my name is paul wise and i live at 2824 broderick street directly across the street and i've been asked by tim to speak on his behalf tonight our next door neighbors also living on the east side of broderick street also directly across from this property. the neighbors on the east side of broderick street are here today or i'm representing them because we're not satisfied with the process by which the property in question has gotten to to this point. our main concern is that the project sponsor had some drawings that were misrepresented they were done to obtain a permit to raise the building and then they were retroactively corrected essentially with a stroke of a pen. had the neighbors been presented with the factually correct drawings from the beginning our reaction to the project would have been different when the plans were submitted and i don't know if you can see this diagram that i brought, but my wife and i joked that this house looks like a partially extracted tooth. this is something that we talked about a moment ago and this project is a blue print for how to sir to circum na

department staff the case are a request for discretionary review filed against two project these broderick street the commission needs to take two acts it is a 3 story family house on the west side of broderick case 2014.1497 d a request for discretionary review of a building applications issued by the department of building inspection to look at a penthouse and to modify and add a par fit wall along the side of the property deck case next is a request for discretionary review of a building permit application filed in response to a notice of violation to novice the second story deck originally constructed under a 1985 building permit application at the rear of the house both requests for discretionary review were submitted by the owner of the apartment building open green street immediately downhill of the subject site the planning department mass not received any corresponds in opposition to the project the deck permit are as follows: the penthouse were critiqued without permit and the rooftop deck encroaches on the property it was look at by the design team they said it is consistent with the g

hope this can be resolved in a way to be enabling we've lived there 25 years and before that on broderick street by the way, wisp involved with the initial writing a letter which we didn't want that roof deck because living on broderick street and casey upstairs house we looked at the golden gate we didn't want that elevation between us and the bridge it got built without a permit again i don't have an ax to grind i get my information second-hand but want to see if you can help us thank you. >> thank you. okay project sponsor our team has 10 minutes. >> good evening, commissioners i'm greg on behalf of the casey family pardon me we too want to see this roasted that's why the case by case you didn'ts in spite of the con conduct helogically built a desk he had a permit to reroof the structure and replace the decking as was there are two permits here if approved legalize those illegal structures the rear stair was built under a permit that was approved and issued, however, the permit extraordinary without the required dbi inspections that rendered that stair illegal the subject permit legalize the

resolution was adopted and finally there was an appeal of an environmental termination for 2853 broderick street. this was an appeal of categorical exemption for a project that would remove a dwelling unit and in addition to alterations and other alterations. this commission heard this case as a dr on -- i'm sorry, september 18th of this year and voted unanimously to not take dr and approve the project as proposed. at the board of supervisors hearing, supervisor farrell said well he saw several issues with the project, the environmental termination was done correctly and with that he made a motion to uphold the department's environmentedal determination and the vote voted unanimousy this that. there was two introductions a off-street parking exemption that amends the planning code to admit certainly exceptions for lots that front on curbside transit lanes or bike paths for lots inrd yu yu and in order to bring buildings into greater conformance with the setback and other building requirements. the ordinance also includes parking in excess of what is principally permitted and located above ground

next at the board it was appeal for the environmental exemption for 2853 broderick street to continue fob february 9th. and with wawona street was withdrawn. finally the hospital height exemption received it's first read and passed at the board. there were two introductions last week, one was an interim ordinance on new massage establishment sponsored by supervisor tang regarding interim controls for any new massage establishments for 18 moss in response to recent changes in law regarding massage establishments and the mayor's ordinance concerning homeless shelters, the ordinance amends the planning code for zoning open space in compliance with the california code requirements and administer the code between the contracts with the city and shall operate to contain operational standards. and that item will be coming to you for your review and comment. thank you. >president cindy wu: commissioner >commissioner michael j. antonini: were they present? >> >> they were. >> they returned a minimum of 8 votes. three could have prevented it? >> yes. >> thank you. >president cindy wu: commissio

item no. 7 appeal versus the department of building inspection other property at 26 thethth broderick street of on alteration permit to the violation revving of a planter box only we can give each party 3 minutes specifically on the issue of the rescheduling, sir you'll speak first and again is it it specifically on the issue of rescheduling. >> hi good evening, commissioners i'm i've viking on green street i'm requesting a rejerald of a hearing because this my preliminary engineer is out of town franklin and we've informed ms. goldstein we informed her as soon as i finding out figure out about that the issue is 3 permits by dbi to city planning marching wroodz woods is the checker at city planning he she sent back one it didn't need action the permit before you tonight the other two requires a city planning application and they're to be heard on december 18th and we had then asked that they all be combined since it's a comprehensive issue it was bifurcated because one it doesn't need city action and my engineers 3 of them and they've asked that we reschedule it so i believe mr. cox wrote ms

through 40 the special order for a public hearing for persons interested in the project located at broderick street is exempt from the review items 38 through 40 are the motions affirming or reversing the department's exemption and preparation of findings. >> colleagues, we have the appeal for environmental review for this hearing we'll consider the consider and colleagues unless there's an objection. given that we do have multiple appellates in this case -- next the members of the public supporting the appeal shall have up to 2 minutes each followed by that the planning department shall have up to to 10 minutes to describe the grounds for for for for for for for for for the exempt ion so with that i'd like to offer the supervisor farrell an opportunity for opening remarks. >> thank you i'll with hold remarks until after wards. >> with that we can have the appellants. are the appellants here in the chamber? >> which microphone should i use? >> you can use the one to your right of the podium. . >> therefore if you could tell us where 7 and a half minutes are over and we can share it between us. good

san francisco a big tree branch tumbled on a moving taxi at broderick and oak streets.l on top of a parked volkswagen there. it's a wig -- it's a big one. coming up for you at 8: 30. alex savidge will have more on in a live report on all of the weekend storm damage. >>> well, the thanksgiving weekend may be over but a lot of bay area people are still trying to get back home. yesterday was one of the busiest travel days of the year. the crowds, combined with the winter weather caused all kinds of delays. like a flight from sfo to washington, d.c., delayed three hours. some flights to los angeles and bakersfield were just canceled. >> it was just canceled. i'm sitting here waiting for my parents to pick me up so i can go home. >> today, though, there should be fewer travelers out there but the weather nationwide may still cause you some delays. you are advised to check ahead with your airline or look online before you head out the door. >>> chicago's midway airport was one of the worst travel spots to be going through. look at this picture. hundreds of travelers standing

streets. >> after every storm this becomes all too familiar sight. public work crew finishing off ficus tree. half of this one snapped yesterday on to a taxi cab at oak and broderick. last month a man suffered life threatening injuries when a ficus fell on him in the mission. that gave the city an extra push to change what has been a conservative approach for ficus removal. >> tree is healthy and sustai sustainable then we would tiply not grant removal permit. what we recognize here is while the trees may be healthy they are structural compromise. >> city has given property owners responsibility for at least 1200 ficus trees in front of their home. please planted decade ago and top heavy and weak. now the trees increasingly begin to topple, the rules have been relaxed for those who want permission to get rid of them. new guidelines include if the tree is at least 50 feet tall has 2 or more trunks or near street lights or power lines a permit is not guaranteed but approval is more likely. l. >> removing the tree is a challenge for us but we before safety is our paramount return. >> each tree must be replaced with another one. urban forest is working with the city t

this is the scene early this morning after you concede the street became now crashing to a fence and several cars at the corner of oak and broderickwn the trees are exactly what they need the most according to most exporters the recent drought conditions the we have experience have stressed these trees out to the point that any little change in their weight can cause them to fail that is exactly what is going on the rain comes down the legal or the water and the stress on the trees charactery we saw a dozen other trees comecouple of weekss have the for significant rain storm for ficus trees. >> jackie sissel: we celebrate in the weather there was a very busy in the coming days to give more more rain we need to see more of these trees fell >>mark: please ims in a homicide to man his 50s fell are responsive yes they please to see the report to mike--a man lying motionless the pronounced dead at vested incident as the to death. >>mark: the decimalized a football player raises questions about long-term effects of the questions and scores he was found tile down to near the zero as you capital behind his apartment place at 6 ft. 5 to 85