we have been in discussions for over a month. on the day of to ask for a continuance was a little surprising. i would have been more than happy to discuss this last week. today, i cannot support it. i would like this to go to the full board. this is just a resolution supporting the basic principles of the policy that went through close to a seven-year community process. there was a lot of room for many people to interface with the community members impacted by the planning we do. i have a lot of concerns about what sean has brought uppe, concerns about small builders and developers. i would like large builders to be included in this. that is stop what came out of the community process. i would love to work with small developers to develop a mechanism of predictability. i would not want anyone to put their money on the line for a

small property development and have it thrown away because of something they are not able to predict four or five years from now. i support as building community housing in the city. we talk about it. we talk about our general plan. we do not try to put in any mechanism or tools to ensure we are building for all of our residents. there was a very important point that we want the city and neighborhood to be accessible to all people. i take that to heart. we want this to be accessible to all people, despite incomes, to be close to the center of san francisco. i think this policy pushes that forward. chairperson mar: supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: thank you, mr. chair. i support the planning process that is under way in western

soma. i simply would like to see a more robust conversation between task force members and planning staff about the language. i believe the proposal that planning staff is putting forward is reasonable. i would support its inclusion. supervisor weiner: thank you. i do want to thank everyone who spent many years putting this and other plants together for the western soma area. i have deep concerns about some of the aspects of this plan, as have been very articulately stated by the planning department and by other speakers. i am not sold on the concept of metering. i do not think it has been tried anywhere in san francisco, or anywhere else, to my knowledge. i am just not convinced. i am concerned it could have

unintended consequences. i am also very concerned about the job metering. i understand the importance of a linkage between housing and jobs. but to define it in this area could create some distortions we do not intend. when this comes to the billboard, i think it is highly unlikely i will support -- to the full board, i think it is highly unlikely i will support the resolution. however, given the sponsor wants to forward it to the full board, i am going to respect that desire. i believe we should forward to the board without recommendation. chairperson mar: let me ask supervisor cohen if that is acceptable. i believe you were saying you would support a continuance. i would just like to say i do feel like some dialogue and discussion with supervisor kim's

office and the planning staff is something that should happen. there was a meeting mentioned. i would like to see some time for people to sit down and hammer this language out. i think a continuance is something i would support. is there a reason why you would want this to go forward without recommendation, supervisor? supervisor weiner: i think it is more i am deferring to the sponsor. supervisor kim: can i respond? we have been meeting with planning for the past month. if you are asking us to have another meeting, we will have another meeting. but we will be coming back to you with the same resolution. chairperson mar: i guess out of respect for the autonomy and self-determination of the task force, i also think that moving

it forward without recommendation is wise. but with respect to the supervisor whose district this impacts as well. is there a motion to move this forward? supervisor weiner? supervisor cohen: ask for a roll-call vote. >> on the motion to move forward without recommendation. supervisor cohen: no. supervisor weiner: aye. chairperson mar: aye. >> we have two ayes and one no. chairperson mar: thank you. let me know which meeting -- this would go forward in the next scheduled meeting, but not this coming tuesday. so that is at least after, i believe, the meeting with the community-based organization and

the planning staff. thank you. could you please call the last item? >> item 5, ordinance amending the planning code for parking in the south of market and mission bay district. chairperson mar: thank you. ms. rodgers, were you going to present on this? supervisor kim is the sponsor. >> i would defer to the supervisor unless you would like me to summarize the ordinance before you speak. supervisor kim: i would prefer your preference. >> this legislation was originally introduced by supervisor chris daly in 2010 and i agreed to sign on as a

sponsor in january. we have been working closely with livable city and neighborhood associations to develop iparking requirements. this is intended to have better consistency with adjacent districts and to require non- hotel parking in the mixed use district adjacent to downtown, to maintain a fee structure which discourages long-term parking. i would like to thank the planning staff and our city attorney for their work on this ordinance. judy had to do a lot of last- minute work. we have met with several key stakeholders in mission bay, which includes the mission bay community advisory committee,

the port, and the giants. after meeting with the stakeholders, we understood there was already a planning process under way. we have asked the planning department to remove any proposed modifications in this area until the process has been completed. so we have taken out certain blocks. given this change, i have an amendment to make to the title to remove mission bay district from the title of this legislation, also striking it wherever it is referred to in the legislation. second, we had concerns from small businesses. this came to us from the small business commission about the requirement to participate in a transportation management plan. there was a concern this might unintentionally burden small businesses. this version has already included language that limits the applicability to larger venues and limits applicability to neighborhoods -- to

neighborhood-serving retail. the last amendment i would like to introduce today is a little language change on the waiver of the off-street parking requirement for historic streets. we are just asking to insert this language back into the amendment of the hall and delete page 36, line 20. it was originally in section m. we moved it to section q. we are asking that come back -- that to come back. this was after talking it through with the city attorney. chairperson mar: thank you. ms. rodgers, did you have anything to add? >> as you heard, this ordinance is -- was before the planning commission and month and a half ago. they recommended approval of the

modifications the supervisor has put in. we appreciate supervisor kim's work on this proposal. in general, the legislation before you remove scar -- parking minimum requirements and establishes maximum limits. it also requires that non- residential and non-hotel parking in districts adjacent to downtown maintain a fee structure consistent with a c3 structure that discourages long- term parking. in addition to making the amendments, the city has been rushing to make all the amendments to conform this legislation before you with other legislation this body has recently approved. there are six ordinances that have been approved since this was originally adopted.

the legislation before you has been rectified so it will not inadvertently deleted and the recent amendments. -- any recent amendments. the commission recommends approval. thank you for your time. chairperson mar: is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? mr. rasoulovich? >> thank you for hearing this today and thank you for bringing this forward. "we were trying to do with this legislation -- what we were trying to do with this legislation -- there has been a lot of rezoning. that left a bunch of holes in soma. there are areas with and acquited zoning. this makes them consistent with one another and the adjacent districts. this plan will change some of

these controls. it will mean that any interim development is going to be more in keeping with the way we would like to go with the eastern neighborhood. the other thing it does is it removes a few catch-22s we put in the planning code. there are things we say we want people to do like preserve historic streets, or we want them to retrofit. this allows a process to create exceptions. if a project owner wants to save a tree or do a retrofit and change the parking, there is an administrative process they can go through. it will help advance the other goals of the city and remove conflicts which create for project sponsors when they try to do the right thing. they can remove the historic tree if they want. but this will smooth the way for

them. it is part of creating a livable city, a livable and walkable city. this will also make a lot of dwelling units in this neighborhood conforming. a lot of non-conformities put tenants at list -- at risk. if you lose your house and, often you cannot rebuild that. -- if you lose your housing, often you cannot rebuild it. we urge support today for the ordinance and thank you for your time. chairperson mar: thank you. mr. collins? >> tim colin, here to speak in support of what the amazing livable city is doing. we like for this is going. for the record, the housing action coalition for a long time

has said we favor the elimination of parking minimums. do not require it. put in parking maximums. we love housing, but wind up fighting about parking. the idea of making housing conforming and bringing rationality to the process, we support. we urge you to move this proposal along. thank you. chairperson mar: if there is no other person who would like to speak from the public, let's close public comment. our city attorney. >> city attorney's office. after reviewing the proposed changes for today, it is suggested that we combine the best of these provisions regarding significant landmark trees. i would suggest a slight amendment that combines them to give context to the zoning administrator's decision. what i would recommend is that

you retain subsection m that appears on page 36, line 20. add to it the following language, which was from the deleted section. you would have a new sentence that would say the zoning administrator's decision shall be governed by section 307 sub i am sure require either the recommendation of the department of -- sub i, and require either the recommendation of the department for conformity to the plan. it combines those sections together. we will prepare this. supervisor kim: i am supportive of those amendments. chairperson mar: thank you. supervisor weiner: i would like to move the amendments that supervisor kim submitted

earlier, including the amendment reticulated by the city attorney's office. chairperson mar: without objection. supervisor weiner: i would like to move the item with a positive recommendation. chairperson mar: without objection. is there any other business before us? thank you, everyone. meeting adjourned. >> thank you very much for coming this morning and welcome

to the rededication of the reservoir. we are happy to be here today. this represents one of the milestones in our project. we are happy to share this with you. this reservoir has been empty the last two years and today, you will hear the sound of water rushing to fill it again. it makes the city safer, provides water for customers, for firefighters, for after an earthquake. we will be updating our systems. this was originally built in 1885. 125 years old. it takes care of a good part of san francisco, places lower than this. it is an incredibly important part of our system in san francisco. it was a $39 million project and it came in under budget. we are doing it effectively and efficiently. we do appreciate the folks who

worked on it. it is part of the $4.6 billion water system improvement program. this is about a half with point in that program. it is the last major project in san francisco that has been completed. there are a few more projects to be done. this is the last major one. san francisco is more safe than before these projects were done. there are a lot of projects that happened in district 11. the first was a tank replacement project that started a number of years ago. it is fitting we are in district 11 because we're finishing the major work on our program in district 11. we're happy to be joined by supervisor john avalos. he has been supportive of all of our programs and was a leader on having local jobs for people who need them.

the work is happening to provide those jobs. in fact, at the end of this week, we will have six kids out worth $18 million that will help the new local hire ordinance legislation. we are certain the pilots for how to expand local hire. supervisor avalos? [applause] >> thank you. i want to congratulate you and the public utility commission, san francisco water, power, so were for your great work on this project and throughout the head ceci -- throughout the improvement program. we have projects being done across northern california and it speaks volumes about the puc staff, being able to bring these projects to fruition. these are paid for by our tax dollars. we owe it to the ratepayers to make sure that our public

investments are made efficiently and a sound way for the budget. congratulations. i am excited about the track record of the puc on hiring locally in san francisco. for this project alone, we have 60.5% of the residents who are around the area working on this project. we have 6.5% -- it is 27.5%, sorry, much better. 27.5% of the workers are local residents. that is above what our current mandate is for the local hire ordinance that we passed last year at the board of supervisors. i wanted to congratulate you on that effort. 54.5% are from the bay area. 60.5% of the workers are apprenticeships workers, new workers, who are getting new jobs into this industry.

the project helps to make that happen. congratulations on that. we are hiring carpenters, cement workers, and landscape professionals. we know we are providing employment opportunities for this project. i look at this as providing so many benefits to san francisco. we're providing reliable water. we are making our water system safe. we are also improving the process for many san francisco workers and businesses. those workers will go and spend money for their basic needs in san francisco. congratulations to the puc. i look forward to more of the work being done on our local monuments. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor. don't we love this almost summer weather? it is a wonderful place to be,

isn't it? this is part of a larger improvement program and it is good when you have these ceremonies to have somebody who knows what is happening in back of us as opposed to those who come for the celebrations. julie is the head of the program and she will be talking about what we're doing here. thank you. julie? >> thank you. i am thrilled to be here this morning to commemorate the completion of this key retrofit project as well as to celebrate the construction completion of 29 other projects here in the city of san francisco. the university mount reservoir is the fifth to be retrofitted as part of the water system improvement program since 2003. i think it is important to remember that every time we complete a project like this, we are a step closer to making our system completely seismically reliable and to ensure our 2.5 million customers have drinking

water, and that we have an adequate supply to fight fires following a major seismic event. how did we seismically retrofit this 125-year-old structure? we installed a number of super frames to support the roof structure. we added multiple sheer walls and stained -- and frames. we also drilled 500 miles through the bottom of the reservoir to anchor it to the bedrock to prevent it from sliding. we completely sealed and waterproofed the roof. with all of these upgrades completed, this reservoir will be possible of heating be -- feeding the entire city following a major earthquake. be completed some improvements to the inlet-outlet piping of the reservoir that will allow us

to backseat our transmission system so that customers in the upper peninsula do receive water following an emergency. i am really proud of the hard work of our project team. there to be commended for successfully delivering the project and also for their dedication to the program. i also wanted to highlight the pretty impressive track record of the regional project manager, howard fung. job well done, howard. [applause] thank you. >> thank you. just to make sure we understand, this is a partnership of a lot of folks. the general manager of the puc, the general manager for infrastructure, the assistant manager for external affairs, and a lot of you who have worked

hard for the puc, we appreciate it. we also have the leadership of the puc, the commissioners to make the decisions. we have the president and the vice president of the commission. francesca is here to make another announcement today. [applause] >> i am so happy to be here to celebrate this project. i think it is appropriate, the weather we are having, as we dedicate the reservoir. it is a little strange to be getting this rain, but we appreciate every drop of it and we are happy to have a big reservoir. i am excited to announce that we have plans to install three small hydroelectric generators here on site. that is a clean, renewable energy source, something that we are committed to. it will replicate on a smaller scale of our large scale hydro project up that hetch hetchy dam . we are thrilled that will be on

line. that will be done by 2013. 200 kilowatts per day will be generated by those three facilities, those three generators, enough to power approximately 200 homes. we are excited about that as part of our efforts to move away from dirty, empowered -- imported power sources in san francisco, and an example to our commitment to a clean, renewable energy future. we are excited about that. i want to congratulate the power enterprise staff for this project. they are doing everything they can on the efficiency front to make us a clean, green city. i want to acknowledge them as well. it is a team effort. not only the water enterprise, but the power enterprises making this a success. thank you to them and to everybody at the puc for making this happen. [applause]

>> now we have a few gifts for the people who are speakers. then we will walk down and turn the valve. when it is totally open, it will bring in 2.5 million gallons a day into this reservoir. it holds 80 million gallons. it will take a month to fill up completely. you are welcome to come down. watch your step. we will make the last turn of the vowels. you will start to hear the rush of water going into the reservoir. [water rushing] >> many hands make light work. [water rushing]