We erroneously reported last week that Temporary Mayor Ed Lee would be appearing before the board tomorrow for his monthly round of softball. That is incorrect: the interim mayor will be at the board meeting on Tuesday, May 10th. Tomorrow, we'll just be stuck with our eleven regulars, one preservation issue in Russian Hill, a couple more redevelopment items in the Bayview and Supervisor Avalos wants to ban booze sales at chain pharmacies. The items of interest, in order of appearance:
Item 1: Waiver of temporary street space occupancy fees - Just a reminder that John "The People's Candidate" Avalos will be helping out with the 2nd Annual Ocean Ave Art Walk.
Items 4-8: Various committee and task force appointments - the city's Health Authority, Medical Cannabis Task Force, Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee, Children and Families First Commission and SRO Task Force are all getting new members. Good luck, task forcers!
Item 9: Declaring Illegal Dumping on Public Property a Nuisance - Malia Cohen's non-redevelopment-related legislation got plenty of support last week and should finally pass without issue, but we're still encouraging Supervisor Cohen to stand up and deliver a rousing speech.
Item 10: Appropriating Approx $7 Million in state loans for West Marina Yacht Harbor renovations - The yacht harbor in Supervisor Mark Farrell's district needs some renovations. $6,995,000 worth of them, in fact. Luckily, Farrell found some suckers at the California Department of Boating and Waterways who will pay for it.
Item 12: Accept $750,000 from US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development for Sunnydale public housing site - Another redevelopment push from Supe. Cohen. This one will transform Sunnydale public housing in to "a mixed-income community." Cheap digs for everybody!
Item 14: Liquor License transfer to a CVS Pharmacy at 3132 Clement Street - Supervisor Avalos is working on a way to ban booze sales at pharmacies, starting with one CVS location way out in the Richmond (and way out of his district). We already went through this once with cigarettes, but without booze at the megachain pharmacy we guess the corner store will have to start stocking that deodorant we like or we'll have to start making two trips.
Item 15: Vacating Mason Street for the Joe DiMaggio playground master plan - the half-block of Mason street between Lombard and Greenwich street is going to turn in to a pedestrian-only area when the Joe DiMaggio playground and North Beach Library become one big complex of fun and education. This item schedules a hearing for June 7th to hear community concerns.
Items 18-21: Conditional Use Appeal for 1268 Lombard - the board tabled this one a couple weeks ago, but the Russian Hill Neighbors would like to keep this gem of a house at 1268 Lombard.
Item 22: Closed Session with City Attorney regarding potential litigation on the Parkmerced Project - The board and Dennis Herrera will be huddling up to discuss all the possible lawsuits the development-averse San Franciscans will be unloading on them. If you're playing along from home, expect at least an hour's worth of cheesy muzak on SFGovTV.
Item 24: Declaring May Perinatal Depression Awareness Month in San Francisco - Ladies of the city (and dudes concerned for your babymamas), Supervisor Carmen Chu would like to encourage all of you to learn more about screening for and treating perinatal depression. In May specifically, because that's when people think about babies, we guess.
Finally, some items of note from the Clerk's mailbag this week:
- Roughly 200 letters supporting AT&T's lightspeed network upgrades and the projects exemption from Environmental Review.
- 25 Letters asking the board to reverse Planning's decision that the AT&T upgrades are exempt from an EIR.
- A letter from one James Chaffee "regarding the 311 system of Customer Service."
- Five letters from Aaron Goodman about the Parkmerced Project.
- 20 letters opposing sidewalk sitting ban.
- A letter from Van Arsdale, supporting a voluntary ban on feeding of pigeons.
The full board agenda is available here and the meeting thing kicks off at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays. For those of you who like to follow along from home, you can stream it live on SFGovTV.org.
