support for the proposed project on weber stare. we've been happy to participate in the summit pathways a program that was created that connect local youth to potential jobs true mark as shown a genuine commitment to the community and all projects. you've heard the first speaker talk about alexander one apprentices i think the carpenters can work with the portable general contractor to get more on the job that has the opportunity to start to build a career as on a apprentice. the project the old school of dentistry once housed 5 hundred employees and students and

thousands of patients with limited parking the residential adaptive use redevelopment 676 residential units in the existing that building alone and 10 newtown homes totally 76 homes look at the beautification of the streets with bulb outs and on site parking with city car sharing and bike parking and use of the sustainable spaces and the green wall and traffic congestion in this area alone is to be reduced by 60 percent. it goes without saying the carpenters union local 22 and its members you're going to you to vote favorable they've

proposed it on webb 080 stare to create good paying local jobs >> thank you is there any further public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner moore >> i'd like to say i'm quite impressed is by the transitional project. what was there what is there and has been standing around semi empty we see a relatively plan vanilla not a borrowing building p.s. that has a scale under today's consideration woint wouldn't be possible it's like a fortress that is out of context although it has the institutional digestion of being part of what was formally the full fledged medical center. - one of the moves to tear down

the building a that's difficult to do given the size of this and the materials used but to be adaptive to residential in a sensitive way that transitioned in a very graceful way to fillmore is a strike of genius i'm improvement about how the building is transitioning and the open space wants to stay in further dialog but overly that's an exceptional building that i hope people will look at carefully because there's other adaptive reuses and i hope people will choose reuse research the tear down it supports true mark as the right company and i want to

acknowledge all the points that have been made we don't hear that much details on projects >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah. this is a special project for me in many ways i'm american people person that went to dental school in the this and it's in use up until the 30th of gin this month when we transitioned completely to the beautiful new school it's 455, fifth i remember this was a new school when i came ♪ 968 revolutionary the water came through the roof they knew that was never, if you will, it's potential the that other dentist

was behind the construction of this make sure the windows were made very narrow at the top so the students won't be distracted by the views they had the windows covered so you weren't tempted to look outside so what's been done by the true mark traem team is a magnificent and it's going to be up to $5 million that's a huge amount of money for 76 unit and a higher percentage are 23 brrmz bedrooms or more and thirty percent have 3 bedrooms they'll be friendly with the open spaces and the size of the units. and the town houses step down

you may not see that on the pictures they step down one-on-1 between webster street and fillmore to accentuate the drop and the improvements to burke lane increasing the wicket to 3 feet and i particularly like the treatment on sacramento and webster when the school was first time opened they come in on the stairwell this will make that more welcoming i'm in support of the project i see we have other commissioners move to approve it >> commissioner borden. >> i'm not going to belabor it's a great use of taking on old building that's not toxic and making that much more

interesting i love the integration of the town houses they're all part of one project i'm thiflgs supporting this. >> you ought to be glad the my dentist office didn't move downtown (laughter). >> commissioners there's a motion and second and commissioner antonini. commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. >> i think he'd like this project so i vote. >> commissioner fong and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously and places you on item 13 for the next case at 1518 slope for

conditional use authorization >> good afternoon commissioner president wu and commissioners i'm with the plaintiff the request for conditional use authorization to establish a beauty supply store as sally you beauty supply with 16 hundred square feet within the shopping center the space was occupied by jamming before he play which is volunteering relocating and the placing is an 0er7b9d shopping center that provides a variety of goods and services to the adjacent neighborhoods and anchored by lucky supermarket. the existing density of the

formula retail uses is that 6 percent of retail. there are no other beauty supplies stores within this and it supports the high ratio of formula retail and based on those ouldz in the case support the department recommends this that concludes my presentation. and i'm available for questions >> thank you. project sponsor >> good afternoon, commissioners melinda. i'm here on behalf of the project sponsor we're riveted excited to be here to present this project i have robert a manager for the sally beauty and others that represent the land use & economic development committee shore shopping center.

this project is requesting conditional use authorization to relocate this within the lake shire or shore shopping center terror a national retailer of beauty supplies and have a respiration for the first choice with consumers alike they have operated successfully for 20 years and primarily serves surrounding neighborhoods it will be an ideal center there are no other retail uses that over the high-end care and beauty supplies they're going to occupy a space at the south side of the center another company relocated to it would displace

my other organizations. they will have - they won't expand. it's stimulated they'll hire 5 new employees including a manager and lakeshore plaza is sally's second location. we're confident that sally had are help the surrounding neighborhood capable with other national retailers in the area. at this time, i'd like to invite of robert the manager at the sally beauty to talk about the interest in the location >> hi. first time ever talking about in front of the compilation i'm

nervous. on behalf of the sally beauty supply i'm excited to speak about you today and to, you know, ask for your approval at your new site we have one in san francisco and we've been trying for a long time to get one out at lakeshore and our manager and location is excited because she lives two minutes from the location she's excited to have the opportunity to open a new store per the company has been around for 50 years this is our having year anniversary we have stores around the country by one of the things unique to sally is that when we open stores in cities it's becomes local very

quick and our managers really establish themselves with the local as long as in the community and that's what the local residents get we give them great products at great prices to fulfill needs and create a great atmosphere. if few have my questions i'm here to answer them thank you, again, for thank you for the opportunity to speak >> that's all the comments i'll keep it brief my questions let us know. >> let's see if there's my any public comment sooepdz commissioner borden. >> i move to approve. >> second and commissioner antonini. >> yeah. i had a question i'm

very much in support but to staff workplace the c go 3 and stones town there's no need for conditional use for formula retail i'm not sure why we need conditional use for shore plaza it's almost all formula retail. >> mr. from the staff yeah. it's a technically formula retail area and no hamburgers and yeah. according to the motion that's correct. >> commissioners there's another motion and second to approve this project with conditions. >> commissioner antonini.

commissioner borden arrest commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fong would be so kind to acknowledge you are viewing this in the executive chambers and i vote i >> and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero and places you on public comment i have there are no speaker cards >> seeing none, public comment is closed and meeting adjourned.

aye been in san francisco 20 years. i'm homeless. i got a good cup of coffee. i got a number. today i'm 359. >> you try to do the right thing and make a point to do what you have to to be at one place. they have all the services at one building. i can spend 4 hours touching each table ask and getting the information i need to get back

on my feet. they are providing the services under one roof. you don't have to go here or there or wait until next week. >> at the time we opened we have folks waiting outside to come in. >> good morning. >> what we are doing is trying to find out what they want and need and getting them to their services as fast as possible. >> i came to the eye glasses program. making a couple of phone calls to my family at home. >> some housing, i'm here for employment. may be see about -- i've never been to one of these. i have not been homeless before. >> the scareiest are the people who are recently homeless who look like me. look like they could be my friend or family member. a few wrong choices and bad luck

got them here. >> i was laid off 2-1/2 weeks ago and came to the project to -- >> i've been married to the same man, my childhood sweetheart he started doing drugs. we went from a nice out in texas to nothing. the next step in the process is they get linked up with a volunteer. this is the heart and soul of the public connect. we greet clients. shake their hands. ask them to follow us and talk to them as we bring them to the hall and lead them to the first station. you find they are humbling on both sides. humbling for me. it's a great opportunity to give the folks the respect they deserve and don't get enough of. >> these are the people we step

over on the way to our jobs. i was thankful to the mayor. our jobs are about helping people. this is another way for us to give back to our community that treats us very well. i like the way they take you around to get you started. that's nice. they let you go and thoser the different things you need. >> are you with a program, now? >> i was a long time -- >> you want a job search? >> career planning [inaudible]. you are interested in getting into the trades? and that is where they will double check your trading skills you got and put you on a crew and you can do construction work or any kind of construction.

>> okay. >> good. are you receiving food stamps? >> no. >> not medical or nothing. >> no. >> we got to get you hooked up. >> this the department of human searchss this is the benefit's section much the beauty on coming here today is that we brought all of our requirements to this place, this station. the assessment. the orientation, we have the screening propose, the finger imaging this helps people who are unable to tolerate going to different appointments on several days. >> i want to talk to people from housing and shelter. there are several jobs i have been given it's a matter of following up. >> i'm going to get my eye glasses, try to.

when i got here they said 60 people. not everybody will get a pair. 8 million people in san francisco who are homeless. >> i volunteered for the eye screening. they are appreciative, they tell us that. and they have come back to say, thank you very much. we appreciate this. it's made a difference in my life. there was a guy today that couldn't see so near sighted he couldn't seebeyond 2 or 3 inches. everything is a blur. it's a miracle for him. >> they are not doing anymore screening for the day. i will go to health care, next. >> this is the medical section where they come and give us their names and we ask them to have a seat with the rn. there are 6 rn's that will find out what they need.

it could be just to see a doctor. they will sit here, write an assessment and someone will escourt them to where the doctors are. we have 2 if not more licensed dentests that look at people's mouth. they get a card to a drop-in clinic. the only thing that holds us back is we don't have enough dentists to treat the number of people. we would treat more people. >> this is not an area that people deal with. it can be a significant barrier. we see 185 to 200 clients. in the dmv area we see 300 to 350. >> it's overwhelming but helpful. there are a lot of people

willing to help. >> at cafe connect we have volunteers that work as waiters. everyone who come here experiences a surprise that it's such an easy thing to relate to this group of people. when you are out of the street you ignore them. when you are here you treat them like human beings. people are gratified. >> you give back to people. you give back to our community and it makes the world a little less cruel. >> i heard people in line talking about the donation when they walked out. it was nice to see people come and get the things they want and leave. it's rewarding for our employees to help out. >> the feedback i have gotten from the employees today has been positive. they are encouraged that the fact the city is doing something

like this for the homeless. >> i got involved, my son adam who's a teacher in san francisco participated and invited me. >> i got involved with a friend. i came a couple months ago and wanted to make it a priority to come again and invite my family and more friends. >> it's well organized. i'm impressed how organized it is. it feels wonderful to be a part of it. >> affords dignity to the people who affords the services. >> every service you can need or get you started is here under one roof. if you leave here you should have [inaudible]. you.bottom line is you make

>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in landing a contract with the sfoifk is pretty champ but now with the opened contracting center visitors can get opportunity at the new state of the arc facility and attend workshops and receive one-on-one technical assistance and learner what you need to become a primary contractor or what information to be a subcontractor and a created bed public commission it will help

people to assist people to compete for and performance open city contract a lot of small businesses do have the resources to loblth the opportunity so one of the things we wanted to do was provide ways to access contract >> access to the plans spiefkz and a data place basis ease contracting opportunity and funding or capital training. this is and other documents that needs to be submitted. to compete is a technical skill that it takes to win a scheduling for a popular to you can win a professional services job or how to put together a quote it's all those technical pieces. looking at the contracting assistance center is our touch

point with we get the people to come and see the planning specks and later than about projects earlier is he get training so you're ready to go arrest hello engineering it has all the tools that a contractor small or large can come here. i can't say enough about the center it's a blessing. we do business all over the country and world and a place like the contractor center to identify the business in san francisco >> the reality is you need training and that's what the center is here to train and make you better qualified to go work with the city and county and to be successful at the end.

>> that will give people the competitive edge e edge at receiving contracts with the city. >> we have krafshth services here that help you find out where you need to get the skills forbidding. >> i mean local businesses participation in city projects is a winning factor it helms help the business their local businesses they're paying savings and a property tax and payroll tax and normally adhere san franciscans so their bowing goods and services in san francisco it really helps the economy of san francisco grow so its not only a benefit to the project but to the city. the contractors center is 5

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