introduce themselves as well. >> hello, i'm allen i've been a long time resident of san francisco since the 80s this is the first development i've undertaken we've tried over the course two years to be as open and engaged with all the planning and neighborhood and we've had generally a good response so for. >> i'm lynn workshop one of the owners occupants we've lived next door to the building similar to what we're proposing we've gone through the planning commission meeting for that building and tried to address the concerns the neighbors had when we that designed our building so we've built or proposed a building we hope you'll approve it thank you. >> just one more word about the

philanthropist structure this purchase it is des moinesly not affordable not in great shape requires the foundation replacement this is extensive and doesn't make sense given the state of the building out of placement with the neighborhood lastly i'd like to tell you about the neighborhood supported we have 14 letters of support i'll read one of them dear commissioner president fong and commissioners, i wish to support the project the 2012 commercial district is one of the most vibrant in the city this will enhance the neighborhood small ground floor retail space will provide an opportunity for

people to opens businesses near their home is it will improve the local economy and help to affiliate the housing crisis noah valley is a friendly neighborhood this kind of project makes it easy to get suitable housing and to match the design buildings the proposed building is compliment with 9 mixed use strict this is the kind of development we want to engage in the city sincerely leonard we have additional letters from chuck young and others

(calling names) thank you very much for your time i understand they may want to speak since this is the first time we've heard from the neighbors we would like to respond. >> opening it up for public comment we have one card jim morrell. >> good afternoon. i'm a long time resident of noah valley been there since 1980

as recently, i became aware of the project i was out of town i can tell you that was no letter against this project but i can tell you a growing amount of neighbors have a growing concern and buildings other similar size and height to be built on 24th street what concerns us not only what is going up to this is already blocking views and casting shadows over the neighbors backyard. >> it is also something you're looking at a built building here that is twice as high at least as the 24th street implementing is a one to 3 story buildings in my opinion small town community

tight-knit shopping area part of san francisco by putting in a building such as this twice as high you're beginning to look at it and replicate this type of structure looking at down 24th street you're looking at noah valley community feel but sms something that is much less personal so maybe the building is technical limits in terms of height but it is totally out of character and totally out of scale with the rest of the street commercial strip that's my comment thank you very much. >> thank you. >> hi can you start of clock how

much time. >> i saw the paper it was a shock to see what you know in print i don't know this item was on the calendar i'm glad mr. moore relay had the guts to have it pulled the building next door is under construction to the east it is humane but a double lot this is a single lot very narrow when you see the two of them together as i looked online on the agenda it is i sort of was agasp opening it is radical as people experience it now the housing is great i understand did corridor and all of that i have two questions one is the design i mean, the little how is it had a a lot of charm

especially, when the lot next door was vacant you had this wonderful front yard with a gorgeous red flowers and this building is harsh i wonder if increase a way to soften it in and out put out the window boxes but it had a small town feel this is sad to see it go but item 11 is a concern on the calendar i don't know that legislation i know we're not there yet but it's permitted you're going to permit on the certifying to sometime can they be converted i'm wondering as others go up that's my question i don't want to stop the project

but make sure that is the right kind of housing and perhaps the design to be softened somewhat somehow the two of them together not in a good way amazing sort of shocking radically different way 24th street shocking way. >> is there any additional public comment. >> okay seeing none, public comment is closed commissioner antonini. >> all right. i think this is a good project we're looking to increase the density in an appropriate way and the zoning is 45 feet buildings adjacent to it are similar height to appears a lot of support we gain a lot more housing thereon before and plus a commercial unit and there's no

additional parking being added which you know might have an impact on the neighborhood but realistically people are going to have cars that's seems to be the way things are without additional parking on the balance i think it does a good job happy to have the project sponsor work with the staff to make sure if we can so often the exterior as one speaker said to grounds and corners so it is not sharp 90 degree adams but a softer angle would help see what the other commissioners say. >> commissioner richards i agree with commissioner antonini if there was an appropriate place it is the the nc example d it added 4 additional bedrooms and no

off-street parking some of the comments a better design it is age brutal as i look at the 3-d rendering is it that architect here you have a penthouse is it 45 feet to the adapt of the building. >> the in the right direction building seems big this seems >> so clarify did height is measured to the top of finished roof to the penthouse that are

up there there's a elevator and those are above the height. >> how high are they permitted. >> the stair penthouse is up to 10 feet in this case maybe the architect can give you the dimensions. >> the concern is that the 4 height limit is from the center of the property line and the red dash lines articulated where the height limit. >> probably 61 feet with the height restrictions. >> thank you commissioner moore. >> the only thing one could ask to spend a little bit more to group the staircases in a manner they don't make the roof two

massive and taller than the building as i understand the way height is measuresed how they appear how they are we have technical stairs to going come to ground floor but in between this statement is the art of design so i suggest the department send a little bit more time with the applicant to take care of the proper kind of rooftop expression and the facade that is a little bit more in keeping for a quiet background building because the building is so much turn around and indicates a transition which rightfully expresses discomfortable in the adjoining neighborhoods keep it as a

background building that's mites recommendation and i move to approve with the specific instructions for roof as well as the facade treatment. >> second. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further there's a motion and second to approve that matter with conditions as amended to conclude work. >> commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner richards commissioner wu. >> commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero and places you on item number 9 at 933 through 9 stockton.

>> despite in i work closely on that i ask to be recused. >> commissioner moore i sit on this design review as appointed by the or asked by the commission president i've heard this project in a different context i'm aware of the comments and the push back of the comments the committee made to this project. >> do i need another motion to recuse. >> on that motion to rekinds commissioner wu. >> commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner hillis commissioner wu and commissioner president fong e so moved, commissioners, that

motion passes unanimously. >> good afternoon liz this is an informational and result in previously approved chinatown known as the head house on stockton street as you recall the conditional use authorization as part of the sfmta expansion into chinatown in september of 2012 as a condition of that approval the sfmta in conjunction with the office of economic workforce development and the planning department engaged in a series of ways to have open space into the site that will environment the head house and serve the neighbors it will present an overview of the final design with that i'm going to turn it over to the central program director john thank you.

>> good afternoon. my name is is john i'm also accompanied by jan wang we'll be providing you with a short briefing of the chinatown design. >> the future chinatown station sites located on a price of property it certainly didn't look like that today if you're on stockton and washington street the chinatown station is under construction it is in construction over a year and a half the actual status of chinatown station construction is 25 percent complete just stepping back and talking about the central subway if the offer 50 percent complete we

declared it 50 percent complete behind us and ahead of us is the finishing of the stations themselves the project remains on budget and schedule from its original budget established in 2008, a bit of good news with a precedent towards the end of the month. >> in 2013 sfmta was given the opportunity and perhaps the challenge of trying to incorporate public open space over the top of muni station i've not seen that done and certainly ♪ san francisco it is the first and we started with the process of having 3 community outreach workshops to get a feeling of what it will take to complete the remaining parcels of the station so we bought the old

hogan site and used 75 percent for the construction of future chinatown station and the remaining parcel requires programming from those workshops we received an overwhelming support for public open space over the station and on the plazas adjacent to it what you're seeing here is the top view of the actual plaza in open space as i mentioned it was a collaborative effort of 4 community workshops and it received most of its well, all it's conditional approval and tuesday with the help of commissioner moore we received design 23 that further moved it was done in part with a number of both community organizations

and city staff staff departments primarily the chinatown community development center and the community for better parks and recreation in chinatown the mayor's office the planning department, rec and park department staff all have contributed and joined at the hip for this as we present this project to you some of the current elements that stand out on the roof and plaza of the future chinatown station is in sculptured metal the roof the bamboo planter and fixed and flexible seat for the use of the plaza itself and also particular notes the plazas itself is designed to operate

individually from the actual sfmta subway station it has the ability to have separate facilities and have with a role down gate the ability to close separate itself out from the public intrau subway station that offers an opportunity for activation of that space during off hours here's a view of the station probably if you happen to be at the mandarin four looking back you'll see on the right hand side of the station itself is the future entrance the chinatown station and you'll notice the plazas towards the lower left the entrance to the plazas and mid-level entrance and this on the top of the

future chinatown station this is a showdown showing you as you enter into the chinatown station there is as incorporated as part of this open space is the actual prelims of 3 concession stands two at plaza level and another concession stand at the level chinatown station >> this is a view of stockton street looking up the staircase a and this is a view from the mid plaza looking north and the red feature on the left is cup let's that's yet the i believe the surrendering out of my comfort zone the cup let's will be part of the community -

developed with the community process yet to be developed and this is the and that completes our presentation thank you very much. >> thank you. >> i'm sure there are questions opening it up for public comment if there's any. >> okay public comment is closed. >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah. i just had a few questions about the design i think that is extremely well done but you you know it is not contextual there is no open space this is exactly why we're putting it in there but i don't know if there is any man to work on the edge of this building it

needs more defined finished lines i see the glass barrier the frames the plazas itself part of plaza it just i think that is an important thing to do whatever we can to tie it into the surrounding neighborhood not a staircase difference without changing the design so often it and the other thing i want to ask that is a large station with a large open space it doesn't mean any future stations one in north beach at washington scarce has to have a large fingertip that is not setting a thank you

for your comments on the first in terms of integrating the station with the ffb of the neighborhood we'll take into account that and see if we can so often the elements and we'll present to that commission some of the comments i've received here today on the second question of whether it sets a persistent personality /* pianist with the central project it has 4 entrances to the subway line and only one of the 3 has the open space park element this site i believe was the

actual result open space is probably the biproduct of a unique situation we purchased a parcel of land and unable to fully utilize the entire parcel a remnant and that kind of triggered community meetings and because chinatown vary differently than north beach has a lack of public open space the community inship yearned for public open space and the project we're presenting to you today i don't believe that each future station design would incorporate any features with the site and location that it requires. >> thank you. yeah that answers my question i can see in

reference to north beach and other place where it the con restricted i have to have your entrance and get to the subway but another person you can have other elements or businesses or housing above that if it is deemed appropriate in the area. >> correct a good example the union square market street tradition we have two distinct sites incorporated in the existing features and the existing park station. >> thank you. >> commissioner moore. >> what actually is quite react it is community driven that is where the strength lies we do need to remember it sits on the east side of a very large public housing project any excursion on

that site will be a problem for people that relies an light and air i think the project is designed with a great sensitive with the hospital nearby and a phenomenal amount of people that don't have a balcony and a lot of living quarters in an ear that put an emphasis on walkability so having the ability to rise above the bustle of jackson street i have to put a plug in here for the pacific arts commission it is commodity of architect and artists and i think they bring together a racket skill of creating the push back and challenge to the detail not to the parcel it's the project has shaped itself quite well under that guidance.

>> commissioner moore i absolutely agree with you on chinatown street this is a way to get above it and enjoy the livelyness and it is a very interesting and a lot of fun and actually want to commend you, sir for and our team this is an incredibly complex project and watching the photos of people pushing thingsunderground keep up the good work. >> hope to see you in 20th century 19. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further item 10 the west side recycle wait this is the environmental impact report

monday may fourth will be the cut off for applications and good afternoon, tim with the environmental planning with the planning department on the report for this for the sfmta west side recycled water project it is one of several that compromise the sfmta water system improvement project or w s i p as barbara the project manager for this project should the commission wish the colleague will present a brief description of the project elements for the proposed project otherwise we can skip to other comments okay now i'd like to state this is a

hearing to receive the environmental impact report comments which assesses the commitment from the result of implementation from the west side cycle water project this was delivered to you staff is not here to respond to comments on the environmental analysis they'll be transcribed and in writing and responses to documents which will respond during the public comment period and may include provisions to the draft eir this is not for approval or disapproval of the project that will be held in the financial eir meeting comments if the public should be directed i directed towards the accuracy and commensurate are asked to speak slowly