d.r. requestors even though we have shown there is minimal impact. we have letters indicating additional support and we have to neighbors who have spent the day here to support and be here at the hearing. we have done everything city staff has asked and in the process have reduced the original scale and the impact of our design. we set back our project beyond the city guidelines and are left with a project that is less than ideal. the rooms are narrow and tight. the city guidelines required a 15 foot setback but we are made to be at 22 feet. we are forced to do a reasoned -- a redesign. we have -- the current plan shows less than a foot. we ask that we be allowed to reduce the set back from 22 feet as required so we can gain more square footage. we hope you will approve our projects so we can improve our home and have a family and live in san francisco for a long time. planning staff has approved our project and have recommended to you to approve and not take d.r. we hope it will approve our project. -- you will approve our project. president miguel:

d.r. requestor, please,. up. xd>> [speaking foreign language] >> we all live in the neighborhood and we're in a position to granting the permit. [speakingç foreign language] >> i need all of you to speak into the microphone. >> i have many neighbors who are opposing, but they cannot be here tonight. >> [speaking foreign language] >> there are so many children's facilities in the vicinity. of the proposed site. ñreven though i am fully aware f the 1,000 feet or meters restriction, we have many child cares, ymca,ç and schools. the ymca may be a few more feet than 1000. the kids are running around back-and-forth in that area. it is not good to have a marijuana dispensaries operation there. w3q >> besides the ymca andi] behind the senior center, there was a çschool there and that school s also very closeçç to 1,000 fe. ç>> can you keep each -- can yu each day yourt( name as to comeo the mike? ok-- state your name as you come to the mike? >> [speaking foreign language] ç>> i have a son who is 10 yeas old. i

d.r. clusters -- requestor's issues it is acceptable and i approve. i move to approve as proposed. >> second. commissioner borden: i want to understand why -- the historic issue. is this building considered contributory? this is the first set -- time i heard anything like this and i am trying to understand. >> there are a revolving thist kasia maderah ins. there ise the his store group you -- historical review. under the review it was determined this building is not individually significant or historic but does contribute to a potential historic district. that in itself makes it a historic resources. a potential historic resource. with regard to the setback being at 22 feet, part of that is because of the visibility from the -- across the street and with this building, instead of having where you have this straight up and down on most residences, this one has a sloping parapet. it makes the addition more visible. if it were at the standard 15 feet which the design prescribes by minimum. that is why the addition was pushed back to 22 feet. part of the

d.r. requestor, you have two minutes for rebuttal. >> i wanted to mention one thing.gentleman who said the closest mcd was 31st -- 29th and mission, but we have another one on ocean avenue. it is sam wished in between those two -- sandwiched in between those two. commissioner antonini: present sponsor, you have two minutes. -- project sponsor, you have two minutes. >> i would like to start this off on the right foot. it is the green cross's intention to prove to the opposition -- the opposition wrong, to prove their concerns unfounded. we will do everything inç our power to work with good members of the neighborhood were opposed and make them the neighborhood a much better place. the last time the green cross applied for a permit, there was one person who spoke and she was middle-of-the-road. she had some hesitancy but she was not opposed. she was across the street from the current permit location. the greeni]it will do everythine it unfounded, and with that, i will submit it to the board. >> thank you. >> is a public comment clothes? -- is a public comment closed? >

d.r. requestor, you hae a two-minute rebuttal. >> i will pass on my comment. minutes, if you wish. >> there was one specific bit of information i wanted to clarify, in regards to the point that(tie executive director of tree med is not experienced in this particular business. çourw3 client in the second row founded a charter tour bus company in san francisco, and built it into one of the largest charter bus companies in san francisco. currently pays over $120 thousand in payroll taxes yearly in san francisco, with 50 employees. she is more than capable in her business experience. i think it speaks for itself. the transition to this type of operation will not be a problem for her. in addition, the property where treemed t(çis located is a fam- owned building. during two years when it was a vacant storefront, much like mission organics, there was a large graffiti problem. we have to go out several times to paint over graffiti on the storefront. i guarantee you onceç the security is put in and the building is renovated, there will no longer be any typemy of gr