alternative. and then supervisor cohen introduced that last november. we worked through the front part of it with with steve and sophie who were fantastic. and i'd like to thank them both publicly. in the process, sophie also answered the question of which takes longer to conceive, an sud or a child. congratulations, sophie, she beat us. and then we moved into environmental review with michael jacinto. i never thought i'd say the word pleasure in the same sentence with e-i-r. it was indeed a meerctioner r to work with michael on an e-i-r. he made it absolutely a breeze. thank you, michael. ~ pleasure. so, our sud map, this one show up better than the one diego had. here is five parcels and it

shows the lot again closest to 2ad, empty lot. the two main things this sud does for us is facilitate the fully allowed institutional use and enables us to add housing, student housing that is. once the e-i-r was completed and posted on the planning department's website, we went back out to the neighbors and to answer any questions around the e-i-r and the sud. we were on the agendas of all these neighborhood groups and made presentations and took questions and suggestions. and as diego mentioned, you have two letters from ka erin woods at mission bay cac and tony kelly at boosters. ~ we look forward -- you also should have i think in the packet some landowner letters including a letter from sergio and larry nibby who are the largest landowners around us. we look forward to working with

all of these folks as we move forward in planning. the campus, i think many of you have been there. it's quite a spectacular building, a 1950 [speaker not understood] bus maintenance facility. that we've converted into this amazing innovation space. ~ sitting atop that amazing space are solar collectors which we installed 14 years ago, and for 14 years we've had the largest solar heated building in san francisco, that is, until last week when the exploratorium opened. we're excited to have them join us in this commitment and honored to be second to such great peer institution. it's not just our building that's green, however. monday was earth day and we got named once again a green college by princeton review, one of only two green college in the united states. the other being pratt in new york city, our main competitor. we're full of young people, which means we are big bike

audience if you've been in the building. every surface in the building has bicycles on it. we have 300 indoor bike parking spots and nobody has better bikes than art and design students, let me tell you. we also, because most of our housing is currently in oakland, we run a transbay shuttle service, full-size buses that have raised carriages so we can get bikes underneath. so, we use the bikes on both sides of the bay. and this is the lot. if you've been down there, it's a little blighted. it was a bus washing maintenance and fueling lot. we've been working with the s.f. department of public health to clean it up for the past two years. there was all the tanks have been removed. there was one tank, some diesel fuel. and we're remediating that, removing the material. and we're expecting that clean bill of health soon. so, what will we do with that lot?

we haven't done any plans yet. what the heck are we going to do with that? if you go by the school in three weeks you'll see us doing this, which is we'll be putting a tent up, closing 8th street and we do this in the term events including our fashion show. and that model is actually walking on 8th street. that's a dpw supported fashion show. we just paint the logo on the street. [laughter] >> but we haven't had a workers' comp claim yet. i keep thinking we're going to tip over on the asphalt, but they make it. we hope to hold the fashion show next year on our lot. happy to answer any questions you have. and i want to thank director ram for giving us amazing people to work with. it was really great. >> great, thank you. we may have questions for you. we're going to open it up to public comment and i have a couple of speaker cards. ruth bessin. rod manaught.

and dick mill et. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is ruth berson. i am the director [speaker not understood]. san francisco museum of modern art. i am truly honored to speak on behalf of cca. a an active partner in the cultural initiatives in the bay area. s.f.noma has not only had a long established career and history with the college, but it's one that continues into the present and into the future as well. as you may know, our museum is going to be closing in about a month for 2-1/2 years. and we have been thinking a lot about our interim program and we're going to be collaborating with a number of arts institutions within the bay area. among them are the jewish -- the contemporary museum, museum of african diaspora, oakland museum of california, [speaker not understood]. cca is among our collaboraters on this project and we're looking forward to opening an exhibition in their brand-new gallery in the fall of 2014

while we're closed. further, our curators regularly teach at the college in the visual studies program and also curatorial practice. they also serve as advisors to mfma students. happily, even more happily, cca graduates are among our own staff members and are currently on the curatorial staff in photography and architectural design departments. the interconnections between the college and the museum of modern art are numerous and tight. you just heard from david meckel. he serves -- he's been a long-standing head of our acsessions committee for architecture and design and i've been very fortunate to serve with him on the architecture selection committee for the expansion of the museum as well. one of the other members of the acsessions committee for amd, asher [speaker not understood], is on the board of cca and our current artist trustee at s.f.

[speaker not understood], is a distinguished professor industrial design there. i thank you for the opportunity to speak on behalf of cca from s.f. [speaker not understood] perspective and my own personal perspective, cca is an integral part of the arts community and the cultural landscape of the bay area. we can't imagine life here in the city without them. thank you very much. >> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. i'm rod [speaker not understood], co-founder of save the hill which is a coalition of neighbors who are dedicated to the health, culture, heritage, and scenic beauty of san francisco's potrero hill. i'm here today to offer our full support of establishing the art and design education special use district for the california college of the arts. cca is an extraordinary institution that is widely valued by the neighbors across potrero hill and showplace square. on the issue of the sud

ordinance as well as many other efforts, cca has always been a model good neighbor. the college has conducted itself with complete transparency and engaged the community to hire effective outreach and collaboration. we greatly appreciate the college's smart rehabilitation and reuse of its existing building campus. we have great confidence that cca will use its new property and equally smart and thoughtful ways. i strongly urge you to support cca by approving its sud ordinance. thank you very much. good afternoon, commissioner. my name is dick mill et. i'm vice president of potrero boosters neighborhood association. i've been in residence of potrero hill for 45 years and i've known cca since day one. they first came to their [speaker not understood] 17th street campus which is now the bomb squad and have been

probably the best thing that has hit potrero hill in development. architecturally, they are the nicest thing that has been around there. when they moved to their new campus, we hope that they will be able to buy this piece of ground which is going to be kind of tough on them. they have always been very outgoing. they have always invited us to their events and invited us to share their facilities. and when anything comes up, they come and talk to us immediately. we wish other projects of the developers could do as well. i'm here to speak to enforce tony kelly, the president's letter that he submitted. thank you very much. >> thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? sue hester speaking for myself and the fact that i was

involved in the inchstitution master plan when this was drafted back a long time ago. ~ institution it is a pleasure to endorse this project. would we had institutions throughout the city that were as forthcoming in complying with the planning code and in being a good citizen. cca has been an exemplary citizen of its area and of the city. and nonprofits seem to get it. and if there is justice in the planning department, and i think there is, you will enthusiastically support everything that is before you from the cca. they are really a good institution. thank you. commissioners, ron miguel. i'm actually here for something else, but i couldn't let this

one go by, having been a neighbor for many, many years since i came to the hill. this is one of, if not the premiere general arts institutions in san francisco, and we're proud to have them in our neighborhood. they have been very publicly involved with the city and with the neighborhood. they hosted some of the major first and latter meetings on the planning of mission bay itself. ~ which i was involved. you note that as opposed to certain institutions in this city who wanted to take student housing by taking away present housing that we need, here you have an institution that will actually create new student housing. that's the way they do business, and that's why we support them so much. >> thank you. is there any additional public comment? okay.

seeing none, public comment is closed. opening it up to commissioners. commissioner moore. >> this is easy. extraordinary institution, garner extraordinary support, do extraordinary work, and that is basically as simple as it is. it is an extraordinary institutional master plan, one which we have been looking for from institutions other than hospitals whether some would do a good work. i suggest we put this in the library as an example of how to do it. this is not only clear in terms of its academic mission, of its spacial needs, of its spacial district building including its role as a neighbor. i couldn't be happier to have observed this institution operating at the front tier, transforming the frontier, and creating new frontiers for themselves by the way they teach and by the way they use their space. ~ i actually went out to meet

with dean meckel just a few days ago and while i was standing on the upper floor, i said, was this forgotten as an oversight in it seems to be just a no-brainer. and it seemed as if in the planning and all the work surrounding we have done in that area, that has just been an oversight and it's really with that attitude that all of the questions one could ask have been answered. i'm really glad how staff took on the project and how indeed there was a mutual ability to create something which is far, far larger than what we see here. i think the possibility that this school offers in terms of how it teaches and what it teaches are phenomenal. it is one of the institutions which just does not seem to do the talk, which is easy to do, but does more than the walk because i observe things which i would have had loved to do while i was studying architecture.

they're at the cutting edge of using technology, at the cutting edge of using practical applications. from my point of view, they're the best experimental school i've sign for a long time. it's almost like a p-d-r laboratory type of institution. i love the way how they use the space they have, not kind of just cluttering it, but ease toy do at any architecture school, but using it as shared flex space where different students ~ occupy the space, move in and out, and share it with others, the fluid boundaries between designated art spaces for particular graduate students do certain kinds of things, but need to share and be [speaker not understood] with others. i think it is the most amazing teaching environment i have seen. so, i'm in full support of it and i'd like to jump and make the motion that we approve. and i assume we need to read

the motion into -- >> diego sanchez with staff. yes, you do need to recommend it approval of the board of supervisors. there is one more error in the ordinance i'd like to point out so that you can adjust your recommendation to them. there is also another error with reference to block 39 12. it's found on page 33 line 13. it states block 39 12 lots 2 and 3 should be 39 13, lots 2 and 3. so, if you can adjust your -- whatever your recommendation would be, to include that correction. thank you. >> i appreciate your [speaker not understood] enthusiasm. [laughter] >> if somebody could help me what we need to do for the two related items if we are calling them in one, that's what i would like to suggest we do. >> commissioners, they are called up as one. there is it actually no action required for the first i'll item, 10 a. so, the only action you have to take is a recommendation for approval or disapproval ~ for the -- to the board of supervisors.

>> we would recommend approval. >> second. >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah, i think this is an excellent project. and particularly in keeping with some of the other things that are happening in the area, daggett triangle has already been approved. we had a hearing yesterday or commissioner moore and i heard about kaiser outpatient and housing development not far from there. so, it looks like we're having cultural institutional and housing uses on previously industrial land that is no longer, you know, suitable for that use. and, so, it seems like this is a very good conversion. i have a couple of questions. dean meckel mentioned a figure of 900 students. the report says 1900. yeah, okay. it is 1900. with 500 faculty. i guess my question for mr. sanchez or whoever wants to answer it is part of the plan

is to allow up to 750 beds for housing. it would -- probably that would be more than adequate given the fact that many of the students are not resident students, but that is apparently agreeable to the institution because i would feel i don't really know why we have to have an upper limit on the number there. >> i think, you know, as you know, you'll recall two months ago you approved one of the first student housing projects at ninth and mission, we master lease 200 beds. we feel between capacity at ninth and mission and the co-located housing we'll be able to fit within that. it's actually a higher number than what i had suggested to michael jacinto. [speaker not understood]. >> i know you talked about the shuttling in oakland.

[speaker not understood] teaching institutions are there, students would shuttle over there for certain courses there. but to the extent shuttling may be for students who live in the east bay but wanted to be closer to here, i want to make sure we have the ability to house them. >> yeah, we feel we do with that number. >> okay. i forgot about the 200. so, thank you very much. a couple of other comments. it mentions that temporary structures can be erected without any public hearing. i would assume that, you know, as the -- even though it's a special use district, as the campus is built out, we would have some review of what's being done on the campus, especially design review of the buildings. >> diego sanchez with department staff. i believe the zoning administrator would enact types of approvals, [speaker not understood] in addition to any type of design review. >> yes. the other issue, too, any building permit would require review by the planning

department and in some cases those would also require conditional use. so, that would be -- those would be reviewed by the planning commission. >> yeah, not that i think they would not do a wonderful job on design, but looking at adjoining projects, which we have oversight over and we're carefully working on the architecture for them, we want to make sure that, you know, the same oversight applies here to make sure it's compatible with what's being approved in other areas nearby. >> i think the other important fact to note is these would be temporary structures as well. i think that staff understands this clause to help cover the year-end events that mr. meckel talked about, the fashion show and the commencement. >> actually, mr. sanchez, i was talking about after -- i know temporaries do not need public hearing. when they go to put permanent facilities on there, there will be process for -- >> yes, all of those housing projects would follow the entitlement process, design review of the umu district. >> and also any of their campus

buildings that might be built, i would think, too. >> yes. >> okay, very good. it sounds wonderful to me. i just wanted to get some clarifications, but that answers my questions. >> commissioner hillis. >> i just wanted to briefly add to the caa is a great organization. not only a great neighbor, but they've been involved in kind of city-wide planning and architectural issues. david and faculty and staff are involved in the design competition in mission bay, i wanted to publicly thank you all, too, at cca. >> commissioner wu. >> i'll add my voice to that. i actually took an arts extra course at cca and in undergrad and had a wonderful time there. i wanted to ask a further question about the temporary structures. i'm supportive of temporary structures. if not for the sud, what would be the process? >> i believe diego sanchez with staff. they would have to submit for a temporary permit.

and [speaker not understood] can chime in. >> it depends on the use. the temporary use authorization could be for a period of two weeks or, you know, one per month. it depends on the type of use, but we do have a process. it's a temporary authorization that's submitted and we review it per the planning code. >> okay, thank you. >> commissioners, then, on that motion including the correction read into the record to reflect the correct block no. 39 13 to adopt a recommendation for approval, commissioner antonini? >> aye. >> commissioner hillis? >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> aye. >> and commission president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to 0. commissioners, there is a request to take an item and possibly another out of order. so, if it pleases the

commission. >> we'll take both of them. we'll wait for supervisor kim to come so we'll take 11 out of order and jump to 12. >> yes. >> so, commissioners, that will place us under item 12 for case no. 2013.04 64 t, small business month may 2013 - fee waiver program. >> good afternoon, commissioners. aaron starr, department staff. the ordinance before you would recognize small business month in may 2013. the san francisco planning code, building code to waive fees for the month of may for certain facade improvements. diana from supervisor tang's office was -- is here to speak about the ordinance. and after she's finished speaking, i'll continue with my presentation. thanks. >> good afternoon,

commissioners, dee anna keson for supervisor tang's office. [speaker not understood] waiving fees for awning, signs, pedestrian level lighting. we introduced this last year and it was unanimously passed at the board. to help educate small business owners about the improvements and fees that -- the fees that went around -- that surrounded improving certain facades like awnings and signs. we got great feedback in terms of how it was very educational for small business owners to learn about these certain types of fees and replacement permits. and this year we hope to do the same kind of educational outreach. it will be city-wide. so, we're hoping to work with the supervisors' offices, the office of small business, the invest in neighborhoods agency to really get the word out and to provide this information. we also will be handing out

informational packets about the permits and fees related to these improvements as well as a fact sheet that will be translated into english, chinese, and spanish. so, if i can provide that to this commission for your perusal. and this will be included with our community outreach. so, thank you again for your consideration and i'm here for any questions. >> okay, thank you. >> so, as diana said, this was an ordinance that the commission heard last year and it is the same ordinance that was passed by the board of supervisors last year. however, it's slightly different than what the commission voted on. as far as planning commission is concerned, the ordinance would waive awning and sign permits for the month of may for small businesses. the ordinance designs small business as one with 500 or fewer employees. ~ define. however, supervisor tang would like to revise that so that

it's 100 employees. last year the original version of the ordinance only waves fees for awning replacements. the commission recommended that the ordinance be expanded to also include ~ signs on awnings. the final version of the orbtionv included awnings as well as all signs. so, not just signs on awnings. the ordinance included all signs, it doesn't appear that the building department waived the fees for all signs last may. may '11 fees were waived. the planning department approved over 90 signs last year during the month of may. this ordinance cost the department approximately $4200. the department recommends that the commission recommend approval with modifications. staff recommends that the ordinance be modified to limit the fee waiver to permits for awnings and permits for signs on awnings only so then removing the provision that all signs be removed. the same recommendation was made by the commission last year. that concludes my presentation. i'm happy to take questions. thanks. >> thank you. opening up to public comment.

if there's any. okay. public comment is closed. commissioner antonini. >> yeah, mr. starr, i have a question. even though fees are being waived during the month of may for small businesses under 100 employees for bonding sign, particularly signs on ahnings, as i understand, there would still be the same scrutiny by the department of the sign to make sure it's a compatible sign. and as would be the case in other months or when there was a fee connected with it? >> that's correct. it's the same review process. it's just we don't charge the fee. >> we recently went through a situation with a sign that was on a business in cal hal owe which has subsequently been removed. i guess didn't go through any kind of process. it wasn't appropriate. it's been taken down now. so, it's just important we have the same oversight. i'm happy to see this legislation help out small

businesses, but it's important that they make sure that they know what the process is and they go through the proper process to see the sign is appropriate. thank you. >> commissioner wu. >> can i ask supervisor tang's office the same about outreach? i think this is a great idea, but today being april 25th, may being very soon, i just wonder how small businesses will find out about it or if it's kind of left to chance who lucks out to come forward in may. >> right. so, in terms of the timing of the legislation, because of the transition of our office, that's why the timing is not as ideal. but we are planning to do heavy outreach, as i said, really working together with other supervisors' offices and organizations to get it out through our different channels, to media. we're planning to hold a press conference with the transamerican media, for example. as well as really going out and doing direct outreach to those small business he in the

corridors. we hope in continuous years more and more people hear about the different process he that go around, replacements that, for instance, if we do this again next year, we'll have more time to do it and more comprehensive outreach. but we think these first steps of making sure that the fact sheet is out there and translated into three different languages as well as there was also just suggested in the code advisory committee to work with planning department to show example of appropriate awnings and appropriate signs so that people know when you go through this process, these are the kinds of improvements that you can make to your building, that this kind of educational outreach will really be helpful to the different businesses. so, unfortunately, the timing is a little bit short, but we expect with the cooperation of other agencies we'll get the word out. >> great, thank you. with that, move to approve. >> second.

>> commissioner antonini. >> i had one other question. is there also an effort being undertaken by the supervisor's office to just kind of alert people whose signs may be legal and conforming, but sort of, you know, a little bit beat up and -- or possibly hard to understand or possibly they're not conforming, but they're legal, to try to encourage them to take advantage of this and clean up their sign so they're more easily read by the public? >> definitely. >> and more esthetic. >> we'll be making those -- we've already been outreaching to the different corridors and doing walk throughs and we'll be making sure that people understand there are different ways to improve your signs and contribute to the vibrancy of the corridor if that makes it easier for people to understand. >> thanks, appreciate it. >> ms. rodgers? okay. commissioner moore.

>> we received these last evening, a letter from the director of the small business commission forward i by mr. shulman fully supporting it. i think that the business commission, together with the director, is making every effort to get the word out and there are many people working in the same direction here. i support. this >> commissioner wu. >> just wanted to clarify that's a motion to approve with the modifications suggested by staff. >> second. >> commissioners, on that motion to adopt a recommendation to the board of supervisors approving the ordinance with modifications, commissioner antonini? >> aye. >> commissioner hillis? >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> aye. >> and commission president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously 5 to 0. >> let's go one more. >> one more? okay.