for glen park. i think i remember in past meetings where there have been informational sessions about the plan itself where the e.i.r. hasn't been either advertised or isn't directly -- well, i suppose we could talk about it, but i believe i've sat in on informational items on area plans before when we've worked on the e.i.r. part. in the past, when we've had joint -- not joint meetings but when the e.i.r. and the plan has all been scheduled together, i've recused myself on the e.i.r. votes but have been able to come back to vote on the community plan itself. and i feel in this case that as an informational item i can stay and participate. president olague: thank you. and with that, i'll actually call the item to the record. it's item two, case 20005 .1004, the glen park community planning presentation. >> good morning, commissioners. i'm the plan manager for the glen park community plan. and i'm joined by john billet and we are the john and john show for glen park. here for you this morning and we'

glen park. that is one of the biggest issues there. the fear of removal of additional on street parking, fear of removal of available public parking. these are things that people are very concerned about, and the plan speaks to different opportunities we have to maximize street parking. the other piece is the park parking lot, which is a lightning rod for this project, as we discussed already. islais creek. and there are some folks that live along the creek path who are very concerned about what the effects might be if something was day lighting, flooding, mosquitos, and those are great questions. the plant just says that this is an opportunity in glen park and says it stays open. the other thing i wanted to mention was how this plan affects surrounding neighborhoods. neighborhoods use the glen park village and transit of there is pretty spotty. some of those folks are older and are not able to get down. the importance of driving and parking available to them in order for them to access is impor

glen park. gpa has not taken an official position on the plan but we are interested and involved. we are very happy the process the planning department's that has developed for working with the community. gpa has also been hosting working meetings with the community, gathered input and sending it on to the planning staff. certain issues are still being heard and considered. a few of those issues are addressing the mcp zoning height, expanding commercial areas, and development of the bart parking lot. thank you very much. commissioner antonini: thank you. >> thank you. >> i am the chairman of the glen park association. i agree entirely with what karen said, but i want to thank john and john to help us engage with the community to generate, i hope, better and useful, more considerate input from the community. i see that came from mta is also here. i wanted to thank her for the pedestrian crossing we had been asking for. it just appeared recently. i wanted to thank her for that work. thank you. >>

when i go on the j i go to glen park. monterey to glen park. and the j, to me, runs every 20 or 30 minutes. a solution to me is getting the j to run more fredwently. not more cars but to get it to run more frequently. thank you. >> my name is ryan. i am a sophomore. i used to ride the j to school to go to mission, because i am a transfer. i think the problem with the j is it is not precise. it will say five minutes but it could come in like 20 or 25 minutes. i don't know what they do to predict the time but i think they need to sharpen their predictions. that is all. thank you. >> thank you. >> supervisors, i am the president of new mission terrace improvement association, the neighborhood between glen park and balboa park station. at a recent district 11 council meeting a representation was made to the neighborhood that some trains could be switched back from out of bounds to inbound. i want to make it clear and the letter will explain that this is unacceptable. basically improving the service for the patrons. at the expense of the patrons in

i own a business in glen park and glen park is particularly well served by public transportation. the exception is the link between b.a.r.t. and the other buses in the area and the j church, the station at that location is very unsafe and inaccessible. and the glen park community plan outlines a solution to that which i think would be worth considering which is a street level stop. i think supervisor wiener was alluding to that in his remarks. and just another note regarding the merchants providing the customer service for muni, our own experience in that was not particularly positive so i just wanted to put that out there. we were really charged with holding these very valuable tickets, the transit tickets, and counting them every day. it was a lot of work. some days we would sell $5,000 worth of ticket and we, in the end, decided that it was impeding our ability to serve the customers who were there for our regular services. so i just wanted to share that experience with the committee. thank you very much. commissioner wiener: thank you very much. >> my name is raymond and i gra

glen park, we have 100, maybe. this is not a housing production issue in glen park. we will come back to you with more information on that. i think we are sensitized to the issues of scale that the commissioners mentioned. that is our perspective. i think that mirrors what we're hearing from the community as well, if that makes sense. >> when you were describing nct as it relates to glen park, i heard something differently with how the commission is react. i think you are pretty much keeping in mind some of the issues, especially the ones that commissioner moore raised. when i am looking through the housing element, of course, a lot of emphasis now on character of neighborhoods, scale, those types of issues. i think that the streets are narrow in glen park, as some of you mentioned, sidewalks are narrow, and there had been some recent developments there that does not seem in character with glen park. i wish i could remember -- i will mention some of the streets. maybe if we could avoid those types of developments in the future. densely-packed -- i will get the street

there are a wall sculptures in the lobby of the glen park branch library. and then there is an illuminated book on the wall of the mission bay library. >> "ocean current." we are on ocean avenue, so there is a connection to that. that is what this is about. culmination of all lot of dialogue, processing over a five-year period. that is longer than most art projects take, but i really feel like the product was enriched from that. making the sculpture involves forging and fabricating steel. we used to deal to create this flowing, central sculptor, heating, bending, grinding, painting, bending, and adding a patina to it. layers and layers of craftsmanship that went into this. >> of the artists who participated in this project are all bay area of projects. they work in a wide variety of media. metal, glass, natural elements, photography, just a range of different approaches and aesthetics. so we have created a nice collection of art work that is reflective of the current date. art scenes. and we invite everyone to participate and to see the unique art works tha

there have been robberies in glen park and parts of the valley. there have been shootings in diamond heights. one of the challenges is making sure that the police department understands that even though we may not have the same crime levels as some neighborhoods, we still need attention from the police department. >> let's talk about the city's economic development. are we on the right track? what would you like to change about the approach to developing the economy? >> we are getting better. the city as got more proactive about attracting businesses and new industries and providing incentives for them to come and stay here. it is still a very expensive place to do business in terms of the cost of labor, land. we need to make sure that we are not taxing businesses to the point that it is not profitable and we are not attractive for them to be here. we need to reform our payroll tax. that is an incentive not to create jobs. i know the board president david chu is working on possibility this there -- possibilities there. i look forward to working wi

know you have probably thought about this, an urban area that has many of the elements you have in glen park, and that is the oakland area. you have a bart station, freeway. as you move north along college, passing claremont, generally it seems to be managed well. maybe i am not there at the worst traffic times, but it does seem to fit together fairly well. the one element that you have here that they do not is a second free with san jose avenue. that is the key because there is a divider there. it constricts everything into a narrow area where you have a bit more room to spread out. i think that would be one thing to look at. the calming of san jose, widening of sidewalks, making it easier for people to move on foot between these areas, i think, is key to solving the problems there. >> director? >> i just wanted to thank john and john and the community for their work. this has been a very focused and engaged community process. it has worked quite well. i just wanted to thank you for your work on this, think the community for their diligence, so many people for coming to the meetings. it has

rear yards be provided at the ground floor and above, require glen ridge a ground floor of commercial uses would be required. of street parking would be amended to permit one car for each two dwelling units. the general standards for parking and loitering would be admitted -- amended to not permit new entries on market street in this area, and restrictions on the demolition conversion and merger in the area would be amended so that there would be added restrictions on existing dwelling units in this area above and beyond the current demolition controls allowed by section 317. same with the division of dwelling unit controls. the area would be a special- exemption that would allow for additional height, and portions that are currently zoned for 40 or 50 feet, and that is -- as the supervisor said, the development would generally be extended to this area. the planning commission initiated after hearing from residents, and that is when the commission asked staff to provide some analysis. in doing so, we found that this proposed amendment is consistent with work the department has done for eastern neighborhoods, said the commissi

last friday i was on a switchback at glen park. when i got on at 16th and church it said balboa station. and then when he announced it was just before randall he announced it. so i went up to ask him. he said i just got told i had to switchback. that is his answer. when i got on at 16th and church it said balboa to church. so i thought we were going all of the way up. luckily a train did come five minutes afterwards and took us out the rest of the way, but that was the first time i was on a switch back. usually you stand out there 15 minutes and beyond. thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. i just wanted to thank you for calling this hearing. i am glad i came. it was very educational. i think i look at my role on the mta board as the board not only sets policy and strategy but we are also there to support the staff when they do things to implement these strategies and policies. i want to thank you for coming to do this presentation. it was very valuable. as the transit effectiveness project continues to be worked upon and rolle