and in particular, the nine story residential building. y original plan was the slowly conforming plan but i requested that the variants for this setback to include windows and the original plan from two and a half years ago, this was given to the neighborhoods with written and public comments, that this building was too tall. the density of the building is too much, and the commercial district allows for the rear yard variants. this would accomplish six stories of residential on this extreme. i did not have this so i could get six stories of residential. i was not providing the affordable housing and they were worried about the shadows. we began to redesign the project and this is the current design on the model. this is the view down pacific. this is from the block back to nob hill. this is the -- this is not the revised one. over the past three years, i have made a number of changes to the project to address the community concerns, other than 65 feet. this is in a tight zone. this is adjacent to the buildings and this is the one thing th

higher than 83% of the buildings in the neighborhood. and then, the building next door to that, which would be on the other side is stepping down in height which is typical for the planning streets. this is a typical block design. we asked that the project continue this trend, and continue the standards redesign with a stub -- where the tallest buildings are on the corner, with this building being in the middle. we ask that this would be shorter in height. furthermore, all the buildings across the street, the article in the neighborhood at three stories or less. we ask that this be designed in accordance with the character of this neighborhood. we recognize that the goal is to have more housing, but do not do this at the extent -- at the expense of the character of the neighborhood. this is the most beautiful city in the world because of the neighborhoods like ours. >> thank you. >> i would like to say that i am against this development. this is out of character with the neighborhood. i agree with those comments about this. 65 feet, i di

some people say it's the ololdest building in san francio or the presidio officer's club. this is an adobe building built in the late 1700's and survived the earthquake. >> second location of the mission and original was two blocks down. >> and this was 1790. >> when they realized they built the original mission in the best farming area and moved it and 18th street had a creek flowing down it and that's why they move toda moved away and ae street used to be the barracks for the workers and i will use that term loosely and they weren't happy to be there. >> unhappy workers. >> they didn't want to be part of the mission at that time. >> how thick are the walls? >> probably two to 3 feet thick. >> and performed well in the 1 1906 earthquake? >> it does. does did. i think t to it didn't do well but this is so massive. >> another building and the sunny side conservatory and build in 1901 and fell into disrepair and people tried to demolish and got the permit and did a third of the building until the neighbors got up in arms. >> monterey boulevard. >> it's open to the public and

they celebrated the building for its iconic status as one of the nation's most elegant and beautifully restored public buildings. supervisor of chiu, the deputy -- supervisor chiu, the port executive director, and the chief operating officer of the very building were on hand to accept the award. you will see the signs that discuss this award and throughout the building this month. congratulations to all with that. the hits just keep on coming, like we hoped the giants will do tomorrow. last tuesday we had an eye -- we had a spectacular groundbreaking. i did not see any broken ground, but i did see someone coming out of the water. the exploreratorium, the internationally acclaimed museum, celebrating the future home of pier 15 and 17. continuing the embarcadero project at the fair deal -- fair building that began. around the waterfront did doubles the exhibit space, doubling the number of classrooms, tripling the capacity for teacher development. developed in two phases. a 9 acre campus. a 10 minute walk from the ferry building. congratulations to all. a number of people on staff have p

what the permit holder said was the proposed building will be the same height as the existing building. you see from this sketch that is misleading as to the effect that the new buildingp6 have on open space. it is going to be massive. it is going to be and the variance area as its slopes up the hill. it becomes even bigger and intrudes more on the views and a shadow on the open space. the recreation and open space element talks about the need to have some light in public open spaces. that is what we have here, the need to preserve some light and public open spaces. there is no need for the various area to be two stories. it is should not be in the variance. they've not establish the need for one, but if there is going to be something, they don't need to spaces. they took out their broadcast -- they took out their garage, and they have more living space. vice president goh: i have a question about that drawing. could you put that back up, please? will you show me on the drawing where the rear yard setback should be? i think you have it written there, but it is hard for me to read. >> i

this is a stairway that came all the way up from the building. this piece was an overhang on the first floor. under it were built a water heater and a closet under the stairs. this is the piece we felt was clearly illegal. in our plan, we removed all of that and internalized the stairs so it is not in the backyard anymore. vice president goh: you are planning to build up to that dotted line, which is in the illegal area? >> we are not expanding beyond the blue at all. vice president goh: i cannot read your notes. the dotted line on the right hand side, the rear door to the line -- >> that is the 45%. that is the setback in existence in the '70s. vice president goh: are you building up to that dotted line? >> we are not. we are staying well within that. we are not changing this wall at all. we are removing the bids built under the stair and the overhang and leaving the envelope that was well within the setback of the '70s. vice president goh: you are not building to the yellow line at all? >> we are not expanding to that at all. in fact, we are red

is anyone living in the building now? >> no. vice president goh: when you receive the stop work order, at what stage were you? i want to go on record as saying i drove by. i live nearby and i drove by and look like there was no lower floor at all. >> the stop work order came in effect right after we had found the dry rot and removed a portion of the rear wall. at that point, we were about 40% complete with instruction. vice president goh: foundation replacement happened? >> there was extensive the- replacement. the first alteration permit, we were trying to save as much of the foundation as possible before we opened the slab. it appealed to myself -- and appeared to myself and the structural engineer would be up to save some of the foundation. we began replacing the foundation, shoring up the building, which is what you do. vice president goh: okay, that answers my question. president peterson: thank you. commissioner garcia: i have sort of an incomplete answer to a question having to do -- and you would probably know, what was t

under the building permit application review. those are some of the points that i wanted to address it, and i'm available for any questions. vice president goh: last time, mr. kornfield said something about requesting to change the address from de haro street to carolina so it would be addressed in the rear. i am just wondering about that. how would that help or hurt or affect the variance request? >> this variance was granted for a very specific project for a project that hasa garaghe fronted on de haro street, so we would have to review it all over again if they want to change the product and try to seek somehow -- and we would have to change the project and try to seek somehow. i think it makes sense to have this be reviewed with the project frontage and parking on de haro street, and adding three units per it -- and adding three units. vice president goh: thank you. commissioner fung: mr. sanchez, the d.r. hearing had a number of points. do you feel that those points have been addressed in this particular iteration of the desi

it says that the building is on the national registry. there is no question about whether or not this is an historical building and that the artifacts are historical. i agree that to say that these things like the stained-glass window are personal property, that as an affront to what preservation is all about. had to do so in the dark of night, not telling the community, locking the person out that did this as a volunteer? that is so disrespectful of the community. i really thank supervisor mirkarimi for bringing this to the board's attention. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i called a number of names, so just come up. >> my name is ace washington. i was bron and -- born and raised in the west addition. i did not come to speak on this item, and i did not know it was even -- i am sure they are appreciative of bringing this to their attention. i am up here on a mission of community reform. i am here to tell the city to tell everybody in the west tradition that we have a group had is called the crc, community reform committee. we

commissioner fung: according to the building code. commissioner garcia: that is what i mean. >> the board requests you take your seat unless you have a medical condition that requires you to stand. president peterson: you mentioned additional members of the public came. can we have a showing by hands who has come here and who is for the project and who is against it? additional comment on 10 lundys lane. who is here to speak? i see five hands. these people have not taken an oath. let me ask you this. additional public comment on 10 lundys lane, who is here to speak who is not -- who has not spoken yet. commissioner garcia: it does not matter whether you are for or against it. president peterson: whether or you are for or against it, just raise your hands. commissioner garcia: how many people are for the project? how many people that hewlnewly showed up are opposed? it looks like no one showed up late who is opposed to the project. president peterson: we would have to administer an oath. i think we have a good sense of the good characte

i put the usefulness of buildings above the landmarking of the buildings. i also want to say the testimony from a lot of my colleagues and families and parents and teachers and from francisco middle school are very influential on my decision as well, and i think this is the best way forward for a community that has needed a much better library and a park as well. i think the opportunity to unify the park in a much more useful use of space is one of our goals as well. >> i think if there were no better examples i might be convinced maybe it had merit to land mark, but since there are better examples, and i am a recipient of four new libraries, and two are built, and they are amazing. they have outside places where people can read. it is much better and much more functional. two libraries are completed. you should see it. it is amazing. i think the north beach area deserves a new library. they deserve to have an amazing building so they can be proud of something. i will be supportive of supervisor chu and supervisor mar. a lot of you children, i will be suppor

this is what's in the mills building. this is what's in the rust building. this is what's in th in the hurt building. there's putty around them. they're going to shift. the wood kind of comes and goes. so it takes quite a bit to break a piece of plate because -- i mean you can -- this will take quite a bit of vertical weight but if it gets bound or whatever, you know, if you just get it in the wrong spot, that's what happens. >> we're seeing some major high rises going up near the bay bridge and south of market and i'm wondering what kind of glass is being installed in those towers, and what will be the effect in an earthquake. >> ooh, excellent question. >> oh, boy. i think i will -- the right answer is when you come off of that part of bay, i always get in the left-hand lane. >> [laughter.] >> but there are -- those are tempered. and, you know, presumably, they will shift. and what it depends on how much this whole thing swins, whether there's enough give and take in those frames so that they don't crack. i have seen tempered glass in the los angeles quake,

they were shortly thereafter put into the building. the department issued a violation for removal of features without benefit of permit and for not going to the ceqa, the california environmental quality act process. it would have to be followed regardless of what is going on. ceqa needs to happen first. in 1993, the advisory board had recommended approval of the landmark designation of this church. there is a designation report that was done at that time, and for some reason, that designation did not go through to the board of supervisors. it had been on the radar as being eligible has an individual landmark. we had been working with dbi to make sure that there was no other work going on without them coming to us first. we also contacted the academy to try to set up some meetings that we can try to resolve this issue. i do not know if dbi is here. >> just one question. could you explain why it was on its way to being landmark but something happened? can you talk about what that was? >> unfortunately, i can't. i need to pull the files f

>> the zoning is right here. 3. 82 unit building. the department responded to complaints received on the 18th of september from the complainants. the district inspectors were not there. on the 21st they issued a notice of violation. basically seven items were listed in the notice of violation, completed with the exception of two. referred back on the seventh of may of this year. the directors hearing was held on the 20th of may. at that time the representative issued a continuance, giving the property owner additional time to comply with two items. the second being a notice of violation. item number 7 was verified to be completed on the 17th of june. but not item #2, dealing with the gate on the rear stairways. the case was again referred to directors and was held on the first of july. at that point the representative director issued a 28th day of advisement and abatement. at the end of 28 days, it had not been cleared in a notice was issued. i would like to point that the picture if i can. -- point that the picture, if i can. -- . po

i live a few blocks from the proposed building. ast week, we asked for one-week extension on this project and you offered that to us. we appreciate that. it in the time from last week to this week, we have had a very long 3.5-hour negotiating session with supervisor chu's t"-we discussed many aspects of this project. the major issues were shadow at night andñr ball, and we were ao concerned about the other minor things. there were five people that came to this negotiation session, and we worked very hard with them on behalf of the neighborhood and with the project sponsor to come to a solution. we are disappointed that we were not able to get some of the things that we very badly wanted, such as height reduction and the bulk production. -- reduction. i would list the agreement that we have come up with, and i would like to talk about the enormous amount of work that was done on behalf of the neighbors in the neighborhood. because without the leadership we never would have come this far. we have agreed for a 15-foot setback on the fl

there is sf gov and the building department. you can check this address under are permitting system. you are always free to call the department to get updates. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> is there any construction activity occurring at this site? >> and the only activity i've been seeing is that there are a number of things being thrown away. i have not seen any construction. >> i've talked to housing. it would appear that these rooms have been there for a number of years, possibly as many as 40 years. >> we are not really supposed to get into a discussion on this because it is not on the agenda. >> ok, thank you. ok. thank you very much. next speaker, please. seeing none. >> if there is no further public comment on item four, item 5 is discussion of possible action to adopt administrative bulletin ab-035 regarding procedure for assigning and/or changing street numbers. >> i'm the manager of the technical services division. what is in front of you is an administrative bulletin that has gone through the co-advisory committee la

form our brown the building to reduce additional impacts around the building and provide for recreation. this would have green roofs on both buildings to provide for their integration into the area. >> this preliminary cross- section view shows that the primary building on the white -- right-hand side would be buried into the existing hillside with only 10 feet of wall exposed on the eastern side of the building. on the western side of the secondary structure, the landscape would be built up so that only 10 feet of the structure would be exposed. these 10-foot walls would act as a fence, providing the required level of security so that no chain-link fence would be required around the facility. there is a 1.1-million-gallon recycled water storage facility that would be completely buried under the main treatment building. this rendering shows a view of the building from the proposed service road. again, the areas around the facilities will be landscaped to encourage public use. the current design concept does not include fences. the areas would be plant

buildings? so where's most of the damage going to be in those buildings? on the upper floors. so, high rise buildings different elements. you have structure and non-structural elements. steel beams are structural but it's the contents, the stuff inside, that will hurt you. outside, steel going up, structural part. in this you can see if you take a look at it, they have the non-structural which is the brownish orangish area. that would be your dropped ceilings, your light fixtures, your hvac system. in this particular case, the alcoa building, the structural members are on the outside of the building. so you can see it right away. what's the danger with this building? glass. good. glass. so you have your typical office. what are some of the hazards here? remember, earthquake island, what are some of the hazards? the lights, glass windows, yeah, glass we already talked about, the bad things. how about all the book stuff? building is still standing but everything else will fall right on top of you. bookcases, you want to secure those; right? this is what's going it happen. if you

no drunken people near the building. second is the concern about noise. not only is it the only unit -- it is not the only unit in this building. we have professional tenants right next to this restaurant. they have to sleep. they could sleep at 10:00 or 11:00. they will wake up at 6:00 or 7:00. there is a buffer between the restaurant and the closest neighbor. i am going to hear everything. we have taken steps to minimize this problem by adding insulation, lamination. i am very confident that they will not create a disturbance for our tenants. we never had noise complaints about our tenants. this is a very small restaurant, only 700 square feet. the seating capacity will be 25. the kitchen will not be much larger than some apartment kitchen and it will be smaller than some household kitchen. some apartments probably hold parties that generate more noise. the next concern is about the restaurant causing parking problems. i took 100 photos in the area and found that it was easy to park in the neighborhood throughout most of the day. the weekends were more

the property owner did not do so. there was a building permit required to do some of the exterior work that i just showed you and some of the interior work. that permit has not been applied for, -- it was just a plot for last friday. we're not getting any timeliness in this case. as you can see, people are living in a building that has not been properly maintained and also has harbored rats and other types of things. all these photographs are in the staff report that you have, available for the public. because of the extent of the work, the fact that the property owner has had six months to make these repairs and only two of the violations have been addressed, with 15 other violations that have not been addressed pertaining to the exterior and interior of this dwelling which is at the corner of ellsworth and ogden. since the city is going in a completely different direction with the dilapidation of blight ordinance, building ordinance, this is not how we 1 property owners to maintain their property. therefore, the way that the item descri

is anyone living in the building now? >> no. vice president goh: when you receive the stop work order, at what stage were you? i want to go on record as saying i drove by. i live nearby and i drove by and look like there was no lower floor at all. >> the stop work order came in effect right after we had found

the existing building is on park property. any expansion would mean property currently used as a place base would be reduced. demolition of the old building and construction of a new one on the trying to would give north beach residents increase contiguous park space and a larger, functional, 88--- ada- compliant library. residents of north beach deserve that just as residents all over this city deserve a renovated library. thank you. >> hi e-mailed -- i e-mailed you. it cannot be easy. you have mothers and children and components of ada, and despite that, i urge you to consider the alternative of preserving a historic building. i just do not think that we have to tear down a building. why do we have to tear down something just to make something new? we all want a new library. thank you, yes, i have a supporter. lots of jobs will be created either way. not only is the city's historic preservation commission recommended the building be preserved, but i heard tina from the planning commission say that this was a historic landmark

>> but the building is legally a three-unit building. it is on the books. it is a legal three-unit building. whether or not it is used and they are only using one of the units, we can't force the property owner. they own the entire property. it is not a t.i.c. or condo. otherwise, all of the owners would be involved. this is a single owner who happens to own a multi-unit building, and they are using one of the units. we have checked. there are doors to separate apartments that are on file in the building. so we were able to relegalize this or re-authorize this as a three-unit building. supervisor mirkarimi: i might return back with another question. thank you. supervisor avalos: supervisors elsbernd? supervisor elsbernd: thank you. a few questions on this. i don't know where this one goes first. the impetus for this is the initial work we heard about from structural and such that need to be done, but this is frankly a contract in perpetuity. so after that work gets paid off, the tax break continues, and i assume the idea is a house of this nature takes a lot

and one of the things i like about this building it has elevated roof on the section behind and ventilate and no chimneys. >> right next to it isn't there a copper smith building? >> up the block. >> fo fol sum. >> this is in fact a san francisco landmark and 1911 and as a black smith shop and so many change. a rarity. tools, manufacturers, general black smith. still used as a black smith shop. one of my favorite buildings in north beach area is the sheet metal shop and the shop -- this entire building, facade is made of sheet metal. as we get closur closer you cane somebody tail piping to the building and it's sheet metal. >> and made to look like break. >> the letters are made of sheet metal and the eave over the door and every piece of this thing. the glass is i guess not. the door is sheet metal. the door jam. fantastic. >> maybe they got a special price for the sheet metal. >> and here's a permit to put it on the building and cost $700 to put the minor editions to the front of the building and a new cement floor 1921. >> do you

if he could show as the variance. >> the old building, the existing building is in the rear yard, but it has the whole front. so now the new building is taking up the front as well as the rear. >> mr. will? >> good evening. i will share my time with the president of the open space. you have in front of you two variants decisions on the same lot, and we have never heard an explanation as to exactly why they are the opposite. there was no extraordinary or exceptional circumstances found in the 1993 decision. there were found in this most recent decision with no reference to the old decision at all. it was written as if it was in space and the old edition never happened. it says the nature and the siting of the adjacent property is what creates the problem and this extraordinary situation, which is a hardship that has to be overcome by doing away with the code minimum rear yard. that is just not true. the rear yard is the same for every building except this one on that lot. this building across the open space is in the exact same situation as the current building. there is no reason why

we have laurence kornfield with the department of building inspection. sitting next to him is the newly named zoning administrator, scott sanchez, and carl short, representing the department of public works bureau of urban forestry. if you could please go over the meeting guidelines and to at the swearing and process. >> the board request that you turn off all electronic devices so do not disturb the proceedings. please carry on conversations in the hallway. the board's rules for presentation are as follows -- appellants, permit holders, and department responders each have seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rare bottle. people affiliated with these parties must include their comments within those times. members of the public who are not affiliated with the parties have up to three minutes each to address the board, nor bottles. to assist the board and the accurate proportion of minutes, members of the public to wish to speak on an item are asked but not required to submit a speaker card or business card to board staff when you come

the majority of these buildings are in san francisco. he designed schools and many homes for the common person. he also designed 10 of the early churches. it is the only one still standing in san francisco. all of the other churches were destroyed by the fire and earthquake of 2006. he dedicated his life to designing buildings -- [chime] supervisor maxwell: those of you without a seat will have to go into the chamber. the hearing on the hiring, employment, will not be until about 2:30. please go into the chamber. it's item number 6. >> that is important to note that thomas welsh was an architect for the people. his building is truly magnificent and unique. in his eulogy, he was described at one time to be the most noted architect of california. sega heart church is the only one left standing, and what is important to know is that sacred heart church is only one of two italian churches west of the mississippi. it has huge historical significance. we request that sacred heart to be preserved not only for thomas welsh's legacy, but that of a

so he looked for the building manager to open her door. then they immediately send her to the hospital. it was just in time that she was saved. after that, this old sister always thanks god for them every time she got a chance. in 2002 i had lung surgery because of lung cancer. i had no registry here in the u.s., and this sister, who i mentioned about, kept me accompanied in the hospital every day as well as all of the brothers and sisters of canaan to turn to visit me. the pastor also went to the hospital to pray for me every day, which makes me feel cared for. thank you, my lord, i

you see the buildings on the southwest and northeast corner is. what is currently a surface parking lot would actually be reduced to a simple street with a minimum parking spaces that are something that we needed to obtain in order to honor the leases for those residents. that concludes my presentation. commissioner miguel: before we continue, do you have any questions on this section? commissioner antonini: this was really good. let me gather my thoughts here. when you pointed out the densities in the area, you focused on the dense parts of western san francisco. that is, at the old side, it is much less dense and the extension, not that it matters, but the area's most closely aligned are the least dense. those are not put in here, but just as a matter of analysis. in rendering of the towers is really early. they seemed a little glassy, and i am not sure if that is conjectural -- contextual. that design can be held as we move along to try to fit into the architecture to the west of western san francisco. the open space issues, the organic farm lo

current code addition from 2008 adopted the 2007 building code standards for building, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing. the state has adopted a new code. a 2010 building code that will be effective on january 1, 2011. when that is effective, they will appeal the 2007 building code standards that we have adopted. as a result of that, we need to adopt a new 2010 port building code, adopting the building code standard for that title 24 california board of regulations status pertinent to the port specific locations with topographical conditions. it will also conclude -- include our administrative procedures. so that we are able to process and permit applications and appeal to building code decisions. this includes a building code with a goal -- a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 20% below the 1990 levels by the year 2012. as stated in resolution 158-02 in the city's 2004 climate action plan. we will have a water conservation regulation, construction debris management regulations, and commercial ratings efficiencies concluded in the building code requirements. they wil