Microphone and please state your name for the record. Commissioner president fong. Commissioner antonini. Commissioner wu . Commissioner burden, commissioner hillis, moore and sugaya . Commissioners first on your calendar are items proposed for continuance. I only have one item number 8 under your directors report, the Planning Commission policy on impinging product implementation is proposed for continuance to february 28, 2013. I have no speaker cards. Did you want to make a comment to that at all . Yeah, just that we would like a little more time to work on this to talk to some commissioners about this and need a few more weeks to refine that work. Okay, thank you. Is there any Public Comment on the item, single item proposed for continuance . Seeing none, commissioner moore . Would we be scheduling a discussion item on it so it would have an introduction about the underlying policy or policy changes that we have a little bit more time to think about and including hearing other city
Commissioners, first on your calendar consideration of items proposed for continuance. Item 1 at 369 third avenue is proposed for continuance to january 24, 2013. Item 2, case 2011at 480 potrero avenue to march 21, 2013. On your calendar, under your regular calendar, 16, a , b, a c for 2011. 00av and x there a request for a continuance. Specific so you may want to consider that as well. President fong is there any Public Comment on the two items, plus the third that was just added . Potentially. Good afternoon, president fong, members of the commission, im jim ruben. Im here on the item where theres been a request for a continuance from supervisor kims office. I was advised of that request yesterday directly from her office. I talked to a number of people, including some of you. We are not opposed to a continuance. We would like us to talk to some groups that have been identified late yesterday afternoon and we will do that. Id like a short continuance as the calendar can provide for u
Implementation is proposed for continuance to february 28, 2013. I have no speaker cards. Did you want to make a comment to that at all . Yeah, just that we would like a little more time to work on this to talk to some commissioners about this and need a few more weeks to refine that work. Okay, thank you. Is there any Public Comment on the item, single item proposed for continuance . Seeing none, commissioner moore . Would we be scheduling a discussion item on it so it would have an introduction about the underlying policy or policy changes that we have a little bit more time to think about and including hearing other city departments like the control, anybody weigh in what kind of ramifications it has financially, all questions that are part of a broader discussion. We could do that if the president concurs, sure. Commissioner sugaya. I received a couple of emails about this subject, i dont know if theres some outreach that should be down, especially in soma where a lot of these buil
Efforts, providing recommendations to the Planning Commission, as well as the Redevelopment Agency and the board of supervisors. Its become particularly a problem in the Bayview Project area where were seeing many new projects and there is no one really to organize Community Forum where residents can provide their input. Now, while the Bayview Project Area Committee was not perfect, by any stretch of the imagination, it still served an incredibly valuable purpose by providing neighborhoods a place where they could engage directly with city staff, developers, and other neighbors to ensure that the growth plan for our community met the vision met the vision that it had spent met the vision that many had spent nearly a decade on planning through the redevelopment process. Now, the ordinance that im introducing today were creating new Citizens Advisory Group that will are the ability to review any Development Project or rezoning effort and provide comment to the Planning Commission and or
Redevelopment process. Now, the ordinance that im introducing today were creating new Citizens Advisory Group that will are the ability to review any Development Project or rezoning effort and provide comment to the Planning Commission and or other relevant city departments as well as the board of supervisors. In an era where we no longer have this agency, we still need we still have a need to ensure that we are providing the communities that are going to experience development and growth a voice in shaping the future of their neighborhood. And madam clerk, mr. President , the rest i submit. Thank you,. Seeing no other names, that concludes row call on the roster. Why dont we go to general public comment. Madam clerk. Now is the time for the public to comment on general subject matter up to two minutes. If you would like to utilize the overhead projector please clearly state such. And speakers using translation assistance will be allowed twice the amount of time to testify. Thank you.