>> this is the regular meeting for the sentences co planning commission. let me remind everyone to turn your cell phones off. [roll call] commissioner borden is expected. items proposed for a continuance, your printed calendar shows a proposal for a continuance to march 17, 2011. since the project sponsor has requested a further continuance

to may 19, 2011, staff reports that request. from 34 to 36 pleasant street. commissioners, with that, i'm not aware of any other item proposed for a continuance. public comment on items proposed for a continuance? public comment is closed. commissioner antonini: i would move to continue item number one to may 19. and items 21 and b to the same day. commissioner moore: second. >> on the motion for a continuance --

[roll call vote] thank you, commissioners. those items are continued as we have discussed. items one and two are being pushed to may 19. thank you. commissioners, you are now on your consent calendar. this item is concluded and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote. unless a member of the commission or the public requests.

item number three. 42 24th street. it will allow a walk up facility within the commercial district. commissioners, following any public comment that would automatically remove this item from consent calendar, this matter is in your hands. president olague: is there any public comment on this item? public comment is closed. commissioner moore: moved to approve. >> on the motion for approval -- [roll call vote] thank you, commissioners.

the item has been approved. you are now at commissioners questions and matters. commissioner moore: i like to acknowledge staff winning the urbanism award on the better streets plan. it is a highly coveted awards program. there are roughly 12 awards being given. under the category of the building, they have won this award in that category. that is a great achievement, and it puts an francisco on the mat for how we maintain our infrastructure. we are very happy about that,

and if anybody wants to look at that, i would be happy to hand it out. regarding an item that is on the latter part of our calendar day, i have several calls from people in the community hoping and wondering, asking if sfgovtv will be broadcasting the 6:00 hearing. many people cannot come. and there is a great deal of interest by the public to hear the discussion between the two commissions. i hope we get a positive nod on my question. >> commissioner moore, generally, it broadcasts of this commission for as long as we are in session. and this will be in session as part of that joint hearing, so i can only affirm that we will be broadcast.

commissioner moore: i am sure there will be many happy people. commissioner antonini: i like to a acknowledge a couple meetings i have had. i met with ben golden, a group that is involved with the booker t. washington presidio project. i met with some of the neighborhood groups that are concerned about the project. they have both been very good meetings. representatives of united paragon and other companies involved in the executive park will be involved with us and a couple of weeks. i know there is a lot of concern, and keeping business in

san francisco. i was very happy to hear that mayor lee has proposed to limit the payroll tax. they had been san francisco -- correct me if i am wrong, it is around $300 million that contributes to the budget of san francisco per year. we can find ways to eliminate that spending. it was good to hear that there is thought along those ways. commissioner fong: it seems we

had a similar week. i met with neighbors on the project as well as to a tour of the executive park. going out and seeing the proposed project has been beneficial. commissioner miguel: i have met with people regarding heights street as well as a coalition of groups. basically a chinatown haughty- line extension -- t-line extension and social equity projects. it was very enlightening.

commissioner antonini: you tweaked my memory. i met with groups on lansing in the last week. thank you. >> commissioners, we can move forward to the directors' report. and a review of the past week's events at the board of supervisors, board of appeals, and historic preservation commission. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i want to a knowledge of the staff on the better streets plan award for urban assembly. he is a very prestigious award. i want to thank staff and the project manager on that and congratulate them on the award. i wanted to spend a couple of minutes updating the commission

on the status of the governor's proposed legislation regarding development agencies. this is information as of yesterday. the governor had initially proposed eliminating the tax increment financing function which is the primary funding for redevelopment agencies. the cities along with nine other cities proposed an alternative measure to that. a budget trailer legislation submitted by the state's finance department required the elimination of the redevelopment agency's by july 1. it would require them to be dissolved by july 1 of this year.

and we will cease all activities other than paying out contractually obligated funding. that would happen immediately. if this bill is passed this week or next week, the governor could make that some measure next week. it would go into effect immediately. it would require redevelopment agencies to cease operations by july 1 of this year. besides the existing redevelopment plan, there is some provision that would allow some plans that have reached a certain completion to continue. it is not clear what that means.

it allows for what is called a successor agency that would carry out the fiduciary responsibilities of redevelopment agencies. mainly to pay the bills under contract that they have agreed to pay. specifically regarding to the planning department, there are obvious ways that we will have to get involved. because of the time frame only been three months away, if this goes forward, we have to plan for this as a contingency. we would likely be asked to take over the planning and entitlement functions within the redevelopment areas. it would add substantially to the portfolio of the department overnight. it clearly has budgetary and staffing implications. it is under the jurisdiction of the agency. within the short time frame we

have, we would likely be putting forward legislation. we obviously don't have time to create dunning for all of those sites. there will have to be legislation put forward that as far as i can tell will have to be affective july 1 for the city's planning code to take over the controls. that is the status as i know it. the city has tried to put forward an amendment that would allow some of the project areas to continue. so far, that amendment has not been taken out by any legislature. there are still discussions going on in sacramento. as i mentioned, fred blackwell has agreed to come and give information on this if you like.

it might be something you are interested in in a few weeks to have a more detailed discussion with him about. that concludes my presentation. commissioner moore: thank you for updating us on that. it is a project i would be greatly concerned of because it needs a lot of support and a lot of proactive moving it into realizations. there are others that would perhaps stand on their own if it addresses a different kind of market. i know secretary avery will shoot me a look that i should not engage in discussions, but i would like to discuss if it is also to engage in a slightly more robust discussion about

the pros and cons. the discussion is difficult to have because the newspapers report on things that none of us would be very happy that would occur here. there is a large discussion to be had about the subject. i would support your suggestion that we engage in that discussion. commissioner antonini: i wonder if there has been any blocked by the governor that you are aware of. he made some statements differentiating between what he feels is the use of redevelopment funds. if there was any thought of perhaps approaching these uses differently, either in redevelopment agencies or those redevelopment agencies or those that are eliminated in successor