commissioner wiener? we want to welcome commissioner scott wiener to his first meeting of the transportation authority. commissioner wiener: i hope i do not ask any question that i should not get the answer to. anyway -- thank you for the presentation. this is critical to the future of san francisco. i have a couple of questions. you said abag will distribute any excess -- again, forgive me if i should not ask this -- but what happens if we provide 50%? what happens if they request another 30,000 units? >> in the past, san francisco and abag have not agreed, but we are in convergence now. but they won in san francisco, we are planning to do that. in other communities, we are working with them. there is always some back-and- forth among jurisdictions. perhaps in contra costa and not in another area. ultimately, abag will adopt these numbers. the jurisdiction will have their representatives advocate for them. commissioner wiener: is there any enforcement mechanism at all? >> we always ponder this question.

commissioner campos: commissioner wiener? commisioner wiener: first of all, i wanted to thank commissioner avalos and commissioner chu for requesting this information. it really does impact people's commute in a significant way. my question is, typically, how soon before a switch back occurs does muni decide to switch back? is there a typical time parameter? is it, we decide and two minutes later, do we know ahead of time? >> i can only give you a firm it depends. the conditions are such, where if we have a significant delay -- 15 minutes approximately on the rail side. it is a combination of the line management center, which has a view of the entire system. the control center speaks to the operators and st. inspectors who actually supports the switch back on the straight -- street. we tried to give people notice as soon as possible when there is a gap. from our perspective, it should be soon and frequent, in terms of letting people know, both in terms of making announcements and resetting the destination sign. that is our pr

scott wiener. are there announcements? >> please make sure to turn off cell phones and pagers. any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the february 8 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: thank you, and i would like to thank the staff from sfgtv for broadcasting this meeting. can you please call item 1? >> item 1, or in its amended the planning code to amend the upper market street neighborhood commercial district. >> the proposed extension of market octavia goes west to the northwest corner of castro street, specifically the lot with be artsy gas station. my home that i own is a condominium at 17th and diamond, which is less than 500 feet away from the gas station. as a result under california law, i have been devised that i must recuse myself from this item, item one, and i request permission to do so. supervisor mar: thank you. supervisor cohen, without objection, we can reduce the sup

without objection, supervisor wiener is excused for this vote. supervisor mar? commissioner mar: thank you, president chiu. one issue that was brought to our attention after we had unanimously supported the ordinance is a cleanup amendment. i'm introducing an amendment to this item to clarify the rules on how projects already in the entitlement process will be affected by the new extension of the upper market zoning controls. the language has been agreed to by steak holders in the community, the planning department, the city attorney, but it was omitted unfortunately in the legislation that came to the land use committee two weeks ago so i urge support for the amendment and you have a copy of the amendment before each of you, as well. president chiu: thank you. supervisor mar has made a motion to amend as suggested. is there a second? seconded by supervisor mirkarimi. colleagues, without objection, the motion amend passed and on the underlying ordinance as amended. same house, same call? actually, the house has changed so if we could take a roll call vote on tha

commissioner wiener: thank you. i will be supporting this item, and i do support the central subway. we do need better norton-south service in the -- north-south service and better access to chinatown. i do believe it is important to keep reminding ourselves that the has not gone or is not going as far as i would hope that it could go at some point in the future. we have a history in the bay area and san francisco of building rail and subway systems that are not extensive enough. we made a huge blunder in building bart and allowing some counties to opt ow. we are now paying the price for not having an extensive enough bart system. we have another transportation system covering a small portion of the city, leaving the west side to struggle without transit system. this line, although i support it, is not long enough. i hope we will do whatever we can to extend it up to fisherman's wharf. i think that is important for the future transportation needs of the city. i also just want to note an additional concern that i kno

supervisor wiener: yes. supervisor mar: with positive recommendation without objection, so let's forward this. clerk somera, are there any other items before us? clerk somera: no, there are no other items. supervisor mar: ok, seeing as there are no other items before us, this meeting is adjourned. [gavel] supervisor mar: so here we go, everyone. the meeting will come to order. this is the regular meeting of the land use committee for the san francisco board of supervisors. this is the february 7, 2011, meeting. i am supervisor eric mar. next to us is supervisor malia cohen and scott wiener. our clerk is alisa somera. clerk somera: -- supervisor mar: i also want to thank sfgtv for televising this. ms. somera, we only have one item before us today. could you please read the item? clerk somera: a resolution authorizing the port of san francisco to accept and expend a great in the amount of 15,000 $200 from the california department of boating and waterways -- $15,200 from the california department of boating an

. >> commissioner wiener? commissioner wiener: thank you. i just want to complement staff on more -- moving forward with this. it is an improvement to the area. it is a dead area that can be used -- it is a dead area that no one can be used. -- can reuse. this stretch of market around the safeway, it needs more activity. the whole foods project will add increased foot traffic. commissioner campos: great. thank you, commissioner. colleagues, any other questions? is there any member of the public would like to speak on this item? please come forward. >> hello, commissioners. mark caswell again. we think this is a great use of public space. the whole foods going in. it is definitely improving public safety. yet another great project coming forward from the mta. we are happy to see this moving forward. thank you. commissioner campos: thank you. if there is -- is there any other member of the public like to speak? seeing and 9, public comment is closed -- seeing none, public comment is closed. can we take this without objection? thank you. madam

supervisor wiener. supervisor wiener: thank you. i have several introductions today. the first is i am requesting that the controller conduct an economic impact study with support from the entertainment commission on entertainment and night life in san francisco to determine the size and scope of this industry, the number of jobs it creates in san francisco, the taxes that it generates for the city, the rhythm rigid the tourism it brings to the city. there has been a lot of discussion in recent years about entertainment and night life in san francisco, and it often comes up in a very reactive way in terms of policy making. something bad happens. someone gets shot. there is a crowd control situation. something terrible happens, and we then scramble and say, "how do we address this?" what i want to do is take a step back so that in the future when we are making public policy that impacts entertainment and night life, we know exactly what we're dealing with so that we know the size, we know the economic contribution so when we are contribution so when we are making polic

with that, i would like to turn it over to scott wiener. supervisor wiener: thank you. the supervisor is here for my nominee. please come up. [applause] -- annie is the best kind of neighbor that anyone could hope for, one who puts the needs of her neighborhood before her own constantly every day. as a manager of diamond view apartments, she has taken strong and sometimes difficult stands to make the streets of her neighborhood safer, whether through crime prevention, traffic safety, or disaster various -- prepared this. no neighborhood concern is too small for her, no challenge to difficult. here are just a few of her many accomplishments, and i cannot list them all today because there are too many. in terms of neighborhood crime prevention, whenever there are shootings or criminal activity that disrupt the safety of diamond heights, she has helped her community by regularly meeting and conversing with captains at single site station and holding them accountable and making sure that they are paying attention to diamond heights and making sure that they are keeping our

i also wanted to echo my colleagues in banking supervisor wiener for calling for the hearing. i know that the policy would also impact the northern part of ocean beach and people with dogs, but also residents that love the space without dogs. i think there is going to be a good debate with the hearing, and i look forward to for dissipating as well. i also wanted to thank supervisor kim for the in memoriam for my friend. i am introducing today a resolution for a request for a hearing in the aftermath of the tragic death of a runner at the finish line of a marathon in golden gate park. the race organizers were roddy co-productions, and i think that should be a wake-up call for much safer athletic events, especially in golden gate park. i was saddened to hear about the collapse and death of peter hoss after running the kaiser marathon. the only ambulances available had been diverted to care for another runner and novak were available. it took city response personnel 22 minutes or six times longer than average to get to his location to provide assistance. -- no back ups were avail

supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: i would like to thank supervisors mar and carmen chu about the ada. we had a similar situation, so i would like to work with you on that hearing and any possible proposals growing from that. i would like to request two hearings today. the first relates to the church line. supervisor dufty would refer to it as is a problem child, and i have now inherited the problem child -- referred -- would refer to it as his problem child. it is an important line. and yet, it is a continuing problem. its reliability is poor. it is not, for reasons i do not understand, properly tracked by gps in terms of being able to use next muni, and this is a problem that does not seem to and, so i am asking the mta to come and talk about the reliability of the situation and as well as what they are doing to make it more reliable and what future possible changes to the line can be made to make it more usable. i will be meeting with supervisor avalos and look forward to working closely with them

. >> i and the stand we need to excuse supervisor wiener. can we have a motion? -- understand that we need to excuse supervisor wiener. can we take a role call? >> on item 10 -- >> aye, >>aye, >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> the ordinance is finally passed. the next item please. >> item 11 is an ordinance amending public's work code amending the distribution of handbills on private promises unless they are placed on or attached to and do not damage supremacists -- do not damage to the premises. >> at this time i would like to make a motion to refer this back to the city operations and neighborhood services committee. as i think that you know, this was intended to reduce litter in our neighborhoods. in the last four weeks, we have received a lot of questions and concerns and i have conducted two meetings in my office with individuals to try to work out some of these issues. given the questions that still remain, i would like to refer this back at this time. i would like to thank our colleagues on the land use committee and many n

please call item two, and we are rejoined by supervisor wiener. supervisor wiener: if i could just -- i was reduced, but i was watching on tv. i just do want to indicate that i do intend to, separate from this legislation, introduced legislation relating to the zoning and that the property, and we will be having discussions with the planning department about trying to find a way within the law to make that rezoning work without tipping the project to the point of not being financially viable. thank you. >> would you like to call item two and three together? supervisor mar: yes, please. >> item two, resolution declaring the intention to vacate portions of the public right of way within the transit center project area. item three, ordinance ordering the vacation of portions of the public right of way within the proposed transit area. >> good afternoon, members. acting director of real estate. before you today is the proposed vacation of interest in several streets in and near the proposed trans bay transit center, so it would be at the end of the da