commissioner garcia: commissioner antonini. president olague: commissioner antonini.commissioner antonini: it's a hike to get to the station or van ness and some parts might not be the most pleasant areas to walk to. what are you going to do, get on the bus and ride a block to to get there in a driving rain storm. whether you have kids or not, you have to be realistic what people look for when they buy condominiums or residencess. so i am not favorable of the local parking ratio. i'm going to make a move to continue, and i'll tell you why. i think there's a little confusion here as to we have often in the past, we have had motions where we bring forth two separate motions. we bring force a motion with the higher ratio of parking and the lower ratio of parking. because if we were to approve and intent to improve with the higher ratio, we couldn't approve it today and would have to bring it back on another day anyway. is that correct? >> commissioner antonini, i think the ceqa findings, if the commissioner were to approve the 37 parking spaces, the ceqa findings are cor

president olague: commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: i tend to disagree. that wasn't my interpretation of what was being discussed here. we oftentimes will look at projects and realistically look at projects that may be, for example, for lower income seniors, and we think there's probably a small chance they're going to have cars and therefore we approve them with little or no parking. and also, we look at projects that probably will be condominiums, may be selling at a higher price point. and the chances of people having cars, although this isn't always the case, is probably somewhat higher. so i think that's all we've been saying in this. it doesn't mean you would give more parking just based on income levels, but you look realistically at the -- what kind of project you're looking at and try to forecast how many people would have cars. and the reality is, as was pointed out, oftentimes car ownership is something that people have at all income levels because it's really necessary to have a car. so i didn't hear that at all. i disagree. commissioner moore

president olague: commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: commissioner moore, what would your date be for the continuance? commissioner moore: there is only one person with that answer in the room is secretary avery who has the paper in her hands there. secretary avery: it definitely will be a week or two and probably looking closer to june 9. >> that is fine. president olague: so on the motion for continuance of the item to june 9 and the public hearing to remain open? secretary avery: and i will say if the calendar is not closed for the 9th, let me remind you you have ceqa briefing in the morning. president olague: as an informational item. so that will be removed. secretary avery: that is gone? thank you. that makes it better. okay. on the motion for continuance -- commissioner antonini: staff is going to -- not just commissioner apt apt ant's -- not just commissioner antonini's concern and if staff can look at the definition of what is and isn't more clearly, that would help. >> thank you for the clarification. i w

commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: i was on muni yesterday going downtown about 7:45 from westport on and i was lucky to get on the train and it went by a couple of places where there wasn't enough room for people to get in at stations further down. there are a lot of people who ride muni and what we need to do as other cities have, particularly denver, i mentioned earlier, lots of light rail going in all over denver and out to suburban areas and they have a metropolitan plan a little like b.a.r.t. but their citywide transportation is part of a region transportation system that might be something some day we may be able to do in the bay area and we're not duplicating each other as is often the case. >> commissioners, protect me if i'm wrong. i heard the motion by commissioner moore but did not hear a second. >> that was me. secretary: on the motion for approval. commissioner moore: secretary avery, the city attorney is asking for your attention. >> thank you. president olague, kate stacy from the

antonini antonini i -- commentcomment -- commissioner antonini: i just wanted to get that clear from you if in fact it was used, the contribution, to the e.i.r., i've never heard that before. my final, i guess more of a comment, the only thing i find lacking in the environmental impact report, which i believe in my opinion is complete and accurate and should be certified is i did not see as many different views from different vantage points as i am used to seeing. usually we see a number of different sites so we kind of get an impact where this will have an impact from different areas and we only have the one view essentially in this report so that's my only problem. 9 alternatives are here. the lower project, the, i think that's very accurately done. president olague: commissioner moore? commissioner moore: further in support of what commissioner antonini is saying, as people are saying they are concerned that the building has been refined and redesigned, that is not actually subject to -- substantive enough change. the e.i.r. in that interpretation is connect and i do believe it co

commissioner antonini: move to approve. commissioner borden: second. >> emotion on the floor is for approval. -- the motion on the floor is for approval. commissioner moore: no. >> that motion passes six to one with commissioner moore voting against. you are now on 1917 port 650 -- you are now on item 17 for 160 5th street. >> it is a request for a conditional use authorization to install a wireless transmission facility and panel and tennis -- panel antennas on an existing commercial building. the project sponsor has complied with all procedural requirements for establishment, including a community outreach meeting in november 2010. the proposed project will assist in maintaining a complete network, a service that is in demand and serves the public good. the planning department received one telephone call in a position and one letter requesting more and permission. the telephone call excites -- call complained of health issues and a lack of public coverage. we recommend approval with the usual conditions. president olague:

commissioner antonini: second. >> the motion for approval of items 10 and 11. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner fong: aye. vice president miguel: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. president olague: aye. >> those items have been approved as the were proposed. president olague: we are going to hear 121 golden gate first, and then we will go to item nine. >> we are now at public comment on items that have already been heard and the public hearing has been closed. this public comment category relates only to item 12. in your opportunity to address item number 12, each member of the public may address the commission for up to 3 minutes. president olague: is there any public comment on this item? ok. public comment on items for the public hearing has been closed is closed. >> thank you. commissioners, since you are taking item 12 before item 9, we go on to consideration of findings and actions. the public hearing is for 121 golden gate avenue, the st. anthony foundation and mercy housing project. before you now i

commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: it sounds like the loading is code compliant from what i'm hearing and the problem there is not too much activity but not enough activity around the adjacent stores so if you had to, you could load almost off -- there's tons of street parking, there's tons of parking around there so it's not an area that's very much impacted at the present time. we hope there is more activity. and just in earlier comments about doradoter. as we go through future projects where we're looking at designs of possible area plans. secretary: commissioners, the motion on the floor is for approval on that motion. [the motion passed unanimously] commissioners, you're now on item no. 10, case 2011.00 84c, 701 portola drive. >> good afternoon. if you liked that last case, you'll love this one. it's a conditional use request to demolish an existing gas station and construct a new retail building for cvs, a formula retail, formacy retail store on a 10,000 square foot parcel. the project need

president olague: commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: thank you. i went out a couple of weeks ago out to the site of tacolicious, the future site, and was happy to see the model outreach by joe and sarah and members of the community who had a few little concerns and they were quickly answered and i think that was an example of how to really work on working with the community. and of course, a lot has been said, the sponsors live in the neighborhood and they've taken care of all the issues that were brought up and there weren't that many and this is going to be a wonderful block on valencia. it's already moving that way quickly and i'm really excited to see the developments in the next year. president olague: i just wanted to comment that it's encouraging when we see someone like the woman who owns laspalmos, because we forget there is a manufacturing site to some of these businesses and these are jobs people in the community really could use so i want on thank businesses like las palmos for being in the community for 20-some-odd years and continuin

commissioner antonini. commissioner antonini: thank you. maybe i can ask mr. -- the planner for this. sorry. just answer that last speaker, about -- i'm looking at this page about provision of open spails. off and on-site. apparently this is the way -- the way it's structured is allowable. maybe you can explain the way this open space is being done. >> as was just pointed out, i was not the original planner on this project, but i will do my best. my understanding is that they are not providing the full amount of open space on the site for all the units as required by the code, which is what is triggering the exception that was originally granted. but the concept is that they would use the public open space, which would be the working of lansing street, since it is directly adjacent to the protect, that that would act as open space and also open spaces available to the residents of the project. but that is not all that the planning code requires. commissioner antonini: thank you. that's how i read it, too, but we are able to grant that exemp

commissioner antonini: no, we're on the right project. the one that was just called now. >> so yes, we would need recusal. president olague: so moved. >> second. president olague: on the motion for recusal of commissioner antonini. [roll call] >> commissioner antonini is recused. >> good afternoon, honorable commissioners. i'm here representing thomas coin. this is a local family development proposal. through the last few years, we worked closely with staff. this proposal has been through many it rations with building height and design. we would like to thank them for working with us to arrive at the current 40-foot-tall residential building. this infill project will allow 12 new family-sized units on an underutilized surface parking lot on a relatively short block. although the proposal is a pipeline project, we believe this application meets the intent and the spirit of the new zoning district and the controls set forth for the residential unit size, mix, off street parking and usable open space. this building will act as a buffer betwe

commissioner antonini: i don't think so. you're taking it from other parts of the whole general plan. we won't get into too many more details. we're dealing with something that is not before us on these things. thank you for your comments. i think we have cleared up a couple of areas of concern. >> ok, great. >> commissioner boardon? commissioner borden: yeah, it is funny. i wund here when the original battle started with the housing element. for me, every time i'm thinking where is the zoning map that shows the new density. i'm having a hard time because we have this discussion and people are really upset about words and then i remember that the planning commission has something called discretion and that every week we see projects and we make decisions that are right for the neighborhood character and community or are not right and i'm not really sure how this document changes that. it doesn't seem to me that it does. and i think that is something that, you know, we all would recognize. the other issue is something calledi

. >> commissioner antonini? >commissioner: antonini: there is a road, the bayview park road. this may come off of bay shore boulevard. because this does not show where this is -- >> you have to go in on here, and you go into the parts that say, convert to mixed use residential. and these maps will show the convergence of the zoning. i am just wondering if this is a new road, not at this matters. the tunnel -- i walk through there to 49er games. there may already be a road up there. there is a call with some housing development as you get further onto the western side of the view -- bayview hill. >> a trail within this park -- >> it may not be vehicular. >> i can't say. they can make a correction to show the -- we are happy to more clearly show the freeway. this is between rh 1 and executive park. >> the aerial photograph, it looks like this is probably a mapped street, but not imporved to one you could -- improved to one you could drive on. >> i am certain that this has been mapped this way, but this may not yet be in existence. it would provide access without having to drive

commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: thank you. i have a few concerns. guess in the beginning i want to raise something that has been raised often. the increased density is not required to meet a housing reallocation within an existing housing stock. in other words, the way we have -- the entimements we have made, or the various areas where projects have already been entitled and if, in fact, they follow through with building the units that are projected, that -- and we use infill housing that is appropriate to the present zoning that we don't have to change the zoning density in existing neighborhoods, that in order to meet the quota. >> i think what you're saying is to meet our allocation we don't have to rezone. that's right. the housing element does not call for rezoning or changing density anywhere in order to meet the -- commissioner antonini: that's an important point to make. there is a lot of concern about that. i'm concerned about that too. a couple of particular policies. i guess policy 11.2 and we dealt with the ccnr's that certain neighborho

commissioner antonini. >> i think my question was answered. i was going to check with the project sponsor, if that sounded like it was going to be ok as part of the motion. and also, just as a matter of course, i believe that without having to come back for any additional approval, you're allowed to go 5% down and 10% up, i believe, on the count of units. and so if we did have fewer units built, that may occur. but we're locking in the inclusionary fee based upon the 320. is that going to be acceptable? >> yes, that's acceptable. maybe we could work together toward a solution on the unit merger condition, so we wouldn't have to return and find a way of handling that. that would be useful. i don't know that there are going to be a lot of three bedrooms. some people in the community felt strongly, and we wanted to be able to provide an option. >> thank you. a friendly amendment. if we can kind of incorporate that and continue to work with staff on this issue of the unit combining and when at such time as the

commissioner antonini? >> thank you, mr. guy. i think you have answered my question. it would appear that in rehearing what you said, no additional shadow provision would have to be a park that was shaded over 20% of the time, less than two acres. in fact from staff report, the shadow impact is 14% at the present time so it doesn't apply. so the language in regards to what is now gene friend park was misstated in the earlier documents. >> that's our understanding, that is actually only 14% existing shadow load, not 20% greater as stated in the '89 memo. >> right. so really i'm not sure that this is really -- it is before us because we do, i guess, have to make the correction and we do have to allow for this increase in the shadow for this particular park, even though it's very, very minimal. is that what i'm hearing? >> yes. >> i'm very much in favor of this if there ever was a project that would be beneficial. in fact, in terms of shadow, it said the impact is very negligible as been pointed out by project

[roll call vote] it passes 5-1, commissioner antonini voting against. [applause] commissioners, you are at general public comment. president olague: and the general public comment on an item that was not on today's calendar? the meeting is adjourned.

commissioner antonini. commissioner antonini: i'm going to maybe a motion to approve, but i would like to comment on the last speaker and just encourage the church that, if it's possible -- it's colonel not a condition, but if there's a way to do something with the front door, as time goes on, it might even -- i think one of the speakers representative of the church said we really would like to have a nicer entrance in there. so if it becomes economically feasible to do that, it would be a nice thing to do, but certainly not a condition at this point. but something to think about. president olague: commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: i'd encourage the church to take a look. one of the conditions of moving it to the opposite side, toward the corner, is that there's a utility room in the basement. and i don't know what's in there. but it might be really expensive to take out whatever is in there and that kind of thing. but if you can take a look at it, other than that it doesn't seem to be, on the face

[roll call vote] it passes 5-1, commissioner antonini voting against. [applause] commissioners, you are at general public comment. president olague: and the general public comment on an item that was not on today's calendar? the meeting is adjourned. >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we explore what it means to the aged, in today's society -- what it means to be chicana in today's society. chica chic features an array of artwork by five leading chicana artists that addresses a range of issues such as integration, sustainability, and integration. using a distinct visual approach, each of the artist's response to the shifting needs of their communities in ways that offer unique perspectives and multiple points of entry. >> the exhibition is to bring together the voices of a new generation chicana artists, all of whom reference the works of the civil-rights movement in their works, but they are also responding to a new cultural concerns and new cultural circumstances. >> the works in the show include a large canvas depicting a woman washing th

>> antonini? >> commissioner antonini: i went to denver last week. we hear about learning from european cities about things to do in san francisco. we can also learn from american cities. for one thing, this is a city and county. this is a little bit less dense. the population is about 600,000. 60 square miles of this is the airport. and the law means that they have to include their airport in this city and the county. the other interesting thing is that they have district supervisors and the column city council members. they have 11 districts, with a total of 13 and two at large. they have had it this way for 30 years. it is interesting that the number came out to be 11 or the district. the parking controls are minimal compared to the ones that we have, and we are obliged to put in residential parking. they want to minimize the surface parking lots, to put this underground or in a less visible location. but there is little traffic relative to san francisco. there are many factors but one of them is that you can drive very easily without going throug

commissioner antonini: i appreciate your report. empirically, it is an area of where i have run from down around the area in north, i have noticed quite a change with the inse

on that motion, commissioner antonini: -- antonini aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner olague: thank you, commissioners, on the various. >> on the matter of the variants, inclined to grant condition, and if anyone would like a copy of the decision letter, please give your name and address to the secretary. commissioner olague: thank you. we're going to hear item 9 after item 15. at that time, we are hearing 16 and 17, which all relate to wireless, so we may as well do it then. we're going to hear 14 now. >> ok, thank you. commissioners, item 14 is case to thousand nine. 0646c for 524 howard st. -- 2009.0646c. >> the request before you is to continue operation of an existing temporary parking lot. if granted, the request will extend the operation for an additional two years, which is the maximum length of entitlement permitted by a planning code for a temporary service parking lot within the district. a parking lot was first approved in 2005, but the term of the original conditional use authorization expired in 2007. the law has been in continuous operation

commissioner antonini: the broader the discussion, the better. in keeping with what commissioner sugaya suggested, keeping up with what has been cut and other cities, dense cities where there are so -- or there is still a lot of traffic. it can be somewhat analogous to our situation. >> if we can move forward to the director's report and announcements. >> good afternoon, the commissioners. on the last topic, we will be happy to coordinate with mta as well. it is managing the on-street spaces. it allows them to do variable pricing. the goal is to keep the with the parking space. that will come into play very soon. we received an announcement about regarding the open space element. we have had to postpone that meeting. just in terms of the project status, we have not said the new date for it yet. but we will let you know about that. there is an upcoming meeting that i wanted to tell you about. the broadway design plan, this is for a streetscapes designed for the broadway tunnel. we are working with the community development center on this. the firs

commissioner antonini: very good presentation. i think it is good that treasure island has not moved into the position of already having the redevelopment agency in place, because one of the requirements is not to already be in place. how is that true? >> that is a good catch. i did not mention that. if you have ever been a redevelopment project area, you could not issue them in that area. there is an ability to go back and become a redevelopment project. commissioner antonini: i think your initial plan is the best. there will be a lot of discussion about auctions because what we are trying to do is create a community. he wanted the entities that are out there, the way it is structured, we are putting a significant amount of affordable housing out there, which is very good. in dodge i will stress that we have put in the agreement with the developer had the ability of the funding is available, we are able to go back and change the state law. commissioner antonini: it gives you the option because there is a lot of uncertainty. at le

commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: i agree that it is quat and consistent. i would like to answer -- is adequate and consistent. i think mr. cooper spoke to a lot of those but comments were made to the effect that you know, a lot of this is landfill as is most of downtown san francisco, which did quite well in the earthquake of 1989. i think it is not the landfill but how the landfill is treated and i'm quite impressed by the measures that are being proposed to compact about 125 or 130 acres of the land that needs compaction to strengthen them to build areas around three miles on the outside and have it be two feet above the level of downtown san francisco. for those concerned about the future residents, they will be safer with the measures that are being taken than they are now today. i think it has been 10 years in the process and i think it is time to move ahead on this. on a couple of other issues, i think mr. cooper spoke about the traffic impacts and the mitigations and where they are not mitigateable, i think the benefits that are gained outweigh the

commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: i agree that it is quat and consistent. i would like to answer -- is adequate and consistent. i think mr. cooper spoke to a lot of those but comments were made to the effect that you know, a lot of this is landfill as is most of downtown san francisco, which did quite well in the earthquake of 1989. i think it is not the

. >> on the motion for adoption of the seqa findings, commissioner antonini. commissioner borden. commissioner fong. commissioner sugaya. that motion passed 6-1 with commissioner sugaya voting against. >> i'll restate the motion. i move to approve the general plan findings and map amendments. >> second. >> commissioner sugaya. >> i'd like to change the wording slightly in that interpretive display to have it located within the new library. >> i'm fine with that. >> we would prefer the flexibility of the interpret i display either inside or somewhere near the vicinity, so for that reason, that would be opposition to basically not be sort of constrained to one location. >> it's my understanding that it's in the mitigation of the seqa of the -- that we just approved. it's the same wording in both but it was in the seqa findings we just approved. >> then it has to be in the library? >> let's leave it that the library acknowledged the possibility of having it in the new library will be considered along with somewhere at or near. thank you. >> commissioners, a motion for -- are we takin

commissioner antonini: this is inappropriate public sight. it is located at the top of the hill on 19th avenue, which gives it a good place to project from. there is a big change in coverage if you look at the coverage maps. i can tell you there are some dropped calls that occurred, being a customer of this company. on 19th avenue, the volume is very high. it sounds to me like it makes a lot of sense. as was pointed out by the project sponsor, it will be quite some time until this merger, if it is approved, occurs. also, the demand is probably going to continue to increase. we will have to reevaluate that at the time and the merger may occur and make assessments as to the antenna needs at that time. i would be supportive of a movement to approach. vice president miguel: if i have been reading the general financial news correctly, it will be at least a year until anything is approved regarding the merger. i have asked the department, in order to get a better thought, of the other three corners, without realizing i was going to be driving by th

[roll call] >> commissioner antonini is recused. through many it rations with building height and design. we would like to thank them for working with us to arrive at the current 40-foot-tall residential building. this infill project will allow 12 new family-sized units on an underutilized surface parking lot on a relatively short block. although the proposal is a pipeline project, we believe this application meets the intent and the spirit of the new zoning district and the controls set forth for the residential unit size, mix, off street parking and usable open space. this building will act as a buffer between residential districts in an area surrounded bay vibrant mix of uses. as mr. sanchez stated on april 6, the historic preservation commission concurred with staff that the project is compatible and appropriate in size, matching skill, pattern, and material. with the adjacent surrounding buildings and adopted that motion. and finally, i'm extremely happy to inform you that we have the support of the adjacent property owner, mr.