landscaping plot towards the curb, so perhaps a 24 inch box replacement with sidewalk landscaping plot would be a way to add back a little more greenery. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, then we will take rebuttal pr -- from the appellants, you have three minutes. >> so i want to thank chris buck, i think that their department has acted very professionally, he allowed us to change the date which i very much appreciate, we look forward to working with them in the future. this -- at the first hearing, i do want to point out that the only criterion that they ever used was nothing that we brought up but only whether the tree could be saved only whether it was viable and there's a whole host of other issues to be weighed in this case. it's a one off one of a kind case, it's resulted in the loss of two tenants and we do everything to be compliant. our inlaw apartment is 100% legal we've lost two tenants because of that and then of course a lot of frustration. when the toilets overflow, it's like this violent, usually we get some kind of hi

>> yes. >> okay. >> obviously with the idea that they would then landscape and maintain the landscaping is that right, commissioner fung? >> that's correct. >> okay. >> okay, so to reiterate, we have a motion on the floor from commissioner fung to overrule the denial, issue this permit on condition that -- several conditions, that the replacement tree be of a 24 inch box size tha, the species be determined in consultation with the dpw and further condition that a landscaping blot permit be obtained by the appellants, no less than 6 by 9? >> yes. >> okay. and all of this is on the basis so as to prevent sewage backups. on this motion, overrule the denial and issue this permit with all these conditions, president lazarus? >> aye. >> vice-president honda? >> aye. >> commissioner wilson? >> aye. >> and commissioner swig? >> aye. >> the vote is 5-0, this permit denial is overruled, on that basis with those conditions. thank you. >> okay, thank you. so we'll move on then to the next item, item 6, appeal number 15-026, hanna habash, doing business as lucky 7 smoke shop versus the department of

landscaping along sunset boulevard medium it is containing about 2.1 million square feet of landscape area that is 62 percent of landscaping under the maintenance having dedicated the staff to sunset will free up the crews for other landscaping activities other challenges to address inner agency our proposed budget added permanent checkers in line with revenue growth and new staff will allow us to keep pace with the permanent applications and have a better right-of-way coordination and enforcement activities to help us manage contract oversight and key staff to set up the parking enforcement we've had issues with complaints about construction at night and requests that us to assure their other visible alternatives lastly public outreach are doing the best they can to get the word out to the public of promises we have few staff to handle the municipal or multiply projects our proposed budget didn't include adding additional staff for public outreach this slide shows a picture of our 2014-2015 budget the 200 and $47 million of which 10 percent or $53 million is general fund support we'r

design so i assume that the landscaping will thought about in a careful way. >> okay. thank you. >> commissioner richards. >> if you may project sponsor team would you continue where you were with the 34 feet when you got cut off. >> can i get the power point back on the screen okay this is just a building program showing what happens some of the commissioners 2 weeks ago asked what a code compliance looks like it is something i absolutely looked at i ran through the diagrams that are rotated and indicated graphically what happens what does happy gratefully in a detailed plan we go from 8 unit requiring exposure exception to zero it is a code compliant scheme total unit is 44 we get smaller unit the average size 6 hundred and 12 so a loss of 35 quiet open afternoon per unit and the studio count goes up one bedroom is down by 3 each and we lose 3 bedrooms they become 2 bedrooms we maintain the 40 percent family unit but if you define a family unit anothers 3 bedrooms we lose that to neighbors in dog patch maintaining the 3 bedroom is key we changed from 2 weeks ago to n

terrace received to earlier poor the synergy between those two spaces and the idea of bring the landscape we feel makes the project a more dynamic and liveable place this building section helps to illustrate the correction and blurring the line with the architecture finished materials between the interior and exterior spaces this overall view shows the design we integrate into a successful composition the building will is a strong caring reflective reflective tile above the residential pox of the building creates the projecting of aluminum bays and receded outside we that of an urban nest of providing a protective evidently the configuration of the finger elements breaks the overall familiarity of the facade and uses the panels audios a sense of lightness to the upper portion of the building our choices clouding chewed those sdrind moving clockwise we see example of panels western cedar siding and termed glass and gray sincerely erratic tile and planter our final minimal is from the corner as you can see the storefront glass toast retail corner and continuing down in the projecting bays a

replace it with you're old showerhead and we're piloting a weather based water control for large landscaper those are tiered targeted in the weather based criteria providing a rebate for the customers in that program and then my staff is working together with our fellow to develop a conservatism program we do landscape commercialism but there was a desire to have a program that could be offended in the service area that just is not about landscaping per say but water conservatism and some of the areas that the staff can give throughout their serve area trying to educate the public i'm really pleased we've going on gone to a two day week watering schedule awhile some might think that is an easy thing to do it was quite interesting actually and sometimes there's questions how effective for savings it creates a great dynamic for a conversation about what important how to achieve the actions we need to achieve and i appreciate our staffs efforts we're getting ready to build on last summers success we found social media and google adds are getting a lot of information out and responses we're bui

relate to one another common terrace looked in the upper left will be part of the rainwater from the landscaping throughout the project we've located solar on the roof level as a preheat system to the buildings boiler we put substantial effort into having utilitiesable space the liquor is large and has a social integration it is flanked on both sides with the sidewalks and 16 foot high ceilings in that imagine you get a sense of graciousness and the connectionness to the experienced and a see the landscaping that will be implemented our idea behind creating that to the lobby extend through the stair that leads to the landscaped common terrace received to earlier poor the synergy between those two spaces and the idea of bring the landscape we feel makes the project a more dynamic and liveable place this building section helps to illustrate the correction and blurring the line with the architecture finished materials between the interior and exterior spaces this overall view shows the design we integrate into a successful composition the building will is a strong caring reflective reflective tile

both is side streets and creating lush landscape to act as a buffer between is town houses there are two large specimen trees we're locating at the end of is street to mark the public space here you see the tree palate and building on is basic privileges of the landscaping along clemente and within is vera say that landscaping extend up to is roof-deck on is levels both on top of the buildings. >> and this is is architect who is here working to develop is podium building is 65 and 85 podium buildings along fulsome street they're shaped and imitating related by is cut and the way they introduce federal fanning language similar to what you see in the tower but at the same time their ding too the tower with the palate that is more solid and reflects is character of the neighborhood here you see a view from fulsome looking into the va so lined with the retail that extends to fremont or another street here at fremont and clemente is 85 foot building is vertical distances between the two unit here a view between clemente street looking back towards fremont and simultaneously through fulsom

and they have approached the project sponsors about trying to actually take over the final landscaping in this area and to create an efficiency and in a better use for the public, so that is something that the sponsors are looking at and if it is possible to do it without any impact to the project, and certainly keeping our commitments with the finishing this area of the project intact and that is something that we are going to do. >> and so the traffic switch, and this is the final major mild stone and it is not the end of the project for phase two, but, the, target date for this is four day, beginning on may, 28th and with an opening of the june first. and this is not going to be a full closure to the golden gate bridge will be open and highway one will be open but the public should avoid this area, if at all cost and they have two, and they have to take the transit and ride your bike and this will be a bit of a disruption, and but necessary to finish the final configuration of the roadway. >> and here are we talked about. is he what a fitting project to be here and the last one and

isn't this an urban fire problem with funny landscaping. if you think of it that way, we know how to keep houses from burning, we've solved that problem before. if we start thinking of these as little fragments of cities we start applying the same solutions we've had and we can solve it technically. >> even in these extreme situations like carl ton because it was such a blow up weather and wind and everything? >> i think you can. we know how to harden those communities and know how to solve under that. under extreme conditions you're going to have damage and note going to stop everything but think of it as kind of hurricane event. we know how to prepare and take action. in some ways i think we're misdefining it and i'm struck how often with aerial photos, the houses are reduced to the concrete slab but you still see so many trees around it surviving and you're struck by this is a house and urban fire problem with funny landscaping not just a wild land fire problem. i would put more resources thinking about the other half of that equation. >

for the incredible work you do with limited resources you have so many parking spaces to clean and landscape and to fix and you don't have in my view i appreciate the hard work in my district we see again and again terrific efforts whether it greening the street and the process that the community loves or other landscaping cleaning work and very difficult area it is you guys do terrific job so thank you for that and i hope we can get you more resources to do the work and even higher level i in terms of the following up on supervisor mar's question and comments about cleaning i in my experience dpw works very well, that the outreach and i see in my district and i know especially in some of the early morning cleansing to sometime saurng conditions the department didn't pour water everywhere by with the police to make sure that everyone is safe and try to get people services they're hard and unknowledgeed job i want to see more cleaning off the public spaces we have challenges a question about which i raised and here a couple weeks ago with the department of the technology you eye haven't spoke

trading their lawn for a waterfront landscape. he gets those savings not just today and tomorrow, but for years to come. >> honeycutt received a little more than $500 from his water district, a tiny fraction of what it cost to redo his yard. water districts around the state have been offering rebate programs for years paid for by state grants and rate-payers. since the drought began bay area water districts say they've seen a sharp rise in businesses and homeowners taking advantage of these lawn replacement programs. >> right now during this drought, we rely both on conservation and also on extra water supplies to get us through this really difficult season. and so those extra supplies from the sacramento river are very expensive, and so conservation helps keep everybody's costs down. >> sutton, the landscape architect, says the drought is giving californians a chance to rethink the water-guzzling, traditional front lawn. >> now, come on. come on. >> sally taylor is now one of a growing number of californians turning to artificial

we used to have landscape that was dug up for, you know for more plants or green this is great but it requires more maintenance that moves from the concrete that we would send someone once a year to a place you'll go three or four time a year; right? so as we develop more sustainable practices in our city we you know requires small labor and resources if needed we're trying to get to 0 o a level to look after what we have now. >> one last question you showed the pie chart for this year's budget and then i know you have several slides you talk about individual budget so in regards to the budget year 2015-2016 what would be the total ask this year's is $237 million. >> uh-huh. >> what would it be what are you asking for . >> i guess i can add it up. >> i did not get the question. >> what is our ask for next year's budget. >> we've submitted the baseline budget meets the requirement and added what we call enhanced projects but what alleyway is one of them the reason we asked for that people that are divert can go back to the neighborhoods and we've asked for a few more gardens. >> right

the female figure returned as he explored the theme of the figure in the landscape. he said, "i can't get away from the woman. wherever i look i find her." in the 1970s, de kooning continued to explore the themes of woman and the landscape like the relentless waves of the sea. open compositions swelled like symphonies. broad, sweeping brushstrokes became in the 1980s fluid bands of iridescent color. in these later years the artist returned-- in a sense-- to his beginnings. the hand of the trained draftsman lies behind the calligraphic line that bends and lifts with balletic motion like a human figure in an endless dance through space. willem: you know how an artist works, and so i said that i understand those figures. i got a feeling like i came into a room someplace, and i've been introduced to someone. for a fleeting second, i had this glimpse of this thing... and i got interested in painting that and i find myself... staying with it, not so much this particular glimpse but the emotion of it. ( orus joins in ) nativeusic, singing ) narrator: the island was encompas

and that's where we've moved to taking a more landscape scale approach. in the past the healthy forest restoration act which you passed a few years ago which gave us a streamlined process was a very good tool. the problem with that is that it was limited to certain criteria. when we looked at larger landscapes, we could use that authority on a piece of the project, but it wouldn't apply to these tens of thousands of acres. now with the farm bill authorities, with insect and disease, it gives us some more flexibility to be able to use that approach looking at just one action alternative and a no-action. so we can streamline the process. >> let me ask you on that -- >> the key is larger landscapes. >> as we were going to the vote, senator stabenow who is not able to return back to the committee raised just this issue with me saying in the farm bill there were additional authorities that were given to do just exactly as you have said. are these additional authorities being utilized at this point, are they making a difference? >> we're beginning to utilize th

we used to have landscape that was dug up for, you know for more plants or green this is great but it requires more maintenance that moves from the concrete that we would send someone once a year to a place you'll go three or four time a year; right? so as we develop more sustainable practices in our city we you know requires small labor and resources if needed we're trying to get to 0 o a level to look after what we have now. >> one last question you showed the pie chart for this year's budget and then i know you have several slides you talk about individual budget so in regards to the budget year 2015-2016 what would be the total ask this year's is $237 million. >> uh-huh. >> what would it be what

♪ >> market. ♪ >> over the years i've let a lot of extraordinary landscapes recede into a blur outsideybe seen, maybe noticed, then gone. we all carry different experiences inside us. we see things differently, don't we? madagascar -- exotic, unspoiled paradise or microcosm for the end of times. antananarivo, tana for short, madagascar's crowded chaotic capital city. >> how are you doing, man? base camp. >> wow, that's quite a rain. i don't know. i'm not sure if i can be in front of the camera. >> just ignore them. >> i'm so used to controlling everything. >> darren aronofsky, director of the films "pi," "the wrestler," "black swan," and as it would turn out, sort of appropriate to our location, "noah." he asked me if he could go along on a trip with us. i said where do you want to go. >> madagascar, i knew almost nothing about it. i knew it was an animated film i've seen a lot of times in my car. >> it is one of the more extreme places that you hear about but you know you'll never go to unless something weirdly summons you. and you're sort of that weird force.rweirdly summons you. and

project didn't meet criteria furthermore talking about the exterior treatment given predicament like landscaping and parking especially the project didn't meet criteria that will provide the development in enforcement with the performance of the applicable use it didn't meet criteria i'm an neighborhood activity and support what the neighborhoods want so speakers said this is not an election i agree i wish it would end up differently but based on the rulings we've been here for the project the project was denied in the court and the community outpouring i'm getting not going to support it 2016 is coming we'll have the cannabis legalization and how to have this a dry county i use a poor definition we so have 70 or 80 years after prohibition i'm inclined not to support. >> commissioner johnson. >> i'll definitely support commissioner hillis that is unfortunately, we have a higher standard in one neighborhood i almost think that was based on the staffs finding or of the project my own it would have passed bar or dr it is unfortunately, that higher bar a has to be set to try to prevent this i'm hopi

few places in america still manage to embody that mythic landscape of the imagination like the statedom mean? it's different things to everybody, it seems, but something about this place manages to catch the overlap between a whole hell of a lot of very different cultures. old route 66 runs through new mexico like a collapsed vein, right through santa fe and albuquerque. it must have seemed like magic once. families loaded in a massive chrome and steel chariots with powerful v-8 engines and took off down that blacktop highway. they slept in whimsical motor lodges and bungalows, swam in kidney-shaped pools. then it all went redundant. route 66 was decommissioned, chopped up, largely forgotten, except by desperate and lazy travel show hosts. >> does anyone else at cnn do this, like drive around 10:15 at night looking for tacos? >> yeah, probably. >> i'll say this. the strip takes on a much more interesting look at night. you can imagine dennis hopper huffing nitrous and dismembering somebody over an unrolled tarp in any one of those sinister-looking motel rooms. cool. >> hopefully the

and the project is located within a zoning district it is residential permitted and have inside landscaping upgrades and provides new construction within the dog patch landmark district and supported by the historic preservation commission and the project has 44 new dwelling units to the housing stock and fully controls the predicament impact fees and the project sponsor has prepared a presentation that concludes my presentation. i'll be happy to answer any questions thank you. >> thanks rich. >> oblige members of the commission, commissioner president fong i'm will i'm joined by mike my business partner we're principles in working group one it is the development team and design team for this project we're pleased to get the opportunity to get off consent calendar and talk about this project we've spent two years designing the project is in the dog patch located in the dog patch neighborhood you've seen a lot of projects from that neighborhood thips have been active in terms of development our project is slightly different that is located in the historic district inside the boundary of the

area and playground so we think about changing that currently and taking out the curve cut with landscaping will improve the aesthetics to the south side of the property the side yard we curling have that a have an existing residential building and that particular building does not provide a code compliant rear yard when you are in the interior courtyard that doesn't have a property line window so the impact is minimal in general this project has very little impact on the as a whole, however, we believe that it has several bends one of them taking on there utilized structure and convert that into additional dwelling units we are also adding 7 bike parking spaces not changing the existing parking garage only adding the 7 bicycle parking spaces no changes to the exist 5 unit building those will not be impacted the only change we're changing the garage door to be compatible and we're asking for the conditional use the density provision require the conditional use of one unit per one thousand square feet of lot area and the variance of the existing building within the rear yard set back area we

let your grass go brown or opt for drought tolerant landscapes. east bay mud, the goal is 20%. >> wee confident if all our customers and businesses, if they follow the restrictions, how much to water, when to water, then we can meet that 20% cut back. >> reporter: no two water agencies are the same. >> other districts are in a tougher situation and they will have to ask customers to do more. >> reporter: all water agencies must meet the goals or face penalties up to $10,000 a day till they do. money that rate payers would have to foot. >> reporter: they say watter agency boards -- water agency boards prefer the carrot instead of the stick. >> i think that is why people prefer incentives. >> reporter: if the drought goes on, there may not be enough water for summer 2016. then harsh consequences. no outdoor water use, no car washing, landscaping. gardens and swimming pools. violaters would face fines and in some jurisdictions water cut offs and prosecutions. non-flowing fountains and brown grass are the new green. and a real sign of community spirit

please welcome pat [inaudible] prez dntd of landscape structures >> thank you mark. ee are proceed to bree a silver sponsor of greater and greener 2015. as this conference brought together leader professionals, advocates, funders and inovateers to discuss something near and dear to our hearts at landscape structures, parks, green spaces and communities. as the president i had the tubt to meet with many professionals arounds the cuntsry and learn about what they are doing to create great communities. i'm happy to report that like you using parks and playgrounds to improve the quality of life fl their stit phrns. as champions for park and play ground these spaces help foret economy, public helths and environmental sustainability. by working with all of you we have seen how building parks and playgrounds trullly builds community. individuals from all waurks of life, all ages, all abilities and all culture come together in parks for exercise and recreation, slbrasion, community meet squgz more. farks and play ground are a medium for friends, families and neighbors to mee

the hard skapdz are patterned with various materials and the landscape materials the important point they've done a great job of doing envision of those the drought or wind tolerant again easily maintained over time so the office buildings are last the dallas for objective reasons we need light into the working spades balanced with the warm materials of would do so again, i'm to explain and show you how the different materials on the site while their designed by different architect they're designed with sympathy with each other and go together well. >> all right. so let's walk through introduce the site and what it feels like as you circulates through the buildings so the south the northwest twenty-four hour is where we envision the majority off people that will be arriving because of the muni stop on the corner of south street and third street they've done a fantastic job of seeing with what the arrive will be like and articulating the towers to frame it and create a rhythm of architecture open third street this is the architecture in the sort of front porch of the project a large o