Review
and Action on Draft
City Council Agenda for July 15, 2003
Action:
All items approved for placement on Council agenda with the
following changes.
Item
32 Interpretation
of Major Residential Additions
From:
Councilmembers Olds, Hawley and Spring
Recommendation:
Refer to the Zoning Adjustments Board (ZAB) and the Planning
Commission (PC) the following issues for discussion and review; that the
ZAB report to the PC with recommendations for guidelines for
interpretation by staff and/or clarifying language for related zoning
ordinances; that the PC return to the Council within 120 days with
proposed language for modifications to the zoning ordinance: 1) the
number of vertical feet allowed in a story in residential construction;
2) the “no-net change” interpretation of the 499 square foot
addition, allowed by right; 3) the interpretation of additions to
existing nonconforming residential buildings; and 4) consider that an
“addition by right” be allowed one time only on each property.
Contact:
Betty Olds, Councilmember District 6, 981-7160, Miriam Hawley,
Councilmember District 5, 981-7150, and Dona Spring, Councilmember
District 4, 981-7140
a.
From: Councilmember
Spring
Recommendation:
Amend this item to: 1)
request that the issues on “499 square foot additions by right” be
allowed one time only on each property; 2) request the Planning
Commission consider that the “addition by right” be allowed one time
only on each property; and 3) request the Planning Commission also
review how “addition by right” affects nearby property owners’
views and rights to solar protection in the Solar Protection Ordinance
as well as landmark issues. In addition, the commission should consider whether
“addition by right” can occur with additional square feet from a
demolition on the same property.
Contact:
Dona Spring, Councilmember District 4, 981-7140
Action:
Revised to include a revised report by Councilmember Spring as
shown.
Item
33 Traffic
Circles on Bicycle Boulevards
From: Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation:
Approve a compromise motion to designate $140,000 in additional
traffic circle funding to be specified for use for traffic circles on
bicycle boulevards (as a compromise between use of funds for unspecified
bicycling projects, versus use of funds for unspecified circles).
Contact:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Action:
Moved to Action Calendar by Councilmember Hawley.
Item
35 Fee
Waiver: Eighth Annual
Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival
From: Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution extending the sound permit from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. and waiving all fees to secure use of the Veterans Memorial
Building for bathroom access for the public and the auditorium in the
occurrence of rain for the Eighth Annual Watershed Environmental Poetry
Festival event in Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park, Saturday,
September 6, 2003 and allowing access to the kiosk located outside of
the downtown BART station on Center Street to display a poster and
information from August 22nd through September 6th.
Contact:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Action:
To be revised by Councilmember Worthington to delete references
to kiosk and use of the Vets Building.
Item
46 Tax
Exempt Obligations: 2517
Sacramento Street Housing Project
From: City Manager
Recommendation:
Conduct a public hearing and upon conclusion adopt a Resolution
approving the issuance by the California Statewide Communities
Development Authority of tax-exempt obligations to be issued in one or
more series, in the aggregate principal amount of approximately
$8,000,000, the proceeds of which will be applied to finance the
acquisition and construction of a 40-unit multifamily housing apartment
project located at 2517 Sacramento Street.
The initial owner and operator of the project will be a limited
partnership or limited liability company of which Affordable Housing
Associates (AHA) is a partner or member.
Contact:
Stephen Barton, Housing, 981-5400
Action:
Removed by the City Manager.
Item
50 Sale
of Treasury Bond Investments
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sell the
12,624 Treasury Bonds held in the City’s Sale/Lease Financing Debt
Service Fund as soon as practicable and use the proceeds to pay off all
the outstanding 1996 Refunding Lease Revenue Bonds by December 1, 2003.
Contact:
Fran David, Finance, 981-7300
Action:
Moved to Consent Calendar by Mayor Bates.
The
following additional items were submitted for placement on the Council
agenda.
Fee
Waiver: 2003 Solano Stroll
From:
Councilmember Hawley
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution waiving fees for the event permit and the food
vendor permits and in-kind City services from Police, Fire, Public Works
and Health and Human Services for the 2003 Solano Stroll scheduled for
Sunday, September 14th.
Contact:
Miriam Hawley, Councilmember District 5, 981-7150
Action:
Approved for placement on the Council Agenda of July 15, 2003.
Fee
Waiver: San Francisco Mime Troupe
From:
Councilmember Maio
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution sponsoring and waiving special event fees and
the required maintenance deposits associated with the San Francisco Mime
Troupe’s five days of performance in parks throughout the Summer.
Contact:
Linda Maio, Councilmember District 1, 981, 7110
Action:
Approved for placement on the Council Agenda of July 15, 2003.
Use-of-Parking
Survey at Multi-Family Large Buildings
From:
Councilmember Maio
Recommendation:
Request the City Manager consider how we might initiate a survey
of residents of new, multi-family large buildings to determine what
residents’ and merchants’; level of parking demand is, where they
are currently parking, and gather other useful information relative to
parking practices.
Contact:
Linda Maio, Councilmember District 1, 981, 7110
Action:
Approved for placement on the Council Agenda of July 15, 2003.
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