Board of Supervisors Minutes: September 2, 2014

140643 [Administrative Code - Energy Efficiency Coordinating Committee] Sponsor: Mar Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to rename the Energy Efficiency Steering Committee as the Energy Efficiency Coordinating Committee; to reauthorize the Committee for one year unless further extended by the Board of Supervisors; to change the qualifications for membership on the Committee; and to revise the Committee’s powers and duties. Ordinance No. 191-14 FINALLY PASSED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140776 [Police, Business and Tax Regulations Codes - Regulating Mechanical Amusement Devices and Arcades] Sponsors: Breed; Wiener and Kim Ordinance amending the Police Code to reduce restrictions on the location of, and lessen permitting requirements for, mechanical amusement devices and arcades, and remove obsolete Code provisions; and making environmental findings. Supervisor Breed, seconded by Supervisor Kim, AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

Ordinance amending the Police Code to reduce restrictions on the location of, and lessen permitting requirements for, mechanical amusement devices and arcades, and remove obsolete Code provisions; amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to clarify the appeal period for appealing mechanical amusement device permits and other Entertainment Commission permits to the Board of Appeals; and making environmental findings. PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

ewspaper of the City and County of San Francisco for the Hispanic community; San Francisco Bay View to be the outreach newspaper of the City and County of San Francisco for the African American community; Bay Area Reporter to be the outreach newspaper of the City and County of San Francisco for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community; Central City Extra to be the neighborhood outreach newspaper of the City and County of San Francisco for the Central City neighborhood; The Western Edition to be the neighborhood outreach newspaper of the City and County of San Francisco for the Western Addition neighborhood; Northside Publications/Marina Times to be the neighborhood outreach newspaper of the City and County of San Francisco for the Northern San Francisco neighborhood; West Portal Monthly to be the neighborhood outreach newspaper of the City and County of San Francisco for the West Portal neighborhood; and Potrero View to be the neighborhood outreach newspaper of the City and County of San Francisco for the Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, Bayview, SOMA, Mission Bay neighborhoods; to provide outreach advertising for FY2014-2015. Resolution No. 322-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140586 [Emergency Contract - Flatiron, West, Inc. - Repairing Lower Cherry Aqueduct - Not to Exceed $14,000,000] Resolution approving an emergency public work contract between the Public Utilities Commission and Flatiron, West, Inc., under San Francisco Administrative Code, Section 6.6, to perform immediate work to repair Lower Cherry Aqueduct in response to an emergency drought declaration with a contract amount not to exceed $14,000,000. (Public Utilities Commission) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 321-14 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140725 [Underground District - Ringold Alley] Sponsor: Kim Ordinance creating Underground District No. 360 on Ringold Alley from 8th Street to 9th Street; and making environmental findings. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

ormation for Special Tax District No. 2014-1, establishing the Transbay Transit CFD and determining other matters in connection therewith; Resolution determining necessity to incur bonded indebtedness for the CFD; and Resolution calling for a special election in the City and County of San Francisco to submit the issues of the special tax, the incurring of bonded indebtedness and the establishment of the appropriations limit to the qualified electors of the CFD. (Clerk of the Board) The President inquired as to whether any member of the public wished to address the Committee of the Whole relating to File Nos. 140836, 140814, 140815, and 140816. Supervisor Kim made some opening remarks and moved to continue the matters open to September 9, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. Matt Field (TMG Partners); Bruce Agid (TJPACAC); Patrick Valentino (TJPACAC); Alice Rogers; Charlie Lavin; expressed various concerns and spoke in opposition to the current proposed district. Supervisor Wiener made some closing comments. There were no other speakers. Supervisor Kim, seconded by Supervisor Campos, moved that this Hearing be CONTINUED open to September 9, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140814 [Resolution of Formation - City and County of San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2014-1 (Transbay Transit Center)] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution of formation of the City and County of San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2014-1 (Transbay Transit Center) and determining other matters in connection therewith. Supervisor Kim, seconded by Supervisor Campos, moved that this Resolution be CONTINUED to September 9, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140815 [Determining Necessity to Incur Bonded Indebtedness - City and County of San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2014-1 (Transbay Transit Center)] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution determining necessity to incur bonded indebtedness for City and County of San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2014-1 (Transbay Transit Center) and determining other matters therewith. Supervisor Kim, seconded by Supervisor Campos, moved that this Resolution be CONTINUED to September 9, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140816 [Special Election for the Community Facilities District No. 2014-1 (Transbay Transit Center)] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution calling for a special election in the City and County of San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2014-1 (Transbay Transit Center). Supervisor Kim, seconded by Supervisor Campos, moved that this Resolution be CONTINUED to September 9, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140657 [Street Vacation Order - McCoppin Hub City Plaza Project - McCoppin Street] Sponsors: Kim; Wiener Ordinance vacating a portion of McCoppin Street west of Valencia Street that is generally bounded by Highway 101 to the west, Valencia Street to the east, Assessor’s Block No. 3503, Lot No. 003 to the north, and Assessor’s Block No. 3502, Lot No. 113 to the south, for the purposes of the McCoppin Hub City Plaza Project; reducing the official sidewalk width on the southerly side of McCoppin Street, establishing a new sidewalk on the easterly side of Valencia Street adjacent to the street vacation area, and reducing the official right-of-way width of this portion of McCoppin Street; approving an interdepartmental transfer of the vacated area from the Department of Public Works to the Division of Real Estate; making findings under the California Environmental Quality Act and adopting findings that the vacation and public right-of-way changes are consistent with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of City Planning Code, Section 101.1; and authorizing actions in furtherance of this Ordinance. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140283 [Planning Code - Rezoning McCoppin Plaza to Public Use/Open Space Zoning] Sponsors: Kim; Wiener Ordinance amending the Planning Code to rezone McCoppin Street from Valencia Street to its terminus on Market Street from NCT-3/85-X and 40- X (Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial Transit District) to P (Public Use)/OS (Open Space) as part of the establishment of McCoppin Hub Plaza; and making findings under the California Environmental Quality Act, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

140902 [Zoning - Report on Interim Moratorium on Change of Institutional Use in a Portion of the University Mound Neighborhood] Motion adopting the Planning Department’s report on the interim zoning moratorium on changes of institutional use in a portion of the University Mound neighborhood bounded by Highway 280 on the north, Wayland Street on the south, University Street on the east, and Cambridge Street on the west. (Clerk of the Board) Motion No. M14-150 APPROVED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None