light, we did a light study. as you know light studies go the full year. this is the worst of it. you see about 11 minutes from march to june and this is bear in mind there is trees right here. tht the dr request or, 162 and there is no impact for about 11 minutes during those months. this is the neighborhood i live in. the people from buena vista today they live here. 10-12 units. here we have 5-8 levels with multiple balconies. this is my home here at 3 levels. aisle just finish up with some more pictures. this is my home, this

is the dr request or. right opposite there is another 4 level home. this is right across the street. so again, balconies, multiple levels and i thought to take the same kind of architectural eclectic styles. >> i'm sorry. your time is up. >> thank you. >> now calling speakers who are in support of the project. >> good afternoon commissioners. my name is

randy. i'm the the foot print of our building is less than

other buildings on the block. this is looking at 15th and buena vista avenue. this is the dr request or's house. this is the 2 floors over parking, this is nadine's house, this is the same except for one single house. we are not out of character with either our block or the lot. i did a spreadsheet of the 3 hundred foot notification area and for right in the median of height. they are taller and smaller of our building. so average is 3 floors over parking and that's where we would be. average

square footage of houses. this is right in the median of everybody in the neighborhood. i wanted to show another illustration of the scale. this is the street context. at the remodeled building. >> please speak into microphone. >> this is the existing shape of the building. this is the top floor addition, that's are the balconies. there is a lot of open space. >> sir, your time is up.

>> okay. >> hello. my name is brian kendall. i'm here in support of the project. i'm a neighbor. i'm with the neighborhood planning committee which i have been on for 20 years. nadine has very generous with her time in meeting with neighbors to fully vet this project. i found this project to be very well designed and in keeping with many of the neighborhood. i feel like it will in fact enhance the neighborhood. it's within city code and less than

is 142 yards in the yard between the applicant and nadine's property. the city does need jobs and revenue. this job will create 10 full time jobs for 4-6 months and the building will be remodeled and she says she's willing the purchase these materials. this has been a long and expensive process and neighborhood process for all of us. nadine, i feel like has followed every time to a t. i have seen variance considerations of the drawings and all the concessions have been made. i

support the epigrades to the neighborhood and hope you approve this project. next speaker, please? >> commissioners, good afternoon and thank you for your time and attention. my name is marie rose and i'm her partner. >> speak in the microphone, thank you. >> my name is maria rose. i support this project because we need to shelter our family. this is our sole residence and we need to have a second bathroom. since this is our only residence and we have no other options to accommodate

our family's needs. we work with michael smith utilizing assimilating his expertise in providing this code. on this photograph here, it's an aerial view, this is our home. to the east of us is dr. the property east of us is already facing the sunrising. they have sun access all day coupled with the 42 feet of garden which will not be affected by the addition. they have ample light to the privacy and properties on 15th were separated by the street, properties up roosevelt and buena vista and park hill

or this building here are all uphill literally and i don't see them being affected by our addition in terms of light and access to open space. with respect to noise, i would like to say that the addition is setback and the loss of sound or noise is inversely proportional to the distance. adding the distance to our neighbors on east would further lessen the noise if any originate ing from this process. we have lived here for # 13 years and since that time has not had any complaints about noise. we are both working professionals and i assure you, we will not be

spending time on the balconies like we are 22. she has met with the neighbors to discuss this and was met with opposition on each subject. even randy met with the neighbors. >> thank you, your time has expired. thank you. good afternoon. i'm nadine's tenant. i wanted to say with the support that i'm here with her today is that we tried to accommodate the neighbors request but they are opposed to entire project. i attended the meeting and saw time and time again where the meetings would come up with solutions and unfortunately there was never an agreement.

they were met with negativity and rejection. there is no light, noise or property impacting the neighbors. you can see those pictures. the buildings are within the height requirements and there is other buildings that surround us 12 stories in height. regarding the deck design on the first floor, you can see looking up if this is actually the entrance to my house right here. if one thing to point out the rear staircase is a second access way. there is no internal staircase in the house. most of the other building on roosevelt ways are balconies. these buildings that are at 4-8 levels. the balconies will fit right in and

block nadine's views and my views. the neighborhood is nice and there have been quite a few up grades to modern style. our building is ugly. we would like to improve this building. the buildings are beautiful and practical and blend in to what it is today including the construction surrounding us. when i think about this, i'm concerned about some of the other projects in the city that are not green and one of the things about mary rose is that they are sustainable and attractable to the design. the city needs the revenue an we need jobs had been that will be full time as well as part-time

with contractors, etc. we also need housing in san francisco and this is one way to support that with such a small foot print as you saw earlier with the restriction of that. we followed along the application process and many e-mail exchanges as well. you can see those considerations. the san francisco application fees and delays are costly and time consuming. thank you for your time. good afternoon commissioners. my name is derrick williams and i'm here to support the project. i'm although a tenant of nadine. we sit on the first floor. when

nadine first started talking about this project she showed great character in that she approached me and my partner to talk about what our feelings were relative to the overall improvements. what she showed us and shared with us we were both in full agreement with. the design changes that she would like to make we certainly understand that she wants to improve her quality of lifestyle and we understand the reasons for that and we understand, there is going to be some republican variations goen on and this it will impact us and that we'll have to move and we are fine with that because we understand that her lifestyle is changing, her family needs are changing and things are growing and it's needed in the neighborhood. she has done a phenomenal job working with not only with us but try the to work with the other neighbors both for and against this project to try to come to a compromise. this will

obviously bring more revenue. i feel very confident and feel very fortunate that we are working with someone like nadine. i have lived practically and really thrilled that there are people like nadine who want to in my opinion do the right

thing. i'm in full support of this project and hope that you will give it your consideration. i am a tenant and live in the neighborhood. thank you again for your time. hi, good afternoon, my name is joy cal waggen. i'm a friend of rose and i know her family very well in addition to the family that she has created with nadine. i'm in support of this project for many reasons. rose and nadine are responsible hardworking people and wonderful friend and very supportive of me and we have many nieces in the family that we spend time with and love to visit here in san francisco and they would like to provide a

space to accommodate their ever growing and changing family. the designs that nadine has proposed are all within city codes which i already understand are quite strict. she is well within her right to improve the living space for her family. i have followed them through the long road of application and neighborhood process of this remodel and their excitement and frustrations over everything they have had to go through. there have been no concessions to the opposing parties. so for

these reasons i support this project and thank you for your time and consideration. hi, my name is rick. i'm the owner of t construction. i'm nadine's general contractor. i have been working with nadine and the architect over the design to accommodate their neighbors. but, i just don't think that we are getting too much positive response because we haven't gotten any positive response on what they would actually like to see w

that in mind, we are a green building company. we do plan on purchasing all our material for this project through san francisco with most of our projects we've worked most of our projects with hayes street, the bungalow event center. we have a good track record working with all the neighbors during the project to ensure that things are run smoothly and nobody is inconvenienced during the project. obviously if you look at the building itself, you can see that it's a big ugly box. a lot of it was

constructed incorrectly. if you look at the way that the building is now, it's the same foot print than what you are seeing on the top. it did you tell us -- it does follow with the style in the area. it does add a lot of style to it as opposed to the big box. going back, once again to address just a little bit of issue on the balconies, if you look at this, this is the view from the dr's backyard. it's full of trees and you cannot really see the other home, but i think they were all planted to have privacy that they have right there. and i don't think that those trees are going to be cut down so the balconies with the trees in between and privacy on

both part. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is mary and i'm also a part of the neighborhood and the community. i am in support of this remodel for these reasons. i have seen the drawings and know how much the drawings have changed listening to the neighbors feedback and has made significant changes for the neighbors and she is within the city code. there is no impact on anybody's light or privacy. in terms of height, the building is within the height requirements. as another person

mentioned there are at least 12 buildings within two blocks that range from 3-12 stories high. if you visit the neighborhood or if you look at one of the photos again, there is a building that is 12 stories high above her house in comparison her house is small. in terms of skyline and the hill, it's less than her neighbors. even with the remodel she is still not over her neighbors. in terms of the balconies that the opponents are worried about. but the proposed balconies which have been revised for the

neighborhood have been pulled back increasing everyone's privacy. plus there is a 42 foot yard with very high trees with dense foaliage to their homes. both of them live in the house and they also actively involves as volunteers, caring individuals and responsible citizens in their neighborhood and in other parts of the community and from what i know,

they would not infringe on anyone's quality of life in the neighborhood or the community. thank you commissioners for listening. good evening commissioners. i have known nadine for ten years as a colleague and health care. i have found nadine to be an advocate for people of all backgrounds, races, colors, life styles. most of all i have found her to be extremely consider the with the need of everyone. the environment is extremely important to her. i have gone along this journey with her as she is developing the project for the home so she

will meet her family. the community is a crucial component in nadine's life as well as marie rose. she is focused on what works for the community and works to contribute it. this watching in the progression with the application process with the neighbors. nadine is trying to negotiate to finding the middle ground with everyone. she has selected an architect that has won awards for his work. she is in the green environment to make sure this is a clean project. her goal is to get spaces needed for her family. the balconies and the concerns about a party life, i can tell you nadine is not that much of a partier. she is busy working

and giving out to the community. i encourage you and request that you prove this project. thank you for your time. >> my name is william ryan. i live with my wife. i'm going to be very brief because i'm last. we have lives in that house which we have purchased in 1969 and we have lived across because of all the other people spoke on this street, they are quite down. we look right across to it. we would much prefer the new design to the existing design whether she adds another small level on top, doesn't make any difference. it would be very much desired the that you prove her plans. i just want to tell you one other thing about nadine. everybody else talked

about the other thing. she has kept her property up. she has a fence outside her property. it on the corner. it gets tagged and as soon as it gets tagged she gets out and get it pained. there are trees on the street that drops all kinds of stuff. her sidewalk gets swept off. down the street, houses that are lot 55 and 27 abut 15 street because of the angle. their fence is in poor condition. they don't ever sweep any of those things off the street. there is little red things that you can slide off it. i hope that you understand that people who have spoken here some live in a building apartment building on park hill that extends up 8 stories across the street from them is

a 4 story building that has some high things on it. i just want you to give nadine a variance. it's a variance. it isn't somebody impossible. the reason to have a variance is to give somebody a chance to do something that might not normally be given. thank you very much for your attention after a long day. >> thank you. any other speakers in support of the project? okay. dr request or you have a 2 minute rebuttal. >> we all want to go home. >> i will try to be brief. my name is keith daveey. i think it fair to say we've worked with the property owner and we mails there is records of that and we've been to the package,

we've been to the variance hearing. we don't live there.