my understanding is sophie hayward from the planning department, and evan miller, are here to explain in detail. we also have representatives from target to answer any questions. i have an amendment which incorporates a recommendation from the planning commission, providing the new projecting signs on geary boulevard should be visually distinct insubordinate to the existing projecting sign. in has been advised by the city attorney that this is a non substantive change, and could go forward as a committee report today. i would like to make the motion to approve and accept the amendment as a whole, going forward. chairperson mar: thank you. ms. heyward? >> good afternoon, supervisors. so the hayward, planning staff. we consider the special sign ordinance at the august 11 public hearing. there were three actions required for the development project that would allow target to serve as the anchor tenant of the site where sears and roebuck was formerly located. the three actions required for the project for a conditional use authorization to allow the proposed formula retell use in the spac

i also want to thank members of our planning department, in particular sophie hayward and adam miller, who represents the building owner. this anticipates creating hundreds of jobs in the city. supervisor weiner: i want to thank the supervisor for his work on this. i think it is commonly known that target in the last year or so has had a pretty strained relationship with the lgbt community, based on some things that happened. there has been a lot of discussion and a fair amount of out reached by a target. -- out reach by target. i think a lot of us thought the entitlement of this project would be a major fight. i anticipated -- i hope i did not say anything -- supervisor campos: he likes target. supervisor weiner: i had always assumed the conditional use would be appealed to the board. at the planning commission, there was almost no opposition from anybody, including the concerns of the lgbt community. there was a unanimous vote at the planning commission. there was no appeal to this board. the time to do so has since collapsed. this is now an untitled project. supervisor campos and i