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Minutes of a Special Meeting of the San Francisco MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SAN FRANCISCO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING COMMISSION HELD ON THE 3RD DAY JUNE OF 2010 The Commissioners of the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Planning Commission met in a Special meeting at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Board of Supervisors Chamber, Room 250, in the City of San Francisco, California, at 1:00 p.m. on the 3rd day of June 2010, at the place and date duly established for holding of such a meeting. Planning Commission President Ron Miguel called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. President Miguel stated the following: "Because there hasn't been a combined meeting of our two bodies, Planning and Redevelopment, for some time, I thought perhaps a brief intro was in order. The Planning Commission participates in joint commission hearings when a major land-use project before us will also take action by another of our City's commissions, as we have done recently with the Recreation and Park Division and with the Health Commission. This joint interface avoids duplicative presentations by both staffs and duplicative testimony from the public, saving all of us a great deal of time, effort, and money. In addition, and at least of equal importance, joint hearings such as this enable a discussion among members of both the Agency and the Commission that would otherwise be legally impossible. Joint Planning and Redevelopment hearings in the recent past have included Yerba Buena, Mission Bay, and South Beach. Each of these development areas has proven itself to be eminently successful and each of them continues to provide viable additions of infrastructure, housing, commerce, and recreation for the benefits of San Franciscans. Today's project areas are equally massive. They encompass over 700 acres in land. They envision not only a similar expansion and intensification of San Francisco's built environment, again infrastructure, housing, commerce, and recreation, but mandate a distinct emphasis on viable connections with our city's streets and transportation grids, an emphasis which is absolutely integral to the sustained viability of the Candlestick Point and Hunters Point communities. I'm not going to recite all the statistics. The staff will present those details as we move along in this hearing today. And as most of you today know, they have been well-emphasized in over ten hours of hearings recently, informational hearings at the Planning Commission, and I'm certain that President Swig has presided over a similar number of hours during Redevelopment Agency hearings. This has been an intentional public process to complement the many, many years of both formal and informal neighborhood and city wide outreach. Today I will chair the first part of the hearing, the certification of the EIR; President Swig will preside over the latter section, which starts after 5:00 p.m. We all look forward to hearing from the staff and the communities which are directly involved, and from the general public." Minutes of a Special Meeting, June 3, 2010 1. RECOGNITION OF A QUORUM The Planning Commission Secretary Avery announced the presence of a quorum with the following Commissioners present: Ron Miguel, President Christine Olague William L. Lee Gwyneth Borden Michael J. Antonini Kathrin Moore Hisashi Sugaya John Rahaim, Director, and staff members were also present. The Redevelopment Commission Secretary Solis announced the presence of a quorum with the following Commissioners present: Rick Swig, President Darshan Singh, Vice President London Breed Miguel M. Bustos Francee Covington Leroy King Fred Blackwell, Executive Director, and staff members were also present. 2. Matters of New Business: PLANNING COMMISSION: Item No. 1: Consideration of the Motion Adopting Findings Related to the Certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report for a Proposed Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase II Development Plan REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: Agency Action 2a: Consideration of a Resolution Certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase II Development Plan Project Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; Bayview Hunters Point and Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Project Areas, Resolution No. 58-2010 Presenters: Lisa Gibson, Planning Department, and Stanley Muraoka, Redevelopment Agency Page 2 of 175 Minutes of a Special Meeting, June 3, 2010 (TRANSCRIPT OF PRESENTATION/DISCUSSION/COMMENTS OF SPECIAL HEARING ON ALL ITEMS ATTACHED) SPEAKERS: Francisco DaCosta, Maria Harrison, Vivian Donahue, Esselene Stancil, Alex Tom, Ya Yan, Emily Lee, Li Shuang Li, Daniel Landry, Drew Christopher Joy, Alicia Garza, Jose Luis Pavon, Daniel Solberg, Arthur Feinstein, Saul Bloom, Espanola Jackson, Rodger Scott, Michael Patton, Aurelius Walker, Carmen Policy, Matt Regan, Javier Ramirez, Eileen Hines, Celestine Howard, Jill Fox, Roange Kent, Tera Gray, Conny Ford, Stormy Henry, Thomas Tang, Richard Lau, Terry Anders, Javier Marquez, Gary Banks, Anthony Russo, Claire Bishop, Tiffany Carpenter, Dr. Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, Bradley Bradley, James Mabrey, Amos Brown, Kristina Enea, Linda Richardson, Ann Huey, Ebony Manning, Janita Towns, Fred Noronho, Karina Bas, Gladys Soto, Dedrea Smith, Ace Washington, Charles Hayes, Reginald Rainer, Shantanese Gaines, Lakia Evans, Latasha Beasley, Tashara Johnson, Ashley Anderson, Tammy Ingle, Dennis Lamsey, Tony Rodriguez, Michael Theriault, Tim Paulson, Alonzo Menelik Abdul Raheem Walker, Russ Sturgis, Jarell, Gary Lynch, Tim Colen, Tony Kelly, Ron Stutts, Ricardo Contreras, Linda Shaffer, Marcia Dale Winter, Leon Muhammad, Dr. Veronica Hunnicutt, Renee Saucedo PLANNING COMMISSION: Item No. 1: Consideration of the Motion Adopting Findings Related to the Certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report for a Proposed Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase II Development Plan Commissioner Lee put forth a motion to move Planning Commission Item No. 1. Commissioner Antonini seconded the motion. Planning Commission Secretary Avery called the roll: Commissioner Antonini: Aye Commissioner Borden: Aye Commissioner Lee: Aye Commissioner Moore: No Commissioner Sugaya: No Commissioner Olague: No President Miguel: Aye Ms. Avery stated the motion passes 4 to 3, with Commissioners Moore, Sugaya, and Olague voting against. Page 3 of 175 Minutes of a Special Meeting, June 3, 2010 REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: Agency Action 2a. Adoption of the Redevelopment Commission Agency Action 2a: Consideration of a Resolution Certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase II Development Plan Project Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; Bayview Hunters Point and Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Project Areas, Resolution No. 58-2010 Vice President Singh put forth a motion to move Redevelopment Commission Agency Action 2a. Commissioner Covington seconded the motion. Commission Secretary Solis called the roll: Commissioner Breed: Aye Commissioner Covington: Aye Commissioner King: Aye Commissioner Bustos: Aye Commissioner Singh: Aye President Swig: Aye Ms. Solis stated the motion passes unanimously. PRESIDENT MIGUEL CALLED A RECESS AT THIS TIME - 9:21 P.M. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE TO BE CONSIDERED NO EARLIER THAN 5:00 P.M. IN THE CONTEXT OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, BOTH OF WHICH WERE CALLED AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCEEDINGS AND CONDUCTED CONCURRENTLY. President Swig called the meeting to order at 9:32 P.M. and stated the following: "Good evening. It's now 9:32, where it was supposed to be 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon. And I'd like to get started again and remind you that this is the special joint hearing of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and the San Francisco Planning Commission. Welcome again to the public and radio and TV listening audiences. For those who are ~ didn't get the announcement at 1:00 o'clock this afternoon, please turn off all pagers, cell phones and other sound emitting devices during the meeting. If you wish to speak, please fill out a speaker card for the item which is called and the item on which you address either of the commissions. Please state your name ~ very important — state your name for the record before you make your statements and please limit your remarks to three minutes. And this portion of the agenda is not intended for debate or discussion with Commissioners or staff. Please simply state your business you wish the Commission or staff to be aware of. If you have any questions you can follow up with staff or Commissioners during the break or after adjournment, There will be a Page 4 of 175 Minutes of a Special Meeting, June 3, 2010 break absolutely at 11:30 p.m., as many of us have cars in the Civic Center parking garage and we wish not to have housed for the evening. It is not appropriate for Commissioners to engage in debate or respond on issues not properly set in a publicly notified meeting agenda. And, for press and the public, please stay within the designated seating area. You have the speaker podium. And members of press are requested to film or record the Commission meeting from the side area of the designated public seating area to my right and your left. And the filming or recording equipment should not interfere with the public's view of participation in the meeting as well as presentation materials before the Commission. These guidelines are in the spirit of promoting open and orderly public meetings. And your continued interest in the Agency, the Commission, and the Planning Commission meetings is welcomed and greatly appreciated. Before I ask Madam Secretary to call the first item, I'd like to let you know what's going to occur so it catches nobody by surprise. First of all, we will have the reading of the Planning items. Then we will have the reading of the Redevelopment items, as they are separate from each other. Those are Items 2 through 9.
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