incredible leader here who made the event possible. and the partners at jon stewart company. i know i see kathryn back there, the amazing people. thank you for your leadership. (applause) and the community of infrastructure and investment, nadia, you are somewhere here. thank you so much for the investment in the amazing development and the mayor's office of housing and community development. thank you for coming here. so without further adue, we want to start the celebration this ribbon cutting, this amazing moment, we have our supervisor malia cohen and mayor london breed here. first, i want to bring up our director to kick us off. (applause)

>> thank you very much for being here this morning. this is a really, really important time for me and for all of us. as a child growing up here in hunters point, i actually played on this very spot where we're standing. which is a surprise, that our childcare center is now here. we lived right there in the building right there in the place right here we were playing as children, my sister and i, who is the co-founder and there was a lot of housing in this area here. when we opened up the center and my program director tracy and i was walking through and i was telling the story, she said gladys it's here, the childcare center. and i was very moved but it couldn't be done without all of you helping and supporting us. i'm not going to be up here long but i really want to quote a

saying by myriam wright elder man. children must have at least one person who believes in them, it could be a counsellor, a teacher, a preacher, a friend, it could be you. you never know when a little love, a little support will plant a special seed of hope. one of the things that we work very, very hard to do at frandelja that has now been open 17 years, is plant the succeed of success to ensure that all children have an opportunity to succeed in life, as well as their parents. again, i thank mayor london breed and supervisor malia cohen for being here this morning. thank you so very much. (applause) we will now hear from our mayor.

>> thank you everyone and good morning. it's so excited to be here today. i grew up in the western edition community in public housing there and we were fortunate, the childcare facility i went to as a kid was just right across the street. mary lee would pick me up while my grandmother was working and we had a community, we had a lot of support. we would walk to school together, we grew up together and that's what being a community is about, making sure that our children have these incredible opportunities to start off in childcare to grow and thrive in our communities. i want to take a moment to acknowledge our mayor, mayor ed lee who constantly was an advocate for making sure we were

fulfilling the old promises that we promised decades ago to the residents here in the bayview hunter's point community. this is a promise fulfilled today, it's an opportunity for our young people to grow and thrive. this is an opportunity to make sure that every single child here succeeds and going to preschool is just really the first opportunity any kid gets to grow and learn and thrive. and so i'm excited to be here, 70 slots. 70 slots. childcare -- (applause) childcare just like healthcare should be a right, not a privilege. every child in our city deserves this incredible opportunity and thank each and every one of you for being a part of this wonderful event, actually this is really cool, this floor is really soft and i'm kind of melting in it. we didn't have that, we had to play on the concrete.

these kids are lucky, they have toys and new equipment and great stuff to play with. this is absolutely incredible and i'm so grateful to be here and i'm grateful for the amazing leadership of supervisor cohen who represents this district. she's a hard worker and cares about the community and steadfast, constantly pushing to make sure we're headed in the right direction and i think about ed lee again today, often times supervisor cohen and i would be the main persons going into his office talking about our districts and what we want and fussing a bit about what we want. and the mayor would just tell us, look, i'm going to take care of it, and he did take care of it. he took care of it and malia cohen has been a fierce advocate for making sure the community is taken care of. ladies and gentlemen, supervisor cohen. (applause) >> thank you. good morning ladies and gentlemen. so today really is a celebration

no doubt. but this is truly a combination of all the work that started almost three years ago, frandelja has had a fantastic story that is rooted here in our community, started at gilman at true hope with the vision of a few community members that recognized there was a gap in service right here in the southeast. people should be able to walk their kids to school or drive a few minutes to drop their kids off. so that's when the leadership of frandelja got together. now, years passed and they came to me about three years ago and said we're in jeopardy of losing this, we need to move and find a site. i don't know if you remember that conversation, it was difficult to have, but it's true, ed lee was at the table and neighborhood and campaiommu partners as well as the developers of this project that

assisted us in moving from one location to another so we don't lose any services. but let's be clear, we still need more quality early education opportunities here in our neighborhood just as we see across the city. this is a fantastic day we have come to celebrate this resource we're pouring into our community and the childcare facility that will make it a little bit, just a little bit easier for moms and dads to go to work, knowing that their child has a safe place, not only are they playing, but they're also learning. i think it's property to highlight they're learning basic fundamental principles that will put them on the pathway of being successful for education and then ultimately a career opportunity and who knows run for supervisor or mayor. we have a good track record right here. (applause) you're looking at two products of the public school system

before you, good things do come out of san francisco and working class communities and i think that's a very important message we need to speak out over our little ones. so i'm proud to stand with the women that founded the high quality learning center and you know what's really beautiful is that it started with a vision and tenacity of community members that saw the need and they just took action. they weren't elected officials, they weren't appointed to anything, they felt the urgency and the call to action. they felt that urgency of now. and they stepped up. i want to give my humble gratitude to sandra and gladys for their leadership. there's many organizations here that help us with the funding of such an endeavor. so we as a city are proud to be

part of working together to make sure this facility and others are successful. i want to say congratulations, it's a big victory for all of us here and i hope we can take a few moments in the early parts of 2018 to recognize this and celebrate. congratulations everyone. (applause) >> thank you supervisor cohen. madam mayor breed. i'm looking over to gladys, i believe we have some special guests, i see some amazing little ones over there, a special treat for the mayor here. but first, i think i'm to bring up miss ariana smith, miss smith is a parent of a child enrolled at frandelja. welcome. >> good morning. >> come on mama smith. don't be nervous. >> i'm not really a speaker but i want to say thank you to

frandelja for being accessible to me as a single working parent and you guys have been so helpful making my child feel she's at home. it's been very helpful to me. i thank you for everything. thank you. (applause) >> miss gladys would you like to introduce the special performance or ribbon cutting first? special performance first. as you come up, we have a few elected officials here, our school board president. thank you for coming. miss gladys. >> they are very excited, maybe a little nervous, so if you know the songs, i would like for you to help them along. here's our performers.

♪ round and round ♪ the wheels on the bus ♪ go round and round ♪ all through the town ♪ the baby on the bus ♪ goes wah-wah-wah ♪ the baby on the bus ♪ goes wah-wah-wah ♪ all through the town ♪ the mommy on the bus goes ♪ shh-shh-shh ♪ the mommy on the bus goes ♪ shh-shh-shh ♪ all through the town ♪ the bus driver on the bus goes ♪ ♪ move on back ♪ move on back ♪ all through the town

(applause) >> we're going to stop at three, is that enough? 3, 2, 1! >> we did it! ♪

>> (clapping.) >> in san francisco the medical examiner performs the function of investigating medical and legal that occurs with the city and county of san francisco from a variety of circumstances in san francisco there is approximately 5 thousand deaths annually i'm christopher director for the chief mr. chairman the chief my best testimony a at the hall of justice on 870 drooint street that is dramatically updated and not sufficient for the medical chairman facility i've charles program manager public works should a earthquake of a major are proportion occurs we'll not continue to perform the services or otherwise inhabit the building before the earthquake. >> we're in a facility that was designs for a department that functions and in the mid

60s and friends scientific has significantly changed we've had significant problems with storage capacity for evidence items of property and also personal protective if you're doing a job on a daily basis current little storage for prirjs are frirnlsz we're in an aging facility the total project cost forever ever commercial is $65 million the funding was brought by a vote of go bond approved by the voters and the locations is in the neighborhood the awarded contract in 2013 and the i'm the executive director we broke ground in november 2015 and that started with the

demolition of existing facility we moved into the foundation and january so pile foundation and then with second construction of the new facility. >> one of the ways that we keep our project on time on budget and we're having quality to have regular meeting and the variety of meetings with construction process meeting as well as cost of control meeting and i'm a project manager for public works the office of chief commercial we want walk the project site when we sign up and also with a contractor insinuates for a change over we need to verify what or what was instead of. >> the building is 42 feet tall so it is two stories and 46 thousand square feet roughly we're that's a great question to be on time and budget have the

roof complete a the exterior moving with the site work. >> and as you can see we've got a lot of the interior finishes installed. >> in an effort of an differentiate the facility that designed to work for 72 hours. >> not taking into account there was a lot of structural updates made into this building not seen in other construction throughout san francisco or other barriers we have friday morning examiners from 8 to one public comment monday to friday because of air circulation we literally have to shut the doors and so the autopsy is done without staffing being able to come and go or exit the space and literally lock down the autopsy in the new facility we have bio build one door opens and closed behind you you can

gown up and go through a second seizures of doors that has its own independent air supply and now in the exterior opt space having that middle space have greater flexibility of staff as they move in and out of the area. >> in the current facility investigative unit has small tiny, tiny place in the area of the new facility is almost doubled in all divisions from the current facility and the new facility. >> the planning we have here gives them the opportunity to have the pool needs to complete theirs jobs in a much more streamlined fashion. >> we're looking forward to have secured parking to minimize the egress of you know visiting

and the members of the public but really to minimize the investigators remaining remains from our advancing and so the facility. >> we have a new visitors area we're building that is a little bit more friendly to families. >> one thing you may notice in the room no windows there is no natural light not good for most autopsy but in the new facility at new hall we made that an objective they want to insure we were able to look up in the middle of exam and see the sky and see natural lights. >> that's one of the things the architect did to draw in as much light as possible. >> we have staff here onsite we insure the design of the new

design enables the investigators and other investigators skiefksz to consider to house on site this meant we needed to design and plan for locker room facilities and shower rooms the ability to sleep. >> third of the construction going into the building has been by contributions of small businesses. >> part of the project is also inclusive to the sidewalk have all new sidewalks and new curve cuts and landscaping around the building we'll have a syrup in front of the building and rain guardian. >> the medical examiner's office has been a several if in their contributions of the understanding the exception and needs. >> it's a building that the chief medical examiner has been looking forward to quite a few of the. >> it is extremely valuable

contribution to the, neighborhood address san francisco as a whole. >> the building will allow is to have greater very much and serve the city and county of san francisco and the neighboring >> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into

negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is

working in photography. >> we get to build the community here. this is different. first of all, this is a great location. it is in a less-populated area. >> of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program. it is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. the people have a lot, they can really come together and share a

love and a passion. >> we offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. we offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing. we offer classes basically in the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. there is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program. >> hello, my name is jennifer. >> my name is simone. we are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. >> c'mon, c'mon, c'mon.

>> actually, i have been here a lot. i have never looked closely enough to see everything. now, i get to take pictures. >> we want to try to get them to be more creative with it. we let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. >> you can focus in here. >> that was cool. >> if you see that? >> behind the city, behind the houses, behind those hills. the see any more hills? >> these kids are wonderful. they get to explore, they get to

see different things. >> we let them explore a little bit. they get their best. if their parents ever ask, we can learn -- they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of thirds or that the shadows can give a good contrast. some of the things they come up with are fantastic. that is what we're trying to encourage. these kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for photography. >> a lot of people come into my classes and they don't feel like they really are creative and through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas.

>> this is kind of the best kept secret. you should come on and take a class. we have orientations on most saturdays. this is a really wonderful location and is the real jewel to the community. >> ready to develop your photography skills? the harvey milk photo center focuses on adult classes. and saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes. adjourned. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shop & dine in the 49 with within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help

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>> good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors land use and transportation committee meeting for january 8, 2018. i'm mark farrell chairing the

committee joined by commission peskin and commissioner tang and i want to thank sf gof -- gov for announcing the documents. >> items acted upon will appear on the january 23 board of supervisors agenda. >> commissioner: madame clerk item one. >> the clerk: revising 42 definition of gross floor area and remove redoundancies. >> commissioner: we have planning department here to speak. >> good afternoon, supervisors. the proposed ordinance would amend the planning coat to make amendments to the area. the department has not received any public comments and on

september 7, 2017 the planning commission approved the ordinance. they could be packed as calculated in the planning code. the first amendment would remove the distinction removing the accessory buildings from the definition of gross floor area. and accessory buildings in the calculation of gross floor area. it's problematic. the code does not define accessory buildings and parcels could be interpreted from being an accessory building and the definition are included in the definition of gross floor area. therefore there is no distinctive dove mission for the purpose of calculating gross floor areas for structure. the second amendment would

remove the car share parking retirement. required car share parking say mandatory condition imposed by the city. they're mandate ford projects that meet certain conditions. it's a betterment to the public and development community to exclude it from the definition of gross floor area in all zoning districts. this concludes the presentation. thank you. >> commissioner: colleagues any questions or comments? supervisor peskin -- we'll open it up to public comment? seeing none. public comment is closed. can i have a motion. >> i would be happy to make it forward with a recommendation. >> commissioner: we can take that without objection. mada madame clerk, item two. >> the clerk: the planning code

article 8 to clarify nighttime typographical clarifications. >> commissioner: thank you. same thing. planning department speak on item two. >> the proposed ordinance would amend the planning code to make clarifying amendments to article eight. the planning commission vote to approve the proposed ordinance. due to multiple revisions text has been dropped and spelling errors and some are not reflected in subsequent legislation. it's intended to correct errors in the code. this concludes my presentation. >> commissioner: thank you very much. any questions or comments? public comments is now closed.

>> i'll make a motion for positive recommendation. >> commissioner: seconded by supervisor peskin. >> commissioner: to make them happy. >> madame clerk, item 3. >> the clerk: prohibiting non-retail professional services and limit lot mergers and catering within the mission street nct and making appropriate findings. >> commissioner: thank you very much. >> good afternoon, planning department staff. just for background on the legislation, this is part of the many strategies identified in the mission action plan 2020 endorsed by the planning commission and transmit to the board last much. up on the slide will be the goal of 2020 and the categories under which the strategies and plan fall from tenant protection to economic development to advance

the target goal and objectives of the plan. most of the strategies are already being implemented. this is the second you've seen this year and we'll have a bigger legislative package with alcohol and controls in the mission related to what is next on your agenda today. i'll pass it to my colleague and i'm available if you have questions of the broader map 2020 process. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm staff at planning. just to give you a little bit of background about the specific amendments that we're proposing today, they are aimed at -- they come out of the map 2020 claudia mentioned and aimed at curbing

business to business uses on mission street. they're aimed at easing land use pressures on retail businesses on mission street. expanding options for art activities and catering uses within the nct compatible with neighborhood uses. protecting the mission street and continuing to provide space for project. so the specific amendments we are proposing include the removal of non-retail professional services as a permitted use known as administrative uses and catering on all floors, limiting lot mergers in the mission nct. on parcels fronting mission street to 100 linear feet and for projects with frontages with

50 and 100 feet it would require a special space less than 2,500 square feet. they'd have to break up larger ground floor spaces to including one that is smaller. so just on the last issue of the lot merger issues, it's probably the one amendment we've had the most back and forth upon we originally had a 150 foot limit. folks of theed requested a 50-foot limit and we wanted to limit lot mergers but not discourage project require a higher percentage of vmr. we looked at the soft sites adjacent to each other in parcels in the mission nct.

we saw if we did a 100 foot limit and all the parcels were developed to full capacity we'd get 105 units, 25% of which would be below market rate. you can get smaller projects below the 25-unit threshold for a 25% inclusionary so you end up in fewer vmr units is how we came up with the 100 foot limit. that concludes my presentation. i'm happy to answer any questions about any of these amendments. >> commissioner: colleagues, any questions or comments? we'll move on to public comment. i have a speaker card for item three, mark loper. if there's anybody else, feel free to come forward. >> good afternoon, supervisors. mark loper. i'm testifying on behalf of a sponsor for mission street. it's a 75-unit mixed income

project. the project was first proposed in 2014. we filed formal entitlement applications in 2016. it was approved by the planning commission less than two months ago on november 30, 2017 that was nearly two years after entitlement application was filed. this project does involve a lot merger over the 100-foot trigger talked about. while we believe state law protect the project from zoning change that are i am -- imposed we think a grandfathering clause would clarify the point and is common practice for legislation that affect housing projects like 2019 mission that are approved that haven't started construction yet. for example, this bord include provisions in recent legislation

related to affordable house. the transportation demand management program in san francisco's own density project just to name a few. grandfathering in this narrow instance recognizes the housing project that complied when the project was proposed and should not be further delayed or be subjected to different requirements after receiving approving. we request adding language to the ordinance specifying the ordinance does not apply to those that submitted a complete application prior to the effecti effective date. >> commissioner: thank you. next speaker, please. >> cory smith on behalf of the san francisco action coalition. i've been following this for a

little while. regarding if it's a 50 versus 100-foot merger we've been work with people on this in terms of the ground floor. we want to make sure everything second floor and up isn't negatively impacted. we don't want to see anything inhibit our ability to put subsidized affordable units on t the market. there is restaurants or retail or whatever we won't have an opinion on that. and specifically relate to the comments of the previous speaker as well, this has been a long-time conversation in san francisco about changing rules and moving the goal posts once everything is establish and we also ask projects already approved are not impacted by

this simple, hopefully straightforward grandfathering. thank you. >> commissioner: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning. commission economic development agency. i want to speak in support of this legislation and touch on a few of the important elements i think that are here and how they'll help with the stabilization of mission street under stress right now. i think limiting the lot mergers is important in terms of keeping things within a scope and scale that is community serving. historically we see which project end up being community serving. the accompanying store fronts -- though the legislation not specific to them, plays into that. i think the addition of adding

art and catering is important as it will provide significant new opportunities for our displaced art and cultural groups and new groups to grow and thrive. we have a growing system. we're having a all in all we have provisions for the street as well. >> commissioner: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> i am here to speak about the

controls. given there is a conversation now about what's happening with the permanent amendments i want to weigh in on those. first, supervisor ronen is supportive and sponsored the proposed amendments. the outreach and the discussion that have gone on in preparing these has been take joan -- taken in time and there's vetting of data and there's been a result in the proposed amendments. they were introduced at the full board in november. frankly hearing about the concerns about the lot mergers today has been a surprise. i think any consideration of whether or not there's to be grandfathering shouldn't happen today. the supervisor will take it

under advisement and we'll be able to look at what the potential effects are and if the supervisor wishes to submit an amendment i'm hoping she'll be able to prior to the full board hearing. i think that's all i need to say. we noticed there are large lots on mission street and the fact that we're trying to preserve smaller ones and ensure diversity of scale for the housing and retail use she's reason behind this. thanks. >> commissioner: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm with the latino culture district in support of the legislation. we're trying to make sure the smaller businesses in the

mission are able to survive the gentrification in the neighborhood. there's pressure on the small businesses with rent increases and investor-type businesses coming in and restaurants coming in and we want to make sure the playing ground is equal. it's one of the few places that are left that cater to low-income working class folks in the neighborhood. a lot of the restaurants that have moved in are expensive and not affordable for a lot of us. we also see the spaces below are being kept vacant for a long time. developers aren't able to rent them out. in particular the development on mission street, we wanted to work with the developer to get a neighborhood serving type business in the space but he

refuse to deal with us and we're looking for large developments coming in to have smaller spaces at the bottom to cater to the local neighborhood. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good evening, san francisco and everyone else watching. i support the mission district and everything they're saying. i wish you had someone other than a black man to come and support us. we don't have no businesses on fillmore. or have you seen fillmore lately? and i'm not here to point the finger at no one, particular queen bee. i go to district 5 and i can't get action because he's playing both parts and i know y'all don't want know say this but i'm not saying it for y'all but for the african american lack negros however you want to say us. i hope you hear me, peskin,

because you did a wonderful job for herman. you opened up the box and we can't stop. this is to the city and county because they say i'm not a media person. this say news bulletin being published so i'm part of the media. i don't want problems tomorrow when go to the chamber and i'm the only black person you stop. my name is ace, dammit in the city by the bay. i've been trying to see our acting mayor. i went to her office, i can't get in there because they don't know what the hell's going on. i'm the acting supervisor of the district 5. my name is ace. contact me. i know everything in the fillmore. when she was a little girl i was working in the fillmore. when she was born in the projects, i was working in the

fillmore and i'm not saying this to get at you like this way but you need to see me. i'll be in your office in two minutes. my name is ace and i'm on the case. that's a bulletin. i don't need a press pass tomorrow. you know who i am. >> commissioner: thank you, ace. anybody else wish to comment on item number 3. supervisor peskin. >> i don't know if this say question for staff or the city senior but i want to make sure the legislative digest the amendments i don't think is correct and explain what the legislation does. instead of saying that it would restrict lot mergers by requires lots along mission streets to be at least 150 feet wide is to be no more than 100 feet wide, right? >> deputy city attorney.

our office committed a corrected legislative digest to the court this morning. it's in the clerk's file now and will be in the file going forward. >> commissioner: i wanted the chairman to know i'm reading all the fine print. >> commissioner: the chairman appreciates it. supervisor tang. >> i have the same confusion this morning and i wanted to check in win supervisor ronen's issue. i'm hearing folks in public comment and i'm confused. said she supports the amendment but you meant the legislation -- >> right. she is not proposing any amendment to this package at this time. the concern about the grandfathering provision has an

effect on the specific proposed project underway has not been reviewed and vetted and nothing -- no decision's been made about any grandfathering provision. >> i don't know if there's been a reason given because i talk generically. i'm curious if there was rationale. >> has not come up to this point. >> commissioner: colleagues, seeing no other comments -- >> commissioner: the only comment i would make is based on the public comment of the attorney representing the project at 2918 mission street. that attorney represented he believed they were grandfathered. if that's true i suggest there's

an off-line conversation. it's not scheduled as a committee report. you have until the 23 or 24 to have the conversation. i say we not take that amendment and have that conversation and as council said he believe it's offered anyway. if that's true there's no reason to include it but why not have an off-line conversation. >> commissioner: okay. thank you. i think that would be great to have happen and understand what's going upon with that said, motion by a colleague. >> i'd move it to the full board with recommendation. >> commissioner: motion by supervisor peskin. supervisor tang. madame clerk, item 4. >> the clerk: in term zoning controls for cu authorization

for commercial and storefront mergers by mission, cesar chaf he is and protrero. >> so this is a resolution for interim controls. there have existing interim controls in place passed by the planning commission. the series of controls meant while some are expiring after their limit of a two-year term. there is one control, one interim control in place that is not yet reached its two-year term and that is the requirement that spaces being converted to restaurant use would have to go through a condition use authorization process. because there's time left on that interim control and because