When weighed against the benefits of this project, namely the creation of muchneeded housing, and a more walkable streetscape, the mitigations were found to be sufficient by the planning commission. Furthermore, the appellant proposed alternatives that were similar to two alternatives studied in the eir. Packages of design changes to mitigate the Historic Resource were included in four preservation alternatives in the eir, which are not considerably different from the alternatives proposed by the amelants. Appel. They argue it should have been included in the chapter but similar alternatives were studied and sequa did not require that an eir consider every alternative or combination of alternatives. Based on evidence presented today, it is my belief the final eir complies with the sanfrancisco admin code, providing an adequate impact of the project and thus, will be making a motion to deny the ail peel and affirm the final eir certification. A motion made and is there a second . Seconded by supervisor ronan and then lets take role call. Deputy city john givener. Just to clarify the item that youll be voting on as a motion to approve item 23 and take items 24 and 25. That was the motion. Role call, please. role call . There are ten ayes. Ok, so the motion passes. Were going to move on to the planning commissions decision well, the planning commissions decision is affirmed. We will consider the conditional use appeal, which is items 27, 28 and 29. Consideration of the appeal of the conditional use authorization involves analysis of whether the plans commissions determination to authorize the project was appropriate. This hearing is quasi judicial. To reverse the plan Agency Decision or authorize conditional use, we would need eight votes of the board as required. So do we have a motion . Supervisor stephanie . Thank you. To summarize, we heard from the Planning Department that the alternative plan would not produce 744 units of housing with 58 familysized unit. The anies werthey were studied r the most benefits for our city and neighborhoods. Specifically, the proposal includes 186 units of subsidized affordable Senior Housing, onsite childcare for 175 children which is more than offered at that site. Over five acres of open space, including 2. 9 acres with walkways that integrate the existing neighborhoods and more than what is required of the project sponsor. The proposal maximizes neighborhood reference by offering no those presiding three quarters of the project side. It a leading level, targeted lead gold or better and increase neighborhood resiliency with an awss fee in the amount of one million. The proposal will generate millions in Community Fees towards jobs, housing, and transportation and millions more in annual property tax revenue by converting a tax except use to a taxable use. The Public Benefits this brings to our neighborhoods and our city makes the conditional use both necessary and desirable and for those reasons, i ask today that we reject the appeal so we can move forward with creating these muchneeded homes for families and lowincome seniors. Were looking at 27, 28 and 29. So i can clarify my motion. I would like to make a motion to move item 27 forward and to table items 28 and 29. Dido you have an amendment to item 27 that you would like to make . Yes, we do have an amendment that everybody has received. And this is on page 1. We have to make this amendment and i will ask deputy givener to explain lines one, 22 and 23. The amendments that supervisor stephanie circulated 27 and 31 which youll consider shortly, both merely updating the sequa findings that accompany the motion. So supervisor stephanie has made a motion to amend item 27 as described. Is there a second . Seconded by supervisor walton without any objections and well pass the amendments. Do we have a motion to approve the authorization as amended . So moved. And motion made and seconded by supervisor safaye. To prove the authorization, can we take this motion as amended. Can we take this motion same house, same call . Then the motion carries unanimously. Mr. President , youve tabled items 28 and 29, as well. Yes. I believe the motion was to approved 27 as amended is tabling 28 and 29. Correct. Thank you for the clarification. And now we will lets move to the tentative map approval. Do we have a motion for items 31, 32 and 33 . Thank you. As publics works described, many relate to sequa rather than the map itself and they are best addressed in the sequa appeal which we just dealt with and i do not want to address the i do want to clarify two claims. The first claim is that the tentative map includes inaccuracies. Public works describe the fact of the map is accurate and errors are minor in nature and corrected. The appellant i think this is important on the record why were ruling in a certain way. Specifically, the appellant claimed the map sheet that lot one has two commercial units and 17 remembe17 residential units. The proposed sconin zoning chans would allow fronting on california street. The public works identifies condominium parcels, residential or commercial. The two units to facilitate parking for the duplexes which park works considers a nonremember use for purposes of identifying the condominium. This will not allow a public use under the planning code where such code is not permitted under applicable zoning. The claim that the map is accurate is unfounded and this board should reject it. The city failed to not the appellant per the block book in the. We know the city satisfied all reviews and block books are not provided by the public works but by the San FranciscoPlanning Department. Weve been inform ed thi informe block book is not required but are intended to provide the applications for permits on property within the city that is subject to the San Francisco planning code that the requester would not otherwise receive. Both Planning Department and public works satisfied all requirements in this regard. With that said, as we heard, none of the claims made an appeal before us on the tentative map approval, show errors in the. Maps anmaps. I ask that you joing the appeal. I would move item 31 forward so before you do that, would you like to make a simple intercept. Amendment . The same one made with regard to the ceu just plained by deputy city john givener and i would like to move that. The motion to move it and is there a second . Seconded by supervisor brown and with no objection, then the amendment passes. And so now the motion is to approve item 31 as amended and approving the department of public works determination is to table items 32 and 33. That motion was made by supervisor stephanie and is there a second . Seconded by supervisor walton. Can we take this item as amended same house, same call . Ok, then without objection, item 31, as amended is arrive is appd 32 and 33 are tabled. The final map is approved. Call 3446. 3436. Referred without recommendation from land use and transportation committee. Item 34 is to create the 3333 california street special use district and to make the appropriate findings. Item 35 approves the Development Agreement between the city and Laurel Heights partners, llc for the development of the 10. 25 area site located at california street and presidio avenue and make the appropriate findings and item 36, an ordinance to approve a major encroachment improvement for Laurel Heights partners to occupy masonic avenue, pine street, mayfair to drive and laurel street jan fore purpose of maintaining landscape planters, and other improvements and also to make the appropriate findings. Supervisor stephanie, would you like to make a motion to amend these items . I would like im not prepared to yet make the amendments on these items. Do you want us to come back later . Or do you have no amendments . Well, i would like to make comments about the ordinances themselves. Ok. Is that ok. You can make a comment . Ok. Thank you. I think this merits standing because i think this is an extremely important moment in terms of legislation that we are about to pass. , hopefully. Before you is legislation creating a special use district, a Development Agreement and a major encroachment ordinance to bring to life a project that has been in the making for five years. A project that will bring muchneeded housing to district two and to our city, as well as many other benefits for our community. When this started in 2014, i was a legislative aid to supervisor farrell, i was the person who went to numerous, Numerous Community meetings at the jcc, peoples homes and my office. All along, i have cared deeply about the community, the neighbors who have had their concerns with the project, including the appellants who i know well and i have wanted to make sure that we ended up with a project that would be not just good for the neighborhood, but a project that truly enhanced the lives of our community. Obviously, theres disagreement. Youve seen people in favour. Youve seen people in opposition. Thats called life. I knew that i wasnt going to make everybody happy. Its absolutely impossible, but i wanted to stand before you today, colleagues, knowing that in my heart, gut and mind and its not just about my heart and gut, but hoping to facilitate a project that would be an incredible add to an already vibrant community. To do that, i knew when i became supervisor that adjustments to the project would need to be made. So what did we do . As youve herbed at length today, the Development Agreement is for a 744 unit Housing Project with 186 projects dedicated for seniors. The developer will be responsible for funding onsite Senior Housing and the Development Agreement is the best way for the city to ensure that this major benefit is realized. Now, the original development, the original proposal had an Office Building planned for the site across from the jcc and only 558 units of housing. When the neighborhood raised concerns about the Office Building and the potential traffic that would impose upon the community, i wor worked to eliminate the office instead dedicate that to Affordable Housing for seniors. Why seniors . We know that there is an unlimited key man for all types of Affordable Housing, both family and Senior Housing in our city. And although i cannot solve all of the citys problems with this one project, i knew that i could most definitely hone in on a problem that is important to me and not just in district two but also in the city. And the facts are clear, we are not coming close to meeting the need for Senior Housing now and into our future. According to the Planning Departments 2018 housing inventory, in the years between 202014 and 2018 were for senior. The board president has been call for a larger emphasis on the production of Senior Housing and i have been there with him. As in my own personal experience, dealing with a sick father, i have immersed myself in what it takes to properly care for our seniors and learned how precious few resources are actually available to them including housing, especially in San Francisco. And so we drill down on how to make this project the best fit for the neighborhood. It became clear that there was an opportunity to increase that unit count by changing the walnut building along california street from office to housing. Seeing this opportunity to provide 186 units of affordable Senior Housing in the standalone building. This is what is so great about this project. There are Senior Services on the ground floor. Together with Childcare Services in an Innovative Partnership with the senior facility. And this is something i could not pass up. Its something i was going to insist upon if we would move this project forward. And what we need to understand about Senior Housing is that its difficult or impossible to provide it in some type of distributed inclusionary manner and the fact we have this whole building opportunity to me was absolutely significant. And in addition, there is an existing senior facility across the street, offering the opportunity to Share Services and create a Senior Community in this location. I think we all know or we should if were paying attention, one effort worse things senior suffers from is isolation and loneliness and the fact were bringing them together with services across the street in a jcc and a neighbor transit rich and where you can walk to a grocery store, restaurant or movie is something that will enhance the lives of those seniors as we look forward to welcoming them to our neighborhood. The affordable senior building will be on california street, adjacent to transportation and retail across from the jcc. The Development Agreement requires direct marketing and a reference in leasing to seniors already living within a three quarters mile. Usually the radius is half a mile but we increased it to include not just district two, but parts of district five and district one, as well. I have come to understand the derth of housing for seniors and how expensive housing can be and how even with family help it can be hard to age in place or find a suitable, affordable home. I am determined to do everything in my power to address our seniors needs, especially when it comes to giving them places to live. That is why im proud of this Development Agreement before you today, which ilene will create more affordable senior homes than we have built in district two over the past decade. It is very telling of the Robust Community process that we do all agree that we need housing on the site and im proud to have pushed the increase to 744 units and proud that everyone does agree that 744 units at this site is desirable. The remainder of the project, the remainder of the project is designed with multibedroom units including a new large Childcare Center on site to appeal to families hoping to stay in the area. How many times do we hear about families in San Francisco and about the lack of childcare and parents who cant get to work because they cant afford childcare or not near where they work . We hear about it all of the time and we try to create Public Policy around it and we are able to create 58 more slots more children in this site. Between the Senior Housing, Childcare Centre and family size units, this project will accommodate a wide range of needs while maintaining our communitys familyfriendly character. And so since ive introduced this legislation back in july, i heard some additional concerns from the neighbors and i tried, i knew i would not be able to meet every demand. I wish i could but its not feasible and wont make the project work. I took what i heard and tried the best i could in terms of making amendments to retail that are allowed at the site in the amount of retail. As part of the negotiateds on the retail agreement, i was able to reduce the space from 64,000 feet to approximately 35,000 square feet. We also made certain all of the retail would be placed along california street so that we maintain the Laurel Village merchant corridor connecting the retail from spruce street to presidio avenue. I addressed retail use based on feedback from the community. And my amendments included limiting the hours of operation from 6 00 a. M. To midnight and right now its 2 00 a. M. Just like Laurel Village. They wanted 11 00 p. M. I decided on midnight because i thought it was the best in e ins after croof a compromise. Restricting some commercial using and adding a letter to the board file with agreements to work with the Laurel Village merchants. I believe the retail amendments i made will help to ensure a healthier corridor. Today i do have some additional amendments to address concerns about the impact of construction and removal of street trees. I have a package of neighborhood construction enhancements that will ensure the project will use best practises in minimizing the impact on the neighborhood and these are some of the best practises to develop on another project on sacramento street and vital that every developer in a neighborhood follow them. And todays enhancements include sound suppression, efficient delivery and insulation and emission controls on the construction crews. I understand the construction will impact neighbors and i wanted to do everything i could to make sure the very best construction practises are used on this project. Now i want to get to trees, because trees are emotional topics. I was telling someone earlier, trees and dogs, right. Theyre emotional. Its hard to talk about. Its hard to talk about the loss of a tree or sometimes about the fact you may not be ai able to k your dog along chrisy field what am i trying to say, without a leash. Thank you. Iits emotional and i get that. I looked hard at the tree issue because i care about everywhere who came up and talked about the trees. I want to address concerns raised. As public works described, the plan is not before us today. With that said, the site plan was specifically designed to retain key trees. You heard carla short say it, wishes other developers would do this. It was designed to retain key trees on the private portion of the excite celebrate the and c