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>> commissioner melgar: thank you. so i like where commissioner fong was going, and i also agree with you that there needs to be a little bit more cooking here, and i specifically would request that you talk to folks to work around substance abuse in the neighborhood with kids specifically. so there's organizations doing really good work like horizons unlimited in that neighborhood, doing specific work around alcohol use among kids, and i think that that would be in addition to the program. >> president hillis: commissioner richards? >> vice president richards: i move to continue -- hopefully, i have some -- to the earliest day in the community by the project sponsor. >> i think we should propose a date. >> vice president richards: yeah. i would say... >> clerk: february 22nd? >> vice president richards: yes. >> vice president richards: no second? >> second. >> clerk: thank you. should i call the question. >> no. i just -- we've already continued this twice. >> we've never heard -- >> this is the first hearing. >> cler

. >> president hillis: commissioner melgar. >> commissioner melgar: so there's a motion on the floor, and i believe we could get it over with. i also don't support a continuance, but we'll see where it goes. if the commission does end up voting for a continuance, i would like to please ask the project sponsor to enter into a conversation with the neighborhood in good faith. don't say racist things. show some respect, and then, let's see where it goes. >> president hillis: one, we have a motion, a motion to continue would take precedent if there was a motion to continue. i think we also would be best advised to talk to the city attorney before approving or denying a project just because housing accountablity has been brought up. we've approved projects that have demoed buildings single story in rh-2 and rh-3 that staff has said this was not a historic building, so i think we'd want to look at that, also. i don't want to end up in a situation where there's continued conflict on this, which i think we could get at either way commissioner johnson? >> commissioner johnson: okay. i'm going

commissioner melgar. >> vice president melgar: i'll go first. i have a lot to say. so i will be voting against this project. that's what you probably expected, but i do, you know, want to say something about this because there are, like mr. weaver state d, thousands of units in the pipeline in the mission. a couple of weeks ago somebody put in my packet the book about screeching owls and vomiting anarchists, which i read in the bathtub one day. it was cute. it reminded me of the illustrated marx book my mom got me when i was six years old, but, you know, what was missing in that book, which i think, you know, was a smart analysis in a libetarian kind of way was anything about race in america. and race has been the defining factor in real estate prices in america and in our cities. san francisco had a terrible history with redevelopment in the western addition. we fought redevelopment in the mission. the reason why there are parcels that were devalued in the mission is because 40, 50 years ago the federal government engaged in red lining. and also nobody wanted to li

commissioner melgar >> what is non-personnel services? >> they're outside contractors. >> non-personnel services also includes software and licensing. so services to other departments is what we do if -- so the airport is going to have a big environmental -- a big project that requires environmental review, so they're going to pay us for our work for them specifically. the non-personnel services is the category, it's the financial term that the city uses, sorry, but it's what we pay to outside agencies. >> i see, ok. so the other question i had is, under services to other department which includes legal, for code enforcement, what we pay the city attorney, how is that related to what dbi pays for code enforcement? >> i'm not sure. i could get back to you if dbi or the city attorneys are willing or able to share their costs. >> vice president melgar: i wondered how many of these projects -- it's like the same project that have significant code violations for both planning and housing. -- i mean planning and building code and i'm wondering

. >> president hillis: commissioner melgar. >> vice president melgar: i agree with everything you said and it doesn't seem fair to me. knowing what i know about municipal finance, i don't see a way that we would reimburse the homeowner for something he did in good faith according to our instructions. so the only recourse would be to sue in small claims court. but right, it's not small because it's $30,000 and that would add cost to him and the city. it would be a bummer. so i agree if this project had come to us, we probably wouldn't have approved it. you guys know that. the fairness element in terms of the process and what citizens' expectations can be of government, it doesn't seem fair to me, so i would lean towards just not taking dr. >> president hillis: this in essence was for all intensive purposes, it's built and the glass is in the garage and the structure is up. can i ask a question about the prevailing winds? are there any modifications made to reduce the impact? i think we agree with the neighbors that this is -- we've seen these and somewhat of a structure there. could you

. >> commissioner melgar. >> i agree with everything everybody said. the one thing i would add is after the '89 earthquake, we went through this whole process of, you know, figuring out how to retrofit soft story buildings and people met and talked about process and you know dpi and planning, and it went on and on for years, architects. and then, you know, what -- towards the end of that, when we had figured all of that, then, supervisor weiner introduced the legislation to allow people to do adu's when they're doing seismic retrofit, and if i remember, it was to sweeten the deal financially a little bit so that folks could see a return for their investment, and it wouldn't be such a big outlay in cash and they could get something -- a little out of it. and we didn't think -- because i remember being in all those discussions in the building inspection commission. i didn't think that people would actually try to put in units to sort of try to get a financial gain or -- or mitigate, you know, their obligations, you know, to maintenance in rent controlled

and good luck to you. 100% behind. >> great. >> commissioner melgar? >> i just wanted to say thank you, commissioner richards, for spending the time talking me through this and i have really enjoyed my year on the commission so far . i like all of you so much. even when we disagree and i want to strangle you, i so love what effect on this commission brings to the table which is so valuable in the diversity of opinions and also ways of looking at things. and so i want to thank you. for your vote of confidence as the product of a shithole country officially. i am really, you know, grateful to be here and be part of this process. you know, when then-supervisor now mayor breed asked me to be on this commission, she was very clear that she wanted to have the perspective of someone who was, you know, in deeply immerse in the neighbourhood that is undergoing gentrification and displacement and the pressure that that brings, you know, to working families in the city. and so i've tried to do that in this commission and i hope to do that more and articulate at t

commissioner melgar, you were against. commissioner hillis you were again absent so you need acknowledge that you reviewed the materials and hearing. >> i did. >> so, if we take this as a single roll call vote, i would recommend that you take up items four through six if you so choose. because commissioner moore was recused from item seven. she should probably not partake in that voting. >> let's first open this up to public comment. any members of the public that would like to remove any of these items from the consent calendar? >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'd like to remove 2906 from the consent and have it continued to the second week of february, if possible. >> ok. we can remove it from the consent. we'll hear it as the first item in the regular calendar. >> ok. any other items? commissioner johnson? >> [inaudible]. >> ok. so, let's take action first on items four and five. >> move to approve item one, two, three, four and five. >> just one -- >> sorry. four and five. >> sure. >> thank you, commissioners. on tha

commissioner melgar commissioner richards. it passes. that moves us to the next case. >> and there's the initiation of a general plan amendment and presentation on the upcoming san francisco conservatory of music at 200 van ness. overall, the project would construct housing for the students and faculty, educational performance and ground floor uses. in addition, the project would include replacement housing for the 27 dwellings currently on site. the plan is for the project and conditional use authorization and the development agreement that have been requested. at the hearing the department is asking the commission initiate a general plan amendment to revise map 5 by changing the height designation from 96 to 120 feet at the project site. this initiation allows the commission to consider adoption of the proposed amendment at a further day scheduled for february 8 of next month. you'll hear further information on the development agreement, an overview of the project and about the building's design. this concludes my presentation and i'm

. >> vice president melgar: thank you, i love this project.i love the part of the city, spent a lot of time there. i think when we heard this a while ago we had members of the public who talked about irish hill and the preservation. can you talk more about that? i actually don't have updated slide, but what i can share with you, what we got to, and that it was really led by the port and office of economic and workforce development with the planning department was an arrangement of the buildings on the pge property which is not part of our development, on the corner of 22nd and illinois. which previously it had an access point to the remnant of irish hill from illinois street. what it did, it created -- this is the old plan -- it created a diagonal from the corner of 22nd and illinois. right here. into the park and irish hill. there was actually a plan they came up with, with an architect to their credit and it actually made it better for everybody. >> vice president melgar: thank you. >> president hillis: just a question on, one, i looked it u

. >> president hillis: commissioner melgar? >> second. >> i make a motion to disapprove this project. >> president hillis: commissioner johnson? >> commissioner johnson: we don't have good guidelines for what makes a legalization infeasible, and sometimes i've also been a little bit challenges when we hear some of the cases where there is some detail provided around what the work would take to legalize a unit, but because the current property owner states that they can't afford it or can't do it, you know, we're looking at some sort of action that would make that unit not a legal unit anymore and there it was taken out of the circulation for housing. and i do -- i don't have any answers right now, but i do want to echo that i think that's something that we as a city need to contend with. i don't know that it's okay to say -- especially when you have units where people are living in them, and we've seen them before, that we're kind of saying there's nothing we can do. i think we need to look more closely at what financially infe

. >> commissioner melgar? >> thank you. so i also don't mind the modern architecture in general, in theory, but on this block, i kind of do. so this is a very lovely block of older homes, and it's -- it's both -- on both sides of 21st street, so i think that, you know, this project would stick out aesthetically that i don't like. i think that's what's wonderful about san francisco neighborhoods. we do have some eclectic mixes, but this is totally out of character. just putting that out there. then, also, i think sort of the design, the boxy design where every single building has, you know, the peaked roof, except for one, you know, down the street is also problematic in terms of views and light. and, you know, i -- the adu, i mean, it's fine, but it is replacing a rent controlled unit -- and it's vacant, it's vacant, but it's there. i didn't hear anything from my fellow commissioners. actually, i do object to that. i think if that's going to happen, i'm wondering what we get in return and what we're getting in return is thi

commissioner melgar? >> commissioner melgar: thank you for that presentation, and not just the presentation, but the process that you've engaged the community in. i've been privy to some of the conversations, and thank you for the respect that you've shown to the community. so i had the pleasure and honor to go on one of the tours of the neighborhood, and i would encourage my fellow commissioners to do the same. it's a slightly different angle. you know, i think that hearing it from neighborhood residents who are not usually the ones who go to the meetings and are -- or the ones who are invited, you know, and to these spaces is actually really valuable, so i think it is a different perspective, and i think it's a very valuable one. i think it yields better results, so i'm not going to go over some of the things that folks in the community said, because i think the need for affordable housing and all of that -- i did have a few questions about what you're thinking. so particularly around the commercial cor

that motion passes 4 to 1 with commissioner melgar voting no. >> item no. 15. this is a large project authorization. good afternoon, commissioners, planning staff. the request before you is a large project authorization for a six story building. this item was continued from november 30th. the project site is a core lot at the intersection of bryant and 19th within the zoning district. the project proposes demolition of a one-story industrial building and a six-story mixed use building containing 60 dwelling units. there would be approximately 7,471 score feet of space. 2,500 square feet would be a limited restaurant use, operated as a culinary business restaurant accelerator in partnership with a community-based organization. the project would include approximately 4,800 square feet of open space, 64 class one i can pianoal parking spaces. the project would satisfy the requirements of the affordable housing program. it's required to profit 17.5% of the proposed dwelling units as affordable and the project sponsor has elected to voluntary 25%. the project has ma

moved by commissioner melgar, and seconded by commissioner mazzucco. thank you. the disciplinary report of december 2017 is accepted into the record. item 2, please. >> clerk: -- presentation of the annual report regarding the department's work with the joint terrorism task force, jttf. >> president turman: good evening, commission -- good evening, chief. you would be the chief of police, wouldn't you. nice to see you. >> good evening, president turman, vice president mazzucco, and interim director henderson. i'll start off this week's chief report with crime intends aintends -- trends and statistics. this is going into our second week in january , and we started off the week with a number of violent crimes, shootings in particular, which brought our homicide total to three for the year. there were three homicides over the weekend. the good news is there's any good news in them, people were arrested in two of the homicides, and the third is being investigated. we had 11 additional gun related calls this week which brings us -- actually, it's 11 year to date, whic

. >> commissioner: commissioner melgar. >> i want to thank the staff for a thorough presentation and to the many folks who came out today to give their feedback and took the time to look over all the stuff and follow the process. i think that's how it's supposed to work and thank you for all the energy you've put into it. i guess i had more questions than some of this is still fuzzy to me and it sounds like fuzzy to other too. so perhaps if we go through the process and work with community folks and incorporate their feedback it will become clear tore all. but specifically i was looking at the areas that you had specified in terms of greater detail and specific design. paris, flat iron buildings so i'm not sure. how are those areas selected and i'm unclear about how -- >> how were they selected? >> they were select the people who showed up and acted most interested in our efforts and wanted to have more substantial dialogue with us. >> that worries me a little bit. not everyone is with it. i was looking at your map of where the urban design guidelines will apply and chinatown, 24th s

the this, however, is a change of use without the correct permit, and commissioners moore and melgar recognized that at the planning commission. in fact, the one vote against the conditions that were placed on this permit came from commissioner moore because she wanted to revoke it as a change of use illegally. this permit here completes the transformation of the house into a replica of the film set, into this quote, unquote, shrine for the fans. this plan is causing additional harm to the neighborhood where there has already been so much harm. so far it's just been a few changes to the outside. if it's changed into this, this opens it up for the doors to be cast open and the fans to come inside, as well, and it's going to be that much worse and that much more permanent. and to mr. franklin's concern that an nfr would apply to him rather than to the property itself, we're talking about a condition for the property to run with the land into the if youture. so one of our real concerns here is he's going to sell it to an associate of his, perhaps to netflix, and that's why we need an nf

commissioner melgar? >> commissioner melger: first of all, i want to comment the project sponsor. i understand it was the director's idea for a very creative use of the state density bonus law and i'm pleased that we are getting the 14.5% inclusionary units. that's a great goal. my question is about the demolition of the existing portion of the building. is that occupied right now? are there tenants residentially in that portion of the building? is it all offices? >> there's a fed ex-kinko's. above our offices, primarily the offices of the project sponsor. >> commissioner melger: on the back, there's three stories? all office soffices? >> yes. >> commissioner melger: so there's a three-story portion that will be demolished. >> is it okay if i ask the architect? >> let me quickly bring us to the plan as well. if i can get that up. and you can see so we've designated the existing walls in red. as you mentioned, the pieces in back, there would be a small portion -- the one bedroom that you were mentioning -- >> sorry. you have to talk into the mike so we can record it. >> there is an

>> commissioner melgar? >> thank you. let me take a stab at verbalizing what i think we're all feeling. you know, in response to your comment, i think that, you know, in terms of the question that we're posing, the e.i.r., you know, is looking at this as a historic resource and proposing several alternatives and mitigations to the loss of that historic resource. and i think what we're saying is that what we're getting in terms of the mitigations is not great. it's not sufficient. we are getting four 3600-square foot houses with two parking spaces each, which is not consistent with what this commission has been supporting in a transit-rich area that is close to a lot of services. and that is what we're trading for this historic resource in breaking up this beautiful sidewalk that cannot be recreated. i mean, it can be recreated but not, you know, moved. [please stand by] [please stand by] there's a precedent for this in the neighborhood and we need to take a look at that. >> absolutely and i support everything that every c

the commission passes, with melgar and moore voting against. that places us on item 13 for commerce and industry inventory for 2016. this is also an informational presentation. >> good afternoon. i'm paulo ikezoe. and today i will give you a brief presentation with some background and a few highlights on the 2016 commerce and industry inventory and then i will be available for any questions or comments. so just as a reminder, this is the commerce and industry annual report combining information from a variety of internal and external data sources. in addition to compiling an annual snapshot, the data we compile every year should serve as a background for updating the commerce and industry element of our general plans. 2016 was the sixth consecutive year of job growth in san francisco and it's estimated that we had over 703,000 jobs in the city at the end of 2016, which is a new record. the city added just under 29,000 jobs in 2016. over the past decade, we've added almost 150,000 jobs. unemployment has continued to fall to 3.3% in the city. as