president olague: thank you. i don't have any other speaker cards, but at this point, if people want to come up and speak, they can, or if they want to stand up to show their support for the project, they can. and then -- because i don't have any other speaker cards. and i assume that you're all in support of the project. ok, thank you. i don't want to assume, but is there any opposition? i don't have any other cards before me. no? so does anyone want to speak? seeing none -- seeing no additional speakers, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini. commissioner antonini: i'm going to maybe a motion to approve, but i would like to comment on the last speaker and just encourage the church that, if it's possible -- it's colonel not a condition, but if there's a way to do something with the front door, as time goes on, it might even -- i think one of the speakers representative of the church said we really would like to have a nicer entrance in there. so if it becomes economically feasible to do that, it would

president olague: thank you. i don't think we have -- we have one speaker card. if you'd like to pass that forward. georgia parsons. >> thank you members of the commission. my name is georgia parsons. i am the owner of the property next to 401 taraval street. and i want to say that i have had a discussion recently with mr. louis, and i have no problems -- mr. louie and i have no problems with the church moving next door to me as a neighbor. my concern rests with the structure of the original building. my family -- my grandfather built the building that i own as a neighbor of 401 taraval in 1949. and in 1972 my family was not given the opportunity, as i am here before you today, to express an opinion of what went next door to them. they were simply told, here's the building, you know. you pay for your share of the section that has to be supported structurally for our new big commercial building. so i feel -- my family has hated that building since it went up in 1972 and it's hated it because of where the entrance

president olague: great. secretary avery: on that motion, commissioner apt ant. >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner fong? >> no. >> commissioner miguel? >> aye. >> commissioner olague? >> aye. >> that motion passed 5-2 with commissioners fong and sugaya voting against if item will continue to june 9. public hear willing remain open. planning commission is in recess until 4:00 p.m. >> we usually reserve the front row for staff. we really do. if there are seats, i want you to find one in the audience. and if they are not, i will let you sit there. there is a seat next to you that is available if you can stand up for someone to take it. otherwise we will assume there aren't any available seats. it looks like we will need an overflow room. unless it is okay for them to stand off to the side, miss avery. secretary avery: they can stand over here. they can't stand over here. president olague: okay. i think we're okay. i think we're okay then. >> all right. secretary avery: all right. thank you. p

>> no. >> commissioner olague?>> aye. >> thank you, commissioners, that motion passes on a vote of 4-3 with commissioners antonini, fong, and miguel voting against. on the variance. >> thank you. dan snyder acting zoning administrator here on behalf of scott sanchez. first off, commissioners, i'd like to close the public hearing on the variance as well. what i would like to do in this case is take the matter under advisement. i would say that i am inclined to grant the rear yard and front setback variances. there's some unanswered questions with respect to the dwelling unit exposure variance, so i look forward to working with the sponsor and with staff to get these questions answered. just really quickly, some housekeeping matters. no decision is final on these variances until a letter is issues. that letter brings with it a 10-day window during which it may appeal to the board of appeals and if anyone would like a copy of the decision letter, please give their name and contact information to the secretary or to st

president olague: i don't. i don't personally. >> there's no way that i can keep them from broadcasting. i can turn the mic off, which is what i did. and i pressed the panic button. it's time for the sheriff's department to get here. president olague: thank you. ed hardy was another name i called. i'm not sure if you heard or not. >> hello, my name is ed hardy. i'm a business owner. my business is at 700 lombard street. i have been in that location for 12 years. i've owned businesses in the city and been a property here for 34 years. my wife and i have both been dismayed to see the progress of this. can primary issue i would like to address, i do not know if it's been brought up, is the impact on the traffic flow and the safety by altering that street. because we're on a corner location, we're very aware of the flow of traffic that goes through there because that's a particular channel for everything that -- the primary points of fame in the city, which are chinatown, fisherman's wharf, the crooked street, lomb

president olague: great. next item. public comment on agenda items for the public hearing has been closed? public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioners, the next category on the calendar is public comment on items were the public hearing has been closed. this was put on the calendar to address item 12. item 12 is one of those items that we are going to do at 1:30. in a brief discussion with the city attorney's office, we might continue this until 1:30 and to get up at that time. if that is your desire, the commission could recess until 1:30. president olague: we will continue it until that time. >> president olague: are weakened the index -- are we good now? >> the planning commission is back in session. commissioners, since we decided to move the public comment on closed items to 1:30, it makes sense to go through the consent calendar and then come back. with that, you are now under consideration of items proposed for continuance. i can 6, the -- item 6, the gene friend recreatio

president olague: good afternoon, president olague and commissioners. i turned in a speaker card but you didn't call my name. i'm joan wood and i've lived in north beach since 1962. i emailed you yesterday my main objections to the master plan, and i typed out -- it's a little easier to read. of the e.i.r.'s really very bad. but i wanted to point out to you that the comments -- our comments were sent in months ago about the last e.i.r., the one that you're being asked to vote on, and responses came to us on april 7, that's 14 days ago. we've never had a chance to make a public comment on that. and i think there's something wrong with the process because of that. i want to read you -- many of us particularly object to the legal aspects of using 701 lombard street, the lot that the city desires to put a new library on at a cost of approximately $9 million. people like me want to renovate the old library. we like it a lot. it would cost about $4.5 million. although everybody is very cagey about what costs where. many of our letters are in the responses and

president olague: and commissioner fong has something. commissioner fong: i ask for your indulgence of this matter and i am going to ask to recuse myself from this item as a family member is just found out is going to service services from one of the organizations related to this project. secretary avery: on the motion for recusal -- commissioner miguel: motion for recusal. >> second. [roll call taken on recusal] secretary avery: commissioner fong, you are recused. thank you. i need the speaker cards. >> this is item 12. president olague: this is the item on strictly on items that are where the public hearing has been closed and that only relates to the environmental impact report. i do have a few speaker cards so i'll go ahead and call them out. but again, this only relates to the e.i.r. it does not relate to the project itself. so brad paul. john manley. >> basically this complex will cause -- it already causes a lot of parking problems and things like that whenever any event goes on. the entire project is oversized for the location and

president olague: commissioner fong? commissioner fong: i think we're all saying the same thing, that we're in support of this particular legislation but we're tooking at a particular district to try to put a bandaid on things but this is a citywide problem and commissioner antonini spoke, if we're really going to address it, we need to look at the public transit situation. three forty of -- three quarterf the time i'm on the bus, it's packed, just overcrowded. i'm not sure how we approach that, if a larger discussion needs to be had related to parking transit, usage, parking fees, et cetera, but taking these things piece meal is doing -- president olague: it seems to me it assess the joint hearing with the m.t.a. because that's really their jurisdiction. commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: i was on muni yesterday going downtown about 7:45 from westport on and i was lucky to get on the train and it went by a couple of places where there wasn't enough room for people to get in at stations further down. there are

president olague: so moved. >> second. president olague: on the motion for recusal of commissioner antonini. [roll call] >> commissioner antonini is recused. >> good afternoon, honorable commissioners. i'm here representing thomas coin. this is a local family development proposal. through the last few years, we worked closely with staff. this proposal has been through many it rations with building height and design. we would like to thank them for working with us to arrive at the current 40-foot-tall residential building. this infill project will allow 12 new family-sized units on an underutilized surface parking lot on a relatively short block. although the proposal is a pipeline project, we believe this application meets the intent and the spirit of the new zoning district and the controls set forth for the residential unit size, mix, off street parking and usable open space. this building will act as a buffer between residential districts in an area surrounded bay vibrant mix of uses. as mr. sanchez stated on april 6, t

president olague: it's an awkward item. is there any additional public comment on this item, the e.i.r.? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> thank you, madam president. we now call the item that is closed. considerations of findings and final action category. the public hearing is closed. the item would be number four that is before you, the north beach public library and joe dimaggio playgrounds master plan at 701 lombard street and 2000 mason street. before you for consideration is certification of the final e.i.r. >> afternoon, president olague, i am michael jacinto from the environmental planning division. the item before you is the certification of a final environmental impact report or e.i.r. for the proposed north beach library and joe dimaggio master plan, case number 2008-0896 e which entails vacation of a linear foot portion between lombard street and mason avenue, demolition of the library at 2000 mason street, construction of an 8 500 square-foot branch building at lombard street, common leap referred to a

president olague: thank you. >> my name was not called, although i just turned in a speaker card. >> i'm not sure. those are the only cards i have. >> my name is lisa. i'm a resident of north beach, a park and library patron, a teacher, and i speak on behalf of the parent-teacher organization at my school. i urge you to certify the final e.i.r. it is complete and thorough and objective. i urge you to approve the closing of the strip of mason street and the rezoning of the parking triangle. we in the community who want this project to go forward represent the diversity of the neighborhood. we are people with children and without children, people with disabilities and without disabilities, renters and owners. we have young people, older people and people in the middle. we are people from many different backgrounds and who speak many different languages. but in one strong voice we say, please, allow this project to move forward. the e.i.r. is exhaustive. it studies everything we loved but the temporary closure and w

president olague: commissioner moore? commissioner moore: since we're adding milk, bread and eggs, it gets more complicated and on the sideline we have beauty projects, photo finishes and seasonal merchandise which is probably sun tan lotion, i'm not quite sure. i would very strongly support the questions which commissioner miguel raised because i had the same question. my first page is all question marks and that is not in contradiction to being happy that somebody is taking on what was previously a a big box space and moving it without major modifications. the question i would ask, is the loading dock provision including specific garbage removal requirements for this multiuse retail pharmacy set up for doing what it needs to do? it's different from a block blockbuster because you have refrigeration and other things, back of house which you don't have with a big blockbuster. when you do sell food items, you have the health department in there. so there's a whole bunch of questions this i don't think this particular prese

president olague: thank you. project sponsor? >> hello, i'm joe hargrave, i'm the owner of taco licious and my wife, sarah. when we worked with phil lester in november and december along with tim murphy, our artect to file this paper work with the planning department, i was discouraged, to say the least, to find out it was going to be april 28 before i was heard. fast forward five months. that time has given me the opportunity to reach out to all of my neighbors and i think that the time was actually pretty valuable. we're pretty simple operations. we're a restaurant that was in the marina, really came on to some hard times in the wake of the economic storm of 2008. we started simultaneously a taco stand at the ferry building literally out of the back of my volvo s.u.v. as it grew in popularity, we turned our flailing restaurant into our first location which is on chestnut and fillmore and have had some really great success over the last 15 months. and began our search for a second location and we're actually thinking to really s

president olague: project sponsor? >> good afternoon, president olague and planning commission. my name is albert louie, and i represent san francisco bible church. our church has purchased this property on taraval and its current use is an office building. we're here today to convert this property from a b occupancy to an a-3 worship service or worship assembly. some of the things i want to bring up to the commission that we're going to be doing to this building to upgrade the building. obviously from an office building, we don't have the proper floor loading. any time you do any structural enhancements to the building, you also have to address sizing. so we're going to incorporate it to increase the floor loading as well as increase to meet the current seismic requirements for the building. in addition to occupying the building as a worship hall, we will be also widening the front staircase as well as the back staircase. there is a current elevator in place today which did not meet the building code requirements for a.d.a. or accessability. so we will also be moving the curren

president olague: commissioner moore? commissioner moore: further in support of what commissioner antonini is saying, as people are saying they are concerned that the building has been refined and redesigned, that is not actually subject to -- substantive enough change. the e.i.r. in that interpretation is connect and i do believe it covers those aspects we normally deal with. president olague: commissioner miguel? commissioner migole: move to certify. >> commissioners, before you is a motion to -- for certification of the environmental impact report. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> thank you, the e.i.r. has been certified. thank you. commissioners, you now are on items 13 a and b. you've gone back into a regular meeting. president olague: case number 2006 .0868 cektz for 800 presidio avenue. 13 a is your consideration of proposed rezoning and text meapeds and zoning map amendments and 13 b is a request for conditional use authorization. >> good afternoon, glen creabs of the department staff. the cases

commissioner olague: thank you. i would like to ask at this time for all those in favor to stand up to show your support. certainly you can still speak to the project it you would like, but it seemed as though there was an overwhelming number of those. thank you. if any of you would like to speak, i welcome you to the microphone at this time. >> [inaudible] you can look at me and tell i'm a senior. 78 years old. i would like to say the build a pilot in his wonderful. let me say what i can say about mercy -- anyone who is fortunate enough to live in one of mercy's buildings -- they have part of the american dream. they will be building in the tenderloin and follow the strict code of the u.s. green building council and get a silver raging -- rating. what marvelous people you are. you are the american dream builders. i have a very nice apartment. i'm extremely proud of my kitchen. four double faults, not including the stove and refrigerator. i can plug in my toaster, by crock pot, use the blender, use the electric can

president olague: thank you. >> good evening. my name is paul and i'm a candidate for mayor of san francisco in november of 2011 and i speak on behalf of the citizens of the state of california and object to the whole proceedings where the e.i.r. is being accepted or certified for acceptance, when the property and the title of the treasure island belongs to the people of the state of california, not the u.s. navy. it was not the navy's to sell for $110 million and it's not private developers to develop. this is privatization of the public commons and i object to it. the value of one piece of property at 110 embark darrow is $6 million without any development. that's lands value alone. if you extrapolate that to treasure island, the property is worth $20 billion, that's b as in billion, 100,000 million. $6,000 million dollars. we sold this or allegedly tried to sell it to lenar for $110 million. this is a rip-off. the ownership issue has not been settled. title has not cleared. the privatization of our commons is something that is

president olague: thank you. public comment? i have one speaker card, judy west. >> afternoon, commissioners. i live in the immediate neighborhood. i'm really glad to see a presidential project finally making its way through the is. i think that it's a real disservice to the city that industrial protection zone that we've installed upon our neighborhood. i think that you all should take some responsibility for the lack of middle income housing in this town. we funded a lot of affordable housing in the last decade with high-end condos downtown, and this is the kind of housing that we actually need in a part of town that is not so expensive to build. i think you're responsible for a lot of the suburban sprawl in the outlying counties that went under foreclosure because there's no middle income housing to purchase in san francisco. really happy to see this forward, but i hope you will move to expedite other housing projects that are in the eastern neighborhoods. i also encourage you to look at the housing areas wher

commissioner olague: we have not approved yet but -- >> and sorry? commissioner olague: nothing. i would like to open up for public comment at this time. seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? commissioner sugaya: [inaudible] get this thing to work. i have a quick question -- what are the hours of operation? >> the hours that an attendant is there are monday through saturday, no attendance sunday, but you can self-part by putting money in the machines. the hours that an attendant is there is monday through friday, 7:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. the attendant is there from saturday at -- i believe is 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. because of the entertainment spaces, but i understand all hours of the day all days a week, you can self park. let me confirm that with the client. that is correct. commissioner antonini: from the pictures and from going by there, a nice neat, clean parking lot with lighting and foliage and a lot of things we have spoken about with interim uses. so i would move to approve. commissioner olague: commissioners, the motions -- that the commissioners, the

president olague: thank you. and we will be limiting all those -- we will be hearing from the speakers in favor of the d.r. requester and be limiting it to two minutes as we have a 4:00 time around item today. at this time we would like to hear in support of the d.r. requester. all those in opposition to the project basically. if you are in opposition to the project, you can speak at this time in support of the d.r. requester. seeing none, project sponsor. >> good afternoon, commissioners. on behalf of the grass roots medical cannabis collective, grass roots has been in operation for five years and during this time they built a large and supportive and patient base and built excellent relationships and have indicated, however, that this location is often difficult to get to because of restrictions in parking in that neighborhood. because of the requests, grass roots began looking for a second location closer to downtown and would have good parking and be accessible by public transportation and this location was i

president olague: commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: oh, i thought the director was -- i make a motion -- do i make a motion? ok. i'm just going to say then if there's no motion necessary that my recollection along with commissioner miguel is what is shown in yellow on the plans. that staff has given us. which means the notch goes all the way back to where the other building comes to the property line. >> if that's the way to describe it. >> commissioners, if i may, usually after a hearing, i go back to the office and i do a summary of the actions that you take. on that particular hearing or after that particular hearing, my summary of what took place at the hearing was that the commission took -- approved the project with a modification of a three-foot notch on the west side of ground floor deck and a more picket fence like look where possible around all the decks. and i didn't say that it was a three-foot notch for five feet. but it was on the west side. so my understanding of the motion, it was made by commission

president olague: great. secretary avery: on that motion, commissioner apt ant. >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner fong? >> no. >> commissioner miguel? >> aye. >> commissioner olague? >> aye. >> that motion passed 5-2 with commissioners fong and sugaya voting against if item will continue to june 9. public hear willing remain open. planning commission is in recess until 4:00 p.m.

president olague: good evening. this is a special joint hearing between the san francisco planning commission and the treasure island authority board. before i take roll, if i can just ask everyone to turn off your cell phones, any pagers, any computers, anything that may sound off during these proceedings, we would very much appreciate it. roll call for the planning commission. president christina olague. >> here. >> vice president ron miguel. >> here. >> antonini. >> here. >> borden? >> here. >> kathrin moore? >> here. >> and mr. sugaya. >> here. >> president claudine cheng. >> here. >> larry del carlo. >> present. >> john elberling. larry mazzolla. linda richardson and honorable jane kim is not seated tonight. thank you. commissioners, the first category on this joint agenda is public comment on agenda items where the public hearing is closed. and that's an opportunity for the public to speak prior to the certification or the commission's consideration of the certification of the final environmental impact report

president olague: we'll take public comment tt -- at this time. >> and how much time? president olague: two minutes. >> the president has decided that she will allow two minutes per speaker to address them on the certification of the e.i.r. president olague: the microphone doesn't seem to be -- >> i'll turn it on. try it now. >> hello. good evening. my name is judy west. i have been a member of the citizens advisory committee to the san francisco public utilities since 2004, attempting monthly briefings affecting the city's water and sewer system. i became alarmed about the

president olague: any additional public comment? >> i want to follow up on what thomas said. the downtown plan has resumed a massive increments, and they also were assuming that most of the growth would have been north of our history. i went through all three rounds as well as eastern neighborhoods. the planning department kicks over the local transit issues and the mta does not follow through. we have not added a massive infrastructure. we're waiting for the solution. we don't have a transit system south of market. they are long walks. it is a long walk to the streets. that is not factored in right now. i can take you down third street. as you go through mission bay, we have the t-line, but no connecting. we do this all the time. it is a wasteland for transit, but whatever was going the walk. it is hard when you are walking uphill with groceries or you are a senior citizen or you have kids. we have done all of these studies for these tiny little segments that are just a tiny little bit. it is not the solution. south of market has c

president olague: we should schedule it for them. i would like to open up for public comment. >> sue hester. we can kind of fit this in. what i have here is a time line on this project. i have been bugging the department to calendar this forever, for many years. i went to the original allocation hearings. they were really interesting beckon the old days of the '80s. there are consequences of sites being dormant for so long. i had a case on the other side of the street. what you have here is the original application and 84. everyone tries to be the new rules, the downtown plan. they got their allocation. in 1989, after the downtown plan was adopted, after the limits were adopted, and after an seir amendment, it expired. they went to a second round. they took out another permit. this is one of the factors to pay attention to. there was another environmental review. it was an addendum to the scir. and here we are in 2011. one of the things the department loses track of is documents that authorize the project gets stale. you cannot sit o

president olague: sherwin adams. jacinda, jaclyn. if your names have been called, please come up to the mike. oh, thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. i'll cherilin adams, co-chair of the san francisco tay steering committee so i'm going to speak in both my roles gust -- just about the need for supportive and affordable housing for young people as part of my role as a tay steering committee chair it really is to make sure that the housing recommendations in particular get implemented. as already said, there -- we have a goal of 400 units and we're making some headway with the project being at full capacity for having -- but the 24 units for kids aging out of the foster care system is critical. we estimate there are 5,6000 -- 5,600 young people every year who are at risk in youth in san francisco. larkin street is served 4,500 youth last year that that -- who were in the foster system or aged out of the foster system. the booker t. center will do a -- an excellent job with these. it is critical we have the full number of housing

president olague: no. >> that motion passed five to two. you now have recessed f for two >> we will take public comment on items that were closed. this would be item 18. each member of the public will be able to address the commission for up to three minutes. >> i would like the hearing to be reopened. there is a possibly illegal call that if you don't pass this emergency housing element, the city will lose some -- the city has always been this is possibly a call in the dark and i would like the council to make note of it. this has to be recalled and a counter explanation sent. on that basis alone, the interpretation is a suggested guidelines. this is the objective and resources and the political game of the board of supervisors to make those political decisions, not yours. therefore, my suggestion is if you don't want to lose your -- don't call for a suit in court because you definitely will lose them. bank you. >> thank you. >> i have some written comments to submit. the commission should not certify the eir in this project because it has

president olague: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. andrew brooks from the rincon neighborhood jorks. in the past we supported this project. it was to our chagrin earlier this month. we originally supported this project based upon a three-unit matrix of the plan. as you can see before you, it has been changed. i've talked to you at great lengths many times before about the issue of family housing, the ability to expand a growing family or a family need within rincon hill, which has not been available. i have talked to the project sponsor about this need. he has talked at great length about his concerns, meeting our concerns in the community, and feels that his re-incorporation, his re-matrixing of the unit will in fact support family housing. and you heard from his representative, his attorney today, that they are going to go out in front of this project at the sell point and promote family housing, promote people buying one unit, two units, combining units before the building is even occupied. they have blueprints and plans that i hav

president olague: i am going to call some more names. [names are called] if a culture name, please come to the microphone. -- if we called your name, please come to the microphone. >> my name is duane spears of community housing partnership. i am concerned about them wanting to build this hospital. i have a personal interest. my brother had died at st. luke's five months ago due to the medical services that could not provide him. i cannot see building another hospital and not being able to make st. luke's have more medical equipment and what not in order to help the community. i have been in that area for about 30 years. i just can't see that building this hospital in that area for any reason at all. thank you. president tierney: thank you. we are sorry for your loss. >> thank you, commissioners. my name is penny straud. i am with a local consulting firm that has been planning for a healthcare organizations throughout northern california since 1978. we have worked with many of the hospitals in san francisco, as well as northern californi

commissioner president olague: i don't think we have received that yet. i think we really do need to have that conversation. there should be a way to have that conversation about this to come up with some policies around it. >> i have not had a chance to look at it yet. it is basically an outline of what we do now. the providers are required to have a five-year plan on file with the city. the concern that the commissioners had was all of the different providers overlapping. and how it affected each project coming forward. we are looking at that right now. president olague: the land use committee sounds like the most logical place where we can talk about our different jurisdictions and what the criteria is that we use. commissioner miguel: a number of supervisors are interested in this. they are anxious for this to move ahead. commissioner antonini: i agree, and it seems as though we are going to have a hearing or a presentation regarding this issue, because through some private research and other things, i was able to find out about the explosion of infor

president olague: any public comment on this item? >> i am really hoping that this plan does what recent plans haven't done, to take a very close look at transportation infrastructure and already it is to support growth. the city has been coasting for many years on investments that were made in 1970. both of them have served us well. they are really purging capacity. if you were there in 2008, the stations are bursting at the seams. any of these recent plans really haven't done that. it was frustrating being part of the discussion when you are saying that the community benefits package needs to include capacity. there is a great cautionary tale. they did not believe in public infrastructure, but they believe in financing and development. it was a kind of very short railway like the subway. it could not very many people. they had to double the length of the platform. much easier to do with an elevated system that a subway. we have to extend the underground. i don't want to make that mistake again. we have to be smart about making sure

president olague: thank you. >> good evening. i'm abby and i work with catholic health care west at st. francis memorial hospital, and we are here tonight to urge you to pass the e.i.r. and the related legislation. we have been impressed in the planning of the treasure island community that's taken so many considerations and factors that impact health and are really looking forward to working with the various community agencies and our partner, mercy housing, to ensure that the health delivery system is there to serve the very healthy population. we won't have much to do. so thank you very much. >> good evening, commissioners and directors. my name is john, and i'm the general manager of rubecon landscape. our mission is to prepare low-income people to achieve national independence. we support the development and urge your support of all the issues being considered tonight because our presence at treasure island has helped us provide numerous opportunities for very disadvantaged people. we've been on treasure island since 1992 wh

president olague: good afternoon. this is the regular meeting of the san francisco planning commission for march 24th, 2011. let me ask everyone to turn off their cell phones, pagers or any electronic devices that may sound off during the procedures. [roll-call] we do have a quorum. commissioners, the first category on this calendar -- if i may just take one moment to announce that for the next few weeks, your calendars will look a little strange. they will not follow your regular order of business. to allow us to test out this new early start -- when you talk about your rules and regulations, you changed your start time from 1:30 to 12 noon. unfortunately, all of your cases have been advertised for 1:30. we need to take care of all of the business that does not require notice prior to 1:30 so we can be legal in your the cases. with that, commissioners, the first category on this calendar is the general public comment that has a time limit of 15 minutes. members of the public may address subject matters with the juris