>> i issued a letter to scott sanchez and to the developer, this morning. >> this morning? >> yes. >> this allows a process to... the process can begin again, and we will rerefer it to the planning department and they can weigh in on it and give it a general plan approval or not. and then, if somebody wants to appeal, after there is another tentative decision, that the ability is to go before the board of supervisors at that time if they would like. >> any other questions? >> okay. so maybe we can hear from the planning next. >> sure. >> thank you. >> we can welcome back mr. sanchez previously. >> i gos that he has lost weight. >> >> on the crest line drive and maybe a little bit more background here and to research them and it is to be on a vacant portion of the parcel and it was submitted in 2009 and the planning department reviewed this and as part of the project, they were also proposing to do a subdivision but the building permit moved separately of the subdivision, our department reviewed this and we found that there was significant neighborhood opposition and issues

scott sanchez set it just happened. contrary to the directives. he said is that all you got? this project has not suffered at the hands of the department. i will turn it over to ms. gamez. i know she wants to say a few words. >> hi, my name is elisa gamez. you may remember me from other appearances here as a community member. i'm here again as a community member and want to underscore on the technical points and the very legal and technical basis that mr. williams just outlined for you. i would like to remind you of the temperature of the neighborhood that is overwhelmed by the development and change. the character of the neighborhood does need to be preserved. the character of the neighborhood does needs it's defenders. this is a moment of time that we are coming to a commission that is established in the city of san francisco. one of the proper roles of the commission is to be responsive and reflective of this community input. we have here a family and a coalition of groups who are somewhat familiar and somewhat new to this, but we are all residents of the mission and all d

assistant victor and we are joined with the department who have the cases before the board tonight and scott sanchez and they are both representing the planning department and commission. joseph duffy is here representing the department of building inspection and actually he is not here at the moment but i believe that he will be here sthoertly and carly short is here, and the urban forester representing the department of public works and john, the manager of the public of works, and the street and the mapping and he is not already in the room i believe that he is joined and jarvis is here representing the san francisco transportation agency and division of taxis and if you could go over the board's meeting guidelines and conduct in the swearing in process. >> the board requests that you turn off all of your phones and pagers so that they will not disturb the proceedings and carry on the conversations in the hallway, the rules of presentation are as follows, appellant and permit holders and department representatives have seven minutes to present the case and three minutes for rebuttal, the people a

. >> this is scott sanchez's the zoning administrator's shadow case file. and for 480 potrero avenue and it says here, 830, 12/12. it cannot be approved and no shadows shall be cast on this park. >> the letter, the letter sent to the developer says that a more precise shadow analysis is required and the more precise analysis was to lower the scale for measurement from 75 feet to 68 feet, i think, in order to make the building pass. in between there have been no significant changes to the building. they just lord the scale of measurement. 58 feet is the base of the height of this building, plus it is measured from the mid point at grade which is three feet and plus i was told that there is likely another three foot cornes at the top of the building and plus, 15 feet for two dual elevator shafts and plus, from the roof, from that measurement, ten feet for two stairwells. and any way, it is going to be 76 feet. and the shadow analysis, failed at 75 feet. and so, there is that problem. can i go back? >> this file was for the proposal of the former structure and

particular case, they felt that an office/study would be fine and we send them to david lindsey at scott sanchez asking and they were sent to david and he is the head quadrant of that district because they thought that it was special enough and he confirmed that we could do that and for this particular jurisdiction we did not need a 311, so we did not need neighborhood notification or anything like that, but of course, he suggested that we should do out reach to the neighbors, which andrea and peter did do, they talked to the neighbors and talked to them about the plan and specifically this neighbor and showed them the drawings and which have not changed i will cory address the issue of it being too tall and we have drawings that were approved and shows the natural grade and how the addition is no more than 3 feet above grade and it is invisible to everybody and it is literally an underground room and i think that is mainly the two things that i would like to say, thank you. >> if you have any questions. >> i do. did you consider the five foot set back that is being raised. >> it was hard to do

be clear, the docket that was shown, with the sanchez is diego who was the project planner, not scott sanchez, and although it is correct that the zoning administrator has the final if it is need to be reviewed by rec and park it was determined that this project would not cast the shadow on the square and so that review is not required. and additionally, the shadow determination is not the subject of the appeal today. and regarding shadows on neighbors, the planning code, and the general plan, do not protect or really address, shadows on private properties it is more of an issue of the public owned and public owned spaces such as rec and park or public plaza and regarding the design, there is a built form chapter, to the mission area, plan. and where that this project falls in the mission area, plan as part of the eastern neighborhood and it was deemed to be consistent with that chapter of the area plan. by the mrning department and the commission and i will be happy to answer the questions if they come up in conclusion, the project is consistent with the planning code and the general plan an

scott budman, nbc bay area news. delayed gifts have left plenty of parent unhappy tonight around the country and in the bay area. chris sanchez is live in znl zj with more on these shipping delays. chris? >> a lot of folks were expecting to say thank you and you're welcome around the christmas tree today. but instead, we're saying sorry. i know i had a couple of apologies to make today for packages ordered in plenty of time for delivery. and if you look on twitter under the #upsfail, you'll see a lot of folks feeling frustrated that the same thing happened to them. >> this man spent christmas eve watching the tracking page for gifts that never came. >> the tracking page, where is it? where is it? guaranteed by 8:00 p.m. then at 7:30. estimate update. 26th. no! >> gifts they shipped to their family on the east coast were late. >> we definitely had gifts that we were expecting that didn't come on time. but they eventually did make it there. >> amazon usually comes through. >> amazon sent apology letters to many customers saying that because of the failure in the ups transportation network, it would break the promise to deliver

sanchez, thank you. >> on the next "washington journal," we will discuss the situation inside north korea byh scott snyder, followed look at president obama's withnal security strategy david sanger. in fundraising and spending for the honey 14 and -- then fundraising and spending for the 2014 and 2015 elections. ," live everyournal morning at 7:00 eastern here on c-span. >> us 2013 wraps up, we are here to tell you about our c-span year in review series, a look at five important issues we have covered in the past year. here's the lineup. on monday, a look at immigration laws. tuesday, senate filibuster rules . thursday, gun laws. on friday, we wrap up the week with a look at the u.s. budget and government shutdown. >that all starts monday at a clock p.m. eastern on c-span -- 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the thing that i care about most is to make more of a museum, with more pieces of beautiful furniture that belong to our president. there's very little antique furniture here now, and most of what is dates from [indiscernible] >> i would've thought they would've been collecting this since the beginning