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Transcripts For SFGTV Planning Commission 20240712

Affect other participants. To enable public participation, we are broadcasting and streaming live and we will receive Public Comment for each item on the agenda. We are broadcasting and streaming at the toll free number across the bottom of the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone by calling 8882733658 and enter the code 3107452, pressing pound and pound again. When you are connected, press one and then 0 to be added to the queue. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes. When you have 30 seconds remaining, you will hear a chime indicating your time is almost up. When your allotted time is reached, i will announce your time is up and direct my staff to take the next person. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and mute the volume on your television or computer. At this time, i would like to take roll. [ roll call ] thank you, commissioners. First on your agenda commissioners is consideration of items proposed for continuance. Item one, 2019016388. Many ocean avenue proposed for continuance to july 23rd, 2020. Ethe second run is proposed to continuance for july 20th, 2020. The next case on lat lawton str, proposed to july 30th, 20 to. 20. The next one Health Care Services master plan is proposed for continuance to august 27th, 2020. Item five, at 3074 pacific avenue, review has been withdrawn. Commissioners, i have no other items to propose for continuance. We should open this up for Public Comment. Your conference is now in question and answer mode. To summon each question, press one and then zero. As a reminder, this is your opportunity to call in to the 800 number and press one and then zero to enter the queue. Do we have any callers . You have four questions remaining. Hello. Can you hear me okay . We can. Yes. Im calling because i was notified of this meeting by the San Francisco Labor Council, and im calling on the topic of the amazon project thats apparently trying to set up a Grocery Store and i want to point out from a union point of view, thats not appropriate. Im not sure if this is the right time for comment on that. That will come up later on the agenda and your opportunity to address that will present itself when the item is called and we take Public Comment for that. You have two questions remaining. Hello. My name is Larry Griffen and im calling as the previous caller to speak about the amazon whole foods issue. I will remain in will my place remain in line when were called . You have one question remaining. Caller, are you prepared to submit your Public Comment . They rung up. No more callers. Very good, commissioners. The matter is now before you. Commissioner moore. Move to continue as noted. Second. Thank you, commissioners. On that motion to continue items as proposed. [ roll call ] so moved, commissioners. It passes 70 placing under under 6, consideration of draft minutes for the june 11th, 2020 hearing. Do i hear a motion . Public comment. Thank you. Appreciate that. We should take Public Comment for that matter. Your conference is in question and answer mode. To summon each question press one and then zero. Do we have any yes. You have three questions remaining. I will remind members of the public that this Public Comment is addressing the minutes only. It is addressing what only . Is it. The minutes. Sorry. Im confused as to how the commenting works. When the item is called that you would like to comment on, that will be the opportunity to press one and zero to get into the queue. Otherwise, youll be in the queue for every item that we call. So then what i dont understand is proposed for continuance because is it that item three is not going to be addressed until some later meeting . Thats what im unclear on. Item three was just continued to july 30th. So 3601 lawton street. Thats what i needed to know. Perfect. Thank you so much. Im done. You have two questions remaining. Did everyone get a copy of the minutes . Were those sent out. Theyre available online, sir. They were made available a week ago. Thank you. You have one question remaining. I would like to comment im sorry. Im still confused about this. Im not sure where im supposed to be. Im looking at the agenda, and i dont see anything online on the agenda that i want to speak to. I want to speak to the amazon issue. Right. If you just hold on, sir, and keep watching the hearing, we will get to that matter at a later time today. At that time, when i request for Public Comment, then you press one and zero to enter the queue. Okay. But there is no agenda online with a separate item. Correct . Yes, there is. If you go to our web page under sf planning and go to the Planning Commission, you will find our agenda. Im looking at it. Theres nothing on there, sir. It just says special calendar 1, 2, and items 3. Then item 3 the previous closed session. Right. That was the previous agenda. There is another agenda for the regular hearing. If you open that, you will see all the items that were going to address now. Okay. Thank you very much. Its item 14. Yeah. Commissioner moore you have zero questions remaining. It appears as though you were sharing your screen. If you could hit the down arrow in the middle on your floating menu bar, you will no longer share your screen. There you go. That was the right button. Yeah. Perfect. Thank you. Commissioners, well get through this one day. Now the matter is before you. Commissioner fung. Move to adopt the minutes. Second . Second to adopt the minutes. [ roll call ] so moved commissioners. That motion passes 70. Item 7, commission comments and questions. Seeing no comments or questions, commissioners, we can move on to department matters. Item 8, announcements. I have no items for today. Great. Item 9, review of past events of the board of supervisors. I dont have a report from the board of appeals and the Preservation Commission did not meet yesterday. I will just announce that they did cancel their july 1st hearing. So they will reconvene on july 15th. Commissioner star. Good afternoon, commissioners. Aaron star, manager of legislative affairs. The Land Use Committee authorized 9 Planning Department to apply for 1. 5 million in early Action Planning Grant Program funds for the California Department of housing and community development. Four citywide planning projects that streamline housing approval and accelerate housing production. During the hearing planning made a presentation. There was no comment and the item was recommended to the full board as a committee report. This week, the full board considered the conditional use appeal for 95norhop. They came to an agreement and the supervisor made a motion to amend the authorization to include the agreed upon compromise. Compromise included lower the height of the proposed buildings by two fee feet and require a 12foot front set back and stilted foundation on any proposed building on the proposed lot that faces the avenue. Since they had agreed on a compromise, Public Comment was minimal and planning sorry and planning did not present. The board voted to approve and file the hearing. Also, the appeal for the condition allution authorization at 1420 was continued for one week and the grant expenditure resolution was passed. Thats all i have for you today. Okay. Seeing no questions for mr. Star, we can move on to general Public Comment. At this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. Your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached until the meeting. Each member may address up to 3 minutes. When the number of speakers exceed the 15 minute limit comment may be moved to the end of the agenda. So i will stress again this is not Public Comment for the whole foods matter that we will hear later today. This is general Public Comment only for those items that are not listed on the agenda. Lets go to Public Comment. Your conference is now in questioquestion and answer mode. To summon each question, press one then zero. Again, members of the public, this is your opportunity to call in to the 800 number if you want to enter the queue. You have two questions remaining. Oh, good afternoon. Hello, everyone. Its georgia shooters. I want to comment on something that i think should be done within six months of the cfc issued. The project sponsor should be required to send the following info to the Planning Department, and this is for projects that didnt comply with the cua or large project authorization. I think they should send the information on the status of the property if its been sold or rented, more than one unit. Percentage of occupancy in the larger buildings or even threeunit building, and the type of tenure, whether its rented or condo or whatever. Once that data is received through this process, various project sponsors, the cumulative amount will give the commissioners and the public an understanding of how approvals are adding to the Residential Housing stock or not. For example, for existing large multi unit buildings, Something Else that you could do, which would be those buildings that have been approved within the last ten years, primarily throughout the eastern neighborhoods, the bulk data should be collected from the Water Department to understand usage. Units that are occupied only parttime will show a lower rate of usage while units that are occupied fulltime will show a higher volume. And just for an example of that, i think since weve been staying at home, im sure were seeing higher water bills for those of us who worked and have our children at home from school because theres more water being flushed and run every day. If this bulk data is compiled, it will help understand the percentage of fulltime occupancy in these past approvals. Ive mentioned this before for the smaller projects that youve approved like 1099 delores which is three units and the legalizing the demo on 21st street which is two units. I think that there was a sense that they wanted you wanted a holistic approach, but do it for everybody not just individual projects. But i think this is a useful condition to impose on everyone, the burden is not that great. It is part of the businesses that a project sponsor needs to this information a project sponsor would need to compile for their own finances when they are dealing with a project. So thats my suggestion. I think its a good way to figure out whats going on with things that you approve once you identify the cuas and certainly the large project authorization. Thank you very much. Everyone have a wonderful 4th at home and take care and be safe and well. Byebye. You have three questions remaining. This is sue hester. Last weeks report, weekly report said there were no items at the board of supervisors at the land use meeting that was relevant it the Planning Department. Thats not true. As part of the problem, the Planning Department doesnt Pay Attention to things that are not in the planning code. What is not in the planning code is a, rent control, and b, Residential Hotels and c, ceqa. Theyre all in the administrative code. We have a lot of Residential Hotels, particularly in district 3, nob hill and chinatown, district 6, tenderloin and south market. Theres five mostly in the quarter and the southern area, even some in district 2. Academy of art which was before the board a couple months ago had taken over a bunch of Residential Hotels and converted them illegally as student housing. One of the things theyre trying to they are tasked to renovate is the housing back to regular housing. We have also had Residential Hotels we do have one coming up on your calendar in three weeks, 54 fourth street. Its a conversion from Residential Hotel into tourist hotel. Its governed by addendums to the code and you have to approve it because its governed by the planning code as a hotel. You have no guidance from the staff or from anyone else that i can detect on both rent control, which is different section of the planning code as well as Residential Hotels. You have the opportunity to have some of this issue really talked about. I would recommend that when you have the hearing in two weeks on the Housing Inventory update, in three weeks, july 16th, that is an opportunity to have instruction on how the staff complies with the rent control provisions and the Residential Hotel. A person like me who reviews all the notices finds a lot of rent controlled housing that is inspented by the proposed project. Staff doesnt even catch it because theyre not grounded in looking for rent controlled units that may be affected by a pros he had approved process approved. I ask you to do this, please. Thank you. You have two questions remaining. Is the caller prepared to make their general Public Comment . Yes. Your time is running. Sorry. Im just wondering, are you taking comments on the building on lawton avenue and 42nd avenue for the proposed building of the five story Apartment Building there . Maam, the 3601 lawton Street Project was continued to july 30th. So that matter sorry. July 30th. Lets go to the next caller. Okay. You have one question remaining. Hi. Im confused on the Public Comment session. On item 14, it was heard on may 28th and then Public Comment was closed. So will Public Comment for item 14 be open . It will be, yes. Great. Thank you so much. You have zero questions remaining. Very good, commissioners. That concludes the Public Comment portion of the hearing. If there are no questions by from the commissioners, we can move on to the regular calendar. For item ten, case number 2020003039pca for the arts activities and social service for philanthropic facilities for temporary uses planning Code Amendment. Are you prepared to make your presentation . Yes. Thank you. Planning Department Staff, before i give staff presentation, i wanted to introduce paul from supervisor own ans office who is here to speak on behalf of the ordinance. Can you hear me okay . Yes. Good afternoon, commissioners. Im paul and im aid to district 9. Its a pleasure to join you today. Ill be touching on legislation that seeks to establish a temporary use permit that will make it easier for nonprofit agencies that are providing arts, cultural philanthropic and social services to operate out of vacant storefronts throughout the city. Prior to the covid19 that we mind ourselves in, San Francisco was already reeling from an affordability crisis that was destabilizing our businesses and nonprofit tex sectors. We have exacerbated this for our businesses and nonprofits. You see dozens of empty storefronts and they will be expected to grow in number. As we begin the very challenging process of restoring our economy, the blight they create will undermine or neighborhood. We have dozens of nonprofit agencies and arts and cultural organizations facing displacement and are trying to find new places to operate. This legislation seeks to create a solution for establishing a new temporary use permit option that will allow nonprofit agencies providing arts and social services to operate out of unused vacant storefronts throughout the city for up to two years. Current planning code restrictions make it difficult for nonprofit, arts and social Service Organizations to open up along our commercial corridor. With this, a temporary permit would offer a fas faster, flexie way to occupy them with uses that support the health and wellbeing of our surrounding community. It will help provide access to new spaces which to operate on a short or midterm basis and that can assist during periods of transition between facilities and also minimize the disruption in programs and service delivery. On the other hand, for our owners, this will be an efficient way for storefronts but avoid fees with obtaining a blight violation or registering a vacant storefront under the program that was established last year. As we allow this initiative, we will be partnering with the diagnose inspections so Property Owners who receive notices for vacant storefronts are informed about this new temporary use permit as a way of supporting local nonprofit agencies while avoiding we will be partnering with workforce investment to support and connect nonprofit agencies at risk of displacement or experiencing transition to these owners who might be willing to bring them into their storefront. Although we introduced this back in february, after covid struck, we consulted with Planning Department staff to find ways that we could broaden the scope of the legislation so its more responsive to the present reality that we found ourselves in. We ask that we propose amendme

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