but it ultimately relied on the drawing which was handed to mr. smith. that is the drawing and that is what is accurately reflected in what he in yellow outline showed a few minutes ago. i went back through the entire case, looked at what the intent of the motion was, and that was indeed to cut back all the way to what i believe is really the critical edge, that is the edge where the two building masses, the built-out masses meet. and in order to respectfully stay away from the gardens which meet in-between somewhere, that might require to cut the back of the deck back, because that is the intent of that yellow line. in addition to that, just for the record, the architect had not shown in his own drawing that is the roof plan on the first page of what the commissioners have in front of them, that there was indeed a

deck protruding into that notch. and i believe that is the right decision when you plan an expansion as substantive as this will be, although one which has been approved. so i have always -- i've gotten numerous emails, responded simultaneously to secretary avery and mr. smith. i do not than gauge in independent communication with -- do not engage with independent communication with any of the parties involved. and i always say go back to the drawing. that is where the interpretation and the meaning of the motion lies. ends of story.

>> i don't understand the disagreement. there's a feeling that's not accurate. >> well, what people are referring to is there was a side meeting after the hearing to clarify what the motion was.

and this drawing is from the project sponsor. but this is a different notch than what is reflected in the -- this is a smaller one than what is reflected in the yellow that i showed you. and so this was drawn after the hearing. we didn't have the benefit -- it was kind of brushed -- didn't have the benefit of maybe looking at the same scale of drawings when we did that. but when we tried to clarify it after the hearing, it didn't match what i drew at the hearing. >> my feeling i have to go with what your showed that it was consistent with what we had seen and approved. i can't remember because it's off memory. >> commissioner miguel. >> i do remember. i looked at where commissioner

moore was and listened to her as sfar as what she was doing. that is my memory. consistent with her previous comments on this and consistent with the yellow markings. i do not -- i was not party to any post hearing discussions. i know there were some that were carried out on the floor. but i was only looking at them from a distance. so i can't say what happened there. but as far as what happened during the hearing itself, that is definitely my memory of it. president olague: commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: oh, i thought the director was -- i make a motion -- do i make a motion? ok.

i'm just going to say then if there's no motion necessary that my recollection along with commissioner miguel is what is shown in yellow on the plans. that staff has given us. which means the notch goes all the way back to where the other building comes to the property line. >> if that's the way to describe it. >> commissioners, if i may, usually after a hearing, i go back to the office and i do a summary of the actions that you take. on that particular hearing or after that particular hearing, my summary of what took place at the hearing was that the commission took -- approved the project with a modification of a three-foot notch on the west side of ground floor deck and a more picket fence like look where possible around all the decks. and i didn't say that it was a three-foot notch for five feet. but it was on the west side.

so my understanding of the motion, it was made by commissioner moore, was in a it was for the whole -- was that it was for the whole side. if that was wrong, i'll also say, commissioners, that in order to avoid this type of thing in the future, i -- with a there -- in a it be cleared up before the -- that be cleared up before the meeting is over. this unfortunately, although think it was necessary for us to do because there is a question. but it should not go beyond the hearing. it should -- the clarity should take place at the hearing. before we adjourn. >> i think the city attorney could clarify on the record for us. >> could i add a comment here? >> sure. >> just reflecting on what secretary avery is saying, the difficulty with this particular

drawing set and i would like to use that as a forward-moving comment, the drawing set is represented in two scales which makes it very difficult to read. the first is the one on which the setback or the cutout was documented as the first drawing was the roof plan. which clearly shows how the massing of the building next to each other come together and how this notch indeed would reflect some form of a compromise for the building next to each other. and since we were all struggling to help the building applicant to get its approval, but also give some pushback relative to the -- in front of us, that is where we compromise. and it was that scale drawing which was used to indicate how far it would go back. so i think i appreciate claar fige her understanding because in the confusion of using two

scales of drawings, you can very easily get lost. president olague: thank you. and city attorney. >> deputy city attorney marlina o'byrne. i recommend the commission does take a motion on this issue. you can call it a motion of clarification. something like that. but because it appears to have been very unclear what the commission as a body decided with regard to this setback issue, i think that the commission does need to clarify that as a body and not just have this general discussion. president olague: commissioner miguel. vice president miguel: i would move that we certify the intent of the previous action on this matter be clarified according to the presentation made this evening by mr. smith and the department. >> second.

>> call the question. >> may ski a question? -- may i ask a question? >> the presentation that she gave today is that in keeping with the summary that we produced last time, that the notch goes back -- >> yes. the presentation i made today was for a three-foot setback for the length of the addition. >> thank you. exactly. >> incorporate that in the motion. >> so on the motion to clarify the action of the commission is that the three-foot notch goes the entire length of the side. on that motion, commissioner antonini. >> aye. >> commissioner borden. >> commissioner borden: aye. >> commissioner fong.

aye. commissioner miguel. commissioner olague. thank you, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously. commissioners, you are now in general public comment. president olague: is there any jub public comment? seeing none general comment is closed and the meeting is closed and the meeting is adjourned.

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say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a wonderful experience to come to a building built like this. the building is built as a palace. not for a king or queen.

it's built for all people. this building is beautiful art. those are architecture at the time when city hall was built, san francisco had an enormous french population. therefore building a palace in the art tradition is not unusual. >> jimmie was an incredible individual he knew that san francisco had to regain it's place in the world. he decided to have the tallest dome built in the united states. it's now stands 307 feet 6 inches from the ground 40 feet taller than the united states capital. >> you could spend days going

around the building and finding something new. the embellishment, the carvings, it represents commerce, navigation, all of the things that san francisco is famous for. >> the wood you see in the board of supervisor's chambers is oak and all hand carved on site. interesting thing about the oak is there isn't anymore in the entire world. the floors in china was cleard and never replanted. if you look up at the seceiling you would believe that's hand kof

carved out of wood and it is a cast plaster sealing and the only spanish design in an arts building. there are no records about how many people worked on this building. the workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. and what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world today.

>> is one that probably a lot of you don't understand the intricacies of it. a good portion of that goes to police services, social services that you value the most. and what i try to do in spreading the word with our

commissioners, the department heads, and with you here today, i gave three general principles to guide us. i want the city to be safe. not only safe in the public safety sense, but in the core level of social services safety net. how one of the city to be solvent that we have programs that we can afford to pay for. i want the city to be successful. that we celebrate and try to support all of the diverse things that we do to bring visitors here to keep our children here and keep families wanting to come and go up here. safe, solvent, and successful have been the principles i have shared with city staff and commissioners as we began this budget process. tonight is all about listening to you first and foremost. and getting that in but that we

always said we have a value. so i will be listening very carefully to what you have to say church tried to make that balance. the $380 million balance is not that easy to do. there will be decisions that we all have to make. and we have to come together to make those decisions of it we have a balanced budget. i will have my ears open and listening to what everybody has to say. we'll have a budget that i believe is an honest one. [applause] >> and this is one of our amazing public schools in the city of san francisco. i want to thank them for hosting us here tonight. i want to introduce the emcees for tonight. we have the united players.

and we have anaconda, and at the camp here in our district. i turn it over to you. >> thank you for being here tonight. this is the first step in the budget process. we are beginning early. we are being engaged. there will be a short time for public comment. it will be a short time. if you are not able to speak or bring your issues to the table, there will be more of these town halls. there will be the budget process. the more we are involved, the more we can work with the mayor and the supervisors to make sure that the budget reflects the priority of said francisco. one correction is that the translation today was provided by the office for immigrant affairs.

[applause] >> how are you? thanks for coming out tonight. we want to thank greg wider. i did not read that correctly. the budget director. i could not read my own handwriting. chief good when from the police department, please be respectful. these people have given their time to come and be part of the process. from the department of public works and barbara garcia from the department of public housing. i am new at this just like everyone else. sorry for making those mistakes.

even though all of you can't speak tonight because of the limited time, it is important that we remember the example that i can think of in recent memory with the community came together to change how the cpmc was going. and i think this is the first step in the community engagement, you have the voices to make those changes. [applause] >> in the last couple of weeks, supervisor kim's office has been holding meetings. a lot of the meetings are city- wide. if you live in a different neighborhood, it might resonate with you. there will be the committee open

mike. if you would like to speak, there will be people walking around the audience. waved them down and let them out of you would like to fill one of those out. the open mic time will be short. there are differing viewpoints a different priorities to how people feel the budget should be allocated. we are here to work together. when someone is speaking, do not interrupt them. be courteous. we are sorry, but you need to cut your comments short. be direct and to the point. if you don't want to come up and speak, you can write your thoughts down. those will all be tallied had a documented and given to supervisor kim and mayor lee.

we will call up angelica to give us a short budget overview. [applause] >> first off, we should give everyone in this survey and for being here today. this is the people's town hall budget. this is your time to speak. every year, the city budget is one of the most important decision making groups that the city of san francisco makes. decisions that are made about the city's money impact -- the budget is created in three phases.

there were few handouts. from march to may, the mayor makes those proposed budgets and creates the entire proposed city budgets making changes along the way. from june through july, we come out to the board of supervisors. they get the mayor's budget into it to make changes. how many of you have been the the city budget? i hope you will all come out during gym because we will meet you there. we are very excited that mayor lee has partnered with supervisors. we all know this is the first time we saw the marriage to a

budget town hall. this is the first time we have seen the mayor, right? [applause] again, there will be many opportunities to be heard at the board of supervisors, so don't feel like this is the only place. there will be a budget and finance committee hearing in june. again, this is the first opportunity for you. we really want to make sure that we hear from you. the mayor wants to balance the budget. we want to make sure it is not balanced on the backs of immigrants, people of color, homeless. we want to see a balanced budget, not on the backs of district 6? can i hear power to the people? [applause] >> they gave me another name.

we would like to welcome maria sue. hello. we will hear from larry from seniors and disabled. >> thank you all for coming. why are you asking me to come up here in a speech to the seniors? you were broke a few years ago after working all of your life. i will tell you, without the family service, without the housing clinic, i would have been in the streets. after working all of my life. i want to say thank you to all of you that have the nerve to

come up and ask the mayor and the staff to please consider keeping those units open. there are people that don't have food on the weekend. they will cut out the food program to the weekends. they have nothing to eat. they need someplace to go to claim himself a. -- clean themselves up. they connect you to the community. to get clean water to drink, to have associations with somebody that might be able to tell you something that is helpful.

he never was without a job. after three operations, you are stuck. you are still stuck. i would like to say thank you for the opportunity to come before you. i could not believe it, i was broken after working all my life. the family service, those people are doing a great job. thank you. [applause]

>> next, i like to call maria to speak to us about family and youth issues. [applause] >> good afternoon everyone, my name is maria gomez. i am the mother of a family of three children. all of my children have an iep. [speaking spanish] and i have a child with severe artisan -- autism. he needs to speak with sign language.