i am the designer of 5050 valencia -- >> your name is? >> my name is cristo. sorry. just wanted to speak really quickly about the condition of the building as i don't know if you can -- i don't know if this is working. but it's structurally unsound due to extensive water damage and that is going to be fixed and a partial new roof will be installed and there will be full sprinklers throughout the building. and also we are bringing the building up to full size code as well as the brand-new store front that's going to mesh in with the context and fabric of valencia street. i wanted to say that quickly. >> thank you. i am the dad, and i have been in business for a long type in the restaurant business and thrilled to come and present to you today. the planning commission did us a big favor by giving us more time. we have re-evaluate who had we were and we were going to do a fancier place and now we have lowered the price point and is a lot more fun. the western pecos contest now is very different than the restaurant next door because we met with emparo next door at the bes

half a block up from this spot was the valencia hotel the famous picture where you see the second storyll walk up there in a second. frank, what happened to the creek? did it get filled with sand when people built the mission? >> it's still there. actually, the city and county of san francisco filled many the creek and put in large sewers and the large sewers underground that actually collect the water and of course, valencia point -- >> so it's channelized underground and dumps out towards mission. >> not all of it. the issue is still the same. the loose sand is still present so in the next major earthquake, we can expect to see the same types of movement that occurred in 1906. >> people say what kind of effect are we having from the earthquake and it's going to be the same types of things that happened in past earthquakes and same location. >> you can go to shot well street which in '0 '6 there are great shots of the victorian tilted over. in '89 when i was working for you they had torn down the victor i can't answer andÑi buit edwardians, so same thing. so two out of two -- >> same a

people that live upstairs, that it's an imposition to have yet another establishment placed on the block of valencia that is open until 1:00 in the morning. i'm asking an 11:00 p.m. bar closure be imposed that would be in accordance with even, i believe, miss vigil's restaurant has an 11:00 p.m. bar closure. so that's what i'm seeking actually. >> i would ask project sponsor and i will also have to know what's customary in the neighborhood too. there are a lot of different establishments. this isn't the only one to be open after 11:00. sir, can i get your comments on that? >> yes, we find that pretty difficult. there's a restaurant -- there's a bar on the other side that's open until 2:00 with live music. we voluntarily said 1:00. there are great many other restaurants on the street that are open considerably longer than 11:00. that is actually the style of the street. president olague: you think it's becoming the style of the street? but for the longest time, bombay restaurant -- bombay was actually a retail establishment. it was not a restaurant. i think asking for a license, type 47 license to co

i believe the number for valencia street right now is 18%. but that's the district overall essentially from 14 to 26. >> commissioner to be fair, i think corey's last point is important to point out because overall, the district does add 17% or 18% but there's a very strong concentration within a few blocks that i'm sure is above the 20% or 25%. just to point that out. i think that's the concern some folks are raising. if i may -- the thing that is somewhat difficult in terms of managing these districts, you used the tool in other districts for flat-out limiting number of restaurants, or certain classifications of restaurants perhaps. the situation here is would take that to another level. what i'm hearing is the concern that there are certain types of restaurants that are perceived to be capitalized than others. and that becomes a very difficult -- that's where i think our toolbox doesn't allow us to do that, right? we're not talking formula resale here. we're talking locally owned individual restaurant, who admittedly some businesses have mo

this is in the valencia, part of eastern neighborhoods. it does not have density limitations on group housing. it is principally permited on all levels. we believe the project is complying. that is not to say there are not code issues -- there are not planning issues here. they could be looked at by this commission. president olague: even the density limitations might be something we would consider looking at. scott sanchez: it could be a conditional use, are principally permited, or staff the are -- dr -- there are various ways you could look at it. commissioner antonini: information i would like to have at the very least -- a hearing to discuss not just this project, but the overall concept regarding notification, density, and change of type of use for the inhabitants in the future. president olague: we can definitely invite project sponsors, people who run these types of homes, to give us an insight into how these programs are set up and that sort of thing. commissioner sugaya: if we are going to embark on a broader discussion, i would l

one of the residents of valencia garden said it was so dangerous in this neighborhood, so crime-ridden and drug infested -- and this is when the old valencia garden was there -- and so horrific that an old-timer told me finding a parking space in this neighborhood was never a problem. finding your car when you got back was, and that should be a concern to the people coming to these new restaurants that are being built. in case you haven't noticed in the san francisco papers, the way these prisoners are being released is not because they're good citizens, it's because we have a budget crisis in the state, and we're the ones that they're being forced on. thank you for your time. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i live on in the neighborhood and i'm here to protest for the property at 1731 15th street. i'm an interior designer and architect for 30 years in san francisco and work a lot with builders and developers. as we know, it is very difficult to have permits and review every site. and basically what is bad here, this property is made for 21 rooms, and now it will come to 53 rooms. an

economic development and, echoing some of the concerns you heard last week, around the businesses on the valencia streets, we want to undertake a fuller discussion about how to promote small businesses and help small businesses that is definitely beyond the supervisor's office and would take the assistance and help of the planning department, the office of economic and work-force development, the office of small business development, which i believe supports our legislation, but we want to make sure that fuller discussion is on the screen and that is basically my introductory comments. i would like to thank the staff for preparing the report and being open to working with us to create this legislation. president olague: are you going to be here for a bit? i have some questions for you. i would like to recognize supervisor kim. i have been hearing from members of the community. >> the proposed ordinance would allow them to serve alcoholic beverages along with a full- service restaurant, fast-food restaurant or self-service restaurant integrated with the bowling alley. the mission alcoholic sud was

what they did was after the earthquake, they took these mounds of sand, the valencia st. hill, if you go up market street, you know how it starts to climb? imagine that was a much larger hill. they mined 26 million cubic yards of sand out of theire, and they mixed it with the debris from the fire and they used it to fill basements. so you have sand, ash, pieces of wood, brick. well, the ash is a hazardous material. you come along and used to buy a site at sixth and mission, with the understanding you will demolish the building and build a 50 story building. and you thought you were just going to dig out the sand, the film, and haul it to another site. now you come to find out the material you were going to move at $8 per ton is now going to cost anywhere from $40 to $78 per ton. the has a significant impact -- and has a significant impact on the cost of your project. if you are out on the sunset and vine a single-family home, just have the geotechnical engineer come out and say it is on earth quicksand, the building will probably settle three-quarters of an inch. have the

the morning. certainly, valencia st. would be one of the areas. i am sure that he would love to hear more from you. >> [inaudible] >> i am happy to have that conversation, the problem is that we are down a certain amount of officers. when we spread the time out midnight shift, that is traditionally one that we try to catch up with by the morning. by extending the evening and the crowd, any potential problems with it, we spread our resources thin. at a certain hour, we roll up the sidewalks in san francisco. you are asking us not to roll them up for a while. absent staffing that we would like to have to do that on straight time, that will definitely be an ongoing conversation. hopefully the city recovers more than -- i mean, we are going in the right direction. but we need to replace the bodies that will head for retirement over the next three years. that is in progress. that is the answer to that question. ok? thank you. [applause] >> hello, everyone. you will hear from me a lot. my name is jocelyn kane. next up, scott wiener, the board of supervi

receive a letter notifying me that a mobile food truck wants to use a parking space across the street from valencia gardens that had no information on the 15th street project. i think in comparison that kind of brings to light that we have a situation. if we could go ahead and put that on the agenda. president olague: we talked about having them on the agenda for october, i believe october 21. i forget the date exactly. we also talk to some of the neighbors about having a meeting with mr. sanchez, a more quiet conversation about these things so we do not have three minute rules and the things that prevail here. we will definitely work on those. >> thank you. president olague: thank you. is there additional public comment? seeing none, general public comment is closed. commissioner sugaya: i did have a meeting i should have mentioned with the mayor's office. they filled me in on the activities involved with oscbmc. my question was whether there was discussion in the mayor's office or the agreement they are trying to forge with cpmc regarding psychiatric man's, and he said there was none. i think tha