to where the window is, at a landing makes a better fare case. we were not given a lot to overturn the permit. i would agree to a pool the permit. >> i am leaning in that direction myself. it is difficult with what we have been given, also, but i think that the alternate option offered by the appellant isn't really a good one. i would not want it to be a step down either, i think it presents some safety issues even if you do get accustomed to having to walk down. it is more normal to have a landing.

the photographs are somewhat obfuscated. it is difficult and i find it disconcerting that devaluation of the project is significantly lower. it is not a $10,000 difference, it is potentially $150,000 of difference which presents concerns ha from a credibility standpoint. i will stop there. >> i don't have anything much more to add, i agree with my fellow commissioners and i am prepared to uphold the permit. i will make that motion that we all pull the permit. >> that would be based on a finding that the permit complies with the building codes? >> yes.

>> that the scope of work complies. >> we have a motion from the commissioner to deny this appeal, a pulled the permit on the basis that the scope will comply with planning and building codes. on that motion -- [roll call vote] the vote is 4-0, the permit is upheld on that basis.

>> we are going to call item no. 8 on the calendar. it will move to item 7 to the end of the agenda. this is an appeal 12-060. subject property is at 2848 union street, protesting the release of suspension request of addresseddbi to director -- addressed to dbi director requesting it be released because the subject rear exterior is required for egress. and before we begin, we will wait for vice-presidentfung to fung to return. to let folks know, we

>> if i can just remind everyone to sign the electronic devices roll-call. commissioner miguel: aye. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner wu: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner borden: aye.

and president fong will be here late. item number 7 has been put forward for a continuance. although the project sponsor has made the request for a continuance, the staff in agreement the -- is in agreement out. i am not aware of any other item being proposed for continuance. having said that, commissioners, because the president and director are at the same function at this moment, we are asking that we move directors report,-item six, to the end of that calendar. and we will take that as we get to it. commissioners, you are now in

your consent calendar. that consists of items one and two this week. they are considered routine and will be considered by roll call vote. there will be removed from consent and be considered at a future hearing. item number one is 2,011.1232c, a conditional use authorization to establish a restaurant use within the polk street neighborhood commercial zoning district. item number two is 2,011.1182c and is a request for a conditional use authorization for a facility operated by at&t mobility. the facility would consist of up

to nine antennas located on the face of an existing commercial and residential building with equipment located inside the building. the facility is because on a location preference 5 site within the moderate scale neighborhood commercial transit zoning district and it is a preferred location site. following any public comment on these items, which would automatically remove the item from consent, these items are before you for your consideration. >> thank you. any public comment? on items one or two. please. >> which item is it? >> item two. >> that item would then be removed from the consent calendar. are you here to speak on the item? >> i have a question.

i did not get the complete proposal. >> do you want to speak into the microphone? >> [inaudible] i do not want to block the passing of it. perhaps i can talk to the at&t rep. >> if there is a representative that could speak. >> may be a representative can speak to the person and we can move forward on the calendar? >> si no public comment on items one or two, public comment is closed. commissioner miguel? commissioner miguel: i move the consent calendar. >> second. >> commissioners, but the proposal is to approve items one and two as proposed on the calendar.

on that motion comment -- commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner wu: aye. >> that motion passed unanimously. are there any commission matters? rex -- >> commissioner moore. commissioner moore: i understand the staff played a softball game on mosconi field and i'm just curious as to how that went. >> i know it went very well, but i do not recall the final score. the director can report on that on the directors' report. there was an article in yesterday's paper on the new

plan that a market street plan considering expanding or modifying health vehicles with right-hand turns on selected intersections to add that plan becomes clearer, i would ask the department to keep us posted because it would be an interesting discussion for us to weigh in on. >> thank you. commissionercommissioner antonia couple of items. first, the subcommittee on the planning secretary search met on tuesday, the 19th, and it was a very successful meeting. i think we came up with a draft job description during that meeting we will meet again on the 11th of july. a couple of by that -- other items, i have been reading a very interesting book, "the

season of the which -- witch" and it is written by david talbot. it deals with the history of san francisco and from what i've been reading it is extremely accurate. it was a time of much change and turmoil during that time. as most of us who are familiar with the history of the city at that time realize. i would suggest that as something for everyone to read as and good explanation -- as a good explanation for where the city is today. anyway, it is called "disease and have the witch" and it is available in bookstores and the -- "the season of the witch" and it is written by david talbot. it is available in bookstores.

and finally, if we can adjourn in honor of the receiver for the 49 years. he could jump higher than anyone else and was able to save a lot of games, as i remember from being a boy and listening to the games on the radio. he did a lot for causes in san francisco. and finally, the u.s. open, i think it was a great success. congratulations to the city of san francisco, the olympic club and the u.s. golfing association. a lot of things were technically across the line in san mateo county, but what was a great tribute to the particular open, which most of you know the winner -- again, a gentleman named simpson, but not the one from the 1980's, ended up winning, for the fifth time in a row.

a little known player that ended up coming from behind to win. and again, the score was over park, which is unusual for a major golf tournament. the course is tough when even the best golfers in the world cannot pay -- play under par. and john madden was asked who he was rooting for and he said he was rooting for the course. and of course, he was rooting for the winter. it is a great testament to the golf we haven't sent -- he was searching for the winner. it is a great testament to the golf we have in san francisco. >> there was a brown bag event this week. they did small projects, medium, and large. this was mega, extra large projects. it took off differently because of the speakers the other three had that dealt with specific

projects. and it dealt more, and perhaps correctly to deal with maggot projects, those vast -- with mega projects, those vast projects and the philosophy of them. i was very pleased that it did not try to go into the minutia, but the philosophy of how one handles projects that its send over a time frame. i thought it was very well run. -- that extend over a time frame. i thought it was very well run. and to commissioner moore's comments, i had the pleasure over the last year of chairing the mayor's design to advisory commission on the market street plan. the newspaper articles that have come out are relatively accurate.

nothing has been finalized as of yet. i know it will come before the commission, at least as an informational well before things are finalized. >> thank you. commissioner sugaya. >> i have also been reading -- commissioner sugaya: i have also been reading "the season of the witch," but i cannot test -- attest to its accuracy because of the purple haze. [laughter] >> thank you. any other comments? rex we move the other -- >> we are moving the majority of the other items to the calendar. however, we're going to pick at

item no. 6 right now for 1414 van ness ave. >> the item before you is a presentation on san francisco abbreviated institution master plan for planning code 300 four 0.5. it is consistent with the history of the nature of the institution and the van ness special use district and the 130-of the -- 113-v -- 130-v height and bulk district.

currently occupies 930 square feet in its current location and proposes to relocate to a facility that is ground-floor tenant space at 1414 van ness ave. the application is currently filed for the change your views ground-floor commercial space to institutional use to allow for the relocation of the school and will be heard at a subsequent planning commission hearing. i was provided a summary of the contents. miami provides post secondary education that prepares students for careers in advertising. the schools are located in san francisco, new york, minneapolis, berlin, madrid, mexico city, istanbul, and sao paulo. it is accredited by the council of occupational education for private post secondary

education. miami ad offers art direction, copywriting, graphic design, and a three-month program for account planners. it will currently vacate that san francisco location as soon as space is available for occupancy. the school currently has a student population of approximately 96 students, of which approximately 51% are females and 49% are male. it is 57% caucasian, 9% hispanic, and 12% other. the school is currently staffed by 26 faculty members and teachers. in its new location, the school will not be providing any

additional parking spaces. at the jackson street location, it does not currently provide profs street parking. the department is not aware of any opposition to the new location. this is an informational item and no action is required. however, the planning commission has the discretion to hold or not hold a hearing on this particular abbreviated-p. -- at abbreviated imp. i'm here to answer any questions. >> any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? commissioner sugaya: the question to staff.

when do you come back to rise and is it for a conditional use? >> yes, is conditional use, but there is a three-month gap in which it has to expire. it will probably be september, probably 27 or so. commissioner antonini: i ran over the ranimp. it seems to be -- i ran over the abbreviated imp and it appears to be a very good -- >> commissioner antonini, can you move your microphone? >> oh, sorry. is that good? this seems to be a very good post secondary education and i think it will continue to move forward economically. although the area is now before us today, of course, but just the imp mentions that as being a

future relocation site. commissioner borden: i thought it was all-inclusive and i actually learned about a new school i did not know existed in the city and county. >> commissioners, if there are no -- no objections and with the closing of the public hearing today, the imp is accepted. thank you. commissioners, you are now at your 15 minutes general public category. the public may present issues from the public that fall within the jurisdiction of this commission, with the exception of agendize items, which may not be addressed during this category. however, each member may address you for up to three minutes each. i do not have any speaker cards. >> is there any general public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed.

>> commissioners, item number seven on your calendar, case number 2,011.1056c address at 22 peace plaza, suite 400-410, a request for a conditional use authorization. staff is in agreement with the request. that is the only thing before you. anyone to speak on this? >> any public comment on item number seven? >> for the continuance. >> oh, for the continuance. >> is this the time to comment on the continuance? >> yes. >> just a continuance item, right? >> yes. >> commissioners, good afternoon. i am with the japan downtown tax force. -- task force.

i want to say i support this application. it filled a significant vacant space. i want to be able to confirm for you eventually that the community had adequate opportunity to come in and discuss the application, and i do not think that happen in this case. sharon and her staff did their job. and i especially no cop -- i especially know, sharon being as prompt and she is in return my calls. and mr. mirada, he did what was required. however, they had a quarterly meeting and no one showed. this and other businesses in japan can do not have the experience at this and they need help and education. i consider that one of

japantown's task force quiros. -- key roles. i do not want these things come out in the issue, particularly in the case of this business. it was about to happen today. i am pleased with mr. mirada's sincerity in wanting to make sure that the meeting is held and the input proper on his application. i think it is a great solution. i will work with mr. mirada to organize that community meeting. lastly, i want to mention there are three other applications in japandown that are in process that are having difficulty getting completed. i am pleased to work with staff to facilitate their applications and process these. >> any other of further public,

-- any other further public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner sugaya: move to continue until july 22nd. -- july 26th. >> second. >> the motion to continue item number seven, 22 peace plaza suite 400-410, to july 26th. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner wu: aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner moore: aye. >> thank you, commissioners. you are now on item number eight, case number 20 11.0419c, 2543 noriega st.. >> before you is an application to establish an at&t wireless

facility at 2543 noriega st. on the corner of noriega's street and 33 avenue. it is a two-story commercial building that contains a wireless facility operated by sprint with antennas mounted on the roof. the proposed facility would consist of 11 roof staff -- roof-mounted antenna as. the cabinets would be located within an equipment room inside the building at the ground floor. the project sites two locations. to date, the department has received 36 signatures from neighbors opposed to the project, citing primarily health concerns with the facilities in missions. however, we have reviewed the r

f report and determined it complies with the current fcc guidelines. the project complies with the applicable requirements of the planning code and general plan policies. it will be compatible because the antennas will be screened from view. it will improve at&t's wireless mobile phone coverage and signal strength in the immediate area. this concludes my presentation and i'm available for questions. thank you. >> any public comment? the project sponsor. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm here with the consulting engineers who conducted the

radio frequency tests and analyses. the report is in your packet. i'm also here with a consultant. approval of the gop will approve at&t to install -- approval of the cup will approve at&t to install 11 antennas located in the pair that wall. the necessary equipment cabinets will be located outside of the public view. we did look at 33 other alternative sites in the area, most of which were in a preference four and a preference seven. our co-location was in the site preference guidelines.

i want to thank adrien and the planning department staff for their hard work in supporting as -- supporting and helping to direct and design this location. i'm happy to answer any questions you might have. >> any public comment? please come to the podium. >> i am talking on behalf of all people living in the area. >> will use to your name for the record? >> my name is joseph kamin and my