On february 25, 2020, the mayor declared a local state of emergency related to covid19. On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization from the Mayors Office to reconvene remotely through the end of the shelterinplace. This will be our 24th remote hearing. Remote hearing requires everyones attention and most of all when not speaking mute your microphone and turn off video camera. Sfgovtv is streaming this live. Comments are opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available by calling 14156550001. And entering access code 146 717 8911. When we reach our item, press star, then 3 to be added to the queue. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes to speak. When you have 30 seconds remaining, youll hear a chime indicating your time is almost up. When your time is up, i will take the next person queued to speak. Best practices are to call from a quiet location. Speak clearly and slowly and please mute the volume on your television or computer. Co
Remote hearing requires everyones attention and most of all when not speaking mute your microphone and turn off video camera. Sfgovtv is streaming this live. Comments are opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available by calling 14156550001. And entering access code 146 717 8911. When we reach our item, press star, then 3 to be added to the queue. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes to speak. When you have 30 seconds remaining, youll hear a chime indicating your time is almost up. When your time is up, i will take the next person queued to speak. Best practices are to call from a quiet location. Speak clearly and slowly and please mute the volume on your television or computer. Commissioner koppel here. Commissioner moore here. Commissioner chan here. Commissioner diamond here. Commissioner fung here. Commissioner imperial here. At 1301, stockton street, conditional use authorization is proposed for october 8. Item 2, 2018, 2124, conditional use auth
Retailers, local and big box and just about everybody and nobody could make it work. Even using the global reach of our company, we couldnt make it happen. Nowhere in this country is there a shopping sent we are as many floors as westfield San Francisco center. Not in chicago, not in new york. The retail is why they succeed which is why the body amended the planning code to eliminate the need for a cup for the seventh and eighth floors and above. So we believe this investment is good for San Francisco center and mixed use buildings are inherently complementary with the office use supporting the retail and retail an amenity for the office. And we are going to do a full renovation and that includes improved lighting at the street level and the largest nordstrom in the portfolio and will remain one of the largest in the country. Letters of support including one from nordstrom and they couldnt make it br are supportive of this project. We believe they must continue to be the Retail Destina
The second is the use are w the surrounding context and the concern over the proximity to the use of the San Francisco city academy and the adjacent religious institution at 4 450 ofarrell. And located more than 600 and project site verified and the school is an intermittent activity and does not provide k12 and is likely used while children are accompanied by guardians to the site. Additionally, the current plans for reconduction would place the sunday school on the third floor of the site raised away from the subject application. The third principle concern raised is of the tenderloin is lacking access to daily needs retail uses such as Corner Markets and that the proposed use would displace an existing market at the site while other large format markets such as trader joes and whole foods are establishing in the larger area, the loss of the Corner Market is impactful on the local population. However t project sponsor is a member of the family which has owned and operated the market
Population compared to other area of the city and also an area where the issue of drug use poses a major problem. Our efforts tell others of other parts of the city such as chinatown and the sunset where permits have been denied or entirely outlawed. The children that i work with regularly find themselves in the presence of open air drug use and going to school or walking in the neighborhoods and many dont feel safe and even in large groups with adult supervision. When new businesses are introduced, they should not be ones that will make a Community Issue already known even worse. Next speaker. I lived and worked in the tenderloin for 12 years and work with a nonprofit in the 300 block of ellis. I dont want to take the time to repeat what everyone said. I want to express my opposition and i dont think we need a cannabis december pencery in the tenderloin dispensary and there is enough on the edges that people with use and urban farm and different ones on the edges of the tenderloin. I