construction phase but the environmental design so you could get the answer that you want. those are being done and i would not suggest you have an independent party come in and do that again because it would be very difficult for someone to do that who is not as well informed as to your current team is. but you can do periodic audits and audit what their projections are and that is being done. i saw one of their reports where they did a nice job looking at completed projects and found there were only 4% of the award of value of the contract. those types of audits are also valuable. but that is probably the best way to assess tracking of the overall program. >> we don't want to spend our

money on duplicating other people's work, so we look at all of the different audits being done by the city and other projects to try to not duplicate work and to provide more useful information. >> >> thank you for a job well done. >> and eight considerable years of service. that is a very much appreciated. any public comment? >> if you would call item 11? >> a discussion to approve the joint venture award program funded agreement central base

tight system improvement project, to provide engineering service and authorize the general manager of the utility system to -- and subject to the board of supervisors' approval pursuant to the charter section. >> i'm the assistant general manager for infrastructure. we are before you today to ask for your approval to award the central bayside central improvement program to the high ranking firm joint venture. this is an important project. it is something that was identified at the workshops as part of this proposal. we have had five posers which we short listed three and the top ranking firm -- i'm happy to

answer any questions about the process. >> thank you. commissioners come any questions? >> who were the other bidders? >> the other bidders -- there was a joint venture and ann w. h. you are s -- >> and this was from southern california? do they have offices here? >> they have offices here. in the bay area. >> any other questions? is there public comment on this item? do i have a motion?

so moved. >> do i have a second? >> second. all those in favor? >> with the commission's permission, it probably would not prevent them from voting, but to give them comfort, you can release them from voting. >> the rules of order say that is by permission of the commission. will it be in order for there to be a motion that we do that? >> that would make the record most clean. >> so moved. >> moved and seconded.

>> on the item itself, we have a motion and a second. item number 12. >> a discussion to authorize the san francisco public utilities commission and an understanding with the california medical center to perform sewer improvements related to the cesar chavez improvement project, authorize the general manager to except and expand it funds, increasing the contingency and authorize staff to provide support subject to supplemental appropriations, the cesar chavez improvement project. decreasing the contract and a

time extension 4 total contract duration of 598 consecutive calendar days subject to board approval of a supplemental appropriation and adopt environmental findings under the california environmental quality act. >> i think you may be aware we are doing a lot of work on cesar chavez. st. luke's hospital wants to rearrange its campus and this would allow us to get money from them and move our sewer lines and out of the way so we could do our work. >> thank you. any questions for the general manager? any public comment? >> i need to abstain? -- >> all those in favor?

the motion carries. >> all those in favor? of the motion carries. >> the next item will be a closed session. if you would call for any public comment on any closed session items? >> and do we have any public comment on items of the closed session? could i have a motion to assert attorney-client privilege? all those in favor? >> if you agree to let me read the items, we will with a closed session. the existing litigation is

defended it -- the city and county of san francisco, 17 conference of legal counsel, city and county, the civil prosecutor, the state of california and the existing litigation and 18 public employee hiring administrative secretary public utilities commission. if the room would be cleared and the last person to go the >> >> we are not always -- we are now back in the session, on item 16 and resettlement of an item of 16. on item 18, the commission voted unanimously to appoint donna

hood as assistant secretary. [applause] could i have a motion whether to disclose what was discussed in closed session. >> motion not to disclose. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor? opposed? the motion carries. other new business? none from the commission? thank you. this meeting is adjourned.

supervisor mar: good welcome, everyone. welcome to the land use and economic development committee meeting for monday, you're 27, 2012. we are going to hold off for a few minutes.

supervisor mar: ok, we are ready to go. welcome to the land use and economic development committee. it is february 27, 2012. i am supervisor eric mar. with me is supervisor malia cohen and scott wiener.

our clerk is alisa somera. clerk miller: -- supervisor mar: we have three items. could we move item number three to the beginning? with no objection? could you please read item number three? clerk miller: item number three, creating a new definition of student housing. supervisor mar: supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: thank you. today on the agenda, we have legislation creating a definition of housing, where none existed before, and clarifying and creating some rules, so we are creating additional housing and

converting it to student housing. i am going to be offering some amendments to this legislation. we were not able to get them reduced to writing by today, so i would like to continue to march 26. that would also give us some time to back into the discussions, because i know there are some folks in recent days that have expressed some views, so i've afford to hearing from people who would like to discuss the legislation. please feel free. colleagues, we do have several from the planning department here. barring that, i would move to continue this. >> let's open this up for public comment. is there anyone else from the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, without objection. supervisor wiener: can i just

ask if that date is any problem? supervisor mar: ok. supervisor? >> thank you, supervisors. there is a need for having some sort of control for housing. for students. primarily, hopefully, new construction of housing that would provide a and save the housing that is needed to and expand the housing supply because of the critical shortage supply of housing, but there has been some concern about this,

whether there be conditional uses that might be provided for this, and there would be some question whether that would be policy if you were, in effect, saying that you could convert existing housing. the important reason for that is, as you all know, the existing housing is the most affordable housing we have, and once we do something that converts it to other uses, that really changes the affordability, and also, that changes the demographics of our city, and that has been happening for two or three decades. i would urge that this legislation be continued to

examine it more closely, and if they will permit housing to be done, it in terms of uses, and the vehicle by which those new legal -- will then use it as a basis for making their conversion, and i do not see in the legislation that that is provided for, and i would urge before it goes to the board that this be scrutinized carefully to determine this. otherwise, we may be doing a terrible disservice.

supervisor wiener: if there are folks who have that concern, i would ask it possible to send an email or a letter outlining what the basis is for the concern, because this is an issue that we are frankly getting a lot of pushback from folks who would like to allow more conversion. i am trying to compile all of that so we can consider everything. >> supervisor, i think that it is a person's right to ask for that kind of thing, but they should also have the burden for the city and not really in making things worse. supervisor wiener: i completely agree. >> oh i was concerned about whether this would be reported to be accurate by the board. supervisor wiener: if this

carries, this will be moved to the land use committee, and if we make amendments and then, it is possible that it may have to go back to the planning commission, as well. >> thank you very much. supervisor mar: next speaker. >> thank you. espinola jackson, the view hunters point. this has been discussed for over five years with the city planning. what you need to do is get the report in the minutes of all of the discussion that has gone on dealing with student housing, because maybe some of the people may have died now because of the fact that -- it is a fact. a lot of us have been coming down here to the supervisors' meetings, and you are just getting here. you are new. what you need to do is get some of the old information from the

people who were discussed, and turning them into students, please get information. some of those people are probably dead and gone, because i am on the same committee. thank you very much. you need to get other information. this is nothing new. planning has been dealing with this for over five years. maybe six or seven years. thank you very much. supervisor mar: next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is caroline, and we are representing -- i just wanted to come up and say some things. we appreciate the proposed continuance with the amendments

that have been discussed at the hearing. i think a little more time is appropriate in that regard, and we certainly appreciate the amendments that would help assess the very specific concerns about this. in particular, we think they'd prohibition is problematic. there are arguments on both sides, and we appreciate your help addressing those concerns, so thank you very much. supervisor mar: is there anyone else would like to speak >> my name is john centre -- back to speak? >> my name is john sanger. i happen to be out of town when

the board of trustees was asked to represent the art institute, a soap by would appreciate continuance, but we look forward to the opportunity to speak with supervisor wiener's staff. supervisor wiener: you are representing -- >> not at all. not the academy of art. the art institute. it is an important distinction for us. 70 years' worth. supervisor wiener: apologies. we are very happy to sit down and speak with you. >> we appreciate it. supervisor mar: is there anyone else who wishes to speak? there is a motion to defer this until march 26. what the objection?

ms. miller, please read item number one. clerk miller: item number one, the planning code automobiles sale or rental. supervisor mar: we do not have supervisor elsbernd. >> this is by conditional use authorization only. there are on this map about 12 areas in the city encompassing 28 properties that are currently zoned ncs, and they are throughout the city, and you can see them in that red part. approval of this legislation was recommended, and they found that the typical physical layout of the property is zoned --

properties zoned nc-2 would be compatible. however, not every one of these is compatible for automobile rental, and that is why you have this before you in the ordinance today, said the commission can review each proposal on a case-by-case basis and make sure it is compatible and appropriate for the community. that includes the presentation, unless there are any questions. supervisor mar: any questions? seeing none, let's open this up to public comment. we have a few cards. if there is anyone else who would like to speak, please fill out a card. we have two, one from the park merced and another from the chamber of commerce. >> from the chamber of commerce.

from time to time, we need to look at these. we have done this. we encourage people to rent vehicles, whether it is you hall type of vehicles, there are parts of san francisco that could be better served by allowing that type of business in with community support, a neighborhood commercial zoned area that has got sufficient parking lots available as part of the development, so we would urge the committee to recommend this with the full board. supervisor mar: bank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is deedee workman. i have court with the supervisor on this for over a year. the park merced shopping center

is one, which and large parking lot that accommodates more than a few cars. there is ample space for an automotive rental business like u-hall. there are no other businesses like in nearby, so people tend to drive to pacifica or another city to get theirs. we recommend this. allowing the automotive sales is good policy for the city. it will establish neighborhood- serving businesses, creates new jobs, and will produce significant tax revenues for the cities. this is a win for our neighbor shopping centers, job seekers, and san francisco. not all nc-s are suitable, but some are, so we urge you to recommend approval to the full board. thank you.

supervisor mar: thank you. are there any other speakers? cnn.com public comment is closed. can we move this forward without objection? ms. miller, please read item number two. clerk miller: item two, a hearing for the potrero annex and terrace project . supervisor mar: we have supervisor malia cohen. >> this is a hearing, and there will not be a vote. this is one of the next hope projects that will be transforming more than 600 public housing units into a mixed income community with additional retail and open space.

as this projects and other hope projects go, it is important to ensure that the needs of the residents in the surrounding community are met. today, where representatives from the mayor's office on housing and the project sponsor to provide the board with an update on the status of this project. we also have several community members here who will share their perspective on the importance of revitalizing the site and some of the challenges in completing a project of this scale. this project is still very much in the early ages. if you would like to hear from the project sponsors, how they are going through the community process, this is identifying what some of the challenges would be. first off, we will have the mayor's office of housing and

mr. olson lee. >> i appreciate the opportunity to come before the board of supervisors about rebuilding the potrero property. at the conclusion of the presentation, the staff of both the mayor's office on housing as well as the development team and my colleague, henry alvarez, we are all here to enter questions that the supervisors may have about this particular effort. i would like to turn it over to amy. >> thank you, olson.

thank you, supervisors, for giving us the opportunity today to talk about hope sf and specifically the potrero property. this is a good time because we will have more properties come on line in the next 1.5 years. we started this way back in 2007, so we are in our fifth year with a rope -- with hope sf, and we are very excited about being able to offer new places. we will put the presentation into context. in the presentation, we're going to give you an master plan overview and go over the community engagement process, and then