commissioner fung. commissioner hwang is absent. councilmember davis pr the vote is 4 to zero >> item 4 is appeal number 4 christopher for the other parties vs. the department of public works upper of forest the subject is essence as incident i image i am street to richard price of a tree removal trees and for the removal of 6 trees and replanning of 9 new trees on the hearing today. we will start with the appellants. you have 7 minutes to present your case >> as i said to commissioner fung i'll start with 3 minutes talking and ray will talk. we're here solely to hear the appeal that focuses on the removal of 2 eucalyptus trees we're not here to discuss housing or whether it's a good or bad thing or renters or anything this is simply about two trees. and this is what i'm asking you to focus on. i will also say that the required street trees in question do not mitigate the removal of street trees they wouldn't compensate for the removal there's not an issue of those trees being dangers to motorbike there's been no issue we will now h

. >> i think that i more of the view of commissioner fung. i think that the fact that there are so many kids in the area and there has not been any prior incidents, it is persuasive to me that this is not the kind of store that sells to minors and i think that it is a one-time incident and i also found particularly persuasive reverend testament to come out from the community and the store owner was persuasive to me and i would be in favor of reducing it to ten days. >> and as the newist commissioner on the board i don't have the experience of the passed cases. and thank goodness we have commissioner fung here to let us know. so, i do find that commissioner fung as well as vice president hurtado statement convincing enough for me to agree with them if that so be the motion. >> i think that just got called a gray beard. >> i will make... >> do you want to make a comment? >> i am very torn as well and i am thinking that ten is a little bit on the low side. >> and i might be happier with 15. >> commissioners, i would move that we accept the appea

commissioner fung. commissioner hwang and vice president is absent president is recused. the vote is 3 to zero both matters are rescheduled to september 17th >> we can ask the president to return. okay. that takes us to item one general public comment is there anyone that wants to speak on an item not on tonight's matter then item 2 it questions or comments >> this is my fellow commissioners last meeting what an honor and pleasure to serve on this board with you, chris and wish you luck. >> thank you. i also for the record wanted to state it's been an incredible honor and privilege to serve on the board and surprisingly a pleasure i've learned a lot and enjoyed working with an esteemed group of people and especially the work of sdooenl and has kept us together as more goes on behind the scenes and victor i appreciate you and want to thank that board for having made that a great experience i hope it's been good for the community as well. >> we would love to see you again. >> thank you. and i'd like to say that's been a pleasure to me i've not met you before and i admire th

commissioner fung. commissioner hwang.ommissioner honda and the vote is 3 to store this matter is continued until august 27th. >> there's no further business. >> we're adjourned

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commissioner fung. no. the vice president is absent. commissioner president lazarus. commissioner honda. thank you. the vote is 3 to one the matter is continued actually october 8th >> we'll take a 5 minute break. >> welcome back to the wednesday, july 23, 2014, board of appeals there is an overflow room available for people not able to find space in this room room 421. so i want everyone to know we're calling item 8 greg vs. the department of health on the issuance of may 23rd to the wellness health center for the medical cannabis dispensary hearing i want to swear in the individuals that want to testify at tonight hamburger that were not here previously i'm wondering if people in the halfway can come into the room if you could invite them in to the extent we don't violate any fire codes. >> some people are coming in office of the city administrator not all are going to speak act at this time we're to conduct a second swearing in process if you wish to have the board tell our testify explain stand and raise your right hand after you've been sworn under please note an

our supervisor commissioner fung will be absent robert is the deputy city attorney that will provide the device and we have the legal director also joined by carla with the public works bureau of street use and mapping she's here because of the cases on the calendar mr. pacheco please go over the boards

push on the mission to adopt the minutes, fung. aye. >> hwang. >> aye. >> hurtado. >> aye. >> lazarus 6789 >> aye. >> 5 to 0, those minutes are adopted. subject property at 399 fremont street. letter from thomas tunny, attorney for 399 fremont llc, requestor, asking that the board take jurisdiction over the issuance of a project development fee report regarding bpa no. 2006/05/16/1774 by the department of building inspection. the appeal period began on june 13, 2013 and ended on june 28, 2013; and this jurisdiction request was filed at the board office on june 18, 2014. project: erect a 42-story building with 452 dwelling units and three basement levels. >> okay. and so we can start with the requestor, and the requestor's agent, or attorney? >> you have three minutes. >> good evening, president lazarus, and members of the board. my name is tom tunny council for 399 freemont, llc. and requesting that this board take jurisdiction over a development impact fee dispute. i think that we can all agree that this matter presents a very con

our supervisor commissioner fung will be absent robert is the deputy city attorney that will provide the device and we have the legal director also joined by carla with the public works bureau of street use and mapping she's here because of the cases on the calendar mr. pacheco please go over the boards guidelines that he do the swearing in. the please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices. please carry on conversation in the hall the boards rules appellants and department representatives each have 7 minutes to present their cases. people affiliated with those participants must include their comments within the 7 minutes partied that are not affiliated have up to 7 minutes with no rublths members of the public who wish to speak are asked with you node required to give a business card. speaker cards and pens are available on the wills of the podium the board welcomes our suggestions customer survey forms on the lodz of the podium if you wish to know about the schedule call the board office. it is located as 1650 mission

on that motion, to up hold, commissioner fung? >> aye. >> commissioner hwang? >> reluctantly aye. >> president lazarus. >> aye. >> commissioner honda. >> aye. >> the vote is 5-0, this order is upheld on that basis, thank you. >> the last item was continued and so there is no further business and the meeting is adjourned. >> we're here to raise awareness and money and fork for a good accuse. we have this incredible gift probably the widest range of restaurant and count ii destines in any district in the city right here in the mission intricate why don't we capture that to support the mission youths going to college that's for the food for thought. we didn't have a signature font for our orientation that's a 40-year-old organization. mission graduates have helped me to develop special as an individual they've helped me figure out and provide the tools for me that i need i feel successful in life >> their core above emission and goal is in line with our values. the ferraris yes, we made 48 thousand >> they were on top of that it's a no-brainer for us. >> we're in

on that motion commissioner fung. >> aye. >> vice president hurtado? >> aye. >> president lazarus? >> aye. >> commissioner honda? >> aye. >> thank you, the vote 5-0, and this permit is upheld on that basis, thank you. >> items 8 a, b, c have been moved, and we will move to item 9, appeal 14-119 smart cycle recycling verses the zoning administrator,405 - 10th street. protesting the issuance on june 05, 2014, of a request for suspension (requesting that bpa no. 2014/01/14/6245 be suspended for the reason that this permit was issued overthe- counter in error without the required neighborhood notification as per planning code section 312). >> i want to thank everyone in the room for being patient and we will start with the appellant. who has 7 minutes. >> good evening, madam president and members of the board. my name is jay houten and i represent smart cycle recycling and this is the owner, and these are owner of the appellant. and i want to start off by saying that i think that all of the members of the board can agree that we need more drop off, recycling center m san francisco and

i think the public has indicated that by i would go along with commissioner fung's recommendation to continue that >> so you want to go about the city says her tape is not audible. >> is there a transcript? well, there's one and if everyone gets to hear and it hear if it's an authentic hearing >> i believe the department should supply that. >> do you have an audible version and they don't. >> i have an audible version from the department. >> she's indicated hers is not clear. >> it's not the highest quality and would all the parties suspect to the authentic site of this. >> and we'll get it from transcript. i don't know there's transcripts that exist >> we'll september t - accept the audit version. >> so to allow the department to continue this so get the cds for the board members consideration. >> is there any other documents. >> i would allow them a short if they choose 3 pages to summarize whatever positions they want. >> coming out both sides. >> all 3 sides and one thing about the permit. >> i'm sorry, i don't have permission to speak. >> 3 page if they can't write it in 3 pages

on that motion with that condition >> commissioner fung. councilmember davis. commissioner honda.hank you. the vote is upheld with that condition. thank you. >> thank you. so the next item appeal golden gate heights with the mapping the property on canning terrace street for the bell engineering of a excavation permit to install a new cabinet the public hearing was held and this is on for further condition for the permit holder and dpw to submit conditions on the location on 12th avenue. >> commissioners, i must recuse myself and asked commissioner hurtado to chair the meeting. i'll start with the permit holder and the vice president consents you'll have 3 minutes >> i miss foster johnson where is he. >> he's on vacation. >> on here on behalf of the at&t we're here because the june figuring out hearing we were asked to support our statement that the proposed site was not a viable site because of the landslides so we submitted the inhabits last week i'll highlight a few of the inhabits exhibit a the mark 2013 amending e-mail in that e-mail mr. wilson talks about the preinspection d

on that motion with that condition >> commissioner fung. councilmember davis. commissioner honda.hank you. the vote is upheld with that condition. thank you. >> thank you. so the next item appeal

commissioner sugaya and commissioner fung is expected to arrive later this afternoon. conspiring is your consideration for items for continuance item one at 1423 osha request for discretionary review authorization is proposed for september 11, 2014, there are no speaker cards. any public comment on t

commissioner fung. commissioner hwang.ommissioner honda and the vote is 3 to store this matter is continued until august 27th. >> there's no further business. >> we're adjourned good morning everyone to my right is supervisor david chiu and i'd like to acknowledge staff today and i guess first before we begin colleagues is there a motion to excuse supervisor breed from the meeting today. all right without objection and madam clerk lisa miller are there any announcements you would like to make? >> items acted upon today will appear on the agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you and madam clerk can you please call item number one please. the schlage lock project. >> what we have before us today has been informed by an extensive community process the participation and feedback began over 13 years ago and we've had exactly 18 public meetings about this project everything from design principals and design controls as well as community public benefit. after the closure of the schlage lock factory -- to develop a plan for th

commissioner sugaya and commissioner fung is expected to arrive later this afternoon. conspiring is your consideration for items for continuance item one at 1423 osha request for discretionary review authorization is proposed for september 11, 2014, there are no speaker cards. any public comment on the continuance calendar any public comment on that item? >> move to continue item one until september 11th and second. >> commissioners a motion and second to continue on that motion. commissioner antonini. commissioner hillis. councilmember johnson. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 6 to zero and places you under your consent calendar all matter listed are considered to be routine may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items there will be no separate discussion of these items of the commission, the public, or staff so requests removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. .

plumbing permits for the purposes of making illegal units i'm not a fan i agree with commissioner fung we can't surmise what people are doing it's not right in my opinion that's not the way to do that we typically and mr. sanchez and i have seen this before the board the proper way to remove an illegal unit get a permit and if they want to appeal it they'll be going there to planning commission but when i look at the permits our department issues several permits a year and permits are taken out in good faith by contractors and homeowners and we don't think anyone in this case was to remove a stove in an illegal unit and maybe this one is the case we'll use to if we're going to see that i wouldn't want to be here every week doing this i don't think it's at - if that's what they're doing in my opinion not right. >> i think you said before or maybe mr. sanchez said it 2340i9s typical i don't think mr. sanchez stated you don't normally see the stand alone type of permit without the benefit of a building or permit to accommodate a removal of a unit. >> in this case it would be issued in err

commissioner fung. commissioner hwang.ommissioner honda and the vote is 3 to store this matter is continued until august 27th. >> there's no further business. >> there's no further business. >> we're adjourned >> there's no further business. >> we're adjourned aah! i'm a lion! yes, you are. come here. let's see how this looks. hey, how's my little horse? she's a lion. yes, she is. grrr! ha ha! announcer: you don't have to be perfect to be a perfect parent. when you adopt a child from foster care, just being there makes all the difference. >> so what brought you out here for the bike ride today? >> i grew up in san francisco but i have been living in new york. i wanted to see what san francisco is doing with infrastructure. >> cities are where people are living these days. the bay area is doing a lot with construction and the way to change the world starts here. >> we are about to take a bike ride. we have 30 cyclist. i'm really excited to hit the road and see what the city has in store. >> i definitely recommend it to peop

. >> commissioner fung. >> aye. >> president wu. >> so moved and that passes unanimously 7-0. >> i'll close the public to >> the commission doesn't tolerate any out burst of any kind. silence any mobile device that may sound out and before speaking before the commission, state your name for the record. commissioners, we left off on the regular calendar for 2012, cm, a request for use authorization. >> good afternoon, president wu and members of the commission. you have before you a conditional use authorization to allow development on a lot larger than 10,000 square feet in area in the haze golf and ct district. the project is acorn lot with 100 feet of frontage and 120 feet of frontage on lagoon in -- of laguna. it's construction of a mixed use building of 8,000 square feet of ground floor retail space including up to three restaurant uses and a basement level parking garage with 15 residential parking space and five commercial parking space. the project utilizing a modern design. contextually related to older buildings in the sur rounding neighborhood in terms of rhyme and massing.

the presiding officer is commissioner president lazarus and joined by commissioner fung and commissioner and our vice chair will be absent tonight to my left is deputy city attorney and at the controls is the person victor i'm sdooej we'll be

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on that motion, to up hold, commissioner fung? >> aye. >> commissioner hwang? >> reluctantly aye. >> president lazarus. >> aye. >> commissioner honda. >> aye. >> the vote is 5-0, this order is upheld on that basis, thank you. >> the last item was continued and so there is no further business and the meeting is adjourned. today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce fire hazard? >> the construction was a lot different. we don't expect what we had then. we want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. >> if you shut

on that motion, to up hold, commissioner fung? >> aye. >> commissioner hwang? >> reluctantly aye. >> president lazarus. >> aye. >> commissioner honda. >> aye. >> the vote is 5-0, this order is upheld on that basis, thank you. >> the last item was continued and so there is no further business and the meeting is adjourned. my very big pleasure welcome i to the opening of our convention 2014 and this convention is carried by the person he is still trying to get the governor going both the room and co- organizer i want to welcome pat from the tv pod there. this conventions wouldn't have happened without our convention committee we have a convention and industrial committee 35 experts and they've done a fantastic job making the convention program possible bringing the colleagues to talk and i think we've experienced some of the session i thought they were full to capacity so we're very impressed we've got the interest i want thank the supporters first our close partner we just announced two days ago filed a agreement with cal sea they're our local partner (clapping.

. >> on that motion, commissioner fung? >> aye. >> commissioner hwang? >> aye. >> and the president is recused. >> commissioner honda? >> aye. >> thank you. >> the vote is 4-0, and both of these permits are denied. >> we are going to take a 15 minute break and we will be back at 7:0 >> welcome back to the meeting, we are on item 7, appeal, number 1 4-096. s tamera broines verses the department of building inspection. 1767 northpoint street. protesting the issuance on april 28, 2014, to pat howson, alteration permit (one-story rear addition; legalize ground floor unit; convert from 2-unit r3 to 3-unit r2; new fire sprinkler system to be provided under separate permit). >> and we will start with the appellant, who has 7 minutes, the appellant's attorney. >> thank you. and good evening, i'm steven williams, and i am representing tamera who owns and resides in the single family home next door. our appeal has two bases, the first of all is that the legalization of this inlaw unit for a different zoning, from two units up to three units must be compliant with

but kind of echos commissioner fung's comment, i do go by here a lot and you scratch your head looking for the best use of this site. i don't think it's housing, but this use is somewhat ideal for a non ideal spot. cvs is not -- we have these in our neighborhoods and i'm not driving to 19th avenue to go to this cvs and they'll be people coming off 19th avenue that go to it, but those people will have the cvs like store unfortunately in their neighborhood or walgreens, so it's not a regional serving and the traffic impact will be enormous. i want to develop that in the future, is that parking link today this -- can they do it without undoing what we're doing. >> if they want to, they can do so because the project due to its square footage requires 28 parks spaces, and the code allows up to 150% of what's required to be considered accessory parking, so those additional nine spaces that are in a parking lot are considered accessory, but not required. if the property would like to improve that property or parking lot in the future, they can do so. >> we're not linking it with our approval

the supervisors created for the expansion, has really expanded, the tourism growth in the city of fung and we think that they have the models are really successful and of course, the third rail is proposition 209 and we think that the supervisors could really take a look at that in this climate now in san francisco that we could revisit and how we think about race and set aside from the city and of course, your continued leadership on the data gat gathering and it is difficult to get the numbers and who is hire and getting contracts and we think that the continued diligence will be helpful and, just as it is reflected by our board to continue to highlight, the cross race and the fillmore and for example in the bay view to deal with this disproportionalty issue. >> i have a couple of questions, for sf travel. >> thank you. >> and if i could ask a couple of questions. >> sure. >> mr. miller, you made some recommendations to i guess, members of the board, supervisors, and i was wondering if you have utilized the resources that exist within the mayor's office, we are the legislative body,