environmental impact on historic architecture resources and on traffic level on intersection of van ness and pine street those couldn't be impacted below a level there's pursuant to the california quality act sequa in the commission choose to paragraph the project we recommend that the certification of the report are adequate and accurate and the procedures for which the eir comply with the sequa and sequa guidelines and chapter 31 of the administrative code that concludes my presentation. unless you have questions >> thank you. >> good afternoon glen from the department staff for the conditional use authorization the project is 1634 open pine street that incompasses 5 lots on the north side of pine street between van ness and faing within the commercial district and one hundred and thirty height and ball district also within the van ness automobile special use district the project has a 5 year development at the 5 hundred thousand secret plus with one hundred and 16 dwelling units and two ground floor commercial spaces and 2 hundred and one parking space we propose to demolish all the s

project is 1634 open pine street that incompasses 5 lots on the north side of pine street between van ness and faing within the commercial district and one hundred and thirty height and ball district also within the van ness automobile special use district the project has a 5 year development at the 5 hundred thousand secret plus with one hundred and 16 dwelling units and two ground floor commercial spaces and 2 hundred and one parking space we propose to demolish all the site to mrarnl preserve 3 of the existing buildings. i have passed out on awe rot sheet i'd like to go over. the regarding the public notification all dates son the table should read 2014 and not 2011. the public notice was completed for the nc 3 district apparently in the draft motion on page 2 the army portions of lot 7 within the van ness special use district and, in fact, all the lots are within the van ness special automobile use district just to briefly mention the project is not within the van ness special use district but the automobile district. on the draft motion the bicycle parking section is an updated materi

there is congestion on lombard street itself and extends all the way to van ness.ecause of these problems, the mta has already committed to deploy resources to the area so we have about six parking control officers set during the period between memorial day and labor day that are stationed to control traffic in this area of lombard street, both at the foot and top of the of the intersection so it's one of our larger areas. the mta has already committed resources and some of these resources are what we'll be using to do this pilot and rededicate the resources in the summer. there's been concerns as amount of visitors has increased. [inaudible] and crowded intersections has led to safety concerns. there have been injury collisions, including one that occurred in 2011 during july 4, where a 4-year-old girl was hit by a vehicle where she was going down the hill and the driver claimed they lost control of the vehicle. there have been incidents, but overall the street is set up so that vehicles drive through slowly, but as i showed in some of the photos, there are a lot

we find it odd that other building on loma ladder and van ness were not evaluated for example, 200 and 1 union at&t said in april they'll use this for a portion of the coverage like one antenna by edison couldn't answer whether or not through would be an overlap and now they say no, they need it for other coverage a similar situation for the clock tower. in my mind the coverage gap assessment they relied on is inadequate their measurements of the purported service gaps didn't include the 31 octavia that makes their data inadequate you can't measure something that doesn't exist also on may 1st overlap on octavia and union site this is why this is the only possible choice it's clear that adequate analysis has not been done. >> thank you ma'am, our time is up arrest good afternoon. i'm awning drew a resident of san francisco 40 years on octavia straight i'm here to oppose any machines on our are you residential rooftops. commercial industrial hardware will pun i cannot the cluster against our uninterrupted:00 sky a large trans pound situated in the basement of 18 hundred and it's rooftop

into place in february statement and yet i'm president whatever the right thing to happen for 1050 van ness what we had in december or get a what was put out in february to work but standing by that as well so dollars a little bit of a process conflict there. it is a false conflict in the neighborhood. i wanted to say that >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. i'm judy i'm a fan of the march i think it's one of the few intelligent theater companies in san francisco. i've been happy you've set stipulations to protect it as an ongoing entity i'm asking you to deny the rehearing request the basic issue is are the developers working with the marsh and neighborhood. i don't see signs that they are. they said just now that the neighborhood association i heard them speak here you all heard them i recognize you at this point they got up and left i see they came back when we all got up to speak i don't see signs they're interested in hearing us and the only signs for the hours of construction and with stipulations to invite potential new neighbors are designed to protect the marsh and the neigh

sanchez some of the correctly items i'm trying to understand i understand 1930 van ness and also another site dealing with the card collection the problem is if it were for the public it would not be part of the teaching institution is that what it comes down to. >> the property was formerly the mercedes benz he dealership that was first used to store a large number of the cars and also had offices for the institution they subsequentially removed the offices but still have it for the storage of automobiles it's a change of use from the retail use and is a question of working with the academies to determine what they want to do do they want offices there's been discussions of a museum there's signs if you want to see the collection call a number and people do that. it's also used we understand a research library for the students and automobile design program and also the building and the 4 nine hundred van ness across washington it's used by students i understand the inspiration also on their website there's a path forward but to determine how exactly will they intend to use the facility

they approved the project, but recommended the facade closest to van vn van ness also be removed. and i have a couple renderings that i'll pass along for you just to jog your memory and if you have any further questions about the project we're happy to provide those at a future date. that includes my comments and happy to answer any questions. >> commissioners? seeing none we'll move on. >> that'll place you under commission matters, item 3 president's report and announcements. >> i have no official report today. >> item 4, consideration of adoption of draft minutes, april 16, 2014. >> i have a question. for planning staff. we read sadly in the news about marcus books and i was wondering what the procedure was to -- or if there is a local ordinance for plaques. i know we need permission, but if there -- is there an ordinance on the record now that if a building is lands marked that there should be or has to be, shall be a plaque next to the building that the landmarked or -- can you shed some light on that? i'm not sure about that. >> sure. time fry, department staff. there's no d

cbd boundaries david chiu went through, [speaker not understood], van ness over to larkin, there are a couple small little parks as you can see on this map. this would be the large cpmc hospital project which is coming in. the reason that was included within the boundaries is because there is a natural bridge that will be go underneath the street to connect with the medical center which is on the other side of the block at geary between van ness and polk. couple project highlights. we look at 35.8% as supervisor chiu said are the property owners petition in favor. the number was actually higher than that. the number was actually 37.5. a couple petitions came back with typos. we took those out. so, we got a very good, very large number people [speaker not understood] in the special assessment district. surveys, we sent out to over 2,500 property owners. 80% of those property owners surveyed felt the current conditions of the neighborhood were negatively affecting their business or property. also the survey results, 65% of the people surveyed were also interested in getting more involv

that unanimously and places you on item 15 item 14 has been continued and the next case at the 777 van ness street is a public informational hearing to review the inclines of continues >> good afternoon this is an informational discussion of the business operations at the 77 van ness street perkins approval for the conditional hearing for the business operations this continues a live microscopic venue and an outdoor activity area that opened in 2013 and the outdoor activities opened that on a few times basis thereafter and there's two conditions the first one is excessive noise complaints from neighborhoods from patron noise think the street and open doors and i woulding vehicle noise ass and the recircling the garbage the other xooedz the hours including the trash picks up are occurring outside and the community staff has worked the neighbors to solve the concerns and continued conversation will be necessary to reduce the noise as a requirement they did a followup noise study in march of 2014 which found the noise didn't exceed the ambient amount of the noise that concludes my presentation

all the subsequent decisions have undermined that no one is happy with the 4 stories and the van ness set back but we have the opportunity to give the project sponsor the 12 stories and not to mention the equipment that needs to run to the roof. the statement that the neighbors have not been involved the fact we're outnumbered by the supports of the marsh is no reason to say there hadn't been dozens of us attending multiply hearings to draw a nice line between preservation of the san francisco's historic resources and the development of housing for the increased populations envisioned in the city plan. i urge you to reconsider and go back to the desz decision. i think it's the wisest plan for all. thank you >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you for giving me a couple couple of moms i'm a fourth-generation san franciscan i live in the neighborhood and have a history with performance art i helped to create two landmarks in san francisco. the most important thing when we created them was communication and working with the neighbors. at joe sisters we had 10 years without a

i only had to stop one time, really fast trip, probably less than 15 minutes from our office at van ness and market to 24th and folsom, so great, low cost project, but can really make a big difference in cycling. lots of great to stuff to report out. it was a great bike to work day. thanks to everybody that participated in that. last week [inaudible] we changed our service plan a fair bit. big credit to muni in particular, as well as our folks in the enforcement division. a number of changes that i think saved us a little bit of money but helped us better move people. we tried express service on the fulton corridor. i think all in all, a pretty good outcome for everybody trying to participate or just spectate, which lots of folks do. it happened on a day where we also had a baseball game and didn't have any issues in managing those two events as well as the street closures up at the end -- north end of the city for another sporting event. you may have heard we're piloting reconfiguration of seats on a light rail vehicle, at the request of breed and wiener, who have been getting complaint

i don't diss disput the fact that sometimes it backs down to van ness because i've seen it that far. we've had the situation along with that, it would have been nice to see some numbers because when we say we do a pilot we have something to compare it again. my concern is -- you know, how do we ever resolve the problem where people park to take pictures. do we really address that issue down there too? i feel sympathetic to the residents who live in that area that have to face that everyday, so i'm in support of it also. >> i'm generally supportive, but i'd like the idea of a taxi exemption. i also think the fact that it's 12:00 to 6:00, if somebody's life won't be complete without driving down that street, they can go before noon or after 6:00. i think the safety issues are definitely worth considering doing this project and see whag it does. and it's probably cost neutral since we have the parking control officers out there already, we're just changing the traffic flow so i think we're going to modify it before we make a motion? >> i just want to make one quick point or comment, que

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san francisco department of public out towards their displeasure at what grins on van ness and eddie. location or inspectors observed it must feces on shelves and floors of the sales area including inner on children's stuffed toys and food stores shows. this says the store is closed and reopened this past friday it has control has found not one to mice but more than two dozen it captured 17 mice. the second mass trappings we caught seven and then last night because three. >> : walking to that store shopper took this picture and was told by an employee the material was used to help with the rodent problem last night and on and on an unidentified source told us that they seem rodents at this walgreen's their attorney. airline supporting on on of >> : their last month and are rejected as chairman paul tun walgreen's closed by health department. there's no place for mr. beyer food is not good. not least one wall grins manager says changes are being made. >> : contended merchandise that they saw putting a marchioness and leaving them on the shelves must not be able to access it. now walgre

established businesses on van ness and the 24th corridor in the 1940s when it began to expand but what's important to the cord is the whole chicano movement as well as the latinos in the labor market that was the leadership of abel gonzales in establishing a road into the local 261 i want to hear right now, we're involved in a partnership with the san francisco heritage sorry. and we're continuing to document these events thank you inspires >> thank you very much and by the way, reading the resolution you learn a lot about the history of the mission and the state of california. now it is my honor to introduce ms. smith from the san francisco american. i'm sorry. and i want to say that the support of sf heritage is institutional in getting us to this part >> thank you supervisor campos heritage is proud to work with the latino historical society and the mayor's office and your office in drafting this resolution and thank you for taking this essential first step to recognizing the significance of the community. heritage contributed to the information found in the resolution much of which i

to within a half-mile and the clustering of the studios can be attributed to the larger areas of van ness and geary as well as the availability of transit assessment with more controls in the is nc 3 district that's a in all fit to be located at a nearby shop. based on the staff carbon dioxide survey there are 4 hundred plus ground floor uses that appear to be formula retail uses. approximately 10 percent of the linear is occupied and half it two wall green house and the staff has identified 4 retail users and approximately 22 percent of the ground floor within the cdc can be categories staff has received 7 additional letters and signatures in opposition and 5 in support. member of the public have concerned it's two competitive to withstand or not a good fit for the neighborhood it welcomes the smoke shops and others who have had a positive response to the shores they recommend approval the project will activate a commercial space with a positive use that operates from 8 to 10:00 p.m. and the formula retails spades will not increases it's less than 12 percent. the nc d frontage occupied w

at the gas station is a good move i'm interested in a modern building meeting the intersection of van ness and pine as riptd so the rightly of the elements are in the mid block of pine across the street that's citizenly down an important thing for me in seeing how this developer worked the community but simultaneously on the corner of clay and vaep that project is a great project i couldn't be happier so if this developer works with the same architect and labor crew this is going to be a win-win. encourage all commissioners so those two things coming together i'm in strong support and move to approve that the - we have 3 portion to the approval >> there are 3 portions the first should be taken separately for the environmental impact report and sequa to adapting is. >> i'll take the first service the eir and most to the other two approve the project. >> commissioner sugaya. >> yes. i'm in sympathy with commissioner hillis's attitude i've never found a facade to be a successful solution if you go to tell the truth and folsom there's the facade of a former industrial building didn't work. oth

one notes it in terms of standards that in realities and van ness cover the curb to curb widths on many streets with parking with parking are 24 to 28 feet. they have lots of buildings greater than 4 stories and greater. 24 to 28 feet. the standard for new streets in vancouver very purposely and those people the standards for the new streets is vancouver is 3 meters per lane less than 10 feet 3 meters per lane. octavia is a interesting to note the side access radios are 18 feet. we had a problem with that they're two feet two wide the traffic goods two faster on them. the minute i saw they builds them two feet two wide and i called the chief traffic person in vancouver where they were doing a multi way boulevard we had designed and he lowered it by 2 feet. there are - >> mr. jack's in terms of comparing to others cities you mentioned vancouver my understanding is that new york city and boston have departments of 18 feet to 20 feet clear and seattle and portland are 80 feet clear. >> that's correct. >> if there's automatic sprinkling sprinkling in the building. >> there are more and more

call the next two items this is item 4a and b which are the hearing requests the subject project on van ness street it's from the permit holder for the appeals and also received a letter from the appellants attorney. numbered 1397 and 98 both matters were decided at the time the board voted to uphold all permits and adapt the findings with revisions as stated a that the ground floor commercial space be limited as defined by san francisco planning code and the entitlement as the density be maintained and c there is setbacks of 10 to 12 feet depending on the articulated opinion of the sponsor. we're hearing those together and we'll start with the project sponsor requester gentlemen you have filed 4 hearing requests and have 12 minutes to present >> good evening mark permit holder we're asking for the appeal i'll do the first one and then we're asking for the appeal based on new evidence and b restrictions imposed on the project were predicted an false and misleading testimony and the rules were violated exhibit a the march be building does have sound proving something that's been denied. the a

highlights of that letter as part of that we issued a notice of violation on two properties one on van ness and it used to be the mercedes dealership and we issued a notice of violation on taylor street this is a property we brought to the commission but their application was withdrawn prior to the hearing this can't be legalized at this location so and a we issued an updated violation notice they've been using this as a gym for the academy this was previously the dbi not the building intersection but a beer sdrsht as industrial use and a letter of determination on had a street a property nearby this was a request from the academy it was used as an office use, however, the use even if property was an institutional use they have the core functions of an institution they have scholarship offices for students 7 percent 40 increasingly street was another review whether or not the use was illegal at this location and we actually determined it's legal so that has been removed and 61 howard street we have a notice of violation of bennet penalty but the academy seized the use of the property in 201

to within a half-mile and the clustering of the studios can be attributed to the larger areas of van ness and geary as well as the availability of transit assessment with more controls in the is nc 3 district that's a in all fit to be located at a nearby shop. based on the staff carbon dioxide survey there are 4 hundred plus ground floor uses that appear to be formula retail uses. approximately 10 percent of the linear is occupied and half it two wall green house and the staff has identified 4 retail users and approximately 22 percent of the ground floor within the cdc can be categories staff has received 7 additional letters and signatures in opposition and 5 in support.

the other point i raised and it's not easy within the van ness district we have the ability to enforce a more staggered building configuration when it comes to addressing the alley we want to address the cross sections where people don't walk on the busy thoroughfares but to move in an east, west direction those reports were not addressed i'm pointing out because in the a challenge we had and the other issue i'd like to ask the zoning administer on the upper floors of penthouse floor the penthouse roof i don't see an elevator it has to come out somewhere the roof itself would have something on top of u take off i top of the elevator and then transfer floor and it doesn't come through the roof escape is disappears so there's information missing and last but not least while i appreciate mr. the gentleman's implication of the facade i think the west facade is a problematic facade. if you would look at drawing pr 5 in front of you we're basically dealing with a facade order that primarily relies on windows on property lines. all of those windows are property line windows relating large sur

to be turned to june 12, 2014, from a reof supervisor campos office and item 2 at the 722 south van ness avenue is proposed to june 12, '47. i have no other items proposed for continuance and no speaker card >> any public comment seeing none, public comment is closed. >> not yet ma'am, we'll call you under general public comment. >> commissioner sugaya. i move to continue those to the dates >> commissioners, on that motion to june 12th. commissioner antonini pr commissioner borden. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fong and commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes amazing 7 to zero and places you under our consent calendar and routine commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, the public, or staff so requests cafe and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. item 3. case q at the seven hundred street and item 4 at the 545 request for xhvgs request requests for condominium conversion there are no speaker cards >> any public comment on the consent calendar. okay. seei

know how pending it is but the brt could we have a short memo on both what has been developed along van ness in how many years i i know there are ones closer to here for example, o 1 at sutter street and whether there's a projection of things to be revealed at this point. >> sure happy the plan is 20 years old. >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah. i read the same article john king the marlow is interesting building but doesn't really very context ridicule with the street and the towers they did a good job of blending in but it's a matter of taste but it's interesting that, you know, i'm very supportive of what commissioner sugaya asked for i think we need to know what's happening with the bus rapid transit hopefully light rail and the street being reconfigured. >> commissioners commissioners, if there's nothing further item 6 directors announcements. >> i was going to talk about what happened yesterday at the preservation commission preservation staff started a progress of looking at a local interpretation of the secretary of interior standards basic to take the standards to more san francisco