March 3, 2008

City and County of San Francisco

Land Use and Economic Development Committee

City Hall, Room 263

Meeting Agenda
Monday, March 3, 2008
1:00 PM
Regular Meeting

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Members: Sophie Maxwell, Gerardo Sandoval, Chris Daly

Clerk: Linda Laws (415) 554-4441

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		Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents: 1) Legislation 2) Budget Analyst report 3) Legislative Analyst report

		Each member of the public will be allotted the same maximum number of minutes to speak as set by the Chair at the beginning of each item, excluding City representatives, except that public speakers using translation assistance will be allowed to testify for twice the amount of the public testimony time limit. If simultaneous translation services are used, speakers will be governed by the public testimony time limit applied to speakers not requesting translation assistance. Members of the public who want a document placed on the overhead for display should clearly state such and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting.

	REGULAR AGENDA

1.	071528	[Administrative Code - Amendments Creating Large Tourist Hotel Conversion Ordinance]	Supervisors Peskin, Ammiano, Daly, Maxwell, Mirkarimi, Sandoval
		Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to add Section 41F to limit conversion of Large Tourist Hotels into condominium projects, allowing the Planning Commission to approve conversion of up to 500 units before March 1, 2010, establishing conditions precedent and procedures for an annual lottery system for conversions after March 1, 2010, requiring applicants for conversions to provide the Planning Department with certain information regarding the conversion, creating a 120-month sunset period, and making environmental findings.
		11/6/07, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 12/6/2007.
		11/14/07, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Department of Planning for environmental review and comments.
		12/5/07, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department non-physical exemption, CEQA.
		1/22/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission Resolution 17526, Executive Summary and Draft Tourist Hotel Inventory.
		2/11/08, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. Heard in committee. Speaker: Supervisor Peskin. Amendment of the Whole
		2/11/08, CONTINUED AS AMENDED. Continued to February 25, 2008.
		2/13/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Office of Economic Analysis Economic Impact Report.
		2/25/08, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Peskin; Patricia Breslin; Male Speaker; Kurt Fuchs, Office of Economic Analysis. 2/25/08 Amendment of the whole bearing same title.
		2/25/08, CONTINUED. Continued to March 3, 2008.

2.	080157	[Zoning - Educational services and institutional uses, Mixed Use Districts and NCDs]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance amending the Planning Code by amending Sections 102.2 to exclude specified accredited educational institutions from the definition of arts activities; amending Section 790.50 and 890.50 to clarify that certain institutions, including accredited educational institutions, in the Neighborhood Commercial Districts and Mixed Use Districts are required to comply with applicable provisions of the institutional master plans as set forth in Section 304.5; and making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		1/29/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 2/28/2008.
		2/1/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comments.
		2/6/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department notification of project receiving environmental review.
		2/22/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department certificate of determination exclusion from environmental review.
		The Chair intends to entertain a motion to send this item to Board as a Committee Report on March 4, 2008.

3.	080156	[Zoning - Conditional Use for specified educational services in Western SoMa]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance amending the Planning Code by amending Section 823 to prohibit educational institutions as defined in Section 890.50(c) in the Western SoMa Planning Area Special Use District; and making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Economic Impact.)
		1/29/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 2/28/2008.
		2/1/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comments.
		2/6/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department notification of project receiving environmental review.
		2/22/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department certificate of determination exclusion from environmental review.
		The Chair intends to entertain a motion to send this item to Board as a Committee Report on March 4, 2008.

4.	080280	[Zoning - Repeal of the interim moratorium on institutional uses in the Western SoMa]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance repealing the interim zoning moratorium that prohibits the establishment of specified new institutional uses in the Western SoMa Planning Area Special Use District.
		2/26/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		The Chair intends to entertain a motion to send this item to Board as a Committee Report on March 4, 2008.

5.	080192	[Lease Disposition and Development Agreement and Lease for Property Located at 850 Broderick Street]	Supervisor Mirkarimi
		Resolution approving and authorizing the Mayor's Office of Housing to enter into a lease disposition and development agreement for a long term ground lease with Arendt House, L.P., a California Limited Partnership, for the development and operation of affordable housing and associated uses on certain real property located at 850 Broderick Street and authorizing the Director of Property to enter into the lease.
		2/5/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Sponsor requests that the item be referred to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		The Chair intends to entertain a motion to send this item to Board as a Committee Report on March 4, 2008.

	ADJOURNMENT

	IMPORTANT INFORMATION
		NOTE: Persons unable to attend the meeting may submit to the City, by the time the proceedings begin, written comments regarding the agenda items above. These comments will be made a part of the official public record and shall be brought to the attention of the Board of Supervisors. Any written comments should be sent to: Committee Clerk of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102 by 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the hearing. Comments which cannot be delivered to the committee clerk by that time may be taken directly to the hearing at the location above.

		NOTE: Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, the following notice is hereby given: if you challenge, in court, the general plan amendments or planning code and zoning map amendments described above, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.

	LEGISLATION UNDER THE 30-DAY RULE

	(Not to be considered at this meeting)
		Rule 5.40 provides that when an ordinance or resolution is introduced which would CREATE OR REVISE MAJOR CITY POLICY, the committee to which the legislation is assigned shall not consider the legislation until at least thirty days after the date of introduction. The provisions of this rule shall not apply to the routine operations of the departments of the City or when a legal time limit controls the hearing timing. In general, the rule shall not apply to hearings to consider subject matter when no legislation has been presented, nor shall the rule apply to resolutions which simply URGE action to be taken.

6.	080232	[Planning Code - Deadline Extension for Medical Cannabis Dispensary Permitting]	Supervisor Daly
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sections 209.3, 217, 790.141, and 890.133 to extend the time period for certain Medical Cannabis Dispensaries to obtain a permit from March 1, 2008 to January 21, 2009; and making findings, including General Plan, Planning Code Section 101.1(b) and environmental findings.
		2/12/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 3/13/2008.
		2/20/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comment.
		2/29/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department - non-physical exemption per CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2).

7.	080235	[First Source Hiring Ordinance - expanding scope of covered permits in Market and Octavia Plan]	Supervisor Mirkarimi
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Sections 83.2, 83.4, and 83.6 to: (1) expand the scope of permits that the ordinance applies to in the Market and Octavia Area Plan; (2) place new reporting requirements on the First Source Hiring Administration that include reporting first source statistics on permittees, as defined under the ordinance, and (3) require contractors and permittees to cooperate with reasonable requests for information from the First Source Hiring Administration.
		2/12/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 3/13/2008.
		2/20/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for informational purposes.

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