president olague: right. i wanted to be clear that what we are proving today is the project as it is currently proposed. to request anything more would be outside of our for you, basically. that is it. >> do you want to make a motion of intent and we can come back? president olague: i am good with it. commissioner sugaya, you have something to add? commissioner sugaya: i am going to vote against the motion because these things are bundled together and we cannot seem to separate the two. i do not have a problem with one. that is my frustration at this point. president olague: i do not want to continue to see a vacant space there for. -- there . we have heard from enough of the neighborhood and my sense is that people who want to see trader joe's there -- that is the sense i get. the cbs issue -- the cvs issue with the liquor license i do not support either. i agree with mr. nolte and i do not support that addition. part of this, again, really speaks to the necessity to have the conversation that we have often

olague commissioner olague has stepped out. thank you, commissioners. the motion passed unanimously. commissioners, you are now on item number 12. case number 2001.1209tz. the india basin industrial park special use district planning code map and text amendment. >> good afternoon, commissioners. matt schneider nor department staff. before you is a planning code map and text amendment related to the property at 3453rd street and the india basin industrial park special use district. and just for quick clarity, that's india basin industrial park special use district, not the india basin shoreline. this legislation was introduced by supervisor cohen to enable the location of the center for youth and wellness and also the san francisco child abuse prevention center to occupy two tenant spaces at 3455 which is -- the supervisor at cohen's staff is here along with the operators of the new uses and we'll discuss the specifics of them all focus on the nuts and bolts of the zoning changes. again, this legislation is essentially two components. it annexes the subj

president olague: thank you. i would like to open it up for public comment, and then we may have questions from staff. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: i had a question about the jefferson street plans, which i think look very good, but there is probably going to be hopefully an extension of the line that goes into fort mason and merrida green that i am sure that you are taking a dip for the consideration as to figure out which way you were going to either eliminate or direct traffic on jefferson, the fact that that line will probably continue along jefferson in the future. >> we have been in very close coordination with the national park service with the informal review for the historic project with fort mason. we think it is a tremendous profit that will bring vitality to the city. at the same time, we are cognizant of making sure that any proposals to the extension are in the best interests of fisherman's wharf as wel

olague? >> is there a motion for the recusal? >> on the motion to recuse m -- from participation in item number five, on that motion -- antonini? fung? moore? sugaya? olague? >> aye. >> antonini is recused. and is there a motion on item number 5? >> i moved to approve item #5. and i thank you, commissioners. on the motion to approve item #5 as it has been proposed? thank you, commissioners. the item has been approved as proposed. you are now at the general public comment category. members of the public may address you on items of interest to the public, that fall within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. the agenda items may not be addressed through this -- with respect to this category, each member of the public may address you for up to 3 minutes. the entire category has a 15- minute time limit. bob iverson, followed by brad paul? >> i would like to use -- >> if you could identify yourself, this will come up automatically. >> i am bob iverson. i have masters degrees in urban planning and architecture, and i cann

olague commissioner olague has stepped out. thank you, commissioners. the motion passed unanimously. commissioners, you are now on item number 12. case number 2001.1209tz. the india basin industrial park special use district planning code map and text amendment. >> good afternoon, >> good afternoon, commissioners.

president olague: commissioner sugaya? commissioner sugaya: yes, i think he mentioned 12 million visitors per year? >> that is correct. commissioner sugaya: and tens of thousands of people walking on jefferson. they must not have it as it -- must not have visited hooters very much, they are closing. >> i think there is an inside story there. president olague: any other thoughts? >> no adult entertainment. president olague: i want to thank you. i think this is excellent. i think it is very observant, i guess, you identified to the challenges, i think, not precisely -- precisely. the unwelcoming design of the buildings, the way that it connects, the challenges with the automobiles, the cyclists, the pedestrians, everything that you identified is just spot on. i think it is excellent work. i know there was a lot of excitement if years ago, quite a bit of talk, so i am glad to see that a lot of those findings were expressed in this and that we have someone rejectno, -- no? from that country, who continues to work with us. i gu

president olague: thank you. >> my name is joanne l. lynch and i just wanted to follow up with what my husband -- joanna lynch and wanted to follow up with what my husband said.

president olague: thank you. >> my name is joanne l. lynch and i just wanted to follow up with what my husband -- joanna lynch and wanted to follow up with what my husband said. but everything we have done we have tried to talk to our neighbors about it and do something good for the neighborhood. i think that is evidenced by the letter of support we have received from neighbors with a two or three house radius from our house. across the street, uphill, on clipper street facing us and on the other side of the work questors house. one of the three similar once wrote a letter of support also. everyone around us except for the dr request your bottom was a good design. -- request your thought it was a good design. we have talked a lot with our neighbor that we thought would be the most effective and and he told me yesterday that patricia had asked him and his wife to come into the hearing to support her and he had no intention to do so. he said you and charlie boy, that would be my husband, gave me your word that yt block my view and i give

president olague: thank you. i will ask denise to come up and if those in the front row can follow her. >> thank you. i have not read the eir. i do not think that rights and artificial turf a park make. the idea of the park is to bring nature into the city. this does not do it. thank you. president olague: thank you. >> thank you. my name is gene thompson. i described a specific concern. i do not see the concerns addressed in this draft so i will repeat it. the er must document how much crime robert migrates to areas surrounding artificial turf fields in use and estimate the amount that will migrate into areas surrounding this project. using this figure, the er must calculate how much crude rubber will accumulate in park soil over time and how that accumulation will affect flora and fauna. will animals directly consumed the rubber? what are the potential effects as these compounds that are included in the rubber are broken down and absorbed into the ecosystem? the draft does discuss the presence of carcinogens in

commissioner olague: commissioner borden? commissioner borden i think my colleagues have covered a lot of the issues that this legislation covers. there are of great pieces here. i think a lot of the issues around f.a.r., bicycle parking, regular parking, affordable housing, everything dealing with the c-3 district is a lot of things that we grapple with on a regular basis with these large projects. i think this area is -- more work on this direction, supporting this, would be worthwhile. that is not to preclude conversation that we have had with the affordable housing community, looking at how this may complement the other thing that we could give out for incentives. obviously, even beyond those districts, we need to look at some things if they make sense. a lot of the staff recommendation is related to amendments to parking, signage in the waterfront, i think make sense. i was confused that we put the parking rate structure in the code. it seems to me, bizarre. i understand this is the practice. it would seem to me it would

president olague: thank you. anyone else requiring special accommodations? kendlwe will ask families with children if they would like to come up at this time. if the children are here because of the school situation. we realize you have to -- there she is. there is a child. if you want to pull the mike down. you can hold that. someone can hold it for her. >> thank you commissioners. i may 6 prater -- i am a sixth grader and i play basketball and rent cross-country. i am here to raise my voice against putting in a synthetic turf. i love sports but i cannot be so selfish to harm the environment. this is one jini you can i get back into the bottle. the proposed eir cites a connecticut study that admits the water was fatally toxic to aquatic life. as the winner of the national science foundation kids science challenge, i studied that chemical content of grass and turf runoff water with a doctor from uc santa cruz and we found the water from the turf to be 100% fatal to a quiet life. 100%. the eir acknowledges this. t

president olague: any additional speakers in support of the d.r. requesters? project sponsor. >> in the afternoon, everyone. i am the owner of the house. i want to give you guys a brief history. my parents bought a home in the late 70's. i was raised there. it was only after i got married and had children that i moved to another part of the city but still considered the property as our family homes and my mom's still lives there and it is where i grew up. nine years ago, my father passed away, and since then, her health has deteriorated and there have been several close calls that required a paramedic to take her to the emergency room. over a year ago, we had a wake- up call while having lunch and she collapsed. our family really needs to make a lifestyle change to support her needs. we had a family meeting and it was decided that my wife and i would move into the house to take care of her. the amount of space that we were asking for would include space for a multi-generation family. we have a 75-year-old, a 13- year-old, a 10-year-old, and to middle-aged adul

president olague: thank you. >> my name is joanne l. lynch and i just wanted to follow up with what my husband -- joanna lynch and wanted to follow up with what my husband said. but everything we have done we have tried to talk to our neighbors about it and do something good for the neighborhood. i think that is evidenced by the letter of support we have received from neighbors with a two or three house radius from our house. across the street, uphill,

president olague? commissioner sugaya? thank you. we have a full commission. commissioners, the first category, adams proposed for a continuance. item one this case 2011.0034d, for andover street, a continuance to january 26, 2012. item two is 2011.1064c for sloat boulevard. continued to item 3 is case number 2007.0310c, 1340 natoma street proposed for indefinite continuous. commissioners, with that, i am not aware of any other item on your calendar being proposed for a continuance. president olague: is there any public comment on the items proposed for continuance? seeing them, public comment is closed. commissioner miguel: i move the items on the continuous counter to the date stated. >> second. >> thank you. the motion on the floor is for a continuance of items one, two, and three as they have been proposed but on that motion, commissioner antonini? commissioner borden? commissioner fong? commissioner miguel? commissioner moore? president olague? commissioner sugaya? thank you. those items have been continued as proposed the commi

president olague? commissioner sugaya? thank you, commissioners. calendar for 2012 has been adopted. commissioners, we're now at directors reports. directors announcements and a review the past week's events at the board of appeals, board of supervisors, in the historic preservation commission. >> thank you. three announcements from me today. one is that at long last, our communications manager will be on board in about three weeks, by the middle of january. we had cleared the necessary arrangements to hire her, and we're pleased will be joining us at long last. second, in your packet that you will receive this afternoon is a memo on the budget. we're at that moment already where we're starting the budget process. seems like we just ended, and we are starting again. in fact, we just ended. the memo is kind of looking at year to date, this fiscal year. it covers the data we have, which is the first four months of this year, and looked ahead to how we are doing for the current fiscal year. you will be having a series of hearings early in the year, in

president olague: mr. cornell, you can come to the microphone also. >> there will not be a sherman williams product in his store. the only sherman williams stores sell sherman williams products. president olague: it looks like the motion -- please, mr. cornell. definitely. >> i cannot think of any compromise like that. commissioner borden: i just thought i would ask. president olague: ok, we have a motion on the floor to deny the project. recall the question. >> the motion on the floor is for disapproval of the proposal that is before you. on that motion, commissioner miguel >> no. >> commissioner borden president olagu, -- the passes 4-3. thank you, commissioners. you're now on item number 13, kasich 2011.0861dd comment discretionary review request. president olague: no point taking a break, right? we should go through with the two items. >> good afternoon, planning commission couldn't i am the southwest team leader. we have a request for discretionary review of the building permit a -- proposing for a tw

commissioner olague: commissioner moore? commissioner moore: thank you for the continuation and understanding that that is important. certain parts of the discretion have consensus and there are others that will be at the hearing today where additional work needs to be done. i am personally interested -- it became clear with mr. cohen's presentation -- presentation of affordable housing with the mayor's office of economic development, it becomes important because if there are new initiatives to discuss this difficult issue, i would like supervisor chiu's legislation to be in lockstep with what is going on there. with those particular experts, everything is coming together and we do not find ourselves being confronted with palmer. i would like to see a matured, multi-level discussion to help develop legislation by which we could act and have guidance in the long run. i want to comment on an issue that had my attention, the issue of sidewalk elevators. a large part of downtown san francisco, particularly, in the financial dist

commissioner olague: commissioner moore? commissioner moore: normally the learge they are the more -- larger they are the more controversial. this project is remarkable because the e.i.r. has been tracking the project in motion. the project itself is changing because the boats have never been sailed and while there is precedent on observing the other races, what is going to happen in 2013 is something which nobody really knows about. and it's in the curiosity and in the way of standing together that an e.i.r. has been created. and while all of them might not be perfect, we at least have an understanding including an understanding of the ongoing responsibility of everybody standing side by side. i've worked with some of the details an listened to other presentations and i've seen so much creativity and so much people trying to do something with almost nothing that i can wholeheartedly and enthusiastically support the approval of this certification -- commissioner olague: i think everything has been said. so i just wanted to t

president olague: thank you. it jennifer, followed by elizabeth. >> my name is jennifer ferris, president of the polk district merchants association. quick five blocks from the proposed site at the sherman williams star. i own a studio gallery that is two 0.5 blocks away. i can assure you that i use more pain in my store that carter has pills. we repaint every month. the association in my business are both very opposed to this project. as other people have mentioned, there are loads of formula retell. for some reason the neighborhood was that it to a strange shape for purposes of the report. if you go just another two blocks away, there are far more formula retail stores. we have a lot of retail stores is still pained, including a paint store that sells only paint, a very large space, which opened directly across the street from me six months ago. so there is a lot of paint. there's a lot of the book patient -- a duplication. there's a lot of formula retell. the thing i also want to discuss today is the commercia

president olague: project sponsor, that's all. project sponsor has two minutes. >> i don't have much to say, but hopefully you vote in my favor. our intention for this from model is really for my family, my mom, no intentions of renting anything out. we really try to work with the extension rather than the vertical, but the amount they gave me was just like a room, and they wanted it set back 5 feet on both sides also. there was no way to make it flow of the other bedroom for my son, let alone for us. i hope you can take this into consideration. president olague: the public hearing is closed. commissioner antonini: thank you. i think this is a tastefully done addition. there are other three-story additions in the neighborhood. i agree that some have not been done as well as they could be, but i am not sure that we necessarily detract from the neighborhood by tastefully putting a third story on, and making these homes more appealing for families, especially when you have your bedroom separated. i am not sure i see the impact of bei

commissioner olague: commissioner sugaya? commissioner sugaya: i do not get the connection between all the proposed changes, other than the happen to be together. we have nice words upfront about how it will implement one kind of thing or another, but i still do not see how signs and affordable housing are on par, whether we should be considering all this together. i agree with commissioner fong. if there is a lot of to do about the signs, maybe the supervisor and staff ought to take it out. then move on with other sections. that said, i would also like to support commissioner moore and peter cohen with respect to the housing part. it seems if there is a coordinated effort to look at the entire affordable housing situation in the city, that there is going to be this process starting early next year, that perhaps, this ought to wait, or be folded into the process, instead of moving ahead separately with it. i do not know what the state level, if anything is happening legislatively, to address the cases we have talked about, bu