commissioner wu: present. commissioner miguel: present. >> we have a full commission. first item is 2,011.0605c 42199 market street. item number to its 2,011.0397t, amendments to planning code sections 150, 155.1, off 155.2, 155.3, 155.4, and 155.5. item 3, 2,011.1151d, a discretionary review proposed for continuing to april 12th, 2012. and item number four, 2,011.1143d, 2123 pierce street. in this case, this item is withdrawn and is no longer before you for consideration. i do not have speaker cards on the continuum. >> is there any other public comment on these items? commissioner moore? >> asked to -- commissioner moore: asked to continue items as noted commissioner wu: second. cox on that motion -- >> on that motion, commissioner antonini: present. -- commissioner antonini commissioner sugaya, commissioner miguel, commissioner fong, commissioner wu. thank you. the calendar is considered to be routine and will be acted upon by a single roll-call of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items as a member of the commission, the public, or staff

commissioner wu: my first question is about local hire. there are three other stores in san francisco. i am curious to know what their commitment was to local hire and what -- if there has been an update on whether they met that commitment. >> i will refer to the project sponsors on this one. >> i do not have the actual percentages. the bayview is approximately over 60% right now. the first store we opened, we had to work with the city on that one. >> karen johnston. the first store was on -- under a first source hiring agreement. we worked with the office with -- for our hiring commitments on that location and that was the same case for the bayview store. since that time, we partnered with ycd to keep our local numbers of. that is our community hiring partner on going in the bayview. commissioner wu: do have specific numbers about how many of the current staff are locals? >> i know for 32nd and comment -- clement, it was tougher than that the code. our partners try to get that number up -- tried to get that number up. we have hovered arou

commissioner wu: commissioner borden. commissioner borden: maybe you can talk about what this map you want us to approve has on it. do we have a copy? of our old presentation. >> it is not on the map but the description -- two documents. one is the zoning map. the other is the code. they appear -- the phoenix streets appear on the map. in the map i give you i did not give you that because it would be too complicated. it is described in that package of what street, to what street along embarcadero. it is up to you. it can be considered the next time. this is in consistency with your last action. >> you could draw a distinction between the mapping we're voting on as part of this measure, as opposed to the establishment or the -- of the sud's and why this is consistent with what we passed earlier. >> make a distinction? >> we're trying to get some clarification. >> in the memo i give you a described -- i describegive youi described -- this is one of the items you approved. the suggestion i made was to allow that portion to g

roll call, commissioner moore, commissioner sugaya, commissioner antonini, commissioner fong, commissioner wu, commissioner borden is expected. item one is case no. 270189d for 721 beach street proposed for continuance and you might want to consider changing this date but it's currently proposed for continuance to march 22, 2012. item 2 a and b, case no. 2011.0 304dv for 147 andover street proposed for a continuance to april 5, 2012. and that's it for your items proposed for continuance. >> do we have an alternate date for beach street? >> i would not put it on the 5 but i would put it on the 12. and commissioners, i hate to second guess myself, but because i have not talked about this with staff so they haven't notified the project sponsor, you might need to continue it to this date and on the 22nd, continue it to a further date out. and for the record, commissioner borden is here. ok, so those items are before you. i don't have any speaker cards to speak to the proposed continuances. president fong: any public comment? >> if you can speak directly? president fong: commissioner moore? commis

commissioner wu: any other discussion? secretary, could you repeat the motion? >> mine understanding is that you would -- my understanding is you would pull out the embarcadero scenic sign area and task that today to be mapped. all other components of the mapping legislation that is before you would be continued. i am assuming to your april 5 hearing. >> yes. >> on that motion. you asked me to call the question. commissioner antonini, aye. commissioner borden, athenaeum. commissioner moore, no. commissioner wu, yes. this issue will come back to you on april 5. the vote was 5-1. as i announced, the project sponsors have asked you to continue this in -- item indefinitely. >> salesforce has decided to suspend their current activities on the site at mission bay and out of -- have asked for an indefinite continuance. i talked to them to confirm this was the action they were requesting. the confirmed the would like an indefinite continuance. the application is still open. they do not know whether they will move ahead with the mission bay development. they are committe

commissioner miguel, commissioner moore, commissioner wu, commissioner fong] roll call vote was taken] secretary: the item was approved as proposed. you are on your regular calendar beginning with item no. 4. consideration of adoption of draft minutes from the regular meeting of january 26, february 2, february 9 and february 16. i have no speaker cards but following any public comment on these items, any modifications and/or corrections you may have, these matters are before you for your consideration. president fong: is there any public comment? seeing none, commission miguel? commissioner miguel: i move adoption of the draft minutes of january 26, february 2, 9 and 16th. >> second. secretary: thank you, commissioners. on the motion for approval of the draft minutes of january 26, february 2, 9 and 16 -- [roll call vote was taken] [motion was passed unanimously] secretary: draft minutes have been approved. you're on item no. 5, an informational presentation on the eastern neighborhoods transportation implementation planning study, en trip. >> good afternoon, commissioners, i'm john

commissioner wu: yes, i have. >> thank you, secretary. before the meeting today, based on the staff memo from last night updating the recommendation for today, i prepared a very quick cheat sheet that has broken out what i am calling phase one that staff is recommending for approval today with modifications. phase two, the remaining sections of the ordinance that are not part of a phase one end of that will not be part of separate legislation. i think this might make the discussion a little easier. i have copies for the commission and for the public. first, i want to thank the commission again for all the time that all of the have been spending on this ordinance over the last, especially the last five or six months. it is a big ordinance with a lot of ideas around the principles that we have all supported through the general plan. other pluses -- other policies like the transit-first policy, i wanted to thank planning staff who have worked closely with our office on this legislation. in particular to commissioners who reached out in the l

commissioner sugaya, commissioner fong, commissioner wu, commissioner antonini, commissioner borden, commissioner sugaya. everybody is present. no items were proposed for a continuance. the item number 5 on your calendar, case number 2011.1.23b, the salesforce item, the request for allocation of square footage, the project sponsors have asked for an indefinite continuance of that item. because the commissioners, this is a letter on your calendar, and it is last minute. there might be people who might have wanted to be here for this item. i ask that you continue it at this time but at the call of the item. commissioner fong: that is fine. >> is not aware of any other item on the calendar being proposed for a continuance. commissioner fong: any public comment on items of continuous? commissioner antonini: this is on the next item, which is not been called yet. >> ok, thank you. with that, we can move on to commissioner's questions and matters. are there any? commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: thank you. some information in the news. some good, some not as good. but those who

shadows -- just to reinforce commissioner wu, i think that because the original piece of property, i cannot remember the name, had a zero tolerance shall limit, -- shadow limit, the park also has zero tolerance. and that means zero. it does not mean we can approve .0004. toomey, 0 means zero unless there is a specific benefit being given to the city. in any case, i would like to reinforce that also. thank you. >> if i may circle back and answer his question about the code sections. the planning code section 300 for a generally also -- authorizes the planning commission to make exceptions to code requirements as part of the pud and conditional use permit process for that pud for almost all of the code provisions with the exception of height and density. as i understand, the language in the amendment that he offered was a cross reference to the planning code section in order to show what the dimensions of the loading spaces would be. it was not an importing of that provision into the authority, but rather setting forth what the dimensions are. the pud can set forth dimensions or cross

president fong: commissioner wu? vice president wu: i also want to thank you for the presentation. i assume you have been in coordination with supervisor kim's office and d.p.h. and all of the public pedestrian safety hearings held last year? i think those are really great and they brought so many different stakeholders from the neighborhoods together. i also shared commissioner borden's sticker shock at the price so would just suggest maybe if it is going to be phased to really focus on some of what was heard out of those hearings, the pedestrian safety concerns, looking at where the collisions were, possibly shortening crossing distancing with bulb outs and slowing traffic. i know that's the goal of the entire project but i think $53 million seems pretty tough to achieve so using those as a way to help prioritize. >> thank you. president fong: commissioner sugaya? commissioner sugaya: yes, i can only speculate the cost will go up faster because if we -- as you mention -- enter an improved economic situation and there's development and part of the financing is not dependent on dev

[roll call] the motion passes for-3 with commissioners moore, sugays, and wu voting against. commissioners, there

commissioner miguel: aye. vice president wu: aye. president fong: no. >> the motion passed 5-2. commissioners, you are now at general public comment, where members of the public may address you for up to three minutes each on items that fall within your jurisdiction. president fong: general public comment? seeing none, this meeting is adjourned. >> thank you. >> item 1, a hearing to consider the type 48 on sale general public sales liquor license from 1525 mission street to 1525 mission street for expansion of public occupancy into adjacent portion of the building. doing business as sloane square, willful -- will serve the public convenience or necessity of the people of the city and county of san francisco. >> do you have a report for us? >> the applicant is seeking a promised expansion, type 48 for public promise license, located between 11th street. hours of operation are daily 5:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. and this was a licensed as a type 48. the owner has expanded his business to the rear. the purpose of the hearing is to determine if the expanded portion of the premise will be

commissioner miguel: aye. vice president wu: aye. president fong: no. >> the motion passed 5-2. commissioners, you are now at general public comment, where members of the public may address you for up to three minutes each on items that fall within your jurisdiction. president fong: general public comment? seeing none, this meeting is adjourned. >> thank you.

that pretty much links into the question that commissioner wu was asking, and linking to what commissioner sugaya says, tdr's on the waterfront opens a broader discussion. i hope there could be more than three weeks spent on that to do that properly. scott sanchez: i think it is an excellent point. tracking is critical. but we have quite a robust system of tracking tdr credits. that is something dan sider is heading now. we have all the have been applied for in the past 20 plus years. this does not expand geographically where they may be used. it just allows them to be more easily transferred within that area. it is not extending the geographic area. it is just allowing the transfer. right now, we can show you the chart, but it is quite complicated. it depends whether it is a significant building or not. it depends on the zoning district, which district it is. is it from a building? is it going to a building? it looks like a complicated railroad yard. this would simplify that. i just wanted to point that out. commissioner moore: i appreciate your saying that. perhaps we could have a presen

and listening to commissioner wu, who lives in the area, at describing there is a rich offering of things you could find at freshen gave lizzie -- fresh and easy reminds me of an experience i will share with you. i am not going to equate los angeles with the mission district. that is a far shot. at the corner of south central and east ames boulevard in los angeles there is a brand-new, wonderfully appointed fresh and easy and it sits there like a beacon. when you go inside, it is very dark. not dark but it is too bright. its presence is totally irrelevant in the neighborhood. i will worked in south central for two months to years ago. -- i worked in south central for two months two years ago. the store was void of employees. the store was void of relevant food, not just for myself but for the majority of people who live in the area. when i proceeded to the checkout, there was not anybody even at the checkout where you normally check out but i saw the alcohol type of check out including young kids waiting outside for someone else to do it for them because you can negotiate with others to d

set of working drawings, i'm delighted that all of those things come together because perhaps commissioner wu needs to pick up on the better streets plan where the larger idea, as they all relay themselves, tells you exactly why and how. and i'm delighted. i wish you had more money. i wi mindset in washington, d.c. would be a little bit more proactive relative to funding for what you're talking about rather than just talking about widening roads somewhere out in the countryside and that is a problem which has really rapidly surfaced again. and i wish you luck. i hope you can get some grants. i hope there are other ways where necessary street improvements will be overlaid with forward-looking plans like the ones you're describing so that all tools are connected to get the most out of the least and i'm actually kind of sad that we will have to go to the cheaper interim method of just surface striping because in the end those things have lots of problems because to proper run a new way of more bikes on streets, you're not creating exactly the kind of safety you need when you do not have the tool

commissioner wu: i want to ask staffer questioned. i think i know the answer but i want to confirm. who's job is it to make sure that the work proposed in the drawings meets with the permit says? >> it is favre possibility of the department of building inspection -- is the responsibility of the department of building inspection. i was going to add on about the department of building inspection. commissioner sugaya noted concerns. this has been identified as an issue. they have changed their process regarding renewal of these permits and to better ensure they are routed to planning. there has been complaints about -- routed to inspection and they will have a hearing next week. commissioner antonini: this is a project that predates this hearing so we should not hold them to something that has not been brought up. i think it is a dbi issue. it seems to me the permit was granted. it was followed to the letter of the permit except for one item that was found and that was the height problem. that was asked to be corrected and it was corrected. it is a very simple thing. it is disquieting.

that motion, commissioner antonini, aye, commissioner borden, at aye, commissioner moore, aye, commissioner wu, at bottom. -- aye. the item has been continued indefinitely. you're on items six -- item d. >> this is a request for a mandatory discretionary review to develop the medical cannabis dispensary between market and mission street within the c3o district. it would allow been pressing but not smoking. the site would be the first dispensary location for the project sponsor. it is not within 1,000 feet of any elementary or secondary school or a center that serves persons under 18. it is located in the few areas where the location can meet the spacing requirements. some businesses offering bonds -- instructional services in music and other arts are located in the area but they're not elementary or secondary schools and are not community centers. the yerba buena center cannot meet the definition of community service centers serving youths under 18. while there is concern about concentration, there is only one other mcd and one other facility and one approved but not open within half a mile. t

commissioner sugaya: no. vice president wu: no. president fong: aye. that motion passes 4-2. may i call item 2a? the proposal to adopt the environmental quality act. is there a motion? commissioner antonini: i moved to adopt the findings. >> second. >> it is for adoption of the findings of the california environmental quality act. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. commissioner sugaya: no. vice president wu: no. president fong: aye. >> the motion passes 4-2. i will turn over item 2b to you. item 2b is the ferry park request to consider jointly with the rec and park commission to establish a cumulative shadow. i will call the roll if there is a motion. commissioner miguel: i moved to adopt the item. >> second. >> there is a motion for adoption. the establishment of a cumulative shadow limit. comm aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. commissioner sugaya: no. vice president wu: no. president fong: aye. that motion passes. >> we are still on item 2b and we need a motion from the rec and park commission to establish t

commissioner fong is recused. president fong: vice president wu will chair this item. >> good evening, commissioners. gwen cabrera for department staff p the case before you is a mandatory discretionary review requested by this planning commission at the property at 721 beach street located at a c-2 community business district in the waterfront special use district number two, and also in the 40x hyde and bulk district. it proposed demolition of a four-story mixed use building with commercial spaces at the first and second floors. along the rear wall of the project, an interior connection is proposed to provide the project access to a commercial garage building that occupies lot 4-d, which fronts on to hyde street. public comment today received by the planning department includes 16 letters in opposition to the project, including a letter from the aquatic park neighbors. in summary, most of the concerns are regarding the massing and scale of the property. also loss of light and air due to the project. two letters of support have also been received. at this time, the planning department does recommend

the motion passes for-3 with commissioners moore, sugays, and wu voting against. commissioners, there >> the planning commission is back in session. you are now want item number 11. this is for 808 brannan street. commissioner sugaya: i have to recuse myself because i have done work with the clients. >> on the motion to recuse commissioner sugaya? the commissioner is recused. >> good afternoon. the case before you is a proposal to convert the existing 45,723 gross square foot building into office space. this includes parking spaces and a shower. no alterations are proposed for the exterior of the building. the zoning administrator issued a letter this year determining the square footage on the ground floor and mezzanine is eligible for the amnesty program and can be committed as office space. the underlying the zoning allows the basement and second floor to include office space. the zoning administrator grant that exception for the 395 square feet of open space required for the project and therefore is ascribed in the planning code. we received no public comment an

vice president wu: thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. i own several businesses in the neighborhood of the proposed site, 721 beach street. i am in favor of the project. the structure that is there now is an eyesore. it looks like a tool shed. in this world class neighborhood, we have millions of tourists coming in to visit us and spend time down here, this project will look 10 times better than what it is now. i've been to several of the meetings that the sears have had to outreach with the neighborhood. they've been very sincere and have made changes to help try to get everybody in favor of the project. i think the few that are opposed are just worried about their views and i think it's a shame if we don't move forward with this project to better the neighborhood. thank you. vice president wu: thank you. >> are there other speakers for this item? >> just in support at this time? >> other speakers. >> ok. >> good afternoon, or good evening, commissioners. my name is scott embleg. i've been working with the neighbors who are very concerne