if you look at the design from eureka street obliquey from eureka street or from the vantage point of the northern neighbor rear yards, that's what ariel ford just showed us or from the mid block open space which is where i fit in, the reality is that the design has not changed all that much, i don't think, since may 19, that back part. it's still a series that looks to me like a series of long -- no! president olague: thank you very much. >> good ann, commissioners, my name is uta reichart. i will read clarify moon's letter who can't be here. she owns just north of the eureka project. they are rear yards adjoined. i lived in my property for many years and intend to return there. i'm greatly impacted by the design for 309 eureka street. i do want to note that i'm appreciated of their approach. i am requesting that you reduce its height and overall size. at the may 19, 2011, planning commission meeting, the commission continued the 309 eureka hearing and recommended that the project sponsor work with the d.r. requesters to revise the project. the commission suggested that they examine

i'm clare's partner and will be living at 309 eureka street. i would like to speak to you to try to clarify some of the milk characterizations. his misleading presentation is to swayed our project. we want you have to the correct information on these points. the d.r. applicant says it is historic. it is not and the staff concurs. he has an alternative plan that destroys the building. the square footage comparison of mr. howser's alternative plans were overexaggerated by 728 square feet for the third level and 834 square feet for the fourth level. the height of our existing building is 26 feet, not 23 feet. the height of mr. howser's existing building is 36 feet, not 31 feet. the new building height at 64 feet from eureka street will be 30 feet tall, not 40 feet tall. he references a nonexistent 40-foot high wall along our shared property line to the south. it was important for us to defend our project against these inaccuracies. thank you very much for your time. >> good evening, commigsers, i'm liz, an attorney apparent and i own a home a coup

i fully support the project at 311-309 eureka street. the updated look of the house will improve home values for the rest of us. everyone in this neighborhood will benefit from the project when done. sincerely, marlies warren. thank you. president olague: thank you. >> go ahead and start talking. it will show up. >> good evening, commissioners. i am jane, an architect. i have been practicing in san francisco and living here for the past 25 years. i have considerable experience working with clients in residential projects in the neighborhoods and my home is nearby in liberty heights. i would like to actually look at a couple of the drawings that were presented by the southerly most neighbor and i field polarly opposite as it is designed by the family. i feel that it's actually being representatively appropriate in scale and massing in terms of stepping back. they again have gone through considerable compromises in working with the neighbors as many of the family members have pointed out this evening. i also feel that the massing at the eu

this is a view from eureka street. the view you saw earlier is misleading because it doesn't present the oblique view and demonstrate that this roof in the front is really just tacked on and then behind it, there is still this very large layered building, which is the part that we find most objectionable. it's the part that is really causing the shadowing on the northern properties in the mid block open space. you can see it better from here. the project sponsor scheme son the left. the cut away roof in the front with the large mass behind it the orange line is a reference line. our scheme is on the middle right. we actually developed two schemes. it has a hipped roof, a hipped gable, shed dormers on the side and we feel it's much more organic and contiguous with the context surrounding it which is essentially victorian cottages. from the northeast demonstrating the same concepts, the sponsor scheme is in the upper right-hand corner, large layer mass as compared to our proposal in the lower left corner which will admit

this is a view from eureka street. the view you saw earlier is misleading because it doesn't present the oblique view and demonstrate that this roof in the front is really just tacked on and then behind it, there is still this very large layered building, which is the part that we find most objectionable. it's the part that is really causing the shadowing on the northern properties in the mid block open space. you can see it better from here. the project sponsor scheme son the left. the cut away roof in the front with the large mass behind it the orange line is a reference line. our scheme is on the middle right. we actually developed two schemes. it has a hipped roof, a

commissioner miguel: yes, i have met with people regarding the eureka street project and also the veterans affairs medical center in out on clement street. i would like to commend the department again, the better streets plan, which continues to gain recognition. it was just awarded the california apa 2011 best practices awards, and it will be presented during the california awards ceremony in santa barbara this september. with that, perhaps we will go national with it. as commissioner antonini mentioned, the information on the downtown plans, 25 years of work, was excellent. john keane did a very good article on it. i did appreciate the information on the van ness plan, although different commissioners will interpret things differently. president olague: and i guess, usually as a little small gesture, will sometimes close the meeting in memory of someone who greatly contributed to the city. we're going to be closing the meeting today in memory of the executive director of the eviction defense network, miguel. it is quite a loss. he was a giant as far as advocating on behalf of low- income

eureka. still cool, 63. eric? >> all right, mike. thank you very much. >>> 5:48 now. british prime minister david cameron now says every action will be taken to restore order on the streetof britain including the use of plastic bullet and water cannon if necessary. thousands of extra police officers were able to quell rioting on street of london overnight but mayhem spread to other cities, including manchester and birmingham where there are hundreds of people looting stores, setting fires and clashing with police. >> i can't believe this is happening. i'm going to give out extreme views but just bring the army down and show the people what real guns and real bullets are all about. >> maybe part of is it the government's fault. there is not enough going on for everybody. they are taking away from people who have nothing. >> police across the country made nearly 1200 arrests since saturday. three people were killed when they were hit by a car. 111 police officers have been injured. >>> there are violent protests in chile where thousands of students took to the street in the capital of santiago. mass demonstrators burned cars, looted store front and threw furniture at poli