. >> president melgar: thank you, miss hester. mr. adams, did you want to explain the methodology further? >> dan adams, mohcd. scott sanchez' explanation was spot on. >> commissioner richards: we had a case here probably three or four units where essex trust legalized live-work units, but at the time, live-work was still live-work. it was still illegal to use it as dwelling units or student housing, so what would that do to the units if we included bloxom. >> it would increase it by 33 numbers, which is the number in 575 harrison that they're retaining. in regards to the live-work issue, for -- this has been going on for a while, so for about a decade, it's been the position of the department that since they're in compliance with the notice of restrictions of live-work units, which does not prohibit artists from living in live-work units, even if they're students, that wouldn't prohibit that. the academy must maintain the status of the units that existed at that time, and maybe they can explain the status of their live-work buildings

we need the computer. >> good evening, president melgar and planning commissioners. my name is julie steinberg, and i'm pleased to come before you to assist us in the work to expand or home and our campus after nearly 100 years in the district. founded in 1921, c.m.c. is 99 years young, growing from a small, volunteer-run school founded in the settlement tradition serving a handful of immigrant families to today. c.m.c. is one of the largest and most dynamic community schools in the country and the largest on the west coast. c.m.c. provides free and low cost lessons and classes to 3100 students of all ages and stages providing 2.4 million tuition assistance to 60% of our students. our small by mighty concert hall is home to more than 240 concerts each year enjoyed by more than 18,000 people each year. though we may be historic, receiving our approval from the -- of a legacy business designation just yesterday, we do rely on equity and innovation and the voices of our community to be successful. c.m.c. is committed to sustaining culturally responsive programs for olde

so president melgar alluded to s the department tackling racial l equity? we know disparities are increast and the housing crisis has madea lot of folks. city staff could be more diversr represent our communities, partn management. and we also know that governmene planning in particular have a hh significant racial and social i. for these reasons and because wc servants, we have a responsibile racial and social equity but ale are not exacerbating disparitie. i want to read this definition d because i hadn't noticed until t the legislation updated their d. but the city family has been us. what is racial equity? the systemic and fair treatments while recognizing the historicad harm done to specific racial gr. so we will update this definiti. and we used the prior definitior resolution. our initiative is fulfilling cis to advance equity. late mayor lee developed this. under mayor breed's leadership s five-year financial plan includt strategy to advance his vision e greater accountability and equin city services. most recently, the mayor and thf supervisors app

commissioner melgar you referred to our budget. we hope to be able to practice with this tool very soon in the next few weeks. the responsibilities of city departments are to complete the plans by december of 2020 and as well as present publicly update every three years give annual progress reports and designate racial equity leaders. we are supposed to submit a staffing plan so make sure we are staffing appropriately. there's also a non-retaliation language in the legislation. and we know the department has already been advising this kind of work going back to two decades. the action plan will help us do it for comprehensively in our internal as well as external work. so what are the key components of the initiative? phase 1, which is what is in front of you today for adoption deals with our internal operations and has actions, strategies and objectives in its inclusive of racial and social equity. we completed our staff training initial staff training baseline survey and rolled out a social and racial equity tool for staff to beg

thank you, commissioner melgar. the deck of the second unit and the stairs coming to the garden have to be designed differently to not obscure the livability of the leeward -- lower unit. second comment, in order for the lower unit, it is very desirable to have two bedrooms. the second bedroom has to be a legal bedroom. has to do with light and air and where it sits. the third point, and the most important one, in order for it to be an a.d.u. by the standards we are all discussing, the unit needs to be independently accessible from the outside, have its own little address or whatever, and read at the front of the building, rather than being accessed through a common corridor by which, at the moment , it could be easily connected to the upper unit. those are the requirements for what we pretty much say to everybody who is fine to do this >> thank you. is that clear? okay. did you want to make -- you made a motion. >> i am making a motion that the project be continued

. >> and president melgar. >> aye. >> so moved. that motion passes 4-0. commissioners, that will place us back on item -- we have additional business to attend to. >> thank you. that will brings us back to item 119. we will probably need commissioner richards if he is here. otherwise we won't have a quorum. >> i'm not leaving. >> we need commissioner richards. for 461 29th street, please note on august 29th, 2019 after hearing in closing public this was continued to november 7th, 2019 with direction from the commission about a 6-0. commissioner johnson, you were absent. on november 7th, without hearing it was continued to today's date. commissioner johnson, you were absent and commissioner diamond you were not yet seated as a commissioner. in order to participate, you would have had to reviewed the previous hearing and materials and if you can acknowledge as much today you can participate. >> i have reviewed the material. >> i have not given i was appointed this week, i have not. >> we will need to recuse you from this matter but it would be better if com

aye. >> commissioner moore, aye, commissioner kopple and melgar, aye and it passes 6-0. >> that will place under doctorrer's announcements doctor director's announcements. >> there's a connect msf and i wanted to announce for your sake, we have several public meetings on this program and the first is in the southeast, wednesday, the 13th, from 6:00 t community facility and the second is a youth workshop being cohosted by the san francisco youth commission on thursday the 21st from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at mission high school and there will be fyi, two public workshops in late january. we don't have th the specifics t this coming your way which this is connect sf in concert with the city's other transportation agencies. thank you and that concludes my report. >> item 12, historic preservation. >> good afternoon, eric star, manager of affairs. the committee held a meeting on the implementation of to make this a city-wide priority sponsored by furer and man mandelman. it would extend the medical cannabis dispensaries and you heard this on october 24th and the planning commission's reco

>> aye in >> commissioner president melgar? >> aye. >> it passes 5-0. [applause] item 13. case number 2019. 107662 pca for the affordable housing and educator housing streamlining program, planning code amendment. >> good afternoon, commissioners. audrey maloney, planning department staff. i'm going to do a quick check to see if supervisor fewer's staff is in the room yet. yep. ian is here to speak on the ordinance before staff presentation. >> hello. >> hello, president melgar. good afternoon, commissioners. ian fergosi with sandra lee fewer's office. thank you so much for having me today. the legislation before you today is a small tweak to a much larger initiative co-sponsored and passed recently by 76% of voters in the recent election. i first want to just talk a little bit about why we authored this critical initiative. and, you know, why it's so important and we're so happy that it's been enthusiastically supported by san franciscans. we know the housing if the crisis, we need to create more affordable housing in every city. as you know, san francisco is exceeding th

on the motion to recuse commissioner melgar... [roll call] so moved. that motion passes unanimously 6 -0. now you can take of the matter of item 21. >> there are speakers appear. >> commissioner richards? >> can recall speakers in support or against item 21 being continued? >> there was one person. >> members of the public would like to publicly comment on the continuance, only on the matter of continuance. >> don't you call us first? >> my name is joey and i am the project sponsor for item number 21 and we have been planning on this date for months. i have all my supporters lined up to come today and i run a small business. it would be a hardship for me to continue this any further. i have been working on this process for about 14 months and it is taxing on a small business owner. i would appreciate if we really just continue it and do the hearing today as scheduled when my family and my supporters will be coming. thank you. >> thank you. does anyone else want to comment on the potential continuance of this item? >> i am a neighbor to this project. i

and up until then, we got koppel and melgar. and we've had a bunch of -- milicent johnson joined us. there's been two lees, a fung and a fung and two johnsons since we've been dealing with this. so as you go through this list, the volume of planning commissioners that have been dealing with this project, it's kind of -- it's like over 20. and sanchez was thanked for all the work he did. i'm extending my thanks too. because once we had a list -- once we forced them to do the first rudimentary and the commission had a list of what properties they owned the planning department started doing enforcement. and there were hearings not at the planning commission that were administered hearings on enforcement. and i came to them, and other people came to them. all these hearings listed on exhibit 1 were attended by the public. some people have died in the process. some of us have had setbacks physically. most of us have really gray hair now. but whatever the community has been diligent on this, totally. we have been here every time we we

i wanted to introduce the jamestown community center executive director me or no melgar. she is here representing the consortium which we share. i also just wanted to shout shot out dr. garcia who serves on my board. i wanted to bring them up. [cheers and applause] >> thank you for being here with us to celebrate this historic occasion. i feel so honored to be part of this club. it is amazing. i want to recognize firstly our mayor. [cheers and applause] many folks don't know, but it was her brainchild that jamestown get involved in this. that this collaboration of agencies could save this building with the city's support not only was it her idea that jamestown move here and get involved with this, but she also but the city's money behind it. making sure we saved this important community assets. thank you for your vision. and also for your commitment to keeping our community in place and our cultural and nonprofit institutions strong. i also want to recognize the individuals who put this together. first to tracy brown. [applause] her persistence, her tenacity, or leadershi

president melgar. i'm jim abrams, land use council to the academy of art university. we are pleased to be here tonight. this has been a lot of work from everybody who has been working on this. and we are very pleased to be here. if i could have the screen the presentation. there it goes. so, again, we are here tonight to discuss the global resolution of the lawsuit that was filed against the academy of arts. and there are a few components of that resolution that we wanted to bring to your attention. first there's a settlement agreement that's resolving the litigation that will be heard by the board of supervisors. there's the development agreement before you tonight that approves and regulates the 34 plan sets that would be authorized by the conditional use authorization you have. there's also a stipulated injunction that gives the city enforcement rights against the academy of arts that are different than the city's standard enforcement rights. so if the academy had a future violation the city would have special rights to go to court and enforce those violations agai

good afternoon, president melgar and commissioners. my name is carolyn kennedy from the dolores heights improvement club. i'm here with a request for your consideration today to please ask staff to conduct impact analysis on the newly-enacted senate bill 330 the housing accountability act. i made this request on september 19 in public comment and your response was let's wait until the bill is enacted into law. it's now been signed. and i think it's critical to conduct an impact analysis for our city. senate bill 330 mandates many elements of the planning process including timelines, processes and penalties. it forces administrative approval for many projects. it's a top-down, one size fits all approach to processes in over 300 jurisdictions in california. in my experience top down change doesn't go well. my question for you is what impact will this law have on san francisco's planning and entitlement process. i'm specifically concerned about demolition control appeal processes protection of existing and therefore more affordable housin

commissioner melgar saw a unit and i thank you are making this house a very, very big.i think there's room to add a small and modest a.d.u. unit to give benefit to the housing stock. i would approve the project with some modifications to ease the livability issues next door as well as to add to the housing stock. you clearly were a landlord before and have had great tenant relations. i hope we continue to do that with the new a.d.u. >> if i may, this document in the packet has -- i certify under penalty of perjury. >> i apologize. >> moved to deny d.r. >> is there a second? is there an alternate motion? >> commissioner richards? >> i will take d.r. and refer to some of the livability issues, but also add an a.d.u. unit of modest size of 750 square feet in and the most appropriate place. >> is there a second? >> i will second that, but the requests that i heard were for the expansion of the light well by 1 foot to 8-foot six is what i heard. come up to the mic, please. >> the roof deck has a wall that appears to be maybe five or 6 feet in height and the roof deck is dire

. >> good afternoon, president melgar and commissioners. i'm with department staff. the case before you is a request for a home s.f. project authorization for the demolition of an existing one story commercial building, formerly utilized for the operation of a gas station, in the construction of a new five-story over basement 50-foot -- 55-foot approximately 19,160 square-foot mixed-use building containing 20 dwelling units, 2400 square feet of commercial space, seven offstreet parking spaces, and 24 bicycle parking spaces within the and c-1 zoning district. as part of the home s.f. to your two project authorization, we are pursuing a -- [indiscernible] one additional story of height and five additional feet at the ground floor in excess of the height limit in exchange for providing 25% on-site affordable rental units. members of the public expressing support says it will enhance existing commercial corridor, contribute affordable units and family-friendly units to the neighborhood. in conclusion, we recommend the approval of the commission and believe it is necessar

so i assume that was president melgar. >> clerk: it was and we will certainly note that correction. >> and the regular minute meetings for october 2, just a question. i wasn't sure of the answer, but did commissioner folley get recused for all of the mills act? >> clerk: they were taking up -- oh, i'll have to look into that. >> okay. okay. >> clerk: [ overlapping speakers ] -- >> i just wanted to make sure that was correct. >> clerk: actually, the correction for calling the meeting to order would be vice president matsuda because it was a joint hearing. >> oh, okay. any other comments? >> yes. this pertains only to the minutes of the joint meeting. it did seem to me that the minutes as worded are more like an announcement, what is going to happen, rather than a recitation of what did happen. i don't know whether that is the customary format, but it did strike me as unusual. >> [ indiscernible ] -- >> thank you, commissioners. [ roll call ]]. >> clerk: so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously 7-0. just on that comment, the minutes generally basically list the item as th

. >> press melgar. >> aye. >> so moved. that motion passes unanimously 4-0. commissioners, we're at item 21 for case number -- >> i'm sorry, we just have to take a little break. i'm sorry. it's 8:00 and we've been going since 9:00 this morning. >> we've been here 11 hours, folks. >> sorry. >> commission regular hearing for thursday, november 21, 2019. i'll remind members of the public to silence your mobile devices that may sound off during these proceedings. we left off on item 21 for 2018-009157cua at 2175 hayes street, conditional use authorization. >> good evening, commissioners. silva jiminez, the planning department staff. the item before you is a request for conditional use authorization to permit the demolition of a one story dental office and construction of a four story residential building within the hr-3 district. a conditional use authorization is required to exceed the three dwelling units per lot in an hr-3 zoning district with the maximum of one dwelling unit per lot area. this would result in a building height of 40 feet and the conditional u

so when you look at that data set and commissioner melgar probably knows some of this from her o.c.d. days. over 60% -- i think it's 65% of the units built as affordable family housing are two bedrooms and larger. 35% of the units that we've built are three bedrooms and larger when we're talking about families, when we're talking about wanting families to remain in san francisco, we have to look long-term and not just design those smaller buildings that, you know, frankly often times make sense for market-rate developers who have a different agenda. so i think it's important to both be flexible, but also think about what we're trying to build in the long-term. thank you very much. >> thank you mr. martine. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. san francisco labor council. on behalf of the labor council i'm happy to say we strongly support this legislation. working families are getting squeezed out of san francisco every day. this legislation will allow for real affordable housing to be built in san francisco. and it will be built for the union. we absolutely support this legislatio