BAYVIEW HUNTERS
POINT CITIZENS
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES (ADOPTED)
November 3, 2021
Start: 6:00 PM; End: ~8:15 PM
Held virtually via Webex
Order of Business:
1. Call to Order and Roll Call
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Devanshu Patel (Chair)
Philip Williams (Vice Chair)
Tim Chan
Kirk Davis
Dominica Henderson
Linda Jordan
Elaine Redus
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Bakari Adams
2. Approval of Minutes from Previous Meetings
Motion to Approve Draft Minutes from 10/06/21: Patel; 2nd: Davis
All in Favor: Chan, Davis, Henderson, Patel & Redus
Absent: Adams, Jordan & Williams
3. General Public Comment
No Public Comment.
4. Report from the City Administrator’s Office / San Francisco Planning
Department
[Discussion and Possible Action]
a. Resolution Making Findings to Allow Teleconferenced
Meetings under California Government Code Section 54953(e).
Motion to Adopt Resolution: Henderson; 2nd: Redus
All in Favor: Patel, Chan, Davis, Henderson & Redus
Absent: Adams, Jordan & Williams
5. New Business: Department and Project Sponsor Presentations
[Discussion and Possible Action]
a. 1440 Egbert Avenue: Presentation on proposed cannabis
cultivation site. Continued from October 6th, 2021.
 Presenters: George Schevon (architect) & Darren Lam
(owner)
Discussion:
 Question on Parking? How many employees?
o Response: The business anticipates that employers
would carpool and use public transportation. Right
now, the Project only includes one dedicated parking
space. There would be two Full-Time Employees and
a number of Part-Time Employees (up to 10).
 Question on a Storefront (Yes or No)?
o Response: No Storefront. The business is only
pursuing a distribution license, which includes
package & pick-up to retailers.
 Question on Hours of Operations?
o Response: 9am to 5pm
 Question on Security (Yes or No)?
o Response: The business will have a Bay Alarm
system and a security guard.
 The CAC would like the Business Owner to work on
activation of block & work formalize hiring relationship with
local organization.
 The CAC would like to see additional outreach conducted
with neighborhood groups.
 The CAC would like more information on jobs,
crime/security, traffic and parking.
[No Public Comment Received]
b. Cannabis in Bayview: Informational presentation from Planning
Department.
 Presenters: Mike Christensen (SF Planning Department,
Liaison to Office of Cannabis)
 Informational Only
Discussion:
 Presentation on Memo to Bayview CAC on Cannabis
Cultivation and Cannabis Retail in Bayview
 Expect to see cultivators and retailers who require
Conditional Use Authorization
 New Applications for cultivation are appearing in the South
of Market neighborhood (since it is principally permitted in
that neighborhood). These facilities are smaller.
(Christensen)
 Cultivation is not a permitted use in the majority of the City
 In Bayview Industrial Triangle, new cannabis businesses
are prohibited
 Concern on VOCs with cannabis businesses
 Are all Equity Applicants?
 What advice can you offer? Concern on impact to
community.
 Relative to pipeline and incoming cannabis applications (in
last year, maybe one new application). Most applications
are legalization of an existing business. Most types of
industrial facilities don’t require a Conditional Use
Authorization. (Christensen)
[No Public Comment Received]
c. San Francisco Gateway, 749 Toland Street/2000 McKinnon
Ave: Information presentation from Project Sponsor on proposed
multi-story PDR facility measuring approximately 1,848,4000 gross
square feet.
 Presenters: Mark Hansen (Prologis); Brian Liles (Architect)
 Additional Attendees from Project Team: Banke Abioye,
Courtney Bell, Chloe Hanna-Korpi & Boe Hayward
 Informational Only
Discussion:
 Traffic Studies & the number of parking spaces. Issue of
location between 101-3rd Street. Ensure that trucks do not
come down 3rd Street.
 Any prospective tenants (ie. Amazon)?
o Response: No specific tenant identified at this time
for future Project
 Provide more information on economic & employment
benefits for future meetings.
 Ensure that façade design on the upper levels is taken into
consideration. Don’t have it look like the jail in SoMa
 The Project Team will ensure that future environmental
document to come back to Bayview CAC.
[No Public Comment Received]
6. Committee Members’ Comments and Announcements
 Request for additional information on cannabis applications.
Ensure that the CAC is brought into the review later in process
(Chan)
7. Committee Members’ Proposed Future Agenda Items
 Request for presentation on 5256 3rd Street (Williams)
 Revisit the Project Questionnaire (Henderson)
 Examine Cannabis & Community Benefits (Davis)
o Explore a Future Cannabis Forum (Patel)
 Overview of Bayview Industrial Triangle (Chan)
o Median Income for Jobs (Chan)
o Explore Future Workshop for BIT (Williams)
8. Adjournment
Motion to Approve Draft Minutes: Williams; 2nd: Chan
All in Favor: Chan, Davis, Henderson, Jordan, Patel, Redus & Williams
Absent: Adams
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