court is a 15-food -- 15-foot wide alley. we're next to a commercial structure and public school. this is mixed residential. that area. this is the -- the frontage of prescott court, the front elevation of the subject property 1 here. i would like to point out that the project sponsor celeste lives in the house. the d.r. requester lives in this property. and i should net given the width of prescott court you never experience the elevations of the buildings in this way. it is a very -- it is a very oblique view as you walk down prescott court, given its narrow -- their redimensions. given that is correct u you could tell there's a variety of -- of mixed heights this were there's buildings that are at the 40-foot height limit and in addition the school at the end

is at 4e feet in relation to our building. this is -- a -- this is a view from the roof of the subject building, to the west. to the nirs looking across prescott court. as you could see here, this apartment building and the apartment building beyond are built at 40-foot level and they contain penthouses above the 40-foot height. this -- this iman shows a view from the parking garage to the east of the subject property. subject property here, we're adjacent to the public school building, again, as you could see, as -- as we move along there's various heights, this building in particular and -- a 40-foot height limit. as we get into -- into the proposed project, as mentioned, we're proposing a fourth story on the three-story structure, through numerous conversations

and -- back and forth with h.d.t. and the preservation team and staffing planning we ended up with a 12-foot setback off the front of the building for the fourth floor addition. and we also maintained a rear yard off the back. early on we had a preapplication meeting with the staff planner. he property to our attention that planning would recommend that we push the fourth floor back even though we're in an r.h. 3 district that allows you to build to the front property line. he -- he given any light issues on it would be like pushing it back 12 feet and have a variance in the setback and the height area. we have gone through that variance process and been approved. as you could see in the diagram, it is -- it is quite clear from an experiential standpoint

within prescott court, it is less of a view and i would -- s got court, i would argue the point that the request your brought up in terms of sun. the diagram is not accurate. we are located to the east, so there is minor impacts to the sun, but nothing significant. this is a view from prescott court. this is the worst-case scenario. the rest of prescott court, you don't see anything. this is the massing of the back of the property. again, we are consistent with the context. i know that the d.r. request your -- the d.r. requestor brought this to everyone's attention, but in conclusion i would like to say we have gone through quite an extensive process. president miguel: thank you.

speakers in favor of the project sponsor? if not. d.r. requestor, you have to- minute rebuttal. >> i want to bring up this one again, the privacy issue. as soon as i walked through, the sun deck will easily be looking through the windows of the bedroom across the street. also, according to the city planning department, for that halley -- for the alley, we have

the street height at the property line should be no greater than 1.25 times the alley with. about the height, there should be a setback of about 15 feet. the proposed product is located in a less than 16 ft. wide alley and the height is only 12-foot setback, which is not enough. thank you. president miguel: thank you. practic sponsor, at 2 minutes. -- president sponsor, two minutes. >> the project has been changed by interaction with the planning staff, residential design team, and they have said there is no exceptional or extraordinary circumstances. the d.r. requestor did not participate in the neighborhood meeting or the variance hearing, so we were caught blindsided by the concerns. regarding the three issues, the light issue is not significant.

this has a large set back. he is presenting the sun as if it is always coming from the same direction, whereas the architect said the sun moves around and it would not be unusual in our city. regarding the view blockage, that is disqualified for d.r., basically saying you are blocking my view of the transamerica building. i don't think that as a basis for d.r. regarding the privacy issue, he does not point out the same when does that he is concerned about us sitting 15 feet away are also visible directly out the front windows of the project site and it is a much more direct view then someone sitting on the roof. and we have a picture here, if you have questions. these are fairly small windows. from that angle, at most one would see a few feet into the window on the the best circumstances because of the steep angle, so there is no

significant privacy issue and i don't think there ever will be across the street looking into windows that are also visible from other windows on that same street. therefore, we don't think there is any substantial case made for exceptional or extraordinary circumstances in this case and request the commission, and recognition of that, to decide that no further hearing is necessary and allow this project to proceed. thank you very much. president miguel: thank you. commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: thank you. this is an example of things that can be gained through the pre application process. as was pointed out by the residential design team has supported the project and actually did not field this rose to the level of significance that would have come under the d.r. process. i think they are doing as a great service. i am not sure what the actual condition was, but it is probably one that was

uninhabitable in its present state. so this is creating three habitable units where there were not effectively, and it is rh-3, and the 12-foot setback is what i think has been worked out by the residential design team and is correct here. i agree that is more of a view that a light issue. so i would move to not take d.r. and approve the project. president miguel: is there a second? commissioner sugaya: i will second, but i have questions first. are we having railings on top of this thing or what? >> no, sir, there is no glass reeling. commissioner sugaya: okay, i must be thinking of a different project. the second question, in terms of

the historic status of this building, the staff memo says it is adjacent to a national registered and locally designated jackson square, northeast waterfront, telegraph hill. does that mean that this building is not near any of them? >> that is right, there was a categorical exemption issue. commissioner sugaya: why wasn't it considered an historic resource? >> it is. commissioner sugaya: and we are following the secretary of the interiors standards. >> yes. commissioner sugaya: okay, thank you. i just might say that i have had some correspondence with respect to this that compares this project to one that we had before us a while ago. i think the situation here seems

to be a little different, especially in terms of the location of the property at the end of that alley and its adjacency to commercial properties. i don't know how tall the school building is, but it is approximately the same height. i think the physical circumstances are much different here than they were on the other project. >> yes, commissioner secretary avery: the motion on the floor is to not take discretionary review and approve the project. on that motion -- [roll-call vote] secretary avery: that motion fails on the 3-1 vote, with commissioner olague voting against.

commissioners, and the absence of a successful motion, this project will be approved as proposed. president miguel: thank you. secretary avery: commissioners, you are now at general public comment. members of the public may address you of interest to the public. president miguel: is there any general public comment on items not on the agenda? not appearing, public, is closed. -- public comment is closed. this hearing is adjourned. secretary avery: thank you.

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>> good morning, welcome to the budget and finance committee. my name is supervisor john avilos, the chair of the committee joined by supervisor sophie maxwell who will be sitting in as a member of the committee in replace of ross who is at the coastal committee. the clerk of the committee is mr. victor young. mr. young, do we have any

announcements? >> yes. please turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to speak during public comments fill out a card and turn it in to myself. if you have any 2k0789s please include a copy to the clerk for the file. the board of supervisors agenda on september 21, 2010 unless otherwise stated. >> thank you, mr. young. please if you could call number one. >> item number one, resolution approval the agreement between the city and county of san francisco and the nonprofit institute of aging, community living fund and linkage program services to adults with disabilities for a total not to exceed $13,941,544. >> very good. an and colleagues, i have and perhaps you have on your desk as well, an amendment, actually reset the total amount for the

agreement to $16,144,186 and make that amendment here. >> if we can do that without objection. okay. >> good morning, chairman and members of the committee. i'm david flores jr., senior administrative analyst for the human services agency and contracts manager for contracts of aging and adult services. with me is david concern erner. we are here to introduce for your consideration amended resolution 10-0832 requesting your authorization for the agency to enter into a new grant agreement with the nonprofit institute on aging to provide case management and linkage, respite, program services to seniors an adults with disabilities for a total not to exceed amount of

$16,144,866. the maximum term we are proposing under this grant agreement will run from july 1, 2010 through june 30, 2015. the institute on aging has over 30 years of experience serving elders and adults with disabilities through uncommunity based and social services. the i.o.a. currently operates 16 programs reaching over 20,000 members of the community. the i.o.a. programs address issues affecting frail elders with cognitive imparents and mental illness all of whom are at risk of institutionalization. it ranges from day services to therapy offered in the consumer's home. the agency maintains an appropriately diverse staff with knowledge of diverse cultures to ensure services are delivered effectively and in a culturally appropriate manner. specifically, the purpose of the grants, the purpose of case management is to provide

assistance in the form of access or care coordination in circumstances where the older person or adult with disabilities and or caregivers are experiencing diminished capacity to function including personal conditions or other characteristics which require the provision of services by formal and or informal service providers. just to briefly summarize the intent of the linkages program which we're also asking for your consideration is to prevent premature or inappropriate institutionalization of function lale impaired adults 18 and old are by providing intensive case management, care planning and monitoring and follow-up and comprehensive assistance and services. finally, the basis for the community fund living program is intended to reduce unnecessary institutionalization, providing older adults.

untense dwriff case management and purchase of services to avoid institutionalization of seniors and adults with disabilities. i'll now hold my report in advance and respond to questions the chair or members may have. >> thank you very much. let's hear from mr. rosen. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, given that these agreements would begin july 1, i recommend that you amend for retroactivity and based on the r.f.p. process we recommend you approve as amended. >> very good. thank you, mr. rose. i just have one question, pretty simple one. that is i notice these contracts have different terms and what is the reasoning behind that? >> the reasoning behind sit under -- we do receive a level of state funding for linkages

and case management. the maximum allowed by the grantor is a maximum of three-year term with a one-year option where we have more flexibility for a maximum five-year term for community living fund. >> that will go to 2015 with the extension. >> yes. >> okay. we can open up this item for public comment. any member of the public who would like to comments on number one please come forward. seeing no one come forward, we'll close public comment. motion to approve from supervisor maxwell and we can take that without objection to the full board. >> the further amendment for retroactivity. >> we'll except the recommendation as we move forward as when. without objection, colleagues. we're done. mr. young, if you could please call item number two. >> item number two, resolution authorizing the, entering into agreement with the tournament

players club of california for management of clubhouse and golf course at harding park and fleming park, excluding operations. >> good morning, supervisors. this morning i have the pleasure of presenting to you a management agreement between the city and the tournament players club of california, a wholly owned subsidiary of pga golf courses for the operation of harding park club and golf house. the city and the pga tour have a master agreement which will bring a total of six international golf tournaments to harding including the amex cup in 2007, last year's president's cub and the shjuan cup later this fall. similar to the america's cup, each of these events has a significant impact on the city. the president's cup alone brought in $80 million in economic activity in to the city in 2009 on top of the 28 hours of international

television coverage that displayed our city to 550 million households in 235 countries. events such as this would make harding one of the top three public golf courses in the country. right along with torrey pines in san diego and beth page in new york. both of which have hosted the u.s. open. when we opened or the newly renovated harding we all thought we had a gem of a public golf course on our hands but i don't think we expected it too become the international tax breaks while it is. while kemper, our current manager of the golf course has done an excellent job managing the facility the past seven years we've learned some lessons along the way with the help of the board's budget analyst and several community members about -- that have helped us shape the agreement before you today. we think that the agreement that you have before you is in many ways a significant improvement over the existing agreement. and we've tried to actually

learn and benefit from the golf course that we have which is one of the reasons that we decided not to extend a contractual option to continue kemper but rather to put the course out for bid to see how much better we could do. and we think we've done a lot better. first and foremost in partnering with the tbc and pga golf courses we're hiferinge a manager that is synonymous with the name of golf. the added exposure will not only increase the harding park brand but generate additional revenues for local hotels and restaurants. as my staff will discuss, the ttc will receive no management fee but only an incentive fee, a savings of over $290,000 a year. it's important to note that the tbc and pga are so interested in becoming affiliated with harding they're willing to do so with no guarantee of receiving a penny of revenue. the tpc and the pga is not as

economic. but it is rather inin sharing a grand brand and maintaining a course that has become an incredible treasured asset for the city and the game of golf. in parning with the tpc it is reassuring to know we will be working with a manage deeply committed to public golf and as committed to keeping the golf course maintained by our own employees. in fact, even before the tpc was selected to manage the golf course, the pga had placed a renowned agronomist at the course to provide training and expertise and some leadership to our city staff on site in the -- some of the finer course of golf course agron onlyy and maintenance at no spence to the city. if you look at harding at the moment you'll find two things. the course has actually never looked better and we think staff morale has actually never been higher among our gathered first and maintenance staff.

-- gardeners and maintenance staff. i was out there a couple of weeks ago and i was stopped repeatedly by my own staff who said how guide they were about what was happening at harding and how appreciative they were of the relationship we've cult state vathed with the pga. we are doing quite well out there. i'm also very excited that tpc is committed to partnering with the first tee program. the first tee teaches children not only about the game of golf but promotes character development and leadership values. over the years at harding the first tee has worked with countless at-risk youth and given them the opportunity not only to participate in athletics but to learn more about themselves. so we're very excited about the agreement. nick kensgri my staff is here to walk you through the details and we will take questions you have, but i want to take a moment to thank, we're blessed to have sandy tatum in the crowd today who has worked tirelessly at harding over the last 10 years to create the harding park we know and love

and i did want to single him out and thank him for being here today. i'll turn it over to nick kinsey who will walk us through the agreement. >> good morning, supervisors, nick kinsey, the assistant manager of concessions, we do have a power point presentation here. >> you're a little tall. if you want to speak more directly into the mike. >> i'll try. but we'll need an extension. thank you, supervisors. as general manager ginsburg said the general manager before you is a management agreement between the city and tournament players club of california for the management of the harding park golf course. to give you a little bit of background, seven years ago the city sne