commissioner fong: yes. commissioner moore: know. commissioner sugaya: i did not get time to say something. is it appropriate or do just want me to vote? commissioner miguel: it is appropriate to say something before you vote. commissioner sugaya: at the risk of alienating most of the city, i suppose, when the mayor ran his campaign, one of the premises had to be being open and be more cooperative. generally, you know, trying to get away from the divisiveness that apparently people thought had been previously, especially with the board of supervisors. apparently, that does not extend to the planning commission, and that is why i am voting no. commissioner wu: yes. commissioner miguel: yes. >> so moved, commissioners. commissioner miguel: congratulations. >> thank you. commissioner miguel: congratulations. commissioner fong: if i may, i want to thank fellow commissioners for voting in support of my leadership, and congratulations to commissioner wu and her leadership as vice president. as we have discussed today, and lendl is not here

commissioner fong? commissioner fong: i have been a supporter of medical cannabis clubs thus far.e frustration we all do, a littleç bitç, a concern these two areç on the same block. i share the same concern supervisor avalos does about clustering. i dot( think these fit into the code that exists. but i am going toç ask that the board of supervisors or a higher body we examine the clustering aspect of these clubs. i am still not convinced of the benefit of having more than one on the same block. commissioner antonini:ç i am a little concerned also, because it was pointedç out that we are closer to the san mateo county line. i think while the clustering is not an issue we are supposed to look at, we certainly can look at other factors. there are, as mentioned, no medical marijuana dispensaries in i am concerned we may be servicing a population that is not part of san francisco here. i think we certainly have to, at the very least, make a choice. i think having two on the same block, in my estimation, is not necessary. president miguel: without repeating myself in my basic thou

commissioner fong: correct. thank you very much.cond. >> the motion is to take d.r. and approve the project, based on the conditions imposed on the project at 4218 mission street,d outlined in supervisor avalos's note, çwith the added requiremt for a community liaison. çthe police department will be able to inspect for compliance. on that motion -- commissioner antonini: no. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner fong: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: no. commissioner wu: aye. president miguel: aye. >> the motion passes 5-2. [applause] president miguel: i hope both of your organizations and their supporters fullyç understand t, what should i say, conundrum we have to serve under. i hope if any of the board of supervisors or staff listens or looks at this hearing that they willç understandç that we're asking themçç to deal with th, if they can. >>ç thank you. commissioners, you are now at general public comment. president miguel: is there any public the agenda? if not, public comment is closed and this heari

çcommissioner fong, were you ae to review the record? commissioner wu would need you to reduce her from participation. is there a motion from a roof -- for a refusal? on the motion to recuse -- commissioner antonini: aye. ñrcommissioner fong: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. president miguel: aye. commissioner borden: aye. >> you have before you a request for kermit -- for a conditional use authorization to convert a grocery store to a full-service restaurant at 2500 bryant street. the site is located in a zoning as mixed residential. although non-residential uses are present as well. this item was continued for the second time at thei] january 26 planning commission hearing. ñrthe planning commission direcs the project sponsored to continue working with neighbors to address the issue. the commission requests that staff and members of the lower 24th street neighbors association participate in the mediation efforts. on february 8, these parties attended a mediation meeting çfacilitated by the offices of supervisor campos. although concessi

commissioner fong. >> aye. commissioner moore. >> no. >> that motion passed 5-1. commissioner fong.nderstanding is that unique accusal for item 16. -- you need recusal for item 16. [roll-call vote] commissioner antonini: same motion, item 16. >> thank you, commissioners. the ocean -- the motion before you is for continuance of item 16. that is to be a focus continuance on that motion. [roll-call vote] that motion passed 4-1. thank you, commissioners. commissioner antonini: there is only one more item left. let's take a 10-minute break. we have been sitting here a while.

joining her is vice-president garcia, commissioner fong, and commissioner wind. i won a seat on the board is vacant. the board may hold a meeting where there is a vacancy. in such instances, the board may overrule the action of a department by a vote of three members. we are joined tonight by deputy city attorney barnes, who will provide the board with any needed legal advice. we are also joined by representatives from some of the city departments that have cases before the board this evening. scott sanchez is here. also represented the planning department and planning commission. the senior building inspector is here. a representative from the bureau of urban forestry and a representative of the public works division of st. use and mapping is also here. at this time, if you could go over the board's meeting guidelines. >> the board requests that you turn off all phones or pagers so they will not disturb the procedures. carry on conversations in the hallway. the board's rules of presentation are as follows, appellants, permit holders, and department representativ

commissioner fong: your comments lead right into my thoughts about that.hat feels different -- realize this is not a neighborhood plan, but it doesn't feel like they're is a community consensus or knowledge about what is going on. i know there has been an outreach and there's a list of agencies and organizations that have written letters of support. but i'm not convinced the residents and merchants of the area really understand this let alone know about it. typically with something like this, we have fans or supporters but i'm not sure that many people know about it. i am glad to see there is movement in both directions. something like elimination of the plastic awnings has been dropped. i am a little bit curious about the definition of scenic streets and what that really means. some of that points to your idea of seeing a one liner of what acetic street's mean and what is the definition. i'm sure we could spend a whole hour speaking about that. the surface parking lot -- i don't think anybody acknowledges their highest and best use, but we're going to nee

>> ok, commissioner fong. commissioner fong: this speaks to how confusing this whole thing is. does staff had any thought to -- have any thought to -- >> point of order. aren't we in the middle of a vote? >> you are voting for disapproval? >> that made everything complicated. >> aye or no? your vote is no. thank you. that is a tie vote. it failed. 3-3. >> i know this is a complicated piece of legislation. i appreciate all the time that everyone has put into it. given the makeup of the commission with the six members, i did not mean to ignore the wishes of the commission. i apologize if i gave that impression. i would respectfully request for the commissioners to consider the three-week continuance so we can work with individual commissioners who clearly have issues with specific pieces of the legislation. again, i have been with the city for eight years. i know you did invested in something and you work on something for a long time. it does not mean that we cannot work on it longer. i would be more than happy to continue to work with the commissioners over the next three weeks.

cynthia fong. due to the sake of time, and to the fact that this is the first preview before the committee, i will freeze by this slides pretty fast. i will take part of the first presentation, in the authority executive director will walk you through the authority annual work program. i should also note you typically see the budget in april of each fiscal year, but this year i will take maternity leave time in april and bring you before -- bring the budget before you this month in anticipation of approval. commissioner wiener: congratulations. >> thank you. i would like to let you know this item starts on -- in your packet. you have attached ment, which is year 2013 annual budget. you have attached it bhment b, e budget plan. and the analysis of how we came to the numbers. of the nexn the next slide is ae chart. it is about 83% here. on the next slide, i would like to bring to your attention the sales tax revenue and how it has recovered. there is an all-time high in fiscal year 2007-2008. we're s

cynthia fong. what i have before you is a request to substitute the to several million dollar commercial line of credit for the commercial paper program back in 2004 the authority initiated $150,000 of commercial paper. the commercial paper is to fund all of the ongoing projects, prop k program supplies. the reason i bring this item before you today is with the recent fiscal problems in greece, italy, france, in germany, two of the three rating agencies, moody's and standard and poor's have notified as they may be downgraded our credit rating based on the line of credit agreement we have with a german banks. with this information we took opportunity to issue an rfp and received six responses from various american and japanese banks. japanese banks partnered with american banks. each of these offered a three- year term with fees which are currently half of what the authority is paying now. the authority is praying -- paying approximately $200 million for a $200,000 line of credit. banks are offering

commissioner fong: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner moore: aye. miguel: aye. >> the motion passes unanimously. you are now on item number 10. 1921 vallejo st. q of this hearing, the d.r. requester has requested continuance of this item. i believe the d.r. requester is here. the matter before you is whether you want to continued the -- consider the continuance and then hear the case or -- but the d.r. requester is here. president miguel: there has been a request of continuous from the d.r. requester. not agree to buy the product sponsor. commissioner moore: could we both ask in both parties to make a brief statement? what is theç case? what is the reason? president miguel: the d.r. requester is present. if they could make a statement as to why they wish this hearing postponed. çcommissioner moore: come to te podium please. president miguel: two minutes each. >> i do not wish it to be closed on anymore. i did at that time. president miguel: that is all i need to hear. very good. good. >> good afternoon. i am from the department of staff 3 before i

fong, i know you have been such a committed person. we ask you to bless us here and encourage us to do well on these efforts. of course, supervisor scott wiener. thank you for being here. supervisor wiener: thank you. i am really excited about what we are doing. what i want to really stress is the critical importance of focusing on moderate and middle- income housing and making sure it does not get lost in the shuffle. we do a lot in this city on affordable housing, and we talk about workforce housing, moderate income housing, middle- income housing a lot. to be perfectly honest, we do not always put our money where our mouth is, and of course, we need to do more and more on low- income housing, but we have, i think, in the past, sort of but moderate middle-income housing to the side and not really move forward in a substantive way on that. it going through this process, i intend to hold our city accountable to making sure we are actually taking care of our middle income residents and families in this city because we are in danger of f

and president fong, you have much to do for this city. i know that you have volunteered to do just that. thank you. at a great day. the deliberations are short and you get home in a timely fashion. >> linda chapman. i will be speaking with relation to knob hill position on the masonic temple and other matters for myself. commissioner miguel, when you're having so much trouble with the planning staff, knob hill as a seamless relationship in the 1970's and 1980. it was wonderful. it was not involved in land use in those days. now it is not a force to be reckoned with. luckily, i have been able to put in touch knob hill association with a couple of those planners that we had such a great relationship with who are now retired. i think there will be helping you to be convinced in the future that what went on at the masonic temple was a violation of the conditional use and as a violation of the zoning. as you know, when you have violations, that is not a non confirming years, legal nonconforming -- conforming use, it is because the zoning chang

commissioner fong? commissioner moore? commissioner sugaya? thank you.y. you're now on item 15 and 16. case 2011.0532tç, uses, to my building features, floor area ratio, parking, and compliance inç specified use districts. item 16 is 2011.0553z, zoning map amendments, washington- broadway special use district, water for a special use district two and three, special districts for sign illumination, and special districts for cynics streets. >> good afternoon. i will turn the microphone over first to a member of supervisor chu's office. >> thank you very much. good afternoon, commissioners, president miguel. i am is a legislative aide to president david chiu. good to be here again. i wanted to take a few moments to bring you up to speed on what we have done since the last hearing in december of last year. and then, also walked through briefly and answer any questions you have on the response that our office cent over last night. i do again apologize to getting back to you late. we were in discussions with various stakeholders on this issue as recently as

i want to thank reverend fong and others. we have a new director of the mayor's office of housing opportunities, partnership, an engagement. that is bevan dufty. the veterans, the contractors, nicole from our local offices. we have assembled contractors and a marvelous design team. their expertise is to use old buildings that look worn and unusable and recreate them with the highest level of environmental quality we could possibly have. i know the best talent is here working with cahill and our veterans and veterans' offices to make sure that this housing opportunity comes in on time and does its best to reflect our values. i want to thank everyone for assembling together to make sure this promise is delivered. a special thank you to our hud national office, the secretary, donovan. we had a chance to talk about this system -- specific project. the deputy secretary came out to view the progress. it emanates from the national leadership by an increasing strongly that we are delivering on our promises. this is why we get to anno

[applause] >> my name is tony fong, president of the chinese chamber of commerce. had no idea i would be on stage with mayor lee and [inaudible] welcome. the chinese chamber of commerce has a long history. we're not only famous for the parade but we have done many things. in the president of the chinese chamber is an honor. i have been waiting for this job for over 200 years. it is my first term and may be my last term. anyway, we wish everyone happy chinese new year. the year of the dragon means power, prosperity, and happiness. power can be rightfully used or wrongfully used. if wrongfully used, it can mean disaster. today i am not wasting a minute of power. i do wish him good health. thank you very much. thank you for coming. [applause] >> thank you, tony. our next speaker is mr. thomas ing of the chinese benevolent association. [applause] >> good morning. i am delighted to be here representing the chinese consolidated benevolent association on the occasion of the first issue of the commemorative stamp for the year of the dragon. according to some of my reading,

i want to thank reverend fong and others.e have a new director of the mayor's office of housing opportunities, partnership, an engagement. that is bevan dufty. the veterans, the contractors, nicole from our local offices. we have assembled contractors and a marvelous design team. their expertise is to use old buildings that look worn and unusable and recreate them with the highest level of environmental quality we could possibly have. i know the best talent is here working with cahill and our veterans and veterans' offices to make sure that this housing opportunity comes in on time

carlos short is representing the bureau of urban forestry, and john fong thiis representing a district mapping. if you would please go over the guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. >> the board request that you turn off all cellphone and pagers so they will not disturb the proceedings. please carry out conversations in the hallway. appellants, permit holders, and department representatives each have seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rebuttals. people must include their comments within that time. members of the public who are not affiliated with the party have up to three minutes each to address the board and no rebuttal. members of the public who wish to speak on an item are at but not required to submit a speaker cards to board the -- are asked but not required to submit a speaker cards. speaker cards and pans are available to the left of the podium. there are survey forms to the left of the podium. if you have questions about requesting a rehearing or hearing schedules, please speak to the board staff during a break or after the meeting or call the

julia fong, lincoln high school. [applause] cara friedman, marshall rye school. marcus hung, marshall high school. [applause] lenny yarez, leonard flynn elementary school. [applause] carolyn leofante, caesar chavez. brian martin, lowell high school. [applause] sarah puner, app tass middle school -- app tiss middle school. aitchel some mccoughlin middle school. -- rachel from mccoughlin middle school. katrina rodd rench, lowell high school. [applause] maria, argon elementary school. [applause] elvira walden. [applause] brian waldman, mission high school. [applause] stephanie wong, iloa elementary school. valerie ziegler, lincoln high school. [applause] pika chu, mission high school. lindsey penrose, mission high school. [applause] julie carniglia, yar taylor, and michelle trimble, lowell high school. [applause] >> this is the kind of problem we like to have. [laughter] we have so many. >> ok, ladies and gentlemen, our national board certified teachers for 2011. [applause] >> i have to tell you, we're just so darned proud of you. it's so excite together see people