Transcripts For SFGTV Planning Commission 42116 20160425

Considered in closed session. Any Public Comment . I dont see any Public Comment is closed. Item 2 consider adoption of a motion on whether or not to assert the attorney clooib client privilege with legal council. So commissioners youll need to make a motion to conduct into closed session. Commissioner moore. Move to assert attorneyclient privilege. Second. Thank you on that motion po to assert and move into commission. Commissioner antonini commissioner moore commissioner wu commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to zero and if give me a moment ill lock the doors well start convening in open session for item 4 following the closed session the Planning Commission in open session will report on any action during the closed session and consider a motion regarding whether to disclose no action taken during that closed session so i dont know if you want to report think outside the box 0 officially. Commissioner wu. Ill leave to the president s report to report but move not no disclose. Second. Second. No action during closed session. Thank you commissioner wu on that motion to not disclose any part of the discussion commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero. Okay. Jonas and to the members of the public apologize for running a little bit late we were in closed session well take a quick lunch break be back in about thirty minutes. Very good thank you, commissioners commissioners. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the regular meeting of the San Francisco Planning Commission francisco Planning Commission for thursday, april 21, disruptions of any kind. Proceedings. And when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. Id like to call roll at this time. Commissioner president fong commissioner Vice President richards commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner wu and commissioner johnson is sent present and will be joining us first for items proposed for continuance for ab and noriega are listed for continuance the new proposal is to may 12, 2016, case 2 minute street large project authorization is proposed for continuance until may 12, 2016, item 3 multiple properties owned or by the Art Institute city and county of San Francisco is promoted middle may 12, 2016, item 4 south van ness is 26th conditional use authorization proposed for june 2016 item 5 for case the Hotel Conversion informational presentation you requested on this date proposed definitely as a result of the cases not projected to not being heard on may 12th we want to commend come up those together and commissioners further under argue discretionary calendar 18 ab and 16 through 36 grant avenue as long as the place discretionary review the project sponsor and others have requested a continuance not opposed until may 12, 2016. There are no speaker cards. Any Public Comment on the continuance calendar. Yeah. My name is george i urge you to think this number 4 and just like not do this it is basically another luxury condo that the Mission Street didnt need and with all the homelessness in the news and the murder of a gentleman it is not right we need to build Affordable Housing keep it diverse and affordable id like to remind the members of the audience that the commission does not tolerate disruptions of any kind. Your comments should be limited to the matter of continuance. Good afternoon. My name is a eric the president of the quatro district were here to support the continuance of the project an south van ness we are in the prosecutes of pleading you are special use district which we are developing into for consideration by the board of supervisors were also concerned that the Environmental Review for the project has not been completed we requested to look at the impacts of the project of the latino clurlt like the Small Businesses weve not seen that and have a Community Wide planning process that is happening right now in 2020 make sure all those are completed before this comes to the commission thank you. Hi my name is marie with the quatro the project is currently we want would like a continuance ill say a straightforward it is the biggest in the pipeline one and plus units the project if approved would eliminate all pdrs that are there are currently the mission is losing a lot of pdr we want it continued. Any Public Comment on item the matters of continuance i dont see any Public Comment is closed. Commissioner moore. As proposed to the dates with the revised dates with the additional terms 18 ab to may 12th. Second. Thank you, commissioners to continue items commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero Zoning Administrator, what say you . Continue the dates as proposed and specified auto campfires under our consent calendar calendar, are considered to be routine and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, the public, or staff so requests in which event the matter shall be removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. Commissioners under the rules of c p item 6 must be pulled off of content well hear that at the beginning of calendar the remaining items are 7 ab for the cases at 1544 irving street and the discretionary review and the Zoning Administrator will consider variances and case 8 on Market Street the conditional use authorization and item 9 at 2324 Market Street also a conditional use authorization there are no speaker cards any Public Comment on item items 6, 7 ab or 9. Consent calendar okay i dont see any Public Comment is closed. Commissioner Vice President richards. My residence i own 2324 Market Street i ask to be recused. Very good then well need a motion to rouse commissioner Vice President richards from item 9 a move to rouse commissioner Vice President richards from item 9 a thank you commissioners on that motion to rouse commissioner Vice President richards from item 9 a commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu commissioner Vice President richards commissioner president fong thank you commissioner Vice President richards i dont think there is any deliberations. Commissioner toursarkissian is commissioner antonini. Yeah. We have should move to approve 7 ab separately. Absolutely. Second. Thank you commissioners on that motion to approve 7 ax and 8 under the consent calendar commissioner antonini. And 8. 7 b by the Zoning Administrator. Okay. Thank you i. Commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero on item 9 under the consent calendar do we have a motion. No. We dont deliberate. I should have voted on the last one. Move to approve. Oh, yeah. I laughter . Okay thank you commissioner hillis on that motion to approve item 9 under the consent calendar commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson exposure commissioner wu and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero. On item 7 b grant the variance. Thank you Zoning Administrator. Commissioners, that places you under your under commission matters item 10 draft minutes for march 21 and april 7th of 2016. Okay. Is there any any Public Comment on draft minutes. Any georgia swedish here to comment on the 31st of march i guess item 8 kemper lands aim embarrassed that is the the short things on sunday morning president versus precedence in setting the minutes i talked with accident cd e nc e he talked about the precedent of the lot merge to summarize the lot merge was unnecessarily in that neighborhood those reductions in the zoning the project was out of characterization and demolition of sound more Affordable Housing and those are this 4 precedence i talk about so the distinction im making between what was written in the minutes and the precedence is you housing should have a precedence but im not talking about the presents im sorry i would have written earlier he read this this morning. Dully noted. Thank you. I appreciate that thats my point thank you. President and Vice President have imagined that. Commissioner Vice President richards. Move to approve the minutes as adjusted. Second. Thank you, commissioners on that motion to adopt the minutes as amended commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president fong thank you, commissioners so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 7 to zero and commissioners, that places you under your on item 11 commissioners questions or comments. Commissioner Vice President richards. A couple of quick things the new york city is going what were going introduce in terms of Affordable Housing with a mandated to increase the density bonus in the sunday New York Times were structuring are the segregation talking about go hive segregated areas if we dont have people move in not have the same race their segregated but marketrate for Affordable Housing requirement it talks about the amount of the dominant minority leaving priced out of the neighborhood its a an interesting article the takeaway the answer for new york and maybe for San Francisco you built the affordable when you build the marketrate housing and keep as many people there with some type of preference and a expectation to make sure the race of people a great article if you havent read that and i mentioned this i believe 1601 mission with the congratulations and the fuel cars are a classics in the New York Times it talked about a large manhattan now not having a huge island of cars but people having to drive many, many miles out of their way to get the gas gas and we never thought about it all the prices went up all the gas stations are going out of business with no gas stations left those are the two things. Seeing number further departmental matters drouchlts. Report in the interest of time and view of the board of appeals and the Historic Preservation commissi commission. Good afternoon aaron starr, manager, legislative affairs for the Planning Department staff first at the land use hearing the bio annual balance report the commission heard and the land use staff presented the report to the Land Use Committee there was no significant comments from the committee or public at the end that was to the full board to accept the report. Excuse me. Second on the agendas supervisor peskin and supervisor kims origin pour the project with 25 units or more info the trailing legislation this june the Planning Commission heard this on march 31 and recommended approval also with the support from the Affordable Housing in the city now describe the commissioners requested amendments by the legislative sponsors the commissions ask to rove vague language to achieve higher affordability with the density law the sponsors didnt make this flexibility was asked for the onsite requirement that allows a portion of the units to be for the low income households or moderate households the sponsors made the change the commission ask for a grandfathering provision regardless of the building type the sponsor didnt make thanksgiving changes over one hundred and 40 feet are innovate required to use the grandfathering provision the commission ass suicide inform uniform the sponsors made the change the carve outs for the family zone and from the Union District to rove the pdr prior to the hearing at the hearing supervisor peskin made a motion to remove the nct carve out it passes and the commission asked for a grandfathering for 3 years after planning approve instead of a hard date of september 15th at change was not made the Planning Commission required to initiative angle provision for the market rate housing for the future Feasibility Study the specific chase change was not made with the board of supervisors look at the Feasibility Study the commission asked so when a project sponsor uses the state density bonus any Feasibility Study should not relate to the projects density but instead tied to the incentives and concessions with state law and the sponsors made the change the Commission Requested Amendments to the small site acquisitions with the mohcd with the existing program and the sponsors made this change the commission requested the districts should be tiered four grandfathering and permits the sponsor this have the grandfathering provision, however, advertent and inadvertently and the permits were such that some requirements are lower than in the grandfathering provision the commission requested the middleincome and moderate income be consistently extended it was not an issue and exempting of any project approved by the planning by june 7th for any higher fees the sponsors made changes and now projects that are approved including the potential appeals and or january 12th of this year the commission requested technical amendments and it was made the Land Use Committee was lengthy and the regular Committee Members were joined by at the supervisor kim and supervisor farrell and the discussion of the a discussion between the resolution that priority did guidelines it was passed by the board of supervisors amazing during the hearing 6 amendments ive covered two previously those includes one by supervisor peskin to remove the carve outs for projects in the mission and add a more consistency with mohcd Small Site Program and those were approved unanimously chair cohen offered two amendments from supervisor farrell with additional grandfathering provisions to grandfather Development Projects at a 50. 5 inclusion rates for the period after january 2016 or january 6, 2016, there was approved unanimously and that the inclusionary rates for the housing Development Projects approved the executive agreement before adjoin 7 demonstrating it is outside for the costahawkins rental housing act that was approved by supervisor wiener and supervisor cowen by dissented by for the grandfathered provision including that projects that are filed an environmental application prior to january 1st, 2016, should provide with the same inclusionary rules and an additional impact fees for the special use district for the project theres in the grandfather this passed anonymously and again, the projects will be heard at the land use hearing at the full board supervisor wiener ordinances that would amend Code Enforcement paced the second reading and the redevelopment for the transbay project is one passed its facing the rising sun of our new day begun, or First Reading and the general plan for the downtown area map 5 for blocks one and two also passed its second reading and there were no new introductions that concluded my report. Commissioner antonini. Thank you for your report to clarify it sounds like all the grandfathering that we had asked to be applied evenly across the city was taken up and approved by the committee the Land Use Committee with the exception felt one hundred and 20 part of it. Thats correct yeah. And i guess the hard date they have a hard date for the grandfathering projects i guess pulled their permits i forgot what. December 8th. December 8th of the particular year and then there is a move to possibly have projects approved before january 12th of this year to be considered under the rules then in effect. Okay yes. There is poeblthsd of changes for the full board but thats what is going to the full board this time. Unless they make more amendments between now and that date. Thank you. Commissioner moore. Mr. Starr thank you could you restates one of the amendments suggested by supervisor wiener regarding the in violation of an eir with the team. That one oh, sure in the ordinance it says if you submitted our application prior to january 1st, 2014, i think youre at a 13 percent for inclusionary housing but it left filing overseeing submitted prior to january 1st, 2013, so the idea to clarify that anything submitted their viral applications between adjoin 31st would be current inclusionary effective. Perhaps at some other point explain this large timeframe. There are a handful eve projects old so the idea if you applied for about 2013 no increase in inclusionary. From the upturn significant you think i upturn the market the economic chances and an affordability is naturally with a time of high Building Activities and sitting back for this many years a personal choice now not relieve from the increased obligations a policy discretion. Okay. I think no further questions. The board of appeals met last time but heard no appeals for the Planning Commission. The Historic Preservation commission accident meet there one item of interest to the Planning Commission a hearing on the informational presentation on the academy of art universities and the existing sites technical amounted that is published by the mravl Planning Department in may coming before us on may 18th and issuing a memorandum with their recommends to the Planning Commission when it comes to the following day may 19 of this year. So there are no questions move on to the general Public Comment not to exceed 15 minutes at this time, members of the public may address the commission to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when reached in the meeting. Each member of the public may address the commission up to three minutes. There are no speaker cards. Okay. Any general Public Comment okay not seeing any, general Public Comment is closed. Very good commissioners that places us under our regular calendar for item 6 that was pulled off of consent forecast on terryville street a conditional use authorization. Good afternoon, commissioners im collin clark Planning Department staff is e as a result of written option this project was pulled from the consent calendar and required by the resolution that established the c3 the staff will provide a verbal response this project allows the coffee roosters a limited restaurant to occupy a vacant empowering space previously by the retail use within is mc3 one district the space has been vacant this project is patrolled under the Community Priority process program the 6 hundred 3 square feet tenants space is the second locations for this business the others location is in the uttering sunset with regards to the conditional use authorization for limited restaurants in addition to the cu findings the Planning Commission should consider the eating and drinking should concentration shall not be subject to within the same sdoerlgz within the nc one district the existing contamination includes this limited restaurant and 6 other eating and drinking establishment increases inform 43 percent higher than the 15 percent recommended by the the Section Thirty 30 but constituted as less than 15 percent the shops similar to the coffee are beef coffee on the boulevards for formula retail and there was two others that are more of adele will i with coffee rather than a spend a lot of time java on slope boulevard a half a mile way and sea biscuit on negotiating we go theyre all nearby barking bakeries that include sweat passion barker 24 miles away and the bakery on noticing we go street 6. 3 million way the department received 17 letters of support and corresponds from one in a in opposition it was generally towards trash and sidewalks and hours of operation and Food Establishment and noise with the use of rear yard that is not intended as part of project and will require a new conditional use authorization for an Outdoor Activity area the Department Finds this project to be necessarily and compatible with the surrounding neighborhood recommends you approve with conditions for one the existing contamination of eating and drinking within the linear will increase and activates a ground floor space two and 3 a local independently owned and operated Business Opportunities for local businesses and for the proposed restaurant is composed of the existing general plan concludes my presentation. Im available to answer any questions. Thank you. Opening up for Public Comment im sorry is project sponsor. Hello, i made a power point presentation. Okay. So does the phone work yeah. Use the other one. Hi im lauren crabby own andy coffee with my husband walking the city hall with a baby his name a michael we owned andy in march of 2014 and heres us in front of the andy lot and street before michael and i were Small Business owners we were brief in the outer sunset and had the opportunity to take over a cafe in the neighborhood where we live the lease expired and the space was for rent we jumped in would both feet and took us a long time but we built it ourselves my husband built that with his friends luckily contractors and plumbers and here we are during the construction it was a passion project so we lived in our outer sunset and i worked for blue bottle downtown on the cases off we wanted really good coffee in our neighborhood and that which is hard to come by a few places were busy we figured that we should open something that addresses the our neighborhood we rooftdz all the coffee and back and use my husbandss grandmothers recipes this is what our Current Space looks like we our goal a candidate a warm inviting place to serve high quality products it struck a exceed we opted without employees and we were very wrong we have this is just a list so the reaction in the neighborhood was 0 so overwhelming we didnt know what to do with ourselves we hired people and stated open longer and on the top 10 list in 2015 yelp rated us top ratings our employees so is the most exciting thing about opening arnold town after working in the food and beverages we wanted to create the jobs we wish we had we hired the best team of cfo geeks and dishwashers so we all worked out together in this small space 24 employees in the outer responding two of them commute from oakland they do it every morning and offer health care and dental and give them time off terryville will creates 10 to 14 new jobs hopefully, if were staying busy and the communities so michael and i lived a few doors down from our cafe so we wake up in the morning and put on cloekt on the baby and get to work we like to support our local schools the teachers like it as well they get lots of coffee and churches and Community Projects we try to keep the people in the sunset. Creating and building our community and keep them happy so that is a photo from the first birthday we had our second birthday the photos every year we raffle off things in the neighborhood to raise money it is a very controversial bird we like him and named a drink after him you should try and we also added because of one of the neighbors were concerned about sidewalk garbage we won the giants award for clean situations that has a little engraved flub on that so when we opened after we started getting busy our neighbors kept excusing to open when are were going to open our second location so many people wanted us to open on terryville if you walk down terryville the city of San Francisco put in a bunch of beautiful installations like parklets and lights terryville is groceries it looks great known is not there there is not a lot of business what were doing and a lot of maybe like 6 or four or five businesses say city did theyre part by having nice sidewalks were trying to add to that terryville you are customers want us there and were really excited to go there this is the space a little bit about the space we really like small comfort places the storefront is 10 feet across and it is a very long space and our goal to open it up so this is kind of a view of the front there is before the city put in their planters and stuff that is also before the rip tides on highway market burnt down so were fixing this is what the space currently looks like this is what we want it so the goal to open up the space and bring the outside in bringing in that air in and the front of the space is keeping with the squad car windows but that front windows on hot days we get a few of them in the sunset on nice days we want to open up and have this front open i can imagine my friends crawling through that were woouk into the space and the x press machine backing fresh every day and delivering them over to pastries and this is the bam at the back and then were walking back to the left well have a bar and then showcase the coffees we make and walking back out and here we or so this is the current lay out and what it is going to be barely like the fringe and other person we are making it work yeah, thats the space and this is a photo i almost didnt show you guys because i didnt want to bring up conversations been sidewalk blockage this is our shop on a saturday this is a lot of people that point coffee this neighborhood is starving were president good food and coffee and good places to go with our families if it is an agency andy is like going to bring people to our terryville street i have telling you about those are our consumers our neighbors we want to feed them and make them coffee the end thank you very much. Okay. Thank you. Opening up for Public Comment and there are a bunch of speaker cards calling names . You folks want to line up on this see of room whoever is ready come to the mike. Go ahead. Hi my name is josh im the architect on the project i think everyone here is actually in support of project i dont know if you want to go through each person individually bye bye standing were showing support for the project. Absolutely if you want to name our favorite coffee bring drink but keep it short. Use the tall one. Thank you for the opportunity were all in support im keep that brief he own the adjacent business andy town called lot and trading post our market is next to the coffee shop im here to express my strong support in opening on tara value because of one residents in the sunset a guy named falling 90 years he buys his coffee from me didnt talk a lot but hes tell them this keeps him around paul is a long time sunset residents that benefits from andy town a long time residents we should think of when we think of this project being approved thanks. Hi, im eric one of the owners of 3 fish studios in the outer sunset and here to support michael and lauren and their extension i wanted to make it known that the community of the outer sunset the Business Owners and residents were all deeply connected when we look at some plays that brings together the community and supports the schools and arts and supports Public Programs in one place we gather is just going to be an amazing addition in the terryville to do that thank you. My name is annie im the other coowner of 3 fish studios in the outer sunset im in support of second location for andy town as lauren said the city did beautiful work with art installation and wider sidewalks and all we need so wonderful local businesses to serve the community i think that would be a great addition. Ive known learning and michael i did their flower arrangements i might be bias ive been there since theyre doing the construction and weve been friends helping out their the enpit of what you want as a Good Business owner and they bring communities together and support the communities with employment as youve heard previously and theyre really genuine and want to do as much as they can to support the community thank you. Hello, im wade webster the president of the sunset ive known michael and lauren to show my support for the essentially the third child in the district thank you. My name is shawn im the architect for the project but also a neighborhood down the street my wife works at the american disabilities act town coffee number one i met them when i was living a block away on terryville 6 years ago id have to drive all the way down up the beach to get coffee nothing in the area i think that is still fairly fairly true and just a quick 50 thousand foot view the developments is succumbing west from San Francisco a lot of new businesses in the ourtd sunset the first wave of Business Owners will be local people who see the potential first hand everyday and ill urge i guess the community understand that those new businesses will be there and if we oppose the first wave the locals the nightclubs who are seeking to build not only businesses but a part of community there is going to be a second wave that will be people not necessarily part of community and that will be a good part of that first wave. Hi, im annie a sunset residents for 2 two years a mother of 2 that attends france a pta member and up on 33 avenue project and crease a Community Event in the outer sunset i want to say that andy town has been tremendously supportive of our schools of our children, of the local families youve heard it already how much they could do not not only their items but time and love to standing out all day long during trishth while around the block theyve contributed to our playlands the donation of coffees to all the volunteers theyre heavily entrenched in the community and theyre proposed to expand to the uttering sunset has a tremendous amount of residents really not many not a lot in the commercial corridors were happy with think outside the box on the one hand we use more food and drinks and more to do they contribute to what they do i highly encourage you to allow this project to proceed thank you very much. Okay is there any additional Public Comment . Coffee. 87 i grew up between sunset and 33 avenue and i also wished to have more Community Places for people to sits with ill give her the right of good changes and the more the merrier the sunset im talking about in the 70s thank you very much. Thank you phil. Okay is there any additional Public Comment . Okay Public Comment is closed. Commissioner antonini. Yeah. I will certainly agree with all the speakers who spoke he often walk along the great highway from slope to lincoln sometimes the lower highway it is a long ways to get a cup of coffee i think this is a wonderful addition a renaissance and activities in the last few years as opposed to two 20 years ago i think the same thing that has occurred in a probation officer manner along n judah street and terry terryville for people to have lunch and breakfast and coffee im very much in favor of that project and move to approve. Second. Second. Commissioner hillis i dropped any kids off on the Sunset Playground and began to search for the coffee i ran into andy town you have great things there so ive driven halfway across the city im supportive. Commissioner moore. I feel the commission would have supported this this lovely commission fors of you concerned weve been supportive of the big v on local and Small Businesses actually under this commissions support for Small Business when it was development and strongly up u uphold by this group and the store is lovely it shows the best of San Francisco in the small merging corridors i hope youll have many Like Neighbors as time going by and able to maintain a strong individual neighborhood character. Absolutely im no support and i think that Small Businesses is the backbone of San Francisco i agree what this gentlemans comment about local neighbors and folks that are in the area with the first crack at helping to improving the area im sure theyll being a successful as this so i support the project. Commissioner moore. I do like to make a comment i appreciate that mr. Pill came here moved from a Small Business we need to look at he still supports Small Businesses i appreciate that. There is a motion that has been seconded to approve that with conditions commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously commissioners, that places you under your on item 14. clapping. for case 2016 plus Planning Department fees a planning code amendment. Good afternoon commissioner deborah the Planning Department staff finance and Technology Im here with tom our director of administration and were here to answer any questions about the proposed ordinance in front of the you were proposing to amend the planning Code Properties the legislation that is currently drafted the lyric digest in the packet briefly the legislation will remove the exact fee directing amount from the codified planning code and referenced those as published iuoe on the website and evaluated annually so there is a little bit of confusion since right now what is in the code and the dbi adjusted fees the amendments really going to bring the planning code and the administrative code in line with the best practices and our adopted budget it simplifies the language and it promotes a lot of clearer communication with the public which is one of the main goals here so were here on behalf of the project sponsor hopefully to yield circuitry information put out there ill be happy to answer any questions you may have. The digest sums that up nicely in terms of what were looking at to do here. Okay. Nothing else from staff open up for Public Comment. Okay not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner antonini. Going to move to approve looks like this is somewhat bookstore keeping and housekeeping it makes it more efficient. Second. Thank you, commissioners to adopt the recommendation commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner wu commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes in an amount 6 to zero and places us on item 15 places for People Program informational presentation. Commissioners commissioner president fong thank you very much for having us here im neeley manage the City Design Group that was a lovely San Francisco story we dont always here that i was happy to be here for that one were here for an informational presentation on a new permit process called places for people im going to turn it over to robin in just a moment, i on the Planning Department has a long and demonstrated histories of innovation at the local and national and internationally we made a name for ourselves . The parks to pavement the parklets those are some of the main programs weve launched that is evolved over time and grown and continued to test learning by doing and work with the communities that is a critical part of relationship with the unauthorized unit i community with the neighborhoods so for example, every public plan includes a task components this is something that everyone has a changing chance to test and experience it and use that as a way to inform a longrange term design for the communities so we now use a standard tool to engage and have a conversation the cast ideas and get feedback in realtime from people on the street not the working Group Workshop but experience a different realities this brings city design closer to people that are most effected this is an Important Message to remember as we continue to work in a city through rapid change at the departments recognized the value of that program and too work on the task level in their own Work Programs you be or so this trend continuing this is a good thing and so the Planning Department under the leadership of robin are once again providing the leadership for all the tools to be to the next level and by creating the place for people permitted getting faster and more transparent and probably for people to get a temporary space installation now the places for permit will be open to every agency and to the public for any project sponsor to use we can know open up to a new level for the communities and hopefully e hoping people will take advantage now introduce robin hes been responsible for the massive amount of Cooperation Amongst the agencies for the City Attorneys Office to bring us forward into a new level of collaboration thank you. New neil are good afternoon im robin with the department longrange policy division over a year since we came to you with the parks to pavement im excited to talk about the next phase this presentation covers 5 areas give you a little bit of background the context in San Francisco a little bit of context nationally well talk about the challenges that we are experiencing as city staff trying to facilitate those projects and programs and the opportunities through legislation to amend those issues and provide better support and wider reach across the San Francisco neighborhoods well talk about the outcome and well talk about the blueprint we put together for stepping through that legislative exercise and open up for discussion. So the central premise of parks to pavement is about the grassroots in the short time with demonstrates and experience in order to bring about longterm institutional change that is tactical urbanism or place keeping we like to think of that as space keeping that is part of a cheaper approach through cumulative effects of small any small gestures to create a bigger impact. Parks to pavement kicked off in 2009 and 2010 with a handful of the pilot projects with pedestrians projects and since then weve seen the parks to pavement and the pedestrian projects muscling multiple across the city is a springboard template for installations in the streets and sidewalks some initialed by nonprofits and Neighborhood Organization and other groups and many any agencies throughout our own city government. This map from fall 2015 shows you how neighborhood across the city have a strategy for locally serving gathering places in 2009 the coconspirators with the 3 departments along with the Mayors Office since then many more agencies are part of producing the parks to pavement projects creating new programs that are slate and related to the Parks Initiative the programs parks to pavement added score haves forgot the collaboration with the new collections with the Nonprofit Community groups working throughout the diverse sections by the drawn attendance if National Supporter s while their taunt for the projects this broader tactical has been leveraged more and more around the crisis and world largely contemporaneous with the parks to pavement short lifestyle were seeing place in chicago and open streets like los angeles that is the Southern California with the sunday events that is seen in San Francisco since 2008 cities around the world are temporarily closing streets to have vibrant pedestrian plaza and tactical urbanism challenges that while providing relieve on offerly congested situations. Were seeing how simple with the idol capacities library the beer garden in philadelphia and the efforts in seattle are leveraging and responding to this thirsted for public space and public life urban prototyping it create functional faithful like the thirty street porches outside of train station and the prototyping festival in the city of oakland turning back to San Francisco the handful of demonstration projects in 2009, 2010 spashthd interest from the public here for San Francisco as you imagine all the growth pose not insignificant challenges to the task of delivering those services to our public we are a patchwork system across multiple agencies in an unsophisticated permit system it is suited to the type of work the Neighborhood Groups are supporting. Together all of these create barriers to participation so we really see this barrier as a forefront issue through legislation amendments legislation legislating a Program Allows us to work in neighborhoods with greater than needs with fewer resources and allow United States Community Groups for programming in those areas it is very, very difficult and cumbersome to do that so well achieve this by doing 3 main things by creating streamline permits and calls and outline a more predictable and clear for housing to engage around refining and evaluating those places once theyre installed and provide an operating fraction more financially stable and well create better ways to regulate and monitor and evaluate the spaces once theyre in parks to pavement has promoted to identify those legislative goals and little core program and saw those displaced after parks to pavement was created in 2010 in 2013, the Parklet Program had over one hundred parklets so we set up a Strategic Plan for all see that will lead this to a Sustainable Future for the myriad requests and support the future of the program we successfully moved through the first two goals of the Strategic Plan and focusing on the last two which is what brings us here before you today formulating the document legislation what is important to nuts and bolts San Francisco as lead the way in terms of how the employment of tactical techniques for larger goals your mayors pedestrian strategies called for the creation of 20 parklets a year. And other city documents provide urbanism with a stronger rational they have a mandate for that the streets more liveable environments as go neil mentioned place keeping initiatives are a standard part of planning for the department undertakes when we are working with the community or a neighborhood we offer this strategy and unique for merchants and residents not only engage more deeply in the area planning exercise but participate directly in early implementation with their ideas so we mapped all the different programs and projects that the city agencies are currently doing and this brothel is impressive here as you can see how parks to pavement has worked and part of a large specimen we have the opportunities to legislation to streamline and integrate into a single fraction in order to simplify this interest a legislative powerful we deficit the projects and prototypes into their locations and jurisdictions so for example, places occurring on loss in the jurisdiction of Planning Department or pubically owned parcels like the daems and places on the sidewalks and jurisdiction month places in the roadway like a parklets they curve plazas created by temporarily pedestrian involved both public works and mta so this mean that our legislative package touches many requiring levels of amendments to achieve the broads goals weve looked at early the list was developed by an interagency with the nonprofits list commodities of many of the Community Groups weve referred to earlier in the presentation weve met as various working groups to reflect all the Lessons Learned from past projects here in San Francisco and borrow the best practices in similar work this legislation will do many things establish the board functions of the program as well as clarify important details a few ill go into a little bit more depth here. So one thing ive heard ero over and over in the many groups to see a change in the neighborhoods our review process is two confusing and expensive and the departments perhaps better cooperated in technical supports our lack of an integrated system is a barrier for many groups so has a single permit that integrates the city agencies review and approval into one document so there will be some permit innovation there this makes it for efficient for the sponsoring organizations to review and operate so this is actually, the simplified verse of the permitting roadway plazas were getting all our learning from the past 5 years and communicating with other cities to have a clear implementation so that every stakeholders is clear about the operations as a city we xrermd with the plazas projects a number of ways over the years but those legislative amendments are our opportunity to codify a more predictable and everyone involved especially to that Neighborhood Group in closing id like to emphasis a few points of San Francisco that will infuse we propose to create through legislation weve had a role as a leader in thought and practice of this field here in San Francisco weve often been the first to test and try out the new innovations through parks to pavement has facilitated parts of a genuine process that is really, really valuable we want to adopt that Standard Practice across the board. Over the years parks to pavement shown what is needed to create public spaces and one is music and cultural offering a type of experience that is really, really difficult for our Community Sponsors to provide in those public spaces given much of the confusion around permitting 90 is a place we value equity and parks to pavement is a deliberate way to provide support to neighborhoods with the histories needs the least access to open space we sponsor with other programs to bring their mission into the public realm parks to pavement is urbanism as one avenue to bring that to the public. Commissioners were currently working at a interagency theme with the City Attorneys Office to finalize the draft legislation we expect that supervisor wiener and along with one or two cosponsors that showed interest in bringing this forward to the board in the early spring or summer. With that, i can take questions or comments thank you. Thank you very much. We may have questions for you opening up for Public Comment first, i building calling names claude. Im with the union square and serve one of the things are purview the streetscapes and public realm we developed a theme and talking to city officials i want to commend the work of neil and ron excellent, excellent to work with their this is throughout through and makes a lot of sense i put on my urban planning hat that makes a lot of sense were engaging for example, in realm improvements with the ungz and lower stockton street and now the alley one of the barriers, in fact, decided not to move on certain projects were the barriers that robin mentions we were told the number of agencies we pulled out didnt have the funded or staff to lends those resources so when i hear about reducing silos and making thing for predictable in terms of the process one person to an agency we think were going to one of the things we chroniclely hear we keep hearing about San Francisco as a city of innovation were not seeing that on the streetscapes were trying to bring this we firmly believe that will condense and will get us there sooner and we want to commends robin and the project team for a great job. Is there any additional Public Comment . Okay not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. And this is an informational item commissioner Vice President richards. Several comments first, this an amazing presentation done rapidly wouldnt expect Something Like this i think this necessarily ive heard the things so some questions process question is there a pointing point of contact if i wanted to say there someone assigned that helps with that process. Correct yes are the administrative code amendments were proposing will name the Planning Department as the cooperating agency that is the roll to date weve plate dworpt or you dont respect corresponding we run the collaboration with the agencies and so the Planning Department a staff will continue on with their current goal. I dont have the budget was there staff dedicated to this how many and what is the future look like here. This current fiscal year is the first in the history to receive staff allocations and planning has consistently staffed the program we have one. 75 to, 2. 0 and another at the mta and 1. 5 at public works. Makes sense. Makes sense. So on the package i have a question it is fantastic what happens what is the timeline if you were to put a timeline what number one to number 13. The answer is that it will vary by projects so to give you a general idea our parklet takes a year to a year and a half from proposal maybe a little bit longer than or short from the alley and south of market took about two years of public process before we move forward with the prelims and the prelims was another 6 to months now in operation for two years. I looked at the map i saw my neighborhood and other neighborhoods first plaza to go in it had a i think it have a solid dock brings up the question we had benches we had benches places on harvey milk plaza but one of the things on item 8 sometimes, it gets left behind we approve the Management Plan but our experience and some of those especially in the local areas didnt pass the way we thought that was is there a president of the monitoring heres our monitor on the stewardships and the plazas looks at vacant but walk through that it didnt live up to the expectation and harvey milk benches we thought was going to happen. Commissioner Vice President richards this is a an excellent point to reflect on the approach of tactical urb of tactical urbanism and understand what we want to happen and operate and run and reiterate that over time those spies needs to evolve and they need to respond to different conditions and dynamics over time so this is core to the approach and you know this is all temporary experiment deems not creating new spaces were going in there to test different strategies and in terms of the programming to see what we can add. One thing just to kind of ii like what our saying temporary if it didnt work out so somebody that wants to propose someone something it didnt work with this neighborhoods somebody can say we tried that and it didnt work over here we want to commend make sure that is chronicled someone who is monitoring it. Thats part of the rational for the creation of that program we have a number of different agencies with Different Levels not an entirely ad hoc but make agreements with the projects how we review and followup and future spaces and operations and wonderful go back. Commissioner antonini. Youve done wonderful things i go by this annie alley and also spots along variance streets with the bulb outs and the parklets and theyre great the other thing to make it successful is not only cultivate not only create this space but cultivate the space the promenade the space has been there 50 years but not inviting often dangerous you know preserved to be a disastrous area and many people want to get off bart and muni where the civic center but you create a marketplace it a great area that is so many growth People Living in the area and being there day and night i think the market in that in the United Nations un plaza it great and the enlivening people walk along that and go by this process. I completely agree with you in the next fiscal year a partnership between planning and public works and rec and park to do a lot more and step into this civic center area. Great, thank you. Commissioner moore. Remarkable work im glad our moving on to this for another challenge continuing to blur the line two public and private now aging group of publicprivate open spaces generally as holes they were the first relieve we needed, however, more and more dated not only by the lack of use many have moved in the shadows and literally speaking and would not it be great to use those as some form of resource to expand the resources like the urbanism and the tactical is all embracing irrespective of the ideas but the idea brought forward by indiana street thats my building i like the idea of it happening on fulsome street and this is now moving into Publicprivate Partnership in terms of implementing all the finance and ultimately used it is obviously a huge project that makes a major difference in the composition of union square as well as y b c the 5 m project here the challenges they stands on their own and the operation of minimaling, however, when it comes to blur the lines two public and private offered. Thank you. Commissioner hillis. A question on the temporary verse permanent where that line is it is absence confusing is there apply to things permanent as well as temporary and if not kind of where the line where something is temporary so some the alley improvements are more permanent like the plazas may not be in the long run permanent. You touched on the told her like the changing the land use in the alley exists as a temporary street closure number one, the projects will evolve to the vacation street or change of land use so thats a decision that we think that weve experiments and hope to inform thats where the neighborhood want to take that rightofway otherwise that remains temporarily closed is authorization of the mta board to remain in close to vehicles. Okay. Would that apply to the temporary like i know the Neighborhood Association in any neighborhood closes for halloween how to do that would they go through this process as well as the plaza obviously the longerterm in one evening. Right the proposal is four both of those types of actives to flow that a single integrated program although depending on the scope and scale would have different permit requirements and different operating requirements so those two particular example not to get too far into the details pertains to different code sections we looked at but everyone will be going to a onestop shop. The mechanisms to put in place like wear and tear sometimes, we see public art that is going in not necessarily long term but others have no entities that is monitoring that not built to be permanent so there is that kind of middle area stayed too long and overstated its welcome whose monitoring that. Through the creation of this program this legislation well be memorializing had there will be multiple lays we collaborating with the projects as well as the community can keep track of whats happening to report on how operations and programming and material wear and tear are so with i, be responsive to responding to those i think the largest innovation were creating it to make it easier for a Nonprofit Group to take on more the material and stewardship role their limited by the code we have were increasing their capacity and their way to occur rat fence but also thank you weve heard to the union square was talked about those people are deferred because of the process of kind of the bureaucratic process this is great and thank you for your presentation. Commissioner antonini. Yeah. Commissioner moore made a particular good reference i think this is the place to Work Together with private firms the city has and theyre a lot of of them in the downtown area two years ago my wife and i spent times they only operate during 8 to 5 or 8 to 6 over week days for security reasons there is a feeling and prospective of the downtown we have at buildings and sidewalks not a lot of places for public open spaces the newer buildings are better at creating nice spaces but some the psychos and 70s their say School District but makes the area more home to people twentyfour hours more inviting and assessable. Commissioner Vice President richards. Two other quick points you mentioned about the Community Helping to monitor is this process plugged into 311 wow. Is where we are a call and a problem here. Absolutely weve worked with 311 staff to build that. One last one this may be a corner case how do you handle this alleged of my street a page trees and a gentleman wanted actually planter says that a gentleman called the city hey, he want to adopt the island and plant flowers and i dont have Liability Insurance he watering how does do handle is there a liability issue when Community Members i dont think he adopted the island no insurance how do. Handle we addresses liability coverage and what were doing with place like eddy alley or other parklets to require the steward to carry Liability Insurance during the hours theyre providing programming like theyre operating hours after that we the liability reinvestors to the civerts to t requiring the stewards to carry liability thats a detergent to work in certain neighborhoods with less resources yeah. Thank you thats a big step forward. Okay. I think no further questions thank you very much for this presentation look forward to seeing and hearing more. Commissioners on item 16 at ocean avenue a conditional use authorizati authorization. Good afternoon commissioners veronica Planning Department staff the item before you for a conditional use authorization to allow a change of use inform a formula Retail Limited restaurant on ocean avenue the property is located within is ocean avenue Transit District a 55 height and bulk district the proposal involves phils coffee is a formula retail use per the planning codes more than 11 locations a locally owned home ground business that trbltsdz to the city the subject building has 71 unions of Affordable Housing located on the upper floors phil coffee will occupy two of the ground floor spaces supervise the retail use is currently vacant and phils coffee will be the first tenant space between the hours of 6 to 10 00 p. M. Monday through friday and other hours sart and sundays phils coffee provides tea and chief coffee and pastries and other merchandise it adds thirty employment underwent fulltime and the other part time customers will get to the project site via transit or by walking the project includes minor interior tenants improvements and alterations to the existing awning the project sponsor conducted a formula Retail Survey earlier this year in the larger ocean avenue nct there are waterproofs and 37 businesses and 17 existing businesses appear to quality as formula retail or telephone. 4 percent the proposal will increase the formula retail contraction to 13 percent to date the department has 3 communications in support of project including from the ocean Avenue Association the project sponsor was proactive in reaching out to neighbors and interested Community Groups the project sponsor hosted a community mooefrg on the project site in october of 2013 and been diligent if their Community Outreach the Department Recommends approval and believes that the necessary and desirable for the following reasons the project promotes an established business and trablt to the liquidate of the overall ocean avenue nct, the project results if a slight increase in the formula retail concentration but buildings a project and it creates Employment Opportunities within the neighborhoods that concludes my presentation. Im available to answer any questions if necessary but first, id like to invite the project sponsor up for more detailed presentation thank you hi im david gray with sell could have project manager on the new locations first thank you to veronica she was great to work with and helpful through the process i think probably as you may know you know phils gallbladders it was when phil decided to start serving coffee at the Corner Grocery store and converted that now 32 locations and we have 4 more signed leases including ocean avenue and i think after watching the andy town presentation earlier that hit home we like to think were a lot like that just further down the road a couple of points how we develop the locations we try to make each one not a cookie cutter we looked at both the neighborhood the neighbors, who were going to have work there and take into account you know in terms of of the seating, in terms of the food program and caterers to the local community we do a lot of outreach on the ocean Avenue Association we reached out to the West Side Park and other association the ocean view action and generally received positive feedback we didnt really have anyone that opposed us to the best of your knowledge we tried to take into account about questions and hiring hire locally and a really good base employees if that neighborhood especially with city college and San Francisco state i have plans available also, if you want to see them im going to turn it over to to phil. Thank you everyone in the meantime ive been here several times weve been doing excellence work would to do best if we build good communities to work i was a first guy to race minimum wage berkley and 70s and even opened a shop in washington, d. C. Thats minimum wage washington, d. C. The first shop so phil is about taking care of the community so businesses enhance all the businesses around them so you all know who phils coffee you know what we do we i leave it up to you devise thank you very much. Opening up for Public Comment actively the two speaker cards theyve spoken, however, additional speakers. Good afternoon. Im louis i work for ocean off association on behalf of the association were here to support phils opening along ocean avenue i know the residents are happy to have a phils in the neighborhoods were excited and the association is excited to work with phils and the positive operation in the community. Is there any Public Comment okay not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner antonini. Yeah. I think that is a wonderful project occupies the vacant space think objection after a relatively new building all the buildings have required to have retail there is hard to build retail addition m next to the city college and a lot of residents in the area and the streets that you know needs that kind of activity one other coffee shop maybe a mile away other than that not much going on such as lunch or breakfast and pointed out but by 13 percent is formula retail promises to employ thirty people that is a wonderful project i move to approve. Second. There is a motion that has been seconded to approve that matter with conditions commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero. Commissioners, that places you under your your discretionary review authorization on item 17 Market Street this is a discretionary review. Good afternoon, commissioners veronica Department Staff the item before you is a request for mandatory discretionary review to roam an existing medical cannabis dispensary the property is within the nct 3 district and height and bulk district the subjects 5 story mixed use was constructed in 1995 has approximately 3 thousand plus of Commercial Square feet and a 12 parking space the upper four floors have 12 dwelling units not part of the nct sites it occupies 50 feet of Street Parking this is located at 2 so 95 Market Street the proposal involves relocating the business from 2095 Market Street to 2027 Market Street less than 5 hundred feet away the project will replace a vacant ground floor commercial space previously occupied bit shanghai chinese until they closed in summer of 2012 the proposed rob is 52 hundred square feet in size assessable to planner between the hours of 10 and 9 00 p. M. The proposed mcd will have cannabis but not allow inception on site as even thoughables or smoking the mcd will not cultivate cannabis on site the project sponsor will employ approximately 34 employees at the project sites but only 10 to 12 employees will be at the 2027 market site at any one time it is by transit it is anticipated month employees will use transit to get to work and additionally the project site a larger than the site and the project sponsor will add to the Employment Opportunities within the district these area surrounding the project is mixed use in Character Properties in the communities 13 Market Street are mixed use including restaurants and personal services and stores the building heats from 2 to 6 with residential uses generally on the ground floor commercial uses other than the existing awe hypotheses camper the only others mcd that located on the corner of 14 and guerrero more than 15 hundred feet from the project site additionally the subject project participate properties was not within one thousand feet of Elementary Schools or secondary schools or any Creation Center primarily serving people less than 18 yfkdz those department has received one hundred and 97 letters in support including the merchant and the de bois Triangle Association and Eureka Valley association and the castro upper market Martin Luther king those were received after the packet and the secretary has distributed and letter from the Neighborhood Groups ill forward the additional correspondence upon request the project sponsor reached it out to adjacent neighbors and Community Groups including those mentions a moment ago, the project sponsor sent a letter to the folks on the upper letters the site it was included in the packets the project sponsor has also voluntarily confused selfcomboelsz continues to make sure the business is a Good Neighbor some of the selfimposed with no electrons for double park and encouraging the patrons to travel with Public Transit and wellness for the folks the Department Recommends approval and buildings this is necessary and desirable for the following reasons the project promotes an operation with a sight location within the same district the proposal increases the number of employments opportunities with a slightly bigger space not located within any public or private Elementary Schools or secondary school and that the department is not aware of any opposition to this project. That concludes my presentation. Im available to answer any questions and first, well have the project sponsor step up for more detailed presentation. Project sponsor you have 5 minutes. Good afternoon commissioned im ryan the cofounder of the place weve been the only medical cannabis dispensary since 2011 before i precede i wanted to thank commissioner antonini and commissioner moore who are parts of this commissions unanimous vote today, we seek 5 hundred feet along Market Street were losing our lease we couldnt have predicted we would be in the neighborhood we metabolic be Neighborhood Associations and responding to suggestions mr. Nelson we drew up plans for the siding today, this group of Community Leaders with the nonprofits should receive our quarterly charitable donations weve given over three hundred and theo thousand dollars id like to thank the owners the residential condos for the new proposed places calling names who are supporting our application other condominium owner jeff views us as quieter and less disruptive than restaurants wear delighted to have the support and thanks to bryan spears he engineers the Large Properties mostly id like to thank our thousands of patients for showing the cannabis patients their health weve gone 5 years without a police or complaints we have been working with one thousand square feet that allows us to provide additional medications to our patients and avoid having patients wait in line i also want to thank the 4 Neighborhood Groups and last but not least supervisor wiener who lead the board of supervisors in declaring october 1st our day in recognition of our record of service to patients in the community and finally i want to thank the ecology i thought who trust us to miff its a responsibility we take sorrowful. Rick gladstone youve heard at this site no smoking no Substance Abuse and no food or consumption and offstreet were not surprised by extremely grateful that the neighborhoods associations, in fact, the 4 closest are in support namely the Eureka Valley and the de bois Triangle Association the castro benefit district and the Castro Merchant Association and, of course, as youve heard one hundred and 97 san franciscans sent in letters of support and happily on the same block and who live above in the building where this will be located. Finally, i want to remind you, your department in a report to you in the year in march 20 and the department discussed my clients current site and appraised the awe hypotheses campi can tell you more about our services and the communities involvement and widespread acceptance but a picture is worthy at least a thousand word i mean, ill conclude by showing you in middle selling cookies for the thirds year in a row in front of the today is place for the record she sold one and 22 boxes thank you. Opening up for Public Comment. calling names . Please you first. If your name has been called feel free to approach the podium. Id like to read a letter from a letter saying hello commissioners id like to read a letter from my upstairs neighbor quote im writing to support this more the medical marijuana on Market Street i own a residential condominium in the above the place proposed multiple street location my primary residence i look forward to having this fill the empty commercial space i think many will improve quality of life and due to empty spaces a quiet considerate neighbors a few doors down the street i work in the medical field and hope to support in and what they provide i appreciate that the place has done significant outreach to the residents and owners of my building they have provided plenty of information about the business their plans and mission and opportunities for open q and a i personally met with them with fellow owners and look forward to theyre now occupancy i hope youll support this project unquote. Personally ive been applying for the business and they have been tremendously helpful to the neighborhood no problems they help people who are vets as well as people with many hiv illnesses i highly recommend theyre a great tenants and should be allowed to move into the large space thank you. Thank you, sir. Good afternoon commissioners my name is a daniel im the president of the Castro Merchants Association over 200 and 80 businesses in the upper market neighborhood at the castro merchant meeting on april 78 our members voted unanimously in favor the place move we have seen the positive effects of the business in the neighborhood and communities no discussion of a cannabis cannabis dispensary for me to be talked about without remembering in 1990 my husband of 6 years was sick with hiv i became a jewish mother begging him to eat he was a 29yearold weighed 20029 down i did what i could to feed him cannabis provided that relieve he recall goes to delores heights and on 19 and Church Street by cannabis you can get robbed and assaulted or get ripped off mark died on december 11th 1991 32 days past his 30th birthday how much more dignified for the place and for this reason he urge you to approve thank you. Good afternoon. Im andrea the executive directors for the castro upper market benefit district representing about 200 and thirty Property Owner or performs in the upper castro neighborhoods im here to fully support this move into the larger space theyve been nothing but a model business in the neighborhood and front their a lot of times walking by mcd it feels sketchy didnt feel quite safe ive never, ever had that experience by their Current Location it is pleasant and clean and never a fear there is something odd or sketchy or dangerous i think actually, they benefit the neighborhood and bring a positive energy into the location their currently in so were really excited about moving to a larger space and occupying a long time vacant storefront down the street. Any, any other any Public Comment on this item. Good afternoon, commissioners im henry a San Francisco on district Merchants Association one finding members i think this is a really great opportunities to have this cannabis medical cannabis dispensary in the area there is no doubt what effect it has on people that have got ointments all times i want to echo we supports local businesses theyll provides jobs and service to the communities i support them i hope youll approve it. Public comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner moore i consider this not a new application it is has been since 2012 to move within ninehundred feet he move to approve. Commissioner wu. Do you want to ask staff what happens to the land use at the 2095 location. Mr. Washington. I believe that current zone is a upper market mcd so it would be open to whatever it is permissible if this question leads to at medical cannabis dispensary be able to locate their theyll be subject to the same process if im not mistaken and veronica Department Staff to elaborate another operator will be able to enter the space and any other entity would be. Unless 3 years had laundry; is that correct. Thats accurate. All right. Thank you. There is a motion that has been seconded to approve this matter with conditions commissioner antonini excuse me commissioner hillis nobody is here all right. Sorry commissioner johnson. Commissioner moore commissioner wu and commissioner Vice President richards 0 so moved, commissioners, that motion passes in an amount 4 to zero. Commissioners, that places us on items 18 have been continued now e rp on dimension street a discretionary review. 24 proposal to construct a front rear and side front rear and side and vertical to a singlefamily dwelling two feet of evacuation over the garage and a new floor plate to create an additional living area that property is totals 3 levels over parking the project is in nova within the rh1 on the west side of the diamond the overall size is downward sloping with 31 feet of frontage and the property in the vintage is a a singlefamily place the subject property in a Historic District but determined to be a noncontributor that was constructed out of the exterior this is a this project is complete altercation demolition calculations were okay. And didnt diskwafl since the initial permit weve received letters and the Residential Design Team found that the proposed project meets the standards of residential Design Guidelines and the project didnt have exceptional or extraordinary circumstances and the proposed massing and shape to respond to the typography while providing the sites at the 4 floor and roof deck and not exceptional or extraordinary circumstances the department is recommending the department not take mandatory discretion. Im sorry dr requester no dr requester okay. So no dr requester so speakers in support of dr requester speakers in support you have 3 minutes. Hi, im georgia swedish i came because i saw exhibit f in the packet 64 and 66 a nova home that caught my attention 28 in the list two are demos got in their demos and the 26 are bans models i think in my view it is worth 14 are possibly demos and 3 others in nova ami ive talked about 50 percent so i think that for the project sponsor to sort of say oh, this is okay because we have all those remodels and say well, this is the new no more in noah valley is troubling to me that is based on they concern that we had all those remodels and in noah valley and others neighborhoods in the city monster homes theyre building formally known as as daughter homes as family homes two or three bedroom homes that have sort of you know minor remodels to make them and not make them big homes i guess my is that because it is being done didnt mean it is okay i want to point out two things out family on july 2014 this commission on a 7 to San Francisco vote removed the fourth pleasure floor of a project on duncan street so i think that is an interesting thing it is a fourth floor and this is a fifth bedroom and if i may with all due respect to mr. Washington it meets the residential Design Guidelines that project sponsor attached in the packet overhead please shows the setback new floor only a 3 on this but a flats street on a hill this happens on duncan street the same sorts of i think misuse of guidelines and confusing of the guidelines if so the guideline for a flat street not with the hill its different again, the list only is pages the issue of the remodels verse steno whats the normal in noah valley and youve removed a fourth floor in the previous project noah valley thank you very much. Thank you project sponsor you have 10 minutes. Yes. They have 5 sorry. Good afternoon commissioners again, it is Brad Gladstone representing the project sponsor my client entered so a purchased contract to purchase knowing the dr applicant mr. Fowler is the listing agent that listed the property that my client bought and naturally being an intelligent person you live next door and a third of floor on top and how do you feel about that and obviously there was an champ and overwhelms and my sclie went ahead and bought it. Then once he entered into that contractor the dr requester had reservations my client was legally responsible to close wasnt told just disapprove by went forward the reaction of next door neighbors was he post some earlier Foundation Work with a lawsuit with a complaint to the building departments and now this dr deal let me describe the project we can turn that over would you mind this building existing building is one story over garage and 29 feet 6 inches in height the proposed building will be three story to those living next door in the neighborhood on appear that one additional story is added because the second story is internal story is created out of a double height garage, in fact, the upper air space of the garage is the now internal floor on top and evacuation has enabled to a a new floor this rendering shows additional height of 9 feet the dr requester is right downhill here there is a 15 foot setback here so neighbors will not see that much more than a lot of neighbors buildings has have a setback and a side setback my client created next to dr requesters top floor he didnt have a side setback my client generously accident that the code doesnt require the setback of my clients top floor yet in an effort to forestall and be a Good Neighbor my client creates the setback and my client created the setback with a clearance of 6 feet if the Property Line this is a detail of the top showing the 15 foot setback the new top floor and the 7 footd foot setback this deck came to the Property Line but been setback 7 to right there mr. Fowler went ahead and placed a stop order that was after the inspectors can you no merits and filed suit the suit is going on the neighbor asked for access to the property underneath to see its foundation and our work were initially very opposed and my clients went ahead and gave that next one please here you see the subject property excuse me the subject property and the neighbors property dr applicant has a setback my clients setback sorry new top floor will be here my clients new top floor will be from about here back to here as a result of this huge front setback and the 7 foot 2 side setback my clients top is now going to be approximately 595 feet the existing one the dr has seven hundred and 50 youll on the dr applicant will not scomplan of 200 feet less than his but that simply was not the case if you have any questions please let me know. Anyone any Public Comment in support of project sponsor. Hi laura character have 3 points this is a total waste of time the applicant is following the zoning law and the fact you all are spending hours on that project is ridiculous and the fact this is been continued and the amount of effort and expense that going into that is frankly ridiculous hes following the law as best he can and being has by a this is a rh1 the way to add to a Housing Stock in a down zoned area by adding bedrooms thats good for San Francisco we need to be adding bedrooms and most of my friends are living in living rooms and difrmz some dont have doors this is ridiculous we need to add bedrooms this is a modest proposal and if we hem and hold people over this grill well not see the Housing Construction we desperate need we need to up zone and where we couldnt u cannot we need to add bedrooms and this project does this project adds bedrooms and im so sorry if that casts a little bit of shades but not live in fear of the shadows but live in fear of displacement thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi my name is mr. Hunter to read a letter for the president s of innovating im a noah valley homeowners. Progress innovating is a smarter environmental responsible growth were a Neighborhood Group that says yes and open to the change and valuable instrument simply were noah valley residents that wants more of urban life not less the zoning for new units is established we want to see more projects and plan to support them, however, supporting the expansion of singlefamily homes is not unrelated to the overall capacity of the neighborhood at the level the buildings are able to house people and this demonstrates more but finally this reinforces exclusive heres the facts the Residential Design Team found the proposed project meets the guidelines it is the responsibility typography under the reform this hearing would not be happening not exceptional or extraordinary circumstances thanks. Any other speakers in support of project sponsor and please come to the platform anybody none . Please. My name is ann debris e debris with the Pacific Union he represent the buyer when we bought the property i want to mention he had a conversation at the beginning before we went into escrow with the ligs e listing agent and talked to him about what can and cannot do and he himself said you can put a second level in the garage as the gentleman mentioned or you can go up another story or do both i said would you be agricultureable he said im not going to sign a infracomblang check but ill look at it as a Real Estate Agent i heard more about it is not unreasonableo so thats all any other speakers in support supports of project sponsor and can you give me two minutes are you the dr requester im going to speak on behalf of them im one of them. Thank you apologize a miss affordable units of the timing im im one of the dr requester hell be here in 4 minutes i know the project sponsor made concessions but a number of concessions on the design and shoving it back lower the height of the roof, putting in glass handrails and the Property Line so theyre not shadowing and all those items are reasonable theyve made a couple of offers and have concerns this project has one of the issues on the cad x matching the historical character of the neighborhood and who said this is historic neighborhood matches the design that they propose the design they propose is this rather modern design with a big question we talked with the preservation consultant the planner said it was okay. We have a concern this type of design matches the historic character of this neighborhood were also very concerned and was the only other request we maids the only open space this gentleman has in this barbed is shade and trees because it is a very deep lot is his roof more trees that shadow his backyard so only open space for his kid is the front roof those are the poles in the front roof heres the front roof in addition to the other offers theyve made us this is a. 32 foot wide loot lot they just set the front room back to a 22 foot width i think that is two or three. Thank you, sir, your time is up. Any ill be happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you. Project sponsor two minute rebuttal. Rick gladstone i think ill wave that and leave it as it is thank you very much. Thank you. A portion of hearing it closed commissioner antonini. Yeah. He agree with staff i dont see anything exceptional or extraordinary mr. Gladstone i have a question dr requester representative mentioned some of the things in your brief that talked about we talked about the setback arrested already i think that memorialized and the side window removal from roof parapet i think those are the things mention in part of staff report or do we need to take dr to include those. Weve committed in our belief to the following that will be not capable railing on the side of facing the dr requester and removal a parapet because it could cast a small shadow we never agreed to eliminate a whole side window inform reason the applicant didnt have a side window that we a lot into with that side window more from our side window see anyone on his deck so were making this i dont feel we theyd to take dr and amend we make the candidates on the record with that, thank you. The other question the dr requesters representative talked about a setback i thought 15 feet maybe thats the upper floor maybe talking about the level below. No setback possible on the level below this is a an existing floor was inhabit until my client bought it. I dont understand. I dont understand both on the top floor and the roof deck well leave that. Everything within the staff report ill check so we dont have a tack dr it is clearly in my mind i propose a demolition thats a small house and made concessions as mentioned the issues about foundation which were one of the things the dr requester brought of earlier generally dbi issues and always is necessary that the sponsor identify himself and make sure that another Foundation Work didnt disturb the adjacent property theyve done a lot of things so they made efforts to keep the overall height of the building lower by making the garage lower make sense and is top floor that was added less than 6 hundred square feet it is a reasonable addition if you were the owner of this building im going to move to approve and not take dr and approve. Commissioner johnson. A quick question so id like to actually ask staff to explain how they went through the calculations to a show this is not a demolition the floor plan is totally different additions on the rear and floor above and side. Whats happening you have a interior space an extremely at all garage on the ground floor that is essentially allowing them to add another floor plate in the interior between that initial ground floor level and the exist top floor that will not change the exterior facade will change some cosmetic changes a more contemporary look but that is allowing them to address Square Footage and eliminating the shell of the house adding a top floor one thing in the report this is an historical district i spoke specifically with our chef preservation officer about this and she informed me this house was built out of the period this district was established and therefore, thats why it was not the change was not detrimental to that district. Thank you. Ill second commissioner antonini. Mr. Boskovich can you spends another minute. The floor plate is changing theyre raising up the floor so that they get the extra foot to squeeze in that floor unless theyve changed the drawings i dont know how to practice engineering after 3 seven years the floor plates is raised the issue is simply there is nothing left of the building by the time they raise up the roof and demo the foundation the front of the building is carved off the back hoof of the building is coming off the only thing remaining the two see walls but planning didnt consider that a demolition theyre raising that but we asks for in addition to what we offenders they never talked to use it is a straightforward request this front room that deck should be pulled back two or three feet from this line here to provide privacy to the only open space of the gentleman this is a our only request it is a huge deck so if they move that room back. Can you puts that up above the theyve agreed to line up the rail here and what we ask is to move this wall back to here and put the glass handrail here so instead of having a room that is 68 inches again have a room 13 feet a huge room by vesting it back wont shadows ill show you this guys office space heres his deck he gets the view and look out and this is not blocking his view but hes concerned about the children use that as a play area and when the structure gets built on top of the structure it is going to cast a shadow a thank you. Thank you. Got it. And what he will be looking at is that wall we are asking to move that back 2 feet. Mr. Boskovich o mr. Gladstone it seems theyre asking for a 2 foot cut. We unfortunately cannot accept that it creates a new design in engineering and while one says an additional foot didnt matter in a room it wont matter to the dr plant heres someone standing on the connect you cant stand any closer this is 7 feet from the corner and if you look at where his eyes go straight to downhill heres the dresser home and deck the line is right here not too clear and thus, this person seize over dr requesters deck actually right here and if we had left the deck at the Property Line i can understand mr. Boskovich saying there is a privacy issue by setback 7 feats thats all we can do were struggling in court we want completion i appreciate that thank you. One other question for mr. Washington in terms of something in design of the Historic District any complications. That would have required them to take a little bit more involved in their environmental portion but again specifically asked that question. Okay. Thank you. Any other comments from commissioners. Thank you you can call the question. Theres of a motion not to take dr. Commissioner antonini. Commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu and commissioner Vice President richards so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero. Commissioners that places us on item 20 this is a mandatory discretionary review. Commissioner, i want to introduce you to a new planner youve not nets yet director heinecke in a joined the department if december and has been on the Small Projects team taking the leaders on the wireless applications shes worked on the planner for the United Nations and skwoind us from the department of public works she studied planning and architecture at berkley and received her marketrate housing in city planning from mit welcome. Good afternoon commissioner konstin and commissioners im request the Department Staff the the item before you is a mandatory discretionary review for work to be performed on one lot sutro are tower a mandatory discretionary review is required for all Building Permits applications associated with sutro are tower the Building Permits in question was the installations of one low tower antenna and allowed the Chinese Culture and Art Heritage Foundation to operate a chinese Radio Station to service the san franciscans the antenna is 200 and thirty feet above ground level and weighs 68 pounds also within the beyond the scope is the installation of a small cabinet on the tower no changes proposed to the actual tower to the lighting or main transmission the antenna conditions adopted on february 16, 2006, on all antenna permits related to the sutro are tower will accompany the permits for the emission compliance and neighborhoods communications it is worth noting the commission adapts the approval at the last hearing on sutro are tower in 2015 that requires sutro are tower to submit a landscaping conceptual landscaping plan for the proposed potential screening system for existing antennas and satellite dishes on the building on the roof and sutro are tower has submitted proposals for both, however, those will be presented at a later date think august 4, 2016, to accommodate interested groups not able to make todays meeting to date one letter of support if the Neighborhood Association and two corresponds in opposition to the neighborhood with that said, the Department Finds the Radio Station for k q e a exceptional or extraordinary circumstances the project complies with the planning code with the wireless communication guidelines the project includes installation of one relatively small antenna in the noticed from the tower from offsite due to the scale and the installation of a low power radio for the chinese to serve the china folks by delivering the local news and entertainment who have limited English Proficiency and lastly within the limits established by the fcc presentation. Im available to answer any questions. Thank you. Is there a project sponsor. Commissioner president fong and members of the Commission Im christen representing sutro are owned and operated the Building Permit the item before you for a single small radio antenna for k q e a a new Radio Station but is Chinese Culture and Heritage Foundation their licensed was made possibly by the federal local communities radio act enabling nonprofits to serve their communities with their own public Radio Station this particular antenna mr. Provide benefits to the Chinese Community programming specific to the Foreign Language listeners it is in line with the mission as reinforced by the directives by the city of San Francisco in sutro are 1996 permit to make the tower available for all broadcasters present and future for the Communication Commission requirements to this effect alu we scam before you last year for the installation of additional installation to sutro are tower when those are complete the tower will support a total of three hundred attachments relatively speaking this additional single tweezer is an nonissue noticed the proposed attachment is 68 pounds and measures 20 feet along state of the art securely installed and not effect the structure or the safety of tower as verified by sutro are towers simpson and harassing the tower will be only one block sutro are commissions a new frequency study specific for the installation of this proposed antenna the maximum ground level capability to the zero point 0. Zero 8 of the public limits 5 magnitude below the limit and it has been saluted as part of progress for the project and found in Significant Impact on ground level or exposure levels therefore the maximums ground level of 6. 2 percent of fcc for all improved antennas on sutro are tower is unchanged weve spent years meeting with the neighbors to understand their concerns as x fiduciary by the issues few Public Comments received by the Planning Department most concerns arises from the existence of the tower itself and the intentional maintenance to maintain this facility in Good Condition it is not from the addition of single antenna and although this antenna is small we have additional concerns arriving from the expansion of the use of tower in light of those concerns it is important to remember that sutro are tower operates as San Francisco primary facilities as youve heard me as before were lucky to have it theres a valid conditional use authorization which authorizes all forms of Radio Communication on the tower and make sense phenomenon for the type of installations to be specialized like sutro are a structure build and approved and can accommodate that would no significance impact not withstanding the utilization weve worked and remain committed to work with the neighbors to address their concerns including the concerns of noise and visual screening as a side note and noted by the Planning Department our project before you last year included the driveway repairs and erosion improvement which this Commission Approved with the obligation to submit a supplemental landscaping plan we fully complied with the condition and the availability of one our our neighbors the Planning Department has opted out to provide that later we look forward to presenting our plan in the meanwhile we respectfully ask for your approval the administered Vice President and cfo of the future tower inc. Is available to answer questions and we remain open for any other questions. Open up for Public Comment. calling names okay sorry. calling names . Good afternoon, commissioners im sorry eric woupg president of the k q lp and im here on behalf of the organizations that as i understand for the support of the letter we gave to you previously im excited to be here this is a permit application 45 years they called the action of minority ownership of broadcasting in National Disgrace approximately, one percent of 10 thousand Radio Station were owned by minority and however even today, the fabulous is only 1. 5 percent still a National Disgrace and asian are less than one percentage the to improve has been in the working of seems to be on the back burner until a couple years ago the Congress District the fcc to create a new class of fm Radio Station after two years theyve secured the fcc license and we feel with our approval think is permits local chineseamerican will be heart of history of bumping the broadcasting statistics up and mind you the Radio Station theyre talking about if not like our fathers Radio Station louis out thousands of watts in california but rather like a lgbt the size of a laptop a pc and the antenna can be put in the trunk of your car wellbeing the chineseamericans communities will have a voice ever their own and part of history and the Radio Station provides means to freely express local chineseamerican cultural their lifestyle and music and opinions we can inform and inspire ourselves with that Radio Station i urge you to approve the permit and with it well serve more than 200 thousand local chvments residents in San Francisco thank you. Public comment additional speakers. Im not a resident of Midtown Terrace im not concern do static but the radiation exposure he know below the limits but the antennas a school next to the tower and just ii dont know when it stops so im not for this thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon. Im the liaison inform sutro are tower for the Homeowners Association on behalf of the 8 hundred homeowners and thousands of residents in the terrace we oppose this antenna addition representing three hundred antennas placed on future tower many addition is minor together with the antennas approved over the past 50 years represents a 3 thousand percent increase over the original 10tv radio and Television Antennas authorized by sutro are towers 19 be 66 original conditional permits as a former District Attorney i know it is not required to interpret the cus for all forms of radio broovrts forevermore on the contrary such an interpretation is a unfortunately give away by the department entrusted with the responsibility of exercising that authority for the benefit of all San Francisco our concerns are many some of which were numb rated by the project sponsor and by the other residence here there was about the continued addition of the antennas and the structure so the residents do continue to participate permitting process and those hearings despite the fact not one planning decision has gone against the antenna in the history on our own time in addition to our day jobs at about responsibilities unlike sutro are employees and with all due respect the Planning Department also do this as part of their day jobs we ask the Planning Department to include the neighborhoods to address our concerns and issues brown bag reaching a recommendation open a permit recommendation and they made significant strides and hope this continues with the now planners assigned to the site at three hundred plus antennas now no misrepresent is a minor one in our view we have clear views of every single addition on to the antenna unlike residents in other parts of the city we have Public Safety and quality of life issues im sorry that hannah the engineers for the sutro are tower couldnt be here today, we have concerns about the r f or the compliance with the fcc safety limits that are thank you, maam, your time is up. If i may raise within issue the sutro are tower generously gave to our association for our own measurements that our actual measurements on a probe that was supposed to be not as conservative as sutro are towers has taken the reading higher than the rtsdz presented. Thank you your time is up. If you want to submit information you may there any additional Public Comment . Not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. And commissioner Vice President richards i have a question for ms. Peter question one of the public speakers mentions the cumulative impacts of the antennas there and adam since 1966 which is a valid question do you have the data on the emissions. Yes. The calculated total r f exposure is 2 housing unit 6 percent for all. All of them including. I thought i heard that in relationship to this antenna autopsy no of the public exposure for all verified by measurements. I can understand concerns the neighbors if there is a differences in reading im sure that sutro are tower will make sure the stormwaters are calibrated and safe looking at this specific antenna and putting that into context is much lower than where the health ratio would be i look at this one antenna and to me prospectiveable from an exposure and from aesthetic point of view if we you know if you dont put towers on a tower my question where will we put those in 1966 tv and radio now a word of visual media on those towers and the Public Benefit of those towers will be enormous served by a minority of station im supportive but recognize the concerns were not at a point given the enclosure limitations thats an issue but seismic issues maybe in august id like to see that data on the reports i move to not take dr and approve the project. Second. Commissioner antonini. Yeah. Believe we already had a discussion about seismic the last times and i think there were significant upgrades i believe there is a schedule well hear more about that i agree that is a very minor addition to a tower that is source of most of broadcaster for the bayview so it is important im in support. Commissioners, if theres nothing further, well move on to there is a motion that has been seconded not to dr and approve as proposed. Commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unlawfully to zero and place us in general Public Comment i have no speaker cards. Any general Public Comment this after that. Okay general Public Comment is closed. And meeting is adjourned. Hi, im lawrence. We are doing a special series about staying safe. Lets look at issues of water and sewer. We are here at the San Francisco urban center on Mission Street in San Francisco and im joined today by marrielen from puc and talk about water and sewer issues. What are things we should be concerned about water. You want to be prepared for that scenario and the recommendation is to have stored 1 gallon per person per day that you are out of water. We recommend that you have at least 35 days for each person and also keep in consideration storage needs for your pets and think about the size of your pets and how much water they consume. The storage which is using tap water which you are going to encourage. Right. Of course at the puc we recommend that you store our wonderful delicious tap water. Its free. It comes out of the tap and you can store it in any plastic container, a clean plastic container for up to 6 months. So find a container, fill it with water and label it and rotate it out. I use it to water my garden. Of course everyone has plastic bottles which we are not really promoting but it is a common way to store it. Yes. Its an easy way to pick up bottles to store it. Just make sure you check the label. This one says june 2013. So convenient you have an end date on it. And there are other places where people have water stored in their houses. Sure. If you have a water heater or access to the water heater to your house, you can drink that water and you can also drink the water that the in the tank of your toilet. ; not the bowl but in your tank. In any case if you are not totally sure about the age of your water or if you are not sure about it being totally clean, you can treat your water at home. There is two ways that you can treat your water at home and one is to use basic household bleach. The recommendation is 8 drops of bleach for ever gallon of water. You add 8 drops of bleach into the water and it needs to sit for 30 minutes. The other option is to boil water. You need to boil water for 510 minutes. After an earthquake that may not be an option as gas maybe turned off and we may not have power. The other thing is that puc will provide information as quickly as possible about recommendations about whether the water is okay to drink or need to treat it. We have a number of twice get information from the puc through twitter and facebook and our website sf water. Org. People should not drink water from pools or spas. But they could use it to flush their toilets if their source are not broken. Lets look at those issues. Sanitation is another issue and something people dont usually or like to think about it but its the reality. Very likely that without water you cant flush and the sewer system can be impeded or affected during an earthquake. You need to think about sanitation. The options are simple. We recommend a set up if you are able to stay in your building or house to make sure that you have heavy duty trash bags available. You can set this up within your existing toilet bowl and once its used. You take a little bit of our bleach. We talked about it earlier from the water. You seal the bag completely. You make sure you mark the bag as human waste and set it aside and wait for instruction about how to dispose of it. Be very aware of cleanliness and make sure you have wipes so folks are able to wash up when dealing with the sanitation issue. Thank you so much, good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the regular meeting of the board of appeals before we begin is vicky young in the audience interpreter the board president is about presiding officer and commissioner president honda and to my left is thomas owen provide the board with legal advise sgimdz were joined were