case 0803-q -- natoma street, request for condominium conversion subdivision. 1737 post streak. -- street. located in japan town. requests for conditional use authorization. 1555, request for conditional use authorization. case 88-c, through 2320 chestnut, request for authorization. those are the consent calendar items. >> is there any public comment on consent items? >> hi. i am christina crawford, here to comment on 2011-02 88 c. this is 2320 chestnut street. president olague: you would like that pulled? ok. when we call the project, you can comment on this. >> i will be notified of the new date? president olague: we will hear it right now. jonathan -- is that it? >> thank you. at 1517 irving, commenting on item three. i would like that pulled as well. >> thank you. >> my name is michael lebeck and i'd like have removed, item 2.0, -- >> this is moved. so far, items three and four on the consent calendar will be heard. is there any public comment on the other items? which -- do you want to come to the mic? is this one o fthose we will be hearing? >> i couldn't hear you. >> we pulled 155,

. >> at this time, we will hold a hearing regarding the 474 natomas street. >> good afternoon. i am the acting deputy executive director. it is my pleasure to be before you to request approval of a gram please forward the affordable housing project located in the agency south of market redevelopment area. this will be comprised of 60 units of affordable rental housing for very low income households. the developer of this project has worked to finalize all of the funding necessary to construct the project and this is scheduled to begin this january and is estimated to complete in the fall of 2013. we are requesting that the board approved the ground lease between the agency and the developer for a term that can total up to 99 years. the agency's structure is to ensure that there is long-term affordability for this project and remains in affordability for the long term. this contains language that this was injured in two prior to the statewide redevelopment agency and is considered enforceable under state law. that concludes my presentation. thank you. >> thank you, any questions

after publication, the department received two letters including the w hotel, a property owner on natoma street and a property owner on shipley street. the comments do not raise issues that have not already been addressed in the responses document. responses to the oral testimony today from the representative of the w hotel -- i would like to clarify that the product description is considered stable based upon the department's position appeared to 320-foot height that was referenced by the commager is actually a reference to the height district to the building was analyzed between 220 feet. visual simulations are adequate for the potential aesthetic effects, and the way of dealing with access, loading, and circulation are outlined in the comments and responses document on pages 57 through 60. the eir found that the implementation of the project would result in significant unavoidable impact related to the demolition of the 935 full century building, which is eligible for the california register for architecture and its association with the market area. the eir also found significant unavoidable

last month and repaved and passed that sidewalk, completed natoma street. some restoration work at howard that was left to be done got finished this month. as many of you are aware and some of you attended, we had a special event on site to commemorate the completion of the demolition and starting of the shoring wall and buttress work. appreciate everybody who was able to make that. and there are the hours to date with local labor running right around 70%. total labor being worked on in the transit center. happy to take any questions. thank you very much. >> just a few questions. this is a great report and looks like it is making good progress. how are we doing specifically relative to budget and schedule? >> still very well. there are still, as the executive director pointed out -- we are waiting for those 100% cd drawings that spring, and that is more on the pre- construction site which turner is now working on. >> on the construction side, going well, there have been a few unknowns. we had it at the 72 shafts to the such as planned, so the change order w

you can see the vehicles traveling down natoma will have to cross the natoma parking pad then -- rather than across hunt street. because of the vehicles that are there. in the proposed condition, you can see that the footprint of the building cuts across a portion of hunt street but the rest of the cars are gone. and clearing up the area in terms of access and turn around and so forth. i also have a variety of letters of support which i will provide you. no further questions? supervisor mar: i was going to see the website has a good video and also a lot of good information. it seems like a transparent process and december 1 is when the design will be unveiled by the architect. >> there will be something later this week. on december 1. thank you. >> that concludes our presentation. we're happy to answer any questions at any time. supervisor mar: supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: i do not know if you would be the appropriate person. i know we have -- the w has raised concerns. i think there was a last-minute request to continue the hearing. if you could maybe respond to those concerns and also -- have been g

natoma. cdsm, we will show you pictures of that as well. the west end of the project, everything west of first street is completely surrounded by shoring wall, at this point. zone 3, about two-thirds of the way down with the cdsm there. we will have all the shoring wall complete by the end of the week with the exception of street crossings, which rely on utility relocations. director ortiz: could you refresh my memory on the cdsm. >> cement deep shoring wall. we use that to create the perimeter around the project. zone 4. we continue to buttress work. that has made good progress. we are just over 2.5 shafts per week, which is the goal to get to to complete our work on project. this week, having to report we will complete three full shafts. on the screen now you can see we have completed the sea dsm -- cdsm on the west end of the project. we mobilized to the south side and will complete that were before the end of the month. east end of the project from freemont through beale street has been completed. all that will be left on the shore wall will be the street crossings after the next phase of utility. to give you an idea between the sides,