people who had no other way of getting health care, those without insurance, it might be more cost effectiti >> good afternoon. this is the regular meeting of planning commission for thursday, july 12, 2012. i would like to remind everyone to turn off your cellphone or other electronic device. the first category on calendar items proposed for continuance. commissioner moore: you need to call the roll. >> that might be a good idea. you know is getting closer to retirement. brokaw, commissioner moore,

here. commissioner miguel, here, commissioner antonini, here. >> the only item on the calendar is item one. for 2299 market street proposed for continuance to july 19, 2012. i am not aware of any other item on calendar b to be proposed for continuance. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, commissioner borden? commissioner borden: i move to

continue the item. >> commissioner antonini, aye, commissioner borden, aye. commissioner miguel, aye. commissioner sugaya, aye. commissioner wu, aye. you are on your consent calendar. this is considered to be routine and occupied -- and a single roll call vote. no discussion if russia unless requested. it is item 2, for 1250 ocean ave. establishing a 1615 sq ft formula retail limited restaurant. facility doing business as yogurt land.

within the ocean avenue neighborhood transit district. following public comment on this item is before you for your career -- consideration. commissioner wu: is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner moore: move to approve. >> second. >> on the motion for approval, 1250 ocean avenue, as proposed, commissioner anthony kim aye, commissioner borden, aye, commissioner miguel, aye. commissioner moore, aye, commissioner sugaya, aye. this has been approved as proposed. commissioner matters. commissioner miguel: a number of things if i may. ayalon with commissioners --

gheit delong with commissioners -- i along with commissioners sugaya and moore -- it is told through a series of sensational events. it was interesting to me because of a criminal defense attorneys were customers of mine and my business at one time or another. and the family -- the family dated members of my family. i could tell it was easter when cecil williams came in. it was interesting to find some money san francisco characters i guess is the correct term mentioned in the book and if one uses as i say this series of

more or less sensational events starting in the 40's, it is a decent rate. i would like to propose -- close the hearing today in memory of cheryl arnold, was -- there was a memorial service last night, she passed away 10 days ago. she was a real community activist in the outer richmond district. the area is basically ocean beach, sutero heights. she and her husband were extremely active in those areas as well as other areas of the city. she was a very respected organist and choir director in a number of conversations in san francisco over the years.

altogether, and nice and totally dependable person. when she gave testimony at the board and before the planning commission over many years, the only way to describe her was a very intense lady. she was wonderful. i would also like to thank [inaudible] for his article in today's paper. though some of you may not know but this will basically be my last meeting at the commission. the rules committee met yesterday. it is my understanding their recommendations will be for the board of supervisors next tuesday and i presume those who make it through the board will be installed or sworn in prior to next thursday's meeting.

i would like to say a little goodbye. it has been a great five years. that, combined with 20 plus on the other side of the podium gave me a lot of insight into this room. a few individual comments because i have gotten in five years close to a number of people, not personally close close more in a business camera or 8 cents. -- camaraderie sense. kathryn moore made more more aware. she has that long range, big picture look that many people in her field do not.

bill sugaya's sense of humor is great and he has taught me about preservation, since i only had an inkling of before. when i glanced over to my right and i see bill, his glasses go like this, and his eyes go down on the paper like that, i know he spotted something in the plan that i missed. every time it works. mike is that type of individual who is essential in sticking to a sense of principles. he does not vary from them. he firmly believes in them. he is able to express that well which is excellent. we have disagreed at times mike always disagree with someone as the gentleman he is and that does not happen with everyone and there have been what i was on the other side of the podium

planning commissioners who i don't know who the -- how they did not get into fistfights and linda has seen this over the years. rodney is not here. i have only known him a short time. rodney has shown a concerned and practical leadership. he has this obvious love of san francisco, multigenerational family deeply involved in the city. he brings to the commission something that i was the only one who had been involved in the retail field with his business experience. sort of retail, a sort of entertainment, very neighborhood and that has been an excellent view point. sydney, it has been a pleasure working with you the short time that we have.

you have any experience in the minority communities i certainly have not in a lot of tenants' rights issues and you bring a much younger dew point -- view point. that of some of my grandkids, which is good. glen, you have a different demographic than the rest of the commission. i am not referring to race. what i am referring to is the fact that you are of the new demographic that is coming into san francisco. your age and -- in the tech industry gives you a different viewpoint closer to what is building the business of san francisco now and so i think you understand it in a deeper sense and the rest of us are learning to catch up with that. the commission as a whole, it has been a pleasure.

people ask me at one time when i was president and sitting in between christina olague and mike antonini. christina was green party and mike, republican party. it did not matter. we got along. john, you have -- you came to the department just a little while before i came on the commission, actually. i guess -- you do think things through. with the staff, with the commission, and with everything as it goes through the department. this is as you found out even though there were told ahead of time, a very difficult city. it is probably much more so than you presumed. but you bring a regional viewpoint and i know you have been working hard on the concept

of actually getting the bay area regions to even talk to each other. something that has not happened in the last century other than emergencies. the city attorney's staff has been very instructive to me. the paradise, the intelligence of the discussion, with the working things out, and keeping it on a professional basis. that has been a pleasure for a long time. i had the pleasure of working with city attorney staff again when i was a neighborhood activist on a number of things affecting san francisco and that has carried through all the way. i will mention that i have had the pleasure with working with [unintelligible] who will replace me and i think

he will be an excellent member for this commission. he has the background, the experience, and the knowledge of the city absolutely. and serve the best for last, -- sort of the best for last, linda. we know you are retiring at commissioner coming on to something such as this commission which everyone told me in the beginning and i learned to find out is the less difficult of the city commission's and probably the most hard-working as well. not just for the number of meetings but everything that goes on outside the meetings, dealing with land use the attorneys and developers and architects and the neighborhoods and the public. we probably get a bigger video audience that anyone but the board of supervisors and

sometimes more than they do. the only equivalent i can think of you have of a position would be someone like the clerk of the board. because no other commission secretary can even start to have the work you do. you have been a guide to me. you have always shown me who i can talk to, where to go, and pave the way and have done so in both the professional and this is not disrespectful, nearly motherly manner. you deal with people that way. it is very nice. the mayor has asked me to continue to chair his advisory committee on the rebuilding of market street, for those of you who do not know due to repaving in 2015, we will finish our work probably by the end of the

year or into the spring for initial reports so i am back out there. and i guess just in case anyone is listening, a parting words to the architects, the neighborhood activists, and the pr people, they have been cooperative. they get to bad press sometimes. we do not always along. they can sometimes be very combative. not care for criticism. do not like the way we vote or the way we handle things, but in the vast majority, i have found them to be cooperative, to be willing to listen, willing to take advice, and willing to and i do not mean negotiate but

actually talking about something and that is something i was not sure of in the beginning and i have been very pleased with. commissioner wu: thank

in regards to reappointment to planning and i did not get there until the very end of the meeting. i think it is more proper that i allow commissioners moore and borden to report the results of that meeting. we are making progress. commissioner moore: thank you, commissioner miguel.

he says what needs to be said. you spoke with experience. i always respected and appreciate how you handle your arguments. you will be sorely missed, i have to say that. i have hardly ever seen -- we are moving smoothly for the job description m will be reporting not to both commissions in detail by next thursday.

there is one other thing, which is really what i wanted to talk about. that is my concern about the fire at hunter's run. that is a project that we have spent a lot of time and attention on. while i do not want to go into what is being found out, why it happens, i would be interested to hear how this project will continue to stay on track. there was a major setback with building three. we have the challenging task of integrating and building together housing for sale. i would be very much interested to hear us being updated that this project is still achieving its mission in time and on schedule. commissioner borden: he has been

president of this commission as well. he has been a fair person on this commission. we will miss him. , i -- i always loved your historical context for the spaces and the places. you have a long history of the evolution of san francisco. that tops a lot about the growth of the city and in part of -- that talks a lot about the growth of the city and how it evolves in a positive way. i wanted thank you for all that you taught me. it has been a true pleasure to call you a colleague. i was going to follow-up on what commissioner moore said.

next week, we'll be bringing you the job description that we finalized for the commission secretary. we hope you -- we hope we will have your positive support of that. commissioner sugaya: i think ron has a way of saying things that come across so that people understand his comments and he speaks for the commission. we often have difficulty -- difficult hearings. people are not always kind and nice to each other, or sometimes to the commission. ron has a way of saying things

that come across very nicely to everyone that is concerned. that is quite in contrast to me. i did not learn as much as i should from commissioner miguel. when i say things like that, all i guess our messages from the supervisors asking me to apologize. [laughter] id'd taking my glasses off and looking a little bit more closely to what has been submitted. >> you were present when i was appointed to this commission. it was your guidance that helped me through both the basics and the nuances of this commission. i wanted to buy for that. i look forward to seeing you -- i look at -- i wanted to thank you for that. i look forward to seeing you on the other side. >> thank you very much.

commissioners, if we could move forward on your calendar to the director's report and directors announcements. >> good afternoon, commissioners. we have shared our vote 10 years together. i want -- we have shared our 10 years together. it has spent an incredible help to me and support to have you on the commission, to learn from you, to learn about the city from you. i want to express my thanks. your commitment to the commission and his department, said thank you so much. i am hopeful that we will be seeing you quite frequently. two other things i wanted to report to the commission. the budget committee of the

board did approve our entire budget as was proposed by both you and the additions proposed by the mayor. my understanding is that the budget committee that until 5:00 in the morning on the day they approved the budget. i am very pleased and gratified to said they did approve all the additional resources for the department that the mayor had proposed in the budget. we will be doing a number of hirings as a result of that unable to tackle some of the work we have been -- that have been identified in the work plan. i just received notes regarding the at&t case. the litigation, the superior court upheld the city's environmental review for those at&t light boxes. i do not have all decisions of

the court case. i have not had a chance to read it yet, but my understanding is the court did affirm the cities and department eir of that project. that happened as of yesterday or early this morning. we can get you the copies of that court decision in your pockets. with that, that concludes my report. >> [inaudible] i am here to give you your weekly report on the board of supervisors activities. we have had some big holidays and budget season and now they are turning their attention back to planning items. they did a year the third of four hearings about the cpmc hospital projects. although the monday hearing was originally scheduled to discuss

transportation, the committee requested a second hearing on the health care provisions of the development agreement. the worst -- they were interested in commitments to keep st. luke's operating for the next 20 years. during the presentation, staff reiterated that they -- the mayor is no longer willing to support the 1% operating margin for st. luke's. the mayor did express his desire for a 20-year operating commitment with no clause related to cpmc's financial performance. the staff reiterated that the office is ready to negotiate on the topic, but cannot support the deal as previously negotiated. the board commended the mayor for his stance on this. staff from the department of

public health provided an overview of the health care provisions. these included provisions to ensure that cpmc for charity care patients. after the presentation, the director of the city's help service system provided an overview of the provision that aim to limit the degree to which cpmc could increase the cost of hospital services. the supervisors were very interested in cpmc's pricing structure and how this might affect cities cost for health care provisions. the next hearing is scheduled for this coming monday to focus on transportation and the public realm. as well as the budget analyst report. it is expected they will forward the items to the full board.