Board of Supervisors Minutes: April 17, 2007

City and County of San Francisco City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA 94102-4689 MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:00 PM Legislative Chamber - Second Floor Regular Meeting Board of Supervisors AARON PESKIN, PRESIDENT MICHELA ALIOTO-PIER, TOM AMMIANO, CHRIS DALY, BEVAN DUFTY, SEAN ELSBERND, ED JEW, SOPHIE MAXWELL, JAKE McGOLDRICK, ROSS MIRKARIMI, GERARDO SANDOVAL Members Present: Michela Alioto-Pier, Tom Ammiano, Chris Daly, Bevan Dufty, Sean Elsbernd, Ed Jew, Sophie Maxwell, Jake McGoldrick, Ross Mirkarimi, Aaron Peskin, Gerardo Sandoval. Members Excused: None. Members Absent: None. ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m. On the call of the roll Supervisor Ammiano was noted absent. There was a quorum. Supervisor Ammiano was noted present at 2:08 p.m. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES Supervisor Dufty, seconded by Supervisor Jew, moved to approve the March 20, 2007 and March 27, 2007 meeting minutes. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Alioto-Pier, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Jew, Maxwell, McGoldrick, Mirkarimi, Peskin, Sandoval Absent: 1 - Ammiano CONSENT AGENDA Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee 070208 [Electronic benefit transfers, monthly pay period; deleting payment by emergency check] Mayor, Supervisors Ammiano, Dufty Ordinance amending sections 20.57.6A, 20.59, 20.59.1, 20.59.3, 20.76, 20.106, and 20.206 of the San Francisco Administrative Code by: 1) authorizing the Department of Human Services (DHS) to provide aid payments in the form of electronic benefit transfers in the General Assistance program, 2) authorizing DHS to provide aid payments on a monthly basis, and 3) deleting DHS' ability to provide aid payments in the form of emergency checks. Enacted Number: 93-07 FINALLY PASSED 070397 [Apply For-Accept-Expend Federal Funding - Community Development Block Grant] Resolution approving the 2007/08 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program; authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to apply for, accept, and expend the City's 2007/08 Community Development Block Grant Program entitlement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) together with Program Income and Reprogrammed Funds, totaling $24,618,026. (Mayor) Enacted Number: 197-07 ADOPTED 070398 [Apply For-Accept-Expend Federal Funding - Emergency Shelter Grants Program] Resolution approving the 2007/08 Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Program; and authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to apply for, accept, and expend the City's 2007/08 Emergency Shelter Grant Program entitlement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $943,166. (Mayor) Enacted Number: 194-07 ADOPTED 070399 [Apply For-Accept-Expend Federal Funding - HOME Program] Resolution approving the 2007/08 HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) Program; and authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to apply for, accept, and expend the City's 2007/08 HOME Program entitlement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) together with Reprogrammed Funds, totaling $8,445,053. (Mayor) Enacted Number: 195-07 ADOPTED Recommendation of the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee 070229 [Amending certain Traffic Code penalty provisions to delete outdated penalties and provisions that are repetitive of state law] Supervisor McGoldrick Ordinance amending the Traffic Code by amending Sections 33.5, 37(c) and 56, and repealing Sections 38.F, 58 «, and 130 to eliminate provisions that are repetitive of state law and remove outdated penalty provisions for school bus loading zone violations, violations of parking prohibitions for street cleaning, red, green, white and blue zone violations, and parking violations on median dividers and traffic islands. (Municipal Transportation Agency) Enacted Number: 88-07 FINALLY PASSED Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee 061214 [Approving Zoning Map Amendments for the Trinity Plaza Project at Market and 8th Streets] Supervisor Daly Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sectional Map 1H of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco to change the height and bulk classification of the property located at 1167 Market Street (Assessor's Block 3702, Lot No. 053), 670 Stevenson Street (Assessor's Block 3702, Lot No. 051), 693 Stevenson Street (Assessor's Block 3702, Lot No. 052), 1164 Mission Street (Assessor's Block 3702, Lot No. 039), and a portion of former Jessie Street between 7th and 8th Streets from height and bulk classifications of 120-X, 150-X and 240-S to 160-X, 180-X and 240-S; amending Sectional Map 1SU of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco to add the Trinity Plaza Special Use District; and adopting General Plan, Planning Code Section 101.1, and environmental findings. Enacted Number: 89-07 FINALLY PASSED 061216 [Zoning - Establishing the Trinity Plaza Special Use District at Market and 8th Streets] Supervisor Daly Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding Section 249.34 to establish the Trinity Plaza Special Use District, encompassing the real property located at 1167 Market Street (Assessor's Block 3702, Lot No. 053), 670 Stevenson Street (Assessor's Block 3702, 5Lot No. 051), 693 Stevenson Street (Assessor's Block 3702, Lot No. 052), 1164 Mission Street (Assessor's Block 3702, Lot No. 039), and a portion of former Jessie Street between 7th and 8th Streets, to eliminate floor-area restrictions, maximum dwelling-unit density limits, and sunlight access to public sidewalk requirements, and allow exceptions through the process outlined in Planning Code Section 309 to the dwelling-unit exposure requirements; and adopting General Plan, Planning Code Section 101.1, and environmental findings. Economic Impact Enacted Number: 90-07 FINALLY PASSED 061217 [Trinity Plaza Development Agreement; Property at 1167 Market St., 670-693 Stevenson St., and 1164 Mission St.] Supervisor Daly Ordinance approving a development agreement between the City and County of San Francisco, and 1169 Market Street, LP, a California limited partnership, for certain real property located at 1167 Market Street (Assessor's Block 3702/Lot 053), 670 Stevenson Street (Assessor's Block 3702/Lot 051), 693 Stevenson Street (Assessor's Block 3702/Lot 052), 1164 Mission Street (Assessor's Block 3702/Lot 039), and a portion of former Jessie Street between 7th and 8th Streets, altogether consisting of approximately 177,295 square feet (4.07 acres) and commonly known as Trinity Plaza for a term of fifteen (15) years with a five (5) year extension option; adopting environmental, General Plan, and Planning Code Section 101.1 (b) findings; amending Administrative Code Chapters 37 and 37A by amending Sections 37.2(r)(5) and 37A.1(g) and by adding Section 37.9(a)(15), to provide that specified residential units constructed pursuant to the terms of a development agreement are subject to the City's residential rent stabilization and arbitration ordinance; and ratifying previous actions taken in connection therewith. Enacted Number: 92-07 FINALLY PASSED 061688 [Zoning-Use of Transferable Development Rights (TDRs)] Supervisor Daly Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sections 123, 124, and 128 to address use of Transferable Development Rights (TDRs) under specified circumstances; and adopting findings including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b). Enacted Number: 87-07 FINALLY PASSED 070194 [Approving a General Plan Amendment Related to the Trinity Plaza Project at Market and 8th Streets] Ordinance amending the San Francisco General Plan by amending the height and bulk districts found on "Map 5 - Proposed Height and Bulk Districts," and referred to in Policy 13.1 of the Downtown Area Plan, for the proposed Trinity Plaza Special Use District, which encompasses the real property located at 1167 Market Street (Assessor's Block 3702, Lot No. 053), 670 Stevenson Street (Assessor's Block 3702, Lot No. 051), 693 Stevenson Street (Assessor's Block 3702, Lot No. 052), 1164 Mission Street (Assessor's Block 3702, Lot No. 039), and a portion of former Jessie Street between 7th and 8th Streets, by changing the height and bulk classification from 120-X, 150-X and 240-S to 160-X, 180-X and 240-S; adopting environmental findings and findings that the proposed General Plan amendments are consistent with the General Plan and eight Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. (Planning Department) Enacted Number: 91-07 FINALLY PASSED 070262 [Mint Plaza public improvements on a portion of Jessie and Mint Streets.] Supervisor Daly Ordinance approving the issuance of a major encroachment permit and encroachment maintenance agreement to Friends of Mint Plaza to permit the construction and maintenance of certain improvements on Jessie and Mint Streets, including authorization to allow certain specified uses and occupancy in said area, including caf