commissioner president fong nick foster dispatching this item before you is for informational purposes to fulfill the design plan for the case before you motion number 18954 no action by the commission is quid it is on i was ellis street the 8 thousand plus secret is located in the district with the height and bulk district in the downtown area in mason district project involves the construction of a 11 story hotel with a hundred and 56 tourist hotel rooms on a site with a surface parking lot the project was originally approved by the with the approval of the conditional use authorization downtown project theoretician and with was extended on 13 in may of 2015 the hotel purchased the property pursuant to the refined plans the new project sponsor has made minor sdrien modifications those modifications are listed on page 3 of our staff memorandum the program includes the ground floor retail use in lieu of the anticipated ground floor basement without impact to the tourist hotels overall the department finds the final design companions with article 11 with relation to the market sutter co