the building inspection commission has some authority on appeals of building permits that cannot be appealed to the board of appeals. this was what i found out last night. there might be some jurisdiction to address the technical issues. the second item was another jurisdiction request item. this was the property that has been there for many years now. the building permit was submitted in 1998. the project did not move forward. the planning commission approved it in 2003. there is a brief extension of the entitlement. they submitted several sets of plans. and they don't address the

department's comments. we subsequently cancel the permit, and they sought an appeal on that. the board denied the jurisdiction request on that matter. it was pretty clear that the c.u. had expired and they had come back to the commission for a new c.u. this is a certificate of appropriateness that marks the first appeal of the historic preservation action to the board of appeals. the acting preservation court later did an excellent job presenting the case to the board of appeals. there were interesting issues related to the cottage in the back that the department would support the rehabilitation or the demolition of that. they were going to rebuild something that they found was inappropriate. commissioner sugaya knows a

little bit about the case. it is similar to what you would see on d.r.'s. there was disagreement between the appellant in the -- and the hbc on how they were applied. they would have needed unanimous vote. the votes were split, so it was clear they would not get the votes to overturn. the board continued into may -- it to may.they have been very ct what the requirements are. the final one is a brief period there before the commission last

year, and i believe the board of supervisors upheld unanimously. that project and moved forward. that concludes my report. president olague: thank you. >> commissioners, the historic preservation commission did not meet this week. you are now on item number seven, case number 2011.0070i for 1355 sansome street. >> good afternoon, president olague and commissioners. the business school has submitted an institutional master plan for the san francisco campus at 1255 sansome

street. it would expand the facilities in the existing four-story building to 50,000 square feet on flour floors. the school has an enrollment of approximately 250 students and can grow to 520. they have a staff of 12. the department has received comments from the public concern about student parking since yesterday. the building has a parking garage. they recommend to not require a public hearing. president olague: i would like to open it up for public comment period that we have a speaker

card. -- public comment. we have one speaker card. >> i live on the east side of telegraph hill. i am here as an informal representative of the neighborhood. we found out about this agenda item yesterday. i am hoping they will postpone this matter briefly so that we may meet withhold -- with holt and work out a resolution for the parking matter. president olague: is there any additional public comment? if you live like to address the commission. -- would like to address the commission. >> i am the architect and

project sponsor for holt international business school. this is their second time presenting a master plan. at that time, we requested 28,000 square feet and we are occupying that on two floors. the business previously have gone out of business and closed shops. holt has occupied the first two floors, and they are working third floor. they're talking to various people, their concerns about parking. 90% of the students are international based. they rotate through the campus

every four or five months. they're coming from other countries in typically not arriving with cars or acquiring cars. they rotate through the other four campuses around the world and in boston. the faculty has parking underground. they have access to the shuttle bus provided by levi plaza. we believe that there is a needed campaign to educate the students that it is really the front street parking for many folks that don't have a street. we need to share that with the students and make sure they are aware of it, to use public transit and use the shuttle. and if they drive, used parking off-street.

any questions? president olague: as we close public comment, there will be commissioners with questions. any additional public comment? >> thank you, president olague. manny flores. a couple of project that recently broke ground -- president olague: this is about the business school, but we will get to public comment. is there any more public comment regarding the business school? if so, please come -- >> good afternoon. i used to be a student at holt international business school.

i wanted to let you know how this will actually work. we usually focus on mba's. we have an mba that is in one single year. students spend most of their time in school. they leave sometime around 6:00, 7:00, or 8:00 p.m.. we actually spend most of our time inside the school. every four months, we have different locations in the world. they can rotate to the different places and get to get a little bit of international experience. their only here for for five months. 90% of the people that we have

our international students. their families do not live here. at the same time that the school opened, we open in the same region or area where we are right now. one of them is actually the fourth floor. in the advertising business or marketing business, you need to have a lot of clients coming in back-and-forth to your school. on top of that, it has been unoccupied for quite some time. one of them was the building that we took over. other businesses have opened at the same time. i truly believe it's not due to

holt. other businesses have impacted the livability of parking in the neighborhood. we actually conducted a small poll to see how many people are driving to school. of the students we have, only six students are driving. they are paying parking. we have the 14 employees in the school, two of them park. one is me. we also have parking right next to the facility because we are there all day long. it is something that we are using professionals from the bay area. [chime] president olague: we might end

up calling you back up for questions. public comment is closed. commissioner borden: i am satisfied with this institutional master plan. that there is a scale up for san francisco. it is interesting to see the you're looking for a site for undergraduate campuses somewhere. hopefully, it will be here. i follow commercial real estate, and it seems to me that the hours people are in school, the issue with the parking has nothing to do with the school and everything to do with the fact that the real estate market has changed. we would never ask them to require more parking, encouraging people to take transit.

unhook i think they are unfairly being blamed on the school in that regard. i also want the public to know that the institutional master plans on the action items. we are not really in a position to say that they can't do this. in fact, there is no action we are taking on this. the goal of the institutional master plan is that the city knows what is being planned in the aerospace for institutions that might be acquiring and buying space. this institution does not on the space. the purpose is for us to be aware of the growth and expansion plans. it is not for us to save and you must do these things or you can do these things.

we are not even going to be voting, we just closed in the conversation basically accepting an institutional master plan. commissioner moore: i would like to ask the student representative to follow on the thought that i was interested in. you were in the middle of a sentence saying they you have x number of faculty? >> the faculty that we have, we have 27. commissioner moore: where do you provide the parking? >> levi plaza. commissioner moore: they are part of the levi complex. thank you for the clear answer.

people that come and want to talk are going down to the building all the way down to fisherman's wharf. on the west side of the street, at night, it is occupied by people that have that sticker and pay for that sector. it is a scramble for people to park there. it is absolutely horrible. the reason i am saying that, i drive down there because i go to the bay club. it has its own system. the majority of parking is used by people that pay for the office use. those places identified that you

can park there. there is a really strict and organized a system to let people parked there. having said that, if the faculty is accommodated in the levi garage, i have to assume that the residual struggles are all about other people. there is a lot of fighting for free parking which is very scarce. i empathize with everybody that don't have any parking. with no ability to park nearby. we can sort this issue out. i think the school needs to have the active and production program to their students to be able to understand the complexities in that location.

i love the fact that the building is being used by a school like that. it is very positive. i think the neighbors in nearby acknowledge that. how to resolve this, i think the school needs to take institutional responsibility to talk to students. >> i am trying to understand what you want to resolve. commissioner moore: i hear the neighbors supporting the school. i hear the concerns about parking. i want to be leaving the discussion that the school would be encouraged by us to continue to talk to the neighbors and support the institutional master plan with a caveat that we would like to at least continue to talk to each other. commissioner antonini: i think this institutional master plan

is very thorough and complete. while there has been a discussion about general parking conditions in this area of the city, i do not think it really involves the school. as has been mentioned, very few if any of the faculty or students are using cars, and they seem to be accommodated. even with the increased attendance, i do not see that as being an issue here. it certainly is always good to have discussions. but i feel comfortable with the informational master plan. hopefully, neighbors can get together and deal with the general problems that exist in the neighborhood, if there are some. commissioner borden: i think this is more of an anti-gay issue. -- more of an mta issue. if only two out of 10 students drive, that is better than most employers and most places here in the city. i would not put the burden on

them to do even more than they -- they seem to be doing quite well in that space. if you want to have a conversation with mta about this, they said the parking rates in other parts of the city. i do not think the onus is on the school law. i think the school is being targeted because it has growth overall. given the hours when the parking problem happens, which is at night, it does not even seem like the problem is there. obviously, we want you with your new students to continue the success you had in getting them to not bring their cars. they typically do not bring cars, nor do they want to bring cars. commissioner moore: i think the mta idea is a good one. however, that particular corridor is not frequented by

mta. it is a golden gate transit route. it is a discussion one should encourage. >> that are the ones -- commissioner borden: they are the ones to put the meters on the parking spaces. commissioner fong: there are some meters there they have recently installed, and activated even charges as well. so i understand that. you point out the big, inefficient system they have. they also have a shuttle system they use quite well. whether you are a fan of shuttle systems or not, it might be something to think about in the future. i agree with commissioner borden about the growth of schools in san francisco, which will hopefully lead to new residents and businesses. >> the way institutional master plans work is that when the commissioners close the hearing, that action allows the plan to

be accepted. it is not an adoption. it is an exception of the plan. -- an acception of the plan. perhaps we could document that a meeting took place and show that to the commission at a later time. president olague: we do not have to make a motion to close the hearing or anything. i guess it is done. >> as long as it is understood that that is your direction. president olague: that is correct, yes. >> commissioners, the commission has closed the public hearing and has accepted the institutional master plan as proposed, with the caveat that the school continue their dialogue with the neighborhood. they will send a letter to that effect to the department. the director will share that

with the commission. this matter is closed. you are now in general public comment, where members of the public may address you on items of interest to the public that fall within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. each member of the public may address to for up to 3 minutes. the entire category has a 15 minute time limit. i do have one speaker card. president olague: manny florez. >> let us try this again. [laughter] carpenters' local 22. there are a couple of projects that just recently broke on minnesota's st. by redmond lyon, and one on 14th and valencia. these projects are small but very significant. the fact is they have been idle for quite some time. so there is some life out there in the private-sector. it is slowly coming back.

with that, i want to thank you for your support on these projects. thank you very much. president olague: thank you for reporting back to us. we've had this discussion several times. >> exactly. whatever happens, they call us and let us know. thank you. president olague: thank you. commissioner fong: mr. flores, doesn't the local hiring taken this week? >> it is going to be kicking in in a couple of weeks. yes, it is, to answer your question. president olague: is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> thank you. commissioners, you are now on item 8, case # 2,009.0378c.

president olague: commissioner antonini has to recused himself. >> it is a request for a 224 town ands -- townsend street conditional use. commissioner antonini: i have a small property that may be within 500 feet of the site.fors from the commission on this hearing. -- for recusion from the commission on this hearing. >> commissioner antonini is recused. commissioner borden: to talk about this -- can we talk about the recusal when we review our

rules next week? we have to vote on it, but we do not really have a choice. president olague: we will talk to the attorney. >> i am from department stuff. before you is a request for a conditional use. the project is to establish a public parking garage for up to five years at 224 townsend street, 40 of street parking spaces attended by ballet staff -- 40 off-street parking spaces attended by valet staff. the building all -- building already contains large doors from which there will be ingress and egress. there has been significant support and only one phone call and one letter in opposition. the department recommends approval with the conditions

that it meet the planning cuts section that requires that parking is provided for existing eating and drinking uses within the district. this compensates for the lack of parking in others berkshires -- other structures. the proposed use meets the public and community commercial garages definition. community parking is principal committed -- principally permitted. it is part of city policy to encourage small business in the area. the letters from adjacent business owners indicate many parking spaces will be for patrons and customers. although public transit options do exist, the garages and interim use which does not conflict with potential development of the site pending future improvements of transit. the existing building is a historic building and is

proposed to become part of the south and -- end historic district. this can be accomplished with minor alterations to the building code. i am available for any questions. president olague: project sponsor? >> good afternoon, commissioners. rick gladstone. i am pleased to be here today to prevent this project. i am here on behalf of ares

cp,,er = = -- i am here on behalf of ares commercial property. i would like to think many people for their letters and calls for support, including the giants, the mission bay business association, the chamber of commerce, and many individual business owners, including some dor -- pdr users who have written letters of support. when is the market and timber company. i received this petition from 50 people and handed it to you, and today also received the mission bay business association muttra that is being distributed to you. we all the knowledge that brand new parking garages, new structures, do not follow our

transit-first policy, even though this is not downtown, nor do permanent approvals for parking garages in existing buildings follow our transit- first policy. that is why our client is not proposing either one of those. this approval is for an existing building for a five year period, which can be extended only by coming back to your commission. for reasons i will discuss, my client does not intend or hope he needs to come back here for any extension. this particular user is not the highest and best use. it is not the highest paying use. it does not provide an income stream to really fix of this property. nor does it provide the income stream by which a lender would allow loan for a substantial renovation, with -- which this historic building will eventually need. uses my client would rather see are the