everyone interested in garage. very trusting because they have nothing of advantage in their garage. at my point, you need a little flex nlt on this because what an actual snout house is a matter of interpretation and i think by allowing this to be looked at by us or by staff in individual instances make sense but we actually want to discourage that from being a standard but certainly there may be those examples that are pointed out and others that might be an appropriate solution because i for one don't want to make it more difficult for people to add appropriate out house. and the other point i have, if you look at section 39-l-25, 24, 25 and it deals with this north of market s.u.d. and i think it's a little too sperving. what it's doing is relieving the minimum parking requirements. i think that's fine. if they want parking, they can do it. but they don't have to satisfy the minimum. it talks just in the existing lone moderate income stock and if someone was converting something they would say this doesn't appl

the contention is not the building of the garage.environmentally, i would think that everyone or most of us would like to preserve what is healthy, green, and at the same time creates an inviting ambiance. you have been introduced to two architectural drawings. comparing the two, we favor the -- design for reasons that are three definite advantages. first, still keeping an open space, and open public parking space, two, no street removal is needed cents there is still ample space between the two street trees to enter his grosz -- garage. i would be delighted to continue to enjoy the view from my living room of both streets with their lovely canopies. in conclusion, this efficient design is not only cost savings but also environmentally sound. there was a project built in that house and there is no way that they could build his house without a removal of the street trees. thank you very much. >> thank you. any other public comment? please step forward. >> i am the designer. >> you can speak under rebuttal. >> thank you. >> is anyone e

we plan to install a garage underneath our home to guarantee parking for antonio.this requires the removal of two trees. and you can see on the right hand side is the sidewalk tree and behind it is a tree on our property. so, we actually received approval to remove both of these truce on september 27th. -- both of these trees host. it could become a significant tree which is the way that the juniper is currently defined and how the building code works. the removal of the sidewalk tree is necessary to provide car access of the street. removal of the tree on our property is necessary to enable activation of the garage which would be at the front of our house. after evaluating approaches, we decided the only practical way to install the garage involves removal of both trees. we do plan to replace one of those. mr. hardy has proposed an alternative approach. this is the goal of leaving the two trees in tact. his goal is similar to solutions we have already evaluated but does not meet our needs. in addition, one of the evaluate your states that there is no way to excava

the garage is yours? >> i have lived in this home for 20 years. i had the garage door seals. people connected with my family coming in. so subsequently, with the new tenant coming in, i was trying to maintain my privacy and secure my materials. this garage has been mined for the last 20 years and will continue to be. yes, with regard to the test, last thursday, i believe it was -- president peterson: i did not ask about the test. i wanted to know, and you answered. vice president goh: what happens with the test? >> last thursday, i was in a lot of pain. they were attempting to turn the compressor on. they ran an extension cord out to the compressor. i was already medicated and dealing with my pain. vice president goh: they were trying to turn the compressor on at its current location which was outside of the window. got it. >> it stayed on for about 1.5 minutes, and then they turned it off. vice president goh: it was not in the garage, the compressor? >> the existing location where it is at right now. vice president goh: thank you. president peterson: mr. kornfield, anything

the contention is not the building of the garage.environmentally, i would think that everyone or most of us would like to preserve what is healthy, green, and at the same time creates an inviting ambiance. you have been introduced to two architectural drawings. comparing the two, we favor the -- design for reasons that are three definite advantages. first, still keeping an open space, and open public parking space, two, no street removal is

garage is the location we are proposing. what happens here is that we are trying to pick up the retaining wall so that it is supported by the main wall of the house. what they have right now is a been coming across to pick up the main wall of the house and then a secondary been for this portion in the front of the house. by doing this, we are not eliminating existing retaining walls at the property line. there is cost savings. there is also cost savings in the section because of the excavation, the highlighted area is the applicants garage and also this sits higher. so, there is about a 4 ft. 6 or 4 ft. 10 savings underneath that could be saved. everything in both in the walkway, i see that that has to be demolished anyhow in order to retain the existing walk away. our proposal is to raise the front wall by about 12 inches. this would say if -- save the removal and replacement of the trees and also maintain a driveway between the trees that would hopefully save -- >> what is the differential between the cost of what you're p

it is a four-story over garage proposal. everything in the neighborhood except a few corner buildings and some at the top of the hill are basically three-story over garage or lower. if you look at the photographs that i have sent you in this letter, page two shows you pleasant street. look at the middle of the block. the mid block open space is greatly enhanced by the fact there's a long row of one-story garages. there's no buildings there at all. if you look at the other side, where 36 is, you could see the buildings are all three-story garages. there isn't a four-story building on the street. just because they're talking about setting it back doesn't mean it won't be highly visible to those that live around and walk around there. especially as you come down the hill. notice the pictures of taylor street right at the bottom, all three story over-garage. i talked to the architect and they say, your neighborhood has penthouses in it. that gives you a precedent for another story. look at the precedent that is set. don't look a

there's garage faces in the back. the ownerers and developers as pleasant street are asking for four stories plus a roof deck. that four story that they're proposing -- other penthouses on the block which you saw earlier don't include living space. it is -- i really think that it is an optical ill lewis if you look at the drawing very closely. look at the site, it -- it would be much more apparent. the -- the other part of it is that if you give this the setback -- 12 threes feet is probably not visible from directly head on across the street. if you're at the top of the hill it will be. that's problematic, not only for the pedestrians but the neighbors. it blocks the height and the views for some people. that's not the important part. it is the light there on the street. i think we all agree or most of us agree that three stories would be a more appropriate addition or -- to the neighborhood. i think -- i think from -- from the planning department's perspective they asked and in keeping with the residential guideline

as far as the garage goes, it is a one-car legal barack for planning standards. -- garage for planning standards. i cannot say it is a two-car garage because they think it would be two cars independently. the garage really would not have access to any windows. the idea of putting this space in a garage does not seem like a good idea. i would really like to say that as i understand it, the dr was supposed to be based on the impact of light and ventilation on the neighbors. we have heard of all sorts of properties. the two adjacent neighbors are not here tonight. they have signed letters of agreement. i have worked with david for a number of years and worked for him as the architect on rehabilitating. i do not think that david would like the idea that he is so incapacitated that he could not make up his own mind and was coerced into framing the letter of agreement. i would like to reemphasize what a great job that steve has done. in the project we have seen down here, there was a lot of miscommunication between neighbors. to get the neighbors to sign off is just terrific. >> my name is m

other garages in the area are not nearly as large. rather than trying to capture garage space and converted into habitable space, as the planner told me was typical with these types of projects, mr. fowler is actually extending the garage, pushing the project further into the yard. arnie lerner explained to me that actually, the project architect really meant to draw the two cars in the garage, and that required the extra space. i went back and looked at the 311 notice issued, and it shows a single car and says no change to the number of off street parking spaces, which is one. but then the plants we received in preparation for this hearing show two cars side-by-side. from what i understand, mr. fowler is adding an off street parking space. he should comply with the standards and relevant criteria. if the proposal has more than one space per unit -- fowler has evicted the upstairs tenant. this proposal works completely contrary to the city's transit first policy by limiting housing and increasing parking. second, it specifically calls

most of the units on the street are two stories over a garage or basement. you can see the hill is quite steep. i want this -- i want to pass this to you so you can look at the streetscape and see what the property's book like and noticed the slope of the street -- see what the properties of look like and notice the slope of the street. the largest properties are on the main thoroughfares, scott and castro. there are a couple of larger properties on the block, but they are on the ends of the street. there are no roof decks or pentoses on the street itself. there is only one working roof deck on the corner of walker. it is not even on the street itself. again, as you can see, most of the properties are two stories over a basement or garage. i want to show you what kind of neighborhood support there is for this project. we have almost 140 signatures for people in the community. the blue pointers here are neighbors who signed on behalf of the dr requestors and a smaller design. i have 20 or 30 letters from those neighbors as well, which we have submitted in our

ample space between the two street trees to enter his grosz -- garage. i would be delighted to continue to enjoy the view from my living room of both streets with their lovely canopies. in conclusion, this efficient design is not only cost savings but also environmentally sound. there was a project built in that house and there is no way that they could build his house without a removal of the street trees. thank you very much. >> thank you. any other public comment? please step forward. >> i am the designer. >> you can speak under rebuttal. >> thank you. >> is anyone else who would like to speak under public comment? seeing none, we will move into rebuttal. three minutes. >> with regards to -- and there is a walkway entry that comes up at this point. the steps that do come up might have to be demolished under the applicants proposal. i think by moving things to the side where this becomes a retaining wall underneath the proposal to pick up the house, what occurs is that those trees could be saved. i think additional cost savings might be incurred. i thi

i have a garage full of stuff i don't use. there is a place on tunnel avenue if you are a city resident you take it down there and show them you are a city resident and they will take it. call us. say, i can't get down there i have, they might come out with 50 gallon drums if you have waste or oil they will come and pick it up. if you have gasoline you haven't used in a while they will come and pick it up. the main thing is safety. we don't want to end up like this guy. he didn't heed the warnings. for each one of these to carry out this guy, how many guys are backing them up? i figure 4 a piece. we don't send in a team unless we have the same amount of people and then some to back them up. to get you to gage what an incident is the guy with the big thumb. the rule of thumb is this. if you cover the incident with your thumb you are far enough away. does it look like he's got it covered with his thumb? you see the smoke going to the side. he's still too close. he's got to back up further even with the rule of thumb. we want you

we encourage and support his request for a new garage. we are seeking a win-win situation. the bureau of urban forestry previously denied the request to remove the trees. and we request a compromise which allows him to build his garage and for the neighborhood to retain both trees plus an additional parking place. a well-known architect through careful study has jointly contributed to the achievement of a detailed solution which achieves the goal by reciting the grosz approximately 7 feet 6 inches to the south. please see the detailed architectural drawings as attachments to the appellants brief and an 11 page report as an attachment to the brief. blñ'z]!i am asking that you ple remove the permanent and enable them to remain as a familiar complement to the proposed rosh -- proposed garage. the bank tthank you. >> i was asked to review this project and to see if there are any primary solutions that we could use to maybe save the trees and come up with a more cost-effective method of producing the garage. this is down here closer to the north. this is mr. hardy's driveway. w

but blocal equivalency for exitg through a garage area. there is an extensive hallway in the modified design that would be problematic for firefighters. this would be a dangerous entryway in the advent of emergency. but for half of the other buildings in the area within a one block radius are four stories. 2/3 are 40 feet or higher. the code does allow for a 40 foot building. the sponsors have agreed to hire 100% local workers to do this project and this speaks volumes for what we need here in san francisco right now. the sponsors have gone to great lengths to accommodate the concerns of the neighbors and you should support the design. thank you. >> thank you. >> i have been designing and building buildings in san francisco for 30 years and i have been through this process quite a bit. i have known todd and kevin for a while and sometimes i assist them in their development processes. i think what is happening here is there is some confusion between height and it stories. this is it possible to build a four story building within the white e

we have a new lease for portsmouth garage. just at the last meeting approved segue rentals in golden gate park. we've implemented a tourist fee for entrance to the botanical garden. we have very successfully implemented the outside lands concerts. we have a new lease with the pga tour at harding park. we are working on a pro shop at the golden gate park tennis courts. and we are increasing concession revenue at union square through our relationship with cafe rule. pending initiatives include revitalizing the boat house at lake merced. we have an r.f.p. out for that. urban markets, the marina degauzing station, additional mobile food vendors, putting a lease into the mill rights cottage, implementing merchandise carts in our park, and also bringing a zip line to park property. the partnerships and resource development is also working very hard on philanthropy. both on the capital and then more importantly for this presentation on the operations side of the department. they've been very successful in finding people to support pa

a compressor run in the garage, and some measure is taken upstairs, because that tenant might have a problem, and then also, tenant number one or tenant number two -- at least to run the test yhency. it may turn out that the garage is a worse spot than you had planned originally. >> i do not think that would be the case. commissioner garcia: nor do i, but we need that information to evaluate, and he needs and information to rebut. >> one thing brought up about the use of the compressor and the stone chipper and everything else is that it would be done during the day, hours during which the appellant is not at home. he is at work. and the thing is, we did say if he were at home during the day because he is taking the day off or is sick, we could always notify the attendant -- the tenant that he would prefer that no work be done, so there is a very minimal amount of interference with the tenant being at home, it tended to number one using the compressor te -- nant -- tenant number one using the compressor. there is no reason why one tenant would want to get into a fight with the other

why is it that the garage is unusable? since there is an existing garage now? >> the recommended slope of the driveway is 8%-10%. the existing driveway is 34%. we could not even get close. >> nobody has ever parked in there? is that correct? what is an average car? >> [inaudible] >> i guess mr. donaldson is in sacramento or washington dc. i will play the historical conservationist. i do not like this project. i think the idea is egregious. i think it overwhelms the historic character of the house itself. the problem i have is that under ceqa and other different kinds of court cases, it seems as though the interpretation of what is character defining and respected as a historic resources, ceqa is for the benefit of the public. what has been happening over the years is that the interpretation of the public benefit has been narrowed to where you are supposed to be able to see it from the street. that is why it is important that the city take a different tact in reducing the historic landmark work. they may have to change that, too. it does not just apply to those

for its lease of civic center garage space. commissioner lee: that accounts for $1.5 million. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment -- oh, there is. i'm sorry. >> >> ♪ you've had some bad luck with your budget before park and rec it drove you crazy but with it now and fix it right up fix the budget shiny and new fix the budget up now and i used to see your budget smile and now some people don't even live here anymore and hold this item and take it with care and i hope you really be there and get with it now and fix the budget up fix it up shiny and new park and rec fix the budget up now fix it shiny fix it up, do that's the right thing to do ♪ >> song selection. >> is there any other public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. this was discussion only. >> ok. so we're moving to the next item and we're moving item 20 up. >> we are. so item 20 is public comment continued. albert. >> thank you. >> thank you, katie. >> good evening, eve

it looks like he could enter the first floor with the garage independent from the rest of the house, which is generally where we want to have that entrance eliminated so you cannot use it as a second unit and you have to come into the house on the entry floor, which is the second floor, and go downstairs. i think that is what i would like to see changed in the plan so that it discourages the possibility of anybody using it as a separate unit because it is supposed to be a single-family residence. president olague: -- commissioner moore: the other thing that leads to that, it has a bathtub and it next to the game room. commissioner antonini: that could be made into a half baths. president olague: is that a motion? commissioner antonini: let me move it, not take the art and approved. entrances to the first floor -- take d.r., and eliminate entrances to the exterior from the first floor, other than the garage door or the cars, man, and turn the bathroom there into a half bath. since nobody is living down there, presumably, there should be no need for to be a full bath and we could appro

. >> how tall is the garage? >> we are less than 10 feet. we are about 8 feet from the high point from the top of our wall. their proposal is actually a higher wall at this point and their proposal is about 11 feet from this point up. this is an existing wall. i think mr. sanchez would agree that either proposal would probably work under the code requirements. >> ok. thank you. í9>> your location is differentn that you have some reduced height there. your scheme is contingent upon being able to have the right height on the southern side of the door but also to be within the amount ofjé':@jylse the sidewalk and to be able to slope down. are you sure that works? >> i have studied that section. our condition is about 23% on the southern end where we are working the encroachment at 23%. this gets reduced on the northern end and so this is a hyperbolic -- for the encroachment area. this is similar to what they have proposed with respect to their encroachment. thank you. >> are you finished with your presentation? >> yes. >> i am prepared to answe

the new technology that makes it the smartest parking garage in the country. >> reporter: the garage is unlike any in the entire nation. the latest technology helps drivers not only find open spots, but also their car. when the spot is open, the light above it stays green. >> you can look so far ahead and see if there's a space available further up or down. >> reporter: britney says finding a spot can be confusing. she came to the mall with 2- year-old lila. >> you can see if a spot is available. so you're not really waiting forever. >> reporter: signs at the entrance tell you in realtime how many spots are on each floor. the technology will also direct you to your car. >> i think it is great and really helpful. because we do forget where we park all the time. >> reporter: type your license plate number on a kiosk on any level of the garage. a picture pops up, one more touch shows a map. the map led us right to the car. the aclu has some concerns. aclu attorneys worry that cameras may come with an invasion of privacy and unintended consequences. >> that doesn't bother me. it's probab

stores will be inside the garage. in marina green, storage will be where there is a bicycle rental kiosks already, and storage will be exactly where there are storage containers already on the right hand side. in justin herman plaza, you will see that -- down in the bottom in the middle, and storage will be off site. i would like to address safety parkwide concerns safety -- address safety concerns. parkwide has 30 years experience. the fisherman's wharf district had concerns originally, but they have been alleviated because they have had zero bicycle-related insurance claims, and an excellent safety record in that area. all proposed locations are well served by bicycle lanes. each rider will be given a map with bicycle lanes highlighted. it will also all be given a helmet. baez's are accessible from the north, south, east, and west sides. there are numerous bicycle rental operations within a few blocks, all with excellent safety records. there have been zero incidents, in fact, with just those locations. that is two

the fact that i volunteered that was because i had the subterranean garage with lots of room in a peer this was moving pretty fast. i made the decision to even the normally required to do one car share, i put in that i would do six. again, we got approval to the board of supervisors, and subsequently, when we were designing our building, by using cars factors to accommodate our parking, i can get pretty close to my 50% parking on my ground floor behind my commercial, and it eliminates excavation and spending a lot of money on unnecessary parking structure, which i think is kind of the goal of the new parking mandates in the city, so i currently am proposing to provide 54 spaces for residential. 52 are my car sackers, and two handicapped accessible. due to space constraints, i can only set in two, which again, i'm required to do one. so i'm dropping my total request from 69 down to 56, which is 13 less cars, and that is the reason we redesigned our parking proposal. if there is any questions i can and sit on the parking, or i will move on to the inclusion very aspect -- any questions i

>> you cannot have direct street access to the garage through the family room. that is an open stairwell that is accessing the family room from the primary living space on the second level. commissioner antonini: that is what i was trying to figure out. >> with direct street access through the garage -- because of the stairwell design, it is very open. commissioner antonini: as long as it is meeting our rooms. what the project sponsor wants to do with all the rooms -- there is a lot of sitting rooms. i am not sure what these are. i guess that are in between the dining room and the living room. you have the kitchen and a sitting room. you have another one upstairs with the bedrooms. as long as the connection is clearly there -- it is an rh-1 district. it seems like it is probably ok. i would rather have seen more detailed plans. commissioner moore: the only comment that i wanted to mention that the commissioner made is that the plans given to us are only an example of what i encouraged the department not to put in front of us. the drawings are of different skill

the fire appeared to have started in the garage of a three-level house, it was a garage where there might have been some construction going on according to the fire department. somebody recently had bought that house but nobody was living in it. so the fire spread through the house, hit the wall of the next door house and then went into the attic. the smoke remaining, firefighters have to make sure there is no fire hiding in the attic that could erupt later. about 40 firefighters on scene here overnight after this fire broke out at around 3 a.m. san rafael fire, larkspur, novato, corte madera and ross valley firefighters all helping with this effort. according to the chief they did a good job. now they just need to make sure that the area is safe they go throughout the day. >> all right, anne, thanks very much. anne makovec joining us by phone talking about that three- alarm fire in san rafael. anne, thank you. >>> it is 5:07. a bay area family's pet killed by a police dog. >> those officers are supposed to serve and protect. it's really heartbreaking. >> how this attack is leading to a r

this is easier to turn on and off if you is get in the garage. if you can't use the one in the street. do it only if it's say safe to do so. if it's dangerous, leave it. >> this is a basic electric system. a switch and the screw in fuses. there are not many of these anymore. most have the breakers. okay. to show you what they look like. on, off. this is a safety box you can't get it open until you turn it off. a couple of screw in fuses. this is a cartridge and screw in fuses. here it says on and off. pull it out stick it upside down and stick it back in. circuit break /-rs this is what most have. you have the meter. that's how pg and e /khrarpblgs us. you have the big main. usually there are 60 or a hundred or 50. the little guys are 20-15-30. if you want to shut off the power you shut off the little guys first than the main. when you throw a switch there is the arch. like water when water flows in an old house any you shut it off quick you get the hammer effect? that's like electricity. is it safe to do it if you smell natural gas? show of hand