commissioner matsuda. >> commissioner matsuda: i have one question for staff. i think i heard in reverend brown's public comment that the alamo square neighborhood association was opposed to this, and i was wondering if, number one, if there is someone here from that association, and number two, whether that was based on anything dealing with the historic character or whether you have any information on that. >> i have heard nothing from them. gus, her name is from alamo square, has been in contact to get updates on when the hearing may be occurring throughout the last few months. also cc'ed on emails, but he has not personally stated opposition to me. i have not received a telephone call or any emails stating support or opposition. >> i would like to move approval with the additional condition as mentioned by mr. frye. >> second. >> president wolfram: i was wondering if i could make a friendly amendment, we add a finding, clarifying the garages are not character defining features of the district and they are not historically significant part of the building, t

. >> commissioner matsuda: i had a question for the public works representative. this is my first time seeing it because i'm not part of the a.r.c. and i also wanted to follow up on what mr. hayes said in public comment about perhaps refurnishment and not replacement. was that considered at all? >> it hasn't been. the toilets have been on the street for 22, 23 years. and they're -- i'm thrilled to hear that you have never seen graffiti on them and that they're always looking fresh. that's to the credit of jcdecaux and i do want to commend them in terms of maintenance and deep understanding of what it takes to live on the streets for 22 years, but they're hurting. they kind of can't live past that. the interior mechanism is also old. so there was never really a consideration that we would reuse them because of the interior functioning or the lifetime of materiality. >> chairman stryker: thank you. first of all, i would like to echo my colleagues in saying how much i appreciate the new design and for the designers and also for decaux and your effort to make a strong

hyland, commissioner black, johnck, johns, matsuda, and pearlman. first on the agenda is general public comment. members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are in the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission, except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, the opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reconvened in the meeting. each member of the public may address the public up to three minutes. >> president wolfram: any member of the public wish to speak on a nonagenda item, seeing and hearing none, close general department. >> director's announcements. >> good afternoon, commissioners, happy to forward any questions you may have for the director. no formal report today. >> item 2, staff report and announcements. >> tim fry, a few items to share with you. at yesterday's board of supervisors hearing, the board unanimously approved 1 1ststreet, two, thank you, and that will move to the mayor for signature. in passed out copies of the resolutions and associated ordina

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