# Board of Supervisors Minutes: November 3, 2015

- Meeting date: 2015-11-03
- Document type: minutes
- Pages in official PDF: 28
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## Structured legislative records

### File 151121: Planning Code - Establishing a New Citywide Transportation Sustainability Fee

- Pages: 10-11
- Vote 1: amendment
  - Action: ing Section 406 to clarify affordable housing and homeless shelter exemptions from the Transportation Sustainability Fee; making conforming amendments to the Area Plan fees in Planning Code, Article 4; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act, and making findings, including general findings, findings of public necessity, convenience and welfare, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to John Rahaim, Director, and Lisa Chen (Planning Department), Jon Givner (Office of City Attorney), Ed Reiskin, Executive Director (Municipal Transportation Agency), and Tilly Chang, Executive Director (County Transportation Authority), who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Supervisor Cohen requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Duplicated from File No. 150790. Supervisor Avalos, seconded by Supervisor Campos, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED to require non-residential projects submitted after July 21, 2015, to pay the full Transportation Sustainability Fee. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee
- Vote 2: amendment
  - Action: Supervisor Cohen, seconded by Supervisor Campos, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED to revise the Transportation Sustainability Fee for hospitals to be calculated based on net new beds, and additional conforming changes regarding hospital uses. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee
- Vote 3: amendment
  - Action: d at 11:48 am on 12/18/15 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/3/2015 Ordinance amending the Planning Code by establishing a new citywide Transportation Sustainability Fee and suspending application of the existing Transit Impact Development Fee, with some exceptions, as long as the Transportation Sustainability Fee remains operative; applying the Transportation Sustainability Fee to Hospitals and Medical Services; amending Section 401 to add definitions reflecting these changes; amending Section 406 to clarify affordable housing and homeless shelter exemptions from the Transportation Sustainability Fee; making conforming amendments to the Area Plan fees in Planning Code, Article 4; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act, and making findings, including general findings, findings of public necessity, convenience and welfare, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. Supervisor Avalos, seconded by Supervisor Cohen, moved that this Ordinance be RE-REFERRED AS AMENDED to the Land Use and Transportation Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

### File 150866: Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 350 University Street (aka University Mound Old Ladies’ Home)

- Pages: 11
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 150866 [Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 350 University Street (aka University Mound Old Ladies’ Home)] Sponsor: Campos Ordinance designating 350 University Street (aka University Mound Old Ladies’ Home), Assessor’s Block No. 5992, Lot No. 001, as a Landmark under Planning Code, Article 10; and making environmental findings, public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings, 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, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

### File 150873: Transportation Code - Subway Master Plan

- Pages: 11
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 150873 [Transportation Code - Subway Master Plan] Sponsors: Wiener; Christensen, Farrell, Breed, Tang, Yee, Mar and Cohen Ordinance amending the Transportation Code to declare as City policy that the City develop a Subway Master Plan within 12 months, and to update that Master Plan every four years; and affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Supervisors Farrell, Breed, Tang, Yee, Mar, and Cohen requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

## Extracted text

### [Page 11](https://sfbos.info/documents/306/2015-11-03-minutes#page-11)

Board of Supervisors                             Meeting Minutes                                               11/3/2015

            Ordinance amending the Planning Code by establishing a new citywide Transportation
            Sustainability Fee and suspending application of the existing Transit Impact Development Fee,
            with some exceptions, as long as the Transportation Sustainability Fee remains operative;
            applying the Transportation Sustainability Fee to Hospitals and Medical Services; amending
            Section 401 to add definitions reflecting these changes; amending Section 406 to clarify affordable
            housing and homeless shelter exemptions from the Transportation Sustainability Fee; making
            conforming amendments to the Area Plan fees in Planning Code, Article 4; affirming the Planning
            Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act, and making findings,
            including general findings, findings of public necessity, convenience and welfare, and findings of
            consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
            Supervisor Avalos, seconded by Supervisor Cohen, moved that this Ordinance be RE-REFERRED AS
            AMENDED to the Land Use and Transportation Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee


150866 [Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 350 University Street (aka University
       Mound Old Ladies’ Home)]
            Sponsor: Campos
            Ordinance designating 350 University Street (aka University Mound Old Ladies’ Home),
            Assessor’s Block No. 5992, Lot No. 001, as a Landmark under Planning Code, Article 10; and
            making environmental findings, public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings, 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: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee


150873 [Transportation Code - Subway Master Plan]
            Sponsors: Wiener; Christensen, Farrell, Breed, Tang, Yee, Mar and Cohen
            Ordinance amending the Transportation Code to declare as City policy that the City develop a
            Subway Master Plan within 12 months, and to update that Master Plan every four years; and
            affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act.
            Supervisors Farrell, Breed, Tang, Yee, Mar, and Cohen requested to be added as co-sponsors.
            PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee



SPECIAL ORDER 2:30 P.M. - Recognition of Commendations
            There were no commendations.




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