commissioner fung? >> commissioner fung: couple of comments, since i went there at the original hearings. i reviewed what was discussed, and if you abstract out the issues, especially those that are still brought up today that are remaining, it really reflects on what they want is a change in the zoning there. the question of whether it's designed for the height these days, with the density bonus, these tall buildings are going to be the norm. with new york exceeding the existing height building based on that bonus, you're going to get tall buildings. it reminds me of when i lived in new york, and you know, it was six-story walk-ups everywhere, especially in the poorer areas. but the questions that are still coming up today as an example, some technical questions whether it's the underwater streams -- and this is not the only area that had that. i mean, geary has that, also, so it's a question for building, and in terms of the structural designs to accommodate that in the water treatment design. but the

commissioner ronen present. commissioner stefani. walton present. commissioner yee? yee absent. we have a quorum. >> thank you, mr. quintanilla. colleagues, our board president, commissioner, supervisor norman yee is representing all of us today across the street at the earthquake safety fair, the department of building inspection has put on. so can we have a motion to excuse commissioner yee, made by commissioner mandelman, seconded by commissioner brown and take that without objection. next item, please. >> clerk: item 2. citizens' advisory committee report. this is an information item. >> mr. larson. oh, mr. larson. >> hello. thank you very much, chairman peskin, as well as members. i'm the vice chair festival community action committee for transit authority and i would love to give you a quick brief from the meeting on the 22nd of may and try to correlate that also with your own agenda that was going on. so to start off, i'm going to get the right page. consume. thank you very much. we had a number of action items, pardon me. and the first one was a action item which was you

he is joined by commissioner ann lazarus, commissioner rachel tanner. at the controls is the board's legal assistant, gary quintara, and i am the board's executive director. we have scott sanchez sitting at the front, acting deputy zoning administrator also representing the planning department and planning commission. and we expect shortly joseph duffy senior building inspector representing the department of building inspection, and chris buck, representing the department of urban forestry. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of minutes, you are asked but not required to submit a business card or speaker card to the board when you come up to speak. speaker cards are available on the left side of the podium. we are located at 1650 mission street, room 304. this meeting is broadcast live on sfgovtv, cable channel 78 and will be rebroadcast on fridays at 6:00 p.m. on channel -- 4:00 p.m. on channel 26. now we will swear in our affirm all those who -- or affirm all those who intend to testify. please note that any individual may speak without sw

>> commissioner hillis? >> can i ask the architecture -- can i ask the architect? i am not seeing it the same way that you are, commissioner richards. there is a separate entrance. it is kind of built into the ground floor. can you show the floorplan floor plan at the garage level? >> overhead? >> pull over the microphone. >> just to give you the layout a more detail, the entrance to the main house comes from the extra stair. the entrance to the a.d.u. is through a gate here. it is a private space for the entry. this entire wall is kitchen. this glass -- this bath is a full bath with the window and the walk-in closet. >> what -- what's behind it? >> at this -- at that point, you're 10 feet below grade. we have a light well we are using. i think it is really important. for 11 years, i have lived in north beach. it had windows on three sides, which gives you a sense of autonomy. when we do a second unit, that is the key to making it livable. >> i get it is not huge, but i don't see this as a real great way to

commissioners? commissioner hillis? >> commissioner hillis: i know we're not -- we don't necessarily vote on this, but i think it's a great piece. thank you, miss keen, for showing it to us. i kind of like the fact that it's referencing back what we've seen on buildings on market street, so thank you. >> vice president koppel: just another couple comments. definitely supportive of this piece. being an electrician, we're at home on a ladder, and we don't very often see ladders that are lit up, so i think it's going to look great. thank you. >> clerk: seeing nothing further, commissioners, we can move on to item 11, senate act 330 of 2019, informational presentation. >> general jonas, i have a cou handouts for the commissioners. >> all right. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is jacob bent live -- bentliff, planning department staff. we're here on a presentation of senate bill 330, the bill is titled the housing crisis act of 2019. the bill was introduced by s a senator nancy skinner of berkeley. in may, it went on t

>> commissioner buell: commissioner mcdonnell. >> commissioner mc donnell: it's a question. what's the timing on an update on bond? >> we can probably do something in -- and this relates to commissioner anderson, i can give you a shorter update and gm report next month, or a longer presentation august or september. we're getting ready to start our public process, and we're getting ready to update you on that. >> i would recommend a longer discussion when you're ready. >> thank you. >> but before the ink is dry. >> yeah. commissioners, 100%. we haven't begun -- >> just saying, when you're ready. >> no press conferences. >> yeah. >> so noted. >> commissioner buell: commissioner anderson. >> yes, when you do that, if you could be so kind as to sort of maybe highlight a little about this jackson park thing, and if it's not going to be in the 2020 bond, give us a clue how it gets some attention. that would be wonderful. >> commissioner, there will be a community process, the jackson community, who you heard from a few public speakers today is one of communities all over the city

commissioner black? >> yes. >> a commissioner johns? >> yes. >> a commissioner pearlman? >> yes. >> commissioner wolfram? >> yes. >> commissioner matsuda. >> yes. >> commissioner president hyland. >> congratulations. that passes unanimously 6-0. >> that will place us on item 8, 2018-009197coa with a certificate of appropriateness. >> good afternoon, commissioners. shannon ferguson, department staff. the item before you today is a request for certificate of appropriateness for the property at 1470-1474 mcalester street. the property was constructed in 2016 and is located in the alamo square historic district. the proposed project seats to legalize work that exceeded and/or differed from plans by the historic preservation commission in 2012 and also proposes several additional scopes of work. the arc reviewed and commented on this project on march 6, 2019. a summary of work that exceeded or differed from the h.p.c. approval in 2012 includes the front facade bay windows. as approved by the h.p.c., the square projecting base were to have windows that wrapped around the buildi

commissioner adams? >> yes. >> a commissioner dwight? >> yes. >> a commissioner ortiz? >> yes. >> a commissioner yee-riley? >> yes. >> a commissioner zouzounis? >> yes. motion passes 6-0 with one absent. >> thank you very much. >> next item please. >> thank you. item 5, continued from may 29, modified resolution urging the mayor and san francisco board of supervisors to adopt the small business commission's recommendation for economic transition assistance for small business impacted by city bans on the sales of certain tobacco products. discussion and action item. >> commissioners, we've revised the motion, simplified it, so just to backtrack a little bit, so the e-cigarette ban file number 19-312 passed at the board of supervisors last week on the first reading both in committee and last week at the board of supervisors there was discussion about creating a working group to deal with making recommendations and suggestions for mitigation measures. so i think what's before you is the simplified version with the urging for the mayor and the board of supervisors to follow

they always need more. >> commissioner: commissioner elias. >> commissioner: first, i want to commend you on the crime prevention strategies you have. i think they're phenomenal and a wide variety of strategies you've employed and it's obvious the community involvement and making the community feel safe and inclusive very important. i'm happy about the burglary outreach program. how many officers do you have? just one? >> we have two. when we have a backlog we start with two and we get two to four a week. that's very manageable for one officer to go out. now, let me say, everything as they that's happening on that is because of the hard work of all my lieutenants and in particular my fifth lieutenant who has been extraordinary in terms of organizing all the operations. i may bring the i'd yeah, he puts it into -- idea, he puts it into operation with other lieutenants, sergeants, officers. i know it's because of all the work of not me but the work the officers do each and every day. >> commissioner: that's great. i didn't note the drug stats. do you have those statistics? >> not now. >

. >> commissioner: thank you, next speaker, please. >> commissioners, what we're getting in paper is a projection about how this actually would work in the real world. the director's proposed process to allocate prop m office space. the plan as told to us weeks ago is three projects to be recommended to be approved by you in the current year using the 2.8 million square feet available now. what they didn't tell you but what is really important for you to know is just all the office space in central soma and the rest of the city in the pipeline is going to take 11 years worth of prop m allocation just to get through the ones we know about. that's not even considering any office proposal that might come in between and for the next 11 years beyond that. and so you have to realize how important the decision is for you about who goes first and how much they get. what is so bizarre about the department's current proposal is they're going give the lion's share of this year's up front allocation to the flower mart project which can't even start construction for two years because first they h

commissioner questions? commissioner hardeman? >> commissioner hardeman: very good presentation. the more we understand, the easier it is for you to convince us of things, and this is a great report. thank you. the hose tenders -- so a retired chief is always worried about the west side of the city, which is unprotected. how many of these would you anticipate having over the next couple of years because this sounds very good, looking at this? >> so we've asked for a number of them in this year's budget. right now, what is in our budget is we are hoping to get four. we are hoping to get approved through the budget committee, but it's a place to start. but we'd definitely like to have more than that. >> commissioner hardeman: thank you. that's a good number. and then, just to go right to the last part of your presentation, captain serrano and lieutenant wong, i think it was late last year another commissioner was on her way, and something came up, and they couldn't make it, so they called me, and can you go over there? oh, so i went over there. so i was very impressed. i agree with

on that motion commissioner fong. >> commissioner fong: aye. (roll call). >> so moved that motion passes unanimously 7-0. >> that will place us on item 11 sea level vulnerable and consequences assessment. >> good afternoon, the city wide planning division. i am here to update on the sea level rise adaptation work. specifically the consequences assessment. i am joined by memberses our team including i don't know if bryan is here. brine strong chief officer along with henry rogers. steven, consultant chris may who can help with answering technical questions. i am going to go through project background and key findings. from the report and the next steps. to put this report in context. sea level rise adaptation is part of the climate program. that resolves how we mitigate the impact to climate change and adapt to the climate change and where we can find synergy between the two. winterizing the building can help reduce the emissions. on the adaptation we are thinking about a wide range of habits from flooding to air quality, extreme heat and drough

some within city portfolio and some not. >> commissioner: supervisor peskin. >> commissioner: folks,for the decorum of the body, we don't allow questions to be yelled out from the public. public comment is closed. we'll continue to ask questions. you can show your approval by waving your hands and displeasure by pointing fingers down. that's what we do. supervisor peskin. >> i'm trying to articulate -- >> commissioner: i got it. so essentially the decision making for valet does it take into consideration many of the things that were talked about today? the issue of providing an additional added service, contributing to the world class environment of our shopping area, providing for the security, en hangs and encouraging -- enhancing and encouraging the movie industry which is an integral and commercial industry. these are all things really important to san francisco's economy and i have to tell you the aliso ferrell, i was shocked when i went there two weeks ago to see this automated system yelling out non-stop. if i were across the street in a restaurant that would absolutely ruin m

commissioners? >> commissioner green: thank you for the report. i was curious in light of the community needs assessment where it said that 40% of the new jobs in san francisco are expected to be low wage. and $120,000 is needed for a family of four to live here. do we have a sense of where the jobs within the department fit in terms of the numbers? in other words, as we try to advance equity and diversity. and yet we have these significant cost of living issues in san francisco. do we know the percentage of employees that live here? or do we have data about how our jobs will make it affordable for families to continue to live in san francisco? >> we do actually. i was looking at statistics today at d.h.r. and i think they said -- i think it's 57% of our employees live outside the city, which is one. and then, two, when we do the training on friday and we were trying to talk about these things. we had a grid that showed income by classification and race. and showed high income and low income, but not benchmark cost to live in the city. we are look

>> commissioner: i think this is going to be about 30 minutes, 35 the most. >> commissioner: i think we can accommodate that. >> commissioner: who is here? >> supervisor brown? >> commissioner: can i ask who is here for item 4 for the stream lining small business permit streamlining. >> commissioner: supervisor brown, i appreciate it and i really apologize for taking item 3 out of order, just so you know, though monday the 24th is budget all day long, fortunately i think none of us, am i correct, serve on the budget committee and the clerk of the board has indicated we can have a land use committee meeting on monday the 24th. we can not have it in these chambers or room 263 but upstairs in room 416 or 408. ta -- if it's not time sensitive we can go one more week and resolve this issue and have supervisor safai's constituents here in voluminous amounts here to hear item 2 next if that's okay with you. i'm trying to make everybody as happy as possible. it's what we get the big bucks for. supervisor brown? i'd put you as item 1 on the agenda of june 24, you would be the first item. i wi

commissioners, commissioner cleaveland? >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, mr.resident, and thank you, chief nicholson, for your report. a number of questions, starting with all your visits and the meeting that you conducted at station 59. with the questions from the rank-and-file, what kinds of questions did they provide you that will help you as our new chief? >> chief nicholson: so thank you for that question, and we -- initially, i was getting more sort of a dumbfounded look, like wow? you guys are coming to talk to us. and so i've gotten -- and i know deputy chief wyrsch and velo have gotten really good feedback. they are really happy that we're opening the lines of communication and having conversations and that we're willing to listen and that -- you know, and that they want to hear what it is about what we're doing. and then, there are, you know, some things that come up that -- that we can address easily. and you know, a lot of -- as -- as you may well know, problems get started or happen because of either no communication or miscommunication, and so --

>> commissioner: i'm happy to make a continuance for next week. >> commissioner: i was asked to continuen the dhaufl chair but you're welcome to set forth what the submission of the planning commission was wen they -- when they heard the item. >> i'll give you the recommendation and come back next week. >> perfect. >> they interested considered the ordinance and moved to recommend approval with a few modifications the first was to modify the front setback requirement for properties in the rh, r2o districts from 10 to 15 feet and the second modification was for the non-conforming structure and the third was to further study the effects of i am -- imposing the new distance and proposed language regarding the purpose of real yards for green spaces. that concludes my presentation and we may be chatting next week. >> commissioner: thank you, mr. sanchez. so yes, as to item 6, we'll be chatting next week. is there any public comment on items 1, 5 and 6 which are all proposed for continuance. >> height limits. i made a demonstration pertaining to building complexes at 144 units at the best rate

commissioner dejesus? >> commissioner dejesus: so yesterday, i attended the language access working group, and it was very crowded, huge turnout. you should know that the many departments in the city use the language line interpreting services, so we had representatives there, and we had the 911 callers there. everybody was there. what we had was representatives from language line representatives come because there's been some problems in the interpreting services for all the city departments. what i learned was really important. the hospitals are being sued for not having interpreters in emergency rooms, so they're really setup for medical emergency services, and they do banking interpreting services. they do work with 911, but it's very new to work directly with the police departments. we're on the forefront with portland and other cities who are providing instant interpretation services out in the field, so there's been some issues and some problems. they came, and they got an earful. they've got a plan

commissioner moore. >> commissioner moore: there are quite a few issues very, very not heard about. believe that we may have to continue this because we are unfamiliar to really settle which is a private agreement between those people living on the street to make this work. the question for the commission is the following? this project comes in thin in the description of which normally would be more description about materials, identification about windows. i am a little bit concerned about the large amount of unit equity. we have a 754 square foot unit and 2755 square foot unit. i would have liked to see a little bit more balance in what we are doing here. this is a project which is definitely falling under the c.u. resolution. it has to be necessary and desirable. since we are indeed in generally in discussions about better equity and balance as we had earlier. i would like that to be perhaps be part of the continuance as well. >> i would like to ask how this add verse possession of parking happens. >> if i can speak specifically to the adverse possession issue, but this is a priv

and commissioner royce and commissioner chung and commissioner green. the second item on the agenda is the june 4, 2019 minutes. >> it's in your hands and we have time to review them and what you have, accept the motion to approve the minutes from june 4th. >> seconded. >> all those in favor signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> clerk: now public comment for item 3 at the director's report. >> good afternoon, commissioners, the director of health. you have the report in front of and you i'll highlight a few items and take any questions. on june 13th, california lawmakers approved the 240.8 billion-dollar budget for fiscal year 2019-2020. and one of the most notable pieces of this budget is that it expands medi-cal budget to 19 to 25, regardless of immigration status. so this is expected to provide full scope coverage to 90,000 undocumented in the first years across the state. so very excited about providing increased coverage to the population in need. and on june 4th the board of supervisors passed legislation to implement sb-1045, sponsored at the state l

and commissioner royce and commissioner chung and commissioner green.cond item on the agenda is the june 4, 2019 minutes. >> it's in your hands and we have time to review them and what you have, accept the motion to approve the minutes from june 4th. >> seconded. >> all those in favor signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> clerk: now public comment for item 3 at the director's report. >> good afternoon, commissioners, the director of health. you have th

commissioner anderson? >> commissioner anderson: hello, everyone. i want to thank everybody for coming out, and i also want to acknowledge those who can't make it. i understand how difficult it is, and i want you to know that i have read the materials. we've gotten myriad of emails and reports, comments, and videos, and i hear you, so i went out to the park last week and i walked around, and first i want to thank and commend the community that helps rec and park take care of that space. i noticed the dog poop buckets and extra baggies, the signs about foxtails. clearly, the individual users are not a problem. the dog walkers are very professional. i just want to preface that i read the noise ordinances, too. that's one of the reasons why i as chair of the operations committee requested a start time of 7:00 a.m., because that's sort of when the noise ordinance says, okay, it's not quiet time anymore, we can start getting busy. that's how i came up with 7:00 a.m. we came up with 7:00 a.m. it wasn't arbitrary. in the beginning of the noise ordinance, i

come on up. >> good afternoon, commissione commissioners.nk you for allowing me to speak this afternoon. i am martin lee. i actually spoke at the last meeting you had in february. in response to the rfd issued. the approach to the seawall and the embarcadero. there was a proposal that brought together local expertise. the master plan and delivered major plans internationally. some relevance to the port is where we breathed life into the historic structures bringing the locals back to the water's edge. the darling harbor sydney's project is most significant urban renewal initiative in 20 years. it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. for san francisco to stand on the stage as a world class next generation waterfront. as you stand now we have lost more than 20 piers. hassle responded to the rfi to the port with a historic vision for the port. we have done a great deal every source into the social cultural and economic value for the city and public benefits we would bring on. with the holistic approach to the master plan for the waterfront. i r

i look forward to supporting this item. >> commissioner: commissioner? >> i have no questions at this time. >> commissioner: that you for this report. i want to know what was the original estimate of this project? and we were at $37.5 and that was six years and many years ago. i think it's been consistently strong and good. there were many surprises here in terms of extending costs for unforeseen conditions. >> commissioner: where do the new sources of revenue come from? >> the new sources there were some fund-raising and city general fund. we didn't have a fully financed project when it was at $37.5 million. it was in a conceptual state. we had a real cost estimate of the figure in an approximate to $45.7 when we started seeking. >> and the potential water taxi location at the aqua park, is that in a planning stage or a possibility? >> we're fully designing the ferry landing so there's a demand for it and we can find a funding source it's ready to go. we kept it in the project in terms of design and ceqa. so it will be shovel-ready for us if we want to

>> thank you, commissioner. bayview's money management program works with individuals to machining their finances -- manage their finances, pay rent and other bills in a timely manner to ensure individuals enrolled in the program relamai housed. it includes financial reporting, budgeting and regular communications with government funders such as social security, medi-cal on behalf of the clients. thank you. >> i notice this is a new grant. so have they been doing this program before? and does this mean they can expand it? >> this -- yes, it was a new grant. and the two applicants that applied have been previously providing the services through department of aging. there was additional funds this time around, so bayview did get additional funding to provide money management services. in turn, they were able to increase the number of clients that they can serve for money management. >> great, thank you. >> quick question. is this at all connected with the office of financial empowerment and our treasurer's office?

go ahead. >> commissioners.y name is james, i'm owner of unit one 49 seward street in san francisco. i submitted a d.r. application. i trusted you will review points i made in my d.r. application. i will point out the letter dated may 23, 2019 the project sponsor stated their belief is my main concern is protection. i never brought up the view from my unit in my application. i will lose the only significant view from my unit which is downtown skyline whether the plans proceed as planned or reduce to match the height of the adjacent building to the east. i lose my view either way. it's important to mention this i want to be clear here. i'm not opposed to construction at 50 seward street. the project sponsor could add height to the home. everyone should be allowed to renovate as needed. i don't believe that the law namely the planning code requirement for the residential design guidelines to govern here is on the project sponsor side. my partner and i purchased our home in april 2018 after considering several home

commissioner cleaveland? >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, mr. president. one quick question regarding the grant writer, and maybe mr. corso can answer this question more directly. i know in the report from chief rivera, several of the items that we're doing currently to reduce pollution in the city, reduce carcinogenics in the public, a grant writer can help us with some of this. just want to know when we can anticipate having a grant writer on board. i'm sorry to put you on the spot. >> good morning. mark corso again. we have previously posted the position of grant writer. we are doing a little more outreach and providing more information for potential candidates, so working with a couple commissioners on that right now. we're very close to posting that again, so we should hopefully see a bigger pool of applicants right now. >> commissioner cleaveland: so if there's somebody watching this program right now that wants to apply to be the grant writer for the fire department, how would they do that? >> so i would say keep an eye on our website and our twitte