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>> thursday, february 4, >> thursday, february 4, disruptions of any kind. proceedings. and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. i'd like to call roll at this time. commissioner president fong commissioner vice president richards commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore and commissioner wu commissioner johnson will be absent today through the chair commissioners i'd like to call commission matters out of order
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to take up future agendas commissioners due to the increased volume of applications your advanced calendar has ballooned through april the continuance of the affordable housing bonus program took to february and other continuance impacted the advanced calendar the additional to stay here until you midnight or 2:00 a.m. so i don't think you want to do that i suggest we reinstate the march 31 to the 2016 schedule and possibly discuss the hearings easily the day like 10 or 11:00 a.m. you could we arrange the agenda to take up
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certain items for commissioners that may not be able to attend i'll leave that up to you initially take a vote to reinstate march 21st, 2016. >> commissioner antonini. >> i've very much in favor of that project sponsors were concerned about trying to get on calendar i explained the calendar is busy you i think that is wise for us to reinstate that day and also whether to start of the mergers earlier not a lot on thursday so might as well start on 10 o'clock it is just a consensus. >> no motion required to start earlier the day but you will need some consensus to open a hearing. >> as far as the 31st. >> the 31st we need a vote.
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>> i'll move to add the 31st. >> second. >> on that motion. >> comment first. >> commissioner hillis so, yeah i'm supportive of adding the extra day and possible future extra days i have difficulty with the 10:00 a.m. start date i go into the office in the morning and just would be impossible to do that and work a half or a couple of hours before coming here on thursday i'm happy to add dates but avoid starting earlier. >> commissioner moore. >> we have been put on notice for a few weeks things continue to be filled calendar so i believe that even at the beginning of the year we left it on we'll be reinstating the 31st i'm supportive but any earlier
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starting i don't think it is appropriate i'd rather have full other meetings than coming before that. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> i also not in supportive support of an elder start time but a half an hour earlier and not take a break in the afternoon but more efficient to take a quick break starting at 11:30 verse 12 no lunch. >> commissioner antonini. >> anytime we can gain restrictions some of the commissioners would be helpful i think things come up as we'll hear about later in the calendar probably have a session not as long as usual today and continuance frequently occurs calendar seemed to be jammed they can quickly become less
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busy but we can't put anything in this items are continued to calendar more day is a good idea. >> commissioner moore. >> many of us work and spend the morning i want to hear from commissioner hillis whether or not thirty minutes is amenable to you or would that be a problem. >> so i am not i'd like to keep it at noon and moving to 11:30 avoid that move it to dloushgs and not take a break. >> i appreciate that a normal work break is at the noon or one together and one person appealing off earlier is difficult i'll stand in support of what commissioner hillis
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explained. >> commissioner wu. >> i'm post to the 31st seems fine i suggest we keep it at noon and take a shorter break try tee eat lunch before coming. >> (laughter). >> so jonas may suggest the consensus is for the 31st to keep the meetings at noon and not take a long break and commission a couple of few weeks this starts to bloom we're not gaining on the number of items and perhaps one meeting that start earlier to catch. >> we're going to there is a motion and a second we should take public comment on the march cynthia i 31st. >> commissioner moore i'll ask is for the president and the vice president to very careful work with the director for more balanced schedule for the
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commissioner vice president richards raised that when we came on the commission he noticed an imbalance and there's a reason for coping but not coping particularly you want to tip the scale and leave at 4:30 or 5 and leave at midnight i know we can't extend the public comment but think historical experience to be able to kind of guess what we're expecting a lot of people an attempt to get a balance. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> i agree with commissioner moore maybe be a little bit more be fine tuning the way we balance things part of public comment i hate to keep cutting public comment down and down and down when people come here for hours and get a minute i'd like to have rather additional
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meetings i've learned quite a bit. >> speaking of which any public comment on the addition of march 31st meeting? not hearing or seeing any public comment is closed. >> thank you on that motion commissioners to add march 31st to your schedule commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner wu commissioner vice president richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places us under our continuance calendar item one at sickle is april 29, 2016, and item 2 hill avenue has been withdrawn new commissioners you may have notices there was a
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lot decorations for the super bowl there is an event held today and as much as i put in a request for found if any disruption with the super bowl to our hearings on monday we received a call requesting that our hearing conclude at 5:00 p.m. this is not a hard stop if you choose to we'll go beyond 5:00 p.m. there will be more security due to the super bowl event in cooperation with the officers i will recommend that we continue items 12 ab for cases
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and market street conditional use and variance one week until february 11th item 15 case at commissioner bassham berry land to the reinstated date of march 31st and the two items under the discretionary review calendar items 16 and 17 at temple street a discretionary review and item 17 for case rose mount place a discretionary review for one week to february 11th my understanding that both of the department of human resources may be withdrawn so it shouldn't pose them too much difficulty future for your consideration the project sponsor at 2100
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market street is willing to wait to see if we get through his items prior to 5:00 p.m. i'll leave that for your consideration. >> is your recommendation to potential propose continuance for items. >> one and two, 16 and 17 to the date proposed and act on those now and market street when it is called in the normal course of business. >> commissioner moore. >> i have a very basic question and it is just adding for clarity could you give me like a short overview of why this particular event tonight is different from any other civic event like the opening of
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simplify we are observers from the balcony ass are san francisco's finest i might have come into a fully tradition of 50 years nfl give me one sentence i'll be more informed to understand. >> well, this is obviously the super bowl 50 it is not so much the event itself but the heeding security around it i believe that there are demonstrations that were scheduled throughout the super bowl week i think the building management including the city administrators is concerned about safety of the building itself with this sort of hi profile of members of nfl membership participating this after that. >> commissioner antonini.
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>> i think that mr. highland's put it well, it is an event with national significance and a possibility of things that might be disruptive on a national scale that is what separates it if the local events but i am in favor of what is proposed i'm going to move to continue item 1, 2 is withdrawn so it is not continued and items number the end of the calendar items 1, 16 and 17 to the following dates the first item is continued until april 28th and march 31st and items 16 and to february 11th and see about the item that might be heard today. >> second. >> thank you, commissioners. >> commissioner vice president richards one question on the
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process with the 2100 market street if we don't have enough the times we'll move to continue rather than hear it and continue it after that and reopen again next week. >> yeah. when the item is called we can't get through it we'll choose to continue is one week until february 11th. >> one question i have we look at the audience and not see a quick show up and they're in route because we're hearing it we want to make sure we understand that. >> and to reminder you that is a public request this is a public building known will will be not limited to to our room if we go past 5:00 p.m. we go past it. >> commissioner hillis. >> just a question parties to those items you know both
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neighbors opposed and the project sponsor aware we may continue i don't want to set up the expectation the public is not coming so a big event and they anticipate this being continued and we'll maybe hear it so save on the public comment side and continue it to make sure that people are able to comment who may want to comment and 0 not say it was anticipated for continued or because i have traffic a demonstration and assess was not possible. >> the project sponsor is fully aware the circumstances and the risk he and his team with taking whatever reason i'm speaking with the representatives of t t n a not ware they're here and prepared. >> commissioner moore. >> i this is a little bit confusing bus i received a re