the draft eir was published on the 2012. the public comment part closed on ugly 2012 and it was published and described. this is not a hearing 80 to consider or consider the approval or disapproval of the project. and for your information here to consider the and a joint hearing and park commission is scheduled for april 11th. one correction to the project approve was left out of the response of the comments and i want to clarify that. the following text under actions by other city projects is deleted from the error which says the approval of the agreement for the jessie garage that language should be struck as that action is not required. the texting doesn't present any new additional information. and consequently those don't trigger it to be redone. during the public comment of this meeting we heard the comments from the aid and many were expressions of support or opposition to the project apparently the topic of certain is not took into consideration. some of the issues that were addressed had to do with the transportatio

and in response the question to the eir have been answered although not answered sufficiently. i think we're way, way behind in a study which indeed is to be compared and overlaid with the pedestrian traffic as the development project has tried to create for the last thirty years is incomplete. there is no circulation why people are coming and going and until that is done and do we understand how to mitigate and approve padded safety. it's about understanding the new shift when it comes to a strong pro transit city and a push for an enable network of bikes in the city. all of these things need to be looked at together. i don't believe the comments were fully answered. i don't think that the answers given to the public were sufficiently answered. i do believe the error - i see a simulation of the tower i also ask that the visual effect of the new museum onto the new experience as i look at beuna in totally in a dive way and for that reason the error is very thorough it is still not complete >> so the purpose of the eir is to give us the tool so we can evaluate the report. certai

with everything that will be relevant to an eir process and there is a lot more to come. what we are trying to do is to make sure that the future of the south of market, the change that is invisitable will benefit the small businesses and rather than harm them extensively or displace them and we try to avoid or mitigate the consequences and maximize the good posbilities. the one thing of the central premise of our plan that i have yet to convince the department to esspouse is that the community and neighborhood building is equally as important as building office buildings and it is very bit as important and should be dealt with every bit as seriously by the city's proposal. and we want to show you two examples. they are attached to the points. the air rights development at the subway station at fourth and fulsom, to date the only thing that the department has ever mentioned for this site is a small office building, 75000 feet, 13 stories that is as much as the structure can hold. it is a wonderful site and this is the heart of the senior housing community and it has the m

also the commission continues it's 2 hundred to two hundred fourteen street draft eir the commission had several comments and the presentation alternatives outlined in the eir and that will be outlined in the document. the commission also heard an informational presentation by the our department and earthquake safety regarding the soft story retro fit program. i believe that informational program is on your schedule today. we didn't have any comments concluding that presentation. the commission also continued it's review and comments of supervisors weiner's comment the commission supported the proposed amendment with highland requesting more time there wasn't enough time to understand it as a new commissioner and give the reports a positive report. finally, the competition approved the montgomery street for architectural category one within the downtown c-3 district and approved the cert for the holiday building curtain mall system. that concludes my presentation unless you have any questions >> thank you. next item please and commissioner that will place you under public comment and

a closer visit from the city's side is actively provided in the eir. so you can see that the modulation changes the color again breaking detain it scale to be - additional we've incorporated decks so they don't do the sort of stuck on the bacon the house's above us. we've provided space between the units and you can look at the 5 foot slot between the i take it. our street an on the other hand, designed with light colors so you can any other time misses the site. i'll quibble go through the green criteria that we've embraced. we're using green roofs to capture the water in order - if you've read the eir and owe l theeological it will slow the water before it gets down to the city sueers. we will have sun shades as well as sky also and solar to modulate the light. this is a view of the project all assembled. this is a view of the street where will use decorative pavement to make it more - lately on our fire truck turn around we're proposing a sports court with a basketball hoop that will

please come on up when you're ready >> i'd like to remind persons spanking to civic centers of the eir your comments need to be restricted. if i wish to speak on the project you need to wait until projects a and b are called up >> this is only for the certification of the eir. >> i'm a little bit confused about that. this is concerning the case 2004? >> it is. >> good morning. it is just concerning myopiation to the development because a fire i was actually involved with and it's one of the main roads going to crestmont. i have some pictures if you're able to look at those pictures there's only one way in and out >> you, your questions comments are about the item itself? >> yes. >> you may want to what point. >> i apologize i'm speaking only thing item fourteen as well. >> no problem. >> linda chapman. i want to talk about the clove abusive and changes with regard to knob hill >> it's horrific. i

with respect to the ceqa issue, the guideline provides that a supplemental eir is required if the project changed in a way. >> thank you very much. >> take a look at my letters. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is lawrence b. carp and i'm a geotechnical engineer. i have been involved with construction in san francisco since the 1950's. i was asked to look at this site from a feasibility standpoint as to whether this extraction could take place without damage to the adjacent buildings. based on the published and private consultants' geotechnic information, this site is mostly sand down to 40-45'. to bedrock. and it has a high water table, so the sand is saturated and loose and the current plan is building a box 40-60 or 50 or 70 piles that are drilled in place and they are intersecting and called secant piles. these are to be filled with concrete and steel beams every other one at least. and this is supposed to make it so water is only comes from inside the excavation. if water gets into the inside of the excavation -- so if that occurs, then it will be dewatering under

we also have a higher height alternative that we will be studying in the eir and this was created to emphasize the key locations with the additional height and addressing the concern. and to also reflect the projects that have already submitted a project for planning or a preliminary project assessment and we have greater heights only at the southern end of the corridor. and for example, that station might be emphasized to 400 feet instead of 20. puts more of a focus on 5th street by 150 streets on the parcels instead of 130. extended 200 foot height district on second street south to the freeway and again, both of regular height and the higher height alternatives will be analyzed in the eir. here is a map that speaks to the change in heights from existing to proposed to higher height limits, you know, it takes forever to figure out what the exact differences are, i will just tell you that you will know what the differences are on a handful of sites where there is increased intensity and i spoke to you about the rail stations and the central subway and more towards fifth street. and

and we hear that loud and clear and we have committed to including in the eir and no housing during it so that when the time comes before the decision makers, we can kind of decide one way or the other. the department feels that there are definitely benefits to including housing in this area, in terms of sort of 20, or more seven-day a week, and you know, activity in the evening and so forth. certainly that could also come from the hotels, but there is just, you know, there is pros and cons. we definitely also are looking at some of the fine grained issues whether it is lot consolidation or retail development and other rules and those are a lot of the key things that we need to flush out over the next year and we are committed to working closely with them to define the right zoning solutions for a lot of these issues. >> in terms of the value, i have not studied this, but it would be useful if we could find out or look at now, kind of what is in the pipeline or what has been proposed, i know in some cases that he indicated things that he has known or proposed in various areas and i gue

preliminary work on the eir is currently under way. the consultant contract is under going final review and approval with the city of office of contract administration and should be fully executed by the end of this week or early next week, the notice of preparation of the ier is anticipated to be published in april of this current year and final certification of the eir is anticipated by the end of 2013. i am here along with jessica and planning on this project and she is the grant writer who got us this grant, we will be happy to answer any questions that you might have. >> colleagues any questions for the planning department? >> okay, seeing none we do have a budget analyst report. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, the required match of $750,000 has been previously appropriate ated by the board of supervisors we recommend that you approve this legislation. >> okay. >> colleagues any questions of the staff? >> okay, at this point open up for public comment, any members of the public that wish to comment on item number 5, ste

sir, if you're comments are to the eir then that's closed. >> i'm sorry my mistake. i feel that the comments we've brought have been theoretical addressed and various reports and studies hover i feel that one measure is common sense that's not been utility. our concerns are based on those paroles. it's our belief that a visit to this site will show you the traffic and fire and the safety and density and i respectfully request that any final vote be postponed until all commissioners can visit the site. >> good morning my name is jennifer and i live on crestmont drive. i appreciate your allowing comments. i've lived there for 20 years. it will turn the street in front of my house into a three-way congested parking on the narrow crestmont drive. we are concerned about the quality of our live but it falls on deaf ears. the error response that we received a week or two ago show that crestmont is not in compliance for this project. the street was built before the safety code was approved and thus, the eir say that the project is not in compliance. crestmont drive is a narr

that was enough to trigger the eir of the process. and while the eir was underway, we continued to meet for another four years to continue to address the contentous issues and to fine tune the plan. the final proposal for adoption, which is before you today, was approved in the fall of 2011. the western soma community plan is subtitle ed," building a complete." >> supervisors thank for your time, i think the introduction that supervisor kim aptly summarized what i is subtitle ed," building awas going to say that it started out with the businesses, the entertainment industry, the filipino community, the lgbt community and it all started to develop a holistic plan. we also acknowledged our community, our 9th and 10th street are beginning freeway streets and we have almost an emerging folsom street neighborhood center which we hope to develop, as well as our allis, which people love, which actually contain the heart of the affordable housing, as well as mixed-use businesses. you with will hear we were successful in some areas, but we did

we are currently looking at a schedule that would have draft eir published in the late fall, probably november, with then proper consideration for comments and hearings that projects us being back before the full planning commission in april 2013 for consideration of the eir. during that process we are working redefining design, coming up with some solutions and opportunities through the transportation assessment, bringing a term sheet before the port commission and the board of supervisors over the summer, probably in june and july, and really using the period of 2013 to continue to work with the public and the cac and other stakeholders around the program at the facility, and the state legislation that was just introduced by assembly member king would move through this legislative year. >> thank you. >> i want to thank the commissioners and there are more that chimed in and asking very good questions thus far and i realize this is informal only. it's early stage so it's important not to get too much into it and pass judgment at this time. as some of you know i had a long association

neither ceqa, nor any local law provides the board the authority to hear appeals of issuances of eir addenda. >> thank you. >> and then if i could ask mr. guy from planning. there was a suggestion by one public commenter that somehow the height related to this sud was going to be significantly taller than other height as round it. could you clarify the height situation in that neighborhood? >> >> you know buildings in north beach range in size, but there is certainly quite a number of buildings that do exceed the zone 40' height limit which exist. the sud legislation includes language to limit height not only the top roof height, but the roof profile of the existing building. the existing building has flat roof feature, perpets and quire prior to demolition that it be surveyed and that new construction cannot exceed the volume envelope of the existing roof height. similar language is also included as a condition of approval by the planning commission for the conditional use authorization for the new construction of the pagoda theater. >> thank you. and then i have a number of questio

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everyone that commented on the draft eir and who's comments were included in the portion and to those individuals the planning commission was sent a copy of the agenda both the commissioners that were sitting at the time that they served the error. and the supervisors were sent a copy of the agenda. you were sent a copy of the addendum and other officials cligd jo - included public work people (naming names). at the department of building inspection and another agency for the redevelopment agency. so that's the addendum >> so there's no posting of the addendum on the website. >> yes. it was posted from the planning department. that's something we've been doing lately and so this hearing was noticed according to the remits and typical p uc notice for its hearings on the website of the library and posted at the door with respect to when you received the material. i know they received the error and it was sent out from your secretary in advance of the meeting the error first and the addendum when it was initiated. the board of supervisors has the sole authority to approve the transition

and the funding for the central corridor plan eir as well. in terms of, the total we are requesting $3.2 million. i will say that we have been working with the budget analyst office on this supplemental and we do have a disagreement about a couple of positions. what we are trying to do is move all of these positions forward so that we can get a handle on this backlog in light of the fact that the longer we delay in getting staff on board, the more the backlog does move forward. we will be looking at next year's budget closely in the next couple of months to see if the friends continue in terms of new value increases. but at this point, we do think that it is important that all ten positions move forward and we would like to request your support of moving those forward at this time. thank you. >> thank you very much, colleagues any questions for director ram? >> okay. supervisor mar? >> actually, i would like to hear the budget and legislative analyst recommendations on why they feel 8 positions are sufficient. but i did want to ask mr. ram, i

. >> commissioners we did know as part of the eir i think you've seen our stick document and just to recap happened we hired a soil engineer who hired a geologist. they accident the study of lowering the geologist into the hole and there's 5 different strauts of rock and when the hillside slides it's the water getting between the rock. when the land gets saturated the whole section will slide and that's what causes the slide. hence the recommendation to get as much water off the hillside as quickly as possible we're going to take a trough on the backside of the road get that down into the sewer. that is the primary remedies. i think everything you've heard about the slides istry and i think everybody knows as steve said we have enacted legislation to make us go through this research and more on the design to make sure this doesn't happen and so it's not only our engineers and our soil engineers the city is going to hire any outside people. we hope our situation will help the situation from the hillside. >> i have you standing there can you please tell us one more time because you're

years and we are hoping to release, in a couple of weeks, the document of the draft plan and start the eir, so that this is moving forward. to talk about 16 months. to hopefully be back in front of you for 2014, for adoption and we will hopefully with these issues to discuss today. we talk about all of the lifting that we have done, and it is important to point out that, we have met with practically with as men groups as we could find and we did not just say, hey come to us, we went to them and we looked up the groups and called them, invite us to your already organized meetings so we can have greater attendance and we have been here now four times and we have walking tours and we had a storefront in the community, where the people could come in and talk to us. to talk about the remaining issues that we have with the traffic force and we have various conversations with mta about the comprehensive look, and not just for this plan but for all of soma and for the eco districts and for the proposed park site that we are going to talk about. this is the existing land uses in soma, i think that

i was hired to perform a financial analysis on the eir alternative. specifically looking at the 16 dwelling unit alternative. our findings are that this is not financial feasible. as it's been talked about there extensive site construction we need to stabilize the hill and the parking lot and other improvements that are needed in order to make this development happen. next there's a long term carrying costs on the land. in summary of our analysis shows the total development cost per unit are $1.8 million. i want you to know we have - in addition, the applicant had a market analysis we did on the project. as was just mentioned by prior speaker there's very little new development that's occurred in the area. and i should mention i live in the area. we did research that have occurred in the area and came to a similar conclusion that the price would be $1.8 million for single attached homes. there is just not enough room once you add in the cost including government fees to be feasible. i'd like to answer any questions you have. thank you >> as said earli

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