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SAN FRANCISCO
PLANNING COMMISSION
Minutes of
Special Meeting
Commission Chambers - Room 400
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
Thursday,
February 10, 2011
3:30 PM
Special Meeting
COMMISSIONERS
PRESENT: Olague, Miguel, Antonini, Borden, Fong, Moore and Sugaya
THE MEETING WAS
CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT OLAGUE AT 4:03 P.M.
STAFF IN
ATTENDANCE: John Rahaim – Director of Planning, Rick Cooper, Elizabeth Watty,
and Linda Avery – Commission Secretary.
A.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS WHERE THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CLOSED
At
this time, members of the public who wish to address the Commission on agenda
items that have already been reviewed in a public hearing at which members of
the public were allowed to testify and the public hearing has been closed, must
do so at this time. Each member of the public may address the Commission for up
to three minutes.
NOTE: All of the following speakers spoke on item one (1), 3711 -
19th Avenue (aka Park Merced Mixed-use Development Program) –
Certification of a Final Environmental Impact Report
SPEAKERS:
In opposition to certification: Mark Salomon, Aaron Goodman, Marlene
Madell, Lora Traveler, Ethel Silverstein, Bernie Choden, Healani Ting, Steve
Zeltzer, Cathy Lentz, Chris French, Mike Buhler – San Francisco Architectural
Heritage, Terence Faulkner, Michael Russom, Kelsey Russom, Polly Marshall, Jamie
Whitaker, Eric Brooks, Ben Viguerie, Marilyn Amini, and Mary Miles; In
support of certification: Peter Anderson, Gayle Tsen Strang, Byron Kuth,
David Meckel, William Leddy, John Jweinat, Jeff Rocca, Pierluigi Serraino, and
Walter Paulson
B.
CONSIDERATION OF FINDINGS AND FINAL ACTION – PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED
1.
2008.0021E!KMPTWZ
(R. COOPER: (415) 575-9027)
3711 – 19TH AVENUE aka Parkmerced Mixed-Use Development Program
– Certification of a Final Environmental Impact Report.
The Site is generally bounded by Lake Merced Boulevard to the west, Brotherhood
Way to the south, Junipero Serra Boulevard, Felix Avenue, Cambon Drive, and 19th
Avenue to the east, and Holloway Avenue, Varela Avenue, Serrano Drive, Font
Boulevard, Pinto Avenue, and Vidal Drive to the north (Assessor’s Blocks
7303-001, 7303-A-001, 7308-001, 7309-001, 7309-A-001, 7310-001, 7311-001,
7315-001, 7316-001, 7317-001, 7318-001, 7319-001, 7320-003, 7321-001, 7322-001,
7323-001, 7325-001, 7326-001, 7330-001, 7331-004, 7332-004, 7333-001, 7333-003,
7333-A-001, 7333-B-001, 7333-C-001, 7333-D-001, 7333-E-001, 7334-001, 7335-001,
7336-001, 7337-001, 7338-001, 7339-001, 7340-001, 7341-001, 7342-001, 7343-001,
7344-001, 7345-001, 7345-A-001, 7345-B-001, 7345-C-001, 7356-001, 7357-001,
7358-001, 7359-001, 7360-001, 7361-001, 7362-001, 7363-001, 7364-001, 7365-001,
7366-001, 7367-001, 7368-001, 7369-001, and 7370-001) – The project, which
would be implemented over 20-30 years in multiple phases, includes the addition
of approximately 5,700 net new residential units, the demolition and replacement
of approximately 1,800 existing units which would remain subject to the San
Francisco Rent Stabilization Ordinance, rent-protections and relocation rights
for existing tenants; re-alignment and re-design of streets and blocks;
re-alignment and improvement of the MUNI M-Oceanview light-rail line and overall
transportation improvements; the addition of 310,000sf of new
neighborhood-serving retail and office space; 68 acres of new and re-configured
public open spaces including neighborhood parks, pedestrian and bike paths,
athletic fields, a new farm, and community gardens; a new preschool/elementary
school and daycare facility site, a new fitness center; ecological hydrology
improvements; and the provision of renewable energy and water infrastructure.
The Draft EIR identified potentially significant, unavoidable environmental
impacts on aesthetics, historic architectural resources, transportation, noise,
air quality, wind and biological resources.
Preliminary
recommendation: Certify the Final Environmental Impact Report. The public review
period for the Draft Environmental Impact Report ended at 5:00 PM on July 12,
2010.
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of February 3, 2011)
SPEAKERS: None
ACTION: Motion to Not Certify the Environmental Impact Report
AYES: Moore,
Sugaya, and Olague
NAYES:
Antonini, Borden, Fong, and Miguel
RESULT: The
Motion failed to pass
ACTION: The Final Environmental Impact
Report was certified
AYES: Antonini, Borden, Fong, and
Miguel
NAYES: Moore, Sugaya, and Olague
MOTION: 18269
C.
SPECIAL CALENDAR
NOTE: Following the staff presentation in which it was stated that
the statement that the historic district’s central core alternative could not
support opportunities has been deleted from the paragraph rejecting the
alternative – pointing out that it was simply a drafting error, the project
(items 2a-2f) was presented by Michael Yarne – Mayor’s Office of Economic and
Workforce Development, Seth Mallen – Park Merced Investors LLC, and Mary Murphy
– Counsel for the Project Sponsors. Mr. Peter Albert – SFMTA, responded to
commissioner’s questions
2a.
2008.0021E!KMPTWZ
(E. WATTY: (415) 558-6620)
3711 – 19TH AVENUE aka Parkmerced Mixed-Use Development
– generally bounded by Lake Merced Boulevard to the west, Brotherhood Way to the
south, Junipero Serra Boulevard, Felix Avenue, Cambon Drive, and 19th Avenue to
the east, and Holloway Avenue, Varela Avenue, Serrano Drive, Font Boulevard,
Pinto Avenue, and Vidal Drive to the north (Assessor’s Blocks 7303-001,
7303-A-001, 7308-001, 7309-001, 7309-A-001, 7310-001, 7311-001, 7315-001,
7316-001, 7317-001, 7318-001, 7319-001, 7320-003, 7321-001, 7322-001, 7323-001,
7325-001, 7326-001, 7330-001, 7331-004, 7332-004, 7333-001, 7333-003,
7333-A-001, 7333-B-001, 7333-C-001, 7333-D-001, 7333-E-001, 7334-001, 7335-001,
7336-001, 7337-001, 7338-001, 7339-001, 7340-001, 7341-001, 7342-001, 7343-001,
7344-001, 7345-001, 7345-A-001, 7345-B-001, 7345-C-001, 7356-001, 7357-001,
7358-001, 7359-001, 7360-001, 7361-001, 7362-001, 7363-001, 7364-001, 7365-001,
7366-001, 7367-001, 7368-001, 7369-001, and 7370-001) – Adoption of CEQA
findings related to the
approval of the project described in Items c, d, e, f, and g below.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Adopt the CEQA findings.
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of February 3, 2011)
SPEAKERS: In support of the project: Tim Colen – San Francisco
Housing Action Coalition, Sarah Karlinsky – SPUR, John Jweinat – Park Merced
shopping Center, Pam Hagen, Dan Weaver, Tony Zhang, Matt Miller, Brian Celedon,
Gina Teichert, Miriam Fontes, Matthew Fonets, Ed Reidy, Tom Murphy, Manny Florez
– Carpenters Local 22, Henry Larnilowicz – San Francisco Coalition for
Responsible Growth, Jeff Rocca, Annette Rocca, Sean Nicholson, Javier Florez,
Francois Hechinger, Grace Shanahan, Joel Koppel, Kate Wilson, Arne Larsen, Carol
Koppel, Armand Kiligian – KEV Armenian School, Paul O’Driscoll, Mike Smith,
Linda Corso – BOMA Government Affairs Committee, Neveo Mosser, James Decker,
Brook Turner – Coalition for Better Housing, Jim Cook, and Janan New – Director
of the San Francisco Apartment Association; In opposition to the project:
Hoi Chong Wong (as translated by Cao Don – Chinatown Community Development
Center), Giti Dadlani – Tenants Together, Terence Faulkner, [Unidentifed
Speaker] handed in a memo from Herbert J. Weiner who had to leave, Bernie
Choden, Steve Heide – METNA, James Joannides, Maria Elena Guerrero Engber,
Marlene Madell, Robley Passalacqua, Ben Viguerie, Eric Brooks – San Francisco
Green Party, Polly Marshall, Marc Christensen – President of the Park Merced
Extension Triangle Neighborhood Association, Cathy Lentz, Tom Murphy, Marilyn
Amini, Judith Flynn – Director of the Montessori Children’s Center in Park
Merced, Rose Hillson – Coalition of San Francisco Neighborhoods, Hiroshi Fukuda
– Chair of the Coalition for San Francisco Land Use and Housing Committee, Mary
Anne Miller – San Francisco Tomorrow, Aaron Goodman, David Scherna, and Alex
Strauss
ACTION: Approved adoption of CEQA findings
AYES: Antonini, Borden, Fong, and Miguel
NAYES: Moore, Sugaya, and Olague
MOTION: 18270
2b.
2008.0021E!KMPTWZ
(E. WATTY: (415)
558-6620)
3711 – 19TH AVENUE aka Parkmerced Mixed-Use Development Program
– generally bounded by Lake Merced Boulevard to the west, Brotherhood Way to the
south, Junipero Serra Boulevard, Felix Avenue, Cambon Drive, and 19th Avenue to
the east, and Holloway Avenue, Varela Avenue, Serrano Drive, Font Boulevard,
Pinto Avenue, and Vidal Drive to the north (Assessor’s Blocks 7303-001,
7303-A-001, 7308-001, 7309-001, 7309-A-001, 7310-001, 7311-001, 7315-001,
7316-001, 7317-001, 7318-001, 7319-001, 7320-003, 7321-001, 7322-001, 7323-001,
7325-001, 7326-001, 7330-001, 7331-004, 7332-004, 7333-001, 7333-003,
7333-A-001, 7333-B-001, 7333-C-001, 7333-D-001, 7333-E-001, 7334-001, 7335-001,
7336-001, 7337-001, 7338-001, 7339-001, 7340-001, 7341-001, 7342-001, 7343-001,
7344-001, 7345-001, 7345-A-001, 7345-B-001, 7345-C-001, 7356-001, 7357-001,
7358-001, 7359-001, 7360-001, 7361-001, 7362-001, 7363-001, 7364-001, 7365-001,
7366-001, 7367-001, 7368-001, 7369-001, and 7370-001) – Request for a
Planning Code Amendments pursuant to Planning Code Section 302 to add
Planning Code Section 249.64, the “Parkmerced Special Use District” (PMSUD),
amend Planning Code Section 270 to create a new Bulk District (“PM”) for the
proposed Parkmerced Special Use District, and amend Planning Code Section 102.5
and 201 to include the Parkmerced Zoning Districts in order to facilitate the
long-range development plans outlined in the Parkmerced Mixed-Use Development
Program, described in more detail in Item a above. The Planning Commission will
consider a resolution recommending these Text Amendments to the Board of
Supervisors; and will also consider adopting findings, including environmental
findings, Planning Code Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with
the General Plan and the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Recommend approval to the Board of Supervisors
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of February 3, 2011)
SPEAKERS: Same as those listed for item 2a
ACTION: Approved Planning Code amendments
AYES: Antonini, Borden, Fong, and Miguel
NAYES: Moore, Sugaya, and Olague
RESOLUTION: 18271
2c.
2008.0021E!KMPTWZ
(E. WATTY: (415)
558-6620)
3711 – 19TH AVENUE aka Parkmerced Mixed-Use Development Program
– generally bounded by Lake Merced Boulevard to the west, Brotherhood Way to the
south, Junipero Serra Boulevard, Felix Avenue, Cambon Drive, and 19th Avenue to
the east, and Holloway Avenue, Varela Avenue, Serrano Drive, Font Boulevard,
Pinto Avenue, and Vidal Drive to the north (Assessor’s Blocks 7303-001,
7303-A-001, 7308-001, 7309-001, 7309-A-001, 7310-001, 7311-001, 7315-001,
7316-001, 7317-001, 7318-001, 7319-001, 7320-003, 7321-001, 7322-001, 7323-001,
7325-001, 7326-001, 7330-001, 7331-004, 7332-004, 7333-001, 7333-003,
7333-A-001, 7333-B-001, 7333-C-001, 7333-D-001, 7333-E-001, 7334-001, 7335-001,
7336-001, 7337-001, 7338-001, 7339-001, 7340-001, 7341-001, 7342-001, 7343-001,
7344-001, 7345-001, 7345-A-001, 7345-B-001, 7345-C-001, 7356-001, 7357-001,
7358-001, 7359-001, 7360-001, 7361-001, 7362-001, 7363-001, 7364-001, 7365-001,
7366-001, 7367-001, 7368-001, 7369-001, and 7370-001) – Request for Zoning
Map Amendments
pursuant to Planning Code Section 302 to amend the Planning Code
Zoning Map Sheets ZN13, HT13, and SU13 to reclassify Parkmerced from RM-1
(Residential Mixed, Low Density), RM-4 (Residential Mixed, High Density), &
RH-1(D) (Residential House, One-Family, Detached) Districts, to PM [Parkmerced
Residential (PM-R), Parkmerced Mixed Use – Social Heart (PM-MU1), Parkmerced
Mixed Use – Neighborhood Commons (PM-MU2), Parkmerced School (PM-S), Parkmerced
Community/Fitness (PM-CF), and Parkmerced Open Space (PM-OS)], and to make
conforming Map Amendments to facilitate the long-range development plans of the
Parkmerced Mixed-Use Development Program outlined in more detail in Item a
above. The Planning Commission will consider a resolution recommending these
Zoning Map Amendments to the Board of Supervisors; and will also consider
adopting findings, including environmental findings, Planning Code Section 302
findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the priority
policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Recommend approval to the Board of Supervisors
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of February 3, 2011)
SPEAKERS: Same as those listed for item 2a
ACTION: Approved Zoning Map amendments
AYES: Antonini, Borden, Fong, and Miguel
NAYES: Moore, Sugaya, and Olague
RESOLUTION: 18271
2d.
2008.0021E!KMPTWZ
(E. WATTY: (415)
558-6620)
3711 – 19TH AVENUE aka Parkmerced Mixed-Use Development Program – generally
bounded by Lake Merced Boulevard to the west, Brotherhood Way to the south,
Junipero Serra Boulevard, Felix Avenue, Cambon Drive, and 19th Avenue to the
east, and Holloway Avenue, Varela Avenue, Serrano Drive, Font Boulevard, Pinto
Avenue, and Vidal Drive to the north (Assessor’s Blocks 7303-001, 7303-A-001,
7308-001, 7309-001, 7309-A-001, 7310-001, 7311-001, 7315-001, 7316-001,
7317-001, 7318-001, 7319-001, 7320-003, 7321-001, 7322-001, 7323-001, 7325-001,
7326-001, 7330-001, 7331-004, 7332-004, 7333-001, 7333-003, 7333-A-001,
7333-B-001, 7333-C-001, 7333-D-001, 7333-E-001, 7334-001, 7335-001, 7336-001,
7337-001, 7338-001, 7339-001, 7340-001, 7341-001, 7342-001, 7343-001, 7344-001,
7345-001, 7345-A-001, 7345-B-001, 7345-C-001, 7356-001, 7357-001, 7358-001,
7359-001, 7360-001, 7361-001, 7362-001, 7363-001, 7364-001, 7365-001, 7366-001,
7367-001, 7368-001, 7369-001, and 7370-001) – Request for a General Plan
Amendment pursuant to Planning Code Section 340 to amend the San Francisco
General Plan Urban Design Element Map 4 to make conforming Map Amendments to
facilitate the long-range development plans outlined in the Parkmerced Mixed-Use
Development Program and described in more detail in Item a above. The Planning
Commission will consider a resolution recommending this General Plan Amendment
to the Board of Supervisors.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Recommend approval to the Board of Supervisors
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of February 3, 2011)
SPEAKERS: Same as those listed for item 2a
ACTION: Approved General Plan amendments
AYES: Antonini, Borden, Fong, and Miguel
NAYES: Moore, Sugaya, and Olague
RESOLUTION: 18271
2e.
2008.0021E!KMPTWZ
(E. WATTY: (415)
558-6620)
3711 – 19TH AVENUE aka Parkmerced Mixed-Use Development Program
– generally bounded by Lake Merced Boulevard to the west, Brotherhood Way to the
south, Junipero Serra Boulevard, Felix Avenue, Cambon Drive, and 19th Avenue to
the east, and Holloway Avenue, Varela Avenue, Serrano Drive, Font Boulevard,
Pinto Avenue, and Vidal Drive to the north (Assessor’s Blocks 7303-001,
7303-A-001, 7308-001, 7309-001, 7309-A-001, 7310-001, 7311-001, 7315-001,
7316-001, 7317-001, 7318-001, 7319-001, 7320-003, 7321-001, 7322-001, 7323-001,
7325-001, 7326-001, 7330-001, 7331-004, 7332-004, 7333-001, 7333-003,
7333-A-001, 7333-B-001, 7333-C-001, 7333-D-001, 7333-E-001, 7334-001, 7335-001,
7336-001, 7337-001, 7338-001, 7339-001, 7340-001, 7341-001, 7342-001, 7343-001,
7344-001, 7345-001, 7345-A-001, 7345-B-001, 7345-C-001, 7356-001, 7357-001,
7358-001, 7359-001, 7360-001, 7361-001, 7362-001, 7363-001, 7364-001, 7365-001,
7366-001, 7367-001, 7368-001, 7369-001, and 7370-001) – Request for Local
Coastal Zone Permit pursuant to Planning Code Section 330 to allow the full
implementation of the Parkmerced Mixed-Use Development Program, specifically as
it relates to the redevelopment of lots 7309, 7309-A, 7334, 7337, and 7333,
which are located within the Local Coastal Permit Zone Area.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of February 3, 2011)
SPEAKERS: Same as those listed for item 2a
ACTION: Approved Local Coastal Zone Permit
AYES: Antonini, Borden, Fong, and Miguel
NAYES: Moore, Sugaya, and Olague
MOTION: 18272
2f.
2008.0021E!KMPTWZ
(E. WATTY: (415)
558-6620)
3711 – 19TH AVENUE aka Parkmerced Mixed-Use Development Program
– generally bounded by Lake Merced Boulevard to the west, Brotherhood Way to the
south, Junipero Serra Boulevard, Felix Avenue, Cambon Drive, and 19th Avenue to
the east, and Holloway Avenue, Varela Avenue, Serrano Drive, Font Boulevard,
Pinto Avenue, and Vidal Drive to the north (Assessor’s Blocks 7303-001,
7303-A-001, 7308-001, 7309-001, 7309-A-001, 7310-001, 7311-001, 7315-001,
7316-001, 7317-001, 7318-001, 7319-001, 7320-003, 7321-001, 7322-001, 7323-001,
7325-001, 7326-001, 7330-001, 7331-004, 7332-004, 7333-001, 7333-003,
7333-A-001, 7333-B-001, 7333-C-001, 7333-D-001, 7333-E-001, 7334-001, 7335-001,
7336-001, 7337-001, 7338-001, 7339-001, 7340-001, 7341-001, 7342-001, 7343-001,
7344-001, 7345-001, 7345-A-001, 7345-B-001, 7345-C-001, 7356-001, 7357-001,
7358-001, 7359-001, 7360-001, 7361-001, 7362-001, 7363-001, 7364-001, 7365-001,
7366-001, 7367-001, 7368-001, 7369-001, and 7370-001) – Request for Approval
of a Development Agreement pursuant to Chapter 56 of the San Francisco
Administrative Code between Parkmerced Investors, LLC. and the City and County
of San Francisco, related to the Parkmerced Mixed-Use Development Project
described in more detail in Item a above.
Preliminary recommendation: Recommend approval to the Board of
Supervisors
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of February 3, 2011)
SPEAKERS: Same as those listed for item 2a
ACTION: Approved Development Agreement
AYES: Antonini, Borden, Fong, and Miguel
NAYES: Moore, Sugaya, and Olague
RESOLUTION: 18273
Adjournment:
11:44 p.m.
Adopted: March 17, 2011
