. Speaker: Tara Sullivan-Lenane, Planning Department.
4/21/08, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued to April 28, 2008.
4/28/08, CONTINUED. Speakers: None. Continued to May 12, 2008.
5/12/08, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Speakers: None.
Heard in Comittee. Speaker: Tara Sullivan-Lenane, Planning Department.
RECOMMENDED by the following vote:
Ayes: 2 - Maxwell, Peskin
Absent: 1 - Sandoval

080778 [Initiating amendments to Appendix K of Article 10 of the Planning Code regarding the Bush Street-Cottage Row Historic District] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Resolution initiating amendments to Appendix K of Article 10 of the Planning Code regarding the Bush Street-Cottage Row Historic District.
6/3/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
6/11/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board for review and comment; and Planning Commission for informational purposes only.
6/30/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department - Categorically exempt from environmental review.Class 8 -Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment: designation of landmarks and historic districts, and other such preservation efforts.
9/5/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission Resolution 17689 recommending approval.
Speakers: None.
RECOMMENDED by the following vote:
Ayes: 2 - Maxwell, Peskin
Absent: 1 - Sandoval

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.
6/13/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission Resolution No. 17593 recommending approval of zoning map amendment.
8/11/08, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Mirkarimi; Fred Blackwell, SF Redevelopment Agency; Arnold Townsend; Alice Barkley; Sandy Mori, Western Addition CAC; James McCray, Jr., Tabernacle Community Development Corporation, Male Speaker. 8/11/08 Amendment of the whole bearing same title.
8/11/08, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR AS AMENDED.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Tara Sullivan-Lenane, Planning Department; Supervisor Mirkarimi.
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR by the following vote:
Ayes: 2 - Maxwell, Peskin
Absent: 1 - Sandoval

081192 [Accept-Expend Federal Grant - $2,280,000] Supervisor Maxwell
Resolution authorizing the Port of San Francisco to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $2,280,000 from the United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, for environmental investigation and hazardous materials abatement at the Port of San Francisco, Pier 70.
9/9/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
Speakers: None.
RECOMMENDED by the following vote:
Ayes: 2 - Maxwell, Peskin
Absent: 1 - Sandoval

080567 [Zoning - Ordinance creating a Conditional Use requirement for establishments that sell Tobacco Paraphernalia] Supervisor Sandoval
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to add a new Section 227(v), to define Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments, and to impose a conditional use requirement on the establishment of such new enterprises in all Commercial and Industrial districts; amending Section 303 of the Planning Code to refer to this requirement, and to require consideration of additional criteria when analyzing a conditional use application; adding a new Section 790.123, to define Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments in the Neighborhood Commercial districts; amending sections 710.1, 711.1, 712.1, 713.1, 714.1, 715.1, 716.1, 717.1, 718.1, 719.1, 720.1, 721.1, 722.1, 723.1, 724.1, 725.1, 726.1, 727.1, 728.1, 729.1, 730.1, and 732.1, to refer to this definition and conditional use requirement; adding a new Section 890.89 to define Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments in the Mixed Use districts; amending sections 803.1, 810.1, 811.1, 812.1, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, and 827 to refer to this definition and conditional use requirement; and making findings, including findings of consistency with the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section
4/22/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 5/22/2008.
4/29/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review; Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation; and Small Business Commission for review and recommendation.
5/6/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department - non-physical per Section 15060(c)(2) of the CEQA Guidelines.
8/5/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission failed to pass a resolution, therefore no recommendation was made to the Board of Supervisors.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Tara Sullivan-Lenane, Planning Department; Chris Schulman; John Malamut, Deputy City Attorney.
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE.

RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Maxwell, Sandoval, Peskin

080652 [Rental Subsidy Program for Low-Income Families] Supervisors Daly, Ammiano, Sandoval
Ordinance adding Sections 48.1 through 48.7 to the San Francisco Administrative Code creating the Rental Subsidy Program for Low-Income Families that establishes a need-based local housing subsidy for homeless families subject to the fiscal and budgetary provisions of the Charter.
5/13/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 6/12/2008.
7/21/08, REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Daly; Cindy Ward, Human Services Agency; Jennifer Friendbach, Coalition on Homelessness; Zhang Rui Ni, SRO Families Collaborative; Libah Sheppard; Female Speakers (children); Francisca Flota; Lidia Cerralta; Nora Calderon, POWER; Zhi Hui Ma and Xiu Oin Yu, SRO Families Collaborative; Yolanda Interian; Marcia Aviles, COH; Judy Martinez; Magdalena Macias; Margurita Mena; Female Speaker; Jenise Standfield, COH; Alex Tom, Chinese Progressive Association; Angelica Cabande, SOMCAM; Chelsea Boilard, Coleman Advocates; Frank Sanchez and Jesus Perez, SOMCAN; Angela Chu, Chinatown CDC; Miguel Cabrera, COH; Bobbie Lopez, LAVOZ; King Chan, Chinese Progressive Association; Hilary Klein, SRO Families Collaborative; Alysabeth Alexander, LAVOZ; Francisco Da Costa; Beth Stokes, Hamilton Family Center. Supervisor Sandoval requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
7/29/08, RE-REFERRED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Referred to Committee as amended.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Jennifer Friedenbach, Lidia Serralta, Carmen Tallejos, Coalition on Homelessness; Francisa Flota, POWER; Miguel Cabrera, Yolanda Interian, Angelica Chan, Hilary Klein, Zong Gui Chen, Coalition on Homelessness; Yu Yi Chen, Jian Ting Zhang, SRO Collaborative; Magdalena Macias; Lebah Sheppard; August Forman; Brigid Brannigan, SF Home-Compass; Manual Rochen, Jorge Potillo, Cynthia Citizen, Mission SRO Collaborative; Angelica Cabande, Jesus Perez, SOMCAN; Jonathan Rogers.
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE.

REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Maxwell, Sandoval, Peskin

ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 1:17 p.m.

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