To continue would take precedence. Commissioner diamond, did you have something to say . Yes. I would second commissioner koppels motion. Very good. Well take up the matter of continuance first. Do you have a continuance date in mind . It would have to be in the new year. The calendar the first date is january 16. On that motion to continue this matter to january 16, commissioner diamond. [roll call vote] that motion fails 33. There is an alternate motion to approve the conditions to include that the project sponsor continue working with staff on design. On that motion,. [roll call vote] so moved. That motion passes 4. Two with moore and richards voting against. That places us on item 13. Case number 2018014774cua, 360 spear street, conditional use authorization. Good afternoon. Im sorry. I think theres been a request about the airconditioning. I dont know if theres an update or if you know. Well, commissioners, as you know, the airconditioning has been very inconsistent after it broke
On the whole, i am supportive of this project, and i will turn it over to the director. Thank you, commissioner. I will emphasize this is 25 affordable. It is a pretty su substantial number of affordable. To commissioner johnsons point, it is common in much of the city to have taller buildings at the corners especially in the commercial districts. It is common in the richmond and Pacific Heights with the multiple story buildings with lower rise Single Family or two family between, and because this is on a major transit line, as many of you pointed out, this felt like the right place for this amount of density. With respect to the transition. This is a very narrow lot. It would be extremely difficult, i think, to carve out some parts of this building without losing more units and getting into that whole discussion about the loss of units with respect to other aspects of city law and policy. I think on the whole weared on the side of saying this was the right project in the right place a
Shame and more than that harmful to lose that open space. Its understanding open green space and hard scaped. It has an impact again on how people con agre con gra gate ane space and the heat related increases as people are more and more concerned about global warming. And water run off. So again, were in favor of housing and keeping the grown gn space. Thank you. Supervisor yee next speaker. Good afternoon. My name is barbra brener. I am here as a neighbor of the 3333 california project. Im in favor of over turning the Planning Commissions approval of the Developers Plan as currently submitted. I speak in support of building 700 plus units on the site but with the strategy that is less didisruptive. Theres been a pattern of impropriety with the proposal before you. The site would have caused modifications in the design. In addition, flexible retail was never discussed nor was it mentioned in the Environmental Impact report so neighbors had no ability to consider it and respond. The e.
Landmark. Laurel hill gardens cemetery. As well as the cemetery, for San Francisco pioneers u. S. Senators and civil war heroes, its a treefilled park for San Francisco residents. Since i noticed the Historic Cemetery plaque missing from the red brick wall a few years ago, i wondered why would anyone want to erase this history. It made me sad. Well, as a result, it seems that the job of marking and memorializing this important San Francisco landmark has been left to its survivors, the trees. Some of these large, old growth trees are monument to this lost history. In addition to the history, many studies have reported that the loss of large, old trees leads to an over all loss of urban biodiversity. They are critical ecological structures because relative to their size, they are disproportionate providers of resources crucial to wildlife. Its times of Necessary Development and help preserve the landmarks that define your cities rich history. Concern neighborhoods are not anti developmen
So, this was another new aspect. The e. I. R. Response to comments states the project will comply with the provision to the planning code as to Affordable Housing but thats inaccurate because the Development Agreement would wave those and have no moderate Income Housing and have its own plan. The e. I. R. Failed to analyze the projects potentially Significant Impact on shadows on publicly accessible open space. This is the Developers Site plan and shadows are shown in blue. This shows frequent shadows on the lower walnut walk and the square which the developer proposes to use as Community Benefits and open space. These proposed areas would be shaded mostly by the proposed buildings for much of the day or year. The city procedures provide that shadows must be studied if the use of open space could be adversely effected. And it doesnt matter whether the open use controls. The city failed to conduct a cityrun planning process. And the developer described his proposed project to the commun