Transcripts For SFGTV Board Of Appeals 81215 20150901

Short and well be joined by Scott Sanchez the Zoning Administrator who represents the Planning Department and Planning Commission and joe duffy representing the department of Electronic Devices are prohibited. Out in the hallway. Permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. People affiliated with these parties must conclude their comments within 7 minutes, participants not affiliated have up to 3 minutes no rebuttal. To assist the board in the accurate preparation of the minutes, members of the public are asked, not required to submit a speaker card or Business Card to the clerk. Speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. If you have a question about the schedule, speak to the staff after the meeting or call the board office tomorrow we are located at 1650 mission street, suite 304. This meeting is broadcast live on sfgovtv cable channel 78. Dvds are available to purchase directly from sfgovtv. Thank you for your attention. Well conduct our swearing in process. If you intend to testify and wish to have the board give your testimony evidentiary weight, please stand and say i do. Please note any of the members may speak without taking okay do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony youre about to give will be the whole truth and nothing but the truth . I do. Thank you very much okay interning to item one general Public Comment this is an opportunity for people to speak on an item within the boards jurisdiction any general Public Comment seeing none, then well move to item 2 comments from the commissioners commissioner. Welcome back mr. Bryan. Okay item 3 commissioners our consideration of the minutes of the august 5, 2015, meeting any additions, deletions, or changes additions . May i have a motion to approve the minutes as submitted. So moved. Thank you any Public Comment on the minutes . Seeing none, then we have a motion to do you want the minutes by the Vice President commissioner fung commissioner president lazarus commissioner wilson commissioner swig thank you that motion carries 4 to zero the next item on the calendar is item 4 a rehearing request subject properties on leavenworth street the board received a letter from the appellants requesting a rehearing of the appeal brand new bark versus dpw was decided at this time the board voted it is code compliant the appellant is the construction of a Wireless Service facility well start with the requesters you have 3 minutes to present our request to the board. Im randell next to me is ann brand nubaker dpw has authority to include a site permits in addition to those cigarette for the in the article 25 to benefit the Public Welfare this is, in fact, broad view to deny the permit based on the concerns over private views and lights the xifrpt is degrading to the public and adding more will make that worse whether or not the above was not discussed this needs to take place go can we stand we stand by our earlier submission for a request for rehearing we have also recently reviewed the permit denials for 999 and 751 lombardi by the planning Disorderly Conduct 750 lombardi was recommended for denial for considerations awhile 2215 leavenworth is an excellent view its permit was approved since 999 lombardi meets the agenda to deny the permit leavenworth meets the same criteria and should have been denied criteria for the two as excellent viewed streets has important culture and physical landmark views should be the same decisions were made in an arrest warranty inapplicable manner its been applied in a discrepancy they truth manifest injustice for leavenworth we believe a rehearing is warned new information regarding the physical safety the equipment on the 2215 leavenworth pole and whos responsible for the Safety Compliance needs review by the board of appeals the cpc u 95 allows the carriers selfmonitoring privileges for example, tomcast continues to add their gear to the pole within the last month tomcast has doubled their presence now the next is 5 devices to the pole the new across bar in the engineering speaking indicates the wires move further into the street view and closer to our home please note it is right here telecom pole can go unmonitored up to 8 years for the c pc u monitoring this over lagged pole has live wires within 8 feet of our home the city of San Francisco has the authority to enter succeed wed like the board of appeals to grant a new hearing based on this new information if you have any answers i object to answer them. Commissioners the timer is not working at the moment we have 3 minutes but well skip that for the next speaker. There are no questions. Board okay. Thank you. Theres someone for the permit holder. If youd like commissioners, i, use my cell phone for the timer. Thats not a good sound. Its a fire alarm laughter . All right. I will just time it myself and make the noise myself my apologies yeah. Go ahead. Good evening madam president and Vice President and mbes im jim heard on behalf of the vertically wireless this board got to right the last time applied the correct standards and found the standards are met id like to point out the rehearing is retired for rare case to prevent manifest injustice or new or different material facts that might have changed the outcome they dont address this in their papers or talk about it tonight theyve not addressed it in any event theyve clearly not met it the two arguments first, they complain about the advice the City Attorney gave or not in the subsequent hearing this explicit pass the straight face test it makes no sense after the board decided the appeal has a bearing on the appeal thats all to be said except to point out the record shows you you were given advise by your council decide the correct legal standards that apply to this appeal no merit to to theyre first argument the second argument is completely new not mentioned in their appeal this should be the end of the appealed for due process ill encourage that this board to dispense it is not proper to be raising completely new issues this late in the process even if you get over this hurdle they havent met the standard for a new hearing first problem the geo95 the argument is not a city regulation only a c p u no bearing on whether or not this was correctly issued the other problem is not based new facts but a regulation that was amended three years ago and fire that occurred if malibu 8 years ago so they clearly have not met the standards of new or different material facts it is certainly not an extraordinary case to sum up im suggest to you i remind you that the city has reviewed this xaufl and applied the standards theyre met and simply no grounds for a rehearing. Your time is up. He didnt get a thirty second warning ill be happy to answer any questions. Okay. Well hear from the department is the timer working now great. Good evening, commissioners carli Short Department of public works basically, i think we feel similar insufficient cause to grant rehearing in this case we dont feel there is new information present we do concur our advise has been that your City Attorney get it right this is our understanding of the way it appeal could be grant bans the law so we simply building they dont meet the rehearing we respectfully ask the rehearing is denied thank you. Okay we can take Public Comment anyone wishes to speak. Oh, i want to speak didnt see you there mr. Sanchez. Thank you Scott Sanchez Planning Department the same that the hearing request they cited first, the Planning Department submitted a brief that was part of public works brief submitted to the department we clearly noted that was a planning location planning compliant and noted our standards for review under that in the rehearing request the appellant kites testimony from the planner on president s subsequent case not misquoting anything for the case before you for those facts well not say there is reason for a rehearing question im available to answer any questions you may have. Anyone here wishes to speak on this item seeing none, commissioners the matter is submitted. I have a question for the City Attorney. Is it really interesting thing put forth which is the change in condition on the light pole when we heard the testimony before and we ruled before the condition on the light pole according to the appellant was different than it is today and with the addition of another vendor putting their stuff on it creates the domino effect that the vendor in question or the permit holder in question verizon now may have to place their stuff in a different place because another vendors put their stuff in the place they were supposed to say this a change in condition . And we might as well answer it now it will probably happen again what happens between now and then a condition changes we were told was to happen might change because the condition was changed according to their plan. Would it be better to ask if it will effect where they place it . If thats the jest of what youre asking. It changes the conditions if he were talking about any other case. Something happened and therefore the plans were changed the plans were changed a building are could be anything well be discussing id like to clarification of what a changed condition creates a situation where it might merit a rehearing. The department can also address when a new permit is needed with another revision a permit or a revision permit. I did not ask you to id like to hear from the City Attorney. I understand your reference to the City Attorney. Id like to hear if the City Attorney or of Zoning Administrator. Their thank you, very much. This is a rehearing request so the question was whether or not this was information that should have been made available then at the time of the hearing that would have effected your judgment on that matter so i think to extend that world to a subsequent permit after you decided the issue once before might raise some due process concerns. I did not know whether the existence of a new condition created new information for a merit of the discussion of a new hearing according to what ive come to understand and i may be wrong thats why im asking the question. I think a new permit something that requires a new permit a different condition thats not officially related to the permitted hearing that would give me comfortable to reverse the decision on the new permit based on theres enough information for the new permit the new permit could be appealed and you could decide probability assuming the law likewise it consider whether or not now to a new permit significantly degrades the view to the buildings or significantly degrade the neighborhood or maybe a threshold point that analysis but i think to go back and undo the decision on the fire permit theres potential a new permit i think this is questionable. If the current condition that was created has changed. The perimeters of the construction that we have already discussed i dont know what you mean by change of perimeters. Between this is what is confusing between the before and now tomcast cable im not saying they did tomcast comes in and they expand their position on that pole and while xandz their position on that pole they butt into the area that verizon was to put their equipment on and therefore verizon has to move their equipment which is not in sync with the plan weve approved. Is this a hypothetical. I dont know. We might ask dpw or x net. Id like to hear from the appropriate. Ill start with ms. Short. Its my belief weve been assuring the permit on the finding of the board and the application before the board in another entities changed the condition of the site to the extent the placement cant be met well likely approach the others entities and say know determine whether or not the information to put the cable and have them move so this permit can be executed as issued or that will require a new process to the permit should the perimeters felt permit need to be adhered to and adjust the change or a new permit process then appealable. Shall we move forward if we uphold the permit with the assumption all things are status quo regardless of what maybe changed. Yes. Again, if this entity has the right to make that change and couldnt be resolved well need to go back to get advice who wins whos permits wins. Thank you for that clarification i appreciate it. Ms. Short your department sooner building and planning has it theres a degree of change that is allowed and probably beyond which youll require a new permit. Thats right if this was to shifted the conditions of the permit in any major way yes, well need to have a new permit process the degree to which the other entities make adjustment is renot limited to under their existing permit. Thank you. Is there a motion . Well, i would bring something up rehearing requester inferred in their brief that their reference is pretty much to the entire board as having perhaps some level of confusion with what the specific perimeters are in viewing those types of permits speaking for myself it was pretty clear what types of reviews by the various departments and what triggers certain types of issues with respect to either modification or denial of those kinds of permits, however, if other members of the board felt there was some confusion then as a matter of due process i would support a rehearing just to clarify that particular issue to make sure that we all understood exactly what the perimeters are and made our decision according i would say that given i was a rookie and i shed confusion during that hearing and substantially mr. Brienna had classified all of us i might fit into that category. And for the sake the clarity to do a rehearing to make sure that everybody is on board of the understanding of the terms. On the other hand, i felt it was clear i personally feel that the criteria of bar has not been met for a rehearing excuse me. That manifested justice has occurred but since we have had multiple multiple cases from this vendor that will be before this board maybe some clarity on this first case might so i will defer to my fellow commissioners. The only problem multiple multiple permits under different circumstances what you may learner of this situation maintaining be applicable. What commissioner swig said the definition of view and 99 lombardi fits the criteria for view for this particular property is that what youre alluding to. Or the impact i think the ambiguity or lack of clarity that i have with regard to view in article 25 it alludes to the impact on the not just the individual location but the neighborhood has a whole and the view of the quarters impact there. It is still makes me scratch any head i wouldnt if i were the are asking for a rehearing want somebody that is unclear on the subject from the beginning. To raise the issue that maybe we should hear this again. No commit commissioner. No, i was not unclear i understand the standard but not prepared to vote for a rehearing. Actually. I agree as well. Commissioners. Well whoever wants to make the motion. I move to deny the rehearing request on the base there is no new information are manifest injustice. So on that motion from the president to deny the request commissioner fung marry no commissioner Vice President honda commissioner wilson and commissioner swig no that motion carries with a vote of 3 to zero so the request is denied. We can move on to item 5 is the appellant here if you could raise your hand okay. Thank you item 5 appeal versus the department of building inspection the property on rice street protesting the issuance on june 2015 to john of an alteration permit to remove the downstairs sink and kitchen to wall at the ground floor and we will start with the appellant you need to come up to the podium. No. You cant. You cannot. Whoever is going to speak on this item needs to come to the microphone. laughter . Hello, everyone thank you for coming tonight. So you have 7 minutes. Okay. Please speak as best you can directly into the microphone and i apologize for the delay. I am really short ill move it over i apologize. Nuts im sarah i reside on rice street my request is that you overturn the permit that my landlord filed to remove the illegal unit downstairs it is detrimental to my living situation and it also removes affordable unit stock from San Franciscos available housing i this all came about when i discovered any legislative aide to board president london breed or landlord was trying to remove an inlaw unit downstairs to have dpw take notice without a permit and investigate the Building Materials use in the illegal unit are not fire retardant that concerns me and per my landlord emails that send mixed messages i wasnt sure i had access to the illustrate shut off and the illegal unit i wanted them to come and check out i notified john that i notified expelling dpw and they the an inspection and he dedicated them to file for a permit to remedy the violation and thats when i sort of realized when was happening my rent orient protection was therefore being removed as well as the illegal unit ive been living on rice street since 2011 august 27, 2011 even though it doesnt say on any original lease i was hoping to have up on the projector for you guys it display state it is protected by the legal ordinance my landlord increased my rent so he boofdz as if i was protected i thought that was the case unfortunately ive learned that which that dwelling unit disappears will go from a illegal unit to a singlefamily home ill no longer have the protection and the notification for the fees i received in may that downloads my rent and doubles any Security Deposit moving forward will actually take effect or, effective actually be legal i wont have the protection of the legal ordinance is my understanding the unit downstairs is separate from my upstairs unit no shared entrances for the units nothing next to the two of them i feel like this is possible a different sort of example of the shoot sorry. Okay this is a different example of the detrimental reliance because i relied on any initial lease that guaranteed a 2 bedroom upstairs flat and indeed a downstairs unit because that was a 2 unit dwelling i was located by the rent increases by the ones trying to be passed on to me and the protection ive entitled to those up until that point and i relied on that i wouldnt have moved into any home or apartment i wouldnt be able to afford that by myself im also not allowed to replace a roommate that i had that recently vacated any apartment with a one for one replacement guaranteed to be able to do per john dmrooin any request to replace that person and also adds to the increasing of him harding park im xerjs im not employed any longer i was sick for two years and taking care of of my sick father i dont have fulltime rent and cant pay the increased rent and Security Deposit by myself i did have pictures for all of you i apologize this is so unorganized illegal inlaw unit is accepted dedicated to 1963 the tint for the space to use as a dwelling unit or living spoois space not something new that mr. North america vary changed the occupancy of the building that moved back in 2009 when they moved in it seems since 1963 that space was designated as an inlaw unit so i would like you to either set forth restrictions on the permit or to over turn it to preserve affordable unit stock in any home ill be homeless otherwise thank you. I have a question. Oh, go for it sorry. Your brief was little bit hard to go through i currently occupy the space as well as the inlaw unit. No upstairs a it two unit bedroom flat. Was the downstairs rentcontrolled unit. Yes. They were under a couple of years before i moved in they moved out for a large space they had a baby. Okay. Thank you. Anyone else thank you for your time everyone. Thank you. Well hear if the permit holder now, mr. North america vary. So excuse me. Im rather new at this also okay. I submitted a brief with exhibits should i put the exhibit on to the machine as they go United Kingdom up here. As you wish. On may 15th she made a complaint with a possible unit downstairs with the garage and water residue and the tenant doesnt it have access to the water or fuse box or water heater it was inspected by dbi Robert Waller must be this way also on june 15th i was able to talk to mr. Wallers after he got back from the property he was lead into the property by the appellant she had access to the downstairs to let him in downstairs well, mr. Robert wallers did do permit research on this as stated in exhibit c and he came up with a document that was taken out by any mother in 1963 to legalize the use of downstairs as a ruckus room not a second unit so in talking to dbi mr. Wallers i asked him what is finding were that would be the notice of violation exhibit c one and that was to stall a c o alarm in the basement i the he inspected on july 16th a smoke detectors in the renters bedroom i the it was completed and inspected on the 16, remove wiring in the garage which was an extension cord that was ran to a lights outside so added asked mr. Wallers to what to do and put in conduit in talking to mr. Wallers at the start by telephone on june 9th, he suggested that instead of going through the notice of violation on the downstairs having a sink and such that shouldnt be there suggested i take out a Building Permit to remove the kitchen sink and to directed by the dbi to take out the permit to correct the violation i the so in a matter of a few days my whole intent was just to be in scompliens with the dbi not to try to sneak out anything to hurt the appellant purple heart to be in experience with the violations that were on the property which i the at my expense i have a picture of the kitchen sink so that is what were here today removal of kitchen sink oh, and, yes the ruckus room was rented to any cousin he moved out april 9th of 2015 i had no intentions of rerenting the ruckus room before oh, my cousin moved in there she was correct he was there right now all im doing is try to be in compliance with dbi. I think thats all unless i need to use up two more minutes. I have a question. Yes. I have a question go ahead. Im confused lady lives in the legal upstairs unit. Thats correct. You had relatives living in the illegal downstairs unit with the kitchen sink, etc. Thats correct. So youre now turning that into a legal space by getting rid of the kitchen sink so why is she no longer going to be a tenant in the building if in the legal upstairs space. Im not Environmental Impact her. What she said she felt it was a two unit building that would afford her tenant rights for the rent control thats what her premise is. Of it was a nonor inlaw unit not a two unit building. Something the department will clear it up. Ill wait and mr. Naifr did you charge your cousin rent. Yes. I do. How about 2009 my daughter lived there prior to her getting married i dont think i charged her rent. Any desire to legalize this unit. No, sir im 63 and just not wanting to go that route. I have health conditions. I have some questions id like wait until the departments will clear those up. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Duffy. The man of the hour. Good evening, commissioners joe duffy dbi building inspection under appeal is for probably rice street a second floor building with one basement a down in the Building Permit a renal for instance, and remove the downstairs ground to wall i noticed on the permit that the Building Permit was approved by dbi, however, didnt go to the Planning Department and typically those permits should go through the Planning Department i think mr. Sanchez will address that that is one thing ive noticed the plan checker missed that in the writing of the permit so thats one thing on the complaint you heard from the previous speakers the complaint was filed with our department and it was the same with the Housing Inspection Services they were read by the appellant here and the Housing Inspector everything that was said was pretty accurate from the reports on the overhead that was some the Housing Inspector took he noticed issued a notice of violation for some as you heard the arms and to remove some wiring in the garage i noticed in the complaint tracking that he didnt reference this Building Permit the permit research to remove the downstairs kitchen there was decision im going to file a permit rather than that write it up that this was underway and the 1963 a permit in the brief and that permit is for the under exhibit c at this time as a singlefamily residence and the ground floor to explore two small walls with sheetrock for 9 by 11 feet and the concrete floor to legalize the ruckus room 20 by 14 feet so obviously at some point in the future between 1963 and 2015 we had a stove stalled and a sink so this permit is remove that and put it back to the legal use so i believe as you may know the appellant lives upstairs ill be happy to answer any questions. Ive got a question is there a legal bath downstairs as well. Is that in the permit i did not really see that. I just got the brief no plans or anything in the brief so typically we need to see drawings thats a question for the Property Owner. So the permit to make the correction the original didnt indicate a legals bath a ruckus room; right . The property profile may have a number of bathrooms i have i printed the property profile from the records which sometimes their accurate and sometimes not we have it with us tonight. Thank you okay mr. Sanchez. Thank you Scott Sanchez Planning Department subject property within the rh1 sdroern with the singlefamily dwelling the use is a singlefamily dwelling the permit was not realized to the Planning Department it was a policy we have with the building inspection that permits were removed from units legal or legally are routed to the Planning Department that had been routed to us there would be no d b m and the unit could potentially, legalized under the planning codes but an option for the pertaining to pursue in regards to the rent control it is my understanding that the rent board didnt look at the legality so the rent control is to two unit buildings with a project and in a case they probably would say that the go or building as with two unit one legal and one illegal would be sunset to rent control and the removal will liken make it no longer for rent control theyre generally eliminated from rent control there are things that are subject to it but previous tenant it predates 1996. 1996 im available to answer any questions. Quickly would you consider that the permit was not properly issued it didnt undergo the. If it was routed we say would have approved it. One qualification to your statement about it being legal continuity. Theres a process to go through the legalization and it may not qualify so potentially possible for legalization. Question as well mr. Sanchez so those have come up before those board regularly 3 last week so what is the condition if someone were to remove a illegal or nonpermitted room are they able to legalize it there the planning after or some something that stops them once they remove the unit from market it depends upon the circumstances theyre saying this is a second dwelling unit they could prevail themselves to legalize in but if they through the permit legalizing it they lose all change in the future and given the rfp district no provision from the planning Code Provisions to have a second units on the prompt you could have a case in the rh2 one is illegal their removing that unit and could substantially under the planning code restore that. Rh1 reremove that if inadvertent not able to add it back thank you for that clarification. It depends on whether or not the sunset u unit is allowed or whether or not it is anything that could only beleaguer list. Okay. Thank you. Any Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, maam, you have 3 minutes of rebuttal. Thank you for i apologize if i was confusing. So we need you to speak into the microphone. So i wanted to show you some supporting evidence from mire claim against the argument for 0 sorry detrimental reliance on the argument i have this is my landlord has effectively changed any terms on my lease from the. You can bring the microphone over bring it over. From the one 50 rice street to upstairs to the flat to the most recent terms and change of tenancy where it is just one 50 rice street unilaterally changed the tendency without increasing my services having access to the whole house he states in the new lease ive effectively stay in the whole house this is not whats happening and thats not what i signed up for i present your clarifying some things john theres some things that are confusing to me, im kind of getting those down in the next minute with you my landlord showed up and put stalled a new mailbox to that covers the two doorbells that were once for the lower unit im sorry and the lower unit he also states that i need to abide by certain criteria on the original lease but trying to pursue the terms of this new leases on other criteria it is a back and forth and very confusing i think that hes benefited from the additional rents from you know however long 6 years of the tenants i knew of and actually presented him with a cost benefit analysis shoim it behooves him to invest 10,000 to bring the unit up to code to be able to enjoy the future rents for himself and for the folks involved in his trust ill let you guys ask questions now. I just want to no, no, no thats fine what this body is concerned with is the permit that was issued by the department of building inspection and while we appreciate and understand our situation and your concerns from any prospective most of what youve been talking about is not the purview of this board. Okay. I apologize. Dont need to apologize. But my appeal with the permit was to try to vet those sort of things. Of course and a present them in front of of you i know you have sympathy because on april 29th you passed a motion to require some sort of notification for similar situations like ours so this is not im not bringing something to be able to this is not Something Like this. I want you to know with the outcome what weve been considering. Yeah. The permit to overturn it or let it go through i understand. Thats what is going to create our situation but cant look at that. And id appreciate it. Unfortunately, to followup that the case you mentioned was slightly different those folks were actually in the unit downstairs that was physically being removed unfortunately this is not venue for what you need to get down probably with the rent board. I have a hearing with with them coming up in september ive been trying to utility all the resources in San Francisco to have their voices heard and to present their cases to as many people as possible to stop things like this from happening. I sympathy emphasize bus its the permit. Any other questions. All right. Thank you for your time. Mr. North ameriavaro. Nothing relates to the Building Permit so im quite sure i need to rebuttal for allegations about changing some of the tenancy or lease of house thats totally untrue the fact she has a key to the downstairs and garage for emergency purposes for water and electrical and stuff like this i have been a landlord since the early 80s not just with this house but several others i consider myself a good landlord so sometimes feeling dem in his sometimes by the lady after the relationship that we had for over the years has been a good one theres been really no problems something breaks she calls me i send a plumber or electrician out it gets fixed shes trying to utility everything she can it runs me through the hoops a bit i venting. She made an allegation of the mailbox the only piece of woods on the building it was Everything Else was stucco it was a locked mailbox she didnt use Everything Else was hanging on the gate that i guess thats all i have to see thank you for your time oh, any questions for me . No, thank you. Thank you. Mr. Duffy did you have anything more. Commissioners viewing dbi an answer to commissioner Vice President hondas the property profile says two bath but basement is zero theres kind of a conflict for the people to provide the bathroom on the ground floor it shows two bath on the property profile. Two legal baths on the property. Thats what it says. It was built in 48; is that correct. No i dont think it was built in 63 but the permit removed itself units in 63. Ive not seen 63 ive seen 48 if i remember. Im not sure just one thing on the Building Permit i know i do think it should have been reviewed we the Planning Department and on error by the dbi staff when i read the brief i saw the writing on the permit was flawed i brought it to the attention of higher management at the dbi because we do so a lot of those at the boards most of the time the Planning Department is not the agree agency that needs to see that because of the Different Things going on with dwelling units and just i think this is only right that it should have been reviewed to the Planning Department. On that basis we potentially uphold the appeal and overturn the permit because it wasnt properly reviewed thats the next step would the permit holder have to come back and start over. Starter with a new permit to show the removal of the downstairs sink and stove. No times penalty or any of that essentially not his fault. We wont issue a notice of violation or Something Like that it is unfortunate the applicant it is definitely not applicable on the back of planning it should be sent to planning and it probably misses some phase because of that planning fees laughter which are not cheap. Yeah. That would be an issue as well. Thank you. Thank you. Do you mind if i ask the homeowner how many bathrooms on the property. Yeah. Could you come to the podium the question is how many bathed to you have upstairs and downstairs. One downstairs and one upstairs the full baths and the document youre looking for on the bathroom for downstairs was from 1948. Yeah. And im answered the question since im up here. No, we only need you to answer the question. Anything mr. Sanchez so commissioners the matter is submitted if youre looking denying the permit another opposite to continue the case to allow the case to be cancelled if im not mistaken allows the are permit holder fees to be refunded. Im willing. Okay. So moved. laughter . For well, we havent had our discussion yet for how long whats our i dont know, you might want to put it to the call of the chair to give the process time the appeal will ultimately be administratively dismissed as removed once the permit is cancelled. So the motion to continue the appeal. Continue the appeal to the call of the chair on the base no, thats probably all we need. To allow times for the pertaining to cancel the current permit it was not properly reviewed. Is that there further destruction or you want me to call the roll. Commissioner fung any comment. Im not sure the da has indicated he railway puts forth that kind of pressure that planning probably would im not sure ill support an additional process. Although i would be semiathletic that will involve some additional time but has nothing to do with with her rent. We has nothing to do with with her rents. I hear you in terms of the process but im not comfortable with that, i think it could set a precedent. Weve done it both ways with planning and yeah. Weve taken it over rather than sending it back in the number of instances. But if you have a motion. I will make that motion to continue to discuss. Calling the roll to continue the case to the call of the chair to allow the permit holder time to cancel. Commissioner fung commissioner Vice President honda commissioner wilson and commissioner swig okay that motion carries 5 to zero and mr. Navaro you can contact me or inspector duffy to talk about the process. So well move on to item 6 ab theyll be heard together is john nolte and nick versus the Planning Commission property on hiding street protesting the issuance on june 11th for the Architecture Incorporated for the pursuant to the planning code for an 85 unit building with 4 thousand plus gross secret and a demolition of a one structure for the United States Postal Service and on for hearing today is the gentleman in the room okay my understanding commissioners from any confidences he had an interest in withdrawing his appeal not able to process the paperwork hes told me by phone not planning on attending the hearing we can precede with mr. Noltes appeal wherever you may your decision dispose of the appeal at the same time. So mr. Nolte if youll step forward i want to mention you have a Family Member in the room under the boards rule members of the families or outside the representatives of an appellant or other party are not entitled to speak under general Public Comment and have their comments given evidentiary weight you might want to share some of your time to alert you to the fact. He wasnt part of progress. The boards rules say the representatives of a party needs to speak under the time loaded and the representatives are included that are Family Members i wanted you to know that now with our 7 minutes. Part of my 7 minutes or what. If you want him to speak do it during his 7 minutes. I dont know what he wants. Or during our 3 minutes of rebuttal. I did not live with my brother hes not in my household we live in separate retains so he should be able to speak separately arrest the boards rules dont limit it to household members only family separately so i mean, i got a lot of relatives im a native so i can speak not considered testimony so under the sunshine ordinance hes entitled to speak but under the boards rules his testimony is not considered. Okay. Ill speak on behalf of hell not speak and withdraw his speaker card. Okay. Thank you. Go. Okay my name is john nolte a native san franciscan and incorporateer of the tenderloin coorganizer for the campaign and form member of the Market Coalition in my appeal for 14 dash 095 on the first page of the appeal i asked the commissioners all to go to the neighborhood site to look at the surrounding neighborhood on the first line of my appeal and i hope your commissioners did see and then also on exhibit a8 i gave a postal letter stating about how 101 hiding was taken off the list therefore the Property Owner should have depressed his plans the only reason to start the plan was because on october 11, 2011, the property was put on foreclosing list to other ways to deal with the property since the post office is not closing that site and was taken off that project should have stopped right then and there in 2012 project will add 11 trees no such thing in july 31st, 2004, the community and i planted 8 trees on the hyde street and four on the golden gate side of the property only 3, commissioner driscoll years later the Property Owner shows not maintaining the mature trees all project reports the mitigations removal of mature trees is seafoods by planting new ones but the mature trees are greater benefits to i will not take a decade or two for a newly planted tree to compensate for removal of a mature tree. The term line 2011 goals to preserve and the goal to preserve expand and improve the housing for middleincome residence in the pdf file the code affordable units and all economic segments prop k that was passed in 2014 states Affordable Housing passed over 65 percent of the voters therefore this property does not include any of that your voigt the voters of the city and county of san francis this is the map of the next door building or this is showing the entranceway of the property this is the map of the neighborhood and shows the property entrance here and it goes all the way to four buildings heres a picture of that right here and those are the butt believes that will be taken away a fire exist e exit to the buildings have been taken otaken out this is the next two buildings hyde this is a Bar Association building and for hiv people heres proof it is for the Bar Association property next door this is a next building over on golden gate Madonna Center 350 the Madonna Center and the list of the Senior Center and the living room all for seniors in the neighborhood this is the courtyard at the center and this would be affected by the shadow of the building and also since they use this both for the Senior Center this is a map of 3 streets to the south this is from 101 hyde the square, block open space that will be affected this right here is the ymca which is open space this is the open space here open space here open space here, which will be affected by the property and the construction site this is actually a garden for the neighborhood this showing hastening and the ymca playground that will be effecting the seating for the students for hastening their cafeteria from the mcallister golden gate side this is mcallister side showing they have beverages and everything this is right out from their cafeteria for the students going to the school this is another picture of the ymca yard and plants and vegetables. Thank you. We, hear from the promotion holde good evening my name is howard from the law firm im here representing the motion holder the family trust id like to introduce mr. Paul erickson one of the cotrustees of the trust and like to introduce our architect ill take 5 minutes and leave a couple of minutes for the architect and for questions you may have. First of all, id like to emphasis this is a great project for San Francisco in every way the Planning Commission approved that by a 4 to nothing vote its been in planning for approximately 4 years the benefits are that that will not remove any hours no current housing provide 85 new units 10 will be affordable plies with the requirements of the city and provides 5 thousand square feet of new retail space it is consistent with the general plan, consistent with the downtown plan until the Planning Commission hearing there was virtually no or no opposition to this exhibit 5 to our belief we go through all the various Community Outreach efforts we are undertaken since april of envelope approximately 7 meetings with various groups and meetings with various individuals the project sponsor and motion holder has gone out of their way to design a project to fit in with the city and meet peoples concerns and so therefore were going to request the boards uphold the Planning Commission approval as is without any new additions ill brief address the main arguments that have been raised although mr. Nolte didnt raise it i believe the Community Members will could you be the post office weve received additional correspondence the main point where the post office is located what service is the post Office Officer is up to the post office it is the u. S. Postal service a federal you know a federal agency has billions of in its budget it is a tenants you know the post office nans it was closing i dont know if it is still on the closure list but a landlord tenant with the owner but let the lease expire without contacting the Property Owner the Property Owner went to the post office and said would you like a one year extension they said it allowed the post office to cancel with 60 days notice an issue where did the post office itself want to be relocated theyll relocation the boxes to the plazas and General Delivery is up to the post office theyre looking for new sites they could put it in a current site or a Federal Building about to block away or fox plaza it is up to the post office site was being poorly utilized frankly by the post office the facility that was there you couldnt mail a letter from the post office or buy a stamp from that facility i walked by that facility today it is not a very good block and this project is going to make that better it is supported by the community and supported by hastening law school the idea 85 new residential units to try to improve that it provides for housing and nobody is being displaced and just on the post office again, it came up in the Commission Hearing whether or not this could somehow is post office could be given a rooirl the City Attorney communicated to the commission that would be a constitutional condition i believe it would be those cases a cited in the brief those are the u. S. Supreme court cases let me briefly addresses mr. Noltes comments with respect to the trees hes planned on the site they were removed by the Police Departments there were visibility issues when we plant the new trees well work with the you know the relevant departments to try to put them in a place they wont want them removed respect to the tenderloin plan mr. Nolte the second goal to expand housing no housing is being removed by this project it is expanding housing 85 new units 13 two or 3 bedroom units for families he mention the driveway he gave you a picture that driveway and easement will remain from place the way it goes the driveway is 17 and a half feet wide is going to remain and turns down into the underground garage the people that currently have access will use it the easement will remain in place not effected finally he mentioned the Senior Center the Madonna Center and other areas in exhibit 3 a shadow study was done the only impact not significant is about an hour during 6 weeks the summer it may be that no longer 12 square feet of the yard in the Madonna Center has additional shade thats not a Significant Impact obviously there is trade offs youll have 5 thousand new square feet of retail, youre going to have a lot of new housing where it is needed i did not leave any time for the gentleman i apologize. I apologize were all open for any questions you may have. Ive got one the rest ill wait in regards to the Affordable Housing are you keeping them onsite or number two, or are you putting in lieu fees or onsite and were keeping them onsite it is better for the concerns that have been expressed. Im sure youve dealt with the neighborhood randy shaws office is across the street. Mr. Shaw if he would like to have 85 new Housing Units it is consistent with the current uses so okay. Thank you. Thank you mr. Sanchez. Thank you Scott Sanchez Planning Department i really dont have too much to address the subject is within the c3 g3 before you on appeal this is the Planning Commission projects downtown as part of this their psyching e seeking to exemptions the one to the rear yard and one to the ground level additionally a variance for the permitted obstruction because it exceeds the exposure for the between at the rear the building that will be before you in Early September no argument on consolidating the hearing doits dates unfortunately we believe this was properly reviewed and the Planning Commission was proper in reviewing the applications most of concerns that were race at the Planning Commission as well many of the concerns raised in the paeltsdz briefs relate to the displacement of the post office which does have a lease ending at the end of the year i have information from the staff theyre in communication with the post office i can provide about the future here so has been stated the po boxed will be relocated to fox plaza and expect the relocation of the boxes to be completed by the end of october if not easily before the end of the lease in december general clarifying will be relocated and the post office will will have no interruption in service with the service in operation by the end of the year as a back up plan it is available in Hunters Point and everybody this guess not an open mall solution but going to go through the process of general deliver and hope to have that done by the end of the year this identifies a handful of potential sites the meeting will be at the end of the september after the meeting a thirty day hold pits everything at the end of the october and depending on the amount of time to make the improvements hope to have it up and operational by the end of the year in early december im available to answer any questions thank you. The there was one point i noted when i was reviewing the information from planning i did not get a change to go back the rear yard requirement here is this 25 percent. Theres a three percent rear yard requirement under the code theyve sector an exception give in the downtown can be exempted through the thirty 9 process not the variance. What does it windup to be. I can make that calculation and come back to you on rebuttal. Thank you. Okay. We can take Public Comment may i see a show of hands how many people plan to speak on general Public Comment first person that want to speak come to the microphone and the other people listen up on the far side of the wall we would appreciate that as well. My name is bryan i live on mcallister i have maintained a post office box here since i moved to the bay area in 1983 the same box number i retained that when i lived in oakland between 2005 because it is important that there be a place i can always receive mail so if i move or anything happened there is no disruption of any mail because that can create problems of mail that is important moving the boxes could create disruptions ii remember back in 19 when i moved in 83 i got a box of the Old Post Office on 7th street and mixing that lasted until the earthquake but putting p. O. Box at the end of town on evans street it is impossible to get to no bart service no it is almost at the San Mateo County line would be an anti ravages inconvenience with General Delivery for people that use that general deliver are following people in the neighborhood that dont have a place serve no purchase i did not think that the p. O. Box has been there we dont need any new of those ugly soulless building blythe the neighborhood when i moved here i lived i mean this is whats happening to the city another attempt to push low income people out i say totally mixed plan let the post office stay on the property indefinitely the people in the neighborhood need a stable post office thank you. Thank you and if you havent filled out a speaker card well appreciate that. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening my name is ben im a senior phone director for the golden gate Senior Center were a Downtown Center on golden gate avenue next to the post office and as you may know we serve a senior with disabilities most of time they have a mental disorder bipolar disorder and common depression and mobility problems so when they. Come to the center they receive the shipment at the senior my big concern in the post office is being demolished or the new building is being built the loss to our the landlords can cost a person with dementia hesitation earlier or someone with a low mental disorder usually well have experience in the courtyard so imagine when the possessive is being demolished and it is combaegd theyre doing the experience my last concern why in front of our Daycare Center we provide transportation because most of them have mobility problems im concerned is the congestion our driver cant park at van there because away from the post office so it raise a scott wiener question to the services because our driver cannot park at the next street we are escort them it is two risky they walk and use a wheelchair across golden gate avenue i would like the commissioners to think about how the negative impact to your seniors with the disabilities as a stepping stone for golden gate. I have a question circo you speak at the Planning Commission hearing. No actually, i have our person if you want to lower our service ill give it to you. Thats okay. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi my name is having i get any mail an hyde street im here to protest the issuance of the permits on hyde street here are 6 reasons one we need a place for the post office renters to get their mail they pay for this this is a convenient location. Two this is the official location be presenting for General Delivery in San Francisco people cant afford to pay for a rental of a p. O. Box services 0 those people rely on survival benefits like food stamps and medical and general assistance and some of them may have mobility problems or other problems like you know whether theyre in an institution or not they might surf suffer from derby its not clear with the construction of a mutilate Union Building will have on the quality of life in terms of pollution and Noise Pollution and others we must support the United States post office it is a valuable institution and deserves our protection theres an onslaught of attacks on post office in brooklyn and berringer game where i used to be from our Founding Fathers mentioned about the protection of the u. S. Post office in the u. S. Constitution 5, theres also an aesthetic reap to protect this this was a gorgeous mural painted on the outdoor the building if it is an seat asset to the neighborhood there are actors and they like the musical notes and humming birds i speak if you know my interviewing of various people that you know used to live there or still live in the neighborhood they love that building and 6 yes. I agree there is a need for additional housing in the city moll affordable Everyone Needs affordable units and prop k was passed by the voters last fall stated all buildings should have 50 percent Affordable Housing not 10 percent not meeting the standards of prop k please be sensitive to the voters and the renters needs that live in this neighborhood and dont just let the developers also have their way please listen to the people not only the money interests thank you thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, im susan bryan i live in the neighborhood for 25 years and most of the points id like to make have been eloquently made less than what i was able to do briefly seniors that were mentioned will have to deal with two years of construction and like i said, i was wanting to take until originally about the General Delivery issues and box boxes the tenants that used the boxes in General Delivery needs reliable mail they need to you know they will have appointments and services and theyre trying to get their lives in order and reliable mail helps that a lot now i can tell you having lived here in this neighborhood 25 years a lot of people have to deal with difficult and hostile managers where they live they have to frequently move and sometimes managers will retaliate against individuals by holds their mail or doing things they shouldnt do and get away with it thats why it is important for people to have reliable mail always this is the Fourth Amendment having their papers secures the post office it is arrest people that interfere with the mail this is important. That people have that still guarantee of their papers being secured when in their getting and sending them so it is not a light thing and i have a separate mailbox since 1981 and my mother had a p. O. Box up in admission for 16 years until she passed away this is important for you know for keeping your life together thank you. Excuse me. Do you still have a mailbox at this facility. No, my mother has that mailbox when she passed away way from the earthquake i have a Mailbox Service ive used since 1981 in the neighborhood and i live for 5 and a half years no oakland and come to the city 3 times a week to get my mail. Do you use a nongovernmental. Yes. I do but it is like i said, i needed having reliable mail at all the times makes a difference in someones life especially, if circumstances demand they have to leave the premises. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Yeah hello, im Joseph Thomas a resident of the tenderloin for the last 10 years first reason most residents oppose this project was total out of character for the neighborhood this is a 9 Story Building the tallest building in the neighborhood besides the Federal Building and the project does not provide anything like Affordable Housing if in fact the first step to gentrification of tenderloin and golden gate avenue is a major transportation lane and can you imagine tying that up for two years and the post office im here to speak for the residents that cant make that here which is a lot of the people in the tenderloin as many of you may know are seniors or disabled people or transients and they rile on that facility for their mail many for example, if you live on eddy and taylor cant go to market to get our mail and moving it to evans really like a joke i guess so i think the issue the post office really should be something before this permit is granted or you know they can build anything there. Also there are letters that were submitting in hastening they approximately think this would be a great thing to have a post office in that location thats what the residents in the neighborhood want of thats the building is disapproved a full Service Post Office theres nothing near it it serves the students near hastening as well as the residents of the neighborhood thanks. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello my name is e. R. Win im from washington and living 90 in San Francisco for two years im a homeless residents whos been in variance programs or whatever but my gut ill definitely want to stress that i wanted to speak what the speakers are speaking about the issues things like that im only thirty even for me it is has he will to do the things i do doctors appointments and things like that making sure i dont have to correct this issue or deal with the administrative work and not just speaking of the post office being a further location that id like to say that will cause a lot of issues on citizens that have wheelchairs and mental issues, neurological issues and sounds like that location will be further it takes a long time to get to that location which they were sprng about the planning none said exactly when the post office will be would location well go to what dates this and that and actually dont have a clear plan where to this new location of the post office a lot of cant afford the service and i feel this is right for us to have a post office that is assessable that we can get to that doesnt cost stress and that is against the citizen data that had the data to make more work for them id like to speak on the Affordable Housing that i also think im for Affordable Housing but we heard it only group of 10 units i believe we need a higher percentage up might have am living in Real Estate Investments when i hear that number i think it maybe more so i would like to state that i think that if their should be plans for housing it should be somewhere else im pretty sure they have other locations i just think that taking the possessive from 101 hyde street not only will cause an issue of on the people transportation wise and them to issue itself is not planned out so i think that it should stating stay at 101 hyde street. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is office of the city administrator 0 i live a few blocks away i think what i think anular to the post office with the speakers are highlighting this service doesnt create a lot of services that are needed particularly for the north of market area neighborhood with some of the unique neighborhood a low Income Neighborhood and a lot of disabled seniors great number of people walking there if you take a 2000, 9 hundred and food cord that will encompass 50 thousand People Living in the square mile and people increases and this is the neighborhood theyre putting this unit in this building in i think the kind of it so what im saying our neighborhood is doing its part to provide the hours for the city were providing 3 times more density than well more density 3 times more density than all neighborhoods we actually need in the neighborhood is low Income Housing and Affordable Housing just 15 percent affordable thats far below we we need we need low Income Housing and substance housing and program housing, we need shelters those are the kinds of things we need if this project wanted to provide more services to the neighborhood the kinds of things well like to see would be smaller units, which are more affordable by nature a instead of having 15 Parking Spaces have zero there are more pedestrian accidents in the tenderloin than any other neighborhoods in the city mississippi weve been trying to get land grants that means all of the properties all the units will be permanently affordable if with respect to get that permanently affordable and perhaps another mitigation i dont oppose the project but like to see a better project. Is there any additional Public Comment seeing none, then mr. Nolte you have rebuttal 3 minutes. Before i start rebuttal i want to start ask for a continuance there were 8 copies i asked how many of letters submitted and have not gone to the board president theyre sitting here there for the commissioners to read im asking for on appeal right now. Theres no need for a ruling when it is. No, i read. The public not in the middle. So why. If you want it distributed well distribute to the board members. Those are documents. So mr. Long distribute those and keep copy for the file before you do thank you. Ill wait. You can hand to those commissioner swig and hell pass the rest along okay. I think you can begin thank you. Excuse me. Maam, please step back you, you ready and mr. Long start the clock now thank you. This is a map of the active permits in the area this is the map of the active permits within a block surrounding block of the project this is the mini park one block away it will cast a shadow on this is a picture of the project from the north i dont think so how that the project the project here is going to be taller than the surrounding buildings those are facts on the site this is a picture if the north no excuse me. From the east of the property youll be putting a shadow on the Federal Building and on the open space over here those backyards and again, heres the playground right here the mini playground right here and so you can see the current buildings in the neighborhood so explain to me how this building matches any of the surrounding buildings we have to the south we have the Service Center historical district and to the east another historical district this happens to be on the borders of two historical districts this building didnt fit at all it is a monster so explain to me how does neighborhood wants this building it is does not look like at all any of the buildings around and show you the shots of buildings around it thank you. Thank you, sir we have the rebuttal for you now. Im not going to have time to address every comment every comment has been addressed in the brief ill address first of all, mr. Wong expressed on and on a concern submitted a letter to the board stepping on the neighborhoods the other side of the driveway hes concerned about what is going to happen during demolition well meet with him after a construction schedule and try to work with him as well as the city codes with the demolition and do the by itself theres an impact on construction nobody is going to be parking in the white zone by the way, i walked by the white zone the driveway is 17 and a half feet distinct our property their, their buildings and 15 feet the white zone in front of the building for stepping stone not the only parking during construction will be in front of our building on hyde and on golden gate and we will comply with all of the parking requirements for all City Construction in terms of the statements there was not an Environmental Impact report it is just not true it was provided with notice it is attached to this brief it is over a hundred packages it found there is no eir in terms of the mural we reached out to the all over the she expressed appreciation we reached out to her shes an opportunity to photograph it and she said she understands and wants to be considered had a new art project is being put up, of course, shell be considered their temporary street art shes not a historically significant artist it is a nice mural but that is matter of what happens when you develop properties in terms of please a noltes concerns about the shadow impact found there is no impact with detail through the shadow analysis and it is discussed in our brief i understand that mr. Nolte has a different view but hes not a qualified expert on this issue per id like to conclude look the issue with the post office is a red herring up to the post office and the letter that was given to you weve not righted before in that packet theres a letter from july 31st, 2015, from Mary Schneider a long time san franciscan her draft any blame to be given about the usage it should sit squaring on this u. S. Post office extend the services it is up to the post office they have complaints with the u. S. Prosecutors office not an issue with the Property Owner. Just a quick question. Yes. With respect to the adult facility you said youre going to follow the ordinances the ordinances are directed at people without disabilities and very well disabilities; right . So just saying your abide by the rules didnt address those issues you know you understand you take the appellants and the neighbors that are vulnerable to noise. Right to let me address that. I was concerned about theyre being that demolition been 9 30 a. M. And 2 00 p. M. Through friday the ordinance says you cant be doing demolition other than during daytime hours weigh try to meet with the Planning Department and the Police Department it is perhaps variance appropriate with compliance to satisfy their concerns by the city as other concerns of demolition rather a short period that takes 10 days and obviously talk about the periods it is appropriated we would do the best we can with it unless we get a surveillance from the ordinance we can do it at night and look at the feasibility of Something Like that yes there will be some disruption im not going to tell you no disruption well do the best to minimize it one concern the noise and one the parking issue the parking is not an issue. We talked about that. By the way, theres no pilot drive in this project at all thats one of the major noise complaints. Actually, the major noise concern is not demolition it is construction construction is the period is much along the demolition. Thats true and again there is there are the ordinance will comply and well do the best we can with it and obviously keep mr. Wong informed of it and it is part of what you do when you live in an urban environment there is construction. We understand but i noticed in the conditions of planning approval theres nothing in there regarding construction hours and days also the noise issue as addressed in the planning conditions only talks about the material doesnt talk about the exterior locations. I mean as we did it in 1050 valencia we have the conditions as well. Are you finished i wanted to raise. I have a couple of other questions, sir. Your 5 thousand square feet of commercial space on the ground floor is there a marketing plan for that. No. Is it going to be subdivided. Yes. 3 spaces again, we worked with the Planning Department mr. How do we get it to there you go. Yeah. He saw that. This is 31 hundred square feet and 167 hundred plus square feet and this is the smaller one hundred and 41 secret and again, it is designed it is not for large retail it is designed for example the small one might be a fiat of some point worked with the Planning Department to fourth what was the most appropriate for this area. The issue of the post office has been throughout your project development but also throughout all the documentations that come to us how many nongovernmental stores with either mailbox facilities or mailing facilities are there in this area. Nonghonl. Yes. I dont know have we got that. As you may know are fedex 1915 k Community First option could say. And two, that are governmental that are nearby at least two. I understand but honorable nongovernmental. Sounds like there are two to three two or three. More than that. The briefs indicate that post office only 20 percent the boxes are utilized and correct. How many it is theres 8 thousand total boxes i believe and 2000. 2000 . Yes. Excuse me. Please you cant speak from there. The question also goes to the parking im quite aware of how contractors are and suppliers are concrete services they park whatever they want to. Well there theyll be cited if they dont park legally if somebody does something illegal theyll be responsible if we have continuing problems then probably well be responsible the project sponsor directly or indirectly and well have to answer it that. Youll are a have a Community Liaison. Right but look we want to build this in a responsible manner and we are responsible were not a developer that came in here at the last minute weve been a Property Owner for the last 50 years and you know were doing our best to develop it in a way it make sense from our point of view as well as the communities point of view and you obviously cant satisfy everyone with everything this is compromises. I understand thank you. Thank you mr. Sanchez. Thank you Scott Sanchez Planning Department just to respond to a couple of questions and points raised in the testimony the subject lot is 77 feet wide and hundred and 37 deep the required rear yard is 25 percent a little over 34 and 1 3rd that results in 26 hundred square feet of rear yard area subtract i subject property is providing more 50 percent in total of open space but through a courtyard that is of the north northwest corner of the property as well rooftop open space space in the courtyard in the brief and less than had thousand square feet of roof deck in receive that was conducted of the negative declaration you know step below for the blow the eir conditions were imposed related to construction related to the construction air quality no limits on hours of construction up to the Building Code that is up that to standard and addresses the concerns we typically have in the city there was no appeal of the Environmental Impact report this was adopted by the Planning Commission as part of review those are most of the points i wanted to address questions about the bmr requirements and it does provide 12 percent of the 10 units on the property they have elected to provide that onsite theres been kind of request to have additional below market rate unit unfortunately theyre providing what is required under the code and cant require an ad hoc additional requirements under the planning code and were somewhat just to note under prop k prop c that was adopted that further limits our ability that was voted change by the electorate we used to have higher bmr requirements but the city voted to reduce that that was part of a bargaining to have Affordable Housing but just wanted to note that we have limits in our ability to assess greater than the bmr requirements in the code today and a lot has come up about the post office the denial of the what is before you again, the Planning Commission action on the thirty 9 not even the variance but the thirty 9 cant result in the post office staying there indefinitely. We understand. I have one question. The rear yard then is inturnl less than 25 percent the total area is in excess of open space requirements. Yes. And the depth of the rear yard. Sorry so if i understand repeat question sorry. Let me find the number. The rear yard shows a 18 unit plus all right. And so thats a substantial reduction if the 25 percent based on the variance. So it is a modification under the thirty 9 and understood. A couple of competing issues this is a Corner Property for Corner Properties we seek to have the building wall along the street frontage so in this case theyre doing that along golden gate with the rear yard with the 34 feet depth their maintaining that street wall there and one of the problems with not having a greater courtyard and the fact the depth of the lot going on along hyde street is 767 feet if deeper than providing a larger courtyard but finding a greater courtyard reduces the number of units and reduces the bmr. Im raising that point of where different the police and Building Code requirements for time and days of construction are extremely liberal i think 7 to 7. 7 days a week. 7 00 a. M. To 7 00 p. M. , 7 days a week. Thats no constraints. Its a condition that politics to all conditions in the city. Ive seen the conditions the planning conditions that are set days and times. Where the Environmental Review has found it necessary to avoid the impacts and frementd the commission that is further goes those conditions but i dont think that that my recollection whether the hearing was the majority of testimony i think you heard was related to the post office certainly there are concerns impressed of the post office. Last question is project council has indicated that the subdivision of the ground floor retail was that spaces one is 3 thousand something square feet some of the discussion came from planning . I wasnt involved in the discussions about that by within the 3 g Zoning District it is the use are in general but the ground floor uses thats quite large 3 thousand square feet particularly but whether it is a fundamental space it would be changed and certainly they can divide that up a number of ways but the way the building was designed some assumes about the gary space. Go ahead. Not to put you on the spot mr. Sanchez roughly several the public talked about this how many larger in fill buildings are we looking at in planning for the immediate area of the tenderloin. I dont have that data in front of me certainly not a high number what was put on the overheads would be i dont know the basz basis but the permit activity could be facing the window. It is highly developing something of a larger building. I dont think their not that im aware of of the soft sites in development and the tenderloin overall this is certainly a larger project a greater impact but you know weve also seen other neighborhoods that have a greater number of projects as well. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Sanchez. Do you happen to know how the address 101 hyde come came to be that is 3 blocks up from market street. No. laughter . Curious. Excuse me. If you have a response directly to that i object to hear it. Kathy has a response. Speak into the microphone. I walked it today it is the number is just progressing gradually does that answer your question. This is obvious. I apologize. Has nothing to do with with i was just curious yeah. Thank you. Commissioners the matter is submitted. And as a reminder this is under the planning code section 09 is the for discretion. And before us other things as well come forward so regarding noise do we address it now or later. Not prepared to address it now. You know we know that it takes noise to do construction theres no doubt but you know theres got to be some limits theres some days that people can expect not to have any just a second hammering noises or framing noises there will be a structure id like to see the project sponsor with the planning to come work with some reduction from what the code allows both from the Planning Department. The question of you know how they interact with the neighborhood direct your attention of the construction can be tested through the Community Liaison given the nature of complaints as far and other things will be held to a fairly good standard with respect to travel and their impact because contrary to the answer theyre building something at the edge of the Property Line and therefore youre going to have impact not only on the adjacent building but impact on the sidewalk theyll have to have some type of protection and be dpoifshgs of the pedestrians and everywhere else ill leave it up to the liaison to deal with that to take care of those issues i would have thought to given the size of the project and the savvy of the people working on it they could have come up with a better plan than blame it on the post office you know whether it involves some substance of a brown profit or establishing youre not talking about a great deal floor area that would accomplish the issue and i think given certain second times of our citys population it is a real question of a safe place for the mail given the fact that there are some fairly urban scrupulous landlord and Property Managers things disappear and weve had i remember one instance it didnt happen in front of this board but checks and things like that i think this is a real effort im not going to do something that constitutes something illegal but the project sponsor to put forth some more positive ways of perhaps dealing with the commercial spaces with respect to the major needs of the neighborhood my comments. Motion . Public comment. This is one of damn if you do, damn if you dont im familiar with that corner that is a bad corner. Its a bad corner. Its a bad corner drug dealing and violence really bad people hang out there and to know help with no help from our federal government to make it any better as the proprietor in that space as soon as my feeling as soon as something positive as that project can be built the better i work in the area and as a developer commissioner, i helped to develop some of this stuff the tremendous amount of construction occurring around the fulsome street between first and main and first or second and, yes that is noisy and 7 days a week but it is seeking the area that is completely underutilized and turned it into hopefully, a wonderful you know neighborhood if you damn if you do and damn if you dont if you go go solar slow it will take longer than if you go fast extending the hours and, yes disturbance it is a damn if you do or damn if you dont situation i agree with commissioner fung id like to see creativity by the project developer for a retails for the benefits of the community but if one stays and opens up a can of worms post office that then youll involve the federal government i dont want to go there. The project for the neighborhood is consideration of that corner is awful i think it is responsible for us would be very responsible of us to move forward rather than put any curbs on it. Go ahead. That plain clothes is under going a lot because the Building Association is putting a lot of how should we handle it you want two motions. Make one motion for both yeah. Since it is one action. Make a motion to deny the appeal on the grounds there is no error or abuse from the department. Ill hope that the project sponsor licenseds arrest commissioner honda we need to reaffirmative the environmental could have that the Planning Department didnt abuse its discrepancy including its adaptation referenced in the motion. Thank you madam director. On that motion Public School commissioner fung commissioner president lazarus commissioner wilson commissioner swig that motion carries 5 to zero. And commissioner president lazarus no further business before the board tonight. Were good morning, everyone morning and good morning it is as we celebrate the 95 anniversary of women having the right to vote in the United States. Yeah. clapping. but california led the way 10 years earlier or not we proud of the leadership of california im honored to be here with the secretary of state alex ma dew and charles a student at San Francisco State University clapping. kimberly rather with the executive director of the Civil Service of the state of california a newly elected and melva davis a treasurer to us just want to make a few points as we hear from our guest when women won the right to vote the headlines said women given the right to vote that was not true women wrnlt given anything women worked and struggled and fought and starved were starved to take it either way they did everything for this fundamental right to vote as we had fought for others to have the right to vote after the civil war now it was expanded to women this is a precious privilege and right and we must honor it and those gathered here are committed to preserving and honoring that right to vote this is also the 50 anniversary on the march on selma that was clapping. that was the bridge to the valley the bridge to the ballot Martin Luther king said the ballot the ballot the ballot legislation legislation legislation your life the connection between the ballot and the people were bean and killed everybody on if bridge to the valley including my great colleague john louis they made big sacrifices so people had the right to vote and yet pernicious efforts to block participation to the ballot and again, we dont agonies we organs they agonies we organize in his and the Supreme Court diminished that but the congress refuses to put forth the boy Partner Proposal to restore the act we cant rest until we pass john louis legislation to do just that clapping. so it is a pretty exciting time so many things are happening the 50 and hundred and fifth anniversary but in the last election 1 3rd of the electricity voted 1 3rd and john louis contends after the election of 2000 measures were taken that greatly diminished assess to the ballot so whether people dont see the connection between their lives and voting and policies that effect them or obstacles to participation across the country including by the Supreme Court Voting Rights act we must make sure your constitution is honored and everyone who is doable to vote can vote and none is a bigger champion than alleles pa deceased our secretary of state clapping. over the years the secretary of state had to remove the barriers to participation to outreach to engage people to vote he is doing this in a way that technology and brings him to do especially reaching out to young people modernizing registration of voting in every way and he is giving out pins youll covered up with the purple purple from my tiniest college the colors off my college hes doing this in such an important way he is leapfrogging over obstacles in a fresh way that is a model to the country it is an honor for us to have him here this morning and thank him in person for this is a leadership to help us support and didnt find the constitutional right to vote to remove obstacles to expand participation and that everyone that is eligible to vote can vote and everyones vote is counted as cast alleles padilla clapping. i city enjoy saying thank you, maam speaker clapping. thank you so much for the introduction and outlining what indeed is at stake you know i want to thank mayor ed lee for the hospitality and to all of you who have taken time out of your busy lives to be here were celebrating a lot of things today, were celebrating the 50 anniversary of the Voting Rights act and the congresswoman if you misplaced yours ill give you mine laughter . So you can wear that the rest of the day we had pins made celebrating the fact that california celebrates the Voting Rights and 50 years that was voted on a bianca base for the voting right and the floor and the senate a republican so we believe the principles is part of the issue it is an american and democratic issue we needed to remember that we are celebrating the 95 years of women earning, winning fighting for successfully for the right to vote as leader pelosi said prior to said california was no matter the earliest states to afford the right to vote for women the stay constitutional amendment we put together through our archives a displace to my left. Our right with fascinating images a t label the revenues from selling tea in tea partys a big part of the earning the Suffrage Movement the thought or right of to vote for the special election held in november 1911 with the exultant community by Community Breakdown of california to afford the right to vote in state and local elections we have a copy of the Senate Joint Resolution of 1919 california helped to ratify the 19 amendment and some of the petition memorabilia from the 1878 Constitutional Congress i ask you take into account what we brought but we this is the year 2015 and for the celebration to what franchisements and Voting Rights how far weve come as a country we recognize were not talking about and a quick survey in the last several years reminds us of several bills introduced far too many have been put into law by dozens and dozens of states that rolled back the clock over a purging of the reductions of early voting opportunities, overly aggressive voter id laws one example North Carolina where if youre a student at a State University and bring tour student identification doesnt let you in but a gun permit does. We have work to do were california and being the early states in giving women the right to vote over and over our leadership on complooifk or other issues thats part of the ambition in policy leadership when it comes to Voting Rights i ask for your support for a couple initiatives working their way to the is legislature and a state of the Art Technology to make Voter Registration automatic if youre 18years old with a citizen lets add the people to the voter rules with one step color to not stacking that away we have a proposal to modernize Elections Technology allows us to afford voters flexibility not just in how to cast a ballot in person or by mail but Voting Centers we can give voters the opportunity of where to cast the ballot anywhere in the community and give the voters the flexibility of when to cast a ballots and lets bring an early 10 days of voting to california lets do that. Yeah. clapping. thats our twostep counter punch to those who want to roll back the clock on Voting Rights we want to make it easier to cast a ballot we fight for our Voting Rights not only by defense but oh, fence and doing it to the speakers talked about with the start with leader pelosi leading the charge at the federal level im happy to do my part working with the good afternoon and legislature we have a community Voting Rights revoke but the next speaker is a champion of Voting Rights at the local level our host your mayor of San Francisco mayor ed lee clapping. well, thank you mr. Secretary of state for that introduction and thank you all of you for being here this morning and thank you, leader pelosi for your ongoing. repeated. the constitution of the United States. Battle leadership that we need more our city, for how state and country im proud of all you being here even though were in the basement of the city hall this is as active as the first floor this is where a lot of things happen and Vital Decisions are made im so glad here in the peoples palace were joined by assemblyman david chiu and carmen chu your board of supervisors a number are here i see commissioner avalos and supervisor jane kim and supervisor mar did i miss anyone oh, commissioner christensen newest and, of course, we have some special participant that will be speaking in a moment but well hear as understand the history what happens here as that time in a couple of months are people expressing their values their choices and everything from officeholders to critical policy decisions that effect hundred of thousands of lives happens right here if we had more time id show you the base slrts some people made sure that buildings were assessable and safe those are critical decisions that everyone no matter where you came from have a right and should demand not only locally or statewide but always be demanding our rights be enhances and protected this right to vote he people died for this very, very right. I wanted to honor them with everybody here recognizing that important right i see in this crowd a lot of people who spent volunteer hours on your own as a volunteer as a Community Activist or a representative of our neighborhood right here making sure that people have less barriers and bringing people here to guide them when they couldnt find the polling place what language do you speak how to make sure we by reason of that particular barrier and educate each other in committee was this is what we do in San Francisco as your first historically Asian American mayor, i know about the barriers as our parents and Community Leaders taught us we had a difficult history in this city matched what the difficult histories of others i honor them in their movement to compressors my right and also the privilege of being the mayor here in San Francisco so many people can dwell around the things that disfranchised so Many Community in our history but were here now we know what freedom is we know was it expression is and wherever youre watching the board of supervisors and the mayor interact you know that freedom is special laughter well, we joined with leader pelosi our secretary of state to fight against the restrictions that have prohibited the right to vote obstructing our electrical process but we join with advocacy grasps groups that fight every single day like our women voters and the status of voting the people it that gives us arraign to come together there is a reason to fight for those things theyre about the way we want to live in San Francisco and in San Francisco thats a huge, huge objective equality for all has already been a San Francisco value and already been i want to borrow a mantra leader pelosi says everywhere she goes in the country when women succeeds San Francisco succeeds. clapping. will you see it in the leadership i have the privilege of working with every single day im proud to be in a position where id be able to appoint in the meanwhile to that seat as a Zoning Administrator i was able to appoint carmen chu as the assessor recording and jooiks as newest member of the board of supervisors, highest level pause Women Deserve it and by way of they do a great job with us, yes clapping. and you know we have many examples as our commission on the status of women knows we have leader pelosi and senator feinstein and senator box and those are Accomplished Women fire hydrant for San Francisco residents in the Nations Capital that is a team of force clapping. well, we also know that women have lead the way to the ballot box process as well i want to take a special opportunity to honor the legal women voters in San Francisco city of lead the Voting Rights movement in the city providing vital election information and getting the women out to vote and making sure the agenda was fuller than the established agenda might be and earlier this year and recently actually our Human Rights Commission i know our members are here took a privilege to honor the legal women voters and, of course, a long time Voting Rights advocate maxine for advocating the Voting Rights give special recollection and the womens sufficient rage 95 years ago helped toe lead the way for the Voting Rights act and lincoln those movements we become a Stronger Community as we understand that for everyone it is appropriate to recognize womens equality day today in San Francisco the challenge of gender equality is not one to be left to the next generation we need to fight it right here and make advancements here im proud to say our own San Francisco workforce a half women and their equal to the men in management and professional careers outstanding women run our city departments im proud of that from the fire chief to the Human Resources director to the Public Health director, of course, and the Zoning Administrator and i see our director of our environment and the senior programs that are here as well and this year at my direction my administration will be identifying and eliminating for barriers to prevent women from city jobs prairie those that pay great are sailors we need to do better where under is technology or Public Safety or in the construction jobs we need to do better and we will and were also not just we lead the way and ton to be the example but a strong voluntary voice what should happen in the private sectors as well theyve become our partners in those parkinsons well also make sure their opening the doors just as i said to all the Management Employees at salesforce yesterday we need to make sure our goals are your goals as well well, ill say to you that we are always leading the nation in a Family Friendly policy with Health Insurance and Retirement Benefits to working parents and last year, i joined and was proud to sign then board president david chius establishing the right of all employees to we fmly Work Arrangements wherever they worked in San Francisco women shouldnt have so choose been a great career and family both of those are great investments in San Francisco. clapping. so i know ladies and gentlemen, we have a lot of work ahead and i do want to take inform opportunity to introduce someone special doing great work starting out as an intern and works for the Democratic Party registering voters at San Francisco State University and making sure that newest immigrants are recommended to vote and shes on expressive young star more than a rising star already a star in her own ill introduce ms. Charles clapping. hello, everyone at San Francisco State University we are a school of activists who will not be silenced with rising tuition costs and the lack of funding for Higher Education and school debt and myself having to work two jobs to get through college as the state knows we need a change alleyway on my compass we have thirty thousand students from various background many are First Year College students we work hard to make sure that every student is empowered and their vote is a catalyst for change the university has been working hard to insure that students have a seat at the table we have on compass voting place for all students to be informed and many students are increasing getting the message through the social media last year on the campus we ran an Aggressive Campaign that took advantage of a mechanism that reached over the thirty thousand population of students to vote online and stay informed were continuing how mask Voter Registration leading up to the 2016 voting circle we we celebrate the womens equality day it is not more of the we know our job is not done because of the background of the students we know what it medians to feel like i said. And we work to make sure that our students speak up and vote as we advocate for those furthering to do so id like to thank you for the opportunity to introduce an Amazing Community leader the executive director of Lawyers Committee for San Francisco bay area area kimberly clapping. good morning good morning. The right to vote continues to be among the most basic civil rights we protect at the Lawyers Committee for civil rights i have to say as as africanamerican as a woman im proud to be here today celebrating the anniversary of the Voting Rights act and womens equality day a testament to the advances weve made over the last many, many decades and the Lawyers Committee in and of itself was a established in the wake of poll tax and literacy tests to preinclude folks from experiencing their rights to vote as i stand here recognizing i have the right to vote and that is quite remark given the advancement we have many, many, many more advancements to make to insure equality in terms of access to the ballot box the access and right to vote is not simply about voting it is a doorway and pathway to experiencing control over ones life and hope one has in establishing theyre on very existence and their on this trajectory in their life course access and the ability to vote, vote for representatives like leader pelosi; right . So both the representatives like secretary padilla and vote for representatives is at the core and root of ones ability to experience their vote and elevate their voice and elevate your voice in terms of your ability to access rights and access the opportunities that accost many in world the right to vote is a fundamental right a fundamental constitutional right even here in San Francisco and the bay area remains under attack at the Lawyers Committee last year, we joined other organizations in filing suit against then secretary of interior Deborah Beyonce to challenge here challenge to block Voting Rights the court agreed noting california not only prohibits individuals currently serving state apprehensive sentences but prohibit individuals on parole from voting and that does not extend to probable cause 58 thousand other folks on Court Ordered supervision from voting even though the state agreed with us folks on Court Ordered supervision has the right to vote the state appealed this decision i stand before you wanting to commend secretary of interior of padilla restoring the Voting Rights for an estimated 48 thousand californians. clapping. as we remember the mark on selma there was bloodshed there were lives lost and those lives were at stake not just about the right to vote but for access to housing for access to employment opportunities, for access to be able to just engage as basic human beings in everyday life in our local neighborhoods that is why the Lawyers Committee remains committed to vance the Voting Rights to all people last year, we released a report and bring that report to our elected officials in california and across the country that are champed to restore the Voting Rights act we calling your attention the barriers that exist if the experience of their right to vote right here in San Francisco there are poll workers for some reason are asking people inform their identification in order for them to be able to vote even when asked why they were asking folks their, their identification in order for people to vote one poll worker reportingly said he was checking voter identification contrary to California Law he wanted to make sure that no foreign nationals voted that is unaccepted standing in the way of the experience to vote in addition the report we released entitled Voting Rights barriers and description in 21st century california identified the other acts of imitations by poll workers by the presence of Law Enforcement officers hoover over people as and attempt to exercise their right to vote there are many examples throughout jurisdictions here in 70 california and, of course, the Lawyers Committee has been active through the years in addressing the vote deillustration that results if at large elections and the one the core and critical things that remain in front of us to address in challenging the at large elections is the barrier for language assess and disabled access at the polls those are all things that remain in front of us today as we stand and celebrate the very sixth accomplishment that weve made with the Voting Rights act and womens equality day we call upon our leads not just to celebrate and be present for the celebration today by be present for the work that remains ahead clapping. and with that, i want to introduce a very widely known commentator spokesperson and advocate presence in the Civil Rights Community melba davis clapping. and. Thank you, thank you very much im the oddball im usually over there taking pictures it is much easier to be out there you know if you asked me if i thought in s 66 when i not earned but was presented a pathway to fulfill my dreams if i thought that today in 2015 we would still be talking about the right to vote it just made no since i would have said if you asked me i thought impede e women would be fighting for kwaement after all the work to get the first black people in the door i said have said no there was so much energy illicit devote my energy to changing the script to the thought you need to remember where your been so you will know where youre going i was diverted from my and remarks today and people on the mayors staff will be glad i become excited in looking at my own archive and i pulled out a tape to video ive not seen for thirty years and it was of a womens events here at city hall upstairs started in the Mayors Office Dianne Feinstein was the mayor and huge crowd and lots of food i guess the womens organizations must have been involved in that laughter . What i found a trip to San Francisco doesnt happen often by shirley chichl i dont know if you all can see that shirley was the first woman to run for president of this country clapping. shirley chichl was the first black woman to serve in the u. S. Congress and clapping. so those two giants Dianne Feinstein the ferries woman to be mayor of San Francisco and the other first woman they were theyre talking about progress and what we needed to do well, i said to myself im running out of time he did no matter how young youre running out of time there is nothing to do but step forward and have your say and thats having our say at the ballot box, determining who will speak for us were hearing a lot of people that are not speaking for me today it is because we dont do the things you know that leader pelosi said we dont go to the ballot box we have to do that ive covered so many registrations my family came from louisiana we recall noted allowed to vote i ask you to step back and find something to hang into that reminds you have your responsibility as a american citizen and think about the generation to come and hope that showing years from now women others wont be grandfathering in this space to talk about those things that to me should have been over with in s 66 thank you very much it gives mia blur that someone got a name she deserves leader thats what shes been doing all here life so, please welcome back the congresswoman clapping. thank you very much mel babe b. A. For that important and worthy prospective shirley chichl ways of the Voting Rights act shirley chichl was elected to congress because of the voting act we have a caucasian not only that but the hispanic caucasian and Asian Pacific islander wouldnt have happened im proud to say the majority of House Democratic caucus it the majority of the lgbt members and others thats a racket thing clapping. as melba said listening to other speakers it brings up other thoughts before i say a couple of more Closing Remarks i want to recognize equality for women and all willie brown. clapping thank you willie for coming. I know the mayor mayor brown heard me talk about when San Francisco supervisor breeds America Succeeds thats when were talking about the vote those women those women who really fought so hard and had to much encourage e courage to leave home and disobeying their husbands this is what they said in their declaration in all those are years ago we hold those truth to be selfevident that all matt haney e men and women are created equal now the necessity to demand the station theyre entitled and this is what womens equality is about when we talk about the vote it is important to vote womens equality we have women succeed and americans succeed it not just our theme a as a matter of fact what woman succeed and San Francisco and california and america the world succeed we want in those pill last years there that mantra equal pay for a equal work and equality childcare and paid sick leave those unleashes the power of women in the workplace whether a private sector or an academic world whatever or being at home and be able to balance family and outside obligations thats why that is important and the connection did your lives and legislation and the ballot is very direct weve heard what was said about secretary of state alex padilla his be election was very close if enough people hadnt of turned out a republican would be in that place we stand in front of the department of elections the department of elections the key to our democracy our founders they sacrifices their lives and liberty and their sacred honor for a government of m many not a government of the money laughter . And right now and right now when people dont vote they infer that money one of the biggest scriptures to the nefarious schemes right now one the biggest be scriptures is money big unidentified dark money suffocating and buying all the airways so people does have a chance to hear the facts and truth the suffocation of the airways they have endless money the only way to counter it is by having the current of the realm the vote if were going to play in our country were in a place we can make all the defensive of the world by honoring the work of those who marked in selma those women suffered further back by recognizing leona helmsley. How precious the vote is and what excuse do we have for not voting and how important to the families of america and the future and look their skrurpgs is because of the new and different and america is a country where the beauty is in the mix and many of the anti voting initiatives are directed at the future that beauty and that mix and diversity so again, we have a very big responsibility to vote to make sure others do to move obstacles youve heard at the student level are not we proud clapping. it is a decision weve seen over time it takes dedication and conviction and commitment and it takes courage but well have the courage to honor the vision of our founder and what they fought for america to says of the men and women in uniform to fight for our freedom and aspirations of our children a little baby before the aspirations of our children and young people to have a future worthy of all that says and courage thank you all for being here we have important work it all begins in california and even though rest of the could i so what youre doing is really important to our country are we ready for when women succeed America Succeeds happy womens equality day to all of youyou. As a voter you have a choice on how you can vote you might cast your vote by mail or vote earlier in city hall if you choose to vote earlier youll go to our powell plays might be a church or in regards garage theyll make the voting as uncomplicated as possible yes what does 3 take to be a poll working and what exactly does a poll work working do letting meet some. Aim jack. Im coauthor la. Im tiffany and charles and my name is elizabeth im jeff im bruce hi, im karin a fulltime student addressed city college ive been a pole working for 10 years. For 13 years your 10 or the 9 or 10 years. Those poll workers and thousands are an essential part of election day 31 they provide the safeguarding of democratic processed theres a feeling in the poll place youre a feeling of something that has a special place in the world the democratic process in the United States is model to the rest of the world. Its a relay sequence e sense youre part of that history and being able to keep that going and it is really does feel good. I feel overhead this is a great civil dude and get a different idea. In my residential area i dale feel im Transbay Joint Powers Authority to the community as a wloel in the communi community. So San Francisco poll workers have a Service Based mission the first to protect the voter rights we make sure they understand the rights on the ballot and the right to an essential polling place and many languages around english. Its like someone that didnt know how to read im more happy to help you like ill help you. The second part to serve the voters like workers and language they respect the voter and finally the last myths is offsets the which i see to come to the polling place. This takes a lot of pole working for each election they higher 26 hundred pole workers to staff over 5 hundred polling places this chose 6 senate victories and thousand clerks and high school students. Look at the address of our polling place on line or visit it a day beforehand. Every pole worker has been trained the Election Department holds for one hundred hundred clads a month before the election they vary into one and a half to 3 hours and classes focus on the right to voters including language and other access right for voter and step up polling place and equipment and procedures for voting and vote and mail. The Election Office is constantly streamlining the process so there the good of the training in order to tap into the continuing Better Process in their creating. Pole workers learner about clothing procures like completing the posted ballets and transferring the memory packs and others materials for the traffic officers or deputy sheriff. I like how the training every year improves. So as the inspector the first is all introduce user to the collect and assign them their job cards. A polling place nodes someone to supervisor and that pole working is called an inspector and responsible for that four or five clerks they get hands on experience. Youre also going to be doing other things at 12 oclock and 3 oclock to the inspector needs to hang into this. The inspector makes sure that the polling is smooth and greets people in a way with respect to make sure theyre going to the procedures so not only in the step of that but in the actual process during the day and the process of breaking the equipment down and tab latino making sure all the numbers gets to the sheriffs deputy and to the city and county. Theyre a key holder on election day they wear a i can rove that hat audience this is the voting machine. After the training inspections pickup bottles and other supplies their polling places need on election day. This is for the briefing. Inspectors are responsible for the chain of custody of ballot they sign for the battles and have you ever had your deposition taken transfer it to a deputy sheriffs at the end of the day. Thats one of the things i thought attracted to this to learner about the voting process and knowing that at the end of all this we take great pains to make sure that the routes are secure and save and delivered back to the ballet department. Their seals rewe having to put occupy the equipment and make sure that carry the key it secures the ballot machine so we have to be keen you know id say and areas open on dale what was going on election die when the voter voted if they messed up weve got to void that we have to keep track and get for every step as well as the procedural exponent to transfer the battles at the end of the nicest to the sheriffs detective and the memory card and data make sure those dont get tampa everyday with. Each inspectors manual excludes the cards that lifts different pole workers dudes. Theres one person that sets up the booth and others that set up equipment and again, we follow it step by step. We willfully with such culture diversities San Francisco has many languages spoken everyday to meet of diverse challenge the department of election assigned chinese pole workers spanish speakers to 2 hundred and 17 predicts and filipino to one hundred and thirty predictability and vietnamese and japanese to 7 priblts and theres a lot of chinese speaking people so theres been at least 2 people on staff that speak chinese and really comes in handy. They choose that pen. Id like to say that 70 percent of powell workers come back election after election thats inspiring theyre returning. Many people are glad to see us we know were in the predict we are there in the election before. I know people expect to see me now it is a regular occurrence so oh, youre working this one yeah. Theres a sense of trust they believe in us and theyll be protected. Working as a precinct worker learners about the process. Once you see the process you gain a new respect so ill encourage 80 anyone to get the experience. The department of elections needs new workers theyre looking for new powell its go to sf election. Org. Good evening and welcome to the wednesday, august 26, 2015, board of appeals the presiding officer is board president commissioner president ann lazarus and joined by Vice President dearly honda and commissioner fung will join us in a moment and commissioner swigs will be absent to my left is the City Attorney that will provide legal advice and the boards im Cynthia Goldstein the boards executive director and joined by