12. >> the door has to shift. >> ? >> the entire wall remains glass the ability to look for privacy into another person's home is greatly reduced. >> commissioners there is a motion and a second to take dr to approve the project and take dr eliminating the planter and reducing the size of the deck commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner richards commissioner wu commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 do zero and places you on general public comment which i have in speaker cards. >> any gener okay. seeing none this meeting is

>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the san francisco's board of supervisor's meeting of february 24, 2015 where we are celebrating black history month today. madam clerk, can you please call the role. >> yes madam president. supervisor avalos. avalos present. breed. >> here. >> breed present. campos. campos present. christian ten. >> present. >> cohen present. supervisor farrell. >> here. >> farrell present. supervisor kim. kim present. supervisor mar. >> present. >> present. supervisor cheng. >> cheng present. >> yee. >> present. >> madam president, all members are present. >> thank you ladies and gentlemen, can you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance].

>> thank you. colleagues, are there any changes to the january 13th board meeting minutes? seeing no changes is there a motion to approve the minutes? motion by supervisor mar, seconded by supervisor farrell. madam clerk, are there any objections to the approval of the minutes? seeing none, the minutes are approved uunanimously pending public comments. are there any communications? >> i have two communications associated with two separate items on today's agenda. item 21 and 27 through 30 dhl be read and considered when the two items are called madam president.

>> thank you. and madam clerk, can you read the consent's agenda. >> item's one and two, these items are considered routine. if a member objects, an item may be removed. >> are there any members who would like to severe items for consent? see none, madam clerk, approximate please call the roll. >> kim. >> yie. >> tang. >> yeah. >> yee. >> yeah. >> avalos. >> yeah. >> supervisor breed. >> yeah. >> campos. >> yeah. >> campos yeah. christian ten. >> yeah. >> there are 11yeas. these

are approved. >> a legacy business registry and authorize a $50 administrative fee. >> can we take this item, same house, same call? seeing no objection, this is passed on the same reading. madam clerk, can you please call item number four. >> item four is a resolution to authorize the general manager of the public utilities commission to execute a one to the water program agreement for additional management services associated with the henry tracy associated plant with hdr engineering and to increase the agreement amount for a total not to exceed the amount of 18 million pursuant to charter section 9.118. >> same house, same call. seeing no objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk can you please call the next item. >> item five is a resolution

to authorize the tax collector to sell at tax auction certain parcels of reality and real mrorpt. >> same house, same call. without objection, this is adopted unanimously. >> item six is to authorize the department of public health to accept and extend two legal and one large transit shuttle vehicles for the elderly at la guna hospital center. >> same house. same call. without objection, this is adopted unanimously. next item, please. >> item receive know is a resolution to authorize the park department to apply for a housing parks program grant in the amount not to exceed 3 million. >> same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted

unanimously. next item, please. >> item eight, a resolution to declare the extent to reimburse certain proceeds of the mayor's office of housing in community development to submit an application and related documents to the california debt limit allocation committee and to prevent the issuance of res unanimous consent bond not to exceed 200 million. >> supervisor cohen. >> thank you, very much. i've articulated some concerns i have in the budget and finance committee hearing last week. but for the benefit of the rest of my colleagues, i want to share with you just a little bit of background information about this proposed project. now this project has been proposed and it's very controversial. i've been personally involved with this item the last two years. working with the neighborhood and project sponsors in a dialogue about how to shape the

community. >> how to shape the project? >> how to shape the project so it compliments or benefits our community. i've already addressed some concerns i have to the test run as well as to the mayor's office. my concerns mainly center around the process and the perception of this board of supervisors. this is a project that is currently under going environmental reviews. the draft e i r was just issued in december. this project has many months of entitlements and community zugsz ahead of it. and we don't yet know where it will end up or what this project will look like at the end of the process. we don't even know if the is density of the blight will remain the same or if it will be rental property. typically, test for actions comes to us after a project has been approved or at least after

the sequel coverage. given the cocontroversial nature of this project, i have a real concern by the board of supervisors to apply for bond financing sends the wrong message to the public particularly signaling that we are prejudging its merits, this project's merits and expressing an opinion on it of the unit counts by this site by passing sequel. i also had a conversation with them about how serious they are about the 20 percent of housing. they said assured to me that they are willing to do the 20 percent of the project. but there's nothing in this ruling that obligates them to do that. so we very well may end up in a position where we have after

the project prior to see quota and send the wrong message to the community and we still don't end up with affordable housing of 20 percent onsite. i have already made a note to the mayor to make sure we don't end up in this position again. it does address the issue again. if this project is entitled and i do mean if, i want to have as much affordable housing as possible. i do not want it at the expense of the fair process for our neighborhood. so i'm not able to support this resolution today. so colleagues, i do want to share with you the lopsidedness of the housing process. but those are really critical to remember what we're

communicating to the focuses of neighborhood in what is happening with the affordable housing in the city. we do have few projects doing that with the housing program when we are in the housing crisis. however, we do not want to give an image that we are for going with the project. that's my position and where i'm standing. i will be voting no on this. back to you madam chair >> thank you. supervisor mar. >> i know at the budget committee, there was a good zuchlthz i appreciate supervisor cohen's comments. i want to ask if middle brook can comment on the project. i know it's 316 units on site below market rate. david is here as i recall. it's a mixed project in the area of the city that needs more housing. but i'm

wondering if you can talk about the on site below market rate unit? >> thank you for the opportunity to speak a moment. the project itself is still in the very early stages of review. it's still under sequel review as supervisor cohen mentioned. today, it's solely about the financing of the proposed project. this resolution would allow the project to seek financing with the allocation. and if that financing is used for the project, there is a requirement that 20 percent of the units be provided as affordable units. that's more than what is required for the under lying zoning with that project in that district which requires 14.6 percent. if they go ahead with the on site, we will meet

a number of affordable onsite units. including the architecture and the environment in-text is still under review. i want people to be clear that that review is under way. the project can be modified, the project can be approved or disapproved. if this is used, we will get 20 percent affordable onsite. >> thank you. supervisor tang. >> thank you. i was onsite as well and i want to see if our deputy attorney can share with us what we shared with us in committee as well which is the process. i know that concerns have been raised about the order of things happening and so if he could just reiterate what you told us in budget committee. >> sure. the questions in budget as to what supervisor cohen mentioned about sequel, the question is is it

appropriate to adopt this resolution today even though the sequel review isn't final for this project? the answer is yes. there will be further approval that are come back to the board on the following sequel review and that's when you will take formal action to move forward with the project. this is just essentially a preliminarily step that doesn't require advanced sequel review. >> thank you. any other questions supervisor tang? okay. supervisor content. >> okay. i just want to ask clarifying questions as well. i also sponsored with the mayor's office, a similar measure a couple of weeks ago regarding what is known as the good will site in district six. it's also a resolution to declare the county in the city

to reimburse certain expenditures. now the project is certainly farther or actually more behind than i believe the 1601 mayor street project is further behind. i just want to clarify that this has been practiced before and also to ask why the timing of this takes place before we go through any environmental review and project approvals. thank you again. >> this is sofay from the mayor's office of housing. that is true, the same process occurred at the so-called good will site. and the timing really depends on the negotiation of the site acquisition. there are -- you have 60 days after site acquisition in which to get the resolution such as the one before you today. and during thatif you get the resolution, then you can include the cost

of site acquisition in what is eligible through the bond financing. you have a good time frame and this is why it's going in the sequel review. again, i will stress that this does not at all impact the sequel review or title review. if you would like more information about that, please feel free to ask questions. >> no, i think it's important to clarify because i know so many of us wouldn't support moving forward because there's so many questions with the project and what the project will look like. there is so many reviews and the project will come back before the board before we make the determination. so voting on this today doesn't catch us on a specific type of project and the number of units, et cetera, is that correct? >> that is correct. and further, if the financing is used, this requires the project

sponsor to provide the 20 percent onsite which is an increase. >> right. okay. thank you for the clarification. i just have to say the building of housing is definitely a priority to the city but certainly the production of affordable housing is a very important priority for this city, the board, and also the mayor's office. i just want to commend our board that is actually attempting to build above the often 12 percent onsite. i'm a big, big fan of our 80/20 project. i'm glad we have developers that are appropriationing more and more of these. as we try to hit more than 33 percent of ford appable housing here in the city of san francisco. i support that in general but happy to see the city move forward but also glad we have some clarification. this isn't approving a specific project and there will be time to get

input and there's enough number of units. >> thank you supervisor kent. supervisor cohen. >> thank you madam president. through the chair to supervisor kim, i think you raised some critical points. i want to call your attention that i've been working with the mayor's office of housing to determine a clarity so when the housing application is complete or even when they're ready, we're not caught off guard. what happens is when the developer is ready to purchase the off site and there's little conversation so as you heard from ms. hey ward, they have 60 days to apply for the 80/20 which is the money that allows developers to develop affordable housing. very, very smart in term of that formula,

80/20. we need to do a better job in terms of we are stream lining that process. should you decide you go with it, should you let us know sooner rather than later so we're not left scrambling and members like you and i are not on the hook left to explain to our constituents why are you letting this happen and we haven't gone through the full process in shaping what this project looks like. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor christensen. >> just wanted to add a brief comment. i certainly synthesize with the issue of supervisor cohen's constituents. i may know this site better than anybody on the board as i worked a block away for 20 years. ka trel has been a working class neighborhood and we're losing that feel there to some extent. so the only thing i would like to say about this process is at least

an inclusion of some of this at least 50 percent being affordable for that project and it sounds like we're going to discuss density and mass later. but i think it's really appropriate for the site and the neighborhood so i welcome that aspect. >> thank you. supervisor mar. >> yeah, i just wanted to add also that i think all rental units in the housing complex is important as well in that the neighborhood concerns were addressed by some in eliminations of two floors i believe as originally proposed. and some shadowing of the lie boek school and the playground that's close by. i'm glad the developers are being responsive to the community. i wish it was more than 20 percent affordable but to have rental

units in a key neighborhood is really transit and it's good with a mixed project as well. >> thank you very much. seeing no other names on the roster, madam clerk. oh, supervisor wiener. >> thank you. just to be very clear, even though i understand the process points, in this particular project, it's 60 days from the acquisition to pass this resolution in order to allow the acquisition cost to be included, is that right? oh, okay. so i very much in respect with the concerns and the project, as i know as we go through the sequel and the timing of the process, every perspective will be addressed but i'm sure if this project succeeds we will all want it

to be 80/20. but i understand the process going forward so thank you for raising that issue. >> thank you. supervisor campos. >> thank you, madam chair. just a question for supervisor cohen. in terms of what we're building on, what kind of cheng to this item would you like to see? >> supervisor cohen. >> that's a tough question, i think. >> oh, sorry. >> it's okay. thank you for putting me on the spot here. (laughter) >> supervisor campos, i can always count on you for that. (laughter) >> i would say even if we were to insert tangible language saying that we wanted to get assurances that 20 percent would be exactly which is what we built, 20 percent should be built for sure. the

project sponsor hasn't really expressed a willingness to do that. and there isn't really any flexibility with the items we're going to be voting on today. so it's really an uncomfortable position to be placed in frankly to vote against affordable housing which is what i'm doing but it's a position i must take in order to communicate an important position of process. and being mindful as the development happens in the southeastern part of the city or any part of the city that we need to be assuring that we are following our own process and ensuring and assuring our constituents that the process is being fully executed for everyone. >> thank you. and i appreciate that. supervisor cohen, it wasn't to meant to put you on the spot. i understand what my colleague is saying but i will be supporting the district supervisor. i think with something like this, you have to provide some

definition. thank you. >> and just for clarity, supervisor cohen would you entertain a motion to continue this item? would more time be helpful? >> no. thank you. >> thank you. madam clerk, would you please call the roll. >> on item eight, supervisor cohen. no. cohen no. supervisor sheryl. >> i. >> supervisor kim. >> i. >> tang. >> i. >> wiener. >> i. >> yee. >> i. >> yee i. avalos. i. >> avalos i. breed. >> no. >> no. campos. >> no. >> campos no. supervisor christensen. >> i. >> christensen i. there are eight i's and three no's with supervisor cohen, breed and christensen in the descenting. item nine is a resolution to determine the issuance on type

40 sales license for fillmore street to serve the public convenience. >> okay. madam clerk, can you please call the roll. item nine. cohen. >> i. >> farrell. >> i. >> kim. >> i. >> mar. >> i. >> tang. >> i. >> wiener. >> i. >> yee. >> i. >> avalos. >> i. >> breed. >> i. >> campos. >> i. >> christensen. >> i. >> there are 11 i's. >> this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, can you please call the next item. >> item ten is to determine the issuance on sale beer license to serve the public of the city. >> supervisor wiener.

>> i'm certainly supportive of this item for the roxie theatre. as you may know, supervisor kim, campos and i and a series of legislation were able to loosen the restrictions that provide a little bit more balance and one of the things we were able to do to allow venues like the roxie theatre to obtain a liquor license. the roxie theatre is one of our community treasures and like many of our cultural institutions, it's struggling to survive. and giving them every opportunity to be able to generate revenue and to provide their amazing art for the city is important. and so i am really glad that this is happening. >> thank you supervisor wiener. supervisor kim. >> thank you. i just want to concur with supervisor wiener. i had the pleasure of visiting this theatre previously along with one of our legislatures

who works weekly at the roxie theatre. i want to congratulate them on this long process, i think for five years, to be able to finally get their on sale beer license to the independent theatre that's show casing many of our films in san francisco to find other ways to support independent film makers. so i want to congratulate them. i know this is something they've been working on for quite a while. i'm looking forward to be able to go to the theatre and have my beer while i watch my screening. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor kim, can we do this item? same house, same call without objection? this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, can you please call the next item? >> item 11 is to determine the resolution of a type on

sale public license for the 24th street bar will serve the public convenience of the city. >> same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. call item number 12. >> item 12 is an ordinance to expanded the administrative code by a language of the ordinance to apply to all city departments that provide information or services to the public and enhance the departmental is complaint plan requirement. >> supervisor tang. >> thank you. i wanted to speak on -- are we on item 12? >> i want to really set the bar high for many jushgsz in terms of making sure our city provides adequate opportunities for people of all different

walks in life and different languages. this pushes us to do more. what we're doing in particular is we're moving the system that previously existed under l.a. o. we had tear one, tear two and this legislation will remove that tier system to make sure we're really sending a message on all departments, no matter how big or small you are, as long as you are serving the public, you should be able to provide some form of transportation services for people who seek help. that's one of the main components. we're also going to be servicing the complaint department in esee ya. they will be handling all the complaints in this department. we're also going to be stream lining the requirements for the annual report. we know it has been a little bit burdensome for some units to comply with. we want to make it a useful

tool. we're also clarifying what this means so that it doesn't mean you have to translate your name on your door but really just to make sure that in public access areas, people know where to go for help and we are also requiring that oh see ya provides a vendor pool and transportation services. we know many departments have asked for this and asked for help to be sort of the centralized place for the departments to go to. we're happy they have agreed to do this. we also made some clarifying changes in the rule's committee where recordings on telephone messages for example do not include employee's voice mail. i know we had questions about that. so at this time, i want to thank my cosponsors supervisor yee who i know has amendments he wants to introduce today. and supervisor mar and i want to also