May 23, 2007

Meeting Minutes by Toby Levi

1. Call to order
   
2. Announcement
   a. Board of Supervisors – SRO legislation passed – 2 pieces on moratorium and condition use
   b. Jazzie Colins – SoMa Stabilization Fund meets 6/5/07 at 5 PM at 1010 Mission
   
3. Town Hall
   a. Paul Lord passed packet
   b. Suzanne Sinberg – facilitator
   c. Each committee has 2 facilitators
   d. Review agenda – set up arrangement
   e. Review set up of room
   f. Review PR for Town Hall
   
4. Asian Neighborhood Design (AND) report by Peter Cohen
   a. Technical assistance to support committees
   b. Mixed Use neighborhood
   c. Alleys – open space, street wall, alley controls, including housing
   d. New RED controls
   e. Main corridors
   f. Housing Opportunity sites – rating methodology
   g. Traffic calming and alley building  Design Your Own Alley Tool Box – public and private
   h. Designated truck route – policy

5. Mixed Use philosophy

a. Incremental growth

b. Infill site

c. Embrace of existing uses/ people/

d. Archestone to post –  Site Conclusions on SoMa Site 

e. Arts of Entertainment – transitory and possibly illegal

6. Committee Reports

a. Transportation

- Transportation Efficiency Plan CAC

- Presentation of SFSU – Alleys

- Mini

b. Complete Neighborhood Fabric – SFSU – Housing opportunity Site

- Capacity/ public realm/ proximity

- Cal Poly – 8^th and Harrison

- Integrated within the community

c. Business and Land Use

- 8^th and Harrison site

- Zoning for vertical uses

- Health principles

d. Arts and Entertainments – Meeting – with dress code to assure entry

- 4^th Thursday regular meetings with agenda

- Arts tour to be happy

7. Public Comment

- Safety Network Community Organization

- Issues of classification of massage parlors