agency, their assets and debts, and we have decided to isolate the moneys that have been dedicated at redevelopment for the sixth street substation, capture that as the transition turned over to the city. supervisor kim, you will want to hear this clearly. we are going to build that substation. in fact, to expedite that, we are sending in the dpw staff to review the bids that were taken, not signed by the redevelopment agency because they could not get that far because of the dissolution of the agency, have that reviewed, and see what the work force can do that the money has come over to the city side, to expedite the work at the substation. i assure you we will get this done in short order. i cannot tell you exactly when, but we are already looking at what we can do to expedite the

process. i know the substation is invaluable to our overall plan. not only community policing, but the collaboration, the presence that is needed. you will probably inherit even more city personnel, providing hearty breakfast this. -- breakfasts. we have all the elements here to not only breed success, but assurances for the promises we made in cooperation with our old redevelopment agency, get carried out with our office of economic development. i am so glad that you represent that kind of private investment confident that we want to have. just like pearls, twitter, and

one year ago when we sat down and asked, what do you want to do about tax exemption for mid market, this is the vision that we had. we will make sure that we go through every detail possible. welcome to the neighborhood again. now i get to do something. the most important thing. we are declaring this dottie's true blue cafe de in the tenderloin and san francisco, and mid market. by the way, i used to wash dishes, too. i know how hard it is. >> thank you, mayor. jane kim is also here to say a few words. >> i think you will see a lot of

city hall employees here. it is only about seven minutes from city hall. mayor lee said many of the things i would have said. people often ask me, how this commitment to sixth street and mid market has been any different from before. for decades, we have been talking about the commitment to six street. i think we are really starting to see this today. it is an unprecedented gathering of agencies, folks, city hall, in this corridor. i want to recognize the police department, dpw, urban solutions, which had been harboring with us to lower the vacancy rate. we have residents here who have been organizing around multiple issues, including pedestrian

safety, and let multiple agencies on a tour of sixth street, to show how we can improve things here. i think that commitment will show that things are different. i am excited about what we have here. incredible to have dottie's here. one of the important things about any business is understanding the fabric of where they are coming in. not changing it, but enhancing it. it is a low-income neighborhood, we have residents that have incredible needs. recognizing that they will be working with the community to build a business here. i appreciate you coming here. there are a lot of businesses that have invested here. really excited about what we will see over the next couple of years. i will definitely be here for

lunch multiple times. [applause] >> next we have muhammed new rule -- nuru. >> how about a big hand for mayor lee for the work he has done in revitalizing this corridor? [applause] i have had the pleasure to work with mayor lee for over 12 years. we have been working up and down the street. since he became mayor, he had been putting a lot of effort down here. he is making sure this place is a revitalized. through our work, in many neighborhoods in san francisco, when i got a call from the mayor that he wanted to improve the standards here, i said, no problem sir. the corridor standard is something that we launched three years ago where we went into many of the corridors and put

in sweepers. this is not a new concept. it has been done in many cities. the court or worker concept is someone who works with businesses, tells them what is expected of them, helps to keep the area clean, remove graffiti, makes sure the sidewalks are clean, and report any problems. we are very happy to partner in that. the other project that we have also been asked to play a role and is the revitalization of the substation. we will take the lead and look at the drawings that have been put forth, look at where they are at, and then we will bring in our crews to begin work and make sure that that is up and running as well. congratulations to everyone. looking forward to have some snacks on a regular basis. i will make sure that the rest of the staff also knows about your shop.

thank you very much. looking forward to being a part of the community. [applause] >> i just want to say thank you to everyone in the neighborhood, mayor's office, urban solutions. all the businesses on the street, everyone has been welcoming and supportive. it feels like home for us. we are excited to grow into this space. we see a bright future here. thank you once again. [applause] >> we have jenny hear from urban solutions also. after that, we encourage you to go downstairs for breakfast, either here or at another local establishment. >> mayor lee, your commitment to public safety, to clean streets, to small business, and to job creation is very much needed here in the central

market. i see many people here who have been living and working here for years, who have been concerned, with the end of the redevelopment agency, services to the neighborhood would end. your commitment to make it a priority to continue funding the substation, street cleaning, the ambassador's comments is very meaningful and very welcome here. we hope that you continue to make this area a priority. i welcome dottie's here today. there pancakes are legendary. we are thrilled to have you here, we welcome you with open arms and hungary -- hungry tummies. i also want to thank steve barton who bought and renovated this place, turning it into a beautiful place. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much.

we appreciate you coming in to patronize all of the wonderful central market and sixth street businesses. the mayor is going to sample some pastries here, too.

supervisor mar: the meeting will come to order. welcome to the land use and economic development committee from the board of supervisors. my name is eric mar, i am sure the committee. to my right is supervisor cohen, to my left is supervisor wiener. we're joined by president chiu. >> be sure the silence of funds and electronic devices. anything being submitted should be on file with the clerk. supervisor mar: i like to thank the staff of sfgtv for broadcast of us today as they usually do. we have five items on the agenda at including three hearings at

the end of the meeting. we have a packed house and another as an overflow room in the supervisors' chambers and to 50. -- in room 250. security might be asking people to find a seat in overflow room 250. we will allow them to come back into this room if they fill out speaker cards, but i know that it is filled with people to speak on the items we have today. we will do our best to keep moving the items so that we get to them as quickly as possible. please call items one and two together. >> amending the transit special use district and prevent the demolition of a mixed use building for the construction of the subway chinatown station. amending the zoning map to represent the creation of the special use district. supervisor mar: the sponsor is

president chiu. president chiu: hopefully this will be a relatively quick and simple set of items. on the items are the planning code amendment ordinance is that, as introduced, would create the chinatown transit station special use district. these ordinances well of the demolition of an existing two- story mixed use a building without prior review and approval. the building contains 18 residential dwelling units. all other controls currently applicable -- and this legislation is part of the creation of the chinatown transit station related to the larger subway project. it is necessary to allow for the demolition of the existing nearly vacant makes use of

buildings. -- mixed use buildings. without it, the chinatown station would not be able to be located at this site. there have been numerous approvals from the board of supervisors. thank you for the continuance for allowing us to finalize a couple of the amendments. a few of them are just technical and corrective with the exception that i will read as follows. section 3 is up and codified -- uncodified . a memorandum of understanding between those units shall be presented in substantial conformance with the terms contained in the central subway

's relocation impact study in the last resort housing plan adopted by the board of supervisors located in file 101210. 9. this was to ensure the finalization of an mlu. my understanding is that the mta is getting close, but we wanted to make sure that there is this in place so that the tenants who are going to be displaced will be taken care of. unless there are any questions, i am happy to open up to any public comment. supervisor mar: we have accepted and adopted the amendments. president chiu: the amendments on in front of you. -- ho are in front of you. supervisor mar: is their emotion

on the amendment? -- is there a motion on the amendment? without objection, thank you. supervisor wiener has moved the way movies forward with positive recommendation to the full board for consideration on february 14. without objection. can you please call item no. 3? >> hearing to discuss coordination with a large public and private events in golden gate park. supervisor mar: i call for this hearing each year after large events in the area, and we have a number of departments that will report to us. my co-sponsor of the hearing is

carmen chu, and she is under the weather today. i wanted to first say that this is a follow-up hearing since convening other hearings in 2009, large level discussions with the residents, they include the outside land conserves that are in august. strictly bluegrass occurs in october, and these events have become an irreplaceable part of the city's culture. these events are attended by hundreds of thousands of residents. attendees and enjoy the beautiful city and merchant corridors, many of them shot and died in the richmond district or the sunset district. about $60 million impact on the city's economy with much of that going to the richmond district,

many of from experience the busiest days of the year. there are estimated 693 full- time positions in the city, and there is a report from the san francisco state university researchers who will identify some of these points later. i imagine that each of the other events from the marathon to of a large events bring in similar economic impact of a very positive to the neighborhood. the rec and park department and others know for commonly 45 years or more, large events i am thinking the human being. golden gate park has been host to these events, large cultural events, and have learned from

trial and error to manage them as a matter of balancing the impact of the event on the part. each year, i personally have worked with the recreation and parks department. the police station, i'm glad to see a number of police departments of the often are involved in part events are here. community and event producers have been wonderful to work with to address the various public safety traffic and noise that these events create for the residents. at the hearing, the recreation and parks department, the police department, and mta discussed ways to protect public safety and the park, to manage crowd control issues. in the ensuing years, i have seen that these measures have been implemented largely successfully.

i know we continue to try to address the issues that have been raised for the past two years. i think each year, we see the san francisco police department creating events without major incident. this is due in large part to the tireless work of the commander rich corea and the event security as well. i of the community still has concerns whole route traffic, control, parking, hanoi's, -- noidr, s -- noise, and other nouisances. there are stronger modifications in advance so that these can still exist, but the residents can feel they have been useful as well.

i will be calling up the recreation and parks department to present their planning procedures. we will talk about the impact these have on the neighborhood, and want to invite cammie blackstone from supervisor chu's office. >> the sunset district does see a lot of impact from these large-scale events. we understand. there are budget shortfalls and the help to stave off reductions in the staff and other service areas. we appreciate the creativity that the department is

recognizing that these large- scale events provide an economic boost in other areas, not just to the department, but we want to encourage that moving forward. our neighborhoods, specifically, will like to hear about how the policies of all but to address issues around the sound. also to address faster set up and tear down the staging area because it does limit the accessibility for those that use the park all the time. the cleanup and the surrounding neighborhoods that c a lot of collateral trash and that sort of thing. and finally, the frequency of the events and how close they are we are -- that they make

sure they go off without a hitch. it is important that the neighborhoods be considered. president chiu: i wanted to thank a number of community groups and for all was raising the issue to the concert promoters and the rec and park department to the planning association to the various groups within the police community relations meetings held by the police captain. the current police captain has been really great about encouraging community input on events and mitigating and parking and traffic in instances in the neighborhood as well. -- and nuisances in the neighborhood as well. supervisor wiener: first of all, thank you for calling this

hearing. it is always important to have these discussions. i just wanted to make some preliminary comments in that i was really thrilled that the economic impact report came out this past week or just a few days ago in order to create a complete picture and a complete context. one of the first things i did was call for an economic impact of the four entertainment and nightlife, including the outdoor festivals so that as we are making policy and pulling down rules, they are actually taking into account the benefits of these events. it is not just about the negative side effects, and of

course we have to take that into account. we work to improve the neighborhood quality of life and the collaborative. these aren't viewed as nuisances. these events are integral to the cultural life of this city, keeping a lively and vibrant city where all sorts of people want to come. young people and people of every age want to be here, in addition to generating jobs and tax revenue and increasing tourism. the broad economic impact report is almost done and will be having a hearing, i think it will go as a great opportunity to learn about the economic impact, and i'd just want to make sure that we're always keeping in mind the importance

of these events. we have to work collaboratively with the neighborhoods to make sure that we can haul a living is much peace and harmony as possible. it is tempting with other evidence to start increasing their requirements and the fees and the staffing requirements to the point where the events become hard to justify economically, what were the expenses become so high that we are seeing festivals that have either ended or at risk of ending and the think it is important to keep all of this in mind. >> hut like to invite first department, they'll be followed by reps from the police department, so we have them both

from the recreation and parks department, the director of permitting for the department and nec is the acting director. >> before we began talking about our plans and how we manage to impact these commands, we wanted to talk about what we think the benefits of the czar. they are part of the cultural fabric of this city. these events range from rock concerts to races in triathlons to fund-raisers. and really, part of what makes san francisco such a unique city. obviously, also, these the offense to generate money. last year almost brought and $1.5 million. over the last four years, almost$4