Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Full Board Of Supervisors 41817 20

SFGTV BOS Full Board Of Supervisors 41817 April 20, 2017

Radically transformed with the people in the room and the direction their bent is a complete shift that is due to the leadership you guys have shown us i want to say we support the legislation with the Planning Commission represents and the modifications add clarity to the ordinance and align it with the provision if the code and further consider the recommendations in supervisor farrell and supervisor sheehy letter from april 4th and hope that we can continue even beyond that into further efforts to make it an easier ordinance to use and encourage the homeowners to make those decisions on their own thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Afternoon supervisors thank you for the opportunity to speak and supervisor peskin for bringing forward this ordinance as well im excited to see this will bring our city into sync with the current facets ordinance that is coming in i want to voice the concerns of some of the folks mentioned that while this new ordinance brings us forward it didnt push us in the direction fully as it could to align people to use the space to provide for Affordable Housing on the market and particularly mentioned obviously freestanding adus have in the been considered at all and those provide opportunity more Affordable Housing and i also want to second the comments or that we need an implementation document as quickly as possible that is a handbook no longer applicable and helpful for those going on to be the resources to find out what is possible in the city so thats all i have to say. You very much. Thank you is there any additional Public Comment on item 3 seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Supervisor tang. Thank you. I had a clarifying question and it might be mindedly i had a question in response to the Planning Department for the rhd1 and clarification about what it is that state law allows but i see on page 6 for example, so i guess exempt out rhd1 if the criteria that you set up here i want clarification on that. The section that is in under page 6 that would put in the code when were doing the citywide legislation and interesting basically excluding rhd1 from the adu program thats why that was put in the code and the reason that the commission recommending to make it consistent because state law now applies singlefamily units in all District Attorneys Office should be consistent and no need for them to be singled out. Right so i think i mean again timing that supervisor yee is here but in terms of how our local you know laws interact with state law will we run a risk because we didnt carve out rhd1 i remember the conversation with the adu legislation but i think that sense the reason were here because the state law i want to make sure that what we have here is okay. John gibner, deputy City Attorney. The rhd1 zoned areas will be subject to status our local program like Everything Else is all Zoning District will be in compliance with state law will carved out but still subject to state law kwuz requests. Okay. I guess how would radically be treated different than our program. So the department will need to interpret the state law in maybe create a temporary rhd1 law basically to lay out the details of adu program and rhd1 thats why the Commission Recommended to make it consistent so well not have to do that. Right . So for example, are some of the things be different the approval process the timeline or i mean what are some of the key components differences we might see come up within the rhd1 approval if adu versus the non rhd1. Oh, ill defer to the Zoning Administrator to interpret the state law basically i mean same effort that is gone through to put together this ordinance so we interpreted this and now have to do it for rhd1. Okay. I look forward to that conversation and supervisor yee hope you took note because i mean personally i feel that we should go with planning recommendation to make that consistent but defer to the District Supervisor that made the request ill look forward to following up once the Zoning Administrator has made that determination and okay supervisor peskin. I believe weve heard from the City Attorney it is their position that does what needs to be done to comply with the state level with the singlefamily homes and appreciate colleagues our tying up this loss end and looking forward to Work Together to further strengthen our adu legislation from may 8th. And as a technical matter the clerk requests that i unduplicate the file we make aztec amendments to the amendments as and whole and 10 duplicate the file so in efforts to our great clerk id like to unduplicate the file and clothes ask we make the technical amendments that the john gibner, deputy City Attorney. Read into the record and then well duplicate it and send one forward with representations and continue the other to may 8th. Okay. So just to be clear right now well make the meddles and. First of all, accept those amendments. Without objection then madam clerk duplicate the file as amended and going to send the first version to San Francisco board of supervisors and then motion take that without objection and the second item or i should say the duplicated if we accept that i described and continue it to the call of the chair. Ive not read them but happy to do that to circulate them to the public and discuss them whenever you call it. A motion by commissioner tang and take that without objection okay. Thank you very much madam clerk with that, will you call item 4. Item no. 4 planning code offstreet parking and loading requirements. Clean and correct that that deals with the parking requirements. So thank you epic we have mta here, however, dont have the languages from the city Attorneys Office ready so colleagues to the next this is the regular meeting of the land use madam clerk next monday. The next meeting will be the 24. So colleagues open up for Public Comment but make sure we have the actual language before we discuss those issues hopefully it is technical in matters regardless but i think we should have it in front of the us to colleagues open up for Public Comment anyone wish to comment on item 4 on 4 . Come on board. Tom, i cant be here on the 24 but want to thank the Planning Department staff and supervisor farrell for taking that on i mentioned we have the winchester planning code but going to clean up the code and that is the second phase of that effort right now if you look at the parking refreshed my recollection in the section that is unclear what the requirement for any given use that is described and referred to in other ways of describing uses or they were ambiguous those will clean up that were glad the clean up and finding all the odds and ends up we that that is important project and completely unisex i didnt but makes life easier for the Planning Department to make life easier for the members of the public and the veterans and as we actually do go to make the subjective changes in the code with the adu ordinance having a lonely lion and organized code makes that easier your much less risk youre trying to do something substantive so we think this is an important project and commend. And hope youll support it. Thank you anyone from the public wish to comment item 4 . We will continue. Okay super quickly from spur we support in now and then substantive change and well echo the comments we would like to see the parking changes thanks. Thank you anyone from the public wish to comment item 4 seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Colleagues can i entertain to continue for one week. Without objection madam clerk call item 57 item no. 5 planning code dwelling unit mix requirements. Add an option for the dwelling unit mix for 50 percent of the bedrooms in more than one bedroom and making the appropriate understanding. It was sponsored by supervisor yee ultimatums but want to ask the madam clerk to be added as a cosponsor thank you. Thank you chair peskin and colleagues the legislation before you today has been you know words for over a year and as you may know ive been working with the Planning Department on identifying ways to make housing for familyfriendly when we started working on the familyfriendly housing policy that was published earlier this year we held a number of focus groups one of the urban forester meetings was with the marketrate developers to understand where the familyfriendly units were not built in San Francisco one the ingredient that supports this familyfriendly 0 housing is the number of bedrooms and in the unit and obvious reasons they didnt feel a demand for three bedroom unit three bedroom units are expensive to build and the market didnt justify that cause and they even said that to me that they were told that the city didnt need those units one of the facility issues developers to my attention that the current mix in certain lands was also not conducive to building larger units with three bedrooms or more awhile credit was given for two bedroom units didnt apply to three bedrooms unit in the recent neighborhoods area there was two dwelling unit option one of them being that you will build 40 percent two bedrooms or thirty percent three bedrooms unit almost no projects opted out for the first option im sorry almost all programs occupied leaving us with few three bedrooms built i worked on creating an option to allow for more flexibility to envelope vices the building of large unit by creating more of a mix of two bedroom and three bedrooms unit the origin legislation included an option that will have encouraged more multi units at least more than one bedroom and after the review we released that will currently for two bedroom unit but may want result in three bedrooms unit at all it will conflict with the goal therefore after discussions with at the Planning Commission i am presenting an amendment of the whole that rise the formula to require the minute number of three bedroom unit but lowers the requirement of multiple bedroom units for developers that will give the developers additional option this option will be that 35 percent of unit must have two bedrooms or three bedrooms with 10 percent of all unit being three bedroom unit i want to emphasize that 9 legislation will only be proposing an additional option for developers the existing options low remain in the eastern neighborhoods plan right here im enthusiastically that flexibility is key we have to have a serious conversation about what type of city we want to become already, weve got the sad distinction of the least you number of children in any major city the board has been clear this is not acceptable i recognize there are a lot of factors that play into the families decision to stay in the city affordability is at the top of that list, however, we also need to recognize the design and hosting play a role we are envisioning building a city with families with children of all ages a city where we can make housing for familyfriendly by design bedrooms tdif our Housing Stock so that it will eventually be built more multiple bedroom units for families of all kinds ive encouraged by the positive discussions were having at the board the Planning Commission and throughout the city how we can do more for families right now we have one single fix that will encourage for families sized units i want to thank the staff at the Planning Department, Community Members of the pentecostal Boosters Club and members of the Developer Community for who have engaged throughout the process i also want to thank the Housing Action coalition and spur for submitting letters of support i hope you will adopt that amendment as a whole and forward full board with the with a positive recommendation one other amendment id like to this committee to entertain which is to expand the dwelling units options to the Zoning Districts similar to eastern neighborhoods these will include all residential transit orbited residential and commercial and neighborhood commercial transit districts this was one of the recommendations from the City Planners report city departments report to speak about our legislation and this possible amendment id like to bring up aaron starring from the Planning Department. Mr. Starr. Good afternoon, supervisors aaron starr manager, legislative affairs, Planning Department. So the the item before you is adding an additional option for be reminded district to allow the vendors to have a mix of two and three units they heard it last year and recommended approve with modifications the commission property one provides the dwelling unit mix and nct 3 District Supervisor yee mentions two to include a minute percentage for three bedrooms unit in the dwelling unit mix option and monitor the project that the two bedroom and include the data inventory in 2019 the department understand that supervisor yee amendments two and three but not recommendation one and thanks supervisor yee for adding those recommendations and hopes that further consideration will provide an option for other Zoning District have the density control to make sure that outline at units are single bedroom a or San Francisco and expanding that to all the controlled neighborhoods makes sense to us that concludes my remarks and available for questions. Any questions for mr. Starr. Supervisor yee if you have noting no further comments ill open up for Public Comment. Thank you mr. Starr for being here and also i can see that one of the public speakers coming up is actually for this where it oriented from thank you eric. Mr. Towel. Thank you. Im eric president and ceo of the corporation a multiple developer in San Francisco having been doing Housing Development in San Francisco for several years we know that how housing work in San Francisco with a Market Driven force tempered by the policies and goals and we Work Together we try to find a balance to insure that investment continues to the city we can produce housing we temper the production by achieving the policy gospels we all support recycle trying, trying to keep as many families in San Francisco as possible i as a family understand how difficult and work with supervisor yees office to find a economically solution it that allows the developers to select an option right now the thirty percent three bedroom option is not clfthd everyone is left with 40 percent we solve so for the same outcome as the 40 percent two bedroom and dwelling unit mix with the two and threes we believe with outburst developer underwriting results this option is neutral two bedroom 40 percent a good option and hopefully, will result in some production in the districts thank you. Hello corey smith on behalf of the housing coalition. Also happy to stand here and support supervisor yee legislation so a number of times during the flexibility and obviously a huge proprietor in keeping people in San Francisco and fully appreciate our efforts across the board with the legislation as well to looking forward to psa it forward today thank you. Hi christie from spur and want to support the dwelling unit mix legislation and appreciating this is other option for developers it to follow that will allow within the existing policy for the new construction provides a mix of Housing Units and wanted to flag there could be conflicts coming up with the inclusionary legislation arrives both those proposals have different requirements you know different from what that is today and what that legislation proposes i hope that will get and appreciate schooez reaching out to us thank you. Okay. Next speaker. Hello supervisors tony Vice President and chair the development Boosters Association and thank you for having this hearing but ran over here to catch you in time how quickly you move were in storage support and thank you supervisor yee we did a lot work on the measure we have a lot of experience negotiating with the developers in the neighborhood about trying to get more three bedrooms unit and we that this is an option legislation as written including the 35 percent, and 40 percent with three bedrooms its e hits the sweet spot and were able to get with the projects so weve managed to get to 42 percent 02 and three bedrooms but hardly any three bedrooms so a small production for this were concerned so im in support and thank you for bringing this forward. Thank you anyone from the public wish to comment on item seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Supervisor yee. Thank you i want to thank the public for coming out and especially eric powell when planted the seeds for this and if we could hold off a couple of seconds supervisor tang has a question for clarification . Intern supervisor yee you can entertain us with singing. I could but i wont i safe that for my grandkids go ahead supervisor tang. We were trying to figure out on page 2 start on line 24 references the qualifica

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