. >>> good evening, commission, president fong. thank you for your time today, this evening as well as for those that i've met and also i've communicated with prior to today. my name is john casey with cnc property management. as the dr applicant in rejection of the jones street project, i represent myself as the owner of the abutting property to the west. i represent the properties managed by c and c, and lastly the residents of the properties share the same position of rejection [speaker not understood]. with that said, we do understand property improvement may arise, but at the negative expense to many neighboring and/or nearby properties and the community as a whole. negative impacts as proposed are noncompliance of the sf building code with need of a rear yard variance that would exceed approximately half of the rear yard distance, currently the rear yard deck. [speaker not understood] with pro poed vertical addition, no respect to building character type for proposed masses, modern box type structure on top of a century old [

thank you very much. >>> president fong, members of the commission, mr. sanchez, thank you for allowing me to speak to you this evening on behalf of the pacific avenue neighborhood association. my name is robin tucker and i am the president, share of leadership responsibilities for the organization. our organization's area of responsibility that we take very seriously is to support our neighbors in those efforts that we especially feel not only impact our own neighborhood, but also impacts contiguous neighborhoods, specifically russian hill and the middle polk neighborhood association area as well. i hope that you receive their e-mails that objected to this project as well. i'm appearing before you this evening to object to the property on at least three bases. one, the project, as mr. low stated, has at least the appearance that it is a matter of time before it's converted to a high-end condo unit or condo building. it has already occurred along pacific avenue in two buildings between market and haight street where we lost a public garage and we lost one

(calling names) >> thank you president fong. commissioners thank you for the opportunity today to speak before you in support of the 706 mexican mime and residential tower project. i'm the counter director of the museum. i have the distinguished honor to have known the museum in the conception from 1975. i read in a newspaper that the mexican museum had been found in the district and i saw peter with an electric typewriter. i was a director there in the 1980s. i become acquainted with a number of artist i'd like to take this opportunity to recognize the artist in the room as well as the mime supporters. could the artist please stand if you consider yours an artist please stand. the mexican museum has worked long and hard with our partners in the city of san francisco to mitigate any concerns that are relevant to the impact report. beyond the for example d i r we have continued to continue the stability of our program which is earned revenues from the private sector and also a membership program you'll be hearing more about. i as

. >> commissioner president fong. >> aye. >> that passes unanimously and puts you on item seven at 975 bryant street. conditional use authorization. following public testimony the commission continued the matter to this date. the matter before you is a motion to disapprove. >> is there staff on this jonas? >> i apologize diego sanchez is not present and i believe jewel an is present. >> would staff like to introduce this project? >> yes. commissioners we don't really have anything further to add follow your intent to disapprove from last week. we drafted a motion for your review in the packets and i believe commissioner antonini wanted this off of consent so i leave it to you. >> okay. public comment on this item? you can leave that on the bench there. >> my name is jerry wolf. i am here again today to talk about what is proposed use of the property for new store but specifically i was here last time to talk about kate street, the alley that i own a property on and we were concerned that orchard would use that as the sole means for freight loading and i am here representing two of my n

. >> and commission president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to 0. and places you on items 16 a and b for case numbers 2012.1093ddv for 1521 - 1531 jones street. request for discretionary review and variances. >> good evening, commissioners. mark luellen planning department staff. i'm here presenting an abbreviated discretionary review forly watty. for a building that includes construction of a parcel one story vertical addition which is a fourth floor insertion as well as an insertion of an 8 by 6 foot garage door and a minor alteration to the front entry. the vertical addition is constructed entirely over the existing building and setback by 15 feet two inches from the front of the building, three feet on both north and south sides of the building, and a minimum of four feet on the existing -- from the existing rear building wall. subject property is located at 1521 jones street between jackson and pacific avenue within the rm-3 zoning district and 60 foot height district. t

commissioner, moore, wu and fong. that motion passes unanimously. >> item 4, commission comments and questions? commissioner. >> i have to talk about situation where the camp was nearly removed. they did provide housing and services to those that were living there and they had a good response and the other important item of this was that there is not an ability to return. so that, i think maybe a way to come up with a policy that may have some benefit for us in the future citywide. no. 2, i was happy to be part of the forum yesterday and was sophie. she was present. and it was a very good hearing. we had a representative from almost every post secondary institution in san francisco. i can only think of one that there may have. it was a good round table and it dealt with the issue of student housing and the new legislation and hopefully a lot of these groups will partner with each other and be able to provide housing for their students and i think it's very encouraging. and thirdly, if i can ask some help, it's coming

>> good evening, president fong and commissioners. tracy [speaker not understood]. i represent the respondents here this evening. the board has already spoken on this matter. i just want to give you a brief history of the appeal and how it got before you here tonight. it was filed on december 27th. at that time a briefing schedule was set and the appellants' brief was due on the 14th of february. no brief was submitted. instead, on february 15th, a rescheduling request was submitted by the appellant the day after the brief would have been due. a few days later, the board -- this board correctly denied that request to delay the hearing and the expectation was set at that time that the case would be heard tonight. before you is the same request just in different clothes. so, we believe that a continuance would be prejudicial to the permit holders in terms not just time, money and scheduling, we've flown in the architect from new york, for instance, but also there's little chance, as you know, that a decision to affirm the permit would be vacated at the board of superv

. >> president fong, commissioners, my name is mike ayers and i lead efforts at orchard and i was surprised to this this pulled from the consent calendar and now feel compelled to make a few comments. thank you for your time. thank you for the lessons regarding the proper amount of public input and dialogue on a project of this scale. we learned a lot in the last couple of weeks. if we're given more time we will work hard to gain the support of the neighborhood and the san francisco community at large. thank you. >> additional public comment? >> good afternoon commissioners. jim meeko from south of market. i think the most devastating revelation two weeks ago when you heard this was the map when the small businesses, hardware stores, home improvement stores in the area passed out that map that showed the two block radius, six block radius and a 2-mile radius around the proposed location. in showing just how many san francisco businesses are involved in this from speedies hardware just two blocks aware. they're struggling to get established on folsom street and another hardware a couple of o

president fong. >> here. >> vice wu. >> here. >> commissioners hillis and sugaya are expected to be late and commissioner moore. >> here. >> first up are items proposed for continuance . item one planning policy on timing implementation is proposed for continuance to march 14, 2013. item two at 194-194(a) sweeny street is proposed for continuance to april powerth, 2013. item three case for 793 south van ness avenue is proposed an indefinite continuance. further on your calendars commissioners. under the regular calendar item 15, the bicycle parking ordinance is proposed for continuance and item 16 amendments to the planning code sections 604 to provide the copy on a sign shall not be treated as a new sign and continued to march 7. i have a few speaker cards for this one. item 17 for 35 la grande avenue, request for discretionary review is proposed for continuance to march 21, 2013. under your 330 calendar commissioners you can not take this item up at this time but i would like to advise you there is a request from the project sponsors for this is proposed to continuance for april 4, 201

. >> richard fong. >> i don't want to get in the

good afternoon president fong. kate planning department staff. the item before you is the 2013 plan >> currently holt occupies 3 stories and plans on expanding it's operation to include the fourth floor. it will trigger the requirement for a full master plan. it does not lease any other buildings in the county of san francisco nor does it intend to expand beyond it's location. hope opened a campus. in the interest of time i'll be providing you with the background information on the requirement and then allow holt to describe it's plans. to be able the institution to make changes and responds to comment 345id at the public hearing and to provide the public with information about land use. planning code section requires that the text i can tell you and descriptions of the nature of the institutions the history of its growth, physical changes in the neighborhood, services provided by the institution. the institutions employment characteristics and all property owned or leased by the institution throughout the city. the physical plant of the institut

>> aye. >> and commission president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioner, that motion passes unanimously 7 to 0. zoning administrator. >> the variance closed, [speaker not understood] granting requested variance off-street parking would result in the loss of on-street parking and alterations to the building which is a potential historic resource. if anyone would like a copy of the decision letter, please inform staff. >> congratulations. >> commissioners, that will place you back on item 12 for case no. 2012.1329u, california environmental quality act procedures. >> good evening, commissioners, amy rodgers planning department staff. i'm joined for this item sara jones, acting environmental review officer. before we begin our staff presentation i'd like to invite supervisor wiener up to make his remarks. >> hello again, commissioners. thank you for your [speaker not understood]. so, since the last time we were together on this item in november, i have as you requested convened a series of very well attended round tables wit

. >> and commission president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 5 to 2 with commissioners moore and wu voting against. >> commissioner hillis, do you still have a question? >> no. i mean, i just wanted to comment. i think what's not clear, i think what's troublesome is we actually don't have answers what the process is now, you know, what we currently -- the process that we're under, that we've been under for the last 10 years, we can't have people answer when the c-e-q-a process ends. so, i think this goes a long way in clarifying that and i appreciate it. >> commissioners, that will place you under item 15, for case no. 2012.0325c for 344 fulton street, request for conditional use authorization. ~ at 344 for the benefit of the public, items 13 a and b have already been heard and taken out of order. >> good evening, president fong and members of the commission, my name is kevin guy with planning staff. the request before you today is for conditional use authorization to allow development on a

. >> good afternoon president fong, commissioners and director. i'm dr. jonathan and i'm here representing the charitable fund. i've read the eir and i know the amount of work that went into addressing any concerns that needed mitigating so i'm here briefly to thank you for your work today and ask you to certain, if any, the report >> i need to keep that door free and clear so, please come to the right side. >> everybody on that wall is going to have to find a seat or move to this side of the room. >> thank you. i appreciate your cooperation. go ahead and good afternoon commissioners i'm virginia and i'm here to so for the the proposed 706 mexico project. since 71 we've represented the culture center of san francisco. the opportunity to replace a vacant lot for the mexican-american community is exciting for us and all of san francisco. the mexico museum as long awaited the opening of a new museum honoring their cultural heritage. the error states that the 706 mexico museum development would not alter the visual character of the project site and it's surro

christian swin, gabby, jennifer fong. >> thank you, good afternoon. my name is ivy slagel. a san francisco resident since 1996. i represent residents. in my work with premium peace i work with folks across the country who are eagerly waiting for -- people want affordable clean energy and want their jobs and recovered. two stories i want to share with you. when voters approved, within 6 months they had a contract of 100 percent savings cost of $133 to $150 a year including natural gas. that was a savings to consumers within 6 months and the bid effectively dumped energy in the largest in the country in favor of a plan that worked and worked fast and then in november, chicago, wonderful city, just passed their own initiative and those consumers there just in february are already saving money. the plan is already months ahead of schedule. that is just in november of february 12, 2013. those customers are already investing in this renewable energy and already seeing the savings in their monthly bill. i just wanted to represent all of those people and really everywhere i go i se

. >> president fong. >> aye. >> that passes six-zero. zoning administrator what say you on 6b. >> item 6b and close the hearing and request the variance. >> commissioners that places you under questions and matters. item eight consideration of matters for draft minutes. >> any comment? seeing none public comment is closed. commissioner moore. >> no, i was pushing for the next item. >> commissioner antonini. >> move to approve. >> second. >> on that motion to approve draft minutes for february 14, twawr 13. commissioner. >> aye. >> commissioner hillis. >> aye. >> commissioner moore. >> aye. >> commissioner wu. >> aye. >> president fong. >> aye. >> so moved that passes unanimously and places you item nine, commissioner comments and questions. >> commissioner moore. >> on a very positive note i would like to share with the commission walked by broad walk street and the garden and not everyone was on the commission at that time and it turned out beautiful. you should go by there. it is the example how to do it if you have the right landscape

. >> good afternoon, president fong and commissioners. i am peter tanning. and my husband and i have lived in our house on 14th street, just the second house down from dolores for the last 30 years. we are one block south of market and dolores. and i am retired transportation planner working for fda and currently a member of the san francisco transportation authority citizens advisory committee. i am here speaking on my own behalf as a concerned neighbor. and i don't often comment and have to sit here for four hours waiting for the item to come up, now that i am retired. i felt this was important enough they wanted to be here. and i suspect all the elements of the agreement, including reducing the number of lanes at do llores and market. it will calm traffic and improve pedestrian safety. and as the staff report said it will only reduce the level of service by one second during the week and four seconds on saturday during the peak hour. and the impacts will be negative. and i have heard that some neighbors are concerned about a traffic bottle neck and the si

. >> good afternoon president fong and members of the commission. i am joy [inaudible] of planning staff. this is an information item on the mixed use and development at piers 30-32 and sea wall lot 330. there is not a hearing on the environmental review for the project. however that is under way. as the notice of preparation went out and we will come back this fall with the draftd eir so today we're going to present the project. the presentation will go as follows. i will have jennifer max from work force development come up say a few words and david a allanba and what is important in terms of design and craig dikers will go over the project design and he is accompanied by nick raider from [inaudible], bill crocket and [inaudible] from a com and chris [inaudible] and david israel bar architects in case you have any questions. i have other planning staff members here, chris kern, liz waddy and diane osh mafrom port staff if you have questions as well as jessie [inaudible] and ellen warner from the golden state warriors if you have questions afterwar

. >> and commission president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously +6 to -0. >> on the matter of the variance, i close the public hearing, denied the requested variance because we got [speaker not understood]. if anyone would like a copy of the decision order please contact the staff planner. >> commissioners, that places you on your final item, number 17, case no. 2010.0272dd for 1235 40th avenue, two requests for discretionary review. >> president fong, members of the commission, michael smith, planning department staff. i have before you two requests for discretionary review for 1235 40th avenue. the project is proposing to construct a three story accessory residential structure at the front of the lot and demolish the existing detached garage structure in that same location. the structure would be accessory residential use to the existing residential dwelling at the back of the lot. the dr was requested by the adjacent neighbor to the west who is concerned about the existing struc

. >>> good evening, president fong, commissioners, secretary ionin. danny campbell with the sheet metal workers local union 104. first, i must make it absolutely clear that sheet metal workers local 104 stands with the rest of organized labor e the environmental community and affordable housing advocates in opposition to the efforts in sacramento to destroy c-e-q-a. it's unfortunate that supervisor wiener's much needed ordinance has undeservedly been caught up in this debate. i'm here tonight to offer our support for supervisor wiener's proposed ordinance. it's reasonable that san francisco's implementation of c-e-q-a will, with the passage of this ordinance, become more in line with the practice of other jurisdictions throughout the state. and finally, i just want to wish everybody a happy st. patrick's day. as you know, this sunday is st. patrick's day. so, happy st. patrick's day to everybody. thank you. >> thank you. >>> howard wong with san francisco tomorrow. several days before last thanksgiving the c-e-q-a legislation that's introduced, it was

. >> richard fong. >> i don't want to get in the way of all of you and your appetite getting close to the dinner hour, but i just wanted to make more comments about animal control welfare. they're dealing with the issue of licensing, dog walkers, and when there was bob palaceo as commissioner and [inaudible] was here, the acting superintendent, a big fellow quite a while ago before he went south to bel air. what happens there was a discussion on whether or not such and such dog walkers would use the park facilities. the issue i want to bring it has to do with insurance, whether or not they have insurance. there was something about the grandfather clause. that wasn't voted on when it was before them but for myself i would think people with responsibility if there is an accident that comes up a mauling or a dog fight there is insurance. it wasn't when they issue the permits and try to apply the grandfather clause so when it comes up again i will be present and i hope i would have the support of the commissioners. thank you sir. >> thank you. >> is there anyone else that would like to ma

so many fong is final decision making personnel committee makes the recommendations or the recruiter will set up the process where the final decision is made? >> it will be the role of the committee the 3 of you to make the recommendation to the 11 member board. the recruiter would be here to assist you. on page 29 we have a tentative schedule. again, this is just what we think it would take to bring on the new executive director and our goal is july 1st >> yes, it don't understand how long it takes it make go faster or take a little bit of time. february 19th is today and i'm taking a recommendation on the process to hire the executive director. february 20th is tomorrow we plan on issuing a formal request. open march 6th we are expecting to proposals are due back and we're going to be forming a committee to evaluate those proposals like understanding the responsibility of the t a and the executive director position. the experience this staff has had with similar agencies. we're looking for the same kind of skills. we're looking to see how their management and technical approach is