conformity with what was originally proposed and determined by the zoning administrator, his review of the project, so the difference that you're referring to is that difference that can occur what is entitled and what is actually built and not a request to change the original approval to meet those exact parameters. >> i need to make a comment here and the comment has something to do with the fact that this project has been on the books for some some time and the major change that occurred when it was first approved and where we are today is indeed the implementation and approval of the transit center which is key to changing the environment surrounding parking by reducing the parking and suggested at the moment we're getting more into a

.7 and consider generically as and that we look carefully at holding the developer to parking reduction because of the situation that we really want to commit to further use of transit and fewer cars in the area and i have to say it because i think philosophy how we look at this district has changed so it's kind of a give and takei am -- i am fine with

the plan and the increase and correct me if it's the other way and that's within the parameters here and that remains up to the discretion of the developer if things and i don't think there is reason to believe it's the older project but what was pointed out before us is the original project because it has the flexibility to do that and the other thing -- this should have been brought up during the earlier hearing, but one other thing that might be advisable and i don't know if i saw it in

the plans but i'm not sure if there are plans for retail in this particular structure. i think we mainly have townhouses on the ground floor but hopefully within the rincon hill footprint of all the different towers approved and built there are some that will contain a little bit of retail and one of the easiest ways for people not to move the cars around is if they can go to the cleaners or grab a bite to eat or get their hair done on the hill it would make things easier. i'm not saying it's up to this project but we have to look at that as we move forward with fremont street and the rest of the buildings that are in the rincon hill plan>> commissioner moore. >> do you see that as a problem

and that comment as part. extension of this project. i believe we need to describe the changing circumstances and the project and redesign and responsive to what the planning department is asking for. i am particularly interested there is a comment that we will continue to support increase in units but we are looking for a potential lowering of parking [inaudible] >> i'm not going to attempt to legal answer which mr. genius could probably provide. we're in the process of construction documents that allow for the number of parking spaces that are specified. the only way that we could increase the parking count practically speaking would be to excavate another 15 or 20 feet and build

a fourth level below grade. that would be an exceedingly costly and time consuming solution which i submit our plans as evidence we considered long ago and elected not to pursue. on behalf of both partners i think of course we can only carefully and respectfully note your philosophical statement. i don't know if you're asking us to formally create a sublimit in the approval as a condition of the extension which i probably don't have the authority to do on the spot without consulting art stone. >> probably not. i just want to make sure that as other

projects which of dormant for a long time come forward i want the major planning rules of this city reflected in giving extensions but always recognizing changed circumstances and i think that we need to do that in order to fully commit the transformation of the city through these major moves. >> commissioner moore i am noting openly and carefully about the change of circumstances of downtown and your philosophical view about parking. >> and i think he will be facilitated to make that happen. no other questions. >> commissioner there is a motion and a second to approve with conditions. >> and just to be certain i didn't hear any modifications. commissioner. >> aye. >> commissioner. >> aye. >> commissioner. >> aye. >> commissioner. >> aye. commissioner.

>> commission president fong. >> aye. >> that passes unanimously. next is case 14 at 2001 3rd street. request for conditional use theoriesation. >> good afternoon commissioners. i am michelle from the planning staff. this is a conditional use permit from at&t to install a facility at 200130 and at mariposa and 3rd street. at&t proposes instillation up to nine an ten'ss and mounted on the screen and match the existing building and minimally visible and there is one on the northwest corner that will be removed as part of this

project this is preferred location site. staff received 25 emails and opposed to the project based on health concerns. impact on the property and visibility of the project and blocked views and request for additional information. in response to that at&t arranged a another meeting this week and give information on the proposed project. staff has received four letters in support of the project and i am available for questions if needed. thank you. >> project sponsor. >> good afternoon president fong, members of the commission. i am teddy and director of external affairs for at&t california. i am joined by the

company who conducted the radio test and information included in the packets and with carolyn berry and project manager for this project. we are seeking your approval on the conditional use permit application for a nine panel site to be placed at 2001 3rd street. approval of this permit will not only allow us to construct this new facility but enable us to decommission a omni directional one elected at mayor's office posa and 3rd street. >> >> we did hold two community meetings as was indicated. we had the second one on tuesday night. we had 15 people attend and address some of the concerns outlined in that petition and

we did respond to the woman who was here this afternoon but did not -- was not able to speak because she had to teach at 4:00 o'clock and we offered bill to go out and test her live work space which is up the street from the location -- actually it's attached to the building, so i want to thank the department staff for helping us to direct and design this site so that is compatible with the neighborhood, and i am available to answer any questions you might have. thank you. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item? >> there was the one speaker card. >> and thank you for connecting with her outside. commissioner borden. >> move to approve with conditions. >> second. >> on that motion commissioners commissioner. >> aye. >> commissioner. >> aye. >> commissioner. >> aye.

>> commissioner. >> aye. >> commissioner. >> aye. >> commissioner aye. >> commissioner president fong. >> aye. >> that motion passes six to zero. commissioners that places you on item 15a and b at 1984 great highway. request for conditional use and the zoning administrator will consider a parking variation. >> good afternoon commissioner s. before is a conditional use authorization and change from church to child care facility and operating as growing tree childcare and providing obamacare located within the zone and residential zoning district. coastal permit application was filed for the

project and found later not required. lot contains a two story building constructed in 1906 and known resource listed in the survey. according to the records the property was owned by dennis chief engineer of the san francisco fire department and sold in 1947 to the church of scrieft scientists who modified the interior of the building. this does not concern any exterior alterations and only minor interior ones and provide care for children throughout the day and operate monday through friday serving children up to five years old and operated by a staff of six employees and project sponsor is required to get a state issued license for the facility and adhere to child care general

licensing requirements of the state. additionally the project sponsor is speaking a parking variance is heard separately and requires two off street parking spaces according to the planning code. to date the department has received two letters from neighbors and raised concerns with the on street parking demands and traffic and noise. to address the concerns the project sponsor attends to apply for a passenger loading and unloading white curb at the front of the property. the department recommends approval with conditions for the following reasons. it meets all applicable requirements of the planning code with the exception of parking and is consistent with the general plan. the projected is desirable as provide a vital service for

residents and contract to the economic vitality for the neighborhood and create employment opportunities. this concludes my presentation and i am available for questions. >> thank you. project sponsor. >> school representative? >> good afternoon. i am vince sin narrows. i am the husband of maggie prune, the prospective buyer of the property and here to represent her and why we plan to operate the business on this property and our concerns related to the neighbors and how we will address these concerns. just to let you know we have been in business since 2000 and have a great reputation in our

present neighborhood, inner richmond. what we plan on doing to the property is converting the existing church into a dare care center /preschool. this will accommodate up to 60 children and the ages of the children will be up to five years. the hours of operations will be 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. monday through friday only, not week ends. why we plan on operating the business on this property? the primary reasons for operating a day care at this property are the need for larger space and area. we have an extensive waiting list and the need for preschools in the area. presently maggie's family child care located in the richmond district as i stated is limited to large capacity license thus

unable to expand seeking parents seeking quality child care with a preschool environment accompanied with a bilingual program that we're adding to it, mandarin specifically and the property at 1984 great highway will meet this area need. the waiting list is extremely long and i know it sounds ridiculous but it's up to two years because of the high demand and mostly it's the bilingual program they're seeking. at this time there are many parents introducing their children to programs with mandarin with english and it's determined through interviews and emails and networking through other

child care providers. the uses desirable and provide a vital resource for the residents of the neighborhood and those parents that need someone to maintain custody of their children while they are working . we will live here at the child care center general license requirements of the state. according to our research provided by social services and community care licensing there are only 13 preschools in this zip code and no preschools from the great highway to 42nd avenue. in addition according to the recent census taken 71% are considered working parents which means this is a

percentage requiring day care. what our concerns relating to the neighbors and how will we address these concerns? the primary concerns we believe the neighbors should have addressed for operating on our day care preschool are alterations to the existing structure, parking, and noise. first of all in recognizing the structure as a historical building landmark we have no intention of altering any building or structure under the local government as such a structure, so we agree there is going to be no alterations or modifications to the exterior of the building. again we would never consider changing the exterior of a historical landmark. parking is a valuable commodity but our primary concern is the safety of

infants, so we plan on doing a white zone -- is this timer on -- >> you have about 20 seconds probably. >> oh geez -- okay. i haven't gotten to the meat of my potatoes. if you want you can leave a written copy for us. >> yeah. there is critical stuff in here. oh good. okay. i got gonged. i am sorry. >> you it leave it on the rail there. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> and we might have questions for you so stick around. >> opening it up for public comment. actually what am i doing? i have cards here. vince cisneros it's. >> that was vince. >> okay. george tana, gene

persura, tony qang, tracy white. >> hello ladies and gentlemen of the commission. my name is george sang. i used to work as a traffic engineer and a building inspector for the city and county of san francisco and i also was the building commissioner at and i know this will create jobs for people in san francisco and living environment in san francisco which we all need, and i know there is a traffic concern but if you look at what it was before the church -- there was a lot of parking but this is a day care and i know maggie clinton said she was a parent with my wife teaching at

garfield 34 yearsling welso i know she is very qualified and i hope you approve this project and this will keep san francisco family friendly. thank you very much. >> next speaker. i called her name. >> hello. i am jean besure and lived on balboa for 57 years and maggie has her day care directly across the street from me and i never had a problem with anyone blocking my drive way or the neighbors for that matter and balboa is a busy street so really i can't imagine that down on 48th or great highway where there is only houses on the east side of the street and none on the west it would appear to me there is plenty of parking there and vince and maggie are really

very responsible people and respectful of their neighbors so that's just what i wanted to tell you. thank you. >> my name is tony and i do not report my department but i work for [inaudible] licensing and a neighbor in the area of 48th avenue. maggie has impeccable history. she's perfect and i am not speaking again on behalf of the department, just as a concerned neighbor, because i also need child care, and the waiting list is about two years. the closest one is a co-op and requires parent participation so that's out of the question also on parking -- i don't see problems in the morning time. i see problems in the evening

time but it's closed at the time and probably would be good for the neighborhood and they're closed on the weekends and everyone can enjoy the weekends and finally like in the city where there is good schooling involved usually property values actually go up so i think me as a owner, landowner -- or i mean a property ownership and neighbor in the area i think it's going to be a good benefit to the community, and that's it. thank s. >> hello. i am tracy wright. i will read my notes. i have known maggie for the past sixer yoos -- i may cry. i get emotional because i have known her so long. i have three children and i currently have a three year old at growing tree.

when i began my research for day care it was so difficult to find a day care that i felt comfortable leaving my child and i found growing tree and maggie was great and of course i was looking for as a provider for my child and what set it apart from the others that i researched and organized and the cleanliness of the facility and the only provider to give me a handbook details a typical day and a former teacher had knowledge of age appropriate cognitive behavior and provide age appropriate activities and play. my two oldest have left growing tree and they were well prepared academically and socially. it was a very easy transition to a larger facility. they have

learned so much at maggies. i love that maggie shared her love of music and ballay. she introduced piano and dance to my children which is something that not every school gets to experience and my oldest is currently enrolled in piano lessons. last but not least i love that my children were exposed to mandarin and i wish i would have exposed to that and i know it will help them in the future learning of another language. overall i am pleased and grateful to maggie and the staff for all of their nurturing and with growing tree opening a new larger facility it would be a huge asset to the neighborhood and the families will be fortunate to have their children attend such a fabulous center. thank you. >> thank you. >> any additional public comment? okay. seeing none commissioner borden.

>> move to approve. >> second. >> commissioner sugaya. >> yes, i would like to have staff like a look at the plans. there's ada access that they're going to propose at the ground level. there is apparently a step there now they're going to convert into some short ramp system. i don't particularly have a problem with that, but that leads into the first floor. there is no access up to the second level. that a ada issue or do you know? >> with regards to the front entrance. >> the front entrance is a stairway that leads to the second floor which is the main floor where the day care is mainly going to take place. in

any case there is no ada access to that floor and no elevate to there. >> that's correct. and the rear and the first and second floor. >> i am not greans the project. i want to say when there is no historic changes and there is potential historic resource and anyway to accommodate ada access is taken care of in conformity to the secretary's standards. i don't want this thing to go to eir or anything like that, so if it can be taken care of internally that would be really great. it might add a lot of costs because we're talking about elevators. >> that was good for you to point out. i will communicate that to the contractor and maybe

the other alternative, and i know -- people don't like this system, but there might be consideration to an alternative access through the back, and in some ways the knowledge doesn't have a front and back. >> >> it's front two streets anyway. >> they will go over review and assess ada compliance. there maybe measures they can use to help out and dealt with at that step. there are external changes that are needed they are routed back to us for review and preservation specialist can look at that but it's a good point to highlight. >> thank you. >> there's a motion and a second commissioners to approve with conditions. commissioner antonini. >> i. >> commissioner. >> aye. >> commissioner. >> aye. >> commissioner. >> aye. >> commissioner. >> aye. >> commissioner. >> aye.

>> commissioner president fong. >> aye. >> so moved. >> commissioners. >> i am subject to close the hearing and standard to conscience. >> commissioners that will place you under item 16 amendments to the planning code add a new section and cap on number of efficiency dwelling units that can be constructed and two amending section and adding section to impose open space and common space requirements on efficiency dwelling units with reduced square footage. commissioner wu. >> just wanted to let the public know for the sake of transparency that i do work for trances bay community staff development