Transcripts For SFGTV Full Board Of Supervisors 91316 20160916

Supervisor president london breed supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim not present supervisor mar supervisor peskin supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee madam president we have quorum. Thank you ladies and gentlemen, can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Ms. Short madam clerk any communication. I have none to report colleagues, any changes to the september 6th Board Meeting minutes sienna. Madam president thats the minutes of the september 15th and august 8th and thats july 15th. And 2016 and august 8, 2016, is there a motion seconded by supervisor peskin colleagues without objection, without objection those Meeting Minutes will pass after Public Comment. All right. Madam clerk can you please call the next item. You. The policy decide between mayor ed lee and the board of supervisors the mayor any provide comments up to 57 manipulates and from supervisor wiener up followup questions are in order not exceeding that 5 minutes per supervisor. Mr. Mayor any opening remarks. Thank you supervisor president london breed and good afternoon, supervisors and, of course, to the public thank you for being here today supervisors working with from the break i hope you enjoyed your time off reflecting on 2016 im proud we passed a balanced budget for the priorities for the residents Public Safety and Neighborhood Services and, of course, our work is never done and today, im happy to announce we have maintained one of the key services that are vital to our excelsior nauseated and the working names with the childcare nonprofit with the helmet foundation and our Mayors Office we have security funding for the purchase of a building where mission and Caregiver Consortium is locate for nearly 50 years 24 organization has taken care of of generations of children and helped working families thrive in the city when local nonprofits face issues of displacement we as a city are committed to helping them find creatively solutions every time we invest we invest in the future success of our city we were able to secure 5. 58 million to purchase the building so 200 and 24 children that attend the mission Caregiver Consortium everyday will get the Early Education that is critical in their development this permanent home allows the staff to get services and provide caregiver to the bilingual and neighborhood families this new partnering is part of a my larger investment to contribute 720,000 foyer children, youth, and families over the next two years like in the budget season lets between to Work Together to insure our money and Energy Energy is improving neighborhood safety and the quality of life and first supervisor wiener to ask proposed questions to the mayor. Supervisor wiener. Thank you, very much. Make and mr. Mayor welcome to the board chambers mr. Mayor we continue to see crime take into account people of English Limited proficiency how to encourage more bilingual abilities to prefor and join our citys Public Safety team as Police Officers, 9 11 dispatchers and firefighters we can better prevent crime through efforts and assist the residents if their victimized by crime. Thank you for that question supervisor about 22 percent of san franciscans are limited English Speakers and because of this our city invests time and resources in Marking Services available in multiple languages when the next earthquake or event happens what the people need the police all the residents must have the ability to interface with the City Departments our power rourgs that is our people our city workers we have done a going down of recruiting workforce three hundred and 76 members of Fire Department and 4 hundred plus of the Police Department identify themselves as proficient in a second language and in the development has 29 dispatchers will fact of the matter 22 percent of public contacts are bilingual. Since fiscal year not to exceed and 2011 the total number of bilingual employees has increased by 58 percent this is a Good Foundation we are still trying to improve we use social media and radio and Community Newspapers and Community Centers and events to do outreach and child remunerate f tables at the festival to hour the festival and the others festivals and we recruit through Media Outlets like the newspapers and Radio Station importantly the city provides bilingual premium pay that helps us to track a workforce affluent in many claungz user languages our office of Economic Workforce Development continues with the testing so candidates can take the firefighter proficiency examines had someone calls 911 we use the largest Translation Service so a language didnt stand in the way of him or her getting help and the immigrant affairs with one of the futile in the nation that provides assistants with is in house of certified language specialists we have on demand document translation assistance whenever needed especially in crisis situation through the obamacare we have an Ambassador Program for a high crime area of the city where rational tensions will have been high in 8 languages our City Employees that grew up in the neighborhood and speak if languages of the community they serve and finally im concerned drishlgd our department of Human Resources to center a recruitment plan to make sure we maximize our target of multi lingual candidates supervisor wiener those are some of the programs with the recruitment of the language workforce if you have suggestions ill be open to hearing them and make sure we implement them thank you, mr. Mayor and madam clerk move to our regular agenda with the first item. Or the next item. Item 2 an ordinance for the intentional streets and the respect Public Services within a1 ab of the project area with 5 plus acres in the lake merced reversing the easements rights with the utilities and authorizing the department of real estate for the vntdz by the actions of the furtherance of this ordinance. Roll call vote. On item 2. Supervisor wiener. Item number 2. No. Im sorry supervisor yee. Thank you supervisor president london breed. So this is a pretty straightforward legislation and what i want to do is introduce some language for further amendments for further clarification and if maybe city deputy City Attorney can read it into the books ill appreciate it. John gibner, deputy City Attorney. So last week just right before the vote on First Reading the board received a letter it from k g and e and the project sponsor has discussed with pg e and met with the departments and the sprofrz and came up with page 11 lines three and four this amendment will think deleting the words revocabulary and replacing it with easements and next adding a clause that will read other convenience structures equipment and fishgsz for the operation of such utilities and cut down trees and brush that is a hazard to utilities and macro similar amendments on in section 3 on pages 10 to 11 and replacing with that easements and adding another reference to cut down trees and brush that is a hazard to utilities. Thank you so this is a clarification language as amended so im asking my colleagues to support this. So supervisor yee has made a motion to amend seconded by supervisor peskin colleagues without objection without objection the maemths that motion carries unanimously madam clerk call the roll. On item 2 supervisor wiener supervisor yee supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor peskin supervisor tang there 11 is the ordinance as amended finally passes is it on the First Reading passes unanimously on the First Reading item number 3. Item 3 is an ordinance to levy property tax at a combined rate of one and 1. 18 on taxable property with the San Francisco Unified School District and the Community College the bayer Rapid Transit and the air Quality Management district and pass through rate of approximately 0. 08 per residents pursuant to the administrative code for the fiscal year year ended june 2018. Colleagues, can we take that same house, same call . Well take that without objection. The ordinance passes unanimously. Item 4 a resolution to authors the approximate 6 thousand plus lease on cap street with cap, llc for a 5 year term two 5 year options for approximately 200 and 40 thousand. Same house, same call . Madam clerk items 5 through 7. To approve the Treasure Island Development Authority to extend the term for 2016 for total term through november 30, 2017, and amendment for the caregiver and item 6 for the master lease and item 7 amendment number 41 for the land and structures master lease colleagues, can we take that same house, same call . Without objection the resolutions are adopted unanimously and madam clerk call items 8 through 22 together. Items 8 through 22 are resolutions that authorize the illusion and delivery of multi housing revenue notes not to exceed one item 9 is 35. 4 million for sacramento street and 95 i 18, 15 street and. 1 million for 711 and 895 pacific avenue a unit project and 88. 4 Mental Illness for pacific avenue a 200 unit project and next for turk street a 200 and 3 unit project and item next is for harvard road a project and item 15 is 47. 5 million for sutter street a project and item 16 is 69. 3 million for clemente street a 200 plus unit and next is a 41. Million for ellis street and item 1834 million for mcallister street items 19 is 29. 4 million for bush street a one and 8 unit project and item 2018. 3 million for california a 4 unit project item 21 is for 34 Mental Illness for yoirth street and 22 for 50 guerrero street a one and 10 unit colleagues, can we take that same house, same call . Without objection those resolutions are adopted unanimously and item number if you. To authorize the department of health forceps and expend a 200 and 71,000 from the california rehabilitation to participate in a Rehabilitation Services program through jun june 2019. Same house, same call . That motion carries. The acquisition of Real Property from the Housing Authority to afford to the general plan of preserving and enhancing for the Purchase Price of 1. Same house, same call . It is adopted unanimously and item 25. A resolution to respond to the presiding officer judge on the finding and recommendations contained in the 2016 civil grudging entitled auto burglarize and cause the findings and recommendations through the department heads. Same house, same call . Well take that without objection. Skip over the 2 30 and 3 00 p. M. Special order. Item 34 was considered on monday, september 12th it was forwarded as a Committee Report recommended an urgency ordinance to approve a prohibition on storefront mergers grandchildren seven hundred plus square feet in the quatro special use district for 12 months in the Government Code Section this item requires 9 votes madam president. Supervisor campos. Thank you supervisor president breed and colleagues todays vote to extend the prohibition on the quatro street something we as a board passed in july 2015 this control has allowed this commercial corridor to receive much needed services to preserve 40 small storefronts and unique character of this corridor and to do so awhile respectfully entrylevel businesses were asking an extension of what we approved this will give us the necessary time for a special use district and working with the Planning Department and my office and the communities to do that that special use district would zoning is something well work to protect the mom and pop shops and make this corridor such a unique place and that also to protect the cultural institutions that currently characterize the quatro with that, i respectfully request your support ill be happy to answer any questions you may have. Supervisor cowen. Thank you supervisor avalos i have supervisor campos i want to enlightenment you it is an excellent idea i supported if the Land Use Committee yesterday and i have been very enthusiastic since the day i introduced this measure it is an interesting question your course of action to were aware of the gentrifying forces to do business in San Francisco it doesnt make sense to do the storefronts in the mission and possibly other locations small so that they are remain affordable im concerned about the super sized merchant vendor be potential restaurants and businesses so i like and i like the fact the buildings were created very small storefronts and i think that is part of richness that makes the mission the Planning Commission mission im happy to support in and love for you to add my name to the legislation thank you. Thank you, supervisor. Thank you supervisor cowen. Supervisor wiener i mean, ill be voting against it for the same reason im enlightenmenty of the work that quatro did with the community and as i stated when this first came to the board whenever it was this year or last year this was simply a conditional use for a merger ill have no problem supporting it you about i have concerns about a ban it asking can have benefits in any view not enough flexibility i understand where why the legislation is moving forward but ill maintain any original position. Thank you very much madam clerk on item 34 supervisor wiener. No supervisor yee. Supervisor avalos. Supervisor breed. Supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor peskin supervisor tang there are 10 is with supervisor wiener isnt descents. The motion is approved unanimously madam clerk call i call the next items. They were considered by the rules committee on thursday september 8th and forwarded as Committee Reports item 35 was recommended as amended a motion to appoint dionne, scott and others waved and kendrick terms ending 2016 to the municipal of accident terms efrnd 2018. Supervisor kim. Thank you supervisor president london breed i wanted to express my support for those four individuals that come from organizations that have been working closely with supervisor avalos and my office on how we can rethink municipal finding our community has a Partnership Coalition for civil rights and have helped guide our two offices how to best address those issues we first, of course, more pubically talk about this when our two officers in krungs with supervisor peskin worked to lower the fees and help with the locking provision we want to continue that apply creating this task force for the municipal fines we collect money with a balance that the public for the public good that of the moving our residents into poverties or contraction we shouldnt have anyone in the jail because they cant pay the municipal fines im excited about the appointees and particular alicia that 0 wrote this is not a ferguson problem how traffic courts drive inequality in california and enforces our concern with the protecting residents that excessive fines can lead to consequences for people with damaged credit and unemployment and homelessness. Thank you, supervisor kim. Seeing no other names on the roster, madam clerk can you please call the roll. On item 35 supervisor wiener. Supervisor yee. Supervisor avalos supervisor breed. Supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor peskin supervisor tang there are 11 is. The motion it approved unanimously madam clerk please call the next item. A motion to approve the president of the board of supervisors london breeds nominee for the term ending july 1st, 2020. Supervisor campos. Thank you madam president i know sometimes, we do a prohibit job of criticizing when things are not done but sometimes, we, recognize when go good things happen i wanted to thank the president for the nomination of imelda to be on the braid this is a mission but many members of the latino communities have been combais with the need and importance of having someone from the communities on the Planning Commission especially consider countering those are the neighbors impacted we so much of the displacement that happens in shes an excellent choice. Thank you madam president. Supervisor kim. I wanted to add my words as well and thank you to merna for agreeing to be nominated shell be an excellent paternity with the deeprooted competent and we know her work at the jamestown she served as a executive director and with office of Economic Workforce Development ill be translating your work into a commissioner it can be difficult but seeing her work on the department of building inspection shows her ability to find Common Ground with competing interests i look forward to working with commissioner mondejar on the Planning Commission. Thank you supervisor mar. Thank you supervisor president london breed for a great appointment im proud like supervisor kim and supervisor campos to support commissioner mondejar not only an expert along the 911 former Mayors Office on housing lead on homeowners i know that she understands the fears of displacement and gentrification going on in the neighborhood i think it was she was described at the rules committee as she can w be funny but has a tremendous heart and others lens she seize land use is productive and economic excellence us u but as a mom raising three children i think that was said something that generations said the someone stood up for her and her work empowering union people to be the leaders of future at jamestown in a number of organizations also popped out like joel well hear in a moment i think that mirna will make a wonderful circus and thank you to wu as a chair person but commissioner mondejar will bring the voice of community and wisdom and a heart to the Planning Commission so thank you supervisor president breed for in the meantime, her im proud to be a supporter. Supervisor avalos. I want to add any name a supporter and thank you to supervisor president breed for appointing commissioner mondejar for the board of supervisors she has an incredible amount of experience and understand the Planning Issues from a lash perspective and used to work as a carpenter and understand it it into a insider and worked with the homeowners actives and she knows it really well Planning Issues from the Community Side she is running her lastly job is running a nonprofit for children and families who are really impacted by the housing crisis in San Francisco and her appreciative will be invaluable so i want to say thank you for the selection i want to say thank you commissioner mondejar to take on this role this is a tremendous amount of work and your service is greatly appreciated to accept this very challenging position writing the volunteer text of the issues in the mission i know wont be easy you have my support. Thank you supervisor avalos. Supervisor yee. Thank you. I want to thank you supervisor president london breed for selecting mirna not only is she a residence but her being apparent and having the sensitivity of people that have been displaced understand many of the challenges we face with people here in San Francisco and particularly those children the children so as you, you know ive been trying to push the discussion around housing children and families and i think shell be a good ally on the Planning Commission to understand this so anything else i totally agree with and will be totally supportive of. Thank you supervisor cowen. Colleagues, i had the great opportunity to itself is the rules committee and listen to not only the testimony in support of mirna but had an opportunity to listen to her presentation and she entertains questions from the body and i too want to acknowledge this is a supple candidate she has the healthy blends and the efficacy understanding of the know how of planning and land use issues and understanding the housing crisis for the Mayors Office i Mayors Office of housing so were fortunate to have her in one particular person and a strong leader and able to execute through the noise of proving bull it often stifles the conversation not only in the chamber but in the Planning Commission discussion shes an incredible human being and were fortunate to have her we want to recognize the leadership that cindy wu brought to the Planning Commission so my compliments to you thank you. Thank you supervisor cowen supervisor wiener. Thank you madam president ill supporting mirna today and im concerned known her inform quite a few of the and shes incredibly smart and thoughtful and supervisor cowen she really is able to cut through some of the ideology local stuff that permeates land use decisions im confident shell be a good Planning Commission commissioner. Thank you to each of any colleagues for your willingness to support this appointment i remember when i met with mirna last year before i reappointed her to the dbi Commission One of the things she said to me stuck n my head what is happening in the mission we need someone on the Planning Commission that understands that and willing to step up up to make sure were providing the kind of leadership and providing the right decisions from the planning perspective those positions have negative consequences on the community and i know that thats why many of the folks that push for the Mission Moratorium we were compassionate they wanted to see change and us make better decisions and not allow what is happening in the mission what happened in the western edition to actually happen in the Mission Community and that really stuck with me thats why over the time developing of dont relationship w with mirna i feel good and confidence is shell be the kind of person that would be a great Planning Commissioner she has a rare mix of understanding planning and understanding housing. United way what it is like to be a parents an immigrant all of these things in one person a graduate im proud of more importantly she has a heart of gold and cares about the community and doing good things for people and been an advocate for doing the right thing i couldnt be more proud to have brought forth a great appoint and glad many of my colleagues votes for her it demonstrates shes the right person for the job and thank you to commissioner wu so for her service on the Planning Commission and think in this particular case we definitely got a Great Respect and proud of that and looking forward to mirna service on the r on the Planning Commission with that, colleagues madam clerk can we colleagues, can i have a motion . Without objection the motion d is approved unanimously. Call the next item. A motion to approve joel to the Planning Commission for the unexpired of the term ending july 1st, 2020, a thank you supervisor katie tang. Thank you since a lot of festive with the previous item i dont want to speak to mirnas appointment but those two commissioners will be doing a wonderful job as part of Planning Commission and speaking specifically to mr. Cop he lives appointment as were losing commissioner representing the west side of our neighborhood commissioner antonini i think that is important to have that west side perspective on the commission and joel is saying there is a lot of development happening in San Francisco but neighborhoods especially our outlying neighborhoods there are more opportunities for that development especially with the transit and commercial corridors i think that having that kind of perspective on the commission is really important secondly, of course, mr. Cop he lives background in the labor communities and attending the Planning Commission and so forth other hearings and understanding how the process fshgz will not take him long to understand the workers of further as a commissioner, i think that again both commissioner mondejar and cop yes, maam e he will will be fine replacements and thank you to the commissioners for their service. Thank you supervisor tang supervisor wiener. Thank you madam president i want to thank the mayor for this nomination i have known joel for quite a few of the and i worked with him for many different issues hes a you thoughtful person and also i think has a perfect temperament for this role being a Planning Commissioner and adhere will hear many people with different preserves will do a good job. Thank you, supervisor wiener. Supervisor cowen. In the rules committee i had an opportunity to listen to the testimony of folks in supportive of mr. Joel cop he will and he is a leader when the cameras are on and off hes benefit consistent and has the labor in the forefront of his mind and a champion and when people are petitioning and not hes been consistent and also experience has taught me peoples values dont change 4 this is a person that values the hard working of men and women and hell be an excellent enlightenment and opportunity to have labor sitting as a Planning Commissioner my enlightenments to the mayor. Thank you supervisor mar thank you to the mayor for appointing joel cop he will and building Major Projects from San Francisco general to even analyzing the Building Block at the burning man a wide rage e range of living for planning use and his experience of Labor Management and the apprenticeships for young people to come up through the industry and green jobs his work on sustainability and sustainable building and development will be valuable to the Planning Commission go i want to thank Darrell Honda for being mr. Cop he lives friend but introducing him to my office i know that mr. Cop he will will be a good Planning Commissioner and building projects from the bayview to 9 lower hate to other projects i know mr. 0 cop he will will be valuable i cant wait to see him in action and a lot of things from a was acknowledged i know that joel will be a mentor to others hes been and appreciate of the mayor to appoint him im proud to nominee him. Thank you sociosupervisor campos. I didnt support the prior to the mayor but ill be happy to support him those kumba moments dont happen at the board of supervisors but this is an individual that will make sure that everyone that comes before the commission is heard and will keep an open mind for the issues that come before us i want to thank the mayor for the excellent choice. Thank you supervisor campos and supervisor farrell. I want to echo my colleagues comments and particularly our role of labor will be truly valuable go congratulations and look forward to years to come. Thank you and i want to also lend any voice to the choir and sing our praise thank you joel for being an excellent example for what that means to be a true leader and work with people your heinecke program with i b w was provided job opportunity along with the work youve con to give back to the community specifically with the church in our community and in the springs Baptist Church through rehab and bring people together has changed that community along with the peacock lounge and other things i know you do youre a native san franciscan and do it from the heart i know you went to Lowell High School ill not hold that against you you made it out when you did want to usf and thank you for your service. Thank you for your advocacy, thank you for your lou gehrigness to serve in the capacity you know youll be an excellent choice the second best choice next to the one i made so its all good congratulations. And with that, madam clerk can we take this same house, same call . Without objection the motion is approved unanimously congratulations. All right. Roll call. Supervisor wiener your introducing new business first. Thank you very much madam clerk. Go colleagues several items but ill mention 2 of them the first is a resolution to support a proposed regulation for the health and Human Services federal agency to stop and prevent states from stripping title 10 Health Funding from planned parenthood title 10 provides funding for that Family Health and Preventive Health Services Helps to fund 42 Health Services around the country for low income people all sorts of Health Services 14 states at a minimum have sought to cut title 10 funds to planned parenthood not for any actual merit basis but rather due to politics and the irrational hatred to stop the planned parenthood we help the low income people in this country so this rule would ban states from cutting title 10 funding unless it is bans a providers ability to actually deliver the services this resolution will put the city of San Francisco on record of support for this proposed regulation and would direct the 0 clerk to submit the resolution as part of federal rule making process and in addition im introducing today with my coauthor supervisor tang a supplemental budget appropriation of 70 thousand to help protecting children afford eight grade algebra one course as you recall the School District eliminated eig eight grade algebra one so children that are ready for algebra no longer have access to algebra in eight grade i along with supervisor tang have expressed disagreement with the School District we want our kids to have access to every resource to be many a position to assess 21st century jobs in biotechnology and children that you are ready for algebra in eight grade should have access to algebra the Unified School District has not reversed its decision to eliminate algebra one our families are spending money to have their skids have a private eight grade algebra one course ready for geo try in the eight grade, however, low income families cant afford the cost of having their kids with a algebra one course this supplemental of 70,000 will provide one skips of 700 each so their children what access algebra one it is my hope the school with reinstate algebra one and this supplemental what about a temporary bridge but for now make sure our children have access to all of the resources they need to have the rest i submit. Thank you, colleagues one in memoriam today, i wanted to adjourn in honor of merry resident who passed away on august 16, 2016, she lived in San Francisco for over 20 years and will find the city for her represented beauty and firemen of expression and future an advocate for the environment she worked for climatic change specifically Sea Level Rise while she was a member of the San Francisco grand jury she gathered the injuries for the investigation of the ocean waters and interviewed government officials and experts and developed addressed civil grand jury report no action has been taken the city has Development Across the Department Committee and hsa has issued a report moving forward she exemplifies how the civil grand jury can make a difference and one person influenced the at the city officials shell be dearly missed by 20 20 children her sister and colleagues and the former and current members of the civil grand jury that admired and o done or said her may she rest in peace the rest i submit. Skip over supervisor campos and go to supervisor cowen. Thank you supervisor farrell. Supervisor kim. Okay. And since supervisor campos is back in the role do you have roll call . Thank you very much madam clerk. Colleagues today, i have an item that relates to the very important issue of Public Safety and including Public Safety has been top priority for me in any office since we were elected i know that for the residents of district 9 this is something that these very much at the top of the list in terms of what government can do for the neighborhoods and you say that i paid it from the momentum we passed legislation for the codifying of at large any experience on the Police Commission and as a supervisor nothing is more effective than Public Safety on the Law Enforcement side than having a Police Presence forefoot patrols that to me is something that is a during the time to many activities we want to void in the neighborhoods this is foot patrols have to be a key component of any policing Strategy Community policing is not an abstract ideal is requires hands on commitment to make that happen so i want to begin by acknowledging the work of our acting chief tony chaplain as im concerned gotten to know him in the last few weeks because it is clear he gets it in terms of the portions forefoot patrols and policing and based on our conversations and discussions around this issue im happy to report today that the chief has agreed to any request to bans foot patrols in any district specifically to enhance foot patrols on 16th street and mission an area an issue that had issues actually way before it became part of district 9 when it was part of district 6 i know that supervisor kim working hard to address those issues the work continues i want to thank our acting chief for agreeing to increase foot patrols on the court ord corridor in Bernal Heights he understands the proactive in Public Safety so to the people of the mission and to the people of Bernal Heights im happy to announce there will be Additional Resources that will be provided by this acting chief of police. Thank you chief chaplain for his responsiveness and willingness to work with us on this important issue having the officers in our community that radio familiar and understand the neighborhoods are critical and that vibrator get out of cars is important you you know the biggest importance is having the relationship with our communities that only happens if there is a person attachment so i want to thank the chief for that and the rest i submit. Thank you supervisor campos. Supervisor mar. Thank you colleagues first of all, i want to say i appreciate a lot of us participating in the San Francisco transit riders transit week we kicked off yesterdays morning we focused on some key issues in the district the 5 rapid that is my Straight Line for beach to city hall has on a tremendous improvement and thank you to the mta and the Interest Rate or Transportation Authority today at 7 30 amy was on the bart with the transit riders and many others promoting the 38 geary line the most wildly travels line west of chicago many people ride it everyday as a cal system but thank you for promoting this week and throughout the week for improving transit and also one of the star residents of the Richmond District lives in gg park an al bin and an alligator he tlieflz in a place in Golden Gate Park and supervisor farrell loves claude but he turns 21 today or this week and the academy of sciences is celebrating his birthday one of the iconic residence of the Golden Gate Park and the autism is a stark place with the beautiful academy of sciences and in the academy in 2008, he arrived shortly before we reopened the academy of sciences and hes led many children and families to love him and helped to educate millions of Museum Visitors and car share mask you can see him blow and below the water claude is nearly 200 and 50 pounds in honor of his birthday a night life on thursday and unfortunately for adults 21 and over but a great opportunity to worry about a happy birthday to claude ill disrobe for one second and say that the 46d defensive thank you to collin and eric ready are you a soccer team and artists and rappers and a ground swell from aaron losing a member of a contract also maurice the Kansas City Chiefs and devon from the patriots and germany relay and others from the titans of the rams and other 46d and eli held up in support of Racial Justice and equality and thanks to all the high school and professional athletes that are looking at the lead of collin but especially historically giving thanks to john carlos and others from the San Francisco State University and mohammed ali for helping everyone the rest i submit. Thank you supervisor mar. Supervisor peskin thank you, madam clerk and colleagues this morning i called for an investigation into the review and approvals of the millennial tower in support of district 6 supervisor jane kim as i think youre aware last month know the news broke the millennial tower has been sinking from 16 inches far more than the 4 to 56 inches of the estimate that was presented in the geotechnical reports done and anticipated to sink over thirty niches as the clay soil continues to compress with its friction piling system at the nbc said that was a clear lack of education between the city and millennium and between the millennium and the purpose or purchasers of over 4 hundred units we have a duty to get to the bottom of it and figure out who know what and when both so we can address the financial impacts as well as psychology impacts of the individuals living in the building and make sure we know the right thing to do is Going Forward to that end well be holding a special meeting in the Oversight Committee to have the investigation he next thursday on 22 at 10 amy am introducing a resolution and i apologize. I didnt refer to them wards to the preservation of the lamp fishgsz along van ness 200 and 59 that are slated for removal a historic part of city and can and should be refurbished i want to thank the coalition to save the lamps of van ness avenue for their efforts i promise the emails will cease and cordially visit you and constituents to the world premium premium of a documentary town you, you may have read in the chronicle day viewing october 9th in the Film Festival and the changes and policy matters that we have been debating and addressing here at the board and could costars Joel Rodriquez and later on be a the recognition i didnt and it was fun to participate the rest i submit. Thank you supervisor peskin. Supervisor tang. Thank you so today, we are in the middle of National Drive electric week so one of the things im doing is introducing a hearing request so we can get information yuptsd from our City Departments as to how it is that we can reach the goal of securing an all electrical vehicle light vehicles by the year of 2020 in San Francisco an issue that i car about in terms of the city but on the following step to fourth how it is to better support our private citizens to drive electrical vehicles are especially someone many lives in a multi unit building whether it is from or market availability for us to convert to electrical vehicles so first, well begin our conversation with the City Departments i look forward to working with the department of the environment and the puc and our City Administrators Office to achieve those goals and lastly i have a resolution today that has been a lot of busy trying buzz to have San Francisco part avenue network of thirty other cities to highlight and bring education and awareness to the issue of our declining pollinator population in the world actually, i know that some of you wonder why it is important to panes to the bees and pollinators next your eating a blue beggar keep in mind the populated narrator are important so we are taking a pledge as San Francisco to reduce the use of pesticides in our City Properties courageously people to do landscaping that attract our policy narrators so the rest i submit. Madam president the end of the introduction. Our 3 00 p. M. Special ordered call items 26 through 3 comprise the special order for the public hearing for individuals in the Planning Department from the environmental recur from the California Environmental quality act dates may 11 for the proposed project located on 2000 through 200070 bryant street and next items are the motion associated with that appeal and items thirty is the part of public hearings of persons interested in the certification of a conditional use authorization dated june for a proposed project 2000 through 200070 bryant street and items 31 through 33 are the motions associated with that pole. Thank you, madam clerk we have before us appeals for the project on 2000 through 2000 and 40 bryant street in district 9 there are two appeals relayed to the determination of the exemption for further Environmental Review and the conditional use authorization so were going to hear the two appeals together then the board will vote on the determination of the Environmental Impact that takes 6 votes to affirm or reverse the board determination if it is rejected the conditional use authorization become mute no other actions can take place and table those items in the environmental determination is upheld well vote it i requires 8 votes to overturn the conditional use decision for this hearing items 26 and thirty will be considered why to approve the depreciation that the project on 2000 to 200070 bryant is exempt from further Environmental Review from a Community Review exemption and the conditional use authorization since we are combining the appeals i work with the City Attorneys office to rise our normal hearing procedures to provide speakers with a bit more time without objection we will precede as follows up to 15 minutes for presentation by the appellants or appellants representative up to 3 minutes per speaker in support of appeals up to 15 minutes from the staff and from the project sponsor or the representative up to 3 minutes per speaker in opposition to the appeal and finally up to 5 minutes renewable by the appellants or the appellants representative please note if youre here to speak on the 2000 bryant appeal now it the time to do so with that, well open up the hearing and im going to turn it over to supervisor campos if you have any opening remarks before we get started. Madam president i dont have any we have a number of folks i want to make sure we get to the presentation so hear from all the members of the public that are here. Okay. Thank you supervisor campos and with that, we will open up to the appellants you will have 15 minutes. Good afternoon, supervisors and supervisor president london breeds sfgovtv i have a presentation if you i can bring up the laptop here. Thank you. So were here for the bryant street starting with the Community Plan exemption appeal for the project at the 2000 example 270 bryant street and here to request on behalf of the beauty on Bryant Committee and the mission that you uphold the appeal for the plan exemption and require project level Environmental Impact prior to further consideration of this project and you all should have a handout of this great. Conditions have changed significantly those eastern neighborhoods plan Environmental Impact report was certified during the great revision we are experienced a boom in housing in San Francisco since the eastern neighborhoods plan eir was certified the significant population and jobs surge has been accompanied by the appearance of longer than reverse commutes to Silicon Valley and ride share cars citibuild the city for the working class families and newly displaced returning to the city accompanying the surge in population is a surge in Housing Development with social and Environmental Impacts there are currently 50 projects and 2000 united built in the pipeline in the mission this 2000 and 2070 is one of the projects with the cumulative impacts in the mission the bryant Street Project was granted an exemption instead of requiring the Environmental Review to be constructed on the lives Environmental Impact report and was excused from pits own environmental studies whats the problem with this the potential cumulative impacts of bryant street and other foreseeable projects were not considered in the ooermentz eir because this level of Housing Development was not considered you can see the Mission Housing openings studies option a, option b and the preferred alternative at the 1696 that my understanding is where policy it based on off of and up at the highend option c with many unit the actual total including the bryant Street Project for for seeable is 2154 all options study have been exceeded are the Planning Department was in correct that the projects have been disclosed in the eastern neighborhoods the eastern neighborhoods eir forecasted a range of measures and studies that set ab preferred plan and c it considered mitigation to the impact levels however, no such studies were done for the current level in the mission including this project on bryant street theres no way to evaluate the bryant street impacts in existence against the eir because the cumulative impacts of this project and the other 50 plus in the mission were not considered so the yellow area as you can see will be options abc and preferred that we looked at and moved beyond that into New Territories to the option and mitigations that were considered in the eastern neighborhoods versus the bryant street impacts that were not studied in the underlying neighborhood because their outing outside the scope weve exceeded the numbers in the eir quote the number of foreseeable issues may see the p eir by approximately 3 hundreds and 50 dwelling units there is an agreement we have exceeded this staff report goes on to say that residential totals along with an expected translation to a population increase somehow allows this despite not studied this impact from the case report again quote the total number of nonresidential is well below the maximum evaluated in the p eir as the overall population increase population is not identified in those eastern neighborhoods plan as a measurement tool for cumulative impacts even if Nonresidential Development as translated to population were considered a valid measure the forecast by the eir of 8 hundred and 35 thousand has been exceeded a decade ahead of schedule as you can see San Francisco has gone up by the contentious bureau 8 hundred 64 compared to the forecast in the eastern neighborhoods eir and the eastern neighborhoods eir office space of the Population Estimate that is being used it off by 100 percent in the density in the eastern neighborhoods the 2008 eastern neighborhoods eir planning estimate is one employee per three hundred square feet whereas coauthors to a london breed reality firm by 2017 Office Density should be at one employee for roughly half in summary c p can in the be grant because the underlying eir didnt support those exceptions foreseeable Housing Units was exceeded by 4 hundred units and theyre not studied by the underlying eir population is not identified in the eastern neighborhoods eir because a central measurement for the analysis on housing projects the eastern neighborhoods population forecast for San Francisco for 2024 has been exceeded by 2017 office population is neither here nor there one hundred percent more dense than in the eir the bryant street check list for the contribution must be considered when granting a c pe quote not resulted in potential offsite or cumulative not identified in the p eir this confirms the board of supervisors is the appropriate body to rule on this project eir exemption criteria are the territory, the jurisdiction of this board the board of supervisors therefore has jurisdiction claims by city planning and the staff does not have jurisdiction are incorrect the ceqa appeals is clear section 21 plus appeals the decisions subject to appeal in accordance and so forth in 16 the following ceqa decisions maybe appealed to the board of supervisors certification of a final eir is one and 2 adoption avenue negative declaration by the first Decision Making body and 3 the determination of the Planning Departments or any other authorized department that a project is exempt from ceqa. Housing numbers are not the only eir pdr is happening at a pace of one plus forecast in the plan and nearing the maximum units in the urban mixed use zone and a considerable number of unourptd building not required zones how much pdr loss is unclear and calls into question the reliable of the ooermentz to address the pdr loss and its impacts and as you can see on the schart for the mission were looking a sum of proposed conversion up to 5 hundred plus out of plan adaptation of nine hundred and 15 thousand and were concerned what is the missing layer between those illegal opted out warehouses where no loss of pdr was expelled at the time of the pdr. This community exemption must be upheld and the cumulative projects cant be allowed for the growth and impacts in the pdr have been overrun neither nonresidential building or translation to population has been correct or a reliable measure of what the project can be assess based on the between the board of supervisors is the predicament body to rule on the appeal of c pe for granting threshold exemption the affirmative action it is important for the residents. Bryant street conditional use appeal bryant street conditional use appeal we ask you to uphold the conditional use authorization for this bryant Street Project this project is not necessary and desirable, this project has displaced countless intermission a Longstanding Institution and tor actually restaurants on the site for over thirty years and all shops those two businesses a music studio and landscaping business this project will have an additional displacement for water residents will create for pressure on mom and pops policies are needed to accompany those projects that limits their direct and indirect displacement effect in the community such as the Mission Design and affordable units the main concerns the centerpiece of this project may not be achievable some of the units are circulated as we understand a little bit under t capped minimum size additionally a variance is granted for the mid block alley surrounded busy 67 and 8 footed building this creates issues of light and that will this will result in a loss of further affordable units the beauty on bryant the owner continues to claim hes meat the necessary plans not true the only thing the beauty on bryant plan that calls for 50 percent affordable and 100 Percent Union build the Mission Needs Safe Development policies before those large project are allowed to go forward and those protect the mission and its most Vulnerable Community members mite policies such bryant street and displacement and other impacts associated with them the significant and ongoing Financial Investment and Affordable Housing for the next 5 years and consideration and mitigation of the cumulative impacts of development in our micro neighborhood thank you for your time and consideration we ask you to uphold those two appeals. Thank you very much and is there any additional comments from any other folks from the appellants please come forward now. Can you pause the time madam clerk. Supervisors. Have you here to provide Public Comment. So just a second. All right. Seeing none, and at this point we will open up to Public Comment for any speakers that is here to speak in support of the appeal so, now is the time youll have up to 3 minutes. Okay love you guys see you all the time all i want to say that was news to me when i came up trying to usurp doing Something Like national you know did Public Comment thing and i just dont get it were in a housing crisis and have Environmental Issues federal bureau what i didnt read but youre trying to get away from has nothing to do with Public Comment on Environmental Issues is it so against federal law i dont see how you guys can get away with not having Public Comment on any largescale issue. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi supervisors im shannon im sick like Hillary Clinton ill power through that coming out because this is critical you guys we have so many opportunities but we have come to you and said please thats not the same conditions under which the eastern neighborhoods plans were written those were written when we needed development this is a time were in severe countrys weve all seen massive displacement im one the artists my studio is around the corner weve seen hundreds of artists leaving the city and Affordable Housing lost and generations of san franciscans being forced to leave the area how many 67 us and you in the salaries we afford you can afford to relocate in the city now im concerned heard it is low as 6 percent can stay in the city if were not in the homes we are in now it is essential in this huge structure this huge set of structures this huge former site of a major cultural hub of the mission of the then controlled Small Businesses that are here for generations i have a developer that is trying to skate in hope you dont require an Environmental Impact statement and on policies that were developed in a crash hoping youll right thing to do that and the point the world is watching we were a cultural and diversity mecca of the world and creativity and our tolerance and diversity and support of each other as a community is something that the world is watching and it is incumbent on you as our representatives as our represents your it we dont are high powder attorneys if Corporate Place we care about our community we want to live here and see the generations we want to continue to be a place where artists and others come we have to demand Environmental Impact report that will stop the environmentalists and what we can demand as a community and society to prevent donald trump from coming in and putting in one of his towers lets stop and have a new plan where we are now thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Hi my name is i work with the plaza 16 organization to oppose another Large Development in the mission thank you for your time and also want to acknowledge all the hard working folks it came a long way from whether it was originally i think it is problematic that there are is 30 million worthy of public money to make this project nor palpable to the community unless there is 30 million to build Affordable Housing on a large section of every in any development of marketrate in the mission i dont see why were doing this thats all i have to say thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors mary lisa ill speak about the people that are being left out of the conversation about the people that i walk past all the time on my way to city hall from the Central Station and the cheers and on crutches im wondering why there are so many when they were not here where are they coming from the sros for whatever else went into the sros he reason every time i see them i think of a friend of mine that is similarly situations smart not on the sidewalk his home was closed on in berkley had a singlefamily homes that was built for him a handcrafted home with a for a man in a wheelchair and fortunately people cared to take care of him those people dont have friends hair out there for a reason and why are they out there where are they coming from their multiplying from no where their coming out of the buildings were emptying to allow other people to move into i assume this particular type of project is exactly what were concerned when we talk about gentrifying the neighborhoods exactly the kind of project we dont want to come into the mission particularly we are in a situation we are in and were not only it turns out not only mom and pop sophomores that are having problems i found out that the local safeway is having problems in the safeway has to lock their together paste up inside of a located case you better building the mom and pops are having trouble were on the wrong pathway we need to change something about what we are doing and slow down take a break from this massive Housing Development that is going on and businesses im on the side of mayor of palo alto enough we need to share our wealth with other places in the country but as far as this particular space i wonder how many more people well see out on the sidewalk in wheelchairs and on crutches and we lie a allow those places to come into the neighborhood keep in mind. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors im ass son healthy in july i urged you to support the 906, 16th street and today, im here to talk about the failure the eastern neighborhoods is not just a neighborhood issue it is flailing potrero hill and soma and failing the mission the city is enforcing the changes across the eastern neighborhoods overlooking the impacts overbuilding luxury housing and failing to provide the infrastructure and communities benefits it promised to support growth there are policy failures that must be acknowledged and addressed despite a number of goals in the mission plan a critical pdr is stripped out of the umu zoning at the last minute and as a result, the plan didnt have the teeth to achieve the deserved balance continue housing and pdr uses and provide good jobs for its residents the plan promised a significant percentage of new houses for people with a wide range of income instead the neighborhood is really from rapid gentrification and displacement while speculators are given a free pass to build for maximum profit meantime the city is approving individual projects for community exemption that are potentially outofdate eastern neighborhoods plan eir instead of xhukt robust without an appropriate compensation of direct, indirect and tomb u cumulative significant environmental effects must i much to the detriment of the mission for those reasons i ask you to uphold those appeals and have an Environmental Review thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi my name is leah im here to speak on behalf of the people that would like the mission to be more affordable i have went through homelessness and have friends that are artists Everybody Needs a home it is a human right not a privilege and i think right now we have more than you enough luxury and marketrate housing and the mission is this is just one out of many in the pipeline we have to stop the beast on bryant if you have to build those gentlemen needs jobs i want you to approve the appeal of the conditional use authorization it is okay for them to build but have to build housing that is affordable you know has to be a dual requirement of a conditional use authorization it has to be necessary and desirable the very wealthy the people that use the luxury housing can afford to travel many times not theyre only home on the homes in others 12iz this is a Vacation Home i dont like it when luxury places can be rented out but on or before and charge up to 12 thousand a month push more people out and be more homelessness please keep in mind the people that you would be serving with those items to i urge you to approve the appeal for conditional use authorization for 2000 to 200040 bryant street we dont need more Homeless People or employed people because not enough for pdr this stands up for production distribution and repair what makes San Francisco special remember the mission and remember what happened to the fillmore that used is to be the heart of west we dont want the mission without the hispanic cultural and artists we dont want it to be all gentrified and homogenous i lived in place like that i lived inburg gave him it is nice to basically ask to retain the richness that San Francisco is known through withhold or world. Ray hart for San Francisco open government. Thomas teaches that lived here my whole life willful governance earlier during roll call supervisor peskin mentioned the building that is National News 16 inches sinking and now well hold a hearing after the barn door is shut and figure out what to do about this the special use district in the navy i know that one word uses a few expletives this is poor profrmg now youre hearing from the public how the eir that was used to grant this was in fact, not defective but up to date and out mooted basically your looking at a project that is based on irrelevantcy basically what needs to be done a full ceqa study it needs to be something that you listen to you have the citizens coming here i was in retail for a lot of years and every customer that complained 9 didnt comblan took their business somewhere else i think for every person that comes to speak perhaps 9 or 99 feel the same thing but dont have the stamina to do that i question sometimes that board of supervisors actually listens to the citizens or the outlined case they have rotates in their pockets or checks in their pockets or attorneys you need to Pay Attention to the citizens that are telling you that using updated eirs and statistics that is presented in the appeal presentation is not right if youre going to do something do it right if the people that built the building sinking 16 inches did prior planning they wont be in the situations for the people that cant sell or give away the apartment are stuck now well have a hearing and figure out what to do a little bit late lets not do exactly the same thing let them get away using out 340e9d studies that no longer apply 3 are invalid for the situations that exist and especially that happened in 2008, when our country almost went did you observe into economic turmoil it is 2016 walk up listen to the citizens of this city theyre the ones that put our backsides in those seats thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is thomas ray a resident of the Mission District and a native san franciscan currently there are 22 luxury Housing Developments planned for that the mission for 2016 luxury units and only 200 plus affordable units everyone says those luxury units help to solve San Franciscos housing crisis 2, 3, 4 reality theyre not tax advisors reports show that many condos built since 2000 have ab at the owners with Silicon Valley and executive director and corporations and some live as far away as new york city and hawaii and hong kong using them as rentals a third or second homes a a number of these are listed on airbnb and v rb o up to 12,000 a month or 6,000 a night during the evening no lights shining out from the windows those developments are Investment Properties not housing their preceded value along with the properties increase 2 to three hundred rate causing to raise evictions around them and cause the displacements of thousands of low and middleincome workers new workers in San Francisco including city workers, teachers, and even construction workers and many tech workers cannot afford to buy those units so who is that for the development on bryant street causes transportation and parking problems at the current rate of luxury housing and pdr in the mission and the its already damaging effects of higher rates and evacuees is the Mission District and its cultural and latino Heritage Community and business will not be here in 5 years and will exit out of San Francisco and will never come back it will become extincts like the former africanamerican in the western edition i encourage the supervisor to look at the effects of luxury Housing Development in the mission and throughout you San Francisco the truth will shock you thanks. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi i work at the womens building today, i come to you as someone who is directly working with the Mission Community evidence he everyday i have women and families and children coming in to our building to ask more Affordable Housing everyday i have people that have been evicted and have no where to go and everyday refer them to shelters with long waiting lines and small areas to stay there and housing that is list 12 to 6 months and everyday i refer those people to resources i know full well, are not all the time able to accumulate their situation who is there everyday working with those people it is noting not only heartbreaking but wrong the mission cant afford to build for luxury housing and not take into account all the people that are long term residents of the mission we dont have an Environmental Review but i have is the stories that i get to hear everyday and the women and families i see crying and cry with them everyday in the office please i urge you to take into account the Community Members that are struggling because of the housing crisis that is going on here in the city thanks. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi i work with the Housing Committee and a native were in full support of this appeal it is very important when we think about the beast on bryant we think about a block ray hart for San Francisco open government from your community taken away we look at that we look at our says that a safe haven for the youth; right . What will happen there and seniors being evicted 80yearold and one hundred years old seniors are evicted why not 100 percent Affordable Housing we live in a city where there is a city as proves that can be able to have a voice for now for seniors and families along that block theres a number of families that are long term residents what will happen to them and the community as a born and raised in the mission what will happen to the traffic congestion; right . We see the bus going down bryant street what will happen on our way to Central Nervous system to school what burglary happen a lot of commemorating and it is very for the seniors will be affected people with disabilities will be affected and the homeless will be affected would we rather see people on the streets and living in their cars we need after i hope you support this appeal thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi ive been working with the Brilliant Team and trying to figure out what to do i want to remind you, we got nothing at the beginning not one pdr replacement and figure out really, really hard to get some replaced we got half of the land which doesnt means no building weve been meeting and talking with people and trying to figure out if the Mayors Office of housing can actually pay and fund it what will it look like exactly how will they fund it because there are some measures and things they can do but dont have either architecture specs what that looks like light or like the children or enclosure on the back rear of the yard not a nearby park or anything else so were trying to figure out what was actually promised and another thing the eastern neighborhoods report is updated it is about 8 years old a lot has happened in 5 years the community has changed within the last two years so, i mean i dont know know how much more to appeal i come here for housing appeals and Police Brutality haeshgz he can only say one thing that is excessively not safe in the mission i mean, i dont know that you guys are familiar this is alex and he would have not been killed not been gentrifiers how to deal with other people you know im from a city i know how to get along with different folks and different backgrounds we love it we come here to find our families and support a lot of communities came to the mission to rebuild their families formals war torn countrys what do we do with people on the streets the police shoot them im trying to figure out how the city can support its people as far as the when will it go up and why does the city have to pay for the biggest part of it our cultural is no the commodity you cant go into the mission and buy the mission you have to love the community not whitewash it the mission is the mission if you dont like it dont move there thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Before the next speaker ill remind the audience the board rule no audible rule youre welcome to use our supportive fingers. With all due respect were not the audience but the public. My name is magic since the majority of you are attorneys we want to see you take down this proposed Development Im concerned repeating witnessed zoning be twisted and just plan ignored to serve the rich you have a head start with all the work by the people given testimony i imagine if youre working for an International Nonprofit for one thousand dollars an hour the conversation would be well shoot this thing full of holes lets start with allowing Affordable Housing is not creating or president the the vague neurons at a crucial minded more Affordable Housing doesnt show the intention it couldnt happen at all if this is watts the way it is approved those developers dont give a damn that about Affordable Housing we can august this is a time of cycling and tearing down building to be used we can agriculture a origin intent to build a none the height of this proposed building not aligned with the character of the neighborhood and will offer shadows structures and nothing can stop us from demanding a new eir it is updated and not expected when in eir was worked on it will devastated the cultural beauty of this area and we can prove it we need to turn the jobs argument on its head in the long term the people that are employed will be without affordable Living Spaces exposing this for a greedy point can make a great media comment and have their songs played in tv and adds it is not a crime to stop those who motivation is profit okay. Guys. Lets take it down now lets hear it recent lawyers we not to witness our expertise i want to finish with a quote from supervisor cowen the soul of San Francisco neighborhoods are on the line doing everything we can to insure local residents can remain in San Francisco and the communities they live and grew up on thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Tom gilberty a sustainable equal for the growth we need a different ratios with the private sector new funding physical plans and housing plans for Healthy Communities it is obvious the neighborhood is up in arms and the neighborhoods will follow a plan of development that has lawyers architects and money theyve got their presentation down pat and people in the neighborhoods are usually the businesses hey we can make money here, too. Instead of letting the Developers Plan everything with their money back and their profit motivate we need to tail up our growth a new policy across the board something that does something with a bite into it we need to create less stress for everybody now lets see if i can make that work. The housing plan is absent different what if we start request 20 percent of community of protecting Affordable Homes veterans and for foster kids section 8 the homeless right off the bat 20 percent that will be 40 units what we save 20 percent of 40 units are teachers and firemen and nurses and sewer workers and Community Workers you know your community how about if we go up with 5 percent for seniors that have lived in San Francisco for 50 years and seniors this way they can move out of their homes and people can move into their homes were detailing this production for the people of San Francisco to move in how about 20 percent of people in the local zip codes and then well let thirty percent be the open market you know this is where you ever been is free to pay as much money for this monster as they can the developers can make a little bit of their money not 60 or 70 percent of open marketrate we need a different policy sustainable equal lyritarian i attend all the schools in the City High School and the project the Developers Got exemption without providing Community Benefits and were concerned how this the city is going to pay for the other half of the buildings that is asked to build other than were concerned that you know were seen as folks that does not want the development if our neighborhood thats not true we want to have new housing we also want fair housing for everybody we dont believe that that again, when the plan was approved that under the circumstances without the policy it was approved so we like you and need your help in looking at this project over in support us and to the appeal so thank you very much. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. My name is kim i live in the outer avenue im here to speak in support of 24 appeal if we lose the mission what will happen the dumbest person know that the marketrate with the people of regular income will be displaced and rent will go up if you cant act on this what can you act on tuesday. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Supervisors today, we have heard the people speak the people have reached saturation point this appeal and many other appeals will come before the board of supervisors do not just listen to the people today in San Francisco we have middleclass people slipping e sleeping with their families on the streets and here is the Planning Department and im glad you choose two new ones i think you should send this back to the Planning Department to see how the new candidates votes on this plan it is faulty it is faulty and the city has the audacity to invest 30 million without a check list you hear about the eirs and hear about sick workers and have intelligent people over here one of the things that happened in city hall is wheeling and dealing people pay to play and this crap must stop i represent the first people im for the indigent people for the poor for those who are hurting amusement for the developers and dont bring the Union Workers here who are absolute in understanding real understanding and thats why youll get jobs youre not going to get jobs because by bringing the union people here they are creating a division and we are a force to be recollected with four times we shut down city hall four times the mayor is not doing Due Diligence all those colon i didnt see that support the mayor are not doing Due Diligence i want to praise all those who came here and were so articulate how they understand what is happening happening to this great city named after st. Francis some of you supervisors have compassion but those who get all the money from the developers so be shamed of yourselves and the Planning Department i know some of you all i know you all mean well but somebody puts a gun to our head and your rubber stamp get real and help the poor thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello my name is mary mendosa and id like to to the fact that using a plan it was not specifically written for the Mission District something that is updated is something that feeds to stop the people of the Mission District need to be respected and addressed in those point in time so the community is heard so the community is respected they feel that respect recently, there was a collective of artists that presented at a film latino in their poetry was called upon by an artist and gentleman said published in an article im one of the artist who submitted work and the topic was the gentrification that so many people have been exercising saying the artists this is something the city is losing was attempting to express so i wish to share a bit of that poem. Looking at any rear window dr. Priscilla chan out the sky the soul of the palm leaves a curtain sets the stage i feel burntout by death and loss showing so much has gone wrong my heart is heave of heavy i cant breathe i wake with the morning do have and draw any bedroom curtains to dance with the trees my mind remain clouded by fog by the merry range the vibrant colors dance the dedicate back to life spray by spray drama enfolds with the images of the past the lights the way for the aztec warrior to lift up the day rise with the sun largerthanlife and strong and beautiful ground and rooted and skin standing at all my window becomes my Looking Glass the round circle of sun transforms by moving cranes that build them of them up or tear them down the story is not yet over were still here thank you. Thank you next speaker, please. Hi my name is julian an organizer with the group ace we are work with low and moderate income communities in the missions, bayview, excelsior and other neighborhoods and one thing our members have seen throughout the city is developers getting special exemptions to be able to do whatever they want sometimes there is a forgiven leave thats what is happening here a dedication of space by the city that in front of tens of millions of dollars to let the developer get out of his obligations to pay for Affordable Housing you know lennar another big developer just got away with Building Three quarters of l housing and some of the Affordable Housing buildings are out of reach flow income people lennar is also getting away with putting something on the ballot prospering organization to get out of its obligation to the community its time to say enough is enough and we can send a message here today and reject nicks bound for approximately treatment time to say not to delay this development and not to delay beast on bryant. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Thank you San Francisco native first want to appreciate supervisor mar for bringing this initiative it is critically important and it is bound to what were talking about today, were talking about gentrification while were talking edition u gentrification lost 10 thousand latinos and housing skyrocketing an issue theyre putting community against each other the carpenters cant afford to live in the building but theyre here defending i guarantee the majority are not from San Francisco but the Biggest Issue the issue of this city selling out were not selling out to the highest bidder we are selling over 5 hundred thats the most you can give to a supervisors campaign were selling out to the lowest building nick is a vulture someone that says a piece of lands i can afford but no one else can ill take it ill extract whatever he can and find a way to make money at the expense of a community i dont care them at least at the very least he get my money ill go what is the issue the issue with that he gets the time to leave whenever he wants when my father was displaced from his home over 40 years he didnt have the choice it is gone as elected officials the duty and responsibility to fight for our people our people are dying in the streets gentrification killed alex wearing a 49s jacket someone said im scared of the hispanic with the red jacket on and supervisors on this board want to kick this outburst because its not appealing to the human eyes guess what you causes that issue ill ask you to please for the heart of the city the hood that i grew up in have bravery show you may sell out to the highest by evidence but you have people that are accountable to you thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello im louis i was here last week but you closed thank you supervisor mar for supporting me and helping me understand where ive been in this struggle of so many years i was a lead person at geneva towers when the mayor was the headed of the Human Rights Commission he never supported me then even though he was sexually harassed and almost choked to death when a white man was in my apartment and not wanting the off duty police with a gun to stand in my door. I heard about this in the mission i dont think that we should be selling out everybody or everything interest the people im in a a lawsuit with the International Reality company they discriminated against me i tried to apply for the community right here 50 feet from any church ive been and been in the bayview all those years until he was evicted from geneva towers weve seen what happened with black people he heard people talking about we were the people harlem of the west in the fillmore and the same thing in bayview gentrification is killing bayview the people around there they cant get jobs and housing we have those ab u guys very nice guys want to work and help people get jobs dont get help from your or our supervisor in district 10 i feel like im put on a trial not to get support david who is a ceo of the how are you Development Corporation my daughter spent her hard earned cash to pay for a unit harassed me and he takes over the meeting and have the president going on against you he sat in the meeting maam, maam, im pawing your times please bring our comments British Columbia back before the board. This the same thing i dont want to see the same thing happen to the moishth and in the fillmore and still going on in bayview Hunters Point my people are forced out the churches are there we come before the church later on so bad things happen when good people step back and not do something thats how hitler did because the democrat parties runs this city thank you. Thank you next speaker, please. This is about the appeal of the determination of exemption. Okay. Thank you. Yes. I want to say San Francisco supervisor good afternoon as im risen for im here on behalf of any building to give to give thanks to supervisor jane kim supervisor jane kim thank you very much for bringing hocking hospital near our room as you may know i survived 9 times heart attack i tell you like many other people if you can put your hands on the new building to take it down one thousand one van ness in the theatre movie youre going to take it down and make a new one youre responsible for that our not only that youre responsible for low income people low income can pay rents still three or four thousand thats bull people coming 80 try to give you Something Else and make it Something Different you have time before they take the building down and the building another building new for all of us or for people that need it please make it new to protect the low income protect the poor people because nobody has 3 thousand for one bedroom shame, shame to have that you must understand you have great supervisor around i building none of them going to say not to delay support you all of them going to be with you and before. What you do in the future thank you. I tell you one thing god bless you supervisor jane kim god bless you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is spike i live down the block from the supposed development and heard dozens why to vote yes to support of eir and the appeal the Planning Department doesnt duo do their Due Diligence do know what the true impacts using a scaled eir they wrote the recommendations that concludes my report. The project without including any Community Concerns regarding increased traffic with a bedroom communities for commuting tech workers and congestion with 83 cars parking coming out the neighborhood and reverse the displaced residents driving in and out of their schools and Cultural Centers that are effected due to the project legally this project needs a new eir that goes would you any question this project is better than the original proposal from back in the day but thats not due to any benefit advance this outofpocket by deputy City Attorney a sliver of land it quality under 18 percent of affordable units hes on this building 3 the city is building the rest on our dime not his how does he get away his college bud why a finances the project nor his liability wife works for the Mayors Office of housing she was supposed to keep her hands off a complaint was filed this project shouldnt go forward watt an investigation into the Mayors Office of housing and until that investigation is complete there are questions into the affordable units in the sliver of dedicated planned or lands did t rules only allows im sorry one and 18 units to be built this is by adding two additional floors and increasing the Construction Costs but the Mayors Office of housing didnt had had market they accepted the developers numbers that one and 33 affordable units will fit two vicinity he arithmetic say that is not true per ethically and legally please uphold this thing appeal and look at this project when there is smoke there is usually fire send 24 for a eir and let its been investigation move forwarding of this project i have a copy of the complaint i didnt make 8 thousand copies but im sure youll get it. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is rodney i happen to live down the street from the beast on bryant what were looking at Affordable Housing wasnt what were looking at diminished dropped services for individual in the city when professional people start to have to leave the city, teachers, artists whatever people that support of infrastructure of the city that keeps our kids who are doctors and nurses People Services workers starting leaving the city a diminished drop if services my colleagues are leaving the city dedicated to teaching but dedicated to obgyn living comfortablely theyre looking at the quality of life living with 4 to 5 roommates you cant afford anything and working 45 and 50 hours a week weapons is those people leave in terms of the education it drops it diminishes so by having this beast on bryant by having this man move on and take over the patch of land and no regards for how people are living what the neighborhood needed or the city needs youre creating a void youre creating a void you may not recover from so, please take the this project and think about what we need not right now not for the immediate future but the long term future of the city and what that holds for people that come here and invested and worked hard not looking to get wealthy in the terms of a bank account but theyre trying to contribute to thank you. Thank you next speaker, please. Good afternoon supervisions or commissioners with the latino cultural district were here in support of both appeals the latino cultural district was created was the eastern neighborhoods plan was not working ive been hearing about the lgbt cultural district and been hearing about the africanamerican culture district and not have to do this in the eastern neighborhoods plan was working we appreciate what were doing now with the protection side of but not enough and not knowing if it will be working the eastern neighborhoods was from 2001 to 2008 it is 8 years old and not capturing the number of people displaced and pdrs were way over the numbers in the eastern neighborhoods plan map 2020 well be working on that if the eastern neighborhoods what about ambulance was working we need to look at the plan to redo make a new plan happening now and do the Internal Revenue for the development when the eir was completed in 2008, didnt apply for what is going on today so, please uphold and support those two appeals thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi my name is Marie Sorenson would the quatro i want to know who soldout the mission because it seems like the mission has become a freeforall anyone can come to the mission and build because were doing inform grandfather you in well its a wrong the mission is a place where people are lived for a number of years and it is a very culturally diverse area we really do need to protect it lets go on to the im going to throw the words about the supervisors spoke up about sam lees and not want to happen in the mission that happened in the fillmore you need to put up or shut up we need an eir for the mission not done since 2008 the projections are already of what is in line to be built are over the 2025 predictions the mission is a mess we need an eir the eastern neighborhoods plan is updated but guess what it was never followed anyway they only took it into a document they can change on a which i am the fact of the matter the beast is a perfect example and lennar is too of and about how the eastern neighborhood plan was mark farrell a suggestion not really thought of the eastern neighborhood plan stated from the get go that transit rich corridors should be reserved for housing fwrrdz the beast on lennar the monster in the mission all those apply yet they were all grandfathered in so that argument just went out the window why do we have plans and meetings that set zoning regulations they can be bought and changed at the drop of a hat or i should say several thousand dollars a pause on the mission we need to have an eir done because the mission is slowly fading into the sunset and the mission will be just like San Francisco is like every other will fresno theres no culture left well fresno has culture were pricing everybody out smobd. My name is rick hall i disagree with the prior speaker the mission is not slowly fading into the sunset but driven there at a rapid rate im here to ask you to support both of the appeals that absolutely clear that the underlying eir is obsolete since you consider just look at the world we live in today versus what was projectionable or in the minds of the people that wrote that eir you know it was 80 how could they takes into account this stuff you can imagine you you know what the warriors stadium there and pier 70 yeah. Maybe theyve countered a bunch of numbers but no idea of the impacts of what happened since it is both the cumulative impacts and change circumstances absolutely require this thing Public School declared obsolete and stopping used for exemptions secondly, we do need a major new policy because part of what weve part of our problem is that we are just overhead please we just not following inaudible weve over built above moderate income compared to the renee numbers by one and 57 percent and only built 12 percent the renee Affordable Housing, of course, the world will be so different all we do is build for the rich and let them on an x batted basis replace the poor and the rest of the culture it is clear to me this appeal is timely thank you thank you. Next speaker, please. Sorry and the other thing ill say ive been to a lot of hearings about this stuff and kind of anxious to hear with planning has to say today, i call it the eir improve bans i heard them camtc with changed numbers and after supervisor peskin did some calculations he said god youve within one thank you very much. It struck me repeating on and on over the last few weeks about a link between climatic change deniers and those who fail to recognize the failure of the eastern neighborhoods plan we dont understand how the denyers despite all the facts the facts are in the eastern neighborhoods the goals were 60 percent affordable to low income to moderate not even close were off by a factor of 5 somehow the sacrificed cow cant be slauthd pdrs weve lost pdr at a rate two to three times that was anticipated in the eir the eastern neighborhoods plan had a goal of diversity in our neighborhoods and preservation of our businesses thats not happening either so when you have a business and your plan is not working or in your life in a life plan is not working what do you do do you do the thing that is unskilled you no. You reset you reevaluate as in eir and replan thats what we have to do here weve talked about some of the numbers planning has been going to con tomorrows trying to explain how were somehow 24 units with w is not more than 16 hundred units the pacing is two to three times the rate of the eastern neighborhoods plan because testators up to 2025 so why this failure lets assume the people that put the eir together knew what theyre doing im not going to question their knowledge of motivates ceqa requires that we redo an analysis or an eir analysis of those issues the economic changes in the price of housing since the look at the 2007 nexus study it is doubled the price of rental and hours is actually more than doubled will change 17 percent of people can afford to buy those luxury units that will disrupt the neighborhoods were not anticipated in the advances gentrification and the redevelopment money will be gone the redevelopment money was gone in 2012 as opposed to 2008. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. My name is jackie im with the Cultural Action Network want you to know that nick has sdroitd a thriving neighborhood that was home to arts and neighborhoods serving businesses all of which helped to define the spirit of this neighborhood and now he seeks to claim credit for sclaen up the messy created the Environmental Impact report is essential and should include the Environmental Impact of what this project so big dwovrd to have on the community as part of Environmental Impact report a study should be done been the open space issue not enough open space on in this project the intercourtyard that comprised the open space doesnt meet the codes that require a 45 degree from each ended the courtyard in terms of not big enough and it is not going to be migrated by the private terraces located on top of the building so many of this project modifications that should be studied under the eir rely on siamese with the affordable limousines despite the fact that no final design even exists for the project so were appealing to you to the board of supervisors to order an eir in this for this project. And lastly instead of a poor trying to do something for the neighborhood what nick is doing is segregating the rich and wealthy people in his proposed project that should be studied and this should be again part of the oz impacts should be part of Environmental Impact report thats what the i in the e eir. Thank you. Next speaker. Hello my name is ivan im with justice and for alex im here to wholeheartedly request you stop the beast on bryant until you the supervisors demand that an adequate Environmental Impact study be done for the effects on the Latino Community and other people of color in the neighborhood im here on behalf of the justice for alex coalition and alexs parents because they lost a son after a new comers to the neighborhood called 911 because they were afraid of the latino wearing a red 49s jacket and baseball cap. They racially profiled him the police raced up the hill to racially profile him and then the thirty seconds from the moment they arrived two officers shot first 23 bullets between the two of them followed by another set of bullets 11 for for no a total of 59 bullets shot by sfpd because a white newcomer was front yard of a latino man so, please consider the impact of those projects when you dont have any consideration for how those communities are going to intricate and respect and support of workingclass communities of San Francisco youth are profiled and discrimination and also part of justice for Pat Coalition he was shot to death also a homeless man sitting on the ground when the Police Officers approached him youll see on video less than 7 seconds killed him before shot with 7 bullets shop the beast on bryant thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Are are tell you any Public Comment on this item . Whod last week to speak in support of appeal please come forward. My name is a sincerely advert and he was part of eastern neighborhood plan and we spent years putting that plan together i was also part of Mission Area Plan that was put together and honestly tell you after a decade of that that was she felt literally ignored not used by Planning Department and by the city of San Francisco and it is painful because that had that these plans been followed we would not be where we are today so i want to read a little bit of an article because sometimes it is like when i say things people dont get it may be a writer from a newspaper to do a little bit of research theyll it is fact here we go. We heard it over and over as the high price of housing in the city the serious applying if apply to San Francisco Reality Market in the south of market and particularly the mission have experienced development adding thousand of development of rentcontrolled units and basically a tennis maeshthd today; right . Thats what the Reality Market is saying and all predicted over one particular unit building a developer created currently 80 vacant units usually at a time like this theyre really busy but now people are not snagging things up and not getting the multiple offers an enmistakenly soviet union of the rental market in the rental developers and bending backwards to attract renters demand is the same but the supply shot up dramatically hundreds if 0 not thousand of empty units in Lecturer Development an individual at the ebay was shopping on the market and currently lives in the mission bay highrise shes lived there 10 years and now looked 2 henry adams that has 23 hundred and 41 units and guess what her landlord is dropping her rent to keep her there landlord are dropping rents and green house one month free rent and free parking and cant fill up the units do we need today at with the crisis more lecturer units thats the question where are replanning thank you next speaker, please. My name is silvia johnson. And these all these that were working on Affordable Housing and the Police Department has been all set up for that advantage the Police Department didnt realize you know natural that because ive been taking medical classes those medical classes are with the art and this is where. Ms. Johnson well pause your time not general Public Comment if Public Comment for ceqa appeal so if you can keep. Thats thats what im talking about i dont need cofinding from the audience please refine our changes to speak thank you. Ms. Johnson continue. The written anti schedule that has been through and happening not put affordability how long in the world i mean this is been totally ridiculous an appeal and explained for court haeshgz as he lived in federal court and been in the Obama Administration the judge threw me out of court thats ridiculous 415 wheres the real process in San Francisco of houses and there are dozens of there but bad poverty and suggestions that we needed to ride out where this process in building the houses and being in you know different classes and proceeding this has been really worldwide and to be issued and have gotten a lawyer to look into that because george my name and sent the check back i asked him to reschedule the Court Hearing offer in oakland this is a bad process for this the Police Department make me forced to do that i know who is doing the enforcement who our Human Society and our awards this is planning to get people sick and stuff where is you know in the medical reports really being vandal for this process is really living a normal life in the city for the Police Department too. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. Im here to ask to support of ceqa appeal and the conditional use authorization do we need really any more luxury units in this town probably not will they highway money not in the crisis gets worse and effect the moderate and protecting people no quite the contrary doctors as i said several times doctors have shown in San Francisco the construction of luxury housing over the last decade since 2000 has resulted in increased displacement and increased housing costs burdens for low income renters and ill point out their study they believe thatll their displacement is underestimate now if you have any further doubt probably talk to the tenants that gets threats with the evictions every time a Luxury Development is announced in the eastern neighborhoods yet were talking about studying the maximum number of Housing Units are foreseen by the eastern neighborhoods plan undercover of an eir that only studied the construction of that units and really the question is how . First of all, how do we know how is this possible the luxury promotion of displacement necessarily or desirable for a neighborhood that has lost tone thousand people and counting since 20008 thousand latinos and counting since 2000 and culturally estimated that among other things that is because of mess and the murder have to people in the neighborhood to witness alex actually in go brunn 0 because of gentrifiers it is inchiefable not to promote the further gentrification and displacement with some ohio such a unstudied commute by the displaced none knows about the study we know theyre not good and a hurry ride sharing in the mission car ownership went up 79 percent this is crazy the underlying plan the eir im sorry are obsolete please support of appeals. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon make and members of the board of supervisors a native san franciscan born and raised and lived in the city all my life i want to first of all, take a moment to thank joshua and others for really coming together im here to ask for your support for this appeal are i want to inform this board this honorable board that when we fill up the board rooms in the Planning Commission with what is supposedly construction workers from San Francisco nothing is further from the truth 90 percent of brother are not part of one and 34yearold labor institution San Franciscos carpenters local 22 which is one and 34yearold outlined we had 74 construction and yet local 22 lost 11 hundred members so your families are not going to work and san franciscans are not going to work it is commendable the community is sporting labor labor has supported the community i ask you to remember that jay the organizationer that owes one plus didnt live here and adrian didnt live here not been part of community and richard the executive secretary doesnt live here and care about the stakeholders were the stakeholders we want to remain here and fought for construction jobs and cia for must have us is a laughing stopping stock theyre the carpetbaggers in alameda didnt stand for carpenters the carpenters know were part of community weve built generations of carpenter local 22 have built this city for generations as far as the eye can see anywhere you look at our brothers and sisters built it city lets take the place of stakeholders it is shameful and you should bring them to task for them please uphold this appeal thank you. I appreciate all you do for the city were the city thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Okay really, really, really tired and in cultural shock flew in this morning from Standing Rock in south Dakota North Dakota im sorry ive been camping and cooking for the people and im a water protector and paper doll that is the erltd in the camp who great, great grandmother figure out and asked me i was from San Francisco she said oh, San Francisco is the baddest place in the world. Can i ask the question do you think about the water and the infrastructure when you keep on building on this land do you think that what that will do to the by the way, all the water and the plastic and people that dont care in this city i feel sick coming back and he only want to get out of this hellhole that im in front of the right now that is called city hall you should be shamed of yourselves but okay. That didnt matter does that because the fat takers take the fat that is what paper doll calls them and the pipeline at this moment have the streets blocked and the swat are there with it rifles and facebook has blocked the live streamers the life streamers have been arrested my friends are arrested and i stand here do you think about proprietor when i hear well, we need algebra in eight grade school but put for police in the Mission District if the children know more about science perhaps theyll not be in gangs do you think that that first, the 7 generations or only think about the greedy fat articulating taxiers there are taking everything they can they need labors as a slaves well be there. shouting that was when the department of justice came in. Thank you very much thank you. Next speaker, please. Im a mechanic of the justice for mario woods and for accountability i come here in support of alex parents in requesting that you create a permanent memorial plague in brunn 0 park and if queer honest. Maam, im sorry were going to pause your times this is the ceqa appeal were not a general Public Comment. No. Were finishing up the ceqa appeal. Oh, when is. Well be in this particular hearing for another thirty minutes or so sorry about that. Any other members of the public that want to support specifically the appellant. I live nearby i dont know if all the enlightenmenty was focused on this project but i would say that i know it would be nice to shed nor light on the problems created by those kinds of project. A looking at any notes for clarity were talking about at least maybe 45 minutes before minimum before we get to general Public Comment just one more accurate time period okay any Public Comment on this item . Provide commissioner kim in support specifically the appellant seeing none, Public Comment is closed. For that position. And were now going to go into the presentation from the City Departments starting with were going to start with planning okay ms. Ann marie rogers welcome. Oh, excuse me ill pause on the citys time and ask supervisor campos. Any apologizes this issue was raised during Public Comment and even though not raised during the appeal presentation i want to make sure that excellent from the substance the presentation this issue be addressed specifically the fact that was through the chair an ethics complaint filed about the role that was played in this process by a member of the Mayors Office of housing who has a spouse that was involved in the project that i want to make sure that before we get into the substance of the response to the appeal that that issue be addressed by the Mayors Office of housing so if i may through the chair. Would you like the City Attorney to address. Ill begin with them and ask the City Attorney. Good evening a question of protocol is this part of 15 minutes. Kate hartley with the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development i welcome the chance to respond to the undo influence by Sophie Hayward any colleague the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development of policy and legislative affairs and established a protocol marina ms. Hayward provides the Senior Management with a list of all the projects that her spouse works on when we have that list and it is changing with some regular it we set up a firewall so ms. Hayward cant influence the acts is that pertain to that project that means no sitting in on meetings regarding the activity no strategizing no letter writing or work products no activity that in any way influenced the okay of mohcd involvement in the project the specific request was specific relevant to 2000 bryant i was the main staff person from mohcd working from the gibb i can attest that sfgovtv Sophie Hayward doesnt participate im concerned read the ethics complaint and there were several emails which sophie was copied on the content were procedural only when i picked up this project at the potential land decade project several months earlier the first lands dedication project i remind open and needed guidance regarding how a land dedication move forward there the Lottas Fountain earthquake process and sophie respond that is was procedural only and her response was a very generic so i wanted to suppress that again sophie didnt participate in Decision Making anytime 9 project came up she go up and executed heifer our analysis was done by the book for the section of the planning code we followed the perusers we evaluated it as prescribed thats the way we came total outcome we did ill be happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you. Through the president i want to ask through the chair the City Attorney we want to make sure we are following all the ethical requirements and to the extent that 0 there was a question raised about whether it is appropriate for that the board to proceed with this appeal in light of the issue that was raised i want to hear from the City Attorney and if you can give us our guidance in terms of the complaint thats been raised and the response are if the city the Mayors Office of housing what is your view in terms of the tournamentness of the board continuing with this appeal. John gibner, deputy City Attorney. Speak up. John gibner, deputy City Attorney. Thats the first anyone has asked me to speak up my office has conferred with ms. Hayward to make sure shes taking the appropriate steps to avoid any conflict of interest based on any conversations with her today after receiving the email mentioning the ethics complaint and the presentation that appears there are not participated in or made any decisions or thought to use her position of the mohcd or in the other City Department related to this project theres no problem with the board moving forward with the decision today one side note related as well the email that was distributed i received this morning i believe the rest of you that the City Attorney had dictated this matter might be continued because of the ethics complaint i think that is just made up the City Attorney none in my office or none in the Public Information office made in any such statement. Thank you mr. Gibner i want to make sure if the contrary or are concerns that are identified by the City Attorney ill follow that and not precede we want to make sure i asked that question about we heard from the city agencies. Now opening to the city agencies you for the City Departments youll have up to 15 minutes by no means needs to use the entire time. Thank you very much supervisor president london breed and good afternoon. Im emery rogers today is couple of ceqa appeal statement led by thomas and the are project planner and on the cu been continued by rich and also let the board know in in addition to the people that are here for the specific questions we have additional staff to address the policy that transcends the project important to the community and our department we have Claudia Flores and Matthew Schneider claudia is leading the plan as you may know planning related issues likewise displacement are 29 first and foremost for People Living in the moishth and our department has been working with the community including mohcd, oewd on the Mission Action plan many works to create and have Affordable Housing and bring stability to the mission a variety of strategies under review including the changes and that go beyond that to address the issues for the protections and Housing Preservation and Economic Development not specific to the appeals the project before you is the demolition of 6 buildings with 3 dwelling units and new construction of 6 Story Building with mixed use one and 69 marketrate housing and 3 opponent belowmarket rate unit and approximately 12 thousand pdr space and 840 Parking Spaces the project provides an open space for the mid block alley and dedicated lands to the city and mohcd as certified this land can construct up to 98 dwelling units as of right and im going to turn it over to lisa to discuss the connecting appeal. Thank you, ann marie sxooepd and members of the board im lisa the question youre considering today is whether the Community Plan exemption that was issued for the 2000 bryant street was prepared no longer to ceqa and the ceqa guidelines it was raised on the 16th street Environmental Impact report that was heard on july 26th the familiar issues specifically whether or not the growth projection and eir remained value for the subsequent projects the board denied the 16th street appeal affirming the Planning Department reliance on the eir for the focus for the eir id like to briefing recap the Planning Department position on the gross projections the gross projections eir reviews to assess how population growth supported by the eastern neighborhoods zoning area plans can impact the environment they didnt establish excuse me not establish limits on the pace or the extent of growth further the eastern neighborhoods eir did not establish a growth threshold above which the eir is no longer valid in approving the eastern neighborhoods eir and zoning in 2008, this board voted to manage and control the density type of and location the g board didnt establish the growth caps that some cities and places in california do that to restrict the quality not what we have in San Francisco further the growth projections in the eir did in the establish in fact an inspiration date the eastern neighborhoods eir will remain valid under ceqa until such time that the plan is amended or updated ceqa did isnt permitted the Planning Department to reopen the environmental plan in the absence of an update is that plan thats in ceqa guidelines so how were the growth projections used the ceqa evaluated the population growth in areas of land use, population and housing, business activity, employment and transportation and air quality and art and utilities and Public Services the eastern neighborhoods determined with prelims alcohol, tobacco firearms plan will there will be unavoidable impacts into twrit and traffic and shadow and on the impacts too that were identified as migration measures the adaptation the eastern neighborhoods plan required implementation of those mitigation measures the board adapted a statement of overriding consideration accepting the trade off between the plan benefits and the Environmental Impact once a lead agency adapts a Community Plan and certified a program eir for the eastern neighborhoods the California Environmental quality act mandates that process to review the project that process is the c p p process were following ceqa mandates that projects that are consistent with the Development Density established under the plan shall not be subject to additional Environmental Impact only to examine if there are Significant Impacts peculiar to the site were prohibited from renaval the city as a vision in the plan purchases of determine where a c p is grand for a density provided by the plan the accuracy of the congregate assumed in the eir is relevant only in that vaulting whether the projects will result in new or substantially more impacts in the eir the departments response growth has not exceeded the projections in the eir Rapid Development is developing in the very impacts that are disclosed in the eir those are the changes weve heard that the speakers speak of thats the case with each of bryant street impacts theyre identified in the eir and anticipated and those included the land use due to the pdr and traffic and transit and recreation and open space so the proper question to ask here in the appeal were any such differences in the gross projections readies to substantially more significant vifrl effects weve not seen in any evidences presented to us. Madam president can i before we. Supervisor peskin. Ms. Gibson. Can we pause the time thank you. Supervisor peskin. I heard Something Different in core than what you represented and in cosponsor have an i was the dissenting vote any recollection of that conversation about actually there was a recognition by the Planning Department as to that sub region of the problematic document that we might be running up against those numbers and the impacts i think there was a statement joment but indeed time for you dont see your statements i think youve attempted but nostril allowed to tell us what questions were allowed to ask but that being what that is the real question to me if we analyze as many as 2000 units and now have 25 hundred units in the pipeline what are the associated impacts as to all of these things whether offering riding considerations in 2008, i agree with you, you that that did not on the face mandate having a new eir but think we have to once we are saying hey we built for units in 8 years than expected to build until 2025 how do we recognize that. Thank you supervisor peskin through the chair the question that you asked it we noted what is a different position im concerned stated when that was stated at the 9001, 16th street hearing regarding the projections at that hearing the department acknowledged that the numbers that have about projections the current ones that are participating in the eir show that there are the amount of housing in the Mission District im sorry in certain locations is reaching a level that was near what was projected at the time of eir was prepared so and today, we have that can speak in a better manner with the specifics of those numbers i can tell you how those numbers were used is relative for the subsequent projects and wear studying as we do exemptions we evaluate the conditions and the project site location determines that anything that has changed would change our conclude and analysis that we had at the project impact so we have certain tops on the projections to evaluate and look at it land use, we use it for analysis of the population and transportation and air quality, etc. We have new information we just want our analysis and identify where the individual subsequent project will have a severe impact the projection itself didnt you have Something Else to add well have you continue with the presentation since that was going to be a part of it madam clerk can we reprogram the times please. Yes chris through the chair fannie mae to clarify ms. Rogers classified that on the appeal she acknowledges that Going Forward as Growth Continues on the eastern neighborhoods plan that maybe that the department conducts more project specific analysis that is not to say that we will no longer rely on the emails eir or the planning exemption for a project but rather as we did in fact, on the 90 1, 16th street focused on the eir that look at a specific topic one of those tops that the impacts on traffic in this case we found after a focused eir that look at the transit impacts this project will not result under a Significant Impact on the transit as Growth Continues we may do more of the projects analyses that is not equivalent of the eir and good afternoon Chris Department staff briefly first, the eastern neighborhoods eir remains valid as a basis for the communities plan booemdz the remarks about the Population Estimates were used in the eastern neighborhoods eir the population growth and the loss of pdr space have not exceeded what we anticipated in the eir mr. Schneider as growths slides with the gentrification and displacement constitute a Significant Impact that were not anticipated if the eastern neighborhoods eir as important as those issues are those are social and connective impacts that are nostril subject to ceqa unless evidence to a physical effect on the environment the appellant has not provided that evidence we came to the permitted such a physical impact not considered by the eastern neighborhoods eir as occurred as a problematic document the ooirmz eir did evaluate the impacts associated with displacement in the context of the amended increase in population and intensity o density clicked the physical environments was less than significant with that said gentrification is policy issues and addressing those as a separated matter for Environmental Review and claudia is here talking about the 2020 and with regards to the Public Benefits are not provided Public Benefits are provide the Public Benefits plan was with the plan in 2008, as shown in attachment d with the response Public Benefits are provided as the permits are issued gun Matthew Schneider is available for questions near and dear to my heart in regards to the consortium the project is not with the applicable plans they conducted angle clalthd analysis and determined it is as the exclusion in conflicts with the plans that a Significant Impact previously identified in the eastern neighborhoods eir will occur thank you. Good afternoon, supervisors rich Department Staff we review the conditional use authorization and the Planning Department responded to the appeal on june 2016 the Planning Commission considered the project the majority attributes were approved through the large project authorization those elements are subject to the second appeal to be considered we the board of appeals the conditional use authorization was needed only for the demolition of a 3 dwelling units relative to the issues on the appeal the Planning Commission found the demolition to be necessary and desirable in order to incumbent the mixed use project it is consistent with the urban mixed use Zoning District and the height and bulk district the project meets the open space for the roof terrace that measures up to 15 thousand square feet and a decade of a parcel measuring 90 feet and mohcd has certified the land dedication will exceed the 35 percent more Affordable Housing by mr. Matsuoka up to 98 dwelling unit more Affordable Housing the project provides a public assessable mid block rightofway and also undertakes did sites the project is not required by current law to replace the pdrs by provides 12 it thousand ground floor of pdrs it meets the planning code and general plan and not relies on the this that concludes my presentation. Were all available for any questions thank you. With that, i know there are questions from supervisors well start with supervisor mar i wanted to go back to one of the comments by chris thomas you went through that quickly in rejecting the appellants suggests that are cumulative impact of displacement and impacts especially on low income residents artists and Small Businesses as i recall you said that ceqa didnt allow you to look at associate and Economic Impacts not subject to ceqa your concluding you e conducting you looked at the displacement could you clarify that because 2008 to now im in agreement with the appellants that there have been significant changes whether your latino or chicano and the demographics of that population from huge areas of mission and the southeast parts of the city to push out low income residents and people with disabilities the artists and Small Businesses like some that have been in that space potential legacy businesses and i think that to call that some of the displacement less than significant didnt strike me as factual i guess thats my question first. Chris the guidelines say theyll be the threat as social effects and an eir may change the effects through anticipated economic and social changes to physical changes from excuse me economic or social changes to physical changes accused in return for the economic change the intermediate changes may not be billed and greater or necessary to look at the change of causeandeffect the focus should be often the physical changes the eastern neighborhoods europe concluded this could be with the gentrification and displacement will not result in the physical impacts on the environment so for the department to consider the gentrification as Significant Impacts under ceqa well need substantial evidence last week the jobs housing and balance whether not occur without the plan, and, secondly, after stabbing that their causing physical impacts on the social environment when the case the eir were not aware of the relationship between the physical effects as physical impacts on the environment. Can you do your best to paraphrase what you just said. laughter . I think the City Attorney will like to elaborate in essence what ceqa is directing us to do no consider the social effects so the changes and demographics. You cant look at the human impacts or social impacts it is outside of the ceqa guidelines. Thats correct except to the degree and result in the physical impacts of the environment and perhaps the City Attorney can elaborate. Excuse me deputy City Attorney mirena burns. Through the chair it schis stated it well, ill say that the ceqa statuettes and the ceqa guidelines and several cases that are directly think point on this question clearly state that cant consider the socioeconomic under ceqa in and of itself that separation needs to be made and physical impact on the environment like air quality, transportation, all the other effects we look at typically under ceqa related to growth so it is not that we cant in any situation consider the socioeconomic under ceqa unless the impact has to contribute to it a case out 6 backings fields theyre the board of supervisors were considering approving a couple of walmarts and the opponents were arguing the super supervises will lead to urban decay and blight in the downtown bakers field it is important to look at the blight they very evidence that showed that approving the walmarts were going to cause physical changes in their downtown area thats the link that needs tobacco made to us to take into consideration the socioeconomic simply in the ceqa process not to say those are not important policy considerations the city look at a policy process through the large project authorization this is just to say that ceqa is a state law we are implementing the state law it requires you require the physical changes the environment. And youre saying prominent thank you, ms. Burn your rejecting the significant changes that have happened that we should be analyzing it based on the conditions now we have 2008 eastern neighborhoods analysis i guess it still didnt stick with me not significant changes to require an eir based on the current position by the uc berkley and others have looked at consensus looked at the mission and down to the consensus track to me the changes have about so traumatic if usual a low income person or one of the businesses from the demolished buildings it is hard to see that is not a significant change and our policies ben Tech Companies in 2011, 2012 have led to this rapid change especially in the mission but now stretching thought richmond integrity and other places hard for me to accept not significant changes whether youre looking at socioeconomic and human a impacts or the physical ones what would transpiring the need for a new eir whats the conditions. Lisa gibson you have speaking the eastern neighborhoods eir in that case the ceqa guidelines provide a road map when subsequent review is needed for an eir in section of the ceqa guidelines once a project is approved the lead agencies is conceded until further discretionary is required if there is further discretionary review after the approval didnt require the reopening of that approval if after the project is approved any of the conditions described that are in a different section of this document occur the agency needs to prepare subsequent reviews when it is prior to granting a next discretionary approval the eastern neighborhoods didnt have a discretionary review approval on 2 it we have discretionary review approvals on a project that is proposed pursuant to the rezone but not discretionary action on the plan itself so by further it says when there is no further action if the situation that were theres no other responsible agency grantsdz an approval for the project theres no action that the agency needs to take so basically, theres no reopening of the eir unless there is a modified project for the eir itself. Even though the conditions have changed so significantly from 2008 to 2016 youre saying never going to be reopened i ska asked was what would trigger the reopening short of human suffering and impacts of low income and cultural communities that many are expressing from the audience. What youre describing it what i characterize as the People Perspective and experience based on build out in the planned area and accumulate as a result of the Zoning District there is a dissatisfaction for the Significant Impacts identified in the eir and what would require reopening the eir to address those changes revisiting the zoning in the Decision Maker or policymakers want to look at this in the eastern neighborhoods because of the data showing that the consequences are not desirable thats a policy matter whether that needed review under ceqa when we have a project that is relooked at. So basically youre hands are tied you cant even if significant changes in a neighborhood like the mission or around the project you cant do a current analysis that looks at even the physical or eir. Now we are talking about for those promotions were conducting our Environmental Review through the Community Process thats where we identify whether the individual projects will have project or cites specific impacts peculiar to the site and from the standpoint what is peculiar. For the 901, 16th street street appeal that was before in july was one were there was a peculiar impact related to Historic Resources and in that case that was no an impact in the eastern neighborhoods eir and therefore we did a exemption for the Environmental Impact report and higher level of review to address that and also Transportation Impacts that were addressed that were considered peculiar to the project. If this board 11 votes were to require a current date eir how long would that take and how much would that cost and delay the project. Youre asking if you require an eir you mean for this project how long and how much it would depending on the finding with regard to the sufficiencies youll wish us to secure id like to point out that we conducted a special technical studies 5 or 6 for that project not only for an eir you do technical studies but about so we look at the environmental tops and specific areas are well feed to study and in general preparation of an eir take between a year to two years for a focused eir between the two. Would likely delay the project for one or two years and how much would that cost. That is not a question i could go answer best answered we the department. Wyoming you estimate. Emery rogers through the chair. How much of other irs eirs. Those fees will depend on the special studies but lets see roughly there easily could be hundreds of thousand even if dollars to a million and put in your costs for a consultant it can be well above that. Hundreds of millions of dollars i appreciate your answering my question. Thank you supervisor campos. Thank you thank you madam president wanted to follow up on the line of questioning that supervisor mar and supervisor peskin were following and i appreciate the question from supervisor peskin as it relates to the corbin appeal because i think consistency is important he was the no vote on that item so i appreciate where hes coming from i respect that i think what supervisor mar is getting at we have two types of appeals the ceqa appeal and the cu and sort of what the limitations of the appeal are and what i find the most frustrating about ceqa is the very limited and narrow way to look at social impacts like displacement and so im wondering if i dont know if it is a question for the Planning Department or the City Attorney but sort of what is the relevance of that issue of displacement as we engage in Environmental Review. Because i think know that is the question for so many of any constituents; right . Why cant we look at that and deputy City Attorney mirena burns. The ceqa status addresses it through the definition of what you substantial evidence and which way need to support our decisions under ceqa this can, found in the Public Research code subsection c says substantial evidence arguments and unsubstantiated that evidence that is erroneous which dont contribute or caused by physical impacts on the environment is not substantial evidence this is specific dwellings and the ceqa guidelines further describe that by saying through the definition of a significant effect on the environment an economic this can be found in the ceqa guidelines an economic or social change by itself shall not have an be subsequent effect but were related to a physical change may be considered thats the key in ceqa were looking at under the state law mandate what are the physical changes to the environment the question before the board is whether there are that link is between the social changes and economic changes and the physical changes of the environment and that link needs to be supported by the substantial evidence in the record the board know the question before you in the context that is very specific type of exemption that was created by the ceqa statute itself that says where a project is consistent with the Development Density the zoning and general plan that has been adopted through an eir that is what the eastern neighborhoods is consistent with the zoning sdrent general zoning we look at the specific set of questions the question is i understand that the board a grappling with wrote a there are previously identified impacts in the eir as a result of new information which was not known at the time the eir was certified or determined to have a more savior impact that discussed in the prior eir so the washer and dryer needs to look at whether or not this is substantial evidence in the records those previously identified Transportation Impacts, impacts air quality all those to population and housing the eastern neighborhoods eir does consider have been changed because of substantial new information in the record to show the impacts will be more severe that didnt reopen it means the dp e if you find substantial evidence to support show have looked at and directly the Planning Department to do judge following up on that point; right . People say off ramp this project has impacts in terms of traffic a number of things environmental in nature so the question is the extent to which the neighborhoods eir look at those so maybe there are no through the chair to planning just building that the analysis in eastern neighborhoods that with standing that is the crux of ceqa appeal here. Through the president. Could you speak into the mike so we can sorry. The eastern neighborhoods eir. Im sorry just for the record whether each person speaks please identify yourselves thank you. Chris thomas Planning Department staff the emails eir covered rapid tops and many of the tops were evaluated on the basis of the impacts from the new zoning and projected population that results in the prelims of the eastern neighborhoods plan so thats the pragmatic review of the tops that were covered and we looked at. Number of issues and do kite the tops for transportation for example, that was of there was a Transportation Impact study done and evaluate each issue there a study or a matter of information in the eastern neighborhoods eir. Another issue related to the ceqa analysis on the issue of the greekt projections in the eastern neighborhoods eir i want to have a better understanding of what your response to this question of you know whether or not were talking about in any units a number of units that have been approved that go past what was anticipated in eastern neighborhoods if you can if you can address that specific point. Through the chair chris thomas many of the speakers point out the number of units anticipated for the Mission District have been exceeded in the itching range of the units have been square feet, however, what the eir looked was population projections and not a significant amount of development of Nonresidential Properties the population projections have not compete what was anticipated in the eastern neighborhoods eir. I have a question through the City Attorney related to this point i sort of see the point from the appellants and from what communities members said at some point, is it appropriate to cap the number of units built in the neighborhood you know the impact because of impact of those units can have on a neighborhood and im trying to i think to me thats an appropriate exercise and better to be safe than sorry we plan the future of a neighborhood like this one im trying to understand how to go about doing that it is appropriate to do that. Deputy City Attorney mirena burns. Through the pointing mechanisms through the planning code and state law for issuing the zoning moratoriums that maybe something the board may want to consider or another route through the planning code what is described through the staff the eastern neighborhoods eir analyzed growth and what analytical tools which were the projection of at the time the departments and the Planning Commission and the board in uphold the eir and appeal thought what was a reasonable analytical tool 24 was not a in the eastern neighborhoods eir but a cap but do board can create that. As the Planning Department a question about that i know that there is you know map 2020 that the department is looking at i mean is that something that is considered rezoning can you can you believe there is a point at some point we want to cap the number of units that are being built as a way of protecting the character of the neighborhood and Claudia Adachi the action plan 2020 we are looking at the larger policy changes and we think first and foremost acknowledging the gentrification are real in the mission and they were important to look at and so we theres been conversation whether it is appropriate under a ceqa look at that and as far as specific zoning tools weve been discussing one of them for example, a pdr requirement we looking at to allow for Affordable Housing on a number of limited pdr paralyze that will trigger that will be a policy change were also looking at on corridor as well as are there additional zoning tools to look at Affordable Housing in the mission those are the cochanges were starting to work on. Thank you i have a final question that id like to ask 9 Mayors Office of housing as i mentioned that land dedication has been a tool used before i want to be completely blunt about this you know weve heard a lot over the last couple of years about the meta project that basically, had allowed for the building of luxury housing in challenge for a developer buying property pies piece of land in the neighborhood 100 percent affordable will be built as a concept that is something that can makes a lot of sense because it actually allows us to think outside the box to maximize the number of affordable units that are ultimately built the problem with the meta project you had the luxury housing the marketrate housing that was built on site and yet were still waiting for the Mayors Office of housing to build the Affordable Housing and you know i dont want to dispager anyone but as were moving forward here in visions of Affordable Housing being built and ill tell you that a big concern that i have i know that members of this communities have can the Mayors Office of housing actually make this happen do this . And is it going to be the kind of thing that if Something Like this goes forward takes a long time before we see my thought Affordable Housing built what is the commitment the Mayors Office of housing because from my perspective you know as a concept i think that for Something Else to work we have to see the construction of the Affordable Housing piece as quickly as possible quite frankly as i mean, i think my goal would be my hope would be it happens same thing can you address that issue to me thats a big question that rightly people are raised i certainly worry about. Yes. Ill be happy to address that kate hartley Mayors Office of housing we are very aware of the criticism moving slowly and no denying it were constrained over the years by the fact that Affordable Housing costs a lot of money and the Mayors Office of housing and years past have not had large budgets in a way it has now there are years in the very recently past our total budget was 5 million thats not funding a project we are very fortunate to be in a very different situation right now we have a large amount of Affordable Housing fees job length and job fees as well as the three hundred and plus Million Dollar housing bond and our partner in Housing Production occ has been able to issue bonds on their project area income so i have sense my department has september a letter to your department that commits to expediting this project with an rfp out in 4 weeks that includes a normal outreach to the communities about the rfp which is why it didnt go faster and have the money in place have 2 million ready to go in the fiscal year of predevelopment funding for is this project can move immediately into the design phase we cant make architect and engineers work faster than they humanly can work there is typically a 12 month period of Architecture Design is he will include in the rfp the importance of expediting this project and we have the funds to do it and we firmly believe that it will be unlike previous land dedications because of Budget Authority that we have and because we know this project we know that Affordable Housing in the mission so so important. Myself and so many people in the Community Working hard to pass the housing bond 310 million, 50 million of that has been dedicated or pegged for the mission how much of that are you thinking of using can you belietalk about t actually. The 50 Mental Illness we issued a notice of funding for the prop a funds that is specifically dedicated to the mission one response and that we hope. So the 50 Mental Illness that remains available for the neighborhoods and absolutely. How much are you dedicateing. We have 30 million dedicated in addition to not having the acquisition fees we have the price of the development the developer will investor this preshovel rode in the having Hazardous Materials and upgrading activities that add costs to the project the overall cost of this project should come in lower than a typical project we buy the law land. A final question in the letter you talked about the issue of having affordable units how many will be built from any perspective we want to see as many affordable Housing Units built as possible i understand a projection of one and 36 units can you address that issue. We believe you can build up to one and 36b units on that site the minimum amount of units that mr. Meet the section is 80 that will the total production will be well over waterproofs we dont know the exact unit account because for a communitybased developer to binge think a design team to limousine with the Community Input and working with the developer we dont have a count right now but telling us in the Mission Affordable projects that are underway like 17 fulsome and shot well and on the density were achieving are exceeding our original projections we will put into our rfps that developers who submit proposals must maximize the affordable unit count and the number of units they can deliver will be part of selection process. Supervisor campos can i ask one questions are any of those including federal funding at all for any of the subsidies. No. Thank you i know that my colleagues have questions so thank you. Supervisor campos is finished i want to make sure it is made clear that in all of those instances we plan to use neighborhood preference. Absolutely. Neighborhood preference and woeven and ellis act a work preference all of the things eave passed here at the board of supervisors apply in the case of any development that includes Affordable Housing on site and we have legislative preferences we will apply certificate of occupancy i know your refer to the difficulties at kennedy we were unable to implement overseeing preferences due to flood action and appreciate the hard work youve put into restoring that decision ironically hud has slowed us down on the last Capital Project in the hud funds in San Francisco a program funded with called section 202 money and hud has eliminated that program and no others Capital Funding available so those difficulties were going through are on the kennedys no longer apply because hud as Capital Projects. Just to be clear the 202 program would go away but the possibility of new potential capital programs or no. Not currently inform. Thank you for that claefrts and supervisor cowen. Please excuse my back im going to speak into the mike here we go another ceqa appeal we have a lot of them them one thing that is consistent the call the eastern neighborhoods plan is constantly called into question and framed as a document it is updated and why the heck are we using it basically i wanted to know from the planning perspective why we continue to us the eastern neighborhood plan when it is updated. Lisa acting Environmental Review officer the reason we have continuing to us the eastern neighborhoods eir plan is as i stated in any presentation were mandate to do so the ceqa guidelines established a streamlining progress when you had a problematic eir to evaluate a plan as we did in this case, the subsequent projects development in cornerstones with the plan should be evaluated to what were calling a Community Plan exemption process. What entity mandates we create a plan and that we implement that it is it a state and the requirements for that a jean plan is a state requirements the eastern neighborhoods eir fulfills that mandate and then were required from the California Environmental quality act that was established by the state legislative for the Impact Analysis of that plan we courthouses to prepare a problematic eir we do so we can achieve the benefit of evaluating in one document and comprehensive set of cumulative types of issues that result from implementing a complex plan that covered so many of the large Geographic Area so we did a problematic eir to consider the interrelated rezoning effort issues and to a that informs the rezoning progress and the Decision Makers choices with zoning action abc real quick what was it create. The eastern neighborhoods plan was they are second reading in 2008. It took 12 years. More than 10 years. More than 10 years. Between 8 to 10 years to create this plan a Large Community effort. How did we plan prior to the eastern neighborhoods plan. So we had zoning in place at that time, in the areas of eastern neighborhood that identified what the land use controls in terms of height and bulk and we reviewed permits in accordance with the wlumd. You took project by project and now the eastern neighborhood plan covet like a map that if you want to build in a certain area either set the criteria you must meet. Thats correct. So my question and dont interpret it as disrespect ill asking on behalf of my constituents that has has many ceqa appeals how do we get rid of eastern neighborhoods plan. Thats a question that is quite frankly 0 outside my area of expertise the implementation of the California Environmental quality act i think that is a policy matter and one that Decision Makers should. So a policy matter so take up with the board of supervisors and even the Planning Commission i see people first ann marie and then and get a legal thinking outside the box. Emery rogers the board of supervisors when they feel a need to update the planning to undertake the efforts to initiate staff to work with the communities to update the policy thats one way it can happen and the board of supervisors can make gentle policy addictions and amend the planning code to the general plan as the zaff has said you can do a moratorium and change in every manner the zoning controls or ask the Planning Commission to engage in a big Community Process. I i know you guys are tired of coming here were tired no. Your not tired im the only one thats tired of that. Oh, another one that is tired. Deputy City Attorney mirena burns. I think that ms. Rogers stated it the entities that can initiate it the Planning Commission the Planning Commission has a long public process and hold hearings and refer them to the board of supervisors that sends the vote up and down to the amendments to the general plan any changes to the eastern neighborhoods a Community Plan of the general plan needs to go through the same process the board can initiate to the planning code didnt have to wait for the Planning Commission as with the general plan amendment so if any amendment is made not to conduct plans to the specific zoning you know density and requirements all those things in the planning code