in support of the d.r.? let's hear from the project sponsor and then you will have a two-minute rebuttal, also. are you in support of the d.r.? sorry, go ahead. >> one minute? my name is dorian stone. i and my wife and 60 clifford terrace which is two doors up. and the adjacent lot to tom and liz. you will see here on october 11 th, liz has filed a discretionary review against work we are proposing. >> president hillis: so you are for the project? >> i am for this project. and giving you context of who i am to be a cure in support of this project? >> president hillis: hold up. we have to hear from the project sponsor first. you are the project sponsor? >> yes, i am the architect of the project. >> president hillis: you have five minutes. >> i am the architect for the project. we have a very small project here. it is simply a roof deck and sarah -- stare access to the roof deck. the project started over two years ago and we had a neighborhood meeting and that was in august of 2016. the only person to show up a

the second d.r. requester, you've got a two-minute rebuttal. >> so first of all, i want to -- >> president hillis: just pull that mic. >> first of all, we welcome the change. having lived there a long time, that's not an issue. the size and the privacy is not an issue. i'm not here to talk about that. in fact the 3 feet they took back is welcome, but that wasn't my issue. we had had some good conversations, and as you can tell, i kept trying. however, their promises, you know, on the -- on the monitoring was that i do draft something at my expense and with lawyer fees, $500 an hour, i'm a single mom, my mom has dementia, i've got my daughter, just going down that path didn't make sense. it shouldn't be my responsibility to draft documents to make sure that my foundation's okay, and we still haven't seen anything on the plans about that. i know you've seen a lot of neighbor letters in the file. obviously, i've known them a long time. they are concerned on my behalf that my foundation, home, and family

the reason for the d.r., the d.r. requester of 1261 rhode island is that the -- who is the adjacent neighbor to the north concerns five primary issues. first, the building scale at the rear is out of scale with the neighborhood context. second, the height and depth of the addition lgs impacts the midblock open space. third, light and air, and fourth, privacy of the adjacent neighbor is impacted due to the massing, and lastly, the addition poses an impact on the historical resource. public comment to date, the department has received no letters in opposition nor any letters in support. the department's recommendation is in light of the d.r. requester's concern, the department has reviewed the project with respect to the scale and massing of the context and recommended shifting the upper floor five to 8 feet forward to ruse the rear massing and that involved a little bit of negotiating with historical staff because they had ascertained a limit line to discern the site line from the addition, eliminating the upper floor

the d.r. requester that the city's ordinance regarding the existing city's residential hotel rooms and their restriction on the conversion of those residential hotel rooms somehow has application to this case. it simply does not. chapter 41 of the administrative code only regulates residential hotel rooms that were existing and occupied by permanent residents in 1979. for that reason, there's no relationship between the -- the -- the residential hotel conversion ordinance and new construction s.r.o.s in this case. the d.r. requester also asserts that city policy also discourages the conversion of a single story industrial building in the market and octavia area plan to new housing. she is mistaken. the market and octavia rezoned the site, industrial used are not even permit index the n.c.t. district, much lessen couraged to be retained. finally, the d.r. requester asserted? generalized againri -- asserted some generalized gentrification arguments. the hub rezoning study that includes this area

i filed the second d.r. s is an eviction notice that was given in 2015, just to establish a pattern of behavior. so i would like to briefly stay, in the last d.r. hearing, there were two things that the commission said to. they said the building was empty and the plan would be approved. they also said that if there was no fourth floor, the plan would be approved. i would like to note that the project sponsors and the five months since that meeting have not submitted any new plans. they have used up time to continue to pressure the tenants to accept buyouts and leave. so i've got a letter that i want to read from the property owner next door. i apologize i'm not able to attend this meeting in person. i was uninformed about it and not aware until tuesday of this week. it did not give me time to give -- to rearrange my schedule. i have not seen any new plans despite asking for them repeatedly. the owner ignored my e-mails emo street added into the process. it is difficult for me to follow them. dates change and

it is worth noting that since the d.r. was filed, the area way has been revised to reduce the privacy impact along the narrow right of way. and lastly, flight. the new building will reduce the afternoon sunlight to the west facing homes on funston. in addition to the d.r. requester his, no letters of opposition, nor letters of support. our recommendation -- the department has reviewed the project and finds it meets the projects -- the standards of the residential design guidelines with respect to st gail and massing of the context. the reduction of light created by this building is not an extraordinary condition. and the way is 20 feet wide, it is a public right-of-way. warranting the design of the proposed building as a main faÇade. but with windows sized and located to respect the neighboring building across the way. furthermore, the review acknowledge the sight is innate land -- site is in a landslide zone and acknowledges a geotechnical report as part of the permitting. they recommends a commission not take the d.r. and

briefly, the d.r. ester concerns are that the proposed addition will block for property line windows, blocking light and air. it will allow unobstructed views into homes and that the large deck can accommodate large groups of people, thereby having increased noise. there is no other public comments received during the 311 or d.r. notice. the project was reviewed by the residential design advisory team they advise of the case does not demonstrate an exceptional and extraordinary circumstance. the project is compatible with the residential design guideline in dutch the neighbouring property line windows are not protected and the proposed roof deck is set back from the adjacent property. they recommend abbreviated d.r. this concludes staff presentation. >> president hillis: thank you , very much. d.r. requester? welcome. >> i live at 2734 buchanan street. i'm a 20 year resident of san francisco and have lived on buchanan since 2005. my wife and i live next door to the project site and are raising our three

doesn't want to integrate people well we got the thoughts of a former host of a religious program on the d.r. i've been thrown home who told us the move is being implemented to reinforce the country's national identity the previous guidelines also stated that christianity is part of this cultural heritage what is surprising it that they are really stressing one war time because after my program closed down one religious program after the other has been shut down because chris and at sea and religion in general has not been prototyped with the immigration that the europeans and also the author of the danes has a problem to define their own identity if a quarter is very based on its christian foundations and its christian faith it's much easier for this society to integrate other people so i think that's why they want to stress it simply to strengthen their national identity which is very important in our time where there is so much division in the european societies. ok i want to turn attention now to the middle east where one palestinian has been killed and at least three hundred more injure

we catch a rare glimpse of a mountain gorilla in the wild in the d.r. see the coral reefs off the coast of south africa. have you ever wondered why countries need national parks and nature reserves why can't wild animals just roam freely why does the government have to spend so much money on protecting plants and animals all reports are breaks down for us just how vital national parks are to african countries. it's one of the ones most amazing natural spectacles the great migration of wind based in east africa over a million of them full of the rains every year they traverse the city and gayety a vast tracts of wilderness into the me and kenya part of it is the famous sit in getting national park interns and me i'm. almost fifteen thousand square kilometers and protects countless animals from mine came to their west for it. population growth threatens the wild in this region throughout the continent africa's population is projected to almost double by twenty fifty and reach to be. one of the most difficult challenges for africa's national parks is leavin

we catch a rare glimpse of a mountain gorilla in the wild in the d.r. see. find out how a simple water filter changed the lives of schoolchildren in uganda. and we'll hear how scientists are finding to preserve coral reefs off the coast of south africa. have you ever wondered why countries need national parks and nature reserves why can't wild animals just roam free and why does the government have to spend so much money on protecting plants and animals all reporter breaks down for us just how vital national parks are to african countries. it's one of the world's most amazing natural spectacles the great migration of wind based in east africa over a million of them follow the rains every year they traverse the soaring gayety of vast tracts of wilderness interns and kenya part of it is the famous serengeti national park interns any of the covers almost fifteen thousand square kilometers and protects countless animals from man came to their west for it. population growth threatens the wild in this region told the continent africa's population is projected to al

the d.r. and i had several meetings. we have known each other for a few years. at no time did he say he was against the meeting. is only serious concern at the time was the preservation of the tree at the height of the building. moving back is something relatively new and relatively difficult because it goes in direct violation of the section of the code that protects rear yard open space. the height of our proposal is 2. the height limit is 40 feet. we are 16 feet below the height limit and the house is 38 feet and 4 inches high. almost 15 feet higher than we are. this building will in no way threaten the stature of the mansion. why don't we go straight -- the very next block face. i will skip that slide in terms of time and show you perspectives going down the street. this is from the west, showing our proposal behind the tree. it is barely visible. let us go to the middle. you can see because of the mature trees, our proposal hides off to the last of the mansion. it is fully displayed and more covered by its own street trees than any others. and then as you ap

i think the worst thing, where they d.r. your neighbor's roof deck, and they cut it back. but the unengaged neighbor doesn't d.r., and they don't cutback their roof deck. >> supervisor stefani: that's great. roof decks, that's something that happening in the cow hollow. >> three hours, 42 minutes, the longest hearing we've had on a roof deck. >> supervisor stefani: predictability, if we could do something around that so people know what to expect. the other question i had, what can we do to better understand how units are being taken off the market through projects that are being approved. and what i'm seeing people complaining about in my district is a lot of these two unit, three unit, four unit buildings are going through the process and they're getting improved, but it's not a two unit or three unit or four unit building, it's a monster home. i don't feel that's being looked at in a way that's constructive, and i don't think that it's being enforced at all, and i'm just wondering how we can prevent from happening. >> commissioner richards: so the flats policy schmidt ga

it's the cheapest rail service in the d.r. congo the largest country in sub-saharan africa the swallow crosses half the country from lubumbashi to a labor. it's the only link between remote villages and the outside world. the swallow has been around for more than fifty years like a local bus it stops a virtually every station passengers clamber for remaining seats people cram into whatever space they can find. nearly two thousand people all together three times the officially permitted capacity for those who weren't able to find a place or who can't afford a ticket there's always the roof. travelers have to remain alert a lapse in attention could be fatal. the danger comes not just from above. even at the moderate speed of thirty kilometers an hour a tree branch can cut like a machete. that's when they get an update on your patrol and they do it all but it's it of done it that i'll open it on you stuff i don't know which notionally the paste unca you don't have it and you. can actually. pick an example and watch it all the nice

commission comments were heard, changes were made to the commissioner's liking and the d.r. was not taken on july 26 of this year with the condition that if the project sponsor were to convert the ground floor to a common area to a unit that that unit would be a fourth unit approved through the a.d.u. program. attempts were made to link 1355 francisco with 3255 octavia at that time, and the board agreed there was no linkage. the two properties are not linked and stand on their merit as code compliant with the approval of sfdbi and sf planning. i would like to submit a neighbor petition signed by 62 of their neighbors. >> you can put it on the overhead. >> overhead, please. overhead, please. >> so what i presented before you is a petition with signatures by 62 of the neighbors. >> in support of the project? >> they support the project, yes. and those include those most affected by the project at 3249 octavia, next door, and directly behind the subject property. the neighbors have responded appropriately to the sense of the project and to their sense of fairplay. they do not wa

the project. >> president hillis: okay. thank you. and this is a d.r., so miss seaver, you are the d.r. requester. >> i'm curious as to why it was pulled from the consent calendar. we've had a great relationship with the owner, but we agree with those terms. >> president hillis: great. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, i'll close public comment. commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: i asked it to be on consent until late yesterday evening. i got requests from the public to clarify that the judgment that came from the planning commission on november of 2017 had not been properly processed as d.b.i. and only miss tran just a few seconds ago told me that as of this morning, that issue was resolved. so my taking it off consent is basically being answered by that particular statement. i am obviously supportive of the project because it did address all of the issues that we had originally objected to, however that was a very important issue given the fact that we still have a disconnect between planning and what this commission puts to record and when it comes to be

d.r. with the second 311 notice issued. i had concerns, but i trust that the project sponsor will do the right thing and abide by the rules. to date, the project sponsor has never reached out to me despite my attempts and has taken into responsibility for the damages caused. i'm requesting no permits be issued until my and 661's property damages are repaired, and the property line sensors are replaced. to protect my light, air and privacy i'm requesting a set back of 6 feet off my property line past my building and no fifth level. i have a petition signed by 40 noe valley residents in support of my request. there will also be an increased negative impact from the result of putting a wall up that has been gone for two years. for your information, i've highlighted a couple of comments made by president mccarthy at this month's president hearing. this case is an example of a complete misuse of system to consider it anything other than a complete demolition would be fooling yourself. this case needs to be sent a signal: all pen

it's the cheapest rail service in the d.r. congo the largest country in sub-saharan africa the swallow crosses half the country from lubumbashi to a labor oh it's the only link between remote villages and the outside world. the swallow has been around for more than fifty years like a local bus it stops a virtually every station passengers clamber the remaining seats people cram into whatever space they can find. nearly two thousand people all together three times the officially permitted capacity for those who weren't able to find a place or who can't afford a ticket there's always the route. travelers have to remain alert a lapse in attention could be fatal. the danger comes not just from above. even at the moderate speed of thirty kilometers an hour a tree branch can cut like a machete. millions of dollars is being stolen in a scam that starts in the philippines and stretches across the globe when his gaze exclusive access to this cutthroat underworld through a criminal turned whistleblower on al-jazeera. hello martin dennis

>> i was the d.r. requester for both the grandview and the new hampshire. support continuing 505 grandview. we are close to reaching a deal with the architects. they have been great. we just need a little more time. and then on 701, i do not support the continuance. this is in an a.d.u. project. we had several tenants, who are going to lose their garages and be displaced. one tenant has been -- has taken a buyout. they were pressured to do so. the other one does not want to move but but she is under tremendous pressure to take the buyout. i just would like you guys to watch this project so that is not on the table. because she is the lone wolf here and it's not fair to her. the planning department is looking at plans and not really considering how tenants are faring in these plans. thanks thank you. any additional public comment? >> hi. my name is christina tran. i am here for 701 hampshire street. contrary to what she just said, we are not pressuring the tenants. we actually took all of the buyouts off of the table. >> president hillis: right now we are on

. >> president fong: and too that the d.r. denial is not appealed. >> scott sanchez, planning department. the site permit has not yet been issued so it's not yet up for appeal. >> so the window issue -- >> it might come up later. so as it stands -- >> i support that motion. >> thank you. >> so we have a motion from the vice president swig to grant the appeal and to grant the variance on the condition that it be revised to include an n.s.r. placed on the deed, restricting the splitting of the property. and on the basis that this would satisfy the five findings articulated by the zoning administrator. that motion, president fung? >> president fong: aye. >> clerk: commissioner lazarus? >> no. >> clerk: commissioner honda? >> aye. >> clerk: that motion passes with three votes. those are variances issued. we will now move on to item number 6. this is appeal 18-088, robert selna, versus zoning administrator. 1190 bryant street. appealing the issuance on june 4, 2018, of a letter of determination which found that the planning departme

second largest political force in the country it's been pushing for this media policy change the parties called on d.r. to represent denmark's christian cultural heritage to a greater degree the opposition though is none too pleased with the new plan and. i think it's an incorrect prioritization of conservative values it's another step towards a political agenda that doesn't want to integrate people for most of a religious program on d.r. told us that the move is all about reinforcing denmark's national identity. the previous guidelines also stated that christianity is part of his cultural heritage what is surprising it that they really stress it one more time because after my program closed down one religious program after the other has been shut down because chris and at sea and religion in general has not been prioritized with the immigration that the europeans and also the author of that they know has a problem to define their own identity if a culture is very based on its christin foundations and its christian faith it's much easier for this society to integrate other people so i think that's why

looking very unclear for the say he now can in theory relaunch his hopes of running for president in the d.r. see he has been blocked from that by the electoral committee in the country who've always insisted that while this case is pending he can't do that now it's over now the sentence is been dealt and it's regarded to have been already served member will have to plan and plot his next step very very carefully all right tony parker thank you. time for a check on the weather with kevin that's right and we're going to go right to our north carolina where the desk disaster continues in terms of the flooding take a look at the satellite the storm is now making its way towards the north so what is happening is we are going to start to get a break from the rain finally in that area after three days of making landfall florence is now pulling away from this region we still have a few areas of showers here across fair bill as well as when we tend but i want to take you specifically over here to new bern that is where one area saw some amazing storm surge and this is what they are now dealing with

what can be done to save children in the d.r. c. from starvation a very interesting discussion on inside story about this recently with peter darby watch the show by clicking on the show. dot com and then click on inside story iraq's prime minister has tried to ease tensions in the oil rich south with a visit to basra the city's been rocked by deadly protests over alleged corruption and government's neglect the latest demonstrations began after thirty thousand people were hospitalized for drinking polluted water matheson is our correspondent in iraq he joins us now live on the newsgroup from baghdad what is this visit by the prime minister to basra likely to achieve from. well there's a lot of expectation that it would really achieve very little but maybe at the point we should remember that the people of israel have been going through these problems for many many months now and for all that time they have been telling people and holding protests and saying we are really suffering in that our city county make it anymore the infrastru

>> [inaudible]. >> we did find a date on the 11th of october. so we have a d.r. scheduled for the 1 1th of october that is progress since the last time we were here. we have been working diligently above board trying to do the best we can on this. and conveniently the 1 1th of october works because our neighbors also submitted a d.r. -- i don't know. they have a d.r. for the neighbors on the other side of them who are also trying to do some work on their home. and so we just wanted -- that way it is just one night and we can get both things done. you know, we would like this -- the ask, frankly, is just to help us keep this moving and keep the pain off of our shoulders. so, waiving fees, throwing it out, whatever tools you have at our disposal. our intention is to do this above board and get everything done. we've done nothing but try to show that commitment in everything that we've done. yeah. i'm not sure if i missed anything. that is kind of the story. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> so at the last meeting there was a conversation about do we do two permits -- >