president olague: thank you. commissioners, now you are on item number 18. >> for 1575 south van ness avenue. >> good afternoon, commissioners. diego sanchez with the san francisco planning department staff. before you i present a request for conditional use authorization to allow formula retail use during businesses, autozone for the mission commercial transit district. the project is located at 1575 south van ness avenue. commissioners, the proposed project meets all political requirements. it is within the mission street neighborhood commercial transit district, which is a neighborhood commercial district, thereby providing ample opportunities. located in an area where there are multiple automotive uses. thereby providing the potential for synergies among the existing establishments in the proposed project. this project can also serve as a source of employment for neighborhood residents with various skill levels. it serves the needs of the immediate neighborhood and a larger population. and it is desirable for

president olague: thank you. >> we would prefer to rescind this permit. president olague: that is fine. everybody gets two minutes. there are three minutes left. you can take the last. >> my name is dayna desmond. i am requesting this permit be immediately rescinded. this project sponsor, in his letter of determination, stated specifically that information that is not true, the previous association that context of the building -- he indicated they evaded -- they vacated in 2008. in fact, they vacated in 1998. this simply is not true. i do not understand why there was no public notification for planning code section 312. the sponsor intends to at least double and possibly quadruple the density from its previous 27 rooms to 52 rooms, allowing two occupants per room. that increases it to 154 people living in this space. the previous purpose was to house of monks. that is different from parolee's transferring back into society -- for -- this is different from parolees transferring back into society. i do not understa

president olague: thank you. >> thank you. president olague: i'd like to open it up for public comment. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner miguel? vice-president miguel: i think it's an interesting project. i pass that corner and have for years a few times a week, and it looks like a late 1800's saloon. i often tried to getz what it really was, so that makes sense, actually. it's very obviously when you look at it not in great condition, or at least the exterior doesn't make it look in great condition. it seems relatively logical. it's not a huge space. maybe 75 on the inside. something like that. and then putting the home on the back of the lot. the way it fits in the neighborhood, i have no problems with it at all. and i would move to approve with conditions. >> second. president olague: commissioner borden? commissioner borden: i was wondering the relationship to the house to the other space. is that going to be part -- is that where project sponsor is

president olague: commissioner miguel. commissioner miguel: oddly enough sitting at the two ends of the commission, we are very much in sync because my first question was going to be, is there anyone here from chinese hospital and why didn't you do your job? i would hope that someone from chinese hospital would get together with the person from self help for the elderly that services a lot of the same population and actually in cantonese probably explain the situation because obviously no one has done that work. and this commission is -- they're all in place for it. and if there is a fire hazard, bring the item up to the fire marshal. that is where that is taken care of. not at a planning commission. we are not qualified to make those judgment calls. that is their qualification. you have a situation of a hospital that has agreed to the site and the situation of san francisco general hospital that build a garage directly across the street that has two stairway towers, each of which have multiple antennas in them, which is a

president olague: thank you. yeah, project sponsor. >> i'm paul janssen, i'm with the san francisco office of the king and spalleding law firm. we welcome autozone development corporation. i'm accompanied here by several individuals, two of whom are from the home office in memphis, michael chastain and curtis stigler. before anything is done here, we want to be sure to answer any questions that the members of the commission may have, and answer those to your full satisfaction. i'm very pleased to be here presenting this conditional use application formula retail. this is a building site that has been vacant for a number of years now. it's approaching four years. autozone targeted this site and they know that there's a demand for this store in this neighborhood. it's particularly important in terms of the services and the products it provides to low income and middle income residents. the products in autozone's stores vary according to the local demand. local vehicle registration. that type of thing. similarly, as

president olague: the first things on a calendar are items proposed for a continuance. the 135 el camino del mar, proposed for a continuance until october 27th, 2011. the next one is for 2424 polk st. for an deafening continuanthird is the japan towl use provision, this is also proposed for indefinite continuance. item #4 is -- this is important to point out this is only for the variance case for parole street. -- peralta street. the design administrator has determined the variance is no longer necessary, so the item is being removed from the calendar. id is only shown because it's continued to this specific date, so we needed to show the trail. further on the calendar, under the regular calendar, 15 01 15th st., staff is requesting continuance until october 6th, 2011. the project sponsor is in agreement with that. with that, i am not aware of any other item on your calendar being proposed for a continuance. president olague: any public comment on the items proposed for continuance? >> good afternoon,

president olague: commissioner antonini. commissioner antonini: well, in response to some of the comments, i don't know that you can necessarily judge the adequacy of a signal by testing your cell phones. we have a huge increase in media transmission and that will continue and that is why we're seeing so many more installations and it is not just the number but the usage and the price you are paying is to have more antennas and most of the time you can't tell they are there unless you are educated to spot what is and what isn't an antenna and i go around and many times surprised to see that something is an antenna and unless the buyer knows it and if you are looking to be to buy a home or not have any antennas, you will be looking for a hard place to find because with the growth of the antennas, they will be close to where they live. and those who have control over the r.f. levels and at a federal level, talk to them if you would like some other type of reporting and other type of r.f. adeszmentes that you feel immediater to

president olague: will be limiting public comment to 2 minutes. based on the number of speaking -- speaker cards. -- we will be limiting public comment to 2 minutes. brian caston, rev. dorsey o'blake. >> that afternoon, commissioners. my name is albert yates. i would like to read from a platform statement that i am currently petitioning now. i would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. i am albert yates and i am running for vice president of the southeast campus student association. i am currently a noncredit student. i have been involved as a -- in the student council for several semesters in both capacities as vice-president and president, currently president of the spring semester 2011. i am trying to bring back to the southeast campus computer technology classes. our original classes, engineering technology and electronics, very important, or any computer classes from the city college curriculum, as ta i come with you to -- with the opportunity to have a learning program. this is a student involving a program that helps city coll

president olague: thank you. if i have called your name, you can please come up. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am speaking on behalf of nancy bell and then -- dr. nancy bohnnon. i have been practicing at st. luke's as an endocrinologist for 35 years. i am speaking to register my disappointment with cpnc and call upon the planning commission to hold to their charity care obligations and demand cpnc support the doctors treating the low-income population served by st. luke's hospital instead of driving the out. as a physician who does clinical research as well as patient care and publishes an presents medical papers on and a chronology, i've maintained my practice at st. luke's for all these years because my commitment shared by the hospital. i make sure my patients get the best care possible and i submit this is the highest standard of care my patients would get otherwise. cpmc is seeking to increase rent and impose other conditions to the point they're driving is out of practice and denying patients care. we

president olague: second. commissioner miguel: diego, i am looking at the packet which says, to follow what was commented on, the project is the location for preferred location and commercial structure. however, this is residential as well. >> the department doesn't recognize, as i mentioned before, recognize the residential conversion until they have secured a c.f.c., aer is -- a certificate and we are not sure if the project is abandoned and remains completely commercial, that is how we are looking at it right now. commissioner miguel: okay. secretary avery: commissioners, there is a commission on the floor for approval. [vote taken] thank you, commissioners. the motion has been approved. commissioners, you are now on item 10, case 2011.0292c for 845 jackson street. >> good afternoon, president olague and members of the commission. aaron hollister. before you is the structure commonly known as the hospital and include nine antennas at a maximum height of 80 feet with the associated equipment cabinets of two

president olague: commissioner sugaya? commissioner sugaya: i guess as long as we have some time -- >> now, now, now. commissioner sugaya: it is an ad that shows the clarity of the glass by showing it landscaping, which does wonders for birds. [laughter] i will pass this off to the bird people, whoever they are. i do not remember the website, but this does show the outline of an owl flown into a window. it apparently flew away, because they could not find the al. but the outline is clear because the owl had some kind of powder on its others or something. anyway, i will e-mail this to you guys. president olague: thank you for that. can you keep us posted on when this will be at the board? i think some of us may want to go and give support to the department recommendations. commissioner sugaya: ok. >> commissioners, we can move on to the director's report. the directors announcements. >> thank you, linda. good afternoon, everyone. i want to give you a short updates on staff working with wholefoods on the situation at -- did

. >> good evening, president olague, commissioners. the proposal was to establish approximately 1440 square foot independently owned full-service restaurant doing business in the existing one-story building on site. the commercial space previously housed a different full-service restaurant which was in operation for many years but has been abandoned for more than three years in the site has been vacant ever since. the proposed operation consists of 6-10 employees. the hours of operation -- the proposal does not include any outdoor seating. regarding public comment, the department only received one letter of support and no letters of opposition. the department recommends approval with conditions based on the fact that the project is a small business that will occupy a currently vacant building that will contribute to the vitality of the district. it will not result in significant overpopulation of restaurant. it will create up to 10 jobs and is consistent with the district, planning cut, and general plan overall. i am available for any

commissioner olague: i know that. i asked people who have a comment to please come up to the microphone. that is fine. do not feel nervous, ma'am. it is probably your first time. it is normal to feel nervous. ok. which item would that be? we will pull it from the calendar. polk street? ok. we will discuss it as a regular item. >> [inaudible] commissioner olague: ok, if you raise your hand, i will do this, and we will make sure you know to come to the microphone. is there any additional public comment on any of these items? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> we are pulling items seven from the consent calendar, and you will consider it at the beginning of the regular calendar? ok, thank you. commissioner antonini: maneuver to proves -- a move to approve items 5a adn b and 6 a and b. >> thank you. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner fong: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. commissioner olague: aye. >> thank you, commissioners. those items have been approved as y

president olague: aye. we're taking a 10-minute recess. >> a request for discretionary review. >> good afternoon. this is an abbreviated discretionary review request. it is a three story proposal for a rare extension. it will be a rear addition to an existing -- can you hear? i am sorry. the proposal is to construct a three story horizontal rear extension and a one story vertical extension. it will be an extension to an existing first floor and basement level, creating a new basement under the extension. the rear extension will be set back 5 feet from the east property line. the vertical extension will create a new third story that will be set back 15 feet from the front building wall and 9 feet from the rear building wall. the will be a steep down slope and a lateral up slope from the west to east. it contains a two-story over basement single-family building. the property is in the nunnelee valley -- noe valley area. the majority of parcels measure 114 feet by 25 feet and buildings range

president olague: i think we are good. call the question. >> the motion is to continue to october 20, with instructions to project sponsored to continue trying to address exposure and layout issues of the unit, to look at design, and to improve and produce renderings, and to look at commercial space on the ground floor. on that motion? commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner fong: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. vice president miguel: aye. president olague: aye. >> will continue the variance to october 20 as well. >> you are now going to item nine, 2962 24th street. president olague: go ahead. >> good afternoon, commissioners. you have before you an application for a conditional use authorization to establish a full-service restaurant doing business as pig and pie within the 24th street mission neighborhood commercial transit district, a 45-x height and bulk district. the restaurant is approximately 2460 square feet, and will serve handmaid sausages prepared on -- homemade sausages prepared on site

president olague: commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: to planning staff, the current notes say it is a landromat and that doesn't mean this is owned by the city, correct? >> it is privately held. >> we are just leasing an awful space. >> sponsor tells me the department of public health is leasing the office. >> to follow up on the comment by commissioner antonini, i think there needs to be design work done, but a blank upper portion of the building just doesn't make it, i don't think, so if the staff and neighborhood could work together with at&t to craft a better look iing disgui, that would be the direction i would like to see this go. and commissioner miguel, you weren't suggesting we held this up? commissioner miguel: not at all. not at all. commissioner antonini: i'm make to approve with conditions with the added condition staff work with at&t and perhaps the neighborhood organization on the appropriate design for the parapet and the upper portion of the building. secretary avery: commissioners, the motion on th

president olague: thank you. project sponsor? >> good afternoon, commissioners, president olague. i am here seeking your approval for a six panel antennas located at 2041 larkin street, also known as church of the fellowship for all. i am joined by shane erickson and representatives from the church. this is a preference one location under the 1996 wallet -- wireless telecommunications guidelines which you know is the most favorable of locations. we originally sent out the committee meeting notification months ago, we received three calls into our hot line seeking additional information. our plan are made it to where some of the -- made us aware of the concerns. we stopped the work and canceled the meeting and sent out the team to reevaluate the site. the team consisted of the site acquisition manager, the radiofrequency engineer, a licensed professional structural engineer, as well as a representative from medicine. the team came back with 27 sites, all this favor. all these sites were submitted to the clerk of the commission. -- the team came back with 27 sites, all disfavored. w

president olague: commissioner miguoore? commissioner moore: i would like to be particular attention being given to screens like floating elements. a frames are attachments be invisible to the front elevation of the building, it can be easily done. they are quite capable of doing that. i would agree with the commissioners that he tonality of those letters be very much blend wited with the building. it is an exact contradiction of what we are trying to do. commissioner sugaya: i will support the motion. i just did not want to compromise -- anyway, never mind. >> you have a motion on the floor to approve this recommendation. you have some modifications, a slimmer basis. i'm not sure of this. i think it's muted screen colors. president olague: that's what i'm hearing. >> you wanted the placement and visibility of the science, you watched the staff to continue working. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner fong: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. president olague: aye. >> that mo

president olague: thank you. [reading names] yes. >> good afternoon, president olague, commissioners, and also planning director. i am is a familiar face to year, as much as i have been a citizen of san francisco. as a citizen, i also wear many hats. my apologies. user it also an architect, developer, a citizen of san francisco. this place is a special place. in has its own heritage and culture by which activities that are undertaken are also at risk by the virtue of what is an emission by the reports with regards to the activities, and also the level of safety that is putting both rowers and swimmers at risk. the water quality is also at risk and the impact of access, not only to the club, not only for the members, but as the club is open to the public, it, too, is also at risk for accessibility. this is an invasion of land, sea, and air by which the impact will be strongly felt. not only by the club, but also by the community, and the environment, the businesses, the recreational components that have been under

president olague: thank you. project sponsor, you have two minutes. >> commissioners, as far as the d.r. requestor stated, there is not sufficient data on the survey map that shows how height has been calculated. however, this is not a construction sat. et. this is a set that describes both. we are an engineering firm, maybe we are a few inches off. this is a new construction. the surveyor will have to go to the site and marked the corners of the building. it will have to develop enough details for us to prepare a construction set. we will not build something that is too tall and in the middle of the disk -- construction get dragged into mitigation --litig. this is news to me. if they were telling me i had of time, -- ahead of time, let me know if you can give me more points, but he was not reachabl e. i can assure you that this building is going to be -- [chime] . president olague: the public hearing is closed. >> commissioners, i would like to respond to a couple of the issues brought up with regard to height.

speak president olague: in support of -- president olague: speakers in support of the dr req questor. >> it will come up. start talking. just go ahead and start. >> my name is doug. i live on the francisco side. i have lived there since 1994. just a few comments. this is a unique neighborhood that has large, in closed court yard areas, no matter what side of the street. these courtyards are assured, whether you are on either street. the flat backyards are highly conducive to raising kids. i have two kids with my wife. we live right next to bill. it is a very quiet neighborhood. most of these are to unit buildings, so i disagree with the staff. -- two-unit buildings, so i disagree with staff. the staff comments said a three unit building is not atypical. but typical in that area is two units with a garage. there are some exceptions. if you really study what i put in there, it is two flat units. the other thing is this project will have three bedrooms per unit. i have lived in this neighborhood for a long time. most buildings in the marina have two bedrooms. this will have three bedroom

president olague: right. commissioner sugaya: but then to try to get more detailed, we ended up with situations in other neighborhood areas where restaurants and bars are restricted, or numbers are restricted. so and that is the case, that was done decades ago, i believe. but now we're coming -- now supervisors are coming back and saying, hey, there's a demand for more restaurants and whatnot. we're going to introduce a new ordinance. instead of 22 restaurants, now we will allow 25. so sometimes i think, well, how much control can we have? i know we need some and i hate the word balance, but swrr in there we're all trying to struggle with it. at this point it seems like it's here that kind of discussion and consideration of size and all of that takes place. and i'm quite happy to do that i suppose since i'm sitting here. but it's difficult i think for us to try to weigh, especially this kind of -- this kind of situation. i think it's more of a matter, not so much the business side of things, i think what the

president olague: commissioner borden? commissioner borden: i was wondering the relationship to the house to the other space. is that going to be part -- is that where project sponsor is going to be living? or is that part of a residency? >> yes, that's correct. so there is that separation. commissioner borden: ok. i just wanted to understand that. president olague: commissioner ant kneeny? commissioner antonini: it looks like you did take into consideration the context of the neighborhood. looks like wood frame and a pitched roof and some bays and a lot of the things that kind of make it fit in with that part of the mission district. thank you. president olague: for what it's worth, i'm supportive of the project. but i received e-mails from a few of the existing mission-based organizations, some of the community-based organizations that work with the latino community there, and none of them seem familiar with your organization, so i would encourage you to do more outreach with that community. i mean, erica, miguel, you kn

president olague: public comment is closed. vice-president miguel: i moved to continue the agenda, plus item number 14. president olague: for the motion to continue, item 14 to october 6th, [roll-call] thank you, commissioners. the items are continued as has been proposed. commissioners, you have won consent calendar item, considered to be routine and acted upon by single roll call vote. there will be no separate discussion of this item unless a number of this commission, the public or staff should request and that would remove the item from consent and content -- considered as a separate item. this is item number five, for the 13267 a, a request for a conditional use authorization to allow a wireless telecommunications service facility that consists of six panel antennas which will be a facade and rooftop amounted to a six-story mixed use building as part of the at&t wireless network. following public comment, which would automatically pull this from the consent calendar, this item is in your hands. president olague: is there

president olague: thank you. feel free to submit any written comments that you have. >> will do. president olague: thank you. >> my name is lee hammick. i live in bernal heights. i am a dolphin member and swimmer since 1985. i appreciate the opportunity we all have to speak, but i have this nagging feeling a lot has gone on already on this feeling and hopefully this is more than window dressing. i hope you take what everyone is saying seriously. aquatics park used to be called black. cove -- blackpoint cove. it has been an historic area for the city of san francisco since it was settled and it remains a today. -- remains so today. i looked at the report in detail a few weeks ago and scanned it again today, and my feeling is the eir is incomplete at best. whether these items were skipped, i do not know, but they have to look at aquatic park and the activities. a lot of questions come to mind. how big is the super jumbotron? how big will it be? will the super jumbo yachts be going in and out of the code? will there

olague thank you. we're happy to answer any questions. >> seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini: move to approve. commissioner miguel: i will second, but i have a question. we have items on the consent calendar and it doesn't seem to have been well vetted internally no, opposition, and is there some reason that it was not on the consent calendar? >> in the recent past there has been a fair amount of discussion. secretary avery: the motion is for approval. [vote taken] that passes unanimously. i will note there has been a request for continue a witness -- for continuance on the item 16 and i believe there is somebody who wants to speak to that request. >> good afternoon. i am from t-mobile and we understand that there is concern among the community and we would like additional time to address the concerns and to be able to deliver that information in a for efficient way to the community. thank you. president olague: thank you. is there any additional comment to the co

president olague: that would be great. congestion pricing, that is something i support or asking the question. i am sometimes concerned about aging populations and folks living with disabilities. maybe next time you come i will have more to say on that. and then sometimes, when you're talking about the polarization of incomes, that is something that seemed to work better in other countries. you do see a polarization here sometimes. i am not sure how to articulate it. i wish we would see more people across the lines of class and race and everything just cycling and i think we see that more. just a shift in the attitude. that is where i go back to bogota, and other countries we have seen, this more integrated system that brings people together. excelsior, you see a lot of those issues, mission street, the bayview, how do we bring those communities, connect the more? >> one of the opportunities is the tp as we start developing more, what makes sense for each line by community, and if there are other opportunities to augment p