you have a bus is going up and down. there are excellent public transportation. i think that this is a well served potential restaurant in a neighborhood that could use another restaurant that is a little bit different than the others in the neighborhood. once again, i am in favor of the project. >> it is there additional public comment on this item? anyone? if not, public comment is closed. >> i like mission local, this is a great project.

the meeting was done only at the request of supervisor campos. a lot of people have expressed to me that there has not been any goods% of the project sponsor. it is all about allowing people to speak their opinions but things that are happening in their neighborhoods and listening to them and treating them with respect and dignity in the process by which that happened. this has not been down. i think commissioners would weigh in on the limitations of seating. i don't feel that the project

sponsor has to end their due diligence in reaching out to the community. i hate continuing projects. i really get frustrated when there has been a process by which the project sponsor is not respected and obviously having a conversation with them. >> >> there are concerns about the project. i know the issue of the sidewalk seating came up. are there other issues that were being discussed that you were having difficulty with? just briefly, what other issues were brought out?

>> some are obviously a maker issues than others. the business would be more available to people actually live in the neighborhood. the license, the outdoor seating. we had a question about the change of use if it is only applicable to this next business

owner and is transferable. we had a question about the community liaison. >> i just wanted to comment that i would probably be supportive of the continuous but i think that it has to be understood by both project sponsors. there may be issues that will not all be resolved at the meeting but the important thing is to have the outreach, have the meeting. certainly things like laze on and some of these other things that are fairly straight forward. certainly things -- certainly things like liason, and some of those other things that are fairly straight forward.

the conditional uses for the actual establishment goes with the establishment. whatever is improve will remain there. these are all good things to discuss and hopefully a discussion could occur. can you tell me what you think an adequate continuous might be? maybe three weeks to try to get a resolution. >> your hearings in february are closed. >> february or march. >> that would give us approximately about three weeks. we are trying to get some resolution to this issue.

i have been inclined that there might be something to be gained with some additional meetings although everyone should understand that it doesn't mean that there would be a total agreement about all of the things the neighbors are asking for and vice versa. i think this entire project is a very good one. we have seen some neighborhoods where a restaurant has sort of been the beginning of the renaissance. i'm not saying that this is not a great neighborhood already. i think it is a good concept and it is a good way to get

communication. >> can i ask maybe staff turned down -- can i ask maybe the staff? how many were at this meeting? >> all but one of the speakers. >> obviously there was no resolution. >> no, the point of contention is whether a outdoor seating should be allowed. >> in theo?.:zez office, there t another attempt. >> right, which was with a more specific group of people that are in opposition to the proposal. >> the main issue there is an outdoor seating. >> outdoor seating and the

liquor license. both of which i don't believe the project sponsor was willing to give up in the restaurant. >> i am quite willing to continue it but i would think from the project sponsor's standpoint, at outdoor seating and alcohol are non-negotiable items. given the size of the interior space, he would want as much exteriors seating as possible. the alcohol, i don't know. in any case, i am willing to continue it. >> maybe with the involvement of the gentlemen who volunteered earlier from the merchants' group, if he could be involved in that. >> that was what i was going to mention.

i know the mission eatery, i have been there. anyone who has lived in san francisco should understand that you need to work with the community as much as possible. we constantly have individuals who come before us who do not have that understanding. have that understanding. any more than commissioner borden or the rest of us do. in this case, it might be necessary for a short time. there is no way that i'm going to continue past that regardless of anything. i would just make one comment on the liquor license. basically, this is replacing what is virtually store. i don't have a problem with that at all. bi somethig

for the discussion and i will not make a comment on it at this time. commissioner antonini. >> i feel the same as commissioner sugaya and miguel. for the restaurant to be successful, if you have to have a liquor license, at least beer and wine. i don't know what type he is going for. the outdoor seating might add to the vitality of the neighborhood. i am willing to continue this until february 16th. that is a motion. >> ok, 2nd. i will add, to the project sponsor, please be nice to people when you reach out to them. i have heard a lot of feedback that has not been a collegial atmosphere. i know that people are opposing you and you might appreciate that but it is not acceptable to treat people any less than adequate because they disagree with you.

i really cannot stress that enough because i've heard that from multiple sources. there are other issues that are as play as well. -- that are at play as well. we hope that as you continue this, that you can work through this. >> i don't believe this commission has a solution that a potential operator would buy a building to get rid of those people that oppose them. >> the issue on the floor is for this item to be continued. they are requesting that there is a meeting with the project sponsor.

public hearing will remain open for the february 15 to date. on the motion -- thank you, commissioners. this item is you are now on item no. 17, case 2011.0583ebu for 850 to 870 brannan street, also known as 888 brannan. >> good afternoon, president miguel and commissioners. the project you have in front of you is an office development as 850 to 870 brannan street, also known as 888 brannan street. the proposal is to convert the

first, second and fifth floors of the existing five-story building at 870 brannan street from p.d.r. of office space in combination with office space for offense office use. the existing gift center and jewelry mart will be retained and moved into the basement level of the two buildings. a new vehicle access point is proposed to be created off of decatur street to provide access to a valet parking area. currently, decatur street dead ends into the rear of 870 brannan street and there is only a fire exit at that point. at least 74 bicycle spaces will be provided in the main area for the project.

together, based on original approval in 2010 and this proposal, it would total 252,333 square feet of office space within the two buildings. the buildings include an existing loading dock that is larger than needed and is proposed to reduce that and convert a large portion of that into an open air courtyard to be accessible by tenants within both buildings including those of the jewelry mart and gift center. the proposal before you is possible through 803.9c of the planning code which allows historic buildings to have office space and other uses that may not otherwise be permitted in the building but are required to be reviewed by the h.p.c. and zoning administrator. this project went before the p.p.c. and passed a resolution supporting the project as proposed and found it met the

necessary requirements for 804.9c. regarding public comment on the project, the owners and occupants of decatur street did provide a letter during the environmental review express being their concerns about the impact that the increased traffic for the new parking opening would have on decatur street. they also provided a letter yesterday of concern, detailing concerns. i've handed those out for your review. there has been some communication between the owners and occupiants of decatur street and the project sponsor. the sponsor has also in, return, offered to work with them on providing some amount of street trees and street measures to reduce potential impact of adding the parking access on decatur street. of course, any of that work would have to be reviewed and approved by the department of public works and possibly m.t.a. other issues of consideration, is that this phase of this

project under current rates would generate approximately 1 .3 million in impact fees for the city not to additional fees for childcare services, combined with the previous approval in 2010 that you approved, it would create a total of more than 2.8 million dollars in impact fees. in order for the project to proceed, the commission must authorize the allocation of office space. :y.o 11370 gross square feet under planning code sections 321 and 322 and 803.9c must authorize exception to the parking setback control per historic building. the department believes the project is necessary and desirable and supports approval of the project with conditions for the following reasons -- there are currently more than

3.9 million square feet in office space available so the amount is not an issue. the project will allow the adaptive reuse and rehabilitation of an historic building that is listed on state and national registers. the project proposes a small fraction of the parking that would otherwise be permitted within the planning code. the new office space will help increase economic activity in the neighborhood. the project would generate significant impact fees for the community and overall the project is consistent with the planning code, the showplace square area plan and the general plan that. concludes my presentation and i'm available for comments. >> thank you. project sponsor? >> good afternoon, president miguel, commissioner, staff. deanne kingsley with s.f.s. investments and together with vantage property investments, we are the project sponsor.

we're grateful to have the opportunity to restore 888 brannan to its funder and reintus introduce it to san francisco and to the people in the bay area who travel on the freeways adjacent to this building. 95 years ago, the national carbon company of cleveland, ohio, built this building to give poem a -- people a new product. the freedom of electricity in the dry celibatery. the ever-ready battery were manufactured on the west coast. it's ironic that somewhere brimming with all these technology companies we're endeavoring to return the building back to a technology use after 30 some odd years as the gift center and jewelry mart. there is explosive growth in soma, currently 1.5 million square feet of demand with 25 companies and we've seen this now for the past year and a half and there does not appear to be any reduction in sight. this is a building that would be able to be put back into use

very quickly. it would be a $25 million renovation that would not only restore the historic elements of the building but also we are striving to hit lead gold in the renovation and that obviously requires significant replacement of all the systems in the building. the office rents that exist now in soma will enable us to be able to do this and make an economic return whereas the rents that you get for ipvr space which is what a lot of the building is zoned for right now are significantly lower and the previous owner had attempted to renovate the building with the ipdr zoning in place but were unable to and wells fargo eventually foreclosed on the building and we bought it from wells fargo. the gift center and jewelry mart is a very important part of this building. unfortunately, the internet, ironically, as well as a large building in las vegas, has

eroded the gift center business, yet the jewelry business is thriving and we have worked closely with the tenants in the -- we still call it the gift center and jewelry mart but maybe the name will change in the future -- to make sure we can improve this building and enhance their ability to have a successful business. today we have sark seesian and association to address you. we have worked closely with them to make sure we can rebrand the building for their use, build a new entrance, a new courtyard. we'll be investing over $4 million for the benefit of their business and it makes up about 25% of the project, about 100,000 square feet. the historic aspects of this building have been challenging and we had unanimous approval from the historic preservation

excision. we worked closely with the city staff and our historic architects to make sure we would be faithful in restoring the project. you will hear today from some of our neighbors on decarst who oppose the location of the garage off of decatur yet what we were trying to do was adhere to the secretary of interior standards for this renovation and one of the suggestion was moving the entrance for the garage to brannan and basically to create a new opening in the historic facade and according to our consultants at paige and turnville, that would not be consistent with the secretary of interior standards. we have tried to produce a project that will be faithful to the historic nature of this building, preserve the p.d.r. jobs that exist right now in the gift center and jewelry mart, and create the opportunity for

about 1700 new jobs in the building through the growth of the technology industry? in san francisco. i'd like our architect, ban barone, to talk you through some of the improvements we're planning on for the exterior of thepn.f other members of our staff here to answer any questions you may have. thank you. >> good afternoon, president miguel, members of the commission, and staff. i'd like to take you through a. >> would you state your name for the record? >> dan barone with genzler. i would like to take you through a brief presentation on the exterior improvements to the building. this is -- portions of this have been previously distributed through staff to you for your use but we've repackaged it a little bit more to present

exterior improvements based upon the historic preservation of the exterior of the building. as you see in these images, the original rendering by the architect who designed the building for national carbon company as a factory for the cell batteries and being repositioned into a paper warehouse in the "modern mofat,e town and moffat and you can see the imagery of the exterior windows that are intended to be restored or repaired based upon their condition based upon evaluation by paige and turnville. here are 1920 images of the real

building and that in the 1940's. here we're looking at an elevation on brannan street in its current state which you see that this building at present has very limited transparency. the idea here is to restore it to its original intent and reintroduce light to the building and thus reinvigorate the neighborhood by activating this building. currently when most people walk by this or drive by it or even off the highway, it looks like a warehouse, and the intent is to improve upon the neighborhood by reintroducing the building as it was originally intended. on the -- here are four existing views. you see the building from the corner of eighth and brannan. on the right-hand side is the view down decatur which has residential on left or live-work on the left and parking lot on the right and one office building on the right or two was on buildings on the right. the view down brannan street and also the view from landgon

street across the r.e.i. and b.p.s. parking lot space. here's a view of our rendered elevation of the building as it will be in its restored state. you'll notice that the existing branding of the building as 888 brannan has been removed from the tower and parapets. that's part of being consistent with the signage requirements of the district. and on this elevation, which is brannan street, you'll see the reintroduction of the original train trestle high base base which is part of the expansion in 1921 when right-hand side of the building was built. we're trying to emphasize the high bay height there and restore some of what the beauty of the space and the unique nature of this building was originally, something you would definitely experience as you enter the building at present

but it's completely masked presently by the entrance canopy. the gift center jewelry mart entrance on the right-hand side, a cafe area and another retail entrance on the far left within the corner towers. here's a rendered view of the office entrance otherwise known as 888 brannan street, existing on the left, new on the right. here's a sidewalk perspectile view. and you can see how our intent is to emphasize the high base base for its original industrial use. this is the adjacent two bays over, structural bays over, cafe entrance, which will be interlinked with the gift mart jewelry entrance. this entrance will serve as the new address or entrance to the gift center jewelry mart

dedicated entrance segregated from the office use and puts them immediately in an environment that is part of their experience for retail sales. thank you very much. >> thank you. president miguel: i'll open this up for public comment. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm nina horn, co-owner of 41 decatur, as well as the spokesperson for the decatur street coalition. i'd like to orient you to this document that you received in your packet. and not only am a co-owner but i'm also a city commissioner for oakland so i understand the issues you have before you. i'd like to begin by thanking staff who have been extremely supportive in helping us

understand the issues. the decatur street coalition represents 100% of the residents and employees and owners of decatur street. we are a fully committed body around one, the development of the gift center. we believe the development is important. we believe that a successful gift center means a successful neighborhood. we simply have concerned about the placement of the parking entrance on our street. i'd like to orient you to a couple of things first. neighborhood character. we believe that the greatest concern around the entryway at the loading dock as it's currently situated is that it will destroy our character of our neighborhood. for the last 15 years, we have made a concerted effort to develop this area through very strong, significant sweat equity. i'd like for you to notice what

our street looked like 15 years ago and now it's a vibrant community with children playing on the street, with beautiful buildings and a real community. we believe that having such a high level of traffic going through will be detrimental to the character of our neighborhood. we also have concerns about some of the factual information in the report, of the city's report. we recognize that the analysis was done via g.p.s. the practical realities of our street is it simply is not as big as it appears in the report. i'd like to orient you to the pictures we have in appendix a. we had a honda accord trying out the three-point turn that was indicated was possible in the city's report. a small vehicle, honda accord, was only able to do a five-point turn. turn. we also have in the city's