>> commissioner anderson. >> here. >> commissioner harrison. >> here. >> commissioner mcdonald. >> here. >> okay. good morning, everyone. welcome to the may 21st commission meeting. just a few notes before we get started for the public.

>> can you hear me, stacy. >> she is in a different system. >> okay. >> somebody commented in chat andrew perry. he thinks stacy is on mute. >> i think she is while she is talking on a separate system to the public. >> i can see the mute button there.

>> we are now on item 2. the president's report.

>> thank you very much. the president's report will be very brief. i want to congratulate all commissioners on technology skills and being able to get on the call and i want to thank the public for participating remotely. we are trying our best under these circumstances. i want to congratulate all staff and general manager for all of the work getting done during these challenging times, particularly in the broader sense of assisting the mayor and community in trying to solve the broader problems. that concludes my president's report. >> is there any public comment on the president's report? >> we are now on the item 3,

general manager's report. >> good morning, commissioners. it is nice to kind of virtually see everyone. i will be quick. we have a special video presentation at the conclusion of my report today. to follow up on your brief comments, mr. president, as way of illustrating how important our staff has been to the city's overall coronavirus response after nine weeks, i want be to share how employees are continuing to serve our city. 91% of recreation and park department staff have been designated as essential workers, 91%. 545 members of our team have been activated as disaster service workers. they have functioned in emergency child care, custodial services, our park rangers doing education and outreach, 40rpd staff worked downtown in the

city's emergency operation center. we have two staff serving as site hotel managers, we have 193rec staff at emergency child care facilities. staff are supporting the gift to sf program. we have had staff working in the joint information center. we have had staff driving ppe around the city in trucks. there is nothing that your recreation and park department staff are not doing to support the virus right now. they are continuing to maintain a safe and very actively used parks system. our parks in a disaster, as we talked about, all of our resources, all of the city resources are on the table. our spaces have been used as testing sites, food

distribution, emergency child care and shelter. however, it remains extremely important to us that spaces that are intended to be used for recreation continue to be used for recreation. not all park features, but parks are important and playing a critical role in helping our community maintain a sense of normalcy and sense of physical activity and mental health. i couldn't be prouder of the work that our team is doing. a couple more quick announcements. our yearlong celebration of golden gate parks 150th anniversary continues on may 30th at 5:00 p.m. when debbie, the executive producer of comedy day has a concert of classics to showcase comedians in the 40 year history.

the artists list is finalized as we speak. for more information go to golden gate park 150.com. i highly recommend this website. we have several concerts performed in the park. we have virtual tours in the park. we have children's stories about tolden gate gate park, play lists. it has become, well, it has become a magical resource for us. obviously, this wasn't the golden gate park 150th birthday we hoped to plan for, but the website really is a virtual warehouse of celebration. i encourage everybody to visit. as you probably read in this morning's paper or have become aware of, the response to the

virus worldwide has economic impacts that does not escape our state or city. due to the covid-19 emergency the city is making $1.7 billion budget shortfall through the fiscal year 21-22 due to reduction in revenues which is hitting us significantly as well. all departments as a result, all city departments have been asked to reduce spending, the budget submitted to the commission several months ago before the first shelter-in-place order was issued is basically no longer exists. we will be resubmitting the budget to the mayor office office consistent with the the following instructions. in 2021 a budget reduction of 10% of the adjusted general fund support.

in 21-22 an additional 5%, totaling 15%. in the second year that 5% is a contingency this coming year if fiscal conditions worsen. the budget instructions we were given by the mayor and her budget team are to maintain core rpd services to provide critical government functions, to evaluate all operations for realignment with the city's covid-19 operating measures and guidelines. what operations can and should be performed remotely? what services need to be provided in person? what services can be moved online? how do we continue to prioritize services for the vulnerable populations with a focus on equity? budget decisions are going to be based on the following

re-opening considerations? what are our core services? what are critical recreation and park strategies? what is the ongoing park guidance for re-opening the operations, and again our commitment to equity. how will be use the equity zones and plan to guide the service changes to ensure people can still access needed services in a safe manner, including the equity program and scholarships. we have a lot to think through, and we have a lot to focus on in a short period of time. reduction plans are due to the mayor's budget office by june 12th. the budget will be submitted on august 1st to the board of supervisors. the board of supervisors are going to approve the 2021 budget september 29th. what is happening until then the budget

process is pushed back 90 days. there will be a continuing resolution at the board to allow our department to function until the new budget is submitted. this is going to be a challenging budget for us. as you know, two of our three sources of revenue are general fund as discussed. we are asked to make reduction in general fund support and earned revenue. we are experiencing shortfalls because businesses aren't operating, large events aren't occurring. this is going to be a tough one. all hands on deck. we have broached the issue at a all staff town hall yesterday. we will solicit revenue, expenditure ideas from the staff

and stakeholders in a condensed period of time and do the very best we can to figure our way through this in time for the mandated june 12th submission. we will be coming back to you right before we submit, still to be scheduled a special meeting to hear more about it. we need more time to figure this through, but that is where it is. i wouldn't mind returning to a little bit of happier news. first, we talked about using this time to really understand how to adapt our park spaces as we were commenting just before the meeting started. this weekend you will see behavioral heart, call it human parking spots, quality circles. four busy spaces around the city

will be lined with experimental pilot of socially distanced circles in the larger meadows to inspire and influence people to be outside, get fresh air, but to do it safely. we started in delores park this morning. we added spaces at washington square and little marina green and concluding with jackson playground so we are in each quadrant of the city. it is not our only strategy for the park spaces to engage safely. at last count we had 1500 social distancing park spaces. kudos to the chief ranger and team for coordinating with sfpd with th the cadet program and wh

the alert teams to have many, many people out on weekends in n mice weather -- in the nice weather. our parks are critical and we have to work together to enjoy them safely. i want to conclude with letting you all know that today, may 21st, is going green for park. a national day led by new york city parks and the san francisco and parks department to thank our park responders. all of those park professionals across the country who have played essential roles in helping keep our community safe and helping our community to be able to enjoy parks and preserve semblance of their physical

health and mental well-being. >> mark: in new york city there is green tonight and tonight the sales force tower will be green in honor of our park responders and today many of us are wearing green in support of our co-workers and park professionals around the country. on social media people are shouting out to local park employees using the hashtag going green. today is a day where we celebrate not just our park professionals in san francisco but park professionals all over the country for doing their part to respond to this crazy pandemic. the way i want to conclude is with a special appreciation

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>> commissioners, that concludes the general manager's report. a special out for the creative genius inputting that video together. >> thank you very much. >> we are now on public comment. item 3. the general manager's report. if you would like to comment please dial in. you will have two minutes. please state your name at the beginning of your comment.

there are no callers. public comment is closed. commissioner anderson, do you want to make a statement? >> first of all, i wanted to give praise where it is due because i noticed that one of the first things that happened when this sheltering in place order was announced is that child care was going to be provided to essential service workers using our libraries and rec and park staff. that was an amazingly progressive move and soness. it is something i wish everybody had. we need universal child care. i want to express my gratitude to everyone that was involved. also, i want to thank debbie

durst for the program on the 30th. i want to put out there this is amazing to me. she has suffered the stroke of her husband and the death of her little sister. for her to do that is such an incredible gift. i want to float an idea to you that perhaps we might consider laughter yoga to be performed in the circles. there are studies how great laughter is. i took a laughter yoga class myself. if you real or fake laugh, the body responds the same. if there is anything i can do, since i suggested it. if one suggests it one should be willing to get involved. i am willing to get involved with my time and my money with that.

i will keep it brief. i also visited the tower this other wear carrying my commissioner badge, but i didn't get to show it off. i had a coyote encounter up there. it was at night. the columbus statute is covered with staff folding. maybe we can figure out what is going on there. thank you for your hard work. >> thank you, commissioner. >> i will talk to the recreation staff. maybe we will figure out how to have you lead a virtual laughter yoga class. >> commissioner buell, i have a question. >> first of all, thank you for harold and the blue notes. i have a qui a quick question. we had the charter amendment

which required increase in general support funds. how does that play out today with our budget constraints? >> proposition d. very good question, commission commissioner. proposition b was -- includes a trigger as similar baselines in other city departments. frankly they are included in labor contracts. if the city financial condition reaches a certain threshold those commitments are waiverrable. we get this. the city finds itself in an unprecedented dire financial situation. there will be some pain. i don't know how to sugar coat it. we are going to have to scale

back some of the things we do to figure out how to continue to do as much as we can with a little bit less. what that means we don't know yet. you know, this is a painful part of this emergency because even after people can start to enjoy activities and restaurants and businesses, the legacy of the pandemic will be with us for several years as a city. we have to figure our way through that like we figured our way through the virus and that is by doing it together. >> thank you. >> any other comments from commissioners? we are on item 4. general public comment. this is planned for 15 minutes.

this will be continued on item 9. at this time members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission and that do not appear on today's agenda. with respect to agenda items, you have the opportunity to address the commission when that item is reached in the meeting. reminder to the public. if there is anything to comment on that is not on the agenda dial 1 and 0 to be added to theque. tadded to thequeue. you have two minutes to comment. >> there are no callers.

we are on item 5. consent calendar. any questions? commissioner buell, you are on mute. >> thank you. do we need public comment on the consent calendar before we move to a motion? >> yes. if there is anyone in the queue for item 5, consent calendar dial 1 and 0 to be added to the queue. you have two minutes to comment. please state your name. >> you have two questions rema remaining. >> please state your name first, caller.

>> caller: i have a comment. permanent filter air ducks at the balboa pool were not permanent. there is a part about signage. shower before swimming. that is all i wanted to comment about. the pool. most of it is all right through. thank you. i am surprised i was able to get on. i had to dial quite a few times. other than that consent calendar items are all 4.0. thank you. >> thank you, richard. >> please state your name,

first. >> caller: i am director for b magic. i am calling to speak on calendar item f, the bayview playground renovation. i want to thank the rec and park team, specifically mary ann for continuing to move this project along. b magic and other organizations were one of the partners that applied for the cof grant to renovate the park. we are so happy rec and park was able to find additional funding to make the actual conception what the community wanted for the park to come true. we are happy to learn there is going to be a groundbreaking and starting of the construction of the park.

hopefully, this summer. i hope that is not delayed due to covid. we have been waiting for this to begin since 2014 when the first cof grant was awarded. thank you to the park and rec committee. we are for having this happen within the baseball field and we have been in discussion for quite some time about this project. lastly, on a personal note i want to thank rec and park for keeping the park open. it has been a place of respite for myself and others. i want be to congratulate you for keeping it open for the employees and daycare and keeping it open so folks can get out and actually have mental

health aspects needs met. we heard there is an uptick in engagement at bayview park which we are happy to see people taking advantage of the opportunity during this time. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> please state your name. you have two minutes. >> caller: this is mia rogers. i am a bayview resident and parks advocate. it is nice to hear everyone's voice. i am commenting on the bayview park renovation as well. happy to see that is coming along. i am echoing what they said. also, i am thankful the parks

are thought of in such a progressive kind of way that involves the community, especially bayview park is in conjunction with the health center and everything. it has been awesome. i totally support the bayview park project, and i look forward to seeing it. the listener stole my thunder, but we are in alignment with all of the sentiments. >> thank you very much. >> no other callers are on the line. public comment is now closed. >> thank you very much, commissioners. >> commissioner anderson raised her hand. >> i just wanted to comment on the bayview playground

renovation. it is beautiful. i wanted to renew my request to consider some sort of structure to provide safety. this is massive and in direct sunlight most of the time. i have been there a number of times and watched people struggle with the impact of the sunlight. that is a wonderful thing. a lot of seniors live across the street, and i wanted to put that out there. i didn't see anything providing shade in the design. >> thank you. any other comments? not seeing in. the chair would entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar. >> so moved. >> second. >> all those in favor. >> aye. >> it is unanimous. thank you. >> we are on item 6.

the san francisco zoo. >> hello. it is tanya peterson, director of the san francisco zoo. >> good morning. >> myself to hear ever -- nice to hear everybody. i am thrilled to report that all of my staff and the zoo animals are in good health. none have shown symptoms or tested positive for the virus. we are thrilled with that. the animal care teams have been working in shifts since the shelter and wearing ppe even before the shelter-in-place. i have to thank the animal care teams for keeping us healthy. most staff is working at home, learning the downfalls of zoo zooms. given everything we appreciate the department's help in keeping us going during these challenging times. the zoo is closed to the public. we continue to work with the

department of public health, rec and park and the mayor's office and governor's office when the zoo may re-open at least in some limited fashion. it, too, is a park. it can respond relief for our families. we are focusing on getting the family members back first in a very safe way, but i do not know when. we are trying to stay connected to the public with social media. i don't know if you have seen the penguins roaming around the zoo. it is fun to see them interact. we have a new sf zoo connect to get daily podcasts from various staff members and encourage our community to look at the zoo outside their backyard. we had to sadly cancel the

annual zoo fest fundraiser. president buell is our auctioneer. thankfully, most people converted their seat purchases and auction items as donations. at the moment we are financially sound. a summer close might change things for us as well. at the moment a very small percentage of employees are taking unemployment. again, we have to see how the summer shapes up for us financially. i think with that i finish my report. >> tanya, this is mark. one question for you. is your present contract mr. biddle is that still going forward? >> yes. we put him to the side. we reengaged him, and, hopefully, as we get back to new

normal, he can assist us as we go forward. >> keep us posted on that, would you? >> of course. . >> great. >> we are now on public comment for item 6, the san francisco zoo. if you are on the line to comment, please dial one and then zero to speak. yoyou will have two minutes to comment. >> caller, please state your name, first. >> i am richard fong. i would like to comment to tanya peterson. you would be aware there are pandas in canada. that is the issue i want to drop off to get to get the ball

rolling. canada is going to be turning back the pandas back to china. they have a problem with growing food for them up there in canada. that is something that i thought would be very interesting. we have a very large asian population in the bay area if we could get a study going or something to have the pandas from san francisco or oakland. that is what i want to get the ball of wax rolling. thank you. >> thank you. >> there are no further callers. any questions or issues, commissioners? seeing none we are on item 7. mixed-use project. 10 south van ness avenue.

>> good morning. if i could get the power point up, please. >> chris towns, planner with rec and park planning division joined by lewis from the planning department as well as andrew perry. lilly is the coordinator and andrew is the project planner for 10 south vanness mixed use development project. it is up for consideration of the project shadow on seven parks, patricia's green and

howard park hayes playground. the park and learning center, buchanan street mall. it supports 1.2 of the strategic plan to strengthen the quality of existing parks and facilities. for shared reference. planning code 295 for prop k prohibits the city for issuing building permits forecasting the shadow unless the planning commission after consultation finds the shadow would not have

a significant impact. in 1989 they jointly adopted the 11989 memo which identified the criteria for determining if the shadow is significant. in addition to the guidance measures. these include time of day when the shadow appears, time of year, shadow size, duration, shadow location, and the public good served by the project. at this time i would like to pass the presentation to louie with the planning department to provide a brief overview of the relationship to the hub and the planning approval sought for the project. >> good morning.

>> good morning, commissioners, lilly, principal planner with the san francisco planning department. this was within the boundaries of the area plan adopted in 2008. in the plan the area referred to wasn't visioned as high density mixed use neighborhood. it supports this vision including special use district to allow towers and high density development at mission. and the creation of new fees to fund affordable housing and infrastructure. on this map you can see the hub area in blue. it falls in the eastern portion of the plan. it has the framework for development. the planning department didn't receive the applications until 2012. this is largely due to the

recession in 2009. in 2016, the planning department initiated a planning process to look at the whole hub area to see given the development interest are there ways to increase housing and affordable housing and make improvements to streets and open spaces. since the project began we have had large workshops focused with neighbors and city-wide groups. the legislation was initiated on february 13 and will be before the planning commission for adoption later today. there are three key goals for this effort. first increase amount of housing and affordable housing near transit, develop anchorednate designs for streets and allies, to design and pr prioritize how

the money will be spend. changes to height and updated objectives and policies. while this plans is underway projects have the option to file applications and receive entitlements under the existing zoning. there are, however, three projects that are waiting for these amendments to be approved currently under review by the department. including 10 south vanness, 98 franklin and 30 vanness. with new development comes new fees to be used to improve infrastructure, housing, child care, streets open space and transit. we calculated the public benefits on the existing requirements and fees and estimate 30% increase in public benefits for the city because of the zoning changes. we developed the robust package to identify the specific projects to be funded with impact fees including new parks

and open spaces. i would be happy to answer additional questions. >> thank you, lilly. i would like to invite andrew perry to cover the project itself. >> thank you, chris. good morning, planning department staff making sure you can hear me. >> yes. >> so the project before you is located 10 south van ness avenue, southwest corner of market and van ness avenue. the project site is triangular and bound on the third side to the west by 12th street. it would demolish the existing

building used for automobile sales and repair and construct 55 story mixed use residential tower in place. 590 feet tall, 610 feet tall with penthouse, project tower toward the middle of the site. lower portion podium structure occupying 76% of the site area and 140 feet on market and 17 feet to the south of the tower. 966 dwelling units, 30,000 square feet retail sales and service use, base get garage 255 parking spaces, loading, bike parking. various open space for residents. more than 40,000 square feet including private balconies, large podiums and terraces on

different sides of the building give the unique masking. ground floor the level has a public open space at the market street intersection. mid block pedestrian passage between market and 12th. all three streets will see streetscape improvements coordinated with planning efforts by the city. project will construct a new interest for the vanness muni station in the ground floor of the building pending city approvals from bart. the project is subject to the city's housing requirements electing to use the land dedication as means to comply with 415 requirements. in this alternative the sponsor would dedicate sites or sites for affordable housing. it did not need to be finalize

prior to planning. it would accommodates 35% of the units in the project. it would contribute approximately $17 million in affordable housing fees due to market requirements. environmental application was first accepted in september 2015 t.determined it would require environmental impact report. this was started prior to the vir and it has its own e.i.r. it was open until december 11, 2018 for comment. the comments were on december 6. the department prepared responses to comments received during the draft e.i.r. and published the document on march 3 this year. the final e.i.r. was the draft and the responses to comments document and is to be before the

planning commission this afternoon, march 21st, for certification. currently scheduled for june 4 they are seeking approval from planning consisting downtown project authorization and request for exceptions, conditional use, adoption of shadow findings with recommendation of this and director of parks department and variance from zoning administrator. sponsor has conducted community outreach regarding the project dating back to 2017 and met with stakeholders both individual and with established neighborhood organizations. sponsor held meetings with the hayes valley neighborhood, vanness corridor, san francisco heritage, civic central business and san francisco housing action coalition. the project has received very

little public comment and staff is not aware of opposition or comments made with regard to shadow impacts not already addressed in the responses to comments document for the final e.i.r. department finds the project is consistent with general plan and area plans and will recommend approval at the upcoming planning commission hearing. that concludes my presentation. back to chris to discuss the shadow impacts. i am happy to answer any questions you might have. >> thank you very much. >> getting back to the project shadow analysis. this slide provides the map of the shadow park in relation to the project site. project site is in pink at the center abshown in relation to

the hub boundary in black. the 98 franklin street street in light blue and 30 vanness in orange. there are a total of 7 parks shadowed as previously listed numbers on the right. referenced by the green on the map. a street view of the existing project site the former honda dealership is located at the corner of market and south vanness that is the photo image of the center. for the first park. the green park is .41-acres on octavia boulevard between fell and hayes street in the western addition neighborhood with central freeway. it is divided into three sections at the north end the

seating area on hayes street. middle section features circular plaza with bench seating around the exhibit space, and this mid section has two equal sized lawns. at the southern end of the park is a small children's play area. there is currently a 20.208% existing shadow load on this park. the project would add .319% for a total of 20.527%. new shadow would occur in the morning winter and fall for an average duration 29 minutes 33 seconds covering 66% of the total park area. the shadow from across the mid section of the park over the central plaza in the rectangular lawn as you can see. the dates of maximum shadows

february 22 and october 8 at 9:00 a.m. for 11895 square feet. the second park, mini park is .55-acre -- .15. the park is accessible from the sidewalk on both ends bordered by one to three story remember homes on both sides. a linear pathway goes through the middle with landscaping throughout in the plan. 49.427 and this would add .05-acres for a total of 49.485%. shadows in the morning of summer

and spring for 19 minutes over the southern portion of the park covering the landscape areas halfway and bench seating for a maximum of 18.8% of the total park area. dates of maximum and largest shading may 3 and august 9 at 7:45 a.m. and would cover about 1236 square feet. the next park is howard mini park .23-acre neighborhood park and community garden on the southern side of the howard street corridor at the corner of lincoln street. it is heavily vegetated with metal fence, trees on the interior and divided by pathways that crisscross throughout the site around the community garden

bed. the park has a 49.850 existing shadow load this would add .002% for a total of 38.852%. shadow in the evening of fall and winter for six minutes over the northeast corner of the park covering a portion of the community garden bath way and corner park entrance for 5.89% of total park area. the dates of maximum shading on january 18 and 22 at 5:27 p.m. to cover 600 square feet. next park is hayes valley playground. .75-acres on the western addition on the western half of the city block hayes to the

north and lyndon street to the south and buchanan street to the west. the parking is 2500 square foot clubhouse building at the southwest, children's play area and exercise area north of that building. tennis and basketball court to the east. the hayes valley playground 26.588% existing shadow load. project would add .024% for 26.612%. new shadow in the morning of fall and winter for an average duration of nine minutes 54 seconds. covering 23.6% of the total park area. new shadow on the western and southern portion of the park, the chain's play area and clubhouse building. the dates maximum shading

march 8 and october 4. largest shadow same date at 8:1e feet of area. the community park and learning center .2-acres buchanan and page street in the western addition. there is a 7 story residential building on buchanan street at the bottom of the image. there is a tall retaining wall on page street down sloping with bermed earth -- bermed earth with mature trees. park programming from west to east basket ball half court and children's play area and community garden space at the east end of the park. there is currently a 16.233%

existing shadow load this would add .064% for 16.297% total shadow load. in the morning of spring and summer of 10 minutes and 36 seconds covering a maximum 55.27% of total park area. the shadow in the southern park over the basketball park and children's play area and community garden. dates of maximum april 26 and august 16 at 7:25 a.m. 19,722 square feet coverage. buchanan street mall 1.81-acre linear neighborhood park north and south on buchanan street for five blocks in the western addition neighborhood. the mall has sidewalks on both sides. bordered by one to four story

residential building on the eastern and western edges. park programming including children's play areas, basketball half court and community center. the existing shadow load is 27.873%. project would additional .003%. for a total of 27.876%. new shadow in the mornings winter and fall for an average of 7 minutes and 3 seconds covering 3.17% of the total park. it was fall acros across the mis over the pathway north of mcallister. the dates of largest shading january 18, november 22 at 8:00 a.m. covering 2475 square

feet. last park is a future park. it is the future park site. it is .45-acres south of market between ministry to the north and bordered by 11th street to the west. future park sited occupied. not yet developed. future park sight has 20.788% existing shadow load this would additional 1.438% for total of 22.26%. new shadow in th in the evening% of the park area.

the shadow would fall on the northwest, southwest and southeast quadrants. dates of maximum shading may 17 and july 26. largest shadows may 31, july 12 at 6p. 11679 square feet. that concludes the shadow load for the seven parks. this slide is just to provide broader context. it is the pipeline project which includes 10 south vanness and 30 vanness which you will be hearing. in addition to the surrounding neighborhood and parks. projects are in orange, collective shadows in blue with darker representing more frequent shadows.

light blue more occasional shadows. the shadows more frequently surrounding the project footprint and dissipate away from the project site. in closing, i want to highlight the pemmonth pro -- memo provides the shadow impact. the guidance provides under two acres greater than 20% shading, no additional shading, no standard for smaller than two acres with 20% or less. all parks are less than two acres. all but one community park and learning center have existing shading over 20%. the cryteria includes time of day, year, shadow size, duration, location and public benefit served by the project.

this concludes my presentation. i am available for any questions. >> thank you very much. >> we are now on public comment. if you would like to comment on item 7 of the mixed use project and you are online, please dial one and zero to be added to the queue to speak. you have two minutes to comment. >> please state your name first. >> caller: corey smith. good morning. corey smith on behalf of the san francisco housing action coalition in support of the project here today. as you know the 10 south vanness

project and hub plan have been in the works for a better part of a decade now. i am happy to see this significant step forward. we are creating the homes and understanding the impact on parks is essential, and with all of this project we are proud to support and ask you to continue moving the project forward today. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >> no further questions. commissioners, i turn it over to you. commissioner low. >> thank you. i have a question for andrew. patricia's green was created under the central freeway. is this extension of the hub to the market octavia plan an

extension of that central freeway plan? >> in other words, in creating patristhe green which would shae development within the central freeway plan, would this project be included so that the new shadow created by this project would be permitted under that plan? >> commissioner, perhaps lilly may be better suited to answer that. i am not really sure how to answer that question, unfortunately.

>> the hub boundary is in the plan. the freeway is in that plan as well. a number of the central freeways have been slated for affordable housing many of which are constructed and some construction has not be gun. patricia's green was one of those provided. >> this wasn't a parcel that was contemplated under that original plan then? >> no, this is a private parcel in private hands for a long time. it was a honda dealership that has since closed, and a residential developer is choosing to develop housing on the site. >> we have to do the shadow analysis for patricia's green. in other words if it was in the original plan, there would be

some consideration that in creating patricia's green there would have been included in that plan. this is outside so we have to really look at the shadow impact of this project on patricia's green? >> as i understand any development project we are looking at shadow impacts on adjacent parks. >> now, can you plush out the affordable, how the developer satisfies the affordable housing requirements? i couldn't quite follow how it is intending to satisfy. it looks like they are doing it off site. >> as part of the proposed market octavia or hub amendments, the planning code actually allows for what is a land dedication option. i believe it is allowed in

central soma, for example. basically, as one of the equivalent options of meeting section 415 requirements instead of providing on site or off site units or paying a fee, the public sponsor has the option to dedicate the property in fee title to the city. they don't have the obligation to construct on that property. the land will be conveyed to the city for the purpose of constructing affordable housing in the future. the site to be dedicated would need to be shown to accommodate 35% of the units in the development project. the development project has 966 units. >> is this going to be a

developer that is going to dedicate the monster in the mission? i don't know the street address. >> i believe that is a site being considered. it is not the time sell eye -- final selection of the site. they have 180 days to obtain a letter from the mayor's department of housing and development. they can finalize the site selection following the planning commission approval. that is one of the sites being considered. >> six months after planning approval? they can accommodate 300 units? >> correct. the way it will be written in the planning commission motion is that the the land dedication option for whatever reason does not happen, the project sponsor

would be obligated to meet the inclusionnary requirements in some other manner. they could choose on site, through a fee. in that case they would have to come back to the planning commission. >> i am drilling down. one of the requirements under the 1989 memo. what is the public good provided by the shadow caster, the term under the memo, not my term? this project casts a lot of shadow on a lot of parks. the quantitative test on a number of parks including shadows on active areas. what i am struggling with is how do we make assurances the affordable housing piece will actually be developed? if it is off site, okay.

what happens if that option falls through? do you have to come back to us for approval of the shadow? we are making a decision based on the idea that there is going to be some off-site project that is going to be developed. >> the land dedication option really requires the project sponsor to dedicate a site, it does not require them to construct the affordable units on the site. that would be the city's -- city would take that on through the mayor's office of housing. if the land dedication option does not happen, the project sponsor would still be obligated to meet affordable housing developments. that would look like on site units or payment of fee. it would not need to come back to this commission for

reapproval of the shadow but there would be an obligation to meet the inclusionnary affordable housing requirements. in terms of other benefits, affordable housing is a large piece of that. the provision of this number of units at this particular site, 966 units at transit rich site at the intersection of the two main streets in the city, number of streetscape improvements, project sponsor intends to construct a new entrance to the muni station. looking beyond the affordable housing benefits, there are certainly other public benefits included as part of this project. >> i get that to provide the large number of units. maybe you answered this once before. one more time.

the land dedication doesn't happen they could fee out or put it on site? >> i believe the way it will work, the backup option will be on site units. if the project sponsor changes from that in the future and they want to do the fee, that would require them to go back to the planning commission for reapproval. >> that is going to be included in the motion that goes before your commission? >> correct. >> thank you. any other commissioners that have questions? thank you. >> no questions, we are good. >> the chair would entertain a motion and commissioner low,

perhaps you could make it. i think there is a qualification we have to say whether we are recommending no significant impact or significant. >> i would move this forward for approval finding that while there is a quantitative impact on a number of different parks, that the commitment to provide 300 affordable housing units provides the public good on which to move the project forward. i would recommend that under be the 1989 memo that general manager poured this to the planning commission with no significant impacts of the shadows. >> second. >> moved and seconded. with that it has been moved and seconded. can you call the roll, stacy. >> commissioner buell.

>> aye. >> commissioner low. >> aye. >> commissioner anderson. >> aye. >> commissioner bond. nilla. >> aye. >> commissioner harrison. commissioner mazzola. >> aye. >> commissioner mcdonald. >> aye. >> we have unanimous approval i think commissioner harrison was muted when he said aye. >> we are on item 8. >> good morning. i am a planner with the capital planning division. this is my first time presenting. hello. i am sorry i am not able to meet

you all in person. it is my first time presenting ververyually. >> thank you for your patience today. >> if i could get the first slide up, please. the review of the shadow cast by this project 1.2 in the strategic plan to strengthen and the quality of existing parks and facilities. here we see the shadow policy overview chris went over. the 1989 memo established quantitative and qualitative criteria of significant shadows in parks. slide 3 shows the hub and the market octavia plan which lilly told you about. the orange dot is the location

of the 98 franklin project, very close to busy market and vanness intersection. now, i will be joined with christy alexander who is going to give us a brief overview of the project. >> good morning, commissioners. i am with the planning department staff, christy alexander. a overview of the hub area and with the 10 south vanness project, you got to see a good portion of what is currently going on. we have a couple slides to show you the architecture and the context of the 98 project within the project of the area. to give you an overview of the project. the sponsor is partnership between related california and the american international high school. the proposed project would

include 31 story residential tower above a five story school podium. the tower would be in the northwest portion of the site currently an empty parking lot, and it would extend an arm out to the market street site as well. the podium would be 68 feet tall and the 31 story tower above would extend 365 feet in height. the paraput would extend up to an additional 36 feet above the roofline. as permitted in the planning code, and the residential portion of the project contains a good mix between studios, one, two, three bedroom units. 20% of the 345 residential dwellings rental are affordable. under the inclusionnary housing requirements you are only required to do 18% for rentals

to be affordable. we are proposing 20% at 5 famils and individuals making 50% of the area median income. ground floor retail for a future restaurant or cafe adjacent to the school lobby to help activate the ground floor and the surrounding community. the project includes three level parking garage below for parking spaces, bicycle parking, loadings and building services. different from what 10 south vanness. we have a different environmental review. this is included within the hub plan along with 30 vanness, which you will be hearing later

today, and the hub ability were all included in the same environmental impact report which we hope to be certified by the planning commission this afternoon. once that certified with the planning commission if it is certified today i will take this project to the planning commission next week, and they will need to adopt the findings along with the statement of overriding consideration related to the project impact. along with the environmental review the project needs to receive downtown project authorization and exceptions to seven code requirements. in order to permit construction of the 36 story mixed use building. the plans commission will need to adopt findings after this meeting pursuant to section 295 that impacts from new shadows

cast under your jurisdiction will not be adverse to this park. the project has the potential for affect four parks which we will go into greater detail with you. this is really a good overview of the public benefits of the hub plan and more specifically to this project. 345 housing units and 20% of those will be affordable. 69 units, which is more than what is required under the zoning code. out of those units, 25% will be family size units. the project will help activate the district to the next slide so you have more of the architecture. the project would help activate

the district by providing ground floor retail or cafe adjacent to the school and create a vibrant atmosphere and public improvement for street trees, raised crosswalks and widening the sidewalks along all three frontages. as well as significantly improving lilly and providing street trees on the entire franklin street between market and oak. there are many outreach events with communities groups and the hayes valley neighborhood association. hayes valley market, civic center district, sf jazz and

bally and housing coalition. as of today the department has received zero letters in opposition to the project. i have received 58 letters of support from members of the french american school community as well as four others from the community organizations which i just mentioned. this concludes my presentation. i will be available to answer any questions you may have. just to let you know the project sponsor is on the line if you have any questions. >> slide 6. the location of the 98 franklin project in the outline of the hub. the four parts that the shadow will impact. these are the page and luguna

mini park, patrish that green and the future park site which is the acquisition in 2017. the inset photo shows the current condition of the site the parking lot. the shadow analysis analyzed the potential shadow impact of 98 franklin on each of these parks and is the source of the data we will go over in later slides. the mini park is .15-acres in hayes valley. it is between two victorian homes and fronts page street. the park contains a curbing walkway with apple trees. slide 8 is the quantitative and qualitative impacts of the project on the park. the current existing shadow is

50.80. the project will add .05% of shading. that is bringing the total shadow budget to 50.85%. the new shadow would on was occur early morning for 15 minutes on the northern edge of the park. the date of maximum shading junt square foot hours. the largest shadow cast or footprint lands on the date of june 14 and june 28. occurs at 6:48 a.m. totals 943 square feet. slide nine shows the diagram of the green. patricia's green is .41-acre urban park running north to south. it features two open lawns,

paved plaza on hayes street and children's play area as well as new art exhibits every six arts surrounded by shops and restaurants. the proposed project would results in net new shadows on patricia's green increasing the shadow load .45% annually. it would increase in new annual total shadow load 18.51%. the new shadow would occur within the first 52 minutes of the daily analysis between february 2 through march 28 and september 14 to november 70 the northern half of the park the planting abbenches and the lawn. the dates of maximum new shadow march 1 and october 11.

largest shadow cast march 8 and october 14 and cover 10822 square feet. slide 11 the community park and learning center a .82-acre park with a half basketball court, children's play and community garden lined by large trees. slide 12 proposed project would result in increased net new shadow adding .003% annually above current level. this increase would result in a new annual total shadow load 15.450%. new shadow from the project would occur early morning between april 20 and august 22. last an average of five minutes daily. net new shadow from the proposal

along the northeastern and southeastern corners of the park affecting the northeastern corner and wooded area in the southeast corner. the date of the maximum shadow would occur on june 21 and largest shadow cast from the project june 14 and june 28, 6:48 a.m. and covering 783 square feet. last site is the 11th future park site. shown in the current conditions. the site is .45-acre site in western soma with a light industrial with residential, commercial as envisioned by the area plan and the future park site was selected for acquisition to serve the growing population of the emerging and

park neighborhood with the understanding of the up zoning changes and incoming growth of residential development. the proposed project would result in net new shadow on the future park site adding .18% annually above current shadow load bringing the total annual shadow load to 22.27%. new shadow would occur late afternoon early evening for a daily average of 15 minutes between may 4 and august 8. net new shadow on the western portion of the park dates of maximum necessary new shadow june 14 and june 28. largest shadow on june 7 and july 5 at 7:00 p.m. to cover 4595 square feet. that is the conclusion of the individual park sites impacted

by the 98 franklin project. sheeonslide 15 this. is depicted in blue from light to dark. light is less frequent and dark is more frequent shadows. the shadow is immediately around the project footprint in orange and gets lighter as it spreads further from the project site. 16 is the cumulative diagram of the hub development pipeline project, including 10 south vanness, 98 franklin and 30 vanness. in relation to surrounding neighborhood and parks. hubs in orange, collective shadows in blue with dark blue

more frequent shadows and light more occasional shadows. more shadows around the project footprints and dissipate further away from the project site. in summary, the 1989 memo provides the criteria to determine the shadow impact if it is significant. the guidance provides under two acres greater than 20% there would be no additional shading and no standard for parks smaller than two acres with 20% or less shadow. all parks shadowed are less than two acres and two of the parks we looked at today page and laguna has existing shading over 20%. the criteria to consider including the time of day, year,

shadow size, duration, location and the public benefit served by the project. thank you very much. this concludes my presentation on the the 98 franklin impact as well as the future park site, i am available for any questions. thanthank you for your time. >> thank you very much.

>> there are no callers on the line. public comment is closed. we have a comment from james abrams. >> hello. this is jim abrams. i want to clarify the project's proposal. the project is providing 25% on site inclusionary housing. the city's study supported a maximum of 20% on site. the project approving show that 20% provided on site. the project sponsor in consultation with the community has voluntarily agreed to add an additional 5% inclusionary housing. that is 7% greater than what is required by the code which is currently 18% on site. little -- also, this project is

paying significant affordable housing fees as well as community infrastructure fees, and this project would pay $8 million in infrastructure fees to be used in the market octavia plan area. 21% are to be used for open spaces and parks. this project as well as other projects you hear about today would provide quite a bit of funding for parks and open spaces in the area. >> thank you. >> commissioner low. >> my questions mr. abrams had answered. i have a follow-up question on the number of affordable rental units. there was some mention of percentage of those units, the affordable units going to individuals making a certain

percentage of the a.m.i. can youlaborate on the breakdown of the affordable housing rental units. what is the breakdown of the a.m.i.? >> sure. under the current manning code 18 -- manning code is 55% for low income up to 110 which is middle income for rental units. this is voluntarily agreeing to do all 20% at 50% a.m.i. rather than the spread, all 20% is 50% for low income households. additional 5% will be at 100% a.m.i. >> wow. thank you. >> any other commissioners'

comments? >> we are good. >> then the chair would entertain a motion to recommend to the planning commission that this project does not have an adverse impact. >> so moved. >> second. >> it is moved and seconded. could you please call the coal. >> commissioner buell. >> aye. >> commissioner low. >> this has a clearer affordable housing component and the developer is dedicating the majority of the units to residents making less than 55% of the a.m.i., and i approve. >> commissioner anderson. >> aye. >> commissioner bonilla. >> aye. >> commissioner harrison. >> aye.

>> commissioner mazzola. >> aye. >> commissioner mcdonald. >> aye. >> it is unanimous. thank you, commissioners and staff for presentation. >> we are on item. general public comment continued from item 4. at this time members of the public not able to address on item 4 may address on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the recreation and parks commission and do not appear on the agenda today. do we have any callers? >> hello, caller. you can go ahead and state your name. you have two minutes. >> caller: i am richard fong.

i am trying to get interest stirred up on the issue. i am having problems going through city hall and speaking with the supervisor and sunset supervisor and other people haven't got back to me. city hall is boarded up with two by fours. you can't get into the place. i have a few comments. one had to do with when you mix ground water with treated sewer water and you clean and diswash it, then you have children drinking water from the fountains in the parks, i am questioning the health issue related to using such water. i have already at different times tried to include the possibility that with the chair's approval on the d study.

i do not like the idea of people drinking water that is treated sewer water where it is 5 million gallons per day out by the zoo and piped over to golden gate park. that kind of water to me is not very good for human consumption. in light of the problems with virus, that is another transmission source. thank you. i will probably have to take up the subject matter at a normal city hall times. i will table it on the issue myself. thanks. >> thank you, richard.

>> no further. [roll call lers. o tim 9 is closed. item 10. commissioners matters. >> commissioners. commissioner buell. a quick question. coming out of the general manager's report of the budget. they will come back with revised budget in light of required cuts? >> yes, we will schedule. it will be a special meeting. we will try to get to you as closely in alignment with date of submission as possible. if we couldn't arrange a special meeting before the budget is due, what we can do is still do a hearing as soon as possible and submit to the mayor's office

any comments, recommended changes or whatever. thethey are on a tight timeframe will do our best to align with it. >> one final question. are there any implications in the context of budget cuts on the bond measure? >> the bond measure that you all voted on at our last meeting went the following week, monday, to the capital planning committee. it was approved with a slight modification that shifted some funding for buchanan mall which

we had talked about a little bit during the hearing. now it is at the board of supervisors where i believe there will be committee hearings and a vote whether to place it on the ballot. as you recall it is not a parks bond per se, it is city-wide health and recoverybon. i don't think there are any direct implications on the budget, direct implications on the bond about the budget. there are indirect implications. i am sure there will be questions about staffing and maintenance, and that sort of thing. >> maybe on that note you can communicate with the commission in writing as you come to some clearer understanding of your recommendations in the event we

don't have it before the commission prior to it going to the mayor's office. >> that would be a secondary option. we will do our very best. this is not a typical budget for us. regardless, we will make sure that commission feedback and community feedback is heard and forwarded to the mayor's office. the mayor's office is the first step. >> they have about six weeks before they send it to the board. >> thank you. any other commissioner issues? hearing none. let's move along. >> we are on item 11. mnew business.

>> no. >> item 11 is closed. item 12. communications. i don't think we have anybody in our phone line. we are now on item 13. adjournment. >> thank you one and all for a stellar job under unusual circumstances. commissioner harrison do you want to make the motion. >> i move to adjourn. >> second. >> all those in favor. >> aye. >> so moved unanimously. thank you one and all.

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>> he is a real leader that listens and knows how to bring people together. brought this department together like never before. i am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the san francisco fire department, ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome, jeanine nicholson. (applause). >> i grew up total tomboy, athlete. i loved a good crisis, a good challenge.

i grew up across the street from the fire station. my dad used to take me there to vote. i never saw any female firefighters because there weren't any in the 1970s. i didn't know i could be a fire fighter. when i moved to san francisco in 1990, some things opened up. i saw women doing things they hadn't been doing when i was growing up. one thing was firefighting. a woman recruited me at the gay-pride parade in 1991. it was a perfect fit. i liked using my brain, body, working as a team, figuring things out, troubleshooting and coming up with different ways to solve a problem. in terms of coming in after another female chief, i don't think anybody says that about men. you are coming in after another man, chief, what is that like.

i understand why it is asked. it is unusual to have a woman in this position. i think san francisco is a trailblazer in that way in terms of showing the world what can happen and what other people who may not look like what you think the fire chief should look like how they can be successful. be asked me about being the first lbgq i have an understands because there are little queer kids that see me. i worked my way up. i came in january of 1994. i built relationships over the years, and i spent 24 years in the field, as we call it. working out of firehouses. the fire department is a family. we live together, eat together, sleep in the same dorm together, go to crazy calls together,

dangerous calls and we have to look out for one another. when i was burned in a fire years ago and i felt responsible, i felt awful. i didn't want to talk to any of my civilian friends. they couldn't understand what i was going through. the firefighters knew, they understood. they had been there. it is a different relationship. we have to rely on one another. in terms of me being the chief of the department, i am really trying to maintain an open relationship with all of our members in the field so myself and my deputy chiefs, one of the priorities i had was for each of us to go around to different fire stations to make sure we hit all within the first three or four months to start a conversation. that hasn't been there for a while. part of the reason that i am getting along well with the field now is because i was

there. i worked there. people know me and because i know what we need. i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with

breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and helmet. the dirtier you were the harder you worked. that is a cancer causeser. it -- casser. it is not -- cancer causer.

there islassic everywhere. we had to reduce our exposure. we washed our gear more often, we didn't take gear where we were eating or sleeping. we started decontaminating ourselves at the fire scene after the fire was out. going back to the fire station and then taking a shower. i have taught, worked on the decontamination policy to be sure that gets through. it is not if or when. it is who is the next person. it is like a cancer sniper out there. who is going to get it next. one of the things i love about the fire department. it is always a team effort. you are my family. i love the city and department and i love being of service. i vow to work hard -- to work

hard to carry out the vision of the san francisco fire department and to move us forward in a positive way. if i were to give a little advice to women and queer kids, find people to support you. keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep trying. you never know what door is going to open next. you really don't. you really don't. good morning, everyone. the meeting will come to order. this is the may 20th, 2020, rescheduled budget and finance committee meeting. i'm sandra lee fewer, chair of the budget and finance committee. i'm joined by committee members shamann walton and rafael mandelman. our clerk is miss linda wong. i'd like to