the mitigated place. the civic center was mentioned. there are generalized statements like an a.m. that is right. if you're going to mention that i would imagine that the environmental review would have to take into consideration since it's within the document itself and it's proposed or a mentioned possibility that could have an impact on the historic district. i think the same is true with respect to golden gate park and any treatment that the words with respect to altering the master plan or other things need to be treated. and that extends to any of the

existing historic structures that are in the ownership of the city within the jurisdiction not only of rec and park but other agencies that are effected by this particular document. also along those lines because the document is going to be effecting the historic properties the document needs to be received to the historic preservation commission. it must be involved in the plans and other elements whatever you want to call it that have an effect on historic resources whether identified or not identified. i can cite if you want i'm sure environmental has a specific section that refers to. i think at some point between our hearing and should be a

reference a referral to the h pc and to get their comments on the rose itself. i have some specific things i'll probably pit them in writing as far as language so i'll receiver that and get that to you later and a commissioner moore >> while this might be a document interesting to cities across the country i like to suggest that those open space properties not there the jurisdiction of the city rec and park etc., and that includes the presidio property because that's under the jurisdiction of other

than the city. so no changes to any policies regarding the national parks etc., would really be rk9 often what we do. while it's an open space resource by distinguishing it in color it's part of the city but not what we manage under the vision program. intellectually it would be more honest to do that we're one of the few cities that have the benefit of having the incredible resources with an incredibly managed park. it would be good to manage that and a commissioner antonini >> i'd like to make a motion to initiate amendments to the san francisco general plan to a reflect the 2013 recreation

update. >> second and a commissioners on that motion anthony than to adapt. commissioner antonini. commissioner borden excuse me. commissioner hillis >> commissioner moore. >> commissioner sugaya. >> no. >> commissioner wu and president fong. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes - that motion passes 5 to one commissioners and as it was acknowledged you should i believe establish a date. maybe we can check with 0 staff important that. i think that has to be part of the motion >> yeah. i think on or after january but we proposed february 27th so it maybe poushd anti as well. >> on the resolution?

okay change that date >> so that would be the motion to february 22nd and - >> 27 and there was mentioned by one member of the public to extend the comment period i'm awe memorable to that. when was the comment period to end >> january 15th. i think there's certain perimeters but we could extend it to january 25th >> that's fine. >> so commissioner antonini is that a motion to extend the comment period until january 25th. >> initiate with - yeah, that's the date of the hearing and a excuse me. >> the element heard on february 27th. >> yes. >> commissioner borden did you -

>> who was the seconder. >> i didn't second but i would have seconded it. >> i can call that question to extend the commentary. >> before you call the commission commissioner sugaya. >> i understand it's rolled up into one. >> commissioner antonini. >> commissioner borden. >> commissioner hillis. >> commissioner moore. >> commissioner sugaya and sxhai e commissioner wu. president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 6 to one with commissioner sugaya voting against >> commissioners we're going to take a short break and occupies about 12 though square feet and it wouldn't - although

improvements are made to the interior and exterior. the department has received 14 letters in support from the merchant of europe market and castro and castro upper market community district and the south side of san francisco as well as the members of the public. the planning department is recommending approval. that concludes my presentation if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> thank you. >> project sponsor please. >> members of the commission i'm the new operator of the cafe. the swedish hall on sanchez is a historic building in the midst of san francisco's changing areas. we're asking you to allow us to

revitalize this underutilized resource for the next one hundred years. i'm from the swedish hall and want to preserve this underutilized space. since it's completion in 1907 it's been home to the swedish neighborhood. the 2 thousand square feet hall has been established and he economists of the down stairs two demeanor ment ground floor retail spaces and four vent rooms on the first and second levels. during the one hundred and 7 year history it's held wedding and banquets and the like. the building has been opened to the public 34 or 5 nights a week

and the basement space has been available to private events. the last serving was a restaurant cafe. the only level fully licensed to serve the building is in the basement. it's a rival of a long plan that wants to install an elevator and that will upgrade the building. one hundred and seven years after an elevator was proposed for this building we want this to be done. this will allow for further entrance to the third and second floors. in seeking the expansion to all floors we want to provide greater access.

this historic building is underutilized by not being available to the public. the ticketed music events will be reduced to provide greater accessibility to the public and many of the original features that were installed during the prohibition area. the ground level use will help with the activity along market street shall arrive and the banquet rooms will be open to the public events and that's for concerts and public music performances. since embarking on this project we've worked hard with the neighborhoods. one of the desires is so the

swedish hall will be preserved. we've been able to convince the swedish society to condition the process. granting this authorization will allow the swedish hall to remain here for the next one hundred years. with the proposed improvements the building will be a far better resource to the community. we respectfully ask for your support >> open this up for public comment. i've got two cards. (calling names) and your victor; right? >> victor gonzales i'm sorry. >> you'll be next. dear president fong and honorable commissioners i'm ted. i live on sharpening street

across in the swedish hall. i'm a member of the third generation my grandfather was a founder of the hall and my kin was also involved. i also bring historic precipitation and experience to the development of market street. most of the plan i know the role of the hall on market street. i refer you to my letter of december 2013 regarding the matter already on record. within a year of the 1906 it was built for the swede. this was only done from a loan from the lucky scoot.

the hall hosted meetings and royal receptions and civic gathering for the neighborhood. the last quarter of the century it of the khan. the board was elected to preserve the hall. a decade ago mr. guy carson revitalized the cafe. the current board has invested in the building for safety. however, it's extremely costly to maintain a cherished treasure. the hall was designed important american people elevator but it never had the money. now the 1wishd society will install an elevator. the hall could not have been built without the lucky scoot.

now the hall will close for more than a half a year to accomplish the improvements. now all rooms will have modern technology to xhoom more uses and visitors. the hall remains the largest venue on market street for all citizens. the renovation will enhance the neighborhood and better serve the residential opts being added this year to the neighborhood. i urge you to join me a neighbor by approving entrepreneurs to give a life to the hall throughout this century. thank you >> thank you. thank you, commissioners i'm victor i'm working with gray

star on the vacant lot next door hopeful that will be before you but during the past year year and a half we've worked with the 1wishd hall making sure the projects are capable with each other going forward for the next one hundred years and i'm happy to report it's been a cooperative relationship we're going to be donating the lot next door. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. councilmember ford >> i'm supportive of this project i heard it's about to become a landmark.

obviously it's a great resource i've been there for meetings and school events. mr. olsen it was annoys to share his history and i'm for approval >> commissioner antonini. >> i'm supportive also and prior to the present are entertainment venue in the basement the cafe was a family base restaurants that was fantastic i used to go there a lot. the sweetbreads i remember a lot. and allow the ata consistent standards and retrofitting and utilize the hall i'm supportive >> commissioner wu. >> i'm supportive. i want to say what a great location for honing san francisco especially talent it was really wonderful i hope that

connection to san francisco remains >> commissioners on that motions then to approve. >> commissioner antonini. commissioner borden arrest commissioner moore and commissioner wu and president fong >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero. commissioners that will place you there our discretionary calendar for 2013. at 23 through the court discretionary review. >> good afternoon president fong and fell commissioners. the item you is a request for a discretionary with the merger of two single-family dwelling on two yant lots on one merged lots. it includes two small additions to the rear.

it will inphilosophically fill a notch the addition of 23 connecticut quest will extend the second floor back and the addition will not extend beyond the rear wall. on june 12, 2013, the zone fester approved this when proposes the merger of two separate family dwellings into inton bonding one single-action. it meets the criteria for not affordable housing outlined in planning he code section subsection e-31928 the zoning administrator has reviewed the

application and determined the least expensive merger at the 64 million dollars has a value grandchildren at least 80 percent of the combined structure of homes no san francisco as determined by an credible appropriately. the department has received letters of support from 7 out of 14 neighbors. the planning department is recommending that the commission not take discretionary review and approve the project concludes my presentation if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> thank you. dr requester, please

>> my family live oils ever on conquest court. and families with young children need to live in the city. my points will respond to the project sponsors report. they've been for routine maintenance to correct unsafe conditions it is not true it changes the bedroom configuration to refurnishing the rooms. they started the renovation to correct it but it's turned into more of a past time.

as demonstrated from the 2007 permit the sponsors updated promotions that have nothing to do with safety and it took the project over seven months the inclusion of a ground floor desk. they need to enter the sidewalk to enter this this is a hardship they need to enter the property through the front door. the proposed modifications are consistent with the neighborhood and and a modest expansion is not necessary. it will make the home 3 times the average home in the neighborhood. this is sufficient for a family what they have now.

the sponsor states they r have overwhelmingly neighborhood support. our understanding they are focused upon adjacent neighborhood and they don't support this. the awe butt neighbors have supported other neighbors and the sponsor knows they have the utmost concern but only after the neighbors received the information. it was not enabling. the sponsors made minimal effort to contact us.

they've conducted 4 projects they've done 5 projects over the last several years and many of them have been years long and disrupt. now we're going to be looking another massive project and their home is under some kind of construction. as i stated earlier my family is in favor of increasing the neighborhood stock but this project cross that line it requires the sponsors to move out of the house and be disrupt to our street. the sponsors strength spent the last year's redoing this home. the cost of the permits are unrealistic and shredding and it should cost 4 hundred thousand in total but interesting is mother recent request shows a

cost of 3 hundred thousand. this is a major project with one of the most expensive costs i am a real estate investor so not only that increases the stock in the city but it will continue to cut the city out you have tax dollars. we ask you not allow this and to deny expanding the back of the houses by an additional 4 hundred and 45 square feet >> okay speakers in support of the dr requester if there are any. okay. seeing none project sponsor then

>> good afternoon. i'm with ruben and rose and representing the family who are the sponsor. i'm going to turn this over to the family >> good afternoon, commissioners. briefly i want to explain. we first bought this almost 12 years ago we were newly we did. we did some additional work on the house to bring it up to code and start children. first came our first child and now we have 3. and during all this we realized something about our house we hadn't when we were single just a married couple it is in a credible neighborhood.

anytime you come into our neighborhood there's kids on the street playing. we've fallen in love with this neighborhood. while our family was growing and blooming another sobering thing happened and that's realizing that my parents are now 76 and 86 and i want to take care of them in my home. we're hoping to increasing increase our living space. we now are 5 and we spell 79 to take care of our parents and spelling don't want to leave the neighborhood and don't want to find a larger home to support our family. we just want to stay together where we love in a place where

we love to live. thank you >> all right. i'm going to speak to a few technical details. this is going to house 3 generations of their families. accommodating those people is an important objective. this is how this goal can be met without changing the characteristics of the neighborhoods. going into the design process the size we're concerned with a project that can moot the needs of the family. the majority of work will be internal only a small addition at the end of the home. it will maintain the views of two separate homes. it's 45 hundred square feet in total and will not have any

impact on the neighborhood. let me see here. so you can see here that - from the existing proposed rear views it's going to match the surrounding homes so it will be the same when viewed from the street. when viewed over castro street you can't see 23 from castro street the architect climbed a hill to see it but it's going to have basically no impact on the view. i want to note that the dr requester in the dr application only proposed one concession to limit construction after

8:00 a.m. and the project sponsors agreed to this and to make sure that the construction is between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and notifying their neighbors in advance. the dr requesters with the only one in the community that have complaints. this is a small community and that speaks to the overall support. the project is achieving the goal of making sdpo san francisco more friendly. the dr requester has not raised any enjoyed circumstances and i ask you approve this project. and the contractor are here if i have any questions for them >> thank you. calling speakers in support of the project sponsor

(calling names) >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm dr. frank mcglove. i've lived here 44 years. i'm speaking for neighbors who couldn't be here today. their jean of conquest court and others. we support the project of mr. and mrs. who sigh are excellent e excellent neighbors. their 16 the house houses and i have the mopping map to prove it.