are we assuming that 10 south van ness is off the table? >> 10 south van ness is pursuing an s.u.d. that will have them produce a higher rate. >> supervisor safai: that's the honda dealership. so then 111, 260 and 344 14th street -- i'm sorry. what i was going to say is, and this is what i brought up last time, and i think i heard you say this in your presentation, the application dates that they submitted

are we assuming that 10 south van ness is off the table? >> 10 south van ness is pursuing an s.u.d. that will have them produce a higher rate. >> supervisor safai: that's the honda dealership. so then 111, 260 and 344 14th street -- i'm sorry. what i was going to say is, and this is what i brought up last time, and i think i heard you say this in your presentation, the application dates that they submitted are all pre-date -- i mean they are three years or older. specific circumstances, i know you said historic. i know you said that each one was working through a series of amendments, and when i look at the math, and then the last one you gave, which was 344 14th street, you said that in the meantime they were applying for the state density bonus, which would increase them up to almost 16.5%. >> that's right. >> 111 turk and 262 7th street. the difference between the grandfathered rate and today would be three or four units. i'd be interested to hear from the project sponsors. >> i believe they are here. >> supervisor safai: as to how that factors into their overall pro forma and th

i live on van ness avenue. and i sit on a -- the community advisory committee that gets updates on the state of the van ness repairs. my suggest on this excellent thing you are doing on the advisory committee, is intersect with s.f. walk, but also, you know, i would be glad to carry some of the ideas that you are coming up with to that committee. it is like the muni advisory committee on this. and wire c-- we're constantly talking about the sidewalks. we're trying to explain what it's like to be a resident going through this five-year thing on van ness and how hard it is for seniors to navigate. this is a right-on issue. and so it's -- it always helps to have advocacy from different groups. and if they could be -- if the group i'm sitting on is the one that talks of construction and things like that and asks for repairs, things like that, we can perhaps be effective together. >> that sounds good to me. >> it's just a strategy. i think it does point to a lot of people throughout the city, but especially the peop

similar case for 1515 south van ness. they are just not as far in the site permit process as we would expect for them to have their permit issued by the deadline. same case for the other projects i mentioned. >> one project you mentioned, 140 main just got entitled may 24, 2018, so the 18 months will be a significant -- >> you're right. perhaps one of my colleagues from planning has more information why that project is in our question mark column. >> supervisor safai: you also said 524 howard, which was entitled may 17, 2018. >> i think those are both unique scenarios, if carle could share more. >> 430 main is under appeal, i believe, and 524 howard -- >> supervisor tang: 430 main is not under appeal. we settled appeal. in fact, we didn't even hear it. >> okay, we'll update the dates on that. the 18 months would help 430 main. >> that should be off the risk list. >> 524 howard after seeking with the assigned planner, they are pursuing their site permit. it's just taking a little longer. i think they were exploring a coupl

: this is south van ness? >> well, this is city hall. 1 south van ness and market right next to the bank of america building. >> co-chair blacksten: ok, excellent. so let's see, are there any other comments from staff? i know nicole is on staff and has been talking. anyone else? >> no other comments. >> co-chair blacksten: this has been very good. i really appreciate that. i will be personally putting november 5 on my calendar and i know we'll do our best to work with you. so we want to thank you for making this presentation. >> thank you for inviting me. >> co-chair blacksten: all right. any other comments from the bridge line? no, i don't hear any. i think we have one speaker card? >> we have two actually. >> co-chair blacksten: ok, the first. >> tiffany? >> hi this is tiffany i wanted to make a comment that i'm really excited to see this partnership happening, because part of the reason why i live in san francisco is because of these emerging technologies. and i really think we're at the forefront of it. so

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. >> commissioners item nine. 1348 south van ness avenue. certificate of appropriateness. >> good afternoon, commissioners i am from planning. before you is a request for certificate of appropriateness to make exterior and interior alterations to 1348 south van ness avenue. also known as the franklin stone house. located on the west side of south van ness avenue between 24 th street and 25th street. the property asante landmark number 34. the scope of work includes the removal of a one-story rear addition in the construction of a new one-story rear addition. the construction of a new carport and deck in the rear yard, modifications to the existing rear friends, the installation of two new skylights at the rear of the roof, and interior alterations at all levels. the proposed work will be in conformance of the requirements of article ten and the cystic -- secretary of the interior interior his standards for rehabilitation. we find although the rear addition that is proposed to be removed potentially dates the house initial construction, no in

>> sure, i believe it's 651 geary street, 1515 south van ness, 519 ellis street, 2140 market, and then possibly 524 howard and 430 main. >> supervisor safai: can you say that again slower? 430 main, i got it. >> 430 main, 524 howard. >> supervisor safai: wait a second, please. >> sure. >> supervisor safai: 524 -- okay. >> 2140 market. >> supervisor safai: okay. >> 519 ellis. >> supervisor safai: okay. >> 1515 south van ness. >> supervisor tang: i keep debating, but they committed to 25% affordable housing. >> they did, but that's not in their conditions of approval, so we're just going into what's grandfathered for them. >> supervisor tang: i see. >> supervisor safai: i'm sorry, 15 -- >> 1515 south van ness. >> supervisor safai: okay. >> and 651 geary. >> supervisor safai: and you feel like these will -- what are the reasons why you don't believe they will meet the 18-month deadline? is it because these were all -- >> based on their entitlement dates, we project 18 months out from that, so i believe in the spreadsheet you have before you, you can see 651 geary was entitled on july 7th

for something else. >> i'm here with john francis pavement to parks manager and this parklet on van ness street first of all, what is a parklet and part of pavement to parks program basically an expense of the walk in a public realm for people to hang anti nor a urban acceptable space for people to use. >> parklets sponsors have to apply to be considered for the program but they come to us you know saying we want to do this and create a new space on our street it is a community driven program. >> the program goes beyond just parklets vacant lots and other spaces are converted we're here at playland on 43 this is place is cool with loots things to do and plenty of space to play so we came up with that idea to revitalizations this underutilized yard by going to the community and what they said want to see here we saw that everybody wants to see everything to we want this to be a space for everyone. >> yeah. >> we partnered with the pavement to parks program and so we had the contract for building 236 blot community garden it start with a lot of jacuzzi hammers and bulldozer and now the poi

the building at south van ness convey a significance under of under california registered criteria one and two. i'll move on to summarize the impacts under the draft related to historic resources. the proposed project in the variety will include demolition of the existing building. the building is eligible, the demolition will impair the significance of the historical resource. it will cause adverse impact. the draft included this can be a significant project impact under ceqa. one measure has been identified to address this exact which priors the project sponsor to take a survey and have documentation of the property including measure drawings and a report to create documentation of the building, to make available print on demand book. this mitigation measure would reduce the severity of the project level impact to the existing individual resource but not to a significant level. it would remain significant. impacts to off site resources are considered to be less than significant. briefly, i'll go over the alternatives that we developed. they analyzed five arrivals including no project

the concerts will be along the van ness corridor. we continue to lead the civic center plaza tree-lighting event and just a little plug for this year, it's wednesday, december 5th and the dancing christmas trees are confirmed f i'll leave you with our dispatch information for the office. thank you. >> thank you so much. and actually when you do your central markets presentation, i may ask you about both c.b.d.s together. >> sounds good. >> thank you. >> i'm so sorry. supervisor brown has a question. >> yes. >> so, i know when you talk about safety and having all the services go out for the homeless individuals, one of the things that i've been noticing and the neighborhood and hayes valley is because of the, you know, the comments in that area has been cleaned up a lot and i love it. it's beautiful. what is happening in hayes valley is they feel that the homeless are being pushed over. they're experiencing the problems that come with having a large homeless population being pushed into their neighborhoods that they've never experienc

the director of real estate to authorize a lease extension for real property at 755 and 759 south van ness avenue for office space and adjacent parking lot with aim for four-year extension term at the base rent of $45,000 for a total annual base rent of $541,000. >> president cohen: same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted. >> clerk: item 20, retroactively approved the fifth amendment between public works and jc decaux for the automatic public toilet to extend the term by 105 days through january 25, 2019. >> president cohen: same house, same call? this resolution is adopted. >> clerk: item 21, resolution to authorize the police department or sfpd to expend boating safety equipment grant from california department of parks and division of boating and waterways for sfpd's marine unit for october 21, 2018, to september 30, 2019. >> president cohen: same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted. next item. >> clerk: resolution to approve a contract amendment for uncompensated reimbursement between health advocates llc and department of public

all the buildings at geary and van ness, the west side of clay and larkin. these buildings have no soul. nothing to look at. the developers and architects have decision regarded their duty to have an exterior that adds to the beauty of the city instead of crushing it. ceqa doesn't consider the dimension, but most of us know better. the planning commission has not appreciated my comments, but the public -- >> president cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> all these projects that we're displacing the original nationality is not gentrification, it's discrimination based on geographical location. this is supposed to be 170 h-un apartment complex, same technique that you use in your system. one demonstration that was made by the president, you came out with an a.p.i. scale of the incomes. and made it a bulletin poster sized and turned it to your colleagues. and then you have one of your co-workers, aides, pointing to 55% of the income of the people that would be able to afford to live in the apartment building complex. i believe that came to $44,400. and then you d

assistance of ooh wd market nad to our perch ants that are struggling with the construction on the van ness corridor as well as the polk street corridor. we installed planter boxes in austin, hemlock and cedar allies to make them cleaner and greener. we pressure washed blocks and conducted daily outreach to our homeless population and made runs of referrals to other community-based organizations like lava may, glide, saint anthony and st. martin. we also provided access to clean and monitored rest rooms. it was on a trailer hitch we dragged through the allies overnight to give people a clean, safe place to relief rele themselves and give our crew a break from some of the deluge of clean up on a daily basis. finally we installed murals in hemlock alley that beautify the neighborhood, provide an opportunity for community building. they also deter graffiti. on the administration front, we secured and renovated a long-term office space at 1170 sutter street. it is a storefront and also a base for our cleaning operation. we ensure the day-to-day success of the program and we work with the city o

in 1906, the day after the earthquake and fire the united states navy show up at the foot of van ness here with 1,000 firefighters and five miles of hose. they used those massive desem engines to pump the saltwater that stopped the fire or we would have lost the entire western edition only 14% of the city was saved. in 1989 a system created in 1906 the auxiliary water supply and portable water supply system that went online six days before the earthquake saved a repeat. for the fire department pumped 5.5 million-gallons of saltwater to stop the fire. you have one you have the biggest housing units in the city. there are six engine companies and 24 firefighters and 10 people. no saltwater, no diesel pumps. we expect 34 firefighters to stop the fire in the sun set richmond district that is impossible. the bodies lost in paradise and the camp fire were horrified 83 people were killed. we lost 500 people on sixth street between howard and harrison who burned alive when there was no water to stop the fire. the only thing to stop the fire is massive diesel pumps and saltwater. these young f

the 47 van ness and the 83x mid market express that stop and lay over on the north side of townshend street will be rerouted to the buses can stop and lay over on the proposed block-long sidewalk and loading island as shown in this rendering. so this is the most unique feature of this project. and between fourth and fifth street there's a block-long raised sidewalk island. this concrete island will protect the bike way which will run along the fence line while providing a place for pick ups and drop offs to happen. there's a extension of this island expanding the wid ith allowing for faster muni space. all of the travel lanes will be shifted north to accommodate the bike way and sidewalk island so all the of the parking and loading on the north side of the block will be removed. in its place a post protected bike way will be built for the westbound direction. we are adding new passenger loading zones around the area to disburse the loading activity. new passenger loading zones will be on the west side of fourth street between townshend and king at front door of cal train as well as o