Failing good humor. Particularly at very long meetings. Her commitment to the department , herren enthusiasm learning everything a department does. All of the challenges that it faces and her willingness to get in there and try to solve or to advance ordeal with those challenges all the while maintaining her wonderful sense of humor. And because i think this is a job that takes well more than a year to master. Ive been really impressed by the degree to which she has mastered the jobs and the inns and outs of the department and the commission and the confidence she shows now in running meetings with lots of people in the room, compared to when she did it in the beginning i think that shes earned another year in this position. I think she deserves another year in in this commission. I think we will all benefit from having her as our president again. I am so humbled. We need a second. Commissioner. Do you accept the nomination . I do, yes. Thank you. [laughter] gladly. I was surprised. Thank you. Any further discussion . It would be wonderful to have you serve another year. Thank you. Commissioners at this late hour speak into the mics. We move slowly back. So, is there no further discussion, is there Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, all those in favor of the im going to do a roll call. On the nomination of the commissioner as president commissioner bermaho. Aye. Commission commissioner waltz aye. Oyoys. Stevenson. Aye. Stevenson aye. The nomination passes. [applause] im very proud. Thank you so much. Did you hear what she said . She has i love this place. And now commissioner stevenson. We are on the next nomination, ok. So as she always does, commissioner waltz takes all the good words and makes them sound perfect. Which is part of why i would like to nominate her to continue as our Vice President of the commission. I think that her lifelong commitment and this category, her devotion to this commission for how many years now . Um teen. A lot. [laughter] has just done nothing but benefit this city day in and day out. Even though she will always steel the beautiful articulate way of saying things, i would like her to continue on as our Vice President. Thank you. I would like to accept. Ok. Is there any discussion . Second. Discussion or second. Id like to second the motion ok. Is there any further discussion . Seeing none. Is there any Public Comment . Seeing none. We will do roll call vote on the nomination of commissioner waltz for Vice President. Aye. Waltz. Yes. Yes. Yes. Commissioner stevenson. Yes. Commissioner juan is excused. Nomination carries. [applause] congratulations. Could i just say something. I want to thank you all. And i also just want to say that i know, this is a very unusual time. Were all in it together. And well see as we march forward with our new mayor and what will happen in six months, i think that the things that i know i want to focus on is the future of the commission and making sure that everybody in San Francisco knows the great work that we do here and how we reach out to so many communities and we dont leave anyone behind i think thats the best of San Francisco. And i look forward to continuing with all of you. So thank you very much. [applause] i just want to say ditto for me. Ok. Thank you. I see no further discussion. We will now move onto the next item which is item 13. Highlights of the january 17th, 2018 Operations Committee meeting and the december 11th, 2017 and january 8th, 2018 policy Committee Meetings. Ok. So we had a meeting last week, most of which you got the highlights today. We did a big dive into the budget and we got to talk about short falls, funding and we went through Department Area by area and saw how the funding was working there. We did our homework. Im glad we passed everything today. We had a great presentation on help me remember the name of th. A presentation but the name of the the Equity Initiative is a cross Departmental Initiative in the city to make sure all of our communities are being considered with all of the different deficient were making as a department. So what i loved was that they now every initiative we undertake as a department there are questions that we have to ask and the questions are things like who does it serve . What are we not thinking about . Making sure that the equity lens over lays everything so we dont have Environmental Justice program that is mostly thinking about Environmental Justice but that everything we do as a department has a justice lens over laid. The several of the staff have been trained in it and the training will be on going over the next year and its actually happening across the city and all the departments, that was very exciting to see that. Thank you. At our december 11th meeting the policy Committee Heard a presentation on the programs or the Movement Towards use of Renewable Fuels and by city agencies in addition to hearing from the department. We heard from the sustainability with the support of San Francisco and San Francisco International Airport discussing their various contributions to december. We also had a presentation by the citizens climate lobby regarding a proposed carbon feet and dividends, its bipartisan support in congress this issue is going to come before the commission shortly. And then just earlier this month on january 8th, we received an update from chris giger and his colleagues regarding the departments december hearing on the implementation of the 2017 reduced risk pesticide list and we received the first version of the 2018 pesticide list. We reviewed a document that summarized the issues raised in Public Comments to date as well as the departments responses and we heard from chris that there has been a 95 reduction in the use of the most hazardous herbicides within city limits. We also began a discussion of the new restrictions under the reduced risk pesticide list and those of you who had been here before, but not you, know that this will come before us as well but not until may, right. July. Ok. We have some work to do. It will be a few months before we actually are finished with the recommendations for you to take action on. Questions for the Committee Report . Thank you for all the hard work. I had a question regarding when the c. C. L. Carbon fee and dividend issue will come before the full commission. Do you know when . I think in march. March should be the earlyest. This Commission Meeting had been full and the february meeting was full so march would be the earliest. Ok. I cant make a comment about it can be . Why not . I just think its interesting i think we need like its a policy Committee Meeting it was one of those passive presentations where you hear what they have to say. I just do know that car been feet and dividend is taking the carbon revenues giving them to the general public like done in alaska around fossil fuels. Theres other groups out there including the 350s of the world and a lot of groups that dont think its the best use of the money. I am a little reluctant to we can have that discussion thats the protocol but i love the opportunity to engage it more before we have to take a vote. I dont know what the process or path pathway is. I dont feel like we got asked at the policy Committee Meeting or did we have a chance to invite other people who feel differently. Theyre smart, committed, aggressive, they got on our agenda. Plus it already passed here a while ago, which is also interesting. Sure. In this conversation it would be kind of a recaping of the conversation that was had in the Committee Meeting. The conversation of the merits of whether or not the action item should come before the commission would be a conversation for new business. Which is later. Which is next. Rafael. I agree with you commissioner at the end of the policy Committee Meeting the policy committee did not affirmly act. He was hoping you would but you did not. I feel like theres room here to talk about whether a resolution would come forward and what it would say. We have not started crafting anything. So if we would like to, we could revisit perhaps at the next policy Committee Meeting. To have a discussion. Id like to do that. Theres a lot of ways to invest carbon revenues and lots of wayt interrogate the other ways and a lot of those ways are ways Environmental Justice allies prefer. Which is investment into low income communities and those kinds of things. And there are other environmental groups have other ideas. New energy. Im going to interrupt the conversation. This has to be just a recap of the conversation that had happened in the Committee Meeting. Again, if we want to have a discussion about the merits of whether or not this discussion should continue at the commission that would be for new business. Which is next. Which is next. Any Public Comments. Or any other comments . Or next item. Seeing no Public Comments seeing no further discussion, well move onto the next item. The next item is announcements. This item is for discussion. All right. Meeting tomorrow. Well meet tomorrow and what is the address . The retirement. Market. Into the microphone. Ok, yes. Let me pull out my calender. I believe its 1145 Market Street on the sixth floor. Ok. Thank you. Seeing no further discussion an announcements, seeing no Public Comments. We move onto the next item, item 15 new business agenda items. The speaker is anthony val december this is for discussion and possible action. Excuse me. Commissioners, the next meeting of the commission will be a special meeting on wednesday february 21st at 2 00 p. M. And we are having it at the port of San Francisco offices bay side Conference Room peer pier 1 weve had a flurry of meeting here at city hall so the department has decided the offer the opportunity to take the meeting out into the community into one of the city facilities there at the beautiful offices there at the port of San Francisco. So at the commissions request the department is doing a deeper dive into the information that was received at the community meetings. So, the Outreach Team will present more of the data received during the community meetings. The commission will also be considering the annual report, the commission on the environment annual report, followed by a discussion with the City Attorney also at the commissioners about meeting laws so if there are any im sorry meeting laws. The brown act and sunshine act rules surrounding meetings. So if any of you have any questions, please submit them to me so the City Attorney can prepare. You may also ask questions at the meeting but just in case theres any particular issues that you would like covered, please let us know. And the commission is also planning on having its regular meeting in march. Right now the date is march 27th , 2018. But we are in the process of polling commissioners to find a date because theres a conflict with that date. So just a headsup we will look to change that date as well. Thank you. So this is new business. So to pick up where i left off. I think i just want to be clear that i feel like we need to investigate, interrogate if you will, examine, other carbon investment pathways before inviting one where theres just a very active and engage organization pushing for it. City resolutions and Commission Resolutions are part of the strategy so they sought us out. I dont think thats a valid reason to invite them to present it here without looking at other investment pathway through revenue and considering the constituency. I am not saying i oppose it but groups and other environmental groups have other investment ideas about how to use carbon revenues. In the state of california has been a leader in an equity based Investment Strategy and its distinct from what citizens lobby is proposing. Having said that, they do really good work around around the bipartisan solution caucus and other exciting things but i didnt feel like we can leap frog from the policy Committee Meeting from this meeting without a broader examination of other policies. Or whether we want to take action on that. I think its just something we have to realize that they were pushing an agenda and we have to discuss what our vision is. Comments . New business. Can i have a clarification question. I understand just, i thought that they said that the supervisors several years ago, had supported a resolution in support of the end dividend. Is that correct . In which case, it might already be on the books and i dont know why we would need to renew that commitment. That is my recollection too. I do agree the chair of the committee can decide whether or not to calender this item at all for discussion or to go deeper and that will be something that we can discuss at the policy committee under new business as well. Ok. Think about it so that you have a view. My view is that i definitely would want to invite other groups up to the plate. I understand that. I just meant whether or not you have a view on whether or not we should do this. Because it doesnt make any sense why think. To begin this process if at the end, you are going to feel that it isnt worth it for us to do it. I dont think its a high priority. Especially if we can get the question answered about whether theres already action on the books a few years ago in which case it doesnt seem like the best use of our time, i feel like we can discuss this at the policy Committee Meeting but theres a lot of other things where we are moving the ball or where are we on the waste questions weve come up with or just a lot of things. So could we ask you director rafael to at least find out the answer to that. Certainly. And would it be possible for you to email me and lisa and maybe we will not write that. I will let anthony know and he will figure out how the best way to get the information out. With the answer to that question. Has the city already gone on record on that matter. Yes, we will find that out. Thank you. Any other items under new business . Future agenda items . Any Public Comment . All right. Ok. I know were late. I guess one question i have is about i guess in the state of play around where we are in zero waste, not for something that has to come up right away, i know its an issue that comes up with the policy Committee First. Its an issue that continues to be vexing and theres been technological upgrades and good things that are happening and at the same time, theres still issues and so id love an update there. At some point in some venue that makes sense. Our plan is to actually do a fairly deeper dive on the zero waste plan and what kind of metrics makes sense and get the Commission Guidance on that. We havent determined how best to do that yet. Is it the policy Committee First and the full commission or is it some separate meeting were trying to workout right now with the best way is to first frame the questions and the problem statement and figure out how to engage the commission. But you are absolutely right. Its time this year in 2018 is the time to really look into zero waste policy. It would be good to take up our climate summit, how we are going to engage around that. I know that jennifer was dealing with the Mayors Office on it. But it might be nice to take that up in mayor something so its a few months out. Ive asked you about that before. And there was still a lot of things that were up in the air but maybe by may. I wasnt trying to no, no, no. Why think that maybe not the next one or the one after that i dont know the right time but id love an update on green purchasing now that we have the new Technology System in place and were supposed to be able to track that appropriately now. So id love to know how thats going. See no further discussion. And seeing no Public Comments. We will now move on to item 16, adjournment, the time is 9 46p. M. Thank you, everyone. To be. Hi, im average im a personal analyst that the Human Resources examining and recruitment unit and suffix i started my career as a San Francisco State University and got my bachelors in psyched and orientational psyche if they had we have a great relationship that the San Francisco Unified School District i exploded for American People interim Shopping Mall and become eligible for a permeate job. Okay. Perfect. I love working for our Human Resources services because of the agriculture were laidback with a professional mindset although Human Resources is a challenge were light a hearted started as a intern guided through the process eventually one day a a Deputy Director or staying with the puc is where i love it all right. Everyone, welcome to our land use Committee Meeting of monday, january 29, 2018. Our clerk is victor young and from sfgov tv, thank you to jim smith and maya hernandez. I guess as everyone was ploting to become the next mayor of San Francisco, i was secretly plotting to become our next chair of the Land Use Committee. So, im supervisor katie tang, your new Land Use Committee chair. Vice chair for life. [laughter] all right. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes. Please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Complete speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items asked upon today will appear on the february 18 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. All right. Thank you, mr. Clerk. Can you please call the first item . Item number one, establishing the gary masonic special use district in the area generally bounded by gary boulevard to the south, masonic avenue to the east and [inaudible] number 1071 lots numbers 1 and 4 to north and west. Respectively. Thank you. And i believe that you have assumed sponsorship of this item. Thank you. Im going to ask kaniska from mark ferrells office sorry to say a few words and talk about continuing this item. On behalf of former supervisor mark ferrell. Thank you for hearing this item today. We have been working with the neighbourhood and the sponsors of this project for over two years and were looking forward to having it heard today. But we need to have amendments drafted to accept the Planning Commissions recommendations. Unfortunately those arent ready today so respectfully ask for a continue wants to next weeks 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 were asking for today . Deputy City Attorney, john gibner. Its really up to you. Were working with your office and the Mayors Office on these amendments for next week. You can discuss them today. You dont 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 dont with do that. Lets go to Public Comment on item one. Seeing none, Public Comments closed. Great. Thank you. So, im just going to read what we like and then we can send it over to you. So we would essentially ask for increase of the required inclusionary housing requirement from 18 to 23 and broken down as follows. 10 pktz at 55 a. M. I. , 4 at 40 a. M. I. , 4 at 110 a. M. I. And 5 at 120 a. M. I. And then theres one last thing that i think we can talk about or that can be sent over regarding Parking Spaces. I think we were talking about four of the 16 offstreet Parking Spaces be reserved for car share as long as Car Share Service providers are able to provide services in those spaces. So well send you over the exact language. But the a. M. I. S, this is something that has been negotiated over the last number of months with the community and organized labour groups and the Supervisors Office and staff and so this is the consensus agreement. So, well have that language for next week. So, when we do National Convention amendment next week, it will be made for the first time and then we have to vote on it again or will we be introducing it for the first time in that form so we get an idea of the timing . You can vote on those amendments next week. The amendments will trigger a oneweek continuance. So this item would be at land use next week and then the following week as well. Ok. Thank you. So i have nothing else. Chair . All right. So i think there is a motion to continue, then, this item . Yes. Motion to continue this item. All right. Well do that without objection. Item two, please. That matter will be continued one week to february 5 is my understanding. Yeah. Next monday. February 5. Thank you. Item two, please. Next on the agenda, item number two. Removing the requirement that onsite is and offsite inclusionary units within a new development be ownership units rather than rental unit0ser alternately that the sponsor project [inaudible] proposed offsite or onsite units are except from the costa hawkings rental housing act. Thank you. Supervisor peskin . Thank you, chair tang. Last year, the board passed a historic update to our inclusionary Affordable Housing programme as we all know and we worked on that and that set the highest Affordable Housing requirements in the country, including new levels for middle income housing. That local victory was followed in the last legislative session in sacramento by the passage of Assembly Bill 1505, also known as the palmer fix. Which restores the citys ability to require onsite and offsite inclusionary Affordable Housing in rental housing projects without the need for the development to fit into an exception to costa hawkins in requiring a costa hawkins agreement. Ab1505 has been a long time in the making. I actually want to thank our assembly and Senate Delegation for supporting Assembly Member blooms not only in this instance, but also in another critical housing measure. Ab1506. But ab1505 rectified the loophole that has bound San Francisco to a fee first requirement which has made the creation of onsite inclusionary, or for that matter offsite inclusionary housing a secondary option hindering what i think is all our policy goal, which is to encourage and incent as much onsite Affordable Housing in new developments as possible. With the passage of that bill, we now have the ability to condition Development Approval on the amount of affordable rental housing being built on site as long as developers are provided with additional options for complying with these Affordable Housing requirements make playing an in lieu fee or building the Affordable Housing offsite. Given that ab1505 went into effect 29 days ago on the first of this year, i introduced this legislation before you today which merely conforms our local inclusion nicer programme with these new palmer fix provisions. This went before the Planning Commission and mr. Starrs memorandum which indicates that it was unanimously approved, albeit i did catch one typo where you referred to it as 1515 instead of 1505, i just want to let you know i read your memo, aaron. And we asked the Commission Also to consider minor technical amendments specifically to conform section 124. I would also like to make a motion to replace reference to the Redevelopment Agency in section 406. To ocii and departments of homelessness in support of housing which will be subsidizing 100 Affordable Housing in the future. The Planning Commission recommended approval and id like to make the following amendment as a result on page 13, section 124 sub 1, strike if any designated unit will be rental units, the project sponsor must follow the procedures in section 415. 5 subg, sub2 as provided in that subsection, the planning director or director of mhocd may execute such an agreement under the terms specified in section 415g2 on line 16 is through 19. And then in section 406, 1b, and i have just put the language before you, is where is where the department of homelessness in support of housing and the office of Community Investment and infrastructure commonly referred to as ocii or any future Successor Agency to those listed herein. So subject to Public Comment, i would like to make those motions and help move our onsite, offsite Affordable Housing and rental property policy forward. Any other comments . Ill ask my question. Ill ask my questions after. All right. Lets open up item two to Public Comment. Unless Planning Department staff would like the speak first . Good afternoon, supervisors. Carly grove, departments staff. Nothing really to add, but to make myself available for questions. Supervisor peskin gave a great overview. Just want to reiterate that the commissioners unanimously approved the modifications to the inclusionary Housing Programme on january 11. So, im available for any questions. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. So at this time, well open up item two to Public Comment. All right. Seeing no members of the public, then Public Comment is closed. Supervisor . I just read through it further. Im fine. Thank you. All right. Supervisor peskin . I would like to make a motion to send this item to the full board with recommendation. All right. And well do that without objection. Item three, please. Next on the agenda, item number three. Ordinance including underground district 361 on Second Street from brian street to townsend street. Thank you. Thank you. And i dont see anyone from supervisor kims office. But please proceed. All right. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is mike krieger, project manager, San Francisco public works. Im the project manager for the Second Street Improvement Project, which is in San Francisco soma and Financial School districts for markets to king street. Im going to give a presentation about the project overall and then discussion about the reasons behind this undergrounding ordinance that were proposing. Second street Improvement Project has been a project since 2006 when it was identified as a priority in the San Francisco bicycle plan. Since then, San Francisco public works and m. T. A. P. U. C. , s. F. Planning, caltransand sfhwa have been working in partnership to get this project to move forward. We are currently in construction for the Second Street construction project. The major goals for the project are to improve safety along the corridor, provide a more attractive, pedestrian environment, provide a dedicated bicycle facility as identified in the San Francisco bicycle plan and sa f. A. A. Sill tate muni operations. Facilitate muni operations. Key elements include repaving Second Street from market to king street. Curb ramp upgrades. Pedestrian improvements, including widened sidewalks, traffic signal upgrade, raised crosswalks at all alleys, new bicycle facility, landscaping, streetscape amenities, including pedestrian lighting, trash ceptacles and utility undergrounding. The existing conditions of Second Street, this section that were showing here shows the Cross Section from harrison to townsend streets where the undergrounding district is being proposed. The right of way 128 1 2feet wide. So, part of the reason that were proposing the undergrounding of the utilities on second sfraoet is due to the fact that in this segment, the sidewalks are 10 feet wide on both sides of the street. And we are going to be widening the sidewalks from harrison to townsend to 15 feet in order to match the existing Cross Section north of harrison. Because we will be tearing up all of the existing sidewalks and much of the roadway im sorry. [inaudible]. Sure. Yeah. Sure. Sorry about that. Because we are expanding the sidewalks to 15 feet on both sides from harrison to townsend street, we will be tearing up the rightofway and part of the street to regrade the sleep slopes and the existing utilities from bryant to townsend, we found this would be a key opportunity to underground those utilities. And currently on Second Street, the eightblock stretch, there are only two blocks of overhead utilities existing. The rest of the overhead utilities on Second Street are already undergrounded. This section here shows the proposed final product of the street. You can see that the sidewalks would be widened to 15 feet on both sides. And well be putting in raised cycle tracks for bicycles that are buffered and then generally across Second Street, well be reducing the travel lanes from two traffic lanes northboundsouthbound to one traffic lane northboundsouthbound. In this rendering, you can see at second and south park, you can see there on the east side of the street, those existing overhead utilities. This is sort of an afterrendering and this was done prior to the utility undergrounding being identified as an improvement. The utilities are still there in that afterphoto. But you can see the sidewalks are widened, the cycle track and bus boarding goes to facilitate muni. This is another existing condition photo. Here the sidewalks are 10 feet wide. This is near townsend street. And the after shows the widened sidewalk, the new cycle track. Again, to implement this, we do need to tear up all the existing sidewalks and part of the roadway. So, its an ideal opportunity to underground those utilities. So the ordinance that were looking to pass encompasses the district between bryants and townsend street. This diagram shows the area going a little bit north of bryants street and that is because theres existing wires for the pg e poles that go almost to stillman. And in this district, the overhead Utilities Service seven properties, six Property Owners, one Property Owner owns two buildings in this district. Just going through the undergrounding process, from may of 2012 to may 2013, we held four Major Community outreach meetings. From that process, there was a request to underground these utilitis from the two blocks in question. In december of 2016, supervisor kims office sent to affected Property Owners in the district. May 2017, public works held an undergrounding district hearing for this area. Public comment received. There was only one Property Owner present to state that they were in favour of the district. In terms of responses from Property Owners that ive received personally, a lot have called with questions. However, they are generally supportive. I have not received comment from any Property Owners not in support. June 2017, the undergrounding district was approved by a public works director. In november of 2017, the undergrounding district ordinance was introduced at the board. In terms of project funding, the Second Street Improvement Project was approximately 20 million. We have a combination of funding source, including federal assistance from fwha to the 1 bay area grant which is processed by the escta. And we values propk matching dollars and eastern neighbourhood and district dpunlzing to fund the undergrounding 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. Ill 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 contractors 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 giants 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 november 2019. Ok. Thank you. Colleagues, any questions on this item . No . Questions . I have a couple of questions. Just from looking at your presentation, it this work is happening no matter what. So, the work is already happening. You are doing the improvements. Is there any additional cost to the taxpayers for undergrounding or is it the adjacent Property Owners paying for this . Theres no additional cost to taxpayers based on the undergrounding. Again, the funding for the undergrounding and creating that joint trench is funded by those impact fees from eastern neighbourhoods. So, all costs outside of that would be provided by Property Owners for that connection. As i said, theres only seven properties. I get it. But my point is that if you chose not to underground, would you be saving 2 million of those impact fees and you could utilize them in another area . Those impact fees would potentially be reprogrammed for some other use in the eastern neighbourhoods. Right. So that is 2 million to do two blocks of undergrounding. Correct. So, it is a cost to the taxpayers. Yes. One way or another. 2 million. Ok. Thank you. Undergrounding is very expensive. All right. So, with that, then, well go to Public Comments on item three. Any members of the public who wish to speak . Ok. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Colleagues, do we have a motion on item three . Happy to send this to the full board with recommendation. Can we take a roll call vote on that . Ok. Roll call vote. On the motion [roll call] the motion passes. All right. Item three passes. Thank you. Item four, please. 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