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Okay per to me e item call to order and roll call commissioner president adams commissioner dooley commissioner dwight commissioner ortizcartagena is excused. Commissioner toursarkissian commissioner yeeriley commissioner zouzounis mr. Vice president we have quorum. Item two. Our speakers is not here perhaps go to item number 4. A yeah, since the pertinent is the same for items two and three. No, no action item and well call those together the draft minutes november 23, 2015, june 22, 2015. Commissioners any comments on the minutes. June 22nd item Leona HelmsleyVice President report we put down commissioner dwight that is commissioner white that was for the june 22nd. Yes. Any other comments art is there any Public Comment on item those Meeting Minutes seeing none, Public Comment is closed. I motion the approve the minutes of june 22, 2015, november 23, 2015, and june 2, 2015. All in favor, say i. I. Or the that item passes with one absent moving to item number 2 our; is present okay item 2 presentation and possible action on board of supervisors file number public works street space and ordinance forever the public works to limit the duration of street space and limit the permits for permit extensions that can be issued during a 3 year urban mixed use and district and the ordinances of permits for the same address after the 3 years and the determination under the California Environmental quality act discussion and possible action item and our pertinent is jess of the office of supervisor farrell. Good evening commissioner. Wait is that on. inaudible supervisor farrell were talking about a few items inaudible reform and after that what im sure a shock to known for living in San Francisco the share amount of construction impacts the businesses and the residents zl we hear containment from resident frustrated by the Parking Spaces that are taken by the parking construction and the frustration mounts when the volume spaces can sit by so for days at a time and the are not given the permitted in particular a site in our district we worked dpw and the dblth department of building inspection work on the proposal and pending the committee to the full board in the next couple week and do the following the duration the street space for the building operation permit extension not to be longer a current Building Code under the original building or site permit and second adds more view for them granted and directs the director of dpw not to grant an expedition without first confirming with dbi there is ongoing work on the site in the action and the site permit 24 proposal will give nor discretion to the director of dpw to not have the extension for like a new permit and under the proposal the director may issue modified conditions on the extension at many times in addition direction for that the rerecognizing of my permit if they feel the residents under this proportionality will have the ability to appeal to the director and can appeal to the board of appeals this proposal was intended to help free up limit neighborhood Parking Spaces and not curtail necessary construction and that applies to the urban mixed use and the neighborhood commercial district and the transit districts as extended in the planning code as lastly this proposal will apply retrofitting so we as a city with properly addresses things that are dealing with quality of life for the residents and businesses in San Francisco this is a afraid piece of legislation and has impacts for the residents and improves the quality of life and reality closely worked with staff at dpw and dbi to come to the proposal and have sign offices from both departments and feedback if sfmta were taking into account today and were looking forward to your response and any input or any advice you are willing to give mebe ill ppy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you commissioner president adams. First of all, thank you jess and supervisor farrell a straightforward piece of legislation that is common sense and i got to thank you for this one in many neighborhoods in the city you are looking at like is on my street in particular i have a resident on the street that is taking up 3 spaces in our neighborhood a mixed use we have people that park to go shopping and going on 3 years this permit supposedly not done and using it as a dumpster for other projects around the district so when i read this it was i was jumping for joy not only my area too i see this on terryville street and a can give you addresses all over the city you have to have street blockage but after a certain amount of using for packing to store stuff and making an combat a bad impact on Small Businesses in the neighborhood and totally want to thank you for doing this it is a straightforward proposal. Thank you. I appreciate that the exact reason and example that you mentioned we more streamlined in the district a project on meadow that pooled over would do and 50 permits over a 3 year period and not completed the necessary construction during the timeframe and nfl we tried to work first remedy to get this taken care of but needed a resolution solution this project is not alone in the city and hopefully, a relief to the residents. Thank you so much i have a quick question, of course, something in my neighborhood district 3. Of course. There is a large residential condo complex on both sides of the street and near a lot of businesses basically for the last 14 years they take uppermost of Street Parking and it just one little project after another so how will that impact if they say no parking for two months for plumbing they say no parking for the next few months for o for roofing is never ended how do you build you know address that. So i think our address for example, it is give introduced creation to the people who issues the space occupancy permits to go back when the ordinance is approved and we should go to the board of supervisors to go and revoke those if this is in the best interest of the Neighborhood Convenience and obviously we want resident and Small Businesses alike to take out the necessary permits to do necessary construction but again, we know there is abuse within the system our proposal that given the broad discretion by giving people to deny the permits seeks to provide a solution for all the solutions in the neighborhood. A situation ongoing maintenance that takes up parking all year round for years and years that will be taken care of. Yes. And what well be able to do for example, eddy in the bureau of street use and the director of public works the main contract o contact in terms of providing complaints once that is impacted in the books of San Francisco any resident or Business Owner can report a problem were we having from someone not meeting the goals that is broad discretion allows them to use that discretions wooigz to make sure that people are completing the goals of projects and the appraisals progress people feel theyre treated urban viewing and have a solution for which to take care of that. Will they be allowed to do a plumbing project immediate apply for a roof project completed work on the garages, 6 more months completed will that activity never ending taking uhhuh up of public parking. Yes. I mentioned again, the problem project site we used the example in the legislation sacramento street taken out 10 Residential Construction permits and taken out a mri i do not do of other projects the same thing they could somehow show theyre preceding on the project when in reality theyre using to block 3 that concludes my remarks on sacramento. They take up two blocks of parking. Yeah. Commissioner president adams. Really quick and i think that item f on page 5 addresses this because i see this a lot they pull the permits but theyre not doing any construction but they put out the signs and nobody can park but nothing going on so i take 2 under permit replication if theyre not using the space the director what pull that. Thats correct and this is supposed to come in front of the commission the Construction Contractor parking plan we have now impacted new rules and regulations for the dpw to do more proactive noticing to businesses when permits with used for sprays occupancy yeah. That ordinances allows a parking not used by the project sponsor who ever the sponsor is that space returns to the neighbors no questions asked. A company that is abusing in my neighborhood they theyre not working and no dumpster they put up the signs and use it for their own personal parking. And any of the issues talking about with dpw for a great part of most we want to reform the permit system and know this problem taking out of 50 to one hundred dollars permit for 6 months allows free neighborhood parking parish. Commissioner toursarkissian. Thank you for this legislation i thought that the extension was related to a building Structure Operation not a permit to north americas a 12 months correct me if i am wrong 12 months the permit extension cant steady 12 months not related to construction operation that is specific to permits we cant go on getting a permit and an extension again overall for the specific project is that youre reading. Yes. Again, the permit can be granted for what a current permit maybe and again what were getting at in the crux of this reform is on the permit extension so the problems that we see when someone pulls the permit given the system that someone can political over the internet or may a fee no quiz asked for more Parking Spaces occupied by limiting this to no more than 12 months were into the crux more review when the extension are sought for. You mentioned some suggestions youre coming to be following adding by dpw or what are those changes. The proposal in front of you, you and preponderance of the evidence has full sign off from public works and that has come back in terms of suggestions well have to sit down in the next couple weeks but broadly adding in more Zoning District by the planning code to make it more standard so that again, our goal not to really hamper appropriate crux by get to make sure were giving back the Parking Spaces to residents. And you said to exercise the discretion as the extension some guidelines what are the guidelines you have. I dont have a guidelines i left if so the director of public works whoever he or she maybe can work with them and codifying the timelines and the review for extension we feel well be able to address those. The discretion is appealable. Yes. With the department of building inspection appeals it. Commissioner dooley. I remember for a long time the permits will say if no construction by 12 00 noon the public can park i never see that anymore can you tlaem what the deal is that is very useful to free up parking. Yeah. You know it is interesting when we were working on the construction parking plan with the mta and dpw they raised that issue it was an existing practice that was something that was not codified we try to codify the time slots were hearing from your residents were you know they can find Parking Spaces in the morning but not parking in the evening that kind of critical period with an 4 and 7 we wanted to be able to allow it flexibility and at the advise of the mta owe dpw we decided to not make it the noon cut off time. But might want to revisit that for people visiting businesses 4 to 7 is not necessarily the time for them to be able to get people to the businesses. Thats a great point well look at that. Commissioner any other questions. Yeah. Commissioners. Thank you for presenting this to us kind of a followup on the containment system i see that a notice within 5 Business Days to all Property Owners im curious when a residence or business to call 311 if we cant reach the Property Number a direct line for containments. 311 is a service that is available to anyone that is one option we can argue the preliminary option any sponsor has the director phone number call the person directly the other call anytime whether dbi or a construction person to come out to make sure the goals are met with the permit. The 5 Business Days numbers im concurring that dbi and public works have prior notices for the to start a project is that number to be expended like we need more time to use those spaces or anyone. Not to my knowledge dpem did outreach with the residential contractor that often come into the department and havent heard that issue but we want to address that. Commissioners any other questions. My question is the same but i got cut off. No other questions opening up for Public Comment any Public Comment on this item . Stephen cornell theres going to be a lot big projects coming up as polk street and terryville i live in west portal we went through a large we are doing when the contractors came up and take whole streets they need to do the side streets to put the pipes and sometimes equipment all fine they bring their own personal cars they stick them there and take a red cone on top of the hood and get a free parking the city is taking extra Parking Spaces away from the neighborhoods im not sure the personal cars of all the construction workers should be getting a freebie this should be addressed especially singles wed like to have a lot of construction down the road and when theyre doing a whole streets or streets. Thank you. Any other. There seeing none, Public Comment is closed. So commissioner president adams i motion we approve the board of supervisors file at is common sense legislation and something that is long overdue. Do we have a second. Second. Roll call vote. Commissioner president adams commissioner dooley commissioner dwight commissioner ortizcartagena is absent commissioner toursarkissian commissioner yeeriley. Commissioner kounalakis. The motion to approved 6 to zero one absent all right. Thanks we appreciate the support thank you. On to item 3. Welcome back to on core. Like to read into the record item 3 presentation and deduction on board of supervisors file hearing initiate order do. Please note any of the members may speak without taking for open sidewalks here to look at the ordinance by a november 8, 2016, called amending the police code for the encampments on public sidewalks this is a deduction item and to clarify a Ballot Initiative to no motion or action taken. Okay. Perfect thanks good to be back im sure the homelessness it persistent in our city and continues to be a top concern to residents and especially businesses citywide you know this by little citys process and housing over 25 thousand people in over 15 years our Homeless Population is stagnant with increases in the Homeless Count and then more recently for better or worse theyre the most prominent symbol of homelessness it is not compassionate to let human beings in our city on the streets it is dangerous and you think health for the residents and businesses and individuals residing in the encampments we firmly believe that 9 answer to homeless is housing not tents and building doing everything we can as a city to help the homeless into housing and out of the street encampments we released numerous reports and done a lot of legislation focus on the tenure of the board of supervisors and the mother humane solution and go saves little city miles in the long run with a wrap around service to help them get back to the past of selfsufficiency and talk about the rationale to the ballot with that initiative over a month and a half ago supervisor avalos stated and board of supervisors meeting it he was pubically calling on the City Attorney to draft a encampment policy for the city and county and we had numerous problems with the supervisors draft outlining u outline like providing is an sheriffs station Running Water for homeless enhancements r good times for thirty individuals felt that was a reason for more encampments not less and given the composition on the board of supervisors right now were not confident we can should tell a solution protectively at the board of supervisors that is not acceptable to our policy prototype in addressing the encampments and homeless in San Francisco we felt compelled this given businesses to voters again as the number one issue in polls we should take this directly to the plastic bottle we have introduced the proposal and give you the landscape, if you will, the board of supervisors in terms of encampment policies supervisor avalos has call