line, and there is apparently a possibility to do so, and i want to ask the director or mr. snyder to go over itsel. i want to share that with you. >> the goal of would-be region wou -- the goal would be a possibility of moving the tower so essentially one parcel to the east, so it is my sense of what the commission could do is approved the project and asked the board to consider such a change with the understanding that some minor environmental review and would have to be done and acknowledging he would

have to discuss that at this hearing. >> can we speak to the architect? >> commissioner morore and i had this conversation it is a design a solution -- had this conversation. it is a design evolution. it is not a problem for my client. the director thinks there is a possibility to ensure the commission can approve the project and has the latitude to impact, and my inclination is i do not think there is.

we need to confirm that. it is not a problem. >> we have talked about that. they will have to definitely to the examination in order to justify it. i think it is not a big deal, according to the conversation we had. we would have to take the step first, but it does not delay the project for months. it is a focus examination, and it does not seem to be a big deal at the moment. comissioner sugaya: i would think there could be a possibility that it is minor enough it does not have to be amended. >> i think it would be an addendum.

comissioner antonini: i am to land use lawyer. i do not disagree with anything that has been said, but i want to make sure our understanding is your understanding. and we are happy to incur the additional costs to study whether there would be any wind or shadow impact, but what we are asking you to do today is to recommend the general plan amendments and the zoning amendments as they are before you to the board of supervisors for approval and to tell the board you would like them to consider whether we can move the tower to the east, and we will support that, provided the

environmental analysis confirms we can go forward on the basis of an addendum and no more for their environmental review would be required, and a lot -- no more further environmental review would be required. we need to go through the steps. that is our understanding. we would ask that you take that action. thank you very much. >> would you finish your comment? >> i would agree that this includes a recommendation as presented tonight.

that would be my understanding and thinking about other places where some businesses have been abandoned. >> i am trained to -- trying to tweak that. we are recognizing you as the owner. >> there is a on a motion -- a

motion to recommend to the supervisors. >> i think it would be worthwhile to have a motion summarizing the discussion we just have a curator -- we just have. the commission would consider a proposal to move one parcel to the east. the commission urges the board to study such a proposal and to consider such an amendment at the board. the commission has considered this as a referral section of

the planning code, which means if the board makes the change, it would not have to come back to the commission. >> in part, what it fails to represent isla the commission recommends approval of the project has presented, that the commission requests the board of supervisors to consider moving the yerby tower and one block to the east, provided that doing so can comply with ceqa and through the use of an addendum.

this would suggest the board can move in that direction with the recommendation of the planning commission, even if it would require further environmental review. we do not want further environmental review. i believe making the point is very thoughtful, but i think we want to make short is limited. thank you. comissioner antonini: i would agree with what mr. burke said. if this move who were large enough a change that it would trigger further major action, other than an addendum, that is

not in the motion. if that language can be included in there. >> to the point that the commission is recommending the particular projects in the motion, i think that is clear. the second point i will add the addendum to the language and provide an additional review over and above the addendum, it does not apply to your your -- it does not apply. >> i believe the language is a positive suggestion. we all acknowledge limitations and environmental work but must be done, but we are not making any apologies. we are not saying it should involve any further action, and

we are recommending to the board to consider this, because it is a rather important issue. >> on the motion and the second as rendered by the city attorney to adopt ceqa findings and approve -- [calling folvotes] >> the motion passes unanimously. you are now on public comment your your -- public comments.

>> thank you. is there any additional public comments on items that were not on the agenda. simenon, the meeting is adjourned. -- seeing none, the meeting is adjourned.

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excited. so excited for us. >> it's really great. >> yeah. >> and salvador is party a here to known as party a. >> on the out it looks pretty simple. you come in, you made your appointment. you pay. you go here for your license. you got there to get married. you go there if you want to purchase a certified copy. behind the scenes, there was just this monumental just mountain of work, the details into everything that we had to do and we quickly realized tha we were not ready to issue the numbers of licenses that people are anticipating that we would need to issue. we definitely did not want people waiting in long lines. this is somebody's wedding. you want to be able to plan and invite your family and friends. know what time you are able to get your marriage license, know what time you're going to have

your ceremony. >> thanks for volunteering. >> we got city volunteers, we got members of the public volunteering. we had our regular volunteers volunteering. we had such an overwhelming response from city employees, from the members of the general public that we had way more volunteers than we could ever have hoped for. we had to come up with a training program. i mean, there are different functions of this whole operation. you were either, you know a check-in person. you were a greeter. you were part of the license issuing unit. you were deputy marriage commissioner, or you were on the recording side. each one of those functions required a different set of skills, a different oath of office if they needed to be sworn in as a deputy county clerk to issue marriage licenses or as a deputy county

recorder if they were going to register the marriage licenses or the deputy marriage commissioner if they were going to be performing ceremonies. >> donna, place the ring on her ring finger. >> the marriage commissioner training was only about a half hour. it was very simple. very well run, very smooth and then we were all sworn in. >> they said we would get our scheduled sunday night and so 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, you know, i got it at 11:00. this person who was orchestrating all of the shifts and the volunteers and who does what, you know, said from her office sunday night at 11:00. they are just really helping each other. it's a wonderful atmosphere in that way. >> have you filled out an application? >> not yet. you want to do that. >> take this right over there. >> all right. >> take it tout counter when you're done. >> very good. >> congratulations, you guys. >> for those volunteers, what a

gift for them as well as us that they would take up their time and contribute that time, but also that they would in return receive so much more back because they're part of the narrative of someone else's love and expression of love in life. >> this isn't anything that we had budgeted for, so it was basically we asked our i.t. director to do the best you can, you know, belling, borrow, steal if you have to and get us what you need to do this. and he knew what the mission was. he knew what our goal was. and, you know, with our i.t. grids and our software vender, they really came together and pulled it together for us. it made it possible for us to be able to serve as many couples as we have been. >> so once you're ready, you and your husband to be or wife need to be need to check in here and check in again, ok. are you also going to get married today? >> yeah. >> let's process you one by

one. do your license in, exit and re-enter again check in at that desk. >> our wedding is at 3:00. >> as long as we get you in today. >> we're getting married at 2:30. >> don't worry about the time line. we're greeting people at the doorway and either directing them to the services they need on this side which is licensing or the services on this side which is actually getting the ceremony performed. >> this is an opportunity to choose to be a part of history. many times history happens to us, but in this case, you can choose to be a part of it. this is a very historic day and so i'm very, very proud to be here. >> i have been volunteering. last monday i performed 12 different marriage smones. the least amount of time that any of the couples that i married have been together is two years. most of the couples have been together eight, nine, 10, i'd say 70% have been together at

least that long if not longer. >> there is a lot of misconception about who gay and lesbian people are. it's important that people see that we love our husbands and wives to be and love our children and have the right to have families just like everyone else. >> it's important that we have experienced our own families, our own friends, and the excitement of the volunteers when we get here has made us feel wonderful and accepted and celebrated. >> there is a lot of city agencies, city departments, divisions that offer up their employees to help us out since overwhelming response, it's unbelievable at how city government works. this is the time that san francisco city employees have really outshined san francisco's clerk's office

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