at her over the phone. he has a youtube video talking about winning fist fights in grade school and winning this girl. when we were leaving starting to walk down the stairs, he could not help but call after us, get ready for a very long process. as a result i haven't felt comfortable talking to him and my husband is the only one who interacts with him in person. on the issue of the d.r. we have a hard time figuring out his true concerns. added a green roof and living wall, he said he didn't want to lose green space. he made clear all remedies don't satisfy his concern which is the possibility of future a.d.u. he misdocumented this to the planner. after every meeting we sent the planner meticulous notes.

in reality we propose several remedies and he made clear he would still file a d.r. even if we made these changes. for example we offered to remove the toilet but he said it could be reinstalled. he stated the same for us if we remove windows and doors. this leaves us with little to do to address his concerns as he seems to not have compromise built in. to be clear we don't believe his issues are valid. we tried to work with him in a neighborly relationship to prevent a d.r. we hope the d.r. committee will see that we tried. >> thank you. you have a two minute rebuttal.

>> sorry. public comment. does anybody have public comment in favor of the project sponsor? >> i would like to say i don't have an additional dwelling unit. my unit is approved two unit building at the back of my house. if it's called an additional dwelling unit, it's a two-unit building. the next subject of the addressing, i just got this information on july 18th that there was a potential for an additional dwelling unit within three years of construction of this unit. so that was a shock to me and a shock to my neighbors. there are eight neighbors that said i didn't know they could change the use. they've got what they really need, they will live there, they say for the rest of their lives but they could sell it

tomorrow to someone else and put it out as an asset. i'm a real estate broker in san francisco. and it is valuable. but i think they have been taken down the wrong lane. because i think promising someone, it's nice work if you can get it. $125,000 to build a unit. $600,000 if it's rented. i don't know if they pay more taxes or repave the road, who will be responsible for the road. so this will all come out in the board of appeals because i don't have time to articulate the whole history that you are looking at here, but i think you might say there's something a little rotten in san francisco or denmark. which ever one you want to take. there you go. >> project sponsor? >> i can answer any questions, but i don't know how to address.

>> the commission may have questions for you. thank you. commissioner moore? >> my button was never taken off. i believe in front of us is a reasonable application and the speculation they may or may not be an a.d.u. is really not in front of us in the way we would ultimately welcome everybody looking at parking being replaced by a.d.u.'s because we need, we have more room for cars being housed in san francisco than people who really need to live under a roof. that said, i'm not going to get into standing on a soap box. i believe that the application is reasonable and follows the codes that govern what we are looking at and i move to approve. >> second.

>> there's a motion to not take d.r. and approve the project as proposed. [roll call] so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously, 4-0. commissioners, this places us on case 16 for 2017-009996drp. 434-436 20th avenue for discretionary review. >> the item is a public initiated request for discretionary review to construct a fourth story vertical addition and horizontal at the rear of an existing building for an additional dwelling unit. one d.r. was withdrawn by an agreement by the neighbors to

remove the roof deck, include a solid railing on the lower decks and limit exterior lights. this, as i understand has been recorded as a deed restriction between the property owners. this block of 20th avenue consists of three story stucco buildings. this building is one of the shallower buildings in the pattern. the rear addition as proposed would extend 19 feet from the existing rear wall and 13 feet at the second story and would be setback five feet from the property line. the vertical addition is to setback 10.5 feet from the street front and screened by the roof parapet to maintain the scale at the street. the reason for the d.r. requester, a tenant of 436 20th avenue is concerned with three primary issues cht first, displacement and economic hardship during the construction.

and an increase in rental cost due to pass through of building equipment and further impacts to parking with respect to muni services and general congestion due to addition of additional parking space in the ground floor of the property. the public comment to date we have not received any letters of support nor opposition. and our recommendation in light of the d.r. requesters concern, we contacted the rent board with respect to tenants rights and found because the building is under rent control, entitlements are governed and the state civil code 1947 requiring notice and per diem compensation for temporary displacement and that comes in various tiers depending on duration of displacement. i can elaborate on but i'm no encyclopedia yet. the improvement is determined by rent board hearings upon

petition of the building owner. the rent board doesn't have record of a protected tenant at this address though that's not unusual as it doesn't time, i w

quick as possible. our concern is of a social nature and it's basically two families are currently living in this building. eight human beings. two protected class. one 14-year-old, our son. elderly man lives below us. so there's three people in our unit. five people in the unit below us. our concern is we are going to be basically thrown out on the street with really nowhere to go. the city is trying in their charter to preserve housing supply. our landlord lives around the corner from us. she has a large home around the corner from us where she lives. she has conveyed to us and it's also in your staff report that since the remodeled building will be owner occupied the owner and her family are going to move into the building after

it and we're not going to be able to move back in. so pass throughs and what not, we were told via email that was her intention to move back in. i know the city has a serious housing problem and on the surface it appears an extra unit will be added but eight people are not going to have a place to live and it's going to extend, the project. i've seen similar projects in our neighborhood take a year to 18 months to even get finished. in that time there's not really any opportunity for us. my son goes to school, goes to washington high school a few blocks away. just started, not sure what he will do, the boy below us just started san francisco state college, just graduated from high school. the old guy has got to be like 80 years old. they don't know what they are going to do.

we have been there for 14 years. it's the only home our son has known. it's just, you know, we see our neighborhood changing. and you know, i can't say for sure, but i can't understand why someone with a home a block or two blocks away, five bedroom house or something like that would want to move into a four story building claiming that getting old and having to walk up four flights of steps, intending to put roof decks and extra bathrooms. i understand but like i said, we received an email that her and her family will be moving to 20th avenue and i guess i can put it here. you can see from the proposed

plan it's a major renovation. >> sir, i'm sorry, can you pull the mic over and speak into the microphone. >> sorry. just basically reading what it says that you know, she wants to move back into the house and spend the rest of her life there with her family and this major renovation and we would have to be out for that. sorry. anyway.rate, we are

paying $2100 or whatever a month. similar apartment we are looking at $4,000 a month. there's no way we would do that. we just can't survive. thank you. and appreciate your time. >> thank you. is there any public comment in support of the d.r. requester? >> commissioners, joseph smith, housing rights committee, richmond district. as the tenants have presented, the landlord has already revealed their intent in writing that they want the

tenants to leave permanently. owner-month-in evictions with families with children enrolled in our public schools and with seniors are complicated for a reason. the city has acknowledged -- sorry, the hardship of these evictions. but, as we know, this is the intent of these renovations. you may think we are gaining a third unit, so that's a benefit, it's a resource. and we might agree. but in this circumstance, we might gain a unit but at the expense of losing two rent-controlled units. that might not seem to make any sense but it does. with such a large scope of work, d.b.i. will require a new certificate of occupancy once the work is done. so at the completion of the renovations, this will no longer be a 1916 building, instead it will be a 2019

building and unfortunately our rent stabilization ordinance only extends to buildings that were built prior to 1979. so even if the tenants are able to move back, which we are doubtful they will, based on the owners intentions, they will no longer have the rent stabilization or just cause protections they benefit from currently. and as we know based on the housing balance report, district 1 and most districts across the city, we are losing rent controlled stock faster than we are able to replace it with any new affordable housing. so our request from housing rights committee is for the landlord to focus their capital improvements on the deferred maintenance items the tenants are suffering from currently, if they want to add a third unit they can do so at the ground level where there's plenty of space to add a studio-sized unit without the

major renovations they are proposing to do. thanks very much. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> teresa, senior and disability action. again, this is a very puzzling situation. and when you hear about someone wanting to live with their family, age in place, and then to think of an additional floor being added, again, all of those stairs one would have to go up. that's just not typical aging in place behavior, for one thing, and certainly not building something like that. again, as joseph said, this is about displacing eight individuals. a senior, and a child. and in terms of a behavioral pattern with the owner who does live a couple blocks away, a

five-bedroom home where she had received a notice of violation because there was an illegal unit being used as housing, back in 2012. and so that was followed up, of course, by inspectors. that was abated. but when there's already some behavior. and again, you look at a five-bedroom house. two blocks away. there's already an in-law unit in there that is now illegal, the idea of aging in place and with family, while displacing people who have lived nearly a decade and more in the current building that they had recently acquired. it doesn't make very much sense given what's going on today. also, i don't trust their actual intent of the three-unit building. why can't they just add, as

joseph had said, add another unit and a lower level would certainly make more sense than aging in place and having a family member there with them. so, again, i'm not sure what the intent here is, it would clearly displace tenants. it would clearly cause a lot of misery and not sure if this is just about market rate rentals, and again not sure what they will do here. so putting this all into a big question. thank you. >> thank you. any more public comment in support of the d.r. requester? all right. the project sponsor? >> good evening, commissioners. my name is john lau. i'm the project engineer for this project. i sort of get caught between a

hard rock and a stone. i know the socioeconomical that's the problem but as an architect and engineer we look at what's best for the client. this client is a childhood friend since we were 10 years old. when we moved here, my parents live on 17th avenue and their parents good friend and uncle. we always have interaction. at that time project sponsor was living on the second floor. now she is married, now she is a widow, raise three adult children. so chinese have this idea they like to live together, especially when you get old. so i suggested why don't you make this a place for your children to use for the smaller units and that's why the idea come, they want to personally live in that unit and there was

a history why they want to do this unit. and that's why we tried to follow all the planning code, engineering code to make it a viable project. we are going through planners and we are going through numerous residential design review and then we come to the d.r. request. we feel for the d.r. requester. i already told to start working with the rent board for compensation, something have to be compensated. i can answer any question you have. >> all right, you still have three more minutes. but if your presentation is over, we can hear a rebuttal from the d.r. requester. sorry, public comment in support of the project sponsor, come on up. >> good evening, commissioners. i'm actually the son of the sponsor. should i speak now or in the

rebuttal? >> you can speak in the rebuttal, you are part of the project team? >> still have two and a half minutes. you still have time. >> i just want to address a couple points that were brought up. it was pointed out that my mother lives two blocks away, that is true and in a five-bedroom home that is also true. the entire reason why she and i will eventually move back to 20th avenue is because she doesn't want to live in a five bedroom home. she wants to live on a single flat where she doesn't have to walk up the stairs to go to her bedroom. the points brought up about aging in place. that's exactly what her intention is, that's why she sent an email to the tenants notifying of their intentions. she wants to move back and age in place.

the other point about why does my mother need such a big house if she can just age in place in her current home. i myself move back with my mother and care for her, i have two older sisters when they have families might move back to the 20th avenue house as well. and again, we fully intend to consult with the rent board to do this properly, the homeowner move-ins to pay the compensations, the relocation fees. please look at the facts before you, and i appreciate your time, thank you. >> thank you. are there any other public comments in support of the project sponsor.

>> d.r. requester gets a two-minute rebuttal. >> would you like to come up? >> i just want to reiterate and just make a comment. about the realities of families like mine in san francisco that in spite of holding good jobs and salaries, this is not good enough, it's not enough to rent a place at market. so this is for you so kind of in the back. also, you know the way you know, this is happening, there is no way for us to come back. they want us out and who knows they are, who knows all the family everything will be an upscale place. we can't come back. she told us in the email.

these kind of actions leave the residents unprotected. affecting illegal renters that can't pay, they move in and out all the time, i see trucks all the time. these actions undermine economic diversity of the neighborhood and that's what i want to say, thank you. >> thank you very much. commissioners? >> project sponsor, you have a two-minute rebuttal if you need it. >> i have nothing to add but i like the d.r. process, i think they did a good job but they shut down our meeting, that's why we couldn't resolve it. thank you very much, i can answer any questions you may have. >> thank you. commissioners?

>> what is our policy as it applies to this? >> i'm not aware this is a demolition by the definition of our planning code. there is extensive interior remodeling. given the current condition of construction realities, it is conceivable that this project could last a long time because, you know, projects, there's a labor shortage. you can get a crew in there and they will be there one day demoing and you might see no action on the building for some

time. and they might come in and do more work and might go away. projects i've seen take typically six months are taking sometimes double that. this is just anecdotal. in other words a building i look out my window everyday and wonder what the heck is going on with that. what's the extent of remodeling versus necessary things to include a second unit in this case. primary to this project to get that second unit where it is proposed is the two means of egress, the two stairwells. there is some demolition to insert those. i'm wondering if there are other things in the plans that could be looked at as incidental. in other words, desired but not necessary to the addition of the third unit.

what's our policy? to my knowledge we don't have a policy related to displacement that's why we rely on the protocols of the rent board and the rules governed by that. >> i do have questions about that and we no longer have the city attorney. and i think maybe mr. smoak can answer this. i believe it's not even in our rent control ordinance. it's costa hawkins about what size of renovation causes that trigger of being no longer a 1979 unit. >> thanks for the question. joseph smoak from housing rights committee san francisco. so i have spoken with representatives at the department of building inspection and the rent board about this issue because we are seeing it all over the city right now and discussion with

the residential expansion threshold which came before you as a policy matter last year. it's a little disconcerting. it's taken on a case by case basis by the rent board and d.b.i. what we are concerned about the extent of renovations with this particular project it would be considered. even if it's not a demolition per d.b.i. because they don't really rule on that. they won't allow the building to be occupied until there's a new certificate of occupancy and that's what d.b.i. has told us. we are participants in the outreach program. a lot of our colleagues in this city who do tenants rights work, so we have direct access to inspectors and code enforcement staff at d.b.i. and that's what they tell us. they tell us it's really not a matter of interpretation for them. if there's a major project and

what they are doing, the project sponsor reconfigure units and adding units they will probably need to issue a new certificate of occupancy before that could be occupied by the residents. >> thank you. commissioner johnson? >> thank you for shedding light on that. what's been confusing to me, this isn't a case of someone trying to do work on a project with no intention of the current tenants moving back in and as soon as the work is completed even though they may or may not pay for displacement fees they plan on turning it into an owner-occupied situation. yeah, it just seems like a very unusual case but i'm curious if we have seen cases like this before? >> is that a question to staff? >> yeah.

>> i haven't, in my role. but that doesn't mean it hasn't existed. unfortunately, i don't know the answer. >> commissioner moore? >> as far as i can recall we have not seen anything as extreme as this one. we had grandview where the tenants were to move out but they were to move back in with t.b.d. conditions of future rent will be but we have never seen anything as extreme as this. i feel as if i'm on the firing line and i feel this ultimately, the problem is coming to weigh on us, including the responsibility of how we decide on this. i feel almost incapable of addressing it because it's absolutely at the bulls eye of where the problems are.

losing two rent controlled units and gaining one a.d.u., which is not even going to be for rental anyway because it's an owner-occupied building, i'm not even sure why we are using that terminology, it's basically converting a multi-people-occupied building into a single family residence. that's basically what the intent is. as to whether or not that's also building capital for the future, that needs to be seen because it's still three separate units. there are all kinds of questions. i have to be very honest, i feel as if i cannot make a decision on this project. i would need the wisdom of my fellow commissioners of whom three very strong experienced are absent. i would like to ask we continue this project. we get full advisory from the

city attorney. we get full advisory from the rent board and other institutions help us make a decision that's least detrimental to those who would be losing their home. >> i second that motion. did you want to say something? >> yes. if we continue it can we request the testimony from a rent board representative? >> yes. >> we would be asking the city attorney is present and every commissioner is present. >> i would like some kind of policy from the department. as to how this specifically relates to the policy of, you know, not demolishing rent-controlled buildings. >> commissioners, november 29th is the earliest date all seven

of you are scheduled to be present. however it is closed to d.r.'s. i don't know if you want to add this onto that otherwise it will have to go to december 13th as well. >> including we have to have our other commissioners listen to the proceedings of this meeting and the discussion we had. >> on that motion, commissioners to continue this matter to december 13th? [roll call] so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 4-0. we are adjourned.

>> good morning, everybody. thank you so much for everyone being out here today. of course, the jug shop for welcoming us to this extraordinary celebration that really speaks to a community

partnerships and the success of our invested neighborhoods programs and neighborhood economic development here in san francisco. we're very happy to have everyone here with us today. and to kick us off with this commemoration of our polk c.b.d. is our mayor. >> the hon. london breed: thank you. i'm so excited to be here today. this is the 16th community business district in san francisco. this is what happens when communities come together. businesses, neighbors, and all of you are an example of how we make sure that we keep our city clean, we keep it safe, and we do it all together. i want to thank you and i want to thank suzanne, for her leadership. [applause] for the past three years, really spearheading this effort and getting it through. this was one of the lowest votes that we were able to get through the board of supervisors when

you had the folks who were the property owners here vote to move this thing forward and i am just so glad it passed. it's going to make a difference. those folks who were not necessarily supportive, they're going to be happy with the results too. i can't wait until we clean up san francisco. this is helping in our efforts to do so. and so we also will have embassadors and people who are out on the streets. we want the businesses here to grow and to thrive. places like the jug shop, which are a legacy business in san francisco. we have to do everything we can to protect our business community. we announced we will be opening another 1,000 shelter beds by 2020 here in the city and county of san francisco. we know we have a crisis on our hands and we know that we have to make smart investments because we see it on our streets every single day. it's effecting the quality of life. it's effecting the business community. we know that many of the people sadly that are struggling on our

streets are experiencing a lot of challenges. and we want to thank you. we want to thank the discovery polk community benefits district for its work and its contributions and being partners in this effort to make sure city safer, to make sure city cleaner, and we know that there's so much work to do. this process has brought so many businesses together and i am just excited to be here today to sign the legislation that made it possible. this is your victory. we're going to get to work to make san francisco an even better place for each and everyone of us. thank you so much for being here today. [applause] >> thank you, very much, mayor breed. of course, our next speaker is a long-time champion of community benefits. the author of the legislation and help make them possible. supervisor of our district 3,

aaron peskin. >> thank you. so this is the 15th community benefit district in san francisco. as i like to say, all of our districts are created equal. district 3 is more equal. why do i say that? because we have five of the 15 community benefit district. when i first became a supervisor 18 years ago, there was one business improvement district in san francisco. one. the city of berkley had more. san diego had dozens of them and i tred to figure out why was san francisco behind. and the answer actually was because the state law didn't think about places like san francisco, where we had mixed-use neighborhoods. the vibrant communities of polk street, north beach, and so we had to create our own law.

that became article 15 of our business and tax regulation code. that began, what has spread all over san francisco. now let me say, it is very rare that people come together to celebrate the fact that they all voted to raise their taxes. that is exactly what we are doing today. it stays in the community. it does not mean a diminishment of city services. it's services on top. i am very bullish on polk street. it is remarkably a vibrant community. i want to salute the lower polk neighbors and the lower polk c.b.d. which was at the forefront, that gave suzanne and the steering committee the vision that the c.b.d. to be extended in a northerly manner. there's going to be an economy of scale. christian mar tan, who does a remarkable job of running the lower polk c.b.d. is going to be the staff to the middle polk

discover polk c.b.d. this makes a ton of sense. larry stringer from our public works department is going to continue -- you are in trouble. it's all good. it's going to continue cleaning your streets and emptying the trash cannes. thicans.this is a real boone foe city and county of san francisco. i'm delighted. on behalf of all of my colleagues, who the voters passed it by yes, 50.01%, we voted unanimously to allow this c.b.d. to move forward. thank you, mayor breed. this is actually the first time, since mayor breed has become mayor i've been involved in an official signing ceremony and i cannot be more delighted. i want to shout out jaoquin torez and chris corgis who did a remarkable job. [applause]

>> they came in and they brought me a list because they knew the election would be tight. they asked me if i knew those people because we needed just one or two more properties to vote yes and i found one guy who i knew, who actually was on the east coast. he said, yes, that is on my desk. i said, you have until 2:00 on tuesday to get back to the city and county of san francisco, vote that ballot and that is what took us over the top. thank you chris corgis. i want to shout out northern captain joe english ler who has joined us. with that i'll turn it back to jaoquin torez. >> we all know if it wasn't for the hard work of the steering committee, in addition so many community members today, this event today and these resources couldn't be made possible. and it does take leadership, tenacity and commitment and i couldn't think of a person that exemplifies the definition of those words more that dr. suzanne markle-fox who i would like to invite up to speak

to us. the director of the steering committee who made this possible. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so the lower polk, the discover polk community. you can tell i'm nervous. thank you very much to the lower polk community benefit district. it really was not only our fiscal sponsor but also our mentor for all of the process that we went through since may 2015. thank you to debra neman who was another informal mentor. shared her knowledge and experience and we definitely want to follow in her tracks. i'd also like to introduce you to the president of our board, tiffany yang, who is a brilliant young woman who is going to be taking this to the next level. the wonderful thing about this community benefit district is

how property owners, neighbors, business owners and the faith community all came together to work on this. it was an amazing experience for me. it really demonstrates the vibrancy of this community. as others have said before me and will say after i'm sure, that our goals are a cleaner, safer and even more vibrant business community in the discover polk area. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> thank you so much, suzanne. really, congratulations and savor this moment. it really is an anchor for so much incredible work to come. i want to point out, you can sense there's a community here supporting efforts like these. i did want to shout out again, i know exercise peskin and mayor breed also recognized some of the folks from our fellow community benefit districts across the street who have come here to celebrate. it's a strong community of folks who believe in the leadership

and the impacts that this work can create across san francisco. christian martin to support these efforts along polk street. deb neman and her work in san francisco for the c.b.d. and simon bertrand from the tenderloin community benefit are all here to say thank you. congratulations for those who are willing to take on a leadership role to make benefits happen in our communities. but it also takes merchants. as well and their support to make this work happen. so, ray baird supported this benefit district idea early on. providing refreshments at community gatherings. ray, we want to say thank you so much. invite you to come on up and say a few words. >> i'm no politician. i'm not great at doing this. i'm just humble merchants with a beautiful store back here.

it's great we have the back drop of my store in the back there. whoever masterminded that did a really great job. thank you to everybody who came out today. there's a lot of sharp-dressed people from the city that are here. i feel a little under dressed. i'm excited for the opportunity that the c.b.d. brings us. i kind of wanted to relate it to some stories that were in the news recently. there was a horrible story about some crime that happened in the tenderloin and the footage from the cameras that the c.b.d. installed were very beneficial to the police and so i think that's one of the resource that's is going to be of great benefit to us. we need it. i don't want to be a bummer and remind everyone about how hard the streets of san francisco are. we live here and know the reality of that. filmore has beat cops. the news came across, i was watching on the news the next day, we had an incident at the store where we had to call the police out.

i talked to the officers and i said, we want beat cops too. they said well you need an advocate to get in there and stand on the throat of the people at city hall and at the captain's office and things like that. so hopefully, what this c.b.d. promises for us is advocacy for this great community that i'm so happy to be a part of. i'll just wrap it up and i want to say thank you for all the work, all these years. you know what it's like to have to canvas and cold call and do this to grind it out. way to go. [applause] >> that concludes the speaking part of our program. now we're going to do the signing right now. chris, if you can get it set up. i'd like to invite michael from the add cad mow of art academy. suzanne, ray. tiffany, come on up as well.

>> we can invite the members of the c.b.d. leadership to come up. [laughter] >> congratulations! [applause]

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[roll call] >> just as a house keeping matter, unfortunately, i will have to leave today at 3:45 due to a conflicting appointment that i have at -- later in the afternoon, but i will turn the gavel over to my esteemed colleague, vice chair kopp, and he will chair the remaining meeting. with that,