supervisor mar: meeting of the land use and economic

development committee. the meeting will come to order. to my left is supervisor wiener, and malia cohen will not be with us today. can you please give us the announcements? >> please turn off all sell funds. if you wish to speak during public comment, turn them into myself. if you have any documents for the committee, -- items will appear on december 6, 2011 unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: we have four items on the agenda today. >> resolution approving the property near the intersection of ocean avenue where a public plaza for 75 years -- supervisor mar: we have the director of real estate for the city. >> good afternoon, chair.

so this is the fifth of five plant pieces of legislation that involve the redevelopment of the area near the bus loop. previously, you have recommended approval for a complex exchange data involved jurisdiction of transfers and exchanges between sfmta and puc. the sale of land with mixed use development that is under way. and the really classic transitory and the project. today, we are focusing on what will become the plaza de way from ocean avenue to the new city college and campus facilities. and in the attached development for the reservoir property is owned by the puc. i put some there for the context.

this is the area right in the heart of the plan. this is under sfmta jurisdiction. the sfmta has secured a grant to provide sufficient funds along with other funding to reconfigure and relocate the bus loop, and design and build of the plaza on the building. it has granted the sfmta $1.2 million for construction of the plaza. this is a context shot showing the area in yellow and the facilities of city college to the right. this is a little more detailed. you see the plaza area prospectively in green that is currently the bus loop.

it will remain as such until funding is in place. i will give you more details and a second. this is a visual of what the plaza area will look like. we're going to transform the asphalt into this, a much more inviting area. this item is approval of a lease between the city and the city college. it will allow the city college to maintain and control with certain provisos for a term of 75 years. it is estimated the cost will be approximately $12 million over the term of the lease. it is reflecting much in liability -- the city college accepts that responsibility for the 75-year term. there is the gateway that you saw in the rendering.

social and entertainment areas with a vending and retail uses that include a molehill vendors or a farmer's market. supervisor mar: mobile vendors like food trucks? >> likely in conjunction with farmers' market to activate the plaza. it is anticipated the plaza will be completed in 2015. this is consistent with motion 17775 of the plan that was adopted on december 4 of 20,000 -- in 2008. it was adopted by the board of supervisors in 2009. the sfmta approve the process in their resolution. and the board of trustees has unanimously approved this as

well in a meeting on june 20, 2011. the apartment -- the apartment found it consistent -- all of these items are part of the board filed. i am joined by lisa from the office of economic work force development. she has my personal gratitude for her tenacity to keep this moving forward and i am pleased to finally get this final piece of the puzzle for you today. i am happy to answer questions you might have. supervisor mar: seeing no questions, let us open it up for public comment. anyone like to speak? we have hannah stewart and brittany hammond that have signed up to speak. >> walter paulson. ♪ oh, city, take a look at me no

you are there on the floor wanting me to have better land use now ♪ ♪ don't go thinking of want collegi don't want better college districts maybe i do ♪ supervisor mar: miss stewart, miss hammonds, please come forward. >> my hame is hannah stewart. my comment pertains to the first issue being the proper release me of the intersection of ocean avenue college district. i believe the development for a public plaza for the next 75 years, it will benefit the surrounding community under

certain conditions. they can be beneficial if it contained a more natural landscape and even worked toward a community garden where neighbors of the community college of san francisco can attend. if it contains benches and tables i believe it will bring the students to study and me go outside rather than being contained to and in your library -- and mingle outside rather than being contained in an indoor library. there are numerous restaurants in ocean avenue, and it will give them a place to sit outdoors and properly dispose of the leftovers. it will that a fund -- benefit from it. [inaudible] the sentence is the planning commission certified the final environmental and back report in

which supports another reason why this should be granted. granting sufficient funds so they can relocate the muni bus. this public plaza has the potential to bring surrounding communities together in a place for students how to interact in a more natural landscape. i look forward to hearing the outcome and hopefully one day visiting the plaza. supervisor mar: thank you. >> i'm brittany hammond from san francisco state university. i am here to kind of understand how public hearings work. but also, i'm in support of the plan, because i feel like it will be a good way for the city to kind of have more community vibe. it is easy for people to just go to work and go home, but i think

it will have an opportunity to have a nice green space. i think that that's really important. there have been studies done about people that have seen green spaces and it relaxes them a bit more. i think that is really good to go ahead with it. supervisor mar: thank you. is there anyone else that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. to the san francisco state students, this is a good opportunity because the planning director is here. there is a great proposal for the expansion of the museum of modern art as next month. the development you're talking about, there are a bunch of

different agencies that are involved. who controls the plaza will be the community college board. that might be another local body to look at as a plan in the future. lisa who is from the office of economic workforce development, a great use of this transit oriented development as mr. updike explained. so, supervisor wiener, can we move this forward? thank you. mr. young, claall items 2, 3, and 4 together. >> amending the section planning tocode to change the classification from public to downtown support district. from excuse residential to public as part of the san francisco museum of modern art

expansion project. supervisor mar: we have a number of speakers -- >> two more to read. ordinance amending hunt street as part of the modern art museum expansion project. ordinance of amending the 40 -as part of the san francisco museum of modern art expansion. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am happy to say that we are in a position to bring approval before you before the region for the expansion of the sf moma. this project is the result of an innovative plan to swap between the city and the sf moma > .

they continue the certification under a number of approval actions. we are here to ask this committee to approve the action and forward them on to the board. sf moma plans to build and expand the museum to house the fischer collection and generally expand its collection. sf moma has already acquired the old college building and acquire fire station number one. sf moma will demolish both structures and construct a new wing. in return, the museum will build at no cost to the city, a new fire station and a superior location at 935 fulsom. this proposal is win-win for t he city. it allows them to provide for the fire department, a

brand new fire station that is superior in its physical layout and location. in terms of the economic benefits of the project, these are only items that can be easily quantified, museum expansion alone will generate 1100 construction jobs. the annual ongoing contribution in terms of property and sales taxes is expected to see $1 million. and the fire station itself, it exceeds the value of what the city gives to the museum by $10 million. the city is basically getting a gift of more than $10 million. the overall schedule for this project, above the museum and fire station is completion of the fire station in 2013. completion of the museum expansion in 2015.

i would like to as representatives from planning, real estate, and the fire department to discuss this and we'll be available for questions. >> i'm john from the planning department, and i am excited to be here today. kevin will go over the specific actions that the planning commission tuck. i want to make three points about this project that we agree as a pretty exciting one. it is quite consistent with the vision put forward many years ago for the yerba buena area to create a cultural district and the expansion of the museum, it's very consistent with that vision. we always like it when plans are carried forward to the future. that is exciting. and secondly, the transit center

district plan, we are completing trans bay terminal. when you look at these plans together, it makes for a vastly increased and vastly improved public environment. unexciting part of the city for the downtown plan that suggests the downtown grow. thirdly, i want to make a comment about the design. the final design of the department has not been approved by the planning commission as of yet. we think that this design is very innovative in many ways, taking a very unusual -- not only incorporating the needs of the museum, but increase public access to the site. it is a huge plus to tehe city. for a number of reasons, we are pleased to bring this before you today. i will ask kevin to address you. >> i'm kevin gai with planning

staff. supervisors will lead to approve the zoning map amendment that resounds 76 hours straight, the existing fire station from -- residthe amendment is necessaryo incorporate the property and a to facilitate construction of the fire station. it will revise them out to reflect the relocation of fire station number one. -- the map to reflect the relocation of fire station number one. the environmental impact report adopted findings under the california environmental quality act and the objectives and

policies of the general plan. the commission also made a recommendation to the board of supervisors that they approve the request of resoundinzoning. if it's granted by the board of supervisors, the commission will review the detailed design of thesf moma expansion. i would like to introduce john updike that will introduce in the location of hunt street. >> good afternoon again. hunt street under what was mentioned earlier is one of two city properties to be delivered as part of the exchange of parcels. it must first be vacated. that is the action of for you to consider a -- for consideration. -- before you for consideration.

it is 30 feet wide. on the overhead, a look at hunt street. there we are, cross-hatched. it is disconnected from third and from howard . the street serves as a parking area from firefighters' first asian -- for station one. additionally, the street provide supplemental loading and valet parking and access to the w hotel. there are no facilities or utilities in the streets. as the hotel and enjoys directory access elsewhere and as one of the improvement measures -- and it addresses and concerns about one of the uses of the third street easement area. sf moma is meeting the