>> i am here about the article in "the examiner." i also care about the city and like to see if it works properly. they have not done their job in the past 10 years.

i have called on their 22 times and a think that we need to get them out because they're not solving crimes. they are ready to retire. they put me in the psych ward for the second time because of a crime being committed and they lied and said i was going to bomb the asians. i had surgery on my neck and the two disks or taken out. they used excessive force and i might become paralyzed or have the nerve damage.

i think we need to retrain the police department to understand the mentally ill and go after the drug dealers and the criminals in this town. they will not do their job. i am not afraid of anyone. >> thank-you very much. >> i am here regarding my son who was murdered in 2006. his birthday is coming up. i hear her about people asking

for support. i hear about people who have been murdered and how they are being acknowledged. my son was never acknowledged. i stand out of there and i fight every day and i'm still continuing to do that. i still need support. i have my son. he was a beautiful little boy. i'd miss all of that. i have to think about that every day, every day. i miss his smile. i miss everything about him. i am here every day. his case number is 606862068.

the inspectors name is calvin jones. >> we have a special order and i think we will have to go to that because we have many people left and waiting. the special order will take 45 minutes to an hour depending on how many people ready. -- how many people are here.

items 13-16 comprise the special order. this is a public hearing for a project located at 16 -- 1269 lombard street is exempt from the environmental review. item 14 is affirming the determination by the planning department. item 15 is reversing determination by the planning department. item 16 is a motion directing the clerk to prepare findings reversing exemption. >> there is an appeal by the planning commission that the project is categorically exempt from environmental review. for this hearing, we will

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-- >> i am a member of the american institute of architects. i would like to present my reasons why the plane department. the developer loaned the money to buy these two properties. both buildings are from the 1870's. the building next door is in the back. i will pass this around so you can see the deal they want out

of. a class 3 exemption for new construction applies here because this is two units and you are allowed three. there are no other unusual circumstances around the project which would suggest a reasonable possibility of a significant environmental a fact. however, when one reads the guidelines and to seize -- -if a lead agency is presented with a fair argument that a project may have a significant effect on the environment, the lead agencies help prepare an eir even if there is no evidence of an effect. that is essentially what we have here.

the significant effect is a potentially substantial change in any of the physical conditions within the area affected including object of historical or aesthetic significance. when the board comes around, take a look at the center of that image. to the center is a space which had been a garden, a rather beautiful garden. a landscape architect lived there and she tended that darden -- garden. when a new building is inserted, one will no longer be able to see the porch and astaire that came out of this.

-- and stair that came out of this. the building code did not prohibit such a thing when it was billed. they got a permit to in 1922 and of a reconfigured the stairway. this is within the time of significant as identified by -- and his west slope of the russian hill context statement which was adopted by the city and county of san francisco. let me show you what this neighborhood look like. here is a reservoir. and here is larkin street. there was a flatter area it in

the middle of the block. in the 1870's when -- first opened his cable car and had a connection, suddenly these parcels were increased in value. 1879, a building was built here. 1876, a building was built here. the subject, the first building was constructed.

they wanted to get to the house. this was a cliff. if you go from larkin street, you would go to the end of the backyard. if you tried to go out the front door, it would be 50 feet down. the earlier development pattern was determined by the placement or was signified by the placement of the building on their lots. when the earthquake came, that was the fire line. the guy who owned the building had vinegar in barrels. by the 1899 standpoint, you can

see how many have developed. and suddenly, the city streets as we know them today began to take shape. the first thing that happened is the excavation of the site. all excavated soil and landscaping would be replaced upon completion of work. if only this was true. the next thing they did is to

start disassembling pieces of the building which had made conditions of approval. -- wrote a letter suspending the permit and a weak letter -- a week later. the backfill would come up to here. one could walk up the stairs and through that doorway up onto a wooden porch and stair. all of that is in peril because it wants to put a building.

this is about to have a building 1 inch away. how can we do that? how can we make conditions of approval and require people to do things and then change our minds? article 19 in the guidelines, the exceptions for class 3. these are qualified by consideration where the project is to be located. thieves might read as a historic district and be significant. these are significant except where the project might be an environmental resource.

not only was the study area rich in 19th century buildings and historic resources but only excluded two of the lots from the potential historic district and that he found. what unusual circumstances are there here? we have been building that was made it to the secretary of the interior. there was a prior deal which was required and it was thrown out. the developer settled and then exceeds the scope of work. i will answer any questions. >> are there any questions? >> but moved to public comment for individuals who wish to speak on behalf of the

appellant? i have a number of speaker cards. if anyone else wishes to speak, stepped up to the microphone. she >> i live in two places up. over the last -- there has been a blight in my neighborhood that has affected my home, the project of where i live. i'm there because frankly i

don't feel i have been represented either from the planning department or the russian hill neighbors or any of those who i thought would protect me or would do battle on my behalf. the project here that we are discussing today will be to my back garden and it will have a huge effect on my property. we are not here to debate about those specific things but rather we are looking at the eia our report. the supervisors have gotten numerous e-mails from a number of people in the neighborhood who were not in favor of this project as it stands.

there is a huge following of people were not following. i think the only prudent thing to do. there is a reasonable effort to placate everyone. i would hope that you would vote in favor of this. >> anyone who wishes to speak can please line up on the center aisle. >> i'm speaking on behalf of little house committee.

these little houses are on constant threat from speculators. i asked you to overturn the categorical exemption for this property. how can in 1876 house not be protected? how is it allowed to fall into disrepair? how was allowed to be destroyed? this is a potential historic district. any project on this side must have environmental review. this is a citywide problem.

i ask you, what kind of city do you want to live-in? is growth and development of the highest volume some say that historic preservation is over prayer or ties to -- is over prioritized. the planning department seems to view this at as an obstruction to other city goals. question afternoon, supervisors.

the proposition of the construction of this house and replacing it with nearly 6000 square feet of development is somehow are consistent with the development patterns of our neighborhood and this is preposterous on its face. this neighborhood is not only a range, they will renew the site today plo. this is a neighborhood where it is 50% open space. the density on the other lots is less than 100%. this would be 200%. this is what has become an ad

hoc rezoning of this neighborhood. this is setting the stage for identification of the development of this neighborhood. on this property, i have a 28 ft square-foot -- i have a 28 foot building. why couldn't the residence be doubled in size and at two force -- and add two floors? why couldn't someone come in after this president has been set and we will have an intensification of the entire neighborhood. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker.

>> the process has failed. we are here to talk about environmental review. in light of the plans we are looking at, i would ask that the premise of your planning commission documents that set the stage for approving this project, he would look at this in light of where we live. is this compatible with the

buildings? yes. does it respect the typography. yes. oumight issue it is light and a rear not matching the autobiography. this is taller than the unit. each building is one story and a grade laureate -- lower. this is a character-defining

feature and ask that you look at that in light of what you are currently approving. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> [inaudible] i lived next ti live in the cot. this is about to start and this is very exciting. during the process, owners get restless and they want to presume to go ahead with their project. they cannot want and less hoops to jump through. -- they don't want endless loops and to go through.

it is worth at the time of the process not to have this exemption from the review. this is important to investigate all parts of it. the project comes out better for the weight and i wanted to make sure that this was not a rush to get through the last thing that had to be conferred upon. thank you. >> thank you. >> i'm a member of the education action committee. one of the documents we have been involved with with many many years of looking at the architectural and historical resources of the sunset

district. if this was going forward, why would we be bothering him? we are putting together all of this documentation in our own projects and districts. this is seriously important and it will be thrown aside