. >> commissioner hillis. >> i'm okay with that only the holiday it makes me nervous i mean the fourth of july is a holiday not on the the monitored usually and and the halloween. >> friday and saturday night and new years eve. >> thank you i don't like it. >> oh, then san francisco holidays gay provide sunday (laughter). >> all right. let's see with what the commissioners say i'll be concerned about the holidays. >> i can change the motion. >> change to new years eve. >> yes. he says new years eve and gay presiding sunday. >> a that's a sunday night but i don't know whether the commissioners want to include that. >> we'll continue with the commissioners comments. >> commissioner richards. >> we identified the specific holidays highlighting the specific i think i'm happy with new years eve and gay provide sunday's are there other holidays i ask to amend to gay pride sunday. >> commissioner johnson. >> i'm sorry i don't want to extend this i know we're getting out of here another 5 i don't like being random and to me i like thanksgiving eve i like to go out and help with the digestion s

. >> commissioner hillis. >> i agree i don't see anything extraordinary kind of the front deck maybe you can address i think and i agree with the commenter we see a lot of 0 boxes we set back them 15 feet their supposing not available but take up 15 foot with the deck. >> the 15 feet the neighborhood has windows on the property line we had to push the front of the building up to 15 feet to allow for the windows to maintain daylight and air so in addition to the neighborhood. >> you said do front of the on top of box is set back 15 feet. >> the addition is set back 15 feet. >> we were able to build closer to the property line if not for the windows on the neighbors property line. >> no, i get it so that's all i don't know if there's this is going to take off the deck but it kind of enhances i even it's good to at the time e set it back 15 feet the point is not see the third floor addition. >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah. i can sort of see what commissioner hillis is saying but basically our eye probably as long as the deck is pretty flat there's a clear railing there; is that corre

a motion and a second to continue this matter to november 30th commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson no commissioner richards commissioner fong and commissioner president wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 4 to 2 with commissioner johnson and commissioner fong voting take a 15 minute break. >> good morning welcome to the for planning commission regular hearing october 23, 2014, i'd like to remembered members that the commission does not tolerate disruptions of any kind devices. and and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. i'll have to ask those of you standing please find a seat please thank you very much commissioners we left off on item 11 for 436 central after a conditional use authorization. >> commissioner hillis i need to ask for a are you custodial i live on the same block. >> move to recuse commissioner hillis. >> on that motion commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner richards commissioner fong and commissioner president wu thank you, commissioners you are h

i need to ask for a are you custodial i live on the same block. >> move to recuse commissioner hillis. >> on that motion commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner richards commissioner fong and commissioner president wu thank you, commissioners you are here by recused. >> good afternoon mary radius woods of departmental staff this is for a prior conditional use authorization that was approved in 2007 in order for the sponsor to extend the hours of operation from an overnight shelter to a daytime street light the cu is required because the project site is in a residential place a they've addressed the issues and some of the issues already incorporated in the draft motion under the conditions of approval such as a loiter and garbage cans and liaisons the neighbors have raised the additional noise in the backyard so if the commission would like to explores that as a condition it probation officer would be up to the commission to make the recommendation the departments recommendation to approve with conditions since last week the department has 28 letters

. >> commissioner antonini commissioner hillis be commissioner johnson commissioner moore sxhoifkz that he commissioner fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously and places you on item 14 on gladstone drive request for discretionary review good evening southwest team leader we're on the south side in the excelsior neighborhood proposal the proposal is a two-story horizontal rear edition it increases the wealthy by 164 inches and adding 3 bedrooms and two barrooms and a family room the logically e.r. relocation to the garage of the part of the interior it adds 9 hundred and 80 square feet to the existing rinse the subject properties 50 by joe 50 and 25 hundred square feet the dr requesters is concerned about the existing property line they're concerned this position will change the feel p of this home to a detached unit and the sunlight will be come down because it will add 4 additional feet to the overlay 4 feet deeper than the dr filer they'll not windows on the other side facing the subject property the dr requester about modify the corner to accommodate the neighbo

. >> commissioner fong arrest commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner hillis and commissioner johnson commissioner president wu. >> thank you, commissioners due to the late start we'll be moving things around on the calendar weaning we'll be moving tatters c and d to the end of the calendar and item 12 for 490 van ness will be outside of order following abc of pine street so commissioners terrors is the items proposed for continuance item one at 53 state street a announced discretionary reviews no other items proposed for continues and i have no speaker cards any public comment on the items proposed phone number for continuance seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? commissioner moore >> move to continue. >> second. >> on that motion to continue item one until november win arrest commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner richards commissioner fong and commissioner president wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero and places you under your consent calendar to be routine and may be

. >> commissioner hillis. >> so just to clarify the scope is limited that the puc is cleaning up this site and it's great for ou were talking about the future and specific the gun club are not for the merits of the remediation plan but we're asked to do whatever the environmental review is adequate and i think other things will happen and hopefully, they'll happen at the puc so i'm fine with the mitigated deck and move to uphold that. >> second and commissioner johnson. >> thank you very much so i agree with commissioner hillis although i'll enter into commentary on the record as to why just really quickly first of all, there were comments in writing and today, the length of the preliminary mitigated negative declaration and the response to comment is an indicator this is so much wording there should be an eir the purpose the negative declaration is to say if you do the mitigations your proposing you'll mitigate an environmental impact and therefore not needing an environmental impact report for the impacts that are invadeable it's the point of a night e mitigated negative impact so i

. >> commissioner hillis. >> yeah. i want to echo many of the concerns i don't support f 24 it goes too far and one set of the vent pipes would be different i appreciate the changes to the railway space but we're adding more to the front of the facade that i'm voting he against. >> commissioner richards. >> besides the vent on the roof is there another site mid block would you be open to that is there another site. >> i can answer so that the first portion other than vent pipes this is a traditional approach by the historic preservation has been either put the antenna back or the penthouse the choosing of penalty houses the planning code didn't protect the views that's changing but if they have 9 vent pipes on a larger building we didn't want the factory effect but we may have having the combination of upgrading the rear facade and the combination of the rear. >> is there another mid block those antennas will be better. >> it is higher-up so this is a signal block. >> sure in the 27 alternative sites is there one as su

. >> we do expect commissioner hillis, however, commissioner moore will be absent first on our agenda consideration for items proposed for continuance stem one planning code to consolidating dings we make other substantive items planning code to continuance october 23rd, 2014, i have no other items proposed for continuance commissioners. >> is there any public comment on items proposed for continuance? seeing none, public comment is closed commissioner antonini >> move to approve item one. >> continue item one i'm sorry to october 23rdrd. >> on that motion to continue commissioner antonini commissioner hillis excuse me. commissioner johnson commissioner richards commissioner fong and commissioner president wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to zero and places you under our consent calendar 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 a member of the commission, the public, or staff so requests in which event the matter shall be removed from the consent calendar and consid

snow >> commissioner johnson commissioner hillis commissioner richards and commissioner president wuo. >> that motion passes 3 to 2 >> okay that's it folks we'll see you again in december. >> commissions that places you on general public comment i have two speaker cards if - those of you leaving the chambers can do so quietly we have business to attend to we'd appreciate if you'd continue the conversations outside of the chambers thank you we'll open this up for public comment general public comment. >> can you give everyone a moment to leave. >> can we give them and yeah. mr. lange. >> we're going to clear the room hello, i'm harvey langford i work for san francisco housing i've been there 24 years and a lot of the concern is fraud in new development and old development and the thing is - in hunters point my partner was killed and we didn't have any kind of protection and the only reason we didn't have protection is because a lot of the crime and stuff went on because so people could get the property cheap this is the problem we're having and again like rosa parks two is a lot of th

. >> commissioner hillis. >> just a question onless upcoming projects we heard from two projects they're ready to go are all 4 of those being delayed. >> those two are ready to go one of the 4 is a project not coming before you the empty seat voting is coming out of the cap when it's issued and the other on harrison street that one is not ready to go they're working through a couple of issues but it will be ready to go by the end of this calendar year. >> i commented on one of the speaker referred to blockage that's me i minded the commission it have an opportunity to decide that or delay that conversation and allow this project to go forward. >> and then the 2016 projects the central selma ones they're all relying on the central selma plan to be adapted so their it's predicted on the selma being adapted so it's speculative we've got planning and code changes to be made and things like that candle stick again somewhat i don't know how are they talking to us actively about projects in candle stick. >> i won't up u put that up there there's a if i projects we've listed that are not on you

want to do that. >> so noted. >> i never know. >> on that motion commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner richards commissioner fong no commissioner president wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes that planning commission motion passes 5 to one with commissioner fong voting against expirations that places you on general public comment i have no speaker cards is there any general public comment? >> you may. >> when we were planning after all there were 8 houses we live in two house near the area all the houses are the same it has a living room and diagram not a bedroom and the reason i know hal la i handled her real estate and she's had the back unit where it says all utilities will be paid by her, she knew you it was adjacent to her unit before all of this started we actually called liz to the planning department i have a voice recording that told us what to do we went into down to the planning department they said we need the report fixed the inspector looked at the property and investigated if better than to get the building cards from 891 to 1

. >> no commissioner hillis commissioner johnson. >> commissioner moore commissioner richards commissioner johns and commissioner president wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 6 to one with commissioner antonini vociferating against on item 12 for the next case at 86 directive you mandatory discretionary review. >> chris barns is a native of san jose he saw the light move north and the current planning for the county of santa barbara and santa monica and he was a planner in the counter operations chris early planning work is architecture coordinator for kaiser and the ucla in southern california he is a b.a. from berkley and has worked in the southeast that quadrant we welcome him to the department. >> thank you for the kind of directions director ram and chris from the plaintiff northeast quadrant i'll be providing the discretionary review the subject property in the bay area rh1 zoning district that property on, on the north side of the drive between ta peck after the rear yard of this property as well as the adjacent proposals butt a large hillside and the existing use is app

intent off the calendar commissioner antonini commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner hillisioner fong and commissioner president wu snoement 6 to zero and we'll hear item 5 at the beginning the calendar that place you under commissioners comments and questions. >> commissioner antonini. >> go giants i had one other thing in addition to that the last 6 weeks or so i'm almost at the end i have a daily treatment down at the end of san francisco i come from western san francisco and either return back there or return to mile dental office in hallow my treatment time is like 7:30 and then hit all the traffic coming north i was impressed that oyster .4 different routes to get into it not only 101 but avenue brisbane a way coming from south san francisco and go straight and end up open hillside so when i have to go back 80 back to my home it's a quick trip that's instructive for us we have projects are a health department and candle stick point we're emphasizing public transit we have to realize that most people will be coming by car we have to approve the automobile access people

president wu commissioner fong commissioner antonini commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner hillis first on your agenda is for continuance this is the first case at 815 on 1010 is proposed until october 16, 2014, item two at 1912, 20th street request for discretionary review for december 4th and further on our agenda calendar under your discretionary review calendar at 16 through 18 iris after a announced discretionary review is proposed until december 11, 2014, to accommodate an individual dr that was filed recently i voluntary no other items proposed for continuance. >> any public comment on items proposed for continuance? seeing none, any public comment on that item? public comment is closed. >> commissioner antonini move to continue the items one and two to the date specified and item 13 to december 11th. >> do i hear a second. >> second. >> on that motion to continue commissioner antonini commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner johnck's commissioner fong and commissioner president wu smoement national anthem 6 to zero aplaced you under single roll call vote of the

president wu commissioner fong commissioner antonini commissioner richards we do expect commissioner hillis and commissioner johnson momentary commissioner first on our agenda is proposed items for continuance item one at 1814 through 16 ann district attorney request for conditional use authorization and item 2 at 2312 market street request for conditional use authorization until november 13th he have no other items proposed for continuance and no speaker cards. >> okay any public comment on this item? for items proposed for continuance? seeing none, public comment is closed commissioner fong >> move to continue. >> second. >> on that motion to continue commissioner antonini commissioner johnson commissioner richards i can only vote on the tennessee i actually the market street one i'm living within 5 hundred feet i'll not be vociferating or participating that. >> in this case can we change the motion to - >> move to continue item 1. >> second. >> thank you commissioner antonini on that motion to continue item one. >> commissioner antonini commissioner johnson commissioner richards commissi

. >> commissioner hillis. >> i would agree with the last two commissioner comments i think the crux of this it's all great and great recommendations how to pay for it i agree what's i was trying to rely on the volunteer organizations or the nonprofits or the small city staff is clearly not working we're going to have the same problems in the 50s with the street tree populations declining it's not working the only way to put the real funding towards it i would recommended beefing up the category i wouldn't give people hope that the foundations is going to make the impact the city has to take it on if it's going to work 81 we need a dedicated funding we know what had f that looks like do we have example see from other jurisdictions is it a a parcel tax or assessment how can we make this work i recommended you install some of the specification. >> that's a good question a good part of the work was at financial study we worked with e come that did an exploration of how the other cities and the mechlgz that emerged were lighting and landscaping and parcel tax tied to our linear how big the

. >> commissioner hillis i'm supportive of the project i think the massing is nice it is great there's a lot going on the design so it's amenable i want folks the project team to work with staff and simplify is and have marrow a interaction but the fade it looks at great and eloquent but now there's 3 shades of red and black and set backs so if we make this nor elegant so that's what i want to say i would like you want to add that to the motion. >> yes. real quick the standards of approval we have a kind of conditional approval regarding final materials we have the ability to refine the project. >> so there's a lot more kind of the colors and awnings and things like that. >> yeah. >> i know what the commissioner is saying beyond the standard leaking the simplification of the form. >> thank you commissioner antonini. >> i would agree with those comments i think continue to work with staff by adding up the corn sisters if their stronger make the roof element nor definite and trying to find a rust color in keeping with the color of the red stone building next door but those are things tha

there's a motion to approve with conditions it's been seconded commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore sxhifkz commissioner president wu smoement amazing 78 to zero that places ion the next item intention to initiate to allow the exemption for the medical equipment it is to initiate at a scheduled public hearing good afternoon the item amend the planning code to allow the mechanical equipment for hospital that are non-compliant with regard to height we're asking you to have november 13th always the date it really begins to require the 20 day notice period after that the hearing will be up for action it is for the st. francis hospital we'll get into the specification but to give you a quick overview the height is for the district height exemptions are in the planning code 26 b and some are capped by the horizontal roof area while the other very specific limitations some are non-compliant instructed prior to the height and bulk and this include the mechanic equipment the proposed amendment allows the necessary roof features to hospital that are non

forward to have it approved by the planning commission or the board of supervisors i think commissioner hillis. >> i think given this is allowed in an industrial area and not require a fee in this adjacent area and maybe i'm not comfortable requiring the if upper recommending that because we have not looked this in detail so maybe we require or make a recommendation that the board look at the possible of having a cu. >> commissioner richards. >> yeah. my concern is not with the manufacturing but the tasting i've not driven counsel the corridor those are things that need to be looked at in terms of the tasting not the manufacturing. >> to answer that question when it was rezoned with the lastly pdr district this was a district included pdr that stance for the buffer that buffers the industrial use i don't believe that industrial use t is allowed. >> it addresses my concern. >> thank you commissioner johnson. >> thank you very much i'd be willing to amend it to the board of supervisors looking at it i definitely my intent was knowing the board of supervisors rule they change the legislation, how

. >> i would agree with many of the comments particularly commissioner hillis and commissioner fong i think having a cap on top of a cap prop m has served the city better than we've seen now while all other cities continue with early signs at the time that prop m was created and like to mention houston i practiced in the middle of prop m and saw to understanding the prop m was it meant and how i believe that adding to the list of values for basic principle to reflect on looking at the job housing link in the transit impact fees is an important thing to do because we can't really move forward without really understanding the indirect correlations of a dense city while driving the car will not be the future of this city but more and more understanding efficient and contemporary transit that keeps with technology and innovation that's where the cutting-edge is prop m across the city when nobody had a list including our ability to use larger knows for reinterpretation when we were able to adapt housing it was impossible for obsolete buildings standing around creating office clufrtsdz but

. >> commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore sxhoifkdz and commissioner fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero i wish i could say we can take general public comment but we moved items c and d to the end of the calendar we have a couple of things to move on commissioners that places you under commissioner matters the adaptation of the draft minutes for september 11th and 18. >> i have no speaker cards. >> second. >> on that motion to adapt the minutes. >> commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner richards and commissioner fong excuse me. commissioner chair commissioners that places you on commissioners questions or comments. >> commissioner moore. >> there was a tragic accident on stockton in sacramento mrs. friday or saturday again, a woman was crossing the street was run over and died i talked with president wu and i like to remind the commission planning staff and all departments to look at the single for green man plus technology i know there's an idea of

. >> commissioner hillis. >> it sound like we're in agreement i want to add even though moss move those projects forwarding we can be more you know strike about how we look at those projects to our point a 660 third, that could be used for pdr i think converting it into office we know we're close to the cap we've got projects down the road we can be more selective even with those projects coming before us over the next quarter prop m has not effected our thinking in the allocation but be more diligent knowing we have projects will that will fill the gap in the future. >> sxhoifksz if we don't set criteria i think don't go to sooner or later makes sense i wasn't aware when a project came to make changes around until the gentleman said i'm still new at this 6 months is too late maybe january. >> sorry. >> it sounds like early after the first of the year january or february. >> check back in. >> okay. >> okay anything else okay. thank you commissioners that will place you on item 10 for case 2014 office conversion controls and landmark buildings to the planning code amendment. >> good even

haven't spoken yet oak seeing none, public comment is closed opening up to commissioners commissioner hillis. >> i have questions for the project sponsor just i guess first you've heard i'm sure eave researched before you selected this site kind of about the issues the neighbors/have about clustering this has a disproportionate number of clubs dispensaries in other neighborhoods we've been down this path green before why did you select that site. >> first finding a site t is hard in san francisco the zoning laws create if you places for medical cannabis and it has the largest complication over 71 hundred spark members living in the 91192 or adjudicate zip codes. >> but the adjacent zip codes is it because of the green zone it's difficult to find other spots that's a large area i can look at other districts is it the green zone it limits where you go. >> green zone is by law the only place. >> we've tried to increase the area where you can locate but it doesn't seem to have much of on impact. >> i don't think the laws have been changed. >> we recommended changes. >> yeah. there were changes r

it is a rough divide between piedmont to the north and west dhat is rocky and hilly, an then to the east lies the coastal plain, the flat soil that is a combination of silt and overlaid with marine deposits over time. very loose and sandy, different from the hard soil of the piedmont. some of the coastal plants that we show -- the wax myrtle. if you go north you will find it more of a very -- more bayberry. both are famous for making waxy fruits. they got their names from early colonial use. there was no electricity back then so the wax fruits were boiled, the wax would come to the top of the pot and they would use it to make candles. in our a source of light early colonial days. very aromatic and sometimes it is even used to create pungent seasoning and some dishes. bayberry is very important. it also smells pleasant, and the bayberry candle became a standard. there are lots of goldenrod's native in the united states but older part of it comes from the fact that the foliage smells of licorice. tea is made into an herbal and was exported in the 1800s even to china. it has got a little bi

president wu commissioner fong commissioner antonini commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner hillis first on your agenda is for continuance this is the first case at 815 on 1010 is

one foot and raise the windows to 36 inches commissioner wu and commissioner moore and commissioner hillis and commissioner fong voted no and commissioner moore's and commissioner johnck and commissioner fong said they didn't support the project so you had 6 commissioners who want this project changed the plans before the commission were the same envelope plans before you tonight so there will be no further misunderstanding the coordinators were produced in a certified transcript of the hearing the copy were sealed in an envelope with the original signatures should you decide to accept it i have a number of copies with highlights that i'm going to read from until i run out of time do you have a copy for the planning department? well, the document is new the words is in the part of the administrative record and available o'ly want to emphasize from the transcript no doubt at least 6 commissioners wanted this envelope us reduced the envelope before you what's most unusual about the case not a 33 tie all 6 wanted dr that's a difference between what kind of changes they wanted they couldn't ma

. >> commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner richards commissioner fong and commissioner president wu snoemdz unanimously 6 to zero and places you on. >> close the public comment grant the variance with the reasons previous stated. >> thank you zoning administrator and that will place us on item 14 at 2809 on polk this is is a kwe6 an abbreviated one. >> i'm carli planning staff the item before you is a request for discretionary review for building permit at 2809 through 11 possible street in a 40 x heightened district it includes a one story height and deck and 4 foot decrease on an existing 4 story this and has a configuration including an additional of an elevator the person who royals subject adjacent to the public filed a discretionary review mr. the gentleman states he is concerned that increasing the building area will be out of character and the 3 story will block whatever light that is enjoyed by the residents the project sponsor says the dr requesters property is blocking its own air and it is respectful the neighbors to date the department

. >> commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner richards commissioner president wu. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero commissioners that places you on item 11 for case the riffling nexus study for the planning announcements and scheduling. >> good evening thanks for having a long day and listening to the nexus item i'm here to initiate the planning code things update the fshthd to the impact fees for the nexus study you'll talk about quickly and the mosaic changes to reflect to bring them together and i'll walk through the key changes a nexus study is down to show the impact of new growth for demand for infrastructure we looked at open space and childcare fats and open space and childcare and or strapts and bike facilities there's another nexus study looking at transportation that will come to you in a few months and affordable housing is also considered separate the big changes the reason we're doing that we're required to update the nexus studies we does a nexus study rather than maintaining several nexu

there's nothing further to adapt the sequa finding and paragraph the conditional use and commissioner hillis or commissioner johnson arrest commissioner richards commissioner fong and tuptd smoechldz unanimously 7 to zero and zoning administrator what say you. >> close the public comment and grant the variances. >> thank you commissioners as noted earlier you'll be taking item 12 out of order on van ness avenue request for large project authorization. >> good afternoon commissioners rick with the department staff the project is a large authorization for the promoted project on van ness under the seeking of the modification for the rear yard permitted obstructs over alleys and open space dwelling exposure it includes the vacant autobiography station and the residential building you approximately, six hundred and 75 secret of rail and 48 off-street parking it is consistently which 41 two bedroom units and a second floor terrace and roof-deck today, the public receives krorpdz that have support or opposition it has the onsite it is located between the zoning district and with the affordable hou