development to happen. >> for the most part, it's the general area. forgive me, i'm not qualified to speak. it's part of the 1982 work. this effort predates the thinking that we have gone through in the last couple of years on that and maybe 1 kind of phenol thought to wrap up the summary if we can get the overhead again for just a second and forgive me for skipping around. i do not want to waste your time. when the tdr program was first put into law in the mid 80s it has about 24,000 square foot, all of those lots, developers have come in and required those tdr's and today we are down to half of that. there are still tdr's out there

but the fluidity in the market really has begun to dry up. this legislation would help free that up and help to allow that red area in the market to be directed more equitably. >> there are some challenges for those that want to develop their area plans that have been unable to because there is a grid lock. that's what i read, right? m materials of what was allowable to their area plan. that's something that you have been hearing. how do you track that. i'm curious about the need? >> of course, there are questions are on point. we

track every tdr transition -- transaction in the city or everything in between. the both first person and secondary transfers between intermediate portions of tdr we make a record of it. first of all what was the result of that market constrain and the economy. the difficult task. it does come to a bit of anecdotal finding. what we are being told from the development community, what we are hearing from the preservation communities and those that have td r are less able to control in the marketplace. some of our older buildings downtown and our

experiences and findings what we have been told is getting consensus to the families is an impediment for the tdr market. >> if the challenge has been more the ownership as maybe their inability for the trust to come into agreement or the property owner may not have the capacity in order to engage in this type of transaction, then this change in legislation which would allow tdr's to transfer freely wouldn't necessarily help those owners that are having these challenges. it's not going help family trust come to a unanimous decision. this doesn't address that issue. >> know. it wouldn't address that issue but we think what would come into the equation is help ungum, the properties that do mr. president to be tdr and

couldn't participate and for the south of market. >> do you have a sense of where these tdr's are stuck in their area plan? >> would they be able to sell >> we can show you a map that list all the properties that are able to participate in the market but haven't yet come to be certified. this is based on the assumptions that we have made and a very slow computer. forgive me. >> okay. the map on your screen now shows buildings in the cr

that are certified to participate. the darker green colors with the higher amount of tdr, the lighter green with the lesser amount. i should say the properties in the far left hand side of the screen, the civic center on public buildings should be taken with a grain of salt. they would have to be a legislative under taken here. some of them certainly not all of them but we believe there is potential there. >> okay. i want to acknowledge the work that president chiu has been done on this. i think it would have been helpful to get that information. this isn't going to be forwarded as a committee record, is it? i have a lot of questions and i think i want to under this legislation. i think my main concern is the, it's preventing the concentration of development in the areament i

want to ensure this is not going to impact that, the equitable development . we want to make sure that is allocated evenly as possible. this is not in one part of the city and not another and the infrastructure to be able to absorb that density. thank you. >> did you have anything else? >> i want to mention that i have a number of clean up amendments if i can quickly go through them on page 4, line 16, the phrase historic preservation, page 26, 11-16.

lines 20-21, page 19, adding the word historic preservation. i ask that it be included at this time. but at the moment we can go to public comment. >> is there any member of the public who would like to make a public comment. come forward. >> do we have 3. why don't we do 3 minutes for public comment. >> [singing] you have transfer

personality. [singing]. >> thank you very much. >> good afternoon supervisors, executive director of livable city. we did work on this ordinance and we are here to encourage to you support it. we think the tdr scheme has been effective especially with the ordinance changes of last year. in terms of challenge money and in essence taking money from businesses downtown and channeling that money back to history buildings in the city that has some real challenges in their rehabilitation. we are

hoping that this particular piece will do two things, one is like mid market where there is a lot of resources but they are going unrented. if you walk down our strip of market street where offices are you see a lot of buildings where they have not be rehabd and unoccupied right now. for example the trans-bay area which was recently -- as you saw a lot of the areas of the c 3, may -- may i mason street and many buildings will also benefit. the other thing this will do is for the first time in the history of this development is great transparency, where it was never totally transparent.

that has allowed a few things to happen. a few brokers who were able to corner this market and where they are able to charge large fees and people who owned historic buildings and the brokers would take this flesh. we think this will help to correct that and also the transparent -- that we create. the transbay that did support did make changes about what districts can contribute. i think it's up to larger streets. as we make changes like that now we'll be able to better understand the impact of those changes because of these annual reporting requirements.

we urge you to support this and thank you for your time today. >> thank you, mr. buler? >> good afternoon, members of committee, mike buler, san francisco heritage. we reviewed this back in 2011. we held our report because of lack of transparency right now and we thank you for providing the tracking requirements and others recommended measures to adjust along the way. we urge your support of the legislation subject to the technical amendments introduced today that provide a clear role for the historic preservation. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker.

>> hi. my name is michael nolte. i'm the executive for lines for better district 6. our organization is in support of transparent and also legislation. it's helpful to have a way to development for the more done in a way that actually helps everybody. and it's too bad there aren't more people here from district 6 to address this and i also want to point out that when i attend a hearing like this and one item is given 3 minutes and another for 2 minutes for public comment. is it the discretion of the chair or should all be equal. so i just want to make that point too that i think all items should be given the exact

amount of time and not one item gets 3 minutes and the other item gets 2. i don't think that's fair. any further comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor kim? >> i want to thank again the members of the public for their feedback on this particularly the heritage architectural work. what i would first like to do is move the technical amendments and make a motion to that effect? >> okay. this is a motion to adopt the amendments. can we do that without orange -- objection. >> i would like to ask supervisor kim if there is enough time for to you get that briefing and to ask questions.

i do think and believe that this is a measure that will relieve development pressures. i want to make sure there is enough time to do that. >> i feel comfortable just on face to move this without recommendation given the full support from the planning commission. i think my concern is a little bit different. we have a lot of development right now in the downtown area and i'm concerned about not measuring that development better without us having adequate resources to ensure the infrastructure that is in place but also making sure the development is not concentrated in the south of market but development is throughout the city. i want to make sure one part of the city is not being burdened with all the of the development. i want to gather the legislation and it's hard

to tease that out without a full briefing. but i'm looking forward to this meeting and happy to send it forward with recommendation but just so you under what my concerns are. >> i will just make that motion that we move it out with recommendation. >> okay. can we take that motion without objection? >> is there any further business for the committee? >> no, there is -- are no other matters. >> then we are adjourned,

>> good morning, everybody, thank you for joining us this morning, in the bill gram auditor um and we are joined this morning by these gentleman up here but i wanted to especially thank our district attorney george gescon for joining us and being part of this wonderful effort that we are announcing today with our technology community and certainly with the families of sandy hook. i would like to thank the families who flew all the way here from newtown, connecticut for joining us here today in san francisco. and while you are far away from home, i hope that you feel welcomed in our city. as a father of two girls myself, i can't imagine the pain and grief that you have suffered these past three months. and i have profound respect for your courage and for your commitment, for turning this

grief into action. the tragic and horrifying events in sandy hook elementary school, touched every american, a tragedy of this magnitude brings along with it the pain, the shock, and the disbelief. and it forces all of us to ask the question how can we prevent such terrible events? how do we protect our children? our youth, our residents? for san francisco, it is very important for us to continue to have an open dialogue regarding gun violence so that we can answer these questions ourselves. today, we honored the three-month anniversary of the tragic mass shootings at sandy hook, elementary school, with technology leaders from san francisco and all over the bay area, joining the sandy hook promise.

the launch, the promises innovation initiative and i'm honored to join you at this moment of change. from sandy hook to san francisco, our entire nation is impacted by gun violence on a daily basis. earlier today, the san franciscos family whos who are also impacted by gun violence met privately with the newtown families and shared their grief and hope for a better tomorrow. thank you for joining us today. i have worked with conway, in many capacities to create a environment that supports innovation and we are in many regards the innovation capitol of the world and i am so proud to see this effort launched here today. as mayor, i have focused on jobs, as a top priority and making sure that our youth get quality education and training them to be able to compete for the jobs of the 21st century

economy. the fact is and i have said this often, you can't give a job to a dead youth. you can't tell that youth not to lose hope. and that they can succeed no matter where you come from for too long. we have seen too much violence in our communities and it must end. yesterday i signed into law the nation's first ban on possession of halopoint ammunition in san francisco. we worked closely with supervisor cohen to introduce this legislation. these extra deadly bullets have no place in our streets. we are also creating an early warning system to alert us when individuals make massive purchases of ammunition, because even if there is a remote possibility we can prevent another tragedy, we are morally bound to do so. and we must support president

obama and senator finestien comprehensive effort to reform the gun laws, i support state and federal effort to keep the weapons off of our streets and out of our homes. i have directed our city agencies and law enforcement officials to move towards plans of action, to prioritize and create solutions that impact policy changes and take aggressive actions against the moment egregious types of gun violence and we are working hard and making more plans for more deeper, more wider gun buy back programs and events that will take place later this year. but no single mayor can stop gun violence alone. if we work together, as a city, as a community, as a region, as a state, and now, as importantly as a nation, if we work together as a nation, we can make real impact.

forget the polls. forget the politics. forget the threats of this lobbying group or that lobbying group. we are doing what is necessary and what is the right thing to do. and we are not going to make any excuses for why we can't get it done. it is time to take a stand and it is time to stand for families. and that is the promise that we make to it the families of sandy hook. that is why we are here today. i would like to thank lawn and all of our technology leaders for exporting one of our top, in fact, it is the city's major asset. our spirit of innovation. and launching into a national issue that demands immediate attention and it effects cities in every community across our nation. thank you for joining us this morning for this announcement, and i would at this time like to introduce the founder of the sandy hook promise, mr. tim

macrus. >> good morning, my name is... we had a little bit of a logistical change and my name is lee show and i am the co-founder of the sandy hook promise and a member of the executive committee and thank you mayor lee for taking the time out of your busy schedule to join us. and the mayor knows the primary responsible of the government is to keep the citizens safe and thank you all for being here. i would like to start with a little background on sandy hook, promise and who we are and what we are determined to do and why we are here today. to understand the devastation of december 14th, the shootings and origins of sandy hook promise, it is helpful to understand a little bit about newtown itself, it is a small town. it has an old fashioned sense of community.

people live in newtown, because it is a great place to raise a family. that is why we moved there. both of my kids went to sandy hook elementary. my wife is a 6th grade teacher in town, two of the students killed that day lived in my small neighborhood. the gunman and his mother lived a street over from us. one of these precious children killed hawkly whose mother is here today lived across the street from the gunman. last friday would have been dillon's 7th birthday. it was a snow day, i was traveling and my wife and children were home but i received a text message from them rather than building a snow man out of a foot of snow that had fallen, they build a cup cake and with food coloring colored the icing purple which

has dillan's favorite color. 13-year-old, children, and the boy, first grader across the street whose face is on the cover of the new york times on december 15th, they should be building snow men, they should not be building memorials. to lose so many people who are young so quickly in such a mall town, it is impossible to get your mind around it, there is just too much loss and for the family, that loss is just immeasurable. >> just a couple of days after the shooting, after many discussions, after asking so many questions, i asked people to follow through, to keep the discussion going, i sent an e-mail in the middle of the night to my family and neighbors. i asked them to join me the

next day to help the community and nation to stop this madness and from that last night e-mail sandy promise was born and today we stand here on the 3-month anniversary with a mission that is two-fold. first, to support those in our community who have experienced so much loss, and to help that community heal. second, to do all that we can to make this world, our communities our nation, safer for other kids and other families. there is just too many of these horrible shootings and not just in sandy hook, in san francisco, character, and miami and heartford, bridge port, and new haven and as recently as yesterday in new york. many americans accept that this is just the way that things are. there is some defender of the status quo who tell us that these massacres are just a price of liberty. but we are determined to break

this vicious cycle of tragedy in action and indifference on focusing on school safety as well as our family and community. >> and that is what is so exciting about today. today, does mark the three-month anniversary of the tragedy at sandy hook elementary. but today also marks the beginning of an important new chapter in the fight against gun violence. but we certainly would like to see action in our government, to address gun violence, we can't just leave it to the politicians. legislation will offer some help of solutions but washington can't solve it all. we the people we have an obligation to look in wards to reflect on what we can do, what we want, what we need. how we want to be treated. and how we want to treat other people. for most of the individuals expands to our families, our

community and our nation. and we as a nation have a proud tradition of innovation, and as part of this journey, we have joined with leaders and thinkers of the tech community to ask a new question. how can we harness the innovation, ideas and technology to address the causes of gun violence so we can make our families and communities safer? >> here we are at the uhb of technology and innovation to leverage the great linkers and collective minds that have become synonomous with ingenuity to make our places a safe place to live. >> we are joined with the committee to reduce gun violence that will become a project. sandy hook promise, innovation initiative. and in the days immediately after the december 14th tragedy, leaders from the tech community, including ron con

way and others have shown incredible support for newtown. we are so grateful for their support and we are eager to start working alongside with them to innovate our way to a safer nation. with that, i would like to introduce ron con way. >> thank you. i want to first recognize the families in the front row. we have three families from sandy hook itself, families who lost children, in the tragedy. and then, we also have three local families. and all of you are national heroes. and instead of being bitter, after you lost your children, you are taking action to make the world a better place. you are national heroes.

i am new to this issue. i became friends with gabby giffords last year, my good friend, larine jobs introduced me to gabby and mark and we instantly became friends. my wife and i started doing work on gabby and mark's effort which was then the institute for civil discourse but has now converted to being more active on the violence issues in america. because we are friends, i invited mark and gabby to our home for our holiday party, which coincidentally was on december 14th. when gabby arrived at my home and in my home that night, were literally the leaders of all of the great tech companies in the bay area. and we had our two