with that, i would ask that the committee porgy van ness -- forward the van ness entertainment portion and other portions to the full board. we will get the advice of the planning commission next week. chairperson maxwell: i think we would be willing to do this. supervisor chiu: you want to bond the file, send them both out, and await planning commission the back for the second part? supervisor alioto-pier: my understanding is that the entertainment component came out of the planning commission with an understanding that there had been and that there are some serious issues on van ness and the van ness corridor. the recommendations that it come out was not necessarily the format of the conditional use process, but to change that to something similar to section 311 and 312 notices so that people in the surrounding community will have a chance to voice their either opposition or support to a new nightclub coming in on me van ness -- the van ness corridor, the maine implementation being that neighbors would be notified before a large entertainment facility would be placed in. that was a r

regular calendar with item 10, case 2010.0965t, an ordinance amending planning code section 243, the van ness special use district to require a conditional use authorization for other entertainment uses. >> good afternoon. the ordinance before you would amend the van ness special use district. sponsored by supervisor alioto peer, and i believe the supervisor staff is here to tell you a little bit about the intent of the legislation and then i will go over the department recommendation as well as one modification we will describe. mr. barns? >> phil barns. good afternoon, the van ness, d a you know is an under lying district between 1 and 4 and as a result there's disjointed planning where parcels are required for use for entertainment, others do not. we were hearing from the community that neighborhood groups weren't getting notices when new entertainment businesses were going in, nor were they given the opportunity to comment. we think a uniform standard is good policy. in discussion with planning staff, we uncovered the underlying zoning, and rc disdis, so the supervisors is open to address

more robust samaras for the east of van ness areas -- areas for the east of van ness. modeling to see how the different facilities and users interact with each other is another scope of work improvement. for this request, for the contract amendment, we are focused on the jacob's work. that is just a portion of the work to be completed. the request is for $1.5 million for this area. but just to wrap up on the timeframe, we expect to complete this work in 2012 and move to final design and construction and finally by 2015, 2016, to see the project launched. i will take any questions you might have. commissioner maxwell: are you working with mt a? i see not so much on the geary boulevard, but as we talk about bicycle villard's from the north to south, are you working with mta on those kinds of facilities? and therefore, if there was at corridor, it would not necessarily have to be on geary boulevard, but could be on another street that is less used. are we looking into that? >> actually, the work that was done to understand where in the gary corridor, that was led by mt es,

to a total amount not to exceed $3,972,046, for environmental and preliminary engineering for the van ness avenue bus rapid transit project and authorization for the executive director to negotiate the contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. >> good morning, senior planner manager, manager of the van ness brt current phase, environmental analysis, product development. that is what%, 30% engineering. van ness bus rapid transit is a signature project within the prop k expenditure plan, part of the transportation authority to recommend a strategy for rapid transit expansion in san francisco from our 2004 countywide 2000 -- transportation plan. it is a regional small starts priority in a highly rated sfta -- fta project. the project is currently in the environmental analysis, product development phase. we have made a significant amount of progress on this phase. we have completed all the technical studies in support of the anbar the document and are running the administration draft. completed 12% engineering. right now, we are on the verge of circulating the public draft of the

but thank you anyways. >> this is on the geery rapid transit project. supervisor mirkarimi: no, van ness. >> i want to make this clear. as you all know i am a member of the citizens advisory committee. i have heard this item in committee and have voiced my concerns. 1 com van ness -- one, van ness is a state highway and you cannot mess without without causing other problems. take into consideration the hotel between post and geery has closed because the california pacific medical center is going to take that over in a few years as a medical facility. if you have a medical facility there and a bus rapid transit on the curb, it will be impossible for the ambulance to get to the facility if there are accidents other than those in the california pacific center with curbside boarding. it will be impossible for the medical people and the emergency people to respond to any accidents. if there is a central thing, a central subway, a central boarding it will be impossible for those of us that block, as well as people with strollers. the way that the times are, you cannot really cross the street i

so my comments will not speak to the van ness other entertainment zoning. in regards to the staff recommendation on applying c2 zoning to the rc districts, the commission recognizes that the current policy of borrowing nc controls is problematic and we support revisions. however, the small business commission staff is concerned that applying c2 zoning controls in rc districts may be problematic if it lists the condition that formula retail requires conditional use. we ask that whichever way you choose to go, be it c2 our nct3 that you ensure it requires a conditional use authorization. i wanted to note that the small business commission did vote to recommend approval of the commercial parts of the controls which you will hear next week when they approved that ordinance, they did not that it would apply the formula retail controls and also noted the use site limits, we appreciate you taking our freed back into consideration. president miguel: thank you. additional push comment on this item? if not, public comment is closed. vice president olague? vice preside

formula retail that other areas of the city do. >> actually, along van ness is the one place where the formula retail controls requiring c.u. are currently in place. also parcels from van ness are include and do require a cu and the remainder of the rc parcels do not. commissioner antonini: so we already have the controls on van ness avenue. >> that is correct. commissioner antonini: and we're extending it to tarsz off the street -- to the areas off the street, which are the tenderloin and some others and wherever else the other parts of the rc-3 and 4 areas are that you put in. okay. it sounds like that probably is just redefining something that's largely in place anyway. because i think a lot of those areas are more similar to the downtown area and you add to at least along van ness and if it's already in place, it isn't going to make any difference. you already have to go through that process on van ness, so that's really not going to change anything. okay. thank you. president miguel: commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: pardon my ignorance, but we're going to take the rc-3 an

last weekend, i tried to take the van ness bus because of the rain. you do not have it -- expect to have a bad experience at 6:00 at night. the driver told us to get out and take taxicabs. i went on a 4.5 hour odyssey tried to get to berkeley. i never got there. the van ness vrt plan is not going to work. people need more time to get across, not less. there are 13 places where another bus crosses dan ness. they are dependent on making the signals go for that bus. what happens to the pedestrians? commissioner campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> howard stress. you have to know, with these high speed rail funds, 34, 72, there is already millions of dollars the state is contributing. you should really think about this connectivity fund. these and do not connect, they run in parallel. the central subway is parallel to the extension of high speed. somehow, the fed's are going to learn about that. then this business of $20 million from islais creek. you heard about this and the maintenance facility that needs new equipment to maintain buses and trolle

the van ness brt is the signature project in the prop k expenditure plan. it had been identified in the countywide transportation plan of 2004 as part of our strategy for expanding rapid transit in san francisco. it is a highly rated fta small starts project. we have been rated high for cost effectiveness. it is also a regional party for the small start program. we are part of mt a's vision for rapid transit as expressed through their transit affected this project. it is an exciting project for the muni system. where we are right now is the environmental analysis and product development phase. 12%, 30% engineering. we have made a lot of progress. we have completed all the technical studies for the environmental analysis. we have completed 12% project engineering. this is what we are calling phase one in this request. we are moving on to stage two. stage two comprises additional environmental work and the initiation of 30% project development. i will go a little bit more into the scope of this effort in a moment. there is a third phase. the third phase is so

what that does is it makes all of the restaurants prohibited along van ness and makes all of the existing resident -- existing restaurants nonconforming uses. that cannot seem inappropriate. we tried it again because we did this 12 years ago and it did not work then or now. whether we go to something different, i think we need to look at that again and come up with a bad recommendation that the nearest -- come up with a better recommendation than the nearest n.c. commissioner borden: and if we could have a map of the districts that would be affected by the legislation, that would be helpful as well. so we could see the overlay of the existing controls, based upon the latest n.c. district and what would happen. i will support the supervisor on this legislation, but i rather that we do two things, look at doing a the d.r. and the other entertainment uses definition so it is not onerous on somebody who owns a bar and wants to put in a pool table or have a disk jockey or whatever it is. president miguel: commissioner sugaya? commissioner sugaya: am i the only one who is totally confused? pres

take your time. >> like i told you before, the bus rapid transit project on van ness and the one on gearyeen worked on since 1986. it is all a matter of public record. there is a file a report for the corridor. it was also mentioned in the short range transit plans years ago. the only way to alleviate traffic congestion on geary boulevard is a light rail system. not a bus rapid transit system. go, do your homework before you have these projects go forward. thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. additional public comment? seeing no one, public comment is closed. same house? very good. without objection, motion prevails. next item. >> item number 12. allocate $828,353 in prop k funds, with conditions, for seven requests, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules, and amend the relevant 5-year prioritization programs. supervisor mirkarimi: public comments on this item? seeing no one, public comment is closed. same house call? so moved. motion prevails. please call items 13 and 14. >> item number 13. approve the final report of the mobility, access an

$2,955,000 in prop k funds, with conditions, for environmental analysis and preliminary engineering for the van ness avenue bus rapid transit (brt) project, subject to the attached cash flow distribution schedule, and amend the brt/transit preferential streets/muni metro network 5-year prioritization program, with a commitment to appropriate $574,000 in fiscal year 2010/11 prop k funds to complete this phase of work. supervisor campos: public comments on this particular item? supervisor mirkarimi: -- public comments on this particular item? >> k is extraordinary ♪ supervisor mirkarimi: seeing a more public comments, public comment is closed. without objection, motion proceeds. next item. >> item number 11. appropriate $1,647,515 in prop k funds, with conditions, for environmental analysis for the geary bus rapid transit (brt) project, subject to the attached cash flow distribution schedule, and amend the brt/transit preferential streets/muni metro network 5-year prioritization program. supervisor mirkarimi: discussion? public comment? take your time. >> like i told you before, the bus rapid transit

and also before the board was sponsor by alioto-pier, this was for the van ness districts. amended at land use for notification for these projects. it passed the first meeting. i want to share a piece of legislation introduced by the mayor's office. it would amend the planning code for urban agricultural uses. this would ease the permit burden for local produce. this'll be brought before you in the next few months for your consideration. commissioner antonini: thank you very much. he spoke about some issues that are under consideration. one question that have, and perhaps you could tell me about this. sequa rules may be accepted by the six supervisors, and overturning and other usage -- this is within the province of the city and county, and so i just wanted to find out if this is something of which we have control over, and the bar for approval or acceptance in those matters. >> i will look into that and bring you more information. >> thank you. >> the preservation commission was meeting but the only items that were important of the presentation on the -- are the presentati

our project is a large project that will affect and will be affected both by the van ness brt and egg geary st. brt. we will make contributions to those projects via our employees use of the transit system and our contributions to the project, as part of our entitlement process. i think i can bring the honorable experience to this committee, not only because i work for them, but because of my long standing residents, outstanding as a resident of san francisco, as a person who is very much interested in land use issues. thank you. commissioner campos: thank you. albert martin star. i'm sorry -- good morning. >> my name is cia selby. thank you for allowing me to come up here to apply for the gcac position. i am a member of a rapid transit subcommittee which is part of the riders -- transit riders union. in addition, i am a business owner. i own a business on the market and mason and turk. i have kids who go to rosa parks. so i frequently take the 38 back and forth, at least on that stretch. considering i am also the president of the lower hate merchants association -- haight merchants a