>> good afternoon, and welcome to the regular meeting of the for thursday, february 11, for thursday, february 11, disruptions of any kind. proceedings. and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record.

i'd like to call roll at this time. commissioner president fong commissioner vice president richards commissioner antonini is present commissioner hillis commissioner moore we do expect commissioner wu and commissioner richards to be absent commissioners, the first item on your agenda tomes for continuance at the temple of issuance none point present i'm pleased to announce items 17 and 18 that under the discretionary review authorization at temple street the discretionary review and case no. 2015 plus discretionary review have both been withdrawn if there aren't any questions moving to consent calendar

are considered to be routine and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, the public, or staff so requests removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. item o1 at 19th avenue excuse me. conditional use authorization i there are no speaker cards any public comment on the one item on the consent calendar. >> i don't see any public comment is closed. commissioner moore nova to continue h.r. move to approve. >> second thank you, commissioners on that motion to approve item one are commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner vice president richards and commissioner president fong

so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to zero and places you under commission matters consideration of the draft minutes for january 21st and 28, 2016. >> any public comment on item the two draft minutes i don't see any public comment is closed. commissioner moore. >> move to approve. >> second. >> thank you, commissioners on that motion to adopt the draft minutes of 2016-2017 commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner vice president richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to zero and places you on item 3 commissioners questions or comments. >> commissioner moore. >> i have a question regarding a memo we received regarding plan briefing an transbay development a number that dates

and our schedule potentially requiring a long time my question is couldn't under be a special hearing we hear each other and have a common understanding of the changes and how we're going forward from here. >> i don't know if we can have a dialogue but that's noted. >> i am not certainly at any time ask for something to be calendar. >> i ask we consider a special hearing an hour ahead of a regular scheduled hearing so the public can listen to us some interesting subject matter i think that will be convenient to do that that way. >> okay. thank you. >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah. he we're not meeting next week that is one reason why

we're looking for times to meet but certainly i'm amenable to doing it the way suggested or having a separate hearing for purposes of discussion as long as we do it the near future it is an important subject and the other comment in this months san francisco magazine really a whole issue off the beaten path type of places in san francisco and there's a sections on restaurant but also an article on i think 49 different spots in the city that are quite interesting and a number of them i've been to a number of them so it is worthy taking into account the author points out very interesting location in san francisco historical significance that a lot of people may not be aware of it is

worthy mentioning. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> several things first, i think this is a great idea to potentially will have a separate hearing for the ocii for the public certainly the time they can come and hear it as a part of a regular hearing a report from ocii to report an hour easily make sense a couple of things i sat with a journalist from technically we have a great discussion on housing in general the affordable housing affordable housing bonus program and kind of what is happening in the south bay with companies requiring a numerous amount of housing north yet the housing for the workers only meets 10 percent of the need a letter from janet this morning in the

chronicle said if we're those days we're build 20 or thirty million square feet we need to use the leverage to have that i don't think that san francisco, california continue to absorb the housing that is generating the demand from the large projects we have to say you have to take more housing we'll help you doing everything we can and, secondly, an article northbound morning in c w that caught my eye if you interviewed folks who were in the homeless tent camp one guy said he's a friend and so he went back to mayor ed lee this guy's what a uniquely letter engineer and came to san francisco his skill set was not needed but c w went back it mayor ed lee and asked if you know this guy a

threatened guy 61 years old it is interesting that a lot of the people on the streets of san francisco we tend to them their may have drug addictions but read this article it can opposing e happen to anyone 70 percent of the people on the streets are from san francisco how long have they been here and how did they got the street we need to build for housing and stop the illegal evictions but i think that i'm looking for someone to step forward and take this bull by the horns and are working in concert an article in sundays paper talking about homeless on the cost what it

takes to solve the homeless problem 200 and $84 million are spent, however, the population didn't seem to be going down stabilizing and from supervisor farrell about what he thinks that will take to make a dent to get serious we need to improve the current system that identified any flus but having it go down ross good comments and will effect housing thank you. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further on to department matters drouchlts. >> good afternoon. i have with only a public hearings that will happen from the february 3,

'23 the work on the transbay at 6:00 p.m. this is a tuesday evening and potrero hill recreation center to look at our example to dates angle the 280 boulevard that concludes my presentation. >> thank you. >> no questions commission item 5 review of past events at the board of supervisors there were no items of interest from the board of appeals and the historic preservation commission didn't meet. >> good afternoon aaron starr manager, legislative affairs for the planning staff at the monday hearing supervisor avalos will increase the sustainability fee that large non-residential by $2 bringing the total to $24 plus and reduces the grandfathering discount in the pipeline

this is the second duplication of this ordinance the board heard it was heard by the planning commission an september 10th of last year and the commission voted recommendation with modifications percentage at the land use committee they dloibd be 0 the faenld and whether non-residential projects can support higher fees supervisor cowen and supervisor wiener were skeptical and a language was added to allow the mta to use the capital foyer operating and withdraw the statement that the tsif provides flexibility for the transit services four commenters that were in opposition against the proposal and at the end no opposition from the on the item was afford to the full board with a negative recommendation on a two

to four vote next supervisor avalos oornls ordinance that requires yufgs conditional use authorization that item was continued from the previous week it was in order to provide time to review the entire outlet felt legislation and at the building inspection several members spoke in favor to stop displacement and many tenants talked about the urgency to move forward there were speakers in opposition after public comment the committee duplicated the file so it only applies to the contribute and district is this was done 0 talk about the interim controls that supervisor kim supported it will impact the 1600 market street that is located under the c-3 and in

danger of being evicted supervisor avalos ordinance will have a conditional use authorization for the removal of units on 1600 market street supervisor wiener then proposed on amendment to maintain the administrative approvals for the demolition of unaffordable things the residential builders association asked for the amendment it was passed by the committee the committee sent the amended ordinances with the 2030 workers' compensation as a committee report and outstanding concerns around the implementation of the secured funding for low income homeowners to aid the utilization and the building inspection commission is scheduled to hear this on february 17th therefore it was continued to february 22nd to will you the supervisor additional time to address the funding issues and allow the

building inspection to act on the items last on the ludicrously was a presentation by the staff on the annual report for the implementation this same presentation was given to this commission an january this year and the only questions from supervisor peskin asking about the make up that was who was on it and there was no. at the full board of supervisors supervisor wiener ordinance that will remove conditional use and others required conditions from 100 percent housing passed it second reading on an unanimous vote and supervisor cowen residential guidelines with the squawking and castro hill and extrapolate waterfront was adopted next the board heard the sfmta shuttle program it was considered on january 2013 at

the time it was continued to the february 9th and this walk through that was continued to february 23rd later in the hearing supervisor avalos introduced a resolution co-sponsored asking mta board of directors to consider changes those changes will include a cap other than the number of stop zones to a term of one year with a 6 month review the board of supervisors asked the mta it look at the concentrated stop shops and at the board and legislative analysis studied the costs and evictions they can't take action actually, the ceqa is resolved but considering a question at their hearing an february 16th on the chapter 31 of the administrative code they're to make a decision within thirty days of the general date

and latest the board of supervisors passed a supervisor avalos amended orientals that required a conditional use for the removal of a in unite one now introduction by supervisor wiener a interim controls for 18 month period requiring a conditional use authorization within the upper market transit district for any standard use of a medical service or non-residential serve fees or the expansion of the institutional medical facility after 2016 where on site services are targeted to a population for a single location through a contract entered into to a government agency a specific ordinances that was attend to address the issue at at my hospice on church street

that concludes my report thanks >> thank you commissioner antonini. >> yeah. i had a question so the ordinance it was permanent passed regarding a cu requirement only applies to the c-3 zone is that supervisor avaloss legislation. >> correct they duplicated a file because of an impending the interim controls that allow to market street madam chair rosales will put in permanent controls that require the units to get cu authorization thorough the removal they expired on march first, the fee portion should move forward while the other more where the costs and dbi had time to delight on the other issues that effects the city. >> so the rest of the city

remains a doctor but it is delayed two weeks. >> okay and commissioners, if there's nothing further we'll move on to general public comment not to exceed 15 minutes at this time, members of the public may address the commission to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission up to three minutes. i do have several speaker cards. >> okay. thank you. >> okay (calling names). >> good afternoon, commissioners

my name is robin a lifelong residents of san francisco i was born an cal listen street on potrero hill i come before representing neighbors regarding a project circling in the process the project addresses carolyn street for the same property and overflow room came before you in discretionary use authorization in 2002 at that time, the rules committee were strictly applied for the out of scope with the preservation of rear yard open space was you highly regarding our decision at the hearing an carolyn the proposed expansion of the existing building was out of scale for immediate and the context of the neighborhood the owner only want to build a 200 and 35 percent of the original

building he abandoned the project for 12 years times have changed and the footprint is in favor at is preservation of the sidelines the current projected project on carolyn street has been in play for two years and they have been pdrs were nonresponsive and other less formal communications with the project sponsor and the architect to bring this project to it a respectful skyline the project wants to get a plan approved as the same in 2002 he's close to achieving that gallows the pdrs 1, 2, 3 asked this floors to be removed the same in 2002 pdrs number had the fourth floor is allowed it was discovered by a architect that

the plans had discrepancies and inaccurate parcels the square footage for the subject building itself both of those misrepresentations have provided the architect and for expansion of the building and outside the scope of the neighborhood of the rear yard and respect the mid block open space the project was proposal to be the mravpts interpretation that that was on our street i'm sharing bog the noticed notice will be - it is too big for the neighborhood as ruled we ask for a review scrutiny for immediate context preservation of the rear yard and mid block open space and requiring 60 percent of lot coverage instead of 75 percent on behalf of the neighbors on

potrero hill thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioners my name is corey smith i'm a community organizer prepared a short video of the residents that support the avenues but are unable to come to the hearing. >> the (inaudible) in this quarter thank you my name is jason i'm a 4 year residents of noah valley i support the avenues ahbp all

our are you neighbors need more housi >> we need more housing but especially below-market-rate housi housing. >> (inaudible) my name is frank i live in the europe sunset my sdaut is an educator in san francisco schools and but she and her two daughters live with us because they can't afford housing in san francisco we need to build affordable housing for our

children the future every neighborhood niece to do their fair share. >> i'm karen as a member of the noah valley i support the ahbp because it is really a good planning program where the implementation is an ideal location it is served by transportation thank you. >> i've been impressed with the effort of the cd with the san francisco affordable housing bonus program i believe that it would help making housing for the real estate to have for the younger generation my name is tony and i'm totally support this program. >> own knowledge thank you.

>> next speaker, please. >> >> hello, i'm judith on january '78 i came to this commission and asked for a meeting on the affordable housing bonus plan we now have a meeting in district 11 which has been labeled as the district 9 and 11 meeting on february 16th i would like a meeting in district 9 this is a really big impact on bernal height and the streets there those are all designated around the hospital and the by on mission basically south of chavez and court land are designated as such

there - i also submitted written questions in early january and you had a meeting january 28th i guess staff provided information on the affordable housing bonus plan, however, when i look at the website before that meeting the answers to the questions from the public were on until december to all our meeting were in early january you learned what the questions were from the neighborhood and haven't provided what's-her-name to those questions it sounds like you're going to have your meeting february 25th and you have not yielded had a neighborhood meeting in go district 9 and i'd like and appreciate i guess a written responses to my questions before it comes before you again and i noticed that you a nice new budget you're putting in and one of the reasons you said in

terms of some of the oufkdz e oufgz the budget your reallocating a citywide mr. haney public outreach position to the cultural heritage district i hope the new budget actually provides resources for your department to do romantic organism that is of strong interest to the community i saw i wanted to touch on someone else on the agenda i noticed a development as 18 and another location that looks at fib about a number of developments you saw next to saint gregory's church and also a number 609 developments you can about that have come before you there is a school across the street in this development and boiling that is

in all asbestos would you, please make sure that there is good air quality of the construction of those two sites right next door to each other and across the street from the school and other parts thank you. >> my name is fran martin affiliated with the three associated with schlage our communicates i communities has high density open space there is one on leeland adjacent to mclaren park that has a 311 notice to build 25 hundred scare homes an african-american harder four an after-school programs will be forced to leave it is

one parcel and it runs the block the hayes valley is home to the heritage for the housing development a large population historically neglected this has sheltered with poverty and children at risk the john middle school within the block of leeland has a adjacent lot to mclaren park and on the map the visitacion valley the reality that mclaren park 19 in visitacion valley is steep and lots of trades and inaccurate parts the park much of the park is bar can't take down by different things the relatively small park lane add side middle school is the only space that is left for public use in visitacion valley

the 590 leeland will restore the desegregate as a consequence there are shadows up to 75 feet for pa that block and the leeland will destruct the corridor destroying destroying the individuals and no other assessable views the open space behind the church was part of planned park and offices the only flat air the leeland's education sits adjacent to the sites is it going to under go totaled rehabilitation with the garden next door and mclaren park parcel for the middle school will be redefined with paul mccartney to the landscaping of the unplanning process the community members will be getting to the environment center and particularly serving children of youth with the

community the grand park is citywide regional asset for the significant funding has been award with the 5 out of character building their environmental costs at sake degradation is not the best public advertiser we want you to know our concerns and to do more comprehensive studies thank you. >> i attend a meeting planning commission i'm a long time residents of san francisco in bernal height been here continue years i'm urging you urgent hely to have the affordable housing bonus plan you know in part i speak for myself of friends and neighbors who are evicted and priced out

of san francisco but i speak so far the organization he work for i have a senior roll in the foundation and our organization has severe problems trying to defend people civil liabilities but can't afford to pay high salaries like low income salaries to middle-income salaries our employees can't afford to live here we've been lucky we've been lucky because we had a fundraiser and be able to offer subsidies but our organized that paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to cover people's rent they need to be able to afford inform san francisco and other nonprofits are not so lucky we may not be so licking go next year we've done fundraising but without go middle-income housing and market-rate to address this

crisis organizations like ours will not be able to stay so, please act now thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners my name is jim and i'm a residence of visitacion valley and a member of the visitacion valley planning alliance i'm here to address the 590 leeland issue there is a lot of excuse me. a lot going on down there lots development as you may know. we're going to have an increase the 5 to 10 thousand new housing units the upcoming years and also ecology in our neighborhood they plan to expand their operations

and facility the mta have moved probation officer into the neighborhood without notice of our knowing it and the neighboring brisbane leeland will be built up at some point with a enormous consequence they're coming to our valley with the reward to the quality of life the 590 leeland project is not no r in keeping with the character and will he heavily impact our children and seniors our park experience and what we're trying to do to help improve our neighborhood we are asking that the city help our neighborhood in this situation thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners

my name is a shawn smith i'm a resident of san francisco a long time born and raised i live in visitacion valley been there for 23 years 2 were spent on leeland avenue i helped to facilitate the john king mclaren park garden that is available and kind of opposed to the building of 590 leeland's i look at how the children and the seniors are effected by these buildings they're about to be you know presented the community there were rather large and kind of how can i say they're big and obtaining sewer they take the children off the paul mccartney and put them the street the street that runs behind lee land is visitacion valley it is a highway the sense we're trying to get some type of pathways

that kid can take to and from school the public has on a access to leeland or other streets that is essential you take a look at it and see the beautiful area that is out there versus that the homes they're trying to build out there now which really don't i don't feel they qualify to be the discount u downtown but at the same time please consider that the natural beauty of this area the children's and seniors are the the ones that count and in in harm's way thank you and have a good afternoon. >> thank you. >> hi i will keep that brief i'm rob not a long time residents i moved here 5 years

the mission district and prior to moving to san francisco i was working as scientist in a.m. stare dam additional so you u saw how it can have a lot of population density so that's my boys that's where i'm coming from i'm here to throw my support behind the affordable housing bonus program it will be fantastic for san francisco and remind that that newcomers have a invested interest i see increasing supply the only long term solution thank you. >> is there any additional general public comment? >> good afternoon, commissioners depending on residents of the city of san francisco and i've acknowledged here 3 years i'm in support of affordable housing bonus program because

what makes it advocate versus a housing advocate that he want to phone call on attrition and stop evictions in order to get to the root of the problem you have to add supply of the dwelling units for the purchasing of two to three buildings and displacing the rent-controlled units and this particular program really targeted that to preserve the rent-controlled unit by preventing buyers from having the choose for them to pretty much the two to three buildings they're a quarter less to purchase nanny new construction or home therefore and also with the bonus program we surlg go into the neighborhoods in san francisco and take it in fill

parking lots, groerz abandoned gas stations and build a thirty to 40 percent affordable units by the number of units the building and want to make note in morning there was a report by the legislative analyst office that was the bay area from 2013 and it appears through their report that building market-rate housing actually prevents displacement versus a ban for supply the opposite that what some folks building in and too back in washington, d.c. they permitted some 7 and a half housing with dwelling units and able to dramatically reduce the amount of represents by

alexander's the permitted dwelling units i support the program i hope you do too thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners tom colleen on beef of the housing coalition you've heard some comments by the folks that couldn't be her on behalf of the affordable housing bonus program that remarkable hearing on that planning had on the affordable housing bonus plan i'll commissioners, we left off we're mystified and amazed at the opposition that is coming out for a very modest sensible program that is backed but i'm peculiarity research not out of a dark a place but a live analysis and the opposition has two flavors one i'llless i'm mystified that the friends at chu chu can't find a way port it

they've been consistent we need more permanently affordable housing and two it has to come from by market-rate and 3 on site not have this nonsense and 3 demands planning figured out a way to deliver just that and astonishing the reaction will be honestly we were just kwigd we don't support that after all at least their consistent they're saying a bad plan that will bring change to the neighborhood in that regard they are consistent we were gratified request the many housing never heard so much support more affordable housing it gives me one hope except it comps from

the place we support affordable housing just don't would build it a theoretical theme your staff figured out to t a plan that make sense in response to the density bonus law that is going to be visited here in san francisco my point is before link san francisco will be issuing density bonuses the only question will it be according to a plan that brings lots of benefits to san francisco from the form of enhanced affordability or the scrip down density bonus law that is absolutely law and will begin to take effect here support - i want to state in uneventual terms how, how the city has done it is done the city a lot of

credit. >> is there any additional public comment? >> public comment is closed. >> just curious jonas how long was that it was - >> 24 minutes. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> a couple of points first, i met emry rogers and aaron star yesterday afternoon and it was confusing about the affordable housing bonus plan was the fact that many parcels in the mission district 9 were not xeroxed sdoerndz so to the commenter from district 9 i didn't observe the parcels i think perhaps time permitting i'll recommend a meeting there are a lot more paralyzes or parcels than any of us realized pistol time permitting for staff but a

surprise and the gentleman if you can sernt sends us a link to that article i'd like to read it thank you. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further we'll move on to item 6 rezoning noah valley town square a planning code amendment. >> game-changer from supervisor wiener will introduce the item and i'll provide you with a recommendation. >> good afternoon, commissioners jeff legislative aide to to supervisor wiener thank you for hearing the items today i'll let the staff really do the delays but this has to do with with the noah valley town square project in noah valley if you're not familiar it doubt i came out with the parking lot on

24th street and noah valley faechlz was held for year and put up for sale the community came together and came up with a plan to have the city purchase the city for open space and to reserve preserve the existing space for farmer's market and for property line fundraising it a improved the site for the community space it is a great supervisor wiener authorized offered the legislation to purchase this site it was unanimously approved by the board and unanimously working with the agencies and the rec and park did a good job and everyone working together to really bring forward this great project and we're moving along this piece of legislation is crucial to moving forward and i just want to express

supervisor wiener's support for both the specific legislation but the project in general thank you for your time. >> commissioner burns the item before you is a planning code amendment to rezone noah valley square from its current noah valley commercial districts to public and open space it is currently used a parking lot and a weekly farmer's market the subject parcel was required by rec and park for park purposes following the community engagement in converting the lot to american people open space to convert it was what did you do grants from the called national agency and others recommend the approval and the department for the rezoning to the public and opinion it allows to the creation of.

>> new public space the funding and general plan the proposed will allow for the open space designation by the land owned by the governmental agency chufd open space open space are intended to have a purpose of open space with future development in any characterization should be limited it will insure the lot open space that concludes my presentation. and i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> stacey bradley from rec and park is available for questions. >> great thank you. >> opening it up for public comme comment. >> so i do have a couple of cards maybe i've come up already (calling names). >> i'm not supervisor yee can

commissioners i'm todd david's the president for the noah valley town square and part of the process for creating the open space an amazing process where is started with a group group of obvious standing outside of farmer's market and we had over 6 hundred people individuals do not to the project and from there were able to through supervisor wiener go monthly support get the project just for the open space fund and had support from leader pelosi office and national funding we have support from senator leno's office that is been a public-private partnership that worked from a tlirdz grader approach me with a $5 bill to hundreds of thousand dollars and

million dollars so you know this project has really strong grassroots support the neighborhood and we really fled this to pass in order to moving the ball forward thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> sorry to miss pronunciation your last time last name. >> i'm with the san francisco parks alliance we're excited about the project and here to see that move forward and seen a variety the controversial projects this is not one of them this is due to the robust community engagement process eased we're here to wholeheartedly support it thank you. >> good afternoon my name is jessica and i'm here as a residence of the noah valley a neighbor, and someone

probation officer who is fully in support of this sdoerns rezoning district api i've seen from a neighborhoods prospective everyone comes together and like to take a moment to commend everyone from my neighbors to todd to supervisor wiener, and really the parks alliance and everyone that is part of its been wonderful to see this moving forward it has been many years it seems like it's not been many at all but. >> wonderful to see us come together you behind something that is wonderful for the neighborhood and kids the design is wonderful, they have been many community mergers i've attended and appreciated that we've felt we have a stake in that and be able to give feedback through the various

channels and faefrment farmer's market is a wonderful asset for people to come i think this be will be a valuable spots on times 24th street corridor we'll have neighbors mixing with tourists coming in and mixing with the farmer's market folks and this i'd like to encourage you to keep this again as we said the ball moving forward one of the last major procedural steps for us so looking forward to sitting with any coffee from margaret's there the town square maybe music or watching the kids play and i think that is again, a wonderful assets for the community thank you for your time and consideration. >> thank you. is there any additional public comment okay noirts public comment is closed. >> commissioner moore. >> it is great to hear a success story for everyone that

put their foot forward to make this happen i hope you'll teach lessons learned many neighborhoods because of increasing the heartening and educations and lots of open space together with the growing population in room to create others your story is really what it takes and i'll hope you'll tell it i strongly recommend approval. >> it operationally is that a motion. >> second. >> commissioner antonini. >> just a question for staff or the project sponsor i assume the parking lots will no longer be there and this will be a park; is that correct. >> that's correct. >> okay. i'm very supportive it seems to be wide neighborhood support and i'm sure they've looked at the impacts of the loss of those parking spaces i you don't know that val

visitacion valley one of the hardest places to find parking so obviously in or if this is what the neighborhood wants it is most importantly to have this park. >> that's correct supervisor. >> commissioner vice president richards and i'm incredibly supportive of the project i want to thank the citizens that get the donation and never underestimate the power you have so incredible jobs. >> there is a motion that has been seconded to adopt a recommendation for approval think outside the box commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner vice president richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes announcing 4 to zero and places you on item 7 this is a final fiscal year 2016 through 2018 work program for

our adaptation. >> thank you john rahaim department staff today, we're here to ask for your approval for the departments fiscal year 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 budgets we have prepared and memo we sent to you after the last hearing that will answer questions from that hearing and tom will go over those answers the bottom line it is the budget is increasing intunt the vast majority of churches will be new instead of and expenditures for computers and monitored and all the associated costs of having new staff come to the department we're asking for your approval as tom will tell you the bucket goes to the mayor outline departments have to summit by february 22nd so we're asking for your approval and tom will

go over the details to your questions thanks. >> thank you. good afternoon. i'm tom department staff i'll do a high-level recap i went over last week and respond to questions at the meeting on the revenue side our budget proposed to increase if 41 employed living million dollars plus to 48 the majority of 88 percent from the fees from the building permits and planning applications the signages in this number the 35 to 42 point plus the current volume of the applications and building permits and parking space applications wear receiving will continue until this year we assumed the 4er percent growth above that consistent with the economic growth is being assumed

at the 0 federal, state, and local as well as the 2.92 percent cpi in the planning code and the administrative code on the church side as mentioned the largest increases in the salary and fringe related to the new positions we're proposing the budget as well as an increase in the material and supplies and non-personal services our contracts i'll not go into detail think outside the box that on the position side as i went through last week we're proposing 14 new ftes that annually the majority are in of the current mr. haney environmental division to address the application and building permits there we have two positions for new policy initiatives in throughout the department and it 40 two for progressing and two for

communicated community outreach. >> one of the questions about the delayed of the salary and fringe costs of next year the salary and fringe will increase $6 million and about a third of that is related to the new positions we're propose over $2 million almost a million dollars of that from annual listing salaries for positions we've received last year the full year costs of positions about $800,000 is related to salary increases we're negotiated in all the labor contractors that was a salary increase in october of last year so we have to pay the full cost next year and a salary there for all staff a one percent in fringe benefits that is related to health plans as well as the retiree health costs

when the mayor rallied e released the budget a large chunk of the deficit assuming is related to the increased costs for the retiree health benefits and $400,000 in miscellaneous this is all that the staff goes through the salary the job classes and the materials and supply budget the proposed $950,000 is broke down 0 would into 200 thoughts for equipment that the staff used to replace deck tops and monitors those were not included a one time expenditure of one hundred plus thousand dollars to buy 20 computers for staff that use modeling software 3-d a larger processing capacity

than that we normally have the computers that the rest of staff used you'll see that reduction for 2030 or 2017-2018 an increase for office supplies because the additional staff that's come on board and being proposed we're doing space remodeling to accommodated those people you'll see the 78 and $60,000 for the article plaque and the remainder and the cpi and all the office supplies and toner and postage and that kind of office material on the contracts side you see about a $2.3 million the contracted budget most of contracts as you can see from the list is for work in the long-range to work on policy and program initiatives that will

happen next year there's a recommendation that the department consider adopting a performance measure that looked at profits improvement i went over last week we're proposing 25 now performance measures the budget as we revamp our measurement program so you'll work with the rest of the manages to create a performance measure that a long time ago process and improvements and those or were the quiz asked last week that concludes my presentation. as john said we requested you recommend the option of the budget a resolution that was priority in your packet. >> okay. thank you. >> opening it up for public comment i don't see any any public comment on this item? >> commissioner vice president richards. >> i really appreciate director and staff for being attuned to public comment it

does a great job for the future and getting through the work needed today i like the process improvements the fte i think we need engagement for the fte i like the fact that the performance process improvements will be measured i like this bucket a lot and move to approve. >> second. >> commissioners to adopt a recommendation commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner vice president richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to zero and places you on item 8 for the transportation sustainability an update on transportation to demand management and this is an informational presentation

>> good afternoon, commissioners commissioner president fong and commissioner vice president richards it is my enormous privilege to come to you to talk about this very exciting ongoing effort to modernize and keep san francisco a leader on a how we review fund and think about and address the transportation impacts of the new development or so here we are today at the next step in the forest you've heard about several times we'll talk about two related programs one is the reform of the metrics we use to consider transportation centuries this is level of service and the second is a proactive transportation management program we're doing early outreach with a mind towards an

ordinance that will come will be introduced at the board of supervisors the spring so how are those related how we're proposing to move from where we are now is calculating the congestion from new emit during the time development but to a place we're seeking active reductions of auto trips to kickoff the presentation carli if san francisco mta is going to start out he's the transportation transportation demand management at sfmta manager and will talk about our efforts to date. >> thank you sarah good afternoon commissioner president fong and commissioner vice president richards and members of the commission and i'm larry carly if sfmta i'm delighted to

be here with you today to provide information on the next step for the next phase-in 9 testimony testimony as sarah mentions the tsp is a major agency to improve the transportation and accommodate new growth the efforts has involved the mta and planning, and also the county transportation authority and office of economic workforce development and the city attorney's office today, we're providing updates about all the components and really seeking our feedback on one in particular ohoh - >> we have slides for you. >> they're getting executed up great, thank you. >> so anyone who has been on the streets of san francisco or in transit during rush hour our

transportation system is feeling the stretch it's a great place to work and visited but have work to help people get around not just the people living and working and visiting san francisco but we're expecting substantial growth over the next thirty years up to one and thirty thousand new holders household and 90 thousand new jobs much is in your pipeline this growth leads to further demands on the transportation the good news is that san francisco is already hard at work making investments to expand service and infrastructure across the city the tsp focus is on calling on new development development to

make a contribution to help shape the transportation behavior and pushing and enabling people to make smart choices so to that end the testimony testimony has 3 components sarah jones will come up and give you an update on the first one aligned the level of service reform modernizing the view but others will come up to present a proposed transportation testimo transportation demand management it focuses on what can be provided oust in terms of transportation amenities to encourage sustainable travel behavior from tenants, residents and visitors and the third aspect of the tdm tm /* /-

transportation demand management currently introduce revisions that the board of supervisors so sarah will discuss align component now thank you thank you carly. >> what are we aligning we're doing here in terms of our level of service we're aligning our environmental review with the city's overall with the land use committee as you recall if prior presentations the city is working for many years on removing a level of service and as it is medics for measuring the impact of car use this is because of the level of

service is not a have workable or useful way to measure the environmental review of cars i'm not going to cover all the reasons today, the reason for that mainly i'm here to let you know that the state has taken a lot of steps to bring level of service reform across california and i'm here to introduce to you what the city can do to move the direction and remain a leader the area so legislation passed in 2013 with the senate bill this legislation required the removal of parking and aesthetics if the ceqa documents for more projects in san francisco as is planning commission has seen it requires

the removal or removal of automobile there a with another metrics that was mandated to go through a role making process under ceqa so since 2013 california's office of planning reach as representative outreach and process to amend the ceqa guidelines most recently both the staff published the draft for the ceqa guidelines this happened on january 20th and this is the draft they're intending to put forward to the right away agency so substantially we know where the state is going on transportation impact analysis what 24 draft and previous draft is that vehicle miles traveled is an appropriate mechanism to replace the level of service so

given the representative service and that really this is a change that is coming our way and that san francisco now has an opportunity to take the lead and recognizing the value of what the state has done in prompting a different view how people get around in the future we're proposing a resolution on march third to consider making this change in san francisco at that point in time so we remember the state is substantively procedurally san franciscans move ahead of the state ♪ effort so a little bit of an introduction to what vehicle miles travel you'll see this a lot it is singularly measuring the distance that a project

might cause people to drive a project that is geared towards single occupant automobile use and located a long ways away you'll see this a good way to measure the surthat is emissions and green house gas emissions and lack of efficient use of lands and the all the impacts that are associated with a lot of driving so a little bit of introduction to where o p r is going with the guidelines first of all, for transportation projects a lot of discussion about this has focused on the land use projects but perhaps bigger implication when it comes to transportation projects like bicycle lanes and transit improvements transportation projects that encourage reluctance d m t the

traffic impacts not, significant to fill continue to assess all of the potential environmental impacts of such projects we've not consider congestion to be one of the significant impacts many of the transportation projects that are implemented in san francisco today associated with important policies like vision zero would meet this criteria and not considered traffic impacts as we're seeing the land use projects we'll talk about that now residential and office building the state is proposing we compare car the vehicle miles traveled that will be expected a fabulous that is very easy and straightforward to calculate we compare to the regional average

for the most part our vehicle miles traveled are half of the 9 county bay outreach 0 from that stand point the state is asking that cities use a threshold of 15 percent blow the regional average and the projects in san francisco do tend to be and i first and foremost will be below that not considered to have traffic related impacts we'll continue to consider all of the other transportation related go aspects what is it doing to traffic and safety only the part that the level of service that takes a lot of time to calculate and not a useful measure of the

projects impacts that we will move away from. >> so what is the state proposed to do if a project steady the d m t and not consider congestion and impact anywhere we're no a place where the systems we'll have now can't continue we can't sustain the traveled behavior that is happening today so we're looking at transportation to transportation demand management to reduce the generation to reduce single occupant vehicles and i'm going to turn it over to wade who is going to do go through 9 transportation transportation demand management of the program. >> thank you sarah commissioner president fong and

commissioner vice president richards commission i'm really excited to be here today sarah talked about an effort the city has been working onramp over a decade to really as she said align what we analyzed to make sure what we measure really matters and i'm here to talk about something this city has been working on for several decades as well as others cities across the country but an updated approach that is transportation demand management or tdm that is will measures that make it easier for residents and workers to travel up even though city by more sustainable modes of transportation above and beyond what is required under your planning code and shown in table one of the staff report we're proposing to do this through a tdm ordinance

so the overall goals the goal of tdm ordinance and the overall goal the program to keep people moving as the city grows this program will help do that by reducing vehicle trips traveled and additional benefits like better environmental outcome and improve public health and the process and this ordinance will be structured in that there will be the ordinance itself that will really provide the policy direction and state that, in fact, tdms reduce the vehicle miles but reference the implementation document that will live outside of the ordinance percent those implementations documents will include a lot of the details i'll go over in this presentation and the reason they live outside the ordinance itself is that the tdm field is

daufks we're learning information of the effectiveness of the technology and such that for example, 15 years ago we didn't know about car share and car share is a measure in the tdm field more recently bicycle safety is something that was around in the united states up to 5 years ago now a measure we want to be nimble and responsive and up to date to reflective this field it is envisioned the manufacture will be adapted that is similar in the guidelines and the commission guide for formula retail. >> so there are 3 main lemons of the ordinance the first is and i say ordinance the documents the first is target those are targets but individual

developer has to meet that are aimed at reducing the vehicle miles travel in single occupancy vehicle trips based on the off-street places carli talked about a lot of the constraints facing our transportation system particularly our roadway capacity restraints every new vehicle that is at on the system creates greater constraint we need to be as efficient and sustainable as possible and there's a relationship between the number of vehicles or the number of parking spaces on a site and a number of vehicles that come to the site therefore if a project provides more parking it needs to provide for tdm measures to calm down

that strong incentive to drive to the site so the targets that are 0 shown on the slide are worked on by staff and going to numerous examples but essentially parked between zero and 20 spaces you'll have a that have the thirty how a project does that and every 10 additional spaces you'll provide one more point retail given for trip turnover than an office project the bar for the number of spaces is lower so zero to 4 is 9 points and every two spaces for an additional point and other land use we are working on but somewhere the concept i've described exemptions we're proposing 3 exceptions 100 percent

affordable housing and dwelling units i'll say on the dwelling unit suicides we overflow room went out to the public a couple months ago proposing 20 units and got feedback on cumulative concerns from projects and above and we want to be consistent with other code requirements related to tdm we're proposing 10 units non-residential less than 10 thousand square feet grairthd we are proposing that it acts similar to old planning code amendments that is a project not been issued a building permit from the planning department they'll, subject to the ordinance so how would a developer go and meet those targets through a memo of options where a project sponsor will select from measures that best fit the need

providing flexibility the memo includes thirty measures that all reduce single occupancy trips and those are under the control of the developer sponsor tdm is a large field that works on a lot of xhoementsz for the city the city is responsible for pricing and this is about what a developer controls and the planning commission can really weigh in on so each measure in those 8 categories - is assigned a pointed value their based on the relative measure to each other we're working on the values their grounded in literature and best practices research and our own research the city and from the end such signage and to the

medium to the high ends and abundance of the supplies and reduced parking. >> so this is an example project where the project hypothetical example in the dog patch neighborhood with 44 dwelling units the project builds 14 parking spaces therefore their subjected to 13 points under code today they'll give 5 points for bicycle parking and the lanes separating the costs of lanes from the unit and under the next row the parking supply management it is really structured in a way to be consistent with other planning codes provisions and dbtsz design team so the area is 3 housing unit 4 spaces per unit

to get points you need to be parked at or below the neighborhood and the projects is parked half that they get points thank you add those up 11 points and needs two additional the same project hypothetically has parked at what the maximum is allowed 33 parking spaces again under code they get 5 points and then under that parking supply zero points parked i'm sorry what the neighborhood is parked at they have to make up and do additional measures with the examples and lastly and quickly the third component or main element of this is not only making sure that the measures we're were providing sponsors respect but the measures that

sponsors they commit to have happening the sponsor will go to the website and find out their target and selection the measures as part of their project and submit those to the planning department's as part of applications become part of project city staff recommends manufacture as conditions of approval before you and you will approve the project substantially building permits get issued the project is built and then city staff will do a preoccupancy measure to make sure they're in place and a documentation that lives online item completes concurrently city staff will do research to make sure those measures are effective and update our memo

over time and be nimble so the next steps we'll take the feedback from you and do anymore outreach and the hope to introduce an actual ordinance at the board this spring and then that will come back before you for your recommendation recommending approval after that today, we're interested the refrainment and it will be the exemption and grandfathering with that thank you opening it up for public comment not seeing

any, public comment is closed. >> thank you staff for working on it carli and sarah and others i guess only planning people get excited this program has positive positive benefits i think it make sense and one of the interesting things it resulted in a better analysis better addressing impacts and a shorter analysis a double wham i didn't a huge benefit how we do transportation analysis and the level of service as sarah mentioned we'll bring a level of service change and a resolution next month not requiring legislation only to direct the staff how to change that i hope commissioner johnson is listening this is something she's very interested and how we

do the transportation analysis i hope she's here for the future would oat e vote this is something close to her and she's interested one of the things that is interesting about the tdm program is it helps us to trailer how the parking situation and based the point system on that so it gives me the developers flexibility but still allows for tayloring the projects and, in fact, allows the developer memo options that can be updated it provides flexibility and you the option of looking at projects in different way but a simple online tool so a number that strong processes benefits to this program as well making sure that the projects are consistent with the entire neighborhood so we're excited.

>> commissioner antonini. >> thank you for a very good report i have a few thoughts first of all, i agree that vehicle miles traveled is a much better mefksz than l o s but be careful how we do the analysis for example, i'll i want to put that out there hundred parking spaces you have assigned arbitraryly based on the system you're using and figure out that. >> however, it maybe actually eliminate vehicle miles traveled let's assume that many of the residents in this particular building had lived in suburban areas and work in san francisco for example, a couple that would or lived in walnut creek they

walk to work they don't drive they've eliminated vehicle miles traveled so i think you'll have to have some kind of follow-up when a project is finished you do an analysis of the residents of this project is this accurate with what the miles you'll assign because theoretically some of the buildings we built in san francisco are actually eliminating miles traveled because the residents are not not only closer to work but culture and restaurants all the things they used to drive into san francisco and now walk to or carbon monoxide take their cars out their cars maybe more used for storage and the one thing that makes it difficult for san francisco that goes without scaring saying but a lot of hills not a lot of subways and

we're a conduit for a lot of vehicles coming from the north bay or to the peninsula will come through here anyways much the traffic problems are vehicles has nothing to do with with san francisco other than travel through so be careful you take into consideration those elements is that you can't control and divide up the traffic for businesses and shopping and other things things and separate it from the conduit and a aging population people are less apt to ride bicycles and more limited how far we walk so that will make that more difficult the other part of it if we encourage businesses to located

intied e inside of vehicles we'll have for example, the amazing link in a building on second street and howard and many of the employees in that building already live in san francisco so instead of those employees driving to their peninsula they'll be walker walking to work those companies this provide housing where the campuses are the better evaluation put the campuses where they live and want to live they can provide all the housing they president in sunnyvale but can't force them we have to be encouraging improvements in our transit like i read recently they're thinking of underground the m if wvrlt to park merced that makes a lot of sense and a

lot of people will ride that and ride it more efficiently they have to work with bart to develop services in san francisco because mark farrell putting in more bus routes they compete with the traffic will not speed things up but the iowa's way your measuring is a good way take into consideration the effects and make sure you have a way that is easier matrix is a good one or bad one. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> this is a great shift in policy from a valued prior priority that was timing of intersections to priority for the future on the impact of the vehicle trips i do think i'm glad to hear i've been beating there drum a

co-relations between parking trips and i can't wait to see the data it is a huge step forward in terms of enforcement we'll call it moornt but over time someone says they'll do x it is plus 3 and 5 whatever to make sure indeed 38 they are in terms of enforcement and take the directors comments to heart it is more effective and shorter way to get to the environmental review take off months that is a huge win i like the fact of the commissioner antonini's type of feedback loop i'm not sure if it is go backed in but come back what a feedback loop indeed this is what is happening and if it isn't we'll fine-tune i support

moving forward with this thank you. >> commissioner hillis. >> so i agree with the commissioners comments so for a we think the b m t based on actual data or the states kind of requires us to make. >> great question if i get anything wrong any colleague at the san francisco municipal transportation agency will chime in but essentially the vehicle miles traveled we light a tool it the transportation authority has a tour based modeling the entire bay area and based on all the transportation analysis zones the bay area it is representatives density and access to transit all the things that effect travel behavior and provides estimates so what percentage the vehicles are or

what percentage the trips are made by vehicle the number of people that be or are the vehicle, and then the distances they travel so it provides estimates for all the different zones throughout the bay area and what we plan on doing is looimth those maps and that data to estimate the individual promotions vehicle miles. >> we'll do the fine-grain with a project that is cloers to bart station will score better. >> almost third we'd like to show you those maps. >> and then the kind of regional or state level obviously that is encouraging great development of the coarse of urban areas a what is so - somewhere out in concord there is a project that didn't score well what happens. >> that's a great question.

>> that's why push back from the jurisdictions or simple develops because today, we do l o s it punishes the development a small amount of vehicle trips into the system can create numerous impacts a stronger development there's no delay so you can have a bunch of vehicles today the city we try to mitigate and alternatives and eirs to reduce that the fire chief if we have less than sixth the sprawl of development they'll have to come up with alternatives alternative locations or come up with mitigation measures like the tdm measures we've talked about. >> thank you very much scomploer and i'm impressed how quickly you're starting to

bridge the major different it is really apples and oranges and we're able to focus on what we need to do and still make that equality across the rest of state what impresses me the it is logical and easy to understand not being a transportation planner and appreciate the clarity which you said you can see visibly of the trade offs the one question i've asked repeatedly where are we leaving those many undocumented measures like hoover and lifting and the increased obvious use of tour buses and shuttle that have an impact where do we see them

and give push back and acknowledgement to their impact. >> so on our memo that is an toechlt to the staff report the transportation network company that uber's and lyft's not a measure we're considering as part of memo i don't know if michael or carly can speak to whether or not the city is analyzing the impacts of those beneficial or negative impacts of the types of vehicles on the system if you have any knowledge about that michael. >> sorry to put you on good afternoon michael principal planner at the transportation authority we are praicht in a research study by the uc berkley through the research safety center looking at national numbers including san francisco to get a

sense of are those services adrc vehicles trips to the network or reducing and we will be participating with that, i think that through the most of this year and have results later the year separate citywide team working on our long-range transportation planning that will be soon enough later this year looking at the players and have in our system and what we want to help to achieve our goals like vehicle miles traveled. >> the only point i'll make there is a theoretical model and practicality for example, bart the academy of art i'm effected by the ends of classes of different size at the most impossible time of the day circulating with no passengers at peek hours and on and on and

on and bringing them into the idea of transportation management and impact management that is the question for me. >> good afternoon commissioner moore in my view what you're question speaking to an important issue i don't want to lose that there is only one piece of transportation analysis that we are seeking to change which is the question of the level of intersections there is still a lot of issues around transportation on a projecting and a more problematic basis so those questions about site circulation would be a piece of is one engage i see the transportation demand management ordinance structure we're

considering now is that as opposed to to now we know late in the process what kinds of mechanisms the project sponsor will use and the parking spaces provided we'll have that information early on and consider it in the analysis of progress. >> thank you for explaining i want to raise the babe bar those people that will be building the buildings i want to make sure that those other people participating in the city that is panes to transportation that they participate with equal measures and other accountable 6 what they're doing. >> director rahaim. >> want to reconfirm the budget you approved earlier has a position specifically dloefts to the tdm program and actually a second position for next year that will be used for enforcement and monitoring

and also research so we can constantly update 40 the idea for the tdm that will be embedded the code you can change it more quickly depending on the results of research the idea that will constantly evolve and grow and change okay. >> if nothing further that concludes this item and commissioner moore we have 5 of us if we take a couple of mini breaks we'll survive so the commission will take a 5 minute break. >> good afternoon and welcome back to the planning commission

back to the planning commission regular hearing. thursday, february 11, any kind. proceedings. and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. xhefgs commissioners, we left off under your regular calendar for tome 9 at harrison street that is an impact fee waiver >> game-changer matt smith with the definite before i get started on any presentation supervisor kim's office it her i'll let her say a couple of words and then i'll start my presentation. >> good afternoon commission april from supervisor kim's i'm here on behalf of the supervisor to express my so for the for the

impact fee private partnerships wire looking forward to activate and enlighten the western soma part of your district the periphery has link advocated for public gathering spaces for residents workers and investors a place to hang out and meet in a green clean save public space i want to commends bill inc. and the members of the community to put for the forgot this vision the supervisor attended a workshop and has before embraced with the communities outreach and support you mean the interact almost no parks or public open space and needs more the supervisor has pushed for an open space task force to identify places the western soma in particular and that there add to the public

school spouse spacing if the western soma and it will be a place of rich lgbtq and even though history is recognized and that is an important part of should be commended and hopefully, will will be fun that the neighborhood can all participate in i know one of the things that the build inc. contributed not only to the design and of the plaza but the maintenance and activation of the space that is long term so our support is it to again support evil plaza that meets the important be lgbtq and helps to address this high quality

public space thank you very much commissioners. >> thank you. >> thank you commissioners the proposal before you is for a fee waiver for $1 million accomplice an in kind agreement to constrict a plaza within the right-of-way between bernice and harrison commonly or to be called believe plaza on harrison through the project i've approved last september between the western selma area part of the eastern neighborhoods before i go into the backward the in kind agreement in our analysis why we're proposing it i want to brought to your attention the revised motion that was sent to you yesterday and handed utah to you quickly for the record what

we're making those adjusts we want to be clear for the conditions of approval that a final approval rests with other agency probably most likely the department of building inspection not building inspection but the department of public works so condition one ties your approval with the attached plans indicates that the final plan designs will be approved by public works but at the same time any significant things that weight of the testimony binge that back the findings condition number 2 we want to change that into a finding and intended to condition it there is a declaration of maintenance covenant pits on the property ms. dpw jurisdiction question

want to indicate this mechanism that was for damaging even though move forward but whether or not that mechanism gets played out again rests with the major imprisonment permit the project sponsor will pursue that is with public works or any of the future agency having jurisdiction and similarly the last condition this is just to indicate that the intention of planning to include this project within the city's plaza program and additional items that clarify to the administrative code. >> okay. back to the background and analysis as you may know planning code section 423 enables the project sponsors instead of paying a fee they can apply. a fee waiver with the same value as in kind agreement you adopt

the criteria to evaluate the in kind fees with the planning buildings this meets the criteria it meets the western selma area plan and one of the identity priority projects to the green 12th street it is eligible for eastern neighborhoods funding as an open space the project as automotive heard enjoys strong support amongst the eastern neighborhoods citizens advisory committee does support the project and voted 10 out of 10 members to support it the project sponsor has submitted to the planning department 200 plus letters indicating support it's been reviewed by the planning department actually not the planning department or soss but the entering agree with the

citizens advisory committee with members of the planning of all divisions and mta from the project management and their permitting wing they approved this in concept with the vrnz that, of course, it will go through a encroachment permit the project sponsor has begun discusses with other city family and the fire and public works and the arts commission so therefore the planning department believes that this is a very good project one we strongly support and we urge you to approve the motion before you as revised i will let project sponsor build inc. glow the details thank you >> good afternoon, commissioners michael on behalf

of build inc. i wanted to acknowledge bill commissioner president dwight a collaboration before b between 9 nonprofit place making section and michelle the digester of design work all to say they're here if you have very specific questions own the specific design materials palate and landscaping that have i'll go relatively quick i want to say that this has been an absolute fun process albeit a long one amazing to take the different elements the needs for green space and the need to commemorate a long stand community lgbtq and our general

desire to engage this is as manifestation of that hopefully, you'll know the site this is a unique little piece of western soma a perfect place for this kind of street to plaza 12th street sack criminally light in traffic within of the first things that is an 80 foot wide thoroughfare it is well served by harrison and those networks of alleys by division a perfect place to do something special that doesn't disruptive disrupt traffic i'll not dwell we'll talk about the deep community engagement i'd like to say we reached out to

pretty much everyone from the defibrillating coalition on 19th street to the leather community and i'd like to say an incredibly acholic beverage relationship with the friends of the eagle the site i'll not spent a lot of time but the development alter parking lot that services the b m w was an outdoor patio and an outside bar and a 3 unit residential unit when we had a great relationship with the hoa and owners we were looking food for thought the designs some combination for the green in an alley initially a shared way component that project will lead a one way path important cars

and bicycles or bikes to move slowly perhaps in the long run as the community gets used to the green space a second look at the fuel closure but an incredible appreciative that is proportionately how the i belive plaza compares to the patricia green walk i walk it everyday it is not perfect but i'll say those shared wave theirs save people walk and cross and it is seamless when shared waivers waves are done right this is a smaller site a larger green only area compared to patricia's green a community favorite we hope we become the patricia's green of soma i don't know. i

need to tell you the needs for the. >> (speaking chinese.) in patricia's is well documented and real that is some of the overwhelming statistics an unbelievable lack the green space land. green space is strooerld expensive so one great way to accomplish that finally how do you celebrate a culture heritage not necessarily architecture this is one of the questions how not make it disneyland we don't want that we don't want to bottle culture it is secondly, unattractive we're building something new that talks about the heritage culture it is a great gathering place and colonel ration for this unique culture and happens to be

next to the eagle one of the active gathering places for leather culture so these are the challenges the lack of open space, land through open space acquisition and residential development to commemorates the investment heritage that is real and living we believe that is a great solution a positive solution a little bit about the dimensions of the site about 81 by 1 and 46 give or take a good size and look at collaboratively with the community and our professional team we look at everything how to accommodate a range of use passive and active and want this to be green and flexible we looked at the angle this is an amazing warm and sunny place and look at the wind

and noise and traffic circulation and stormwater we'll be doing a lot of stormwater diversion here we looked at some of the palate how to not be disneyland and the elk and at the leather some of the elements by the think we subtly integrated without making this too obvious we heard loud and clear it is funny how these happen rec and park said we love our projects that is too them hard escape a big push at the end of the process to bring in more green and heard please don't do lawns their expensive and we don't like them the palate is a native effort but the point this is a place to have a quiet moment not

just for parties so there are two zones really that are emerged on the left this is much more green and on the right active flexible that is where we call affecting the believe for fundraisers and gather and cafe we're proposing the building across the street lots of eyes on the plazas and those are two major groups and this is a more refined breakdown of the program from eagle porch to the respite and recreation and on the north side of the plaza we're proposing that there is a food truck space to be rotated and there is a commitment to have a keeping you informed eco outlook we need to

- and finally the plan it is trying not to be pronounciated we've designed a plaza to be closed on special days and be a single pedestrian place or closed and car can move slowly the car is the guest it is adapted active easy to imagine this a pedestrian splap and the images of the shared way merging with the form and you'll see in a minute gone out of our way to connect the palate and

commissioner moore at one point called out i want to insure we have a visible k connection the plazas speaks to the plazas and one of the ideas one of the quick comments the eagle porch some of those look sandy a moveable platforms they can be staged there recent a top debris that is interrogating this will have a typography as a view and restraining orders are some of the images we hope to achieve the future the palate is i like to call the leather plaza it is durable but quotes and high quality and delineated from the standard concrete and looking at could commiserg