it sure what. >> president olague: commissioner sugaya? >> commissioner sugaya: just to follow up on that. for any purpose? >> basically for any purses than -- purpose that is listed in the code for mechanical equipment, skylights, whenever an exception. 20% total. -- what ever it exception. 20% total. -- whenever exceptiatever excep. >> commissioner sugaya: it calls for various unit mixes -- i think that is the perspective i am coming from. i realize the and lasalso becaue of the drive to provide affordable housing, there are requirements. if this was market driven, we would not have affordable housing at all. i think the public policy aspect of it has to take some precedent. >> president olague: i wanted to mention, this has been a long time coming. i remember meeting about this during the eastern neighborhoods discussion, talking about daggett triangle. the issue was the pdr usage. something that supervisor maxwell had a lot of concerns about. that was something that was taken up at the board. ultimately, i think it is a good decision a

commissioners moore, sugaya, and antonini commented directly on the aesthetic. they thought that it didn't fit the neighborhood very well and that we need to address what it looked like. this is the result that we came up with. we now feel that it is sympathetic to the block and it is no longer loud or obnoxiously different. the new roof that is actually at the front actually serves a purpose. it's not a false roof with no intent. since we have shrunk our floor space, we actually had to move utilities and furnace into that space at the front of the house. that was due to the effort of trying to pull back the third and the fourth floors. we had to put it somewhere. i did -- commissioner sugaya was talking quite a bit about an effort to lower the building. i consulted with the structural engineer and licensed arborist, showed him our problem, the monterey sigh press being the issue and both reports in your packet, both recommend we do not excavate. we were able to lower the building which i think is

commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: yes, on the economic side. there's ban lot of big numbers mentioned for tourism in the sense of people coming to see the event. and yet can i find that study somewhere? i'm sorry, i am not -- i haven't been totally engaged, but you were mentioning there was an economic study. if i read the e.i.r., am i going to find where these numbers came from? in terms of the projected numbers? my question really has to do with if the america's cup in the past took place in spain out in the ocean where nobody saw anything, takes place in auckland out in the ocean where nobody sees anything. then all of a sudden it comes to the bay area and there are billions of people coming here, when, in fact, nobody has had that experience in the first place. and so where do the numbers come from? i am wondering that says thereby hundreds of thousands people here on race day. >> so there was a beacon economics study put out late last year and that is on our website. and it made some assumptions, fairly conservative assumptions, but i thin

commissioner sugaya [ commissioner sugaya: i move to approve with conditions. >> second. >> does that include the conditions in the motion? >> that probably should be added. >> make sure we add language around the outer mission residents liaison merchants. >> yeah, right. president olague: i wanted to ask the project sponsor quickly, are you ok with going to the monthly meetings and checking in for a few months at least. >> six months. president olague: yeah. and if you want to go beyond that, of course, that would be your choice. great. >> on that motion to approve with conditions, adding the community liaison requirement, commissioner antonini? >> aye. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner fong? >> aye. >> commissioner miguel? >> aye. >> commissioner olague? >> that motion passes unanimously 6-0. you're now on item 12 for case number 2011.o 0208-c at 273021st street, request for conditional use authorization. >> not me? president olague: he went to check, look for staff. >> take the next one. president olague: erica jackson. which are we taking out of order? >> we'll be ju

commissioner sugaya? >> your motion is to approve in the order presented, one and three? >> vice president miguel: no. 4 has to be removed. three, yes. we have modified number one to make these additional eating and drinking establishments with the exception of the one additional store that will be allowed aon clement. >> there is one other item and the supervisor indicated he is amenable to making that modification. the way that the ordinance is drafted, it would capture any establishment which sold any pet supplies. we would recommend that -- that is right. >> vice president miguel: we're removing the prohibition on fast food. removing the formula retail prohibition and instead allowing it to continue to be decided by conditional use which is the case. however, if it were to occur, if for some reason the board of supervisors did include that, we would have to make a modification that would exempt stores like safeway or somebody who has -- it has to be principal use pet food supplies as opposed to part o

president olague: commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: thank you. i'm going to dig myself further into this hole, but if someone opposes -- is not in agreement with a particular project, booker t. washington and this project, because of their location and the way the program is structured, to my mind that is opposing the project. because a compromise that was proposed didn't work at booker t. isn't going to work here. so that said, to lighten up things a bit, all of you who are commenting and gave us testimony on opposing the special-use district as spot zoning, i kind of hope you're all going to come out and make that same argument at van ness argument and geary with the cpnc project because that is using a special district to get around, or however you want to characterize it, spot zone in the middle of the van ness area. it's ok, commissioner. [laughter] president olague: keep going. commissioner sugaya: no, no, if i keep going i'm just going to have to apologize again, so i'll just cut it off there. president olague: ok. commissioner moore. -mat

commissioner sugaya: i know, but i asked for it. which does not make me happy. >> i will speak to the product planner on that. -- to the project planner on that. vice president miguel: i went out to look at the property, the disparity, and i had to drive around twice because it is a difficult corner to navigate, actually, without holding up any other trafficke. those who are standing in the doorway, that is not allowed. please take a seat. it is amazing how small to what actually is -- it is amazing how small the law actually is. i have to say i do not have a problem with the project, although i agree with commissioner sugaya that having gone out to take a look, it was hard to discern what is the situation there.

commissioner sugaya: i move to approve. commissioner miguel: second. >> on the motion to approved commissioner antonini:. aye. -- approve. [roll call vote] the motion passes unanimously 5- 0. that will place you ought items 17. consideration of the adoption of ceqa findings. >> they're here today seeking authorization to propose construction of the 68-foot building, and ground retail, spaces, at 306 parking spaces. the project also seeks exception for exposure, off three loading, horizontal mass production, and the products complies with the first source hiring program. the product will convert to a site into a productive mixed use development that includes a significant site upgrades. the project's design is consistent with neighborhood character and is inappropriate and development for transitional development patterns. project will utilize controls and have the appropriate impact fees. additionally, the existing treaty rights of way has been planned for the development of a public park. on july 18, devoted to support the

president olague: commissioner sugaya? commissioner sugaya: yes, i'll vote for the motion but would like to say, i think, as we saw maybe two weeks ago, a design could be produced that has six units that would work quite well i believe and not necessarily have to take the traditional approach of dividing the length of the property into six smal

i asked commissioner sugaya what we need to do. his response was "i do not think we need to respond." secretary avery, for the entire nine weeks, i never heard back. the only a week ago, actually, only a few days ago did this letter fully draft, not discussed, comes in front of us, and now it has been written by three groups of people who are supposed to ride on the run without having give us the information that we have to respond or we might seek your advice on how to write it. i find that uncomfortable. however much i like to think in unison with this group, i cannot support the way this is being done. >> as with any correspondence, staff drafts our response for you. you consider it, make changes, and vote on it. if the commission prefers to draft their own responses, you can do that. commissoner moore: i would love to do that. this is a legal bottle of an argument. this is not a conversational the letter. this is clearly written by someone who enters all these arguments in the law. and none of us on our own could ever go there,

commissioner sugaya: aye. president olague: aye. . >> that motion passes unanimously. president olague commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: there was a really good article in the sunday's "examiner," and it analyzes why many families are leaving san francisco. you think gabriels when it was the largest school west of the mississippi. and what we found were people with families are not far away in the san mateo county and marin county. the pacific has a lot of previous residence for the sunset. what is interesting is he talks about many of these same issues we talk about here all the time -- difficulty with condo conversions for your own use, difficulty getting unit mergers. of course, the school system. it is not a planning issue or has a relationship to a. -- relationship to it. so, very interesting that you have hit upon these things. i think there are a lot of reasons, although we always talk about cost. cost is a factor. these residents in san mateo county are paying just as much. they can ge

commissioner sugaya: i am not saying we shouldn't do something about it. it is just more complicated. president olague: no, no. ok, i think we are good. >> commissioners, this places us under the director's report, item five, director's announcements. >> i want to pass my condolences on to linda avery for the loss of her sister, and also the department felt condolences for the family of anthony anthony. he was a member of the city family for a very long time. he passed away two weeks ago, before your break. several members of the staff were able to attend the funeral. last week. i also wanted to welcome back president miguel. it is good to have you back, looking good and healthy as always. i also want to welcome jose campos. thank you and welcome. a couple of things i wanted to report to you. the governor did indeed signed two bills last week related to redevelopment's, senate bill 26 and 27. those bills did take effect immediately upon his signature. in summary, just where we are today, 26 prohibits redevelopment agencies from taking on new actions, inclu

commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner miguel? >> aye. >> commissioner olague? >> aye. >> that passes 6-0. you're on case 14 2r009.651 c for 2145 evans street, request for conditional use authorization. >> thank you, good afternoon, ben fu, department staff. the proposed project requests for conditional use on planning session 157 and 303 to allow parking and access of accessory amounts for the proposed restaurant depot building expansion. the site is located within the p.d.r. zoning district and a 65-foot height in j bulk district. the project proposed approximate 76,000 square feet of wholesale use. required parking would be 76 space with a maximum of 114 allowed as an accessory use. the project propose as total 171 offstreet parking spaces. the project applies with applicable planning code with the exception for parking. the project consistent with the objectives and policies of the general plan. the project complies with the first source hiring program. the project will maintain expanding existi

commissioner sugaya: i will probably submit stuff and writing. -- in writing. one of the deficiencies, it could be done with respect to the announcements, and the that we get is a photograph and superimposes a building. it seems to me that it is awfully static. the view is already blocked by trees, palm trees, what ever they may be. other buildings. talking about telegraph hill, in that area. that mike give us a little better visual sense of what the impact of these particular buildings are going to be. it is supposed to serve the neighborhood. more than one person has come forward and said there are people from all over the city coming here. i don't know if that is an appropriate discussion. but some consideration for that issue, and maybe take a look. i don't know if this is private or not. if we can see what the membership. commissioner borden: the follow- up to that thought, a new club specifically. if you look at projections between existing and that new facilities, whatever the impact will be is relative to a more modern club. i think it is important to a

president olague: commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: i think i should take my name off. i think my question was answered in terms of how days cruise ships will be in port and that is 80 total, you were daying? 80 cruises or 80 total? >> the max is about 80. when we start to pass 80 we have more than one ship in at a time and this is a single berth terminal based on the shape and size of the pier. then we have to go to another terminal which is 35 which would function as the backup. as we know it right now, that is what we anticipate and i believe that is what's being evaluated. commissioner sugaya: and also glad we are thinking of using it for more than one purpose during other times of the year and pointing out to commissioner antonini and the bus parking lots which are currently uncovered could be used for the pocket of other things which then calls into i think you were mentioning the idea maybe we don't have as much curbs or ere impediments right now. >> trying to describe it in an unscripted manner so things that we may not have completely anticipate canned occur th

president olague: commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: my thoughts echo the two other commissioners that just spoke. i'm reminded that commissioner olague and i, last week, went to san francisco general to -- for a visit to their psychiatric emergency room. we had quite a briefing there. and then we also went up to the fourth floor, i believe it was, where we were briefed by the sheriffs -- commissioner moore: seventh. commissioner sugaya: was it seventh? by the sheriffs on their psychiatric ward that they maintain. and the interesting link, i think, to this is that in both cases the staff people said that the most important thing to them was not

commissioner sugaya: first, to the audience. the city views are not protected in terms of issues that come before this commission. i don't know if people know that, but we have had lots of cases, not necessarily so phone antennas, but height increases and other things were people have complained that the view is going to be blocked. it is not a consideration for this commission.

commissioner sugaya: i will take myself out. i have something to ask ms. hayward, but not in public. olague i support it also. i remember in the 80's -- even in the 80's and this is just -- i guess i am really dating myself now. but you could go anywhere and listen to live music and chris isaac would play for $5 at the night break was the name of the club. you would go to 11th street and listen to bands at that corner -- the paradise lounge. and people upstairs reading poetry and acoustic music on another floor and something else going on on the other floor. sometimes it's been the clash between some of the newer residents and some of the newer residential uses and the existing uses and is the awesome place to get your bike fixed, coffee, and all the other places and sometimes it hasn't always been a confidentable, what do you call it, coexistence between the different types of uses when there is a shift that wasn't necessarily planned for. i am hoping we have these conversations around what happened around harper street and is not acceptable at all on som

. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner miguel? >> aye. >> and commission president olague? >> aye. >> the motion passes unanimously 6-0. you're now on item 13 for case 2010.1042-c at 660-670 fourth street use for authorization. >> erica jackson, planning department staff. before you is a request for a conditional use authorization to allow wireless transmission facility consisting of 10 new antennas and six new equipment cabinets operated by at&t. the antennas and equipment would be located on the rooftop of an existing mixed use building at 660-670 fourth street. since the report was written staff received one more letter from a resident of the building with the concerns of the proximity of the antennas to his rooftop deck and the letter sent to you tuesday of this week but i have hard copies if you wish to review them. the proposed project complies with the applicable requirements of the planning code, the project is consistent with the 1996 w.t.s. facility sighting guidelines, the proposed location is classified as a preferred

. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner miguel? >> aye. >> and commissioner olague: aye. >> the motion passes unanimously 6-0. president olague: sorry about that. we couldn't locate staff and you were probably in the back and why we took them out of order. i want to apologize for project sponsor for that. >> commissioners, we'll be jumping back to item 12, case 2011.0208-c at 273021st street, request for conditional use authorization. >> good evening, president olague and members of the commission. you have before you a request for a conditional use authorization to add other entertainment to an existing l.c.u. authorized as a bar in an rm-1 zoning district. currently the bar is authorized to remain open until 2:00 a.m. staff recommends approval with conditions, and the basis for this recommendation is that it promotes a continued operation of an established locally owned and operated business which contributes to servicing the neighborhood. the proposal would not displace existing retail tenants and it would provide convenience go

commissioner sugaya is expected to be late. commissioner bordan and fong are expected to be absent. item one, amendments, rules and regulations. continuance to august 4, 2011. item two, 2011. 0532t, uses, , building features, parking, and complaints unspecified used district. it is proposed for a continuance to september 8, 2011. item 3, 2011.0533z for a zoning map amendments, washington- broadway special use district 1. water for a special use district. but a three. special districts for sign elimination. special districts for cnn streets. continuance for september 8, 2011. item four, 2011.0051c, request for a conditional use authorization. proposed for a continuance to october 13, 2011. further, commissioners, under your regular calendar, we are receiving requests for continuances on item 11, a case 2011.0656tmz, and amendments to the planning codes. adding a section 608.16, and amending the special district of the zoning map designed -- assigning the special sign district, request for a continuance to august 11. item 13, case 2011.0155c, 5411 gary boulevard, use authorization, re

commissioner sugaya: i had a house -- and the dining room have floor-ceiling glass. this was landscaped by thomas church. and at least once a year, i would say there would be a dead bird. at least once a year. mainly from the corridor side. i am the witness to this issue here. and i would just say this in support of the legislation. >> commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: the presentation showed that with this being the condition, you have to respond to the many creative ways to respond to the condition. there were exceptional examples just above glazing, and i am not talking about the retrofit, but this is recognizing the conditions for the open space corridors, responding in a certain way. there are many other ways, to meet the requirements of what we have. we are tilted against each other -- and there are many other ways. but the idea is to encourage creativity, with these costs. >> i just wanted to thank erica, for their work on this. i will be honest. i started out a skeptic. i was concerned that we were adding a layer of regulation that was not necessaril

and also, commissioner sugaya raises some questions that need to be explored. the cities in the recent past, you have an opportunity right now to step into this discussion. who are we building housing for? this goes to the central question of the future character of our city. we would be glad to suggest some of the areas to explore. >> i want to revert to the subject of what is allowed as conditional use. we have a situation there, and you're the people that look at systems. it is not the police's job to decide that if they have approved a particular licence, what impact it will be if you consider the other licenses and hours and so on. there is a condition that allows the right to stay open until 2:00 in the morning. you allow restaurants as a conditional use and i am not objecting to that particular restaurant. but what happens is you allow restaurants to be conditional use. they get an alcohol license. every other restaurant doesn't get to stay open until 2:00 in the morning. next, they are operating like a bar. even if they serve food, and some of them bare

commissioner sugaya: as we are looking into the parking, there is the environmental impact. we will have to take this up at the time it comes through with the project. >> and is there any sign of an extension for the comments? >> my understanding is that this was posted. excuse me. my understanding is that this was posted and some of the signs were removed at some time in the process. sequa allows the choice of three different kinds of posting.

commissioner sugaya? >> i went there a few years ago and i found out that you had to be a member so it forced me to buy on the internet. >> on the motion to approve with conditions? [roll call vote] so moved, commissioners. that also passes unanimously. >> i wanted to thank the head of the press to run to at work -- for working with the staff. >> commissioners, you are on your final calendar item, number 16. 3111 fillmore street. request for a conditional use authorization. dodge the item before you is to provide other entertainment and electronic amplification until 2:00 a.m. on thursday night. this constitutes a modification of condition 20 of motion 1a adopted on a hearing september 16, 2010. the commission restricted the hours that they could provide amplified music on thursday night until midnight as a result of concerns expressed by jasons neighbors. the conditions stipulated it -- adjacent neighbors. they would consider a 2:00 in the morning closure after six months. they have received no complaint

commissioner sugaya: just a quick question to the adjacent property owner. where was your sign previous to this building design? >> the signage is basically - it is on grove street and half with to our property line, as far as the business is concerned. if you are looking from our property line from your perspective right now, our line of sight on grove street is that way, and goff coming down that way. we have existing trees and trees that will come in by this project, and a bay window that comes out. we also have a freestanding sign on the building itself that will obviously go away. we will be left with one son, which is already impeded. we have no visible recourse. commissioner moore: i want to make a comment which goes beyond the building in specific. we talked today about retail. i do believe there is incredible synergy between ivy and linden and small-scale, entrepreneurial retail

uphold the preliminary negative declaration with the comments as read into the record by commissioner sugaya. commissioner antonini. >> no. >> aye. >> >> so moved, commissioners, the motion passes, 5-1. that pleases you on items 6a and b for those cases. 3151 through 3155 scott stream -- street. request for a conditional use authorization. >> i have some additional e- mails that came in. president olague: before we begin, i would like to ask those who are standing up to please relocate to room 416, were the hearing is being televised, and we will allow you time to come up for testimony. so any of those folks standing up, please relocate to room 416. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am department staff, and i will be presenting this case today. the project before you is the conversion of community housing partnership of the vacant three- story 29 room tourist hotel known as the edwards ii inn. 24 affordable group housing units for transitional aged between 18 and 24 who are in a maximum of 50% of the area median income. the group housing facility would also include a residence manager unit