always explained by staff on the accuracy on the environmental impact report itself. the report is quite different than the plan or project. the time to comment on this comes later. often times it is three-six months later. at that time the commission will take up the actual project and make a decision at that time. the article perpetuated that error by saying people who come and testify today on the plan, and in this case we are not having a hearing on the plan, we're having a hearing on the and our mental report. it is compounded the confusion that will take place later this afternoon. secondly, another article about darbart and the elevators that e

due out of commission due to the things that take place. i think there is a simple solution, which people have been talking about for years, and that is cover the escalator's when it is not running. for some reason they have never consider putting shelter over the top of the escalators, which i understand what help long-term maintenance. commissioner moore. commissioner moore: perhaps it is fair to say perhaps the planning department could make themselves available to get updates on distinguished public comment. >> thank you. if we could move forward to directors comments and questions. i will know for the record the

historic preservation commission did not meet this week. >> think you. to announcements today. one is i wanted to announce i believe you got the media announcement of the new selection for the career planning director for the department. that position is the one that oversees the entitlement process and zoning process, including preservation and public information counter and manages the largest group over 50 people. that position was offered and accepted by jeff joselyn, who worked for the city of berlin for many years. he is an architect. for 13 years he was the land use to provide for and managed urban design and preservation teams for the city, including management of the portland design commission and historic landmarks commission, and in the past five or six years has been

a private consultant and developer. he brings a very strong range of experience to the department and the city. he will be starting his position officially in october, but will be coming to the city for several weeks in august and september and would like to see both commission meetings in august, so you will have a chance to meet him that time as well. secondly, i would like to introduce several of the entrance. -- of the intern's. we have 16 internes and the department this summer. there are five of them here today. we have had over 450 applicants for this program from all over the world. we're very excited about being here this summer. let me just briefly talk about some of the projects they're working on. there is a project to assist the

preservation data collection and identification of the historic districts. and revised the web site content to focus primarily on getting information to the public about existing local landmarks. there is a land use survey going on in various labor commercial districts to help us do some of the work. the invest in neighborhoods program, which has been an issue -- and interest to the department for several years. work going on with ring connections, a program your heard about him the past, which is conducting research and compiling information on best practices. we're going on to enhance the transportation demand management programs. if there is information on urban food systems within the city. collecting information about that about what the city and other places in the region do. we're working on the driveway standards guidelines and analyzing the information from

2000 -- 2010 census. there is work assisting anne- marie of the legislative team and responding to inquiries and further work, which as been going on for quite some time, research and creation of the archeological district. as part of the call-week program, each mentor has a planner to managers and supervisors their work. plenty of factors. -- planters. [applause] last week i understand commissioner wu invited the entrance to chinatown. thank you. the really enjoyed that. there was a discussion about planning in the non-profit sector. in the final week of the program there will present the work to staff during a noontime series.

we are very happy to have them all. i like to read off the list of names. the five of you can raise your names as we go forward. susan parks, denise low, alexandra dcurby, joseph kramer, ben caldwell, wendy chen, angela lock, and sarah mullins. thank you all. we're really happy to have you here. [applause] that concludes my presentation. think you. -- thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. anne-marie rogers here to give you four weekly update on the board of supervisors. this will be the last week of meetings prior to august 3, so

there's a rush of activity. at the land use committee the bills -- the mills at the met was before them. this would amend the a ministry of code to add a limitation, deadline, and require the department to do our report. it would reduce the fees for the mills at contract. this ordinance was reviewed by this commission and historic preservation commission. the recommendations were both the same, and they were minor technical changes, as well as one substantive change that would remove the bag limit of $3 million for residential property and 5 million for commercial property. supervisor wiener incorporated the changes of the commission, and this was recommended for approval to the board. also, a committee where the new- name sunset commercial district. this was heard on june 13 and recommended approval with modification. this would create the new

neighborhood commercial districts and make changes to the definition of a trade shop. the proposed ordinance was amended to include most of the commission's recommendations, however, the supervisor decided to go forward with new names instead of your recommendation for three. with that, the committee recommended approval, and the board heard that item the next day and recommended approval. also, land use committee the ordinance is part of what we once called the northeast legislation sponsored by board president chu. you voted on this in three separate phases. the majority of the commission recommendations were included in the revised ordinance is. the one exception was control for the limited commercial uses. this commission recommended keeping the controls the same, however, the supervisors chose to maintain the controls for the

lccu's in the market octavia area. in the other districts, he decided to allow the larger lccu's. with that, all three ordnances were forwarded to the full board. supervisor aolague signed on to the bicycle changes, and they were approved by the board on the first reading tuesday. also in committee was the student housing legislation. this proposed own right -- or in its would establish a definition for student housing. it was originally sponsored and put forth by this commission, and has been sponsor bides -- sponsored by supervisor wiener. this commission consider the ordinance in make, and then again in june. i your hearings you supported that exception and additional incentive for the production of

new housing, while standing firm you would not support the conversion of existing housing stock. the supervisor in corporate a door many recommendations, and then -- and the land use recommended it to the full board. at the last meeting there was a hearing on the city response to the ada federal law. this was recalled in response to lawsuits that have been brought against owners of small businesses. this was stuffed by the city attorney's office, department of public works, small business commission, department of building inspection, mayor's office, and planning. we focused on the recently- awarded certified local government grant. this will enable us to develop storefront guidelines that comply with our resource controls and american disabilities act controls. what they heard about a pending ordinate sponsored by president chiu that would require information about compliance to be embedded in every new commercial least, and this was

informational only, so no action was taken. on tuesday the full board meeting, they did hear the charter of them and for the housing trust fund as you discussed. -- they did hear the charter ordinance for the housing trust fund. supervisor campos supported it but regretted it was not supported by a tax. also, the transit center district plan. the land use committee heard it on july 16. this would be all of the ordinance is approved by this commission. this week, board sponsor kim thanked staff. supervisor mar express his feelings that shadows were not significant compared to the huge amounts of open space that would

be provided. he agreed it was a tremendous project. the board president chiu appreciative the work that had been done to mitigate shadow impact. the board approved the ordinance unanimously on first reading. as you mentioned, a little bit earlier, there was the announcement about 8 washington. board president chu announced the referendum commission against board its 104-12, the zoning map amended to increase the height 48 washington. this referendum has been forwarded to the department of election for verification and validation. the department of elections must notify the board, about the validity by august 30. at this point, the ordinance has been suspended from becoming effective. if the referendum detention qualifies the board of supervisors will consider the ordinance at a future meeting. at that meeting the board made

repeal or adopt the ordinance. if the ordinance is repealed, the board shall submit that to the voters of the next election, november 6 of this year. lastly, on tuesday there were a couple of appeals of 601 delores. the commission approved the cu on april 26. this would allow the conversion of a single-family dwelling in to a private elementary school operated by the children's day school. the board raised questions about compliance with the general plan and the project may not have been exempt from state equa rev. an agreement would result in reduction of the rooftop open space, as well as further limitations on hours of use. with this agreement mind, the board voted to uphold and overturned so the new conditions could be added, and then they approved them.

leastly, there are three new pieces of legislation i wanted to share with you. the first introduced by supervisor kim, resolution for the supervisor -- citizens revisory committee to consider pierce 30 and 32. these would be proposed to be the warriors' new home stadium. this resolution would ask that the port director appoint representatives from the reds as well as others was certain policy expertise, and that they would meet regularly and report back to the port commission and board of supervisors. there were two ordnances introduced. the first would establish embarcadero street. it would at the five the tight district. it would reduce that alcohol use

district and make other amendments to parking and other controls. this would be scheduled for a hearing with you in the next 90 days. as well as supervisor wiener has introduced of business tax police and planning code ordinance that would amend all three of those codes. the ordinance would relieve president for property owners and managers from renting five or fewer spaces into certain requirements. there would be relieved requirements under the tax code. they would be allowed to rent throughout the city and some tax amnesty involved. this item will be scheduled for your september 6 hearing. that concludes this week's report, unless there are questions. president fong: commissioner antonini. commissioner antonini: excellent report as always. i have a question, and this is a big i do not expect our report for today. on the item of reference die in

general, i think that after a legislative action there is some sort of a time of period that an appeal has to occur or the referendum has to take place, i am just not sure. that is something i would be interested in hearing about, what kind of time friend those things fall into, not with particular reference to washington street, but just in general for someone challenging an item how soon they have to bring this back to the legislator. >> we can look into that. president fong: commissioner sugaiya. >> now i forget what is going to ask you. in your comment about ada call for land use committee, you mentioned the city had received

a certified local government grant. that is specifically going to be used to address ada issues -- >> to develop part guidelines, how to accommodate ada and historic resource requirements. >> a lot of issues did not involve historic resources, so i assume this will be used as a way to also address the broader access issues. >> if i may, where we have been finding the constants is resources, because we're not wanted to make!w= major alterats to storefronts and historic buildings. we're more accommodating in non- historic buildings. the conflict has been that historic works department has been allowed this grant to restore sidewalks. that is where the conflict is coming in here that non- resources we are often able to

accommodate inside the building or storefront space. >> we ran into that exact issue in our office. it kept getting more expensive and more expensive, because all the sudden it was not just a sidewalk book like a street. commissioner moore: just for the record, i am not trying to correct you, but 8 washington -- >> that is the lot across -- 351 is 8 washington. commissioner moore: i got it wrong. the real reason i pushed the button is there has been a legal challenge to the signing of the privately-owned public open space as well as to ada.

i was wondering i was wondering if that was brought up in your discussions. there was a consideration of height requirements, and people are posing a legal challenge. i read that in the paper. >> i was not aware of that. we will look into that as well. commissioner moore: people in wheelchairs' need to have it at a certain height, including a rail or other ways for them to find that. >> thank you. >> and the board of appeals did meet last night. while there were not any items of interest to the planning commission, it was the first meeting for commissioner ann lazarus, who previously served on the port commission, president fon would -- so president fong would be

acquainted with her. we look forward to working with her on the board of appeals. they are meeting next week on august 1, and they do have an appeal of the planning commission action to approve the local coastal zone permit for the beach l.a. athletic field. that hearing will be next weekend. i will report back to you on tuesday. president fong: thank you. >> if nothing else, we can move forward to general public comment. at this time, members of the public might address you on items of interest to the public that fall within the jurisdiction of the public, with the exception of agenda items. however, for this category, each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes each, keeping in mind the entire category has a time

limit of 15 minutes. i have one speaker card. president fong: linda chapman? >> linda chapman, on the subject of 1601 market. you should have been there, because the tape does not convey the vibrating indignation of commissioner borden, of the land use chair, who is the soul of calm, at how the neighborhood has been treated. it continues. will be dealing with some other routes to get enforcement. enforcement has not happened. despite the neighborhood, you cannot imagine the neighborhood effort to get in forssmann, with building code violations and police code violations, without

success. anyway, continuing homeless encampments, sometimes looking like a dystopian movie -- i was up there waiting for the bus on a saturday, and there was the scene described to you by the neighbor across the street. the man with the walker was there. his friend had come out to talk with him. on the steps was a man with a cane. a lady with a dog had gone out to walk and was socializing with him. with the footprint, you can see how far beckett is set. it really is ideal for the thing that was suggested, that we suggested, and our alternative project, around the perimeter, where people can gather, and the community room, because we simply do not have something like that. one of the subject of people formerly with non-hill neighborhood -- that is completely incompatible.

you think the homeowner association would say, just wander into our building for your meeting? never mind about security. we cannot even get into the church at 1300 polk, because they are so alarmed about anybody getting in there. i think a concern is that the methodist church, and even the developer, got very conflicting directions, you know? negotiate with, you know, people about changing this project. and also include the things that could not work with the project. people in the neighborhood would never accept the project, except the four people who said they wanted to negotiate. i have been to six meetings, and it has never been suggested that the building could be there at five stories.

it is a medical office building which needs to be south of market. i have this concern about the conflicting -- a very confused methodists to begin with, and their lawyer. we will talk more later. president fong: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am here to thank you for something you did on student housing, when you adopt the motion in june. you included deleting the word "similar," in changing the word "adjacent" to " adjoining." anne-marie rogers wrote a beautiful part of that description. this week, it went to land use. they accepted the change of

adjacent to adjoining. however, they did not delete the word "similar." i went to the board of supervisors during public comment, and ask for them to please take up that word. there are other complications from that phrase, but if the word "similar response -- "similar" is taken out, that would be wonderful. i have written and of date and request to the aids of the supervisors. one called me this morning, she would look into it. i do not know what the process is with you all. i thought i would give you the update and request that i am sending. again, i thank you for taking one person's suggestions and putting it into your motion on

student housing. thank you very much. president fong: anibal florez? >> good afternoon. many floras, carpenters' local 22. i want to report on a couple of major projects that are broken. i would like to congratulate commissioner wu on your reappointment. you have earned it so quickly. brian spears development, a couple of projects. one on market and dubose is moving forward. the old ford on 2001 market street is under way. and the agi capital on fifth and folsom is moving. and there is movement on

daggett triangle. we are getting calls on rincon hill, part 2. 45 lansing is moving, and second and harrison, the quandary, 55 ninth street, avalon bay, and i am sure there is more. i wanted to let you know your work is not going unnoticed. thank you. president fong: thank you. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, next item, please. >> we can now move on to your regular calendar. we will take the two items from the consent calendar first. item two is 439 the market street.

-- is for 1309 market street. >> good afternoon. iran hollister, department stuff. -- aaron hollister, department staff. the previously approved project proposes the demolition of a two-story office building, and the construction of a new 11- story building, containing up to 250 residential dwelling units and approximately 20,000 square feet of ground floor commercial use. the commission approved the project in 2009. to this point, staff has not received any correspondence in opposition to the extension. the environmental findings on pages two and five of the draft motion have been amended since

the distribution of the motion to you. it will further specified environmental approval the project received in 2009. the findings have been highlighted in pages two and five of the motion. staff recommends that you approve the revised motion to extend the project performance two years, for the following reasons. an extension is appropriate, given the economic downturn, which is beyond the control of the sponsor. it would further revitalize the central market area, adding retail services in an area well- served by transit. this includes a staff presentation, and i will be available