Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20180208

SFGTV Government Access Programming February 8, 2018

Order to inform exactly how much retail we should have, how it should be sized and placed within the site. We studied the sizes of the shops from how many different the range of the sizes of the shops, how many were on each block, what is the difference between a corner store with a restaurant and a midblock shop, and we looked to emulate these features that were really consistent across the city in mission rock, which we believe will be the main street of mission bay. We actually went so far as to introduce an entirely different chapter of our controls. Just to preview it, weve had the urban design team and the architecture Landscape Team Work Together to ensure that those retail spaces on the ground floor of each of our buildings is really working to activate and enhance the public realm along the streets themselves. Well also be looking at a siteside programmisit siteside programming for all of the retail, so well be taking a holistic approach to look at where the restaurants should be, where the markets should be, and also to ensure that these uses will always be present going forward, and the ports been a great partner in thinking about that with respect to the longterm planning of the site. To each time so each time we have a phase up for approval, we will look at the how it fits into the overall merchandising and the neighborhood. Similarly, weve taken a similar approach to the question of environmental sustainablity, and weve had some really unique design come out of this with respect to shared water recycling across the buildings. Youll see here an image that shows the residential buildings contributing to a recycled water system that then goes out to the commercial water buildings on the site. Were also looking at District Energy so that we can share thermal energy loads between the daytime and even between office and residential uses. So again, the theme of looking at the community as a whole and coming up with solutions that are only possible because of the scale of this new neighborhood. Of course, we all know that one of the biggest environmental sustainablity issues facing our city today is the challenge of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise. Weve taken a very conservative approach to this, and were planning to withstand up to 66 implgs of Sea Level Rise. Thats at the highest end of the ranges that are being projected today. We believe that by elevating the site from the center and raising up from the edges of the bay, we can protect the site and create additional amenities and recreational resources. In addition by raising the site, we will actually be able to pile support, all of the infrastructure in the streets themselves. So going down to bed rock to make sure that were making longterm Sustainable Investment in our citys infrastructure for the future. This shows just an example of how you can integrate Sea Level Rise goals with really unique design opportunities, and were adding the recreational component into our flood and fo Stormwater Management gardens, and then along the working waterfront, its allowed us to support the production uses that are long the industrial fronts by having the loading docks double as a Sea Level Rise barrier along the east edge, as well. So just a few highlights of the really, i think innovative and unique design thats gone on at mission rock over the years that were really excited to implement, and more on this is matt snyder from the Planning Department whos been our partner on this for many years. Thank you, fran. Good afternoon. Madam chair, supervisor kim. Im ed snyder of department staff, and today im going to talk about the actual legislation that is before you, the planning code map and southbounding amendments. But before i do and supporting amendments. The over yaul Land Use Program is in sync with surrounding districts, and it is appropriate citywide from a planning perspective. It has a broad range of mixed uses. It both has sizeable amounts of residential units and jobs, and this is particularly important of its location to regional transit, including the caltrain station and several of the muni lines. We worked with the giants and the port in looking at the urban form modelling arrangements with the city, both to aassure that that form creates a pleasing addition to the skyline, but more closely looking at the building massing and how it relates at the pedestrian scale that the heights and the bulk are well considered. A k at key street and open space locations. So back to the actual southbounding maps and planning code text that is before you today. The amendments will largely take the form of a special use district or an sud which essentially will encapsulate all of this into the planning code. It addresses both general terms land use and design. From a land use perspective it takes a very jex approach, but also wants to emphasize housing and office uses on on different blocks to ensure mixed across the site. In terms of Building Size and design controls, it provides a broad overview, but it generally then refers to design controls document, which is a separate document that fran referred to, and the design controls document in turn provides not only controls for building, but it also provides controls for open space and design regulations for the street, their width, their quality. And the three of those design considerations Work Together to assure that its creating this rare, very livly and unique place. There is an emphasis on creating unique specific places for different streets and for different environments. For example, i think getting back to the frontage requirements, one of the best examples is the frontage requirements for the land uses on the ground floor. The sud and the design controls are very prescribed in terms of the design of ground floor uses, in terms of their actual uses, their size, their lineage, and they Work Together with the open space. When theyre against an open space or with the street when theyre against the streets, ensuring appropriate width and proportion for people passing by, encouraging people to spill out onto the open spaces to create an integrates sense of the inside and outside. And here, you see that as fran had mentioned, specific controls for different portions of the site. A high retail street which will probably be the core of the street, but then other environments, and then, a mix of other environments throughout for residential and more flexible retail and commercial use. The design controls i should say the sud along with the the proposition that the voters passed regarding heights and bulk and the design controls Work Together to assure again, that as i said, we have a livly skyline for mission rock. But that also but with a design controls, having more specific controls for character and modulation of the building. Finally, the regulations and amendments before you will call for further design processes as these projects as the buildings become ready for actual implementation. There will be a phase Design Review process that is actually something that the port will take the lead on, the Design Review of vertical or a building is something that the Planning Department will take the lead on and is outlined in the special use district before you. That concludes my portion of the presentation, and im now going to hand it over to adam van der water who will talk about the southern bay front strategy. Thank you. Thanks, matt. Gamp. Adam van der water from the office of economic and Workforce Development. I wont belabor this, but we did present the concept of a negotiated waterfront stretching from bay front to the brisbane border. Wed be happy to come back and present under more detail. Generally speaking, there is an area of growth in San Francisco, where we have about 36,000 exiting residents and 23,000 existing workers, but its experiencing change. Our office is engaged in a number of Major Projects along this area, from mission rock at the north through the Chase Center Arena currently under construction in mission bay, pier 70, which this body recently considered, the potrero power station which will be before you later this year, through to the former Hunters Point plant, india basin, executive basin and candlestick park. These projects, in and of themselves on top of any smaller projects that are occurring in these neighborhoods will represent approximately 20,000 new hows holds, a third of which we are aiming to be affordable, about 38,000 new jobs, and not aarea of oparea an area of open space equivalent to the park today. You heard phil, jack, fran, and jack touch on a number of these when we negotiate these are our private partners, we are looking to maximize a basket of public goods that include housing affordablity, transportation integration, sustainablity, Sea Level Rise protection, community facilities, open space, Workforce Development, and if there is existing use onsite, historic preservation. When we look specifically at mission rock, you see that they are meeting or exceeding a lot of those targets, and provide a set of Public Benefits that were extraordinarily pleased to present to you today. You heard much discussion about the 40 standard for Affordable Housing. We have transportation, and ill be turning it over to karly payne, mta, to discuss it in more detail. You heard fran about sea rise. There is an option to provide up to 15,000 gross square feet of Community Serving facilities, the eight acres of open space. And then what hasnt yet been mentioned is a very robust Workforce Development program with local Business Enterprise access, first source hiring, administration, citybuild jobs, and a commitment by the project to fund a number of trapiining programs to get pile drivers for these pile supported streets and landscape gardeners to provide ongoing maintenance that the site will fund. Happy to answer any questions or discuss this further, but wanted to link this back to a broader conversation that our office has been facilitating for the last two years, and before doing so, wanted to turn it over to karly payne from the sfmta. Im sorry. Before we transfer to sfmta, before we go back to the previous slide im sorry. Maybe i have the wrong copy. Before that one. The first square should be 33 will be affordable below 120 ami. So these tenants are throughout the southern bay front, and they are targets for all of the nine. Oh, not just including mission rock. Mission rock is for a phase of amis between 80 and 150 . Okay. So this is regarding the entire southern bay front, so i misunderstood that. Thats correct. Okay. So the front front has no housing onsite, but there is a totali totali total this is a totality of all the nine projects. Okay. Got it. Good afternoon, chair tang, members of the committee. Karly payne from sfmta. Just want to provide a little context for the transportation framework component of this particular project. So to remind you, this project is right in the middle of an area a number of long planned and now on the verge of being delivered transportation projects thats really going to transform the Transportation Options along the southern bay front but definitely and very intensely for this future new neighborhood. The central subway and the associated increase in t3rd frequency. As they projects come together and build out the greenway, elect 2k4 electrification of the bike way. What we see in this neighborhood right now in terms of Transportation Options is not what the future residents and employees and visitors to this site will experience. Its going to be a quite different landscape. So as adam mentioned, one of the components of the southern bay front transportation negotiation framework is transportation. When we look at transportation, were really looking at four things. First is site design and as youve heard from the project team, the site has really been designed with a lot of attention to modal hierarchy, supporting people walking, bicycling, taking transit through the design. We also looked to make sure that the Design Principles dont end at the design, but the site is being designed, and the site is being enhanced to the existing surrounding neighborhood. The second is Transportation Demand within this project. Theres a commitment to not creating or reducing 20 of auto trips that otherwise would be estimated from a project of this type through different amenities and offerings within the site to the future visitors and residents and workers of the site to really support them in making sustainable trip choices. The third is something that we expect from every project in the city which is to mitigate any impacts on the transportation system. And for this project, the kinds of mitigations that are expected are things that enhance pedestrians safety. For instance on 4th street through creating new Traffic Signals or addressing cueing or preventing cueing along the t third line to prevent delays. And then, the fourth is looking at the fees that the project pays. Now this project because of its initial application dates was grandfathered to a lower transportation fund, and theyre paying the full transportation sustainable fee equivalent, and we at mta with our City Partners have agreed with these revenues along with the pier 70 development which has already been approved will be reinvested in this area as opposed to distributed citywide, and the reason we feel really comfortable doing this is this neighborhood and southern of this area are really aware where the majority of this effort is happening and do deserve concentrated investment. The kind of investments that youll see is building along that network that i described earlier, so really looking at the t third line. Exposing and concealing gaps in our bicycling networks, and funding improvements for bus transit in the area. So with that, im going to turn it back over to phil, from the port. Supervisors, that actually concludes our presentation today. We are available to answer any questions that you may have. Thank you. Great. Thank you so much. 1k3 and so i want to call up members of the public who wish to speak. People flock to these different neighborhoods in saech search of something novel and different. Yet where i live, people drive through on their way to a different destination. Those that live in the area leave to go to other neighborhoods. Mission rock will create an inviting, inclusive, vibrant neighborhood drawing on the residents of mission bay, mission rock and south beach. Mission rock will bring about new friendships and relationships, the very essence of community. Neighbors supporting new small businesses. It will friday more Affordable Housing, presently in short supply, and with eight acres of open space, it addresses a desperately needed facet of urban living. It is important to recognize then in the undertaking of this project, the giants held numerous workshops and open houses. It was commendable the hard work and dedication exhibited by local groups such as south beach rincon hill Mission Bay Neighborhood association and the Mission Bay Citizen Advisory Committee whose voices helped shape this project. With their input and commitment to a better San Francisco along with civic leaders, social interest groups, and other political leaders citywide, the Mission Project is a model development. It is a winwin for all. The reverend Arnold Townsend said something at the Port Commission hearing january thank you. And as the timer comes up, youre welcome to finish your sentence, so if we can allow people to do that, thank you. Thank you. Hi. My name is stephanie mueller. Im here to represent delancey street neighborhood. I agree weve been friends and partners of the giants with at t park and the entire building of the community, and we are so looking forward to the possibility of jobs, the possibility of some Affordable Housing. Just as an aside, you know, as you know better than anyone here, delancey streets dedicated to helping people change their lives, and they spent two, three, four years in this neighborhood. When they graduate, looking for jobs or housing in San Francisco, its impossible, so we are so supportive and so excited about this project. And i just wanted to come here to be able to say that, so thank you. Thank you, and we love delancey street. Good afternoon, chair tang, supervisors kim, safai. My name is bruce, and im speaking in support of the items associated with the mission rock development. Im involved in the community, serving on the board and transportation rep of the south beach, rin son hill Neighborhood Association, however, my Public Comment today is being provided specifically as a native san franciscan and a nine year resident of mission bay. Over the past six years, ive had the opportunity, along with my neighbors, some for up to ten years being involved in the process fof the planning of the mission rock development. This included providing feedback on a variety of public documents and had Numerous Community outreach meet

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