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he information i could gather pea what i came to there's a few things i know will help i'm i think we can go into 30 this responsibly i think i'd like to see a week corresponds if we know something t is coming up we have to keep our children you know learning and the noise i don't want to increase estimate how much which an impact it has a huge impact so that's one thing i think we can do the other things if by the put the project include to rise the project to include the second passage way through carolyn so again keeping that in mind and if the sorry we could do the
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noise it part of the construction outside of session that will help again, i'm a new apartment to live oak i have a kindergartener and thought those are the two things i thought we could try to do. >> is there any additional public comment? >> yes. i've lengthened for nearly 40 years a block from the project i'm familiar i think this the first eir i've read since i was sitting where you are commissioner antonini and commissioner moore are mayor ed lee have famous as i with the eastern neighborhoods eir this is in my opinion in full
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conformity i expect it to change ravrd the actual project for those who are concerned with mta i think it's allows you didn't i didn't as far as conflicts destined for potrero hill are admittedly by caltrain some of the worse they've designed in northern california this has nothing to do with to with the eir this of the envisioned in the eastern neighborhood eir is a neighborhood in transition as it has been for years right across is a project called pioneer carrier the old smokestacks of the industrial soap pioneer company are still there in transition for probably one hundred years and this is just another part of that transition as i say i fully
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expect the project to change but as far as this eir is concerned having read it i do building it is adequate it is complete and i urge you later on when the draft comments come in and read it again to probably okay. it and get on with the project as it will appear at a point. >> thank you. next speaker. >> thank you. i live my name is greg i live a bloke away right across the street for the record i'm not anti development or change in my regard i'll all for development that fits the spirit and cultural and scale in front i support the reduced
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density it is a spoiler alternative it will meet the project sponsors basically project while avoiding the impacts a lower dense e.r. density it is lower than it is - it will reduce traffic and better respect the character and scale of our neighborhood in other words a win within for the developer and the neighborhood it's at right way to move forward with a way it preserves the characters of the potrero hill thank you very much. >> is there any additional public comment on the draft eir okay public comment is closed. >> commissioner antonini. >> thank you all for your comments i actually visit the site last night about 4:30 and
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got to speak to a number of you and remind me how it was when i played softball and still students and i'll take your word times of day when its businesser but not issues when i visited it's a big site 3 hundred 36 acres and you know in general terms did hill was much more industrial as gil spoke to so when you talk about the environmental toxins there were smoke stakes i hope those maybe changes that are made to the plan i want to make sure that the environmental impact report addresses them adequately and
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usually when you make changes less i think tense no further environmental evaluation necessary one thing that's brought up i don't believe it's marveled in this report but the second diagonal walkway from the one going the diagonal this additional 1 connects arkansas street adjacent to the school that sound like it nighttime desirable because it will-less even the impact on the city hall about thirty to 40 feats there's a question about how much open space has been developed one the
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speakers 35 or 26 point they're asking for a rear yard exemption we want to make sure we have the figures on the open space we can create and still end up with the same project that has to be part of the analysis and obviously later on we'll talk about the breakdown of the unit it's not before a before us today i'll be all for two or three bedroom units that's nor another day other thing we're talking about was whether the demolition again, they talk about the information in the property report the timing of the demolition might have a lesser impact when the school was not in session that will be something to work out. >> also the other things there
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was a question about the traffic study in late june and later in the day whether or not that's adequate i feel the traffic study is adequate we have to california probate it to address the schapgz that occur in businesser time what they're in session and international studies the kip school and a lot more activities different times of the year again as ron said the freeway entrance is difficult that has to be changed but it would be wise with the growth that's occurring in the area that caltrain do something to improve
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that certain we have to look at the amount of open spaces i've talked about earlier let's see in terms of the shadow it addresses the shadow an jackson park it seems like it limited to the the months of november through february and mostly in december i have a question for staff why is this - one speaker raised a question this project should have been into the blanket eir into the neighborhood each project has to have its own eir and better not to answer the question today. >> that will be my question i'll take it one speaker brought
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the point why this one has to occur and why in the past they've con formed environmentally to the area plan they don't have to have it separate 40 feet in height is the maximum height so considerations to shadow implications 40 feet and under there's a difference we have to know about that and look at that and then certainly i am supportive and wanted to make sure by analysis comments and responses if there was a change in the lay out of the project and they moved some unit around and created open space on the plan the impact is still not increased by doing that arrest
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so those are my main comments so far i think the elements of all the environmental analysis are present in the plan we have to make sure that the plan may evolve this analysis is still adequate it sounds like the changes i'll advocate for are those that not in active the impact i think the plan looks at pretty complete. >> commissioner moore. >> i appreciate the community coming out and with the project as far developed as this one not all irs are as developed i know there's a number of issues which the community comments helped to focus i hoped we accelerated pace with the development in the eastern neighborhood allows the eir to more carefully address the delta
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between what was anticipated to occur when and when the particular project comes forward with its oppose project eir the eastern neighborhood is a program eir that latinos lays out in the broadest sense what will occur this projecting project comes as a faster pace than anticipated i want the eir that is set up quite well, to be more specific in terms of where are we falling short in the overall growth as we are looking at the project the second point that arises from the strong preservation of people interested in the school the impacts of the critical infrastructure we sit here literally every thursday and hear from people in order for
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the city to remain attractive and support a liveable attractive future for families that schools our biggest asset and needs to be protected at all costs we have 3 schools in the jackson square a facility that was not addressed i believe needs to be analyzed so the impacts not only of shadow are more clearly explained i'll elaborately but the toxicity and the access to light as well as noise needs to be address so the schools are one of the most protected resources the live oaks school is a use of app an
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existing industrial building we've all kernel it's typical to building schools with that building where what clamors are it's extremely important to get the details i suggest on 340 following the impacts of shadow on the school be explained in larger detail i had a hard time knowing where the shied line falls the depictions of the shadow that time 69 year is small i believe we need to be able to see clearly in order to contempt e comment or detrack comments that's the few of a you on school break the school has facing i think the west side and there the eir needs to be more generous in describing that
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i think those are the comments i will make at this point. >> commissioner johnson. >> thank you i definitely support all the comments that commissioner moore made i won't repeat i'll add a couple of things in terms of transit for this particular project and for eir in general that may come or the community plan exception it will be helpful to mention instead of saying the trains are not impacted it should be less significant with mitigation that is the effected time from the mta i'll echo commissioner moore's comments it's difficult for app an analysis that is stagnant i don't know how you can do that when you are caught
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in deal with a system that's snapshot by snapshot one way over time when the systems converge and refrp the d e p that is a long-running program with a lot of planning will hope help to mitigate those programs where's the buffers and unfortunately mta is on their own track i've peppering tried to push for claugs collaboration rethey have their own schedule and referencing the eir will help to say that's some of the mitigation in terms of construction i saw quite a bit there i'd like to see more detail we have a sensitive receptor here in terms of
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schools that's abutting two different sides of the project and the rest of it as a school surrounding the projects that are surrounding this school so if we can have specifics around the conduct i know that generally comes from the project plan when you get a permit you file for our construction plan with the department of building inspection but it will be good for an impact and anything we can do all around further noise around the types of commit and all of that but if anything we can do for noise shielding those can be pointed out in the eir for this project. >> commissioner richards and it's interesting i'm sitting here and kind of here we go again one more time on the
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neighborhood what the effect is been i'm a neighborhood plan guy and grew up in octavia plan i'm wondering what's the difference i agree i'll come to that in a minute i agree with the potrero hill busters gentleman some of the status when i was begun i was watching this while i was eating we recognize the 25 year oufbz in the first years hournl honestly, i saw director ram quoted an article on twitter but the community benefits doesn't appearing for caught up up here market octavia sits american people market street here you have all those clashes around the development and not the infrastructure to support it yet
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that's a concern you know interestingly i went to 100 hooper street to visit the site i drove my car and drove round and round and round there are a lot of vacant buildings i've driven past hooper and already at 1601 mariposa there's an issue around transportation i'm concerned this will add more to it and 33 hundred car trips a day will add it to there's not much alternative not the infrastructure to support the growth in moving people around i'm worried about the impact on the school i agree with the commissioner moore and others you know we're
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trying to encourage families and here we're impacting the construction piece you have to have construction and side noise that effects elapsing it remind me of the draft eir it effected people at the seniors next door trying to regain memories and here we have young students trying to learn and noise dust and post construction for the shadow the shadows definitely the passageway will alleviate that and the age of in question i want to understand that are we using old data so make new models i agree i hope we'll see
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a changed project and move towards the superior alternated thanks. >> commissioner moore. >> i'd like to ask one more question that is jackson park we have acreage in jackson traditionally citywide baseball programs happen in the park at least if i see this it doesn't look inviting it is surrounded by a chain linked fence, however, an occasional stroll is somewhat difficult my question has the population increased the number like the rec and park open space is a program change or a ring with the harmonies of liberty; refinement how the park is laid
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out to stay adequate of all the needs of the surrounding area again i don't play baseball i used to play tense but it's difficult this year's in stroll or right to the park dogs are not ann an issue i there's a if he has i'm wondering are we effectively using the park to effect changes. >> commissioner richards. >> i hope we have an it possible on the monitoring and implementation report those things are fast and the department will take written comment until february 17th with that the commission will take a
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discretionary review authorization and planned use authorization. >> good morning planning commission aim chris with the planning department before you today is a conditional use authorization and office allocation request for hooper street it requires the qualifying in the pdr zone one where the gross area contains pdr use as well as other criteria the project requires the pdr authorizations inform allow the planning code requirement for off-street car sharing and africa allocation to allow an allocation of 2 hundred and 84 secrets plus since the office space exceeded $24,000
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square feet this is the first development to come from the commission which aims to extort the increase in the overhead stoke of pdr space in the city making it viable for the office space that proposed a must be source facility with truck services with a new 24 thousand plus thousand square feet pdr office project accommodated of three four story building a pdr north that building and pdr south building composed around 41 thousand of al aggregate space it features approximately 10 thousand square feet
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privately opposed space at the southeast corner the project features 87 off-street parking space and two bicycle parking spaces and shower and locker facilities it proeptsz a comprehensive straight improvement which has been developed in accordance where the better street plan the project sponsor partnered with cca and sf made who motioning mission supports the local manufacturers and the implementation including the preparation of the business plan in accordance with the planning code the site is located in the northeast portion of potrero hill area man the roanoke, virginia city council plan is a block funded by carolyn and
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hooper streets and show case square the streets and sidewalks are largely improved and has permit structures to date the department has 6 letters of support from the dog patch and the potrero hill dog patch and spur a nonprofit organization and the carr trespasser boosters association copies of the letters are provided in our packet no letters e.r. comments of opposition has been received in addition the project sponsor has provided a summary conducted over this last few years in your packet the department has evaluated the proposal and the planning code recommend approval based on the conditions outlined in the staff
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report important characteristics include 4 hundred 27 thousand mixed use pdr project creates a pdr character that is well integrated and the pedestrian connections is compatible with the light and scale of the neighborhood it come lies with the planning code that is intended to make the pdr spates in san francisco economically viable it contributions 42 pdr space flexiblely designed to estimated to provide pdr jobs. >> the authorization of office space represents 4.4 percent of the cap is designed to be capable with the pdr uses and estimated to provide up to 2
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thousand office raeltd related jobs it will attribute $6.5 million that will been city of san francisco and the project is necessary and desirable that concludes my presentation. but in closing i'd like to introduce the director of the department of workforce development mr. todd. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> commissioners todd director we have a motion and a second going great to see you we've been extorting the pdr success in 2011 lounld the comprehensive department of workforce development to grow the businesses in the city since that time thousands of pdr jobs have been at and countless businesses decided to stay
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that has increased the demand for efficient pdr space in the city to accommodate those businesses to keep them in the city last year the mayor launched a 5 point pdr plan focused on new development of pdr space on public and private land this is the first project through legislation that is supported by supervisor david campos's and supervisor cohen approved by this commission and signed into law last year hearsay a innovative model and you know this is in addition to being one hundred and 40 thousand secret of new pdr space it is the first to be developed in the city over a decade it is significant the partnership this is developed between sf made and the developer to insure that and create
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