much more to learn and i have a lot of changes ahead. >> really think about what moves you what you're pat's about and trust that you are sufficient and enough where you are to begin and then is her that you are being tenacious about getting to the next place in the evolution but by all means start with you are and know that's enough >> good afternoon everybody and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisor's meeting for tuesday, june 21, 2016.

madam clerk can you please call the roll. >> supervisor supervisor avalos. >> present. >> breed present. >> supervisor cam pos present. >> mar absent. >> supervisor peskin present. >> supervisor wiener present. >> yee present. >> there is a quorum. >> ladies and gentlemen can you please join us in the pledge of

allegiance. >> pledge of allegiance. >> thank you madam clerk are there any communications. >> yes madam president. >> is there a motion to excuse supervisor mar colleagues can we take this without objection supervisor mar is excused. any changes to the may meeting minutes? seeing no names on the roster is there a motion to approve those minutes. motion by supervisor cam pos and colleagues can we take that motion without objection those

meeting minutes will be passed after public comment. all right madam clerk please read the consent agenda. >> consent calendar. considered routine. >> all right seeing no names on the roster madam clerk please call the roll. >> breed aye. >> campos aye. >> cohen aye. >> supervisor farrell aye. >> supervisor peskin aye. >> tang aye aye. >> wiener aye. >> there are ten ayes. >> item number 3 an order san

francisco sustainable financing and improvements to privately owned buildings and property. the ordinance is finally passed unanimously. >> item number 4. same house same call without objection ordinance is finally passed unanimously. mad >> item number 5. fiscal years

ending 2017 and june 30th 2018. , 2018. >> same house same call. without objection those ordinances are finally passed unanimously. >> item number 7 ordinance.

>> same house same call the ordinance is finally passed unanimously. >> item number 8 please. >> would you like me to call 8 and 9 together? >> no, just 8. >> item number 8. supervisor peskin. >> thank you madam president and colleagues as we are all aware this is the result of several years of work by the planning department the mayor and our colleague supervisor tang and obviously we need to have a general plan amendment if we are to enact some form of

the affordable housing bonus program that is the subject of the next item or the alternative that was proposed by myself and supervisor mar as well as any mixed use or mixed income housing bonus programs that are trailing in committee however as i discussed at the land use committee i believe that the general plan amendment can be and should be more narrowly taylored and i'm urging that we vote down the general plan and direct the department to come forward with a more narrowly taylored amendment that cannot be used to redevelop vast swaths of the city and vote that down and i

look that forward and realize and acknowledge that this matter has been contentio u.s. >> supervisor peskin just for clarity, what will be the process if this is voted down for the planning department to go back to the drawing board? what is your expectation of the conclusion of this plan that becomes that would come before us since we can't necessarily amend the plan and to clarify what you expect. >> that would be the subject of a process with community stake

holders and members of this body but for instance there are parts -- we can only vote the general plan amendment up or down and not in any way craft it and i have constituents in chinatown. there are similar ways that we can craft the amendment and i look forward to doing that with planning department staff. >> okay so you are proposing something that's not necessarily a general plan but specific to each unique neighborhood within the general plan. >> correct and i think it's not a one size fits all solution. it's just a set of asterisks.

>> i share the concern just to state what the language is that we're amending into the general plan it's to quote encourage greater levels of affordability on site and the city may adopt and as the name of the plan implies the general plan is general. it serves to provide parameters around future decisions and this board will make and today i'll be supporting the general plan amendment i believe it also helps us conform with decisions that we've taken and for example we as a board of supervisors have voted to increase the height for projects and voters have decided to increase the height for projects such as pier 70

but i fully understand it and am happy to work with planning staff to make sure we can narrowly taylor the language. >> thank you supervisor tang. supervisor wiener? >> i don't know why they were called separately. >> we've only called item number 8. >> i'll be supporting this general plan amendment. i'll reserve my comments on the underlying housing policy issue for the subsequent item. >> okay. supervisor peskin ? >> so madam president in conferring with our deputy city attorney i have some questions that i'd like to ask right now that i don't know that he's

prepared to answer but to put this in larger procedural context this board has 90 days to act on a general plan amendment from the date that it is forwarded by the planning department and the planning commission to this body. the 90 days expires on july 6th. if the board does not act by that date the general plan amendment is deemed to be passed. if the board adopts it within that 90-day period it is adopted and if the board rejects it in that 90-day period it's deemed rejected so my question in so far as we don't have a full compliment of supervisors today if there's a five five tie, is it deemed approved or is it deemed not approved?

>> deputy city attorney. i'm trying to get some consensus in my office. the charter on this states that the commission shall recommended that the board approve or reject and if the board fails to act within 90 days the general plan amendment shall be deemed approved and as you discussed i'm looking back to see what our previous advice has been. can't answer that on the fly but i will have an answer. >> i suggest we come back to this item and skip over item number 9 until we get some advice from deputy city attorney and his office. >> supervisor campos?

>> i don't understand why there would be a question about that. if you don't have a majority of the supervisors supporting or approving an item that means there's no approval and i don't understand what the issue is. >> right. in other circumstances where the board is considering an ordinance if the vote is five to five it fails it does not pass. the planning commission shall send general plan for approval or rejection. do you apply the rule that would apply to other types of ordinances where a 5-5 tie results in disapproval and that's a question that we're looking into right now. >> okay supervisor campos? seeing no names on the roster

i'm going to take this opportunity to ask the director who is here a question specifically about this particular request. it's my understanding -- thank you for being here, the director of the planning department -- it's my understanding is that on a routine basis we have approved a general amendment plan which gives us a guideline or a blue print to look at planning related matters throughout the city and county of san francisco but we also specifically as supervisor tang has noted often times we negotiate and work on specific projects that may be larger in scale or may require something different based on neighborhood character and we usually have a

general sense of this particular plan and we're able to tailor specific projects to meet the needs of a specific neighborhood whether they are for or against it. when was the last time we passed a general plan and how is it different from what we have done in the past? >> i think there's a number of general plan amendments that you approve every year and as supervisor peskin mentioned the way the charter is constructed the board cannot amend that general plan and either approve or disapprove or it's deemed approved. they sometimes happen with some of those zoning actions and i believe there might have been such an action but i don't recall specifically but the general

plan does not rezone any property that's the planning code that would do that. it does not in and of itself we can not change zoning or change any other actions without changing the planning code as well. >> last but not least it does not at all in any way include market rate housing? >> the overall bonus program allowed for -- this would allow for market rate housing developments, if the planning code is changed, it would allow for developments to have more density or go taller so it applies to the combined market and affordable if you will. >> okay but it's specific to

affordable housing solely in that regard. so supervisor tang will be skipping over 9 as well until we have an answer on item number 8. all right. item number 10 madam clerk. >> a motion confirming the mayor's reappointment to the port commission term ending may 21, 2020. >> all right colleagues can we take this item same house same call without objection the motion is approved unanimously. item 11 please. >> a motion confirming the mayor's appointment to the municipal transportation agency board of directors term ending march 1st. >> it has been quite sometime since that seat has been filled

especially by someone representing some of the outer neighborhoods such as the west side of town and i want to acknowledge former director jerry lee and i'm glad to see the mayor has decided to appoint someone to this board who can understand the challenges with families children and getting them to and from school as well as trying to manage work at the same time and especially from neighborhoods that generally have challenges with public transportation and i urge this board to support lee hsu. >> i hold nothing against him but it seems to be -- he sounds very good on education policy but seems to be lacking on transportation policy and i mean him no offense and i understand that he's a good man

but i don't think that he has the qualifications relative to transportation and respectfully i will be voting no. >> supervisor cohen? >> i too raise some questions about mr. lee he didn't fully demonstrate a working and in-depth of knowledge that would that made me feel very comfortable in supporting his candidacy moving forward and want to go on record that i'm going to be considering changing my vote on that thank you. >> thank you supervisor cohen supervisor yee? >> i've known mr. hsu for a

while. it would be really good for us to have somebody from the western side as -- they can see that he's gonna be filling from someone that passed away that lived in the same area so i will be supporting mr. hsu for this appointment. >> thank you madam clerk please call the roll. >> breed aye. >> campos aye. >> cohen no. >> supervisor farrell aye. >> supervisor kim aye. >> supervisor peskin no. >> supervisor tang aye. >> supervisor wiener aye. >> supervisor yee aye. >> supervisor avalos aye.

>> 9 ayes and 2 no's. >> the motion is approved. >> next item please. >> item number 12. roll call vote. >> breed aye. >> campos aye. >> cohen aye. >> supervisor farrell aye. >> supervisor kim aye. >> supervisor peskin aye. >> supervisor tang aye. >> supervisor wiener aye. >> supervisor yee aye. >> supervisor avalos aye. >> ten ayes. >> the motion is approved

unanimously. it's time for our 230 commendation. supervisor avalos has a 230 commendation. >> thank you looks like we're ready. i'd like to call mr. gilbert brigham to the podium. so today i'm honoring gilbert brigham and i know as gil and he has been there providing senior services for many many years probably about 30 years 3

decades maybe okay not quite so gilbert was born in harlem in new york during the great depression and was raised by his mother and grandfather while his father lived mainly in chicago despite being surrounded by poverty gilbert and his family had middle class values. mr. brigham went to catholic school and object contained a certificate of attendance but no diploma because his family was unable to afford tuition payments. his life turned when he enlisted into the navy during

the korean war and almost rejected because of high school and graduation documents. on duty in the navy he served in a cb which built bases and spent his service in the philippines and this period of his life was eye opening and very much fulfilling. he had rapid promotions and after 8 years in the navy and honorable ly discharged in san francisco where his ship figuratively dropped anchor mr. brigham was

immediately employed by united airlines in the supply department and he is now a retired chief warrant officer. after united airlines he worked in city government for almost 20 years serving under 3 mayoral administrations. most recently he has been a beacon of stability and friendship and care at the community center and i've worked with gil for a number of years and it's always been wonderful to see how much you are revered and adored and you see that seniors have

companion ship and opportunities for exercise and you have given this service for years in the neighborhood and i want to say thank you for your great service for that and there's a few rumors about mr. brigham that i think are important to share or clear up. gil had a brazilian restaurant on 24th street and gil loves to collect ties and as you can see he has a fancy tie now and both he and e u.n. ice love carnival and dancing and taking part with all the floats. mr. brigham has been a wonderful asset in the neighborhood and is now going to be retiring and i can't imagine someone who has spent so much time doing great work with the elderly actually

retiring but i'm sure you will still be around in different form and look forward to seeing you back at the community center. mr. brigham. >> thank you supervisors. i really have a tough time dealing with this situation. i want to retire i think it's timely for me to retire and i also feel that it's better to have these complementary words when you are in the up right position as opposed to the horizontal and i really do appreciate the kind words but i want to just say that whatever work that i did that i'm being commended for it really was personally good for me and i

enjoyed it and i'm the one that got the pleasure out of it and so anything that goes beyond that i deeply appreciate and i appreciate your comments. thank you very much. [applause] closer please to take the photo. [laughter]

congratulations again and thank you for your service. [applause] thank you. we now have another commendation from supervisor kim. >> thank you and i want to ask leslie and angela