ted koppel: yes.asutsune: we got altogether to the scene. >> terry irving: i don't know about them. it sounds like the club you stayed in the last day in da nang, the manager left, and you had all the beds. go ahead. ted koppel: are you talking about the fcc? audience member: yeah. the river. ted koppel: where? in saigon? audience member: in cambodia. ted koppel: oh, cambodia. oh, never, honest to god. i didn't know there was an fcc in cambodia. audience member: [away from mic] audience member: in your journalistic experience, what was your greatest conflict and greatest compromise in covering the vietnam war? terry irving: conflict and compromise in covering vietnam. or any war. let's go there. ted koppel: no, we'll stick to vietnam. barrie dunsmore: well, i'm not probably the right person to answer this, given my relatively short stay there, because i really don't feel that i was even under any real pressure to compromise for any particular reason. given the circumstances that everything was falling

commissioner koppel?>> commissioner koppel: i make a motion to not take dr and approve the motion as moved previously. >>vice president richards: you want to not take dr? are we taking dr and approving the modifications? >> i'm unclear. >>vice president richards: staff recommends -- [ inaudible ] >> as proposed, so there's been a new revision submitted because it sounded like we were talking -- i just wanted to find out. >>commissioner moore: could you repeat that, please. >>vice president richards: we'll take dr and approve the project as proposed. >>commissioner moore: as modified. >>vice president richards: no, as proposed. >> commissioner koppel: as proposed, apparently, i misunderstood myself. >>commissioner melgar: let me just ba -- >> so let me back up a little. after dr, those plans were revicer revised. >>vice president richards: so commissioner koppel, and commissioner johnson seconded it. >> clerk: [ roll call. ] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously, 6-0. dennis, ca

or commissioner koppel? >> commissioner koppel: let me acknowledge my predecessor, in your years of service up here, good to see you back in the room. now on to the project, just going down the list of bullet points, this is something that a lot of us can not really argue with. replacement of an existing goes station. not only on site bmr, but the additional extra bmr. transit-oriented development in the mission, which has its two-part stations. a local, family owns, multigenerational teller. and these are more likely to build their projects, instead of what we're encountered with and not knowing where the project will go after here. >> commissioner johnson? >> commissioner johnson: thank you. sorry about the mixup there. thank you. i appreciated a lot of things about this project. commissioner koppel mentioned a few of them. but i do have a couple of questions and i will start with those and i will see other commissioners and see where we end up. it's a state density bonus project and we're subject to state

commissioner koppel. >> i think the difference is eight foot. if you and i were to stand up and raise the feelings we would touch the ceiling. 8'6", we would not touch the ceiling. i would be completely supportive of eliminating the top roof deck and going with the 8'6". >> commissioner richards. >> i completely understand the view issue, commissioner moore, when we had the issue south of market where they tried to add an extra floor in the 55 -- six floors in the 55-foot height limit etc., we ruled against the fact of an 8-foot ceiling because that's where they saved the space. i agree i mean, i have rooms down right now in my -- where i live. and i think the ceiling is like 7'6" or 7 '08 and it's cramped. -- 7 p 7'8" and it's cramped. commissioner moore. >> what ceiling heights do we get? a higher ceiling height concept the building itself tapers back as it comes to the property line. >> we had in mind something that might be lowerdes%4y at one side and up to -- so you would have a little more i think, volume in the room. on certainly on one h

commissioner koppel? >> i'm in support also. i see the franklins and vannesses that are going to be better travelled, that might be a better location of a grocery store, but due to the length of the vacancy and this spot, that it does have a potential tenant, i'm supportive. >> president hillis: commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: i'd like to ask mr. lindsey or perhaps the director from the medical center to speak about waste disposal and to hear about what you're going to do to make it compatible with residential. >> we're what is considered a small waste generator by the city of san francisco, and we have permits for that. it is 95% sharps containers. we contract with stericycle. we keeped them bagged up, and they come once a week and collect it. we have red bag waste. there's no radio activity. i know some of the neighbors had asked about that. >> how about your comment about overnight stay? that is something which concerned me a little bit because overnight stay in any kind of facility requires a different kind of bac

. >> commissioner koppel. >> very sympathetic with the ne. i have some similar experiences. i love in the sunset near goldee park. very close to a major entrance s the pol oh, fields an -- polo f. at times my home is disrupted f. the festivals are close to my h. for weeks up until the time of e event, everything is different. everything changes literally. my sister and i have to time who when we do it often. there is nothing we can do abou. that doesn't even take into consideration when the actual cs iin effect. friday through sunday, our lived the house are a different ballg. so we embrace it. there is nothing we can do abou. there is maybe a hundred thousae that could literally walk in frf our house. people are drinking. people are enjoying themselves d taking pictures. there are a lot of things going. they're going on in front of my. i can't do anything about that. i don't think that mr. franklins necessarily doing anything illee that would warrant us coming don him. i mean, i would definitely wante all mitigation measures taken. i like the fact that, again, lie commissio

. >> commissioner koppel: we saw two projects tonight. one that was almost a no-brainer. zero units to four. our next item was on saturn. almost equal size house, one unit. so that was almost just as easy as a decision for us. this is not as much of a no-brainer because there's an existing house there. but one thing that pops up in my mind is the proximity to bart and the fact that for planning purposes, we should be densifying near the bart stations. it doesn't have a four-car garage or anything like that. it's a four-unit building, which is -- if you think about it, it will make it more affordable than it would be if it stays as-is. and proximity to bart is putting me over the fence on this one. it wouldn't be the end of the world if it was continued, but i'm supporting the project as-is. >> commissioner richards: we talked last night and we talked about the dominos falling and this will be the first of the entire street and then there goes the entire street. and i asked you to provide us with a look at what the street looks like even though i've been there. this would

we should move it forward and not be a roadblock in the process. >> commissioner koppel: do you mind putting the zoning chart up again? >> absolutely. i will not be able to fit it all in one section, but i will move it around. this is for rm zoning. to start, you have the three dwelling units per lot or one per 800 square feet of lot area. that's all that's allowed as a maximum. for the minimum, you have a width of 25 feet and an area of 2, 500 square feet. for the basic ratio, not applicable here. and for the front setback requirements, based on the average of adjacent properties, up to 15 feet or 15% of the lot. same thing for rear yard. it would be 45% of the lot depth, with some exception. for the usable open space requirement, it would be 100 square feet per unit. and, again, with exceptions there. and then for any other special requirements, we have -- there is limits on parking and parking facades and ebbing west real -- ebbi equestrian sites. >> and so even though it's "low density," it has higher density as opposed to rh2. so i'm leaning towards approving rm1. if and when th

. >> commissioner koppel: to what extent could this parcel be brought out to or what is rm1 and zoning in this parcel specifically. >> what the zoning restrictions are for rm1, it's no more than three units, three dwelling units per parcel or one per 800 square feet of lot area. so it would be held to the same restrictions in addition to the neighborhood notification, whether they conduct a lot merger or not. >> commissioner koppel: so you could separately build or is the intent to merge it? >> the intent was not made clear by the appellant, so the appellant could move forward to merge the parcels or they could keep them separate. >> commissioner koppel: what is the maximum build-out? >> it will be dictated by many factors including residential design guidelines. there would be a 40-foot height limit and 3-unit per lot and/or one unit for 800 square feet. >> president hillis: how big is the parcel -- if you combine the three parcels? >> the appellant's current parcel, the gray slice, is before 2,291. the crescent-shaped parcel is 4,500 square feet. and i don't have an accurate measurem

commissioner koppel? >> move to continue items one, two and three with the date of march 29 for 3a and b. and item number 15 to a hearing after february 16. >> that would be february 22. >> so, february 22. >> second. >> very good, commissioners. there is a motion that has been seconded to continue matters as proposed, specifically items 3a and b to march 29. and item 15 for polk street to february 22, 2018. on that motion, commissioner fong? [roll call] so move, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously 6-0. the acting zoning administrator could continue item 3b. >> yeah. i'll continue item 3b to march 29 as well. thank you. >> thank you. commissioners, that will place us under your consent cal. all matters listed here under constituted consent calendar are considered to be routine by the planning commission and pay be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, the public or staff, so requests in whic

. >> commissioner koppel. >> yeah, there's a bar right down the street from where i live, and one thing that sets this apart is they do allow all ages and they aren't open all hours, and i can't tell you how much it does to discourage your typical bar flies that are going to go to your liquor serving typical bars. i don't see this as being as horrible for this neighborhood as they seem to be. also, i haven't heard anyone reinforce that this isn't a formula retail brewery. i would not be in favor of this whatsoever if it was budweiser or any other type of retail brewe brewery that was started here in san francisco, and the limited pricing and all ages being allowed are somewhat mitigating for me. >> president hillis: i mean, i'll chime in too. i'm not troubled by this. first, we're. >> commissioner perez: -- we're permitting a restaurant. sometimes there's gray area enforcing that, but that's the issue, we have that -- that's the rule. we have that issue everywhere, and we should be diligent about it. i think the fact that they are local -- somebody said it doesn't matter. i think it doe

commissioners johnson and koppel. you were absent. have you reviewed the materials? >> yes. >> and it was continued to december 14, 2017. i believe there is an agreement in place, but we'll hear from the project sponsor. this is a second hearing. >> so we'll go 4 minute project sponsor and 2 minute public comment? >> very good. >> ok. >> good afternoon, commissioners. linda ajello-hoagland. the planning commission continued the case, directing the sponsor to work with urban ed academy and members of the community to develop mutually agreeable conditions. the project was continued to november 16 at which time it was continued to december 14. over the last several weeks, the project sponsor and community members and representatives from urban ed academy have been meeting to work on conditions of approval to mitigate concerns of the future school and community as it relates to the sale of alcohol at save more market. earlier this week, supplemental conditions of approval were sent out, developed and agreed upon by both parties. per conversation with the city attorney, s

it looks a bit like ted koppel. >> take off your jacket. >> reporter: the kids are then fitted for their you go. this is what we'll use to get it on, fill it with plaster paris, and have a positive mold. >> all right this one is done. >> reporter: amguru's needs are more complicated. >> he doesn't have elbows. we need to give him an elbow joint so he can have flexion, extension. >> reporter: their casts are then taken to an on-site lab. it's like a little santa's workshop. >> it is. >> reporter: over the next few weeks their new arms will be constructed. in the meantime this trip isn't all about hospitals. alisa has one special wish to fulfill. remember back in tanzania? what's the one thing you'd like to see when you get to new york? >> swimming. >> you want to see a swimming pool? >> reporter: alisa brings them to a neighbor's house in staten island for a little r&r. the kids spend the next few hours just being kids. splashing. lounging. jumping. laughing. they play alongside another special visitor staying with alisa. 4-year-old arush from pakistan, who was born without legs and only

i would just say that the points that commissioner koppel and melgar made were, you know, i think we definitely need to look into those as a commission, and when i made my allusion to i thought we had some policies arpd it, this is o -- around it, this is one of the reasons that this is troubles. these are the kind of questions that we don't get any information on, and we hope that the schematics magically happen as they appear. i think with the seismic retrofit and soft story -- thank you commissioner melgar for reliving that story for us, and it's true, but i think there's an element of are reality that needs to be injected into that. up greated to this building may result in displacements or major repairs so we need to have at least that base knowledge about a building. nonwhere we go with that, but it seems like clearly, that's what -- we're lacking that here. >> commissioner richards? sk >> two things. it's late. i think we should add to the secretary action list to talk about with dpi. i think the tenant's union needs to work with the supervisors. we also have a term called ren

with commissioners fong and koppel voting against.>>vice president richards: for members of the public, we don't have a motion to disapprove in our packet. what we're going to do, we have to take the vote on december 14th, so four of us had voted to disapprove. i imagine on december 14th, that's what the end result is going to be is disapproval. we can't take the final vote today. that's the process, okay? so we intend to disapprove it. thank you. >> on the variance, i'll close the public hearing. i do have concerns about the project. i would note they are maximizing the density. they are subdividing into two lots, and the two single-families are on one lot, but it is a total of four units, which is the same number of units that are legally in the structure today, so they're legally, at least under the records of the city, i understand they may be disputed by the property owner -- >> we can discuss that after the hearing, but in terms of what the record shows, there's four units on the property, which if that is correct, they could ha

commission commission commissioner koppel. >> thank you, mr. president. kind of going off mr. schulman's comments, this reminds me of a project we approved, the lucky penny site. i liked that they took a lot of time and figured out how to go from a 21 unit building to a 90 unit building. i know they worked closely with commissioner farrell to create a closed space district. i honestly think this building's too small. i would have liked to see maybe some other options utilizing whether it's home sf or density bonus program or potentially a special use district. i'd definitely be in favor of increasing the capacity of this building in giving it more units and more density. i'm not automatically leaning towards the extra parking. this -- i do take the transit first policy pretty seriously, especially on a transit corridor like vanness which will have a brt, and i think the -- that the design, especially after seeing the similar building, is a little too two dimensional. it could have a little more depth throughout the facades. i'm interested to hear what the other commissioners s

commissioner koppel. >> yeah, echoing commissioner richards' comments, i'd feel better if the enter rabs was on vanness, and i'd at least like to see another option explored with a density bonus that would give you a couple of extra floors which would allow you to have the affordable on-site, and also some type of earl change on the external of the building to differentiate it from the building. >> can i say a few things? >> sure. >> okay. so i'll start with the material because i am also the architect for the other building so i know the buildings pretty well. the buildings are pretty. the other billion, we're using a masonry. this is a precast system that we're using on this building. the one element is similar is the coloration of the metal that we're using on this building is similar but not identical. i also want to say that as an a architect, we see a lot of buildings that look exactly the same. this building does not lookt exactly the same from the other building. it is different. if you'll go up and down vanness, you'll see some of the buildings that were built in the 30's that l

sam donaldson, peter jennings, and this rookie -- >> ted koppel, abc, south vietnam -- >> he look likeor three decades hiroshiki captured a first draft of american history. but his accent remains stubbornly japanese. he covered presidential politics to international summits. >> i remember being in moscow with sam donaldson, and sam insisted on working with tony, so did every other anchor there. >> what made tony a good cameraman? >> tony had life experience. he had the beautiful eye to see like a story. >> reporter: his humanity helping guide young talent on both sides of the camera. >> every producer had a story tony. they'd change shoot days to match tony's schedule. there's a whole generation of journalists who are as good as they are in part because of tony. >> reporter: hiroshiki retired a few years back. but this generation of anchors like bob woodruff and david muir will always remember him fondly. >> but investigators say -- >> do you remember any of those early standups? >> one of them i remember. just ten minutes before, no, already the show started. you came. "make sure i do

commissioner koppel. >> move to approve [inaudible]. [coughing [ >> second. >> thank you, commissioners. on that motion to approve all items under your consent calendar. [roll call] so move, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously 5-0. and places us under commission matters. >> commissioner johnson. >> hi, everybody. i wanted to say that today will be my last hearing as a planning commissioner for san francisco. i have been a proud public servant in volunteer capacity for around 14 years now. i've served on citizen advisory companies. i was on the ocii commission when it was for the purposed and served the last 3 1/2 years as planning commissioner. i'm leaving to hopefully continue my public service if other capacities, but i wanted to give a statement here to the commission, to the staff and to the rest of the city that i've been honoured to serve beside you and honoured to serve the city and just leave with a couple of words on this day. i was really sad coming into the building. so, i wrote some things down to make sure i didn'

. >> this is ted koppel, abc, near south vietnam. >> reporter: for three decades, through his viewfindervised american history. he retired a few years back, but this generation of anchors like bob woodruff and david muir will always remember him fondly. >> do you remember any of those early stand-ups? >> one time i remember just ten minutes before -- no. all right, the show started, and you came -- make sure i don't make a mistake. >> i came to you in the show and was already on the air. >> yeah. >> nothing's changed. well, thank you for having patience for all of us, all these years. >> you are one of my correspondents too. >> and i'm proud of that. i'm proud of that, tony. >> thank you. >> great man. thank you for watching tonight. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "gma." tom is back here tomorrow. again, thanks for watching. good night. >>> tonight on abc 7 news at 6, we're following breaking news. a man shot and killed on the peninsula. plus new year's eve expected to be a blast with final touches on the bay area's biggest celebration. and drew tuma tracking the new year's eve forecas

fred predicted if there were in smoke it would clear quickly, as ted koppel told viewers the record shows in this instance, -- sagan was wrong and dr. singer was right. before going on to accuse al gore of, quote, resorting to political means to achieve what should ultimately be resolved on a purely scientific basis. which brings know what the historian peter gay wrote recently, what he calls the science of freedom. the most important science for us that there is. the enlighted despots of the 18th century believed they new bert than the people they governed, how to be governed. he wrote the ruler must have had his disposal a perfectly obeaden bureaucracy, all the knowledge possible to gather and unlimited authority to translate his programs into law. die need to say that his is what the climate industrial complex demand of the united states? a form of government americans rejected in 1776 in favor of the true declaration of independence. america's uniqueness lies not in the fact of its independence but that it became independent to create something without a precedent, government dedicate

he predicted if there were any smoke it would declare victory as ted koppel told viewers, the record shows that in this instance mister sagan was wrong and doctor singer was right. he went on to accuse al gore of resorting to political means to achieve what should ultimately be resolved on a purely scientific basis which brings me to what the historian peter gates wrote in his back on the enlightened, what he calls the science of freedom. the most important sign for us. the enlightened despot of the 18th century believed they knew better than the people they govern how they should be governed. they have at their disposal a perfectly expedient bureaucracy, all the knowledge possible for him to gather and unlimited authority to translate this program onto law. do i need to say that this is what the climate industrial complex demands of the united states? a form of government americans rejected in 1776 in favor of the truths and bodies in the declaration of independence. america's uniqueness lies not in the fact of its independence but that it became independent to create something with

. >> commissioner koppel: question for staff. i understand the rear entrance is used for and during the beginning of the performance and exiting through the front exit. what about during the show, if people are in and out, leaving for a smoke break or something. are they directed to the rear or front? >> the conditional would have allowed only for patron end -- entry. so if they wanted to smoke, it would be on broadway. i believe there is security at that door. they could probably speak better to this. they had relayed information to me that there are occasions where you have a drunk and potentially belligerent patron hell bent on leaving the venue, so there are certainly instances where somebody has proceeded to exit through the alley, but by in large, they have security staff stationed there to direct people out the front. >> it sounds like there's a notion of having another hearing in 6 months and starting to see the potential that we could act on a c.u. if need be, it would be more than informational? >> okay. how is that goi

. >> commissioner koppel. aye. >> commissioner moore. >> commissioner richards. aye. >> the motion passes unanimously 7-0. commissioners we'll take item out for the next case. if i can ask the members of the public exiting the room if you can do so quietly place. for 2019 mission street a conditional-use authorization. >> we'll hear from staff first. >> good afternoon, president hills and members of the commission. i'm part of the plan department staff. on september 14, 2017 the planning commission continued continual use application for the proj at 2918 mission street directing the sponsor to reduce or shift the massing of the building on the upper floors to be more in scale with the existing neighborhood and/or break it into three or three buildings. since that time the project sponsor's been working with staff to develop an updated design to incorporate -- >> could we ask people be -- go ahead, sorry. it's died down. >> the sponsor's been working with staff to develop an updated project design to incorporate the project of the commission to be presented to the

. >> commissioner koppel. >> aye. >> commissioner moore. >> aye. >> and commissioner hillis. >> aye. >> that passes 6-0. that places us on item 13. 2017-005643drp. this is the have discretionary . good afternoon. up before you the request to coa one-storey 425 sphoofort above e single two-storey single-familyg and front and rear roof deks abe existing second floor at 583, 4d avenue in the richmond district. it's rh-1 and is not seeking any exceptions or variances from the planning code. they raised four main concerns e project. first the d.r. opposed the roofn the fourth floor. secondly they opposed the rear f the vertical addition recommende squared off so it's not obliquey acrossed neighboring properties. they noted that the 311 plans dt reflect the true slope of the st which had the effect of underste visual impact on the vertical a. finally they on thed to the masf the third floor. they reviewed the project, the g code and general plan and the pt was reviewed by the residentialn advisory team three times incluo reviews ooft d.r. was filed. the department does not object e rear wa

commissioner koppel. >> i was just going to say these houses are extremely close to each other on somewkwardly oriented lots, and protecting the direct light on those bottom floors is going to be extremely difficult. and then, this -- this expansion is really modest compared to what we're seeing every thursday. >> commissioner moore? >> i really think the building department did a good analysis. i think they looked at that very closely. 13 feet is a luxury given what we have in the three or less feet tolerances on other -- in other situations, so i do not think this rises to being something being exceptional or extraordinary, but i would move that we do not take dr and approve the project as proposed. >> second. >> thank you, commissioners. on that motion to not take dr and approve this as proposed, commissioner. >> commissioner johnson: johns -- [ roll call. ] so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously 6-0. commissioners, that'll place us on item 22, at 1440 clay street, discretionary review. >> good evening, commissioners. marselle boudreau, permit staff. to convert appr