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Planning staff presents updated Land Use Index; commissioners note $96 million housing award and other board reports
Summary
Planning Department staff briefed the commission on an updated Land Use Index and a schedule for Market-Octavia surveys; commissioners noted a mayoral announcement of a $96 million state housing and infrastructure award and asked for a joint session on CPMC/Van Ness policy issues with the Health Commission.
Staff presented an updated Land Use Index and additional weekly department reports at the July 16 meeting.
Abigail Keefer (planning staff) explained the Land Use Index as a consolidated listing of all land-use policies and maps housed in the general plan and area plans; staff spent about 18 months compiling and integrating adopted area-plan policies and proposed annual administrative updates going forward. Keefer said the index is intended as a staff and public reference to make policy and map information easier to find.
Commissioners also heard a report that the mayor’s office had announced the city was awarded $96,000,000 by the California Department of Housing and Community Development that staff said could support projects including Hunters View, 363 Harrison, 58 Third, 2235 Third, 178 Townsend, the Tenderloin YMCA and 1000 Fourth Street. A commissioner requested a joint meeting with the Health Commission to discuss the California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) Van Ness campus and related policy issues; commissioners supported scheduling that joint session.
In addition, staff summarized recent board activity: a building-code amendment on vacant/abandoned buildings, a Trinity Plaza development-agreement amendment that would extend terms and stage garage construction, and a planning-code fee amendment presented to the budget committee expected to increase annual revenue for the department.
