i'm nicole and lindsey, i like the fresh air. when we sign up, it's always so gratifying. we want to be here. so i'm very excite ied to be here today. >> your volunteerism is appreciated most definitely. >> last year we were able to do 6,000 hours volunteering. without that we can't survive. volunteering is really important because we can't do this. it's important to

understand and a concept of learning how to take care of this park. we have almost a 160 acres in the district 10 area. >> it's fun to come out here. >> we have a park. it's better to take some of the stuff off the fences so people can look at the park. >> the street, every time, our friends. >> i think everybody should give back. we are very fortunate. we are successful with the company and it's time to give back. it's a great place for us. the weather is nice. no rain. beautiful san

francisco. >> it's a great way to be able to have fun and give back and walk away with a great feeling. for more opportunities we have volunteering every single day of the week. get in touch with the parks and recreation center so come >> clerk: all right. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to our land use committee meeting, monday, march

19. i'm katy tang, chair of this committee. to my left, ahsha safai, my right, jane kim. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. please silence cell phones. and any documents should be submitted to the clerk. items adopted on will appear on april 3 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> supervisor tang: item 1 is changing 1600 block of galvez avenue to sam jordan's way. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm from the office of supervisor malia cohen and i'm

here to give our enthusiastic support on behalf of this name change. it's been a straightforward process. the outreach done to the businesses in the area yielded no negative responses. sam jordan was an incredible community member, not only for the bayview, but also for san francisco generally. one huge accomplishment in his day is he was the first african-american to run for mayor in san francisco. beyond his personal and political leanings, he was a person that treasured creating space for community to gather and be engaged not only in the immediate neighborhood but in citywide politics. supervisor cohen asks that you join her in supporting this and

moving it to the full board. >> supervisor tang: seeing no questions or comments, we'll go to public comment. any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? no? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. i'm sorry. we will reopen public comment. anyone else, come on up. >> good afternoon. i'm alan jordan. sam jordan was my father. my sister, ruth, is here also. we'd like to come and thank you for putting this on our menu to make this thing finally come about. for years, my father was very committed to the bayview. this is something of pride for my family as well as the neighborhood. this goes hand in hand with the legacy program.

last year we were -- we made a legacy business, one of the first ones to be in the state of california and, actually, in the country. like i said, it's a source of pride for me, my family, and our neighborhood, that this is finally coming about. and thank you. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much for being here. any other members of the public that wish to comment on item 1? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: i just want to thank supervisor cohen's office for working on this. i always really enjoy these ordinances because i get to learn a lot about san francisco's history and the people that make our city great. i want to thank the jordan family for all of your father's work. and excited to support this and i want to add my name to the ordinance. >> supervisor tang: is that a motion? >> supervisor kim: yes. i make a motion to move it

forward with positive recommendations. >> supervisor tang: we'll do that without objection. item 2. >> summary street vacation-portion of panama street sidewalk acceptance in the niantic street. accepting an irrevocable offer for public sidewalk between panama street and saint charles avenue. dedicating the public sidewalk for pedestrian use and designated it public right-of-way and accepting it for city maintenance and liability. establishing a new sidewalk on niantic street. >> supervisor tang: we have javier rivera here. >> good afternoon. javier rivera from public works. this legislation street vacation and sidewalk maintenance.

due to errors during the construction at 10 niantic, 40 feet was built over the sidewalk. to not complicate title, we were asked to vacate the right-of-way. the community and various situations came together and determined that in exchange for the vacation area, the developer had to construct a new 500-foot sidewalk on the southerly side of niantic street. this provides the neighborhood with an ada-complaint, direct path to the overpass that leads to the bart station. as usual, we circulated this to all agencies and no objections were received. if you have any questions, i would be happy to respond. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much for that.

seeing no questions or comments, we'll go to public comment on item 2. any members of the public? >> hi. jeremy schaub from schaub lee architect representing the project's sponsor. i've come to the project rather late, but there's a history of this house being built, over 10 years ago. and we look forward to clearing this up. let me know if you have any questions. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. any other members of the public that wish to comment on the item? supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: i'm curious how this actually happened. how is it that the project sponsor built in the public right-of-way? >> to be honest with you, i'm not sure. it could have been a surveyor's mistake when they were staking out the property or it could have been the contractor that

misread what was going on during the construction. >> supervisor safai: it wasn't a fault of b.s.m.? >> no, sir. >> supervisor tang: seeing no other questions or comments? >> supervisor kim: i don't think there's been a good response as to why the project sponsor built on public land. i will be voting against this. i think we need a better explanation of that. also, i think there's a number of issues with this property, including evictions that are now on the record that have now vacated three units. and three households from san francisco. and i know they're attempting to legalize one of the units at planning. there are active complaints at the site at building suspension. so if this is going to move forward from land use, i will not vote for it, but i think we should make a motion to continue this item until we have actual answers as to why the project sponsor and property owner built

on public land without approval from the city prior. >> supervisor tang: thank you, supervisor kim. i'm okay with a continuance if you want more information at the next meeting. >> supervisor safai: i met with the head of public works. i wanted you to be on the record saying it wasn't your department. but i know that there was some misreading of the plans and in terms of how they, when they constructed it, they found out about it after the fact. they spent a long time working with the community and they constructed a significant portion of the sidewalk in exchange for this mistake. i'm okay with that in terms of how the resolution was and i'm okay with the explanation from the head of the department of public works. >> supervisor tang: thanks, supervisor safai. i think we can, one, continue it. another, send it to the full board without recommendation. and we don't have a board

meeting next tuesday anyway, so it would be quite a bit of delay, so i'm okay either way. >> supervisor kim: i will be voting against the motion. >> supervisor safai: i'm okay to send it to the full board. >> supervisor tang: can we take a roll call vote, please? >> clerk: on the motion to send the item to april 3 without recommendations. >> supervisor kim: no. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor tang: aye. >> clerk: there are two ayes and one no, vice-chair kim in the dissent. >> supervisor tang: so the item will go to the april 3 board meeting without recommendation and we would like the information that supervisor kim request requested. if we can call 3, 4 and 5 together, please. >> clerk: agenda item 3 plan to amend the map for the music

project at 200-214 van ness avenue, item 4, amending the planning code to examine a height exemption. it will be used to enclose or screen features from view. increased roof height. and provide visual interest. amending zoning map to change the height designation for 811. numbers 10 and 12 from 96x to 120x, affirming the ceqa determination and make any necessary findings. and number 5, development agreement between site and county of san francisco and can conservatory of music, including

student housing, faculty housing, activation of a neglected portion of van ness avenue. one for one replacement of 27 dwelling units, including clear right to return to a comparable unit and voluntary rent control and waiving rights under the ceqa. setting impact fees and actions said forth in the development agreement. confirming complains with or waiving certain items, 14b and 56. and ratifying within the ordinance. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. we'll turn it over to supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: thank you, chair tang. colleagues, thank you for your consideration for the legislation before us for the san francisco music conservatory

music project. this called for 113-room group dorm that would accommodate 420 students. it's a private music institution and has provided music education for over 100 years and has been a critical part of our cultural district along the van ness corridor, where we also have the san francisco symphony, oprah and ballet and maybe one day a san francisco school of the arts as well. we know that student housing and the construction of student housing is an incredible need, especially in this housing crisis. at this board, we've talked about how to build more housing so students are not competing with our everyday households, families, seniors, in our

competitive housing stock here in san francisco. i first want to acknowledge the san francisco conservatory of music for answering our call and looking to build housing near their campus, and also ways for students to walk to school and not increase congestion in the area. also to make sure that in procuring a site, where there's rent-controlled units, that they had spent this time over the last couple of years individually meeting with all of the tenants, assuring that they would get adequate housing during construction and that then a right to return with rent control back to a unit in this actual building. it was a very sensitive subject and i know when the conservatory first came to my office and i was hesitant to support because this board has shied away from removing rent-controlled units in san francisco. it's a position that the board has taken several times that we don't want to demolish our

middle and working class housing. once we demolish rent-controlled buildings, it never comes back. the actions that you've taken, i really appreciate. i also know it took a tremendous amount of time. so i appreciate your patience in working with us. i'm really proud of the project before us today. it will build housing for 420 students that will not be on the market competing with other residents and securing our existing community on the van ness corridor. their relocation is at 150 van ness, so just down the block. so services and community that the tenants dependent upon, they will have it both during construction and when they return to the new building. so i'm just pleased with the project before us. it has multiple community

benefits and no displacement of residents. this is an example of one of our responsible institutions that you partnering with the city to help to solve our housing crisis today. i want to thank the project team for working with the van ness neighborhood council. the building will have new performance and rehearsal spaces that will compliment the arts and cultural offerings in the area. music education is not just learning about playing an instrument, but performing. we have less and less performance space every year, and so that will be part of this project. i want to thank the staff at planning as well as the mayor's office of economic and work force development.

i want to recognize moses for coming on staff and helping to shepherd forward. i have minor amendments that i have circulated that i will reference today. with no further comments, i want it welcome up the planning staff to present. >> good afternoon. the actions before you today are three ordinances to enable the san francisco conservatory music to construct a mixed use project at 200 van ness avenue and include a general plan amendment, planning code and map amendments and development agreement. it would revise map 5 of the downtown area plan to reclassify from 95 to 110 feet. it would allow for obstructions, ground floor, open space, group

housing and exposure as well as create a height limit. on february 8, the planning commission voted to recommend approval of the general plan, map amendment and ordinance. this concludes planning staff's presentation, but i'm happy to answer any questions. >> good afternoon, chair tang and supervisors kim and safai. office of workplace development. thank you for your time and consideration of this project. before i begin, i wanted to make one correction to the document -- >> supervisor kim: we've circulated those. >> it ensures that the conservatory of music will provide the community benefit and requirements in addition to

the key provision, the one for one replacement of the 27 rent-controlled units that occupy the site. it will be modern apartments with the secure entrance and elevator for tenants. the conservatory will allow them a clear right to return at current rents and to the ongoing jurisdiction as long as the ordinance or any other ordinance remains in effect. these protections will be reported in the notice of special restrictions as exhibit g. project sponsor has worked closely with the tenants for relocation plan, as recorded. it appears as exhibit c. it establishes the following. prior to and in condition to commencement of the project, the

conservatory will provide comparable housing. they've entered into the agreement to provide temporary location. they hope this will minimize disruption for the tenants. additionally, the conservatory will pay the tenants' costs to move to temporary housing and to the newly constructed units once the building is ready for occupancy. the conservatory will pay for utility reconnection fees and work with the housing authority and continue to be eligible during the temporary displacement period and current units. the sponsor is working with tenants to include concerns or barriers that provide relocation

for all services the project sponsor has spoken to them to answer any questions and concerns. finally, the conservatory has developed a comprehensive noticing and moving protocol for the tenants that receive ample notice. this includes opportunities for the tenant to tour the sites, review units, provide floor plans. thank you for your time. and i will be available for any questions. >> supervisor tang: thank you so much. >> >> supervisor tang: is there another presentation? is this from the project sponsor? okay. great. >> good afternoon, honorable supervisors. i'm suzanne brown equity

community builders, project managers for the project. wanted to mention the president of the conservatory will come up. i've been working with the director of public affairs for the conservatory over the last 2 1/2 years to meet with tenants. we've had several community meetings at 200 van ness and trudi has been meeting with tenants directly. we had a relocation consultant that we brought on board 1 1/2 years ago and found that trudi is a much better -- she has a relationship with many of the tenants, so she's been working with 'em there -- with them. we had a meeting and want to assure the three of you and the tenants that they will maintain the same rights that they have now as far as rent control, right to return, and the

conservatory wants to be a good neighbor and make sure that the tenants are taken care of. with that, i would like to introduce david stolle. >> it's an honor to be here. if we can cut to the slide deck, we can go to a couple of slides. this is the site as it is today. we're excited to being able to, first of all, make sure that the existing tenants are able to return to the site. and we've worked closely with our friends to make sure that we can accelerate this transition. the conservatory itself is excited about this new building. it's a rendering of what the

building would look like. this will, in fact, be not only an excellent source of student housing, which builds community for them and walking distance to the school, but does have the performance spaces. there will be 600 performances a year. more than that. of the performances, 9 out of 10 are open and free to the public. it gives a chance for families and people that want to engage music to come into the space. the space at the lower level is highly transparent. as we come back away from the space that it has a low profile and provides a wonderful penthouse on top. it is also open to the public. 9 out of 10 concerts will be

free and will provide a beautiful evening for people that wish to engage music. the floor plans, this shows you essentially in the southwest corner, this gorgeous recital hall. it comes to the corner that you will be able to see, master classes. the school is the only stand-alone conservatory offering music degrees west of the mississippi that's fully accredited, but we also have programs for children and adults. i should point out that 98% of our students are on financial aid. we give back 53 cents of every $1 we collect. we're the most diverse and top five in the world and 38% of our students come internationally to study at the school. this is from inside the performance space. it gives you a sense of how bright and light that space will

be. it's the entry lobby that takes you into the space. this is a student center. it will provide them a place to have meals, get together, play ping pong. it gives you a sense of the activity in the building. this is looking at the performance space and restaurants that will be on the corner that faces davies hall. live jazz and chamber music and concert lectures. this gives you an outline of replacement housing. everyone comes through the front door. there's a private elevator that takes you up to where the units are located. all of them are facing the street and have light. you see the student housing design plan. there are suites that are quads. 62 students will be housed per floor. on the very top of the building,

you will see a performance hall. the vista to the north is spectacular. you will see city hall in the distance. to the west, glass sweeps up and you look out to the setting sun. and this is a public performance space. we look forward to welcoming families and visitors from the community here on a daily basis. this is the rooftop garden and this will look out towards the city, finding a wonderful view of the city. from davies, this is how you will see the building as you look off to the east. there's the building at night. the project for us has been a labor of -- a great effort. i want to thank the team that's worked on this. i really would love to thank supervisor kim and district board of supervisors and city for working so closely with us. we're committed to getting our students into the space and also assuring that the tenants have a

phenomenal experience in this transition. we appreciate their help and cooperation. >> supervisor kim: thank you. and i want to thank you for your work as well. when the project sponsor first came to my office, i was very skeptical about any project that would demolish rent-controlled units. and efforts have been extraordinary to get us to the place where the residents and you are in agreement and moving forward. so i'm happy this is moving forward. at this time, we'll move forward with public comment, via the chair. and i do have some comment cards. i have so many pieces of paper, i lost it. so i do want to first bring up sive vanderhorst, lead tenant, working with the households.

demarcus davis. jorge turkoo. alicia sandoval. >> hi. i just want to thank you for everything that you did. when randy kwon and i showed up at your office to meet danny, you were really great. the conservatory has been great. we're getting ready to go to beautiful units and to have the opportunity to live in such a nice place after living in a dump for so many years, is really nice. i'm not going to take up a whole lot of time. i just want to say that at first when we found out that our building was being torn down, we were so squared that we would be homeless and in the street and we all met downtown stairs and we decided that we wanted to stay together as a community and

that we wanted to live where we live. because we had decided this together, i -- you know, it's important to acknowledge that this was a community effort. and i speak up because i'm that kind of person, but i don't want to pretend that i was something better than my neighbors because, you know, they stood up, too. and i just hope that this gets passed so we can get across the street. and this time next month, laying by the pool. >> supervisor kim: thank you. thank you for your efforts. >> good afternoon. i'm demarcus davis. i'm study violin performance at the conservatory