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October 01, 2008 - Special

City and County of San Francisco

City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689

MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
11:00 AM
City Hall, Room 263
Special Meeting


Land Use and Economic Development Committee

Members: Sophie Maxwell, Gerardo Sandoval, Aaron Peskin

Clerk: Linda Laws (415) 554-4441

Members Present: Sophie Maxwell, Gerardo Sandoval, Aaron Peskin.
Members Excused: None.
Members Absent: None.

MEETING CONVENED
The meeting convened at 11:07 a.m.

REGULAR AGENDA

080696 [Zoning - New Controls for the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District, to Limit the Establishment of New Bars and Restaurants and Preserve Basic Neighborhood Services] Supervisor Peskin
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding new Section 780.3, to create the North Beach Special Use District; amending Section 781.6, to include Limited Financial Services and Business or Professional Services in the North Beach Financial Subdistrict; amending Section 722.1 and the Zoning Control Table in Section 722 to reflect the new controls for the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District, including limiting the establishment of new bars and restaurants in the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District in locations occupied by basic neighborhood sales or services, allowing restaurants to obtain liquor licenses if they operate as bona-fide eating places, and prohibiting the establishment of new automated bank teller machines; adding new Section 790.93, to create the new zoning category of Specialty Food, Self-Service; adding new Section 790.142, to create a new definition of Bona Fide Eating Place; amending Section 790.102 to allow general grocery stores to occupy less that 5,000 gross square feet, to modify the definition of specialty grocery stores, and to clarify that off-sale beer,
5/20/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 6/19/2008.
5/30/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to City Attorney to approve as to form.
6/17/08, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Peskin submitted a substitute ordinance bearing new title.
6/17/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 6/19/2008.
6/27/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to the Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review and Planning Commission for review and comment.
8/6/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department - Not a project pursuant to Section 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines.
8/12/08, SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor Peskin submitted substitute ordinance bearing new title.
8/12/08, ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
8/20/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred Version 3 to the Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation; Planning Department for environmental review; and Planning Commission for review and comment.
9/24/08, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission Resolution No. 17698 recommending approval with modifications.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Tara Sullivan-Lenane and Larry Badiner, Planning Department; Kathleen Dooley, North Beach Merchants Association; Richard Hanlin; Andy Katz; Marc Bruno, St. Vincent de Paul Conference; Nan Roth; Lynn Jefferson, North Beach Neighbors; Female Speaker, North Beach Chamber of Commerce; Tan Chow, CCDC; F. Joseph Butler; Gerry Crowley, THD; Brett Gladstone; Joan Wood; Marilyn Amini.
10/1/08 Amendment of the whole bearing new title.
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE.

Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding new Section 780.3, to create the North Beach Special Use District; amending Section 781.6, to include Limited Financial Services and Business or Professional Services in the North Beach Financial Subdistrict; amending Section 722.1 and the Zoning Control Table in Section 722 to reflect the new controls for the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District, including limiting the establishment of new bars and restaurants in the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District in locations occupied by basic neighborhood sales or services, allowing restaurants to obtain liquor licenses if they operate as bona-fide eating places, and prohibiting the establishment of new automated bank teller machines; adding new Section 790.93, to create the new zoning category of Specialty Food, Self-Service; adding new Section 790.142, to create a new definition of Bona Fide Eating Place; amending Section 790.102 to allow general grocery stores to occupy less that 5,000 gross square feet, to modify the definition of specialty grocery stores, and to clarify that off-sale beer,
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Maxwell, Sandoval, Peskin

080436 [Authorizing the passthrough from landlord to residential tenant of fifty percent of water and sewer services cost increases imposed through adoption of water and sewer rates after July 1, Supervisors Alioto-Pier, Chu, Elsbernd
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code to encourage water conservation by authorizing landlords to pass through to tenants fifty percent of increased water and sewer bill charges resulting from the adoption of water and sewer rates after July 1, 2002, and the passthrough to tenants of seventy percent of increased water and sewer bill charges resulting from the adoption of water and sewer rates after July 1, 2002, where specified water conservation devices have been installed in all rental units and common areas of a building; and providing for passthrough administration, noticing and enforcement procedures.
4/1/08, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 5/1/2008.
4/3/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to the Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.
6/9/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Charles Rudyear; Espanola Jackson. Continued to June 30, 2008.
7/7/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Alioto-Pier; Laura Spanjian, SFPUC; Jared Blumenfeld, Department of the Environment; Bruce Alison, Senior Action Network; Jennifer Clary, Clean Water Action; Ernestine Weiss; Peter Fries; Francisco Da Costa; Ted Gulickson; Brook Turner, Coalition for Better Housing; John Roddy, Deputy City Attorney; Todd Rydstrom, SFPUC; John Malamut, Deputy City Attorney. Continued to July 21, 2008.
7/21/08, CONTINUED. Speakers: None. Continued to July 28, 2008.
7/28/08, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supvervisor Alioto-Pier; Todd Rydstrom, SFPUC; Female Speaker, SF Apartment Association; Cheryl Adams, Deputy City Attorney; Cristine DeBerry, Mayor's Office; Randy Shaw, Tenderloin Housing Clinic; Francisco Da Costa; Female Speaker; Judy Golden; Ted Gullickson, SF Tenants Union; Female Speaker; Female Speaker, Chinatown Community Development; Phil Page, Golden Gateway Tenants Association; Brook Turner, Coalition for Better Housing; Ernestine Weiss; Male Speaker; Jared Blumenfeld, Department of the Environment; Female Speaker, SFPUC.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: Laura Spanjian, SFPUC; Supervisor Elsbernd; Ethel Silverstein; Tommie Avicolli Mecca, Housing Rights Commission; Randy Shaw, Tenderloin Housing Clinic; Norman Rolfe; Noni Richen, Small Property Owners of San Francisco; Bob Coleman, Gateway Tenants Organization; Mitchell Omarberg; Miguel Wooding; Ted Gulickson; Lupe; Lopez; Peter Riesen; Female Speaker.
10/1/08 Amendment of the whole bearing new title.
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE.

Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code to encourage water conservation by authorizing landlords to pass through to tenants fifty percent of increased water and sewer bill charges resulting from the adoption of water and sewer rates after July 1, 2002, where specified water conservation devices have been installed in all rental units and common areas of a building and no plumbing leaks exist in the building; and providing for passthrough administration, noticing and enforcement procedures.
Referred to Board meeting on October 21, 2008.
REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Maxwell, Sandoval, Peskin

081152 [Approving General Plan Amendments Related to the Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans - the Mission, East SoMa, Showplace Square/Potrero Hill and Central Waterfront Area Plans]
Ordinance amending the San Francisco General Plan by adding four new area plans, entitled the Mission Area Plan, the East South of Market (East SoMa) Area Plan, the Showplace Square/Potrero Hill Area Plan and the Central Waterfront Area Plan and approving General Plan amendments to implement the four aforementioned Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans by amending the Commerce and Industry and Recreation and Open Space Elements, the Land Use Index, and the South of Market, Northeastern Waterfront, and Central Waterfront Area Plans; making environmental findings and findings that the proposed amendments are consistent with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of the Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department)
8/22/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
9/19/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.
9/29/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Ken Rich, Larry Badiner, Steve Wertheim, Andres Powers; Pilar Lavaley, Sarah Bennett, Planning Department; John Malamut, Deputy City Attorney; Aaron Goodman, Parkmerced Residents Organization; David Maltz, Friends of Franklin Square; Ariel Braunstein, NEMRA; Sam Ruiz, Mission Neigborhood Centers; Erick Arguello; Steve Vettel, Farella, Braun, Martel; Janet Carpinelli, Dogpatch Neighborhood Association; Hiroshi Fukoda; Andrew Junius and Tuija Catalano, Reuben & Junius; Toby Morris, Kerman Morris Architects; Gus Murod; Jazzie Collins, Angelica Cabande, Chris Durazo, SOMCAN; Tom Gilberti; Sandra Hernandez; Steven Koch; Kepa Askenasy; Oz Erickson, Potrero Center; Lydia Tan, Bridge Housing; Jeffrey Liebowitz; Debra Walker; Sue Hestor; Joe Boss. Continued to October 1, 2008.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: John Rahaim and Ken Rich, Planning Department; Amit Ghosh, Peter Albert, Julie Kirschbaum, Municipal Transportation Agency; Dawn Kamalanathan, Recreation and Park Department; Sarah Dennis, Planning Department; Marisa Craven, Association of Bay Area Governments; Doug Johnson, Metropolitan Transportation Commission; Claudia Tucker, Municipal Transportation Agency; Brett Gladstone; Annie Chandler, Mark Ross Foundation; Joan Libman, Jewish Home; Camille Johnson; Coleen Forbes; Dave Snyder, SPUR; Al Steins, Carpenters, Local 22;
CONTINUED by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Maxwell, Sandoval, Peskin

081153 [Planning Code amendments for the Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans]
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding and amending various sections to implement the four Eastern Neighborhood Area Plans comprised of the East SoMa, the Mission, the Showplace Square/Potrero Hill, and the Central Waterfront Area Plans; adopting in-lieu fees for on-site open space, trees, and affordable housing; adopting the Eastern Neighborhoods impact fee subject to certain restrictions; and making various findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department)
8/22/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. 9/11/08 - Submitted fee ad for publication on 9/13 and 9/20/08.
9/19/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.
9/29/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Ken Rich, Larry Badiner, Steve Wertheim, Andres Powers; Pilar Lavaley, Sarah Bennett, Planning Department; John Malamut, Deputy City Attorney; Aaron Goodman, Parkmerced Residents Organization; David Maltz, Friends of Franklin Square; Ariel Braunstein, NEMRA; Sam Ruiz, Mission Neigborhood Centers; Erick Arguello; Steve Vettel, Farella, Braun, Martel; Janet Carpinelli, Dogpatch Neighborhood Association; Hiroshi Fukoda; Andrew Junius and Tuija Catalano, Reuben & Junius; Toby Morris, Kerman Morris Architects; Gus Murod; Jazzie Collins, Angelica Cabande, Chris Durazo, SOMCAN; Tom Gilberti; Sandra Hernandez; Steven Koch; Kepa Askenasy; Oz Erickson, Potrero Center; Lydia Tan, Bridge Housing; Jeffrey Liebowitz; Debra Walker; Sue Hestor; Joe Boss. Continued to October 1, 2008.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: John Rahaim and Ken Rich, Planning Department; Amit Ghosh, Peter Albert, Julie Kirschbaum, Municipal Transportation Agency; Dawn Kamalanathan, Recreation and Park Department; Sarah Dennis, Planning Department; Marisa Craven, Association of Bay Area Governments; Doug Johnson, Metropolitan Transportation Commission; Claudia Tucker, Municipal Transportation Agency; Brett Gladstone; Annie Chandler, Mark Ross Foundation; Joan Libman, Jewish Home; Camille Johnson; Coleen Forbes; Dave Snyder, SPUR; Al Steins, Carpenters, Local 22;
CONTINUED by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Maxwell, Sandoval, Peskin

081154 [Zoning Map Amendments in connection with the Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans]
Ordinance amending Zoning Map Sheets ZN01, ZN07, ZN08, HT01, HT07, HT08 and SU08 of the City and County of San Francisco Planning Code with revised use districts and height and bulk districts within the four Eastern Neighborhoods Planning Areas comprised of the East South of Market, Mission, Showplace Square/Potrero Hill and Central Waterfront Area Plans; and creating three special use districts for Life Science and Medical Special Use District bounded generally by Mariposa Street to the north, Ilinois Street to the West, Iowa Street to the East, and 23rd Street to the South, for Innovative Industries Incubator Special Use District bounded generally by 3rd Street to the West, Illinois Street to the east, 20th Street to the north and 23rd Street to the South, for 16th Street Retail Special Use District bounded generally by Capp Street to the East, San Bruno Avenue to the West, 15th Sreet to the North and 17th Street to the South; and making various findings, including CEQA findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department)
8/22/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
9/19/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.
9/29/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Ken Rich, Larry Badiner, Steve Wertheim, Andres Powers; Pilar Lavaley, Sarah Bennett, Planning Department; John Malamut, Deputy City Attorney; Aaron Goodman, Parkmerced Residents Organization; David Maltz, Friends of Franklin Square; Ariel Braunstein, NEMRA; Sam Ruiz, Mission Neigborhood Centers; Erick Arguello; Steve Vettel, Farella, Braun, Martel; Janet Carpinelli, Dogpatch Neighborhood Association; Hiroshi Fukoda; Andrew Junius and Tuija Catalano, Reuben & Junius; Toby Morris, Kerman Morris Architects; Gus Murod; Jazzie Collins, Angelica Cabande, Chris Durazo, SOMCAN; Tom Gilberti; Sandra Hernandez; Steven Koch; Kepa Askenasy; Oz Erickson, Potrero Center; Lydia Tan, Bridge Housing; Jeffrey Liebowitz; Debra Walker; Sue Hestor; Joe Boss. Continued to October 1, 2008.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: John Rahaim and Ken Rich, Planning Department; Amit Ghosh, Peter Albert, Julie Kirschbaum, Municipal Transportation Agency; Dawn Kamalanathan, Recreation and Park Department; Sarah Dennis, Planning Department; Marisa Craven, Association of Bay Area Governments; Doug Johnson, Metropolitan Transportation Commission; Claudia Tucker, Municipal Transportation Agency; Brett Gladstone; Annie Chandler, Mark Ross Foundation; Joan Libman, Jewish Home; Camille Johnson; Coleen Forbes; Dave Snyder, SPUR; Al Steins, Carpenters, Local 22;
CONTINUED by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Maxwell, Sandoval, Peskin

081155 [Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans - monitoring program]
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code Chapter 10E to establish the Eastern Neighborhoods Monitoring Program for purposes of reviewing the effectiveness of the Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans and implementation of specified improvements; and adopting environmental findings. (Planning Department)
8/22/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
9/19/08, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Small Business Commission for comment and recommendation.
9/29/08, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Ken Rich, Larry Badiner, Steve Wertheim, Andres Powers; Pilar Lavaley, Sarah Bennett, Planning Department; John Malamut, Deputy City Attorney; Aaron Goodman, Parkmerced Residents Organization; David Maltz, Friends of Franklin Square; Ariel Braunstein, NEMRA; Sam Ruiz, Mission Neigborhood Centers; Erick Arguello; Steve Vettel, Farella, Braun, Martel; Janet Carpinelli, Dogpatch Neighborhood Association; Hiroshi Fukoda; Andrew Junius and Tuija Catalano, Reuben & Junius; Toby Morris, Kerman Morris Architects; Gus Murod; Jazzie Collins, Angelica Cabande, Chris Durazo, SOMCAN; Tom Gilberti; Sandra Hernandez; Steven Koch; Kepa Askenasy; Oz Erickson, Potrero Center; Lydia Tan, Bridge Housing; Jeffrey Liebowitz; Debra Walker; Sue Hestor; Joe Boss. Continued to October 1, 2008.
Heard in Committee. Speakers: John Rahaim and Ken Rich, Planning Department; Amit Ghosh, Peter Albert, Julie Kirschbaum, Municipal Transportation Agency; Dawn Kamalanathan, Recreation and Park Department; Sarah Dennis, Planning Department; Marisa Craven, Association of Bay Area Governments; Doug Johnson, Metropolitan Transportation Commission; Claudia Tucker, Municipal Transportation Agency; Brett Gladstone; Annie Chandler, Mark Ross Foundation; Joan Libman, Jewish Home; Camille Johnson; Coleen Forbes; Dave Snyder, SPUR; Al Steins, Carpenters, Local 22;
CONTINUED by the following vote:
Ayes: 3 - Maxwell, Sandoval, Peskin

ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 6:09 p.m.

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