. as you can see this responses to the building whereas introducing setbacks to the garage and the upper west part of the building responses to the map of that building. this is a view of the rear of the building and as you can see in our initial site application we took the recommendations of the planning department to set it back 7 feet and in addition

we have onychoid the two corners to take into account that part. while we're here this is the placement of the bedrooms on the substandard lot. it indicates the upper four level. this is the master bedroom and the kids' bedroom ten feet by ten feet they're not overly generous. this is what the residential design team recommendations forcing us to move the kids bedrooms 3 floors below the

patents rooms. having bedrooms that far apart is not conducive to this set of plans. >> so the project goals was to provide a comfortable family dwelling on a lot. this is not a large lot and has a significant down through defense attorneys it has significant challenges. this was to keep the kids bedrooms on the same level as the master bedroom. and as mike just mentioned the setbacks requested by the staff would make this an inferior home

the children's bedrooms would have to relocated to the second floor and the third floor would be cramped even more. one of the things i want to patriot is the lot to the south of us has an excel shallow development. it's less than half the lot and comes up only half of that lot. it's important because staff is peg their set back based on the rear of that house. i would ask that the set back is undermining our policy because it's a shallow house here we should be asking to expanding their house. they've met with the neighbors and propriety all - it's

supportive. i want to add that the staff report

this is an rh one district and that's part of my argument consisting of a lot of setbacks they're done 5 foot front set back on the

experience i think it's important to try to have all the bedrooms on the same level with the family situation where i have youngsters and base it's a vertical house as mentioned the children would have to be quiet a ways below because the plan is to up to the time u put on the common rooms on the local level you have to have your park on the second level and the guest room is where the children's room has to be. i don't really understand the need for the other setbacks they seem to be fairly gracious and perhaps the commission would like to see that dropped.

but the two neighboring properties are 29 and 28 feet so it seems like it's fairly comfortable and if you were to drop it thirty feet it it would be different. i'm in favor >> commissioner. >> a question where. how would you reduce it 5 feet?

>> my issue is in feet. so the design with seem a little bit taller. you've got the deck there >> commissioner moore. >> i'd like to take a slightly different take at the building. i believe if you have a smaller lot that does necessarily entitle you to have a larger lot so in order to avoid conflicts there's an appropriate seizing to understand what's next to you. having said that i'd like to look at a special circumstance in which this property occurs and then reflect on how we use

guidelines. we have an unusual situation. i'll talk about that. we have significant topographic to the back of the house. they don't need as much of a demissing lines. we're not talking about the usual open space the only thing you want to protect is privacy. taking that further to the front of the building we have a split street with how you come to the building on one level you have how you travel in one level to the other level. it's different when we have is a level street. i would agree as a see bar with

commissioner i'm concerned about the balconies facing the street. they should be smaller. but i really want to talk about is how we potentially shrink the building but contract within without changing the functionality of the building. i looked at the level on you have our

my suggestion and wouldn't change the upper bedroom suits with the children's room but would allow you to deal with the walk-in space etc., and take

that kitchen and dining room into the garage level >> would you remind please repeat first part of your suggestion in reference to the second level your suggesting modification to the garage. >> yes, i'm drawing on part 2 is a rather deep garage with the cars pushed forward and you don't need the ceiling height and your garage your parked coarse will be slightly coloring to garage door. you'll be creativityly dealing with that >> there's two issues that we have a thing about that.

by minimizing the feet to minimal feet it limits the maneuver ability of the cars. i don't feel we'd be able to get two cars in there it's relatively tight >> i would like you to try that. that would be the most creativity approach it's for holding the building back in response to the residential design boo but not changing the way you want to develop the house. >> commissioner. >> well, i think i do agree as far as the side setbacks i think

that commissioner moore has published u picked up but i'm not so sure by not having those and that maybe in difference to the plans but i don't see the problem with it going further back on the lot. it opens up more floors on the bottoms so it makes it easier to have that bottom floor. as it gets higher it can be more intrusive. so you've got on the very top floor a 5 foot open that and 5 feet in the back. i don't quite agree with staff on that. your comparable to others even

choosing not to go back to anything that was even vaguely close to what they were suggesting. that makes it harder for you. it's fine the way it is. aside from the drop in height i don't see anything else you need to do to that >> i'm not trying to negotiate how much we set back but i'm trying to reinterpreter the residential guidelines for this particular site in a manner that would be holding the building back into the lot in order to fulfill. i'm not negotiating around how much and would level it's a

slightly different approach to this type of situation. you take the entire building as the director - it takes the entire building and shove is it into the side >> you're trying to lesson the building on the street. >> i'm sure trying to suggest that the balcony that pushes the building closer to the street be eliminated. it might be more refined the building is too large and i understand the attempt of moving the bedroom to eliminating the same. i think we need to kind of

consider >> can i ask the project sponsor a question. was there that i dialog of position to the size of the what's proposed by neighbors? >> i'm sorry could you come - >> okay. thank you. >> commissioner and a i'll attempt a motion i move to take the 5 foot height instruction and remove the is.

>> and not to take the departments recommendation. so as i understand it the 5 foot drop and eliminating the deck on

the front? everything is correct >> just the height. >> there's a couple more people. >> commissioner. >> can i get a second? >> there's a motion and a second itself to the motion correct? >> i just want to answer the question in the view looking at the picture is the area in the rear looks the same as

>> commissioners the last item on your calendars is public comment. and i have speaker cards. >> is there any public comment this evening? >> okay. meeting is adjourned. >> thank you. >> dismissed. >> that was fast.

supervisor chiu: i fully appreciate the concerns raised by some tenant leaders. i would never supported the project if i did not feel comfortable that tenant rights

have been protected here with parker said -- part merced. i say this as one of the few tenants on the board of supervisors, who has been a staunch advocate of tenants before i was elected and with my votes on this board. my parents immigrated to the united states in the 1960's, and i was the first kid born in the u.s. my parents sacrificed everything so that their kids could have the opportunities that they wanted when they came here. i grew up in the boston area, live in different parts of boston, went to a catholic high school in dorchester, which is a section of boston. because of my parents work and the opportunities they gave me, my brothers and i were all blessed to go to harvard university. it was intense. i stayed there for college, for law school, and i also have a master's in public policy there. those are subjects i decided to study in part because i was very interested in public service and

public policy issues and government. i ran for office in part because i wanted to serve the city and really protect all that is so special about what san francisco is. >> we've been talking for years about how important it is to build new neighborhoods, to develop affordable housing, make sure we have transit-oriented sustainable green development that really is worthy of a 21st century san francisco. what we're doing today -- and, frankly, what we're doing this year will have impacts on the city for decades to come. thank you all for being part of this, and i look forward to that mid-cutting. i moved to san francisco 15 years ago for all the reasons that we all love our city. our cable cars. our hills. the diversity of our neighborhoods. and have loved every minute of being here. >> like many of you here, i did not actually grow up in san francisco. i grew up in another part of the country that was not quite as tolerant or quite as diverse. san francisco drew me, as i

think it through all of us, because we live in a very special place. i just want to say on behalf of the board of supervisors -- we have a special responsibility and a special leadership role in the world. as we come together, we symbolize all of this date we have in humanity, the faith we have in the fight for civil rights, the faith we have, frankly, as a common family. >> i consider myself someone who shares the progress of value that need san francisco's -- many san franciscans hold dear. >> i do believe that a majority of this board share the same progressive values, and i think there is a danger and an overly narrow definition of what is progressive. we have to remember that being progressive stance for values of

inclusiveness, of tolerance, of acceptance, and we need to think hard about how we characterize various votes of either being within that definition or outside of that. >> before i ran for office, i worked in san francisco as a criminal prosecutor and a civil- rights attorney and really got to understand how much of a beacon to the rest of the world san francisco is for social justice. i also been spent a number of years helping to grow a small business, got to understand the innovative spirit here in san francisco. at night, i volunteered as a neighborhood association leader and also as the chair of an affordable housing organization and learned so much about the challenges facing our neighborhoods and facing a really special tools that are the urban villages that we live in. sen for assistance -- facing really the special jules --

jewels that are the urban villages that we live in. san franciscans during campaigns read everything they are sent in the mail. love to meet candidates. a gauge with them in conversations. i also learned how important it is to build bridges between communities, particularly communities of diversity we have. i was just incredibly honored to have been elected in november 2008. my district really encompasses the ethnic and economic diversity that exists throughout the city. as a result, i think my district is really emblematic of the entire city. you can find every political perspective that you could possibly want in district 3. so oftentimes, the interest of my district and the city really are quite a line, so i do not have to think about this difference is probably quite as often as some of my colleagues may have to. i in particular want to thank the mayor for his decision to protect our nutrition programs.

this is something that i think we all believe is incredibly important at a time when we have seen massive federal and state cuts, for us to hold the line locally and stand up in the city of st. francis for our seniors and our nutrition programs and families. i think we have a lot of challenges right now. we are still in the midst of the great recession. we all know way too many folks who are struggling in a minimum wage jobs pirouette of folks who have been laid off at work. i think as a city, we need to do much better at creating an environment where we have more jobs and more economic development. i know that all of us are committed to ensuring that we have a budget that not only provides basic city services that we have come to expect but make sure that we take care of our most vulnerable. whether it be our at-risk use, our seniors, are disabled, our working families, folks who are out of work. i know something that every public servant who is here is committed to.

adding with all come together as a board, as a city. we should come together as san franciscans, and, colleagues, at this time, i hope, and i asked that we unanimously vote for ed lee to be our next mayor. this is also a historic day for the asian-american community. for a community that has been here in santa francisco, for over 160 years, i am a product of that community. i know the ed and all of us of asian-american decent feel the legacy. i want to thank all of you who have been part of this historic moment to make this happen. and say that this is obviously not just about a chinese- american community or an asian american community. this is about the american

dream. the idea that anyone of any background of any color from any part of the globe can come here and sunday be at the very top of what our community is about -- and someday be at the very top of what our community is about.

[ gavel ] >> the meeting will come to order, call the roll, please. >> president torres? >> here. >> vice president courtney? >> here. >> commissioner moran? >> here. >> commissioners moller caen awn vietor will be arriving a little bit later. >> thank you a. proval of the minutes. can we read them, and are there any public comments before we move to a motion? there being none, is there a motion to approve the minutes. >> moved. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor, signify by saying aye? >> aye.