matter of the code to market-octavia. i would probably eliminate that, i don't know that the rest of the commissioners would be supportive of that, but i certainly would like to see that out of there. >> your comments reminded me, commissioner antonini, i neglected to tell the commission, it does not extend the same control to this block. market-octavia included density control and height changes, it doesn't include those. commissioner antonini: those have been taken out system of you've got 2077 is out of there. >> no, those are included but in addition to those, market-octavia has density decontrols, those are not in the ordinance before you. the restrictions on changing the unit con fig rages are but if someone were to build a new building on there, say that there was, like at the gas station, they would have to conform to the density requirements that exist in the district. market-octavia we just have controls over the size and shape of the building form. commissioner antonini: ok the nonspecific number of units. that

generally we're in support of extending the octavia, market-octavia plan to castro. and in incorporating this orphan block that really is sort of an orphan block. we have some concerns. we designed this more so to the new development design guidelines put together by the upper market design guidelines in 2008. so there is some conflicts. one of our concerns is that we will have new impact fees, but the benefits which we really are looking for which is height, will not be granted as part of this. i understand from the planning director that's not possible in this process, but we will have to come back to you and possibly to the board of supervisors to ask for this height variance because this project is not viable without it. and if you look at the pattern going up and down market street, all the corners are going to be at least 65 feet or higher and we're asking for 65 feet to allow this rental housing. i'm just introducing ourselves, our project, and we will be back. but generally we're in support of this, but we do have some concerns. president miguel: thank you. >

octavia. we looked at this particular geographical area with a lot of detail and took on a lot of the zoning issues that were included in market/octavia area plan. we folks us on issues if it's in your neighborhood it's usually going to somehow impact the rest of the city. we meet with the mayor on an irregular basis. if you are are a delegate or just a member of a member organization you can come to the personal meetings with the mayor. we also endorse ballot measures when they fall into certain categories. anything to do with neighborhood issues and there's -- anything to do with schools. thank you. that's it. >> tools and strategies to engage your community. i want to pose a question to you. who is in your community. the first question you have to answer is who is in your community? think about that for a second because in our neighborhood we actually have an eclective group. we have residents, homeowners, renters. starving artists to starving studentses to corporate america to very rich pe

something they plugged into immediately because it's in the market/octavia plan. it's identifiable on their agenda for years. >> you would think but that's not what they do. it's about the neighborhood. all about the neighborhood it would be great if we could use their, say, we will have a work party day every third saturday of the month. >> may be the organizations are about policy and discussions and not or land use issues. you had your hand up. [inaudible]. >> right. >> i don't think you necessarily need a master plan. i would say he will give you a technical idea. >> september 21st is parking day. yes. >> take you know go to home depot and get turf on the place and show people want it would be like. >> it's establishing the conversation to figure out who the players are because typically what we see in the projects -- we do repeat funding we have done repeat fundings of street trees. some neighborhoods started small and came out with 5,000 and literally get something in the ground and people say, oh , how do i get that. don't worry if it's small. >> there is a

we are in the process of doing out of reach for the octavia boulevard project. we have had an open house and a large public workshop on september 27. we are getting very interesting feedback on that. as i said before, a study of city wide significance. the impact of traffic distribution in the city center. tend to be felt not just in the civic center area, but to the west side and even as far as the excelsior. the double parked study is moving along. -- balboa park study is moving along. a number of people attended that meeting to provide their ideas on short-term improvements. medium and long-term improvements will be included in the countywide plan. we are obviously following up for that set of improvements with commissioner avalos' office. the van ness ave the rt project is nearing completion of its eir. we expect the eir will be released in the winter. the geary eir will be followed in 2011. we have completed the work on the 2009, 2010 fiscal audit. we are expecting another clean audit performed. thank you to our deputy for finance and administration. that c

because octavia boulevard. they come through our neighborhood like it's the freeway. coming to get on the freeway. they barely stop at the stop signs the turn on the relates and the kids are on the corner. they are coming on through. when we did the safe path we held up signs saying slow down. one of the thing we promote our philosophy is all the children are our responsibility. and a lot of the bus stops at the children are going to to get on to their schools where they are going to work. we are telling the community, watch out for the kids. if a kid is standing off of the curb say, tell the child. get back on the curb this is not safe. what we are really doing is saying this is we all have to be family. if you see a child or someone that needs may be advice to get back to the curb let them know and do it in a kindly way. we have a huge safety concern with the traffic. >> on the traffic issue the best thing that happen todd san francisco is 311. there are a lot of -- to drive this san francisco or traffic in san francisco is a nightmare an engineering nightmare the c

program called "preserve america "vote will support some of the preservation efforts in market and octavia. we got another environmental justice grant for our work on cesar chavez on another avenue. all of that is to say that we have been more aggressive about seeking grants, but as you recall last year we got a grant to hire a grant writer. t

program called "preserve america "vote will support some of the preservation efforts in market and octavia. we got another environmental justice grant for our work on cesar chavez on another avenue. all of that is to say that we have been more aggressive about seeking grants, but as you recall last year we got a grant to hire a grant writer. that has more than paid off. [laughter] it has really helped a lot. we are actually able to hire some temporary staff because of all this grant work. we were able to do our small part to help the local unemployment rate in the process. i am very pleased and one to think staff for all the work on these grants. -- want to thank staff for all the work on these grants. because anne-marie is up this week and terrace sullivan is out ill today, i will be given the board of appeals report. i think i will jump to the board of appeals first. last night, the board of appeals heard the case i think you might be interested

we were thinking there is a plan in the market/octavia plan neighborhood plan that has emphasizes the use of alleys as creating living space. the neighborhood that's grid with busy streets and in between are the narrow and underused streets that could be used to off set as public gatherering spaces and planted areas and conducive for people. let's scratch the surface of that. within a week, the community challenge grant and the mayor's office of greening had grownup from had it's own grass roots and it was kismit there was a coincidance of events. we sketched up a few drawings of what we could think of. which is to remove a couple of -- 3 on street parking spaces so as to narrow the road bed of the street and provide places to sit. you know, landscape the areas for the community of coffee drinkers, if you will. we started to realize. this will cost money and it's a tremendous opportunity to connect with the neighbors. neighbors being residence denies. mixed use alley has automatic repair shops. it has some residential and some businesses. and so you know it's not our traditional one b

since then, the city has become more sophisticated, with market octavia being a more recent example of how we structure those funds. essentially, we need to bring the vis valley program into the fold in terms of the basic structure, the way terms are expanded, the use of funds, and other things. there is no change to the proposed fee level. in the ordinance, we are not proposing any change to that. the total amount that may be owed by project in the vis valley area will not go up or down as a result of the modifications we proposed. i will highlight two quick points and then walked through the mechanics of the modifications. as part of the effort to bring this the program into greater -- to bring this fee program into greater similarity to those used citywide, we want to use the in kind agreement program in the code. you have adopted policies pursuant to that recently as an option for sponsors in the vis valley plant area that would want to pursue that agreement. we have had conversations with sponsors of a number of sponsors in the executive parking area o area with your staff to give

[buzzer] i lived at 1650 octavia, owned by gerald dowd, where he did knowingly, asbestos abasement and had the people living in the unit without proper personals and without notifying the city that asbestos work was taking place. i believe that's going to take place here at the fairmont if they attempt to demolish those two buildings in the back without federal controls [buzzer. >> i thank you for your time. one last thing is i submitted -- president miguel: thank you, leave them there. the secretary will take care of them. >> i have three left. >> thank you. president miguel: additional public comment on this item? >> sue hester, i want to supplement comments made by susan brand holly. i am the attorney for local 2. i have questions about the directions that mr. wyco successes on page two. i do not think it appropriate for the commission to give direction on the alternatives at this point under any circumstances. the eir record was closed. it was not a certification of the eir. this commission may not discuss alternatives to the project as he seems to indicate. he -- i mean, i am read

we wanted to make it similar to what happened to market octavia and i don't think there were many complaints about that procedure. we're loosening it up from the way it is now which is really onerous. the historic districts on the table now are painfully small. you know, any idea about the entire city becoming an historic district, we're so far away from that, i mean no district has been established since dogpatch. we're not even close to establishing any districts right now. we've identified a lot of potential historic districts, and a few, two i can think of have strong community support. i think we'll be lucky to have those two districts in the next four or five years, frankly. and the districts that have been identified in the mission are really south mission, are really quite small. and so i think fears of the entire city being landmarked as much as i might like to see that, is somewhat not -- it's just not going to happen any time soon. that's all i have to say. >> thank you. if i might. just to follow on with what commissioner martinez has spoken to, and to speak to the issue of about