it is a walkable, vibrant village area. glen park is also another characteristic of glen park it's not a high rise urban neighborhood, not even mid rise urban fabed. a few buildings extend above three stories in the neighborhood. a lot of these buildings are single family homes that wind into the canyon so it gives the neighborhood a real human scale and intimacy that people appreciate. and one of the greatest resources of living near glen park is the proximity to glen canyon park which is 60 acres of -- 60 plus acres of urban wilderness, hiking trails, an a tremendous canyon like a little yosemite. you can see coyotes, owls there and people in glen park have access to this great resource. it also features one of the last free-flowing creeks in san francisco which which runs freely in the canyon but is calverted through the sewer system in the neighborhood. this was once the largest body of water in san francisco and providing up to 80% of the drinking water at the time. and glen park is also a real commuter's dreamland. it

as the city aspires to become more walkable and viable, this sort of control is necessary.ery important. we have been very careless with the use of our sidewalks and street faces, and this measure will go a long way to bringing a more gracious, walkable, bikable san francisco. i'd bring you the support of the sfbc, and i hope you will bring your support as well. >> good morning. big planning day for me. we had the pleasure of working on this ordinance. you last year brought forward a similar ordinance for mixed use districts, and a lot of this is taking a lot of the best ideas that came out of the eastern neighborhoods in terms of controls in the way that the building meets the street. as i was talking about earlier, the planning code previously paid a lot of attention to the uses of buildings, what type of use and how dense, etc. we'd hate, i think, too little attention to the way buildings create great streets and safe streets. this is going to require that buildings be better neighbors. there's a lot of aspects to the ordinance. one of the things i wanted to point out wa

it's very exciting to have a brand new neighborhood to be set out as a walkable and likable neighborhood. we are concerned about access. you have had several questions about transit access and the natural bottleneck that exists. we cannot have everyone driving to this neighborhood. it's very important we get transit right and have a strategy for containing and pricing trips. it's very exciting to have what we think is the state's first congestion pricing mechanism in place. it will be exciting to see that go forward. we bring our support and pride in being part of the process and we look forward to this moving forward and becoming the city's new neighborhood. of course of finishing the bay bridge so we can all walk and bike between neighborhoods. thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm with the bright line defense project. just a brief countries -- just a brief statement on the local hiring laws. in regards to diversifying our housing stock, local hiring to be a powerful tool to maintain the middle-class and ensuring we can expand it as well in san francisco. specifically in regard to the trea

if we are going to have a level, walkable city, this is all about neighbors its having amenities for people to walk to. this is about making communities in san francisco completely level. the way we do that is having transit and great corridors and making sure that the housing is near where those people are. making sure there are not isolated where they do not have access to jobs and transportation. that is at the heart of what this document is trying to achieve. nobody is suggesting this. there is not any zoning that allows them to propose such a change. it would have to come to the commission and the board of supervisors. i do not see how any of that would happen anyway. >> these do not seem to jive with reality. we were taught about hunter shipyard and treasure island. given the financial state of where things are right now and the potential loss of redevelopment, we do not know if those projects will ever be realized. saying that we do not have to worry about it because those projects are not in the pipeline, it is not realistic. our densities are concentrated. people live in san

the walkable grocery opportunity for the residents. it is just great. chairperson mar: thank you. and thanks to the ocean avenue revitalization group. this sounds wonderful. colleagues, if there are no other questions, can we move this forward with a positive recommendation, without objection? thank you. can you call the next item? >> item 3, amending the planning code to allow impact fees for afford to buy it -- for affordable housing. supervisor cohen: this is pretty simple. it clarifies the criteria for affordable housing projects seeking a waiver from development impact fees in adopted plan areas. the ordinance would apply specifically to the tincon -- rincon hill, balboa park, and visitation valley areas. currently, affordable housing that receive support from a city housing agency, would not be subject to developer impact fees. the specific language is the product of coordination with staff from the planning department, the mayor's office of housing, and affordable housing developers. right now, i think planning staff is going to make a quick presentation. thanks. >> steve w

these are the heart of what makes a livable and walkable community. we have been fortunate to be able to work with supervisor mirkarimi on legislation. we not gone into restaurant regulation to date. but based on conversations with supervisor mirkarimi, it is something he embraced and wanted to bring forward. we think it will have great effect in unleashing the incredible creativity in small business. you think of technology as one of the things san francisco is renowned for. we are also a great food city. a lot of the businesses regulated by these sections of the businesses that are in the incredible innovators of food. that is one thing, to stimulate the local business. we feel like a lot of the uses we are talking about are amenities to neighbors. if we can loosen the regulatory controls and make it easier for small locally-owned businesses to grow and expand and move, we want to do so. this affects only the neighborhood commercial district in the city. there is a huge variety of neighborhood commercial district. there is the generic nc districts,

a more walkable and livable and shuffle -- shopable area. she was responsible for the crosswalk at 24th and caster, which is an innovative kind of crosswalk. very prominent and very visible and a model for other crosswalks in the city in terms of enhance pedestrian safety. it really was an example of her willingness and the association's willingness to be innovative and to try new things, even if they might be a little controversial. deb is never one to shy away from controversy is that controversy is going to lead to improvement in the neighborhood. as we know in san francisco, very rarely do you improve anything without there being controversy. it is important to have readers who are not always just going to take the easy way out. deb has in a lot of ways been a mentor to me in terms of teaching me what it means to get things done in the neighborhood, and i'm just so proud to know you, to call you a friend and to honor you as the district a woman of the year. so congratulations. [applause] -- district 8 woman of the year. >> ok. all right.

. -- walkability. the goal here is to reduce pedestrian fatalities and collisions. we are currently working on the first three, creating a 50 mile per hour zones around schools. -- 15 m.p.h. zone around schools. we are looking at which neighborhoods makes sense, based on their eligibility. and then to read start growing our safety engineer toolkit. we have the best, frankly, in the u.s., in terms of the tools. we need to look at getting the international best tools. near-term measures, we are working with the police department now on helping to develop a work plan for 2011 that looks at pedestrian safety. really, all safety, but focusing on pedestrian safety, where they need to focus pedestrian safety stings, those sort of things, other measures to target the most egregious parts of the city that are continually experiencing collisions. in the best practice area, we will be working with a task force to identify international and u.s. best practices applicable to san francisco. we will also be looking at the policy makers to look at legislation that may need to be pi

how green it is by being close to services and close two stores, schools, and the walk ability -- walkability. they're doing that across the country and it is coming up in marketing. when green comes in, we are pushing for green designations and the work people do to make their house green. >> my own direct experience, generally, the buying public will not pay more if it is green. maybe that is something people don't want to hear. it is the honest truth. that is my own direct experience. i think it is absolutely -- what will happen with the current green movement in building, is that it will become standard. it is becoming the standard. ultimately, it will be frowned upon when a house does not have these features, i think. i think that is how it will migrate into society, in that way. it is a good thing. it is becoming an awareness of all of these things, your appliances, your window rating, things like that. it is something that happens over time. people like to talk about it. i have sold properties where they are solar-ready, which means they have all of the equipment installed to bring the

in the walkable and viable community slides, you will see what we stated, but what i can convey to you is the richness of bicycle facilities classes one, two, and three -- supervisor mar: can i ask a question, so i get a sense of distance from the transit tunnel to the furthest unit of housing? >> the farthest he would ever have to go is a 17-minute walk. a little more than -- between half or a quarter of a mile. what is unusual is it is flat. we get access from bicycles and pedestrians. we have a hard time accommodating in sentences go. on this slide, a wanted to emphasize we heard from the shared public way, a new street. very bicycle and pedestrian- friendly. we worked especially closely with the mayor's office of disability. you are talking about a street that could have cars, bytes, kids, everything happening. we wanted to build into a architecturally all the mechanisms that alert people -- allow cable the comfort and safety that they are as well placed as anybody, and we got sign-offs' from the california council of the blind as well as mod on the concept. we also worked with the

mentioned before, the planner, michael stated that even though you may have a nice village and have walkable neighborhoods which you shop and do your business, that you may need on occasion to have your own automobile. you may not use it all the time. you may use public transit when it is there. so, you know, i do have to object to policy of trying to reduce parking completely. thank you. >> thank you. >> hello again, commissioners in. george the twin peaks council. i just have one brief remark ooble transit and reliance on muni in terms of housing developments. getting rid of or living in cars, cars represent 38% of muni's total income so without cars there would be no muni. i'm glad that people want to reduce cars. they want to comply with sp 375, reduce v.m.t.'s. this is great, but if there are no cars, definitely there is no muni. there is no transportation villages and this whole model will die under its own weight. muni is not effective. the vehicles there, miles per hour have increasingly declining. there are several problems with muni right now. problems that are going to be represen

louis's most walkable neighborhoods, a contemporary house not far from the park which is bigger than have a neighbor on each side. it has a sunken front courtyard and three levels of living space including down stairs. this is a shot of the back. there is the living room. it has sunny windows. it's fully carpeted. always a mistake in selling a house. it's outshined by the open living room and dining room with wood floors and light? everybody will migrate to the family room. that will sell the house. the open kitchen has black counters, maple cabinets and wood floors like the rest of the house. great shot of the living room. that looks like the living room and it's just the family room. better than the living room. the taxes on the house, you won't believe me. $63 per year. per year. >> that's crazy. >> that's what it is. it includes a very good public school just down the block. you can't go wrong. >> greenville, south carolina, priced at $274,900. a four-bedroom house. >> this is between atlanta, georgia and columbia, south carolina. it has a fancy front on the front of the bung low