Discretionary review weve received a request from the project sponsor to continue this matter to march 23, 2015 no others proposed for continues and there are no speaker cards. I have one speaker card oh, no, i did not. Thank you jonas any Public Comment on my of the 3 items. Good afternoon reuben, junius rose on behalf of the pardon for the 2855 filbert street we believe a continuance would be helpful to start resolving some of the facility issues that have come together the march 23 date works but my clients are here with their calendar in this there is another date well accept that that date is fine. Reuben, junius rose representing the project sponsor for item clayton you have in your pathway we hear there is concerns the project for demolition were asking for a continuance continuance to make the project work as a alternative he expect well come back and look at we can modify the project april 13th that would be great. Thank you hello commissioners keith one the dr filers for filbert street i live next door were happy to comply with the continuance were looking forward to seeing the new plans and do our best to get to a compromise and hopefully not come back on the 23. Is there any additional Public Comment on the items proposed for continuance seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners commissioner moore. Move to continue item one and proposed continuance for item 13 and 17 as noticed. Second. Thank you, commissioners on that motion to continue as proposed commissioner johnson commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commissioner moore and commissioner president hillis so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to zero and commissioners that places us under your consent calendar are considered to be routine and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, the public, or staff so requests removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. Tim 2137 clayton street item 3 2u789 and 4301 cesar chavez street discretionary review i have there are no speaker cards. Okay. Any members of the public would like to speak to any of the items on the consent calendar. Seeing none, commissioner moore i thought i received an email oak street was i apologize. I didnt have an opportunity to mention it to you the Zoning Administrator determined that was in compliance we can take that matter. I was asking for that item to be pulled i have a question and i think that would be something so for the commission to consider. Then well pull that off the content and commissioner president hillis shall we hear that at the beginning of the regular hearing. Commissioners items 3 and 4 are still before you for content. Commissioners a motion for items three and four. Commissioner johnson move to approve items three and four. Second. Thank you, commissioners on that motion to approve items 3 with conditions and for item 4 to discretionary review and approve the project with conditions commissioner johnson commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commissioner moore commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president hillis so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero commissioners that places us under commission matters item 5 adaptation of draft minutes for january 26, 2017. My Public Comment on the draft minutes seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner johnson and move to approve. For the minutes commissioner johnson commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commissioner moore commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president hillis so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places us under commissioners questions or comments. Commissioner moore. Following up on the presentation supervisor yee made the other week to us before familyfriendly housing i have a question as to whether or not we could get a presentation and not sure by whom on developing the fees for the childcare facilities funded how theyre coming in and what ties and how theyre used and what results have produced and the times we may have seen what they really do. Sure commissioner would you like that in the form of a memo outlining the information or thats fine. Oh. I have a second point mr. Andrew keri wrote us a 6 month update on broadway a project this Commission Approved in july 2016 but we attached a condition for of most update to that particular approval that is the boxcar theatre it operates off broadway with a performance aspect using the place an alley that is residential alley and parking space a staging place for the adjoining businesses and the outreach to the communities have received a number of comments where i dont feel if we asked for a hearing to get a better feel of what these things mean some of us are atoned to the communities concerns we take a gamble and id like to ask question schedule a approximately hearing on that matter. Okay. Thank you commissioner moore well schedule that commissioner Vice President richards. A couple of points first in my neighborhood a cbs is leaving and goes to going out of business when a cvs goes out of business in 2008, or 2009 at the bottom of economic collapse out at a fast clip the upper market is one of the faster places in the city on my way to the program i ran into the the president of association and talked about the vacant rate and things like that they made comments before the scraper is changing we have that in the downtown discussion on i think when was post street an third floor are not retail and second floor and now having the first story id like to wrap into it there into the analysis what the successful corridor where do we have one whats the mix of restaurants and establishments i guess what is it citywide and the other thing weve talked about residential building in terms of supply and demand and the the president of the merchant associations is seeing how much is coming online we have all those have a doubt spaces not a supply and demand problem but a demand the supplies is enabling we have the rents are decreasing ill trying to figure this out in the remain are plat toad brought more online and the spldz we should see that in retail were not seeing it in my neighborhood and another discussion in the mission a lot of the issues i read in the report resonate me well have floor plates of operability that are vacant but small floor plates 3 thousand square feet or less i put that in context of the pbs with a retailer of 10 thousand location one other thing ive spent the last two weeks in new zealand i cringe had i look at the newspaper and see yet another bizarre in washington, d. C. Were becoming the laughter stock of the world people come up and say are you an american i want to say im a canadian or californian one the things i want to why am i bringing this up we as a commission are not partisan i think this act money and the utopia in washington, d. C. We in california dont have to be a part of how we act as an commission and really sets the standard for people to say we want to function like them not out of washington i want to say that from two weeks away out of the country. Thank you commissioners, if theres nothing further, well move on to Department Matters directors announcements. Thank you jonas no new announcements today thank you. Item 8 review of past events of the board of supervisors is no board of appeals report the Historic Preservation commission did not meet yesterday. Good afternoon aaron starr manager, legislative affairs with supervisor president london breeds organization a must hotel and motel to gave him with the tragically the outreach will be prior to any approval they met on january 5th and recommended approval with modification it will contempt the hotel and motels this modification was included in the ordinance another land use and Transportation Committee no Public Comment and the Committee Members had a few clarifying questions they accepted the proposal and recommend to the full board next on the agenda an ordinance by supervisor kim allow arcades in the south of market and the eastern neighborhoods mixed use commissioners youve heard this on october 29th of last year and recommended approval to limit the ordinance for sli Zoning District after the supervisor indicated to limit the ordinance to the sli district due to Public Outreach because of formatting and drafting the City Attorney recommended the item be continued for one week to address those issues last an that is agenda two ordinances related to 950 Market Street to construct Affordable Housing and one that allows the city to accept this they considered this last year at the same time considered the entitlement for 950 market the commission made 3 requests the first is whangz to the ordinance and one to strengthen the link between the and the benefits will be delivered with the land dedication to the city supervisor kim made both of the requested amendments to the ordinance the third request for Additional Information the commission thought a better understanding the project costs and revenues as well the Affordable Housing to be delivered under the existing law and under this proposed law typically they meet the codified and standard housing or the Commission Reviews an agreement with the fiscal under the influence with oewd in response to the Planning Department request staff had information provided by the project sponsor and mohcd the members considered this with the ordinance and without the ordinance that contained 31 bmr units with 14. 7 million to the project sponsor with 68 smaller offsite bmr will yield 17 during the land use supervisor kim expressed comfort in a funding quest for the mohcd to build the Housing Units and the deal appeared to have an additional value of 2. 4 million supervisor peskin and supervisor farrell expressed disappointment in mohcd for not vetting the impact more thor the committee voted to continue is one week for staffs additional formation at the full board this week some good news the Transportation Demand management mass the second reading on its way to the mayor and last week, a few introductions that were not published in time for this hearing first, the planning code for the accessary dwellings sponsored by supervisor peskin and also a resolution for the compton cultural district in the 50 market a hearing by supervisor tang on streamlining of restaurant permitting processes, and there was a hearing request for housing for families are children sponsored by supervisor yee that will take place on miracle 7 and the board for the community as a whole and finally a hearing for the Transportation Demand management sponsored by supervisor yee, supervisor fewer and supervisor cohen that concludes my remarks. Thank you mr. Starr. My commissioner questions or comments. Seeing none, we can refer next item. Under general Public Comment at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. Each member of the public may i have one speaker card for georgia wishing and ms. Swedish. Good afternoon. I want to apologize wleerng hear i brought the r d g by commissioner Vice President richards in the early winter of 2014 wanted to have a combination i said where does that fit in with the budget i said 25 years that only 14 i apologize it is great youll be doing this in the fall thank you for that information here is something i kind of go forward it at first but at the top can i have the overhead, please . A demolition well, not a demolition an alteration hello sfgovtv narrow here it is it is not on. Here ill give it to you it is okay anyway an alteration and the 311 i mean on alteration according to the 311 but there it is a thing on the top and nobody there it is i thought ill bring it up well talk about 317 this year. Thank you. Is there any additional Public Comment general Public Comment. Commissioners good afternoon Mary Gallagher the earlier, you voted on what im thinking of an expedited consent calendar but norman when a dr is filed 3 to 6 months down the road sometimes the dr is withdrawn when both parties afford a lawyer and in the dr filers can afford a lawyer this leads some filers to avoid that the consent calendar allows the parties to come to an agreement on the building envelope and bring the changes before you on the consent calendar and enforced by the city not by the lawyers in court animals there are private Agreement Private sponsors and attorneys want as many hours and possible but dr filers will not have to pay an attorney they get the assurance the changes will be enforced by the city and a record on the proper information act this is an incentive for the dr filers to set they get a hearing as soon as the will agreement is reached in closed hearing that to say the sponsor must avoid a dr hearing this answer as mentioned it is an unusual event the third party pulls a case off the consent calendar for a fire chief hearing what would have happened if not a settlement i want to thank jonas for getting this going it may result in addition settlements allowed the 431 caesar chavezs to be heard today monopoly has to use that process the initial case report online didnt explain the agreement and this happened because the department didnt have a comprehensive detailed staff of procedures and had a set of procedures existed so where just want overseeing procedures with the new template for the case report and instead it was me saying hey this case report thank you, mr. Ionin and others in my opinion in order for a Public Agency to function with consistency and transparency needs a detailed pubically available procedure maybe you can put this in the work program thank you for your time. Thank you, ms. Gallagher. Next speaker, please. Glimpse commissioners im denise i live in San Francisco in district 3. This is my second time here i am here bugs going i dont approve the unmarked cars driving through Taylor Street up that grade across from the center do you know how many people get hit pedestrians everyday a huge safety issue i no longer feel safe crossing the street at the corner of california crossing california from taylor and huntington paperwork i want to see my dog friends my husband is 6 two and hes not with me to help me cross the street if we like it feels like a video game you dont understand this is a dangerous dangerous place when the hbo came to town it is way too dangerous we need it to have Police Officers and chief of Police Officers and arrest people for speeding and continually running the lights and almost hitting the pedestrians and he didnt have a leadership number thats why no leadership the uber drivers are taking off the leadership understanding running around it is ridiculous this is ridiculous i dont understand why you approve this im disappointed now i am two afraid to leave the house i came for my neighbors ive bypassing been hit by a car walking to school that was years ago it is not a fun experience im lucky to be alive i want to stop assuming the people will follow the rules and please, please, please put chp on the corner please arrest people thank you for your time and remember not unring a bell and you owe to residents not just residents but people thank you for your time. Additional Public Comment general Public Comment. Commissioner Vice President richards. A couple of points to the speaker that talked about i understand the department is on the verge of time progressing weve put in the budget for last year but there the city processes has taken longer and want to get it condition in place for tand the speaker that talked the z not our domain appreciate you bringing that up and supervisor chiu legislation for d one in the colonial for commissioner wu and supervisor peskin thank you next item josh. Commissioners under our regular calendar item 2 for case 964 966 oak street this is a conditional use authorization. Good afternoon commissioner wayne Planning Department staff the item before you is a request for a conditional use to legalize on existing housing unit that is operated without permits since 2000 the project sponsor is pursuing funding from the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development Small Site Program to convert the property into portal Affordable Housing for existing and future tenants the project doesnt propose construction only for the existing conditions since the time of the packet published it was published weve received one Public Comment in opposition the staff recommends approval with the app bilk zoning and will create permanent Affordable Housing im available to answer any questions. Thank you. Is the project sponsor here. You have 5 minutes. Good afternoon tyler from the San Francisco land trust were here to answer questions were simply trying to legalize the property so just a to get the proper label on that have a nice day. Commissioner moore. Im in full support. Im sorry, i didnt take Public Comment any Public Comment . Im in full support and want to hear about the background hover on drawing a3 i understand it is a drawing for 10 bedrooms in the center of the plan is are two bedrooms that create one bedroom that doesnt follow the code thats the bedroom that if have my access to regulation and light and my suggestion is that if those bedrooms would be flipped to share half of the bay in the direction this a cab conducted it to not based on a bedroom. I couldnt agree more i should have clarified the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development asked us to legalize all parts of project including the physical department youre talking about today all were asking to do is clarify we have not solved all the problems weve been coming back. Thank you for the support to adapt traditional floor plans to this amount of bedrooms is difficult but if nothing else well support this housing sidewalks. Thank you move to approve commissioner johnson. Commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commissioner moore commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president hillis so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero. Thank you very much. Thank you, commissioners on item 9 for capier 70 mixeduse district project a draft report please note the written comments accepted until february 21st, 2017. Good afternoon commissioner president hillis and members of the Commission Im melinda Planning Department staff the item before you is a review and comment on the pier 70 mixed use project Draft Environmental Impact report or draft eir pursuant to the California Environmental quality act or ceqa and San Franciscos local procedures for implementing procedures the item before you to receive the comments im joined by my colleagues rick senior planner and alien inspirational planner and the technical specialist members of the team and the project sponsor is forest city and the port of San Francisco are also presents the project sponsor kelly for forest city will provide a brief overall of the project. Overview of the project. Thank you melinda good afternoon commissioner president hillis and members of the commission thank you jonas my name is kelly with forest city and along with the port of San Francisco were project sponsors for the pier 70 mixed use project wereer were recently before you in november of 2016 for the informational presentation to the commission on the overview site plan as you recall it has been in the making for 10 years with the master plan the mayor and the board issued an issuance for forest city forest city has been working on the pier 70 project for the last of years over that period of time there have been dozens of events with thousands of paternity influencing the gilding principles most recently open houses in october and november that drew over 5 hundred folks this feedback from the Community Members fwloez flores into the Land Use Plan to share what is created an urban waterfront district in San Francisco those included uses you dont find in master plan with pdr and significant components the mixed use and commercial office space to provide for an active place weekend and weeks ago days thirty percent of units will be belowmarketrate as a reminder the pier 70 or special use district is 28 acres and the 7 illinois parcel in 2014 the pier 70 was first to go to the ballot in prop b in november of 2014 proposition x with the height from 40 to 90 feet was approved by 73 percent of voter with guiding to be provided by the project we know this approval was a result of time and care for the from the community and make sure that input was requested in the project before you today indeed proposition x was endorsed by the dog patch association and the potrero boosters the zoning effect didnt take effect but waited a complete ceqa analyze that must take place a rezoning action thats why were here one the key pieces of feedback in 2014 to make sure that note every building was built 90 feet the proposed project is a tight plan with the building from 50 to 90 feet and open space we said to be responsive to the Community Feedback about a variety of Building Height from 20th and 22 and potrero hill there is a back and forth project from the potrero hill this view from 20th and third about the project and heres the view with the project i know the view if 20th street and further up the hill without the project and with the project and finally a view from 22 and wisconsin without the project and with the project additional features include the buildings totally more than three hundred and 80 thousand square feet building two and 12 on the left and right respectfully the proposed project site is oriented around the Historic Building with the key features with the rehabilitated buildings and open spaces the land plan for the project before you is consistent with the 2010 master plan that identified Key Resources across pier 70 that is a significant or compact and identified the resources to be rehabilitated the diagram is the entire pier 70 master plan area and shows the rehabilitation in gray proposed across the site the architecture of pier 70 will be regulated by the pier 70 f u d and look forward to providing the commission with the presentation and proposed guidelines at meetings in the future. The proposed project is also included 9 acres of parks and open space with a Waterfront Park for the San Francisco bay where it didnt exist before the team and Field Operations and other projects with the ones in new york that gives a sensitivity to the industrial feeling of the site and make sure that the open space is an innocent to the neighborhood did open space is by the industrial use of area as well as the Union Iron Works Historic District in the artifacts is a corridor approach it includes a type of spaces with the childrens playground and passage spaces and spaces for events context excuse me finally to touch on the Public Benefits and the utilities and infrastructure the property project will elevate the site to protect buildings from the range of satisfies for 21 hundred other key features with the acres of open space and thirty percent of all units with the 28 site is offered belowmarketrate additionally the project is submitted to replace the projects for the folks another Union Building that space will be permanently affordable not just for the replacement of Union Building but the arts facility is four times that exist at the site to have the arts at the pier 70 in addition the project is the first privately funded development committed to the local hire requirement for the construction as well as an goal with regards to transportation the ground work is laid down for the infrastructure that serves the revitalization there the investment in the closet to the pier 70 site is the central subway will increase that by 50 personality this will happen before the workers come to we know the project must be responsible for the Transportation Demands first, the project will be designed so prioritize Public Safety and modes the transportation the project will have aggressive tdm with a transit as well as education and Incentive Program for pier 70 to drive less as a layer above this the eir requires annual monitor with a 20 percent reduction in trips identified to the eir and finally generates fee that concludes my presentation. Thank you, kelly as a reminder the item before the commission to comments on the draft eir and not the project as kelly said future informational regarding the project its the proposed project result in the specific cumulative significant and unable impacts with the transportation specifically transit and loading and needs specifically increases in the ambient noise level and air quality and air pollution the draft eir found other resources historic architecture resources transportation and circulation, noise and vibration and air quality and wind and biology resources and geography and hydrology and city mitigated to less than levels a meeting for the Historic Preservation commission or hpc comments was held on february 1st, 2017, i provided you a thought hpc letter at the hearing the majority of hpc 6 out of 7 commissioners concurred with the analysis in the conclusion of the draft eir and felt the measures would reduce the impacts to a lens significant level commissioner pearlman disagreed with the conclusions in the driving and felt the demolition of the existing contributors building 15, 16, 25 and 32 and 6 will cause an adversely impact to the Historic District that cant be mitigated to a level further comments would constitute i and f 4 Building Inspection Commission to include a way finding program that reflects history the hpc requested more information about the Site Development and the circulation pattern and review order which respond to all written comments and make revisions to the draft eir as appropriate those interested in commenting by writing i writing my submit their comments to the environmental officer in suit 4 hundred by 5 00 p. M. Only on february 21st it end on february 21st the department will have responses to all relevant comments on the draft eir comments and september in writing by 5 00 p. M. I suggest the public hearing be open. Go ahead gradually went down to the bay and from earth from irish hill was used to build that that history shouldnt be lost i hope that irish hill can be preserved. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners my name is stephen philippines im align independent Research Historian ive brought a picture of irish hill that he end of the 1800s this was what irish hill used to look like it housed 11 hundred people ive been an historian and never studied an area like a ghost town all that is left is a small piece of land that peter showed you ive been hard working to make sure that people understand irish hill all the hills in San Francisco have their own history and reminder of what was there old structures irish hill has none that was a hill that disappointed im Police Department that irish hill will not be raised the lass last chunk of irish hill will stay but the viability will be impaired from this illinois street youll be able to see irish hill this is go through today it is still there but the building that are put there the view of irish hill will be obscured and affect the Public Access to this place parts of eir were talking about the digging of parts of irish hill to make the road to the machine shop area the digging that will take place on irish hill is minimal 23 percent of hill by the digging can reveal my architectural and anchorage local things the hill is there not been touched for one hundred years 1918 when the last excavations were there i brought a few pictures to show you. Okay. This is a woman dress i found it on irish hill full of mud was the lace that it had this is a beer bottle from irish hill that was a rapid neighborhood slogans and beer was bottled before the turn of the century if you guys got hit on the head with that youll be in trouble the head after a claw hammer and people on irish hill canned their own food i have here dr opium a painkiller that was recorded to be safe for children, however it was easily easily miss managed and killed quite a while babies sir, your time is up. Thank you next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners my name is phil lived on potrero hill on missouri street i wanted to add my voice to the other two im a member of the a i a and seen the plans for Development Plans and i think that is really a shame were not going to take advantage from what it looks like the particular supportive irish hill i think that if it were a more open space many cities have public parks open areas which give character to the neighborhood heres an opportunity to make that a special spot in the neighborhood and from what ive seen theyll wall it off on 3 sides id like to say that id like to see this city and the port request alternate plans im sure we have alternates we have skilled architects working on this project a playground with a place it would be a very commendable and wonderful asset to the neighborhood and i just want to say that i think that is wonderful that were saving pier 70 it is about time and i hope that it is ive studied pier 70 as Cultural Landscape important and sensitive so lets try to get the developer on board with that vision thank you very much thank you next speaker, please and i live kooefrl the increase of 68 hundred new residents that will have an impact on the open space and recreational facilities in potrero hill and dog patch less than a Significant Impact i disagree with that the rec center will be used even though the eir or dir said there will be theres improvements happening to the kooefrl with the park bond they not are making changes but opportunity to improve on the 9 acres of space including pier 70 further community 50 percent increase of residents to the area and it will have an impact on the function and usage of jackson park and so i disagree with that finding and i know there 0 needs to be cushioning for a reactional facility considerations for those impacts thank you. Thank you, sir. Thank you commissioner president hillis im the president of the jay hill boosters and remind you of the situation were facing in that area with the neighborhoods in dog patch with written cocomments to the draft eir by the issues the draft eir get a full hearing if theyre only addressing pier 70 to be a success we want it to be a success it is a positive roll model and thank you for the time for when prop f sets the height limit of 72 percent with the support of boosters and the dog Patch Neighborhood Association and that design for the Development Document will be coming will draw rave reviews in that document with all the good things that gone under the boundary of pier 70 didnt eliminate the stresses outside of the projects borrowed ive gone on how dog patch and mission bay feels inadequate to fulfill this is dog patch has doubted its populations and thats in the eastern neighborhoods ambulance not counting the mega projects as pier 70 which include mission rock and chase center and the redevelopment and the power plant and the Public Housing that is within the study area for transit for the project and thats in addition to the usf the dog patch neighborhood with the impacts to the university is exempt if mitigating the tools and taxes and fees so my neighbors have gone in detail and hear more before the transportation and submit our written comments it is important there are issues that needed to be addressed i believe they can be addressed for a city working with us to address them that helps at the end of the day a lot of it is into forest city issue to address but the city and county of San Francisco no fleet or private shuttles are alleviate the one hundred thousand trips from pier 70 in light of the other projects i ask the Planning Commission to look at the comments and providing those resources necessary to mitigate the impacts this and permitted for the assets on the waterfront thank you. Thank you, mr. Smith. Good afternoon, commissioners corey smith on behalf of the housing coalition. Speaking in support of draft eir here today and nevertheless, it is 10 years not making and certainly a planning process that speaks volumes to what we have in San Francisco and absolutely a milestone with our residential impacts well take every opportunity to maximum the amount of housing in the project itself by the marketrate affordable and this will going to the consortiums weve been talking about will be a wonderful benefit to speaking in support of it again, thank you very much. Alison heath with grow potrero responsibly im limit my comments to putting too many people into the area the population growth is not less than significant the number of residential unit has the potential to steady the total under the Central Waterfront plan all at once and sdpeedz the port of San Francisco burdening us with the fair share the mix 2. 2 million of square feet and 10 thousand workers on site shoppers and dinners no spice this development about generate one and 41 thousand person trips a day with mark farrell 34 hundred that concludes my remarks and Unlimited Limited transit options the danger a 20th century car risk on classify with projections that have people coming and going and relying on cars what concerns me and should concern you the draft eir finds in Significant Impacts in traffic ignoring the level of studies that were done by the developer last year under that los analysis a single development will bring thirty intersections this is a constant traffic jam think about what this means our air quality and Public Safety and emergency vehicles here we are with an environmental report that clouds the reality of so if i option in the future only 21 percent of people will travel by Public Transit frankly this is the problem relying on promises of patchwork of private shuttles and walkways have 50 percent of people in automobiles about moving forward on this 21st area power plant the city must have a network of public options that we can stop pretending and put transit first. Thank you, next speaker. Mr. Hall. Thank you i dont have my prepared comments but want to follow up and second what go j r and alison said but maybe just to also add my little piece that is always you know about pacing and this is getting the infrastructure in time for what is comes as a project is built you know it takes like thirty years put in the subway you know and god knows it seems like to take forever when sfmta has money for them to spend that i think there is a recent article on that so what i will ask and add my comments to the formal comments that came to raise our attention to the issue of pacing and the fact that weve got as far as im concerned, a wasted asset down with the t line instead of mitigations sfmta will continue with this program and tps lets get specification in order for this project to be built theyll have sfmtas required to as a mitigation to put x number of trains you know what whatever 15 minute integrals on the t line gets specific with the timing and pacing and stop accepting basically mitigations that are platitudes not mitigations if theyre not specific and no timing and no money theyre not mitigations their platitudes thank you. Thank you. Is there any additional Public Comment on the draft eir . Seeing none, opening for commissioners questions or comments okay. Commissioner johnson. Thank you very much to the staff as always you guys do a fantastic job on the environmental analysis whether people agree with it are not a heroic effort so i definitely appreciate the efforts that the project sponsor and the staff and those who have contributed thus far to the draft eir ill be looking forward to seeing the response document i do believe there are a number of things that weve heard today and the commissioners will have to say and the written comments are substantial ill be presenting written comments but today just a couple of things ill highlight they hearing so we got a memo sometimes, we get things passed up to you say that was from the Historic Preservation commission and just sort of summarize their discussion and there was one dissenting commissioner that said that discharged the analysis of historical analysis impacts are mitigated through the proposed mitigations and i think ill have a tendency to agree my on the only thing ill say i dont know if it requires changes to the project but for at least well be looking at having a statement of what are we called oh, what it is well be looking at a statement of overriding consideration i dont believe that the mitigation are proper for the Historic Resources for the amount of changes i feel the new development will be contextually and thats not the same thing as keeping those Historic Resources so a couple of things unclear and looks like the Planning Commission when i look at the list of approvals that need to go through the city it looks like the Planning Commission will be seeing the design for development i look forward to seeing this but it was not clear from my read of dir whether or not the two paralyze that are set aside for parking structures are the only parking allowed on site that finding not clear so theres a table that says a different project option how many onstreet parking and offstreet parking will be allowed in the clear the offstreet parking is 100 percent in the set aside for parking if theyre not certainly that will be impact the traffic study and impact the month of it i think im sure there is seeing from my personal externals growing up in a place island near a city they have the set up the entire project and the only parking allowed in the site was one parking structure in the id like that 6th district at large impacted folks in a way when all buildings have their own set of Parking Spaces i think that is for the impact how we look at the traffic study and hopefully clarified in the description great points on recreation typically for a large project like this dont necessarily very specific programming of the specific sites and open space at the this point that was not experience with mission bay and Hunters Point you dont see the exact programming, however, there are very few recreation facilities outside of site and hopefully, maybe an opportunity to do it different than other projects and think about that programming a little bit sooner so if we were have things like a baseball slashing Volley Ball Court maybe sort of pencil those in a little bit earlier than normally norman youll see the programming later but a reason to do it earlier if we can and with that, i think a great job and it is adequate to move forward with the eir and looking forward to seeing the responses from some of the comments today and looking forward to seeing if writing. Thank you. Can you give an overview of the schedule and what ultimately will come back to the Planning Commission i know we have a fairly complicated traction with the Lease Development sorry commissioner president hillis yes, so in march were anticipating the first round of reviews on the design for review and substantially my and all the zoning map amendments and the final eir will come back to the placing for review and the Port Commission. Not a da. There that be a da. Offering that will come to the Planning Commission. There was confusion about the port zoning and whether or not we have were the ones that changed the zoning or the Port Commission does that so thank you i want to echo you know the documents is well done and thorough and some of the concerns is about active recreation weve heard on other projects the lot on 337 where uses will be i know that we have issues about the land because of state limits but it will be good to see more of that along the waterfront or the projects inside the city and on the design document i think that that will be critical you show great renderings in the presentation how the design fits with the industrial aesthetics and the shaping it is important as we move forward special in keeping the aukt its. Commissioner Vice President richards and ill be submitting my comments in writing, however, the beauty of Public Comment and public testimony we get preserves from many lens i recall the discussion an oak and the vehicles miles traveled how that fits where it fits and shipped to the averages, etc. And into the finding the analysis the summarized how current are they are they dated 1990 or 2000 and recall that conversation to make sure we are all on the on the same page in terms of summations of the numbers regarding i mean the numbers that some of the public bought up regarding the number of car trips a day these sounds like scary big numbers were in are congested place when we have the 5m it is farther away a simulation was done and the numbers i have a hard time trying to understand when it will look like if i were standing there the 5m there were simulations and i i feel comfortable how the cars are gathering up in distributions, etc. That that would be helpful and mr. Halls comments about metering not having the infrastructure coma decade later and getting the ridership up to the average on Public Transportation we have something to think about we already have in the eastern neighborhoods the infrastructure has not the demand for infrastructure and were adding more load to a burdened situation i think in terms of mitigation . The exact number of fewer cars needed to get those people in and out to understand regarding the recreation space you know we already have a bans the projects weve heard a burden recreation system with few public amenities with the playground and rec center i think one of the publics point and maybe commissioner Johnsons Point finding how the open space will be to understand what the load is on the other open spaces an Actual Program and if i want to play ball in an open space that kind of thing i look forward to moving this along and wait for other comments. Commissioner moore. Given the size of this project and the people that work on that the eir is sparse i attribute that to the thoroughness of the work into the planning and to the many questions that enormous numbers of people in various working groups have brought to the project that makes it more clearly structured eir and easier the one comment that the request to dig a little bit deeper into the history of the settlement patterns of the area including the justification why were moving towards the street grids he considers to be uncharacteristic in the district not a deal breaker but illuminating that discussion for the policymakers will go help than large specific areas it is difficult when juxtaposeed well have is an easier buy in i commend forest city for all the work and look forward for this to bring forward comments by which we can all support the eir. Thank you. Commissioner johnson. Thank you very much i also want to say one last thing about some of the comments from the public today and sort of probably some of the responses that will be get based on for eir i think that is important for people to realize their based on the project sponsors project and the mitigation is based on the intention that the project sponsor can do when it comes time to talk about the city and county mitigations will reference laws or the regulations or rules that did project sponsor can put in place that may mitigate certain impacts but the eirs will not require the creation of a new bus line as as mitigation to a potential transit or traffic issue i think that is a little bit of a short coming of the way this process was designed but want to say that a lot of the points are welltaken and hope that our sister agencies are able to take those comments and especially the mta and really think about the circulation of the some of the newer or improved especially bus lines in 3 area when i look at this thing im reminded of the Hunters Point shipyard originally the 49ers stadium a place all the busses comment come and the 49ers moved to sacking so no longer make sense i think that pier 70 is worth having the same conversation what is the circulation pattern looks like and make sure it didnt overlap with the plans and other transit agencies they may have. Great seeing no other comments well Public Comment is closed. And comments will be accepted in written form thank you to the Planning Department and the city in getting us here its been a Long Time Coming and move on to the next item thanks. Commissioners that places us on item 10 calle 24 special use district {board file no. 170028} planning code amendment. There is a big crowd for this we might want to well take a two minute break to clear the room and bring in others for the next item. Shall we take twoperfect. One second please. Thank you good afternoon and and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. To the Planning Commission thursday, february 9, 2017, im reminded members disruptions of any kind. Proceedings. And when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. Commissioners, we left off under our regular calendar on item 10 for case calle 24 special use district {board file no. 170028}planning code amendment. Good afternoon commissioner Diego Sanchez with the Planning Department staff ill present the special use district, however, before i begin my presentation we want to present supervisor ronens office for the Mayors Office yes as well as also with the Mayors Office with time to present to you thank you. Good afternoon commissioner sheila from Hillary Ronen so like chinatown, north beach and japantown the latino cultural district is a special place that attacks tourist from all around the world and a place that became a regional hub for the community and people come back for social services and all the weekly things their families may need and connections to a lot of cultural pieces like their churches and communitybased organization but this place is hope home to many residents that live in the district and right around there and thats why supervisor Hillary Ronen in collaboration with the Mayors Office so excited this was first piece of legislation she introduced to preserve this neighborhood what that cultural district so toxic in terms of mix of businesses that are there that that preserves legacy businesses and incentivizes theyre prejudice and for the unique features the district like small storefronts and mom and pop shops and the Latino Community and the rich history and it is a place that also is looking for ways to attractive and support new businesses on the corridor so with that, i also wanted to thank the Planning Department and particular Diego Sanchez and the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development and folks in particular calling names and also the City Attorneys office mirena burns for helping us with that work and bring to your attention one thing we learned in having conversations with the Zoning Administrator they found that the way they were interpreting it that looks like the controls on eating and drinking establishment might pertain to limited restaurants that wanted to convert to a restaurant and was not our intention so asks us to make clarification i hope you as commissioners will forward a recommendations to the full board that we add language that exempts any limit restaurant that want to become a restaurant being part of controls thank you very much and away kin torres. Thank you, thank you Deputy Director of office of Economic Workforce Development and mayor ed lee it is a pleasure to be here today to introduce and support the quatro suspending before you and on behalf of the the mayor ed lee with the office of Economic Workforce Development been a partner with supervisor ronen to bring this ordinance been a pleasure to work with folks to have a balanced tailored approach for the diverse character of this latino cultural district its been a Long Time Coming and it is representation of the in active work with the exemplar work by sheila and Diego Sanchez from planning and others youll hear from and others the work we have done in support of the kwaunt has been inclusive and build in the long time work serving Small Businesses and nonprofit organizations and supporting neighborhood and Cultural Assets within the cultural district and the Greater Mission area for money that invited and shops or otherwise enjoys the cultural from the cesar chavez festive to programming and brav have or finding st. Francis fountains the sales coffee and pops that is a special place it is in large part due to the characterization of latino cultural district is an asset to the city that corridor is stable weve lost businesses to rent increases but many have stated a real pressure exists to the stability of our existing businesses weve seep it from the we talk with and needs to be thoughtfully and the and tailored to the changes and experience regulations we dont take lightly we believe from a balanced approach will help to preserve those characteristics for years to come to discuss that in detail ill bring up a clearing from the Mayors Office of Economic Workforce Development or and look forward to working with you to support the latino are cultural district and our Small Business Community Good afternoon, commissioners in the following slide i hope to provide context and background of what has led and how weve got to the actuating district. As joaquin mentioned one of 25 corridors around the city it is an interdepartmental initiative we work closely with our Neighborhood Partners and local efforts one of the principles of the invested neighborhoods to build on the strengths of the cultural district in this next slide i want to point out to a few things that clarify the boundary and between the cultural latino cultural sdrifbt that was recognized by the board of supervisors and the special use district the special use district is the red mar are an line the blue is where it excludes properties facing Mission Street it folks on the character and the surrounding 24th street well be undergoing a different assessment for Mission Street but for those sets of regulations in particular that will focus around the character along 24th street and the surrounding area so some of the existing characteristics that make up the district are varied and small storefront and the history and institutions they part of history a big part is workingclass neighborhood that have had many waves of immigrants throughout the generations and in the lesbians some of them have been in operation for over thirty years and still there those types of businesses provided the opportunity to buy our property and be able to operate our business downstairs and live above thats part of character that exists within the district. Now in terms of the latino cultural and why is that a latino cultural district why 24th street it is because of history Small Businesses as you can see i point to some of the things that exist we have 11 different cultural institutions that high concentration of murals and the cultural and the many cultural events that happen while the concentration is apparent there are other characteristics that are part of it with the small storefronts, etc. To preserve and retain those unique it is not meaning we are overlooking improvements Public Safety or planning there are examples of the special use district the commercial district that developed their own set of procedures to protect chinatown has protected itself from Financial Institution and north beach from restaurant serving businesses the mission al colonel prohibits liquor store from coming in the late 80s its only one of those of the intervention to create a vibrant one part of many activities and services and efforts that we are undergoing currently on the ground this is an time of the how much of some of the institutions and businesses that exist that have been in operation for more than thirty years. We have is about 2 institutions that have been in operation important thirty years four on the legacy business registry it United States of america is a new program that has been established through the city in order to be recognized part of city legacy business through two commissions Historic Preservation commission and be approved Small Business commission so in terms of the historic nature that exists we are using the cultural district as an economic streaming attracting events created by business institutions the cultural district bathrooms a catalyst visitors and creates opportunity across the sectors so this timeline is just a representation that in terms of what brought us here and what has guided our process we began in 2013 engaging with residents and businesses and institutions and then the recreation of the latino cultural district in 2014 a six months process for feedback from businesses in the area about what they thought about the latino cultural district that was a recognition that didnt have restricts then we mondved on to 2015 with the interim controls to protect small storefronts so there is is on the storefront the suv will replace this 3 meeting we introduced the conception we didnt say the legislation we were building up to it we held 3 meeting in on that but in between that weve engaged with numerous stakeholders one the neighborhood that led to the introduction in january. The businesses a high priority for the area for us we spirit it up into two with the investment we hired a fulltime corridor manager to engage with the businesses with the lease negotiation and inspections or even facade improvements in addition to supporting the efforts around the cultural district. So just to kind of give a quick overview in terms of the diversity that exists within the corridor in part a inspiration for why the regulations we have 23 percent in retail and eating and drinking is 32 and personal services 34 percent so we consider that a pretty health and safety existing mix in terms of storefront trend this spans a pretty wide range of eaters diane and cafe and bars have increased and displayed some of the types of uses in the pipeline it seems moderate has been at a health and safety pace, however, a trend of taking over retail formula in the pipeline 4 new restaurant two of which are in existing vacant sites sorry and goes to what are we pope the main regulations can be split into two categories one threshold for eating and drinking establishment a cap of thirty percent along the corridor to try to preserve the uses that exist within there and the other is administration of the conditional use authorization so were asking to trigger criteria that relates back to the character of the area and asking to add 3 new triggers for conditional use authorization one storefront morgue and one legacy business and one medical service for legacy business is if youre occupying a site that was previously occupied by legacy business these are geared at trying to preserve the diversity of the businesses and protect the small storefronts the legacy businesses and provide an opportunity to contribute back to the characteristic of the area. So as a point of reference the next slide shows what triggers the conditional use in the current are triggered the conditional use authorization and in the blue are the 3 additional were recommending as part conditional use were proposing how to contributor back to the district they meet 4 out of 6 purposes those are important to the character of the that he represent many of the things that our residents are doing and businesses will be encouraged to do for example, the trairldz with local artists and jewel makers and selling products in their stores they maintain have maintained their physical character there is a good example that came in they will change the use and became a restaurant and maintain the signage as part of history of the neighborhood so those represents the characteristics that are part of the district that are beyond the latino cultural aspects the history of it the essence of what makes the district and its character. And this is another example of in past two years 18 businesses that have changed and so this is none of these would trigger the regulations that were proposing today so it is just a demonstrates that changes were allowed and changes that will continue to be we feel is a very specific approach to many of the characteristics in this slide different ways to take into consideration when developing many of the regulations and will say we heard some people wanted more restaurant and other people wanted to limit restaurant and overall i wanted to represent in terms of the input and more places people i think can agree on than disagree on through the input of past few years and the with the Community Many much feedback that gone both an informed approach in this sud it beyond the meeting around the regulation but have been collecting information from the district what are the importance to them. And see to the last slide ill end with today, youll hear many voices that deeply about the community some in support and some opposition and 34 with questions those regulations do or too little we find a balanced approach by a sense of community and city dialogue behind the voids well hear the personal connections to the neighborhood that we love it above all i did commission has harder about the people not included in art of progress i we have an Important Role to find the common that unifies use it benefits the cultural and economic vibrancy of our neighborhood and the character of our city that diagram recognizes the strengths and the common goal bans what were heard from the neighborhood from meeting and many voices in the center is our commitment through investing in the neighborhood and the actions were talking to support and build on the assets within that area a vibrant corridor that preserves the cultural historic and provides serves to the local community the regulation contained are limited and balanced that will not solve Public Safety dirty streets and protest businesses from leaving or coming in the focus on specific characters that preserves the localities that makes this area so special they allow for change and provide an opportunity for businesses to contribute to the area we ask you to support those measures and look forward to answering questions i believe my colleague will explain more in the regulations. Thank you, commissioner the department is in support of ordinance because it proposes controls that help to maintain the corridor as a vibrant neighborhood with the active character they build on the planning code controls in the existing controls draw southern out of a 25 percent threshold with the mcd in the location a 35 percent concentration this is being proposed help to maintain a difference set of diversities within the corridor and present one use from dominating the corridor requiring conditional use for the replacement of place addresses the needed of the character the will recognize that a city first created in the legacy business registry and then by votes in the past over 2015 prozac the general plan makes a mention of the longstanding retailers how they provide benefits to neighborhood corridors in the spirit and this as proposed to extend the land use controls for the this is a novel control did benefits to the corridor similarly the storefronts in the area electricity to the neighborhood character and provided an offering of bids and services requiring the conditional use shows their exceptional or extraordinary and compatible with the neighborhood and finally all requests for conditional use are comparable with the stated purposes 6 purposes as mentioned first to say that physical improvement are contextual and the second to promote the vibrant arts and the 3 legacy businesses but provide neighborhood serving officers to the adjacent resident the 5 to build partnerships with the uses and 6 looks to sure local residents are considered in hiring positions the sud recognitions this stated purposes will be a multi agency issue regarding the proposed amendments the staff is in to change hair Business Plan but not violates the spirit of concentration controls eating and drinking establishment as being established location and like to provide the commission are letters for the case report first in support and some in other peoples money ill go ahead and give those to the commission that concludes my presentation. Were available for questions. Thank you mr. Sanchez and for the team for the presentation well open up for Public Comment i got about having speaker cards but keep the speaker time at 3 minutes if you find yourself repeating please keep it short up on the screen side of the room. calling names go ahead. Good afternoon commission herman the president the council of district and merchant associations we have a membership of over 23 businesses the welfare of our decide is not determined by the highrises downtown but by the i think neighborhood and the residents in the neighborhood those businesses dont provide for the local but for businesses in a designation city sometimes when it comes to the effects of changes that happen in the community for example, japantown would not think japantown were not being a special use district and this will happen if we didnt have a special use district in the mission or in kwaunt i can see like losing businesses like calling names i can see them not being around if we dont add this change to the special use district i ask you to support this change so we can preserve a cult community that that is go for the neighborhood and good for people to come and visit thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners my name is tom ive been a resident of the inner mission for 10 years and lived in San Francisco for almost thirty years and context where in their comments are coming from i have a bilingual teaching and now teach at a high school spent 3 years representing immigrants mainly latinos against Homeland Security im one of the good guys and i think that is also you might not know it from comments that is a controversial measure i think that is important that as we think about that the people who are posing this in the bad people theyre not bad people were youll neighbors and dont want the diversifyness that puts this countrys to grip our neighborhood and split neighbor against neighbor i have concerns about this proposed district it can be characterized but awful close to zoning bans race and ethnicity that is very toughy and as a lawyer ive been a commercial reality for the last ten years as a lawyer not sure that is legal, and, secondly, i think that is divisive youre telling Business Owners your background we may not want you here i dont want to live in a neighborhood based on the ethnicity im part of a racial mixed family my wife and daughter dont want that none of us do i understand that people resist change the fact is this is a city it is dime and cities change and the mission to the irish neighborhood and the latino neighborhood now who knows it is Something Else maybe in 10 or 15 years i dont know it is dangerly divisive spray panting on the sidewalk we dont need more hate and deference ive concerned this has racial overtones that obviously the proponent are not theyre good people with good intentions and so i would my parting words this is really disastrous ground to be treading a often and regardless of what recommendation you make i dont think this should one more thing that pits neighbors against neighbors that should be friends thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. Im edwin the developer on 15 and valencia im here in support quatro were living in times more every Different Countries before me we may be intentional with our solidarity and sanctuary and the quatro street is a history that latino cultural is not for sale and hyper gentrification is a danger the community has faced immigration and the high eviction rate for people that have came to this country in quatro we need to preserve the history and be a beacon of hope for people thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Hello commissioners my name is lynn a 20year homeowner in the mission and 20year residents in district 9 and proud member of quatro in 1999 i support the latino cultural district as a special use district with strong reservation and requests for modification the Planning Commission needs to be aware that many people in the mission oppose the special use district and many people believe that the quatro has the best of intentions with the platforms are unintentionally holding the neighborhood back in undesirable conditions we hope other people are concerned the development of the special use district did not take into account the need for services for all families with children in the mission and only focused on gentrification those voices need to be heard by you the city personally im concerned about the conditions of lower 23 violence and a lack of cleanliness and feces and requirement for people to keep their storefronts clean im concerned the partnership between quatro and the city along 17 Year Partnership has not successfully addresses the issues and have allowed sub quality of life to remain unabated i am worried about the status quo and to me that is not okay 24th street need to improve i support the special use district and ask you do i want require that the voices of one additional Neighborhood Group get on board to enforce the special use district and have a say in the matter and two please require on an annual basis the city creates a report to be transparent which businesses are allowed in and which are denied entry in quatro and third because it is so many disagreement about the quatro have 3 years not 5 to reflect whether or not it is beneficial to the district. Next speaker, please. My name is david i live on harrison street about half a broke from 24 street had my house there since 1977 i also am one of the 40u67b8 of people that runs the maps in the Mission District didnt qualify as a legacy business map is totally without money every two months a cultural dent in a dozen different venues an incredible music poetry and other art forms that are performed for free and i speak as many people speak about the loss of artists in the city and in the Mission District in particular San Francisco was a draining of its artist is a San Francisco that is losing its soul rapidly and the Mission District is many musicians and poets and visual artists and dancers live and perform and as their forced outburst by the forces of the gentrification the city is suffering badly now the special use district is mainly focused on legacy businesses not an individual artist their directly connected im sure as we lose our legacy businesses we lost the character the Mission District and not so much as it is a historic legacy were trying to preserve and nutritious i ask you give your approval to the special use district thank you. Thank you, mr. Coper. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon commissioners thanks for being here im in support of the cultural district ive been in Mission District for 45 years 40 of those as a homeowner my backward as italianamerican and my familys ties to the 1930s an artist and film maker and one the cofounder of San Francisco back in 1979 and would like to speak to you as an artist the Mission District as you may know is subtitling known for the culture for its murals but Artistic Products needs an infrastructure we this is partly provided by the arts related businesses that are in the cultural district thats exactly what the special use district will help they will help these artists related businesses on just on 24th street theres a boutique and a theatre with the boutiques and these businesses need to continue to be there weve seen what happened im sure you as commissioners know what is happened on van ness street in terms of the late businesses many have been lost when it comes to the mind of the gallery that is a popular successful incremental lost her lease that the business on valencia near 22 received a 1,400 monthly rental increase i question what tail be able to do about that as we know and discussed did special use district will help the lesbians and they need to be there and be there for now and for the Younger Generation for the artist that are coming up that will have this kind of support so sustain to have the great murals in the mission cant have the murals without the mural i was im an italianamerican dissent and love north beach and north beach is a special use district and thats one of the things that helped keep it the way it is that everyone can enjoy it so im asking you to support the same type of things for the quatro special use district thank you. Thank you, sir. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners im a long time resident for the Mission District im originally from columbo and have two kids in the mission for the last thirty years raising my kids im in support of the permit for the district im a latino and mixed use and we shared two cultures there is a specific question i have the question about the changing the zoning from the art rto oriented district to the special and how that effects long time resident like me that wants Affordable Housing for his kids built with my own hands and be part of the community thank you for listening. Thank you very much. Next speaker. Good afternoon colorado im a native san franciscan im a kaiser baby i dont want to say how old i am but i need to remind all of us that i consider this measure i support strongly as an out growth of the programs of the Great Society basically the model city agency which was had projects across the country to improve the citys and at the same time maintain the characteristics of the different special districts so i had the opportunity or the prestige of privilege of working with the model citys agency when i was a fresh in city college and had the honor to be appointed by mayor George Moscone to be a model of the Mission Community i was honored to be part of the committee where hernandez he was the chair and i was a student and i learned a lot by participateing because the committee had representatives from Small Businesses, from cultural organizations and social Service Organizations that was a view unique combination of organizations that were considered to be models now that was 50 years ago and what happened now is this project is the fulfillment of that dream we need Cultural Development we need Economic Development and most of all in those times we need social developments every child who comes to the mission and learners how to read a mural and read the history benefits the same is true of the source and also the quality of life we walk slowly, we greet people can we have small stores, and its a personal relationship so because of those reasons i strongly support this measure thank you. Thank you, ms. Colorado. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners my name is john one of the 4 cofounders of the lower 24th street became a neighborhood and Merchants Association three years ago2 and a half years ago became a cultural district but i have to say one thing one woman gave recommendations ive been leading for the last 20 years working my butt off ive not seen her in my meeting i ask you to recommend that with full recommendations to the board and it is like i was watching on tv last night how the chinese parade got starred in 1958 they develop it because they were selfidentify with who they were as chinese let us identify as latinoamerican not as the irish and italian one lived in the 1800s and owned 90 percent of the land but weve not just gotten here in the desert of no place of our own and chinatown and korea town has it all north beach all we ask our own to be able to develop our own district and our own way of doing things to selfidentify and be proud of ourselves and go forward mexicanamericans and proud of their culture not let money influence us like people have been in the neighborhood for less than 6 years where were they when i was working hard thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, im teresa imperial from veterans Equality Center i am here about the establishing our association is one of the participants in creating filipino cultural no south of market and were also planning about the filipino Cultural Heritage district one of the model we see that works for Small Businesses for Community Businesses so we are very much in favor of creating this district and also to touch on other previous comments when the corporations colonel to the communicated they promise retails and jobs and they give all the Planning Communities have businesses have been here those Small Businesses have been here those are not protected so if big corporations create suds why cant the community can create suds to protect our cult and a Economic Development and to also to pretty much continue our legacy not about dps nonwhites versus latinos or whites versus latinos but privilege protecting our communities from the voices of capitalism which we have a small power of so this is what we see when we are trying to create suds or special use districts thank you thank you. Mr. Boca. Good afternoon, commissioners im born and raised federal, state, and local also a kaiser baby myself im with the cocaine build the 345esh8 not the monster were no support and Mission Housing on 24th street in the latino cultural district and we have residents that want to make sure that it thiefz those are indeed much needed controls one thing that is in the just about that note just about modifying conditional use authorization this is not just about jurisdiction mitigation not just about stabilizing commercial rent but turning an imperative into civic duty and openly saying well write the regulatory scrip you are this is about openly defined phobia by claim protections in the latino cultural district in a gentrifying American City during the reign of a person in the white house this is has been in the works nothing exists in the silo and let the nips read not only do we have a hispanic cultural district in San Francisco bull passed protection for the economic precedence in the city thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Ill call additional names calling names . Go ahead and my name is susan i would in the Mission District for 56 years and the founding director of the arts center were seeing our 40 anniversary that year we have ive been here long enough to see the blooming of the latino cultural district and seen it as a very Inclusive Community there it is a Difference Community and it doesnt it doesnt exclude anyone we include everyone in the process the latino district is a beautiful district and like to see that continue to thrive and we cant do that without some of the checks and balances this ordinances offers and i want you to consider this ordinance very seriously to protect the heritage and legacy and the people that be electricity decades to make that possible to protect and to preserve our cultural asset and our cultural businesses thank you. Next speaker, please. I have born and raised in the mission and live in the latino cultural district in growing up the Mission District was delores park it was this big neighborhood now call it delores heights and van ness street i remember eating at jeffs a hamburger and get a milkshake for 11 the community is slung now this latino cultural district that is slung us when you look at 24th street you know, i went to york theatre and the st. Francis ice cream parlor and rooftop park is closed down which was starting in the 1800s the first mexican restaurant. Closed two years ago i could go down the list of businesses that closed to make way for the expensive highend businesses so pathetic what we are saying here is that it is not only about the Mission District but about San Francisco we are losing the heart and soul and the spirit of San Francisco due to this wave of gentrification that has to be controlled and people talk about change i believe in change because a lot of things need to thank but when your displacing you know africanamericans you wipe them out and promised to bring them back and didnt as a city and looked at what going in the bay area were not talking about the whole life it is tiny what were asking for you need to look at the people that are here and let me say to the people that voted the Mission District was native americans, i didnt hear anyone talked about the native americans the Mission District grown up i grew up with irish and italians and africanamericans salmons and filipinos and all kinds of latinos we all coexisted and lived together so today, i ask you just a little bit of peace of the pie save a little bit of this and. speaking foreign language. of latinos in San Francisco thank you. Thank you, mr. Fernandez. Next speaker, please. Hello my name is mary and im jumping to get back to class im a student currently at the city college and im in the production and post production video class and i proposed to the students in my class an idea were proposing ideas of highlighting quatro and there was one the top 3 topics that was voted to go on iv tv next month part of it i wanted to celebrate and honor the cultural and the legacy that is happening in the Mission District and been happening in the long history and also to educate people about what a wonderful gem for the city i think that is extremely important to know that and i think as the community that is one that when i go to japantown i dont feel less than i celebrate japanese cultural i love going to north beach i dont feel less than i celebrate italian and chinatown i dont feel less than he celebrate chinese cultural i dont understand the argument they feel lens they come to what we are prototyping the latino cultural district i hope theyre feeling existed about the latino cultural my grandfather came from mexico it was extremely proud to be mexican and he instilled that in me and i i dont ever want to put someone down but at the same time, i need to hold true to what i am and possible in celebrating the district thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon my name is berry i dont live in the mission by the sunset but 20 years ago i was the president of the merchant of market in castro and that neighborhood suffered through the. Com boom and drastically changes and very, very painful times for merchant that had invested their lives and all of a sudden being confronted with astronomicalal rents and we fought back as a result people wanting to move into that area actually come to the merchant and talk about how they can actually benefit the area and improve it for everyone we were successful im standing here in support of this measure today we need to celebrate our Cultural Diversity that is the reason so many people come here it is the basis of a lot of the economy im very proud to say im from San Francisco where we have the kind of diversity that perhaps didnt exist probably anywhere else in the country thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Greetings commissioners im really excited to be here today, we have an opportunity to protect a unique San Francisco enclave by approving the latino cultural district this has a history of serving the latino families the latino cultural are celebrated as the chavez parade and the outstanding murals which we all cherish on the walls and mom and pop businesses create the necessities for feeding our families those priceless contribute that make us a district are fast disappointing not that along and frequented the businesses today that corridor is filled with highend restaurants and expensive shops the latino families that were ones a familiar site have almost disappeared from the street your approval for this will protect the mom and Pop Community serving businesses i urge you to vote yes on the modified commercial regulations that allows for the growth and at the same time helps the small spaces and stabilize the rents for mom and pop businesses in these a San Francisco jewel and must protect and encourage it to this kind of thank you very much. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Hello, im thomas ray i live in the mission right now but born in San Francisco and has a very Cultural Heritage im irish my parents went to st. Paul and everything evolved but what makes San Francisco unique the cultural we have chinatown and north beach we have japantown people around the world know those things yet were taking it for granted i remember i spent a lot of time in the western edition you know and i saw that go away because no protection at all all the jazz clubs i used to attend the barbecue the businesses that employ people believe it or not these are important and got to preserve the businesses they employ people in the cultural and makes San Francisco unique were evolving and thats what i see it is sad and will valencia avenue be known 50 years from now chinatown will and all the things are important what makes San Francisco what it is thank you. Thank you, mr. Ray. Next speaker, please. speaking foreign language. i arrived from columbo in 1990 in the Mission District and arrived i show only the latinos i wanted the Mission District to be preserved and want you guys to help stopping gentrification because this is causing a lot of problems a lot of the people that identify from the Mission District you know some of them got killed like you know after that he became homeless and shot by one of the officers from the Police Station on 17 street and you know we want to keep the Mission District a place of just no more gentrification thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello commissioners my name is paul tenant i first of all, id like to thank all of the city personnel especially those here from Hillary Ronens office that have put in outstanding presentation to you in support of this special use district ive been a resident in the mission and within this proposed district for 40 years i have for many years owned and operated a small Manufacturing Business in the bayview over the decades seen the core of our black community and middleclass dislocated to our great loss in my view i am in full support of this special district i believe the diversity of the community in the mission is for the most part ive been very fortunate in those years to have been able to buy a home so i have that security in the mission but i have to i have to tell you this is a workingclass community i live in workingclass Housing Stock and i dont know that there are a whole love workingclass families that can afford to buy this Housing Stock anymore so again, please you have my full support in all of this thank you. Thank you, mr. Weaver and ill call more names calling names . Go ahead. Commissioners the Current Situation of in the mission there are over 2000 marketrate housing in the pipeline and increasing weekly not daily there are seven hundred at least one walk distance to the cultural entrance distance with the new residents packing market represent will come an Economic Force that can easily transform the mission and specifically the 24th street corridor well see highend restaurant and stores replacing mom and pop businesses you have to ask yourselves do allow money unregulated Market Forces to determine to decide to do our planning for you about what Mission District and 24th street is going to look like 3 years from now 5 years or 10 years from now are do we impact modified controls those are modest controls to at least offer protection for 40 for those in the neighborhood i think the answer is easy think i can what your answer is and my answer is the trourt was dedicated the latino district a was designated by the board of supervisors for the city want to preserve and enhance the prominent latino workingclass character the fabric had this neighborhood the creation of this special use district is the out growth of the creation of latino cultural district thats been a misrepresent year process with great deal of envision and involved the office of Economic Workforce Development and the Planning Department its been i dont know massaged through the map 2020 process and involved amuses members of the Community Like i said a modest proposal and in a way i see it does two things one is it is recognizing this area as special use district and from what ive heard from people today thats speaking in and of itself that has a great deal of meaning secondly, it was modest commercial controls modest commercial controls and look at against other special use districts i think youll agree and the third thing this is really a starting point i think that there are a number of other issues that were going to have to deal with within the special use district thank you. Thank you next speaker, please. Hi came from b. A. Root my wife has have a dream we have a business moved to 24th street for 15 years we get it two beautiful kids michael and a girl michael is a student and my daughter im proud going to Stanford University and i say we work hard when i arrived here to San Francisco i knew the big family on trourt i didnt move to admission for 20 years i enjoy with former person a godfather of my daughter and my supply guy on trourt is option people im so happy how we grow we have they give back to the community my kids they study and provide in school we work hard 16 hours a day sometimes, we pay the school and then they work they working in 19 years and 1998 years old a program for example, any kids work and they grow and they help you to take care of this is amazing kids and helping on saturday and sunday i say the Mission District is more than what it is it a family the cultural the family and values sometimes without money for afford a kid have you a dream working hard but the sad thing for after 15 years i have eviction in my place on 24th street my life in there who do that how Mission Housing they need a place for giving a place in the new community i write right here. Thank you. Thank you very much mr. Garcia. Next speaker, please. Hi, my name is maria ive been lucky enough to live in the proposed culture district since 96 it is flat i can ride a bicycle and not get well, i didnt ride a bike on nob hill ive human i didnt dumb thank you id like to is, yes im in huge support it is great i want it to happen im flufrtdz by the people that dont want it i think theyre afraid well make them paint their houses in fun colors arrest so many barriembrl be like Fresno Chinatown and north beach, chinatown Fishermans Wharf this is the reason people come so, now lets add the Mission Cultural district to it i think that is a great addition and i really hope you vote for it ill not take my whole 3 minutes so there. Thank you, ms. Sorenson. Next speaker, please. Hello my name is a annabel i live within the boundary of the quatro special use district i cant broadcast to be one of the founders but done my fair share of the work in the Association Im a student a Community Warrior a a good neighborhood i neighbor ive seen changes ive got student frustration i have witnessed the sadness and harassment of homeless, however, nothing ive seen has been as devastating as the forceful weight of the enforcement part of reality to learn the eviction of friends and neighbors and local organizations and businesses quatro offers a careful Solution Community leaders crafted the in Public Meeting over a couple of years of hard transparent work pardon the quatro sud is a good plan people rent for less 0 money so people could afford to operate businesses this is inclusive keeping people in the Mission Rather than excluding them by highpriced storefront we need them to continue to serve those of us would live and work in the neighborhood need Childcare Centers and more to serve our Living Community but the monocultural of restaurant it the opposite when we want to go to trendy restaurant we have to walk blocks further this legislation didnt impose a burden on anyone simply a clause to consider whether this is a vibrant cultural and small town feel around quatro in closing that deliberate requirement of the use balances the needs of the characterization and community awhile accommodating the new uses that make us better thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. And ill call additional speakers calling names . Hi i can use one minute my name is kate i own and operate alley cat books on 3036 street were a legacy business as a small mom and pop business we are one rent increase away from extinction i want to continue to support artists and writers and poets and my neighbors i support this legislation. Thank you very much next speaker, please. Afternoon im otis im a resident in the mission about a block and a half off 24th street and bought in when people were afraid to live there a lot of people talk about we have this Community Groups theyve reached out to the community i didnt find out until i saw the signs on the street and thought it was interesting because having researched the history of the neighborhood i knew that was an indianAmerican Neighborhood there was guaranteeing when the germany irish and italian were leaving the neighborhood gosh maybe you know what if they adopted and keep the germany irish and italian and you know put in something oh, ugly just the same cuts the same way that ethic groups besides that i want to say there are a lot of fixtures in the neighborhood that belongs to one group or another it belongs to all people that walk the neighborhood not to one also conditional use that raise the barriers to get into anything regardless of who it is now, when i think of conditional use i think of lack of choice in the city forced to pay a lot of money at the walgreens or safeway i see if anything you raise the barriers to keep the little guys out the inside track get all these the things and you know hey who knows what the neighbors will be in thirty years after the supervisors pushed this out of office once we need help in crime and people able to buy their own homes and need some issues the outside doors man to camp on the streets you know this is maybe trying to reranch the past that maybe to quote a former the president yesterday was yesterday we try to capture a little bit of tomorrow thank you. Thank you, sir. Next speaker, please. Greetings my name is sheila im a Mission District native born at the General Hospital not kaiser and grew up at a 23 and bryant from the port im not latino and in full support of quatro i see the big picture there is a difference between pushed out and leaving im lucky enough to live in the mission and work at the theatre a misrepresent cultural distance theatre located on 24th street and Mission Street and serves adults this corner has been a place for artists i myself grew up not knowing this will one day work but the business is going to be pushed out of mists 09 young people will not have the same opportunities quatro has been an amazing ally in the organizations to raise awareness they helped us security the legacy business status we found out we have on the other hand, and connect us with meta and other businesses Cultural Centers and nonprofits so we can collaborate and be continue our programming that is beneficial to the community in this crazy crazy time this nation is changing and it is scarey we in San Francisco as specifically the mission have a duty to stand our ground and say at least here, here money cant buy Everything Different a welcome and aforethought and the washer and immigrants are welcome those moderate regdz will help to secure the mission where this stays true thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello my name is susan im with the plaza 16 coalition build the marble not the monster and thank all the city staffed that working hard on that diana and sheila i know that a huge amount of effort was put into that i mean, ill not repeat how much everyone in San Francisco loves the mission and benefits from having a Latino Community where your white or black or asian great to have a Latino Community in the city what i want to see or is ive been working with the Mission Action plan 2020 group for over a year now and in many of the meetings we hear ero from the city staff i understand that that tools they have a limited they cant do this and that and they understand the Mission District is on fire but their tool in the toolbox is limited here a tool you can have and use im hoping flash assuming since the Mission District is on fire ill pick up the code and use it thank you very much. Thank you. clapping. and. Next speaker, please. Hello my name is rick im also a member of the plaza 16 no monster in the mission and have an office across in the side of monster as the tenant in the red stone and association strongly support this special use district because we and 16th street feel the same gentrifying forces throughout the mission that we think this special use district on 24th street will preserve the diversity of this neighborhood will protect us on 16th street and a step to present of the blandness in the mission and throughout the city thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Hello my name is naomi sound im with ace californians for Community Empowerment and 21 year member of the Mission District i wont repeat everything that has been said because everybody has said what i feel, however, what i do want to talk about is the idea of diversity as nfl the argument is huge by the people in power it is used when people that have let them speak up for what they need and what we want you i think that is important to look at the facts that this is a small part of city but yet very vibrant and very important the fabric of this community it is a big deal the idea of diversity is often used by those who dont want to give up power and money people who need was it due to them anything else if we want to talk about who should live here probably very few people in this room actually belonged in the land so do we want diversity i i did not want to see the businesses go the way of the fillmore the fillmore was an Africanamerican Community and i miss it i did not want to mention cultural district to go and the mission the latino cultural to go im filipino and i want a filipino cultural district in south of market and i i want latino cultural district. Thank you. In depth. My name is disciplinarian and i came to the San Francisco in 67 to join the San Francisco mine troop was active for 34 years until 2001 i know one thing from traveling the world capitalism if youre going to make choices for businesses in hopes of influencing have to put down the monster in new york we came back with 25,000 we mind to move into the mists renee and rebecca who become the Cultural Mission in nicaragua i know they cant buy a building on trourt we cant have you white guys there im not speaking against controls we said as friends well not do that well find someplace else we want to treat street close by no insult to our friends not litigated not decided by governance or government there is a real danger ill hate the district to become district 9 there is a place for all lens over there it is difficult for government in dealing with social issues is to trust the random aspect of things and provide controls aon rents or things like that and subsidies support not control i mean this is curious a socialist id like to see the whole thing controlled that will not happen and not the best format but in terms of the republic of San Francisco we have a difficulty we need wisdom rather than other aspects so i love the mission i have a little on south van ness and people are afraid to come down to the mission and go to noah valley with not career so we have the. Com as an issue and rent control works i support not doing inclusion thank you. Thank you. Next speaker ill call the remainder of the speaker cards calling names . Thank you. Good afternoon planning Commission Im tony robles im an opportunity of the manila tinseltown Heritage Foundation our legacy the i hotel and a American Neighborhood on carter that was chipped away and lost we know when you lose a neighborhood you lose a community that is very, very hard to bring that back im urging to as in favor speaking for myself speaking in favor of the 24th street and working in coalition to establish the filipino cultural district in south of market that is something that gathering steam and people are actively involved in the Community Process again, i building that is really a matter of cultural equity and maintaining a distinct favor in diversity as the previous speaker said we live in a Capitalism Society it dont make no damn difference were here to say thats not so we the fact not cultural equity we have to establish those cultural district to begin with so i believe it as step in the right direction and it has my full support as being the on behalf of my organization manila town Heritage Foundation thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello commissioners. Im sharon from im a Mission Artist and part of Cultural Coalition and involved with the Cultural Network weve seen times hundreds of studios leaving the Mission Dance studios a crisis in our culture and have saviors things our mayor has said that is important for us the local activists to join with city officials i agree and glad the Mayors Office is behind supporting quatro because this is a place hopefully where the activists what count on your support the nation appears to be defending all lives matter known as for White Supremacists and we as one of the beacons of astronomers and social activism and things in the world need to stand up and take action and say we have lost many communities within the city through inaction and the slow mo magic government meant the closing for the loss of one of our Major Community resources the modern times bookings on 24th street and as youve heard rooftop park couldnt get hundreds of Community Members have left the sierra club cant afford to be here and hopefully insighting against the course of nation right now we need to stand up that is one of the few things to act now and as a creative artist in the city it is time for us to depend on you as our representatives to start fighting for us for the community not for corporate interests for us you can release us to do what we do nation wide for tolerance and community this is the best protection the support of our Cultural Diversity not codifying you know not allowing for growth and change it is saying we respect and we value our culture and diversity and our community as a city and that is one place to put down our foot and say yes, it didnt doesnt matter ever change to make the best decision. Thank you, maam, your time is up. Good afternoon, commissioners my name is arnold blue im a resident of the Mission District no monster in the mission the marble well tell you about the marble soon i have so much to say i cant do it in 3 minutes i think im pretty much youll vote for this i think that is super common sense and a moderate proposal it should pass unanimously we know it will but it is a teacherable momentum a lot of the folks in the country and city need a History Lesson about yeah, but let me just rattle some things off all lives matter not a black History Month because no white History Month there is more a whole bunch of these ; right . A no black History Month and no latino cultural district because not a culture district for everyone else we have this Thyself Community and also i hear all well stuff i hear the 3 4ths is 3w4rig9d 24th street raise your hand if you think that 3 4ths is not one of the most vibrant beautiful commercial cords youve ever seen in our lifetime it is one of the most unique and special commercial corridors ive traveled to many cities all around the world and 24th street is beautiful ive heard the word those folks representing the quarter are decertify this community is in the decertify i know their welcoming and embraced the folks in the community all they say let them hang onto a little bit of cultural district if youre like me you were shocked and inferior i cannot by the easement granted to the pipeline you think to yourselves are we going going to keep cheating the medical examiners and keep taking their land are we never going to learn thats the same thing with the Latino Community will they ever learn. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi commissioners my name is mary part of the Community Organizer and 16 coalition build the michael not the monster although with the Historic Community in San Francisco since the 1800s weve been here a while i was on trourt next to the mural and lived there most of my life apple st. Peters church and if this mural remind 33 me we had to fight and keep the life hood of the community and tland and Cultural Appropriation we get to celebrate our culture with this and not fear well losses that two my friend came from other country and felt they had to assimilate those businesses that have held down and making me who i am today, i have the mission to thank for that im sure you chinatown and north beach and any other neighborhoods are grateful to have this culture where they would have lost it otherwise i also hope the Filipino Community and many other communities that are looking for special use districts to keep their culture get f that i know how important to keep that we want a place we belong and call home while were displaced in our homes almost everyday and just last week to folks who have said the folks who have advocated all lives matter thank you for reminding me and being here in San Francisco thats the same stuff that tells us who we are and not hide so the folks in the room that are spouting and being deverify and lastly because i live on 24th street 24th street is one the safety place of people of color so for those who feel unsafe thats the only place considering the place a heightened Police Presence and i want to support that special use district and just show my part of being a latino district thank you thank you, mr. Ramirez. Good afternoon, commissioners mission resident and like to say that in the country been here 17 years ago and i came to the mists because my english was i dont speak english so i felt safe and not isolated i think this is a situation so for the Chinese Community and filipino and every community with all the contributes that the latino has made to San Francisco i dont know why were not having a latino cultural district i hope we have more resources to prevent displacement and for latinos a Small Business owner started hiring people from places i hope we have more money for the programs to have jobs and i hope this latinos nominations is provide for money more Affordable Housing for workingclass people that are displaced in the mission i dont want to repeat but as someone that has been in the mission worked for a nonprofit and part of the coalition build the marble not the monster i support this thank you. Thank you. And two additional speakers calling names . Go ahead mr. Hoe. Ill be quick im half italian and celebrate we have north beach and chinatown and hoping to celebrate that weep have the latino cultural district welcomed by Mission Residents of all gender and cultural and i thank them as my brothers and sisters i heard comments today about racism and distinction and crime and uncleanliness and that sort of thing i that we all know thats code for gentrifiers that want the mission to go ill call it down down at a much more rapidly pace than now we have to fight so i also want to thank deanna and the city folks that are worked tooifrls over years putting together a very good program here you know, i wish it was larger in physical scope and in protections but i believe theyve done an excellent job of balancing and providing tools for the protection of this community thank you thank you, thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is ann i cant i was born and raised in San Francisco im a fourthgeneration san franciscan im from the Mission District i was baptized st. Peter im 41 enrolled and live on shaerlz an american historian im in support of quatro ive seen many changes to any neighborhood there are less families, there are less retailer and restaurants with affordable prices i make it that to the frequent all the lesbians i go to calling names for food and produce and la palm and thankful for galleries and the exhibitions one the problems with the rapid changes is the loss of memory and history i mediated people in San Francisco that think that is amazing i was born in San Francisco thats unfortunately there many people in high school that cannot afford to live in San Francisco i dont have as many people to say what it is like to go to high school where i did they have to live in other places my mom and i are in support of quatro we love San Francisco and want to stay in San Francisco and in support of keeping the unique thinks of our home the mission thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon corey smith on behalf of the housing coalition. I think were guilty of it and guilty nationally is they do a great job of speaking about the problems were trying to solve overtime were shooting towards end we get lost in the path of how we get interest there are better solution were trying to match up i read an article in october of gangs of city hall did a wonderful job of talking about the moderates but came they expense of the current resident it i know i fall on the side i think about the future and what is coming next one of the examples id like to use the state of california has to accommodate a population the size of los angeles over the next 8 years and next 8 years following that weve been involved in the magnificent conversations the pain and what is going on no denying that what has happened really, really unfortunate so we dont want to discount that in any way people are hurt as a general rule and support transit oriented housing basic urban housing that said were not 9 only ones we can completely understand and expect those factors we need to be weigh as policymakers you get to figure out which problems to solve which is more important and gray always but an interesting dilemma we have the opportunity to Work Together to halt displacement within the Mission District to support the creation of housing in the outlying neighborhood in San Francisco and in the regional as a whole one of our favorite cities south and data from uc Berkley Karen chapels report about displacement. The independent reports from the california almost. From the legislative Analytical Office shows the same thing it basically says that areas have the highest levels of were not agree on everything ill hope and look forward to working with you passionate people to move forward and one of the ways to do that together a building housing in the outlying neighborhood of San Francisco thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi good afternoon. Im a 47 year resident of the Mission District in San Francisco San Francisco is the International City has its famed cult community and i grew up in the mission in the place people are talking about not familyfriendly because it was familyfriendly that place was Community Friendly that place has given me the values that i hold today personally i would never ever, ever go into that anyone elses community to try to change that you because my momma taught we when you go into the other peoples homes you be respectful and celebrate. Thankful for the hospitality that he people provide you ill never do that and thats what is happening people are come in and trying to change what we created and this ones was mexico by the way, you know im a commissioner only ocii and some of the language that i have researched when ocii would back in when this was created the language of blight and cleanliness was the same language that Justin Herman talked about when they looked at urban renewal i wish we would have protected the cultural richness of the fillmore those who oppose this proposal have an interesting ive been using the same language theres blight theyre afraid not safe not clean or say we want more diversity which means the less of us those are code words that our current president is using against other people as a gay latino i see if many understandably and sorry for people probation officer bought it maybe their reality agents told them your investment is in communities our investment is in the people of this district and in that latino cultural district so i ask please support this thoughtful and engaged program and proposal that is before you today thank you, thank you. Good afternoon you commissioners im a organizer with the people demand economic right we wholeheartedly 100 percent support this and the regulation and support this amazing organizing drive that has been going on for years and you know, i think you know what can i say thats not been said the Mission District the immigrant entry point and continues to be continue that we want to sustain that and nurture and grow it those regulations are not a photo of picture of some by gone area but regulations to protect and nurture our now generation also our next generation of entreprenu7ers of the Community Members those generations of families that sustain those communities through the blood shed and the hard times were not trying to take a picture or photo of some by gone era or some by gone population folks were still here and were still hanging on and were struggling, and other parts were thriving but we need those regulations so we can continue nurturing so our families can thrive so can be open and welcoming place but we have to communitybased beyond the rhetoric of displacement and rhetoric of equitable policies thats your job as commissioners so we support it and i hope you vote for it thank you very much. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners my name is eric im the president of the quatro cultural be district im a 55 year residents in the mission and own my property i was raise in a family of Small Businesses on 22 street and on 26 and valencia and it was a bad location so i experience and what theyre going through now those regulations i think are very moderate some of the things that it wasnt entailed to do to encourage you know more mom and pop businesses to stabilize the rents on 24th street and preserve smaller spaces and retain local hiring and products and services for the local community i also quickly want to read a letter from a sister in chinatown dear commissioners on behalf of the child center i rise in the port of cultural go Mission District as we hold on the fabric and rich history of the Latino Community but has been under continent threat the chinatown zoning mixed use deposited in 1986 we are aware of the thoughtful zoning to help the fabric and Small Businesses the quatro special use district so better control happened neighborhood change in a way that effects Small Businesses and consistent with the planning code chinatown and the Mission District have two vibrant immigrant neighborhoods that continue to make San Francisco great and the forces are in vital places thats why in that important thing we urge you to uphold the quatro special use district thank you thank you. Is there any additional Public Comment on item number ten the quatro special use distri district. Well close Public Comment and thank you open up to commissioner questions or comments. Commissioner Vice President richards. Thank you, everybody for the great testimony you gave you wrote a lot of notes from a far away place i hope i make sense i read the staff report and i actually see a few people ive met before in my term as a commissioner resonated on my first week as commissioner i went to a plaza 16 meeting and sir, was part of the meeting and the folks in the meeting were telling me what they wanted me to see in the mission and wanted to have change and wanted the city to you know work with them on the process and said have you gone to the neighborhood cac and spark he said uncle open that committee and start organizing dude between the city process within the legislative branch and executive branch do what you can do put prop i on the ballot they worked with the system and now they have worked with the Mayors Office and supervisors especially supervisor ronen the department and City Attorney within the process to get this modest piece of solutions in the map 2020 overall solution i really applaud everyone for doing that now on the specifics ill pull the staff report up i made notes that resonated with me neighborhood page 4 legacy business the neighborhood corridors character is greatly influenced by retails and institutions the establishment play the identity collar landmarks i look at cellist Variety Store and they went out of business after 85 years we had the upper market and keiffer person telling me he thought that was a good i wish our neighborhood had that the first one our number was obliterated i started this in any neighborhood we looked solutions this is one kind of the tool in the toolbox as someone said something to do to actually try to achieve the other page 5 a neighborhood commercial corridor is influenced by the size and scale of the Institution Establishment for storefronts and provide a sense of scale and eye and the human attracts i started this hearing, talking about the vacancies in my neighborhood we add more and more retail use on ta on top of the floor plates the Small Businesses are doing well on noah Valley Street we carved out a bank of the west development we put in a 5 hundred square feet it is planning the character the neighborhood cvs is out of business and those Small Businesses are there i go to a unique street has businesses lined up on the streets and ones in the western edition and probable in an africanamerican district i dont know if it is pretty much the rest of the western edition those days someone brought that up as well the uses of development should compliment the catholic the fact that were tailoring the entitlements to specific criteria around legacy businesses which by the way, prop j was passed that started the Small Business registry thirty businesses are eligible only 4 to the best of my knowledge have been certified but focused on those that criteria it is acceptable the rooftop park park no longer there and the thing that sold me on being able to punish page 17 of the staffs presentation we have a have an art gallery not special permission and a booking or sorry a coffee meet and a personal service go to a Computer Store ill not come here for that on the displaced legacy businesses we voters in San Francisco recognition is unique to San Francisco fly all around the world in the u. S. No place like this it is chinatown if so north beach and hopefully quatro that make this city special and really worth modest regulation to support it rather than preserve support a couple of more thoughts often some of the Public Comment you, you know even those folks have been coming here month to month and there are other people come and say this was an irish and italian neighborhood one time they left on theyre on accord to go to daily city the people in the sullen patch are going to be pushed out i witnessed van ness street in the 90s and thought i was a lot stupider and thought that was a great thing make van ness street a playground for a white kid from pennsylvania and look at it now it was you know a bunch of highend restaurant and fell fast some of the last businesses are getting evicted there so it is kind of in my opinion a flaw of where we dont want to go Small Business said something about inside the structure as not clean i have no idea where that comes from i think if quatro and the neighborhood want to clean you were the neighborhood clean up the castro they did it at us bank and helped the neighborhood out you know improved the image just a second heres a word to me a double speak for was it wrong with some of the arguments the word choice when someone says i want choice theyre putting their individual freedom over what is good for the community we hear a stabbings want to go in i want choice to go to get my coffee i dont care if it puts all the other businesses out of business and sanitize my business looks like atlanta when i hear choice the hair on the basically, my neck goes up i see we have Historic District theyre about physical structures cultural district are about businesses and the people that actually inhabit those districts this is one that is living not just safe people mentioned hey, lets try to allow a lot of growth and mr. Smith i was hesitant he talked about the version of what they think actually, i thought that was a murder and really welcoming and open dialogue and people get together and talk that is rear those days we have new development and told people and businesses let us do our social experiment you get out of the way and well bring you back i dont think we talked about with Density Bonus Program and relocations of business is a good idea once theyre gone theyre gone you cant bring them back a lot of time goes by and once they go to antioch theyre not coming back so for all the disconnected thoughts he strongly support this and think that is a good social outcome for the city. Thanks commissioner johnson. Okay thank you thank you to everyone that came out and thank you to the staff and thank you, again to all the Community Members across commissioner Vice President richards starting about the same time we interacted with that issue in some way i want to start some of my comments so theyll be smiling at this. Sometimes as a commissioner that is challenging because even for businesses that have a lot of people involved we may know that something is happening but really only get the details sometime 14 days before the hearing and the tools are comments that we spent a lot of time and are up and down vote to recommend something or approve something i want to start my comments i have a lot of issues with the way it was put together and i think there are some i dont know what we see before me achieves the goals that Everyone Wants to see and maybe there might be further recommendations we can put forward to the board of supervisors to think about but what i see here i dont personally see that it achieves the goals we want to what im i heard in Public Comment and from the staff report and discussions about map 2020 that want to actually someone put that best in the communities and have economic perseverance for the businesses and the latino cultural district and defend against gentrification and maintain the ability particularly for latino but for anyone else that wants to open a Small Business that you know dont have to be backed by big money and contribute to the culture thats what we want but not necessarily see what we have here gets us there honestly obviously this measure you can changes the small Acquisition Program we we need more the city to have first right of refusal to extend leases for legacy businesses we need commercial we cant have rent control but that will keep a few people here they are saying some people are with only rent away from eviction none of this helps that problem absolutely nothing im reilly changed when i came in today oh, my gosh this will be terrible and today is the day i think well continue the discussions whether or not we want to make recommendations but as it is written i have to use you know my not supportive but to make the board of supervisors making sure we are achieving the goals and this is actually something that can be put into action and specific comments i hope there will be conversation here i can potentially change my mind or proven wrong so appreciate that the differences will be encouraged to get as a legacy businesses commissioner Vice President richards pointed out there are 4 businesses in the corridor that are legacy businesses and 22 that based on their history and the information we know of could be on the list i certainly hope theyre able to make that and also the other part of property tax there are for smaller 8 hundred square feet businesses 36 hundred for the landlord and 5 or 6 employees and 26 thousand for or 35 hundred for tenant so i hope that that had been useful i think that is over a number of businesses that contribute to the district but would it that considered legacy businesses bus the legacy business you have to have been open for thirty years there are a number of smaller sites smaller commercial organizations and institutions that have not been around for thirty years but contribute to the latino cultural district and thats the only criteria we want to have. Speaking of criterion when i go down the list of the cu requirements i have a number of questions and ill go down my questions and hopefully again, they, be answered by staff and are we proven wrong so the first one goes for let me just get to page 7 where those are all listed im assuming what is on page 7 are the 6 additional understanding for a cu. It is a summary not the exact but the summary per the statements yeah. I get it. Im assuming one more time sorry diego that the projects that needs the cu that requires those additional 6 finding in summary will have to meet 4 of 6 of them. As it is written yes. Perfect i think that is something that again, this is get into the weeds overall i a agreeing in summary when you have a project that has to meet 4 of the 6 im thinking of the examples they need a cu because it is either. Merger taking over a legacy business closed less than 3 years or a medical service of the types of projects which ones meet the 4 of 6 and challenged how we would make those finding make the findings that are here you can stand up and maybe you can. One that have the clarity all cus need to make the finding not just the additional 3. Okay. Thats okay i dont understand that from the staff report helpful. Any spaces needing a cu regardless of a new one we are changing or adding additional projects that needs a cu even the ones that needs to meet the requirement okay. Ill go down the list and maybe talk about them one by one enhancing the character where will go resee the improvements and how and how can that be implemented and finish all 6 and answer for number one i just this is not this was triggered by the fact that the japantown sud wasz was referenced in the staff report i like the japantown sud and like what we did with north beach and had projects in japantown that came up and specifically a pool and there are a couple of Residential Projects we had people that were involved in the creation of sud japantown and say that some of the structure thought how the aesthetics for those projects made that challenging for new businesses to come in and in retrofit were strong not that i agree but can you see me to want more detail what we mean and as a commission determine whether or not a project is enhancing preserving or enhancing this through physical improvement for new businesses changes to the facade that is necessary highway will we be determining that. The second one the artists production of offering im totally in support i question it especially, if were talking about a space that is smaller but 8 hundred square feet a Small Business and theyre not their primary type of businesses business what examples will are we have theyre supporting it through public art requirement eir a new mural or some other additions to artists in the area he id like to have details how any given project coming to us is meeting that line the third one preserving the legacy businesses to the quatro district that one i dont have an issue but who is going to meet that if you are replacing a legacy business it seems like we have a i wonder who meets that; right . Getting a cu and presumably a new better to be safe than sorry business or institution theyre not preserving a legacy business unless we mean Something Else and this is im speaking of your we have cus and clear on the findings and the next one preserving the goods and services inform to a wide range of residents i agree and wholeheartedly support it but again getting to how are we what will be given to us to know theyre meeting that bar and whats going to be the enforcement on that so i read wide range of residents as among many things affordable how will we mandate that with price list and a business has to raise prices to stay open will they be in reach of that finding of the cu i wonder about this forming partnerships are local institutions again highlevel what im and when it comes to institutions what counts so when i think of the coronation of members that are part of putting this together theyve got goals and a legitimate group will re have thought that they were coming together whats the line of the partnerships you exist so we can approve or disapprove and next local residents to me that means a lot of things and im again for it im thinking fullscale the projects that come to us what will we prove that is happening does that mean youre hiring locally if you are i mean not pdr really in the cu district there but would you have training again, i just need for specificity or were putting in place the cu a permit a license something that the Planning Commission takes seriously i dont know how ill know that 4 of 6 of these have been met for the projects and then finally and go back but skip out the comments i feel ive been talking a lot i have a problem with one area of enforcement i agree with the headlines were going for so the staff report may noted that the same type of not a way for the department to be informed and enforces if this is a legacy business that is closings the business and closing the store nothing about the Building Code or planning code getting an additional permit the only way to enforce if it is a lesbian on a registry that will have presumably and add the t. I. D. But a change the staff report wouldnt know unless someone in the neighborhood told the Planning Department and it is an enforcement thing i dont know if i can enforce this on people keeping an eye on that. In my given situation im pope hoping people will be fair but the system will be set up for uneven treatment you know people could be targeted if their thought of as that operator or their business is not preserving helping neighborhood character and other businesses that perspective is not there and no enforcement again on the same types of changes and unless have an objective way to let the department know those changes in i guess in operatorship are changing operator. Operator im really challenged by that and dont necessarily need an answer sitting up here right now well not maybe get an answer but hopefully the board of supervisors will take into consideration and maybe go back to the comments about the cu. Well go way the first one not too a lot long ago at the formally encompassed this kind of continue im thinking the abuse that was shown on the presentation there was a significant sign where which was preserved and it was part of condition of approval Something Like that has happened and as mentioned painting a mural on the or im sorry. Im looking at the wrong one but renovating a storefront configuration has to do with with the some sort of retail expansion period this has been looked at the could be other sort of physical improvement easy for us ill say to identify the second one would be this also happened happens at the pie the operator hangs artwork from local artist and here allow an artist to pant a mural or participate in the walks that was something that was mentions in Public Comment this is a longstanding 11 years of more or less aspect to the art and the third one i agree right off the bat youll be able to meet the legacy business if for some reason a change of plan requires a cu for example, if you want to expand you want to merge that as cu thats one way to make that we are preserving the viability the fourth one also happened to actually, it happened has chicken pie something where a children menu is offered family nights and offer a new goods and services you can continue the operation or reinvest in the tenant improvement in the legacy business and as the case report mentioned some to your point of enforcement are out of the realm of what we do this is why we are relying on the partners and the macys and other agencies to help us with enforcement on this well the sud recognizes this is something that happens on the corridor for example, a Jewelry Store that invites other artists that is building a partnership with other artists you could provide goods and services to other vendors and be on the ref and giving end and offer space in an establishment or services at the local vendor or coordinate sales and the last one well be relying on the Mayors Office of Economic Workforce Development to help to facilitate hiring agreement and mou that type of thing we understand on some of them the Planning Department is what we do for enforcement on some of those it is novel we try Different Things in the district we asking other agencies to help us with i agree there are issues with the tenant to tenant changes we acknowledge that were going e doing everything we can we dont necessarily i dont have a solution or would you like me to comment more or . The office of Economic Workforce Development so on the issue of how are we going to see about enforcement one case that i saw similar to say selling retail goods up front right now a neighborhood commercial district; right . One business that has other providers using their kitchens like an economic partnership; right . Part of that to get a license they have a sell goods and services at the storefront otherwise that is Something Else on a you know how will you moderate that over time this is an example of how one of the things right now is currently regulated someone has to a go by and and complaint half a had the Planning Department had to go out there and show me the goods and services are there. It is difficult i think that is at times challenging but one of the examples i can think of similar to the proposals to enforcement and working together we are very much on the ground in terms of our office and work looking at the trend and things happening in the neighborhood i know that that is another way to provide and sure and help our goals for businesses to be part of neighborhoods our goals for them to be in compliance and some of those are big by nature we want the businesses to be able to prop and fit their model and tell us how they can be helped and contributing back an opportunity to contribute back to the neighborhood and want them to tell you the japantown the purposes you must be in compliance with the japantown or not be guidance this is valuable here were trying to create categories of how this applies not just with the cultural aspects but the characterization that goes beyond the workforce those these things that exist that businesses are doing thats why thats how we formulate it those purposes is in an forest effort to the spirit ivy do actually have to your earlier question i have answers to our earlier questions i have provided to slide in the packet only one tool of many i can go into that when youre ready for me. Yeah. One second. So thank you for the answers on the requirement i think that got to 75 percent that was helpful maybe the answer is not for us 3 out of 4 i challenge with the Planning Department and the Planning Commission setting conditions on a business that we are not able to verify at this time so for example, when youre talking about employment and workforce training im highly aware of the Mayors Office of Economic Workforce Development fantastic staff fantastic lots of programs and dont fear there will be my lack of effort but having been involved in trying to get workforce training and hire local hire and tax credits through the city with the ymca and the hotel it is very hard and only requires the best effort so im really challenged to have that be a condition of authorization under a cu when this is not something we can verify at the time of a hearing and at the end of the day, we cant even guarantee that will happen because the best is require best efforts. Commissioner can you jump in here. The issues your raised are actually sole correct in the sense were creating a set of criteria for shaping businesses in the district that are going to be challenging to review and are going to be challenging to enforce none denies that weve been back and forth quite a few months and more specific and less specific i guess the bottom line for the department and the reason we recommend approval on this we think that by creating this mechanism for some additional level of review and requiring Commission Review that helps us identify businesses that clearly are not within the keeping of what is going on; right . It is easier to identify businesses that will not be in keeping with this i will argue because of process requiring the cu that there will be more scrutiny in the neighborhood and staff level and Commission Level we can address some of the facility issues im not convinced that is clearly not going to address all the issues on 24th street there is a moderate recommendation and many issues and in fact, some that have the issues you brought about the first street are issues embedded in the map 2020 proposal were exploring so i guess my only point this is experiment alisa miller and map 2020 i believe that is worth doing that will help us add a level of securicrutiny ivy hope goes forward i think that will and my comments are so strong i believe that Something Like that is needed and to protect the businesses to make sure we are not spending all the effort on things we see cus we cant achieve goals case by case well be getting into the weeds and had the right ability to make sure we are getting what we want thats all and thank you very much. Appreciate it thank you. Thank you commissioner melgar. Thank you and thank you i have lived and or worked around the admission lived here my whole life and i am going to support this this is needed i do wish that was stronger i do wish there was a connection between what needs addressing and what were doing to address it were clear in more enforceable be that as it may it is important because a experimental step to put something on the books i think that 5 year report back here is great i wouldnt make that shorter except if we you know needed to if it clearly is not working i think that you know the retaining and enhancing and prompting the things we want to do will take enforcement and will take neighborhoods vigilance if i am a impact fee about history and a admire of chinatown how they came together in the 80s to do what we did we have chinatown because of the merchant that Work Togethered it took neighborhood organizing not just you know planning and enforcement it took everyone together to get that preserved i think that that is an opportunity for us to do the same on 24th street this is a first of a lot of the work that still needs to be done and to your comments about the Small Site Program Acquisition Program and needs some other support that are real in terms of economics of a business on 24th street we also have to do that as well that didnt come unfortunately, we, work hand in hand but the goals were achieving is achieved and lastly could not let some of the comments go by that equates latino businesses to the lack of cleanliness that bumped me out that is flat out racist i have to say im glad that folks came out and spoke i appreciate the communities involvement and be supporting this. Thank you i too am supportive i think that weve been here a lot talking about projects and plans in the mission how we can battle some of the facility issues of affordability and gentrification but i agree think outside the box this twurt as commissioner melgar said a special corridor whatever we can do to preserve it i think things like keeping the store size small is a great way to maintain the businesses that are there so i think this is great we had some of the same questions commissioner johnson when you did the japantown how that worked and im sure not perfect but it gives the neighbors and the merchant and community kind of a hook in if process unable to determine how the business corridor grows and evolves this is one tool well see anothers coming down the legacy businesses will be able to get fund and support from the city and be under the commercial rent control and evolve into something i think that is a great first step and extremely supportive. Commissioner moore. Today is the day the ninth circuit is halting the immigration ban this is. clapping. to basically, thats not an commissioner hasz applause to be the ninth credibility but the qualification of the latino voice weve been working on this on specific projects on jell policy statements for more than 3 empowers i appreciate the directors saying to use it is a experimental nature requires all of us to basically each time a project come forward to roll up our sleeve we together can develop the tools that ultimately make that tool that exists in north beach that exist in nancy pelosi and north beach and chinatown and soma fight for the interpretation of their corridors this is just a beginning to today is the day i make a motion to approve. Second. Commissioner Vice President richards. Just a couple of quick points as commissioner johnson was talking you said you wanted to be proved wrong up want to persuade you and piggybacking off of commissioner moores comments were trying new ground we want to allow for creativity this gives us that well learn and this is a proposal to us so we can know when we think that is unbound. Outofbounds it is going to be a little bit more work im willing to go down this road a tenant to tenants issue allows for we dont want to freeze everything but allow for change and other portion that requires a higher level of scrutiny ive persuaded. Commissioner moore. I dont think we have of time and not a moment just yesterday, i read an article i forgot to mention a few blocks on thirty 14 and 26 street one block out of 26 street outside of the boundary a hundred and 61 square feet zero bedroom
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