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Anabigail, the floor is yours. Thank you, chair peskin. Good afternoon. Thank you for considering this item. The designation of this 200 block of stewart to lane serves several purposes as residential use. The new residential building is replacing a sevenstory garage whose entrance was at 75 howard and only address will be impacted as there are no other buildings on this block. This compliments the bike lane on howard, and dropoffs will occur. There are other examples of town that sorry. There are several letters of support in the packet from the neighbors including the stewart Street Hospitality association. This went through the port process under jurisdiction and it passed unanimously at the port on december 10th of 2019. If you have further questions about this item, we are also joined today by Justin Zucker for any technical land use questions and thank you so much for your time this afternoon. My connection timed out and im back. Supervisor, i just ended my remarks. If there are
County Health Officer issued a number of Public Health orders relating to covid19, including a staysafeathome order. The governor and state Health Officer issued an overlay staysafeathome order. To protect the city staff and members of the public, the City Chambers are closed. Furthermore, the mayor and governor have issued emergency orders suspendin suspending suss making it possible to hold Commission Hearings remotely. The Mayors Office has authorized the Historic Preservation commission to reconvene remotely, recognising that the commissions consideration of certain projects in a certain government operation and the authorization directing the commission to prioritize consideration of action items pertaining to infrastructure, housing and Small Businesses. Today, the Historic Preservation commission reconvenes for the first time in its history remotely using video and teleconferencing technology. The platform is not perfect and at times may even appear to be clumsy. Therefore, we r
Furthermore, the mayor and governor have issued emergency orders suspending select laws applicable to boards and commissions, making it possible to hold Commission Hearings remotely. On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization from the Mayors Office to reconvene through may 3, 2020, recognizing that the commissi commissions condition of concern projects is an essential consideration. It needs to consider action items pertaining to infrastructure, housing, and Small Businesses. Today, the Planning Commission reconvenes for the first time in its history remotely using telecommunications. It may at times be slow, and it may be clumsy. Therefore, we ask your patience. Commissioners and staff will be participating in the meeting remotely but participate as if we were physically present. To enable public participation, sfgovtv is televising this meeting live. Sfgov is streaming the toll free phonein number across the bottom of the screen. Comments and times to speak duri