and their purpose is to come into downtown san francisco and a lot of cities have ways where they go fairly easily off of the freeways and into parking structures or get out of their cars and if we can figure out a way to put those somewhere, that might help, as long as we have, you know, really a lot of transit or a very pedestrian oriented way for them to get to wherever that is to get into the core area they want to get to rather than having them drive all the way into the heart of the city before they can park at fifth and mission or stockton-sutter or union square. president fong: commissioner >> many people are discussing the issue of congestion management. >> i don't agree with the congestion. i am only saying that you might be able to keep a few people out

with on alternative but there are still people that will want to drive him as closely as they can to where they want to go. shoppers will not carry their packages for 10 blocks over to wherever their cars are parked but perhaps we can find a way to dissuade people who don't mind a little walk from having a place to put their car. >> ligco.my company does have branches in london and stockholm. [laughter] >> ok, thank you. >> ok, commissioners. we can move on to commissioner's questions and matters. are there any commission matters? >> with the risk of stretching

out this hearing, i wanted to mention a couple of things we did. i took the advantage of the hearing that was held by the commissioners at farrell, avalos, in regards to family flight. they've brought up some good points about the schools and the fact that it was noted that the population of children from ages 1 to 5 has increase in the last 10 years and the number from 5 to 17 has gone down significantly is my experience in 40 years of dental practice where when people reach school age, a lot of them leave san francisco and schools is the probably the biggest issue. people are afraid of having a child having to be the when all school and they don't like the fact that there is no community

building if their kids are not in neighborhood schools. they brought these points out that it was a very useful dialogue. we know that housing is very expensive but it is also nonfunctional that it is not impossible to raise a family of five in a tunnel-planned victorian with a split bath. unfortunately, only 21% of our housing stock has three or four bedrooms and we have a lot of barriers for people who are trying to enlarge the space they have. anything we can do to encourage, it was clear in that discussion that people are recognizing the fact that we need larger and housing types to keep families in san francisco and things we can do to make that a reality is important.

most of you saw the chronicle in "at the chronicle" about the appeals process. specifically, she dealt with the environmental part of it. i have pointed this out before and this is something i would like to get to and perhaps i can get something from counsel. this requires that the appeals for environmental documents be referred to the elected body in the but the killer county which has been an our case, the board of supervisors, but it don't -- it is not dictate the margin by which an appeal can be done. whereas, to overturn the approval, they need a super majority. that is one reason why we see so many environmental appeals because it is a low hanging fruit. if we make it a high-level after years of discussions, hearings,

discussions, to repeat the whole thing of the board of supervisors, said is an extraordinary case, they should have a high standard to be unable to overturn what we do. i will look into that because i think that might help to expedite things a little bit and allow for the proper process and appeals where they are appropriate. >> i was in the second of three central corridor meetings this week and the department did their usual excellent job. this would be the third and final one coming along probably mid to late april. anyone who is able to attend, they are really well done, a tremendous amount of interest and tremendously well attended.

this commission does not often get kudos but you will remember that a short time back we had actually three medical cannabis dispensaries in front of us, two were in the far our mission and i received in the mail the 5 page monthly bulletin from the cayuga improvement association and the planning commission received a rare notice actually commending us and the entire publication is devoted to that subject. one last goldstar to the members of the planning commission.

we are taking a good look at it and explaining the rules that we sit under our and the process is explained and we're not complaining at all about it, really commend us for the public outrage and for the actual information they received on going forward. it was very very nicely done. >> that starts in the right column. in fact, they have in meeting this evening and i might go out and say thank you.

the other thing that i wanted to mention was that the commission president fong has asked me to be the representative to the arts commission. the idea came up in a discussion this week that perhaps the biggest impact that the planning commission could have on the arts commission is in the civic design review section and i met with them during the long break today and i will be going to those meetings where the actual design, not just part of the project, but the design of public buildings interact with planning and it was a very positive concept. >> i thank you for doing that.

we pumped into the arts commission meeting to introduce ourselves had a little bit of understanding on how they work. thank you very much for serving. >> if there are no other matters, we can move on to directors reports, directors announcements. >> just a couple of announcements. just to announce a couple of public meetings this weekend. one is for the green connections project. this is a project that we are sponsoring several agencies including the parks and wrecked apartment -- rec department. they are having a walk this weekend. this is from 1:00 until 3:00. this starts at the veeco center

at heron's head park. -- the eco center at heron's head park. there is a project at 17th and folsom, we are proud of what we've done with rec and park. we are reviewing the concept designs for the park. that is sunday at 3:00 p.m. >> that is getting rid of a parking lot. >> that is getting rid of a parking lot that is owed by the puc. this is a very interesting project that was identified in the neighborhoods plan and is now being carried out by the department implementation team. i just wanted to thank the commission for your patience in this long break today and the unfortunate continuance that

happened at the last moment. we're working to make sure that that does not happen in the future. it was just an unfortunate mistake that happened on this project that has happened twice for some weird reason. i think that is it for my report unless there any questions. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm here to give you the summary of the board activities. this week, there was a key items on the land use committee agenda. the first is an economic impact study of nightlife entertainment in san francisco. this presentation by the comptroller and the entertainment commission's staff was requested by supervisor

wiener and the focus was an economic impact study of nightlife entertainment including a number of jobs generated by the sector, the amount of taxes paid, the number of visitors drawn to san francisco as a result of the entertainment sector, and also to assess the results and to discuss potential legislation which would support the sector and ensure that remains a contributor to san francisco as economic and cultural environment. the second item was the public art fee which was summarized for you last week. this was sponsored by the mayor and board president chu. it would allow certain projects to pay into a new fund. the planning commission considered the ordinance october 27th of this year and he made a number of recommendations which can be summarized as three major

issues, the first was insuring the continued production of prominent and monumental art, that it be balanced with the new possibility of the ephemeral art. this should apply to all large developments, not just within the redistrict. also making sure that the public open spaces are activated and identified as physical works of art. since the commission action, the board president and the mayor's office has conducted further out of reach with interested parties and developers and this has been amended more than once to address the commission concerns. the primary outstanding topic is how the environment should be responds -- expanded. the item was continued to march

21st -- march 26th. at the full board of supervisors, car sales and rental was on the agenda and the legislation sponsored by supervisor elsbernd would allow car rentals in the district by conditional use authorization. the planning commission recommended approval as did the land use committee and it was passed on its first reading. i wanted to include, there was a resolution regarding the state assembly bill 1678 regarding restrictions on food trucks proximity to schools. that was a resolution sponsored by supervisors wiener, olague, and campos regarding the proximity to schools. they have proposed continuing that resolution to march 13th. there is a similar piece that

has been introduced by supervisor wiener that would extend the areas where mobil facilities are permitted within san francisco city limits and that is scheduled to be considered by this commission for a recommendation to the full board do not on 19th -- full board on april 19th. it looks like despite the bill which would technically override the city proposed ordinance, this is still scheduled to be heard here april 19th. that concludes my presentation. if you have any questions, i am happy to answer them. >> i want to thank you for bringing up the night life study and we have to look at the pros and cons.

i highly recommend everyone to read it. it includes how it breaks down by land use and the cost for entertainment better cause -- gr this report. >> there is also an article about porsche street. >> the board of appeals did not

meet this week. the historic preservation commission did this week. the commission reviewed at the landmark designation program for the year bonds. we have been working on the two landmark districts. these are buildings that are discontinuous. we are on schedule to bring both of these districts to both the planning commission and the hpc this summer. there are several proposed individual designations we have been working with with various owners. we do have owner support for several of them. they will be going through the

hbc. one fo them is the owner of sam jordan bar and then the cowell house which is an early example of a house that goes back to the frank lloyd wright style. there was a discussion with the commission about now that article 10 and 11 seem to be moving along and some of the other work items has been nailed down, we would have a broader discussion about the commission's role and the department'that might be at bots

as well as perhaps the broader community discussion. we will be in touch with you about that in the coming months. the start preservation commission thought was timely to have that. thank you. -- the historic preservation commission thought that was timely. >> you are now a general public comment where members of the public address you on items that are of interest to the public within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. i do have one speaker card. >> good afternoon, commissioners. it is interesting, you are talking about turning a parking lot into a park.

i am always here talking about the fact we are turning part of golden gate park into a parking lot which is the artificial turf we have someone who agrees with us and this was published in the -- the soccer fields should be grass and i would like to read a few excerpts from his editorial. "the soccer fields should be the city's premier location for playing in four games like middle and high school championships. they should be the best the city should produce and they should be grass. there are two premier baseball locations. the city has a stadium where the high school football championship is played. these fields are all grass and

they are in great condition because the city invested resources, money, and gardeners to keep them that way. the city's premier soccer field should be like all of these other spots, made of grass. last year, the fines for paving over from europe have increased from $100 per day to $250 a day. this continues until the home under brings their home into compliance. if the soccer fields are converted into artificial turf, it would be the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of homes have in their yards paved over. there are proposals to have the gardners take care of this." we hope that this alternative to natural grass fields would be considered. >> thank you.

it is there additional public comment? seeing none, this meeting is adjourned.

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