and i am available for questions. >> president hillis: thank you, mr. wu. project sponsor? welcome. >> good afternoon, president hillis, commissioners. director rahaim. ben kingsley with s.k.s. partners. i'm going to yield most of my time to my colleagues. i just wanted to mention there are a number of colleagues who rarely get recognized when projects come before the commission, and that would be the staff, in particular, planning department staff. they invest hundreds of hours working on this project and others, and i think it's important that they're given the recognition for being professionals that they are, looking out for the built environment in san francisco. so with that, i'd like to yield to john nicolai who's our partner in this project. >> good afternoon, members of

the commission, director rahaim, and members of the community in attendance. my name is john nicolai, and i represent a fourth generation san francisco family that has pro proudly owned this property on de haro for 80 years. my father started san francisco gravel on this site since 1925, and it's been managed by my family for three generations. we decided to close the building materials building four years ago, and we began to work on considering different options for this site. we started a conversation with s.k.s. partners at that time and immediately realized that we shared the same values and wanted to build something that could benefit long-term san francisco. throughout the process, s-k-s has been an extraordinary advocate on our behalf, helping to fulfill a family's desire to develop a site that means so much to us with a new and

innovative project that we will be proud of. this was the most important factor in deciding what we wanted to do with this property. our family will maintain an ownership interest in the property with the entitlement we're hopeful we will get approval for today. s.k.s. has constantly been attentive to the community needs, going above and beyond communicating the benefits of this project with our immediate neighbors. we ask for your approval today, and we are proud to stand beside s.k.s. as our sponsors on this important project for the future of san francisco. i will now turn this presentation over to john fisher, who has directly led the project team. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you. >> thank you, john. commissioners, president hillis, director rahaim, thank you for having me today. my name is john fisher, s.k.s. i'm the project manager in charge of 1 de haro. i'd like to thank the nicolai

family for choosing to partner with us. four generations is a long time to operate in san francisco, and only 26 years for s.k.s. seems like a short amount of time. most of our experience has been with far long architecture. just a little bit about the site. it's in the show place square potrero hill neighborhoods in the eastern area neighborhoods plan. as you can see, the site is currently occupied by several functionally obsolete warehouse buildings, and the former gravel yard is really past its useful life, so it's ripe for opportunity. in terms of planning and zoning, this is a code compliant -- or a zoning compliant project, and we are seeking a conditional use authorization for an office allocation under section 2103(c) of the code. this commission approved it on may 3, and it received

unanimous approval on its first reading at the board of supervisors tuesday. the legislation allows for a ratio of 2:1 office to p.d.r., and we are achieving that ratio with this design here. i'd now like to turn it over to evan jacob, the architect, to walk-through the design for you. >> thanks, john. evan jacob with allen architecture. just want to take a moment to go over some of the key points in the project. [inaudible] >> -- wrapped in a simple yet detailed facade. at the ground floor we have our p.d.r. uses. p.d.r. needs to be a do you rememberable and flexible space, concrete, do you rememberable and flexible by

being a durable material. we chose this because it's sustainable, it's lighter and faster than steel and concrete, and it's beautiful. wrapping all that is a simple enclosure, a curtain system that has detailed and depth on berry street. looking at de haro, we see the c.o.t. structure, the depth of the curtain wall itself with front and rear glazing, and we also in this case are seeing the verticals and sun shading devices on the de haro street side. moving around the building to berry street, we're addressing the corner by setting the curtain wall back subtly. we are introducing and expressing our two stair towers on berry street, and we're also introducing dynamic elements such as sliding wood sunscreens behind the facade. on the right here, we have an

example of what those sunscreens might look like. on the right, we can see the quality of the c.l.t. through the glazing. looking at a floor plan, we moved the tenant spaces twoowa the street to activate the street. to the north of that is our yard, which is -- which is a built over an existing sewer easement. now that yard isn't just the back door, this messy loading dock. we want this to be a central space serving both the office tenants and the p.d.r. tenants. this is a quick look at what the office suite might look like. i'd like to wrap up by showing a few context renderings. this is looking at the corner of berry street and de haro. this is looking at the end of

division street, the beginning of de haro and king street, pointing out the gap between our building and 8887 created by the sewer easement. this is about as wide as a city street, and i'd like to finish up with this overall view and hand it back to john who wants to talk about streetscape. >> thanks, evan. i'm going to talk a little bit about the community benefits associate with 1 is de haro. start with streetscape. throughout our community outreach, we heard about the need for streetscape. on top of this open space, we'll also be contributing amenities that will help make this place safer, more comfortable and more usable for our neighbors. in addition to the open space, we decide saw a dire need to improve pedestrian safety at the intersection of king,

division and de haro, and we worked with the city as well as our neighbors to develop this design which reconfigures that intersection to a three way stop and makes this much safer. we've shared this with the neighbors and people in the community think it's a really great improvement. in addition to the public open space and the intersection, we're also adding new sidewalk on both frontages of the property as well as street trees and other amenities. as a requirement of the 2103(c) legislation, we developed a p.d.r. business plan with the mayor's office of economic and workforce development as well as members of the p.d.r. community. oewd has approved this plan and approved it, and you can find that plan in your packet. one plan i do want to highlight is human made, a nonprofit focused as education and workforce training for under served communities in san francisco and we're really pleased to be dedicating a

quarter of our space to human made at or below market value. s.k.s. is really proud of the effort we've put in on community engagement. input from our neighbors did influence the elements of design, and going forward we want to maintain our good relationship with the neighbors. and with that, thank you all for your time. i really appreciate it, and we're here to answer any questions. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you very much. we'll open this item up to public comment if there is any. >> my name is carla leshne, i'm speaking as an individual, not a representative of the h.o.a. i live at 526 berry, which is the closest residential unit of

the proposed project. the developers have met with our community and done great outreach, however the use of the open space adjoining our property seems less than ideal. as a parking lot and with a loading dock across from residential units. we understand from the developer that the dock will not be used much, but it still creates an impact to have a parking lot next to one of the only public open spaces in the area. the ceqa study was not required to look at the park since it's not under park and rec jurisdiction. however, the developer did a shade study for us, which we appreciated, and it showed that in the winter, there would be shade both on the entire park and on our units down on the first floor the entire day.

so again, the developer did great communication and outreach, they've made some verbal commitments to help maintain the park and to help improve the area. i have reached out to doug wu about my concerns last week and previously about the loading dock, and i found him to be somewhat unresponsive. it was only through the nudging of other planning staff that he got back to me the previous time last year, and this time, he did not return my call or e-mail. so just to let you know that we are concerned about the shadow. and i do have a sunny, bright, south facing unit, so i'm a bit distressed. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. i am the homeowner at 3528

berry street, and i am adjacent to carla, who just spoke. i wanted to bring our concerns in front of the commissioners, too. we have this public park as carla mentioned. it is the only public park in the neighborhood, and it was extensively used by people, dogs and kids all the time. during the winter, this is going to cast a shadow on this park, and we're wondering about our landscaping, wondering how it's going to remain when it has extensive shadow in the winter? there are also 14 parkings adjacent to our units, and we're very concerned about noise from these cars but also more concerned about exhaust fumes coming into our homes from these cars? our three homes are the closest to this parking lot? we're also concerned about exhaust fumes from the -- the cars into the public park where they're going to be used by

people and children. i'm also very concerned about the noise coming from the p.d.r. element in this building. last year, the developer -- i'm sorry, the property owner did permit a 48 hour rave to go on. there were people completely drugged out and running on the streets. we made extensive complaints to the city and also to the developer, and it was only after the second party was permitted that there were no problems, so we're very concerned about the noise going forward. thank you. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. next speaker, please. >> i have a handout for the commissioners. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is j.r. epner, and i'm the president of the potrero

boosters development committee. we believe the result of this is a project that kpe-- [inaudible] >> -- we also believe although there are still some concerns that should likely be addressed that the developer has worked well with its immediate neighbors, i have seen s.k.s. folks trying to advocate on behalf of its neighbors, residential neighbors to the north in order to generate a nice parking plan. they're also working on ways of increasing open areas in an area that is bereft. the potrero boosters membership has unanimously endorsed this

project. however there was one component of this endorsement that we're still trying to work through, and that is to ensure that there's a community liaison that operates well with the issues around construction and to ensure that notice is given to the community and not simply just to the zoning administrator as has initially drafted in the conditions of approval. as a result we are requesting that the language that has been passed out, language that we have had inserted into the conditions of approval for other projects in our neighbors of placed in this conditions of approval to ensure a smooth relationship as the project is built out and people begin to move on. thank you very much. we hope that you approve this project. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm allison heath. it's been a while. i

checks the box and exemplifies the result of a collaborative process with the community. although we appreciate s.k.s.'s limited parking on-site, and they recognize the need for a loading dock, we do have some concerns about increases congestion resulting from the mandate of bulb outs. can i have the overhead, please. there we go. there's, however, a good opportunity here to provide some community benefit. we'd love to see landscaping on

the large bulb out across the street, right here, to soften the amount of concrete. we know that neighbors are december r desperate for open space and hope that greening can be included in the final corner. that's it. >> president hillis: all right. thank you, miss heath. next speaker, please. >> thank you, commissioners. my name is ryan spurlock, and i am the founder and executive director of human made. i am excited and honor to have the necessary foundation to bring a much needed project like this to san francisco. human made is a nonprofit community based manufacturing and protoetyping studio on a mission to democratize access to humans from all walks of life. we were specifically founded to be the bridge for individuals to gain the skills to tech

there is no logically enhance -- technolodgicly enhance this field in san francisco. human made will offer a space to learn and master the skills needed for the modern maker economy with established on boarding and placement partners, we can rapidly get people on the market for employment, thus, creating more market ready qualified employees in the bay area faster than ever before. projects like human made are only possible with proper support, and s.k.s. and the 1 de haro project have been the foundation of that support. in addition to provide seed funding along with below market rate and a permanent home for the program, s.k.s. has provided a place where community collaboration is not

only encouraged but fostered and supports. i've been part of the maker community for many years, and i have witnessed our work change so many lives. i've watched people come in with little to know skill, not only learn how to master modern manufacturing, but have transfo transformative experiences. it can reshape the way people view the world. consideration of all of those who will be positively affected by human made and the 1 de haro project, we respectfully ask for your support and approval of this project. thank you all for your time today. >> president hillis: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is weldon hall, i'm the founder of weld labs --

[inaudible] >> -- to the times i received my first patent award. i have always been the same person that has yearned for the opportunity to invent, create and shape our interface to the world that surrounds us all. as the former member of a tech shop i quickly learned how to i have safe -- how to safely operate the equipment within the shop. the ease with which i could iterate thoughts and ideas was unparalleled. this enabled me to start my own business and create opportunities for other people as well. this level of connected creation has always been a dream of mine and i think it is only right that this dream should be afforded to everyone, man, woman or child, regardless of age economic or ethnic background, there exists an amazing amount of untapped creative potential in the minds of our residents, and all they need is the training opportunity and access to

succeed. it should be no prisurprise ano mystery that there are too many unserved groups in this thriving metropolis in the bay area. it's always the right time to start making our world a better place, and i hope that you will consider approving this project. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm janet lee with access made, and i'm reading from a letter written by our c.e.o. dear president hillis and commissioners. the property at 1 de haro will be the second property after the manufacturing founded 150

hooper to take advantage of san francisco's inclusionary p.d.r. special zoning. when complete, this project will offer approximately 42,500 square feet of new p.d.r. space of which 10,500 is proposed to be long-term and deeply affordable. human made will build on sf made's existing partnerships with key workforce organizations in the bayview, the mission, the tenderloin, soma, and the western addition to ensure that their communities directly benefit from the workforce development and skill based training offered. furthermore, s.k.s. is commitmented to connecting these same communities with employment opportunities at 1

de haro and show that people from these historically under served communities will finally -- [inaudible] >> s.k.s. has already proven to be an excellent community partner providing both expertise and resources to support human made launch as well as the commitment of long-term affordable space at 1 de haro. we're also very excited to see another new and robust p.d.r. property come on-line. c. 1 de haro will help solidify show place square as an accessible made neighborhood one that's connected to the very residential communities who most need the skills and

employment that human made and other employers will offer. we offer our enthusiastic support for the 1 de haro project, and the opportunities it creates. and i have a copy of the letter here. >> president hillis: thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you. david meckel, director of campus planning for california college of the arts. president hillis, commissioners. unlike ryan, i couldn't get an article written in the chronicle about why i'm excited about this project, so i do want to say something. this is a fabulous team here, of s.k.s. and 1 delong. we've been benefiting from their insight and skill doing in-fill project and reuse projects in our neighborhood for a number of years.

they lovingly restored and reused the jessica mcclintock building, and they recently completed a flip of the mcguire furniture building at bryant and 9th, which is spectacular. and this skill in understanding community, understanding urban fabric, reusing existing buildings, i think comes into play than when we do them new. it's really what we like about their team. they're able to blend the context and new technologies. we're also a little bit jealous that they're going to do the first cross laminated timber building in our neighborhood, and in two weeks, i'm going to have studio gang here, and we're going to show you the second one, but they're going to beat us. and it's really exciting to have this kind of

sustainability going into our neighborhood and have buildings explained how they're made, and have uses in those buildings that are about making. urge you to support the project. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you, mr. meckel. thank you. next speaker, please. >> todd david on behalf of the h.a.p. i think mr. meckel stole my thunder, pretty much what i wanted to say. it fills my heart with joy to hear of all the community members talking about what great partners s.k.s. was from an outreach and communication point of view. like, that is so nice to hear that. if there was some disagreements, they felt they were good communication partners, and that is exactly what we strive for our business members to be is good communication. the cross laminated timber aspect of this project really should not be overlooked. it is phenomenal that it is the

first cross laminated timber project in this neighborhood. it's something that we feel it is a potential cost saver in housing. i had a conversation with the mayor's office of housing the other day. three current projects that they're looking at, three current projects cost perunit is coming in north of $900,000 for a subsidized affordable housing project, so we need to find savings -- potential savings anywhere they can. i do believe that they have seen in europe and canada that cross laminated timber is a viable way to bring down costs of materials and construction. so i think we need to be looking at it very closely in san francisco. i'm not an expert on kind of how the process goes to get different materials into the code. i know that there's an international -- that it just passed international, and it just kind of floats down to the state level and the city level,

but there is a possibility -- there is a path to get cross laminated timber into the building code in san francisco before it would just kind of naturally occur through the process. so once again, i think it's something that we really need to look at, and this is a very exciting project. my congratulations to the team and to the neighborhood for working together on this. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you, mr. david. miss hester. >> sue hester. this is an office and p.d.r. project. the owners have done a good thing on their outreach, and they are a model. but you've heard concerns over the course of this hearing and other items that there's still some concerns. i believe the potrero boosters

recommendation there be active monitoring during construction is something you should add to your conditions. you've also had a presentation on the last public comment on the importance of sun light, and that issue came up in the testimony of a woman who lived on berry street. residential people in -- in a conflict area where there's other uses need to have access to sun light. and whether or not it's under the jurisdiction of rec park or not is irrelevant. it's a concern. it should be dealt with, and i think this owner should -- is -- already on the path to do that. secondarily, you've had colleges before you today in two cases, sf state and

hastings. sf state and hastings don't come to you on the regular r.m.p. process, we have to go to the state legislature to make they will deal with the community, but we've done it successfully in san francisco. real colleges dealing with transportation and housing issues, and how they fit into the community, really important. this is a project that fits into the community. the other thing i want -- can i have the overhead? in your legislation that you approved last week, the whole planning process disregarded the planning staff. there is nothing here on office allocation. office allocation, no notice, no notice, no notice. 20-day posting. this is an office allocation but for it being new

construction or it wouldn't be noticed at all. office allocation need to be approved by the commission. no one from the staff, when they saw this, said why don't we use the process of legislation to require notice for conversions of p.d.r., conversions of retail to office? we have a whole lot of them. they're in basically south of market and mission. and but for things like this which make it a commission hearing, there's no notice to the public. that's sad. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you. all right. any additional public comment on this item? seeing none, we'll close public comment. commissioner koppel? >> commissioner koppel: in order to express what this lot needs, i think you need to go down and see what's there right now. in the past, i used to attend

work outs at the cross fit potrero hill. a couple of blocks on de haro and back on our work outs, and it wasn't the most pleasant pathway pathway to go down. i think this is one of the most all around great projects i've seen in my almost two years up here on the commission. i know s.k.s. has a great history here in the city, developing 270 brannan, 1400 16 street, and 1201 bryant. i'm really pleased to hear the team environment working with the fourth generational landowner here. 43,000 square feet of p.d.r. space, i don't think we've seen anything like that ever, and that's just an amazing testament to the roundedness of this project and what it brings

to the neighborhood, where i think it belongs. i really like the innovative building methods. i'm really impressed with the low-income p.d.r. business plan that's already in place. the design is just impeccable, and i think the building has a real open -- open feel in general, and i think it's completely appropriate at this location. >> president hillis: thanks. commissioner johnson? >> commissioner johnson: thanks. i have to say, i think the quote of the day for me so far is one that was said around the san francisco state project, which is just that these projects are more than about the buildings or brick and mortar. they're really about what buildings enable us to do. and i had the opportunity to sit down with the project sponsors then go walk the around and have to agree. i think it's a real opportunity space. and when i think about, you know, what should go in there, we -- having a design that's

reflective of the future of work and connection to community is incredibly important, and i think what this space offers. i love that the p.d.r. space took into account the changing nature and possible future of work. we don't know what kids will be doing four years from now when they graduate from c.c.a., but it'll probably be around tech, being a maker or design work. and i totally agree that this fits in with the community. thinking about the opportunity for streetscape improvements that will improve walkability and activate the ground floor in that neighborhood is great. and i do believe that we can come into agreements around the green space and the light. and i was happy to see the addition of the community liaison. actually, i wanted to ask mr. v wu, you did mention there was an amendment to add the

community liaison? >> that's correct. the project sponsor reached out to the department yesterday and as part of my presentation, i ask as part of this approval, you include an amendment to the condition. in the past, the condition was separate from the one that we already used under the community liaison, so i just recommended that we combine that language into this existing condition so that it's more consistent. and i have it here if you'd like me to read it real quick. okay. so -- so there's the standard condition of approval that we include in most entitlements that requires the designation of a community liaison, but what we're proposing to add is i state additionally prior to commencing excavation or construction, the project sponsor shall hold a community meeting to discuss the stormwater management plan prior to finalization.

the notice will also inform neighbors how to design up for notifications on construction progress. the community liaison officer shall provide updating regarding the construction activities related to the project and address any complaints and questions from the community members. so that's the additional language. >> commissioner johnson: okay. thank you. and then finally, i just wanted to also comment on the exciting allocation of the space to human made. i think we desperately need workforce development programs in our city and community, and having the space for human made to be there with a link into the tenants that are going to be there i think provides a potential model fore the city in how we can both address the issue of nonprofit displacement, which is a huge land use issue in our city while at the same time providing opportunity to folks. >> president hillis: thanks. commissioner fong? >> president fong: thank you. i think there are many reasons to like this project.

the word thoughtful comes to mind. in the design, i think it's beautiful. it is thoughtful. i think the project sponsor is very thoughtful how they've reached out to the community and for miss hester to mention it's a model example i think is impressive. the neighborhood liaison i think is a great idea. probably more projects should have that and i'm glad they took the opportunity to move that forward. obviously, partnership with sf made and great, and i am supportive of this project, and from a design perspective, very excited to hear commissioner moore's comments next. >> president hillis: commissioner moore? here he >> commissioner moore: it's transformational. we have a stellar group of

people supporting it from the potrero boosters, who spent years and years guiding people in the architectural outlook in the district. i think it's a beautiful project, and just really happy to see the san francisco building and construction trade supports it, because this is premanufactured building components. the glue lam instead of steel, and the cross laminated timber, as we are embarking on trade restrictions regarding steel, it's interesting that this building comes up, and there are attempts of bringing this type of manufacturing into

california. i think at this moment it's also done in washington state, if i have that correctly, and oregon, but we are not quite yet engaged in it in california. but i think the skills are there, the materials are there, and i look forward for all of that to become a new way of becoming sustainable and finding more architectural solutions for the use of this material. overall, i think the building is beautifully designed. it's a lovely complement to all of the larger new p.d.r. institutional buildings in the district, and i couldn't be happier to support it. and i'm really jazzed by all of the comments my fellow commissioners have made so far. >> president hillis: thanks. commissioner melgar? >> vice president melgar: i just wanted to point out that it's human made. >> commissioner moore: no, sf made is the -- >> vice president melgar: iibi

believe it's human made. so i would like to make a motion that we approve items 9 a and b. >> second. >> president hillis: commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: just real quickly. i don't want to repeat what everybody else said. the issue with the sun light as i looked over on the maps and things, is 601 king street that back yard, the green space, the green space that would be shaded by the building? as far as i know, that's part of their publicly accessible -- it's part of their lot, public open space. >> commissioner richards: okay. got it. and on the cross laminated timber, can that be used for housing? >> that's an interesting soluti solution. >> commissioner richards: i hear people saying it's a good idea, why can't it be used for

housing. >> it can be used for housing. the build code treats it like heavy timber. >> commissioner richards: thank you. >> president hillis: i am, too. i wanted to force the comments on the architecture. it's a beautiful building on the renderings, so i hope you build it just like that and don't take stuff out of it. i'm looking forward to actually seeing it built, so thank you for that. >> clerk: and just for clarity, commissioner melgar, your motion was to approve this with conditions as read into the record. >> president hillis: just one question hichds hichds one question, mr. -- >> commissioner richards: why not just use the one the neighborhood handed? >> so as i mentioned, that was used in previous projects as two separate conditions because the department already includes a standard boiler plate citation for a community

liaison, and i just felt it would be more appropriate to combine those into one condition because they both refer to the community liaison officer. >> commissioner richards: makes sense. >> president hillis: all right, jonas. >> clerk: commissioners, there has been a motion to approve the project with conditions stated on the record. on that motion [roll call] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously, 7-0. commissioners, that'll place us on item 10. [agenda item read] >> clerk: we did receive a request for organized opposition, which was granted. >> good afternoon, commissioners. the item before you is a request for -- of a large project authorization pursuant to planning code sections 134, 140, and 329(d) 11 to allow the

demolition of the existing commercial building and permit the new construction of a six story, 68 foot tall residential building with ground floor commercial and to grant exceptions through requirements for rear yard dwelling exposure and to the accessory dwelling units. it is within the life sciences and special medical uses district and within the urban mixeds use district. the project includes a demolition of the existing structure and the new construction of the residential building with approximately 26,024 square feet with 21 dwelling uchbts. the project's dwelling unit mix consists of 10 two bedroom units and 11 one bedroom units. the project also includes 1,694 gross square feet of ground floor commercial use, 40 class

one bicycle spaces. the department has received correspondence from numerous neighbors regarding the proposed project. this correspondence has expressed opposition to the project, including the concern over loss of use from their roof deck of the adjacent building as 616 20th street. since the publication of this packet, additional correspondence has been submitted to the planning department in opposition to the proposed height, and those documents have been printed for the commission. since the project would construct more than 25,000 square feet within an urban eastern neighborhoods mixed use district, the project requires the l.p.a. from the planning commission and is seeking the afore mentioned exceptions. the housing element of the general plan contains objectives that encourage identifying and making available for development adequate sites to meet the city's housing needs, especially permanent affordable

housing. 600 20th street has selected to provide its inclusionary housing on-site and will be providing the required three units. the staff recommends approval. the project complies with the applicable planning code areas, the project is consistent with the objectives and policy of the general plan. the project produces a new mixed use development with ground floor commercial and residential above and includes significant site updates, including a restored curb cut, a new sidewalk and additional landscaping, all of which will support the pedestrian environment and improve the public realm. the project respects the appropriate character. the project adds 21 new dwelling units into the city's housing stock, and the project will fully utilize the eastern

neighborhoods area plan control and will pay the appropriate environmental impact fees. this concludes staff's presentation, but i'm happy to answer any questions. >> president hillis: all right. project sponsor. >> good afternoon, president hillis, commissioners. i'm joined by my colleague and architect, mike pitler. i'm going to walk you through our proposal for mixed use development in the dogpatch. it involved proposed demolition of an existing 9200 square foot commercial building and construction of a new six story 26,000 square foot building featuring 21 residential units and 1700 square feet of ground floor commercial space. the project site is located at the corner of 20 and illinois, across the street from the american industrial center at the entrance to pier 70, just a few steps away from crane cove park and the third street t

line. it is a corner parcel. it's adjacent to a five story, 16 unit condominium building up 20 street at 61620th, completed in 2013, and back dos up to th potrero launch. across the street is building 101 at pier 70, which is currently being renovated for -- as a showroom for restoration hardware. this slide shows the existing building here in red from illinois street south of 20th. and here is the proposed building. the design draws upon a historic industrial character

of its immediate context. historic massing and finestrations was the focus. here you can see the historic american industrial center in the fore ground, below sill to ceiling windows. the building was also designed to have a strong base, middle, and top. at the top, you'll see we've added a cornice. here again, existing building shown in red from up 20th street, and the building as proposed. here, you can see our residential entry, per code requirements, the ground floor is 17 feet in height as measured from the center of the building along 20th.

now up close. you can see the tall metal awning clearly announcing the residential entry. beyond that is the commercial space with large, storefront glazing. the corner has been chamfered to better engage the public right-of-way. accordingly, the commercial ceiling height is 18 feet due to the slope of our site. here is a view of the around the corner on illinois street, just north of 20th, the existing building in red. you can see here the elevated code complying rear yard. that's where those two people are standing. in the fore ground but low the podium and rear yard is a ground floor lost style residential unit -- loft style residential unit, and the illinois residential facade features four bay window projections that have been

detailed with metal frame that read like two volumes. here, you can see the residential exteriors in greater detail. on the left is the 20th street facade and on the right is the illinois facade. building materials consist of board formed concrete, textured gray tile with a gray blue finish, bird safety glazing and perforated aluminum panel with clear finish. here's a ground floor floor plan with residential areas shaded in blue. adjacent to the building lobby and a residential amenity space, bike parking. as you can see, the project is car free and promotes alternative transportation options. accordingly, we've exceeded the code requirements for bicycle parking, having more 2:1 bike parking spaces to residential units. along illinois, you'll see the loft style of one bedroom

flexible occupancy unit that has direct access to the street. the commercial space shown here in red has approximately 1700 square feet. it is easily devisable into two spaces and has access to illinois street which better allows us to utilize the wide sidewalk on illinois for outdoor seating. this is the typical residential floor plan from the second floor. each residential floor features four units, comprised of two bedrooms -- two two bedroom and two one units. you can also see our code complying rear yard which aligns with the neighboring rear yard building at 1616 20th. here is the typical floor plan which is floors three through six. on these floors we've added two additional bay window projections over the rear yard, and then, on the roof level,

we're proposing a common landscape roof deck of approximately 1700 square feet, oriented toward the illinois street side of the building. the elevators, stair and mechanical penthouses are located in the center of the building, and they're set back from the street. the goal here has been to minimize the visibility from the street and the impact on views to the adjacent -- from the adjacent building on 20th street. we recognize that there are a number of homeowners from the building next door that have expressed concern about our impacts on the common roof deck, so i want to take just a moment to describe the issue and our efforts to accommodate. this is an elevation on 20th street. as noted earlier, our building is 68 feet tall, as measured from 20th street, allowing for a code compliant ground floor height of 17 feet. our residential units have a modest 8'8" ceiling height.

616 20th street was originally approved at 68 feet high but was originally constructed in 2013 as 62 feet. as a result our roof is approximately 2'6" above their roof parapet wall. in order to minimize our impact on the views, we have eliminated the building cornice on half of the roof closest to their roof deck. you'll see it's on this illinois front elevation. additionally we have proposed glass railings and have reduced the size of our roof deck, trying to locate most of it on the 20th street side of the building. in summary, we're seeking your support for our project. it's a six story building approximately 68 feet in height, 100 square feet of high

quality ground floor commercial space, three on-site below market rate inclusionary housing units, equal to 16%, 40 secure bike parking spaces, and a transit first car free project. come back to that later. with that, i conclude my comments. here for questions. thank you. >> president hillis: so we'll recognize first the organized opposition. [please stand by for captioner switch]

. >> -- because at the proposed height of six-plus extra feet, the project impacts on the social life that gives up by the residents of 616 20th street. the roof has become the social meet and confer place that people go to get some fresh air, sun, talk to neighbors, have breakfast, children are playing. it's become the common room of the entire building.

this project negatively impacts that and its benefit. the building should not be higher than the building that we reside in. thank you so much for your time. >> hello. i'd like to share the feeling around the proposed project, but i'd also like to say that it's a beautiful project. wonderful material, no, you know, like pop colors. beautiful materials, and i think a really exciting ground floor original space to come, so it's -- it's really a question of taking a good project to something that can be even better, where the roof deck of the proposed 600 20th street would be in life with the 616 roof deck where the neighbors can in a sense have even community across the

parapet wall that'll end up existing. so it seems like an opportunity for improvement. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is james park, one of the owners at 616 20th street, facing 20th street. i have a concern about the roof height where it greatly reduces our visible into the bay. it's heavily used, and it's one of our common spaces in the community. just wanted to raise that concern to you. thank you. >> president hillis: okay. thank you. any additional public comment on this item? >> hello, commissioners. i'm nico nego, representing san francisco housing action coalition. i am here today to speak in

support of this project. as the evergreen comment goes, it is an improved use of the land because we are in a housing shortage and in the context of a housing shortage, implementing housing wherever we can, especially at a design level that this project represents is incredibly important. i also just want to kmen commend the team at workshop one. they came back to us twice in the project review committee even though the first time they had gained an endorsement simply because they wanted to make sure they did this project right. of note, they removed the parking and doing so i think was appropriate since they're within a block of the t line. they have worked well with the dogpatch neighborhood association, and so we want to commend both organizations for having worked in that space. as todd said early or, we implore our business members to

be an active participant with the community. that's all i want to say. thank you very much. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm representing san francisco housing action coalition in support of 600 20th street. we are excited to see that the project management eliminated all parking from the plan, as the project is located a block away from the municipally t line. we implore the commission to approve this project moving forward. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you. any additional public comment on this item? seeing none, we'll close public comment. commissioners? commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: i believe that the project is appropriate in the setting and do not see any issues, so why