City and County of San Francisco

November 09, 2009

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

City Hall, Committee Room 263

Meeting Agenda
Monday, November 9, 2009
1:00 PM
Regular Meeting


Members: Sophie Maxwell, Eric Mar, David Chiu

Clerk: Linda Laws (415) 554-4441


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. 090388  [Zoning - Establishing the 1500 Page Street Residential Care Special Use District] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding Sections 249.41 and 263.22 to establish the 1500 Page Street Residential Care Special Use District (SUD), encompassing the real property located at 1500 Page Street (Assessor's Block 1223, Lot 004), to permit the expansion of a building used for residential care; and adopting General Plan, Planning Code and environmental findings. (Planning Commission)

4/2/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 5/14/2009.

2. 091093  [Approving Zoning Map Amendments in Connection with the 1500 Page Street Residential Care Special Use District]
Ordinance amending Section Maps 6H and 6SU of the Zoning Maps of the City and County of San Francisco for the real property located at 1500 Page Street (Assessor's Block 1223/Lot 004) at the northwest corner of Masonic Avenue and Page Street, to reclassify the property from a 40-X Height and Bulk District to a 55-X Height and Bulk District, and to map the 1500 Page Street Residential Care Special Use District in order to permit the expansion of an existing building used for residential care and other considerations; and adopting General Plan, Planning Code and environmental findings. (Planning Department)

9/11/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 10/22/2009.

3. 090678  [Bayview Hunters Point Area Plan, Technical Zoning Map Amendments]
Ordinance amending Zoning Map Sheets ZN08, ZN10, and SU10 of the City and County of San Francisco Planning Code with revised use districts within the Bayview Hunters Point Plan Area; and making various findings, including CEQA findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department)

9/30/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 10/30/2009.

4. 081509  [Summary Vacation of a Portion of Channel Street Between 7th Street and Carolina Street and Exchange of Property] Supervisor Maxwell
Ordinance ordering the summary vacation of a portion of Channel Street between 7th Street and Carolina Street, subject to specified conditions; adopting findings pursuant to the California Streets and Highways Code Sections 8330 et seq.; authorizing the exchange of such vacated City property with a new lot created in Record of Survey No. 4778, owned by Macor, Inc., Sunset Scavenger Company, and Norcal Waste Systems, Inc.; adopting environmental findings and findings that the vacation and exchange are consistent with the City’s General Plan and Eight Priority Policies of City Planning Code Section 101.1; and authorizing actions in furtherance of the Ordinance.

11/25/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
8/3/09, FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.37.
10/6/09, REACTIVATED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.23. Supervisor Maxwell requested this mattter be reactivated.
10/6/09, ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

5. 091207  [Extending the Yerba Buena Center Redevelopment Plan] Supervisor Daly
Ordinance approving amendments to the Yerba Buena Center Redevelopment Plan to extend by one year the time limit on the effectiveness of the plan (other than the Emporium Site) and, upon expiration of the Plan, to extend both the time for issuance of debt and the receipt of tax increment by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and to suspend the limit on the total number of dollars of tax increment revenue that may be received by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency under the Plan to continue financing Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund activities under the Plan.

10/20/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

6. 090583  [Just cause eviction protections for residential tenants, extend to non-rent controlled units] Supervisor Avalos
Ordinance amending Administrative Code Chapter 37 "Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance" by amending Sections 37.2 and 37. 3 to extend just cause eviction requirements and protections to tenants in units that are not now subject to eviction controls (i.e., most residential rental units with a certificate of occupancy issued after June 13, 1979); and by amending Chapter 37A "Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Fee" by amending Section 37A.1 to extend the City's current residential rental unit fee to these units.

5/12/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 6/11/2009.
5/21/09, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to the Residential Rent Stabilization & Arbritration Board for informational purposes.
11/2/09, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Cheryl Adams, Deputy City Attorney; Supervisor Avalos; Delene Wolf, Rent Board; Myriam Zamora, St. Peter's Housing Committee; Karen Kerner, Housing Rights Committee; Mariana Viturro, St. Peter's Housing Committee; David Fix; Teola Watson, Housing Rights Committee; Lena Emmery; Kendra Froshman, Mission SRO Collaborative; Aaron Goodman, Park Merced Residents Organization; Noni Richen and Ilse Cordoni, Small Property Owners of San Francisco; Kathy Lipscomb, Senior Action Network; Fran Taylor; Joel Panzer, PPMA; Randall Kostick; Richard Robinson, Community Outreach Program; Mitchell Omerberg, Affordable Housing Alliance; Sarah Shortt, Housing Rights Committee; Josh Vining, Mission SRO Collaborative; Christine Olague, Senior Action Network; Dean Preston; Miguel Wooding; Alex Kaufman; Walter Paulson; Wing Hoo Leung, Community Tenants Association; Olga Milan-Howells; Female Speaker; William Baird; Peter Wright; Lisa Frieke; Andrew Long, SF Apartment Association; Ted Gulickson, SF Tenants Union; Robin Altman; James Wavewell; Craig Birant; Grace Shanahan and Hannah Duffy, Residential Builders Association; Jose Morales; Richard Hart, Angus McCarthy, Mark Brennan, Redman Lyons, David Sternberg, Sean Keighran, John O'Connor, Kieran Buckley,


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.

  091201  [Right-of-way Acceptance - DeLong Street between San Diego and Santa Cruz Avenues] Supervisor Avalos
Ordinance accepting offers from Habitat for Humanity San Francisco and the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District for specified street improvements and property for right-of-way purposes; designating said improvements and property for public right-of-way purposes; approving a map showing such improvements and street areas and declaring such areas to be dedicated open public right-of-way and officially naming this street area as "DeLong Street;" accepting said improvements for public maintenance and liability purposes, subject to specified limitations; officially adopting sidewalk widths and grades for DeLong Street; adopting environmental findings and finding that such actions are consistent with the City’s General Plan and the eight priority policies of City Planning Code section 101.1; and authorizing official acts in connection with this ordinance.

10/20/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 11/19/2009.

  091208  [24th Street - Noe Valley Neighborhood Commercial District - Conditional Use for New Full-Service and Small Self-Service Restaurants] Supervisor Dufty
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Section 728.1 and Sections 728.42, 728.44 and 728.69A of the Zoning Control Table to allow new full-service restaurants, small self-service restaurants, and self-service specialty food establishments with conditional use authorization and removing the Specific Provisions for full-service restaurants; adopting findings, including environmental findings, Section 301 findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Section 101.1.

10/20/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 11/19/2009.
10/28/09, 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.

  091231  [Authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency to Implement On-Street Parking Meter and Parking Control Pilot Projects]
Ordinance authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency to implement and extend SFPark parking meter and parking control pilot projects. (Municipal Transportation Agency)

10/23/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 11/22/2009.

  091251  [Development Fee Collection Procedure; Administrative Fee] Mayor
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Building Code by adding Section 107A.13 to establish a procedure for the Department of Building Inspection (DBI) to collect development impact and in lieu fees, to provide that the fees are payable prior to issuance of the first building permit or other document authorizing construction of the project, with an option for the project sponsor to defer payment to prior to issuance of the first certificate of occupancy upon agreeing to pay a deferral surcharge on the amount owed that would be deposited into the same fund that receives the development fees, to require that any in-kind public benefits required in lieu of payment of development fees are implemented prior to issuance of the first certificate of occupancy for the project, to require DBI to generate a Project Development Fee Report prior to issuance of the building or site permit for the project listing all fees due with the opportunity for an appeal of technical errors to the Board of Appeals, to establish a Development Fee Collection Unit within DBI and a fee for administering the program; adopting findings, including environmental findings.

(Economic Impact.)

10/27/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 11/26/2009.
11/3/09, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Building Inspection Commission for public hearing and recommendation; referred to Planning Department for environmental review.
11/3/09, SUBSTITUTED. Mayor Newsom submitted a substitute ordinance bearing same title.
11/3/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 11/26/2009.

  091252  [Affordable Housing Transfer Fee Restriction Alternative for Inclusionary and Jobs Housing Linkage Programs] Mayor
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sections 313.4 and 315.5 and by adding Section 313.16 to add an alternative for compliance with the Jobs Housing Linkage Program and the Residential Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program by allowing a project sponsor to defer 33% of its obligation under either Program in exchange for recording an Affordable Housing Transfer Fee Restriction on the affected property providing that 1% of the value of the property be paid to the Citywide Affordable Housing Fund at every future transfer of the Property.

10/27/09, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 11/26/2009.
11/3/09, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation; referred to Planning Department for environmental review; referred to Building Inspection Commission for informational purposes.

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