Decisions on the station at north beach we dont preclude that option and make it flexible enough to so that it could be added on in the future thats an area it is greatly underserved my business is there i enjoy the walk to get to north beach but adversities not the easiest thing to do the busses take longer than so i think that thats something we have to consider too i want to really study this go to the sites to find a way to hold onto the project the project sponsor can build it but a way to have the land available to the future station that goes underneath columbus thats a big benefit other sites the triangle block in front of the Washington Square bar and grill and powell street and that site is a possibility for future entry of boring machines or entry into the station itself or the Asian Pacific islander green site when our looking at Washington Square not a lot of possibility as far as raising money the kicking land yard presents an opportunity we have to analyze the buses exto
Planning counter at that time if they were trying to get approval for something that might be questionable or sketchy. In fact, this permit authorized construction of a deck that similar mrip cant be approved. It is above the limit set by the special use district. The height limit of the general planning code for residential design is further limited by the special use district and no exception for anything above the 35 foot height limit is granted under that special use district. Its very unfortunate that the project sponsor sought to permit it in this way and frankly, im kind of baffled by the argument made by the project sponsors council saying that the neighborhood discussions were conducting in good faith and that the fact that they didnt abide by those agreements is a civil matter. Ive done this kind of negotiation with rubins office for 27 years and never heard something quite as cynical as that, that people should stand by what they say theyre going to do and neighbors fulfill
Interface better with the existing bus system i think if the subway is going to go through im the middle child between julie and paul this would be the adaptation of the survey and the duplex e adaptation of that survey and the respect for the Historic Resources that exist in the area will go a long way towards revolving some of the issues that all of the lower buildings that came in after the earthquake will go away the neighborhood will be up to 65 feet or more and the quality we love about that part of the city that draw people from all over the world will be lost we can do both. We can do both the less we spend open digging the subway the more well have for the other muni lines thank you very much. Thank you. Is there any additional Public Comment okay seeing none, Public Comment is closed i want to thank all the staff for their presentation i also agree that the project sponsor between 3 organizations is important it remind me of commissioner johnson request for a joint hearing th
Department in transit planning we think with this body and the Planning Department and the city thats a wonderful thing i got involved in the project initially to try to mitigate the negative impacts of the t line i believe the extension of the t line is a way to preserve the northeast neighborhoods i believe the reduction and congestion the benefits to pedestrians and the surface transit users are numerous and a lot of good can come from this weve seen the negative impacts of the bus stop in the middle of the cafe door or the bulb outs put without regards to the design of the beveled weve looked at the bart entrances along moiths and weve seen open parkland as open space to be used for station entrances from the transit side there are t line stops in chinatown and union square that are blocks off the oil because of surface conditions we have an opportunity in advance to plan for to necessary extension that benefits the effectiveed neighborhood and showing you shows you what a San Fran
It doesnt mean it could be worded that way. That could be requested and we may accept a bbn that requested that, but the language states we receive notification when we receive certain permits to notify those parties that we received this application. That application did not mention anything about using the bbn to be made aware of any specific decisions on a projebt and as was referenced we dont have a variance tracking system online. There is no public space where someone with track when a variance decision letter is issued. They would have either have to request a copy of it ahead of time or once it is issued contact the department and request a copy. So in terms of notification following the code that was literally applied but the planner agreed to send a copy of the decision letter to the requester and that didnt happen until much after the appeal period. Ill available for any questions you may have. Is that common practice for your staff to provide that level of service . For var