>> clerk: -- for thursday, september 13, 2018. i would like to remind members of the public that the commission does not tolerate any outbursts of any kind. please silence your mobile devices that may sound off during these proceedings. and when you speak to the commission, please state your name, if you would like to. at this time, i would like to take roll. [roll call] >> clerk: commissioners, first on your agenda is consideration of items proposed for continuance, item 1, case number 2017-09224 cua at 601 vanness avenue, conditional use authorization is proposed for continuance to october 20,

2018. case number 2, designed professional special use district planning code and zoning map amendments have been withdrawn. commissioners, further, under your regular calendar, items 18-a and b for case numbers 20 # 1.1356 tzu for the central soma plan code and map amendments and case number 2018-004477 pca the central soma housing sustainability planning code and business ask tax regulations code amendments need to be continued because the ceqa appeal was continued tax regulations code amendments need to be continued because the ceqa appeal was continued by the board tax regulations code amendments need to be continued because the ceqa appeal was continued by the board n tax regulations code amendments need to be continued because the ceqa appeal was continued by the board d tax regulations code amendments need to be continued because the ceqa appeal was continued

by the board of supervisors. it is proposed for continuance to september 20, 2018. i have no speaker cards for public comment. >> president hillis: is there any public comment for items proposed for continuance? >> good afternoon, supervisors -- supervisors -- board -- planning commissioners. >> president hillis: just be careful on that button behind you. that's what opens that door. all right. thank you. >> good afternoon, planning commissioners. my name is fernando marti with the committee on housing council recommendations. i did have a letter for you. it's a letter that i had handed to you earlier in may, with a reminder. a couple of issues that i hope that you will keep in mind between now and when you do actually hear item, but first off, glad to see that the use it or lose it provision is now part of that h.s.d.

>> clerk: mr. marti, right now, we're only taking up the continuance, not the product or substance of the material. >> i see. just whether or not to be continued. you have the letter? thank you very much, and we'll speak fmore when the item is u. >> president hillis: great. thank you very much. public comment, please, is there any further public comment on the items proposed for continuance? seeing none, we'll close public comment. okay. all of you in the back, you didn't want to comment? okay. commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: move to continue the items to the specified dates? >> vice president melgar: second. >> clerk: thank you, commissioners. on that item to continue items as proposed -- [roll call] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners.

that motion passes unanimously, 7-0, and places us under your consent calendar. all matters listed here in are considered by a consent calendar by the commission and will be acted upon by a single vote of the commission. we have two speaker cards and one verbal request to remove items 3 and 8 off of the consent calendar, so we will take those matters up at the beginning of the regular calendar. we -- leaving item 4 for case number 2018-003874cua at 24 # 5 through 2481 mission street, conditional use authorization, case number 2410-00545 cus,

conditional use authorization which you have received electronically an amended motion. item 7, case number 2018-003878 cua at 3407 california street, conditional use authorization, and item 9 for case number 2016-009062 drp at 505 grandview avenue, discretionary review. besides the request to remove off of consent, i have no other -- i have no speaker cards. >> president hillis: okay. so the folks who wanted to speak, we're taking 3 and 8 off consent. >> i apologize. i just got one for 385 eddy street. >> president hillis: all right. so there's a request to take item 3, item 5, and item 8 off

consent. commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: i'm asking to take item 9 off consent. >> president hillis: okay. we've whittled down our consent, but is there any other request to takeoff items off the consent calendar? there was a request to continue item 3 on 24th street. if the project sponsor and the person wanting to remove this agree to a continuance, you can do that. if we want to have a hearing on the proposed continuance, we can do that, as well. commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: move to approve 4, 6, and 7. >> president hillis: is there a second? >> second. >> clerk: thank you, commissioners. on that motion, then, to approve with conditions items 4, 6, and 7 under your consent calendar --

[roll call] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7-0 and places us under commission matters, item 10, consideration of adoption draft minutes for the august 30, 2018 hearing. >> president hillis: any public comment on the draft minutes? seeing none, we'll close public comment. commissioner coppell? >> commissioner koppel: motion to approve the minutes. >> second. >> clerk: thank you, commissioners. on that motion to approve the minutes -- [roll call] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously, 7-0. item 11, commissioner comments and questions. >> president hillis: commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: just one quick one. since we have three items on your calendar resolving around what i consider a historic

preservation, since i didn't give the director a heads up on this, i would love to have a presentation next week where the historic preservation is this year. >> president hillis: great. thanks. commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: i'm happy to read in today's paper that there are a number of updated projects being built. glad to hear about three major projects coming on-line. >> president hillis: thanks. >> clerk: department matters, item 12, director's announcements. >> no new announcements today, commissioners. thank you. >> clerk: item 18, review of past events of the commit htee >> the committee did consider supervisor yee's ordinance that would require a conditional use authorization for health services on the ground floor in

the ocean avenue n.c.t. there was no public comment and no significant comments from the community members on this. the item passed out of committee with a positive recommendation. at the full board this week, massage establishments on union street neighborhood commercial districts sponsored by supervisor stefani passed its second read. affordable housing projects on undeveloped lots in sali districts sponsored by supervisor kim was continued to the 18th of this month in order to further refine some language in the ordinance, and the appeal for the final environmental impact report certification for central soma was continued to september 25. at the hearing, supervisor kim note this had this extra time is necessary to continue the negotiations with the appellant. and finally, the seats for certain transportations and permits sponsored by the mayor's office passed its first read. that's all i have for you today. >> president hillis: okay. thank you. any other reports, jonas? >> clerk: oh, there is, from

the board of appeals. the board of peals did hear the certificate of appropriateness issued by the historic preservation condition for the statute on the pioneer monument, and they ultimately upheld the certificate of appropriateness for the removal of that statue. >> president hillis: commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: you mentioned your -- >> the peal was continued to -- the appeal was continued to september 25 and all the other items at land use committee were on the 25th presumably, you will have a chance to review it on the 27, and then,

the board will hear it on the 1. >> commissioner moore: okay. thank you for clarifying that. >> clerk: seeing nothing further, commissioners. we can move onto general public comment. at this time members of the public may address the commission on items of interesting except for agenda items. at that time, your time to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. >> good afternoon. i had my 65th birthday the other day, and i thought about retiring, but then, i saw some things in the paper that said no, you can't. you've got to keep coming. so when i was looking through my papers, i found this from june 25, 2015 about asking price, 1.895, sold for 3 million out in the richmond. so what made me come?

why did i decide to not retire? well, last friday in the chronicle, they had this thing about, you know, $4.5 million for this -- yeah, so that's -- that's that. they showed the picture on the rear. it's got a nice wine cellar. -- hello, overhead, please. thank you. >> this is it during the work. this is it as it was before, this is it as it is now on the front. i put that on my list of 60 something possible demolitions. the other one that came up after, besides the one on church street that i mentioned the other week, which had the two-unit thing, any way, was this thing here on cesar chavez, which is open tonight, actually, and they're selling for -- asking for -- overhead, please. there it is there. they're asking 5.2, 5.195, but

it's really 5.2. here it is. i'll show you, and here it is during the work. so i go back to what my letter of september 2 to you, please. please, you know, you have your removal of dwelling units, policy efficacy, you can adjust the democalcs. the zoning administrator has done it three times in three years. i would hope that maybe you could ask the city attorney that you could do it three times to makeup for the three times that he did it and you haven't done it. i don't know if it's the answer, but it's certainly better than what is there now. it's in there. it's 317 -- 317 -- 317-b-2-d. why do you want to do that? what's the policy that you want to create efficacy for? the general plan realizes that

existing housing is the greatest stock of rent will and residential resource outlets and are in great need of protection. i've counted 66 that should have been demolitions. what's the impact of that on the market? why do people think they can buy these houses and tear them down and do a vertical addition and make millions of dollars. that's normal human nature to want to do that, and in the meantime, we're losing all this affordable housing. all these houses are sound, they're livable, they're stark homes, whatever you want to call them. please look at that section. >> president hillis: thank you. >> thank you. >> president hillis: all right. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is tim brown. i was before you a couple of weeks ago on the calendar to get approval for two projects. >> president hillis: pull that mic closer, mr. brown.

>> is that better? >> president hillis: yes. >> is that better? >> clerk: you keep turning it so you have to actually focus it so it's pointed towards you. >> better? i'm not used to this. i was before you on the calendar two weeks ago, and you approved my projects of 835 franklin and 706 fulton. thank you for that 7-0 vote, but at the same time, i was accused by a mr. jerry dratler of being a serial demolisher of buildings, and i just wanted to clear the record. i had forwarded, on the advice of commissioner richards, i had forwarded an affidavit from the actual owner of the property. i don't know if you circulated it or i should do that. >> commissioner richards: i thought each commissioner had it. >> president hillis: you can

give it to us now. >> i've got copies here, and i've got copies of mr. dratler's graph, which if i didn't know i owned the property, it's very articulate. i don't own the property, i never have. if you look at it, i've got the affidavit from the owner basically saying that -- if you look at number two here -- i'll wait for it to be circulated. >> president hillis: go ahead, yeah, 'cause your time is running. >> that he has 100% ownership in the property. he always has since the original ownership. he further says that timothy brown has never held ownership in the interested 49 hopkins or 49 cop hinz property either through their own property or any affiliated business entity at any time. i'm telling you if you look at mr. dratler's graph, i would

almost be convinced if i didn't know anything about real estate that i own this property. i also have documents that i'm happy to give to you, if you want them, on january 9, mr. dratler sent me an e-mail asking if i owned 49 hopkins. i was in a meeting, but i immediately commented back no, i don't own it. he sent the same e-mail to john cantor, but he ignored it. he's been before the building inspection commission, and you folks, among others to disparage my name. i have the hopkins, l.l.c. agreement which shows the owner to be ross -- ross johnson. i have -- sorry. i have the note. i did carry it -- >> clerk: sir, unfortunately, your time is up. >> okay. >> president hillis: but you're welcome to circulate whatever information, and

please send the e-mail you sent to commissioner richards to the rest of us to be helpful. >> okay. thank you very much. >> president hillis: next speaker, please. gl hi. -- >> hi. laura clark, yimby action. kind of addressing starter homes. if starter homes are more than $1 million, i've never going to get started. i'm about to be single, and i'm never going to get started if housing costs remain over $1 million in noe valley and across the city? so how do we address that problem? we have to upsell those properties to make sure that a 10 unit or 20 unit building gets built in its place. that's how we get a greater quantity of housing so that more people live in our city. the pipeline is dead. i want everyone who's watching on sfgov tv, you know, all the

nerds, we love you. the pipeline is dead, dead, dead, dead. no one is applying new housing coming in. the affordable housing developers are starting to get calls from the mayor's office, saying the fees that you are counting onto be able to build affordable housing are no longer available, and so we are putting both affordable and market race projects on hold. this is an emergency. it is time for an emergency hearing. this body has the ability to call an emergency review of the pipeline and say what is happening, rather, what isn't happening? why are these projects that you just permitted not going to be built? what can we do? how do we address the fact that there is this dead pipeline, that the fees we were counting on for affordable housing are

not coming in? they are getting the calls right now. you all know affordable housing developers. you should pick up the phone and call them and ask which affordable housing projects have currently been put on pause because the money isn't there anymore, which means we're looking at the next year or two of this growing disaster in our pipeline. think about that as you approve the next round of projects, as you ask more and more from them, is this actually going to be too much? if they incorrectly factored in the cost of construction? are we actually going to get these projects built? we've been talking about this. i know that a lot of you have talked about how there's a problem with permitted projects not getting built. great. have an emergency hearing and discuss why that is and what we can do to get them built. thank you. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. next speaker, please.

>> cory smith, first i'm shocked that laura clark is asking for additional hearings. on behalf of the san francisco housing action coalition, number one, the housing accountability act which is going to be prevalent here in san francisco, i don't have any details about what may or may not be on the agenda today, but we are requesting that a housing accountability act analysis be included in every single packet as a project, just so as a taxpayer, i'll have some understanding whether or not we're going to get sued if a project were to be denied. i don't know if either of you are jeopardy fans, and got to see what was on jeopardy this week, but if i can get the overhead, please. it says, yimby stands for this. as some neighbors, neighborhoods are okay with attracting affordable housing.

she did get it correct, just f.y.i. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you. next speaker, please, if there are any. >> hi. hi. my name is michael nolte, and i'm one of the cofounders of the community land trust, and when i hear people talk about this, that, and all that, i think people have to understand there are different models of how to obtain housing, not just a certain way, and then, you're the property owner. so community land trusts need to be funded. there are other alternate tiffs to get housing in san francisco. and so again, i'm one of the cofounders, and we need to get those kinds of programs funded, and then, we all have smiles on our faces and not hear all the -- and we want to have everybody to live here, but whatever works, works. so let's fund the programs we still have in place, and the mayor's office of housing is doing the best they can with what the resources they have.

everybody gets a piece of the pie, everybody gets their dream at some point. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you, mr. nolte. next speaker, please. all right. seeing no additional general public comment, we'll close general public comment. commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: several things from members of the public who spoke first. i wonder of the 66 items that georgia turned in, how many were demos after the fact. i know we don't know that number now, but it's just something i'm wondering about. secondly, we have asked for hearings on the pipeline. i think it's being scheduled or being talked about, certainly in context of the housing affordability strategy. in the chronicle on the front page was an article about motion deni modular housing. i don't know if anybody read it, but we're supposed to start a factory here, with union wages. i was absolutely delighted, and kay hartly was quoted as saying

the cost to build a unit was 900,000. and i got to the point where i said wow, this is going to save us a lot of money, she said it's going to cost us $50,000 perunit. if it costs 850 to build one, no one is going to build one. i hope that laura, you can get started and a lot of other people can, but at 850, that's a big barrier for a lot of people. lastly, i read an article on portland this week, ten things they're doing to create affordable housing. one was land trust, and maybe when we have our housing affordable study, we can cover what we do on that, as well, here in san francisco because i don't really know much about it. >> president hillis: that would be good to know. i don't think we've calendared that hearing, but we've had

discussions on the pipeline. i think we're looking at four or five weeks away. >> i will say i don't have the data in front of me, but there are about 20,000 units in the pipeline right now. >> president hillis: we can move to the next item on the calendar. >> clerk: very good, commissioners. [agenda item read] >> good afternoon, president hillis and planning commissioners, ashley lindsey, planning department staff. the case before you is a request for a conditional use authorization to install a new at&t mobility macrowireless telecommunications facility at 2990 24th street. the scope of work includes two new reinforced fiber plastic enclosures, nine new antennas, 24 rao units, and one gps unit

on the rooftop. there will be anlar equipment on ground level. all the equipment will be painted to match the existing building as part of the at&t mobility telecommunications network. the project is located within the n.c.t. zoning district at the northeast corner of harrison street and 24th street. the three story building was constructed in 1989 and is well the calle 24 special use district. the proposed wireless facility is considered a location preference five site, mixed use buildings in high density districts, which is considered a preferred location according to the planning department's wireless telecommunications facility citing guidelines. at&t representatives held a community meeting on wednesday, november 30, 2016 at the intersection of 23rd street at folsom street. approximately 15 community members, including calle 24

representatives attended and indicate opposition to at&t's proposed objective. they answered community members questions. as of september 10, 2018 is staff received one voice mail and e-mail in protest regarding the proposed project. the department finds that the project is on balance consistent with the wiring citing guidelines and recommended approval with conditions. this concludes my presentation and i'm available for any questions. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. project sponsor? welcome. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name's misako hill. i represent at&t mobility. i want to thank staff, ashley in particular for working with me on this project.

at&t has been looking for a site in this area since 2014. we have a coverage gap in this area. the proposed facility is centrally located between existing sites as indicated in the coverage maps presented to you. and and at&t worked extensively with staff in reducing the design of the facility by removing three antennas, reducing the height of the antennas from 47 feet to 41.5 feet, so we're happy that we were able to work with staff on this, and we feel that this design meets the zoning requirements. i'm happy to answer any questions you have regarding the project. i'm here with bill hammond of hammond and edison, if you have

any questions. >> president hillis: we may have questions. we're first going to open it up to public comment. jonas, do with he have any public comment? >> clerk: just the one from miguel bustos. >> president hillis: okay. and if there's anymore public comment, please lineup on the screen side of the room. >> may i give this to you -- >> clerk: you may. >> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is miguel bustos. been in the 24th street corridor for almost 49 years. i live maybe 100 feet from the property. we did express some concern regarding the project to representatives of at&t as well as the staff here at planning. none of them live in the district, none of them live in the corridor, none of them live close to this site, but what we want to talk about's three different things. one is the owner.

i'm actually surprised that at and he would even want to associate himself with mr. allen mccarthy. he has a history of not being a very good neighbor. there were several dozen latino families that lived in the building. he threaten he -- he evicted them all, and threatened to call i.c.e. to deport them. he's never proven himself to be a good neighbor for us, and we don't even know why anybody would want to be associated with this gentleman. second, the project is far too big for a residential area. you know, we had hoped to have a conversation. we had -- there was a meeting scheduled in november of 2017, but i was told personally that we were -- that there was going to be a subsequent meeting where the neighbors would be considered and there would be a

dialogue. that never happened. third is that this site was a former gas station, and i included a photograph of that gas station. and again, i've lived there for 49 years, and the site had never been cleaned up. and so i understand -- that should have triggered some sort of ceqa finding, so what we're asking -- and i also list the neighbors that have told me they wanted me to come and speak as a collective voice, and you'll see there's more than 15 here, to object to this project. so we ask that you continue the item indefinitely until we actually have a good conversation with the project sponsors so that we can then second, take a look at the scope of the work. and then, you know, we believe that there should be a phase one or phase two environmental assessment on this property. when i was a kid, there was never cleaned up. for that, we can hope you would continue this item indefinitely until we are able to sit down

and have a conversation. and i appreciate your time. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. can you hear me? okay. my name is glenna ali. i live down the street and i've lived in the mission for 29 years. it's been my home. i wanted to come today to testify about the fact that there's enormous push back to the project. when this was originally raised, many more than 15 neighbors attended that meeting. i was there, and we're very upset. i understand the health hazards of living under a cancer causing tower of that scale can't be discussed, but that's the reason mainly the people are terrified of this project. there's a daycare center, there's a school 1.5 blocks away. i've spoken to the restaurant that's below, it's in the

building. everyone does not want this project. many people would have come today if they weren't working. i'm lucky to be able to work at home and have flexibility, so we will fight this project. the neighborhood does not want a 47 foot, is that right, tower on this corner above our heads, and it's really -- at&t should be aware they're trying to place a project of this m magnitude in this neighborhood below seniors, and babies. we're not going to allow. if there had been any kind of serious public comment invited, which there wasn't this time, you would see that. so you really do need to give the neighborhood an opportunity to be heard and at a time that people can make or a choice of times. that's my main comment, but i'm

surprised that there was only one phone call or one e-mail. i think that's what i heard, because i've spoken with several people who said they would be in touch before the 5:00 p.m. comment period ended yesterday, so i don't know what the communications -- what's happening with that, but people are watching this, and they are -- we are not pleased, we are really, really will oppose this. i guess that's the main thing i want to under like to at&t, that they're going to have to fight a neighborhood that is good at this point at fighting back. that's it. thank you. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. eric arguello, calle 24 cultural district. i'm surprised to hear that only 15 people were there. there was a lot more people

there. i was there, and there was a lot more people opposing it. it's a big tower. even if it's being reduced to 41 feet, that's still a big structure. there were a lot of questions, and they said they would get back to us about the scope of the project, and we never heard back. so the outreach was not very well done. besides the fact that mr. mccarthy has not been a good neighbor with the residents and merchants in our neighborhood, so i think you need to continue this and making sure that this is vetted out in a proper way, making sure that the needs of the neighbors and the merchants are taken care of. thank you. >> president hillis: okay. thank you. any additional public comment on this item? >> hi. my name is michael nolte, and i run a site on facebook called mi casa tu casa.

the mission is always getting stuff done to it. my father was born in the mission, but he's not around anymore, as an heir to the mission, still around, i think i have to speak out when there's injustices happening, and i hear this all the time, injustices are happening to parts of our neighborhoods. this is another example if community outreach is not done correctly, and certain areas where people work, they can't come to these hearings, and since i'm a community organizer, i understand that fact, happens all the time, that people are not able to come to the meetings, but i think it's important that when a big corporation like at&t wants to do something, they do it any way, or they try to do it the best way they can, and this is why we have public hearings.

thank you. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. any additional public comment on this item? seeing none, we'll close public comment and open it up to commissioner comments and questions. commissioner melgar? >> vice president melgar: i would like to make a motion that we postpone this until -- indefinitely until there's a chance to speak with the neighbors. >> commissioner moore: second. >> president hillis: commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: i make a motion to recuse myself based on the stock that i hold in at&t corporation. >> vice president melgar: i think we have to take that -- >> president hillis: all right. we'll second that. commissioner richards is asking for a recusal, so let's just have a roll call on that. >> clerk: on the recusal of commissioner richards -- [roll call] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously, 7-0. >> president hillis: and then there was a motion to continue, and there's no -- you want to

go indefinitely, commissioner melgar? >> vice president melgar: that's what's my motion. somebody else wants to make a -- >> president hillis: no, i think that was seconded, too. >> clerk: that was seconded. >> president hillis: commissioner koppel? >> commissioner koppel: just a question for the at&t representative. >> we worked with staff to reduce the antenna to 42.5 feet. >> >> commissioner koppel: off of the roof or off of the sidewalk. >> the height, 42.5 is from the ground level. >> president hillis: how tall is the structure on the roof? >> let's see...and then, i also -- and you should have

copies of the sign-in sheet from the meeting, and you can see, i think there's actually 14 people signed in, so that is an accurate number. and then, also, regarding phase one, at&t does perform compliance review on this project. that's something that's done for all our sites, so there's no -- this was not flagged for any compliant issues. >> commissioner koppel: thank you. >> thank you. sorry. so the actual f.r.p. screen is 8 feet from the roof to the top. >> president hillis: thank you. commissioner johnson? >> commissioner johnson: so i have a question for the project sponsor. i think this would benefit the public if this project continues. according to the guidelines around wireless, when we kind of look at the ideal locations for these types of projects,

mixed-use residential is listed at five, and is only kind of used when we've exhausted all other pgs ones of public space, of smeshl space. can you hear with the public the efforts that you used to find other -- >> yeah. there is an alternate tiff site analysis that should be included in your package. so we look -- alternative site analysis that should be included in your package. so we looked at approximately -- sorry. let me just get that. it's like about six buildings in the area. there's nothing wholly commercial in the area that would work for at&t, but we did perform an extensive alternate site analysis, and this building fit within the network. we were able to get a lease

agreement with the owner and we were able to install the equipment and infrastructure required for the performance of the facility. there's many factors in addition to height of the building, whether or not we have access to power and fiber network, so yeah, an extensive search was done, and this site met all the criteria. >> commissioner johnson: thank you. >> president hillis: commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: what's in the end matters that what i believe that technically, all of those things were done, to be in dialogue with a public and they understand the pros and cons, all of them are cell phone users, so there's nobody that would not want to have probable coverage. but the art is to basically get into that dialogue by you all stand here, this is what we want to do, and this is what we support. i think you hear the commission say, please take this extra step with the community to come up with a jointly acceptable

answer. >> so i guess i would want to understand a little bit more. we worked extensively to reduce the influence of this project. we worked with staff, reduced the design by three antennas, substantially reduced the height, so courage, as it is, you know, the ---currently, as it is, the facility won't perform optimally, but that was a compromise that at&t awwas willing to do with tap. we have a representative that -- from hammond and edison if that's the primary concern of the residents. >> president hillis: normally, when things are on consent calendar, they're deemed to be uncontroversial. clearly there's some issues that are not resolved on this. i think a continuance is warranted. i'd prefer to have a date

certain -- >> i'd also like to point out there's an s.r.p. shot clock -- >> president hillis: i'm sorry. i'm supportive of a continuance on that to do some additional work. clearly some things that came up weren't resolved or people didn't think were fully resolved. again, this is on our consent calendar but i'm supportive of a continuance. commissioner fong? >> president fong: yeah. i would like to give a little extra time to have conversations with the community and at&t and would rather have a continuance date set rather than indefinite. and if things are not right, we can continue it again or indefinitely. >> president hillis: or deny. >> clerk: commissioners, right now, you have a motion to continue this matter indefinitely. shall i call the question? >> president hillis: sure. >> clerk: on that motion to continue this motion indefinitely -- [roll call]

>> clerk: that motion fails, commissioners, 1-5, with commissioners fong, johnson, coppell, and moore, voting against. >> commissioner moore: i think we need to have it continued to more towards the beginning of november . >> clerk: november 8. >> president hillis: that okay? >> yes, that's okay. >> president hillis: commissioner moore, any further comment? >> president hillis: is there a second? >> second. >> clerk: thank you. on that motion to continue this matter to november 8 -- [roll call] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners, that motion passes, 5-1, with commissioner melgar voting against. commissioners, that'll place us

on item 4 for case number 2018-3003874 cua at 24 # 5 through 2481 -- >> clerk: i apologize. item 5. item 5 for case number 2018-005745 cua, 385 eddy street. this is a conditional use authorization. >> clerk: a >> clerk: and if those persons standing in front of the doorway to move out of the way, unfortunately, we don't have an overflow room to accommodate the crowd, but i see some extra seats, or move over to the other side of the room, you are causing a fire hazard, and it looks like there are a couple of firemen in the room in front of the doors. >> good afternoon, president hillis and commissioners. c. medina, planning department staff. the item before you is a conditional use authorization

for a dwelling unit into an accessory conditional use within the building built at 385 eddy street between leavenworth and jones street. it would legalize the change of use from a manager's unit to institutional use to provide social services to building residents. the project also included minor interior improvements. in addition to the conditional use findings, the commission must consider separate findings outlined. it never has been occupied or occupied by owner-tenant and has been used by the residents for social services since 2003. the conversion is a conditionally permitted use and would not include any exterior changes to the building, thus remaining consistent with the existing character of the building and the zoning district.

the unit, according to the project sponsor, the unit has never been occupied and there's no significant were use proposed. today, the department has received one letter of support from the tenant association coalition of san francisco. after an analysis of all aspects of the project, the department recommends approval for the following reasons: the proposed conversion would provide a social service facility for critical resident services to the low-income how's hold families in the building. the proposed conversion would not displace any residents. unit could be converted back as only minor interior improvements were proposed, and it's consistent with the policy code and policies of the general plan. i'm available for any questions. thank you. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. project sponsor. >> good afternoon,

commissioners. i'm with the chinatown c.u.c. we're a nonprofit organization that's been working in this city for 40 years with the mission in providing affordable housing to residents in san francisco. the unit in question has functioned as a residence offices since early 2 000. this is just a retroactive request for approval. we have a 24-7 desk site in the building, so there's always someone to assist the residents in lieu of a property manager, but i think it was summed up very nice. so i'll keep it short. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. is there any public comment on this item?

>> overhead, please. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is john nolte. i'm a former director of the north of market planning coalition, and i'm going to go down the ownership list right now and see how it's unfolding, and i can give you packets on it. in 1982, an agreement with the hamilton hotel with the funds noted tated? paragraph two -- notated, paragraph two, this is -- this is exhibit d in your packet. then, in paragraph three, the tera lane hotel has two general

partners, one of whom is a.f. evans, which is bankrupt. i don't know how that can still be around when first partner is a.f. evans, and he went bankrupt. then, the tenderloin hotel l.p. has the north of market development corporation that got money to fund the four hotels that were in your packet for the money that i gave you a copy of. there were four hotels, and that was a general partner. but then, that entity stopped in 1997. so therefore, that entity should not be around, either. but then, also, in paragraph five, the hamilton hotel, l.p., again, the general partner is the north of market development corporation. again, it stopped in 1997. so -- and unwind. so it's -- it's not no more a

corporation. so, now, the question is, to you, i'm just giving you the history of how the finances of this -- of this hotel in the '80's to the 2000. so my concern now is how do we save the s.r.o.'s in the hamilton, and the misappropriation of funds through all these limited liability corporations that do not currently exist and are defunded. >> president hillis: thank you. next speaker, please. >> can you start the clock again. my name is michael nolte, and i was also a board member of the north of market planning coalition, and we were -- as residents on the board, we did our due diligence as we were

supposed to. as any board member, you are asupposed to look at the records, you're supposed to look at the documents, and you're supposed to understand. what we're really talking about is transparency here. when other corporations went to make money or not handle things correctly, then, we have problems and cause problems, and obviously, it's caused sometimes politics, but it's not necessarily the reality. the reality is there were residents on the north of market planning coalition board that were concerned about how -- what's right for the neighborhood. we also wanted to save the hotels, but at the same time, they are assets of the north of market planning coalition, not the city, and not all these other planning corporations that are mentioned in the documents. there's no other documents that actually say it in writing otherwise. so any way, i did talk to our past board president.

he's out of town, but, you know, that was dealing with this issue a number of years ago, and we are concerned about that issue. but also, on the flip side, i did write a letter of support for what's on the agenda, so we're also concerned about supportive housing needs to -- each site needs to have the adequate social support services on-site in order to maintain their housing because it's very important, so read my letter there, too. so i always give the decision makers both sides of the story, and you move on. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you very much. any additional public comment on this item? seeing none, we'll close public comment. commissioners? commissioner coppell?

>> commissioner koppel: i couldn't speak more about what ccdc does for housing, so i'll make a motion. >> second. >> clerk: there's been a motion to approve the project with conditions. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously, 7-0. commissioners, that'll place you on item 8 for case number 2018-007741 cua at 3133 taraval street. this is a conditional use authorization. >> good afternoon, president hillis, fellow commissioners, jeff horne, planning department staff. the item before you is a request for conditional use authorization to convert a vacant two story single-family dwelling unit to a community center for seniors, doing business as self-help for the elderly. [please stand by]

. >> the project sponsor has submitted letters of support from district four supervisor katey tang, executive director of the department of ageing and adult services, shereen mcspadden, 45 letters of support and a petition of support with approximately 3 # 5 signatures. -- 395 signatures.

>> the department recommends approval with conditions and believes the project is necessary and desirable for the following reasons: the project -- department finds that the project is on balance consistent with the objectives of the general -- and policies of the general plan. it meets all applicable coat requirements. the proposed conversion of a single-family home with garage will be complementary to the mix of existing neighbor

serving uses and the proposed project would not remove any existing rent controlled units. this concludes staff's presentation, and i'm available for any questions. >> president hillis: okay. thank you. project sponsor. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm appearing on behalf of the self-help for the elderly. >> president hillis: if you can just pull that mic down closer to you and talk right into it, it's helpful. >> before turning this over into self-help, we want to thank planner jack horne for his assistance throughout this process and appreciate the thoroughness of his report which cleaver covers the details of the report. self-help was gifted this property in 2017, expressly for the purpose of continuing their service to the community by providing programs to the outer sunset seniors.

over the past year, self-help staff has outreached extensively to the community, garnering significant support to the project and recognizing the limitation of available community center space. after much thought, the final design was developed for a senior center, with a goal of capability with -- compatibility and character of the neighborhood. approval of the project will help self-help meet the needs of the growing senior population in the outer sunset. self-help's role as an active supporter of senior housing in frisk is extensive, including their own provision of housing in the lady shaw apartments in the autumn glow alzheimer's care home, and also in providing ongoing outreach and referral to the clients. i welcome this opportunity to

introduce annie chung, the agency president and c.e.o., and together we respectfully request your approval of this. >> thank you, patrice. commissioners i am he ggs to share my name. i'm here today with 40 of our seat belt i don seniors and staff, and i'd like all of them to standup today. we thought we were coming to a consent calendar, and last night i cancelled a lot of the seniors wanting to come because patrice told me it would only take a short time to get our item approved. and then last night, when i got home, patrice called me and saidhe