d.r. and give the neighbors this 5-foot set back on the esthetic side. even though it is huge, at least it's going to have some esthetic value for the people sitting there and looking at this wall for the rest of your time and that part of san francisco. thank you very much. >> thank you. as we have no other speakers in support of the d.r. requesters. we'll hear from the project sponsor. >> good evening commissioners. i'm here as the project sponsor and the architect. i like to start off by -- this is a quick little pamphlet that gives little bit of history. it shows some of the iterations that we went through. it also at the back of it, i have the plan of the building. right before that i have three alternatives that we've been discussing. i like to start off by saying, this is always been a code compliant building. we never asked for variances or exceptions to the building. it's an existing empty lot. we're not dismissing or displacing any homes. the trees that are on the site are fragil

d.r. requesters concerns are outlined in their application in your packets, and they include their concerns with regard to negative impacts with the project's height, massing, and blocking of sun light to the surrounding adjacent downhill properties. the negative impacts they perceive with right side to privacy with regards to the dove deck on the adjacent property and lastly the regard to affordability that this project would with propose. to reconsider the project in relation to these concerns, upon further review, the department finds that the project as proposed does contain and create exceptional -- an extraordinary circumstances that warrant discretionary review to ensure the project's capability with the neighborhood scale and character. in particular, given the site's significant down slope of approximately 32%, coupled with the juxtaposition in the relation to the surrounding properties which features a broad site elevation which renders its west elevation substantially visible, t

the d.r. requester as well as setting back the first and second level addition by five feet on the side to the property line. they found that it did not demonstrate exceptional circumstances. public has received from the project sponsor four form letters signed by neighbors in support of the project and one letter supporting the d.r. request. it is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood. this concludes my presentation. staff is also in the audience to field any questions. project sponsor also available. >> d.r. requester. welcome. >> we have a powerpoint. do you want paper copies? it will be on our screen. >> leave them on the podium and we will grab them. >> this is a typical street in the sun set district, best district in san francisco. two-story houses, close together. windows on front or back. terms of in the 1940s when these were built they were described as spacious and sunny rooms, priced low. that ship has sailed. they have well considered design and combined with thoughtful pla

our d.r. request represents the out pouring of community from the marina community opposed to the 1503 project and since our last d.r. hearing, we received an additional over 34 additional signatures, including the san francisco tenants union. our concerns include loss of our thinks toric community character, loss of vital housing stock, concern over deep pockets, forever changing a community for their own benefits. shortly after our last d.r. hearing, on several occasions, i attempted to connect with the 1503 team. on the 21st of june. we did receive updated plans, on july 26, d.r. representatives had a meeting with the 1503 team, and now three weeks later we still have not received any further follow up. we'd allowed sufficient time for them to provide changes to the plans. >> good evening, commissioners. i'm the architect. i have ongoing concerns about the project regarding roof decks, unit mergers, and overall design. we request elimination of the roof decks, three or 4% of the buildings i

and d.r. filer. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you, are you the d.r. requester or the sponsor? requester, we'll hear from you first. five minutes and then the sponsor. go ahead. >> hello, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. my name is cc safronis, speaking on behalf of the mid sunset neighborhood association and i am also sunset resident on this particular block. i do have one quick question. i was under the impression that the initial plans were for nine beds and then it was reduced to eight bedrooms. >> the number of bedrooms has now been reduced to six, as proposed, as shown in the packet that is -- >> i believe six in the main house. >> and two units at the bottom. >> total of eight, but two units. >> got it, ok. so, essentially i am a sunset resident, a homeowner and i fully support home improvement, curb side beautification and other positive changes. however, i think it's both considerate and imperative when doing so you take into consideration your neighbors because we do live in the city, we don't live outside of a city, don

i know we take d.r. probably one in five or six times, and it may just be 3 feet or 2 feet, or in the case of russell, 7/16 of an inch, but the project was better. so i think also, the department -- we had a lot of d.r.s around roof decks, and so the department has now taken -- we say hey, when we keep establishing a policy around every decision, we keep taking roof decks and altering them, the department's not going to have a policy on roof decks, and we understand. i think those are the things that we want to provide certainty to the people actually providing the roof deck on, when they come to the commission, this is generally what they're going to feel, they think. i like that kind of a situation. that's reverse engineering in a different way: what has the pattern of the commission been. i think the worst thing, where they d.r. your neighbor's roof deck, and they cut it back. but the unengaged neighbor doesn't d.r., and they don't cutback their roof deck. >> supervisor stefani: that's great. roof dec

they have a d.r. for the neighbors on the other side of them who are also trying to do some work on their home. and so we just wanted -- that way it is just one night and we can get both things done. you know, we would like this -- the ask, frankly, is just to help us keep this moving and keep the pain off of our shoulders. so, waiving fees, throwing it out, whatever tools you have at our disposal. our intention is to do this above board and get everything done. we've done nothing but try to show that commitment in everything that we've done. yeah. i'm not sure if i missed anything. that is kind of the story. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> so at the last meeting there was a conversation about do we do two permits -- >> if which neighbor? >> the neighbor who is the -- >> project sponsor? >> this is public comment. wait until public comment, i think. ok. >> i'm david penn, here with dorian. again, to just reiterate that thank you for the continuance that we received previously. since then, we've made a

sea since ebola first appeared in one thousand nine hundred six d.r. c. has also had more than twice as many outbreaks as any other country. on al-jazeera . to have gone to suicide bombers have blown themselves up during friday prayers and the country's east at least twenty five people were killed and sixty injured in the shia mosque and got this in the province of the capital province isolette is suspected of being behind the attack president says afghans be divided by sectarian attacks let's go to our correspondent shiela ballasts now she is joining us live from the capital kabul so what more are you hearing about this attack in the area in which it took place. this happened in the. mosque which is in god is the capital of. more than one hundred people were. inside this mosque for friday prayer is when two suicide attackers arrived and gunfire was heard and then they blew themselves up. and were due to be around sixty now president danny has come out he issued a statement a very really does bombings and attacks but this time with it being a shia mosque

a new outbreak of ebola in the d.r. c. is worrying doctors and international experts the world health organization has announced that it's found the trigger event for the outbreak the deaths of a sixty five year old woman in hospital and there's now a new suspected case in another province at least twenty people have died in the past two weeks and there is concern it could be hard to stop the disease spreading because of fighting between rebel groups and government forces. reports in the democratic republic of congo the ugandan border u.n. experts toward the city have been the in the remote northeastern province of north . scientists are worried fighting involving rebel groups on the government forces in both the d. r. c. and uganda may hinder their response to the new ebola outbreak. it was important for us to be here to come up with a good strategy against ebola and this will be the epicenter of our response we've taken measures to contain the outbreak and we appeal to the public not to panic we're deploying all necessar

when the commission took action, took d.r. on the project on june 22nd of last year they had -- they had two options. one, on the top floor to move it forward five feet to give additional five-foot setback to the appellant's property or just shorten it by five feet. and the determination there is that they left the preservation depending -- because this was a change made after presser vague had review -- preservation reviewed it. and they reviewed and let them shift the top floor forward slightly but that top floor was set back more than 15 feet. so they went and just shortened that setback at the top floor. we can certainly look at this again and have our preservation staff look at it again but i can't guarantee, given that it's already been -- the project sponsor said it's been discussed extensively about having less of a setback and preservation consistently said we need the 15-foot setback. it's a typical or standard setback and it's something that we often rely upon for, you know, for new additions in residential district

now a new outbreak of ebola in the d.r. sea is worrying doctors and international experts the world health organization has announced it's found the triggering event for the outbreak and it was the death of a sixty five year old woman in hospital and there's now a new suspect that case in another province at least twenty people have died in the past two weeks and this concern it could be hard to stop it spreading because the fighting between rebel groups and government forces culture that a chance reports. in the democratic republic of congo near the ugandan border un experts toward the city of beni in the remote northeastern province of north kivu scientists are worried fighting involving rebel groups on the government forces in both the d r c and uganda may hinder their response to the new ebola outbreak. it was important for us to be here to come up with a good strategy against ebola and this will be the epicenter of our response we've taken measures to contain the outbreak and we appeal to the public not to panic we're

die from hemorrhaging diarrhea and fever the united nations organization stabilization mission in the d.r. c called monusco is now on the ground on fit. what s a tragedy a avik we've done it in past cases and we will together with the governments provide the help that is needed will also provide security as we seek to contain the bolus situation. another outbreak two thousand kilometers to the west and me bundaberg two months ago prompted doctors without borders to inoculate thousands of people with an experimental vaccine at least thirty three people died there before doctors were able to contain the strain of the virus called zaire which is the former name of the d r c but we cannot rule out that this connected to the previous outbreak what we can say is that there is no evidence to suggest there is a concrete link we suspect that the strain he's here will know much more when we get the genetic sequencing results which should be as early as next tuesday of next week an outbreak that peak three years ago in west africa killed more than eleven thousand people and infected nearly thirty th

eleven thousand people and infected nearly thirty thousand the new outbreak is the tenth one in the d.r. c since ebola first appeared in one thousand nine hundred six d r c has also had more than twice as many outbreaks as any other country. on al-jazeera to libya now where hundreds of thousands of families are facing homelessness in the eastern city of benghazi they've been kicked out of the government compound where they fled in search of safety after an outbreak of violence in two thousand and fourteen. has more now from misrata. it's time for people who fled the water but was he three years ago to leave this compound in misrata this man like many others here is worried if he shows his face supporters of the warlord thief or have to might go after his relatives in. the compound owners have recently demanded the government return the property because it hasn't been paying its bills jan mahmoudi says her house in it was destroyed by the war she and her husband have been living here with the help of a charity's notion we were asleep in the street if they don't find a solution for us wha

this is the tenth time a bolo has struck the d.r. c. since one thousand nine hundred eighty six it has said twice as many operates as any other country touching the remotest of villages in the most populated of seemed that was a sign of what they are providing new hope with education filling when medicine cannot shelob alice. taiwan says it will lot of pressure from china after another country cut diplomatic ties president sign when criticized dealt salvatore's decision to establish relations with beijing instead for nation to do so this year china has been pressuring countries and companies to recognize taiwan as part of its territory scheid said china's behavior is out of control and under the water which is the today's china is not only a menace to cross straight relations what china is doing right now all over the world no matter if it's interfering in the n.f.c. is of countries or destroying the order of international markets it has already caused a high degree of global instability and we need to remind the international community

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is rising for three weeks the community has been on alert and in this conflict ridden corner of the d.r. see it's hard to control the virus. this disease called a bowl is already close to us so customers are not wearing helmets we were told that it can spread through the sweat on our helmets shared by our customers so we're telling customers not to wear them. in the last two weeks nearly thirteen hundred people have been vaccinated congo's national institute for biomedical research is also testing a new drug for a bowl of patients made in the u.s. ten patients have received it and responded well. when we went to there were five or six patients and two in a severe state i said we need to treat everyone we can't only administer to the less serious cases some of them were very serious and in particular a child who had bloody stools and after this treatment he is now recovering slowly . the d.l.c. had just emerged from another ebola outbreak some two thousand kilometers away in the core in the way extent it was declared over in july just a week before this one was discovered thirty three pe

twenty people have died so far it comes just a week after another outbreak in the northwest of the d.r. c. was declared over pope francis hasn't changed the catholic church's teaching on the death penalty declaring that it is now prohibited in all cases the church had previously allowed for capital punishment in certain instances but francis called those teachings outdated he said the death penalty was an attack on human dignity in jerusalem tens of thousands have marched in the city's largest ever again pride parade the colorful festivities were mixed with anger following the passage of a law that bars homosexual couples from having children through surrogacy. it is a nightmare scenario you're on a plane going in for an emergency landing people are praying around you continue filming with your mobile phone well that's what one aeromexico passenger did on tuesday have a look. amazing the plane crashed just minutes after takeoff in northern mexico and miraculously not look at those flames all one hundred three passengers and crew survived and this is the scene as they exited the wreckag

already claimed twenty lives the cases come just days after another outbreak in the northwest of the d.r. c. was declared over. a twitter user has uploaded video of the aero mexico plane crash film from inside the aircraft the plane went down shortly after takeoff in northern mexico on tuesday or oculus the old one hundred three crew and passengers survived many of them resumed work or their travels just a day after the accident. u.s. president donald trump has called on attorney general jeff sessions to end the high profile investigation into russian election meddling trump tweeted quote sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stay in our country any further sessions recused himself from the investigation last year. the remains of what are thought to be fifty five u.s. servicemen killed in the korean war have arrived in the united states president mike pence attended the ceremony in hawaii he said president donald trump was grateful to north korean leader kim jong un for fulfilling a promise made at the two leaders summit in june. thier u.s. has anno

already claimed twenty lives the cases come just days after another outbreak in the northwest of the d.r. c. was declared over. the u.s. has announced sanctions against two top turkish officials over the country's detention of an american pastor turkey accuses andrew brunson of aiding the failed coup attempt against turkish president richard out of one in two thousand and sixteen the u.s. is demanding brunson's immediate release. remains of what are thought to be fifty five u.s. servicemen killed in the korean war of arrived in the united states president mike pence attended the ceremony in hawaii he said president all trump was grateful to north korean leader kim jong un. and in copenhagen over a thousand people have protested against their country's new than on face covering veils in public the law targets the need and burkas more and by some muslim women protesters say the law infringes on freedom of religion and expression but the government says the veils prevent women from integrating into danish society. lebannon is stepping up pressure on syrian refugees to return home some one p

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again, when it went up for 311, there were no d.r.'s filed and i'm not aware of any opposition in general to the project at the time. in the context has not changed in sven. >> president fung: thank you. >> commissioner honda: additional question. how often has the current administrator extended the variance? or has he? >> i am not aware of that happening. obviously, mr sanchez would have a better idea himself. that was not something i was able to? from our system. i do know that to -- from our knowledge, it does not happen unless it is within the context of what the letter says. which is a lawsuit or appeals. if there had been discretion, that the zoning administrator would have strongly considered using it in this situation because of all the reasons we have mentioned. nothing has really changed. they basically got it ready to be issued within a year and when they were ready to move forward with it and the issue with the n.s.r., not including the three year requirement which we have not changed. if he felt he had that discussion he w