in the end, i want to see 6 stoddert 5 kearny street -- i want to see 6 under 5 kearny street restored, and i would like everybody to be happy in the process. commissioner garcia: your time has long expired. >> thank you, scott sanchez planned department. i appreciate the appellant's concern on this, and we would also like to keep this to the conditional use authorization and the overall entitlement window of the project. looking holistic play at the. that was submitted in 2001 with the application, it took several years to go to the planning commission. that was 2005. several years to get the variance decision approved. the following year, the notice of special restriction was recorded, 2008. that could have been recorded any time after the variance was granted in february, 2007. it seems it could have been recorded sooner, but it was not. it was recorded in early 2008, when the department approved the project. the department has worked with the project sponsor this whole time through. it is not as if they got their conditional use authorization back in 2005, never submitted a buildin

this is what 605 kearny street looks like today. with, ironically, the help of the appellant, the project sponsor it retained two preservation architects, and they put together 37 pages of job orders that resulted in the stop work order on june 17, 2010. we're trying to stay positive as well. to me, that is a preservationists dream, to have that type of effort and care put into a project like this. in addition, the appellant says he wants it to be built, but this is what it would look like if it was built. we don't want to force a new environmental review when none is necessary, bicol's -- because the goals have been accomplished. there are people in place who are ready to start working on this project tomorrow. forcing any type of further delay would leave a gutted property and blight on kearny street in chinatown. the planning department has overseen a vigorous environmental analysis, and the 605 kearny street development team has fully worked with city officials during this project. extraordinary efforts have been made to follow

[applause] >> in the audience tonight are members of the public to support 605 kearny street, and i wouldlike to thank them all and ask them to stand up to be acknowledged. commissioner garcia: maybe we need to see who was against it. it's seems like everybody stood up. >> thank you. san francisco is a great city with great people and a great government. the government believes in protecting our property rights and the rights of our citizens. when the project is finished, we will gladly pay the increased property tax. the business and local sales tax revenue will help the city. we are living in tough economic times. i hope the board will please support the request to proceed with this project. it will be a great addition to chinatown and to san francisco, a city of love, peace, and compassion. thank you all again. [applause] commissioner fung: sir, i have a question for you. whoever wants to answer, regarding

thousands of supporters who signed the petition letter, especially the second and five kearny street construction team, which included plumbers, electricians, material suppliers, and more, or happy with the decision which would allow us to finally move forward. however, the building is still sitting in limbo. the appellant refused to let us move forward. he has presented no new things that were not in the rehearing. he makes no new allegations in his request. all documents were available to him at the time of the original hearing. none of the documentation would have affected the outcome of the decision. the document attached to the rehearing request supports one of the arguments made at the hearing. the clock started ticking wants the -- once the variance ran out. s course of the project and continues to do so. the appellant repeats the same arguments he made at the original hearing. the or rehearing requests should be denied. thank you again for your continued support in compassion. i want to introduce my architect. >> i was the architect on this project from february 2006 to janua

archives in san bruno, historical stuff, and at that early times of the turn of the century, 605 kearny street was not considered part of chinatown. i spoke with one of our commissioners and is now considered part of chinatown. i have no objections -- basically, i have no objections to the construction, but it really looks bad to have the front of the building -- it is a fairly wealthy current structure. w height be set back a bit so the actm1(hj preserves the architecture of the original building. thank you. president peterson: thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none at -- seeing none, commissioners, the matter is submitted. fung:ru8n commissioners, during the last that i would probably take back, and that is the statement that i felt the clock started with the recording of the variants -- excuse me, the special conditions. that is probablyñj not a good point to have made in a public body, and that the recording is done and dependent upon the permit holders whenever he wanted to do that. prior to the discussion tonight, it was really apparent to me that the appropriate time

item 1, hearing to consider that the transfer of a tight 21 off-sale general license from 605 kearny streetor david's food store will serve the convenience of the people of the city and county of san francisco. >> good morning, madame chair, supervisors. what is before you today is a store that is currently licensed as a type 20, which means it currently sells beer and wine. the store across the street recently went out of business. he took that as a type 21, which allowed it to sell distilled spirits as well. individual to the opportunity to buy that led and transferred directly across the street. i wanted to point out to you that there is no net gain in licenses, and he will be sending his current type 20 when he gets through the whole process -- he will be suspending his card to play. we recommend with the following conditions. i would point out that the current type 20 at his business is and condition, so we are allowing more opportunity by enhancing the license with the 21, but we are coming up with some labor conditions -- the current 20 at his business is unconditioned. our -- sales