and we'll have a presentation for that. they'll also be looking at the overall environmental document and approving the other considerations >> okay. thanks. >> commissioner moore. >> it is not part of an eir review but i believe that in order to make the transit effectiveness project work we have to have public education and a complete reunderstanding of how all traffic needs work together by the way, i see already the trillion of bicycle only as a broad green strips and the red for transit only and

everybody from tour buds drive on the green and the cars on the red and noticing nobody understands this the effective study has to start with the basic education and that includes the proper collection of transit fairs because i ride the bus frequently. >> commissioner antonini. >> on the same lines of commissioner moore's question i wondered how much interface has there been between the bicycle plan. we've got green bike a lanes being implemented at the same time, we're planning to implement a lot of transit optional lanes that are red which is squeezing us who drive automobiles into less and less

space. some of the traffic comes down from the outside so has b there been an sidebars between the two studies to analysis the impact of the transit effectiveness proposals in view of the changes that are being made with bike lanes? >> thank you. the eir includes a chapter called plans and policies in that we look at whether or not a proposal is consistent with a nuke of general and local plans. the bicycle plan is cared within that and i will say that in terms of cumulatives we have an understanding of major

initiative within the city and other plans that are considered within the analysis >> yeah. that was more my accustom active impact with everything happen at the same time. >> the red that 35i7bd which is going on now in certain areas are only effecting those bus lanes that are currently bus lanes; is that correct? >> yes. i mean prior to this the completion of our approvals the red paint is only being applied to existing transit lanes but new lanes a as part of the project. >> but in terms of what's going on now is visible in certain parts of the city those bus

lanes already exist and people shouldn't have been driving in them. >> that's correct. >> please call the question. >> commissioners there's a motion to certificate the environmental impact. commissioner antonini >> no. >> sxhorp. commissioner moore >> commissioner hillis ash president fong. >> commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 6 to one with commissioner antonini voting against >> commissioners that will place you on item 10 for case this small business month may 2014 the fee waiver program. >> good afternoon. i'm ashley i'm from supervisor tang's office this is a waiver for

permits in may for awning replacement and pedestrian lighting this legislation is in recognition of small business month and supports our small business for the vibrantcy of our commercial corridor in 201210 business played with an average fee of 15 hundred to $2,000 and in 201311 businesses applied and with another outreach even more businesses will take advantage of the fee wildfire. we'll invited all folks to reach out to their small business. we've cracked the small business and the department of building inspection to distributor this and we've transferred them into

english and chinese and spanish. we've reached out to businesses. we've been presented before the buckle commission and the small business commission and they've supported the legislation pneumaand additionally they were supportive of the departments to make the fee waiver permanent and we79 to continue this effective program >> before diego makes hits comments you'll be seeing diego in a different capacity he'll be part of the elective team. >> diego as was mentioned by

supervisor tang's office before you i present a recommendation for the plan to wave the planning department fees for the month of may for awning replacement and signs of aurngz. instead it will coincide with the month of may we proposing propose that to have the installation of pedestrian lighting in the building code. the proposed ordinances is in contingent with fee waivers during the month of may and supported by the small business commission as h at the manger 24 hearing and it does not circumvent any city or state remits for sequa or public notice or surrounding blight

issues. the planning staff recommendations approval to the board of supervisors of the paroled with the final modifications with the planning fees itself issues for awnings and signs as well as central replacements and installation of pedestrian level lighting to make this waiver permanent. we would like to amend the subsection with the building code of one aa and a e. the staff believed those will provide an incentive for the small business but will provide certainty of fee waivers during small business month every year and that concludes my

presentation and if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner moore. >> i'm fully supportive i only ask that's the effectiveness be reviewed. the reason is i don't want to encourage that will people will have an issue only wait until next may because this is a month when you have it for free. i'm trying to be vindictive but we've had incidents earlier many the summer a strong storm comes up and you'll be waiting until the following may to get it fixed. so the director review you're

good at it if that can be added >> thank you commissioner sugaya. >> the other thing to the supervisor maybe something along the lines of people who have undertaken or taken advantage of the program we're trying to implement it in may and there after if the planning staff condition is approved. it might be interesting to have some kind of i don't know the right term people that take advantage of the program you might have to public acids it in some fashion maybe that's not the right term but something where you make the program flown in the examples that have taken place during the most >> commissioner antonini. >> and on the one side of what

o'connor brought up was the idea that maybe those types of incentives should not only be in may but should about all the time. i'm not saying to forgive free fees but a study should be made public utilities unites quite sure is revenue generation and to cover the fees of the aspects that the planning department has to do to supervisor proper accordance and stuff like this where we incentivize people to do what they should be doing perhaps by giving them lower fees. as someone brought i think i think commissioner moore said let's have a study it's the step in the right decision and

encouraging small property owners particularly small property owners to implement those changes that make the businesses much more appealing and make be neighborhoods more appealing on a telephone months a year basis. i've gone to a couple of places where the lighting has on inadequate if people didn't can't see your restaurant they're not going to come and they do it the next week their sign had lights on it. we want to make sure the fee isn't more than the prelims. but it is a step in the right direction >> i want to audio a couple of comments i'm encouraged the translation are 3 languages it

sounds like there's tennis to do outreach i want to ask there is outreach specifically to the small businesses that are planning department in the sf shine so they'll helping businesses to upgrade their aurngz commissioner sugaya. >> yeah. i make a motion are we recommending approval including the staff recommendations that's part of the motion i think we should also recognize commissioner moore's comments to staff to monitor the effort and then i think to supervisors thinking about the peculiarity this might be able to generate with that that's my motion. >> second. >> on that motion commissioner antonini. councilmember ford.

commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fung and commissioner president wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero item 12. the medical cannery denyy report >> good afternoon, commissioners aaron star department staff. today my presentation will be on administrative code requirement. that directs accident planning commission to present aorta and evaluate the provisions of the requirements of canary dispen s

dispenses. so first of all, a background the original ordinance that amended the administrative code was introduced by supervisor avalos in july of last year. if you recall the ordinance to create the neighborhood commercial district in the excelsior outer mission district brought questions and this is a result of the commission. that ordinance to create the district included hundred buffer and will change to a cu in a cd one, if it's closer than 5 hundred feet it was enacted into allowing law by the board of supervisors and they have mill may to rent the report.

it outlines 6 areas of investigation they cover concentration and the restrictions and the community in which the mcs are involved and the anticipated impacts with the expanding of the zone and the operational practices. i'll go into those in depth in the presentation. it's right to report i conducted any interviews the examinations tend to be more inform. i 0 spoke with representatives the community and city staff and neighborhood organizations. i'm going to first go over some key laws and regulations that

affect the cannery. any recommendation in the report or the commission understands the issue. from my presentation that i'm going to do a brief overview. but the report going goes into more detail. first california prop 215 the legalization of the canary. two 15 removes the culture vacation by people who have permission to use the canary. it was passed and imposed statewide it grants and provides legal protection to the can

tries. it doesn't restrict - finally in 2011 a b was elected and it presents the incarnate tries from being near schools it was a schedule one in 1970 and the scheduled one substances have a high potential for dependency. and in 1923 the federal government entered that as a drug free zones eurozone. this includes schools and playground that it can't be near. the clinton administration you encouraged the administration not to penalize people that use

the incarnate try and the city lost 7 dispenses. the obama administration released a memo for the cancer try and the statement includes while the department of justice and washington and colorado to have strong state laws. it's not worthy is california does not have a strong statewide apparatus. the city irregularity the dispensaries was passed it designated the public health department and it requires the

can tries to be nonprofit it establishes additional regulations from the health code per the review process is located with restrictions they're not to locate near schools primarily the acknowledge of children under 18. there are some districts that they are restricted under certain circumstances pardon since california paused the pup legalized incarnate industries and only plays in the world why were you, have the regions coon bus on the california 2014

ballot and gaimd is proposing that and the last time this came up for a vote san francisco overwhelmingly supported if that with the cannabis come legals the san franciscans will demand the city to take a aggressive stance on where it will be sold. and because legalization will come to california in the next few years they're well capitalized and the quality and care of the operations will set the standard for the cannabis once the legalization is passed. this next section i'll call the distributors of the report

mandated we've talked about. the first topic is the extent to which their contained and, in fact, 71 percent of can industries are located in the kw5ur7b9 and chavez to the south. the land available for mc d as described as the green zone is located in the portion of the city, however, every neighborhood in the city clearly the land use restrictions are not the only limiting factors even the direction throughout the city and other factors and landlord and others to cluster is also take into account. this map was included in the report it shows the permitted

pending and closed mc ds in the city the vast majority are in the northeast area of the city. and this one perhaps is more clear it shows the ones that are permitted right now they're operating right now and concentrated in this area. the second topic it the nature and the location of the mc d on medical patient. patient and patient advocates assert they're having negative facts as stated there are numerous neighborhoods in the city that don't have mc z this unequal places make people come a long way of 3 or more miles.

56 san franciscans don't live within walking demands and 33 three-quarters make trips every other day. according to many mc advocates it's no a a solution people don't have it delivered to their he home because they're not comfortable. some patients prefer to discussed their options behind the counter and the person behind the counter can help people to address their needs. and finally the mc ds help people to foster community that aids in improving health and

wellness. the third topic it or is the nature on which the location refrigerates on mc d with the public health and safety the impacts like any businesses are primarily determined by the business operators they can over benefits but create challenges. throughout the interviews i've conducted the natives of the issues emerged and the topics are still issues. the first theme is double parking and this was mentioned by several community members. but the double parking is an issue in all commercial areas of the community it's not a planning issue and the department building the most effective way to have the parking enforced.

there aren't any hard statistics only defendant version but they've seen the reselling of marijuana in the neighborhood. like doublg parking the planning and land use process is not the most effective way to deal with this issue better dealt with by the police. convenient access this is a benefit to the patients well fair it allows the patients to shop in their own community we wouldn't expect only a few neighborhoods like banks and gorgeous owe only a few neighborhoods to have mc d. crime and safety based on the information it didn't appear that the mc d have a negative

effect they've actually improve the safety. cluthd in this report the issues reported to the police department regarding the mc d harassing have more to do with the wellness like double parking and not crime. crime decreases around mc ds. neighborhood vitality like any small business the mere action of filling a store front binges traffic to the neighborhood it helps to refurnish old storefronts and sidewalk and pedestrian improvements. the cannabis smells whether it's sitting there it has an odor several community are concerned,

however, it doesn't seem to be a citywide owner there have been only two odor containments derrick many people talked about the voice box of the mc d it's hard to dip but it has is to do with the characters of the store and whether or not the store has transparency. and also the general neighborhoodlyness of the general operators it can't force the employees to be friendlyer but greater attention to the pedestrian experience and how they respond to the neighborhood. they don't provide a service or product to the neighborhood or product there's no solution to

the nature of the medical cannabis but when looking at concentration in southern neighborhood an over concentration of mc d means there are a number of places not available in the neighborhood. one has closed defines the department of justice as a side note i was part of that vapor room they helped to organize street fairs and participated in the neighborhood organizations and their responsive to the neighborhood. a lot of san franciscans do congest in the community but based in experience this is not

universal like any industry it depends on the people behind the operation and who interacts with the community. whether the approval process would benefit the public and safety and well fair and what procures will help with the community input. there are many ways for the community to enact with the process they have the opportunity to give testimony before the planning commission and call the planners and there's a pickup i publicly noticed hearing and they can appeal to the board yet you have to know how the system works and in addition to knowing how it works when a permit t is filed.