Its also important to note that the use of these guidelines are discretionary. Unlike other guidelines that are triggered by a particular zoning or petition, these are voluntary by the applicant and would be requested by the staff or one of the commissions. Ill get into a little more detail about the Design Guidelines themselves. I think its important to note that the retained elements Design Guidelines are focused on the how, how you do something. Once you weigh the options and consider whether there is something existing that should be maintained, then the next question is how to do it so that itsful, both to the existing material and the new development. There are two sections. This plays off of the urban Design Guidelines which is our larger guidelines in the city. There is site architect and urban realm. You see reference of an s 1. 1, that references s 1. These take those as a basis and get into deeper detail around this particular topic, which is why its called a special topic d
Shame and more than that harmful to lose that open space. Its understanding open green space and hard scaped. It has an impact again on how people con agre con gra gate ane space and the heat related increases as people are more and more concerned about global warming. And water run off. So again, were in favor of housing and keeping the grown gn space. Thank you. Supervisor yee next speaker. Good afternoon. My name is barbra brener. I am here as a neighbor of the 3333 california project. Im in favor of over turning the Planning Commissions approval of the Developers Plan as currently submitted. I speak in support of building 700 plus units on the site but with the strategy that is less didisruptive. Theres been a pattern of impropriety with the proposal before you. The site would have caused modifications in the design. In addition, flexible retail was never discussed nor was it mentioned in the Environmental Impact report so neighbors had no ability to consider it and respond. The e.
Landmark. Laurel hill gardens cemetery. As well as the cemetery, for San Francisco pioneers u. S. Senators and civil war heroes, its a treefilled park for San Francisco residents. Since i noticed the Historic Cemetery plaque missing from the red brick wall a few years ago, i wondered why would anyone want to erase this history. It made me sad. Well, as a result, it seems that the job of marking and memorializing this important San Francisco landmark has been left to its survivors, the trees. Some of these large, old growth trees are monument to this lost history. In addition to the history, many studies have reported that the loss of large, old trees leads to an over all loss of urban biodiversity. They are critical ecological structures because relative to their size, they are disproportionate providers of resources crucial to wildlife. Its times of Necessary Development and help preserve the landmarks that define your cities rich history. Concern neighborhoods are not anti developmen
So, this was another new aspect. The e. I. R. Response to comments states the project will comply with the provision to the planning code as to Affordable Housing but thats inaccurate because the Development Agreement would wave those and have no moderate Income Housing and have its own plan. The e. I. R. Failed to analyze the projects potentially Significant Impact on shadows on publicly accessible open space. This is the Developers Site plan and shadows are shown in blue. This shows frequent shadows on the lower walnut walk and the square which the developer proposes to use as Community Benefits and open space. These proposed areas would be shaded mostly by the proposed buildings for much of the day or year. The city procedures provide that shadows must be studied if the use of open space could be adversely effected. And it doesnt matter whether the open use controls. The city failed to conduct a cityrun planning process. And the developer described his proposed project to the commun
Triggered by a particular zoning or petition, these are voluntary by the applicant and would be requested by the staff or one of the commissions. Ill get into a little more detail about the Design Guidelines themselves. I think its important to note that the retained elements Design Guidelines are focused on the how, how you do something. Once you weigh the options and consider whether there is something existing that should be maintained, then the next question is how to do it so that itsful, both to the existing material and the new development. There are two sections. This plays off of the urban Design Guidelines which is our larger guidelines in the city. There is site architect and urban realm. You see reference of an s 1. 1, that references s 1. These take those as a basis and get into deeper detail around this particular topic, which is why its called a special topic design guideline. So theres site design, retain existing features. Under architecture, modulating new development