>>> first of all, i wanted to express my appreciation for your staff, nick foster. he's been an absolute pleasure to work with over the past year since i was brought on board and really appreciate all of the helpful feedback that he has given us along the way. i pulled just a few photos from your staff packet. i wanted to highlight three adjustments to the design that we've made to incorporate comments from neighbors and from the planning department. first, i wanted to highlight this view of sort of the step down pattern on this block from west to east. as you can see, the building is kind of at the higher end of the block and the additional fourth floor does not break that step down pattern going from west to east. these are views from the street. what i'd like to highlight here is that the homeowner actually put up a temporary wall to show to the neighbors and the public what the vertical addition would look like. it is up. and as you can see in the photo, it's barely noticeable from the street view. and that is because it has been set back a full seven feet from

nick foster, planning department staff. this request for you is a conditional use authorization for 365 doing business as whole foo food market. the project would include both interior and exterior tenant improvements containing 43,898 gross square feet with no expansion proposed. the proposed general grocery store would occupy the entirety of the existing structure with grocery retail sales areas located on both the first and second floors, an area dedicated to the prepared foods for on or off-site consumption located on the first floor, a seating area located on the second floor, and being assessory office space for use by whole foods staff located on the second floor. subject property has been vacant since december of 2014 when lombardi's sports ceased operations. the proposed project does not constitute a change of use as it is considered proposed retail sales and service use under the planning code. further it's listed as a principlely permitted use within the polk street commercial neighborhood district pursuant to pl

her husband, nick, was a foster child himself. on heroin, jill couldn't ignore what was happening in her own community. >> the system was failing over and over again. >> reporter: brigid's path was created five months ago, designed to give brand-new babies constant attention to get the therapeutic need they need. babies that might go straight into foster care can stay here for three months. the parents retain custody and can visit 24 hours a day. social workers help the mothers tackle their own challenges. >> we meet them where they are and help them move forward. if it's housing or jobs or just finding the right rehab to work with. >> reporter: the ultimate goal, releasing the babies back to their families. >> not a single one of the moms that i ever dealt with did drugs to hurt their baby. >> reporter: baby olivia spent two months at brigid's path while her mom works on recovery. and for the first time, she says she feels like she's succeeding. >> when i walk through the doors, i feel like i'm being surrounded by more love than