This is a completely different motion. It was in case the supervisor chooses to move forward. So, were disregarding the fact that the supervisor can move forward on the legislation and were going to draft a new resolution simply requesting its understood that if he decides to move forward without taking into consideration, thats his province because its an administrative action. Okay, my apologies. I misunderstood. [inaudible]. [laughter] thank you. Then the motion would be to engage to draft a resolution recommending to the board of supervisors that they engage the public and submit a third draft to this body the recommendation is not to the board of supervisors. It is to supervisor wiener personally. Excuse me, to supervisor wiener. Not to the board. And to consider clarity of the first discretionary action, noting that that may not be the most appropriate trigger, taking a look at extended appeal periods and defaulting to a longer appeal period when the actions excuse me, for those
Talk about is the things it says where its not significant. Its less than significant. That is on its impact on the character of the vicinity and its impact cumulatively on land use impacts, and i believe youve got the downtown area plan talking about how this steps down. You have the urban design element plan. You have the Transit Center development plan. All talking about how buildings must be stepped down to the bay or reduced, in fact, it actually says where buildings should be along the waterfront. One of the things thats not mentioned is the bcdc waterfront plan is ultimately impacted by this project. The only discussion these things are determined less than significant and i believe the character in the discussion of the eir is only referred to as land use. The impacts of these buildings is height, its bulk, its proximity to the bay, all of that impacts the character of this neighborhood and impacts the cumulative impacts of people going further and further towards the bay. The
Well served by existing banks and other Financial Institutions in the district and the project would remove a ground floor commercial space from the market eliminating the opportunity for its use as the sigh as the neighborhood serving retail use. Ill be happy to answer any questions you have. Thank you very much. Thank you. Project sponsor, please. Good evening, president fong and commissioners, my name is steve adams. I am the managing director of the Sterling Bank and trust here in San Francisco. And, yes, we did try to open up a limited use bank branch several years ago and we were denied. Things have changed in these last six years. First off, we are a limited use bank bran. We are not a full bank branch. The other institutions that were described are national banks. We are Community Banks. We are a Community Bank based here in San Francisco. With our branches here in San Francisco and one in burlingame. For six years i have tried to lease out this space. I have had gladys real es
Before it gets to them doesnt mean that the board isnt the final Decision Making body. In those instances, wouldnt it be just easier for the board just to be the certifying body and to bypass the commission all together . I think they appreciate the work that you do here. Well, im saying it just seems like then youre forcing the people who may be in the Current System thinking of filing an appeal on a certification to then the process just changes to where instead of filing an actual appeal, they would prepare the same kind of document, lets say, for themselves as an appeal, but then they would present that at the board of supervisors hearing. Yes, they would not be precluded from doing that, yes. Okay. On the triggering actions, i think theres been lots of discussions about what that is. And i think there needs to be a lot more discussion about specifically saying what that is at various departmental levels because nobody understands what that means. For example, if i go in the firm i
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