>> good afternoon, good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors. my name is scott wiener, i'm the chairman of the committee. i apologize for my voice. i have a nasty cold that everyone seems to be getting. and to my -- i'm the chairman of the committee and to my right is supervisor jane kim who is the committee vice-chair. to my left is supervisor supervisor tang who is sitting in today for supervisor malia cohen. our clerk is andrea osbury.

i want to thank sfgov-tv for broadcasting today's hearing, charles kremenak and jennifer low. >> completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of files be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on february 14 agenda unless otherwise stated. >> can you please call items 1 and 2 together? >> item number 1, resolution approving re-designation of two temporary selling spaces on post street, northwest corner, at stockton street for sick months for street artists certified by the arts commission. and item number 2 is a resolution approving redid he nation of one selling space on leavenworth street, west side, at jefferson street, for sick months for street artists certified by the arts commission; exempting said space from the regulations of police code, sections 2405(c)(6) and (11), prohibiting selling within ten feet from the outer edge of any entrance to any building and prohibiting selling within five feet of the display of any other street artist. ~ >> and this was forwarded to us by the arts commission and mr. la czar is here for the commission. >> thank you, supervisors, for having me here ~. these are two housekeeping measures, and the first one about the two spaces on post street at the corner of

stockton street, you had approved these in three resolutions, the 2011, '12 and '13. the whole purpose of those spaces was to try to compensate for the loss -- the temporary loss of permanent street artist spaces in the union square area due to the central street project, construction project. those spaces, those two spaces need all of the public safety regulations. do you want me to go on to the next one or just -- >> is it a similar -- >> but not for the same reason. >> okay, you can go ahead, then. >> the other one on leavenworth street on the corner of jefferson street was negotiated with the store owners who had created a very large entrance to the building and which made the space that was existing too close to the entryway.

and, so, we had agreed on a trial basis to move the space so that it's 8 feet from the entryway. the law says it should be feet, however, you the supervisors have the power to exempt the law if there is not a problem there. and -- but by moving the space it also brought that space one foot closer to the next street artist space. so, the law says that a street artist space has to be five feet away from another street artist space. in this case it would be four feet away. so, when you had created your resolution approving that space on leavenworth street for six months, it was with the exemption of those two regulations. and it was a six months designation. we're asking now that you make it another six months just to see how it goes. >> okay, thank you very much. colleagues, any initial questions or comments?

okay, seeing none, i thank you, mr. la czar. we are opening up for public comment. is there any -- i don't have any public comment cards for items 1 or 2. is there any public comment on item 1 and/or item 2? seeing none, we'll close public comment. [gavel] >> and, colleagues, could i get a motion to forward items 1 and 2 to the board of supervisors with positive recommendation? by supervisor kim, and we'll take that without objection. [gavel] >> madam clerk, will you please call item number 3? >> item number 3 is an ordinance amending the planning code to establish the 1500 page street affordable housing special use district for the property located at 1500 page street (assessor's block no. 1223, lot no. 004) and repeal the provisionses establishing the 1500 page street residential care sud; amending the zoning map to add the 1500 page street affordable housing sud, deleting the 1500 page street residential care sud, and modify the height and bulk limit for the lot; and making environmental findings, and findings consistency with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.1. ~ special use district. >> supervisor breed is the sponsor of item number 3 and [speaker not understood] from her office is here. >> thank you. good afternoon, supervisors, connor johnston legislative aide to supervisor breed. this is a great project at page and masonic right in the heart of district 5. directly next door to saint

agnes church. our office has been working on it for the better part of the year from [speaker not understood] and mayor's office of housing. it will provide much needed housing for developmentally disabled adults and reinvigorate a building that's been sitting fallow for decades now. i want to thank the sponsors and the staff who have been working on this, kim dunn from mercy housing, sarah valve from planning and ruby harris from the mayor's office of housing. two of them you'll hear from after me. they have done outstanding outreach to the community. the project is supported by the haight ashbury improvement association, the haight ashbury neighborhood council, the haight ashbury neighborhood [speaker not understood] didn't take a vote but they're supportive. as well as urban high school which is right down the street from the project. of course supervisor breed supports it and asks for your vote today. thank you. >> thank you, mr. johnson. i believe we have the planning department here. ms. velve. >> good afternoon, chair wiener and honorable members of land

use committee. my name is sarah valve of planning department staff. [speaker not understood]. this sud will enable the adaptive reuse of the historic resource at page and masonic street. it is to create 16 affordable eunice and one manager's unit. it is a joint effort between mercy housing and mayor's office of housing. [speaker not understood] planning code requirements related to density, open space, exposure, setbacks and parking. the majority of these modifications cannot be met due to existing site constraints. the sud was initiated at the full board by supervisor breed on november 5th, 2013. on december 19th, 2013 the planning commission unanimously adopted [speaker not understood] to support the sud and authorization to implement the sud. thank you. this concludes presentation. i'm here for questions. >> thank you. next we have tim dunn from mercy housing.

>> yes, thank you. tim dunn from mercy housing. i'll be brief and won't repeat what was said before me. i'd like to say mercy is -- really like to thank supervisor breed and her office for supporting this measure. we're really excited to renovate this property. there is a huge demand for this housing for the developmentally disabled and very little of it in san francisco. i'm here. if you have any questions. also, the [speaker not understood] of san francisco is going to be providing the services for the developmentally disabled at the property. [speaker not understood] from the arc is here. if you have any questions regarding those programs. and [speaker not understood] from taggert architects is here as well. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you very much. colleagues, are there any questions or comments? seeing none, we will open it up for public comment. is there any public comment on

item number 3? i don't have any public comment cards. seeing none, we'll close public comment. [gavel] >> i want to thank everyone for working on this. we are in dramatic need of this kind of housing. like to thank supervisor breed and planning department and mercy for really moving this forward. supervisor kim? >> yes, thank you. i just wanted to concur with chair wiener about the need for this type of housing. but in particular, for this subset of our community. it's true there is not a lot of housing dedicated to individuals with developmental disabilities. it's also good to see a vacant s-r-o building come back online. i know we have a number in our district [speaker not understood] as well, and it's a constant exercise to think about how we can a mass the resources to bring existing housing back into line and back into code and, so, it's great to see a model of this move forward in the western addition

area. so, thank you for your work on this. >> thank you very much, supervisor kim. so, with that, could i get a motion to forward item 3 to the full board with positive recommendation? >> so moved. >> motion by supervisor kim, and we'll take that without objection. [gavel] >> madam clerk, can you please call item number 4? >> item number 4 is a resolution granting revocable permission to the municipal transportation agency to occupy portions of the public right-of-way to install and maintain two new operator convenience facilities at the terminus of various muni bus routes, and making environmental findings, and findings of consistency with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.1. ~ facilities. >> okay. and this has been forwarded to us from the mta. teas cavanagh from mta will be presenting today. [speaker not understood], will you be presenting? go ahead, as this is a i believe a major encouragement. >> yes, good afternoon, supervisors. nickel strong with the department of public works [speaker not understood] [speaker not understood] and mappinging. we've been working on this project with tess cavanagh who is present sitting behind me from mta. this is a major encroachment

for a total of several dozen mta rest rooms and kind of bringing them out one step at a time. this is phase ii. the board of supervisors recently approved the first two locations via an ordinance from last year -- i mean via resolution from last year, i apologize. and this is phase ii, which will include two additional rest rooms, one with an existing traffic island at third and mckeefe and one on the south side walk up hudson avenue easterly of third street. this will be in conformity with the general plan. we held a public hearing on all the locations back in 2012 and we didn't receive any input from anybody. and there's been an encroachment agreement signed between mta and dpw directors agreeing to maintenance. we have reviewed it for path of travel and respectfully request

your approval. >> thank you very much. ms. cavanagh? l >> good afternoon, chairman wiener, supervisor kim, supervisor tang. i am tess cavanagh, sfmta project manager for the [speaker not understood] project. the project is to install prefab rest rooms throughout the city for use by transit operators and other sfmta field staff. we are here today to request the committee's recommendation for the installation of two units along the third street corridor, one at third and hudson and the other at third and fitzgerald. sfmta has 76 transit lines with

146 terminals all over the city. mound is served by over 2000 operator who work in challenging conditions to deliver service. one of those challenges is finding clean and safe rest rooms at terminal locations. facilities [speaker not understood] as well as health and safety of our sfmta operators. [speaker not understood] sfmta uses licenses with businesses, leases, use permits and free public rest rooms to provide operators with facilities. there are often circumstances that prevent our ability to use these options. they include the proximity of the business to the terminal site. our bus drivers have limited time available to them to access facilities. the facility has to be close by the terminals. other limitations are type of business. the operation of the business -- hours of operation of the business go from 6 in the morning to midnight and often businesses are not open during those hours.

other issues that come up are the accessibility of the rest rooms and whether or not they're easily available when the operators need them. the current project includes six sites in total. for the valley and lincoln and the gary and 32nd, we currently have use permits in place with the [speaker not understood] district and presidio trust. for 30th and ortega is the 25th and [speaker not understood]. like mentioned, these are previously approved via board of supervisors resolution last year. the two sites under consideration again are third and hudson and third and fitzgerald. all right. this is -- the fifth site is third and hudson, which serves the 54 line. our initial site of investigation, we approached [speaker not understood] which are nearby. unfortunately their hours did

not align with the line operation. also we contacted a local bar at hudson. but again, that type of business is not really conducive to productivity of our operators. we have performed outreach on numerous occasions, most recently this past october 30th at the bayview library. we sent out almost over 10,000 fliers to the local community. we had 8 to 10 residents attend. overall community members were supportive and understood the need for the rest rooms. the second site is at third and fitzgerald. this is roughly industrial neighborhood and, again, local businesses he had their operating hours did not align with our transit line schedule. also, a few businesses that we did contact were not interested in working with us. the third on market which is

nearby as well, their rest room is not large enough or accessible. i also wanted to clarify a few things that were mentioned in this morning's article in the examiner. the location of the [speaker not understood] is on a traffic island, not in the median. and our current goal is to locate 30 sites around the city, not 70 as reported. and also these are not makeshift structures. it has taken us a two-year process to complete the design and approval process. the sites are carefully considered and investigated, and the design of the structure is durable and has high value. anyway, that's a summary of the project and let me know if you have any questions. >> thank you, ms. cavanagh. supervisor kim. >> thank you. i just had some quick questions. i appreciate you going through the process of looking at alternatives before we looked at installing our own bathrooms.

actually it's less of a land use issue for me, right-of-way. which i know the cost issue is the appropriate place for that is budget committee. so, you had mentioned on third and hudson. what were the operating hours of the taco bell and kfc that made it inappropriate? ~ the service line hours? >> they're open from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and the line runs from 6:45 to 12:15 a.m. >> okay. so, there was nothing that was starting that -- open that early? >> early enough or late enough. [speaker not understood]. >> and the same on -- i'm sorry, third and fitzgerald? >> let's see. the line runs from 6:30 to 1:00 a.m. and the businesses that we contacted were essentially 9:00 to 5:00. >> i see he, okay. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor kim ~. i will also just add i have been involved in this issue for

quite sometime. when the mta first came forward with the idea of these rest room facilities on the public right-of-way, i initially -- i expressed concern, as did supervisor david chiu. we are all very protective of our public sidewalks and these are large facilities. so, i did have concerns. as i worked more with the mta and also with transit -- with the bus drivers, i learned a lot more about how incredibly difficult it is for these drivers to actually find a rest room -- not only find a rest room that's available, but one that is clean and sanitary and private and accessible for the folks who have mobility challenges. and even if you do have them at a taco bell or kfc where there is availability, you have no idea what that rest room is

like, whether it's accessible, whether it's going to be clean and really humane place to have our employees use rest rooms during their shift, and hours always change. so, the mta, i also want to thank the [speaker not understood] agency for its work instead of trying to get all of them throughout the stay approved, taking this very much step-by-step doing one or two at a time, working with the community, finding appropriate locations, so, i commend the agency for that work. so, with that, why don't we -- i'm sorry, supervisor tang. >> just to add on top of that as representing a district where many, many muni lines actually terminate and there are very -- almost limited options, i just want to appreciate you bringing this forth. i know that one of the ortega sites was in our district from the last round of approvals. we appreciate that. and really, we had heard so many stories from neighbors the

creative ways drivers were trying to address their basic needs. i'm very supportive of this item and look forward to helping with the on time performance and this moves transit. so, thank you. >> thank you, supervisor tang. with that, we will open item number 4 up to public comment. i have no public comment cards for item number 4. is there any member of the public who would like to comment on item number 4? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> colleagues, could i have a motion to -- from supervisor tang to forward item 4 to the board with positive recommendation. and we will take that without objection. [gavel] >> madam clerk, can you please call item number 5? >> item 5 is a resolution authorizing the public utilities commission's general manager to enter into an electric service agreement with the transbay joint powers authority for the public utilities commission to be the primary provider of electric service to the transbay project beginning january 2014 and ending january 2017; and making findings pursuant to the california environmental quality act. ~ authority. >> supervisor kim is the author of item number 5. >> thank you.

and i see ms. [speaker not understood], the pc who will talk about the details of this agreement. but i did just want to state that this did go to the transit board powers authority at the november board meeting and was approved. and i'm really excited, actually, that this public terminal which is going to provide a lot of our public transit hubs in downtown san francisco will be getting power from our local city-owned public utilities commission. it is very excite thattion we're able to work through a deal that is both more affordable and one that is incredibly reliable for this public service site. and i want to ask ms. hail to come up and speak about the details of the project. >> thank you, barbara hale, assistant general manager for power. supervisor kim has hit the highlights. we are very happy to have ~ begun work back in 2008 with the transbay joint powers authority staff on whether we

could be a power provider for the facility. in november, the tjpa board did approve their executive director entering into the agreement in december. our commission at the puc approved our general manager moving forward as well. as you know, we operate san francisco's municipal power utility. we're the power provider for this building and many others that the city owns to powering essential city services, powering ten analyst facilities. we provide affordable reliable clean greenhouse gas free power ~ and we're to mta, to the port, to the port, we're really excited about the opportunity to add this transit center to our portfolio of customers. we're looking forward to providing the benefits of our low-cost hetchy power to these municipal -- this municipal service. we have a lot of strengths in our local decision making and public accountability. we're very proud of that, and we have a comprehensive approach to providing electric service to the tjpa.

we are going to be providing the project with savings by way of lower up front capital costs and operating cost savings because we provide service at a lower rate than pg&e otherwise would, 10% below where pg&e is offering. under the agreement we're committing to that, we're committing to offering the facility energy efficiency rebates up to $2 million. we are providing them with the opportunity which is rather unique to collaborate on local build on-site and off-site renewable generation. we expect to have a full-time staff providing the facility with reliable service. we're anticipating the facility beginning to provide service to transit needs in october of 2017. it will be about 4.3 megawatts as it opens.