commissioner fong. commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously have to zero supervisors that places you on item 16 at 334 a may or may not discretionary review. i'm david lindsey of department staff and presenting that on behalf of the sharon who couldn't be here today. the project is to merge the two existing passenger seat approximately 8 hundred units to create a 3 bedroom single-family on third avenue in the inner richmond neighborhood does not include the expansion and exempts from second from the category class one exemption. the property zoning allows one dwelling unit for the per square footage of the area it is located in the area of clement street. there is no known opposition to the project and multiple letters of project support have been simpleminded by neighbors and other. i want to clarify some of the letters of support this is some additional information that was provided to me by the applicant. the staff we have letters of support from two from adjacent neighbors allen and e

commissioner fong and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 7 to zero and places you under your consent calendar calendar, are considered to be routine and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, the public, or staff so requests in which event the matter shall be removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. item 2 case at 19 through 28 clyde street request for condominium conversion and next at 39 alamed billboard and case four at 499 laguna street request for kwufrgs third reading >> any public comment on the consent calendar seeing none. commissioner antonini >> move to approve items 2, 3, 4. >> second. >> on that motion to approve ail matters under content. commissioner antonini. commissioner hillis. commissioner johnson. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fong and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, th

commissioner fong? >> move to approve minutes. >> second. >> on that motion to adopt the minutes for june 12, 2014, commissioner antimony, borden, hillis, moore, fong, and president wu? >> aye. >> so moved, that motion passes unanimously 6-0 and places you on item 4, commission comments and questions. >> commissioner moore? >> i would like to make a comment on the item we just approved in consent and that is the incredible transformation of value, the addition of this small one of a kind retail store has made to the building which was very controversial when we approved it here. that particular store has almost transformed the building. it amazing because all of a sudden the attention goes to ground floor which is very active. it's a very nice sto, i'm vegetarian, i don't shop there, that's another story, it's quite beautiful and i'm extremely happy to see that as an addition to that particular neighborhood corridor. >> commissioner antonini. >> some disappointing developments in the last few days which

. >> commissioner fong. >> i support the idea we're building some housing in the lot. i do take a little bit of the concern of the health i think even if you removed the penthouse that'll you'll have a 4 story single-family home and that's one of the priorities so i wouldn't be opposed to moving or shrinking the penthouse >> commissioner sugaya. >> thank you. yeah. i have to agree with the developer or the architects characterization that there are a lot of flat roof buildings in this area if you count the ones that are on the com post elevation of the interstate street we were handed there are 8 will flat roof buildings and 7 peak roof buildings on this side of the street you have them outnumbering i took a quick street google view on the other side of the street there are a number of flat roof probably apartment building rather wide and i went around on 28 it has more peak roof it is neither here nor there i think the building is too big. you have a guest bedroom that is fine what's the bonus room >> i might ask. >> yes. >> please come to the podium. >> the room labe

i want to let you know that commissioner fong was not able to stay. we are in our hearing right now. he had to go upstairs. but he also wanted to lend his support. >> i will take commissioner fong's place. my name is commissioner sugaya. i'm here to support commissioner moore. all during that time, i think i have learned more about architecture and urban planning from ms. moore than i have had in my entire year on historic preservation. she's taught me a lot and also been a great commissioner on all aspects of our work. she's not just focused on urban design and architecture itself, but has tackled all the issues facing the planning commission head on and has always truly expressed what she believed in them. i congratulate her and look forward to having her on the commission another 4 years. i'm now going to take my thursdays and move it to friday and have a 3-day weekend. thank you very much. >> thank you again for your service. [ applause ] next speaker please. c'mon up to the podium. >>

commissioner fong. commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places you on item 16 for the next case. 581 market street as long as stephen son street request for conditional use authorization >> good afternoon planning staff before you is a conditional use authorization under planning code section to legalize the establishment of the professional business offices below the offer basement building on market street street so long as as he stevenson street located on the south side of the street. is located within the s z downtown plan. the project is to legalize point 7 thousand square feet office space that has primary assess from the ground floor. the building formally occupied by stacey's bookstore was previously a cvs says that a building permit for the material permit was approved by the san francisco department of building inspection but was not routed to the planning department this conditional use is seeks to legalize the construction no physical modifications to the bu

. >> thank you before i introduce commissioner fong supervisor mar is here thank you for coming to the meeting. commissioner fong >> i apologize for being late i was doing kid pickup activities i'm sure you're aware of i've been a inspires and attorney spending time as a public defender and working with the nonprofit sector for non-violence work i spent 6 years with the city attorney's office prosecuting hate crimes and human trafficking conditions. i'm tom anyway, zucchini i've raised my children in the richmond addict and my mom buildings here i was american people assistant district attorney and followed with the job of the united states district attorney i love coming down to the community and thank you all for coming. before i move on i want to introduce the head of our proposal special police mr. elwin bye yard he's a special parole officer and wear you are not similar to the san francisco plaid their private contracts and contract with the merchant and provide alleged police protection he comes to those meetings representing them. without further ado, i'm going to ask the chief

commissioner fong >> i surely agree with a fine balance while the the hot topic but try to keep families in san francisco and to me in this particular case this super soedz they're not changing the continues but i absolutely see your point and agree with you while we come across hairs but i'm going to take a position and defend the small family and keeping them in san francisco in this case. >> commissioner hillis. >> i would agree with commissioner moore we're between a rock and hard place i think at mayor and other policymakers wanted to say no mergers we should say no mergers we should pass that as kind of in the planning code by we've approved some you know it's kind of things presented themselves this case is different we're getting 4 thousand square feet homes and this arising to the expectation that's why i'm supportive. the conversation as laid down out the challenge for me there is clearly a family that appears to be well meaning it's a modest house not to use others to get their single-family home they've bought in 2007 the downturn of the market the housing crisis we weren't t

for honoring those fine officers their truly san francisco's finest >> (clapping) >> and to officers fong and ramos on behalf of the commission and my fellow commissioners we can't thank you enough the parks are only as good as their remuneration to be safe and sclaen and that's due to you, we give you our hearty congratulations thanks (clapping). >> all right. get off the payroll; right? >> that's sounds good. >> 1, 2, 3. o one more 1, 2, 3. perfect, thank you. . >> i just want to say thank you very much i want to thank the rec and park supervisors that have done so much to help and the park ranchers thank you. i'm looking forward as a reserve overwhelming to go back into the park and work the same hours

commissioner fong. no. commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 4 to 3. commissioners that place us on general public comment. is there my general public commentin

commissioner fong. no. commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 4 to 3. commissioners that place us on general public comment. is there my general public comment seeing none, general public comment is closed. meeting adjourned.the pledge of allegiance. >> approval of the board minutes of the regular board meeting of june 10, 2014, and a special meeting of june 17, 2014. may i have a motion and a second, please? >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. any collections? thank you. roll call vote. >> mr. haney. >> here. >> maufas. >> yes. >> mendoz-mcdonnell. >> yes. >> doctor. >> miss fewer. >> i would like to remind the members of the public present that if they wish to address

commissioner fong. commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 7 to zero so - >> the commission will take and the variance to close the hearing noting the lot size and the typography. the commission will take a 15 minute break i want to let you know we'll be taking the agenda in numerical order so the and for the regular meeting for thursday, july 17, 2014. please aware that the commission does not permit outbursts of any kind please silence my mobile device that may sound off and speak microphone and and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. commissioners we left off on item 9. at 1239 tucker request for conditional use authorization >> i'm sarah of the department staff on the northeast item the item to eliminate the income limitations that will facilitate at affordable housing for the commission. both the interned neighborhood tenderloin correlation and the mayor's office of housing as indicated that will not alternate the purpose they've diligently go

commissioner fong and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero. and places you on items 12 at about ab at 346 katrero avenue and for a large project authorization >> good afternoon, commissioners diego sanchez i present a project proposing to demolish a auto use with up to 70 dwelling units and retail this project provides off-street parking look at the rear of the property the project is located open that wedding of katrero between 16 and 17 street an urban mixed use and bulk district. commissioners the project requires the following 3 actions first, you must adapt a motion from the general manager of the rec and park department 80 communication with the rec and park department that the address shadow cast on the frank square is not adverse to the square pursuant to the planning code you must grant a large section to allow the construction of the tall mixed use building included the modification of ther

commissioner fong and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 7 to zero. commissioners that will place us on item 10. at 2350 thank you, your honor restrict boulevard request for a conditional use authorization >> omar planning department. the request that i american people mobility to allow is making restraining order wireless communication facility on turk boulevard. the project site is located along the north side of turk boulevard while the site is zoned residential it is considered a preference one site by the wireless guidelines it's a publicly used structure by the san francisco department of education it will have 9 panel antennas located in 3 different locations on the roof or sectors with 3 antennas per sector and the cabinets will be placed on the roof set back from the facade so finally, visible for the adjacent neighbor to the north. the site features an existing making facility for sprint curling working with sprint to relowest the antenna into roof mounted location for preservation guide

commissioner fong. commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places you on item 16 for the next case. 581 market street as long as stephen son street request for conditional use authorization >> good afternoon planning staff before you is a conditional use authorization under planning code section to legalize the establishment of the professional business offices below the offer basement building on market street street so long as as he stevenson

commissioner fong. commissioner antonini. commissioner hillis. commissioner johnson. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioners first on your calendar are items proposed for continuance at 9 west portal affordable housing discretionary review authorization to augu august 7, 2014, there are no speaker cards >> any comments on

and commissioner fong and commissioner hillis are expected to be absent.ommissioners, first on your calendar is the consideration for items for continuance. item one case at 320th century fremont street a request for a downtown conversation is continued for july '47 you'll consider the ac da will consider the continuance for this variance. item 2 the administrative code amending the short term for the residential establishing fees is proposed for august 7, 2014, although an indefinitely continuance is printed on our agenda we've received a request from supervisor campos so far item 14 for continuance at 490 south van ness avenue a request are for the large project authorization the project sponsor is in agreement but requests an earlier date in addition we've received a request for continuance for the case at 151 to 53 liberate street submitted and the dr requester it's our understanding the requester is opposed you can take up the item. and lastly a continuance for items 16 abc and 8012 d d at 437 duncan street discretionary rectifies to jill 24, 2014 the

. >> acting chair commissioner fong jude as was mentioned we passed the resolution too days ago you're going you to cap the number of i'm sorry to adapt the counter cap at 11 to dacht the formula retail businesses and not put it up to 20 ms. johnson congratulations on your appoint you said earlier i did a fun run on sunday you can prison say good-bye to that and want to thank the formula retail staff. this was made possible by the modification will process of the planning department sf planning.org slash sign up i encourage everybody to sign up for notifications it works well, for the neighborhood notifications that didn't work at all. i attended the focus group as probably the only representative among the merchant that was well attended by the two leaders burns and rogers did a good job of leading this group. some of my own constituents and hate ashbury improvement association had issues with this particular protective i think with capping the number of businesses of locations at 11 we can all concerns will be addressed. so thank you very much. and come on, sir. >> i'm sam hayes it's

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. >> commissioner fong. >> well, i had the privilege of being a long term supporter those projects don't happen without dollars and there's one person in the audience that repeating really helps with the sf form and the tourists that's itself aid for this particular project we're looking at which is wonderful and thanks linda congratulations. as one speaker said every time a version is getting better and better we're in the spot it's significantly better and thank you, john for bringing to the attention of the public this is a good time to bring it up and appreciate that and for some people that come to san francisco for a convention this is the only part of town they see but for some maybe here for a longer time it's important for san francisco and i think we've created a nice community for our visitors so look forward to seeing you again and congratulations open this project >> thank you. i want to thank the project team and public there's been a lot of work and look forward to your continued work together >> commissioners, if there's nothing further we'll move on to item 10 intention

. >> commissioner fong i'll try to not repeat. the embarcadero in the 40s were is a thousand times better than what it was in the 80s when you wanted to get around the city you would take embarcadero and it's a different word and a better world. there are i don't think anyone has talked about the tourists but a maintain bike lanes in san francisco largely out of the union square and fisherman's wharf. so on commissioner jomgz thoughts on bike lanes we need to keep the bike lanes consistent i get existed about the situations. but this is great i think it's a long time coming i spent a number of years with the port commission and let's get this done >> thank you. >> commissioners that place you on item 8. on the 325 fremont street request for a downtown authorization and variance >> good afternoon rich department staff this is a downtown authorization on fremont street f that includes new construction of 0 residential tower up to one hundred and 18 dwelling unit and parking garages. under the downtown authorization it is seeking the

commissioner joksz arrest commissioner moore arrest commissioner sugaya arrest commissioner fong arrest commissioner president wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 7 to zero. >> commissioner. secretary we're off the screen. >> commissioners that will place us on items a and b. formula retail and large-scale retail controls consideration of a draft owners and case amendment to the planning commission planning code section formula retail uses and 702 neighborhood commercial and formula retail uses and file ordinance introduced by supervisor mar. >> so i want to apologize to the public and to the supervisor our calendar says this item was at 2 o'clock it was not clear we should have been more clear on what it meant i know that supervisor mar has innovate meeting so staff wants to offer him the podium. >> thank you commissioner president wu mr. ram and commissioners, i want to say i've been watching are for 6 hours i'm amazed at the stamina and amazing all of you who have been here. i'm going to cut to the case i view our ordinance before you as a continuation of the 2006 super bo

nothing new that's the case i met with different department head and naomi kelly and jackie fong who ahead of prurn in both cases we've talked about the huge list for city government i hope they prioritize it. >> one other question is there has there been movement on the key member in terms of adaptation or percentage of products purchased that quality do we see an upward trend. >> i'm going to have to get to you. >> so colleagues the item before us is approval of the reports. >> i'll make a motion to approve. >> i'll second. >> second. i think it's folks i want to reserve the opportunity for commissioner stephenson she'll have questions she became ill at the last second maybe we can find time to hear it but name in support of it and public comment on item 7 draufl of the bio green staff reports seeing none, public comment is closed. all in favor, say i. to approve. opposed? no. the i's have it the report is approved arrest next item >> approval the directors restoration for commending a personnel for the vial approval and this is the sponsor and speaker it's a discussion and action

commissioner moore and commissioner sugaya and commissioner fong and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 7 to zero. commissioners that will place us on item 11. at 115 telegraph hill not going as philip street request for a conditional use authorization and good afternoon commissioner president wu and commissioners and special welcome to commissioner johnson before i get started i am he i want to pass out the conditional use authorization survey it was slight trans pod and this corrects the site it requests the conditional use authorization to allow the construction of a 3 unit building with off-street parking on telegraph hill within the north beach special use district. we have approximately seven hundred square foot lot has one building at the rear the lot it's preempting vacant. within the rh 3 one may have up to 3 lot area for the subject property up to 7 unit are permissible on the property within the telegraph hill use district parking is limited that is permitted by right in the rh 3 district 3 parking spaces is required. the department

. >> commissioner fong. >> i'm excited we're here and both parties have come to an agreement it started off as a contention situation but we want to see those get solved by the neighbors themselves. i've heard from different parts the neighborhood and happy to see them forge frindz and maybe a barbecue will come forward i've already seconded it >> commissioner johnck. >> i'll echo congratulation to the folks if we are serious about keeping people in san francisco the best way to keep the folks in san francisco to expand this schools tend to be in neighborhoods there are issues will loading and unloading and noise and things like that i'm glad that worked out well. >> just for clarity sake commissioner sugaya your motion included a of the of the support for the private agreement regarding the future of the white design i don't know if we can say that but the commissioners by needing their headings heads. >> just a consensus not

interesting and not knowing what to do i researched the sunshine ordinance and i made a where with lul you fong and in charge of the sunshine request and what began this ongoing series of emails different how it's stated in the report to you it states that i was eventually given these documents although timely but there are dozens upon dozens of letters and emails excluded from the report but i talked to the planning department saying i need the files we're coming to hearing. so i was given limited correspondence and most was given right back to them that i gave them and meanwhile i am waiting for the planning commission hearing. because the sunshine ordinance task force had a delay in hearing cases because there was a bag log because they didn't have enough members to make a quorum when my case finally came to be heard they had already -- the planning department had already pushed forward the project to the planning commission and the planning commission at the first hearing wouldn't approve this project. immediately prior to that i had gone to the planning commission and during public comment

impact i agree with market street and the worldwide chains so i'd take that out arrest commissioner fong. >> thank you. i want to start by thaipg the staff and oewd for spending a year time in studying this we were all part of that conversation it got xhufz and we basically called for a time out. the data, of course, you can august a use in the amount of intensity that went into the study i agree with director ram for the most part is sort of worked the process we've had so far and this commission has spent time and energy on the small formula retail and it's important we acknowledge that and i think all of us building that protecting the neighborhood commercial district is the most important thing i want to point out the signage guideline it's important that a lot of us part of our reaction is how the chains appear on the street and how they fit into the architecture and lighting coloration so i change this commission to use the guideline i think it's helpful and we're seeing chains the evolution is maybe a reaction from some of the complains we're seeing the pitting down another starbu