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 the need remains while the

process of reviewing overall retail use and protections continues, we would like to -- the supervisors would lake to propose to continue -- would like to propose to continue the control and additional use requirement for storefront mergers to create a space over 2,000 square feet. these would provide protection for diversity we see disappearing on mission street and i'd be happy to answer more questions. >> commissioner: thank you very much. colleagues, any questions or comments? we'll me of on to public comment? anybody wishing to comment?

public comment's now closed seeing none. any follow-up? >> commissioner: we instituted controls and they've been successful. i'd be more than happy to send this as a committee report tomorrow with board of supervisor. >> commissioner: we have a second by supervisor tang we can take without objection. adam clerk item 5. >> the clerk: and the western shoreline area plan and wern shoreline area plan to restore the ocean beach shoreline and make appropriate findings. >> thank you, adam clerk. we have our planning department. >> first, i would defer to supervisor tang but i'd be happy to co-sponsor this legislation.

it's in supervisor tang's direct. i would like to thank staff in particular work the coastal commission in such a fashion unlike many of the coastal plan amendments that get rejected. this one -- if we approve it -- i should not put words in my colleagues' mouths but it should be approved at the february or march meeting. >> thank you. through the chair, i want to thank all the staff involved in this particular effort. i know it was a lot of community meetings and so forth. i will say that just to point out some of the obviouses we need the amendment to be able to include issues such as

addressing coastal hazard and sea level rises. in terms of factually we know there's issues we're contending with.

>> we have not amended our plan since 1986. this is the first time we're

changing the policies and coastal hazards are the driver. they're erosion and climate level rise and those with problems we'll have more problems in the future. erosion can happen. it led to emergency measures by the public utility commission and public works permitted through 2021. some parking lots have been removed as they become unsafe. we're figuring out the right balances for the coastal zone.

this amendment does not change anything in golden gate park. it adds a coastal hazard section and we're trying to restore the shoreline while protecting resources and infrastructure and existing development from coastal hazards. there's six policies some of which are focussed on the near term treat plan and some are long-term standards because erosion are problems we'll continue to deal with forever. this has been a multi-year process and so from the project launch through some data and model work in policy development

we had a community advisory group for the professional and interagency advisory group because again there's extensive public lands with city and federal in the area. we had fire interagency meetings. we all understand what the proposed amendments are. it's had an informational and initiation and adoption hearing. they recommended adoption in october last year and pending local approve we'll submit to the coastal commission for certification. as supervisor peskin noted if

they reject it, it will have to start back at the planning commission. i think we have done our best to work through the problems so you don't have to do this twice. that concludes my presentation. i'm available for any questions. thank you. >> commissioner: we'll move on to public comment? i have two speaker cards. mike grizle and bill mclaughlin. first person, come on up.

>> one relates to this

restrictions on new development in the erosion area. recently the sf zoo has build their own science center atop at the apex at the erosion site. this is areal concern. there's been new blocking for the public and the zoo wants to build their own parking garage. we need help anything you folks can do. thank you. >> commissioner: thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm with the surf rider chapter and work in a leadership type

role. and we'll look at whether it can be relocated as an important >> there's a curiosity about the

recycled water plant. we have information about that occurring in the same location as the retreat is going on. >> next speaker, please. >> i'm here on my own behalf. at the community meeting may second of 2017, two issues were brought to staff's attention, one issue is the u.s. geologic survey how san francisco bay is contributing to erosion on the southern portion of the ocean beach and accretion of build up on the other portion. the other is the sanctuary. it's reviewing its management plan. it's reviewing the possibility of incorporating the waters off san francisco into the sanctuary. these waters are an exclusionary

area and known as the donut hole. they were brought to the attention of the planning commission on october 5 of 2017. this commission recused herself. >> commissioner: thank you, any other members push to comment? supervisor tang? >> thank you to those who came out to speak.

i do know that in speaking with the various agencies and including spur we haven't settled on anything yet regarding parking. it's not something we have arrived at a solution yet but it's not to say we have for sure taken away all the parking yet. it's an evolving situation.

>> i want to thank you the coastal commission for their work and look forward to passing it onto the full board as a

committee report and getting to vote on it again at the coastal commission. >> commissioner: we cannent -- entertain a mission. >> and we'll move it forward with a positive report. >> we can take that without objection. clerk, will you call item number 6. >> the clerk: item number 6 the resolution imposing interim zoning controls to require cu authorization for personal services uses. >> commissioner: we've been joined by supervisor who proposed the legislation.

>> they put together a neighborhood plan. we have been continuing until may or june of this year. it will have been a full year plus. the department of planning and office of economic and workforce development have led the effort with 26 members of the working group all neighborhood residents from all walks of life. we're happy with the process. the zoning control is meant to put a pause on these and

hopefully by the time we're well along to put together the planning, these zoning controls if this board and body supports that will then will have the tuns -- opportunity to come back and adjust later. essentially it would require institutional uses, private community facilities, social services and personal service uses like hair salons and nail salons and also other uses that aren't necessarily promoting of light retail in the corridor. [please stand by]

. >> and so when we come back to the planning commission and hopefully, eventually to the board of supervisors, we'll be looking at public mobility, land use and housing, which obviously these interim controls would impact, and how do we support the existing small businesses and continue to make it a neighborhood where folks can open up shop, continue to be entrepreneurial, and continue to support their families. i'm happy to take any

questions, but it's important to think about these, thinking as a city, how can we advance toward those goals, and i think as the supervisor said, putting a pause on some of the things that happen in the neighborhood can help us get some breathing room and space so we can bring forward some legislation that advanced us as a neighborhood strategy. >> thank you, miss tanner. i also wanted to bring up one other point. we have over the years, we have a group that's been there, working, the excelsior action group, and they have been working on a lot of these issues over the last 15 years, working with stakeholders, merchants along with the excelsior outer mission merchants' group, so there's been a lot of work that's gone into this, and the work that i've done in the community has been listening to this, kind of reflecting that desire. also, there's been behavior that has been not permitted that we're trying to help

control for a lot of uses pop up that are not even permitted uses, and so this is to put an additional eye on that, what types of uses need additional scrutiny. so that's it, colleagues, hopefully, if you have any questions, let me know, and we can move the conversation forward. >> colleagues, any questions at this point in time? okay. seeing none, we will open this up to public comment. item number 6. seeing no public comment, item is closed. >> i don't need this to be a committee report. this is fine, we're going to have some more conversations with planning and economic development and then we'll go from there. >> okay. so colleagues, could i have a motion to move this item forward to the full board? >> supervisor tang: so moved.

>> and moved by supervisor tang and seconded by supervisor peskin. okay. madam clerk, do we have any other business before us today? >> clerk: no, we are done. >> okay. that concludes our calendar. we are adjourned.

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>> i'm warren corn field and we are doing a series called stay safe, we are going to talk about staying in your home after an earthquake and taking care of your pet's needs. ♪ >> here we are at the spur urban ken center and we are in this little house that was built to show what it is like in san francisco after an earthquake. we are very pleased to have with us today, pat brown from the department of animal care and control and her friend oreo. >> hi. >> lauren. >> could you tell us what it would take after an earthquake or some other emergency when you are in your home and maybe no power or water for a little while. what it would take for you and oreo to be comfortable and safe

at home. >> just as you would prepare for your own needs should an earthquake or a disaster event occur, you need to prepare for your pets. and i have brought with me today, some of the things that i have put in my disaster kit to prepare for my animal's needs to make sure that i am ready should something happen and i need to shelter at home. >> what are some of the things that people should have in their home after an earthquake or other emergency to help take care of their tasks and take care of themselves. >> i took the liberty of bringing you some examples. it includes a first aid kit for your pet and you can also use it for yourself and extra meds for your pets. and water container that will not tip over. we have got both food, wet food and dry food for your pet.

and disposable food container. and water, and your vet records. in addition, we have a collar and some toys. >> yeah. to keep oreo busy. >> he needs toys and this is san francisco being a fruity city and come on oreo. this is your dinner, it is patte style chicken dinner with our foody seen here. >> what they say now is that you should have at least a gallon of water and i think that a gallon of water is small amount, i think that maybe more like two gallons of water would be good for you and your pet. >> does the city of animal control or any other agency help you with your pet after an emergency. >> there is a coalition of ngos, non-governmental organizations led by the department of animal care and control to do disaster planning

for pets and that includes the san francisco spca. the paws group, the vet sos, pets unlimited. and we all have gotten together and have been getting together for over four or five years now to talk about how we can educate the public about being prepared for a disaster as it involves your pets. >> a lot of services. i understand that if you have to leave your home, we are encouraging people to take their pets with them. >> absolutely. we think that that is a lesson that we concerned from karina, if you are being evacuated you should take your pet with you. i have a carrier, and you need to have a carrier that you can fit your pet in comfortably and you need to take your pet with you when you were evacuated. >> i am going to thank you very much for joining us and bringing oreo today. and i am go

>> good morning. >> it's such an amazing, wonderful, wonderful morning. thank you for coming to this incredible event. i'm the director from the office of the mayor. i want to do a few house keeping notes beforehanding it over. i want to thank the office, our 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) >> are you a parents that's unemployed and struggling to pay child support we have teamed up and positions ourself to offer an opportunity for permanent employment. for more information call >> in 2017 we've had the lowest number of fatalities on our streets in our history. we still have a lot of work to do. and doing this work is a team effort. it is of course working with the

department of public works and the sfmta to discuss infrastructure issues to make it safer for pedestrians and bicyclists who are vulnerable to vehicles often times sadly going too fast. we're working with the san francisco police department, doing everything we can to crackdown on those individuals speeding and breaking the law and doing things that could create these kinds of accidents. no one wants to see the accidents on the side of the road, no one wants to experience going to a crime scene on the road knowing your loved one has been hit by a car or sadly tragically killed. i remember years ago on turk street and laguna, when a lot of us were hanging out and just kind of enjoying the weather, it

was a really nice hot time, like in the fall and my god son was crossing the street on turk at the intersection of turk and buchanan where there's no stoplight and he was hit by a car. we watched as you flew in the air and thought oh my god, oh my god, just to see it, and had no control over what was going to happen was devastating. and luckily he had minor injuries, luckily he survived, and i just really felt strongly, we have to do better as a city. we have to do better with the vehicles that are speeding on our streets. we have to do better with our infrastructures and when people push back on me about the improvements and bike infrastructure and all of those things we need to do, we have to make our roads safe. it's not about catering to a particular group. there are a lot of the

bicyclists riding in our city, there's a lot of pedestrians walking in the city, we have to make sure that people know this is where bicyclists ride, this is where pedestrians walk, this is where vehicles are supposed to be, so that everyone behaves responsibly on the road and knows the infrastructure, it helps them to understand exactly where everyone is supposed to be. our ultimate goal is public safety. we want everyone to be safe on our roads and everyone to make it home to their loved ones at the end of the night and that what this is about, this is about a team effort, working with our mta, the police department, department of public health, department of public works and families for safe streets, this is how we're going to change the behavior of what's happening on our roads and get to the zero, the vision zero that we are promising san francisco. this is an important thing we must all participate in.

so, again, i just want to emphasize that i have been in constant contact with the chief because enforcement, enforcement is going to play a key role in helping us address those issues. pulling over those vehicles running stop signs, pulling over the bicyclists who are sometimes doing the wrong thing, if you are breaking the law on our street, then there will be consequences for that behavior. it's not because the city wants to add another layer of bureaucracy or ticket you or collect that money, it's because we want to make sure that people change their behavior so that they're safe on our streets. that's what this is about. this is about bringing the number of 20 in 2017 down to zero. we don't want another death on our streets because of human error, because of anything we can avoid.

if we change our behavior, we change our roads and do a better job here in the city and county of san francisco. thank you all for being here. we have so much more work to do, but we are moving forward and working together to really make sure that vision zero is a reality and not just a dream. thank you. (applause) >> thank you. i think what you heard there is leadership of vision zero is not always easy. it can entail making decisions that are not always popular and there's always trade-offs when talking about redesigning streets and enforcing laws and that kind of leadership we have from mayor breed and the whole board of supervisors and we're joined by supervisor jeff sheehy who has been strongly behind the difficult decisions we have to make, that's the kind of leadership we need. and the board of directors

legislating the changes and faced with the trade-offs but willing to move forward with things that will get us to zero. as mayor breed mentioned, enforcement is an important part of it. a part of ed lee approach to vision zero, there's not just one tool in the tool kit. it's not just about street design. it's not just about education, it's not just about enforcement. it's about a collection of activities we can do together as city and community to drive fatalities to zero. the rules of the road are there to keep people safe, and the work that the police department has done in support of vision zero with direction from previous and current mayor, is a big part of the story of what we're seeing out on the streets in terms of success with regards to vision zero. welcome our chief of police bill

scott. (applause) >> thank you. good morning everybody. i'd like to echo director and acting mayor breed comments, you know, when i first learned about vision zero in 2013 it did seem like a dream. we were not only in san francisco but in other parts of the country because many other cities embarked on a vision zero initiative. it did seem like a dream but now four years into this and we have made significant progress in reducing the amount of traffic fatalities, that dream is becoming a reality. and i think it's very much within our reach to actually realize that vision of zero traffic fatalities in our city. before i go any further, when we talked about the numbers and the statistics and the fact that the numbers are down and the statistics are down, i don't

think it's lost on any of us that those numbers represent human lives and the families here today that have the courage to keep this on the forefront of our conscious, i thank you for being here. i know it's very painful to keep having to relive the loss of a loved one by way of a traffic fatality. thank you for being here today. from the perspective of the san francisco police department, our role is enforcement and also education. any time we have a traffic violation and we engage in a traffic stop or come in contact with a motorist or pedestrian or bicyclist, we have an opportunity to educate and that opportunity to educate is really probably one of the most important things we can do. enforcement is very important but education is even more important. this year in san francisco, we issued over 38,000 citations and i don't say that to brag, unfortunately that's 38,000 plus

people that have violated the law. however, it's also 38,000 contacts that we had the opportunity to educate people about really the impact of some of the violations that are more likely to cause traffic accidents. and our officers really take that work seriously. it's an opportunity to share stories about people that have lost loved ones and probably everybody in the room has a story. mayor breed told one that was compelling and i have one and many of you have their own. but when our officers engage in enforcement, it's more than enforcement. it's education. it's preventing these terrible acts from occurring by putting it on the forefront of people's minds when they violate the law. i want to go through a couple of things of how we intend from the

police department's perception to realize the vision. our captains coordinate efforts with patrol officers and our traffic unit on the enforcement. we work carefully with mta to use data to determine which intersections and corridors are more likely to have accidents and that's one of the ways we focus on those particular streets and intersections. the five violations that cause, speeding, running stop signs, failure to yield to pedestrians, failure to yield to turns, running red lights. those are the violations most likely to cause fatalities. this year there were 20 fatalities, 14 involved pedestrians. my ask of the public is number one, be aware of your surroundings, be aware of the laws, be aware of street

signals. be aware of crosswalks and try to work within the laws designed to keep you safe. it is really important that this effort be a partnership, not only with law enforcement but partnership between the community. if you follow the laws, you have much less of a chance of becoming involved in a fatality. that is particularly important with pedestrians. just the laws of physics. it takes a little while for 2,000 pound or 3,000 pound vehicle to stop. physics is going to win every time. if you pay attention, if you follow the laws you have less of a chance of getting involved in these type of incidents. for the elderly in the community, it's more important. a majority of our traffic related fatalities involve elderly. people can't get across the street as