it is an interesting case study. joe dimaggio playground was one of the first playgrounds in the city of san francisco we had the first publicly financed pool in the city. when they put it on par koran, it was because of the strong system. george christopher was only in office two weeks when he found out that this was a way of too much, and he was tired of them dickering round. when the neighborhood boggess, it ended up on joe dimaggio playground. we have been working to try to make this better since 1999. that was willie brown's term, thye -- the dot com boom, and we

started and to try to figure out what to do. it was in 1999 when kids today in high school were just toddlers when their parents formed this, we started working on that. when i hear people say that we should look at this along, i really want to go ballistic, because i think after 10 years, i think we have looked at over 60 different possibilities and configurations. we've gone through a three-year eir, and what do we have to show for it? we have the unanimous approval of the planning commission. we have the unanimous support of the park commission, rec and park. ms. neighborhood deserves a new park -- this neighborhood deserves a new park. i do not know what is going to happen to north beach or what

will become of our neighborhood, but i think we have a lot better chance with this at the heart of it than if we have the concrete joe delmon geo and currently decrepit library are allowed to remain. if you will help us do that, we will be very grateful for your support, and thank you, supervisor chu, for spearheading this today. supervisor chu: are there any other members of the public who would like to comment on this issue? mr. chair, it looks like it is over. supervisor mar: thank you. supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: i want to thank those people who took the time to come out today, those taking the time and then going back to school, the incredible work done on the project. i think this is a stellar project, and in san francisco,

so often, we have opposition, in and it is easy to rally people to oppose anything that changes anything about any aspect of san francisco, no matter what it is, and anytime you have a project that rallies the amounts of positives, the support we have seen in connection with the library project, it is amazing. and my hat is off to the community for coming together in a positive way. we also need to recognize that a bracing gust is important.

this can be transformed for everyone in the community, and that is a very, very good thing. supervisor mar: thank you. if there is no comments from supervisor cohen, i will say i am in support, and the beautiful new joe the machu part, as ms. christenson said, -- joe dimaggio park. i appreciate all of the different community-based

groups in sherman elementary, and all of their efforts to plan very carefully in this beautiful park and library. i also know that the lighting, i appreciate the architectural perspective when how this has been designed, and a note as this has been width to demolish an old building, as supervisor wiener said, there was significant discussion, so i disagree with that point of view. this hearing is not about that. we heard about that last year. but the design, lighting, the specific space for the teenage room, this is even a much better space for the young. but i will say for the young and old that are here today, so i am

really pleased with the community efforts and by the leadership of david chu on this, as well. supervisor chu? supervisor chiu: i really want to thank those of you who have expressed concerns about this project. i think this project is better because of it. because of the issue of race, you have forced the city and others to make sure this takes into account all the different concerns that we have. at the end of the day though, to me, we know that in san francisco, we are losing our

families, and we have to do everything began to reverse that trend, and this is exactly the type of project i think we need in a 21st century san francisco to assure that our parents, our young people, our seniors, and those from the community are taking care of in the best way possible with some of the best library and recreation spaces i think our city can create, so with that, colleagues, i hope we move this forward and move the project adds quickly forward as we can. thank you. supervisor mar: supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: i am very excited about supporting this project. i would like to use the bayview library as a little bit of an example. there were some challenges in getting this library up and off of the ground, and it will be

functional. for those concerned about the context and the structural integrity of the old library, they are utilizing the library to teach the children, and here we are in this brand-new building, and here are the people that represent of all times past, of old north beach, bobby a piece of rock or a piece of concrete that represents the foundation that we are building on, and a large part of the purpose of the library is to educate future generations, and this is such a perfect living example of this. the lesson that he spoke of was

his displeasure, using them as pawns to move the process forward, and it is important that we educate people, but we have to be very careful because we're walking a fine line and do not want to be disingenuous. thank you. supervisor mar: before we hear from our city attorney, we have two items before us, or are you

recommending that we move forward? some suggestions? so the first item is the resolution of intention, and the second item is the street vacation order. >> john, with the city attorney's office. the first is to insert in that the hearing date for the full board of supervisors reconsider this, so that data would be june 7, 2011, .-- that date would be june 7. that would be in two places in the resolution. it would be on page four, lines 11 and 12, entitled " resolution," and that is to set the date for the full board to consider the ordinance itself.

with the without approval to the board of supervisors, that you recommend it to the full board. this will be before the entire board of supervisors. supervisor mar: and what is that date? >> g-7, 2011. -- june 7. supervisor mar: i know we did not close public comment, so public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take item one without objection? [gavel] and can we move to item one

forward to the full board without objection? [gavel] and can remove this? without objection. thank you for coming out, everyone. thank you. ms. somera, could you please call item number three? clerk somera: item number three, a hearing of the proposed neighborhood plan for the executive parking area. supervisor mar: if you could keep their voices down an exit as quietly as possible?

>> thank you. thank you for keeping your voices down. we are going to start with item number three. if you could exit the room if you're going to have conversations? thank you. so i number three is the neighborhood plan. supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: thank you.

all right, colleagues. good afternoon, colleagues and members of the public. this is a hearing on executive park. the executive part plan amendment would usher in a fairly complete transition of the isador park neighborhood -- of the executive park neighborhood. it is pretty straightforward, and i am actually very excited to see so many people here. the proposed amendment is still under the review, but i want to start a more specific discussion as well as hear from the community on the proposal. we will begin with the step presentation, so with that, i will ask a representative from the planning department to walk as through the basic proposal. then, after that, we can take

public comment. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am with the planning department staff. i am here with others, and the planning department, who will give a presentation on the executive park neighborhood plan, specifically the general plan and the zoning amendment. just very quickly for your orientation, executive park is located at the southeast block of san francisco, just north of the city and county line. to the right, as you enter the city on the way it to the airport. the overheads?

other plans recently approved in the area includes the redevelopment plan, and you approved the candlestick park, hunter's " shipyard. outside the county boundary. this is in the upper right-hand corner. this is also undergoing a general plan.

this is at the very upper part. executive park is bounded by 101, on the west, and it is generally characterized for being not well connected to the rest of the city. this is from 1964, showing a different street layout. in the mid-1970s, they began to envision a more productive use

of this land. the planning commission made the first for what was considered this park in 1976, an office park also. peta executive park has been revised over the years, prefers in 1985 with a housing component of roughly 600 units. this roughly corresponds with the faces of its development.

a suburban style office development and parking. the development of the regional 1976 eir. here is that component. executive park was modified several times. there were generally small changes to the program. this is the portion that has

been developed thus far, roughly 300 units. this is in lieu of a large-scale office component. the city was approached by a group with a desire to change their office to residential development.

they wanted to create a vibrant, mixed use neighborhoods. this vision kind of comes in three components. the first was about changing the policy framework, with new regulations for the area. these two were before the commission and of little more than a week. there are two of the other components tt will be before the planning commission. the development project proposed a new mix of predominately residential neighborhoods, and the programming included up to 1600 units, roughly 70,000 square feet of retail and

roughly 2400 of street parking spaces. they would be a roughly 13 buildings, three of which would be taller buildings and the buildings would be characterized by a at different ages. the revision was officially kicked off when the two developers submitted to the department. they have been conducting outreach on their own behalf as project sponsors. the department did do some initial back when this effort was kicked off, when they're beginning to formulate the general plan amendments. the eir process has taken longer than originally planned, because the context changed surrounding

them, namely the candlestick and hunters point development projects. the eir, after roughly five years, was finally published. we made a final outreach to get the word out that this would be before the planning commission. we advertised a series to give the community the opportunity to raise concerns. we also posted an open house to give an orientation for what was proposed. what is now before this, let me first go over the general plan amendment.

this is just a complete revision of the executive parking area plant, and as you know, area plans provide policy for remarks for a specific area, said in an overall total or vision, not necessarily laying out specific requirements. the plan was established as part of another plan as a major means as a campus like office park. again, generally in similar in its orientation, characterized by expanded parking. this was mainly anchored in office and commercial development. the proposal now is to completely rewrite the area plan, it is changing its designation to mixed use residential and to address other

issues and to assure a strong sense of place. let me give you a couple of ideas of issues that the area plan looks to solve. with the initial office developments, and then the added residential developments to the east and then another that got approvals, it left it feeling incomplete, the st. network's feeling disrupted with a lack of connectivity. also, there is consideration of the barriers up to shoreline and the state park despite its close proximity, as an example. one intersection is characterized by a lack of crosswalks, sidewalks.

here is a close-up. one area has also been a factor in planning. here it is today. this is as it is proposed to be reconfigured as part of the candlestick and hundreds part -- hunters park area. this provides a new street network and establishes a street hierarchy for the better st. planned, just recently adopted. this is a long with an open space and open free market, recognizing its adjacency to open space in including small, intimate, urban spaces to

complement them. there is the establishment of new zoning guidelines. there are limits to development. it will do several things. it will be at a higher density than what is currently provided in the underlying zoning. number two, it will korea a mechanism that will korea a more typical street pattern. number three, it will assure that the streets will be accessible and approved, and

then you need at the site, the zoning looks to deal with the rights of way, namely the new zoning would change the height to allow a range of heights including three residential towers. the kazakhstan site is currently zoned -- the existing site is currently zoned -- zop -- zoned c-2. the proposed would change this. it would allow this at a higher density. the new zoning also proposes to establish a special use

district, an "sud," for those of a unique sight better not address but underlined. as such, the sud controls of the site must be broken up for development. with accessible streets and open spaces, the provisions require things to be done as they are developed. they also anticipate the widening of the highway 101 interchange by allowing portions of the site that would be effective buddies and visited in improvements, specifically parcels out of one area and then bordering the north side of harney.