management from commissioner borden and despite prospero before he retired and commissioner antonini taking over the seat of mr. peters and making it clear the steps that were needed and not done, the situation is to promote the conditional use appeal that the developer's attempt, although a subtle letter next time, the message is clear, so my message is we have here a commission, we have a department director and a minute ago, we had a deputy city attorney and i think that the time is long past to ask the city attorney to take the steps that you normally take in this kind of situation -- oh, she is still here -- that you have the city attorney initiate actions towards court orders, fines and condemnation, this is the thing that needs to be done while we're working, you know, the

other attempt at resolution. the property manager in the city says, you know, nothing i can do exactly because i can't get authorized to do anything by the officials in sacramento or the people here, so when the people who really are managing the property there, the two owners on the two sets of corners contact the person in sacramento, she writes back and she says, there's no electricity and i hope this church will be demolished really soon, alright, so this is no way to proceed. now, i would like to tell you about what was happening in the court proceeding of the federal attempted mediation, which i guess i will have to tell you another time. it's undermining completely what could happen her, it's nullifying city and state law and that is not the way

mediation is supposed to occur because i know, i'm trained for mediation. everything that is occurring there is exactly the opposite of what should occur. >> thank you. >> [inaudible] benedict. >> hello, commissioners, debra benedict with senior action disability, and i also was here to speak on 1601 larken street, the problem with the methodist church, this is one of the topics she brings to the meetings, the senior housing action coalitions, so at this moment, i would like to speak briefly on another project that i heard about that is right on the edge of the tenderloin area,

and as a suggestion for this property which is now used in the frontal area for a place for crack addicts to smoke and not what it is used that is zoned for which is housing, this property would be very good for usage as a sober house and sober houses are -- i think you can get federal funding for sober houses and the condition of having people live ining the house and going back and forth into a house that may have meetings going on that would be in direct opposition to the kind of activity that is are now occurring on the street at that property address would be an addition to the neighborhood that could potentially enhance

the prevention of that kind of activity on the streets. thank you very much. >> good aft%7%w commissioners, my name is dean know aldecio, great presentation that we saw on america's cup and on market street, i've been speaking about 4740ferrell street, i broukt a map, it's about a back on real estate appraisal, it says focus on community and neighborhood market and it was copyrighted in 2008, up top, we have good new houses and neighborhood, expensive homes, down towards we have whole sale manufacturing, these are the

best commercial areas here, commercial district, some other manufacturing and i saw this and what stuck out to me was slums that was right there and i said this can't be from 2013, this must be a 40 year-old map and the rate we're working on developing -- i turned this map and it was indicative of san francisco and we had the north beach, really nice views, marina, west side stands out with some newer homes, suburbia going out there, and then we have the slums finding solution to, also in the chapter is a little passage, neighborhoods go through a series of changes over the years, starting with the development of the initial buildings then a phase of stability, which is then followed by decline, the fourth phase called the renaissance is a transition to a new life

sequence, either by rehabilitation or demolition, locations at the prefer ri of the neighborhood are also important to study because changes in neighborhood tend to start at one edge and move inward. i would like to invite you to 4147ferrell street, we can turn a dilapidated neighborhood in a renaissance and i would like you to come read with us, we're looking at booking 84 hours, we have 6 filled, 84 hours to promote a drug-free community, it's about 10 blocks from my office, probably very close to the offices where we all work so we would love it to come and join with us and read and create a renaissance of this corner stone, thank you, guys. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioner, my name is james

rosen fill, i bet you wouldn't mind hearing from people that they wouldn't use their three minutes. i have been working for a while, i'm building a model for community participation, to help answer the questions what does the community want without having to sit through everyone saying and having to sit through a long meeting and i am running a test and i want to emphasize this is a test, this is a model that i've been working on for a while, i worked with politicians and the idea is -- the question is how do we get a fair example of what the critical mass is really interested in for their community very specifically, the test i'm running is called minimum viable product. it's extremely minimal when you go to the site, you'll see

that, i'll hand these out, it is not launched yet, i will start publicizing it next week, it's for upper market, one of the top issues i'm dealing with is the public immunity, so we'll start that conversation nester -- next week, so we're looking at a number of thing, some of them will be real estate and trying to give people a really easy way to say what they think, so hopefully over time, i would love to hear from you, on the website, there is an easy way to contact me on the form. i would really appreciate your help building something that will help you make decisions with information that you would find credible to come from a number of community members, i'm hoping to get hundreds if not thousands to participate in these forums and present information that's really easy for you to understand it and take little time for you to

receive it, so thank you very much for your time. how miekt i get these to you? thanks very much. >> thank you. >> is there any additional public comment? general public comment? >> sue hester, i couldn't be here for your earlier session so i'm going talk briefly about the [inaudible] university, 10, 15, 20 years of being out of compliance with the planning code and i stress the planning code, the crepts -- planning code is way too long, i have no idea what you did in your executive session but the planning code has to move on the academy of art, it is

overdue, you have had this issue before you repeatedly and we are getting frustrated, gi< getting frustrated, i will speak for myself, i am getting frustrate -- frustrate hated the eir has been dragged on and on, it has been put off two years, you haven't enforced the basic violations of the conditional use process, and of the encroachment in what used to be a viable residential area in the lower knob hill upper tenderloin, there used to be an area at the planning commission regularly because knob hill neighbors and the planning coalition, the area down from california street where [inaudible] has camped out, so

i plead with you, please bring this to a head soon because if any institution, a for profit institution figures out that the way to gain the system is doing what academy of art is doing which is acquiring buildings and never having a hearing, never coming into compliance with the law and gutting the residential nature of the city is very wrong and i hope that you have an information item that you're going court at some point. thank you. >> thank you, any additional general public comment? seeing none, next item, please. >> thank you, commissioner, you are now on public comment on ie agenda items where the public comment has been closed.

at this time, members of the public who wish to address the commission on agenda item that is have already been reviewed in a public hearing at which members of the public were allowed to testify and the public hearing has been closed must do so at this tile, each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. >> is there any public comment on item number 11? there appears to be done. >> thank you, commissioners, we now move on to consideration of findings and final actions, the public hearing for this category is closed. the item is item 11, it's case number 2012 .0033u, 218-220 buchanan street also known as

55 laguna street in-kind agreement. >> the item before you is an intent to approve an agreement for three community improvements related to the 55 laguna development. on august 16 of this year, the commission [inaudible] passed this agreement, these are delivered and operated by high quality amenities. one amenity of walker park which is a [inaudible] while that park will be required for both residents and pass as residential uses, plazas will be located at the top of the park where east buchanan street and the bottom where it meets

la naoun gaoun -- laguna street. it will provide gardening opportunities for both resident and is the public, the garden will be located between wood hall annex, access will be provided by a gate fronting [inaudible] they will be afforded equal rights and privileges as a development resident, the final amenity will be retrofitted to accommodate a community center, wood partners will incur all costs. [inaudible] is here to answer specific questions about the specific project if you have them, thank you, and we're both available for any questions you might have. >> commissioners, before we go forward, the note says that commissioners moore and borden were absent and commissioner

borden is in the room, you would need to state for the record that you reviewed the material and are prepared to participate? >> i have reviewed the material. >> thank you. >> commissioners, any comments? >> the public hearing is closed. the matter is before you for your consideration. >> commissioner ant naoen -- antonini. >> yes, this was well done and my understanding is there is an amount that's being paid in regards to a fee that is obliged but they're satisfying that with some of the contribution, i think it's 4.2 million, it's a blended situation. >> sorry, i just want to correct you, the value of improvements are estimated to be 4.9 and they owe about 4.2, we calculated in fees so there's a slight overage and

we'll be looking at that with we look at the construction. >> they gave the two different figures, it is the satisfaction by inclined. >> they will complete their requirements. >> okay, thank you. >> commissioner wu? >> move to approve. >> second. >> commissioners, the motion on the floor is for approval on ta motion, commissioner antonini. >> aye. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> aye. >> commissioner fong? >> aye. >> thank you, commissioner, that motion passed unanimous. >> commissioners, you are on your regular calendar, item number 13, case number 2011.0705l, market street say

son ri discontiguous district, market and franklin streets between fell street, van ness avenue and valencia. >> my presentation is based on a powerpoint presentation, we ask to provide the recommendation on the landmark district consisting of 8 properties known as the market street masonry discontiguous district. the commission is requested to provide its review and comment on three items specifically. i'd like to address the consistency of the proposed designation with the policies imbedded in the general plan, the priority policies section of 101.1, particularly the provision of housing to meet the city's regional housing needs allocation and the provision of housing near transit corridors, two, to identify any amendments to the general plan necessary to facilitate adoption of the

proposed designation and 3, to evaluate whether the district would conflict with the sustainable community strategy for the bay area. further consideration by the board of supervisors will occur at a future and public hearing. immediately -- some history of the district, immediately after the earthquake and fire after 2006, thousands of temporary buildings were built throughout the burned areas, it took a few years but eventually permanent buildings made of durable materials were built, the historic preservation commission selected these 8 buildings in the proposed landmark district because of their exceptional architecture -- architectural character, they were built from 1911 to

[inaudible] all are three to five storeys tall and built out to their lot lines, most are mixed use with commercial ground floor uses and residential above. every one of the 8 buildings was designed by a master architect, several of whom were including george apple ga*rt, kenneth mcdonald received their degrees in ecole des artes. all their material features define their architectural material and with their bronze plate glass window frames, the following slides illustrate each of the 8 buildings in the

proposed landmark district, 150 franklin street is an apartment building in the c-3 g district, it was designed in 1912, on the right, 20 franklin street, is used for supportive apartments and has retail on the ground floor, also zoned c-3 g, was designed in 1911, 1649 to 51 market street is an apartment building with retail and along with the rest of the buildings is in the nct3 zoning district. it was designed by george apple ga*rt in 1912, on the right is 1667 market street which contains sro units and a vacant store front and developed in 1911, on the left, 1666 to 1668 market vaoet is a ground story

retail, it was known as the edward yan hotel until recent times, it was designed in 1913. 1670 to 80 market street is an apartment building with retail on the ground floor, designed by walter falsh in 1923. 1687 market street is the only commercial building in the proposed district, from 1925, and on the right, 1693 to 95 market street is an sro building designed in 1914. the planning department conducted outreach to the property owners, businesses and occupants of the buildings, we have a website dedicated to this project which is listed there, we did direct mail and flyers to the occupants of

buildings and dropped off flyers to the businesses, we had two public outreach meetings, we attended a presentation at the neighborhood association, we had two drop-in sessions at two of the local cafes, for owners, we had one on one meetings, to date, the planning department has received two e-mails in support and has not received any objections to it. the one property owner at 1693 market street, the hotel alan which was the last building we looked at has not responded to repeated requests including by one by certified mail to meet with the planning department. one reminder is that the proposed designation is limited to the exteriors of the

buildings to protect the significant architectural features and does not have any effect on the interior or the uses for the commercial store fronts. given that this is a proposed landmark district, the planning department tailored its designation ordinance to spell out what can be approved with an administrative certificate and section 8 on page 13 specifically lays those out and if you would like, i can go into greater detail on that. in terms of general plan consistency, historic preservation commission has recommended to the board of supervisors approval of this district, the planning department has said it appears to be consistent with the general plan and will not necessitate any general plan amendments nor conflict with regional housing or

environmental sustainability policies, policy number 8, by reck needing these buildings that served as a model in octavia, design principles for building, massing and articulation which is the illustration on the left is taken from that plan. these buildings are exactly that, so the ground floor activities contribute to life on the street and the high density residential use above the ground floor is a valuable means of activating the street and having a 24 hour presence. in the designation process, we are currently at the green box and the recommendation and the comments from the planning commission should be conveyed together with the historic preservation to the board of supervisors, a draft is available in the packet, i'm available to answer any

questions. >> thank you, is there any public comment on this item? >> sue, i've been familiar with these buildings for as long as i've live ined the city and my first reaction when i saw this was hooray, these are really important buildings and they're in a very small area. with the exception of the ground floor of the edward yan and m cc roski, was at the ground level does not relate to what's above it which is housing, but these are really important buildings and i'm so glad you're taking this ship, my two concerns are, one, i want housing to remain in this area no matter what and the

more affordable it is, the better. if the ground floor supports the housing and it is interesting to look at, so much the better but how do we, and this is the second comment from myself as well as anyone else, how do we look up because the ground floors are -- shall we say uninteresting with the exception of course of the m cc ssky which is interesting on the ground floor, the ground floors are an important part of the character and i hope they are supporting the housing above.

it is an important issue for this mixed use neighborhood. if i had my ideal -- if i had all the money in the world, i'd buy these buildings up and make them permanently affordable but i don't have all the money, so i just have my wish, but when you go to other cities, particularly when you go to europe and you see buildings of this beauty and they are beautiful, above the ground floor, they generally have plaque in them and your attention is drawn to them and that's my big problem is how do you make people appreciate these buildings and they are wonderful buildings. and i'm hoping that the owners of the ground floor will figure out a way or maybyou can figure out a way. thank you very much. >> any additional public

comment? >> commissioner antonini. >> i agree with the comments and i agree that these are very consistent with the three criteria. in fact, they are the essence of the criteria of the first one is providing housing to meet the city's regional housing needs, transit corridors and my understanding is most of these buildings contain housing in the upper units almost exclusively, it's pretty much all retail, i think the rest have housing and you already said that they're consistent with the general plan for the reasons stated and then the final one was the sustainable communities and what's more sustainable than keeping what we've already got and not having to tear it down and build something new, so it seems that this is extremely well thought of and these are beautiful buildings and i agree

also with ms. esther the ground floors need a little work because often we assess the character of a building and we don't -- or maybe are distracted by its beauty by what may be going on in the first floor, perhaps not the use but works well with the building itself or is appealing in and of *it for people to be drawn to the thing but that's an ongoing process and as things hopefully begin to become more economically viable along market particularly, this part of market, these buildings will be the centerpiece and i hope they're the template of what's built to fill in the vast spaces that exist around these and we have con tech churl architecture that fits in nicely with these buildings as a model. >> commissioner borden? >> yeah, i walk by these buildings almost every day, i live a couple of blocks from