which brought most people into the neighborhood as it became a refugee camp at that time. these were the refugee shelters at the time. many of the residents are staying and buying up cheap lots. the commercial district of the village was well established. you can see that this time, the streets are empty. the streets were paved in the mid-1920's. the planning area is quite small, compared to the ones that have come before you. this is 12 blocks or 13 blocks, stretching from the park to santa fe ave. the main focus is the six blocks around the bart station, encompassing the commercial district and streets that are nearby. another feature of this area is that it is a highly transit and pedestrian area.

we have about 9000 writers succumbed to the area each day that ride shuttle buses. what is amazing is that over half of them arrive by walking through the area. the key issues that glen park faces our transportation in circulation issues every morning. we have have minibuses and thous of pedestrians and there is conflict and concerns about pedestrian safety. and boarding. the scale of some of a large infrastructure that has come into the area over the last 50 years has increased accessibility of the area but impacted some of the livability. here's a picture of 1948. it can see the diamond and bonds worth intersection. it is mostly built out. it was transformed by the freeway development of the southern freeway in san jose

avenue. -- and san jose area. -- avenue. you can see how the streets brought traffic into the area and created barriers between neighborhoods. san jose avenue and of course started as a train line and was widened over the years into an auto route. as part of the freeway building plan in the 1960's that was an entrance to the larger freeway call the mission freeway which would have extended through the mission district but was halted. we're left today with the san jose expressway which the plan addresses. the third issue is growth and change. while glen park is a pretty built-out area, there are fewer development sites and there's a lot of strong interest among residents about what will happen in those areas. i wish to make it -- they wish to make it compatible with existing area. to the general policy

recommendations are to protect and enhance the character of the village, its workability. to resolve the challenges posed by the infrastructure projects. for example, san jose. to prioritize transit and pedestrian movement in this corridor area and establish connection to glen canyon park and look for opportunities for open space in this busy area. there is a number of community improvements that the plan proposes. these are short-term and long- term. some of the more near-term products we're looking at our improvements near the bart station area. this is an aerial photo showing that. we're looking at creating pedestrian improvements around the diamond and bosworth area. we would like to install new pedestrian crossings were possible and redesigned the bart plaza to make it function better for pedestrians and transit.

san jose as i mentioned, the idec here is to do some fixes that can slow the as speeds and the freeway-like nature of san jose avenue and a larger effort that would do of planning and redesign of the street. this could be -- open up connections across the different neighborhoods that the street is a barrier between. and possibly increase access to the church. open space improvements, the plan identifies the bart placer redesign. looking for ways to create open space in the neighborhood area. one of the great ideas about creating this glen park greenway which would connect the commercial district to glen canyon park. and of course, another unique feature in the neighborhood is the creek runs under the park

and the only remaining remnant is the free-flowing peace within glen canyon park. the plan proposes conducting a study to see if there is opportunity for daylighting or raising the creek. there are concerned about what this might do or not do but that is the idea of conducting a story -- study to see about feasibility. in terms of the land use aspects, it is a pretty low-key plan in terms of development compared to the other plans. this is a page from the city's general plan that talks about the different plan areas and how many units are expected. in glen park we're projecting 100 units. this is a big development plan. the existing zoning in the area is nc2 in the core village neighborhood district. neighborhood commercial, small scale. surrounded by residential rh1 and rh2 zoning and public

parcels. the plan addresses the neighborhood commercial zoning and focuses on that. that is 80 parcels. it is a small area we're doing. the plan proposes creating a glen park neighborhood commercial transit district to support the walk ability and transit orientation of the area. this would introduce transit oriented zoning standards such as for moving the density limits and parking requirements. this new glenn parker neighborhood commercial transit district would give glen park its own name and special zoning district and expand the district slightly by incorporating nine additional parcels, two of these are commercial properties that function as part of the commercial district but are notd formally included so we bring them back into the fold. there is a row of buildings across from the board's statement that -- station that would be rezoned. allow flexibility for future

commercial uses. and the bart parking lot. bart has indicated they are interested in pursuing development on their parking lot. it is a 54-based parking lot across from the bart station. they have not come forward with any proposal at this time. the time does not proposed rezoning that parcel at this time. it is p for public use and would require rezoning for mixed use development. the plan supports infill. that may make sense given its proximity to the bart station and the commercial district. bart has indicated they are interested in conducting a community process specific to the lot that a rezoning of the parcel would need to come out of that. and building height. this is a photo down diamond street. as you can see, a lot of the

buildings here, it has a continuous street wall of 30 feet. this is -- there's a portion of the glen park neighborhood district that has a small scale. we heard it is important to residents as an indicator of this village atmosphere. as we looked at this, the small street in the scale of the buildings, we identified this as a more sensitive area in the district. there is some views that these heights allowed to the surrounding canyon. and the current high districts in the area, everything is a 40 foot-- district. it would create a 30-foot district. throughout the glen park district we would allow a five- foot height bonus for larger ground floors and that would

allow potential heights up to 35 and 40 feet within the district. the implementation program. we want to make sure all these great projects are moving forward as identified. we have a piece, the end talks about implementation actions the city should make but coordination with regional agencies. supervisor mar: can i back you up and ask for the rationale for the 15 foot ground height increase? what is the reason for planning support in those in different neighborhoods? >> we have found they are the traditional pattern of transit- oriented neighborhoods throughout the city. they allow a more gracious storefront, more pedestrian activity, and culmore ramiya experience inside and we find the districts tend to be more successful in terms of the place we want to create with transit and walking areas. supervisor mar: thank you.

>> so the final actions were asking -- we're asking of you and referring to the full board are approving the ordinance and adopting the general plan amendments which would at the committee park plant as its own plan within the city's general plan and formalize city policy. a vision for glen park for the first time and an ordinance adopting the planning code amendments. this would be introducing the glen park neighborhood commercial transit district into the city's planning code. and also approving the ordinance adopting this outing at the met -- map amendments which would mean mapping on the glen park ntc district. this is our plan. that ends my presentation. supervisor wiener: thank you and thank you for all the incredible work on this plan over the years.

as we get to the hearing and is a brief presentation, it does not reflect the amount of work that went into bringing us to this point so thank you for all the work. i am very supportive of this plan and i will say that the strong support in the community, i have a letter here which will -- we will provide the director, it is very short period the glen park association of's board of directors has followed and participated in the plan process. the community plan has received substantial input from members of the glen park community and the planning commission unanimously approved it in the november 2011 -- in november 2011. we appreciate the approval that will be considered by the land use and economic development committee on monday. we support planning and general

plan amendments necessary to move the plan ahead. we look favorable to vote favorable action and your continued engagement with city agencies, boards, and others to design and implement the important transportation that is anticipated. i want to touch on two specific issues. one is transportation approve -- improvements. that is the most important thing that can come out of this plan. glen park, decades ago, was greatly impacted by the bernal cut, the partial insertion of a freeway through san jose avenue. and the neighborhood has been paying the price ever since from the ingestion to local streets being used as cut-throughs, easy access to people committing robberies. they can commit robbery and jump back on. the neighborhood is long overdue for changes to the periphery of

the art -- bart station. better intersection at diamond and bosworth. tom lantos was able to secure a land -- and earmark for transit improvement in this area. there has been a lot of frustration in the community about the lack of progress there and i know that part of it was waiting for this plan to be complete and i want to impress not just on planning but on the mta and -- how critically important is to move forward in a tangible way, to start making the transit improvements in this area and to show the community this is not just the plan, that we will implement it and make a trend -- tangible improvements. the other point i want to make, there is not a rezoning of that

lot. the possible of a future -- possible future development is controversial and there is a lot of viewpoints on all sides and i know that bart, david decides will go through an extensive committee process to insure that everyone has the opportunity for input and whatever happens, that site and set being something that is beneficial to the community. some people were concerned this plan would somehow secretly rezone the lot and make bart immediately available to redevelop it and that is not the case. i do not know if you have anything you'd like to add about the transit improvements but if not, i will make a motion. >> could i ask about the bart parking lot? there is flexibility that you could -- it could be mixed use

but the community will have a say. >> it is zoned as p so it cannot be developed and bart would have to go through a process before legislation would come back to the planning commission to rezone it. >> it looks like it is rh3, three units per lot. that is the proposed zoning? >> there is no proposed change. we're keeping at sp so there would have to be a future process for any requested change or development at this site. >> it is our intention and hope to move forward with implementation with this plan as soon as possible. or adoption actions will allow us to have an adopted plan and we can pursue grants and work with our sister agencies on moving this project forward.

>> thank you. >> local government affairs at mta. we do not have anything to add. kim walton is here to answer questions if you have any. supervisor wiener: my question is to repeat what i said, many times mta -- it is important to move ford with transportation and improvements to this area into hughes, the landmark money to improve traffic and access in the area. >> thank you. supervisor mar: let's open this up for public comment. is there anyone from the public would like to speak? >> thank you, supervisors, good

afternoon. in the chair of the zoning and planning commission. supervisor wiener read the letter we sent in. i would like to say how very ecclesiastic we're about the plan. how very grateful we are to the planning department to the way they handled engagement with our community. they did a very active job and we were able to develop a dialogue. there was a real acknowledgment that what we said showed up in the plan. supervisor wiener: do you have paper copies? it wanted to make sure your letter is in the record. >> i have one copy, i can leave it. the mta came through with an interesting survey of parking needs at a crucial time and that was a very well timed, strategic thing to do and i am grateful to them for doing that.

i was shocked to hear that -- this is his last public meeting. i am pleased was here for that. he has done a great job. the last thing i want to say is to follow up on what you have been talking about on the transportation issue. these are the hot topics that do need a lot of attention. we're going to be actively engaged in the community on this. it sounds like you will be, too and i will be glad to see it. thank you. supervisor mar: anything -- anyone else who would like to speak? seeing none public comment is closed. i want to say thank you for walking me through the history but for engaging in that community in such a great process. thank you so much for your work with the city. supervisor wiener: i would like to move that we forward items

four through six to the full board with positive recommendations. supervisor mar: can we do this without objection? is there any other business before us? >> we have further note -- no further matters. supervisor mar: thank you, everyone. meeting is adjourned.

>> good afternoon, everyone. thanks for being here. this is our first disaster council meeting for 2012, and it's been quite a previous year, but again, i want to start out by thanking everybody for working as closely as together as we are. i do feel it's just a higher level of collaboration by our community, our residents, our agencies, our responders and i know that towards the end of last year, we had a number of fires. we had a fairly big one just a few days before christmas in our

western district area. i want to thank all of the residents that were out there because there were individual heroes that acted very quickly to get others out, and then, in those precious minutes, our fire department showed up with not only one but five different divisions which was absolutely necessary, five-alarm. their response was excellent and not only did a good job but immediately there was also the fire commissioners, including the chief. we were there. i want to thank ross mirkarimi, then supervisor, he was out there with me looking out for the residents. several other board members, as well. and we immediately saw not only the residents there but the non-profits that had been there helping out. our faith-based community was there, as well, because immediately, the needs were felt and i think in the context, that

there were no fatalities, no real serious injuries, it was just another reflection of the way we're handling serious disasters, yet response is so thorough, so good. and then to follow up with those needs, not only did the community help out and i think the city started showing immediately our sense of support for the residents there that had lost everything that they had just before the holidays, and good response from our helpful communities to help out, whether they were churches or individuals that would help. d.e.m. also, they made, i think, a very critical call to cal nema to get our city declared particularly at that fire, a disaster, and got the attention of the s.b.a. and the state programs to help out and ind that there are at least six

individuals who are going through the process of getting specially handled loans out of that program. there was good follow-up because people, although not serious injuries, their lives are being put in place with that additional help so i thank the staff for doing that and all the other agencies but i think it's the reflection of the kind of response we want to see in case there is that and while we're doing that, we do everything we can to prevent but when it comes to the winter times, it was something we were all paying attention to and i know sheriff mirkarimi shared this with me, as well, because we had a chance to talk then. we were thinking there were too many fires going on in that district and we were wondering why, trying to make sure we looked at every opportunity, whether our police department and others, to research the backgrounds for all these things to make sure that if they were

accidental, we can do something even about accidental better, by better education with all of our residents about how these fires start and where they start and how to prevent them, while we look for any other indications beyond just accidental. again, i think we're doing everything we can to do that. i also want to acknowledge the work that's going on behind the scenes but now becoming more visible, and that's our america's cup. as we approach that very active event, that inviting event with thousands of people that will be here, a number of agencies are already working together doing the necessary training and i know a number of you are involved in that because there will be so many people and so many activities that are going on throughout the city in anticipation of that and so many agencies that need to have a lot more ability to work with each

other and maybe have not had the opportunity to do that. and, then, to, of course, prevent anything from happening that would be negative to the event and really reach our goals for it. so the exercises that are being led by d.e.m. in anticipation of that, the agencies that will touch upon things that include things that will happen in the air, crime control, e.m.s. fire, park events we anticipate, the people movement that are needed, the general security and the use of the water, both for security as well as recreation, all will be in play so appropriate agencies are being tapped to work through the leadership of d.e.m. to coordinate exercises that will test and need to be tested any assumptions that we are making with our individual plans so we never work in silos. and i want that to be, again,

the mantra for all of us. these large events, we have to get out of our silos and make sure we're cooperating and that's been the theme of this and that's why we go through the exercises so i appreciate this and want to thank people for doing that because when we're doing that up front, we're making every effort to mitigate anything that can happen beyond our individual borders which i know all of you will take care of on an individual department basis, it's really where it doesn't come across as individual departments and effects several of us, i don't want any gray areas to prevent us from doing an excellent job as we go on the world stage with this event. thank you very much for that. i want to single out the -- also the leadership that d.e.m. is doing when it comes to a bay web. that's been in the papers. it's before our board of supervisors and thank you for holding those hearings, members of the board, that we are pushing forward this bay web because we do have very, very

clear needs to have better communication, better spread of data. the chief mentioned that during the playoff games at candlestick, as well, some examples where things could have worked better if we had a bay web approach to our other agencies to promote higher levels of data exchange. we need to get there and i want to signal to the board that our staff, working with d.e.m., will make sure we answer every question about the financing aspects to it that might be of concern and make sure we get through that quickly so we can get on to building a system in collaboration with all the other agencies that are involved in the bay area, all their responders, all their emergency agencies. we need this because we are going to be hosting more events in this great city that command a level of bay area collaboration and with that, we need, then, data and communications that work across

our cities. that's important to us and we are also honoring the serious federal funding that had been made because they believe this is also their goal in supporting us, as well. and finally, again, i want to acknowledge all the members of the disaster council, including the new members from the community and from various agencies we work with, along with all the departments, and the board of supervisors, as well, in paying attention to how we manage disasters and how we prepare for them. things do still make me nervous in my years as public works director and i've already asked d.p.w. as well as the city engineer to begin studying what's happening on the tower and telegraph hill because those slides always leave me some

level of uncertainty as there's so much housing up there and visitors that go up there and the tower itself so we're going to get a study going to what the short term, middle term and long term challenges are on those rock slides and what they're indicating to us. i need the best engineer minds to give us that information so we can go on to higher levels of effort there. i also want to make sure we are all continuing to pay good attention to disaster recovery. that's been my personal interest but i'll tell you, all the things that we're already doing on disaster recovery, i've indicated to many other cities as i go through the conference of mayors and talk to them about what they're doing, they acknowledge that disaster preparedness has a lot to do with recovery planning that goes on now because that leads to a stronger tie with our communities about what mitigation is really all about and where we need to spend our infrastructure money.