>> commissioner moore: thank you, commissioner fong. we are somewhat tired of your success, because i do believe the planning commission is a great training ground, and i couldn't be happier, having worked with you so long, also what you mentioned in the paper yesterday that the small business concerns will be as important as an ingredient as san francisco and that makes me very, very happy and hopeful to continue to work hand in hand with what we do here. >> commissioner fong: thank you, commissioner moore. >> president melgar: i will just chime in. i will really miss your kindness. you are a kind and generous person, and i'll miss your energy on this commission. i'm bummed we're losing you, but i'm grateful for the city of san francisco that we're going to have you in that role. i think you're going to be great. okay, commissioner koppel. >> commissioner koppel: i'll quickly chime in, as well. you were one of the first commissioners i was able to talk to in the hallway back in the day when i used to attend these hearings on the public

commissioner fong? >> move to approve february 7th minutes. >> second. >> commissioners, there is a motion and a second to approve the minutes. commissioner fong? >> aye. >> commissioner hillis? >> aye. >> commissioner johnson? >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> missioner koppel? >> yes. >> commission president melgar? >> so move, commissioners, the motion passes unanimously 6-0 and places you on item number 5. commission comments and questions. so -- >> so i just wanted to announce that we will be losing quorum at 5:00. so we're going to try to get through the agenda as quickly as we can. but if you have items lower lower down on the agenda, i want to give you the heads-up we may possibly continue those. so we will -- i'll do my best to keep it moving. thank you. >> commissioner fong? >> thank you. i'm officially leaving this commission and moving on as the president and c.e.o. of the san francisco chamber of commerce next month. but i wanted to take a second to really thank the commission, the

i was speaking to reverend fong earlier, he was praying we wouldn't be sitting in the rain now. in the city in this neighborhood. we know that in the mission, we need the sun, we get it. the sun always shines on the mission. first i want to convey our sincerist thanks to the great meta team and the city and county of san francisco for county of san francisco for inviting us to be part ofa project. we know that for low income families in san francisco, there are two greatest challenges are cost of housing and theç cost d access for affordable early care and education. good samaritan is excited we'll be able to open new child development at this site. we're so honored to be por partf this mission. i want to thank our district supervisor and the mayor who had to leave, i know you share our hope that san francisco can be a city where all children and families can live and thrive. not just the fortunate few. that's what we're fighting for. we stand with you and i know together we'll achieve that vision. this is the first step to achieving vision. last and most importantly, i want to

london breed: thank you, reverend fong. and before i issue the certificate, i just want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the new member of the board of education, jennie lam, and just add that the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce for so many years continues to not only promote and support businesses in our chinese community, they have led the efforts to make lunar new year here in san francisco one of the best lunar new years anywhere and especially because of their commitment to basically hosting and pulling together one of the -- putting together one of the best parades anywhere. so on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, i'd like to present the president of the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce, eddy ao honoring him with his commitment and his work in making this parade even better, and the best is yet to come. thank you. [applause] >> before the dragon comes out, all you big shots right front and center so we can take a group picture. sorry i didn't get to mention everybody, malcolm, y

commissioner fong? >> commissioner fong: can we agree which side the access would be to give access to commercial and the resident? >> just throwing it out there that the d.r. is the business owner to the right and it's one of his concerns is a little bit of noise reduction or privacy to some agree that you maybe put the trades alley adjacent to his building. >> no, we are on the other side. >> but he's suggesting something different. >> commissioner fong: if that's one of the concerns of the d.r. requesters and i'm thinking he's enjoyed all the open, sunny light. >> commissioner moore: i heard the d.r. requester only talking about his experience as a person who enters through these types of corridors in many other buildings, and i'm asking for us -- >> commissioner fong: okay. he's nodding his head. >> commissioner hillis: okay. so is there a motion to take d.r.? you take d.r., and eliminate the roof deck and add a separate exclusive entrance for the rear entry. >> commissioner moore: that's a moti mot

cynthia fong, director for finance and administration. we are six months into the fiscal year 18-19 now. total revenues and total expenditures are within budgets for the first six months. total assets for the first six months total to 220.8 million and liabilities at 322.7 million. as you recall, we issued our first sales tax revenue bond back in november 2017, we still remain at 43% spent on the bond proceeds. that is a spending of 88.1 million, with a -- with 115.9 million left to spend. >> chair peskin: miss fong, sorry to interrupt you, but didn't you project that you would have spent much more of the revenue bonds by now? >> yes. right now on our books, we have approximately 15 million of incoming sponsor reimbursements we expect in the next quarter, so with that coming in, we'll be closer to our target. >> chair peskin: was that 1-5 or 5-0? >> 5-0. >> chair peskin: so that was represe representing? >> sponsor reimbursements from d.p.w., m.t.a., transbay terminal, a combination of it. mainly from the m.t.a. >> chair peskin: and what

so -- commissioner fong. >> commissioner fong: i happen to like hot tubs. i think they're very healthy for people. i think it's a great way to relax in a cold climate like san francisco. as we get older, it's good for muscles, it's good for arthritis. modern hot tubs and the equipment are incredibly quiet. i think many of us grew up with noisy pumps and filtration, but a modern pump is nice and quiet. i don't have much issue with this and support the project. >> president melgar: commissioner johnson? >> commissioner johnson: i'd just like to call d.r. requester number one up and ask if you -- you mentioned that you wanted the hot tub in a less impactful location, and i still feel a little confused about that. could you just clarify that for us. where would that be? >> it's not the sound of the hot tub, it's the people congregating in the hot tub, having drinks, glass tinkling. yeah, and the shower, the outdoor shower, that's going to be noisy, as well. >> we would just like it to be in an area that is not so close to the property line, which our bedroom is

fong, reverend fong. [applause] >> she said breathe. you're going to help me with this prayer, and -- 'cause i believe in the law -- all people should pray once in a while. this is the prayer that i did for the family of mrs. wong that was beat up in viz valley. you don't have to shout it, but say it with feelings. we need each other, we need the cops more than ever before. why don't you guys drive by phelan every day on your way to work or something? okay. any way. we're thinking of the two seniors that have recently been beat up. a lot of people are upset. let's soak it all in. repeat after me. peace. [speaking foreign language] >> safety. [speaking foreign language] >> love. [speaking foreign language] >> we need peace, safety, and love to feel a little better. we need this city to get its act together, and we're depending on the city, mayor breed, and all others to jump in really fast. [applause] >> thank you. so i just want to jump in and stay it's been a pleasure to be here with everyone, all the leaders of our central communities

. >> >> clerk: seeing nothing further on that motion, commissioner fong. commissioner johnson. >> aye. >> clerk: commissioner moore. >> aye. >> clerk: commissioner richards. >> aye. >> clerk: commissioner coppel. >> clerk: the motion passes 6-0 unanimously. >> we'll take a five-minute >> please silence your mobile devices that may sound off during these proceedings and when speaking before the commission if you care to state your name for the record. commissioners we left off on the regular calendar for item 19 case number 19, 2018-014621cua. a conditional use proposition. >> commissioner melgar, members of commission. the proposal is a conditional use authorization to establish a kan cannabis retail use within the haight street district. it requires conditional use authorization for cannabis use. the site is located within the haight street historic district. as you know, haight street is identified with the historic event known as the summer of love. commercial establishment's characterizing haight street including a number of specialty stores that refle

housing now and this will give us an opportunity to make sure that it doesn't take years reverend fong. i know you're ready to build it. i they're ready to be incredible community partners so that we have more housing in this particular community. more importantly, when we buildabuilding a housing, 40% be of the work we did years ago to pass neighborhood preference legislation. 40% of the units built in any affordable housing built in this community will go to the residents of this community first. that is significant. now supervisor ronan won't get all those compliments from her residents about folks who may not have access. we're going to make sure that the resources are provided so that the residents are submitting applications for the affordable housing that's built in your community. i'm so indicated. i'm always excited when there's an opportunity to break ground on a new project, especially because incredible partnerships that exist. we know there's more work to be done. not just with building new housing but preserving the existing affordable housing stock. we will continue to i

. >> my name's julie roberts-fong. i'm one of the founders of the san francisco parents families union. i want to say that k-12 and public school needs are happening to all the same families. there's about 2,000 families homeless in sfusd and many of them are in our schools. $140 million property tax windfall is key to making sure that everyone in our city is paying their fair share. it was an opportunity that voters validated to focus resources on all of its priorities, including funds for community school strategies at 20 schools that serve half of the black students in san francisco. i'm hearing that in proposition five today that supervisors are working on a deal that would dedicate money to housing, preschool, and k-12 school, and i'm cautiously optimistic about that. i'm hoping we'll be able to thank supervisors for keeping prop g whole and for allowing us to meet our students and families needs. however, this isn't over for families because it sounds like even with the best proposal right now, it doesn't specify

. >> commissioner fong. >> could you go back to the overhead, please. thank you. commissioner moore, i 100% agree the intent we want to keep the ground floor retail active. this say very unique building though and maybe the only one with a subterranean basement. i don't know why they did it that way. mr. green, the white windows is that still a hair salon? >> i'm sorry. >> the first level not the basement. is that a hair salon currently? >> yes. i agree with you, commissioner moore, we want to keep it on the ground level we allowed for psychiatric office, different types of services upstairs in the upper level and that has become in san francisco a hot bed for those types of services. in this case, i think because of light and air, it would be difficult to operate a clothing business in that sub tear an anwith the -- subterranean with the lower windows and in this case i feel it's okay to have a medical use. i'm not sure the type of medical use, if it's somewhat aesthetic. >> it's an other -- other other orthodontist office. they'll be involved in this. the previo

striking oakland teachers were back on the picket line friday afternoon at schools across the city.alicia fong/oakland teacher :14its an exciting time to be a teacher in oakland when community members are coming out to support its great to see how when you gather a lot of people over one issue people come out to supportand on day two of this strike the community was front and center, marching right along side their children's teacherssot rachel ann palacios/parent :29its important for me to be here4, i am an oakland native, this is a neighborhood school my children love their school and all their teachers and so we want to make sure they are compensated properly.like teachers, parents here at celeveland elementary are hoping the strike is not a lengthy one... but they are preparing for the long haul rachel fenyves/parent :49i hope it wont go on longer than this, we are all working parents, we need our children to be in school however this is an important cause and i will stand out here and support the teachers as long as it's needed. 106/it's needed ((dan ) (vicki) our coverage of this story c

miss fong, do you want to say anything? you know what i'm thinking. >> debbie fong, with finance and administration. just a clarification, this contract is going to rural tech with a sub to the university of kentucky. >> that's been stated for the record. any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. is there a motion to move item number 12? made by commissioner brown and seconded by commissioner fewer. we have the same how house, same call. it's passed on first reading. that takes us to introduction of new items. and i will use that opportunity to talk a little bit about something that is happening in this chamber a little later today with regard to the long discussed e-ref proposals. (please stand by) >> chair peskin: and i've heard this from commissioner yee as to west portal, from all of the commissioners who have districts that border vanness, i've heard those concerns, and we want to get in front of them relative to geary b.r.t. impacts. so as we know, the part of the eraf discussion relative

i will say, echoing on some comments earlier that were made by commissioner fong, when you think, as san franciscan, it is almost a rite of passage that at some point you will have a dangerous interaction on market street. friends that point to scars or lost teeth, or broken bones, and they said they got it from market street. [laughter] it. >> is really unfortunate, as a pedestrian, even crossing between the bike lanes to try and catch a bus, that is incredibly dangerous for everyone involved, and i also just want to agree with some of the comments that we maybe have to plan for the future, and i think it was -- i was interested in recognizing that the lanes would be munimobile only and taxi only, but i am interested in also where pickup happens for uber, because those things exist, and there needs to be a better mechanism for that, and then also, of course, as everyone has said, scooters, scooters, scooters. thank you so much for this work. >> i wanted to pigtail on commissioner richards' comments, not just the ground floor retail, but you probably have done this, is the building o

commissioner fong? >> well, commissioner richards, that's quite a thing to follow-up their. [laughter]. >> i applaud the amount of work that you put into this and other topics. i appreciate the idea that you suggested, and the problems that were presented. we are all struggling with a similar kind of problems. i want to thank mr true for taking on this task. if anyone can wage through it, i'm hoping that you -- and i thank you have the ability to do that. i don't have any great ideas to add to it necessarily, but i do think that san francisco is going to continue to grow, and it is a mistake for us to ignore and put her head in the sand thinking that san francisco will be exactly the way it was. no large city in america is going to be exactly the way it was. this is where the jobs are you guys all see the amount of technology and creativity that is happening in san francisco, and i just see continued job growth. as we talked about though, the job growth and office growth has to be in conjunction with transit growth, and with housing growth. his the last eight years we have r

you know, go to alice fong, and i'm happy to give you a tour or any of the other schools, and see what these teacher does. because i don't think that you fully understand the impact they have on our children. thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. ladi tidi, the vice president of the commission board. i am here to ask you and to urge you to support the hope s.f. initiative for sunnydale public housing unit and the patrol hill housing unit. they too deserve a piece of that pie, a hefty piece, because you will be changing lives, not just for children and families, but also for seniors and disabled. it's very important that this process move right along. so i urge you to support it and to fund it. thank you so much. >> good morning, board of supervisors. my name is sabrina leah-poga and i'm in district 10. for over 11 years i have dealt with the living conditions in sunnydale, worsened by mold, repair issues. we also have limited access to opportunities and resources. so i urge you to fund for sunnydale, s.f.f. and patrol hill. we need it especially for our kids. thank you. >> hello, i'

so we will now have commissioner comments, starting with commissioner fong. i want to remind my fellow commissioners that we only have 15 minutes, so that's two minutes each. >> commissioner fong: okay. thank you. for those who haven't -- i haven't met before, i'm a fourth generation san franciscan. great grandmother born here in 898. i want to standing -- 1898. i want to thank the planning commission for holding this hear, and the police department, and mission high school. look at this ceiling. this rivals any of our great theaters in san francisco. our job up here is to try to find balance, and i don't see any balance tonight. there was not one person here that said that they didn't want something developed, and so is it's really a -- so it's really a question of height on this site. to actually be here tonight, i'm surprised that this hearing actually happened. you have to be honestly a little bit tone deaf to understand the -- not understand a project and bring it this far. you want to thank you for the burritos. that was a clear gesture that you guys ta

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