d.r. requester. so first of all, with respect to the neighbors, i embarked on the journey trying to be a good citizen. i thought that if i listened carefully, really tried to understand what their concerns were, got creative with solutions, made real accommodations that were addressing their concerns, that i would avoid this kind of scenario of ending up with a discretionary review. unfortunately, it didn't work out that way, but i'm hoping that i can demonstrate that at least i did make the effort and i certainly tried. secondly, with respect to the accommodations -- can you see this? there are nice downtown views in this direction. this is front of the house. so with that understanding going in, i designed with a 12-foot setback for us the neighbor -- the neighbor has a 10-foot setback. he has a window right here. so we tried to preserve that and we put a notch in along the lot-line window. he expressed concerns about light, so we ended up enlarging this notch, clipping off an awning so that the li

d.r. requester by reducing the building height by reducing the fourth floor, installing matching light wells, august 12th, 2011 meeting. extending the original structure and as requested by the planning department. in addition park fines of the proposed project would be a welcome and long overdue addition. the services the project sponsor would provide our neighborhood is unique and beneficial to our residents. we are pleased that the project sponsors and that the owner to the smile for life foundation recognized by the california legislature assembly. i ask that you approve this project with no further modifications or delays. thank you for your consideration thank you board member representative, land use committee. sheryl schultz. thank you. >> hi, good evening. i'm here to speak on behalf of joseph franks who is a 15-year-old foster youth who was awarded a smile for lifetime scholarship. i can attest to what kayla had said previously which is that the beneficial nature of the scholarship is something that he wouldn't have received without any kind of scholarship given to him. the ort don

d.r. request for support of that. >> that some requests -- that is correct. this is 5 feet or 6 feet deep. this drying shows 3 feet. >> the northern light well and a larger southern light well, 6 feet, i believe. >> would you be willing to do those one in 3 feet. >> we are willing to do whatever the commission would propose. it would be of great benefit to these units. these would be rendered uninhabitable by the construction ida the definition of the building code. >> i agree, these issues should be resolved before they ever get here. you should be discussing this. you have put us in an awkward position. >> the project sponsor put you in that position. >> that is 5 feet forward. >> we are ready to sit down. >> i agree with that and it is important to get the light in there. on the issue of parking, you should take the bus to the dentist. a lot of people take the bus to the dentist. the buses are crowded, there are expressed and local buses. they are available. the commissioner suggested that the project sponsor could look for parking at another location. i w

d.r. requester has had a chance to speak. we should now have died. >> i do have cards there. goo[list of names] >> hello, commissioners. thank you for listening to me. i believe i stand in front of you as a property manager representing the owners who are people who really care about his property. >> can you state your name for the record? >> eva. and the impact it will have on our tenants, regardless of the low rent they are paying. we have a 71-year-old who has been here, and he wants to be here, but he cannot. she is only paying $212, and she has been here 20 years. another one who has been here more than 45 years, this is their quality of life we are talking about. i have lived in unit 3, and i know what it feels like to live in this room. a common area is a major part of our living space. we traveled to the bathroom and showers. this is space we share, unlike most buildings when we just go through the hallway to leave or enter, so it is crucial that are building light wells, the ability to heat our common hallways is protected, up because most buildings do not have neede

d.r. requester to report back on whether there was an agreement or not.

d.r. requester to report back on whether there was an agreement or not. >> unfortunately, the devil is in the town. i have us and to agree to a continuance so we can hammer out an agreement, because there are a lot of variables floating around, and they are not amenable to that.

d.r. requester's packet included this photograph of 4330 gerry.we're proposing not exactly what we submitted in writing as an agreement but we're proposing a light well of about 30 feet that would go from three feet wide to three feet nine in the front portion of the building adjacent to our stairwell. we can't go wider than that. we propose to move these two windows, these two property line windows forward and move this one back. so they're within the light well-. these windows as i'll show you in other pictures show rooms that already have windows. so we're going to be adding a window on a light well-to rooms that don't currently have any western light only from the light well-itself. so i'm quickly would like to show you other pictures if we can go to the computer overhead please. i have letters of support from the property owners to the rear on 7th and on 8th. i think that the idea that there is a mid block open space here is kind of problematic. the existing building is 17 feet high at the rear and it makes an l-shape building right now what

d.r. request, sir? you have five minutes. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my wife and my two daughters moved into 26th street approximately five years ago. i grew up and lived on the west side, but after getting married my wife loved the sun and couldn't handle the fog, so we decided to move east. when i first heard about noise valley i said no way, the gardens are too small, we have children, the places are too expensive. it doesn't work. the agent told me take a look at it. i went and looked at it and we fell in love with the house. we fell in love with the backyard. i've got photos there and i have some more photos here if you'd like to see them of my garden, the adjacent gardens. everybody really prides themselves on the open space and values. it's a sunny part of the city and we value that. my house was in the sunset and i was on the foggy side or my house was -- i'm sorry, i'm speaking a little fast because i'm a little nervous. but if my house was at a different orientation or if i lived in the sunset i probably wouldn't mind as much because it's fog

i'm very happy to report that both requests for d.r.en withdrawn and this matter is no longer before you for your consideration. commissioners i'm not aware of any other item on calendar being proposed for continuance. >> is there any public comment on the three items proposed for continuance? >> two. >> two. sorry. seeing none, commissioner sugaya? >> moved to continue to the dates cited in the agenda. >> second. >> commissioners continuance of items one and two as ro posed oen your calendar. on that motion, commissioner antonini? >> aye. >> commissioner hillard? >> eye. >> sugaya? >> aye. >> thank you. commissioners that motion passed unanimously. commissioners you're now at your consent calendars. items four, five, and six make up the consent calendar. these items are considered to be routine and will be a single roll call vote. there will be no separate discussions unless a member of the commission, the public or staff requests. in that etcht the matters would be removed from -- and be in a future hearing. item 12 for 3235 sacrament

d.r. requester. >> that's correct, yeah. commissioner antonini: so basically how many square feet it is is not material to me, because what we're trying to look at is the impact it has on the d.r. requester's light and air, whether it's 1,500 square feet or 3,000 or 4,000 square feet. if there's no impact, it really isn't material as to the size of the addition. as long as it's appropriate design-wise and appropriate as far as the residential design guides. >> the residential design time are not particularly counting square footage as much as they're looking at building ability and a lot of it is up to the expertise of the building or design architect to be able to efficiently design square footage that still respects the overall scale and integrity of a block that -- for the building form that's established on the block. commissioner antonini: thank you. i would compliment mr. mcgannon on his backyard, it's beautifully done. you really used that space very well. it's very gratifying to see when people do take advantage, if