so, thank you to those neighbourhood organisations. this project is a uniquely dense project that is labour and neighbour-supported. it took a lot of work and i think the broad coalition of people who did work on this. i'm very happy to be carrying this across the finish line here today. i do have a couple of amendments in response to the planning commission recommendation and i've handed those amendments out to my colleagues. first, the inclusionary rate goes from 18% to 23%. and that is broken down as follows -- 10% at 55% of a.m.i. 5% at 80% of a.m.i. 4% at 110% of a.m.i. and 5% at 120% of a.m.i. and then of course the appropriate a.m.i. bands will apply. the second recommendation is around the car share spaces. the commission recommended four of the spaces be reserved for car share. so on the advice of the city attorney, we have increased the findings regarding car share to require four of the 16 parking spaces in this project to be reserved for car share use. >> and those are all the amendments? >> yes. >> ok. great. thank you. do

it is called the neighbourhood opportunity fund.hey collect money from downtown developers who, in exchange, get density bonuses and some of those funds are used to provide capital to businesses in hard-hit neighbourhoods. the retail thrives zones is another programme and that involves reduced property taxes for certain businesses that meet hardship criteria. and competitive grants to enable them to repair and improve their properties to enable them to be october pieed again. but on ten forcement side, chicago also has a more stringent registration and fee programme than we see here. there they require fees to be paid every since months on vai cants or abandoned property. here we're on a one-year cycle. and here the vacancies are higher if it's not reported by the property owner. if it comes in from a complaints from neighbours as we see happens here frequently with d.b.i., then the fee is higher for the building owner. and if they're cited for repeat building code violations, the fee is also higher in chicago. washington, d.c. has

today, almost 185,000 nextdoor for every neighbourhood.hoods worldwide are using the service, and we feel like we are just getting started. what do people actually use it for? all of the things you would imagine neighbours talk about. you can ask for help to find a lost pet, you can get a recommendation for a plumber or a ba by—sitter. but you can get a recommendation for a plumber or a baby—sitter. but what really inspires us is when there are exa m ples of really inspires us is when there are examples of true human connection and community. folks who may be lonely are forming social clubs so that they can get together and feel connected. how do you define a neighbourhood, is it a whole city or is it smaller areas? it turns out that we have a set of technology tools that allow the neighbours to help us define their areas and name their neighbourhoods. typically it ranges between 500—1000 households. a lot of social networks have issues with people being abusive online — how do you prevent that happening? it is actually not for social thin

the people in the neighbourhood are amazing. there is a diversity of residents and jobs and cultures. it's a great location between downtown and mission bay. there's a unique mix of buildings and uses. there's so many organisations on the ground today already doing great work in the neighbourhood. there are a lot of things that aren't so great about the neighbourhood, though. the rent is too high, the air quality is not too great, there is a distinct lack of greenery and open space. the streets are particularly challenging to walk down, to cross, to bike. they're quite dangerous. we have a three-prong strategy to address this through the plan. the sf*irs to accommodate demand for new development business removing some of the industrially-protected zoning south of the freeway and increasing heights where appropriate. the second to leverage all that new demand coming into the bay area for over $2 billion in public benefits. and the third is to make sure that change must represent and enhance the neighbourhood's character. right? w

but this is a better project for the neighbourhood. there was a motion to send forth with positive recommendation to the full board. we'll do that without objection. before we move on to item two, i neglected to ask if we could have a motion to excuse supervisor kim or do we need to do that? >> yes. >> motion to excuse supervisor kim from committee and supervisor peskin is replacing her. motion, someone. >> so moved. >> we'll do that without objection. [laughter] all right. item two, please. >> ordinance amending the planning code to regulate restaurant and bar uses in the jackson square special use district, broadway neighbourhood commercial district, north beach neighbourhood commercial district and the north beach special use district aming the jackson square special use district to require a conditional use permit for office uses, business services and institutional uses fronting on pacific avenue. >> thank you. we'll turn it over to our sponsor, supervisor peskin. >> thank you, madame chair. supervisor safai. this is an ordinance

neighbourhoods with reliable transportation.sustainability, representing leading standards for building design, site design and sustainable energy use. adapting for sea level rise and future flooding throughout this area. providing community facilities and that can be anything from schools and policen fire stations to community centres. open space, both for passive and active recreation and then workforce development opportunity and i should say we're joined here today by a number of my colleagues from the city family, from the planning department, from the workforce side of our office and workforce development and forming the sets of approvals that are in part before you today to reach those goals. mission rock, i'm pleased to be here before you today to request the approvals working with the project sponsor, your port staff and our city departments. we've put together a very robust set of public benefits. you heard phil mention 40% affordable. this is a new high water mark for the city. a range of very moderate, median incomes

in the neighbourhoods in tenderloin and china town, they don't give 311 notices. they are not here all the time. and they have vulnerable tenants -- very vulnerable tenants. low-income tenants that can't compete with market rate renters. so you missed your opportunity because you continued your hearing, thank you, for 229 ellis. and the 229 ellis is coming up on my d.r. next week will absolutely come to you dealing with what is happening in the tenderloin. there is no tenderloin notices, and you have to be really adventurous like i too many force a d.r. hearing because there is no notice. exempt we're noticed on window replacement and on that you have a hearing next week. pay attention. there needs to be someone that goes into the residential hotel ordinance and knows what it means because it's not the planning code. but it deals with planning issues. and the same thing with the rent control or did nanls. all of those deal intimately with the planning code, but the planning staff is not aware of what they're doing. and you need someone who has no conflict with pro

we put out different, you know, addresss to the neighbourhood through the hey valley neighbourhood association and also through an e-mail tla*is i've created over the course of two to three years. and then we also formed a mural community that we invited to the lgbt centre and i can provide the dates and times and what kind of materials we gave to the neighbourhood. of course, it's really hard to, like, hit every person. there are so many properties up and down the 200, 300 and 400 block, but we try as hard as we can to get the word out through word of mouth and also fliering each property to make sure they know what's going on and we always give opportunities for neighbours to kind of come in and say i want to be added to this particular committee list. so i can be updated so i'm not just blasting out e-mails all the time to every single person. >> right. >> but, yeah. and we are going to be publishing on our website, the friends of the urban forest website, some language about the cohesiveness of the five or six murals. we're still awaiting on the approval for one. and they're not all going

get the public more involved in reporting and monitoring vacant commercial properties in their neighbourhoods. so that is the summary of the report. christina is also here and we're available to answer any questions you might have. thank you. >> thank you very much for that overview. i know that our office work add lot on the registry issue. given that a law was passed but we also noticed that it wasn't really updated as well. and i think as we go on into our other presentations, one of my observations now is that even if we were to have this wonderfully filled database of all the vacancis that that still might not address the issues that we're dealing with in terms of the changing nature of retail. i really like the suggestions that were offered in this report. supervisor fewer? >> thank you very much. i just have one question. you mentioned that the city of chicago charges a vacancy property registration fee every since months if property is vai cants with higher fees charged if the property is reported by complaint rather than self-reported by the owner. >> cefjs >> i'm wondering has the c

it isn't just the eastern neighbourhood stuff. it isn't just stabilization. it's reviewing the entire accomplishment of the entire central soma plan over the 20, 30 years it takes. that is the only way to make sure it can be done. thank you. >> thank you. so, can we have representives of the second group? welcome. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is karla and i am the executive director of west bay filipino multiservice centre and i'm helping facilitate the we are soma coalition. today speaking will be myself, mario demyera, connie ford and misha olivez and we're respecting the we are soma coalition. we are soma. we are a coalition of service providers and organisations that have been working with the community for over 50 years. we have decades of experience working with government agencies, the mayor's office, the private sector and community stakeholders to really make sure that the existing soma communities in an instrumental part of the conversation. we are not new to displacement but we definitely see central soma as an opportunity to learn fro

and also the neighbourhoods of people who got involved in that.hink that the open, transparent process worked well. we didn't always agree but we always agreed to discuss and have an open dialogue and from that came what we believe is a productive, useful development in our neighbourhood. so thank you very much. >> thank you. any other members of the public? seeing none, public comment on this item is closed. supervisor peskin. >> thank you, madame chair.

they mainly focus on neighbourhood individual issues. at the end of the hearing the vacant abandoned property hearing was continued to call to the chair so d.b.i. could gather more information to present to the committee at a later date and the hearing was heard and filed. next on the agenda was mayor ferrell's ordinance that would establish the special district. this was continued from last week so that language could be drafted to include the commission's recommendation. that inclusionary rate be increased from 18% to 23% and that the project be required to have four [inaudible] spaces. at the hearing, the drafted language was added to the unanimous vote. there was a good deal of public comment on this ordinance, all of which was in support of the item. after public comment, the committee continued the item to the following week because the amendments were substantive. finally, the committee heard the planning and zoning amendments. commissioners, you heard this item on october 5 of last years and unanimously recommended approval. at t

come to support or address the needs of the neighbourhoods. i find that somewhat -- i nienlds offensive. i find that very offensive. since the last time i've spoken in front of the board ands in front of planning, two and a half months has passed since there's been a lot of people that's reached out to me. two of the top concerns that i have heard is cannabis grow within homes, rentsed homeswr* and i respectfully ask that everything from the task force be rejected until there are resolutions to the neighbourhoods. thank you. >> thank you very much. any other members of the public who wish to speak on item four? ok. seeing none, public comment is closed on this item. i think that perhaps the task force could work with some of the members of the public who brought up suggestions. i think that would be really great. for example, i don't know if you heard earlier that we had chatted about the focus for youth. that is really important. again, i was glad to hear that you have a plan moving forward and perhaps we can do a better job to share with the

we have been working with the neighbourhood and the sponsors of this project for over two years and we're looking forward to having it heard today. but we need to have amendments drafted to accept the planning commission's recommendations. unfortunately those aren't ready today so respectfully ask for a continue wants to next week's land use hearing. >> ok. thank you. and deputy city attorney, should we send you the language or would you like us to read into the record what we're asking for today? >> deputy city attorney, john gibner. it's really up to you. we're working with your office and the mayor's office on these amendments for next week. you can discuss them today. you don't have to and we will have something prepared for you next week to discuss and vote on. >> ok. let me just look at one quick thing. >> would you like me to go to public comment first? >> yes. why don't with do that. >> let's go to public comment on item one. seeing none, public comments closed. >> great. thank you. so, i'm just going to read what we like and then we can send it over to you. so we would essentiall

costs we requested $2 million from the eastern neighbourhoods and received approved recommendation for those funds. and property owners would pay the cost for the conversion of overhead to underground service. i'll open it up to questions. >> thank you. i was just wondering, what is the timeline so it looks like per your funding slide that all the funding has been identified for the project. so, what is the timeline for actual construction beginning? >> so, as i mentioned, the project is under construction currently. we segmented the project into four segments. so right now, our contractor's working on second street from townsend to king which does not include any undergrounding as well as second from market to fullsome which also is already underground. so, the segment from bryants to townsend is not scheduled to begin until after the giant's season ends this october 2018. so we hope to begin the process of creating the new joint trench for underground utilities in october of 2018. >> so, what is the completion date for all of it? >> the entire project should be done approximately nov

but we'll be very intentional in trying to create a new san francisco neighbourhood where everyone is welcomed and everyone can thrive. and i think to that, we have a video that we're going to share with you. and i do have postcards as well announcing our name change. and there are postcards here for the public also. [inaudible]. but the commissioners might have to come around this way. >> we have it on the tv. >> ok. never mind. >> thank you. >> [inaudible]. >> because my church is here. i got married on treasure island. this is the best place to be to raise any family. not just mine. but more families need to come. >> we have great things planned for the development of treasure island and the treasure island t hi, di has been part of the process for conceiving and developing that vision since its inception. >> thidi has been a great advocate both for the existing community here on treasure island as well as being a key partner in planning for the development of the affordable housing that we'll be building. >> our business is about people. and this is an opportunity to give some goo