>> aye. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner hillis 1830s aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner fong? >> aye. >> and commission president wu? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to 0 and places you on general public comment. i have no speaker cards. >> is there any general public comment? seeing none, meeting is adjourned. public comment is closed. [adjourned] good afternoon. we let board of supervisors of tuesday, march 18, 2014, madam clerk, call the roll. >> supervisor avalos. supervisor london breed. supervisor campos. president chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee mr. president, all members are present >> thank you ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. clearances we have our february 11th board of meeting minutes motion by supervisor mar without objecti

>> aye. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner hillis 1830s aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner fong? >> aye. >> and commission president wu? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to 0 and places you on general public comment. i have no speaker cards. >> is there any general public comment? seeing none, meeting is adjourned. public comment is closed. [adjourned] >> welcome and thank you so itch for being here for this historic occasion renaming of the bridge for willie l brown junior. this is no better person than bridge. he's spent a lifetime providing a pathway so millions of californians could improve their lives. please stand now as we singalong with the first song maybe. this is a wonderful occasion because we not only will sing the national anthem but the negro national anthem after that. this is the two-time grammy award winning boys choir academy specific boys choir academy we welcome them for the 3 sons under the director kevin fox >> oh, can you can you see by the dawns early light.

>> aye. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner hillis 1830s aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner fong? >> aye. >> and commission president wu? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to 0 and places you on general public comment. i have no speaker cards. >> is there any general public comment? seeing none, meeting is adjourned. public comment is closed. [adjourned] >> hello, i am with the recreation and parks department. we are featuring the romantic park location in your backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in santa and cisco with someone special. -- san francisco with someone special. our first look out is here at buena vista park, a favorite with couples and dog walkers. both have a significant force. a refreshing retreat from urban life. the romantic past that meander up and down the park under pines and eucalyptus. hang out in this environment and you might see butterflies it, fennel, and then the lines. -- dandelions. is ada accessible. public transit is plentiful. we have conqu

commissioner borden. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fung. commissioner wu that places you on consideration of draft minutes for february 20th, 2014, >> is there any public comment on the draft minutes seeing none, public comment is closed. move to approve >> second. >> on that motion to adapt the draft minutes commissioner antonini. commissioner borden. commissioner hillis marry commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fung and commission president wu >> commissioner comments and questions is next. commissioner antonini >> yeah. i was commenting there was an article written in the sunday paper talking about the sdrirpg this which is the highest in the united states but we have to realize that san francisco is a special situation for all we're a city and county so that being said oftentimes other cities are being compared are part of the county and generally affordability requirement or suggestions are by a county level so in many stance affordable housing will be spread out over many county that list on those situations also in

. >> commissioner borden? i have the same issue. what i do struggle with is if the overwhelming feeling was to not approve the merger. my hesitation was not to support the project because it is the kind of unit that we are trying preserve and i do recognize that what you want for your family and there is nothing wrong with that but we are struggling with striking this balance. i feel terrible because you are caught in the middle of it. i think i expressed my concerns the first time around. for me, it's just, if we are making a decision to move in a direction with what we were talking earlier about the accessory units and what we call adu's now, we don't want to be cutting off basically trying to create more units and at the same time shrinking the number of units. if this were a big condo building it would be different. being the style it is, it's harder for me to support. >> commissioner antonini? >>commissioner michael j. antonini: i think you have to look at the whole situation citywide. we don't see that many mergers. many of th

. >> commissioner borden? >> i want to thank everyone involved and i think it's an oppressive document. i have one comment on the social living and healthy environment and reminded about the loss of the fresh and easy in bay view hunters point. we didn't see a mention around food. that in terms of the healthy environment issue, i think that is part of it and maybe we can incorporate that with promote health with the advanced health promotion and a gym to include in that effect. i also think in general we don't spend enough time thinking about the healthy food and i want to make sure we incorporate that in the document. >> thank you. >> commissioner chou? >> thank you, i want to thank colleen and the staff that were taking the comments presented by the staff and the commissioners and what is a document that was started as a draft. what i wanted to ask in part because it's not related to health, but more to the planning department are, are the little green blocks that do talk about this incentive and because we

commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fung and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes draft minutes for the prior meeting i want to bring to our attention under item 12 on the draft minutes there needs for a correction that commissioners one way or another and commissioner antonini voted against that >> could you repeat. >> item 12 it was a discretionary review hearing. >> okay. >> okay. any public comment on draft minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed commissioner antonini >> move to approve as corrected. >> second. >> on that motion to approve. commissioner antonini. commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya and commissioner president wu. smoemdz unanimously 6 to zero because of t because of the cancelation. commissioner item 6 commissioners, any questions or comments? >> just a couple of things i had coffee with the president of a university in another city this city has some serious economic problems and

commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes passes 4 to two with commissioner moore and commissioner president wu voting against we'll move to item 17. >> request inform discretionary review. >> good afternoon. mell vin the proposal is for the alteration and the construction will be for additional floor area and floor level blow the garage kaurgdz a elevator that is there and 9 inches from the rear wall and let's visibility from the street the house was destroyed by fire the residential design team reviewed the project and the concern raised by dr requester was not exceptional for the following the potential day. is not covered and outside the per view of the design team it's set back from the building and insure that the gap between the buildings is thus mom and pop a consistentcy the proposed edition is set back from the facade and from the screened view and the addition clearly not visible the proposed garbage and basement step up

. >> commissioner borden. >> yeah. i wanted to say this approaches an issue for a a long time creating stability in the unit people aren't forced to go through this process they don't have the choice so. >> commissioner antonini. >> i'm going to make a motion to continue that are from the statements i've made earlier and the changes before it comes back to us making more universal monitoring of the unit throughout the city and if there's no second for that then i have some comments. >> do i hear a second. >> no. >> hearing none i have concerns about 4 of the staff recommendations. first of all, eliminating the need for the zoning administration and dbi to both be involved is not - i know there should be checks and balances. i'm not saying there's a problem either way but at least planning has a stack income it as well as permitting. it's wise both parts of the planning department have input in the process and i'd like not to see that in there but the original legislation and also for the home that is in an area that re

commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 6 on 5 to one with commissioner sugaya voting against >> i have a quick question are reto keep these housing element documents are these being revised. >> could staff answer. >> those documents will remain the same. commissioners item 15 case at 4871 through 73 request for conditional use authorization >> good afternoon commissioner president wu and commissioners jessica of planning department staff the case is a request for conditional use authorization to legalize the relocation for the friendly use at the 4871 to 73 mission street doorknobs as lucky cash cashing in the commercial described with a friendly restricted use lucky money cash is on the mixed use and its mailing he'd is 4873 mission street and this current size is 6 hundred square feet lucky cash is providing services for over 20 years as evidenced by state and city licenses since july naivete they have been at 3843 mission street f

commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fung. commissioner president wu >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero. >> the commission will take a 15 minute break. >> the commission does not allow disturbances and when speaking before the commission in you care to do state your name for the record. commissioners we left off on your regular calendar. you green connections final draft informational presentation >> i'm from the planning commission staff i'm happy to be before you with the green connections project. weathering we're wrapping it up or a i'm here with lilly our lead planner and paul and leslie and adam. so the this is an informational presentation i want to talk about where the project came from it came out the came out of the open space project. to been how we improve the access to the park we spend 7, 8, 9 about how we plan the park but this idea that kind of said withhold to explore that further. we were able to secure a grant for the staevenl growth council about two year

. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner hillis? >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner fong? >> aye. >> and commission president wu? >> aye. >> acting zoning administer? >> thank you. i'll close the public hearing on the variance request and take the matter under advisement. >> thank you. i want to thank the public that's been here all day. the commission will take a quick five-minute break. >> sworn. commissioners, you left off at the end of your regular calendar and places you at the beginning of your discretionary review calendar. item 12, case no. case no. 2013.1766dd for 126 18th avenue . one of the drs has been withdrawn. request for discretionary review. i will remind members of the public that the project team has a five-minute presentation and the d-r team has a five-minute presentation. >> first commissioner fong. >> i actually need ask to be recused within this item as it is within 500 feet of my residence. >> move to recuse. >> second. >> on the motion to recuse, commissioner antonini? >> aye. >> commis

. >> commissioner borden. >> i'll support that motion. i think the project sponsor has gone out of their way to be accommodating to the neighbor. i mean, could it be better, of course. that's not really our role. is it exceptional and extraordinary? i wouldn't say it was, but whatever. >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah, i'm not sure i agree with the motion. it sounds to me like originally there was a square area there or, you know, and then you took like half of that off so you now have the 45-degree. and i don't really see what we gain by bringing that back to match it except we cut a little bit of size off your room and maybe a little bit of light is lost, but i don't see what is gained by the d-r requestor by doing that. >> commissioner moore. >> i think that this is a traditional house which is basically built as all houses on the block and east-west direction, prier errol looking straight into the garden or looking straight into the street. ~ primarily the the compromise is to the vernacular of the building type. what i understand it

commissioner borden. >> thanks. i want to thank the supervisors office for working with additional community stakeholders to kind of get to a better place on this. i just want to make sure. so, the portion of the building that would be office, would pidf apply here? >> absolutely and all the other [speaker not understood]. obviously this is not dealing with some of the issues that have been raised around tenant improvements, turning to other things that maybe staff can look into that ~. obviously we've just determined the need, i love the idea of, you know, a pilot program so we can see where it goes. it sounds like there's only 7 to 8 sites. within a two-year period i don't know that we would see all of those come to fruition. i think with those limitations, this could be hopefully a great generator of pdr space. we anticipate that on the up front, whether it be s.f. made working on just thinking about in terms of us working with developers to identify up front the pdr space before they build it, just because i wou

commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. and commissioner sugaya. commissioners firgs first on your calendar is care and caution for items proposed for continuance but along with this and another item we would like to juggle your schedule from the mayor's office and the supervisors office and commissioner president wu as agreed to take item one out of order directly following item 6 on the overall project of the plaza program. also just a heads up to the audience and commission item 9 will be taken out of order and will be considered first on your regular calendar. commissioners in that case we'll move into commission matters itself minutes for february 27, 2014, >> is there any public comment on the minutes. okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini >> move to approve. >> on that motion to adapt the minutes for february 27th commissioner antonini. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya and commissioner fung and commissioner president wu so moved, commissioners, that places you on the next item unanimou

commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fung and commissioner president wu. 2054 authorization >> patio was issued a violation in 2004. the project requires conditional use authorization for an expansion of a existing bar used to have a outdoor seating in the rear yard and requesting for square footage. the materials were transmitted to you and the staff has additional correspondence which includes 9 signatures in observation from the neighbors and there's also letters of support from the police department san francisco commission as well as calls from nearby resident. the vacant makes sense have skurndz with potential concerns. the project sponsor engaged the services of a sound engineer that's made several recommendations to help reduce the noise to the adjacent neighbors i'd like to pass those out to you right now. so those are additional conditions of approval and kind of augmented conditions of approval that the project sponsor has agreed to as well one the neighbors in opposition and those were developed

. >> commissioner borden. >> i'm impressed you've gone through and looked at the best plants chicago had the manual of every type of plants in the city and they really spent a lot of that times being thouftd full i think we spent time to provide the access to the information they can use that as a resources. this is on the planning website. >> it will be on the planning department webbed open the planning department and hoping to work with the urban effort council so they can update the list. >> yeah. i would like to suggest that the park alliance or people who are supportive its earrings to get people to a place where they are. where whether it's neighborhood groups to get that out there so people see it. so obviously the issue when it comes down to individual decision making is really to do about outgoing having enough information to know it's not impossible to maintain >> commissioner sugaya. >> excuse me. the last hearing in which you were talking about city owned plazas and city and whether or not they're on city properties and the right-of-way can you give us a map i see you ha

president fong is expected to be absent and commissioner borden is expected to arrive late the first items will be items for continuance. the consideration of adaptation of academies to the general plan to the recreation and open space element is proposed until mark 27 and the next case s an amendment to the planning code for the retailer uses in neighborhood commercial districts is for may first, 2014. further on your calendar regular items for the first case amendments to the planning code an ordinance men, women, and children the planning code is march 13, 2014 and that's from the office of workforce development. i'll caught rending wind there's a request from the sponsor for item 5 to that considered, however, no request in writing if this matter comes up we can take that up at that time, >> any any public comment? for the items proposed phone number for continuance seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner sugaya >> i assume we'll be getting material on the program itself. >> the intent of the continuance to provide or calendar an informational hearing to give a better

commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. contra. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fung. commission president wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero (clapping) commissioners that will now place you under our discretionary review. excuse me. if the audience could leave the chambers goally we have additional items on the agenda to attend to. that puts you under 11 a and d at the 36 street a request for a discretionary review and a request for variances >> good afternoon, commissioners michael smith with planning commission staff you have a request for a discretionary review at 660021st street between church and sanchez within the delores heights neighborhood. the property contains 4 existing structures a single-family residence located on the west side and a green structure located to the east of the residence that's connected by a breezeway to remove the two structures at the front and reconstruct a grammar. the primary structure will be replaced and there's a minimal increase on the west side of the building and there's an addition to the fro

. >> commissioner borden. commissioner hillis arrest commissioner moore. xhaurg and sxhupg and commissioner president wu so moved, commissioners, 6 to one with commissioner antonini voting against. >> commissioner moore. >> a note to ann marie i would suggest that you get the port involved in our discussions. >> the commission will for 20 . >> like to welcome everyone back to san francisco land use & economic development committee thursday, march 27, 2014, the continued please silence any mobile devices that my sound and if you care to state your name for the record. commissioners on item 13. the 2009 housing element update. before you is a resolution of update to initiate the amendments and to a schedule a hearing >> hi, good afternoon. i'm here to request an innovation which adaptation

commissioner borden was trying to say something >> i think this is a good piece of legislation i have a question about supervisor chiu's reluctance to accept this. >> just to clarify we're in agreement with almost the entirety of the recommendations made by a planning staff slightly in disagreement with the first about modifying the screening process so it i think it lives with no fault of evictions with dbi which is the first agency that would screen for the eligibility of the unit to be brought up to code. we agree this should happen up front but building that planning has dealt with housing issues more and has dealt with no fault evictions so while the screening should be up front we believe that planning is important adept at this screening. one way to insure that is it make sure the agencies are doing the work so the dbi and work board are qualified and another thought we have a screening check list form that dbi will provide at the first point of contact to make sure we have clear standards for eligibility both in terms of the building code and in terms of the no fault evictions

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commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. and commissioner sugaya. commissioners firgs first on your calendar is care and caution for items proposed for continuance but along with this and another i

. >> commissioner borden. i want to state the public realizes our environmental review this is not we're not talking about the project not a statement about whether or not the projects combined within the t e p are the world's best projects. we all agree based on the projects we typically certificate of the documents for its, you know, deep environmental impacts in the since of the geodbe there are lifestyle and other impacts people are talking about but in terms of the actual environment it's different and it cuts both ways if it's not i do left leg on on one hand and on the other hand, theirs other issues that i want to be clear this is what this process don't and our role and jurisdiction i want to encourage people to go to the meeting tomorrow >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah. another issue i've heard from a number of people is the e line prelims. i'm not sure if this is considered maybe staff could let me know i might have missed something in the document i didn't see too much of it about it if you want