state in her comments about rejecting violence on any side, but especially by the use of force by the government, which has a heavyweight in all of that, and all sso , all of the communications, and to have something involved. it is interesting because the government was saying it was the muslim brotherhood. they might be a part of it. it is a spontaneous -- the new media has made -- there has been a spontaneous outpouring of people without necessarily having any particular group lead the way. it is legitimate in terms of not one force in the community against another, but the people speaking out. there is so much that we don't know yet about what is going on. we will know a lot more by the end of the day, when this

demonstration is finished. thank you for your interest in what is happening for the world and for your interest in our having a value space foreign policy. i don't think any of us have ever visited egypt without speaking to president mubarak about freedom of the press and the rest, as well as when he has visited the united states. >> as a follow up -- [inaudible] can you speak out against violence and even in terms of [inaudible]

[inaudible] >> let me and large the issue for a moment. as speaker, and before then, i had the occasion to visit many countries in the world, in the middle east, and other places. africa -- the whole world. what i came back and said was, every place i visited, i met with women. i met with young people, not just leaders of the government. i came back and i said, you know, young people in the world are weary of war and weary of these oppressive actions. they see it as a way for governments to have an excuse not to create jobs and do the things that will make the future

better for them. instead, it is a way for them to have a foreign enemy or a domestic enemy to consolidate their power. and, there are drastic cultural differences. so, what i would like to see, and president kennedy over 50 years ago -- not over 50 years, but nearly 50 years ago, he made a speech about the end of war. it is really ridiculous concept when you think of it. with all of the sophistication and communication that we have come and the rest, we would even be engaged in war, or that people could be valued -- could value the worth of another person because they are not in agreement with them. i think we have to take the debate to a much bigger place about the resolution of conflict, whether between nations are within nations, and the respect that all religions

given for the dignity and worth of every person, and how do our attitudes and public policies support that and make it unacceptable and intolerable for any other actions to receive any accept ability. we have an interesting time. i'm hopeful. i have confidence in young people. they think in a different way about these things. awhile back, we were not going to communicate with this country and that country. for young people, they were communicating in real time, across borders constantly, and sharing their impatience with the status quo. every time you think one more act of violence -- every time you think one more act of violence is going to end violence, you keep that we'll of

violence going. it gives people the opportunity to say, let's talk. with that, i want to take us right back to where we are here. this sense of community, this respect for the dignity and worth of every person by the housing they will receive, the care they will give, the reflection of -- we have our cultural differences. that is reflected in what is being done here. it is really a tribute not only to don -- we have had many groundbreakings and ribbon cuttings over time, but also to the members of the board, the private sector entities, financial services, whoever has been involved in this, we are grateful to all of you for making this day possible as well, and very proud of the

over $50 million that is coming from the president -- from the recovery act. very honored that michael is with us today, as well as all of you. thank you all very much. [applause] we will be watching.

chairperson mar: good afternoon, everyone. the meeting will come to order. this is the regular meeting of the land use and economic development committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. to my right is supervisor wein er. to my left is the vice president of the committee, supervisor cohen. >> items acted upon to they will appear on the march 8 board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated. chairperson mar: i would like to thank the staff from as a treaty before broadcasting us, as they always do. i want to alert the audience that items four and five will be continued at the request of the

authors. item four has been requested to continue to next week. item five, supervisor avalos has asked to continue to the call of the chair. items four and five will not be heard today. >> item 1, a reciprocal easement agreement for 10051700 to st. for affordable -- for 150 and 170 otis street for affordable housing. >> john updike, acting director. pleasure to be here. in july of 2010, the mayor and board unanimously approved a resolution 288.10, which authorized the long-term ground lease of 150 otis street, as the

result of an rfp process with swords to plowshares and chinatown community development board this significant building, which will be adapted into 45 units of affordable housing for homeless, low-income veterans. the project is called veterans' commons. in order for chinatown cdc to begin construction on the $33 million project, a joint use of some of the service areas between 150 otis and the offices of 170 had to be defined. this would authorize the execution of a declaration

establishing reciprocal easements and restrictions. i know that is very exciting. that is the stuff we do. that sets forth the operating guidelines for joint use of the area on this map buy easements and restrictions. i have highlighted in yellow 150 of this. -- otis. there are joint uses, both subterranean and at surface. as these rights that are granted are considered by my office to be roughly equivalent to the wrights received in the reciprocal declaration, no money shall change hands as a result of the agreement. each party mutually benefits. we have representatives from the mayor's office of housing, chinatown cdc. chairperson mar: is there anyone from the public that would like

to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this forward with a positive recommendation with the objection? -- without objection? thank you. >> item two, ordinance ordering the jurisdictional transfer and sale of city property at ocean avenue and phelan avenue. >> john updike, real-estate division. this project has quite a long history. i will give you the recent version, give you some context of what is before you today. on december 4, 2008, a final environmental impact report and monitoring program of the balboa park area station plan, was

adopted by the planning commission. in may of 2009, the board of supervisors and mayor approval of the plan took effect. the parcel is located just west of the intersection of phelan and ocean. the funding source is tax increment financing. assure you a closer look at this

plan. included with this is a summary vacation and jurisdictional transfer of land from dpw to sfmta, which facilitates the sale to redevelopment and allows sfmta to receive the proceeds. dpw for illegally quinces their interest -- full rely relinquis their interest in a road which was never built. combined with regional and federal funding sources, we will have over $12 million in committed funds, and required local match for the bus loop reconfiguration project and adjacent improvements, which will become a reality. the sale includes appropriate

reservations for necessary utility uses, and a provision to grant necessary pedestrian access and emergency apparatus access the easements to facilitate the housing development. the actions before you today, the summary vacation, the jurisdictional transfer, the sale for affordable housing, and the granting or reserving of easements are consistent with the general plan, according to the planning department, and consistent with the final environmental impact report of the balboa park station area plan. the agency commission and the sfma board approved -- sfmta board approved the purchase. this will enable the construction of the 71-unit affordable housing project above ground. the project will serve primarily families and emancipated you currently in foster care.

-- youth currently in foster care. we will be back with the legislation necessary to make this happen to further the plan. all partners in the venture are represented your today. sfmta, the mayor's office, from heights, and others. we are all happy to answer any questions you might have. chairperson mar: we have someone from the ocean avenue collaborative and from the

bernal heights neighborhood center. mr. ho? >> my name is william ho. i am a senior project manager at the borough heights neighborhood center. -- at the bernal heights neighborhood center. i am reading this letter in support of a jurisdictional transfer and sale of city property, ocean avenue and phelan avenue. much needed rental units for families, youth transferring from foster care, and others. in addition to adding to the vibrancy and diversity of our neighborhood, i am looking to increase foot traffic, supporting retail, the possible farmers market, a site for a family festival, and more. they have presented the proposed plan on numerous occasions at

well-publicized community meetings. the input on the community was given consideration, and changes were made to the extent possible to respond to the concerns. by way of reference, i have been a resident for more than 32 years. i am currently co-chair of the revitalization collaborative, a member of the p > good afternoon, supervisors. i am the project manager at the ocean avenue revitalization collaborative. our organization recently formed the community benefit district on ocean avenue. on behalf of the organization, i

would like to say we highly support this project and would like to see the line transferred so this project can move forward. there is a lot of space that is not being fully utilized to its fullest. this will help enhance the commercial district as well as bring affordable housing in the community as well as san francisco. please accept this and move this project forward. thank you. chairperson mar: mr. weaver? >> good afternoon. i think the real estate department person did a good job of describing this as a complex situation. we have been building toward this approval for 10 years. in has been in length of time it took from the start of the

balboa area plan to its approval by the city. before that, there was a proposal to build a senior housing at the phelan youth. it was fought by the city college, who argued the should be a gateway to the college. we included a public open space which would serve as a gateway and some affordable housing. the loop in its current configuration has done a wonderful job of blighting big sections of the neighborhood. this is gone to be an improvement. i urge you to move it forward to the full board. thank you. chairperson mar: is there anyone else from the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed.

if i could talk to somebody from the mayor's office and out of housing -- it looks like there is a city college bookstore as they expand as well. just a general feel for how this so soon moment and -- socioeconomic and age population will fit into the area. >> i am the director of housing development at the mayor's office of housing. it is a very integrated plan. there is the affordable housing parcel, which is gone to be sold to the redevelopment agency. 70 units of transition at age housing. i think it was a good synergy because of the location right next to city college for transition-age youth to be taking advantage of these

educational opportunities, as well as the family housing, given the composition of the neighborhood and the dire need for affordable housing. the entrance to housing is right here. that opens to the open space plaza. we were recently successful in getting a transportation for livable community grant for that open space, to build it out as public open space. as mr. updike points out, it is the gateway to the new expanded city college campus. people that are getting off at the bus, be accessible stop on ocean, were able to walk into the campus. the current loop is going to be relocated around the fire station. mta will be working toward that once the sale goes through. the buses will be turning on ocean, stopping here.

it is a liver station for the buses, pulling over to continue their way. we believe it is a great use of transportation, transit-oriented development because of this location, and its access to all the muni lines, affordable housing. there will be a new grocery store across leigh avenue that will be developed by avalon. they are 174 units of market- rate housing, right across the avenue extension. the walkable grocery opportunity for the residents. it is just great. chairperson mar: thank you. and thanks to the ocean avenue revitalization group. this sounds wonderful. colleagues, if there are no other questions, can we move this forward with a positive recommendation, without objection?

thank you. can you call the next item? >> item 3, amending the planning code to allow impact fees for afford to buy it -- for affordable housing. supervisor cohen: this is pretty simple. it clarifies the criteria for affordable housing projects seeking a waiver from development impact fees in adopted plan areas. the ordinance would apply specifically to the tincon -- rincon hill, balboa park, and visitation valley areas. currently, affordable housing that receive support from a city housing agency, would not be subject to developer impact fees. the specific language is the product of coordination with staff from the planning department, the mayor's office of housing, and affordable

housing developers. right now, i think planning staff is going to make a quick presentation. thanks. >> steve wortheim, department staff. i worked with supervisor maxwell's office the previous year to develop this legislation. the change is being proposed to remove the planning commission discretion over the waiver. it provides a as a right if it meets the criteria. the affordable housing -- is now would apply to all housing units below 80% of the area median income, as long as those units are subsidized by the san francisco housing authority or redevelopment agency. we are maintaining that these units must be subsidized in a manner -- in a manner which maintains a portability for no less than 55 years.

i am happy to answer any questions about the details of the resolution. chairperson mar: with no other questions, let's open as for public comment. is there any? cheryl atoms from the city attorney's office. -- adams from the city attorney's office. >> this piece of legislation is part of a much larger package that went to the board last year. it was determined at that time that a handful of the areas were left out of the legislation. it was amended. that peace was severed out and send back through the planning process-- piece was severed out and sent back to the planning process. by law, there are things that have to be adopted by planning. there has to be a finding of consistency with the general plan. here, and that is accomplished by reference to the housing

elements of affordable housing legislation. the eight priority policies -- you have probably seen this in a lot of legislation -- of the general plan. i will not go through all of them. it is things like not impede in commuter traffic, maintaining neighborhood character, diverse economic base, etc. planning did not hear this second piece because they had already heard the larger piece of it. the board needs to indicate that those findings are being made and that there is conformity with the plan. it is a pretty straight forward and more of a technical thing that needs to go into legislation. you should all have copies in front of you. that is what this minor change does. it is not a minor change. it is a couple of pages long. but it is fairly straight forward in that sense. chairperson mar: thank you.

why don't we open this up for public comment at this time? is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? great. let's close public comment. ms. cohen, would you like to make a motion on this item? supervisor cohen: a a thank you. i would like to make a motion to move this apparent -- i would like to make a motion for us to vote on this. chairperson mar: without objection. on the amended resolution, move forward with a positive resolution without objection. and you. i mentioned earlier that four items f -- that four item four, at the urging of the mayor's office, we are continuing that for a week. item five is continued to the

call of the chair at the urging of supervisor avalos. >> we need to hold public comment on them. item four, amending the planning code to declare the development impact. chairperson mar: is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? seeing none, item four public comment is closed. without objection, we are moving this -- continuing this item for one week. please call item five. >> hearing on san francisco local hiring policy for construction and related matters. chairperson mar: is there anyone from the public that would like to speak on item 5? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we continue that to the call of the chair without objection? thank you. please call item six. >> hearing to review various

avenues for increasing local hiring on non-public work projects. chairperson mar: thank you. on this item, i am looking to see -- we do not have a supervisor avalos here, or anyone from this office. >> this is supervisor mirkarimi's. chairperson mar: on the run as usual. we are on item six. ms. amara has already called the item. thank you for getting your so quickly. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i wanted to motivate this hearing because of all the great work that has been done by members of the board of supervisors and the elected family in furthering the goals of local hiring and first best source ng