commissioner wu. vice president wu: i have a question about dwelling unit density. just to make sure that i understand. this is removing the lot area as a limiting factor for dwelling unit density, correct? >> correct. vice president wu: building unit density does not have to do anything with the size of the unit, whether it is a studio or 1-bedroom. just the number of units. i just wanted to clarify that. president fong: any further questions? ok. public comment on this item. i have two cards, linda and tom. >> my name is linda. i want to speak on the parking changes for the van ness sud and rc-3 districts. i just think this is wonderful. quite a while ago, when the cpmc started, i came in and ran through the van ness plan, in case you had not read it recently. in the er, it is referred to as visionary. at that time, i said, there is just one little thing. they need to update it by eliminating the 1-to-1 parking requirement. thanks to the supervisor, this is proposed now. i understand that commissioner antonini has doubts because he does not live in a district like

commissioner wu: i do not have any problems with the motion as stated. president fong: could you call the question please? >> commissioners, the motion before you is for approval with the hours until 12:30 a.m. sunday to wednesday and 1:00 a.m. thursday through saturday and with the conditions to include a restaurant and bar. on that motion -- commissioner antonini: aye. commisioner miguel: aye. commissioner wu: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner moore: aye. president fong: aye. that motion passed unanimously you are now on 6909 geary boulevard. >> the item before you is a request for a conditional use authorization at 6909 geary boulevard. it is a proposal to convert commercial space into a self service specialty food establishment on the ground floor of a four-story mixed use building. it would serve crepes and ice cream and consist of a dining area with three tables at 65 service counter area, restroom, and storage. -- 6 ft. of service counter area, restaurant, and storage. no changes to the building are proposed. an estimated four employees

commissioner wu: aye. commissioner antonini: aye. president fong: aye. item number two is considered to be routine and would be acted upon by a single roll call a convention. there would be no discussion of this item, as a member of the commission or a member of the public requested be removed from content and be considered at a future separate hearing. the item is a request for a conditional use authorization in a commercial zoning district. this item is before you for your consideration. president fong: any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. -- seeing none, commissioner miguel? >no. -- commissioner miguel: move approval with conditions. >> move approval with conditions. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner wu: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. president fong: aye. item number 3 is a consideration of a number of draft motions. and following any public -- falling public comment and any modifications, we do ask that you draft modification. i would state for the record that i have received prior to the hearing

commissioner wu: if i could ask a question. is it correct that you just said there was an actual loss and the absolute number of sros in for-profit buildings? >> yes. we did not have the resources -- we have a list of the sro properties. what we will do is to make an accounting. we were not able to do it in time for this presentation. commissioner wu: it would be great to get that information. in the future, it goes to the student housing legislation items on our agenda later today. i host: -- i also wanted to ask, coming off the hearings about affordable housing, is the plan to include in every single report the quarterly inventory? >> that was mentioned and the hearings. we have been working on this is on, a template that will be included in the reports. >> it is also something that we propose to -- that we proposed last year. we have been working on the template to figure out if it is an easy way christoph to include that information. -- easy way for staff to include the information. >> in 2011, we almost matched the golal.

commissioner wu: i can hold my question. commissioner moore: when you are suggesting combining washington and broadway, that means you are leaving chinatown out, correct? the reason i am asking, by combining, you are deleting one comment -- one, they are not identical. they are -- that is the reason why they are two districts. by leaving out the north side west of columbus, it becomes an altogether different thing. just for disclosure, it needs to be explained for exactly how we are combining, what is common to both, what is different. >> if you look at page 4, the chart, that shows what the washington-broadway sud does. item a >> sense of street parking requirements -- exempts of street parking requirements. the one exception is development on lots that are larger than 20,000 square feet in the chinatown community business district. removing it would have little impact on eds. in addition to that, phase three would eliminate minimum parking requirements in the chinatown district. commissioner moore: doesn't mean that cars w

commissioner wu: aye. commissioner fong: aye. >> thank you, commissioners. that motion passed four-one, with commissioner moore voting against. commissioners, you are now on item four, the transit center district plan adoption of action -- adoption action. for the record, i will state that adoption of the ceqa findings is 4a 4b is proposed plan amendments. 4d is request for review and comment. 4e is a learning t is administre amendments. 4g is the program implementation document. >> good morning again the, commissioners. since the department has been the primary sponsor of this plan, i thought it was appropriate to address you from this location rather than my usual chair. three weeks ago, we talked about a number of items. i will not reiterate all of those. i just want to reiterate what we are putting this before you today for adoption and white -- and also a bit more about the shadow issue. we initiated the plan in response to the transbay working group. the idea of the plan was to reflect the goal of the original 1985 plan to create a high density neighbo

vice president wu: i also have a question for staff. i want to thank them for their presentation today. i was wondering about public outreach on this element or this part of the element. what has happened today and what you anticipate will be going forward. >> this process started in 2007, led by the mayor's directives. there was a lot of work that was done then. we have been working closely with our partner agencies and we released a draft on april 18. it was available for the public. we think that this document is in coordination with a number of other plans and programs at other city agencies are implementing an additional outreach that is happening through those plans and programs. it is a culmination of all of those pieces. commissioner moore: -- commissioner miguel: i am glad to see this is being updated. 15 years is a long time on something like this. the outreach has been going out to the neighborhoods. i have worked with the neighborhood network for some time. it is often emphasized. just an observation on that same chart. the

vice president wu: thank you. commissioner miguel: i know there is probably a little additional comment, but i would like to move a resolution of intent on 11a to initiate amendments to the general plan, on 11b to initiate amendments to the planning code, and on 11c to initiate amendments to the zoning maps, as purvey materials presented to us. commissioner antonini: i had some other comments. i thought this was a very good hearing. this is hearing to reestablish san francisco as the business center of the western united states. what you have is a combination of dense housing at all income levels, some of it very marketable, many forms of transportation, and close access to recreation, institutions, civic, and medical, which is what we envisioned when we started this concept in the downtown area of san francisco. if this is done correctly, i think it is going to be wonderful. just as we are seeing a movement in the last few years where people choose to live in smaller spaces and want to live in urban areas, becaus

i see commissioner wu has some comments. commissioner wu: generally -- specifically, i think there is some indication that it could be real looked at. i think the logic does not follow right now. the actual changes look like they're trying to make them like some of the other districts, but the name of it is kind of funny. this report answers a lot of the questions that we had from the last hearing. that is very helpful, but it took a long time for us to get here. i just want to reiterate that i think the direction from the commission is this prodi legislation has been too complex and has covered too many issues. we've got into a place where we can distill it much better. thank you for this report, but it was difficult to get here. >> this has come a long way in breaking it up and boiling it down has made it easier for all of us to understand. but it is still confusing to some degree. i think we will get emotion to support, but i want to clarify -- gets a motion to support, but i want to clarify. if we move this forward, it d

commissioner wu, aye. commissioner fong, aye. the motion passes. you're now on item 12. zoning map amendments and the special use district 1, waterfront special district used to in three and special districts for sign elimination and special districts for cynics streets. >> for this one we would ask you not to get rid of these actions in district but delay the special sign district for elimination from the zoning maps. >> repeat the last part again? >> keith a. van ness special sign district on the zoning map but delete a special sign -- delete the van ness from -- elimination from the zoning map. that would prevent looting, blinking signs. -- looming, blinking signs. it is an old code provision that was not deleted. president fong: is there any question or comment? is there a motion? >> so moved. president fong: is there public comment, my apologies. seeing none, is there a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> on the motion to except staff recommendation. commissioner antonini, aye. commissioner borden, aye, commissioner miguel, aye, commissioner sugaya, aye, commissioner

commissioner wu: aye. president fong: aye. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am with the planning department. we are here at an important point in the history of the very important project. before i -- before we give the details of the actions that we are asking you to take, i would like to give a brief history of the project that is in front of you. how we got here and why the department believes this is a good time to move forward with this project. before i got here, of course, i inherited this project. the plan was initiated by the department in response to the city and county is interagency transbay working group. that the group, at that point, in 2006, recommended a multifaceted strategy for financing high-capacity transit station at the site of the terminal. real-estate development was a key component at that time with the goal of land value capture as a major part, not the only parts, of the strategy. high-density -- it was also a key recommendation of the 1985 plan. san francisco has known for nearly 30 years that building high-density around the te

president fong: commissioner wu. commissioner wu: thank you. i will speak is busily to the proposal from supervisor kim's office. i'm happy to see the stakeholders here today having the conversation. i think this is the group that will help us find what the solution will be. i am very wary of providing, or creating an incentive to either yvette tenants fofrom buildingsr to hold units vacant for so long that they become blighted. i do not think that is the intent of the amendments as they are. i hope to seek ways to carve out, possibly, situations where conversion is appropriate, or if it is specifically concerns about a number of buildings in the tenderloin, maybe there are solutions outside of this legislation that can help fill those units in particular in those buildings. i look forward to seeing what the conversation is and i thank the department and a low wage for pulling that conversation together. -- and moh for pulling that conversation together. commissioner sugaya: we did have some statistical evidence that said this is not about stat

my second point is picking up on commissioner wu's comment. i'm concerned we are choosing the worst street. i think there is another pattern by which perhaps one alternative needs to be looked at or needs to be put into two corridors. trying to reinvent broadway, particularly with the waterfront lower part of broadway becoming more residential. the center part becoming more restaurant, quieted down, and then china town now having its own cohesive need to bridge across broadway for lots of people walking because the commercial activity of chinatown is really on the north and south side of broadway. i think we need to be very careful not to push highway one on to broadway. that is what i see happening. you will have the same group of people trying to turn onto van ness and going into lombard. i think there are major constraints we are causing, which i hope you are looking at it as comprehensible way as possible. i am still interested to see that the original plan of then s as being a residential boulevard can still be realized in the way you wer

commissioner wu: i'm supportive of this project. hospital serves many residents in the neighborhood. this project is able to rehab or upgrade a building internet tower. the buildings are very old and many in the neighborhood have been looking for ways to do these kinds of upgrades that maintain the character of the neighborhood, so i think this is a great example of that kind of project and would make a motion to approve the condition. commissioner antonini: i think this was a very good project and was separated from thesud which will be coming to this and this only makes sense. they need more space than this creates valuable space in the existing chinese hospital, so i'm totally in favor. president fong: any additional comment? >> the motion before you is to approve this project with conditions as proposed on the motion. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner wu: aye. president fong: aye. >> the motion passes unanimously. we can

commissioner wu, aye. that motion passes. you are on item 13 a and b. both are at 620 to 27th avenue -- 622 27th avenue. >> good afternoon. this is located in an rh-2 district. this is restoring a single- family residence and construct a new four-story two-unit building. the department has not received any public comment in a position or support of the project. if there during the 30 day public notification or the notification for the discretionary review hearing. the department has reviewed the project against the objectives and policies of section 317 which govern presidential demolition. as the project provides one additional family housing units and does not demolish a historic resource and make the general plan objectives or the policy objectives of the general plan. i would be happy to answer any questions. president fong: d r requestor. project sponsor, please. >> good afternoon. i am the project architect. i'm here to answer your questions. president fong: public comment, then. speakers. >> good afternoon. i am the homeowner of the house that is

commissioner wu: i also want to thank the architect for the renderings of mission square. really like seeing the retail. really like seeing the funicular. i just want to comment about how i think this will be the tallest building in san francisco or west of the mississippi. i think tall buildings are part of defining a city. it is part of a skyline. also, how we welcome people into the city, who gets to use these new beautiful spaces. i think that is part of the reason why people come to san francisco, that they feel welcome. when i think of new parks around the country, i think of the high line. to be frank, i never see any poor people on the high line, and i want to make sure there is access to everyone in the city. it may mean making a funicular free or it may mean more connections to other buildings. probably this details can be worked out, but i just want to state that as a principal -- principle. commissioner borden: the other commissioners have run up the love creek points, and i agree with what everyone has brought up so far. the issue of access is a major issue, a

commissioner wu: aye. president fong: aye. thank you, those are approved as proposed. if i may, we will consider items 2, 4, and five at the beginning of the regular calendar. thank you. with that, are there any commission matters? >> commissioner antonini. commissioner antonini: thank you. once again, we saw some tragic events with the fire in dubos this week. i have made some suggestions in the past, and i probably should take this up with some of the supervisors, and perhaps at least with the planning staff in more detail about some sort of incentives with people with older, seismically structured lee -- seismically, structurally, allegedly compromised units to be able to renovate these to bring them up to taper standards. i have suggested in the past looking at some kind of situation where some sort of trade may be possible with newer units that have fewer of these challenges, and are probably less expensive to maintain and, certainly, do not need the amount of maintenance that the older units do. there may be a way to do some kind of trade to make you -- a newer u

is eric wu here? come on up. today i have the great honor of commanding a great business in district 4. it is an ice cream shop. with us today is eric wu. pollyann's is a local shop in the sunset district. he is the owner. it has been with the district for a very long time in. the family has been in the business and the owners since 1984. on any given day, you'll see a line of people going out the door. something you should know, when his father first took over, it offered about 250 flavors. now they have a collection of 500 flavors. all made by staff. about 50 flavors are offered at any given time. but of the most exotic flavors, -- it is a fritz that you either love or hate, but it is very good -- it is a fruit that you either love or hate, but it is very good, try it. it is a tradition in our community. you will see a lot of kids who have fond memories going to that ice cream shop. if you are unclear about what flavor, you can spend the wheel and arrive at a random flavor. if you are walking your dog, you can

vice president wu: aye. president fong: did you want to time index -- chime in? aye. >> that motion was passed unanimously. commissioner sugaya: next item. >> item 14, case 2012.135ddddd. commissioner sugaya: i asked the department to reduce. -- recuse. we have a direct financial connection. >> the motion to recuse commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner moore: ay -- commissioner miguel: aye. vice president wu: aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner moore: aye. >> thank you. you are recused. >> good evening, commissioners. department staff. the project is located at 2705 larkin street. this project proposes a four story over basement rear horizontal addition. originally, six requests for discretionary review were filed. however, one of the request was withdrawn prior to publication of the agenda. most of the requests for discretionary review have been filed due to concerns regarding the scale of the rear addition and its appropriateness, its impact to the mid-block open space, light and privacy to adjacent neig

herley is sharon wu, the chief assistant of operations in the district attorney's office. she oversees the criminal division, including the victim witness program and the alternative dispute courts. anne irwin is an attorney in the public defender's office. ms. irwin was recently involved in several of the cases involving the videotaped evidence which resulted in the dismissal of over 90 cases. you've read about those in the newspaper. and finally, we have civil rights attorney john burress. he specializes in civil actions brought against police officers for abuse of power, brutality, and wrongful death. let me remind the audience that we will have a brief q&a at the end. if you want to ask a question, just raise your hand. you'll get a card from the usher. and you can ask your question. and if you would like to address it to a particular panel member, you can do that as. i believe we are going to have a video now. it is movie time. >> this was recorded on a cellular phone by a witness who did not want to be identified. he was pulled on to the ground, face down. there was