Good afternoon, everyone.

This meeting will come to order.

Welcome to the May 13th, 2024 regular meeting of the Land Youth and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

I am Supervisor Marina Melgar, Chair of the Committee, joined by Board of Supervisors President Aaron Paskin and Vice Chair Dean Preston.

The committee clerk today is John Carroll.

And I would also like to acknowledge Corwin Cooley, who is our staff person for SFGup TV today.

Mr.

Clerk, do you have any announcements?

Yes, thank you, Madam Chair.

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And finally, Madam Chair, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors' agenda of May 21st, 2024, unless otherwise stated.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Carroll.

Will you please call item number one?

Agenda item number one is a resolution approving and authorizing an easement agreement and quit claim between the city and midtown lands LLC, fixing and perfecting the location in terms of an easement reserved in a 1957 subdivision instrument for vehicular and pedestrian access and subsurface utilities within a city parcel located in the Twin Peaks neighborhood.

Adopting findings of consistency with the general plan and the priority policies of planning code section 101.1, affirming the planning department's secret determination, and authorizing the director of property to enter into amendments or modifications to the easement agreement that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities of the city and are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the easement agreement and the resolution.

Thank you so much, uh Mr.

Carroll.

Before I bring up director of real estate Andrico Penick, uh I just wanted to give a quick refresher on this item for my colleagues.

Um this item is pertains to uh two parcels in District 7, right under Sutro Tower.

Uh the Board of Supervisors conditionally approved the decision of public works to approve a tentative map for a two-lot subdivision for this parcel.

And in doing the research uh for this hearing, we discovered that there was never an approved roadway easement to the parcel.

So we requested the project sponsor to work with uh Rack and Parks Department uh in that commission to provide proof of an approval for the roadway easement, in addition to determining whether the utilities easement would be.

We also requested the neighbors entitled notice to the tentative map approval to be notified when all these conditions were met.

So the easement agreement is now before us today, and I will turn it over to Director Penick from the Real Estate Department.

Welcome.

Thank you for being here.

Good afternoon, Chair O'Miragar, uh, Supervisor Preston, President Peskin, Supervisor Mandelman, Hendrick Opinick, Director of Real Estate.

Uh Chair Melagar, you uh put the nail right on the head.

Uh, this is a technical amendment to clean up uh an easement in the midtown terrace section.

I'm here before you uh seeking your positive recommendation for approving a resolution that would approve and authorize the uh easement agreement and quick claim between the city and midtown lands LLC.

By way of background, the Wreck and Park Department has jurisdiction over approximately 19 acres spanning four acres, commonly known as the Green Belt in the midtown terrace section of Twin Peaks.

In 1957, a portion of the green boat was deeded to the city.

However, the um prior owner reserved a blanket easement over approximately 6,970 square feet.

The 1957 deed contemplated that a more precise location of the easement would be identified at a future date.

Just to orient you as to location.

You can see on the screen in the upper left-hand section is Mount Sutro, uh, open space reserve.

Sort of in the center and at towards the bottom is Sutro Tower.

The red dot on the map represents the intersection of La Avanzado and Delbrook.

And the small gray dot just to the right of the red dot is generally the area of the easement in question.

More blow-up view shows you the midtown lands parcel, and you see the proposed easement in blue.

And you see La Avanzado Street just to the top of the photograph.

The proposed easement would reduce the current easement down to 2500 square feet from its original size of 6,970 square feet.

It allows for service improvements such as gravel to facilitate a pedestrian and vehicle access to the green belt.

Allows for subsurface utilities to run along the easement area to support a future residential development.

The approval of the residential development is not before you today.