The Building Inspection Department was supportive that as well. Last week we presented before the Building Inspection Commission and they supported it unanimously and we ask for your support this year. Thank you. Any commissioner comments . Commissioner yee riley . I know we have approved this three, four years now and do you have any information as far as how many merchants or businesses apply for this waiver in the past . This is the third year, so we have done it successfully two years and the numbers are pretty steady, 10 in the first year, 2012 and 11 last year. In past we have kind of been catching and passing it a little bit late and now we hope we have a whole month to do outreach, that people have enough time to plan and the more the word gets out, people from last year remember its happening and hopefully will do it this year as well. Great, commissioner dwight . Do you have to have your drawings done before you apply . I can find out for you. Thank you. I believe its intent.
And engagement. Whether its someone in Capital Planning division or someone in the transit division. The third there are limited tools and resources. You have a project manager saying that i need more tools and resources to properly conduct the outreach that is expected of me. The final that we are all familiar with slow project delivery. Why is there always a delay and how come we didnt know about it . So that is our little graphic about how frustrated everybody is and in acknowledgment, i think we have to say that. I knew you would love that slide. The next one i think tells a really good story. This is really more of you know, an assignment that i undertook, because i thought it was really important internally for our directors to understand. We sat down with every division across the agency and we have said to them, the project managers, okay, tell us every project that you have coming up in the next 18 months . Tell us how much outreach and engagement you think will be needed for
Second. All in favor . Aye. Next item. Item 3 passs with 5 votes in favor, none opposed. Item 4 approval of the march 5 2014 special meeting annual retreat minutes this. Is an action item. Thank you for getting these done. Move to approve. Second. All in favor . Aye. Item passes 5 votes in favor, none opposed. Item 5, discussion and possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors on file no. 140122, planning and Building Codes, fee waiver program, Small Business month, may, 2014. This is a discussion and possible action item and we have with us ashley summers, legislative aide to supervisor katy tang to present the item. Great. Welcome. Thank you very much and good afternoon, commissioners. So this will be our third year doing this program. The Small Business month for permitted issues in may for awning replacements and pedestrianlevel lighting and this is in recognition of Small Business month and to support businesses to improve their facade. In 2012 ten businesss
Allocated to urban agriculture. So, that identified that these departments were playing a leadership role. The second recommendation, the one that im here to speak a little bit more on key tail on, is that the rec and Park Department should be the lead agency for the urban ag program. And finally, that San Franciscos public spending on urban ag is significant and should be used to leverage new private investment. Were really excited to have someone on board who can help us look for private funding to leverage this position and i also want to emphasize that were hoping that this addition would be a permanent part of the city budget so that rather than it be a temporary thing obviously based on the success of the position, that this role would continue for the foreseeable future. So, just briefly, in the process during the Strategic Planning process during the fall, the rec and Park Department was asked to put together sort of presentation for substantiating why would the department want
That will be the order. [gavel] madam clerk, please call item number 2. Item number 2 is a resolution imposing interim zoning controls for an 18month period requiring conditional use authorization for limited Financial Service and business or professional service uses in the upper market neighborhood commercial Transit District; making environmental findings and findings of consistency with the general plan and with the priority policies of planning code, section 101. 1. ~ Transit District thank you. Im the author of this legislation. Colleagues, today before us are interim controls that i have that im proposing to address potential challenge relating to the significant new development occurring along the upper market corridor. We have quite a few developments happening along upper market between octavia and castro, and with a significant amount of new retail space that is going to come online. This is an exciting opportunity for the neighborhood in terms of a new retail space, more ac