>> good afternoon, this meeting will come to order. welcome to the april 22, regular meeting of the land use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. i'm supervisors melgar chair of the committee joined by aaron peskin and vice chair dean preston. the committee clerk is john caroll and i would like to acknowledge s--for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk. >> clerk: if you have any documents to include as part of today's files you should bring them to the rail i'll meet you

at the front. public comment will be taken when your item of interest comes up, please line up to speak along your right hand side. ultimately you may submit public comment in writing. you may do so by writing your comment to me, or you may send your written comment to see our office in city hall. that is the clerk's office, one carleton san francisco california, 91402. and items acted upon today are expected ton the board of supervisors agenda on april 20th, 2024, unless otherwise stated. >> thank you, and i have an announcement before you call item number 1, before the deputy attorney shuts me down because it's not on the agenda, there is a blood drive tomorrow at the irish cultural center in district 4. a blood drive to support our

dear colleague erika majors who needs a donation. i would encourage who can to do that, it's in the morning between 8:00 and 12 noon. 2700 5th avenue. thank you. so please call item number 1. >> agenda item number 1 is an ordinance planning code to designate san francisco fire station number 44 located at 1298 grand street, making other findings throughout the ordinance. >> okay, thank you so much. we are joined but bye natalie g with supervisor wal ton's office. welcome ms. g. >> good afternoon, i'm here on behalf of supervisor walton for fire station number 44, today,

station 44 is the oldest fire house still in active service. in partnership with the history rog ekt, the committee identified projects to address the neighborhoods under representation in the city's official inventory of the stories. this is the second in visitation neighborhood, we would like to thank the project, sf heritage, sf fire department and our residents for your partnership in pushing this through. and we cannot wait to celebrate with you once this is passed. i look forward and thank you i look forward to hopefully positive recommendation. >> thank you very much. let's bring up planning department. >> thank you, chair melgar, just a minute, i have a couple of slides.

>> if you, good afternoon, president peskin, planning department staff. the historic commission reviewed the designation of san francisco fire station number 44 at the regular public hearing on december 20, 2023. constructed during a growth, fire station 44 is significant for its association with the fire protection in the early 20th century. fire station is also significant as it embodies an early characteristics of the classical revive at fire station and representative of the work of john reed junior. at the public hearing, the commission heard public comments in support of

designation and voted unanimously to approve a resolution, modified to include the herrin brick flooz a character feature of the landmark recognizing landmark recognition. thank you, that concludes my presentation. unless you have any questions. >> i don't have any specific questions, i don't think my colleagues do either. so let's go to public comment on this item, please. >> clerk: if you have public comment on agenda item 1, please come forward to the lectern at this time. >> speaker: good afternoon, supervisors my name is woody la bounty i'm the president of ceo of san francisco heritage. i'm ask you sincerely to recommend bringing in forward. we're very very excite today have the fire station 44 brought forward as an article

10 city landmark. i want to thank supervisor walton and natalie g for doing everything they do with the community to help us identify worthy candidate for resources and visitation valley. until early 2022, we worked with residents in visitation valley on what we thought might be a good historic project, and they came together to identify that there was not one city landmark in this city neighborhood. so we worked very closely with the supervisors office to bring saint james presbyterian church which was successful and we're delighted that fire station 44 has been brought forward. i do want to make a reminder that the fire department offered to throw us a bbq if this happens. so i hope to have a celebratory bbq soon. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you very much for your comment.

anyone public comment? madam chair. >> thank you, public comment on this item is now closed. thank you, ms. g. i would like to make a motion that we send this item out of the committee with a positive recommendation. >> on the motion recommendation. >> aye. >> aye. >> peskin. aye. skhair melgar. >> aye. >> madam chair, there are three ayes. >> thank you so much. let's go to item number 2. >> clerk: ordinance a meaned --amending the code in the district extension.

>> thank you for hearing this item today. i'm just a little history how we got here. as you maze recall on this duplicated file originals from a prior ordinance within three historic districts in the northeast park of the city which was supervisor peskin's legislation and those are the jackson historic district and the extension of that and also the northeast water front district. when the original file was made, i made it clear that i would look for a policy solution that would enable more dense mixes in new housing construction as as long as these buildings do not damage the you integrity of the areas.

since then i've worked with the city's team to endeavor to achieve this solution. the amendments being considered today are the result of this work. these amendments create a density exception specifically within these three historic districts. this density will allow future housing to allow form base density controls only if these projects do not utilize the double density bonus. and the goal here is to allow housing proj toekts a provide more affordable units while ensuring that these projects are not out of scale with the buildings that are contribute to the historic nature of the three landmark districts. we're just talking about a small area here and to be clear about these amendments, more now needs to be done to better understand this approach.

the double density bonus that allows for a 100% increase in unit count was enacted just this year. while after we passed the policies and guidelines. all stakeholders that i've spoken to agree that more analysis needs to be done to understand the impact of the double density bonus especially within thaoz areas. i'm confident that these analysis can be done through these order nanz and i'm asking the committee to accept these committees. that does not indicate approve of them per se, but by accepting the amendments so that this new ordinance can be studies by the experts of the planning department and then it will go to the planning commission again. and i want to thank president peskin in the city attorney's office for the conversations we've had up until this point. and i look forward to the

planning department to achieve the goal that we're trying to get to. and the goal that works on policies solution that encourages more housing options on these wonderful neighborhoods w.those, those are my comment ons that and i want supervisor peskin to weigh in as well. >> thank you, supervisor stefani, i think our goals are the same. as i said when we went through this whole contentious mess, our intention when with the ordinance that we passed in the c2 was always to allow additional density, i think what we did not understand is the combination of form base density with state bonus density would lead to proposals for super sized luxury condominiums not far from our water front that vasly exceeded

the height limits. the workout was to revisit that for a small portion of the c2 in some of the city's, the city's earliest district, the historic district. but i share the goal, and the goal was never to allow squeezing of double density to produce a wall of towers. and as supervisor stefani said, there are a number of questions which remain unclear to all of us which should be studied before we advance this ordinance. so i am open to adopting these amendments and sending them to planning for analysis, i think the city attorney who is not a planner said, it may do what we both intend it does, but i think we're going to leave that to the professional planners to analyze. so i'm happy to send it it over to planning and see what they have to say. >> okay, thank you so much.

with that let's go to public comment on this item please. >> thank you, if you have public comment on agenda item number 2, please come to the lecture at this time. it appears nrr no speakers. >> okay. i guess there is no public comment, there you g.public comment on this item is now closed. i would like to make a motion that we adopt these amendments that were circulated by supervisor stefani and that we continue this to the call of the chair. >> on the motion offered by the chair that the ordinance be amended and then continued to the call of the chair as amended. pes ton. >> aye. >> peskin. >> aye. >> chair melgar. >> aye. >> clerk: madam chair, there are three ayes. >> that motion passes, congratulations supervisor

stefani. let's go to item number 3. >> clerk: item 3 is resolution commemorative plaques or statute tory two locations in a neighborhood known as little italy at the northwest intersection stock son and union and southwest corner between stockton and fillbert to celebrate figures in the i tal nann community to carry out of the installation of the a for mentions plaques or statutory. >> thank you very much, supervisor peskin. >> it's to approve the installation of the first two of the series of commemorative plaques honoring significant i tal january leaders who have had a lasting affect on both san francisco and our country. on october 2 of last year, under the guidance of sergio who could not be here today a

coalition of italian association came together to establish the san francisco little italy honor walk project with a reason to celebrate and enhance the italian community and development in san francisco and development of san francisco particularly in the historic italian neighborhood of northbeach that i've had the honor of representing. these plaques have been approved bit arts commission and public works and we are the last and as i said this is going to be a series overtime. a wide swap of communities

pointing women laboratory people and racial minority to city commissions and advisory forms. the other plaque will commemorate marian proud member of the medical association in the san francisco medical society and she championed a idea of establishing a maternity and xhirn's ward in every county california in the state of california. and i want to thank nick and athletic club for their participation and leadership. and i also want to give a nod for chair melgar for authorizing the love your, the commemorative thought process that we're a veiling ourselves of today and with that, it's my pleasure to turn it over to my cosponsor supervisor stefani. >> thank you, supervisor peskin, i'm absolutely

thrilled, i think everybody knows why, i love my italian heritage, i don't hide the fact that i'm italian. i want to thank supervisor pes xin for moving this along and every one in the italian community who has persevered to make sure that our italian meritage is celebrated. i'm thrilled to be here today and thank to every one who has had a part in this. >> thank you, supervisor. if there is no other comments or questions, colleagues, let's go to public comment on this item. >> do you have public comment on agenda item number 3, please come forward to the lectern at this time. we have speakers. >> speaker: nick figoni vice president of the san francisco little italy honor walk and thank you supervisors for your kind words and acknowledge of this important project it's

been years in the making and thank you to the chair for her legislation to streamline this process. we were well received at the commission, there has been a community effort, there is 8 italian communication to form yet another nonprofit that will be responsible for managing and managing this effort. there will be an app and website and the goal is to drive as many people as possible to northbeach, or little italy and to spend money and time there and to promote and celebrate all the small businesses that, president supervisor peskin has endured for many many years. so with that, i will pass it over to the next speaker. >> speaker: just to say thank you. in charge to follow the project

and it's very honor to be here and i say thank you to all the supervisor to support this project. thanks. >> please give the council general our rewards. >> thank you so much. sure. >> clerk: does anyone else have public comment on agenda item number 3? madam chair. >> thank you so much, public comment on this item is now closed. president peskin, do you want to make a motion. >> would i like to make a motion to move this resolution to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> clerk: on the motion offered by supervisor peskin, vice chair preston. >> aye. >> clerk: member peskin. >> aye. >> clerk: chair melgar. >> aye. >> clerk: madam chair, there are three ayes. >> thank you that motion passes. thank you. do we have any other items on our agenda today? >> clerk: there is no further business. >> okay, we are adjourned. thank you.

>> i am supervisor melgar. i am the supervisor for district 7. [music] i am a immigrant to san francisco. my family came when i was 12 from el salvador during the civil war. this place gave us security, safety and an opportunity to thrive, so i love the city deeply, and as a mother of three kids who have grown up as city kids, i'm grateful for everything the city has to offer for people like me and families. i have been politically involved my whole life, either in government or a non profit worker and i care about the community. i care about people around me, and i want

to make sure that as the world changes around us, other people have the opportunity that my family did. >> we are back in san francisco post pandemic. so important to be out supporting our businesses, supporting our neighbors. >> i'm the first woman to represent the district, believe it or not. i'm the first latina elected to the board of supervisors without an appointment first ever, so i do think that (indiscernible) i want immigrants to be represented, women, moms, people that have different experiences because that brings richment to our decision making and i think it makes for betting decisions so that inspired me to run. district 7 is one of the most diverse districts in san francisco both in economics and ethnicity. it spans north from

golden gate park. it includes all the institutions in the park, the wheel. the music concourse, mew seem to the south to the daly city boarder and west to the organization. includes the zoo (indiscernible) all those fun things and to 280 oen the east. includes city college, san francisco state. i had ucsf parnassus so very large geographically. it is mostly single family homes, so it is the place where for generations family (indiscernible) nice parks, lake merced, mount davidson. >> this is like a village within the city, so we are very close nit community. we tend to band together and try to support one another and it is a friendly place and families and people to have a cup of coffee and check out the park. >> ocean avenue, which is the

southern end of our district is vibrant commercial corridor that mostly cater tuesday the local neighborhoods and the students. as you go further west you have the mall which has some of the best pan asian food offerings in the city. if you haven't been there, it is really fun. as you go up a little bit further, there is west portal avenue, which is a very old school commercial district where you can still find antique shops and cobbler shops and as well as like more modern restaurants. it is definitely hopping and full of families on any weekday. >> i'm matt roger, the coowner or (indiscernible) >> carl, other coowner in west portal. >> we are a neighborhood hardware store. been a community institution since it was founded in 1936. we had a

little bit of everything. (indiscernible) to gardening or gift buying. >> my entire experience in san francisco is this community. it is a very small town feel for a big city. the community is caring and connected. >> what makes me excited doing business in district 7 is i know it sell well. i grew up here. i knew a lot of customers, parents of friends. it is very comfortable place and feels like home. >> if you go up north, you have the innerpz sunset commercial corridor which has a awesome farmers market on weekdays and plethora of restaurants. there is everything you need. >> friendly and safe and (indiscernible) i love they bring their kids with them. they teach them how to use their money,

and it is something you dont see in too many markets in other communities. i love to see the kids come and talking to you. it is something different then i see from (indiscernible) >> the ev access to transit in inner sunset and ability to do a lot of shopping on foot, and now the improved biking with jfk closed to cars, because we have a 4 and a half year old who rides her bike. we now have a safe place to go and ride bike jz don't have to to worry about traffic. >> graffiti continues to be one of these things that during the pandemic just got out of control everywhere in the city and i do think that it is hampering our recovery of commercial corridors, so some of the volunteers on west portal avenue, some of the merchants got together with interns at our office to do some hands on

abatement and we have been doing it regularly. we are doing it once a week and we have a wonderful neighbor, carrie organizing and storing the paint and supplies in her office on west portal, but this needs more then just a volunteer efforts. >> i'm grateful for the collaboration. we passed legislation at the board and put $4 million in the budget over the next 24 months to help the department of public works hire laborers and labor apprentices to abate the graffiti on private property on commercial corridors. i think that for a couple years this recovery strategy so we can get back up as normal after this awful pandemic. participatory budgeting is a pot of money that is available every year for district 7 neighbors to propose projects that improve the neighborhood and

the district. anyone, any organization in the district can propose a project and then it's a vote. it is popular vote. we have 14 projects just approved and they span from you know, a vegetable garden at aptos middle school to pedestrian safety projects on (indiscernible) it runs the gamut, but it is wonderful because it allows people to be engaged in a real way, and then to see the outcome of their energy and work, because the things get improved in front of them. >> i like it is really close to the parecollect parks and bunch of businesses as well as a calm feel. it is a very peaceful feel even though it is close to a lot of things. (indiscernible) also not boring. there is

stuff to do too. >> so, there is lots to see and experience in district 7. [music]

of the san francisco public works commission. today is monday, april 22nd, 2024. our meeting began at 9:03 a.m. secretary fowler, please call the roll. good morning. please respond with hear or present. lynn newhouse, seagull and commissioner seagull is absent today. warren post here. chair. post is present. gerald turner, commissioner turner is present. paul wolford, present. commissioner wolford is present. fatty zarb present. vice chair zarb is present. and with four members present, we do have quorum for the public works commission. public comment is taken for all informational and action itemsn