commissioner fewer? >> aye. >> commissioner haney? >> aye. >> commissioner mandelman? >> aye. >> commissioner mar? >> aye. >> commissioner peskin? >> aye. >> commissioner ronen? >> aye. >> commissioner stefani? >> aye. >> commissioner walton? >> aye. >> commissioner yee? >> aye. >> clerk: we have first approval. >> chair peskin: next item, please. >> item number 6, allocate approximately $1.5 million with conditions and appropriate $110,000 in president obama sales tax funds for three requests. this is an action item. >> mr. pickford, good morning. >> good morning. so, yeah, our first request is for design of a new castro street elevator and provide a redundant elevator. the $1.5 million in prop k requested would leverage an additional 1.4 million in sfmta funds. the project includes an emphasis on community outreach and the design team will coordinate with local groups that are proposing to redesign harvey milk plaza. the project being connected is part of a broader rehab, replacement project building new elevators at muni stations around the city. this elevator is expected to be open for use in j

>> commissioner verones . >> commissioner hardeman: so moved, mr. president. >> commissioner veronese: second. >> president nakajo: there is a motion by commissioner hardeman, second by commissioner veronese. the minutes are approved. [gavel]. >> president nakajo: madam secretary. item 4, fire director's report. >> president nakajo: thank you very much, madam secretary. on item 4, as tradition, chief of the department will report first, and then deputy chief will report second. good morning, chief nicholson. >> good morning, mr. president, commissioners, maureen, command staff, and that includes the folks not in uniform, by the way. chief jeanine nicholson. this is my report since november 13. it's going to be a minute longer than it usually is because we have a few more things than we did. november 15, i set up a meeting with the head of d.e.m., mary ellen car ellen carroll, and the head of p.d., chief scott, to collaborate on issues, whether it's dispatch, training, and other challenges and opportunities that we can work on together. so we are going to be having quarterly m

commissioners? commissioner alioto veronese? >> commissioner veronese: i understand we're going to be using paramedic larry to retirement, which is a bummer. he's a great guy and he's done a great service for this city. i just want to thank you, chief, for coming up with that program -- under your administration, certainly. it's a great program that we now have paramedics on bikes in the airport. it made me feel more secure in that airport because it's kind of siloed out there in its own little world. great job on that. larry's a great guy. really made me feel and my family feel good about having those paramedics in there. >> president nakajo: thank you very much. commission vice president covington? >> commissioner covington: thank you, mr. president. i just want to say that last week, we had a very reference and acknowledge our commission secretary, marie comfrey who really worked very, very hard on that retirement to make it as nice as it was. it is a great thing to see members come in and actually smile when they go out, as well, and look j

commissioner adams. >> here. >> clerk: commissioner dooley is absent. commissioner dwight. >> here. >> commissioner laguana. >> here. >> clerk: commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> here. >> clerk: commissioner you have a forum. public comment allows members of the comment on matters within the small business jurisdiction but not on the calendar and suggest new items for future discussion. >> do we have members of the public who would like to make public comment on any item not on today's agenda? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> clerk: item 3 for approval of legacy businesses registry applications and resolutions and office of the small business. >> commissioner, office of small business staff, richard kurylo legacy business program manager. sf gov tv, may i have the power point presentation. before you today are four applications for your consideration for the legacy business registry. the applications were reviewed by me for completion, submitted to planning staff october 23 and heard by the historic preservation commission november 20

commissioner tanner: okay. great. thank you. >> commissioner honda: so make a motion? >> clerk: okay. commissioners, this matter's submitted. >> commissioner honda: this is a special kind of night here because we haven't had this kind of fun in a while here, but i'll make a motion to grant the appeal on the condition that there's a settlement between both parties that the permit holder will plant five in lieu trees, and that will include a watering plan for three years and also that the department report back to this board where those trees are located. >> clerk: okay. we have -- is it -- does anyone else want to add anything? so we have a motion from commissioner honda to grant the appeal and issue the order on the condition that it be revised to allow the determination to remove the four trees and continue the in-lieu fees to allow for the planting of five trees, 24-inch box size and three years of watering on the basis that this represents the greept of the parties. >> commissioner honda: and the department will report back where the replacement trees will be located and it will be on the basis

commissioner: thank you. any other comments? thank you very much for your presentation. this was a very good presentation this evening. thank you very much and for coming tonight. >> thank you. >> commissioner: next item, please. >> clerk: approval of the minutes action item. >> commissioner: any comments on the minutes? >> nope. >> commissioner: do members of the public would like to comment on item number 5 the minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion to approve the draft minutes for october 28? >> move to prove the minutes as present. >> second. >> commissioner: all in favor of voice vote. any opposed? okay. next item. >> clerk: item 6 director's report and announcements from the mayor and regarding small business activities, discussion item. >> commissioners, just passed the director's report so just wanted to make sure each were able to get a copy. so just want to make sure i'm doing a reminder about the implicit bias training. i realize there's been complications for some commissioners in being able to log on. we're both gone the week of the 23 through the 27 and she's gone the week afterwards. since it does need to be completed by the end of the year, to resolve the issues i'm requesting you try to test out logging in to get the issues re

commissioner fung? >> aye. >> a commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner richards. >> u a commissioner melgar? >> that motion passes unanimously 6-0. that places us on item 26 for 2017-014849cua, 220 post street. initial use authorization. good evening, president melgar and planning commissioners. jonathan vimmer, planning staff. the application is a request for a conditional use authorization for the property located at 220 post street. which is developed with the five-story over basement commercial building completed in 1907 that is historically been fully occupied by retail sales and service uses. as proposed t project would convert an approximate 18,525 square feet of retail space to floors three through five from retail to general office use. the department recognizes the change in retail environment, particularly when it comes to large department stores and vertically oriented shopping centers. the staff fully supports conversion to floor four and five but not at the use of the third level. such a conversion will result in the majority of the building located in the downtown retail zoning

commissioner haney? >> aye. >> commissioner mandelman? >> aye. >> commissioner mar? >> mar. >> commissioner peskin? >> aye. >> commissioner ronen? >> aye. >> commissioner safai? >> aye. >> commissioner stefani? >> aye. >> commissioner walton? >> aye. >> commissioner yee? >> aye. >> we have first approval. >> chair: thank you, mr. clerk. could you please items 9 and 10 together. >> item 9, accept the audit report for the fiscal year ended june 30th, 2019. action item. item number 10, approve the revised debt policy and ratifying the investment policy. also an action item. >> chair: ms. fong. >> deputy direct for finance and administration. i'm happy today to bring before this commission the results for the fiscal year 2019 financial audit. and the results from the single audit of the interchange project and bridge structure project. i'm going to call up the auditor in charge. here we have the audit partner. >> chair: thank you. >> good morning, commissioners. thank you for having me. this is the comprehensive annual financial report, the scope of the audit is to ensure the financial statements are fa

commissioner: commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> thank you for the presentation and your time. i had a few questions regarding specifically the mission district and mission corridor. i'm from the mission so i represent a lot of businesses there. i've had feedback from some businesses especially on the 24th corridor and mission street there's been hesitation associated with gentrification. i'm glad you brought that up. what do you vision along those two corridors and what community input would be involved from the various non-profits and business associations? >> i think we had inquiries from boys and girls club. we'd love to facilitate those but application initiated by the community and the organizations so we don't have a say on who gets to apply. >> but if a community organization would oppose a small business from getting one on mission does it matter or is the permitting process black and white. like in conditional use. >> i think it's heavy on community input. like everything else in the city. i think it's up to the hearing officers but we've seen pushback and john has worked with a community and they recently came up with guidelines for that. i don't know if you want to add anything. >> the one thing i would add is we're very aware of some perceptions in certain neighborhoods of parklets and what they might represent. in particular in those communities if we got an application from a potential sponsor we'd be particularly inassista inassistant -- inassistant on a community -- insistent that the community is in support and if they can do that we'd be happy to work on a great design that benefits the community. >> great. my second question was part of the non-profit component. i saw museums and schools but has a non-profit ever done a parklet or can they die parklet? >> -- do a parklet? >> the community on fulmer you worked on that application. fulmer and webster. >> yeah. we've had a few like the african american cultural center. they submitted applications for various reasons i think part was funding. it didn't pan out. but we have the museum of craft and design has a parklet. there's two schools. all non-profit organizations. so yeah, like maria said earlier we're open to any type of sponsor. most important is that they get community support and can maintain the parklet and be good stewards over the long term so the parklet stays a community asset and doesn't become a burden. >> my last question is for nonprofits like sometimes in small business we have waivers for permits. is there a consideration to waive fees for nonprofits or even small businesses that meet certain criteria? >> we don't have anything in place but the ordinance was meant to cut the fees in half to increase accessibility to all people. right now we don't have a mechanism in place. i don't know if they have any. >> we couldn't administratively waive a fee based on the code but if there was legislation supported by a supervisor to absolve an applicant of a fee it's something we can work with. there's not a direct route to make that happen but there are resources that would be available at their disposal and we'd put them in touch with economic development and try to work through the process with them as well. >> okay. up in -- thank you. >> one organization partners with others and they have a strong partner and the burden is not put on them. >> thank you. >> commissioner: commissioner riley. >> thank you for your presentation. i think most my questions covered by my fellow colleagues. of the 59 parklets you have, how many are coffee shops or cafes or restaurants. i know many are right outside the restaurants is like an extension of their business which is okay. it mentioned no table service but people go and buy coffee and sit there it's all right, right? so how many parklets are sponsor restaurants? >> 48 currently out there are restaurants or cafes. >> 48 out of 59. >> it's high, yeah. >> i'm sure it's great for the restaurants and cafes but do you get a lot of complaints from the neighborhood businesses. having a parklet could take away parking spaces which is scarce begin with. >> yes, i think we've seen cases that there's concern over parking loss but we've seen businesses that work together with their neighboring businesses and talk about the benefits of having this as a community. i can think of the rolling out bakery in the sunset. they sponso

commissioner safai? safai absent. commissioner walton? >> present. >> commissioner yee? >> present. >> yee present. we have quorum. >> thank you, mr. quintanilla. could you please call the next item. >> clerk: item number. citizens' advisory report. >> commissioner stefani is amongst us. mr. larson. >> good morning, chair peskin, vice chair mandelman and commissioners. i'm here to report on the november 20th meeting of the c.a.c. starting with item 5, allocation of $3.3 million for better market street. critical to the success of the project. smta noted the project working group, which included business along market street and the planned turnaround. as well as coordinating with developers on large projects for mid-market. c.a.c. members also reacted favorably to the elimination of private vehicle traffic on all of market street, in the project area below 10th street. seeing this as an advantage to reducing congestion and moving transit in this crowded area. the c.a.c. recommended approval of this item. turning to item number 7 on your agenda, the projects in the bayview, the comments centered on th

commissioner fung. >> aye. >> u a commissioner moore. >> an aye. >> a commissioner richards. >> an aye. >> commissioner koppel. >> aye. >> commissioner president melgar. >> that passes 6-0. commissioners, before we move on to your discretionary review calendar, i am pleased to i an announce that item 20 for 2517 pacific avenue, the d.r.s have been withdrawn that. will place us on your final item as items 18a and 18b have been continued. item 19, case 2019-01302drp, discretionary. >> the item is a discretionary review and building application which proposes to change the use of an existing market and liquor store to a cannabis retail establishment. on site consumption is not proposed at 50 # o jones street. z it may be add tos future if not and sro units on the upper six floors and that corner market and liquor store existing in the subject tenant space and restaurant in an adjacent ground floor tenant space. it is in the rc-4 and 80t and 130t height and bulk districts. and the existing building is an a rated historic resource listed a z a contributor to a national register historic district. they received sev

diamond. >> aye. >> commissioner johnson. >> aye. >> commissioner richards. >> aye. >> commissioner> press melgar. >> aye. >> so moved that motion passes 5-0. so commissioner diamond, you will need to actually leave the chambers. [laughter] whose phone is ringing and dinging, can you turn it off, please? >> this is the revised motion. good evening, commissioners, brigitte hix planning department staff, project before you is a conditional use authorization for the demolition of the an existing 1,284 single family home and a residential building with two dwelling units and one accessory dwelling unit in the rh2 zoning district. and this requires a conditional use to demolish the existing residential unit. it was heard on the 29th at the hearing, neighbors and commissioners voiced concerns about the emassing, unit size and design were out of context for the neighborhood. the commission voted to continue the item to the seventh. the revisions were not complete by that date which is why we were continued to today's date. sponsors held a meeting to receive comments from the neighbors and

commissioner fung? >> aye. >> u a commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner richards? >> aye. >> commissioner koppel. >> no. >> that motions passes 5-1 with commissioner koppel voting against. that will place us on item 17 for 2018-007267ofa that is an office development authorization. >> good afternoon, or good evening president melgar and member bs of planning commission. before you is a request for an office allegation from the office development limit authorizing up to 49,999 square feet of general office use. i would like to submit a revised motion for the for the record and looks like changes to clean up language pertaining to sponsor's contact, parking, and the recording of permit a and drawings. i have hard copies on hand and happy to go over the specifics if desired. the project 865 market street is at the southeast corner situated within the c3r zoning district three blocksout of union square with the distinct portion of the larger westfield center completed in 1988, this specific portion of it. the proposed project will convert 49,999 of existing retail, acce

one more time. >> commissioner perez. >> commissioner thomas. >> president bleiman. commissioneree. commissioner falzon. >> yai yai. the consent agenda has been approved. congratulations. follow up with the deputy director at your earliest convenience. thank you, commissioner perez, for making us motion it as well. that was huge. it would have had to come back otherwise. the next item is the regular agenda, and i will have deputy director azevedo introduce that as well. >> the nl o permit on the -- excuse me. let's start over. the only permits on the regular agenda and the mechanical amusement and device permits and at 2636 and westwood is a new music bar in the marina district and is the first to have a mechanical bull. the application is to host live d.j. performances and the mad permit is for the mechanical bull. the owner has done extensive soundproofing including building a roof over the alley to dampen sound bleed, resurfacing the entire roof, installing fans to prevent the doors being open and installing sound dampening fabric behind the speakers. this application includes

commissioner riley. >> yes, i would love to go to mums for shabu shabu. now is the perfect weather for it and i'd love to see the big binder of yours. thank you. >> commissioner: any others? do we have a motion. >> i move to approve all four resolution to induct all fine businesses into the legacy business registry. >> second. >> clerk: commotion by commissioner dwight to approve all four resolutions seconded by commissioner dooley. roll call vote. [roll call] motion passes 7-0 with no one absent. >> congratulations. >> commissioner: we have certificates for everybody and if we can get a quick picture.

commissioner johnson? >> commissioner richards: i was going to ask that. >> president melgar: oh, i'm sorry. >> commissioner richards: yeah, how they complied. >> nick rosen. so there are two -- in the existing 40-site campus, there were two live-work sites. 575 harrison and roosevelt. the sites aren't identical across the board, and in the case of 168 bluxon, the academy is vacating that site, so it's being put back onto the market as live-work housing. at 575 harrison, there's no requirement -- the common feature of n.s.r. is a common requirement that residents have business licenses. that's not a common requirement for the n.s.r., so i think we established that the academy's use was legal at that time. >> president melgar: commissioner johnson. >> commissioner johnson: so it has been a long road on this project. i know many -- there have been folks that have been involved for decades. i have just been on the commission for maybe 1.5 years, and i've heard stories. so i know that for advocates, for community folks, for staff, for city attorney, we all care about making sure that this project -- that folks

commissioner fung, commissioner johnson, commissioner moore, commissioner koppel, commission president melgar, so moved, commissioners. that passed assistantly. and close public hearing and grant. >> thank you. that will place us to item 16a and b and 1513a-f york street and the zoning and request for variance. >> good afternoon, commissioners. planning department staff. the item before you is a conditional use authorization pursuant to planning code section 209.1 and 303 to allow residential entity at a ratio of one unit per 1500 square feet of lot area within the two zoning district. this is l-shaped with one lot for a total of 17,295 square feet which would allow for a maximum of 12 units. the site is proposing a proposal of 10 residential units including the construction of four three-story duplex buildings with eight buildings measuring approximately 1325 to 1950 square feet on interior lots and two residential flats of approximately 1030 square feet on the lot fronting york street. the project will merge the three lots and access to the mid-block townhouses will be through a pede

commissioners? or comments? commissioner collins. >> i didn't get a chance to say at the budget committee it moved forward with a negative recommendation. >> vice president sanchez. >> thank you for coming out to speak tonight. mr. davis would you like to respond to any of the remarks? a number of the speakers were essentially saying that insufficiencies were not there. i don't know if you have any response. >> we will start with the comprehensive detail of laws enacted. as i said, included in the report are laws applying to high school and not k-5. that was a mistake. however, the point is, as i outlined in the beginning that that requirement is at the top of the requirements for a renewal petition. we ask for it all of

commissioner diamond. >> commissioner fung. >> a commissioner johnson. >> commissioner moore. >> commissioner koppel. >> commissioner president melgar. and as the zoning administrator would say -- >> close public hearing and the grant the acceptances noting the exceptions and to thank the project sponsor and architect for continuing to work on the site. >> very good. commissioners -- >> i'm sorry? >> you want to keep going? >> do you want to take a little break? okay. >> up to you. >> so sorry, guys. we have been here for a long time. we're going to a 15-minute break to go to the bathroom and get some water. we'll be back here at 6:15. >> today is december 12, 2019. i will remind members of the public to please silence your mobile devices. we left off under your regular calendar on items 17a and b for case numbers to 18-011441cua and var at 1846 grove street. you will consider the conditional use authorization and request for variance. >> good evening, planning department staff. the project before you is requesting conditional use authorization to construct five single family dwellings at 1846 grove stre

commissioners, there is a motion seconded to not take d.r. and approve as proposed. >> commissioner diamond. >> yes. >> commissioner fung. >> no. >> u a commissioner moore. >> commissioner richards. >> that motion passes 5-1 with commissioner fung voting against. >> okay. we are adjourned. thank you. >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses, and challenges residents to do their shopping within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services in our neighborhood, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i am the owner of this restaurant. we have been here in north beach over 100 years. [speaking foreign language] [♪] [speaking foreign language] [♪] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [♪] >> he is a real leader that listens and knows how to bring people together. brought this department together like never before. i am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the san francisco fire department, ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome, jeanine nicholson. (applause). >> i grew up total tomboy, athlete. i loved a good crisis, a good cha

commissioners? commissioner green. >> thank you for the presentation. in terms of the questions you just told us to ask, on some of your slides, you had decreased percentage of blank and one with the opiates in particular, you said decreased number of deaths from x to y. and i wonder if in the future or soon, you would share what your xs and ys are because you had goals but in terms of targets, i didn't see them. >> which question was that one? >> that was just one of them. >> we're going to come back and so this was a high-level overview and we'll come back and go into details. some of the areas, you get details with the hiv folks go into excruciating detail with the hiv but that's what we plan to do. >> i mean, if we could get it after the meeting, because i'm sure you have some mapped out, it would help to have context so wwe can see how you're viewing the numbers associated with the goals. >> commissioner gerardo. >> i would like to follow that from what commissioner green was saying. under the health impact, let les say, decreasing the vaping. decreasing the middle-school students who drink one ssb yesterday, ssb sold in san francisco, how? i just, again, looking at the metrics, i understand those are great goals, but, then, again, with as i had mentioned in a conversation with you, with the high school studente students iu can't go to the bathroom in the high schools because they're so full of smoke. so how, in fact, are you going to operationallize the -- what the goals are here? if you can get back to us. >> so just to let you know, in terms of that specific topic, we presented an in-depth presentation to the committee just a few weeks ago and so we can make sure that you have the slides, because that slide goes into detail in terms of our tobacco control efforts. >> the article is in press and hopefully it will come out shortly and we'll make sure you get a copy. >> then i'm wonde

commissioners, there is a motion seconded to not take d.r. and approve as proposed. >> commissioner diamond. >> yes. >> commissioner fung. >> no. >> u a commissioner moore. >> commissioner richards. >> that motion passes 5-1 with commissioner fung voting against. >> okay. we are adjourned. thank you. >> good afternoon, everyone. i am so excited to be here today with hamilton families, with google, and youtube to really announce something amazing. a significant contribution that will help us address what we know is one of the most challenging issues we face in the city and in the bay area. that is homelessness, the more specifically, homelessness as it relates to so many families. i am so excited that in san francisco last year, we helped 2,146 people exit homelessness and of that number, 325 families , that was absolutely amazing and we couldn't do that work alone. is a public and private partnership. it is real investments in creativity. took the leadership of families. it took some amazing people to get us to where we are because i know, with about 1800 kids that we have in our public school system that are homeless, that this is a solvable prob

commissioner koppel you were absent and diamond you were not seated. to participate you need to acknowledge you have reviewed the previous hearing and materials. >> yes, i did. >> yes, i did. >> good afternoon, commissioners. warm welcome to commissioneriamond. department staff. so this was the october 17th continued to today. a quick overview of the project. 61 story tower 750 feet, 800 feet with the rooftop. three uses residential hotel and office. which would be 155 dwelling, 189 hotel rooms and 275,000 square feet of office space. this is not adoption. this is a general plan to allow for height and bulk on two parcels and to rezone the western edge of the site. this cannot go forward until this is adopted. there is 30-days from today's date. if you adopt this today the first available date would be january 9 in the next year, 2020. the gpa details if you wish. i will note about the shadow which was heavy topic last time. one of the parks in chinatown per the 1989 memo had no shadow. zero. in 2012 as part of the transit district plan, the planning commission and the rec and park commission together as joint commissions voted to adopt increase acl for seven parks one was willy park. the acl increased from 0 to 0.3%. this would add 0

commissioner preston c.a.q. i want to have him participate in his first official act. is there a motion to excuse commissioner haney? would you like to raise your hand and make that motion? >> i would. >> is there a second for that motion? as much as this will upset our attorney c.a.q. we will take that without objection without a roll call vote. commissioner haney is excused. welcome to commissioner walton and before i make the chair's comments c.a.q. i would like to afford commissioner preston a moment to say a few words on his first day in his first official meeting as an elected official. the floor is yours. >> thank you, mr. chair. it is an honor and a privilege to be sworn in last night and to serve on this commission and especially as a 26 year every day munimobile rider. i have a lot of thoughts and i am really looking forward to weighing in on transportation issues in my role on this commission and on the board. i look for to working with you all and i appreciate the briefing from staff that we got yesterday even before being sworn in, to be up to speed as much as possible on issues before us. thank you. >> thank you and welcome. it was a pleasure to show you where the kitchen is. commissioner preston's inaugural meeting coincides with the arrival yesterday of the sfmta's new director of transportation, who i have known for least

commissioner collins? >> i just wanted to reiterate that i appreciate both commissioners sanchez and lopez, but the community members, the work that you're doing, and i look forward to partnering with you and other staff and commissioners on the board to make sure that we're realizing the language in the resolution. thank you. [applause] >> president cook: miss herrera. >> as a latina in sfusd, i want to thank both of the commissioners who came up with this resolution for latinx students. i'm eternally grateful for the work that you put in. eight months is a lot of work, and the fact that the resolution is so lengthy and it's so detailed, and its community organizers who helped implement this, i'm eternally gratef grateful, too. [speaking spanish language] >> so i'm grateful for you guys, and so muchas gracias. it's sad -- well, it's not sad, but it is sad that it's my last year at sfusd. i'm grateful that my cousins who are -- who just got to san francisco who are freshmen and sophomores that are going to be supported with this resolution, so i am thankful that it is here for students, for generations that are coming after me, for my little nephews that are at buena vista, i'm so grateful that is going to help people