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you understand what i'm saying because i work as as farther our what i'm saying today that is we're not addressing the common footprint and lick fax and flooding nine hundred tons of meth gas into the atmosphere pursue in the year 2016 we can have real the data on this things now we're talking about transportation and it factors in he know that we have the big one
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and before that we have to be prepared to have sound transportation that takes us from one place to another so i'd like to speak but director reiskin with a letter of authority i'll bring sent it to you to have preserve for the future thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> (calling names) herbert wiener do board is free to throw a history i didn't fit after my statement bus stops have bang eliminated on the grounds of making them run faster i believe that stops and lincoln way have been eliminated if i'm not mistaken and this is adversely impacts on
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people that previously walk long blocks and now walk longer ones so i say with the progress and making the buses run faster a receipt of cruelty and contempt towards the seniors and the contamination you have to correct the hardship it sloouks solution is offered as a remedy to a problem that could have been prvenltd those changes should not have been implemented instead of the solutions the parties have become part of problem itself and while the planners and the related parties get great salvation from the above their
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defeating themselves when they look into the anywhere they may not see a reflective next item, please. >> good afternoon. i'm larry kaplan a taxi driver here in the city and county of san francisco for the past 36 years full-time and for the past 10 years a san francisco medallion taxi driver medallion holder so i guess what i have to say is simple i'm here to implore you to waive the upcoming annual medallion fees this year you heard it in various forms before i'll put it this way the taxi business in san francisco has bang tolerantly destroyed
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and the livelihood of the taxi drivers has been completely devastated i used to be able to make a living in the town i can't make a living here anymore the allowed uber and lyft to invade the city the way they have is nothing short of a cancer many nobody at the state level or the city level has done anything about i do remember a few years ago when it seems to me the city as essential hell believability that moneyizing the medallions and the city has nothing done nothing for a medallion they're worthless nobody wanted to buy or lease a medallion we're hooking most of the time most of us don't have the thousand dollars to pay for the renewal
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fee what will happen we're very, very unhappy about the situation i mean to have the rug pulled out from underneath you is a horrific thing you've counted on something for many years and put your life into it and suddenly it's gone thank you very much. >> next speaker, please. >> somebody needs to come to the microphone. >> yes. >> are we using a 0 clock today because that clock is not working again how many minutes do we get to today. >> 3. >> i want to start off with number 07 on my list because wheelchairs have lost a taxi service that uber and lyft do
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not support and you kind of let that taxi service go so if you recommend a lawyer i'd like to sue the city for allowing them to fall apart you must know professionals and 1/3rd let's get to number one third of the piece of pie is a large portion of that pie 1/3rd of wheelchairs used for ramps on the buses okay. and if you're sitting in a new one without a ram your moving this way or that way it is very uncomfortable not right and should we should have are real locks also a handicap light only the back of the bus to say that the rack is being engaged and next overhead i have to switch this will takes
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the slant in the ramps that are coming out the overhead please which the middle can yes there we go. >> and move up this is part of what i'm saying when the new buses have that middle ramp it is a tough one you, you have to go up a hill again and go up backwards they need to open up their ramp and the bus needs to be lowered at the same time the rattles there are no reason that new bus of 27 miles rattles like a trap we don't have any - i on intersections of the
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mechanics did a good job on it. >> i have 3 minutes. >> you have 2 mr. chairman the last person to address you under general public comment. >> okay. so moving on. >> to cds calendar, are considered to be routine commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, the public, or staff so requests mr. chairman several items have been severed 10 point one p through t which has to do with with establishing a bike lane on golden gate avenue 10.2. >> say that again 10 point one p there t and 10 want ab with regards to a commuter surety zoned on van ness and c e and f has to do with with commuter shuttle on golf and franklin
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the rest of the consent calendar is - >> a motion on the consent calendar must 10 point one to ab c e and f. >> correct. >> so motion to approve. >> >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the i's have it. so okay ms. bloomer 10 want one. >> 10 want one p through t has to do with with a when we get to there. >> establishing and bike lane on golden gate in the vicinity of golden gate. >> take all those together. >> yes. (calling names) are our speakers. >> good afternoon mr. stall. >> good afternoon. my name is ken i'm a pedestrian safety organizer at the corroborative and an advocate for vision zero
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i'm here to support the improvements for the golden gate after the tenderloin streets have been high injury corridors for years and no changes to make them save now with the golden gate zero to eliminate all pedestrian deaths by 2030 the neighborhood will finally be safer for the children and families and disabled residents many of the trader joe's that work in the tenderloin are enlists instead of car owners so having a bike infrastructure is important to make sure this area the city flourishes and you are thrives for future residents and others in the tenderloin thank you. >> thank you, mr. stall next item, please. >> madeline. >> good afternoon. >> nice to see you all again yes madeline folks for polk i'm here to speak for the lower polk
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neighborhood association for the cd and the new leadership the polk association there is great support for the bike lanes and as jane kim and kevin referenced crisscrossed by freeways one way streets of which people go high speeds and the residents suffer a one, two punch one of the biggest crash zones but disproportionately for bicyclists i've personal rind there are no bike lanes that offer that route from downtown towards the west through the t l and dangerous and thus people rides on sidewalks or whatever and then suffering with the citations they get and supervisor kim referenced the nature the neighborhood and golden gate avenue is changing to which i want to add that bike
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shares have coming up with the second roll out we would like to see this in the ground and more safety for people which will 2, 3, 4 turn increase the uncle of the bike share system and relief some of the congestion i want to quote the mp a leadership it promotes safety and they would to see a 2-way street with wider sidewalks we look forward to protected bike lanes like ellis and others. >> mr. chairman the last person to turn in a speaker card. >> is there a >> >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the i's have it. okay 10.2a and has to do with with establishing a commuter shuttle a bus zone on valencia
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street. >> ab yes. the first speaker is j.d. (calling names). >> good afternoon good afternoon my name is j.d. i've lived on the corner of valencia and 26 street and my comments will be two issues one safety and the second traffic first vision zero plan was implemented to reduce the traffic deaths and mass no sense for the shuttles a major bicycle avenue they blocks o block the bike lanes and as they wait they're blocking bike lanes and 3 or more shuttles idling and people find themselves trapped one in front of them in the stop blocking the bike lanes and the
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3 on the left side this mick of huge buses and bikes is no way to reduce the high injury corridor the second point is traffic and congestion the shutter operators claim to take cars off the road i'll argue they relieve congestion further i counted 34 bus stops the commuters can take bart or caltrain to the peninsula and have a shutter you pick up them they're having a saving and assuming a fraction of the 8 hundred shuttle trips from thirty to 40 miles of congestion on the highways those living more than 4 blocks away with the shuttle take them to the nearest hotel station and traveling short distances within the city will reduce commemorating and
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this will help reduce the green house gas emissions and four of them less than a thirds etch people will walk to the station this is a common sense method and reduces the need for more public space. >> next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon good afternoon directors my name is dan i've been a funeral director in san francisco for the last 43 years our family owns the mortgage on 26 and van ness r valencia street i'm a fourth adjudication funeral director on valencia street my father and great gathering owned. >> funnel home on have a seat street on the valencia corridor since
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the last 80s when the funeral per sessions were by horse-and-buggy we host 4 hundred funeral services every year we as well churches in that direct vicinity have historically been allowed to park vehicles down the center deprived of valencia street with morning and evening having anyal or rosary services we also line up femur per sessions in the admitted divide i'll argue between ourselves and st. luke's hospital between st. luke's and ourselves and our three hundred and 50 to 4 hundred services we have more detail volume of visitors and vehicles including the bicyclists than any other buses
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in the valencia streets of san francisco corridor my daughter is a trauma nurse at san francisco general hospital and seize many bicycle accidents in conclusions i ask to you when how make our decisions the 4 v the very important the volume of visitors, and vehicles including bicyclists on 26 and valencia street >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> and then laura. >> good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon thank you for the opportunity my name is martin i live on valencia street and i am here as a residence i'd like to echo any support of j.d. and mortuary they've put forth
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before the board i want to cite some statistics and propose alternative transportation that i on intersections should be considered in 2011 when valencia street the greenway was permanence and allocated to bicycle lane and widened the skraukz a boom and increasing the bike traffic to the last consensus to 13 hundred bikes a day 13 hundred bikes traveling down valencia street has to compete with the stretch the newcomers commuter shuttles that are traveling when i compare that to mission street it has less than - only about 15 percent of bike traffic about 100 percent and 70 bicyclists in the last consensus and also zero percentage of the
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commuter bus stops on mission street and 16th street with the terms of the muni bus blockade when you take into consideration along with the street changes on mission street where you have to turn off and make resistant and it is transit only between 14 and caesar chavez it didn't make sense to the bus corridor i propose it be considered we consider utilizing mission street as a sole first street oriented street and leave it to the bicyclists and improving the safety of the bicyclists and the businesses around >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> and that's the last person that turned in a speaker card. >> good afternoon. >> hi i'm cindy the community relations i director the
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salvation army with the rehabilitation center the bus stops is going to be foreclose of our building our main concern about 50 feet towards caesar chavez our main driveway with our 32 box trucks leaving at 6:30 in the mornings with the concern with the buses parked at the bus stop it going to cause a blind stop for not only the driveways but the cyclists on the street and also, if there is a pilot and our trucks can't get out it impacts our nonprofit business if we don't get our trucks it out out to pick up the donations it will impact us we have a nonprofit that provides drug and alcohol rehabilitation free for men and women we hope this bus stop is not go in front of our building thank you.
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>> next speaker, please. >> laura (calling names) those are the last two people. >> nominees a lauren i'm a resident on valencia and 26 we'll we've brought 6 speakers i present one hundred and 15 signatures from residents and businesses and customers near valencia and 26 street that oppose the proposed commuter shuttles there and that's my personal statement 70 percent of severe and fatality are 12 percent of the students valencia street is considered one of the high injury corridors according could sfmta data is a significant number of injuries to pedestrian and cyclists why are continuity shuttles allowed on valencia the main north-south thoroughfare for cyclists and moving the shuttle from one block at
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valencia and 25 to valencia and 26 which this proposal does we're not making us safer and moving the blocks east or west to other high injury corridor streets that is mission and south jean e van ness and according to the mta data will not make the pedestrians and cyclists safer i on intersections that sfmta mediate to step back and create a plan not allow the shuttles that are ramped up 800 visitations to drive the - i know this is on your plate to do; right? those transit hubs really will be outside of the city and bart is a great idea the new transbay terminal i urge you to consider the locations that provide safe
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spots away from residents and businesses and schools safety first thank you. >> thank you and . >> i actually - >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> last speaker tie walker. >> good afternoon mr. walker. >> thank you for your time for hearing me, i'm a residence of 1457 north of the proposed commuter bus stop on valencia and 26 street the issue is a health concern with regards to the commuter buses offending off valencia i'm a bicyclist and suffer from allergies that are aggravated by diesel and other manages and further contemplating this resulted in the removal of part of my - i have asthma rooerpd when i'm
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cycling and caught behind a bus and i noticed an increase in any allergies the second issue is in regards to safety i regularly witness the operators of the bus driving too fast and waiting to enter the intersections and at mortuary and church with 3 popular bars and restaurants all in our block that results in a nightmare in terms of parking so basically what i see routing is you know cars parking in the middle of the street and on the right and the left and the computer shuttles running up and down 0 intolg those gaps it is disconcerning not only as a cyclist but a retained it is
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sort of a matter of when someone will get hit in closing thank you to the board for hearing our concerns regarding this bus stop i realize it a difficult discussion your weighing a lot of facts but we live on the block and it is becoming so congested and thank you and take care. >> members of the board director reiskin. >> director rahaim's. >> please ask what are the spots out of curiosity. >> every block will have merchants it is a silver bullet but just. >> - good afternoon decorations so the reason we brought this proposal because an existing computer shutters southbound on
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24 street that is a shuttle zone eurozone large enough for one shuttle when happens some of the speakers adu alluded to the shuttles will block the bike lane and drivers at the crosswalks the new zone on 26 street is large enough for two shuttles they'll park there without blocking the salvation army driveway the logic to remove a zone two small and one that is alongside. >> this will share the zone okay. >> not a frustration. >> director ramos i want to remind us all that is a very much are still a relatively exploratory phase of what we want to make permanent
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these things can be adjusted relatively easily i certainly emphasize with those who ride their bicycles up and down hate street during the commute times i have to commend with the large vehicles and i know they can be imitating at the same time i know that i recognize they're taking a bunch of cars off the street and one professional driver driving on 15 or 20 more people than those 20 people or maybe 15 of them driving their individual cars we're put in a position to make trade offs the thing that really stood out i hope we'll pay attention to the salvation army trucking and delivering i on intersections this is something that i mean, i for one value our
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services i'm sure a lot of folks that do that we can speak for so i'll just encourage us to be cause how it is accounting in the long run the blind spot is real i believe especially, as bicyclist thereer pedestrians walk where the traffic is that is a concern i for one been keeping an eye on this and confident staff will be where respect to the petitions i saw ooechld and a lot of the comments made i on intersections that is more helpful if alternative transportation were proposed i mean, i would opposite those verngz vehicles on my street as well but the reality of this they have to go somewhere we need a place to go and can't keep them around and around and need
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alternative transportation to oppose i feel that we ended up we're compromising here so i will as a board member be open to ideas and suggestions but at this point, i feel that staff has done you know their due diligence we're not going to make everyone happy but again, it feels like this is something we can change in the future if we need to i'll, supportive. >> pardon mr. maguire earlier in our report on guerrero street will this impact this particular decision this afternoon potentially. >> so the decision we are making please replace one with another so not increase or decrease but move into a place a they'll more curve space and certainly we know or understand that van ness and delores are part of south systematically system so continue to be look at
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ways to relieve the pressure. >> members of the board is that a motion any further discussion? >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the i's have it. i'd like to associate myself with director ramos position. >> ms. bloomer. >> all right mr. chairman 10 want 2 c e and f has to do with with a commuter shuttle on golf and franklin street and you have one person that wishes to address on this matter and that is marlene morgan. >> ms. morgan. >> i see ms. morgan here. >> oh, she's coming. >> oh, great. >> hello commissioners. i'm marlene mortgage of the commuter association i want to mention we
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did a lot of work with the camtc hospital a bigger supporter of the van ness brt we on intersections that will do a great job in businesses and move traffic but because of complexity right now with the polk being revved for van ness and transit and golf and franklin are still the corridors for north-south traffic from the golden gate bridge and actually, i thought we were doing prospecting with the commuters on van ness what a lot of bus stops people waiting for them in the morning later unfortunate morning in the evening their empty from 6 to 8 and 4 from like maybe 6 to go 8 at night they're heavy yes used before moving on to these to golf and
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franklin which are gridlocks now can there be more study about how many of these buses are hitting those stops everyday how many people in them fully uses and shorten the time period love to get the marin county people out of their single contributor occupancy vehicles that will not happy overnight how many people and what's the impacts and particularly in ellis and golf the cathedral hill crossing the school is a very dangerous crossing that's a very bad place to put a bop if you on about that we'll appreciate that. >> i'm familiar with that area lots 0 a lots of traffic
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everyday with the high school especially in the moorings and acupunctures could we - >> inquiry. >> i on intersections that is also at the top of hill talk about other spots i know because of the construction going on with camtc particularly along golf street sometimes that lane is not available for the traffic a lot of congestion from about geary to california. >> mr. maguire we've looked a lot of stops the reason it is here we need to move the shuttles off the van ness awhile today you're looking at stops and franklin and golden gate and bush through additional locations golf and pine we withdraw the neighbors expressed
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concerned about the traffic problems and blocked driveways and for franklin and hayes to be a shutter stop but clftsdz with safety there so we looked a wide variety of locations van ness is a high volume place. >> so that's the near itself stops. >> i'll ask my colleague to speak. >> thanks tom and members of the board. >> state your name for the record ami alex working on the commuter program for the last couple of months currently stops along van ness at van ness and california and van ness and madam secretary we've proposed an extra stop to
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sprayed out the shuttles stomping so the shuttle that are stopping at california and bush stop the shuttle at golf and ma marpt. >> our concern is when school stops and starts is it possible to limit the shuttles during that period of time can you do it later or earlier. >> it's a big school. >> yeah. so these are proposed for the standard 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. that's the majority of southbound or northbound
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you know the >> 6 to 8. >> could you do it on eddy it is just the park not the - a lot of traffic going to eddy. >> so we look at every single thing on franklin and golf we generally have not put shuttles in front of parks there is all kinds of pedestrian traffic into the parks that's a location. >> there is a baseball diamond that is flater your at the top of hill as ellis i'm not trying to make our life for complicated but i used to live actually in that building 15 years ago. >> so the thing about
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second-guessing at the board meeting it is difficult to your point try not to put them in front of parks i respect that but between 10 and 6:00 in the morning more traffic at the schools than the park again that is a dangerous cyclist road to go down but if there is a minor tweak. >> have we heard from the school itself. >> no, but alex reminded me an issue with the trees at eddy due to the visibility. >> (laughter). >> so we look at the trees extend out of the right away when we look at the shuttle zebras and at that location at eddy the trees limbs extended into the street that preventive shuttles from pulling to the
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curve and block traffic so - >> trim the trees. >> what if we approve that the first time. >> we can't say trim the trees i'm sorry, i mean it is a rec and park thing in terms of safety it would be much better at that location those fields are used at night life and the sklsz in full sections in the daylight or daytime i'm not trying to make that difficult there are real concerns because of hills and the school and - >> what if we approved that with exception of one stop and come back and talk about the trimming of the trees. >> we'll visit the eddy issue with rec and park and come back to the next meeting met the july deadline. >> we'll ask the gentleman next time yes, thank you. >> okay. thank you very much.
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>> so mr. chairman for clarity item 10 c e and f the item is to the approved. >> is it possible to remove golf and eddy. >> just c so then e and f. >> we approve that's the motion i assume we have the motion. >> yes, sir. >> a motion and second any further discussion? >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> and ask the city to come back with an evaluation of the park positive only the alternative thank you for coming appreciate it. >> ms. bloomer. >> all right. all right. regular calendar item 11 dedicating cable car willie junior on the 85 birthday >> more fun. >> mr. chair we had the great
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honor a few weeks ago you remember there along with the mayor and larry bear the head of the giants and others to celebrate the andrew of two san francisco consciousness associated with number 24 our own cable car number 24 that was built in 1897 that is mind-boggling not too many over one hundred vehicles but cable car 24 was actually coincidentally rebuilt in 1958 when the giants saw the light and (laughter) left the great city of new york we had the honor of celebrating willie mays 85 birthday by recognizing him and what he's
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done for the city and for the sport and for the country by honoring him with a cable car dedication we were joined by video by another special guest i'll play the video for you now before i i'm going to turn it over to to the rest of the board. >> okay. >> san francisco. >> (laughter). >> today is one of the we're honoring a favorite son and the longest living ball player willie mays. >> wow. >> he got here hit his 6 hundred plus homeer wins and 2 thousand - (inaudible) so when they say san francisco
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cable car was the first historical thing in san francisco we know that (inaudible) that is baseball cable car rolling down the hills that's san francisco with both of them 8 sites or whoever got into their was (laughter) today with an important number 34 to see two icons coming together and the city loves you and you're n important person as you were an army veteran and someone with a special ability to put a smile on a kid's face and (inaudible) he refused to hand out baseballs he signed (inaudible) as he believes in (inaudible)
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on air force one people like (inaudible) more inclusive here the legacy of the giants happy birthday congratulation on this special honor. >> to recognize this idea came from director heinecke who arranged this this is really director heinecke. >> you made me follow the president (laughter) you know well - i've known willow as as you may know longed services and personal lawyer and it was my sons idea i moved it along cause-and-effect talking with the mayor about that first of all, willie was touched i've been in a lot of sidewalks with him he received a lot of
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accolades and phrase this moved him you should take pride and all san franciscans and specifically i have to say that candice and paul, and, of course, director reiskin and the mayor's office were fantastic about putting this together and tom was there to help to dedicate the cable car there is a lot of work that went into that i don't on intersections. >> all of it but part of it setting up a video from the presidents thank you for all of you who made it happen you made an old guy happy >> from my owner experience we took a 3 block ride in a cable car way to go so ms. bloomer members question. >> i have to ask for one official request he noted to me that he has not paid for the
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cable car ride we'll give him a free pass to the cable car. >> so - >> mr. chairman no member off the public that wishes to speak saw a motion sure? >> tom my i was baptized in 1954 or 55 a photograph of me as a young kid and my dad took it in the evening a dark photo i'm baptized with the giants and a giants jacket and 3 years two years later my father suffered the worst heartbreak born in 1921 in new york a hundred block the giants
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were his team and he had watched mustard and the empty cans of beer toss at the along the rivers another dodger stadium a rough time if my mom volunteered my father he wouldn't have felt as bad and a as when the giants left new york he loved willie and it was a difficult time when i was older when bobby richard caught a long drive that ended the world series in 61 even though i was still in new york i was heart broken myself so congratulations to willie he did do a wonderful job a genuine
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human being. >> a motion on the resolution. >> motion to >> >> any further discussion? >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the i's have it. thank you next item, please. >> item 12 authorized the director for 3 charter with peter and associates for as needed the inadvertent and transportation and documents for terms not to steady 2018 and the option to extend for two terms for a total millennium not to exceed nine hundred plus dollars mr. chairman no members of the public that wishes to address this matter. >> good afternoon i'm victor with mta and joined by my colleague on the project so i'm sure we've heard that the city can do a better job of implementing the project and today is the opportunities to show our commitment to project
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delivery as you may know we've been focused on how quickly to import the transportation prongs and in fact, project delivery in terms of ceqa streamlining you've seen as it relates to level of service and actually frankly staffing working with the planning department's and the environmental review we had other successes is he activated a system to track the folks that are butt the projects and identifying the issues in advance and mitigate them in the process as possible so we've moving forward with our project delivery successes but a resource with the project delivery is as needed contract and able to use them to quickly bring the resources on board to design and move forward we on intersections this is going to be a useful team for the project sponsors streamlining the administrative process to be able to and the expertise we
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need to inclusive some of the projects and, of course, increase the staff abandon width and environmental clear them but allowing us to incubate those staff will deliver to move forward and i want to highlight a couple of things 6 contracts in front of you for approval up to 9. $3 million total there is 6 contracts with two firms and we are going to have a local contract and f h w contract with each of them allows us the flexibility to essentially receive the services irrespective with the federal services we have lbe and others ranging from 16 to 25 percent that is great but the 3 buckets of services first one is ceqa and au into the weeds we can use
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the - particularly for complete streets and last one is transportation data collection and analysis so just to give you an idea of the kind of prongs we'll use this one again example townsend street the consultants will help us analyze basically the traffic circle and recommend safety improvements and other examples is sf bart's planning they'll assist and work closely with the communities for the prigs to more meters in the city and then bicycle corridor planning, of course, across corridors with powell we'll utilize the services so far a needs for review for stockton as part of this streamlining delivery i ask
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to you authorize this i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> >> board members questions or comments. >> motion to approve. >> second discussion? >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the i's have it. >> next speaker, please. >> 13 authorize for the contract amendment under the 632 with the flyers of america to exercise the option to purchase more trolley buses for the manuals and special tools for 55 thousand plus thousand dollars and for a total contracts amount not to exceed $150 million plus to not change the term of the contract no members of the public have indicated an interest in addressing you on this matter. >> good afternoon. >> president director nolan and director reiskin and the
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board of directors so the division. >> introduce. >> gary chang with the sfmta project manager. >> so actually, this is the 7th time we're coming back to the boards seeking approval to approve the purpose of 33 quality 60 foot trolley vehicles within the last few years sfmta has successfully put in three hundred new vehicles and in general the public is pleased with the performance of the vehicles and the feedback we've been getting is really happy with the performance so actually for this approval for this option one contract the delivery schedule will be 33 of them completed delivery by next year in 2017.
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>> obviously sfmta has has been working for the last few years to bring in more vehicles coming in the muni because actually, we tried to average down the age of the fleet and by doing so we increased and help to translate up to a cost focus maintenance program so i wanted to highlighted a few key items first of all, inventory since the trollies and also on the ohio brussel they're using the same chase i didn't it is the same so with that said our maintenance inventory it has reduced it by 50 percent and then also i know nowadays a smart phone or smart tv i've been calling the vehicles as smart vehicles a computer system that collects the data from the vehicle and with that information maintenance can try
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to diagnose the problems faster and also, we, also prepare for better prevent maintenance plan since those now coaches are all new approaches not maintaining the trvp wheelchair lift i recall when i joined muni in the 90 it was the most costly for the labor and parts with the simple design the wheelchair ramp the public loves it i want to point out the slope is the rational is one .5 degrees so basically the operations to make sure they deploy it onto a flat area one gentleman suggested and it brings that to 95 degrees also on the electrical labor door we're incorporating into
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the past we have been using the new doors it is very troublesome we're moving away to electronic doors we changed the interior let's to led so basically the typical will the for the led is 2 point puss many years more than likely we'll not replace the led this is one of the major last year around this timeframe we brought in the trolley 60 for another the first system in muni so far the public loves it and like today, the weather the people will appreciate that more so besides the advantages transferring to a cost maintenance fiscal program we want to point out we can lock into a lower vehicle price all the vehicle are into the p ti
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and san francisco has been blessed we've been getting this blossoming and the homelessness o homelessness o population has increased it with new vehicles we can put them into service so far the daily demands and the future last but not least in about 6 months from today actually i'll be coming back representing transit and seeking for another approval for the 40 for another trolley procurements that's all i have thank you. >> quite a bit this is great we are able to purchase overseeing new vehicles we've been here talking about the vehicles breaking down this is a really good i know i know there an awesome lost work any further discussion? >> move to approve. >> that's a second.
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>> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the i's have it. thank you, mr. chang. >> actually want to point out i prepared it was mr. john haley i took his from there. >> thank you, mr. daily. >> this is to conduct a session. >> second >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >>all. >> announcements for closed session to discuss the landmark with no action and there was - that was that and disclose or not disclose discussed. >> move not to disclose. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> we're adjourned thank you. >>
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♪ >> i am so looking forward to the street fair tomorrow. >> it is in the mission, how are we going to get there? we are not driving. >> well what do you suggest? >> there are a lot of great transportation choices in the city and there is one place to find them all, sfnta.com. >> sfmta.com. >> it is the walking parking, and riding muni and it is all here in one place. >> sitting in front of my computer waiting transportation options that is not exactly how i want to spend my saturday night. >> the new sfmta.com is mobile friendly, it works great on a
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tablet, smart phone or a lap top, it is built to go wherever we go. >> cool. >> but, let's just take the same route tomorrow that we always take, okay? >> it might be much more fun to ride our bikes. >> i am going to be way too tired to ride all the way home. >> okay, how about this, we can ride our bikes there and then we can take muni home and it even shows us how to take the bikes on the bus, so simple right here on my phone. >> neat. we can finish making travel plans over dinner, now let's go eat. >> how about about that organic vegan gluten free rest rft. >> can't we go to the food truck. >> do you want to walk or take a taxi. >> there is an alert right here telling us there is heavy traffic in soma. >> let's walk there and then take a taxi or muni back. >> that new website gives us a lot of options.
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>> it sure does and we can use it again next weekend when we go to see the giants. there is a new destination section on the website that shows us how to get to at&t park. >> there is a section, and account alerts and information on parking and all kinds of stuff, it is so easy to use that even you can use it. >> that is smart. >> are you giving me a compliment. >> i think that i am. >> wow, thanks. >> now you can buy dinner. sfmta.com. access useful information, any >> good afternoon -- excuse me, good morning and welcome to the san francisco planning commission special meeting for thursday, may 19th, 2016. i would like to remind members of the public to
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silence any mobile devices during this proceedinging rho, commissioner president richards. commissioner antonini. >> here. >> commissioner hillis >> and commissioner moore? we do expect commissioners johnson and wu to arrive at some point. commissioners, today on your special calendar item 1 public comment on matters to be considered for discussion in closed session. i have no speaker cards. >> any public comment for item no. 1? okay public comment is closed. >> item 2, consideration -- consider adoption of motion on whether to assert the attorney-client privilege regarding matters listed below on your agenda as conference with legal counsel. >> commissioner antonini. >> so moved. >> do i hear a second? >> second. >> thank you, commissioners on that motion then to
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assert attorney-client privilege, commissioner ain'tioni. >> aye. >> commissioner hillis . aye. >> commissioner moore. >> aye. >> commissioner richards. >> aye. >> and commission president fong. >> aye. >> that passes unanimously 5-0 and i will now move to go into closed session. so >> thank you sfgovtv so item 4 following the closed session the planning commission will report on any action during the closed session and consider a motion whether or not to disclose any items. >> commissioner moore. >> a motion to assert the attorney/client privilege not to disclose. >> second. >> thank you, commissioners there is a motion there is a motion that has been seconded to not disclosure any part of discussions during closed
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session commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu and commissioner vice president richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero. >> and i will report in open session no action was taken by the planning commission okay. >> so no other items on the agenda we'll adjourn this meeting. >> the meeting is 2016,
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2016, 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 hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu commissioner antonini is present just not at the place at the momentum commissioners, that places you under your is items proposed for continuance pennsylvania street large project authorization is proposed middle september 2016 and item 2 cambridge street the conditional use authorization is proposed for inner definite continuance
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commissioner further on our agenda we've received a request to continue items 10 ab and 1y69d through bryant street conditional use authorization and large project authorization to june 2nd. >> okay. thank you. >> any public comment on this item? now 3 items proposed for continuance? >> i do have two speaker cards for 2000 bryant items 10 ab, however, at this time you can only submit testimony on the matter of continuance.
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>> (calling names). >> hi jordan davis he support the continuance one thousand percent. >> david gibson i support of continuance one thousand percent thank you. >> michael san francisco counsel most of i have a copy of the letter i didn't produce 7 copies one is short sorry but we also support the tun we wish it were a couple of weeks longer than or longer but can work through issues with the developer if they're willing to come to the table and work with us we look forward to that prospect thank you. >> hi commissioners most of
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you heard from me way two of this week i support a continuance i was here hoping it would be much longer two weeks i thank you for considering that message coming out that the developer should sit down with the labor and community alliance that has formed more resources to bring to the table and also has increased needs for this type of project to really be scrutinized considered on all the impacts that will have between this project and the other 2000 luxury units in the pipeline i urge you to consider postponing this further i've been asking for them to sit down building what the chronicle said do mayor was unaware of a
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proposal for the last month a lot going on in the mayor's office i don't understand i want to sit down with the mayor's office of housing as they clearly are dealing with the developer i want to marry community - help facilitate these negotiations we would like to sit down and discuss we have many, many people coming on their way by the way, we only just now heard the continuance it grant and have heard that was grand after our testimony please be prepared at general public comment there are a couple hundred people coming i urge you giving us more time beyond june 2nd thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners steve with mary tell on behalf of the project
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sponsor we don't object to a time longer i understand your calendar we're not in opposition of the continuance thank you. >> is there any additional public comment on the items proposed for continuance. >> my name is rick hall i support a continuance i believe that a month would be much more appropriate than two weeks i think i certainly agree that the developer and the community should sit down together but i'll also got another southern with the rp e i don't think that can be approved what the information provided as far. >> sorry to interrupt you but at the point in time we can only speak to the matter of
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continuance. >> i understand. >> is there any additional public comment? >> okay not seeing any, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini. >> well, i'm happy to see an offer that has project that might help to fund perhaps a few more affordable units that make the project an even better project in my opinion it is a very good project it would be nice i we heard about that a couple dares earlier it is important we continue to the second of june i think the generous offer we'll find out is legitimate. >> what it about encompasses and hopefully without changes to the project as it is new designed this is laid out with that, well with the exception of more affordable units and so i'm
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going to move to continue to june 2nd. >> second. >> second. >> as well as the other items. >> along with yeah, all the other - >> commissioner. >> you went for all the items to continue. >> well - call them separately. >> items one and two i believe. >> thank you. >> second. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> just a question for the gentleman. >> you asked for longer two weeks what can you get done in two weeks. >> if discussions are fairly intense and information is adequately forthcoming get quite a bit done with a specialist organizations that may take longer but we may know at the
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end of two weeks. >> i'll - i will ask of you and the gentleman to coming out to a point you feel like i need more time let us know beyond june 2nd. >> thank you commissioner moore. >> excuse me - i'd like to remind us next week a holiday no ability to influence if it there are changes to any of the documents they are to be in the department within a significant in the amount of we shouldn't forgot that has a realistic date for the people to talk. >> commissioner hillis. >> yes. i'm also supportive of the continuance a lot of the issues have sorry about that out there and on the table we'll have either resolution or know through is not resolution and
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make decisions at the commission i'm supportive it urges the parties to work with that goal of trying to resolve this in the next two weeks. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further, we'll move on to there is a motion that has been seconded to continue items. >> sorry commissioner moore. >> i'd like department to lay out the timeline the decisions have to be made and the documents that need to be filed in the commission. package i was caught in agreeing to a continuance on a project only to realizehat the clause of submittal was impossible to meet with a holiday in between or someone is out of town i want to be realistic. >> because itself calendar of required submittals is the holiday next thursday effects what we do. >> just so you know technique
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your another meeting not a holiday if there are contextual changes we'll make sure those get to you in advance my sense from what i'm hearing i learned of this today it is probable not architectural issues if there are we'll gets to you next thursday. >> or the commissioners, if there's nothing further, we'll move on to then there is a motion that has been seconded to continue items as proposed commissioner antonini. >> commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu and commissioner vice president richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to one commissioners that commissioners, that places you under your your exceptional or extraordinary one item to be route by the planning commission
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and 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 3 van ness after a conditional use authorization i have no speaker cards. >> any public comment on one item on the exceptional or extraordinary not seeing any, public comment is closed. >> move to approve. >> second. >> thank you commissioners on that motion to approve commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu commissioner vice president richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero and places us under commission matters item 4 consideration of draft minutes
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for the may 5 joint hearing and a regular hearing any public comment on the draft minutes not seeing any, public comment is closed. and anyone like to make a motion to draft minutes. >> thank you, commissioners commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu commissioner vice president richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero and places us under item 5 commissioners questions or comments. >> go commissioner vice president richards. >> i just wanted to let the public know in your packet this week the 2014-2015 annual report anything you want to know about planning, building and historic preservation i urge to go online
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and see a copy of 3 thanks. >> commissioner antonini. >> also in the packet this week information on possible legislation proposed for short-term rentals and i will assume that will come before us for further hearings. >> i was going to talk about during any public comment. >> okay. thank you. >> commissioner johnson. >> thank you very much new topic so my understanding we're moving forward on the joint hearing with the mta i've been talking about for two years i'm happy and start on a new topic talking with developers and asking them why are we paying the childcare fee rather than potentially providing oversee services on site and a lot of the time the answers is because no physical ability to have childcare facilities on a lot of
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the sites because of the rules around how much open space you have to have how much internal exposure and other public uses, etc. i'd like to ask a request for a memo or even potential hearing, talking about the childcare facility and how the planning code and a are building code helps us or not getting this off the ground more childcare facilities in san francisco. >> okay. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further, we'll move on to department matters director's announcements. >> thanks jonas good afternoon, commissioners one of the things we've learned over the years many of the requirements are in state law
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i'll be happy to separate what kinds of controls versus what the city controls. >> any sf maybe not seen a developer that has a clear understanding of all the restrictions and great to have if in place. >> with respect to the short-term rentals legislation, of course, you spent a lot of time on this last year the proposed legislation is an amendment to the short-term rentals legislation which lives in the administrative code not not planning code so technically didn't require our hearing a short timeline not recommended a hearing because it covers many of the issues the commission discussed last year and the commission weighed no on it last year and many, in fact, all the substance of the legislation were issues you reviewed last year that was our thought we that we prepare the memo outlining the details but then
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the board that talk take up this pretty quickly in the next couple weeks and just so summarize to a legislation quickly it would modify - hold one of the things that will do the commission discussed hold the platforms responsible for the outer register we discussed it last year it would also grant citation authority to the planning department for short-term rentals and provide for penalty and so forth those are issues that were discussed last year at the this commission are the thinking in speaking with the president and vice president we because that was part of administrative code it went back to the board that concludes my remarks. >> i'll assume because the
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election in 2015 was no a chartered amendment not require a vote of the public to make alternative transportation to the short-term rentals law was in effect it can be done by the board. >> that legislation good evening pass last year. >> i know it didn't pass. >> but i'm saying that you know it wasn't chartered and not passed it goes to the voters. >> seismic. >> quick point of clarification when you say the citation authority is the department part the short-term rentals enforcement or a separate unit. >> the proposal will the office of short-term rentals but improve the enforcement capabilities. >> thank you. >> on review of past event of
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board of appeals and the historic preservation commission. >> good afternoon commissioners aaron starr, manager, legislative affairs. at that weeks land use they heard the landmark for the alameda integer hospital located on the excelsior outer mission a landmark for the hpc voted to recommend it to the board on march 16 of this year it was part of the system of emergency hospitals that became known as with an of the most comprehensive in its time constructed in 1933 the alameda was the final piece not system and rendering in spanish is colonial both were designed by a master architect charles that oversee the schools and hospitals in the city a further note the internal are pained in 1934 if i noted person bernard
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who painted the library mural at coit tower and opening marine corp's by supervisor avalos several members spoke in support and voted to forward a positive recommendation to the full board of supervisors. >> at the full board this week supervisor kim's ordinance that allows accessory massage in the north of math arranged district had its second reading and the appeal for 1066 market was continued there were two introductions of note the first was a note sponsored by supervisor peskin and the planning department to clarify the noirnl exempted from regulations if august 6th and increases the penalties for repeat violation of the advertising signs and shows the
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time for advertising violation will accrue and penalties that go unpaid the second ordinance this sponsored by supervisor kim and really 1066 math with inclusionary housing requirements exempting certain floors in the calculation of grow floor and transfers the requirement and has land dedication at no cost that concludes my presentation. >> thank you commissioner antonini. >> yeah. i had a question consideration given to historical recognition of entry dirty harry was filmed there. >> what was the building.
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>> it was like alameda emergency there is a small emergency hospital on it is an none street. >> already a landmark. >> it already is. >> okay. i think that thank you very much. >> and the board of appeals did meet two items of interest the first 88 arkansas you heard the land use and transportation on march third one of the components was a unit mix exception that provided the rental housing number of units are nestled bedrooms that don't many even though the current zoning administrator the appeal in in regards the appropriate standards for review up until last year the references was for the various finding the commission must make the same preliminary for part of code clean up and we actually - that
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was removed those standards don't apply that's how you received and filed. reviewed that we'll be bringing up this correction to put those finding and then related or similar legislation that is schedule on june 16th so a lot of discussion about that at the hearing of the board unanimously upheld that was appropriate he didn't error in discussion on 66 third street a notice of violation penalty issued last year this was in relation to an action in 2014 that was a legalization proposal to have the conversion from warehouse to office the commission approved it and submitted the office allocation with the commission approval to the upper storehouses of the building using the appeal the appellant was used historically
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and plagues if 1997 been the same owner since 1962 and 1987 they stated these were the buildings warehouses and grand to retail there was a special restriction and no permit inform establish the office use and a couple of years with a process to legalize the decision no appeal it was final we pursued the enforcement insuring our decision was perfect and last night the appellant agreed that were treated definitely and we went across the street that had been approved the board had questions why this was different from that the project i need some changes in our policies in terms of pdr and also concerns
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with offense allocation and doing resources in that important decision you approved that but a small captation in our approval the board last night postponed until december 7th they didn't state the exact reason why part of the two-fold one to give the project sponsor time to address the violation with the uses and also to see what maybe in store for the property corridor central soma corridor rezoning i pointed out they're not likely to change still needs an office allocation make a permitted rather than a conditional needs to come back before you but we'll update you in december on that item thanks. >> okay. thank you.
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>> commissioner vice president richards. >> just a couple of questions was a full board of appeals. >> we were down one commissioner. >> it would have been a tie. >> yeah. there were a lot of possibilities but they choose 3 to one vote to continue it. >> and penalties au cutting-edge. >> no penalties have not accruing and will not accrue until after a final decision in december. >> okay. thank you. >> good afternoon tim frye here to share a few items in historic preservation commission hearing a fairly short hearing the day began with the architectural review committee a second living zone and installation across in the art asian museum and temporarily installation the commissioner
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was supportive of the design prepared by a nonprofit works with high school students and they are developing a design is incorporates a chinese dragon with residential hotel from the asian art museum the second item the adrc provided the comment on revised pedestrian shelter for the brt in front of city hall as you recall the commission asked the mta to review and restudy a more streamlined canopy and pedestrian structure within the medium to better reflective the architectural servicing and provided a - believes they meet the goals and direction that the
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full commission gave the mta that item will then be back before the full commission in june. >> then the it commenced with a short calendar one certificate of appropriatesness on saint lutheran church and the commission reviewed the academy of arts existing technical memorandum i'll be reviewing the commission was supportive of the departments work to date and throughout the schedule the outstanding items we'll be bringing to the hpc was sufficient and particular that was related to the 10 sites that require certificate of appropriateness under article 10 and 11 that concludes my remarks
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unless you have questions. >> commissioners, that places you under your under general public comment not to exceed 1 minutes at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest 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 reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission up to three minutes. there are no speaker cards. >> >> any general public comment? okay not seeing any, general public comment is closed. >> commissioners that places us under our regular calendar affordable housing in verse did care a planning code amendment. >> good afternoon, commissioners my name is monique
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mohan here to recognized the approval for the change of affordable housing for units in the rezoned divisadero and coner johnston when we arrives will provide comments so encouraging in first amendment district or ncd requires any housing project with 10 or more units is subject to the ordinance it recognizes that any properties proposal on divisadero and be nct that have potential due to the rezoning from the project sponsor choose to pay the fee they'll pay equivalent of 25 percent of unit in the project of affordable units from the
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project sponsor choose the onsite housing 23 of the units constructed on the project as affordable housing and from the project sponsor wishshovide unit on offsite in the principle project they shall construct 25 percent of all the units subject to the requirement of 3 or 4, 4 and 5 the amendment the higher rates from the charter will become effective there are 5 recommends that the department is proposing and reflected in the updated resolution the department staff thanks the departments for brought to your attention and the second recommendation to make sure that the affordable housing fees generated through the development of the december verse nct shall be deposited and the same criteria
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the proposed ordinance names the following criteria one to increase the supply of the affordable in divisadero and two increase the supply of affordable housing within one mile the divisadero and fillmore street nct and 3 to increase the housing inform qualified housing in the city to date all affordable housing generated are deposited into the affordable housing fund this allows the city to maximize the funded to increase the affordable housing supply from the funds are restricted to the zoning district it - furthermore this is sets a precedent and lowers the housing for the affordable funds through the department asked to amend it for the use of funds for the
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inclusionary program recommendation two to create consistency with the affordable housing fees the department recommends that the ordinance mirrors the trailing legislation for the inclusionary housing fee regarding the onsite and offsite inside the project that means that the project under 24 units are under the rate of 12 and more subject to the trailing legislation the department is recommending the change because as currently written the fees are lower pan than the inclusionary rates in prop c june recommendation 3 - >> the proposed trailing legislation for the charter amendment voted on in june lowers the rates in the per diem depending on when a project is
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submitted and environmental evaluation or e e the rates are talked about in the slide none are dependent this ordinance is considered didn't grandfather any project therefore, in the case of a project that e has filed triggers a lower inclusionary that becomes effective this june for the divisadero and fillmore side in the past the department has recommended the grairthd for the projects in the pipeline the projects in the divisadero and fillmore nct are benefiting for the development given that the department recommends that the projects are 50 percent increase residential density to the old nct zoning should be exempt from the trailing legislation in
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other words, projects that have 50 are subject to the onsite and offsite requirement if a project with an e application submitted has a promoted residential nct not a 50 percent increase in the old zoning the grandfather in the trailing legislation will provide two projects along the divisadero corridor they've submitted their e e application and more have an increase in the density subject to the higher inclusionary rates the fourth represents is clarifying the determination of residential potential the current charter language the project through a special use district or another legislation adopted on november 6, 2012, receives a 20 percent great or two a 50 percent or greater
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increase in residential over prior zoning district to increase the affordable housing requirements the charter language proposed own the june ballot not includes this language and allows the supervisors to change it without a change to the charter given the language in the charter will change it references the language and in the old divisadero and fillmore commercial district will no longer need to do do calculations the final recommendation is to include a subdivision that describes the fees for the nct and nickel and dime u fillmore it creates a new code section in the affordable housing fee given this fee a recommendation is this fee follows the same affordable housing program and a new section rather than a new
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code section and directs the public to one code that concludes my presentation. and the department asks the planning commission recommend the approval and the attached to that effect. >> and connor is here. >> i was here all along lurking with any friend alex. >> (laughter). thank you. i want to provide sorry conner johnson legislative aide to board president london breed. and provide a little bit of background at the risk of what many said pursue in november of 2012 the voters passed prop c that set the inclusionary in the charter and 12 percent onsite and offsite and return to prop c in a second in the fall of 2014 supervisor breed passed the nct
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along fillmore between bush and mcallister and the divisadero continue hate and 0'farrell both pieces of legislation were supported and the board of supervisors passed p them unanimously and supervisor breed passed the legislation rising the mcd to make them nct matt haney that density will be controlled by height and unbelievable and open space and closer requirements instead of a ratio in terms of more housing units will be allowed and the planning commission addressed board of supervisors supported those unanimously and here's where 2012 prop c comes into play with the nct there are a dozen helps to create for affordable units oversee are a percentage of the total units you get more affordable housing
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unit and cheaper market-rate unit without height and bulk for buildings and in that respective nct are a great first step but were supervisor breed want to increase the affordable units and unfortunately under prop c that was not credit card possible and certain exception in prop c in the charter the inclusionary can be increased one, if there is a development agreement involved in terms of a redevelopment project or an ifd you're using property tax increment and 40 are more acres none of nct are 40 acres a project that gets public finance can have a exception to prop c and the project with a density bonus or if the city as proprietary interest no way to include to increase the inclusionary requirement under the chapter, however, there is
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one other previously never used provision that says in other legislation or a special use district adopted after prop c with a greater under consideration in the residential flows e glows e gross floor or greater in the residential prior zoning you can increase the inclusionary requirement after a lot of consultation with the planning department and your director and the city attorney's office as well as in confess of 2015 supervisor breed introduced legislation using that prop c exception to create the highest inclusionary housing requirement in san francisco history for projects with nct areas that exercise the decontrol provisions to get a 50 percent or greater increase in units and using the outgoing 2007 nexus study by kaiser she set the fee
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at the highest achieveable 25 percent and the - 25 for a fee or offsite and the onsite rates 23 percent in order to have the onsite development within the neighborhoods now with after all that a prologue twice the board of supervisors then introduced a charter amendment in december that largely undoes prop c this is confusing this is also called prop c 2016 prop c will separate trailing legislation the new rates are 33 fee for offsite and 25 for onsite housing the trailing legislation provide grandfather exemption for projects in the pipeline and it requires a feasibility study to have the rates going forward so as you imagine that
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is a bit of a moving target not knowing from the inclusionary rates will be cancun from the new prop c passes and the forthcoming be faeshldz this is not the finished product we have working closely is planning department staff to try to simplify and anticipate the outcomes i want to particularly thank monique mohan and aaron starr for those two obviously developments because she agrees with the policy direction supervisor breed would like the divisadero and fillmore to anywhere the citywide inclusionary levels consistent of consistent with the fees that staff recommendation number one supervisor breed also wants
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pipeline taking advantage of a 50 percent under the nct legislation to remain subject to the new inclusionary rates and not receive a grandfathering exception those projects have the option of not increasing their density and receiving the grandfathering rate that is staff recommendation number two staff recommends adding the old charter language for reference we agree indicting to tie in number four and staffs memorandum is area marking for the respective nct hears eras that was a legacy for a market difference between the nct and now appropriate to direct those 0 the stuart housing funds as all other inclusionary housing
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fees and some commenters may suggest the inclusionary were pipeline within the nct should also be influenced by the feasibility analysis supervisor breed is receptive and other provisions as the prop c on june 7th as the inclusionary ordinance is finalize before those ordinances go to the wlufks with that said, i'm happy to recommend and thank you for your time and consideration >> opening up for public comment of which i have several speaker cards (calling names). >> good afternoon commissioners affordable december vera learned of this ordinance yesterday and
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i'm handing out this divisadero plan we oppose this no community involvement great work with the planning department but the community who is most effected by this proposed legislation has not had a chance to weigh in, and, secondly, the plan does not in must way reflect the divisadero we've handed to you many times i'll leave to other additional points about why this be rapidly changed. >> additional speakers on this
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item. >> good afternoon commissioner dean with the affordable we need to stop the give away to developers along divisadero without consulting the community we're in round two so some of what that mr. johnson talked about is accurate and some not after the zion e zoning complained about the up zoning allowing doubling and tripling of the zones without requiring a percentage not some mystery someone can increase the affordable housing requirement when upcoming zoning well known to us and why it took so many months to get the movement from the supervisors office make no mistake as currently
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drafted this would yet again for future projects would say there is no additional affordability along divisadero prop c passes that will be the standard so the same standard that applies to any other projects will be a future divisadero despite the developers get and tripling of income we want to make sure that any additional affordable requirements that are part of this ordinances are in addition to whatever the baseline whether 12 percent going forward are the new percentage under prop c developers get a massive increase along divisadero we must insist on the maximum along with the inclusionary and the second point the fees the relationship between the in lui fee and the onsite requirements
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need to be adjusted so there is an incentive to provide onsite housing that is part of our community plan and as well as supervisor breed office stated an intention to have antidepressant but 23 percent of onsite affordable or 25 percent fee out we know that will create everyone will fee out with no additional affordable units and finally with respect to existing projects we agree that the increases need to apply i will suggest that the matter be put over a few weeks as testing noted no communication with the community whatsoever about the change to divisadero thank you. >> thank you. >> calvin hate ashbury council
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a member of the affordable divisadero we support the position of affordable divisadero that is offered to i want to make a comment both connors statement. >> your staffs rotator that is outstanding we can go through a yearlong discussion before this commission with that commission playing and very involved role the question of density bonus your staff was not informed when applied to this particular case the notion that you can't get an additional affordable housing requirement by granting a large density, of course, runs into the face of the assumes of the density bonus program proposed and advised by your own staff so clearly i mean prop c was clear
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pointed out to supervisor breed no increasing of affordable housing fee the redundant staff and supervisor breed so do this in the initial case was unfortunate to continue to ignore the request of the community for not only affordable a policy adopted by this commission your staff by this department but to then ignore all the data in information that you generated in the hearings that you had on density bonuses about the net of having not only affordability enhanced affordability but affordability able to urban design afforded at the neighborhood level not talked about at all in this legislation any recognition that the first name is one of the lowest income neighborhoods in san francisco.
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>> that the average according to the american u.s. consensus the medium income of households in the western edition african-american household is $29,000 a year none of which can support any of the go affordability levels projected in sxhoodz legislation that is critically important this commission holds this legislation informs your staff about the exclusions in reference to the affordable housing bonus program and include those hearing those conclusions into our recommendation for regarding this legislation thank you very much. >> thank you. is there any additional public comment mr. cowen. >> good afternoon, commissioners peter cohen, san francisco council of community housing organizations.
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staff has picked up on a couple of things we flagged when we reviewed the ordinance just 0 reiterate the 22, 25 percent i have the recommends to prop c you have to understand going forward there is an intensely relationship between the percentage for onsite and the fee out because you have to have a level of parities you're looking at a developers choice we have a fee too low methodology we have an built in incentive but make the percentages closer your geeze guaranteed the out so the original none consented other site i'm clear that is an error on my part or the staff in your staff report an option for fee i see the language in in there
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also that was out i'd like to, corrected not sure why there is language to give a developer a choice to defer until after construction first section 41 that expired put in there 4 years ago it you look at the expired part of code that's just an oversight take it out no fee option on that condition. >> and thirdly, i think the fundamental issue on the corridors that started before prop c i will have to say that we brought to staff attention in june 2015 the memo as called existed this was a memo from may 2013 that made clear under the circumstances for fillmore and divisadero staff missed that
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so this is now a catch up on what could have been done openly on that nct up zoning but leveling with prop c i don't disagreeing disagree are you to figure out how to catch the up zoning i don't know what the amount the eastern neighborhoods you adopted a higher inclusionary based on the up scoping so the superior court inclusionary two or 3 tiers to recall brat how you catch up that in divisadero on top of the baseline that is reasonable that was the original pretty much purchase of this legislation and shouldn't be forgotten thank you. >> next council of commenters. >> hi commissioner my name is
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david with jen's sews the developer of this project presently a car wash with transient and retail and bicycle lanes we want to do housing over structures and try to doing everything we can with design and working with folks all right. met with local groups and plan to continue doing so and be as assessable as possible people have a lot of sight and opinions it is complicated doing a project in the city but somehow we get there at the end one point of consensus is people seem to agree you have a gap within 9 wonderful pedestrian
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and retail corridor and it that would be great to fill that in how we do that is the question here one of the more creative ideas has been addressed i don't have an opinion but a memo type of approach where that you want if you want to have this much affordability you know this has complications and i think the planning commission relatively to this site removed the density limits but the square footage stays owe same we don't build for square footage but divide that into smaller units makes that more affordable on the market-rate and provides nor bmr units any request for the commission is simple a lot of
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stuff to glow treat us fairly as had is happening with the whole prop c there is a lot of uncertainties but people feel you're looking at feasibility study to make policies seeps a as opposed to arrest terror numbers and grandfathering is important because people that spent a lot of money to make a good project happen and file their e e a shouldn't be discriminates we want to be team players and doing everything we can for the city and look forward to working with you thanks. >> good afternoon, commissioners steve for marcille on behalf of the j
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