i no longer shop on van ness. for van ness specifically, that project we did the open for business campaign. there's an ad campaign on our buses quarterly that speaks to coming to the corridor and highlighting if it's entertainment, the nightlife. we did have signage up to point people to where the businesses are. and we can even have banners that say this business is open. and so this project is unique in that it's constantly moving. there's different sequencing happening on both sides of the street. where parking can open and there are times that construction is not going on. signs are up saying no parking. once we see there's no construction, we're able to place a call and within an hour we can have those parking spaces reopened. >> thank you. i think you're speaking to the actual conditions on the ground and how our office can play a role. i think our role is to hear from the merchants and relay the message to the project lead, which in this case is the sfmta. i think because of the close collaboration that ou

when you look at van ness, right now we have three proposed uses for storing automobiles on van ness. no museum license no plan for any way for the community to go in and view the collection like you can at stanford and uc berkeley or other places that have university museums. but simply to warehouse them. so our first request is there should only be one licensed museum. and it doesn't even have a license. there should be a program students should be trained, community members should be trained. they should be open to the community. this can create a vibrant street for use. this other two proposals for the existing bakery it doesn't need to be additional car storage and another paint shop. i don't know how many students can be painting automobiles. two automobile paint shops on van ness is ridiculous. that should be classrooms. it is a historic building. 950 van ness does not need to remain car storage. and when you consider 950 van ness is across the street from a hospital that has 2200 employees has no staff parking none. they have a vibrant -- for the academy to say they have to ha

going from south to north they are 1142 van ness a private community facility, 1948 van ness former retail and 2550 former a hotel. and just to reiterate that there are nine properties being withdrawn from academy use. perhaps notable of which is 1055 pine street which contains residential rooms and cannot be used as student housing moving forward. i know that is a brief overview of the properties involved and the work to be performed. so if there are any questions about specific properties you may have myself and other members of the department are happy to answer those. very quickly, i want to touch on the you public comment that has been received with regard to the development agreement and applications. commissioners i provided you with copies of via e-mail and a hard copy. largely received after publishing of the staff report. staff received 51 e-mails from neighbors in the vicinity of 1900 jackson street opposed to the finance of this building. staff received a letter from the van ness corridor neighborhood coalition, specifically commenting on the proposed uses along the corridor in

one other big note for san francisco, flooding reported in the muni metro, between church and van ness. there's track issues so they have to use bus bridges in place and b.a.r.t. will provide mutual aid. >> good to know there. >>> headed into the weekend, we have to get through this rain as well. thanksgiving tomorrow. >> a lot of people are traveling today for the weekend, and i wanted to show you what it looks like across the state, as many people start to hit the roads and so we are still going to have that heavy snow coming down in the sierra, and look at the lightning strikes, those are live lightning icons popping up here on mostly the offshore waters, but could work into the bay area as well as other parts of california today. as we take a closer look, if you're about to head out the door, most of the rain is across the bay moving over toward the east bay, and then we'll have another storm coming in on sunday, and this may affect you coming back to the bay area, or trying to get out and about and enjoy the weekend. for the sierra we'll see the snow getting a little bit lighter t

they should be forced to build s and van ness. they have all these opportunitye educational sites on van ness a. 625 polk street is within walkif california hall. california hall is a nice build. i'm glad they are doing rehab o. i don't object at all to califo. but having an opportunity, havit they build housing in the futurt have a site is ridiculous. if they have a site right now, e part of the california automobi. i got my car tested all the tim. so it is a site that as they de, there's so much housing being b, built already right now becaused this as a city as a housing are. and it's a huge site right nextt housing that's being built by ty of music, which is an art insti. so i would ask you to, one, fige disability issues are dealt wit. don't kick it down the road to e with it and then oh, things hav. if you are approving a cu, you e plans. if the plans don't comply with y should be changed. two, don't let 150 hayes, put ce building that are real, that thf load a building and strike it ra building. this has gone -- i want the

for a proposed ground lease of city real property at 155 grove street, 165 grove street, and 240 van ness avenue (assessor's parcel block no. 0811, lot nos. 016, 019 and 021), with an annual lease payment of $15,000, under the jurisdiction of the real estate division, subject to several conditions; affirming the planning department's determination under the ceqa; adopting the planning department's findings that the transaction contemplated by the ena is consistent with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.1, and that the transaction contemplated by the ena is not defined as a project under ceqa guidelines, sections 15378 and 15060(c)2, subject to city's discretionary approval after the completion of environmental review; and authorizing the director of property to execute documents, make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of the ena and this resolution, as defined herein. >> thank you. before you is a property across the street on grove. the city owns a t-shaped property consisting of 240 vanness, 155 and 165 grove stre

is my understanding. >> you would not be able to access van ness. but herman is one of those streets we want to look at. it could be right for traffic coming. >> so again every time we make a change as everybody pointed out there's that ripple effect where we have to continue to look out but just because what is in front of us deals mostly with page street and somewhat with haight street, that doesn't mean we are done. we all know it's a moving puzzle that we continue to look at it so again, thank you so much for the work that you and your staff have done on this. it's been really eye-opening to hear all the comments and everything. so i'll move to approve. >> director heinicke. >> you got a second already? >> we have a second? >> i wanted to ask some questions. first of all to the folks who came down here and shared with us their neighborhood experience, it's very moving. i've known mr. black for decades now and i've never heard him speak so passionately about a civic item. so that meant a lot to me. and those of you who took time to help your neig

we've talked about the choke points in the system at van ness west portal. this is something that will affect all three of those right? because if we are crossing trains at west portal, that's fewer training going into the circle. if we are not putting a train into the system at van ness, that relieves that congestion a

. >> welcome back to 49 south van ness. we are excited to show you around today as we have now topped out and we are well underway for construction. >> early in june this year, we had a topping out ceremony. it was the very last steel beam that was placed at the roof penthouse level. we had a number of speakers who came to join us. >> it was a great event and we can't wait to show you what is going on inside. [♪] >> what has happened in the last year is steel construction is now topped out at the top. down below us, as you can see, as a full foundation. the basement is almost complete. we have concrete, we have steel, we have framing, we have a little bit of everything. to get started, i would love to walk you through what we call the form. it is a really exciting new way to get from here into 49 south then ness. >> it is a new public open space that cuts through the walking allows people to walk through there and gives the civic building three or more ways to be connected to this really big block. [♪] >> we are in the pavi

we've talked about the choke points in the system at van ness west portal. this is something that will affect all three of those right? because if we are crossing trains at west portal, that's fewer training going into the circle. if we are not putting a train into the system at van ness, that relieves that congestion and we know very well, if -- if you have fewer js you relieve pocket congestion. i think this is very exciting. i'm encouraged do hear the supervisor from the district is open to it. i'm glad you are planning it. i would urge you to go forward with it. i think this is something that is easy to test and could have a very very significant impact on the reliability of our service. >> thank you. >> okay. that closes item number 7. would you please call item number 12 and be advised i'm going to take public comment out of order. >> thank you. execute contract modifications. contract 201319 procurement of new light rail vehicles. operator cap featuring engineering refinements that improve fleet performance to accelerate fleet replacement with no incr

she mentioned t city's purchase on south van ness and mission which will be permanent affordable care act housing. emergency rental insurance as well and a right to counsel so if people are getting victimized, they'll have proper legal representation. >>> a review of the 49ers after a scary situation involving a fan. >>> with daylight saving time a few hours away, you're old iphone might not work by tomorrow am what you need to do to make sure that doesn't happen. >>> people in the north bay were rattled by earthquakes this morning. it hit just after 7:00 this morning. that quake was centered near the guysers on the northern perimeter of the kincade fire. then three and a half hours later a smaller 2.9 quake struck just west of cob cobb. >>> the 49ers are reviewing how they use fireworks after a fan was injured during a game. te national anthem fireworks and a couple, a gol ball-sized piece of debris hit a fan on the shoulder. part, quote, red minor injuries. while this has been described to us as a rare incident, the safety of our patrons is our ultimate priority. we will continue to

nowhere more evident than van ness avenue. traffic lanes is years behind schedule. the construction has driven small business owners out of business. this man may lose his market as well. >> almost 60% of the businesses are dpon. >> all these issues facing the new transportation czar, not to mention a labor shortage of muni operators. last year alone 400 vacant positions. tumlin says that's a critical problem. >> i want to have conversations about how do we make sure that we are paying every employee a living wage. >> we asked muni riders what message they'd like to send to him. >> i would like the bus toss come at regular intervals rather than have it chaotic timing. >> they're always breaking down, that's one thing. >> the quality of service overall. >> reporter: the board of directors of sfmta will formally appoint him at its meeting on monday. vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> thank you very much. >>> a different kind of airbnb option. this one is the first of its kind and it's happening in san jose. >>> google gets into the banking business. there's one big reason why.

the proposal is to move most of the institutional impacts on the van ness avenue and the surrounding corridors, which we are, in general, feel very positive about because we feel it is a large institutional transit corridor they can take, but there's a lot of details around each building and each cites that we would want to comment on. we would also want to repair -- prepare a document and bring speakers. we would really very much appreciate an extension until december 12th. thank you. >> thank you. i do have another public speaker card. and then anyone else who wants to provide public comment on the continuance calendar, please do so now. [calling names] >> thank you. i'm sorry about my dress, i was literally notified of this yesterday and given notice this morning. i am a property owner at 1834, 1836, 1842 rove street. to let you know, i find a very interesting. i have been working in construction and building development for the better part of 35 years. this first time yesterday that i heard about this project. i have not received any notification of it. i find it very interesting

building at 1776 green street was built in 1914 as auto repair garage associated with repair on van ness avenue in the early 20th century. the front elevation retains historic characteristics. this block of green street includes two to three unit residential i don' units publick and commercial section of union street. we have three residential units. we feel the density and scale is appropriate for the neighborhood and this block in particular. the new masses is to respond to the much taller and eastern neighbor and smaller structure to the rest. the two prosed addition is -- proposed addition is back 20 feet and it further reduces mass from green street. the rhythm of the three bays is to become meto be successfully. we look at the piers. the restoration including the 1933 renovation along with doors and windows with those in the original drawing. as you can see from the street perspective. the structure is minimally visible into the surrounding context. the walls of the existing structure encompass the site. the current commercial use fills the entire footprint. proposal is to change t

runners started on van ness between fort mason and aquatic park, ending at ghirardelli square.ere are some street closures. expect some delays. they try to end it early, i think they said they have a running. >>> it's nice out there right now. if you slept through the chilly numbers, right now we're in the upper 50s in santa cruz going for 73 today. so how about a november beach day? if not, otherwise plenty of 70s, slightly cooler on the peninsula and at the coast. how much cooler? not much. but we will talk about, if we can see any full week of november, that's coming up next. >>> the shorthanded warriors show fight in an inspired effort against the hornets. chris alvarez has the highlights. come try my really big chicken two patties for $4.99, or three for $5.99, or four for $6.99. that's an amazing deal, jack! hey, thanks, stanley. ow. ...wait, what's happening? stanley! you're deflating! hold me, jack! only at jack in the box. shouldn't they go to prison for as long as the law allows? chesa boudin said he wouldn't seek maximum sentences as district attorney, even for murde

nowhere is that more evident than on van ness avenue. a project for express bus and traffic lanes is years behind schedule. the construction driven small business owners out of business. this man may lose his market as well. >> almost 60% of the businesses gone. >> all these issues facing the new transportation czar. not to mention a labor shortage of muni operators. last year alone, 400 vacant psitions. tumlin says that's a critical problem. >> i want to have conversations about how do we make sure that we are paying every sfmt employee a living wage. >> reporter: well, the board of directors will formally appoint tumlin on monday at his meeting. vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. a project to build a better oakland has been delayed again. officials broke ground back in 2016. the buses were scheduled to start running next month. now it's looking like it won't be until march of 2020. ac transit officials say there have been a series of quote, unforeseen construction -- >>> the subject of disruptions, protesters may try for a fourth time

negotiating agreement between the city mercy housing for surplus city property on grove street and van ness avenue. we are reporting on this because the negotiating agreement does set the rent for the future ground lease which is subject to board approval of 15,000 per year. considering this to be low market rent. it is consistent with the city policy to have ground lease set in these terms. we will be reporting further on this project when it comes forward for the actual ground lease including any kind of city finance that might be added to the project. we recommend approval of this resolution. >> thank you very much. >> if it comes back to final approval for the ground lease, at a later date, is that the term that at 15,000? so we are being made aware of what the ground leases being proposed that we still have to prove it at a later date gulf that is correct. >> okay, i happen to, two nights before this made public i happened to bump into a family that was talking about what the city was doing on behalf of the disabled community and what we could do to build more housing and more accessib

delays from church to van ness. inbound trains will switch back at church. and they are providing bus shuttles this morning. >> thank you, jobina. we'll have more on the storm in a second. first there's heavy police presence outside a home in lafayette. an ambulance was seen leaving this location with a police car trailing behind it. we're trying to confirm reports this is a possible home invasion and robbery. you can see officers around a suitcase there in the middle of the street. we reached out to lafayette police for details, we'll let you know as soon as we get more information. >>heads up if your holiday travel takes you through oakland international airport. >> it feels like things have calmed down a bit, but last night it was chaos because a power outage left security down, flights were unable to arrive and depart on time. lauren martinez has more on what it looks like this morning. >> it looks busy, those that had canceled flights from last night are rebooked for this morning. it appears everything is running smoothly and on time but it's so busy. t

they asked us to articulate what's happening at 49 south van ness, at the one-stop permitting center. a feeling that our ncds seem out out of date. they asked how can they be reflective of today's needs. and they asked for a better and more proactive communication. they said that they don't know what we're doing, they don't know what resources exist. and they feel like they've given each department their contact info, yet none of us know how to get in touch with them. they want more resources from us. they don't need technical assistance, they don't need money. they need to understand how to comply. they need to understand what tools we have, so that they can just continue to operate. so these are commitments back to the community. if you are operating a business, our goal is to simplify and reduce your payments, to make compliance easier, to improve communication, to create new resources for your business, and to allow for business model flexibility. if you're a new business our goal is to reduce the time it takes to open, provide clear pathways from idea, when you come to the office

southbound 01 from van ness avenue to sfo 11 minutes. southbound 101 sfo to 29, five minutes and southbound 101 from 92 to shoreline boulevard only nine minutes. let's take you to the east bay, tapping in to all the commuters, i got the time. southbound 680 from 58 to to vargas road about ten minutes. northbound 238 from 58 to 880, two minutes. southbound 238 to highway 84 ten minutes and northbound 101 from highway 85 in san jose to highway 87 about 12 minutes. northbound 87 there was a crash earlier reported along that area, that has moved over to the right-hand shoulder, not causing any delays from highway 85 to highway 101, only ten minutes, although you don't have to worry about the traffic. look out for the potholes. we'll keep a close eye on the next big storm system making its arrival. one thing you want to check the grapevine travel right now has been reopened, the sierra travel will be tough this weekend. leave an hour early tomorrow morning. back to you. >> thank you. >>> happening now, a collapsed drain causing more than traf

planning code amendment is proposed for continuance to december 5 2019. 1100 van ness avenue, allocation revocation is proposed for continuance. items 3a and b for case numbers 2018-007725var the variance at 244 douglass street is proposed for continuance december 5, 2019 for the variance agenda. further, commissioners, item 17 for case number 2018-012337 saturn street, conditional use authorization proposed for continuance to december 19. i'm pleased to inform you on your discretionary review calendar at 1299 sanchez street discretionary review has been withdrawn. i apologize welcome commissioner diamond. >> that's what i was going to say. we really welcome you, commissioner diamond. i think we are going to do really good work on this commission. does any member of the public have comment on the items for the items proposed for continuance? if you do, please give public comment now. public comment is closed. >> do i hear a motion? >> move to continue >> second. >> thank you commissioners, on that motion to continue items as positive proposed. [roll call vote] so moved. that motion passe