# Board of Supervisors Minutes: March 22, 2011

- Meeting date: 2011-03-22
- Document type: minutes
- Source format: PDF
- Extracted pages: 20
- [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/2069/2011-03-22-minutes)
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## Structured legislative records

### File 110235: Accept and Expend Grant - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act - $143,128

- Pages: 3-4
- Sponsors: Campos

### File 110070: Planning Code - Zoning - Upper Fillmore Neighborhood Commercial District

- Pages: 4
- Sponsors: Farrell

### File 110146: Settlement of Lawsuit - Liberato Primer, Jr. - $125,000

- Pages: 4

### File 110173: Settlement of Lawsuit - Esther Downes, et al. - $350,000

- Pages: 4-5
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: 110173 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Esther Downes, et al. - $350,000] Ordinance authorizing entry of judgment, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68, in favor of Plaintiffs Esther Downes and the Estate of Issiah Downes, and against the City and County of San Francisco, in the amount of $350,000 in settlement of the lawsuit filed on October 1, 2010, in United States District Court, Case No. C10-4451 CW entitled “Esther Downes, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.” (City Attorney) Ordinance No. 54-11 FINALLY PASSED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
  - Excused: Avalos

### File 101523: Planning Code, Administrative Code - Development Impact and In-Lieu Fees

- Pages: 5
- Sponsors: Mayor
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: l fee reporting process, and to make other technical amendments to simplify the annual fee reporting process and ensure that the Controller's Office and the Capital Planning Program coordinate their efforts; 2) amending Sections 413.6 and 415.5 to provide that the annual adjustments to the Jobs-Housing Linkage and Affordable Housing fees shall be made at the same time as the cost inflation adjustments are made to the other development fees; 3) amending other sections of Article 4 to clarify language, eliminate confusion as to when requirements must be met, and correct errors in cross-referencing; and 4) adding an uncodified section providing that (a) if a development fee was evaluated in 2010 or 2011, it need not be included in the 2011 five-year evaluation and (b) authorizing the Controller to make the 2011 Infrastructure Cost Inflation Adjustments to the development fees in April rather than January; amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by repealing Section 38.14 (the Severability Clause) and moving it to Section 430; and adopting environmental, Planning Code Section 302, and Planning Code Section 101.1 findings. Ordinance No. 55-11 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
  - Excused: Avalos

### File 110024: Planning Code - Zoning Map Amendment - Correction to Market and Octavia Area Plan Zoning

- Pages: 5-6
- Sponsors: Mirkarimi
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 110024 [Planning Code - Zoning Map Amendment - Correction to Market and Octavia Area Plan Zoning] Sponsor: Mirkarimi Ordinance amending Zoning Map Sheet No. 2 of the San Francisco Planning Code to include parcels inadvertently excluded from the Zoning Map amendment adopted to implement the Market and Octavia Plan (Ordinance No. 72-08) affecting the area roughly bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of Buchanan and Fell Street, continuing northwest, thence northeast on Grove Street, continuing northwest at Laguna Street, thence heading northeast on Turk Street, continuing southeast at Franklin Street, thence continuing southwest at Fell Street to the starting point at the intersection of Buchanan Street, to eliminate use districts within the Market and Octavia Plan Area and replace them with revised use districts, consistent with those proposed in the Market and Octavia Area Plan; and making various findings, including CEQA findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
  - Excused: Avalos

## Extracted text

### [Page 4](https://sfbos.info/documents/2069/2011-03-22-minutes#page-4)

Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 3/22/2011

Recommendation of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee

110070 [Planning Code - Zoning - Upper Fillmore Neighborhood Commercial District]
 Sponsor: Farrell
 Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sections 703.3 and 718.1
 and the Zoning Control Table for the Upper Fillmore NCD to: 1) allow as a conditional use on the
 first floor a new full-service restaurant, large fast food restaurant, small self-service restaurant or
 self-service specialty food establishment that is not defined as a formula retail use; and 2) add
 Specific Provisions to the Zoning Control Table to allow a bar associated with a full-service
 restaurant as a conditional use and require the Planning Commission to consider daytime usage on
 the block in conditionally approving a new restaurant; adopting findings, including environmental
 findings, Planning Code Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan
 and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
 Ordinance No. 56-11
 FINALLY PASSED

Recommendations of the Rules Committee

110146 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Liberato Primer, Jr. - $125,000]
 Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Liberato Primer, Jr., against the City and
 County of San Francisco for $125,000; the lawsuit was filed on October 5, 2009, in the San
 Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC 09-493199, entitled Liberato Primer, Jr. v. City and
 County of San Francisco. (City Attorney)
 Ordinance No. 58-11
 FINALLY PASSED

110173 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Esther Downes, et al. - $350,000]
 Ordinance authorizing entry of judgment, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68, in favor of
 Plaintiffs Esther Downes and the Estate of Issiah Downes, and against the City and County of San
 Francisco, in the amount of $350,000 in settlement of the lawsuit filed on October 1, 2010, in
 United States District Court, Case No. C10-4451 CW entitled “Esther Downes, et al. v. City and
 County of San Francisco, et al.” (City Attorney)
 Ordinance No. 54-11
 FINALLY PASSED

 The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:
 Ayes: 10 - Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
 Excused: 1 - Avalos

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### [Page 5](https://sfbos.info/documents/2069/2011-03-22-minutes#page-5)

Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 3/22/2011

REGULAR AGENDA

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee

101523 [Planning Code, Administrative Code - Development Impact and In-Lieu Fees]
 Sponsor: Mayor
 Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by: 1) amending Section 409 to clarify that
 the Annual Infrastructure Cost Inflation Adjustments to development fees authorized by the section
 do not need further action by the Board of Supervisors, to provide that the Planning Director be
 included in the annual fee reporting process, and to make other technical amendments to simplify
 the annual fee reporting process and ensure that the Controller's Office and the Capital Planning
 Program coordinate their efforts; 2) amending Sections 413.6 and 415.5 to provide that the annual
 adjustments to the Jobs-Housing Linkage and Affordable Housing fees shall be made at the same
 time as the cost inflation adjustments are made to the other development fees; 3) amending other
 sections of Article 4 to clarify language, eliminate confusion as to when requirements must be met,
 and correct errors in cross-referencing; and 4) adding an uncodified section providing that (a) if a
 development fee was evaluated in 2010 or 2011, it need not be included in the 2011 five-year
 evaluation and (b) authorizing the Controller to make the 2011 Infrastructure Cost Inflation
 Adjustments to the development fees in April rather than January; amending the San Francisco
 Administrative Code by repealing Section 38.14 (the Severability Clause) and moving it to Section
 430; and adopting environmental, Planning Code Section 302, and Planning Code Section 101.1
 findings.
 Ordinance No. 55-11
 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
 Ayes: 10 - Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
 Excused: 1 - Avalos

110024 [Planning Code - Zoning Map Amendment - Correction to Market and Octavia Area
 Plan Zoning]
 Sponsor: Mirkarimi
 Ordinance amending Zoning Map Sheet No. 2 of the San Francisco Planning Code to include
 parcels inadvertently excluded from the Zoning Map amendment adopted to implement the Market
 and Octavia Plan (Ordinance No. 72-08) affecting the area roughly bounded by a line beginning at
 the intersection of Buchanan and Fell Street, continuing northwest, thence northeast on Grove
 Street, continuing northwest at Laguna Street, thence heading northeast on Turk Street, continuing
 southeast at Franklin Street, thence continuing southwest at Fell Street to the starting point at the
 intersection of Buchanan Street, to eliminate use districts within the Market and Octavia Plan Area
 and replace them with revised use districts, consistent with those proposed in the Market and
 Octavia Area Plan; and making various findings, including CEQA findings and findings of
 consistency with the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1.
 PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
 Ayes: 10 - Campos, Chiu, Chu, Cohen, Elsbernd, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Mirkarimi, Wiener
 Excused: 1 - Avalos

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