>> this is a letter from the region valley neighborhood -- the eureka valley neighborhood association. we want to express our opposition to this project. i thought i was going to read the letter to you, but i am really wiped out at this point, to get through it in 3 minutes. i will kind of cherry pick through it. we had hoped originally that the 479 douglass project would be scaled back significantly to reduce its impact on the small- scaled block in which it is located. but after the early revisions that you heard about, because the original project was not legal, it is still out of scale with the block. its impact on the small house to the west continues to be severe. it violates the secretary of the interiors standards for rehabilitation of historic resource. that is our opinion, of course. i will skip the next paragraph. we specifically object to the raising of the house by two the. we thought it was ostensibly because of the steep driveway, which we feel is not a sufficient justification for raising the house. the elevation raises the rear of the house to the level of the massive

the conditional use modification from the devose triangle neighborhood association, the eureka valley association, and three other neighbors. the department has not received any opposition. i am also joined here today by jay connor, planning enforcement staff, who managed the violations for trigger, chris hahn, manager of the code enforcement team, and a member from the entertainment commission and the sound technician. and this concludes my presentation and i am available for questions. thank you. president miguel: thank you. this is a conditional use project. >> good afternoon, commissions. jeremy fall speaking for trigger. about a week and a half ago, the district supervisor called us into his office and we hammered out a resolution. frankly, there have been some sound issues related to this smoking patio, but the alternatives to in terms of just closing a smoking patio didn't help the situation as far as the district supervisor decided. the way this patio works on the sidewalk is to increase interaction between what's in the club and what's out of the club, which creates its own noise problem

department has received 11 additional letters from neighbors, including a letter from the eureka valley neighborhood association in support of the dr request. the sponsor has an agreement with the adjacent neighbors north and south. they are not opposed to the project. the plans before you reflect that agreement. the residential design team reviewed the project and determined it is in line with the residential design guidelines because the additional debt is substantially set back -- additional depth is substantially set back. the one story portion that extends beyond the adjacent building's rear wall is neither and characteristically deep, being only 15 feet -- unchari acteristically deep, being only 15 feet. we recommend you approve the project as proposed. vice president olague: thank you. we have two dr requestors. >> my name is lesley. i live at 455, three buildings north of 479 douglas. i lived there with my husband. i am here in defense of our neighborhood. this project has passed like a bulldozer through the neighborhood. the house served as two affordable housing units for decades. the residents were a

i'm the president of castro eureka valley neighborhood association. i'm not going to restate everything that has been said. really, all i wanted to say was we are fully behind this. the most important aspect of what has been talked about was the community really engaged in extensive process of looking at copper market and what we wanted in 2007. the community overwhelmingly said it wanted market octavia controls to extend up into the castro. unfortunately, that was never caught a fight, and this whole process was just to codify it. in the interim, what happened is neighborhood residents, community members have had to engage each project one by one, whereas all we are asking is control so the neighborhood does not have to be constantly vigilant and have to work with each project sponsors so that we can all work under the same rules and guidelines. it has been a lot of work, and i personally do not feel that it should be my job to make sure that these things happen. that with the community decided on, really should be planned and codified. that is reall

association. i have personally seen the great work that you did at the eureka valley recreation center, lovingly restoring a property that is very valuable in the community, and i know you have been very much part of ensuring that local businesses, local individuals can participate in the work of the city, and i think you would do a stellar job, so i'm very grateful you are here before us. >> thank you very much, a supervisor dufty. supervisor mar: i just wanted to add, thanks for the work of the immigrant rights commission. you would bring a breath of knowledge to the commission. thank you, ms. kong. supervisor alioto-pier: thank you. is there any public comment on this item? >> maybe i have to lean forward. first of all, i want to thank the supervisors for the ability to address you here this afternoon and anyone else that may be here in this room. my name is richard armstrong. i have been a representative for nearly 20 years. i now represent the largest this division company in the west, and as such, i have done business with the ironworks owned by florence kong for many years. we have done many contra