why people are leaving the city, the main items are education and affordability of housing. that is why the people are leaving. when my grand kids were young 20 years ago, we had to put them in private schools. furthermore, they don't have any vocational schools that i told them about. that is why they are in the crime, and everybody suffers because of those items. that is one of the reasons that i will speak on the next item. the -- what do they do environmental review if it needs

to be done by an outside agency? if it is done by the city, is slanted for the city. >> on behalf of the housing action coalition, this question of families leaving san francisco, i would urge you in the strongest terms to use your podium as the planning commission to elevate this topic. there is plenty in the news recently. the recent discussion you had on 899 valentia, president olague, you asked one of the important questions, who are we building housing for? there are a lot of questions to

go around this. and also, commissioner sugaya raises some questions that need to be explored. the cities in the recent past, you have an opportunity right now to step into this discussion. who are we building housing for? this goes to the central question of the future character of our city. we would be glad to suggest some of the areas to explore. >> i want to revert to the subject of what is allowed as conditional use. we have a situation there, and you're the people that look at systems. it is not the police's job to

decide that if they have approved a particular licence, what impact it will be if you consider the other licenses and hours and so on. there is a condition that allows the right to stay open until 2:00 in the morning. you allow restaurants as a conditional use and i am not objecting to that particular restaurant. but what happens is you allow restaurants to be conditional use. they get an alcohol license. every other restaurant doesn't get to stay open until 2:00 in the morning. next, they are operating like a bar. even if they serve food, and some of them barely do. it becomes a nightclub or a bar. we have some that are excellent. you need to put conditions on these things and consider what you are approving.

paul, who is here because of what is going on in his corner, the bar is already open and driving everybody crazy. it is a fine restaurant, you know. he said, they were going. i heard a commissioner say that she went to one of the bars and it was a horror. you should hear the other people describe that. it is like this whole succession of them in an area of two blocks. there are at least six liquor licenses operating as this kind of operation. those areas are like a slum during the day. they don't generate any other traffic for other merchants. at night, we have traffic.

the bus people from colleges. these are all these young people. one of the merchants that offered to get me 300 and protests because we are going to fight that said, these people have money and they come into the neighborhood, they trashed it, and we leave -- they leave. we are still here. i will have more to talk to you about though i don't have time right now about the deceit of the neighborhood and the deceit that they practiced on you. i have sent an accusation to the state. i am taking it also to the state senator's office to try to deal with the problems of the treasury. i am asking you to consider it and i will be back to discuss it some more. [chime] president olague: any additional

public comment? public comment is closed. >> you are now under regular calendar. this is northeast waterfront. >> i want to extend a welcome to jose. he and i worked together. i think that is why you see the two projects very similar. the item before you is an informational presentation on the community vision for san francisco's northeast waterfront. supervisor david chiu urged the court of sentences go to engage the planning department. this work began in may of 2009 and was completed in may of 2010.

the steady aim is to guide the development of properties along the west side. the main goal was to articulate the appropriate development along the entire northeast and create a strong public rahm that connects the city to the waterfront. on july 8, 2010. you acknowledged the work of staff completing this study and recognizing the design principles for public improvement and new development in the area. you also urged set for it is to support the principles and recommendations when considering new development. separately, the steering committee prepared its own study with the assistance of the asian neighborhood design and titled a community vision for the northeast waterfront. the requested to be given the

opportunity to present their work today. the document has been in included in your packet and they will be giving a short presentation. staff will be here to answer questions if you wish. >> and good afternoon, commissioners. thank you for this opportunity to present this work. my name is --

are we good? my name is fernando, i worked as a community planning director. thank you very much for the opportunity to present this work. as david said, we worked on this as an alternative community vision in late 2010 and early 2011. what i will present to you is a bit of the community consensus behind it. the goals and the guiding principles and the priority recommendations given the discussion that is going to follow after today. we began the project with four general goals. to begin with a place defined by the people that live, work, and play in the neighborhood. we wanted to take a comprehensive look at planning for people at looking at all of

the issues relating to transit, parking, and inequity. we considered the waterfront as a whole and we wanted to reach consensus. we developed this plan over the course of three different workshops in the chinatown focus group. the project is endorsed by the friends of golden gate tennis -- tenant's association. and for members of other community groups. these are pictures from the first workshop. on june 9 and september 13, workshops were attended in addition to community members and supervisors and a few commissioners from the planning commission. we begin by talking about a

sense of place beginning with the people and what they see as their sacred places. for us this was the parks, the gateway recreation area, the history of the waterfront, the neighborhoods, and the people that live, work, and play here. over the course of the workshops, we developed a vision statement. the waterfront is a necklace of intimate brands basis. they honor -- they honor the waterfront's history and typography and connect to the neighborhoods with people oriented streets. we developed guiding principles. we begin with people and neighborhoods, understanding that it includes the barbary coast, chinatown, and telegraph hill.

plans for an ethnically diverse neighborhood. enhance and preserve the recreation opportunities, and plan for the future of the northeast waterfront looking at all of the publicly owned lots. the project was not far different from the study that the planning department did. although it responded to certain criticisms that community members when they first spoke with a supervisor david chiu, wanted a more focused vision. our community vision looked to expand upon this by focusing on streets, sidewalks, open streets and recreation, economic development, land use, feasibility, and trying to begin a discussion about the

implementation and timeline. it is important for the neighborhood given the impact of the changing impact. the former's market. the new exporlotatorium. america's cup which will be discussed later today, and expectations of studies from 11,000 new housing units. in the possibility of 60,000 new workers down town. when we met with the director and commissioner miguel, there was a question about how much the planning department should focus on a comprehensive plan for the northeast waterfront. i think this slide attempts to lay the groundwork for why is such an important place to do

comprehensive planning. now we have an opportunity in front of us for america's cup improvements that can be utilized for the long haul. what might expected to be built by 2013? how can some of the things that we talk about the both improvements and also become permanent improvements for the neighborhood fabric along the waterfront? the document in front of you is a series of recommendations. it is a large wish list of ideas, concepts, and the community's dreams. in thinking about what you will be discussing later today in terms of america's cup, we wanted to emphasize five recommendations. reconnect to the neighborhoods to the waterfront and go back to

chinatown. those being broadway and washington. taking a advantage of the existing utilized garages. bring back to chinatown and north beach. pro active recreation given the emphasis of the plan on by resources. and create a development plan that looks at the opportunities that looks for all of the publicly owned lots. as you see, i am referencing the chapters in the document that you have in front of you. chapter 4 talks about the waterfront in references to previous works that the planning department has done. one of the significant issues is the scars left by the freeway

that are not just the scars of a double decker freeway, but the way that it led to broadway all the way to montgomery and up washington. for us, the priority in terms of public improvement should be washington and broadway. we would like to see a return of transit connections to chinatown and creating pedestrian amenities, tracking cultural recreation and facilities on vacant parking lots. here are some examples of what has been built so far in terms of broadway street improvements. on the immediate short-term for the first phase, we can begin to see improvements, beginning to create amenities for the second phase, and looking at how we

develop retail on the vacant garage frontage is and attracting active recreation in conjunction with the crowds. this is a photograph of the vacant frontage that creates a dead space all the way back. that is an example of chinatown's night market. the next was the importance of parking issues, coordinating the parking needs, the cruise ship terminal, and the plan to be developed for fishermen's wharf. the exploratorium and planning department of the cities of the

north east waterfront. on the right side, the different parking garages, almost empty on week nights and half full on weekends. the issues are how to make efficient use of those resources rather than creating more parking garages. there is technology we have begun to implement at a very rudimentary level. other cities have more advanced systems to allow people to know where parking spaces are located. right now, there are many on- street parking spaces run with four-hour limits. providing a shuttle system that allows people to get through the more distant parking garages to the other distant events and the

destinations along the waterfront. some examples that we look at in the report, and back to the closest from the building is almost invisible behind the plaza. in particular, the clay street and the walk behind the the fountain credit greatly benefit and make new connections between parking in a waterfront uses. we looked at green space and recreation. this is a map from the open space plan showing the lack of playgrounds along the entire waterfront, not to be found until you reach the baseball park. bringing playground and exercise stations to the waterfront,

especially as there are several -- it is too small for any kind of development. the other thing was the importance of a world-class bike center. it would serve not only locals, it might be ready in time for america's cup. if any of you have walked along and chosen to walk on the city side rather than the bay side, it is an amazing experience for all sorts of historic uses. chapter 6 also talked about the city with cross-town transit. the existing connections between chinatown and north beach rerouted to disconnect

from the waterfront. these were hard fought lines that the chinatown community fought for and are now subject to the cuts. the planning department study also made reference to the great service of muni lines. if any of view have tried to wait for a line at the waterfront, it is quite an experience. i know there have been certain discussions. about rerouting the 82 line. it could be a primary interface. finally, we focus on an economically feasible and

community supported plan. consensus was not reached on the study presented by the planning department. our study had a consensus of four of the major neighborhood groups. part of that consensus came out of trying to figure out what would be the committee supported development of the publicly owned lots the way that support was gathered for the lots south of market street. we want to see a vision that goes beyond parking lots to create development opportunities. it respects neighborhood character and existing height limits. we talked about a variety of uses within the scope including hotels, cultural facilities, and waterfront recreation. we talked about work force housing on the lot owned by the

state off broadway. we talked about lots to small for development and the bike center close to the ferry building. is this impossible? we looked at the area near south beach where many of the developments were built in the late nineties and early 2000's. it is a question of vision and development for all of the lots as a whole. with that, i want to conclude. i think you have in front of you our documents. if you have further questions, the question about implementation. this is a golden opportunity. we bring together the agencies involved in this, dealing with parking, the planning department, the ports to create an implementation plan.

with the following priorities that we have identified. reconnecting the neighborhoods, planning for parking, bringing back transit on broadway. preserving the existing recreation opportunities and creating a development plan that balances public use and revenue generation. president olague: we have several speaker cards. . >> i wanted to make a request, the commissioner needs to leave. president olague: former commissioner? >> maybe not. president olague: hello. >> i haven't been here in many years.

i am the executive director of the chinese historical society of america and i was invited to come this afternoon to listen to the presentation and give a few remarks. i am neutral on the plan. i grew up in this area at a time when the the market still existed and there was no center. as the freeway was being built, chinatown had no connection to the waterfront. so to me, i using the catalyst of what ever other development begins to be discussed, how to build connections is really important. it remains one of the dentist neighborhoods. our people have no place to go. we have chinese playgrounds and

the recreation center that is being renovated right now. all they have to do we access -- there is no plan to build anything to connect those spaces to the residential neighborhoods. that is what it takes listening to the plan encourage adoption of proposals that will help to enhance the waterfront and make meaningful improvements. chinatown is also a tourist destination, and anything that also connects the economics of the neighborhood is really important. we don't want chinatown to

remain in ethnic enclaves. -- an ethnic enclave. we need to make -- recognize the connection. that is my two cents. president olague: it is great to see you again. [reading names] >> i am a pedicab operator, and i support this plan. we need to more facilities for bicycles. it will be a great improvement to what we have now.

i would personally encourage the removal of car parking. there is no reason for it to be there. it serves no housing or retail. it would increase the space for bicycles and pedicabs. president olague: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am a member of the community coalition in developing the community vision for san francisco's northeast waterfront. my comments will focus on bringing life back to washington street. and proximity to the ferry building by creating better

connections between chinatown, north beach, and more. as a resident of the gateway, i speak of the need to change the washington street corridor. it was originally designed to accommodate the freeway. what we feel is the criteria of the physical fabric into an oriented street. with easier pedestrian and bicycle buildings and with safety. our vision plan calls for narrowing to two lanes. and make washington a 2-way street and it will call on traffic and allow for safe bike lanes and improve the streetscape. our plan wishes to develop and design sidewalks on