>> we have a great group of experts on i think they can release that up with framing. president olague: we will propose some dates and make sure that you are all here. >> if the issue is going to be somewhat surrounding parking, i think there will be other innovative things going on that can be fooled again. we can utilize the new smart leaders. we can actually see what parking spaces are vacant. i don't think they have gone mobile with that yet or if they are even contemplating. we have 10 cars and converging

on a parking space in if that happens. there are other things that might be going on to address that in urban areas. commissioner antonini: the broader the discussion, the better. in keeping with what commissioner sugaya suggested, keeping up with what has been cut and other cities, dense cities where there are so -- or there is still a lot of traffic. it can be somewhat analogous to our situation. >> if we can move forward to the director's report and announcements. >> good afternoon, the commissioners.

on the last topic, we will be happy to coordinate with mta as well. it is managing the on-street spaces. it allows them to do variable pricing. the goal is to keep the with the parking space. that will come into play very soon. we received an announcement about regarding the open space element. we have had to postpone that meeting. just in terms of the project status, we have not said the new date for it yet. but we will let you know about that.

there is an upcoming meeting that i wanted to tell you about. the broadway design plan, this is for a streetscapes designed for the broadway tunnel. we are working with the community development center on this. the first workshop will be wednesday, may 4 from 4:30 to 6:30. i just realized i don't have the location in my notes. we'll get you that information. do you know where it is? i will get you that as well. it is the first of several workshops.

i wanted to attend a conference the last few days. it took place in boston this year. there were about 5000 attendees. there were some sessions of the regional planning. the staff also attended some interesting sessions about social media that has become a very interesting issue among planning agencies. we heard a word of caution and words of support for that. there is increasing interest from the public for us to do that. we have to be careful about the legal implications as well. it was interesting to note, talking to my counterpart about the issues facing boston. knowing that boston was in many

ways similar to san francisco, it is almost the exact same size geographically. i had somehow thought it was larger. but the city's share a lot in terms of physical characteristics, the graphics, and the population is approximately 650,000. we are denser than than. they pointed out that representatives -- they grew at a faster pace than san francisco in the last census. next year, the conference is in loss angeles. given the fact that it is relatively close, i have asked staff to consider proposing sessions on some of the recent planning efforts.

we have done a lot of good turns over the years. we look forward to doing that. i think that is if for me unless you have any questions. >> i am here to give you your weekly report on the board of supervisors. there were a couple of pieces of legislation that the full board and a couple of appeals and wanted to share with you today. the general plan amendment for the mission area to select your adoption of the streetscape plan. while dell board action was required, they needed to adopt this ordinance and it passed on first reading. before the full board this week, they adopted an ordinance that would ease regulations on gardening and farming.

the commission voted to recommend approval with modifications. most of these modifications were incorporated into the ordinance. the legislative sponsors make changes after you heard the legislation. there modifications included the following. including chain-link fencing when it is covered with vegetation. the mayor amend the ordinance to allow limited sales of value- added goods in all districts except for our district. and only in the case for the primary ingredients are grown on site. they also recommended the changes for water conservation. lastly, it was strange and to

urban agriculture. the full board finally adopted the ordinance. there were a couple of appeals on tuesday. the first was certification appeal. this involves the construction of the office building with ground-floor retail uses. the concerns were centered on exceptions. these were alleged to result in potential impacts. the appellant failed to supply evidence. the exceptions were found cannot be significant. supervisor kim said that had belonged more properly and the board of appeals. the board of appeals is

scheduled to hear this project in a couple of weeks. with those comments, the appeal was rejected and it was unanimously upheld. the other appeal was for grant ave. this was the case that you heard as a discretionary review. it was filed by the hill dwellers. it had a good deal of testimony on both sides. there could be potential tax to help. as well as others planned in that location. there was a motion to uphold exciting the communications act. he made the motion and also asked the department a couple of questions.

he expressed interest in a city-led a master plan for future and does. he requested that we outline a process for producing such a document. he believed we should make some changes to the current review procedures. he believed the favored sites should demonstrate the necessity for this location. they should make the same findings for the bigger and has. with those statements, he was able to garner a 9-2 vote in support. that concludes the report for this week. commissioner president olague: i don't think we have received that yet. i think we really do need to have that conversation.

there should be a way to have that conversation about this to come up with some policies around it. >> i have not had a chance to look at it yet. it is basically an outline of what we do now. the providers are required to have a five-year plan on file with the city. the concern that the commissioners had was all of the different providers overlapping. and how it affected each project coming forward. we are looking at that right now. president olague: the land use committee sounds like the most logical place where we can talk about our different jurisdictions and what the criteria is that we use.

commissioner miguel: a number of supervisors are interested in this. they are anxious for this to move ahead. commissioner antonini: i agree, and it seems as though we are going to have a hearing or a presentation regarding this issue, because through some private research and other things, i was able to find out about the explosion of informational technology and the differences between different companies and different transmission modes. there is a lot will need to know about before we make any decisions to process. >> the zoning administrator of

form to me -- informed me that there was no court of appeals today. >> of the historic preservation commission did not meet this week. commissioner sugaya: one time i did ask some questions and it was acknowledged that in different carriers utilize different technologies, and some apparently require more antennas than others. if somewhere in the memo, addressed the technology. if he has any inkling of my -- of what might be coming down the pike, i don't know if 4g is using the additional and as for improving the way it works. it might be something to

include, also. >> weekend move forward on the calendar to item no. 5. an informational item. staff will provide an introduction to the comprehensive planning efforts. >> [inaudible] president olague: knew we have to reopen it? -- do we have to reopen it? >> i'm francisco decosta. at land use, and they spoke

about the improvements and there are a couple of things i want to point out. the first thing is that when we do the tree planting, somehow, planning should take the initiative to see the maintenance. we have some beautiful parks. we have had it in visitation valley. paces, next to areas where e have millions of vehicles that e fly, we have to have the empirical data. we just can't have an open spaces next to places where millions fly with a dangerous

particulates in the air. they are half of the constituents. on the radio waves,, many years ago, we requested that we have a city expert on this issue. maybe we have, maybe we don't. one thing that came out of the hearing was that it was possible for those that provide the service, if they could

create a fund or if they could create some money where the city could create their own testing, that is what we want. as we move forward, we will be using a lot of sell funds and will be using a lot of technology. we have to start it out. we can't wait and then catch up. when also need to look at other countries. thank you very lunch. >> is there any additional comments? >> commissioners, we're going to

item no. 5. >> we're going to provide you with a brief introduction. this planning efforts to have launched, the drivers are behind doing this plan out.

it is now under construction. it will be in operation in a few years. the land use response was in order. as you may remember in the eastern neighborhoods plan, there was an area primarily south of the freeway and a little bit north. it was and still is a hot zone -- zoned sli. it will consider what land use response will be in order to the transportation investment. we are very excited to get started. the planning area is generally horner two blocks on either side of forestry. as you can see on the graphic,

the exact boundaries of the planning area are still a little fuzzy. the east and west boundaries, it remains to be seen through the planning process. that is sort of the general parameters. there are three primary aspects of the land use. and that the primary focus of this effort. and very closely tied is the urban form of valuation. and how it affects the urban

landscape. industry today, there are many transportation programs currently under way that cover the broader south of market. there is a list of other planning efforts that are under way. this plan does not intend to take another overlap and comprehensive plan to look at transportation, the within the subway project, will be looking at opportunities to more immediately and directly improved public spaces in the corridor. it is very focused on the immediate infrastructure. we have seen the nihon to see what other programs are necessary. we will be working with that.

and they will be providing matching funds. in terms of the schedule that will kick off in early february, we just started the early outreach efforts. we are continuing these outreach efforts through the middle of june or so. at which point, we will start developing concepts to bring out to the public. the whole hope is that we wrap this up by the end of the year with a draft plan. you will note on the schedule that the initiation of a pending funding, which only have the funding so far for this initial planning process. to get us through a initially what is a concept plan. there are also resources for additional funding where we can continue with the process.

a couple words about the context for this plan, you're familiar with the various regional and statewide planning that we have, the greenhouse gases and development that is pertinent to this planning efforts. it is very closely tied with regional transit. particularly, the many other planning efforts, there is a keen interest in work places. it can accommodate growth and workspace. and it is a workup on its own. in the empirical evidence that in terms of people commuting to work by transit, locating jobs

next to a fixed rail and regional transit is the most important thing you can do. that will be a major focus of this effort. the city has done a lot of work with a major focus on housing. but not as much on jobs. this plan is taking the opportunity to plan and job growth, in particular, office growth in the city. there is a substantial amount of development potential in the area. the northern portions of this area, some areas to the west have been largely built out. but once you move further south, there are substantial opportunities whether they are low scale or industrial buildings.

we'll be taking a more focused look to see how we can move them into the plan. there is a substantial amount of demand for development in this area of. while there is still high vacancy in the district, there is almost no vacancy in the south of market and the rent has substantially risen. the record there is now approaching those in the financial district. we are trying to get out what is attracting people to that area and what kinds of building stocks are they looking for? how can we accommodate them? as part of south of market is a very diverse area.

that would be a mixture of housing and workspace. we're going to be taking a close look about how we can be having that rich mixture without losing the key qualities that make south of market what it is. we will be taking a close look at opportunities to improve pedestrian walking around the area. we have a series that we have been going around to community groups. they have an interest in this area. there groups that have been neighborhood organization focused on a single block there

is a whole list of groups we have already met with. we have also been meeting with real estate interests. we have also met with many office users an tech companies. we have a technical advisory committee made up of city and regional agencies. we are rolling out a very comprehensive got reprogram. we will have a series of walking jurors. a whole their web presence. we're looking at how to broaden the average tools have to engage people in a more interactive way. we're looking at ways to

utilize facebook and those sorts of tools. that concludes my presentation. if you have any questions about this effort, i will be happy to answer them. i will be back before you to talk about this process more. president olague: what housing is existing currently in those areas that might be affected by this? that is my question. and >> we have a background report that is nearing completion. it lays out the existing conditions and those issues. we will delve down into the land use issues. commissioner moore: and job

growth. relatively interested in seeing what sectors d.c. growing. it is how your numerically tracking the household. many people are interested in light of the fact that you only focus on tourists and the biotech. it seems to be humane orientation that would be other possibilities. commissioner antonini: i appreciate your report. empirically, it is an area of where i have run from down around the area in north, i have noticed quite a change with the inse