Resource determined on sub stfrjal evidence to be a resource the public review project began on december 6, 2017, and will continue until 5 00 p. M. , january 23, 2018. The Commission Members had electronic members of draft e. I. R. And background reports, including Historic Resource evaluation and response. The Commission Secretary has also distributed a handout, which i will refer you to later. Copies of this handout are available to members of the public on the table to my left. Today were here to provide the commission to provide public testimony, to discuss and formulate any comments that you wish to submit on the draft e. I. R. I would like to provide with you a brief summary of the draft e. I. R. With Historical Resources the project site is a 2story building that housed the Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco and is now vacant. The proposed project would demolish the building, split the lot into two and construct two fourstory, 40foottall residential buildings. Each
Pattern with a lot of people who purchase homes in the city, violate the law, pay the penalties and still able to move forward with their projects, which sometimes, unfortunately, changes the character of a community. So im trying to understand how that continues to happen in these particular cases. Supervisor breed, the Planning Department shares those concerns. And thats why weve asked for legislation that will strengthen and enhance the administrative penalties, provisions of the planning code, that are in sections 176. And as far as allowing a project to proceed, the remedies that have been issues are ones that have suspended all work on the project. This project sponsor is not being allowed to proceed. Work was done out of scope and theres work the subject of a discretionary review hearing pending before the Planning Commission. What is proceeding is this hearing on the adequacy of the ceqa determination. Unless this body finds that the Planning Department improperly i issued that
Ceqa appeal had to be filed, which was filed on november 22. You would think when a ceqa appeal is filed, anything permitted would stop, but it wasnt the case here. Work continued on this site. And to me, its a pattern of bad behavior here. It wasnt until december 21. Yall recall what was going on over the holidays and certainly mr. The holidays after nearly two weeks of my office issuing a stop work order was issued. I find this shocking. The sponsor demolished chimneys without a permit, which has left the home damage and easier to seek demolition approval. Ive voiced many frustrations with planning not making common sense decisions with their reviewal to make common sense changes and landmarking neighborhood without letting the supervisors to know. In this case, they allowed one part of the project to move forward with the rest under review. It doesnt make sense to me. In terms of the ceqa appeal. And the main issue i had. And i will not belabor the point, is the issues that supervis
Up in previous appeals that have come before this board. Where projects have violated the law. Theyve been allowed to move forward and there are penalties associated with those violations and i think im trying to understand how its possible theres been numerous violations with this project and then issued a requirement to pay certain penalties, and maybe not by the Planning Department, but based on other challenges, and then were still moving this project forward and there are you know, this seems to be a pattern with a lot of people who purchase homes in the city, violate the law, pay the penalties and still able to move forward with their projects, which sometimes, unfortunately, changes the character of a community. So im trying to understand how that continues to happen in these particular cases. Supervisor breed, the Planning Department shares those concerns. And thats why weve asked for legislation that will strengthen and enhance the administrative penalties, provisions of the p
I urge the board to be stronger, if you like, about what they do if people are in violation. This developer proceeds as if its a carpool violation and you afford it, pay it off, move on. That cannot be the case. We have to stop this from going on in our city. Thats all i want to say. I want to mention that our uphill neighbor couldnt be here as well. They sent their son, who is on an Aircraft Carrier in the sea of japan, but here in his offtime and he has a very big button, so i appreciate your time. Thank you very much. President breed thank you for your testimony. Next speaker, please . Supervisors, good afternoon. Im jessica mcgregor. I live across the street from the proposed project and from mr. Kauffmans home. As you know, San Francisco is suffering from an epidemic of work beyond the scope of permits, work without permits, serial permits to avoid ceqa. I believe the most recent example was 1841 chestnut and on lombard street. And the Planning Department was looking at 214 states