>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the september 26, 2011, meeting of land use of the san francisco board of supervisors. my name is eric mar, and to my left is supervisor wiener. clerk: please turn off your cell phones. items to they will appear on the next meeting agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: thank you, and i would like to thank the staff at sfgtv for broadcasting us today. mr. young, gratefully we have only one agenda item today.

could you please call that? clerk young: this is for dedicating them to public use. supervisor mar: thank you. and we have a staff presentation. quickscat afternoon, supervisors, chair. i am with the planning department. today's resolution is before you. it is a resolution that gives the improvement, and i have a quick slide show for you powell street. it gives the improvements that the union square business improvement distric install on powell street, thanks to money they receive from audi.

unfortunately, the image on the screen is cut off. i would just cycled through this.cally, what we did is an extension along powell street to abo two blocks, along that corridor. powell street enjoys about 1000 pedestrians. it is one of the most active pedestrian street in the united states. we removed or re-purposed the sidewalk parking zone, which was not parking but just loading, and we were able to identify a location for the loading demand. we had an extensive community process.

the business improvement district, over one year worth of engagement to ensure that we got the design right. really quickly, the images. as i mentioned, -- unfortunately, not going to be seen, but i think you can get the idea. supervisor mar: on the computer, if you use control minus, it reduces the size. it may not be the screen. >> i apologize for that. so unless there are any questions, that concludes my presentation. when we were originally permitting this project, the department of public works and the business improvement district, at that point, we were

talking about the process, and that is where we are today. the project was permitted as built by the department of public works, and the business improvement district is part of regifting. it will continue to maintain it, so they are going to keep that. thank you. commissioner torres: thank you -- supervisor mar: thank you. let's open this up for public comment. is there anyone who would like to speak? three minutes, but if you can keep it short, that would be great. >> that is my pleasure. i am the executive director with the business improvement district, and it is our pleasure to make this get offered to you, and we hope you will accept it. as he said, the traffic on powell street is tremendous. there is the construction over

on stockton. this is a fair amount of pedestrian traffic. this would be the second kind of get we have made to the city. the earlier one was through the recreation and parks department, and it was for furniture that the public can enjoy out on the square, so we are committed to maintaining the project through its life, and we hope you will be our partner. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. is there anyone else from the public who would like to speak? seeing none -- please come forward. is there anyone else from the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this forward without objection? thank you. mr. young, is there any other business before us? clerk young: that concludes the agenda.

supervisor mar: thank you. meeting adjourned. [gavel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- chairperson mar: good afternoon, welcome to the meeting. my name is eric mar. i and the chair of the committee. we are expecting vice chair malia cohen any minute.

and with me is supervisor weiner. >> please turn off some phones and electronic devices. speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. aikens will be placed on the next agenda of the board of supervisors unless otherwise stated. chairperson mar: i would like to thank the staff apart -- of sfgtv, as always. i have had a recommendation from supervisor weiner to move to item 32 the last item. without objection, that is what we -- item 3 to the last item. without objection, that is what we plan to do. >> item 1, approving the jurisdictional transfer of property on 17th street and

folsom st.. chairperson mar: i know we have a number of rock -- we have a number of speakers from recreation and park that are here to answer questions if needed. there is linda robertson and alex randolph. thank you for providing the information to our office. i also want to acknowledge the members from the community that are here. mr. updike? >> members of the committee, john updike, real-estate. this is a jurisdictional transfer of a property at 17th street and folsom from the puc to the preparation and park department and the mayor's office of housing. it facilitates the park project on the southern part of the property and would allow for possible future development of the northern portion by the mayor's office of housing.

look at that on the overhead in some detail. the representatives from recreation and park will have a much more detailed explanation of the park project itself. i am going to give you the real- estate details. this transfer has been approved by the recreation and park commission and puc commission. the project is in conformance with previous ceqa approvals noted in the legislation. we're asking the board to adopt these findings, including the community planned exemption, and the mitigation monitoring and reporting program. the property is currently a parking lot under lease from the puc to ucsf > upon closing of the transfer, we will orchestrate the continued interim parking use of the

property until such time as construction activities began. the property to be transferred has a total value of $6,271,850, established by independent appraisal and approved by me. this price is to be spit -- split as mutually agreed between recreation and park and the mayor's office of housing. $4 million will come from moh. payment of overtime -- payments are overtime, subject to -- are over time, subject to appropriations. the mou is included in your package. there is identified remediation that needs to occur on site, approximated at $1.20 million. fiscal provisions are included in the mou. properly reflecting those costs

as expenses to the see you -- as the puc, they act as offsets to revenue. this follows the traditional approach in the private sector, treating the puc as the seller. a 10 ft. wide section of the property just above the yellow area on the map is under moh jurisdiction on the transfer. it will be used for park purposes, with appropriate restrictions. it is a document within the potential future moh development. we have members from recreation and park and moh, who are able to answer any detailed questions you might have. i would like to turn the presentation over to carol. >> good morning, supervisors. i am going to introduce april,

from supervisor kim's office to say a few words. >> good afternoon. it is our honor to sponsor this legislation today, and to sponsor the jurisdiction of transfer of this property from puc to recreation and park and the mayor's office of housing. this project, as you will be hearing from many public speakers who are here today, was a project going out of almost 10 years of community vision to have open space in this area. i wanted to thank the community that has kept on this and kept on the planning department to include this as part of the eastern neighborhoods plan. this was first articulated in the people's plan that was developed by the anti displacement coalition. i want to recognize that and put it front and center. this is a community driven process that will bring recreation, education, and

housing opportunities to a community that has been disproportionately impacted by decades of environmental and social inequities. in the implementation of this project, i want to thank the departments that have been involved. it has been an amazing collaboration of departments and many hours of staff time to get us to where we are today. we get to do the fun time of introducing this legislation to the board. it was the work of the planning staff and rec and park staff. the was sfpd see, the mayor's office of housing, mta, and the department of realistic. i want to thank the commissions of the puc and recreation and park. it is our honor to introduce this. thank you. chairperson mar: thank you. >> now i get to do the fun part. i am going to give a quick presentation on the 17th and

folsom project. i am here from the recreation and parks department, planning division. one of the things we are excited about is the idea of a new neighborhood park for the mission. i want to give you a quick overview of the really great funding story on this project. we have funding for all the different life expectancy of this park. i want to talk about that, about the community outreach, and an overview of going forward on this project. before the acquisition of the project, the total cost is $6.27 million. the rec and park portion is going to be coming from eastern neighborhood impact fees. the rest of it is from the mayor's office of house and budget. the buildup of the park is being funded by state grant money. we have already received that grant.

it is very exciting. it was a competitive grant process, and we were able to receive that from the prop 84 grant. this will also cover the first three years of maintenance of this new park. supervisor weiner: just a quick question on the funding. i saw reference in the mou to the rec and park open space fund. is there open space money going toward this? >> no. you are probably seeing a reference to -- we anticipate that over two years, eastern neighborhoods impact use would pay for the project. i think you are seeing a safety we would put in there in case the impact fees did not come as expected after four or five years. i think that is what you are seeing. but open space fees would pay for any portion. supervisor weiner: i know that

in market octavia there have not been many impact fees so far, because of the market meltdown and the lack of development. how confident are you the eastern neighborhood impact fees will actually materialize on the schedule they need to materialize? >> i have gotten recent projections from the planning department that showed it would be paid the first two years. i think we have a five-year window before the open space fund would have to be used. even if there is a significant delay in what we expect, we would still be able to meet that schedule. i can ask the planning department to speak on that. supervisor weiner: in terms of the exposure to the open -- the open space fund -- first of all, i am extremely supportive of this project. i think it is terrific and important to the neighborhood. i am not in any way opposed.

but there is a very important project in my district, the noe valle town square -- valley town square. there are going to be a lot of demands on the fund. i wonder if there is a way to guarantee that future revenue stream. >> we do not think so. it is a five-year proposition. right now, the fund is approximately $9 million, which is significantly more than we need. every year, that accumulates another $2 million to $3 million. but it is a good point we should continue to watch those funds as they come in. the eastern neighborhood cac voted this as their priority project. they have already designated those funds to go to this project first in line. supervisor weiner: this would

have topped bids above everything else? >> yes. it has already been designated. >> the eastern neighborhood passed a resolution that said the first $2.70 million -- the eastern neighborhood cac passed a resolution that said the first $2.70 million would go to the park. open space, every development that pays into it -- it is a significant portion of the fee. at the end of the year, we had about $300,000 in its so far, so there is some money in the eastern neighborhood fund. and we have the projections. i apologize. i do not have those numbers with me today. but we projected in two years we would have paid it off. just as an extra safety, we're saying if things went absolutely crazy in the next five years and

are predictions were significantly off, we still have three years. supervisor weiner: if you could get those to me after the hearing, that would be great. thank you very much. >> thanks for the question. i just wanted to show a quick diagram of both the 1986 recreation and open space element of the general plan -- this was designated as a high needs area. in the general plan being opened by the planning department, to the eastern neighborhood process that involved a lot of community meetings over many years, open space was identified as a priority. in these areas, we are going to see significant growth in the mission alone, which is where this project would be developed. we're going to see essentially 2000 new housing units, a

housing increase of up to 7000 people. within a half mile radius of this site, there is only 0.3 units of park space per 1000 residents. this is a standard tool open space planners try to use to determine the -- chairperson mar: you said half a mile radius? >> yes. half a mile radius from the site. >> we really should a acknowledge the work of the staff that have been working on this for years, along with the community, to try to brainstorm and develop ideas for what this part could be. we've had over 15 community meetings. once this process -- once this jurisdictional transfer is complete, we will have additional meetings to further develop the design. in addition, we have been working closely with the mta to

work on opportunities for increasing parking availability in the neighborhood over time, as this paid parking lot -- paved parking lot would no longer be available. i just had a couple of slides. we had a lot of folks at the commission meeting. a lot of them have also made themselves available in the background of this meeting. you may hear more from them. there have been neighbors petitioning. there has been a lot of support from neighborhood organizations and housing organizations who would like the park available for their own community members and residents. there has been a lot of support from supervisors kim and campos. it is currently a parking lot owned by the public utilities commission, surrounded by businesses. it is in a high needs

neighborhood. we will provide you an aerial photo. the central park portion is the portion in red. here are images from the surrounding neighborhood. here are some more pictures. the red dot represents what the part is. -- the park is. this is the current plan. it identifies some major areas. we've talked about having a community garden spaces and a play area for younger people and adults, something that was recently done at the height of valley -- at the haight valley. people liked it a lot. we have talked about performances and youth activities. we want people to be able to experience a little bit of nature in this area that is quite solid and impermeable. we have also been trying to explore some innovative

environmental strategies like capturing rainwater and reusing it on the site. i think this will have an exciting demonstration of some of the great environmental stewardship we are trying to introduce -- bio soil, a retention basins, irrigation -- that will be further developed as this project goes along, funded with the state grant. here are images of some of those kinds of things you could potentially see in this site. we are going to be working closely with community members to try to do the same kind of intense on the ground out reach we have been able to do with some of our past projects. this project -- it is a very long road getting here. i would like to thank everybody from the mayor's office of

housing, mta staff that are here if you have questions about that portion, members from the mayor's office of housing, and john updike, members of my department, and linda robertson. we're going to be working closely as we go to the next steps, continuing our out reach, working with community nonprofits and businesses and the mta over the next few years on improving transportation options to complete the design and build the park. thank you so much. chairperson mar: thank you. i also wanted to thank sue exeline for working with the community to develop a real vision, and the folks from the commission coalition as well for making this a reality. i have a number of speaker

cards. if there are no questions, let as open as for public comment period before we start, let me ask if oscar grande has some remarks about the proposal. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the organizer of a community group. the only thing i could really and, that will not take away from the passion and comments you are going to hear from community members -- we have come a long way. to us, we see this as the way community planning and community engagement should be like. this is the way it should be done in the city. we went from 10 years ago fighting project by project, site by site, challenging the planning department that we need

to do pro-active, comprehensive planning. we need to use social justice as a marker. it should be the same way planners have tools where they look at square feet and incompatible uses. we also should be incorporating health-based planning, community-based planning. to me, this is a proud moment. we have come from having these adversarial roles' living in the planning department. one project come, you have two sides of the aisle that are clearly going at heads. it is not the project, but putting forward a vision of our community which is equitable for all. this is a proud moment where something envisioned 10 years ago -- we are beginning to realize a plan.

this is not a dusty plan on the shelf. this is something we are living and breathing. our kids will be able to enjoy the fruits of our labor. that is what i wanted to add. it has been a very positive experience. i know we have a long way to go. but this is a great first step. we appreciate the support from both our supervisors, from supervisors kim and campos, who have been leaders on this project, very supportive, as well as other city staff. of course, none of this is possible without the community, who you were going to hear from. chairperson mar: speakers are limited to two minutes each. amy bernhart. if people can start lining up.

laura. jane chabana. maria aviles. >> my name is friend taylor, i am the co-chair of -- fran taylor, co-chair of si se puedes. this is similar to the work on cesar chavez street. this is a block that is transit rich. it is a short walk from bart. i can make it with my cane. it is a block from sixth street. the folsom street bus runs right by their. there are ways to get there without driving. the use now as a parking lot is not the best use for the city. i