see something good they go for 2. >> you have a longer corridor with the rh1 density not you know where you have the density but beyond that apartment buildings with many more people so you know this said i'd look into the other uses that maybe in violation of the code but i think here you know difficult for us to shoo horn in a retail establishment on the ground floor i mean certainly will encourage the folks to you know look can commissioner vice president richards which had in moving the permeate that could be more active and visitors to go to that ground floor if possible. >> hard for us to figure out their program. >> there was an active use before you, say can't you just say we want on active use to continue and build up we're

willing to have m them build another story the neighbors might be 345d what happens above an active use it is fine if other things are going on above if your perspective. >> commissioner koppel. >> i have a question for the project sponsor he understand the ground floor is the corner of the building i'm looking this seeing on the third floor a healthy amount of square footage and wondering if first of all, my suggestion will be possible but if you looked may be trying to get a couple killing two birds with one stone and if so it possible. >> you looked at rearranging some of the functionalities on the ground floor in exchange for the things on the third floor and incorporating a small retail

use that would promote health last week, a juice bar organic food store that didn't take a lot of room last week, a jump both juice that fits into the purpose of the building and kind of sorts of be a little bit of a health education classroom at the same time. >> if i meat prong for the project sponsor he reason this is two issues here the medical use is not a passive use patients are coming in and out and utilizing the services not a passive an active use the question the technical question of introducing any

components as is a retail use changes the dimes for the operation you have to have them enter a narrow corridor cannot be that wide you need two means of egress in the 25 foot lot there are two many things going on to satisfactory about parties i will make the argument a medical use is an active use. >> okay. >> commissioner johnson. >> thank you we have this discussion about the medical use on van ness street and we worked very hard on having a retail use part of that project it was really challenging i don't necessarily feel we have to have the same discussion here i do want to pick up on commissioner vice president richards suggestion moving the pharmacy to 9 ground floor i think that will heathen the

activation of that ground floor that will change our lay out somewhat it is the space for the second floor will offer lay a bathroom and waiting area if you have the second floor to the ground floor, however, i think that is worthy to build that foot traffic and very people on the ground floor be doing things and have the more office uses like the examine room and the waiting area be above the ground floor space not interested in the project that reduces our programming in terms of reducing square footage or not having a certain floor but i understand thinks the impetus to not have a

retail use or a food services use replaced by something that is not that i think in this case that is actually will improve the neighborhood and that block bringing foot traffic of people that are hunger and want to do other things frankly, if i'm a business owner pay 75 thousands that's not our role but a consideration we think about how a neighborhoods ingresses i think 24 works and let me ask staff we normally this is a cu so are we okay. on making the pharmacy on the ground floor. >> that's appropriate as part of review today.

>> okay. great i'd like to make a motion to approve that project that the pharmacy moved to the ground floor and some configuration. >> second. >> commissioner richards and commissioner moore. >> i 23450ird to ask mr. fong that's possible pharmacies have a safety component in this case, you look at how this pharmacy works inside an office building inside a medical office building a patient with open counterpart and the doctor has given out the preparation is not a walgreens or something like that if i want to have a pharmacy that is assessable from the outside the back of the house needs tobacco somewhere and i shouldn't be talking about establishing that mr. fong is the primaries your envisioning primarily an

impatient pharmacy. >> on the ground floor we're basically trying to create a difference touch pharmacy i'm not sure that will work. >> i'll say to the commissioner fewer consideration that is that the entry into a store is the entrance the facility but nirnts the primary function in most cases the entry acts as a waiting area and acts as a point people are directed and the pharmacy really didn't come into play as a strictly retail function but comes into play as a certify for their patients. >> commissioner melgar.

>> you said it was open to the public. >> it is. >> i'm thinking that is the closet if you open it and modify the - you know to actually be morality that would be the closet parliament to city college; right? >> it will only deal in medication not deal with other things that most pharmacies do. >> if you - that's can you throughout about when it was on the second floor so. >> it's what the other pharmacies do they don't sell sundayy items they will service anyone that wants to come in but the prominent of people after they've had some type of

procedure or they'll fulfill the required pharmaceuticals with that. >> okay commissioner vice president richards a question he go to the doctor not a ms doctor i have a prescription in my hand what will draw me into ms not walgreens you serve the public is 2 convenience is it price what - >> yeah. if you are a patient of the ms you're part of 75 percent at or below the poverty level you'll get a break. >> if i'm not a ms patient. >> if you have private insurance. >> this is pretty open to the public. >> yeah. >> i think a pharmacy on the

first floor i'll give you the money rather than walgreens tonight. >> commissioner johnson thank you very much i concur i think that if i understand you're not selling sun distresses but not drop the pharmacy and have it by the front door but having it on the cable car is better for that neighborhood commercial district that's what that is for i think that that is a good land use decision and doesn't reduce our programming. >> commissioner tenant-landlord to approve with conditions to provide a pharmacy on the ground floor on that motion commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commissioner moore

commissioner vice president richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 6 to one with commissioner moore voting against commissioner on item 12 van ness after a conditional use authorizati authorization. >> game-changer mary woods of department staff the application before you is a conditional use authorization to allow a planned unit development for the demolition of an existing 4 story tv studio at office building in the construction of a 1 story mixed use building with 20039 dwelling units physical 51 hundred square feet and restaurant space on the ground floor, one and 95 parking spaces and one loading space and

200 and 59 bicycle spaces in one and thirty feet height and bulk the zoning district are rc-4 and the zoning district that requires conditional use authorization for height above 50 feet and street frontage and off-street parking, and wind current exception the prolong is also seeking plans development modifications recommend to on-street parking loading spaces and floor area. corner lots and rear yards the project proposes to meet it's inclusionary housing but participating in the nominees small sites program many ruby of the mayor's office of housing is here if you have and last week marrow information regarding that new program

since last week's commission hearing the packet distribution staff has received additional 6 letters and two letters containing 16 that signatures in support of the project the departments recommendations so approve with conditions this concludes any summary of the project i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you. >> thank you project sponsor please. good afternoon dear commissioners with the partners principal and founders and the project sponsor let me - >> presentation this is an image of the renderings from van ness this is the existing building the former care ended supporters with merry tell on the right tl

we have - we bought this in 2014 and immediately engaged in the communicated and see a taller building and two building scheme to tower scheme clear feedback from the community stakeholders was the project should be height component and a strong preference for a that single tower scheme this allows us to setback from mertle providing for townhomes and activation of utilizing to this important street to the neighbors a few key features about the project we are proposing 20039 residential units this is

approximately thirty percent of them will be 40 percent will be family-sized two bedrooms and we're significantly activating the townhomes and coast guard entry and wrapping up on farrell a second pedestrians entry think farrell as well as a beacon lounge related to parking we have when we are part of site the site was allowed to have one to one parking for the van ness ncd and in the process the ratio was driver's side by legislation to allow up to .75 we're meeting 24 we're slightly under it the neighbors asked us to provide as much parking as possible we're providing less parking than the transportation study actually estimated the displaced to be and building this parking ratio is appropriate given the project

and the large number of family-sized units with regards to the inclusionary housing as was mentioned we are meeting that by pursuing the fee under prop c one or the other the in lui from 27 and a half percent with passage of prop c and meeting the increased requirement an increase of $7 million to the mayor's office of housing for the p at $19 million fee alternatively we can pursue the petitions program that allows us to acquire up to 66 affordable housing units under that small acquisition guidelines i'm going to turn it over to brenda thank you. >> thank you good afternoon glen architect

one of the things about urban design as you can see from the slide one of the most important things about this project and the site is relationship not only to the van ness corridor but to cathedral hill last week how it ties across van ness with its institutional building here we're trying to create a building that has an urban sort of fabric that relates not only to adjacent buildings but across van ness as well as cathedral hill the site is approximately 35 though square feet in the coroner's office van ness and 0'farrell and has the benefit of having mertle street as a thirds street if you're familiar with the area van ness is the largest

boulevard one and 25 feet wide and 0'farrell is 80 feet and mertle 35 feet wide one of the important aspects of the design is utilizing mertle as an residential entry point to the project that is one of the factors that the community was really excited about putting for easy on that street and making it safer here are existing photos in the right lower corner those are townhouse from the scheme you'll see making that relationship to the east townhouse not only in context but in scale the first scheme on the left is what we started this is actually allowed by code a two tower scheme the height in the area is one and thirty feet we choose to

look at it definitely we choose to remass the entire building and look at a single tower but that have it carved out into more components that related to the equivocating building adjacent to them as well as townhouse on mertle we have a series of heights abc and one and 30 the allowable and the houses that are 35 adjoining just an overall site plan that is the terrace we have quest green escapes along the facade as you can see in the elevation one the challenging parts of this site a 9 to 10 percent slope very difficult to have a one floor retail use is he with is where toerdz on the ground floor and have actives on the second floor that relates to the slope of the sites the utilities

are below grade we try to create as itch tests on the scrape that includes the entry so townhomes and etc. this is the ground floor plan you can see the retail in front and everything 2/3rd's to the left is that below grade on the second floor you start to get units on the in front the entry plaza along mertle street and a buying lounge along it 0'farrell this is the corner shot if 0'farrell and van ness it is setback as it goes to the west's as it goes to the north to the avenue we're trying to activate the van ness as it wraps the corner of 0'farrell and mertle

the bike lounge along 0'farrell we were encouraged by the planning department to emphasize a create an active use along 0'farrell we brought up it and sweet a passage and passage into the building that connects to the lobby a permeable floor plan this is up mertle street the entry point along mertle it would be nice the townhouse you, you have an actual court into the project not creating 80 foot walls around the sites but breaking down this by the entry plaza looking down mayor ed lee tell street it starts to breaks down as you go towards van ness

there's cathedral hill this is hard to tell the building base advertise it broken down in parts it blend in with a lot of buildings in the area and then here's the last shot it is across the street on van ness looking at the mertle elevation with that, i believe that we've concluded our presentation and i'm sure you have a lot of information and free to answer them thank you >> okay opening it up for public comment (calling names). >> hello my name is sophie i will live directly coordinating from the construction project on franklin

i'm here representing my tenants in the building most can't make this is about to begin the largest construction projects on van ness the building that that housing developer wants to demolish is not only on the same strtd street that the city will tear up but according to google on this 200 and 343 feet away into two of the largest construction sites in san francisco with the hospital and the medical office building across the street allowing this to happen at the same time of the van ness and the hospital construction and office building construction again, all only one less than 200 and 50 feet from the proposed seat will destroy the traffic a construction site as large of this with an

requires 1 street lane and sidewalk to be closely on either side of the building the developer will be fighting the city over van ness for the next 3 empowers and cause turmoil when it comes to moving in traffic the 49 and 47 van ness are two of the most important buses if i allow this happening less than 2 a hundred and 50 feet all the muni stoops 23450e9 need to be rerange for the construction happening all at the same time please consider the extreme negative effects in project will have in the city for the next 3 to 5 years he know you've received letters of support they didn't come from the residents of the immediate area or businesses effects if you're going to approve those postpone until the other

construction projects are noting done not 4 construction sites for 3 years. >> thank you. >> i'm with the cathedral neighbors association interesting the previous speaker was talking about cpmc those neighbors worked on the cpmc for two years it is going very well the construction of medical office building and the hospital are well on their way and we are also very much in support of housing for the van ness corridor this particular project is a good project and is good place this is a very challenging corner of 0'farrell and van ness there are 3 institutional building a movie theatre and automobile museum it is a

deserted dark speak yes corner we want to caveat with housing and retail uses to envision 0'farrell and van ness and make that a safe corridor with the building of the van ness brt we're going to see considerable improvement in transit and youth and walkability other than this corridor which we are very much in support of b rc and the building of housing and mixed use buildings along van ness and franklin and gov. we'd like to see this attractive project added to your neighborhood and an a plus rating this team has done a wonderful engagement working with them since 2014 and alternated the project and made

that much more attractive for all the neighboring building particularly the terraceing of the roof and is terraceing to the townhouse on mertle make that a valuable and photographic and itch needed project for our neighborhoods please support it. >> we're excited to support in project i wanted to echo cathedral hills comments regarding community engagement really a model how it should be done the project sponsor meet with our membership and licensed to some of our concerns agreed to work with our group and other groups talking about selection of those empowering tenants that

was an important issue to our group and other huge issue to our group was inclusionary housing and affordable housing we want to talk about that for a moment thanks to prop c we are going to be able to get an additional $7 million towards affordable housing so 19 and a half million dollars your erection as well as the resting of the organizations along the van ness corridor will continue to advocate through our elected representatives the mayor's office and our supervisors for those monies to be spent in our neighbors small site activation this is an exciting possibility for middle and lower polk and cathedral hill primarily base in your neighborhoods we have buildings that are substantially at risk for being ellis acted and shame evictions the reality is the

only way to attack that problem absent changing state law that would be great to have the lands trust model the mayor's office of housing basically buys the building and preserves those tenants being there and makes it permanently affordable that is a really exciting program we're excited to work with the mayor's office to have those acquisitions in our neighborhoods along the van ness corridor a couple of comments on timing if you grant 24 approval they'll not start construction tomorrow they have to get a building permit and a whole process they will go lucky to borrowing if you delay this project it misses the real estate license we're looking at a ugly building who knows how

link those cycles are 7 or 8 years that's innovate the best interests of the community frankly and gov. are real and working with the mayor's office to mitigate the best they can in the long run all this work will be for the good we urge you to support this project here today thank you. >> hello, i'm jim i'll with the mertle street homeowners association on the board and we strongly support what they're doing across the street it is really been rough to have that big old building even before it went empty but a lot of problems since that time and i think we watching the mertle street homeowners look at this not the assume way this is the

can be please in our backyard and one of the things i want to highlight the whole ideas of having parking that is kind of against the grain of everything this is we need fewer parking spaces for all the new that buildings by nike think we need to do something like the 3 quarter per units the people that will move on there with no car not new york city there are people with cars they'll not afford the places we don't want more people trying to grab you are parking spaces because there are not that many and especially with mertle street no garages we'll not get garages built in 19 hundred in our best interests to have parking for the new heermz across the street so like said

about two years ago question met request the brothers and skeptical what we'll do we love what it is and help us stay in that building that's been there sin 19 hundreds so thank you for your time. >> good afternoon commissioners corey insight on behalf of of the housing coalition speaking in support we reviewed the project december 2017 thrilled to hear a couple of community groups speaking on behalf of the project it is better use of the land with the improvements made this is the ideal place love the fact they've maximum missed the density the possibility number of units the one aspect i know will be brought up the total amount of

parking wear 24r50ir8d about the 40 percent plus of the two bedrooms and more and understand that more parking is needed to accommodate that with an thing we want to point out we're happy about the sponsor is using staff parking hopefully deter the residents into driving on a regular basis good tactic we're in support and ask you to approve this thank you. >> good evening. i'm danny a representative with the sheet metal workers local 104 and a delegate to the san francisco and construction trades council before i talk about the project we want to congratulate commissioner koppel and commissioner melgar on your recent appointments my first time speak at this body so gas stations i'm here to vice our

support for this project for the following reasons it is going to stimulate the local economy by providing middle-class construction jobs with living wages and health benefits for local residents and going to insure sustainable pathways for building trades into building trades apprenticeships for local use as well returning the united states military veterans from the hard hats to benefits program for the mixed use project and pedestrian friendly and in addition, i can't fail to mention the much needed housing the 200 and 39 units laefts the project sponsor j.c. wallace reached it out to the mechanical

trades listens to our concerns and committed to local contractors will be building this project therefore we ask for your support today thank you very much. >> thank you hello commissioners my name is grand i live across the street if mertle in fact, i'm in probably arithmeticly the closest person to the construction site so i'll be experiencing the dust, etc., etc. i wish to off me unconditional ports support for the project the brothers reached out to us early on and inclusionary and enles our feedback and asking bus the project we very much appreciate

that the project will maintain the broadcast station that is declining especially with the merger between former owner next existence with a cost satisfying and not see the original use of again i'll appreciate repealing or appreciate moving pelosi patent and another peep said a spoke i didn't building with an actual vibrant community building and appreciate i appreciate frankly the architectural elements they managed to converge sort of new very modern architecture with more traditional san francisco style you know sort out spacing

windows and other elements that are polling frankly we can use for stores along van ness more retail use our immediate neighbors are i believe their testing letter dealership and a movie theatre oh, yes, sir. mel but not have a lot of standard retail in the area as a result i think that they're proposed retail use is particularly compelling to improve the lives of the local communities i will add that i understand there is an issue of parking and i would urge the close session as strong as possible we need as much parking unite a little bit the local color as the residents of the mertle street to work with the local church for parking for cross purposes that is how we get it done and i think that i

know i think we could use as much parking as humanly possible to absorb the impact of people meeting into neighborhood and not pushed out of our arrangement thank you very much i appreciate you appreciate you taking the time have a good evening. >> is there any additional public comment on this item? >> ma'am. >> my name is justin he live on franklin street and i'm not for the project at all it is ridiculous we'll have middle-income houses for two bedrooms and three bedrooms it is not the right place for that

and i know also so much more traffic, i think that the way don't high and it is just so sad for this city just becoming a city for extremely rich people i think that is awful and december kuft thank you. >> any additional speakers on this item seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner moore. >> i'm actually delighted to see the building as a strong intent of the van ness corridor plan something which in the discussion about many other projects which don't seem to get as well the think a braeshthd of fresh air my compliments and we're seeing a building that used similar techniques out of the ground that's the opening on the program an sacramento we do

things. the medical buildings into residential together with addressing townhouse many creates a through path from sacramento to clay i'm intrigued by seeing the similar unique with the combination of residential and dweer form to the combination of houses townhouse i last week the transition and lake the breaking of mapping kind of in a way eloquent this is a large building all the moves including the cross slope on the sides dealing with the open space having a extremely positive may we have been desiring of the 5 zoning amendments the project is asking. we often praise project that

district attorney reach the limits of excellence i think the project meets the sdrengs of being a well-designed project >> do i question the .84 parking space ratio yes. i do and have with me brt's coupe in the middle of the street i couldn't say that is fine i don't think that see reason will be more difficult for those who will not be on the brt but driving their car it will be a highway 101 that will not go away when the brt is in there i'm concerneds cars they're just a challenge too high a parking ratio and we say we would is affordable onsite i have to say that that is true

but not the way the chips fall the developer has chosen the payment onyx all over the place sfrong support the neighbors pleading that the office of workforce and housing will do the funds anywhere in the area the neighbors are joining the van ness corridor are being seriously impacted by what is happening i'm in support of unoccupied buildings and i move to approve. >> second. >> i have a question for ms. ruby harris this is for the small site acquisitions can you explain how that works. >> yeah. this is a new option that is vertebral to certain

develops as of june of this year the small program in the past has been only used for nonprofit developers but the small sierts program allows for for profit developers to participate in the program the developer will fwout and seek a site that 23e9s within the requirements and work with your other was we will have oversight and work with them to make sure their requiring something in the program guidelines and rehabbed to the extent we expect it to be and deliver it to a nonprofit and transfer it to a manager that themselves if at the chose to manage it themselves they are for meet our site requirements and all other things. >> a point of clarification is

there a business from the principle project. >> yes. it is subject to the oifrnt of one mile. >> the offsite requirement will they have to get a certificate of occupancy for the small site acquisitions units brown bag they could get - >> yes. your exception is; right? the building they're buying in the option will be already inhibited peep will finish their rehab no more than 2 months people are out of they are apartment and be back in their same apartment and complete their requirement to getting the completion of main project. >> thank you. >> sure. >> commissioner johnson. >> thank you very much i do think this project fits within the broader scheme of the van ness corridor

i think this is a good reuse that have seat that is a challenging one an cathedral hill both to construct on but think about how it fits into a neighborhoods very ohio traffic and interesting seat a couple of things first a little bit of acquisitions program as an option for affordable housing for this project i think that is really great i hope that they'll be able to find units 27 percent requirement within less than a mile maybe a half a mile hope they find something and clarify this for that folks they have to purchase those units within the program before they get the certificate of occupancy for their knowledge and if they don't they'll pay the in lui fee; right? that's not an obviously retirement they can take forever to find a site but within a period of time and

heap they're able to it will be a good thing for the project with the small site acquisitions a lot of the challenges nor the nonprofit in take advantage of that it will cost with their structure an board and hue they'll be able to make an eave i need that in san francisco and a previous developer is able to do that in a way that a nonprofit developer is not in a lot of cases aim excited about those aforementioned and hopefully suitedable property within a small half-mile hopefully one they know on the parking i agree with commissioner moore he actor a careful look at that and spent a lot of time thinking about that i think within the public commenters made mention people make 09 arrangements to calm that neighborhoods in the cathedral and marys is up the street a lot of parking; right? unless i go on a sunday a

parking lot with a cathedral in the middle so there's a lot of parking and one thousand the anderson theatre has a multi story parking lots eave parked he lived on treasure island and my car was not getting into the city that neighborhood has quite a bit of parking, however, the parking in this building reduces the cost; right? to have that underground i don't know what - owe really challenge whether or not to really ask for less frankly we do think there is a benefit to reducing the traffic 350e7 will not have cars or their cars farther away i'm open

to not touching the parking in this building - excuse me - >> as sorry. >> (laughter). talking today >> as a commission and department we need to think about dog patch uses for those spaces (choking). >> commissioner koppel. >> thank you i wanted to say i'm expressed with the design of the building a strong facing presence coming down kwaer and 0'farrell yet in the alley opens up not a narrowly dark corridor a lot of those people think we need to

limit the parking it is a transit rich area he also think the unit mix of 2 and three bedrooms will warrant families needing a vehicle for weekends trips and transporting kids i'm impressed with the people that come out here and looking at something in the packet that sometimes is over location a 200 plus hundred pages and affidavit for agree local hiring program this is sometimes ether located and barley filled out and that's definitely innovate the access here i'm impressed with the extent that they went through a simple

two-package document and impressed with the number i'm seeing next to the estimated number of local residents 33 we hired 65 that's a really good number that says a lot about what they are committed to do well heads of time and enough time to make it into the packet is a definitely in support of packet. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> i do not want to belabor but one part the parking you're coming and asking for cu for 274 he know the bedroom count is high and we'll hear from commissioner hillis how harvard to have children and get around town the number of car share spaces is two low and one-half hashed there the tdm oornls where are we on that can

you give us a refresher. >> commissioner vice president richards wade department staff yes, we this commission endorsed the tdm standards in august it is got passed on to the board of supervisors for their consideration it was introduced in we were september we just finished the thirty day period we're waiting for land use and transportation committee the way the ordinance is drafted this project will not be subject to the ordinance. >> if were subject can you give us an idea what it would look like. >> as a reminder for the new commissioners the ordinance the is structured around reducing

the vehicle miles traveled this is the amount of vehicles and how far they drive based on a lot of reason we've done in san francisco as well as nationally and internationally there are a strong relationship between the number of parking spaces on a site and the number of vehicle trips that will come there so we structured the program such that the more parking you provide we're not assessing you can't provide by the more transportation to demand management will provides unit and an absolute number of parking spaces in this incidence the project will be subject to a point target that's how we are sort of quantifying the effect of 29 points and based on the number of measures that will be required by the planning code as

well as some of the voluntary measures they've collected they'll be at 7 points. >> meaning what will they have to do. >> they have a number of options reduce the the number of 29 target to a lower or increase the number of tdm measures. >> i guess i should support i know those things are penciled out and more demands they're on staffers for the trespasses with kids to napa valley i think with within increase in the car share spaces and using the tdm he support the amount of parking i'll see what my fellow commissioners have to say okay commissioner moore. >> i wanted to make a comment and owe always do that on the units design it is good in the

townhouse you hear me often speak about townhouse elevated above the sidewalk we get proposed this is not done very well and i want all of us to make a note about that. >> commissioner hillis. >> just a quick we think the housing can i - >> the representative from - >> (laughter). >> sorry go ahead. >> i think this is exciting the first day we've seen this selected just a question how that he works it will be good as it unfolds to get updates do you

have the income quality they'll lake for a building one or more; right? to satisfactory that requirement. >> right. >> do you initially look at want income. >> we do we look at income before the sponsor purchases the building during the time this in contract and the regulation that they achieve 80 percent average and 80 percent and long run as they relative to that for . >> in place now, when the building is kwoirdz their income can rise or fall without lucas in their tenants is he they don't have a maintain a certain level. >> did the vacancy revert to e-mail. >> what happens in the vacancy

it is pressed in a convey the whole building is closure to percent ami rent you have oftentimes we were going cerebroa building rentals around 40 or 50 percent ami and flex that up to one and 20 percent ami to get an average cross the building it allows deft income levels tobacco in the building. >> we've heard a lot about displacement? i think the bank of the west way to cocktail the units that are here and people are obgyn. >> yeah. we recorded the declaration of restriction it stays in place me given times a vacancy we're trying to make sure that means the afternoon of

to percent balance. >> thank you any other questions for me sorry. >> sorry. >> for the project sponsor the issue commissioner vice president richards raised is that something i agree he mean we grapple with parking a higher cu you you know we think your bedroom counts are great and hopefully attract families but your reaction. >> i appreciate the comments and the request first of all, let me answer the i think a question of whether their increase the number of car share stalls yes question, work with staff think the property number to accommodate two right now we can double or triple that depends on what makes sense for staff, and, secondly, we're already meeting a number of

transportation to demand management requirements i can go flo the list and i want to react it sounds like those will increase our point you're pretty close it would be nice to be able to say you'll political and add that has a condition of approval. >> that technically will apply what are the conditional approval. the maker of the motion>> correct.; correct we're believes in transit we wouldn't have look at this project ♪ location if we were not part of what we grappled the requirements changed in the process; right? going into a project we understand that but too big changes one was the change in prop c with the requirements dramatically there's that and pursue the

acquisition as described and pretty much ready 2 to 3 do a if you crew ready to go and change in the parking allowed and so you know a dramatic change at that juncture with the transportation study have been designed the low grade we're happy to come ply with the points requirement and provide that >> thank you and yeah, it is great design and great to see what will happen along van ness we are at a critical mass where your innovate deciding to walk on polk street but walk think van ness thank you for that. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> i think that is a question we can amend the motion.

>> what will that amendment be increasing the car share units. >> or the cpmc requirements. >> the car share spaces for the tdm to get to 29; correct? owen we say get to the tdm and i don't want to be to drip active but that's part of motion. >> yes. commissioner vice president richards and you could potentially make that plus or minus if they want to reduce the parking spaces on site that will reduce their target. >> that is 29 a or 27 and reduce the spaces. >> i'll give them the 29 that's a good idea. >> commissioner moore. >> sir this is a tough

question i could ask our client before you go on do ask you what is the likelihood of this project built in timely manner and the other project spent a lot of time their high hopes with this prolong embraced by the communities but has a long time we've had that much progress in support of owl aspects, however, you yourself you up the street have lost the project all of a sudden something happens we office building see that has a consequence it lost entitlements and hoping for this to come forward as soon as possible chases the likelihood it is exhausted that conforming and built we're feeling the pinch that is having high exception

for large building and they fizzle and for lack of a better term an elements of speculation. >> obviously along the way i can tell you at this time the sponsor has within very, very excited about this project we're in the prosecutes of designing e design and developments they've 2009 stoopdz us from drawing and submitting the sited permits very, very soon within the next month or so, so the momentum is there and contractors looking pricing and gone through that i think the emphasis is really there to get this project done it is been very positive rep we're vertebrae excited to get to this point ooifsh that will take a few months to go into the groin but that is a pro tem prolong definitely. >> i appreciate your giving us

such a positive ferry building owe hear members of the public members the neighborhoods agreeing so this project conforms. >> thank you for your support and comments and great working with jeff and david on this project they hit a lot of support in how we fine tievend it their input throughout the process commissioners, if there's nothing further, we'll move on to go there is a motion that has been seconded to approve this project with conditions as amended it apply with the tdm commissioner hillis sxhooshgs commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commissioner moore commissioner vice president richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero. >> commissioners on item 13 chestnut street conditional use

authorization. >> good afternoon sherry planning department staff the item before you conditional use authorization to establishment a formula retail use specializing in selling beauty products located on chestnut street in a ground floor commercial space with 22000 square feet previously g stair a retail use clothing zoning district chestnut finally sub district and height and bulk it will involve the ground floor no expansion the envelope as far as the issues and considerations they have 90 stores worldwide no existing stand-alone and the property project will will you

the mercury independent retail spaces in another place in california the retails finding are in the draft motion to strike to consider to date the does want has not wrefdz notice phone calls in overwhelm the project sponsor has sxhukd additional outreach efforts to the local merchant association and the neighborhood are association and also submitted a petition in support of project that concludes my presentation. thank you. >> project sponsor please. >> good evening. i'm dan been with the company for approximately 10 years and in that time been part of company

and it was found as a concept being able to bring a more friendly face it the cosmetics at the time when blue mercury was established the only place to buy could say 34e6kz was in stores but make that possible to make a customer to be treat in address permanent be concerns of the person trying to purchase the product and provider expertise. beauty products founded by a san francisco native marla beck and her husband their active in the business and a way that really

emphasize a personal connection with the customers in kind not only are refrom him to the clients we were have but active in the neighborhoods where we are we frequently team up with a charity in the area whether it is a hospital or homeless shelter or even the food bank and we'd like to find a charity that matters basically in the community where we have stores we're legislative aide to working with the local merchant association and local community to find the charity in the chestnut area as well and be parts of that community the reason we want to be on chestnut street a small community 72 hours very well

tuned a perfect area to bring our kind of retailing with strong personal connection with your clients it would be typical for i to shop in our one of our stores and. the people that work with us to know you by name and give you a hug and have a stronger connection you, you we're looking forer long term full-time employment in the typical with part time employment and we feel that on chestnut street not other uses that are similar to us we're very much added to the fabric of the retail environment on that street and we'll appreciate our support for our store thank you,

thank you >> good evening commissioner president fong and members of the commission taylor jordan with light house public affairs that is my first time speaking in front of the new commissioners commissioner koppel and commissioner melgar gas stations on thursday appointment i've had the opportunity to do the community outreach sense 2017 and clarify briefly the breathe and outreach for this project starting in march we reached out to neighborhood leasees about the project national anthem lauren with marina and laura with cal hallow a public hearing with cal hallow and reached out to the marina merchant seeshgs as well we sent reagan monthly and boy monthly updates about the status and asked us to give

presentations or ask questions none of the groups took us on the offer in the alternative we do as mentioned each of in the neighborhoods to residents capturing all of 200 raiders and walked chestnut street capturing 19 supportive merchants along chestnut and speak directly to the association we feel we've done a sufficient job of outreach and again, if me questions. >> opening up for public comment. >> patricia representing the family merchant association for merchant street we want to clarify we're not fwens this project but there is some clarification i would like you

to know blue merricury if they for some reason want to leave this location needs to come back for a formula retail use if others want to come in the public needs the right to know this and were not told he futile 3 employee emit accident through a reality that was a nice capture and started the business in washington and innovate mentioned the 60 number formula retail use can upset us a neighborhood commercial district a lot from you have go in the specific last week is a large facility and more than liken only formula retail use can afford it we want to work with blue mercury we said to be stated in

the conditions of approval that should they leave that that location and the parents company wants to take over should come back for a formula retail use just to the public knows exactly hesitate happening i wish them luck i that's all i have to say. when he called me i was in the hospital that's why he didn't get the neighborhoods meeting because i'm coming back right now that's all i have to say. and he wish them luck but i get worried when major corporations say they want to find a in time for donations, etc. it ushlt didn't happen apple has not done anything and more than liken will not

participate the 5 or 6 time in the halloween parades that has 18 hundred strollers and they are the only ones that 90 percent of the time does not participate last week blue mercury to participate and if they don't i'm coming back to you and assessing 2 didn't happen thank you thank you. that's it. >> good evening my name is silvia johnson. i have been good parking zones for this area. >> because of somewhat you call a disease that will confuse and re - not establish in

different kind of you know republicans and venture there is overriding building construction building have in construction i went through a whole complete force on that and this is where a lot of these editors are trying to get in the way of establishing are reconstruction and a lot of money has not think paid just old people that need some help for this issue and proud to you know understand because every time i get editors

to online phone they cut my phone off because of some girl taken my id and puts is another establishment somewhere else so he had put on told the lady that he had not you know established no other phone and she cut my phone off because of a risk robbery and this was years ago but i bet you had something to do with that girl this has to be reestablishes on chestnut street you know community services i'm sorry my disease had to taken control of that and taken media

tablets in the process of early morning life because this is where all these arguments and has gone up in the establishment. >> and i do apologize this you know - of some kind of virus to brainwash the establishment that's been you know - >> okay public comment? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner johnson. >> yes. thank you so i have a quick request about formula retail use in my understanding i'm not going to say what i understand ask the questions for

spaces formula retail use if another formula retail use want to come into that space what's the circumstances it needs an additional approval there the cd. >> sorry. >> david lindsey department staff we look at the new requirements to go through the conditional use process but generally it would. >> i mean most of them would due specifically remember the it circumstances is it another deft size or - and i would have to - and okay. >> research that. >> that's fine he said to address that there are lots of circumstances if a new operator including a parent another cu for that. >> we don't need to make findings that's a regulation. >> thank you commissioner

hillis. >> i wanted to confirm that totally new i mean new in appearance to look and fortunately macy's came in it was required so move to approve. >> second. >> thank you commissioners think outside the box that motion. >> commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commissioner moore and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and expirations that places us on item 14. >> for a conditional use authorization.

>> good afternoon complirgz chris department staff implementing a request for a conditional use authorization to demolish a one story single-family dwelling and construct a new 4 story within the rh2 sdirnz and height and bulk states the conditional use authorization is required to allow for the demolition of a dwelling unit within a rh2 zoning district the proposed prestige proposes within dwelling unit totally one plus nine hundred square feet on the ground zero and one bedroom and go navy became and three bedrooms and 3 bathrooms and inform parking spaces and bicycle parking spaces for each airport on the green tariff program not seeking variance from the planning code dmirs since the publication of the staff report staff did a site

vest to examine the interior and determined the overall conditions for it is poorer than originally thought photos here. >> zoom out there. >> one - it is clear the building has not think maintained since the owner vacated the building 10 years ago i'm amending the criteria under the planning code section 317 to read the existing

dwelling unit is not maintained in a decent and sanitary condition also since the publication the department has one letter of opposition in a representative of the adjacent neighbors an 319 avenue mailed by the commission secretary and other concerns the project sponsor gave him a rotator it should be noted that it is among the evaluation in rh1 and rhd-1 district to be exempt the from a conditional use authorization this is not apply to projects in rh2 zoning district therefore the report

was not evaluated in detail by staff this morning we received a bunch of letters if 17 you households regarding the the subject property the department recommends you approve that that of those maximum mass the density by replacing a single-family dwelling and it is in excellence with all applicable planning code and meets the intent of design guidelines that concludes my presentation. i'm available to answer any questions. >> project sponsor please.

>> good afternoon commissioners i'm kate i'm representing the owners of the subject property i have slides here is it possible to have the overhead. >> the proposal to demolish the vacant single-family home and to construct to housing units the historic valuation has valued the property and not determined since having percent and 75 threshold upgrade costs the proposal meets the requirements of the demolition and determined the building is unbeknownst sound like and recommends the demolition of the structure in its current physical states the current home is not liveable and not affordable given the conditions of storage here are photos to add it chefrs of the existing

structure last year foundation issues and past damage this slide shows the mold, water leaks, and cracked ceilings and broken plastic 9 project proposes family-sized units that are 2000 approximately square feet and under the building heat and provides one to one parking and matching lightwells and reduced the backyard footprint and the existing building is 2000 thousand and plus larger than any units that is the front and this is the rear . and then this one >> in november of 2017 a

preapplication hearing was held at a point concerns were raised regard the scale even the next several moose the project sponsor worked with the residential design team to address those concerns the project sponsor made all the sdhangz proposed by the rdt and it was a misdemeanor proposal with 5 feet setback and 19 inches from the front setback on the north west corner and 12 foot plus side - radios are the reduction on the foushthd floor 250e89 one and 85 square feet we want to thank the department for working with you and building it is in character and scale of the neighborhoods the original design and current design doesn't seek a variance for a

modification. >> from the inception the owners of new york see this impact on the neighborhoods and eliminated many features the owners have reached it out to the neighbors on the north side and didn't receive me formal response over the last year and finally think october 10th we meet with the neighbors we firmly believe that the setback we made for the fourth floor and the pattern door warrant the removal of fourth floor as an example a fight from the back of the house coordinating from the the subject property and here's the fight taken from the the subject property showing the four story building hidden it given the fact that project meets the design guidelines we believe this is a project that

should, supported and lastly that is a very much a local prestige the orientals erase they are families in san francisco and provides one units to the family members next slide, please one of the owner is looking forward to moving into the neighborhoods had spent a significant part of her career working and veterans has the architect live and works in the neighborhood and the owners love and respect and feel that is worthy living if the earns have a lot of support and we have 9 signatures and two letters in support of project that were submitted to you earlier the architect meaningful and the owners are here to answer any questions you may have thank you for your time. >> okay. thank you. >> does that conclude project sponsors presentation new okay

opening up for public comment (calling names). >> thank you common sense my name is steve. >> excuse me, sir speak into the microphone. >> sorry. >> thank you commissioner president fong and members of the commission i'm jamie my wife and go obesity live next door on 29th avenue i'm a san francisco business owner and lived in san francisco for almost 18 years we purchased our first home and still there today, we love our house and neighborhood we like the cottage to stay but understand the development is likely and we support the needs more affordable housing in san francisco that respect the

character of the neighborhood earlier die about 6 hours ago commissioner vice president richards showed a picture of a large box like house next to the house ♪ north beach this is what we want to avoid in the richmond we appreciate me development saying within the residential design guidelines and keep our modest home liveable the proposed building is 4 floors and go high impacts light into our house and backyard there is a workable solution to make that 3 floors the encouragement design for the first and second floor is unusual and walked a family room and doing the right thing reason the ground floor in the back of the unit and a living room on the second floor makes the ground floor syndrome a in-law unit and the second and thirds floor. the you were unit this is the key to making that development

work if we can't save the cottage we've before in the house for 18 years and want to stay reduce the light by adding a fourth floor reduces our quality of life we ask the commission to vote against the demo that impacts the neighborhood and proposed building design didn't maintain the architectural heritage of the richmond district thank you >> thank you next speaker, plea please. >> thank you commissioner president fong and members of the commission my name is katie and we own the home next door on the north side on 9th avenue like my husband said we've live there 18 and a half years raised our obesity in the home our highway was built in 1909 question maids several

improvements and maintained the architecture of the home and the characteristic of the neighborhood our yard is important where why we bought you are home we relandscaped our yard your yard an expansion of our living space and our children eye the yard the appropriately project 4 stories will cast a shadow on our beyond every reasonable doubt including my vegetation fwarnd our children's bedrooms the space i use is the kitchen i'm constantly testing receipts we asked for story poles we've not seen we asked for those are year ago he asked for consideration not allowing a four story more than building not fit from the character of the neighborhoods and take all the sunlight

outburst off our yards i ask you to reconsider the exaggerated floor plan and innovate tearing down the cottage i feel the approval can set a precedent tobacco development into the other monster sized building as well thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good evening. i'm susan kelly and muran have been the cuss we'll have a direct site line to the exterior property three years ago we are were told we couldn't afford to buy a home we basketball a bad home and 25 years we lived there with our

family elbow greases 2 what about rehabbed if so a small cottage built in 1908 and my family is innovate xeeftd about losing for the cottage important in the richmond's and a - people managed to survive is really amazing given the financial pressures to demolition demolish those structures as a third generation he value san francisco and the unique aesthetic of the richmond with that in mind the concerns i have on the plan for 29th avenue first and foremost the loss of this piece neighborhoods history we had an opportunity to visit the property and mroountd surprised the exterior has the moldings and others cottages

sprinklers throughout the neighborhood and others immediately to the north and the exterior has other than this moldings and 09 work we bought you are heap home it was strips of luxury and additionally the appropriately replacement four stories doesn't echo the homes if i quack down 29 you'll see the structures are 1, 2, 3 stories the impact on the immediate neighborhoods in terms of sunlight and privacy just can't say be grdz the existing cottage on this one and a half stairs is oddly long i don't know how it get built that long for 12 single-family homes in the neighborhoods the increased height along with the deck will loom over the surroundings yards

pechld the light and you do not understand the in addition neighbors it is emancipation proclamation consistent with other homes in the neighborhoods will create a motion and a second walk negatively impacting the common open space shared by everyone other than the madam chair in clean energy respectfully ask the commissioner reconsider to demolish the home and work with the architecture architect to think about scale and sensitivity to the neighborhoods thank you for your time i have another presentation for taken place i didn't hear for 3 hours and had to leave. >> ma'am, you can submit that for the record. >> i can't. >> no. >> okay. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> thank you.

>> hi, my name is jeff kelly i've the here over 25 years i have a severe problem with wanting to demolish that house it was over one hundred years old if i see the property information map for our neighborhood 85 percent of houses were built before 1925 virtually the whole street as only 3 new houses to replace that i think would be a travesty and the height of the houses in the view of the house looking from california down and when you notice all the houses

are the same height all the way do you thing this is the view in clemente street and see the uniform length of houses a 40 foot industry on this view would be it is the original house that beg why would that one get tobacco larger than agriculture the other houses been there almost one hundred years and as far as the condition of the house goods i think the owner created those problems if you look at the living room the plaster ceilings the coating is beautiful the beg double doors it spread out between the go rooms are fully intact the house

can be saved and should be saved thank you. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon my name is mark you live across the street from the the subject property i appreciate the chance to address you and release the need took over brevity i'll state that first my wife and i when we got married in 80 moved button mission district and the only mistake bought the first home in oakland it burned down in the fire we contact to 29th avenue and been there be many years seen a lot of improvements on the street the december seized move forward across the street and did a great job rehabilitating that house and other houses that were taken and

turned into you know two person condos none of them needed to go to the fourth floor he thinks the need to maximize the square footage and stuff but the fourth floor particularly for the disexcess is - when we remodel the kitchen next year that is the way to up the value but not consistent with 29th avenue and the last thing my wife teaches jean parker in chinatown but concerned that when the developers approached her the way the project was described a 3 story enterprise and she looked at drawings that suggested she was asked to sign the petition he guess he'll add

some of the signatures on the petition if they were told what media we've was told her she was concerned nationally not a sfraurd presentation but your premium concern has to do with with the height being out of line with the design and feel of the neighborhood thank you for your time. >> thank you >> next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is jeff i'm going to read a statement from my neighborhood that couldn't be here her name is stan i've the on 29th avenue for 24 years and raising in any family the outer richmond as historically been for working-class families would afford an entry-level hope the heritage of this speaks to that

with a small houses that surround us i found deeply troubling to demolish the acquaint home since the 20th century and the hefty of the records district equally important when an entry single-family homes is a lot of the we stand to lose ♪ instance loss the architectural and culture hefty and lose our working-class families and lose the diversities each of the elements we lose on entry-level home single-family we displace another family out of san francisco washings are leaving the city in droves the project further proposes to have luxury condo units designed with no consideration for me earthal

coherence of the street many go unit buildings an our street and 24 project comes no where close to complimenting the scale of those units growth and change in your city needs tobacco done thoouft this project is neither thank you for your time and taking a clear look at this project he'll adds i do think from the condos get approved the height one limits but there are only 3 to three houses on our block that seems to be that at all most of units are only 3 stories thank you >> thank you >> next speaker, please. >> commissioners mary gallagher reading on behalf of a in and about that passed away

i'm graph to address the planning commission one of the small historic houses pictured in the exhibits my house is kitty-corner from 29th avenue i watch the sun coming up my spouse grew up in the richmond's and went to public schools 15 years we able able to buy our home toy last week most working people in san francisco we couldn't afford he work for a small nonprofit and took time oath to represent many neighbors that couldn't be here to speak overwhelm to the krifbs i'm here i don't believe the system is regulated, however, the planning department errored the planning commission with the ethnic of the board of supervisors needs to faithfully employ to the

richmond's guidelines i'm asking you to december will you the affordable house by luxury duplex it is united states of conceal for the part of richmond's we're fortunate as parts of the recordings has good stucco they forearm the character and style are the basis for the quality of life in richmond's and san francisco's live ability our affordable housing is not helping this is a place with the working-class can raise families into upscale places we say to stop demolishing naturally affordable entry-level homes and with respect them with units that most san franciscans can't afford you have the power to

stop that trends by the interning down this place of entertainment if you approve that luxury development more will happen because developers prey on 24 he type of they know and 2, 3, 4 inclination that creates a shared wall this is innovate execute necessary and don't playful the demolition the project to be refather and mothers jeering we don't oops the increase of units but want housing units that fulfills the design guidelines a smaller go units project that matches the adjacent building to scale is an acceptable resolution even with the very sleigh concealing back the flares that many thank you for taking

action. the affordability by the rooepth this project >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is raymond lee he live on 29th avenue i've lives there 20 years and oppose the demolition the plans to build a luxurious condos there i'm afraid for myself of losing the sunlight where he live because the back of my building is just a few minutes to a parcel that has a cottage on it i'm front yard of losing sunlight last week jamie and katie are they have a southern exposure and that building whether cast shadow an her yard and from the building behind my

unit if this cottage is gone i'm afraid they'll build a 40 foot industry to block my western sunlight i he has taking affordable housing off the market and replacing that request luxury condos thank you. >> good evening my name is amy i live. >> excuse me - amy are you part of project sponsors team. >> not really owe mean we work for the same firm i live scott we want to make a notion easement going to speak in favor. >> i'm speaking as an individual i live across the street unfortunately i'm in the sad situation he was fortunate media mother and i and sister

recently purchased that building and literally live across the street i don't know if it is a slide but this is my building i have 3 kids i was lucky to have a space beg enough for us i think the commission has a challenging job in terms of making san francisco affordable but liveable he want to let you know good luck and i think the character of the neighborhood is difference you can have all the fights to look at the disparity and the consistency so nauflz and fortunate to have a home big enough for my family. >> okay. any anothers public

comment. >> hello, my name is silvia johnson. i think this is a big issue - his real namely it dave an issue since 2001 he's not in for any i know he's sweet spot to solve crimes and not helping me i'm calling up supervisors every day and they'll do nothing to help this on or about for building and if this is going to keep on going on we have a major problem with the courthouse to issue those buildings you know, i think that when we start thinking there is nothing you know juror challenge because they're thinking that things are simply done with me building and

vice chair an argument and all of my things done with professional way of i know reasoning and this is where we have to the reason with the courthouse and they're going to sit there and try to turn everything around that will not help the issues you know as quickly as possible this is where all our problems are on the reestablishing and we have a learned some things about courthouse that you know in schooling issues in classes we have other you

know like birth certificates and get accomplishing done so you know we make beautiful san francisco on a lot of those promotions but have to start and those people are working against us in city hall. >> good evening commissioner christensen's steve williams this is a difficult case mostly because the developers refuse to meet with the neighbors they know there a great interest useful seen 2 it more than 20 people attended the preapplication so 11 months ago zero each of

he but that my letter briefly the forecasts to try to get meeting they said we'll get a meeting after the plans at the same time they sent the notice of that hearing pr so they tint innovate to meet with you at all we met 10 days ago and it was strange acknowledge one project sponsor shows up none of them is here attendant they didn't sea a word didn't engage with the neighbors and wedded four days and sent us a nasty e-mail sugz us of all crazy things and wouldn't put of story poles to show the size of unoccupied buildings and the no study and the leaflets one of the neighbors referenced here it is

they distributed asking for people's help and to approve the project and shows a 3 story building that's why we told peep it is a 3 story this one of the neighbors is asking to save it entry-level hoosiers i've set in detail my arguments it is a conditional use this is to roan the heirs no mention in the analysis surprising unfortunately, this commission has been accepting the departments misinterpretation of the codes and has been granting the demolition permits you know unfortunately luckily the board of supervisors has been there and twice overturned this dimension in the past 3 months that's the 2785 san bruno avenue and 313 and kufrm lands those

are ideal looking buildings the building in this case exhibit one you'll see that you're next agendas item has nearly the same building think 24th street avenue within a few blocks those older buildings are in the developers site i've worked to save the cottages in exhibit one this one ought to be saved if you'll not safe it there are many mitigations they've refused the removal of the top floor and match the deck of the neighbors wall and reduces the ceiling height 2345er8 11 feet. >> mr. williams our time is up. >> we have a few more. >> mr. we've got a long ways to go your time is up. >> next speaker, please. >> i'm tom, i wasn't planning

on speaking but in 1972 when prices were right something special been 29 avenue it is true there is a neighborhoods feel and years when kids grew up and contact and coming back and we are happy to get new people to come in but this extra floor is a problem the way the sun hits it they will not get light on the side of they're building this is a amazing that poor they know it out of character with the whole block if there is something i don't know what to call you, we call the pretty block they are more tests were but yours is a good block we hope you take advantage louise kept a good house it was

political and she's a nice woman and samoan happened between her kids when they died this is not a dangerous highway there is rips in the wall i think so from the owners they've been to test the wall those walls are all old redwood and the studs are 14 sitsers these homes will last fever this is a good house if you can't fwrdz get rid of the fourth floor. >> or the is there any additional public comment? >> okay neither here or there public comment is closed. oopg up to sxheshgsz and i respect to nursery school and gripe on 28 and balboa it is unfortunate that is a deemed as a substandard his 72

hours a cute house a bunch of them but in a delachtd mode the demolition is the right they know so we do have a needs for more hires in the western side we want to be careful how we say i i don't have too much difficulty with the height, however, that looks out of place i have some concern maybe make suggestions about the design and particularly the exterior and maybe in keeping with the theme that is running along the block maybe setback to get more light and air those are my thoughts i'll see what my fellow commissioners have to say maybe commissioner moore has an idea but keep the peak roof feeling there and commissioner vice president richards. >> i'm sorry. >> commissioner hillis. >> i was able to drive out

there there was a picture think page 7 in the historic report but the woman walking up the steps lakes bigger than when you drive out there 24rer obviously people that take over the cottages and expand them and keep them as they or it is hard it acquire that given the fact we have a report two the historic resource consultant that you know assess it didn't have integrity but it is hard to make pa leap require that it is cement and certainly innovate require it is maintained in that condition i know peep with add on to it in the back but it is a cu this is not deal with we see cases their dr and kind of the

neighbors it is on the neighbor to tell us what is not appropriate this is a cu on the project sponsor to prove what is here is appropriate a couple of things the design is one potential issue we can look at the home across the street expanded in a way that is more contextual but i think a massing that okay in the front it seems to work i mean significantly setback some of the things that concern me the law out of the unit and if you look at that bottom unit you walk in up the stares into a living room followed by 3 bedrooms and downstairs to achieve a half sub grade the main living area that is the ketchup dining room and family room maybe he can ask the

project sponsor the rational for that i reilly really have not seen a modern new home laid out in that fashion a living room at the front of the house when you walk in and in the mean living areas are gross national product our concern frankly that is a.m. an in-law unit unit downstairs and the rest of the home becoming a 5 thousand square feet in this case a 3 thousand square feet home someone raised that it is an odd configuration i have not kind of seen in a new flat. >> yes. he agree we don't see that sxhrgs in san francisco, however, i think that my clients desire to have more connection to the rear yard with