that are charging great rents but the experiences are not that great. i see a lot of opportunity to provide otherwise improvement to that corner, you guys all know the corner, we have a month to month rent with the bike shop that says basically free bikes on the outside of the building. commissioner johnson. thank you. you can have a seat. thank you though. i ll be pretty short here. this project hasn t changed other than the agreement with the childcare facility from last time. i can still consider this a land use issue. the changes to the project makes it more of a residential project with transient occupancy and with the online projects, i try to side on the side of the project sponsor and sort of see the bright side of what is being proposed for us. on this particular one, i think there are issues with the lot and i don t think of it just as the dividing line, spoken about by various people in public comment but generally speaking with that corner lot with the ele
there s been a strong desire to see improvements in the area. sponsor has indicated that they will be responsible for maintenance and liability of the proposed improvements. proposed improvements would consist of public works standard materials and maintenance covenant outlined as part of the encroachment permit and specific work will be established. the city is exploring a community facilities district to provide maintenance operations. the exact terms are being developed. if a cfd is established, funding could be generated by an annual tax agreed upon by all properties. the sponsor has committed to participating in a cfd to provide additional funding for maintenance and improvements in oak plaza the planning department, department of public works, department 7 real of real estate and city attorney s office has reviewed it and we ve provided rounds of feedback. placement of trees on the north sidewalk, improving loading and passenger dropoff has been improved. the plaza ha
for fisherman s wharf to succeed, to go from north beach to fisherman s wharf, we had an area that was dicey to say it mildly the the people who took on an amazing transformation is one of a kind and i think it s pride of that success, including giving large numbers of people the ability to be live in decent housing and par take in how good housing lifts you up from nowhere to somewhere. that makes me want to stand with the remaining side, literally the pivotal side of the project to be a housing site. i have walked the site four times since we left, had our meeting and i have gone around it. i have observed it in the morning, in the afternoon, in the middle of the day at lunch. i walk down to the wharf and each time i go by, you can only be proud of this particular part of town. it s amazing. it s a lovely neighborhood and everything about it works. and it s for that very reason that i have to stand by not supporting the hotel but looking for a housing development on this po
approvements also and we re happy to be part of that. thank you and we look forward to more discussion. commissioners, that will place us at 17. 2009-159, ika, oak plaza. impact fee waiver for 1554 market street. good afternoon, commissioners. the case before you today is a proposal by build inc., sponsor of the residential project, to enter into an in-kind agreement to provide a public plaza in exchange for a fee waiver in the amount of $2,180,093. the project was heard and approved by the commission on june 15, 2017. the decision before you today is the approval of the fee waiver. further detailed design refinement and maintenance and programming obligations will be done with public works. in essence, the in improvements would create a plaza at oak and venice. the proposed plaza would improve an improved oak street, designed to be shared bill cars, pedestrians and bicycles. improvements to the north side of oak street. six new landscaped planters or trees. four new stre
things better and it s been 2 hours and 15 minutes and all we ve really approved is a sushi bar at whole foods. so there s probably room to make approvements also and we re happy to be part of that. thank you and we look forward to more discussion. commissioners, that will place us at 17. 2009-159, ika, oak plaza. impact fee waiver for 1554 market street. good afternoon, commissioners. the case before you today is a proposal by build inc., sponsor of the residential project, to enter into an in-kind agreement to provide a public plaza in exchange for a fee waiver in the amount of $2,180,093. the project was heard and approved by the commission on june 15, 2017. the decision before you today is the approval of the fee waiver. further detailed design refinement and maintenance and programming obligations will be done with public works. in essence, the in improvements would create a plaza at oak and venice. the proposed plaza would improve an improved oak street, designed to