many languages that because of our community has becoming very diverse now and with the diversity we're looking at diversify notification. we would like to see that done. i'm not against this sequa or - but the thing about what we're looking at - >> thank you very much. mr. cowen. >> good afternoon peter cohen. you know that affordable housing covers a lot of rage we have affordable developers who are doing the process and the bureaucracy like a marketing

developer. and so the process side of environmental review and the system is also something by the respect terrifically. as you move into the web enter face there's some folks who engage better through methods of traditional paper notification. so it's important we try to insure both of those methods. we had a chance to have supervisor wiener office and supervisor kim's office and we hope that a couple items are obviously very quick and line up

well. we also had a particular required amendment. we've actually written that up and submit that and would ask that you consider that as an amendment as this goes forward in the process. of course, there's an implementation questions. on that note we notice that one ordinance is going to planning commission and we hope they'll all line up on the land use committee at the same time >> thank you very much. next speaker >> good afternoon. i'm a board of directors of the homes. this is the size the city hall

combined and because of this deinterrogating continue we have a huge project and i consider myself a developer. to be serious we need a comprehensive process outlined by sequa instead of a top down approach and approved by the planning department it requires the condemnation from neighborhood associations. i could see the freedom west will involve a series of hearings and i hope your platoons will be unanimously heard and approvedly agencies. it would allow environmental organizations and the business community and the housing

activists and instead of negotiating the projects in order to create a plan that all parties could stand behind. a community used the process early. and with something so large and complicated as at the development of freedom west there will be new and excepted modifications. while i want to be a developer that my community would accept. the kim amendment is a necessary and a balance approach on city planning and development. the current legislation >> thank you. thank you. thank you, mr. c. >> good afternoon i live in

district 6. i look back and i didn't really pay attention to this issue when it first started 10 years ago because i didn't come to city hall because the prior commissioners i - i try to stay in the middle on issues so i can look at both sides. so in saying that i'd appreciate if you'd consider to weigh it out because we do drag our feats on others things because we're not spending all the time i don't believe in it. if you could hold it and give it another month because 2 weeks isn't enough time.

>> good afternoon supervisors. i'm the the community of housing organizations. i want to foil with what my colleague peter said earlier. i want to thank you for reading up on our amendments and thank you for some of the amendments that were introduced today. i want to talk about b the point we raised earlier. what we see is central? this discussion. when we got together and talked with the community advocates. they pointed out the real issue is why are redoing all this stuff to address eir appeals. the problem is the length of time to go through the

environmental processes. and the discussion are can we all the time this legislation to include a process to giving priority determinations for the kinds of appropriations the city needs pedestrian safety, transportation, housing issues. they are key to the cities future that were so we've presented those to you thank you supervisor kim asked us to come up with a proposal. i think it's ought to be the kind of thing codified in the code. we've talked to supervisor wiener's office there's already a bull tip that hadn't worked for us we want to move forward.

thank you very much we we want to see those two proposals in the future >> afternoon supervisors. my name is andrew i'm a member of the d 5 action. i agree with president computing u chu when he said there's a lot of intensity around the issues. i lived in a state where vendors had their way and it doesn't improve live ability or awe set of facts. thousands of projects are approved it's not like they're not approved. do we need to over haul sequa because a few people's abused

it? i support supervisor kim's legislation it codifies the process but also facing more weight on community input. so i think we need to slow down. make sure we have the right legislation and quote supervisor wiener you said there's no rush we need to do that right. and again, the community notification is important so i think we should consider supervisors kimgz legislation and the amendments that were directed by david chiu >> next speaker. >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. aim pastor gavn. i'm here because the passion the

41 groups have shown in regards to the sequa. in coming here today on earth day when i first became aware of it was recycle, reduce and reuse. but, you know, and i thought about what was happening how we only had one option i thought of you and i thought about the district you represent and i thought how can it be we only have one proposal. and here now we have two and i think that's phenomenal because you believe in a democratic system. i think we have an important choice. i used to here not being a native of california but this is

such a piece of important legislation that will come before the board how about as san francisco goes so goes the nation. how often taking the proper time to vet something will be having a huge implication on all san franciscans. so i think we need to take the time to do this right this is a very important piece of legislation and it will translate into both for future elections for both of you. i hope you do the right thing and let's get this right this time around now that we have more than one option >> i do have one more card. >> hello president and

supervisors. >> thank you for all the work you've put into this i'll spent a lot of time in this. i'm going to recycle what i said last time and urge you to allow supervisor kim's legislation to be heard by supervisor wiener's legislation. we should take our time and make sure to do this right >> thank you. next speaker >> thank you, very much. i'm with a few hats as a d 5 voter. so i just want to revisit a couple of things. we're amendment sequa we're

changing the pursues we use within san francisco and that changes sequa. i came to speak in support of supervisor kim's legislation but i want to say we need more work done on this. some people have stolen my thunder but it's earth day what the hell are we doing here this is important. and we need to take the time interest thank you very much >> and the alliance for jobs and sustainable growth. we've taken 10 years to codify what should be codified for permit applicant and appellant. it's outrageous we don't have a system in place for certain how

you file an appeal. it's now being used to potentially expanding and this is setting up a road map for how to appeal sequa on a lot of small projects. this isn't a sports facility, this isn't a major downtown project they're going to have a well-known process for litigating. this is for small businesses are th are swept up into a process and all we're saying is let

those legislations go forward as quickly as possible >> thank you, very much. >> good afternoon. i'm here to speak in supervisor wiener's legislation to make environmental review for transparent and predictable. our firm represents all people who want to expand high-rises in the downtown. the process falls most heally with the few it environmental impacts. rather than being general you having are a homeowner you get an ximths for that you go to the

preservation committee and your project is in jeopardy and you've spent thousands of dollars progressing your permits through d b i and you can still be appealed. in contrast if you tear that building do you think you have your education i r and i can move forward without any other hitches >> if i could please ask the members of the public if you want to speak go out into the hallway. >> i'm glad you're making the best efforts to fix this. i think it's important that san francisco implements sequa.

i side understand the problems of notes but the sequa appeals are not mutually exclusive. this is without creating additional delay this is something very important in a city known for the amount of time to get permits >> thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i'm a born and raised san franciscan. i watched this bait-and-switch act from the america's cup how they tell us one thing and do

another. there was very little community input it was shoved down our throat and oh, well, if you say something you'll be a target. so i think that coming from the community i want it's important that we keep this lines of communication open not just for the rich but for the poor and additionally we don't have access to laptops. it's important you guys do the right thing. i know you guys were elected and sworn in and i was there. i say you guys campaign. we are the people.

it's not this - you know, those people come here a hired guns they have a job they're doing their job. i'm higher because i know what's right and wrong. we want to make sure we're part of this whole bureaucracy. >> thank you chair wiener, supervisors. let me agree that over 10 years you are the fourth member of the board of supervisors including myself that have tried to time limit and i'm hopeful that the fourth time will be a charm.

and i want offer those ten years we've had the same problem. and it's the problem of notice. and it has been very difficult for the planning department how to grapple how to get the time clock going. and the sequa observes of how something was time approved. now the good say we have and continue to agree that that we should time limit appeals for neck decks. we all agree that section 31.16 is currently written inc. broke and i want to thank you

supervisor wiener and supervisor kim for reaching out to the community and to president chiu who has addressed some of the most fundamental concerns that effect the city citywide. there are still a number of change and some of those are the result of the way the city attorney reads or recent fully miss reads. i hope you will all kick that may - >> thank you. next speaker >> i have been a resident in san francisco for over 20 years. i think we need less development

in the city not more. >> are there any other members of the public who wish to comment? seeing none, public commit is closed. supervisor chu as offered several amendments which are before us. in addition i mentioned a understanding at the beginning to talk about the importance of sequa and how, of course, this legislation is not about amendment or changing and i ask we all the time that in as well. president chiu >> a couple of comments. i want to thank everyone for their feedback. to continue to further discussion i'd like to over

amendments and i'm fine with either approach or duplicating the file and putting it as another version so the public has noticeable i'm happy for either approach. a couple questions and i'm happy to get feedback after this session. i hear controversial discussion about a section and by and large both supervisors can versions can significantly all the time the provisions. on suggesting on when the timing of the versions might have to come to committee if those version are not before us at the same time everyone knows that

everyone has been looking at both elections and i think we're trying to looked at both of the versions. i know that the planning department is going to be considering supervisor kim's versus this thursday and certainly by the time this get back to committee at least we'll have that significant feedback but i'd like to at least put the amendments that i have talked about put them on the public domain and look forward to that ongoing conversation. i hope that all the cooks in the kitchen can figure out how to put forth a simple clarification to the public. so with that i'd like to move forward the amendments at least

for public consideration today >> that is a motion by president chiu to amend amendment one. >> and just to lay it on the table i'll make a motion president chiu can you make a motion to add in the finding that i distributed? >> it absolutely says there's nothing in the ordinance that would change the ordinances of sequa law or otherwise limit the authority to decide sequa appeals. >> and i have some extra copies out front if anyone wants them. so we have that motion on the table and supervise kim

>> the - so. >> so we have the motion to adopt the amendments and also the finding that i had adopted previously colleagues can we take them out objection? >> i want to appreciate all the members of the public that are here. it's really great to see how our community can be engaged in. but i talked in the beginning today about how there are two prospective's how did sequa can be presented to the council. the legislation that we have proposed intends to put into place a process of - that makes

it easier for our public to be engaged in. admittedly this legislation is not about making the jobs of our planning staff earrings but i acknowledge this legislation does add work to the planning department. you'll see some of their concerns in our policy. however, we inside to have a process that is clearer and more transparent for the public then we should. real people who live in our neighborhood people care a lot about development that occurs in their neighborhood. in our parks and developments that be about built across the streets from their house their voice and their concerns get

heard. notification is a very important piece of that. i'd like to respond to some of the comments i'd like to have a conversation about how to make those difficult tasks possible. the electronic noifks process we'd like a prescription process where the folks can getty for identification whether it's paradoxes in their neighborhood or the - the planning department said it would be very cumbersome. you can tag items i get advisements from department stores i want to offer this to

people who would like e-mail. i'll say about development i've been i feel like one of the more pro development supervisors. i've stood on many sides of the folks here and while we