this is a test. this is a test. >> good afternoon. this is the regular meeting for the san francisco planning commission for september 6th. before i take roll i would like to remind us to silence of cell phones.

commissioner katherine moore. >> here. [ indiscernible ] >> commissioners, the first category are items proposed for continuance. item 1 is an intent to initiate sponsor planning code amendments to fixer -- fix errors to the planning code continued to 2012. item 2 is public outreach and engagement. item is proposed for continuance to october 25th, 2012. commissioners, further on your calendar, item 13a and b, case 20012.001c, d for 2175 market street, request for conditioning use authorization and variances. the item is me posed for

continuance to september 20th, 2012. the preliminary mitigated negative delegation was yesterday, so you cannot hear it at this time. as you continue the 13a on the administrative, we will take action to continue the variances. >> thank you. >> i'm not aware of any other item on the calendar proposed for continuance. >> public comment on the items for continuance? >> can you speak into the microphone and state your name for the record, please? >> sorry. good afternoon, martin brezak. resident on 15th street. and it sounds like there might be an extension or another date proposed for 2175 for comments on that. i just wanted to make sure that i had my concerns brought in front of the board.

if at at later date i decide to take it to a court matter that i can do that. do i need to wait until september 20th or wait until today? >> september 20th. >> same time? or i will look up the notification. >> yes, will it be on the calendar. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> president fong, members of the commission, i beg your indulgence. i brought a board packet for next week's hearing. if it could be distributed i would appreciate it greatly, thank you. >> and who are you? >> any other public comment on these for continuance? okay, commissioners. commissioner antonini. >> move to carry 1 and 2 on dates specified on 13a and b to september 20th. >> second. >> for the record, item 13a. >> only a.

>> administrative -- take action on 13b. motion on floor is continuance of items 1 and 2 as on calendar and 13a to september 20th. on that motion, commissioner antonini. >> aye. >> hill lis. >> aye. >> moore. >> s*eg. >> aye. >> woo. >> aye. >> commissioner. >> aye. >> continued as proposed. 13b. plaintiff variance for 2175 market street, continued to september 20th, 2012 as well. >> thank you. commissioners, you are now on your consent calendar. items 3, 4 and 5 make up the calendar this week. those are considered to be routine and acted upon by single roll call vote. there will be no discussion unless a member of this commission, the staff or public so requests. that will be removed from consent and consider the separate item at this or

future hearing. items are 3 as case 2012, 0497t. amendment to san francisco planning code section 725.1. reinstate controls to prohibit liquor license types 47 and 49. then union street neighborhood commercial district and too requiring conditional use for restaurants and making environmental finding and consistency with the general plan. item 4, case 2012-0716c for 3121 geary, request for conditional use authorization to convert vacant commercial space into a massage establishment. on the ground floor of the three-story building within a neighborhood commercial moderate scale zoning district. 5 in this case is 2012, 40c for 38th, request for conditional use authorization to allow

establishment of 24 space temporary surface parking lot for period of time not to exceed two years within downtown general zoning district. commissioners, following public comment, which would automatically remove these from the consent calendar, these matters are before you for your consideration. >> public comment on these items? seeing none, commissioner shugaya. >> remove 3. >> 3 has been removed. i assume it will be taken before the regular calendar. for consideration on consent would be items 4 and 5. >> commissioner moore. >> pull item 5, having communicated about a couple of comments which i would like to be made into record.

* >> three and five have been removed from consent, four is on consent. >> public comment on item four? if not commissioner antonini? >> move to approve item four. >> second. >> thank you, commissioners. motion is for approval of item 4, 3121 geary boulevard. >> commissioners? >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> thank you, commissioners. that has been approved as proposed. commissioners you are on commissioner questions and matters. item 6 is consideration of adoption, draft minutes from regular meetings of june 28th, 2012, august 9 and august 16, 2012. following public comment and corrections or

modifications that you have, we would ask you adopt the draft minutes. >> public comment on the draft minutes? commissioners? commissioner sugaya? >> move to approve 29th and august 16th of june 2012. >> second. >> commissioner, motion is for approval of draft minutes from your regular meetings of june 28th, august 9 and august 16, 2012. on that commissioner antonini. >> aye. >> border. >> aye. >> hill lis. >> aye. >> fong. aye. * >> thank you. that passes unanimously. any other matters? >> commissioner moore. >> there is an article which i read regarding the

he and t utility boxes, which will be installed as the lawsuit failed. i would like to ask the director to give us an update how we will be dealing with 700 new utility cabinets, each six foot wide, four foot tall, two foot deep. which will be installed without any of the additional utility boxes being removed. there is an expectation they will be installed in a manner that will allow vehicle doors to open. with narrow sidewalks in many areas, i consider that an issue. also a big challenge to our magistrate's plan. i'm seing in the and instruct of knowing where these particular utility box also be installed, but i'm saying with enough concern as the department

had provided comment and push-back relative to these boxes being permitted. also i would like to get guidance as to whether or not these boxes will basically not require further rooftop installations of micro-antennas. i would like to get a technical update, as well as urban planning and design update of where we are moving with this. >> commissioner antonini. >> thank you. a few items. last thursday i took part in a meeting with mickey calahan, head of department of resources, along with diane misuda from historical preservation and ted yamasaki and secretary, linda avery. very good meeting. basically we discussed the issues surrounding classification that will be

published for the -- in the secretary's search for a new secretary. it was a very good meeting. it was very informative. we were told by dhr that they would get back to us by the end of this week. i think the 7th of september with suggestions as to this issue. so i'm happy that's moving forward. couple of other things, regretfully i have had a number of calls from a number of people that's received bogus e-mails. i've been hacked. i'm not trying to sell a big return on real estate investments to anyone. if you happen to get one of those, please ignore it. also i'm working with my provider to see what sort of things can be done to remedy that situation. it is, you know, very disturbing. finally i thought we received a very excellent

memo from sarah phillips, dennis phillips and wandy. the regional housing needs allotments and new ones proposed for the years 2014 and 2022. and san francisco actually because of the ab2853, which has been with us since 1980 and deals with the subject. now with ab375 that advocates for housing near transit and near businesses, we have allotments that are fairly high in terms of the entire bay area. allotments for housing were 15%, which is higher than our percentages relative to the entire bay area. that is fine, it makes a lot of sense. also we are -- one of their policies is jurisdictions that are providing, you know, considerable amount of affordable housing

sometimes have percentages lowered for that and areas that don't to try to provide an equal mix throughout the region have had theirs raised. so it is -- while there is a long ways to go, it shows we are doing some things right in regards to what we are doing on housing. we still have a long ways to go. it is very enlightening to see these. i really think this was a very informative report. one of the best reports we've gotten, thank you. >> commissioner sugaya. >> gosh, commissioner antonini, already sank my 10,000 bucks. [ laughter] >> i had a couple meeting from japantown neighborhood planning process. i think if the director could get with staff and perhaps schedule an update status report on that process. my understanding is there is a new report by cy-fall

with respect to ideas regarding the social heritage district, so it might be timely just to have an update for the commission, thanks. >> thank you. commissioners, if there are no other comments we can move on to director's report, announcements and review the past events that the board of supervisors, board of appeals and historic preservation commission. >> thank you, linda. good afternoon, commissioners. welcome back from a much-deserved break. just wanted to update you on a couple things. first what was in your written report today, just wanted to highlight our property information map did win a government achievement award. i will say that map, the department gets many, many comments on the map and the convenience of that map and the use of that map. we get over 1,500 unique visits a day on that map, which is a very high number for a web site of that

type. we are very pleased. it's become clear it's made the department's work more efficient and allowed people to get information online that they used to come to the counter. it is quite a great tool for us. the promenade, as you are aware, won a design award from architects from oakland's walter hood design studio. that is the two blocks of powell between geary and ellis. it was essentially a large series of parklets. we are pleased the department initiated that with the studio with a grant from audi car company. lastly i wanted to reinforce what commissioner antonini was mentioning about the arena allocation, regional housing needs allocation. this is a process that of course goes on every few years. i think the region is doing better at coordinating this process, which is shorter