Pick and choose the businesses, but unfortunately, we dont get to choose what goes in. What we do is choose whether the businesses that want to do business can. There are spaces for smaller retailer and wed love to have them. There is spaces for restaurants and wed love to have them. There is a business saying can i be in this space, part of this neighborhood, and i cant see why we would say no. President melgar next speaker, please. My name is brian springfield. I live one block from the location of Sterling Bank. Ive lived there 21 years. And i live across street from a vacant commercial space zoned for restaurant use at 2175 market. Its never leased. Its sat vacant for three years now. 2175 was also the location of a Business Venture called myriad, like a food hall concept, multivendor. That struggled for a while and eventually failed. I support their application to move next door to the Current Location because im really concerned about the vacant store fronts in the castro. Ive se
Case number 2018. 2 henry adams. Conditional use authorization are proposed for continuance to january 30, 2020. Items 2a and b, for 1776 green street, are proposed for continuance to february 13, 2020. I have no other items proposed for continuance and no speaker cards. Commissioner koppel we have a Public Comment. Richard drury for the petitioners on 1776 green street. I and my clients are not available on february 13th. So i was going to request if the commission might consider a date of i think theyre gone for that twoweek period through the 20th. So the 27th or the following thursday, we would request . How is that . Jonas so february 20th . 27th . Jonas okay. February 27th. Thank you very much. Okay you can make the motion. Commissioner koppel motion to continue items 1a and b and 2a and b to february 27th, to the dates set aside. Jonas thank you, on that motion to continue, items 1a and b to january 30 and 2a to february 27, 2020. On that motion, commissioner diamond . Fung . Jo
Therefore, it has no merit as opposed to see the potential for good restoration. I think this is a critical piece. When people talk about were losing San Francisco, theyre talking about not that we dont want anything new, but they see too much of the beautiful things that define our character being lost. We can marry both. This is an important priority. And it needs to be a priority of our next director. Thank you very much. President melgar thank you, commissioner. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners and, thank you, president melgar, for allowing us to come and speak to the commission about this item. Im anastasia, im a tenant and housing advocate. In my view, a new director has to recognize and respect San Franciscos history, architecture and its people and acknowledge that our city is not for sale. A new director must not be cow towed by big money. The arena numbers show too much marketrate housing as opposed to too little new housing for lowincome residents is being
Good afternoon. My name is Kathy Bloodworth and i have a letter here from allison, a tenant on the street that cannot be here today. Dear San Francisco Planning Commission, as a colleague and sacramento street neighbor of Kendall Wilkinson i am writing to support her application for content notional use permit. As a Retail Store Owner i have known kennel for the last eight years and can say firsthand that she is a stellar figure in our Sacramento Community whom we all love. She has always proven to be a leader with a vision for our street. She, her staff and her client support our local shops and restaurants. It is worth considering the synergistic relationship on sacramento street. Designers, architects and builders bring in the highend clients who then support the retail businesses. It is a clear business pattern we all see and very much appreciate. I would like to add as an interior designer, the sales tax revenue per design firm generates far exceeds any retail store. This will hop
Thank you. Any other Public Comment on this item . With that, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner fung . Question for staff. If this was a Design Office use that was designated as accessory to the retail, would it have required a see you . C. U. . In other words, the retail is in the front on the ground floor. Basically it was flipped the other way around, the retail use will be a principal use and that. The retail use currently allowed . Im asking, if you had designated, or they had designated the Design Office use as accessory to the commercial interiors retail use would it still have required c. U. . Um. Elizabeth, northwest team leader. That has to do with the Square Footage, the percentage size. Yes if it had been an accessory use, it would principally permitted, it would be considered an accessory use. Sharon can correct me if i am wrong, that is not the way the configuration of the space is currently. What would have been the Square Footage of an accessory use to have been al