commissioner borden: what was the program then? at what point did the conference decided it was going to sell the church? >> the conference never decided it was going to sell the church. there work instructions to sell the church. the commission was provided with copies with those letters -- of those letters. the congregation telling the conference to sell the church. it used to the moneys for religious purposes in san francisco. -- it used the money for religious purposes in the san francisco. there en an ongoing maintenance program. the engineers have explain to us to repair -- the problem is when they build the building, there is no paper between the surface of the stucco and the underlying frame. so every time a rains, water seeps through the stucco contact the underlying frame. over the 100 years that building has been there, it suffered extremely serious deterioration. the only way to repair that and we have had four different engineering firms look at it, is to remove all the stucco, repair all portions of the frame that are

commissioner borden: it would be useful to know. i did not realize the residential projects -- to the extent we're looking at it as a publicly accessible open space required for the unit, it would be interesting. i learned something new today. i think it's a good idea we are, the planning code because things get married and it's hard to change them and they don't work the way we fought and i love -- i think that's really smart. the public spaces don't allow smoking, correct? >> that's under the jurisdiction of the department of public health. it has standards limiting where one can smoke. generally, you cannot smoke in the public open spaces. commissioner borden: that might be something you want to look at. people might not realize they can't smoke in those spaces. >> maybe that is something we can add in the zoning administrator. i have b the intercontinental many times and i never realized was a publicly accessible open space there. commissioner borden: by a like the fact you're doing compliance. rather than issuing another -- a n

commissioner borden: i am not say that they are. they're people who want to -- there are people in the neighborhood who want to be here. it is problem -- it is important for them. >> we have no problem sending out -- setting up outreach. commissioner borden: to meet in the church with the plans would be useful. >> thank you. commissioner borden: i do not have anything else. >> the church is not a safe place to me. -- meeet. -- meet. >> i will try to speak my comments, sort of what is in front of us and less to the process and we will have another opportunity to speak to the process and i want to give my direction and put. -- input. my intention is not to create a white elephant, a church that sits vacant. i would like to see something happen. i'm not a huge fan of the current proposed projects for various reasons. i think this church, whether it is arguable -- it is arguable whether it is salvageable or not. it is an asset to san francisco. that corner speak strongly, i have driven by and watched by many times. it is unique and i ma

. >> commissioner borden? commissioner borden: . >> yeah, i have a lot of similar sentiments as commissioner antonini. i thought it was interesting when staff was laying out at the beginning the issues around the principles and thoughts both in the golden gate park master plan, also looking at the recreation open space plan and general plan. every week we come here with projects and they're often conflicting and competing issues that we have to weigh in making our decisions. there are aspects you can use to absolutely support either position in this particular case. i think when we look at the general plan, which is the larger -- the guiding document the planning commission lives by, is this really utopian ideal about how we'd like to see san francisco, we'd like to see it be a diverse place where all people can work and play and families and socio-economic diversity and a lot of things we talk about in that document and it's always the measure of how do you balance all of the competing interests and competing

commissioner borden: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner moore: aye. >> thank you, commissioners. you are now on item number eight, case number 20 11.0419c, 2543 noriega st.. >> before you is an application to establish an at&t wireless facility at 2543 noriega st. on the corner of noriega's street and 33 avenue. it is a two-story commercial building that contains a wireless facility operated by sprint with antennas mounted on the roof. the proposed facility would consist of 11 roof staff -- roof-mounted antenna as. the cabinets would be located within an equipment room inside the building at the ground floor. the project sites two locations. to date, the department has received 36 signatures from neighbors opposed to the project, citing primarily health concerns with the facilities in missions. however, we have reviewed the r f report and determined it complies with the current fcc guidelines. the project complies with the applicable requirements of the planning code and general plan policies. it will be compatible because the

commissioner borden: aye. and president fong will be here late. item number 7 has been put forward for a continuance. although the project sponsor has made the request for a continuance, the staff in agreement the -- is in agreement out. i am not aware of any other item being proposed for continuance. having said that, commissioners, because the president and director are at the same function at this moment, we are asking that we move directors report,-item six, to the end of that calendar. and we will take that as we get to it. commissioners, you are now in your consent calendar. that consists of items one and two this week. they are considered routine and will be considered by roll call vote. there will be removed from consent and be considered at a future hearing. item number one is 2,011.1232c, a conditional use authorization to establish a restaurant use within the polk street neighborhood commercial zoning district. item number two is 2,011.1182c and is a request for a conditional use authorization for a facility operated by at&t mobility. t

commissioner borden: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner wu: aye. commissioner fong: aye. >> thank you, commissions. those items are continue as proposed. you are at your consent calendar. items three, four, and five are considered to be routine and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote by this commission. there will be in a separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, the public, or staff so requests. in that event, the matter or matters will be removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item. commissioners, i have a speaker card for item 3. just so you can be aware, that item is being pulled from consent because the speaker is in opposition to the project, but let me read them into the record. item three is case 2011. 165c, a request for conditional use authorization to allow the use of a religious facility within an existing care of wheeler-family dwelling units, and a residential house on family detached zoning district. item four is for 4149 18t

. >> commissioner borden? commissioner borden: i do not have a problem per se. but on the front page of this mills act contract, the language does say that the eligibility for historical property contract shall be limited to buildings and structures -- if our goal is to make it sound more suggested that prescriptive, the language on the front page of this package makes it sound like, you know, that there is a limit. in theory, i have no problem with the whatever limits. in practice, my only concern is if we are really successful, as a policy matter, do we want to be subsidizing property owners at much higher levels from taxes when we have, you know, if it becomes something that we have the utilization that you have in places like los angeles where you have 1000 people using its? that would be my only thought. i guess we will have to cross that bridge when we get to it. right now is all theoretical and not real, but i believe that there is a lot of logic in having a policy thought around that. because i think we really want to encourage that among distressed buil

commissioner borden. commissioner borden: i moved to move this item. >> motion for continuance to june 14, 2012. on that motion? [calling roll] thank you. the motion passed unanimously. commissioners, the next category is public comment on the agenda items for the public hearing that has been closed. this category is on this calendar and date, specifically for item number three, which is the certification of final eir for transit center district plan and transit tower. at this time, members of the public that wish to address the board on that item, the opportunity to do so for that item would be at this time only. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes each. president fong: commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: i have a conflict of interest on the environmental part of the meeting that will take place. with respect to public comment on the hearings that have been closed, and as it relates directly to the and fervent report, i think it should recuse myself on that

commissioner borden: second. >> commissioners, the motion before you is adoption of the ceqa findings -- [roll-call vote] that motion passed 4-1, with commissioner moore voting against. thank you. item three is the general plan in conformity findings, propose the adoption, and that is for planning commission action only. commissioner antonini: move to approve a general plan conformity findings. commissioner borden: second. >> the motion is for approval of the general plan conformity findings -- [roll-call vote] mahnke, commissioners, that motion passed 4-1, with commissioner moore voting against. commissioner antonini: i would like to move approval or the request, rather, for postal zone permit. >> for approval of the zoning permit? commissioner antonini: approval. commissioner borden: second. >> the motion before you is approval of the coastal zone permit -- [roll-call vote] thank you, commissioners, that motion passed 4-1, with commissioner mill were voting against. item five is for the rec and park commission item only. before do is the approving the beach chalet athletic fields co

commissioner borden: i would like to amend a may 10. under my comments, at the beginning of the second point under my comments, it says meat market. i said clothing market. it says upscale meat markets in the country. it should say clothing markets. >> thank you. any other corrections? commissioner antonini: is -- president fong: is there a motion to approve? >> the motion before you is to approve the draft minutes as may 10 as has been corrected and may 17 and the special meeting of may 24. on that motion -- [roll call] thank you. those minutes have been adopted as we have discussed. are there any other commission matters? commissioner antonini: i have three things briefly. first, our national golf championship, the united states open, is being held at the olympic club next week. the fifth time it has been held at the olympic club which may be more than any other site -- any other site in the western united states. i'm not sure how many times they have held at pebble beach, but it's only one of three or four different sites that it has

commissioner borden: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. vice president wu: aye. president fong: aye. >> thank you, commissioners. the motion passes unanimously. i have been requested by technical services to take a five minute recess, so they can do what they need to do. president fong: we are taking a very quick five minute recess.

commissioner borden: o is immediately adjacent. it is as close as you can get to having on-site affordable. i love the art exhibit that you walk by when you go back -- when you go by that building. it makes me more comfortable with the options that we have. if you can find a way to do on- site affordability, i guess it is hard to make a decision relating to the housing trust fund. i think that is an interesting thought process. i would love to have the commissioners think about if we would want to have any language around that. it is an interesting approach and idea. it is something we should think about more in the long term. commissioner wu: i have a question for the project sponsor. isn't this project intended to be a rental project? could it be turned into condos in the future? >> yes, this will be a rental project. would you mind repeating? commissioner wu: could be sold in the future? >> we build to own. we go into every development assuming that we will own it for 15 years plus. commissioner wu: i have a question for mouwd.

commissioner borden: [ -- president buell: [names are called] if you are ready. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is steve. i am a father of two soccer girls. i have lived in san francisco for 32 years. i would urge you to accept the eir. it has set aside any reservations we might have about what this is going to be. i love the san francisco sense of community. i find the recreational facilities are a big part of that. this will only build on that. i have gone to see my daughters play. you discovered it is not only for kids. it is for people who do not play soccer. it is a community-building facility. i think this will do the same thing for what is pretty much an underused area of golden gate park, particularly because it cannot be used for soccer often. i appreciate your time. please accept the eir. i appreciate your attention. >> there is a group of girls here who need to get home. i was trying to see if they could speak first. >> good evening, commissioners. we came here in fourth grade to talk about turfing these fields. in the same room we are in today. our passion for this sport ha

. >> commissioner borden. >> i share my fellow commissioners thought. i wanted to do more investigation because i do believe we do not want commercial strips that are all financial institutions or retail institutions that we have controversy about retail spaces. people as said that they -- they even sound like they would love this thing. there is no way for them to do that, unless there was a code violation to shut them down. it seems hard to penalize a bank that is admittedly a good local bank and that people like and sounds like the kind that we want to encourage. maybe if they would choose to bank at the local banks, maybe they would shop more in their neighborhood. just that street has a lot of retailers. at the same time -- it has flower shops, a lot of people with the breakfast places that are cash only. it is interesting, because that street is filled with this balance of how you have things like an apple store and then you have -- how do you go to things like the dry cleaner in your neighborhood. they have two of them. a lot of neighborhood do n

commissioner borden: i think the idea of having it be free or very inexpensive would beat a great idea. thanks. commissioner fong: i know commissioners had other, as, but if i may make some general ones on design. with some caution and the role we play, you make it easy to become excited about the space you are talking about and how you describe it. i think the funicular is a great addition. as you point out, it becomes a landmark, and iconic place to meet, a sense of space. i believe that adding motion to it and throwing people of would physically -- i agree that it should keep moving in operation to drum movement towards that and create motion. i love the idea of the nighttime activity and activation of this area. this could be very well the first place people see when they arrive, so having the city park at night or in day active i think is very important, and a new entry point for san francisco. we are talking about the landscaping, the height of the building, the skyline change, but i also want to point out this might be reinforcing job generation for san francisco, reenforcing of

commissioner borden: maybe staff can answer this. how are we finding the ongoing maintenance of the park? -- how are we finding -- how are we funding the ongoing maintenance? >> they can answer the question. i believe that program. >> that has been something we have been working together as a team to try and find ways to do. they have a maintenance plan that they are working out, but there's also investigation into concessions and restaurants on the park or in the building that also support the maintenance of the park on the roof. >> thank you, commissioners. bob beck with tjpa. tjpa will be responsible for the administration and maintenance of the park. we will be contacting for those services. we have also had conversations with recreation and park about potentially participating in that in some form, but in terms of the funding for the maintenance of the park, we are looking at a number of strategies. there is a cbd that has been developed in rincon hill. the redevelopment agency is having conversations with them about expanding t

. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner miguel? >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> aye. >> that motion carried 6-0. thank you, commissioners. commissioners, you're on item 16 a and b. case 201216-a, 2012.0039d to 318, arleta avenue and 16b, case 202.0157d. arleta avenue. >> good afternoon, commissioners and staff planning department staff. the splan to demolish a two-story dwelling and replace with a two-story one-unit dwelling. the new structure will be in conformity. it has front and backyard and other applicable requirements. the building has been substantially demolished. in 2009 the owner received building permit to remodel interior. according to the field report filed by the department of building inspection, all interior room partitions on the first and second floors were removed. and the building collapsed subsequently on october 3, 2009. the property was barricaded to protect pedestrians from possible further collapse and hazards. a building was filed and approved on october 8, 2009, to allow em

commissioner borden: i do not think that most people said. given the parcel o is abutting this project site and there is another site close by, this is an important issue, for this parcel, it is less of a concern. not that it is a -- not that it is not a concern over all. you basically have to affordable projects of but in this project site and the fact that we recognize that the 55 laguna is in the neighborhood. the reason we did not support that is not because it is not a great idea. in this project site or in pacific heights, were there are not any projects coming on line, we might have had a different result. commissioner sugaya: the rfp for the other parcel has not been issued, is that correct? >> that is the office that issued the rfp. excuse me, the rfp for o has not been issued. commissioner sugaya: is it conceivable that it could not be 100% affordable? >> there is a very remote chance, but since we acquired the land with redevelopment tax increment funds from the city, the board put a requirement that if you use 100% for affordable

. >> commissioner borden. >> aye. >> commissioner miguel. >> aye. >> commissioner sugaya. >> aye. >> commissioner wu. >> aye. >> commissioner fong. >> aye. >> thank you, commissioners, that motion passed. commissioner, you're at public comment. president fong: there any public comment? seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> ok. that was really beautiful. we would like to welcome you to the third annual statewide celebration and recognition of asian-pacific islander american heritage month. this event is hosted by the mayor. i will tell you a little bit more. it is a non-profit, non- partisan. since 2001, our focus has been on educating the public on public policy. and fostering the future leaders from our minority communities to serve at federal, state, and local levels. the mission is to empower patients and pacific islander americans in civic and public affairs to education, active participation, and leadership development. >> civic engagement, leadership development, and community servthe theme of tonight's evens a celebration of the achievements and accomplishme

designates that one thing we have not heard so far is it designates the the shell lay -- the commissioner borden: -- the beach chalet field as multi use. once the field goes down with markings on it, it is single usage. i live close to the golden gate park fields. it is completely soccer. before, it was artificial turf. it used to be soccer, softball, anything. once those markings are on the field, that is it. rain does not wash it off. it does not get mowed down. the children that came and said they were excited that they could play any time they wanted in the rain and everything -- that obviously do not realize that these fields, for their own good, are fenced off. in the rain, there is no playing. but the lights are on until 10:00 p.m., even though there is no action. what was once an open area in garfield park is now completely closed off. it is fenced. i am sorry. i lost my place. although we have been told that the life of the turf is anywhere from 8 to 12 years, the garfield turf was pulled up within eight or nine months. i do not know why. but it was. thank you for your consideration. pl

commissioner borden: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner wu: aye. president fong: aye. >> it passes 6-1, commissioner antonini voting against. we will now go back to director's report and director's announcements. >> the most important thing is to report to you on the softball tournament. the department played three games and we lost to the library, the first game. i am told that they were not librarians that later. we want our game against the department of human resources. and we lost to the department of parking and traffic. the players were there for eight hours. hole for a very good cause, the children's workers find city departments collected several thousand dollars. if i could, just one more thing. the good news is that the mayor has proposed a substantial increase to our budget and several new positions for the environmental planning and additional positions to support the legislative staff. and several one-time funds, funding for the completion of a central corridor and the transportation sus

one * my partner, boyfriend, arrived -- one time my partner, borden, said mickey should do a direct election. i said, why? the designer from the 1980's. he said, yes, but maybe it is could for perfume, things like that. to have an international passport. ok. but deep inside, i know that i should have loved to make one coutoure collection like that. a dream of the elegance of paris. and i remember that i propose -- it was the last new bid of coutoure that arrived. i thought to propose -- [unintelligible] why don't you take one designer like vivian westwood or others to make one season, one coutoure collection? >> you should call some up immediately and suggest the deal. >> [laughs] that is true. each one to make their own collection should not be back. a very attractive idea. >> as you do not want to talk about art, we will not say your work is art. let's be very vulgar and talk about money. [laughter] it is extraordinary what you have produced in coutoure. does that make any money? quick to be honest, what we produce in coutoure does not make money but it does include money. i must say, i am