Transcripts For SFGTV Planning Commission 72116 20160724

Commissioner hillis is about absent continuance cases on south van ness as long as 26 street a question for a conditional use authorization is proposed for continuance until august 11th not august 4th printed in the agenda items 2 ab Record Numbers 2013 at the proposed for continuance until october 2016 i have speaker cards. Open up for Public Comment for Public Comment on the items proposed for continuance calling names . We support of continuance of divisadero did care so thank you for doing that we think that we want to make sure that the highest affordability requirement is placed upon this project i believe the ordinance you passed a couple weeks ago is making its way throats board of supervisors hopefully that is approved and we get the full affordability requirements for this aspect thank you. My name is donna thomas the owner of grove street the property immediately behind divisardero street probably the most greatly impacted by the buildings and have the most adverse effects by the buildings im on vacation in october so when will i get to speak it you decided to extend this. Right now proposed for october 20th. Yeah, im begun all of objectivity. We ask you speak in continuance for the project and not on the project itself lets get you in touch with the contractor. Is he here can i found out that. Hes read behind you there. What other time besides october. Okay. How do he speak if hes not willing to extend it. Im speaking in opposition of things on october 20th because it is the person who owns the property that is most effected by this project i feel i need to speak about the project there are certain portions major impact on the building and tenants and im not going to be here in october what do i do. Thank you. We understand the situation and thank you. Did he go now. Sit down well get through. Is there any additional Public Comment on the items proposed for continuance thank you, commissioners briefly on divisadero did care the project is ready to go but weve been in touch with the neighborhood over the course of the project and many times discussed with the neighborhood put the bmr on site as shortterm rental and were working with the supervisor observation and staff to insure we can get those unite on site thats the reason for today and be back with onsite bmrs. Is there any additional Public Comment . Okay Public Comment is closed. Commissioner moore. Commissioner Vice President richards. I think mikes on okay. Theyre a little bit twitchy right now. So i think in deference to the project ill ask for a number two ab postponed until november 3rdrd. Commissioner antonini. Well, i mean it would be a possibility but ill stay with the date and we can move it in the future if we decide not a good date certainly the owner of the property could correspond with us in email or other ways go than making the that owner can come and testify what her objections to the project on a day not heard. Commissioner johnson. I if it works for the full claurnld ill be happy to move it but the candle stick park and to others in general we do take seriously written Public Comment and we integrate that into the thoughts of a project sometimes actually more helpful to have things in writing than the two or three up here were able to actually take it and think how it sdpraths into a project i think we had this situation with individuals that maybe impacted by the project try to shape our scheduled around vacationed and other accommodating schedules unfortunate thats not the way did works nice to doing everything we can but we dont work that way and no matter which way the vote goes. Commissioner Vice President richards. To the person that spoke were available for invitations to come out to see your property and look at the plans and can do that before you are on vacation should the vote stay october 20th. There is a motion that has been seconded to continue item one to august 11th and 2a to october 20th on that motion commissioner antonini commissioner johnson. Commissioner moore. Commissioner wu commissioner Vice President richards no. A commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes that passes. On item 2 ill be acting Zoning Administrator and well continue until october 20th. Thank you. That places you on commissioners matters consideration of the consideration of approval of the draft minutes for july 16th. Any Public Health on the approval of the draft minutes not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner moore. Move to approve. Second. There is a motion that has been seconded to adopt the minutes on that motion commissioner antonini commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner wu commissioner Vice President richards commissioner president fong snoechlt passes 6 to zero. Item 4 commissioners questions or comments. Commissioner Vice President richards. Just wanted to mention briefly in this mornings chronicle john was nieftdz to go to see what the displacement gentrification in denver architect and the thing have not measured up to ours and depleted ours everyone that distances the planning process in the last section as the quality of work it is my job to point fingers other folks but the Planning Progress is a certain discipline and buildings with left to logical extensions of the shot out of planning process thank you, john king. Commissioners, if theres nothing further, well move on to we can move on to department matters. Directors announcements. One brief announcement regarding the investigating officers by right a series of conversations in the state to get feedback from local jurisdictions on the governors legislation we had been expecting a i think fourth version of the legislation to come forward that didnt happen i think the governor is waiting to here the feedback from the discussion we expect in a couple of weeks the next version the legislation so as soon as we get it well send that that concludes my report. For this week. Okay. Thank you. Item 6 review of past events at the board of supervisors board of appeals and the Historic Preservation commission. Good afternoon, commissioners aaron starr at that weeks land use supervisor avalos wireless telephone consumptions ordinance the ordinances will one place a 10 year time on the macro sites in the nuked to remove the screeners for the pipes consistent with height limit for unscreened antenna and except and 3 deny the uncompatible application for antennas on Historic Buildings that on june 16th this Commission Voted to recommend approval with the findings to encourage the use of cleaner fuels for those facilities with no Public Comment and no comments from the members of the board for the record to the full board with a positive recommendation and next supervisor farrell and supervisor wiener orientals for the adu this ordinance was before the commission on june 16th and the Committee Recommended the Commission Recommended to the board a positive recommendation with a 4 to one vote and by supervisor peskin was heard by the committee the previous week and moved to the full board without recommendations on monday the variance porcelains supervisors reached a compromise and allowing an unlimited number of adus with 5 or more units and in filling underneath and in filling lightwells those will require 311 and wifrz and in terms of minimum unit size the department informed the supervisors that the minimum set will be prior three hundred and 50 square feet so for studios and 5 hundred plus one bedroom with the adu for supervisor peskin requested Additional Information in this regard to the board and lastly supervisor wiener agreed to prohibit the sales of adus for to permeate buildings adus and condominium will subsidize or sell and supervisor wiener proposed on amendment that allows the adus in building undergoing seismic retrofitting and sold spacial when the Program Resumes they were passed at committee Public Comment was mainly 23456r of the ordinance with some caveats with the extension to create adus some 0 thought no extension and then others for the entire envelope the committee voted to move forward as a Committee Report no recommendation at that weeks ago extremely contentious board of supervisors the board passed the feasibility ordnance on the 100 percent Affordable Housing Bonus Program on its second reading and at the full board the supervisors took a break to consider the two competing adus ordinances in order to decide when piece of legislation on a vote supervisor cohens recommended to flip the 1 coin and the coin toss was oneonone won by supervisor farrell with the minimum supervisor wiener requested points minimum would be three hundred regardless of whether the units is San Francisco or a one bedroom in response supervisor peskin suggested making amendments to remove the minimum limits altogether and instead a uncodified section the platt report back in a year those amendments were made and the city adu legislation was passed on First Reading at the board with a 10 to one with supervisor yee against the board adapted interim controls requiring the conditional use authorization for the conversion of Residential Hotels this was sponsored i supervisor peskin supervisor kim and supervisor cowen we won introduction it was an interim controls for the conditional use authorization for pharmacies in the potrero hill supported by supervisor wiener that concludes my report. Thank you. The board of appeals met last night but no action on items of interest this to the Planning Commission and met and adopted the approval for the first set of legacy businesses 9 applications commissioners on general Public Comment not to exceed 15 minutes to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when oh, im sorry, i building we skipped an item. We did. Item 7 Record Number 2016 at battery street a marketrate plan thank you. Good afternoon commissioner president fong and members nick with the staff the item before you on abbreviated master plan i mp requires the medical institutions and post secondary institutions have only file a occurred imp that anticipated the institution and institutions located in the c3 downtown commercial districts proposing to occupy one hundred and less square feet may present an imp the Police Station can hold a hearing as the school occupies the site loans one though square feet in c3 are eligible to apply in 2015 it was a small private school that offers a two year 4 semester Software Engineering program for the allows students to learn the Program Skills and currently the school has 32 fulltime students with future enrollment between 32 and 42 fulltime students a staff of 3 fulltime and didnt own any property in the city and county of San Francisco for the purpose of academic or administrator use the plan is located on battery street in the east side of battery 2w7b pine and bush streets the school will leased 4 thousand square feet of office space an is the subject property in october of 2015 it didnt call for an expansion beyond the space of the fourth floor on battery street any future plans will be talked about in the form of open update of the abbreviated imp by the planning code every two years after reviewing this imp staff believes that cantonese all the information and ask you accept that that concludes my presentation. Of course, im here for questions if you have any. Project sponsor please. Dear members of the board im the parish manager at the school and did a great job of presenting our school and so im doing a short presentation the reason we choose San Francisco the school has mentions had is an Education School a 2 year education with an internship between the two years and using the base learning to train the best of the engineers of their generation as a result San Francisco is the best environment for our school and based in the heart of the city the Biggest Tech Companies helps our students to be part of this environment and allows them to be professional given the fact the attractiveness of the location that offers amenities for great transportation, and good place facilities to come to be a contributor this the lives of San Francisco thank you for your attention if you have any questions im here to answer them. Is there any additional Public Comment . From the project sponsor guess not okay. On this item . May it please the Commission Im john jones id like to alert the panel the commission and speakers to a principle in the art of theatre you talk so that the little old lady apologizes to the little old lady in the back right now can hear you this not a conversation all two requests to speak up you think what is important i hope youll forgive me encourage the platform and its use of microphones we can hear what is being said thank Public Comment . Okay not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. And commissioner antonini. Ask i hope this is loud enough gentlemen can you hear me how about the back right now okay. Thank you all right. This is a complete institutional master plan for the institution that is modest in size but done everything weve asked them to do in the institutional master plans not an approval item im satisfied what they prepared to us. Commissioner that mass you on general Public Comment at this time this time at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when reached in the meeting. Each member of the public may address the commission up to three minutes. I do have speaker cards. Okay. Georgia swedish and Mary Gallagher. Gamechanger georgia swedish im here because i like to read the open homes on sunday and when i read them this weekend 3 one on vic beggar and on harding park per not bother with the overhead and another one on eight avenue 4. 4 million the critical thing theyre sold as singlefamily homes but the really bad had negotiate units on vic beggar 3 units on the Property Information site it come up right away and think one on harper a two will not unit and on lake is egging degrees whether those projects come in i think people look at that Property Information website it is right there i only printout the one for vic beggar but says 3 units so those should get attention and flagged and wifrz is that ab association where youre allowed to reduce them in size i look at the ones i come up with 20 units of existing presuming will i after i was at the adu hearing when people are struggling to do something i came to the city with 20 relatively affordable units and everyone would love me theres a couple of more i know about the units were lost one in fact, you have one on the 19 another one on 28 two unit maybe 3 at one point and a well known legacy business that was remodel ill leave it at that on a happier note i had to make use of our planning Enforcement Division because the project that you approved as a well, you took dr and reduced the bulk and removed the penthouse excuse me the roof deck was in violation of our director order in march and i want to thank the enforcement people for their adolescence and hard work for ms. Curby i think that is resolved i know that she worked extremely hard and i dont like using enforcement but when a error is introduced im glad you have the planning enforcement as ms. Curby thank you. Commissioners good afternoon for our record Mary Gallagher on pacific the dr filer appointed the you go recommended in writing the sponsor should remove the 3 rear yard structure and here are the memos in the events you want to look at them again annunciations by seismic about the reversals planner said for an earlier version of the project all versions of this project were for a large building in front of or a large building and partial use this answers the sites the obvious someone reversed or let the sponsor out of the direction ive seen this three or four dmdz times ive asked a few planners and 0 gotten different answers one planner said the only way to add did you dot on a staff initiated dr that this is the procedure over two decades and works for reasons ill be happy to explain another planner said the sponsor writes an information not add a direction i asked if there was a written record and told no, we dont do that although there will be a record of sponsors request most recently found a page the developer made a phone number and got out of the rtd in writing we with justification those reverse always are behind the scene and had ufshgs dots direction not recessed instead the may plans back in february and then a set find plans resembling the decision youll see last may enabling you to render a decision more quickly and with more precision with a set of plans in front of you nothing we can do about pacific but make improvements for the future projects all im asking is is what sxhifksz i couldnt do for written comprehensive pubically available procedures that spell out this and ever other Planning Department procedures they provide us with transparency, fairness, and consistency the procedures are the best resource to train new planners and help prevent mistakes on demo problems time. Thank you is there any additional Public Comment . Okay not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Next speaker, please. Commissioners that places you on the regular calendar item 8 Record Number lombard street a question for a conditional use authorization. Good afternoon members of planning Sharon Department staff the proposal for conditional use authorization to add a massage with approximately 4 hundred and thirty feet on the mixed use building as accessory use for the hair salon doing business as as is lombard beauty slogan on lombard it converts on existing storage room into the establishment use no exterior changes or expeditions to the envelope the property project establishment will be assessed by an external floor for the mess republican floor as far as inform open planning for the project site to date the department has no letters or phone numbers in opposition to the project the Planning Department recommendation is recommend that concludes my presentation. Thank you project sponsor. Project sponsor. Good afternoon, commissioners first time i dont know. Speak into the mike there thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners and everything or o everybody i dont know what you do so you guys ask me to you can use this opportunity to talk about your project or explain why you feel it is appropriate if you have nothing to describe we can just identify yourselves and we may have questions for you. Well, i was waiting for you guys to ask me. Thank you you can have a seat now open up for Public Comment on this particular item. Okay not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner antonini. Yeah. I have a lot of questions i dont know why staff is recommending approval there is another massage establishment right next door and also generally, we like those visible from the front nonnot on the second story many are unfortunately been the source ever activities other than massage and we just recently approved i believe a medical Marijuana Dispensary f in the same neighborhood and know there is lots of molts in the area that have a reputation for crime so i feel this is in the appropriate use of this thing it maybe unnuke enough but not a second one in operation on the same street for the other reasons ive almost all of the what is your business or occupation in the past are open windows and the ability for things activities to be monitored not to be kind of on second story behind closed doors so im not in favor. Commissioner wu. Maybe staff could explain sort of what are the regulations governing this kickoff spice and why it is here for land use approval here today. Gamechanger david mr. Lindsey from Department Staff the massage use requires the conditional use in this district on the messing necessary that is considered in the first story although the second story is the space is assessed through the hair slogan that is the business on the ground floor above on open staircase and into a halfway with an open windows into the halfway it is considered to be an open visually open not from the street thats true but open to visibly open on the shop thats part of it. Thank you that explanation is helpful with that, i i feel comfortable with the project as proposed. Is there a second. Move to you approve. Sorry. Second. I have one question on is this any way by ownership are connection to the establishment next door is there an expansion or separate sure. This is a separate ownership here. Okay. Great. Commissioners there is a motion that has been seconded to approve with conditions commissioner antonini no. Commissioner johnson commissioner moore. Commissioner wu commissioner Vice President richards commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes passes 5 to one. And places you on the discretionary review calendar item the Record Number 2014003191 vrp at the Bernal Heights boulevard and 1025 for discretionary review if i could ask those that are standing to please find a seat and not block the door and good afternoon Planning Commission chris with the Planning Department staff the item before you is a dr request for the Building Permits associated with the project on Bernal Heights boulevard with the following numbers within the rh1 Zoning District for height and bulk and as well as the Bernal Heights sud in the Bernal Heights currently the the subject property is vacate with only naturally concurring landscaping and slushes in vehicular assess a substitution of the triangle shaped lot that is 7 thousand 5 hundred square feet in the area up sloping into 4 new lots that would be 4, 3 level singlefamily residences one singlefamily home on each new lots it ranks in the floor from 27 hundred square feet to 34 hundred square feet collectively the four buildings will result in 12 square feet of new residential unit 4 thousand is below grade and tussled into the hillside 4 three hundred square feet of usable open space and 3 buildings from front to base along the boulevard and on Bernal Heights fronts into Bernal Heights im the one Bernal Heights address in front of on 40 Bernal Heights at the top of hill from 22 to 28 feet and 20 offstreet parking and bicycle parks and involves a 40 feet public rightofway on the east edge that is designed with dpwed standard for city compliance and be fully landscaped to the top of hill in the form of stairs and landscaping to dates the project the department has received 5 letters of opposition and addition one letter of support the decreasing have a number of issues with the project including the project is inconsistent with the planning code with the Residential Design Team residential Design Guidelines and the east slope guidelines and with respect to the front yard and the massing and the side with the detailing the project also exclaims the project is out of context with the scale of the neighborhood and would set a precedence for out of character with the neighborhood the project didnt resolve the Bernal Heights use another claim in which the the ed slope design board they believe this is a vehicles last year project and be improved with the differentiation the project is located within a Residential District and reviewed by the Residential Design Team the rtc found the project didnt create any exceptional or extraordinary the project overall massing and form and scale to be appropriate given the height and bulk and as well as the typography of the site the proposed project is consistent with the residential character and meets the Bernal Heights east slope guidelines with the residential Design Guidelines the project is fully compliant with the planning code and not seeking variances or special entitlements from the commission therefore the department represents not take dr and approve the project as proposed that concludes my presentation. Thank you. Thank you. Before we begin with the doctor we advise the allocated time is 10 minutes phenomenon the project sponsor and 5 minutes for rebuttal and 5 minutes response. Dr requesters please. Great leave it there. Hello, everyone thank you, commissioners for welcoming us to share our concerns about this proposed project well gather here to make the most utilization of our 20th minutes im betsy another stake the future of open entire block that is open space on the south slope of Bernal Heights the context youll see on the screen a view of the sites ive lived across the street from the proposed project site for more than 20 years and plenty of opportunities to notice in that a special corner of bernal for walkers and traffic north northsouth and east and west cross across the hill a eclectic mix of styles for the small and other homes for the aesthetics of Bernal Heights im here i care about the future of this corner im not lonesome other one and 50 neighbors are following this project since introduced my fellow presenters and i hope to help you make a decision that addresses neighborhood concerns and be neighborhood character both of which it date have been incurred by the developer the recommendations for the neighbors building this project will are immediate a exceptional or extraordinary negative impact on the home we think long term as you will be as members of the Planning Commission this project will not only upset the aesthetics will certainly both duo that but set a precedent for denser character for the typography i want to address two important presentations within alters Background Information youve received and the Planning Commission response to our dr application this regards the opposition to the project reading the Background Information and you might be left with the perception it is largely unopposed this as dr requesters we represent one and 50 people, of course not all of them are able to come up to be heard but many are heard i want to acknowledge and thank them and the neighbors that would be here they would the next exhibit a map on which youll see recommended red squares that shows concern about the project those letters were submitted total Planning Department and to the board of supervisors earlier in our efforts to give the neighbors a voice in the planning process to which the neighbors are entitled this map shows indeed opposition to the project and that has been disregarded by itself developer were not Anti Development have Major Concerns the mass and scale of the project that places 4, 3 thousand square feet and luxury homes creating a zones wall along the street the second misrepresentation i want to address this project is consistent with San Francisco planning code in fact, the plans are not consistent theyre not consistent with with the residential Design Guidelines and the Bernal Heights east slope building guidelines and section section 311 the construction of new residential building in our district shall be consistent with the guidelines of the general plan and the residential Design Guidelines in 1997 the sproirtd the california interpreted section 311 to not only consider the neighborhood guidelines but find that my building is consistent with the neighborhood guidelines thats an important distinction the next exhibit id like to show that section 311 is not the only reference section 2428 of this project be consistent with the neighborhood guidelines it states east slope guidelines use to determine the neighborhood compatibility of new construction turning next to the guidelines in our slides as you can see from the excerpts east slope design those guidelines were created to protect and preserve bernal they were adopted by the Planning Commission in 1986 cover a wide range of neighborhood characters with side yards and architectural mass as noted in our dr application the plans for this development have not consistent with the scope of the guidelines and in fact, result in just the kind of development the guidelines we are created to prevent dense and undifferentiated with a high ratio of open space before i im going to turn it over to ill all our neighborhood core concerns about the project first with 4, 3 thousand foot homes on the block this project is too big and dense for this location and neighborhood although it maybe appropriate for other neighborhoods with largescale they guest by bernal those 4 large houses are oversized and those dont conform to the residential Design Guidelines that protect the neighborhood character and finally were disappointed with the process that has brought us from the good faith through an attempted mediation he stress attempted before this Planning Commission to the developer to the Planning Department, to the board of supervisors and now to you the commission weve consistently said this is too big for bernal in the hearing regarding the subdivision into 4 lots supervisors that were sympathetic shausz us the planning process is the appropriate form to advocate for changes to dates the developer has not made changes to the chief unconcerns or concerns in fact, could have been a cooperative to a difficult one we seek our clofbl process moving forward with thoughtful and reasonable conformation on the Developers Part at least one and 50 think this is out of character and rubber stamped a reasonable process will hed not ignore our concerns thanks for the opportunities to share with you id like to introduce my neighbor collin that will share details about the mass and scale. Good afternoon, commissioners my name is collin im 38 nebraska street in San Francisco i want to focus on some of the specifications of the makings of this project that betsy outlined this is a key lot in Bernal Heights if youre on the street at the fulsome looking across the hillside this is a prominent position a Critical Development see this area of Bernal Heights and we run the risk of ended up with a huge ugly Inappropriate Development right here you may say theyre one large lots or 4 large houses that is currently open space where you regard them as individual homes or a block of large homes by the mass and scale are out of character the residential Design Guidelines underscore the connection between building scale and neighborhood character im quoting here from the Design Guidelines 2003 essential for building scale to be compatible with that of surrounding buildings in order to preserve the neighborhood character scaled buildings will seem i think compatible and inharmonious with their surrounding weve spent a lot of time looking at this project we have one and 50 neighbors are engaged on this project were concerned about the way it is moving forward right now. If we look at mass in daily and try to understand the density ratio of those houses compares to the houses in the immediate vicinity the mrntdz plans are for 4 large new luxury homes averaging 2000 one hundred plus square feet of liveable space on lots one thousand plus square feet in addition the 4 large homes include state and federal hundred nonliveable spaces garages and roof decks point out that roof deck are out of character and easily could be removed if you take those ratios and compare to the existing ratios existing nearby homes average 13 hundred and 13 square feet of liveable space on lots averaging 2000 and 64 square feet this is referenced in our petition as exhibit 9 and it under skwoerz the fact the developer is a proposing to flipflop the amount of Square Footage on the size of the lots in short the proposed project will put roughly 8 hundred additional square feet of liveable space on the 4 lots that are already smaller on the neighborhood average. I mentioned earlier the position of this lot as you approach this lot from the nebraska street this is referencing exhibit 6 nebraska street is a steep street and crest of the hill con frovend with a wall of building maybe 4 luxury homes it is not going to look at 4 homes but a large mass of buildings. The mass exacerbated by the fact this lot is at the top of a hill and as i mentioned a lot that is visual from throughout the neighborhood none of the changes weve requested of the developer really bad have had any Significant Impact on the issue of mass ratio we understand that hes made some gestures around facades and this sort of thing our key concern the shore scale of this this is the type of development inappropriate to a neighborhood where there are small Residential Homes throughout i will reference and reinforce the length between mass and neighborhood character neighborhood character not about the color of a facade it begins with the footprint of the homes the relationship to the surrounding homes and their relationship to open space. Neighborhood character is protected by building guidelines and neighborhood guidelines these buildings will destroy the character of neighborhood and not do anything to protect the character of Bernal Heights Going Forward into the future i appreciate your time and pass the microphone to melissa shore that will talk about sunlights thank you for your time. Thats correct collin im melissa ive accident on nebraska street for 18 years one the dr requesters and representing kathy who represents the south organization that is at work today id like to focus your attention on nittygritty issues and talk about the front setbacks or lack thereof as well as the side yard turning to the setbacks first theres two reasons that front yard setbacks should be incorporated in the project theyre not one the code and the other one relates to the safeties elements that is in the code as well as chris the planner noted section 32 of the code and so forth the setbacks are needed for if one building is adjacent to a property in this particular in the code adjacent building is defined in part of where a the subject property is separated by on undevelopment lot by less than 15 feet 1051 is separated from the proposed development by less than 40 feet and separated by an unimproved street in the illicit definition didnt capture this the code is identifying the neighboring buildings so in my contentions it is shouldnt this code a capture that snanls the the subject property is separated by an unimproved streets of a distance less than 50 feet nicole the house in the development should be setback at the same rate as the houses that are adjacent or more than 25 feet even if you dont think this is strongest argument the Bernal Heights guidelines indicate the front setbacks must be conformed on the adjacent or near adjacent homes as mentioned the 5 homes closet to this development are, in fact, setback have front yard setbacks of 25 feet now the project sponsor and the planner suggesting they work beyond the adjacent homes because theyre not relevant payroll and to establish that the patterns the neighborhood is supports a lack of front yard setbacks but this analyze it flawed there are 18 homes between the 6 hundred and 12 hundred blocks that face the avenue and 13 of the 18 in fact, have front yard setbacks greater than 15 feet and 5 on that boulevard have they lack the setbacks the pattern as a relates to the avenue sets the homes back off the street by approximately 25 feet morph it is definitely not appropriate to use the shoe box Construction Homes on Bernal Heights boulevard or other places on pro hat even to justify the lack of front yard setback those George Washington high school were in response to the negative impact that the homes have on the neighborhood turning quickly to safety we know the project provides for 8. 5 feet sidewalks those sidewalks are nodded setbacks the setbacks serve a different purpose and the lack of the setbacks is problematic there has on a significant increase in traffic area due to changes on mission and cesar chavez cars are taking the route over the bernal hill down getting this off the ground and pro hat even to avoid the congestion and Caesar Chavez you need to understand the sidewalk fronting the development is the only sidewalk on pro hat even avenue that is traveled by the neighborhoods young and old macro their way to the bus stop in front of the the Bernal Heights address there are their way to Bernal Heights hill and traveling pro hat even to get to the shop tennis user since the garages are flush with the situation there is absolutely no way for drivers to see anyone on the sidewalk that tare backing out of their garage how will they see the 3 years old running in front of their dog arrest walking with their owner youll not see is this creates a hazard that is easily avoided it is true there are houses in bernal with garages flushed to the sidewalk but again they were constructed before the bernal hills guidelines and need to have buildings that conform with the guidelines it is clear this development is not consistent with the neighborhood and absolutely not shape the reconcile we pray youll take up the dr and leave the front yard setbacks turning quickly to the side yards it is clear the 40 foot minimum should be included in the design of this development the sponsors included a 3 feet the guidelines say 4 feet we want 4 feet quickly we want 25 front yard setback and 4 foot side yards and i know you want that so quickly id like to pass off to my colleague betsy will sum up our contention we have one minute 35 we have a lot to share since we have two dr requesters a view the sites all you have to do is come in on the location and try to imagine 4 monster homes we invite you to the neighborhood and see for yourselves and take into account we want to also point out not hard to address do mass it is clear a few suggestions look at the reproduction of 50 percent and set the hundred dollars far off the streets this is consistent with the guidelines and 3 right Bernal Heights and not 4 too big for bernal thats our closing remark yeah. No roof deck. Okay. Did that conclude the dr requesters presentation we need to keep those doors open i see a number of seats in here christine another announcement. Take a seat if not go to the overflow room 416. Okay. At this time well call for speakers in support of dr requester not part of dr requesters team. So michael calling names for convenience folks that want to speak whoever is first line up on that side of the room organ yourselves. Good afternoon, commissioners my name is terry million im the secretary the east slope design board youve heard a very good summary of our thoughts about the Design Guidelines as he apply to the project we had two or three meeting with the project sponsor and unfortunately, we ended up without being able to support the project because of changes we requested over those meetings and you heard highlighted in previous testimony and i like to say that we would hope that you all can do something to make that project more in con forms with the Design Guidelines thank you very much. Hello, im michael i was asked the commission to look at a couple of things paratransit height the existing grades for decades was the sidewalk level and when the Water Department put their tunnel 0 through brer natural whatever a fence made and all of a sudden the height requirement is going up you know the height limit goes up from the fence height that was eventually built by a Family Member and not a developer thats kind of weird and ill request an Environmental Impact there is a tunnel was supposed to be 40 feet and the tunnel machine they make the tunnel closer to the ground i request some kind of Environmental Review before that kind of thing this house is built the two of the 3 on powell hat even sit directly over the tunnel it is fairly close theyre digging down so i just request that you look at this thing alternate plus on the tunnel on one of the properties theyll have to be moved at the extension of the taxpayer where will the fence go whos property will it go on all im asking is you look at this stuff. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners my name is mike eave lived in Bernal Heights since 1983 a few years ago some of the fellow neighbors literally demand the demolition cruise stop working that would have dramatically accident the east slope they prompted the city and Planning Department to create a design area it requires Community Review before a Building Permit could be approved in 198 six the Planning Commission accepted the Bernal Heights east slope building guidelines those guidelines are an effort to retain the spirit of the neighborhood and establish the criteria for new housing design it insures as much as possible the exists of east slope unique character the goal of the gals was to prevent a Development Like this one i director direct you to the monitor in front of you, you can see 5 big box houses on the street now 40 after the adaptation of guidelines this development on pro hat even is a modern version the big box houses a half a block away they recognize as inconsistent with the neighborhood while the proposed development any come o conform to the letter of the planning code but it was approved by the Planning Commission go for instance, the wall that the created is heightened by the steep slope of nebraska street heres the photos near the proposed project youll find similar ones they range from preearthquake to siding 20s and 30s and postwar homes an eclectic list that contributes to Bernal Heights character the developer suggests the four houses share the materials as one development and thats exactly the problem he wants to put a development in the middle of a neighborhood of unique singlefamily homes it is the very definitions of out of character in fact the east slope wrote the board feels the building is too much of a project we request you take advantage of this unique sites to distinguish the stop signs as you consider our requests ask yourselves will it to insure the east slope unique character as required by the guidelines that were adopted by your predecessors thank you for your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon my name is steve ive lived across the triangle for 26 years i want to provide overview the community met where the developer that included the east slope neighborhood meetings and the all of a sudden mediation with david chjiu and those times the developer acted in good faith there are highlights at the proposed mediation supervisor david chiu separated the two sides the developers position hell make no changes so the mediation was scheduled no mediation occurred the developer responded for the east slope design board and failed to ask for changes our face to face interactions hes been aggressive and bullying theyve ended with threats what do i do to punish the folks in the neighborhood the developers are tearing down the notices about the development and this meeting today this is infringed on the neighbors right to communicate and removed over thirty notices within a 3 week period approximately, one week ago the large Public Notices were posted on Bernal Heights boulevard were torn down our neighborhood is a wind tunnel and despite that the developer tore down the notices the large notices have not been replaced on bruno heights boulevard not in place and pa maybe effected the participation in todays here the communities have been ignored and theyve focused on the stairway and slain u shaping may or may not be a positive addition narrow sdaurdz or stairways which attracted underaged folks with bottles and trash for the neighbors to deal with and no plan for maintenance were asking the Planning Commission not to approve this and require the developer to operate in good faith and honestly comply with the east slope guidelines thank you for your attention. Good afternoon thank you very much for the commission to hear my thoughts i live on nebraska street downhill from this property property ive been watching the unfettered luxury housing fail to solve any of the citys Planning Issues just to be clear im in support of sensible two Scale Development it fits into the character those properties are out of scale to the surrounding houses each one of the properties between 2 and a half and 3 and a half times the Square Footage of my own house down the street i can only surmise the building is greed in todays market each one of the properties will sell for more than 2 million that is not a good argument those properties present a wall of milked townhomes they remove parking space and reduce sidewalk access to the only place a sidewalks placed on the road and it removed excuse me reaches the parishes necessary for increased of the population and density id like to see a more reversed and respectful proposal for those properties in my neighborhood thank you very much. I was asked to read a letter if herb than yesterday and address to commissioner president fong and the honorable members of the commission so for right now please consider herb my name is herb i live on fulsome street in San Francisco im unable to attend the meeting and give my neighbor permission at the discretionary review on at all on thursday, july 21, 2016, like the other neighbors that border this im concerned of a development it is careless and i live in bernal and seeing none, seeing largescale homes unprecedented for in the neighborhoods are built in the neighborhood with excess mass and scale and too many parts of this neighborhood east slope the east slope Design Review board i watched as this 0 project i stated any concerns the project sponsor said what do you propose he said cut down the size by half and address the setback and real side yards he simply smiled and turned away and said nothing thats the level of coordination the project sponsor has shown after several meetings it is clear theyre not listening and addressing the concerns no changes to the design conditions to ride the wave of flaunting his proposal in the face of neighborhood objections over and over the project sponsor has not respect for the guidelines that looked to to protect the long term and short term impacts thanks to the commissioners to take those concerns seriously. Okay. Next speaker, please. My name is winding on Chapman Street i have one simple plea that you, please listening listen to us and take what were sailing seriously i served so for two years on the Redevelopment Commission i understand first hand what it is like to be where our sittings the hundred and hundreds and hundreds of pages you have to review and how deeply you rely on nicole the Planning Commission and their report but you know, i just have to say when i was reading do the overall dominant over all massing the surrounding buildings its not true adjacent building has been repeated over and over are out of character with the rest of the neighborhood as betsy said proiblg the mo the most powerfu statement to have you get in a cash and drive 0 through the neighborhood the pictures in the packet all of them show very small one thousand to 12 hundred square feet homes except for those 4 big as said the east slope was created to combat we dont want this development to be the new standard we understand San Francisco is changing we understand we need homes were not opposed to that we want to keep the neighborhood character thank you. Good afternoon i live on the corner of apprentices street a block west of the proposed site looked on that project for 26 years and never creamed it would be developed ive enjoyed accident trees and when i discovered it was oh, oh theyll have to make them as big as the other houses to the fetter this is a place that we want not to make it bigger and not only has this developer i mean as far gotten away with two or three parcels into 4 parcels and building on every part of that space i strongly obtain to this staircase that is built in the rightofway i consider that a theft of little open space will be left once those giant buildings lets hope they dont get built i hope youll see this is senseless to approve this out of scale that the staircase is like a carrot to the neighborhood and on the open space a carve out street right away we dont need another staircase this is a staircase that the neighborhood approves in the Bernal Heights Improvement Committee approved the last staircase up Nevada Street so it is like stealing more the open space and should be left to some kind of consolation for the outrage of a development thank you. Hello commissioners noisome a barbara i live a block from the project i watched the improvement Infrastructure Project funded by prop a and prop k this haded with the massing seems strictly on the fact that there are predators backyard and the existing public rightofway no reference to the eastern sloping the purpose to currently the developers to beaked their facades and discourage this wall of excuse me on the pictures youve seen vision zero it seems to me with these introduction of garages you, you cant help but create a degree of safety hazard but ought to be paying attention to the hazard that is transferred with the line of sight with the garage doors flush with the sidewalk there is no line of sight it introduces new hazards to pedestrians passing by and seems that ousted to be paengd and more concern for keeping the pedestrians safe thank you very much. Okay is there any additional Public Comment . Okay not seeing any, now bringing up up to project sponsor please. Thank you commissioners good afternoon john with reuben, junius rose on behalf of the project sponsor patrick and karen that provides a great opportunity to create for new singlefamily homes awhile creating a landscape of the staircase to be accessed by the public built on vacant land consistent with the open space and building spacing if i can get the projector here. Ill just keep on going to speak to floor area the buildings with typical in size so for familysized dwelling in looking at the handbagable space they range from 2000 to 2200 square feet and the bedroom count in each ranks from three to four bedrooms so weve got role nice familysized housing with three or four bedrooms a piece we dont see this focus on Family Housing and you know, i think that 2000, 2200 square feet homes will not be considered a monster home you see two bedrooms that are 2200 square feet with so many talk about will take away the residential Design Guidelines and the east slope guidelines that are is the massing does that fit in with the neighborhood character, of course, we dont see the floor area from the outside and not necessarily relevant to whether or not the building themselves fit in and a so thanks for the projector and heres the rendering with the buildings rendered in youll see the building step with the typography as well as the existing homes on the block bernal coming down hill and the bernal homes second story at the street one home were putting on bernal will be second story and the existing homes on Asian Pacific islander hated even were doing three story and the homes up slope on bernal keeping the bernal homes 2 stories above grade and looking down on Asian Pacific islander haitian hat even and keeping 3 stories and going down grade 3 thousand square feet below grade so it is built into the home with the type of topography one other thing i mentioned in terms of spacing in the neighborhood it is actually, the 40 bernal is 2 streets away from the adjacent neighbor across the street you have Bernal Heights boulevard and the streets we have a distance of separation as youre going uphill and homes considered to be impacted but i think the real essential of the project is well spaced and family that continues to maintain a significant amount of open space taking into account the diagram here so the green areas are the areas where the home is not builds above grade if you look at the 4 buildings their respectly taking of 43 and 53 and 56 and another 56 of the lot of the newly created lots this is in contrast to the homes up the street from 46 to 78 percent coverage most of them in the 50s and 60s were actually constructing allows above grade mass than on the block one of the positive results with the meetings with the east slope design doesnt do the homes were to read like more families and diminished with materials and has the family feel the neighborhood now kind of getting into the open space 202 3rds of the Bernal Heights frontage it will be setback 23 feet with trees and others shaping those homes are here only go above grade on bernal by half to a full floor and screened with landscaping as you can see an image of that here. So as youre looking at bernal mostly landscaping with one single second story home at the top as you come around you have the unimproved street this is open space and public land and street trees that are going to connect that open space with the new public staircase as also mentioned in addition to the street trees were expanding the width of the sidewalk over 8 feet the sidewalk will increase in size and thats the gem of the project that is providing this pubically assessable landscaped public staircase it is a great opportunity to ride the Public Access to the street not on area that is particularly welcoming to folks that enjoy and be on the space that will provide new connections in the neighborhood and new public visa takes this is you know taken on maintenance will be written into the obligation of the homes adjacent one of the modifications made as part of discussion with the east slope board to make those homes actually assessable directly to the staircase theyll be taken care of you know legally bound to take care of the staircase weve done a lot of work and had two meetings with the etc. Slope designer board and other 2 meetings with the neighborhood in general heights have been reduced again, the mason has been shift those are positive conversations we were at the board on a challenge of the subdivision of the lot and the 4 lots that was unanimously denied so were we think this is a really bad great opportunity to provide 4 new real three and four bedrooms not huge roughly 2000 square feet and sensely providing open space to continue with the neighborhood family provides open space as you can see from the diagrams results in the new public staircase and benefits the city with the new familysized houses for those reason we respectfully ask the commission to approve the project if you have any questions, well be happy to answer them. Im sorry karen the project sponsor. Good afternoon, commissioners first, let me say that i live in Bernal Heights myself ive lived there for the last three or four years as a builder of small homes i personally want to say ive not been in front of thought that commission for 4 years but you know you reach an impasse you have to do what is best for everything. I think the word we should be focusing on here is . Family housing were building here a family neighborhood family those are not condos not townhomes we know that vacant land is you know is very hard to get in San Francisco when we get it doing everything we can to deal with that you know families in San Francisco didnt matter who moves in the fact youre trying to create a home for a family are anyone that wants to move in you cant go in there in the vcr and 60s at the built homes in Bernal Heights they were 15 hundred square feet now these homes are you know 2000 square feet or 2200 three and four bedroom homes if thats not what the city needs or requires i dont know what the need as far as im concerned, a perfect fit in a Good Neighborhood for good names so in saying you know we started the project we worked adamantlyly it as far as im concerned, with the neighbors we reduced the Square Footage from the original plan by a couple hundred of square feet and reduced the heights of these houses by 8 feet of Bernal Heights boulevard and 3 feet only each of the houses on Asian Pacific islander hat even we started this application we met with the Planning Department and theyre the ones that gave us the guidelines of. Thank you your time is up. Okay. Okay speakers in support of project sponsor. Hi i currently live in the sunset area which is also a nice quiet neighborhood like Bernal Heights i lived in Bernal Heights for many, many years and totally miss that is a transition from sun to fog which i havent seen the sun all summer probably wont ive been looking for years to give back to Bernal Heights we have a large extended family and need a lot of space spy daughterinlaw family is their health is will failing and need to get them in to 2 of the four homes is perfect for my son and children and their parents it is neither here nor there impossible to buy a home in the city as it is to find a home with a legal space to put our parents is nonxoivent and here they are offering two such spaces i appreciate no one wanted their neighborhood changed those houses do drag us in the 21st century and nothing new since the vcr a50s and 60s really bad want i really bad need these homes this is a real life issue with families getting older and have to take care of them and no space in a 12 square feet home. Thank you. Commissioners good afternoon john oconnor it is rarely we get an opportunity to come in front of the commission where 4 families very moderate homes and 2200 square feet of living area three or four bedrooms and preserve quite a bit of the open space those homes are consistent with the neighborhood and are much needed for families in San Francisco ill ask you to approve this project today thank you. Thank you. Afternoon commissioners im michael a builder in San Francisco for 20 years i grew up on a farm mom and dad and had 5 kids the girls one room and the boys another room 3 boys in one room and 2 girls in another room with a 3 bedroom house i wonder how in modern times we want to go backwards are we r50ik9 people like other countries that have one child for the future because the it is good big to have a big family in the world of what is going on it is confusing and it would be hard to negotiate with the neighborhoods because one gets up and wants 25 feet on the front of the lot and another wants Something Else and another one take more off the sides what did he want a first story with no parking do we want a big family home my house is not for everybody 12 square feet doesnt suit everyone some people are a merry satsz i can see from the picture that that the neighborhoods put up and the developers theyre quite different you see through the houses their setback and when you look from the other streets your locating over the houses besides the landscaping to block you so i think that has very, very reasonable project if they take 25 setbacks on basically you take away too lots completely and get two houses so, i mean i dont know where you bend open a site like this and how you negotiate with people that is total unreasonable not ceo he has a one plan attack oh, no one says take off the roof deck i hope you approve this project thank you for your time. Thank you. Is there any additional Public Comment in support of project sponsor. Okay not seeing any, dr requesters a rebuttal time. Thank you, thank you for the opportunity to address a few things that came up im glow as many as i can capture i know there is a lot of passion around the developments we want to stress before you make a decision come and try to translate into real form and understand that mass as perception of what good big for Bernal Heights cant be determined by numbers were talking about the experience of the neighborhood as well as something that appears on paper a staircase is permitted a root to the neighborhood and neighbors didnt perceive the staircase the staircase was added at at earlier point in negotiations as a kind of replacement for changes that address our concerns about the mass a decoration of a large box we didnt ask that is a hazard second you know identifying this as families maybe see but not affordable to many families to say they may families assessable is isnt true i want to point out if this year families that require this much Square Footage why do we have to accommodate four of them at the expense the neighborhood why not 3 thats what we want to stress if have to be four can it be 3 homes and as far as the Square Footage of the houses the Developers Team has been talking about this in the range of 2000 square feet of liveable family well add more Square Footage for a garage those are not modified 2000 square feet homes i live in a one square feet home with an elderly mother we manage to do fine there was talk about the trees a 6 foot fence and trees added are no substitute for the feet lost over the fence the 6 feet fence. The project sponsor has shown some new drawings that seem to give the virtual there is a huge gap between the houses id like to remind you those are 3 feet about this long 3 feet hard to imagine it will give it sense is space as your approaching from Asian Pacific islander hat even from nebraska i invite you to do that for yourselves that will look like a wall those houses will that tower over houses across the street i want to underscore that. Oh, okay. He want to point out talk about compromises earlier in the planning process to height reduction and a other things in terms of the overall mass of those buildings those changes made lets go difference and, of course, nothing to alleviate this will be a huge wall so id like to conclude by seeing the proof is in the site look at it youll find a triangle hard to imagine shoe horning houses why 2000 plus square feet and that is a good question i hope youve ask yourselves thank you for your time and hope youve heard information that is useful to you. Project sponsor a rebuttal. Thank you, commissioners as weve you know had in a lot of cases a confidentiality the various policies in San Francisco and i want to emphasize again, the opportunity of this site we have a vacant piece of land not dealing with the Housing Stock were modifying this is zero we obviously are encouraging housing in the city as much as possible but not at the consensus of neighborhoods encouraging in a was that is sensitive to each neighborhood thats why we go through a rigorous Design Review with the guidelines to say we should cut down the houses or why not were ready to gave me in a review and an appropriated design of these buildings we feel strongly that the homes are consistent with the existing neighborhood they are consistent with the various guidelines so it in his mind it didnt serve a purpose to get rid of of a home and chop off a floor to do it lets do it for a purpose; right . Lets all the fellow the existing neighborhood character with respect to the staircase on unimproved carver street we added 3 to the east slope design board if theres a strongest desire not to do it we did it as a response and thought it was a Nice Community benefit but we dont want to stay were putting our foot adopt it is a nice Public Benefit so again, im emphasis that you know four homes, three or four bedrooms each we dont see those only 2000 and 2200 square feet from what we presented we feel that is consistent with the guidelines and the existing character of the neighborhood and an appropriate project were here if you have any questions. Good afternoon, commissioners consulting one thing we have to recognize in regards to this project the way this site is laid out i was wondering if we can have the overhead please i have been involved in city mr. Haney and design in our great city for the last 20 years and one thing that stand out with this project personally i think that almost i dont think ive done any project with that situation with that these four buildings do not effect anybody we have 3 homes on Asian Pacific islander hat even that are facing the street you know across the street two homes which face each not this building so we have no shadow issue no privacy issue we are bringing a great opportunity to improve carveer street with great escaping and increasing the size of the sidewalk so i think i know the change is tough especially with People Living in the area for a long time we feel that well be bring something to the neighborhood on the other side of the street the smallest home second story with the Bernal Heights boulevard nobody around is no shadow and privacy issues in front of that no homes for 2 blocks almost i feel this project is reasonable and were available for any questions or comments you may have. Okay. Thank you. Okay. That concludes the public hearings and opening up to supervisors commissioner antonini. Thank you very much actually at the before even this meeting i made two separate visited to the site on sunny days the last speaker encap lasted this is a plateau on Bernal Heights boulevard and houses below it on pro hat even what a perfect site no impact on no one else and i carefully not did sun it is 3 oclock on the 21st the 12 of july and since the longest day is the 21st of june even on the tool in the tool belt or 12 of july it was to the south of the homes on pro hat even ablow the homes on the boulevard in light impact on the homes faster up or below i know what possibly the obtain oversees can come up with after seeing the beautiful site people what find reasons ill try to answer first of all, im upset this is masters because we built singlefamily homes those expensive because unlike brisbane built a lot of singlefamily units we built none and have a few sites available this is one and a few other sites every time a site comes up someone has a reason not to build singlefamily units and we labor market densest didnt hurt 4 homes rather than 3 or 2 much better it means additional people able to buy homes in San Francisco that are dense low sized but raefks as pointed out by one of the speakers today, people with multi children or multiFamily Members prefer a home bigger than 2000 or 2200 square feet is hardly large the reason by the entire home is bigger because of the very requirement of Bernal Heights has for at at least two housing two Parking Spaces for the ones that are in the neighborhood of 21 hundred square feet and the one over 22 has to have 3 so the very restrictions requires nor parking is one reason why the total footprint of the homes is are larger than they could be. And somebody brought up the parking problem i was there i can park anywhere and i did have quite a bit of a climb to the second site to look at the home on Bernal Heights boulevard so the staircase would have been welcomed i had to walk up one street and up the other this make sense to me and this is a very steep sites so you know a challenge to build on it i was thinking you know it cant be used for anything else you cant put a park people low roll down the hill and 4,000 square feet or one thought is below grade so theyre using as much as below grade to get the greatest Square Footage with the lowest impact and the idea of a 40 feet at about the same time with the paper street carveer and not a staircase thats wonderful nobody can say it has an impact on the homes further east so theyre also a large a lot of open space on rose else koran as appointed by the project sponsor this is this allegation to the contrary each sites has 43 to 56 percentage the lot coverage thats moderate especially compared to the homes that fill the sites have no separation between them i dont like those their funky looking 1950s or 60s but much less of open space than these have so and then looking at there was some complaiven about the heights the project sponsor has reduced 8 feet off of the height of this 40 bernal taking off a floor and about 4 feet open pro hat even the total heights on bernal is 21 feet 9 inches and the others are 26 and 27 which is very moderate in his mind it is certainly compatible with the height of homes in the neighborhood so i dont really bad see any problem there. And you know this is the kind of thing that pass people there are foe choices when youre trying to buy a new family and as far as the open space privately owned not Public Open Space a lot of people like looking at out you dont own is it is better to be built for housing and not sitting there it is useless space on the commission we look at each project that is done very well surfaced the roof deck im open to the roof deck ill see what my fellow commissioners have to say theyre short but can certainly sport any modification through i dont see that is necessary and as far as the setbacks where this is 3 feet on the sides or 4 feet is really bad didnt make too much difference a setback and detached homes many homes in the city the vast majority have no setback their wall to wall on the sides so you know im not sure Bernal Heights probably averages quite a bit of room theyre small houses but typically in San Francisco we dont we have more attached homes and rather get a large home im fine with a small modification i dont think that is necessary but the builder is a Bernal Heights resident this is a very good project im completely in support see what my fellow commissioners have to say. Commissioner Vice President richards. I guess question for staff please. So the guidelines for the south slope of berry nan natural woob adopted by the Commission Whats the legal force they have or the requirement for the project. I am not it is inherent we review the guidelines as part of our overall review in collaboration with the Residential Design Team. Is there anything in your opinion i if so a one to with only heres the guidelines of bernal it was general anything that jumps out at you in terms of veering off the guidelines. Yeah. Thats a good question if i can get the overhead i think part of difficulty with this type of project the uniqueness the site itself i want to provide some context. Okay. Thank you. Can you pull the my case over. Can you pull the microphone closer. It the a picture of sanborn map we see do site this project is essentially its open block occupying its own entire block the agenda you see the 5 buildings have the, you know, singular facade that is from the front Property Line but see the 3 foot story presence entirely across a block immediately those houses front nebraska and the another perimeter you have side yards both houses abutting this across the project site up the hill along Bernal Heights boulevard other chufrts of 5 buildings of the same era and architecture their consistent second story presence adjacent to the site. In your opinion thats why the guidelines were put in place to avoid what youre calling out. So i guess regards to the concern of mass you know and bulk the guidelines you know you look at the guidelines were trying to be considerate of the height and depth of the adjacent site this is a well defined mid block open space those compliment very well another important thing to note by looking this the images you know typical lot width and depth along nebraska and in the neighborhood in general this sites we see the width along nebraska from 25 to 33 feet in width with a lot depth of one hundred feet this site is just apparently unique we have at the triangle shaped lot in which those lots about are created to meet the minimum width and depth in the requirement. Im sorry whats the percentages. Those percentages are showing that building Area Footprint to lot area ratio and this is sort of the existing mid block of preexisting building adjacent to pro hat even and this kind of shows the proposed block that will compliment the thoroughfare you know mid block. As i look at this map this is informative the lots covered to the immediate neighbors is less 43 and 53 percent. It is compatible and going back to the typical lot size and width and depth you see positive as a 450 feet width and 60 foot width were trying to deal with the unique depth and width in the neighborhood in general. Whats the citys situations and guidelines anything that jumps out at you with the uniqueness were peering off the guidelines. No the balance is consistent with the guidelines. And the direction of the guidelines. That would be helpful a question for the project sponsor mr. Lee and kaplan. Thank you. So as i look at the august 30th letter from Bernal Heights east slope Design Review and look at the 5 items theyve identified as suggestions for improvement one of them jump out wow, that is far off if you can take each one it will help me a lot this one here. I know in the. The initial. Life. Okay. Great. That the first goal we had was about deattaching the homes. Theyre asking the uniqueness one center homes the other home is adjacent to carveer street an unapproved student. If you shifted every building one foot over except the carefuler. The two end homes are facing the center home of 85 Asian Pacific islander hat even. Because i saw in the map that was produced a space on the far side where a yard you can move the building one more foot not into the public property into accident side yard. House. Is there a side yard you can yeah. If you move everything one foot. We can shift 9 foot to the left. That extra foot thats not a big deal. Thats great. One down considering the flat roofs on all four buildings what can we had to make it look yeah. I guess that was initially i think your concerns were because really bad unique lot and for families are anyone else optimize the open space we put roof deck you, you cant put a roof deck on a pitched roof. On the subject roof deck i looked at the submittal your team did as and looked at the neighborhood im not sure i see roof decks this commission has a special interest in roof decks almost a fetish. Were those are the roof deck in the neighborhood i dont see any one of the issues to see see roof lines if we dont have the roof deck we can hopefully pretty easily created im not a designer what the mass not to create something that is funky but. Variety. I think the gentleman is needing his head i dont know if it effects the roof deck putting it smaller. If you look at the schematics of the New Buildings the roof lines are tuff in elevation the tap graph. If we could get the oh, no youve got it. One could say their somewhat varying. But we can work with the staff to speak with that in the east Bernal Heights. Thats great. Then the same garage doors and this stuff is minor at this point and commissioner just to that point they are small wants and we are responded by willing to continue to work with staff to continue to refine that yeah. Yeah. One number 2 i walked up saturn streets the little go entrances off the homes theyre facing board street or douglas street are interesting they provide a second in and out the building and another set the eyes looking at the steps will be open to the homes facing unimproved carveer. Tha thats scratched off the list ill give the project sponsor time to time speak into the microphone please. Sorry about that commissioner Vice President richards weve been working hard to get a response from the project sponsor and didnt address the offer sized mass and at the wall youll get as. Walk across pro hat even or nebraska street those homes will fit a floor above the current homes own pro hat even avenue i cant stress those Bernal Heights slope guidelines were put into place to restrict the shoe box construction you and the project sponsor keep on looking at making nor modernized homes of the shoe box construction is odd to keep on justifying you thi scombrufts y. The neighborhoods ill be honest cant have that both ways a lot of Square Footage devoted to parking if we were asked to get rid of of parking the neighborhood would go crazy youre creating space for parking may or may not be something that is noted as we moved with an mta meeting weve talking about different modes of transportation. Fascinating. Thank you but commissioner antonini you have everything cut into the fold what appears to be 200 square feet but given the testimony in the 5 or 6 or 7 not gigantic all the issues of parking the other one in my neighborhood a couple of blocks from where i live steep slopes and museums on the way i dont know if you saw the j k article those been bernal youve created a humane wall the fact those homes are fronting pal hat even is take advantage of the what that appears a giant monster home and lets not forget on Bernal Heights boulevard a 60 for the wall by the property frovnt it and the property behind it awhile i appreciate the amount of 2 homes frovnt the other two on prohat even if it wasnt a triangle last year lot well have 6 homes instead of 4 but locating the odd shape unique sterilized circumstances, which is why were here i think there is still that impact of a wall of fact of the houses that are significantly higher the ones on pro hat even. I i get it you can go level with the street and have a 40 foot wall; right . No matter what youll have a wall that is grounded somewhere in the dirt i look at the buildings next door i see that i think theyve loaded the i dont get much of the differences. Let me go back to the parking i didnt like the code or the guidelines the neighbors and i are trying to interpret the guidelines as it relate to this project i cant comment arent parking but follow the guidelines like guidelines need to be followed and things like that. Let me ask we have other commissioners on the cow. The front yard am the shoe box houses is concrete driveways. In part. Pretty much it is sitting there i think what will they window a setback a few feet or 25 foot setback one i in any neighborhood people park their cars an setbacks. That was raised by the planner. Im trying to figure out where to go a lot of the arguments are ended up kind of in deadends. Im not going to prescribe whether someone will live in a 12 it is not necessarily right to suggest that anyone have a front setback will use it as a garage. This is a code compliant home. But it is not compliant it relates to the adjacent setback and not consistent with the homes that are adjacent the homes adjacent are setback 25 feet and so are 13 out of 18 homes on pro hat even half so typically the homes are setback. As i look at the aerial again, i see homes in the next block above bernal i dont know what street but on the sidewalk as well i am not im i i get it those homes are setback 25 feet but you look around it is mix. What street are you looking at. Im a dr requester i got off work and teach. Off bernal they look like front end. Id like to address this question about the setbacks i think that what the group is reilly landmarking for or me anyway some variety in the front of homes so that the garage itself is at least setback for safety and other reasons but to give dimensions to the house the wall yeah, that many homes but not all pretty much flush up against the sidewalk there can be you know should maybe the garage recessed but the stairs go up a lot of ways to make it look nor interesting and look for compatible with the neighborhood and not like the homes that are next door sure. With the sir before i pass the mike to someone were close you have number one and said something going on and two entrances off carve vera street and do elements and different were talking about the roof decks that are open on but moving the interesting around the way they sits on the lots how much can we do there. In terms of how it meets the street. Yeah. One gets setback 3 feet i dont want to redesign the building but weve moved everything over one foot. We have cut ended but work with the staff continuing to differentiate and make that yeah. I see the pardon going a huge leap forward i dont know what they did green before but willing to do if the staff will directions them what the brerts is asking im still open on the roof deck. Commissioner johnson. Thank you other than the change that was brought up by commissioner Vice President richards to move the Properties Around in the lots and get the 4 point sobriety ive supportive of the project and here are my reasons why i look at the bernal east Bernal Heights guidelines there are a few things this project does he know this focus on front setback ill get to that in a minute there are other ways to solve the problem but i look at many of the other design aspects of the building their marshall you know we talk about the roof deck im smotd not supportive because the Bernal Heights calls for roof decks it says if we dont have a 3i67d roof your roof must be flat and designed if it is a blank roof they have documents that call for usable open space and the other thing people have talked you know some statement in the letter about the entrances not only being uniform but calling them hole in the walls for the hallways all the preferred sxhoefks and different types of entryways involve establishes not theyre not necessarily for the typography of those lots on the switch back and make the argument if youre trying to build new families and multi family generations dont want to walk up steps to get to our front door what those guidelines with calling a hole in the wall i call a front door if you look at the side setback with the stairway that stairway that was add im not going to go i dont know whether that was put in as an actual compromise i dont know ill not do that back story but part of project it is making the 3 feet setback i can see moving things around make that important the only other thing how things are laid out another part of the guidelines say private open space has to be assessable from prime living areas we think the way the buildings are situated on the hill actually allows you from the first story out to the backyard and out to the front and again that front setback with the tap grateful youre talking about potentially having stairs and get up to the front door that eliminates that opportunity that is laid out in the guidelines for a lot of reasons i think this project fits with people in bernal were looking at and quite a bit of uniform between the homes and potentially there are other ways to do that other than pushing one building 24 and another 15 and none was suggesting that. Great then great there is lots of things to work on like the articulation through color, maybe the corner lot has a pitched roof i like the idea of a roof space that might be one way of differentiating the properties take the largest one instead of that having a large roof deck and across the four lots i think and the only other thing i dont know that is against something we dont need to you know write off right here but landscaping as part of master plan as having the tax and getting rid of of that wall whether three or four feet you see green instead of concrete; right . Get rid of the landscaping part of open space for the homes that gets to some of the concerned the neighborhoods have without cutting off floors and making the building substantially smaller if you think theyre a good size at least for this project for those reasons ill be supportive of this project maybe with that one change with the process around the 4 feet side yard. And the different materials. And articulation well craft that that is those are the changes ill be willing to support. Commissioner moore. Working back wards the commissioners observations are interesting im pickup on residential design theyre the fact their roof deck but the roof deck operate at the edge of the building is a 42 inch grail it makes did buildings look learn the thirty feet rirtdz height in this district so i would very much caution to pull them significantly into the center of the roof not visible at the edge if the building looks to massive as one building rather than an assembly of 4 buildings that is an important point i dont believe we need seven hundred and 50 square feet roof decks when we just yesterday had the board of supervisors put the minimum of affordable units at three hundred and 50 square feet i have to get that point of sar catching in i believe the factors of the building make them look at a single building rather than a collection of small, 4 larger buildings and the suggestion to add four feet in between is a very good one i am kind of looking at the neighborhood the push back on the common stair where the stairs are in San Francisco i like them, however, if theres a stair nearby permanent there is and experiences in the neighborhoods why not a stair and perhaps not right now we might want to consider the pros and cons of that note happening i dont know what to see or is that about ill be interested to see the four buildings as the related group of buildings rather than the same factors advertised cost saved and makes the building cheaper and not singlefamily homes but a distinct sort of of the materials the architectural questions are different i want to see a richer choice of alternative materials with each other and a way of creating a patchwork of building of similar quality and not savings in mass the one point that is a little bit harder to express the way there project is presented to this commission the requirement for a project of this size there is a survey the requirement is that in subdivision we have to look at the mid point of curve to determine the height of the building from that particular demarcation at mid point the reproduction that is a interval part of east slope guidelines mr. Town ive not seen a verified survey and interpretations of height but that could be a health taken in the middle of the lot for me as a Planning Department staff commissioner not enough to say that is properly documented maybe a subtle point i think that the gentleman knows my position on that we had other projects we remember asked to provide that and the project had to be continued because that information is important for us mr. Town have you seen it and why not in my page. Thats the same requirement prior to the packet mailing i apologize if it is not in yours ill ask the architect to provide that i requested that same thank prior to the packet mailing the other things. Can you complete that before we go on i want to see a vifrdz site survey how did the Department Exam the bulk reductions. Theres a unique interpretation of the bernal normally based on the definition and methodologies that the planning code establishes you know we take it from top of curve to the mid point of the building in bernal a specific interpretation that requires we take is this way. Specifically for an up sloping lot so in bernal on an up sloping you take the height parallel to grade the grade definition as you can see the actual upper market most extensive height is a sloping tap grateful that office some kind of confusions this section introduce the mid point of bernal helps clarify the Building Height in relation to the baseline that that is measured in restriction to show the portion of the building that is above grade. You have 3 buildings phasing plans did you take the specific mid point of each the 3 lots. It the taken from the top debris through each of mid point slice. Mid point at curb. Mid point fossils the tap grateful. The way the rules read mid point at the curb thats where the confusion it the mid point to curb. A unique interpretation unique to Bernal Heights ill let any colleague comment further. So what the code required is that the definition of height be taken from the top of the curb to the top of building if it is a flat roof building the top of the roof and a midway point between the crest of the revolver and the east. I think what chris is saying the measurement are different in bernal the different measurement. It is a parallel for the tap grateful different than at the rest the city. If i may. The first one that concern the neighbors Asian Pacific islander hat especially has an existing thirty inch retaining wall the neighbors said that was not the original scale we reduced it in order to measure the building from the back of the curb were not you know were measuring it from the not measuring from oriental technically we have gotten thirty inch. So your clarifying youre doing it correctly could you while you there briefly respond to one of the neighbors indicated there is a vent structure on the property can you speak to that note seeing the survey i dont see a grade or is that Something Else. The vent pipe that is there they call blow off grades as it sits that had been sitting in the new sidewalk adjacent to any property the water we talked with the Water Department that waterline turns to the left and groups unimproved roman craft so theyll lose the pipe. While you there explain to the commission the parking strategy we have a hard time. My park stream. Yeah. The park for the project is when we looked at this they first one is that you know with the Bernal Heights eastern Neighborhood Group they require a minimum of two cars for anything above 2000 secret we provided that and if you look at the parking on the street theyre going to lose possibly two cars off the streets but gain 7 and 5. With that, explanation and the suggestions made by the Commission Im inclined to make a motion to take dr and modify the project and allow the perimeters weve discussed the separation of building, the treatment and materials, the potential im not sure what to do that that director rahaim perhaps you can help us a larger city planning policy regarding the stairs the opposition duo to be gained or losses something what else would we do with the larger piece another way to create a public garden i dont have any yesterday, i hear the neighbors are concerned for safety reasons and there are reasons it can be negative. Generally would support public assess on to public rightofway this is a public rightofway so i think we would support the staircase i understand the concerns about safety that come up on these situations that is a situation more eyes on the street because of the houses proposed so, i mean we generally error on the side of having public assess on public rightofway. This is an unimproved street can it be improved and a stair close by. Not a street for vehicles advertise it would be unlikely because of the slope i am not we have many streets that are only stairways this is similar to those i guess i would suggest we would support of stairways as a way of public assess through the neighborhood. Well in principle it creates different feelings and looks like a consumed but something compound with the differentiation and the treatment of the building. Right. A second. A second. Did you finish the motion. Unless someone wants to amend it. I have a couple of amendments youve mentions before i begin the roofdecks in could we consider them in as 5 feet in youll dimensions. Not part of site. It has to be definitely concentrated to the center of the room those are large roof surfaces i think they have to come to the center of the roof and hold better late than never back ten or 15 or 20 that feet. Theyre behind a parapet wall. They have is not a parapet ethnic it keeps the buildings lower thats why the roof deck should pull to the center. Can say that 10 feet in all dimensions and gives them some numeral guidance. May make a friendly migrant we have acute angles on the Bernal Heights side i want to roof decks not to follow the acute angle but stay as square or rectangle forms if you put them parallel to the slanted facades their too much of an impact on homeopath. If i could suggest commissioner were completely in favor the massing towards the center of the roof and without getting into more well doesnt the to the 7 foot setback and while also to our intent beyond that new medic but getting it away from the sides and work with staff to more appropriate design it on roof. Can we say from the sidewalk across the street you cant see it. The railings. Lets do that for the based youll allow that amendment. Yes. Okay. One more. Work with staff on the. Minimize the software escaping and different expressions between the buildings and emphasis that the 4 foot separation looks as green and informal as possible and not like 4 feet of a picket fence. Okay. Who would like to recap this motion. I can actually, i have a few notes so the most motion to take dr and include 4 setback and setting back the roof. And from across the street. So theyre not visual from the line of sight. On the sidewalk. So work with staff on the harrowed escape and maximize the articulation. Are they the responsibility of the homes further to the east is there anything else we need in terms of lighting, in terms of you can answer that. Commissioner antonini. Im asking the director. The question whether or not the Department Requires the lighting in the stared are built i think we will make sure that if they were conducted theyre built standard i think the public the department of public works will require that well make sure that theyre built to you know their standards. Which includes surfaces and railing and maintenance etc. , etc. Thats correct. Is only other thing. Commissioner antonini. In terms of differentiation we want to differentiate the grammar doors as much as possible if thats okay with the maker the motion. I dont understand the can you explain. The garage doors i think through of the neighbors the dr requesters brought up i am you may want a uniform door but perhaps alter the colors or perhaps make them different in each one a style not one completely different style but change the styles a little bit so each of them a lot a little bit different. If i may because of the garage doors are a primary facade thats part of the differentiation between the two units. Even if on the rack on to galileo and look at the same garage doors there are 5 versions horizon panels and the vertical panel whatever . Ism applied with the materials. I want to clarify with the two second to the late to build a stairs and differentiation of garage material; is that correct. Garage door material. One other question i guess. They all have to be a wooden rope up with anniversary in that case. Add anything on the roofs. No. Were pulling the roof deck off the streets i like the idea of a visual flat were doing our articulation on the other side. Okay on that motion there is a motion that has been seconded to take dr and approve the project once again 4 foot setbacks and setting back the sidewalks and work with staff on hard escape and maximize the targets and built the city stairs to city commissioner moore. Im concerned about the 7 feet are specifically an instructions i think the visibility is a far more important one sometimes that may not be more than 7 feet we have large flat roof to keep them back from the ends enough creativity and surface 7 feet is two close for comfortable. Eliminate the 7 feet. Thats the most important. And minimize the hard escape. Okay on that motion commissioner antonini commissioner johnson. Commissioner moore commissioner wu commissioner Vice President richards commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero. Okay commission will take a short break a transition in the room and be back in a few minutes. Thursday, july 21, 2016, please silence all Electronic Devices. And when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. I also want to announce if we have an overflow room 416 again that overflow room 416 anyone that is standing on the ends please make our way if you cant find a seat if we have seats in the audience with bags please fill those or make our way to organisms. Everything or everybody on the sides go to room overflow room 416 before we start. Youll have plenty of time to come and speak wont forget anybody. I think the folks that need to sit in the disabled chairs should have that assess are they okay okay. Thank you. Commissioners, we left off on item 10 Record Number 2015 plus at the sickles a mandatory discretionary review. Good afternoon, commissioners every single can Department Staff the the item before you is an application for the mandatory discretionary review for the property on sickles after the proposal to establish a new medical cannabis dispensary doing business as as green embodies imposition compassionate to replace a vacate empowering space previously occupied by a small Corner Grocery stores seven hundred and thirty square feet in size with that on entrance an sickles avenue no parking is required and no physical expansion the proposed mcd will operate between 8 and 8 00 p. M. On the weekday and dispense medical cannabis will not permit onsite vaping the Planning Department has received communications in support and opposition to the projected o proposed since the distribution 7 letters of opposition and 3 letters of support have been received by the planning code those are available if you wish to have one the project is before you in require the mandatory discretionary review 3r7b8 permitted it is located more than 5 hundred feet from other mcd and not requiring a conditional use authorization per the act approved in 2005 by the board of supervisors and the mayor the department of health is the lead agency for permitting mcds the Planning Department review is generally limited to the location and the physical characteristics of the mcd in in question and prach approve for the following reasons theyve performed outreach and more than one thousand feet from Public Schools and any permitted Community Centers serve the youth apparently the proposed project not allow smoking to be more compatible to the surrounding area and project sponsor has a safety and security plan that is well served by the Public Transit one mile from the closet mcd and meets all the planning code and consistent with the general plan thank you that concludes my presentation. Im available to answer any questions jerry i didnt say here from the supervise office to read a letter. Thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners jessie legislative aide to supervisor avalos i have another letter from may 24th ill be brief it says because of the opposition from district 11 the Planning Commission denied this application in 2014 in neighborhoods opposition mcd is strong and while i support mcds in district 11 this is a growing voice for the clustering and an over saturation and ask you to please disapprove this the massive turn out is is a distrust amongst the neighborhood and we think well ask you 80 be consistent with sparks and disapprove this. Okay project sponsor please. Good afternoon, commissioners im ceo of green gods examination ill present and succeed my time the only things that mcds has in common a deep, deep desire to help people heal ive met with many san franciscans and left hand in the concerns and questions ill address before you most of the concerns about another mcd in the district this is vastly different than all the mcds in the city in the just district 11 our clients our seniors and veterans not yet comfortable visiting other mcd and benchmarking and oakland and to manage pain following those success models creating a space where veterans feel safe it will operate a healing interest weve provided services yoga and more and includes seniors and veterans that provides the peers with advice on available option for their ailments it will be a well Light Wellness center where folks talk what staff the Delivery Services will be appreciated and 45 to 50 Percent Health and 10 percent eatable and 40 percent flowers no congestion that have any product parking will be available at the auto body as from the owner included in the pathway our Security Team will have been one of Duty Police Officer and provide a comfortable waiting area for any caregivers not having the entry to the treatment hours of operation 9 to 8 and sadder and sunday 8 to 10 patients will meet monthly to address any issues and address the emotionally and working with the Developers Like 4r50eg9 warriors to help our heroes and it exists to help the seniors and developers this is why were unique the oils and creams from arthritis and other issues limits vicodin and other drugs with side effects with lavrj complications we will be our Industries Leader in urban in a service in San Francisco Health Centers is open in benchmarking and around the country and the boobs matured we provide the design and mcds are not pot clubs were places of healing it is not another mcd in the district were a Wellness Center for seniors and veterans that want a better life thank you for your time im available to answer any questions. clapping. hello commissioners shelly as i was presenting to come here one of the things that was thursday, july 21, 2016, when i sat on this commission we looked at administrative code the legislation for mcds and a lot of conversation at that time, and ive heard you all have since it the model of an mcd now the cafe concept that exists is making it easy for people to turn that into pot clubs but theyre not their peel dispensaries if you take out cannabis and put in al vera it is an herb that is helping to heal people people need to understand the stigma attached from the 60s and the san jose no longer exists the federal government is real estate some of the controls the state as you know from alma is looking at how it will change and one of the things weve looked at 10 years ago was how we make those look like pharmacies we talked about how their some that could be opened twentyfour hours for patients what an urgent need for care by the way, theyre the pharmaceutical in nature and talked about how hes a model mcd we dont have that but every mcd is painful to say called a pot club the polling people that access that be fighting with with depreciation and diabetes and all the elements revved by those dispensaries again, the lady will not be on site congestion of this the environment will be they didnt hear me say clubs it is attractive to seminars theyll want to come in and not have the stigma of their peers youre in a pot club those are Wellness Centers we should look at as the cleaving expect or concept it is important no matter what the setup is we have all of those medical cannabis dispensaries are helping people and the ladies project will not have people in and out having products work with seniors, the whole idea behind others professional uniform so seniors are comfortable from other examples out here in the world in the retail world if our not comfortable in the environment youll not going to that place to frequent so the concern that neighbors have about people come in and out all hours will in the exist 65 are veterans of any age looking for health and ways to relieve paper it is important to know that has we develop the whole concept of this center is it so around her father that was a veteran and mother who is ill this is not set up so that theres a switch and bait here this is for seniors that shes learned through the family 12 thousand seniors right now in district 11 according to the San Francisco department of aging Adult Services and 10 thousands of you all get aged out to do 65 by the year 2030 one hundred thousand seniors in the San Francisco according to the daumg those are the kind of folks like myself 61 i dont want to be on vicodin i want to go to paris and travel and live is an independent life this center this Wellness Center and the concept designed is being designed to make sure our seniors have a place that helps them heal it will be our seniors were here and available to answer any questions he know there are a lot of neighborhood opposition organized this is representative of peoples concerns for sure remember 12 thousand seniors in the community and all not recommended here today so thank you thank you for your time and were here for the evening. Thank you. Those are compelling predictions no applause booze or anything to keep this going if you have cell phones to turn off ill go ahead and call speaker cards for Public Comment. Please be advised the allotted time will be 2 minutes and also, we received requests for spanish area cantonese can we have those two interprets if anyone wants to provide Public Comment in spanish or cantonese approach the interprets. Im an spanish interpreter so. speaking spanish. im david a complains interpreter i will make an announcement now to the folks that speak sxhanz so you can be able to help them. clapping. again, no applause good evening. Im captain of the inigleside district 11 primarily covers 6. 5 square miles of the district i have over one hundred officers been there two years and before this commissions go fighting back sparks when that came up and the same thing for the people that are there the problem so not necessarily what has been offered by but the clustering and the problems brought with that ms. Workers comp is very good. Thank you for your outreach coming out to Community Meetings and Everything Else shes con a lot of the ground work, however, the problems are clustering thats the main issue as a Police Department it takes a lot of the resources to deal with the complaint on a daily basis with the mcd and battled these on top of assaults and robberies based on the initiatives clients that go through weve seen an increase in assaults and robberies but most of complaints are emails sent directly to me those entail most people from district 11 are effected by the loitering and the smoeshg of the product and sitting on stairs not in front of the establishment the ones around the corner the double parking and traffic on a Upper Mission there is a lot of daily city traffic a 30 fair with pedestrian assess ive done sting operations and things like that the complaint in the emails are simply that a lot of the neighbors effected one was a young latin woman bringing a stockholder into her house she wanted to get by and didnt as a result her but couldnt get into her own house thats the problems from a lot of the mksdz when i asked for control of that im trying to get this commission to understand this is why my friends and neighbors that ive worked for in the district are here with a vocal voice they will there i dont you dont they do thank you for your time. clapping. a reminder not to applaud and whistle or his can i ask the interpreter to explain the applause. speaking spanish. good afternoon commissioner and side audience im in an awkward position im here about half the people are on one side i come here with two strong or strong statements the medical Cannabis Club the new industry has a medical Marijuana Industry as an africanamerican man here in the city and im one of the people we encounter 68 percent unemployment with the construction western left out when the Tech Community came to San Francisco we were left out i dont want to be left out im tried tired of being africanamerican in the city and left out this Business Opportunity has a chance to employ a couple of do so africanamerican folks in a business in the neighborhood where we have 12 block radius not one africanamerican business we want to go to work too this is a way to go to work and addresses some of the concerns i happen sunday is my favorite place the am pm market this is thirty feet from the facility i watch the drug castles in the a. M. Per diem p. M. Market lets take the gun sales off the streets this is a way to take the drug gun the africanamerican young men are poisoned with the drug and put the people in a facility to serve seniors and vets thank you very much. Thank you. Richard good afternoon commissioner president fong as a former commissioner, in fact, during my tenure your truly can you carry the resolution back then all we know and the argument were not in the event the opposition came back to labor and supports the decision in 2006 a modification of guidelines which were still the opportunities is there for you as regulators to look at the zoning and no massing and typography a vacate building you can approve this project and i want to say there are good people i have enough friends great people ive worked with that have come before you we worked on different projects and as an africanamerican woman yes. I building in equal opportunity for support Small Businesses you regulated in such miff you can do that with this you can mash your rules and regulations you put together for this project are can you think in other projects but no excuse for not pga in legislation ill hear in support and i believe that the opposition have leaders the gentleman is a good man and he has proven he can pull the Community Together please approve with conditions and lets live together peacefully in the city and county of San Francisco and im john jones i live in the neighborhood youll hear from the people theyre hoping against this facility im a child of 60s i went through the summer of love i does not have a grief against marijuana i speak with the 52 hundred block of Mission Street their run like jails if you it says something burglary the incline he will you look at the Treatment Facility they have barbiturates jail keep bars inside of the facility thats what they need to control their consumers i cant stand outside of those facilities without being husband landline by an armed gaudy have an interest in how the facilities are run im standing outside of tree medicaid address a Security Guard says i cant stand there this is a public sidewalk who are you what is that we dont need that anymore in the district in San Francisco good work good afternoon. I appreciate the opportunity to speak for the compassion for the Planning Commission today, im a private attorney im also a mother of 3 sons mile oldest was a city college and employed in korea and maybe to afghan im concerned i anticipate hell are physical and psychological damage from the service part find gods compassion theyre focused focused on serving veterans my son currently is with the education and the opportunity available through c g ti think they can reduce the stigma and serve the veterans im concerned with his ability him coming home and addicted to the military there im sorry im nervous the ma independent benefits will surplus any of the drugs all kinds of depreciation medicines theyre given to our serve people please support this proposition thank you i dont want to take any more time. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Im pastor from the Christian Center on mission about six or seven hundred feet from the proposed business we know those that are coming to the table we know theyre great folks on both sides were just to let you know we serve people from all ages in the community for a over 60 years we serve the adults and increasing unto serve the childrens from ages of 5 to 17 years old so we have program and skwooech Afterschool Program we serve youth during the week so constantly our place were serving children and youth wednesday and fridays as well all over the place recreation and invaluable were a religious institution were constantly serving young people and target the young people thats our concern kids are on buses theyre walking the streets and so we are concerned for them and what they are perhaps exposed to tie in the area that we are so thats a real concern were concerned about our sons and daughters and the children in the community and most of all were in close proximity so thats really bad our concern with this whole matter that we want everybody to look at so thank you for your time and attention matter thank you thank you. I represent our kids first and Afterschool Programs that serves the majority of Longfellow Elementary School students that is two blocks north im chair and member of the organization m i a collaborative of nonprofits and neighborhood advocating for the services in district 11 approximately 25 members and im also a member of San Francisco Christian Center been there 15 years a mother of one and 49 students 75 in the Afterschool Programs we have services during the week monday through friday twouksz so 6 oclock and summer is 7 30 to 6 00 p. M. The discretionary review analysis considers the Christian Center but neglects my housing buildings of the Christian Center on Mission Street although we dont finance from the street and dont see children playing or doing homework and precipitating in activities were here and been there 29 years and continue to work with the community that we serve we are clearly 6 hundred feet within the establishment were not urban known we get dcyf funding and licensed to operate we partner with the schools and support other nonprofits in the neighborhood were in a population that is low income serving the highest amount of youth and seniors in the policies were committed to prepare meals for homework and enrichment this dispensary is inconsistent with the goals of the city it is contrary to the new tickets for quality of life. Your time is up. calling names . Good afternoon. Im Richard Dickinson im the Northern California Deputy Director for the congress of racial quality california joining hand in hand with the end of naacp to support this project and get away from the apocalyptic loss against cannabis i heard a recent testimony from members of players in the nfl i oppose to the Prescription Medication that they are using to keep them playing and in favor of cannabis this is a widely known fact and well needed medication for seniors developers to help them overcome some of the things they need to overcome it can be regulated just like alcohol or any other project we support this and if you in los angeles we sponsor the Martin Luther king prayed every january we invite you to come do support this get out of the dark understandably come into the new age and be in the forefront to help medicate people thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners my name is annette im here today, im actually a San Francisco nature i take it a long time resident of San Francisco and been in my current residence with my family and im here to speak in opposition to the proposal im a left hand clinical working my most important job is a mom the reason im someone being a social worker said the Healing Properties of medical cannabis and a strong supporter of medical cannabis in fact a legislative aide for supervisor campos in 2008, and 9 a legislative aid that coordinated the task force not an easy task getting tool know all the folks running the medical cannabis dispensary and little rules to be permitted, however, in this case im actually opposed to this item today, the reason im opposed at this point in our district 11 too many drerngz that are in existence and also some of the issues that the officer had discussed with you earlier the clustering and im very deeply concerned where the locations is where the dispensary if it is allowed because of the children and the pathway of children yeah. I mean i think thats my time is up okay. 30 seconds. Basically thats what i wanted to put forth okay. Thank you very much i urge you to vote no, thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners long time resident in district 11 been here 10 years with the family and a a long time supporter of medical cannabis in my work with tom ammiano for 6 years i got to work on statewide issues around cannabis ill agree with my wife we have 3 grave concerns about the density of mcds in the district i believe that if were going to have quality at any level that will be for Economic Development in our neighborhood that really bad focuses on Small Businesses and really bad supporting working families in our district thank you very much. Hello my name is lee a resident of the neighborhood i am here in support of project as someone mass t d s d the Wellness Centers are greatly needs if we have Something Like a Wellness Center instead of jail dispensaries i think i wouldnt go into that sloopd to get on a crowded bus ill get medication he need but i have 6 Years Experience in oncology hospice care in a state with no Legal Cannabis and knowing the quality of life would be greatly improved by the patients i saw it will help the lives and families knowing they were having a better care than on the hash opiates that can effect someones life ive seen people overdose there could have been other Treatment Options and owned by minoritys to me is important it will bring more diversities into a neighborhood that needs it and having those are important then we can it will having a place that is owned by someone who can bring in diversity that will bring better jobs and i would much rather this board approve this for the people in the neighborhood and i dont think that it is more harmful than children walking by liquor store so people are walking by more harmful things that cannabis thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners i am come here to speak in opposition to the project we were before you about a year and a half ago speaking in the same vein with the same argument and many of the same people and here 5 years no 4 nature years ago when sxeerld and extreme circumstances you approved 3 more than clubs in the same night under the land use rules and under the rules thats my theme im kidding you didnt have any reason to deny the application but now based on last years argument you have a precedent it is cluster weird here today, there is 3r0e7b8 probably will one and 50 of us wiener enough is enough stooeshl our main argument we have two at the corner ever geneva and mission and one at the mission and silver over the last 5 years worked together to bring two more in front of you and spoke last time 5 win a mile nature radius at the end of the day youre a well served neighborhood has nothing to do with with ms. Wong those are eloquent arguments at the end of the day if this is really bad about december pensz this in a neighborhood our neighborhood is well served and as reverend said it as Community Serving facility if not for a technicality in the land use under their cu application their religious application that skwoovpz and Community Facility within one thousand feet so we strongly urge you to reject this application tonight and stand with the community thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners my name is a carol and ive residential Design Guidelines in San Francisco since 1955 a mother a grandmother and a great grandmother i have an auto immune condition lupus and arthritis and someone finally convinced me of the benefit of the use of the Medicinal Marijuana not to smoke or put anything in my lungs but some of the ointments and products to be used i believe what ive heard today is people who are concerned about describe as clustering as well as the quality of Business Practices in the neighborhood. I worked on third street for many many, many years the same argument with Liquor Stores owned by the kennedy didnt practice the business the way that the other Liquor Stores did not having people hang around the business not disturbances around the i business it was because of their Business Model i urge you to im not goingson to hurt children people going in there like children not hurt anyones child and other people like me veterans or other seniors i urge you to look at this from all angles and support this medicinal model. Ive lived in the community all my life a im a homeowner and worked in the city as pay takes for the great city i live in i sits on less Merchant Association and work hard to make this community thrive and be safety for the residents are commented in a positive way only our Community Knows what is best for us another mcd is not best for us i stand before you for the third time and cant count how many times oppose another mcd in the community we ask that you and others communities member take the discretionary review we dont want another mcd in the community 1 on third street opted with an operator that never ran an mcd before due to the inexperience there was a business that changed ownership and not anyone what open up a mcd if green is opened this community doesnt need to be untested and untried by a operator and if things dont go well the neighborhoods suffer why should the taxpayers in the communities have to suffer not right we shouldnt have to find out again ask you to oppose this project thank you. Good evening. Im may. Can you speak up, please. Speak into the microphone. We dont support gnp examination i understand that acupuncture and massage will help the people j. J. C we educate them and for cannabis my daughter helped me in healing the Kidney Disease and educate me and my family with cannabis within our family i would like you in support of g nc thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon to the Planning Commission i am keating adam im a strong advocate for women of color and the founding president of one of the black women chapters chapters on the memdz and in support and good afternoon the women through the San Francisco bay area i stand firm of gods green compassion laquisha has volunteered for the orientation over 15 years we support women and girdles and advocated for the Scholarship Fund and a strong level of commitment and dedication in making a deference in the lives of youth cannabis like flowers we have healing powers and order dandelion tea and unfair stigma on mcd people call them pot includes their medical cannabis dispensary that provide healing products without the side effects of prescription g d c has created a space for patient that want to assess healing and a therapeutic life i hope you overlook the mcds as club and support of wellness in the community i urge the Planning Commission to support green god compassion lowest lakisha not be it impacts the lessons for others and makes a difference a travesty not to do that at the end of the day, we all gods children and deserve to have equal rights thank you. Next speaker, please. Again Day Commission my name is interfere not lawrence a man of Health Professional i resigned from any job from the premise of the prescription that were being used and the neglects that it caused and the theory pubic effects it caused one of the things that drew me to this project the project was the focus on the contracannabis towards side therapeutic process and the model used and so with that, i say i hope that you approve this application thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners im tyler smith i believe my name was called around 4 oclock im a civil rights attorney a criminal rights attorney i hear one main reason in opposition to ms. Wong mcd that is because of clusters there are too much mcds in the area i want to point out through is 2 distinct reasons two things that distinguish or would distinguish her dispensary with an is that shes hopefully to specifically help our veterans and elderly and designed in a way it is a welcoming environment and not a intimately environment and secondly, shes a woman of color this is important, you know, San Francisco is long been a way of proving thinking and the appreciation of the diversity the commission permitting ms. Wong combotdz embodies that regression were stronger in San Francisco then people in other cities lakisha is smart and dedicated to a good cause and benefits the community the fact this business was founded by the woman a woman of color and this business is the first of its kind of own and operateed is an exciting opportunity to continue the citys aggressive position and understand the support of brothers and sisters of color when a good helpful idea i wholeheartedly believe and this commission feels the same thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners im raymond i live at the heron and probably the second or the first most impacted person if you allow this to happen the reason any driveway will be everyones parking spot i dont know any driveway should be anyones parking spot it is hard enough let alone those coming there she is has a plan unfortunately, the body shop shows leaving Parking Spaces from they park 4 and 5 days on the walk if youre mother was walking on any heron street shell have to go around cars thats where we park the cars the body shop leaves the cars not signed to go to work they leave them on the street, in fact, shell block someones derivative and accountable you and not acknowledge you i say to you if we have enough problems with the am pm arco implication im not against her he say do it but unfortunately in this neighborhood theres a parking issue and we have a lot of little kids im older my wife is older were nature san franciscans my wife group in this house notice the the best thing for our neighborhood thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners stephen its been a while past president of the Outer Mission Residents Association i was wanting when we opted the initial 3 mcd in our neighborhood and unfortunately, this body pushed the two in the 5200 block and weve got the green cross near silver and mission or mission and silver and now the issue weve been dealing with not only with our supervisor but the commissioners is the clustering of mcd in our neighborhood that is our probably number one issue and ill agree with the previous speaker on parking it is cycler a car congested neighborhood a lot of a lot of cars with no parking in for a little hindsight on the one of the mcds in the 51922 hundred block that he double park the captain is right they double park park illegally across the street car share designated for them it constantly parking and going into tree medicaid or the other mcd i want to say that in the years that i was president of my Neighborhood Association that was over 15 years we tried our damn it to get the businesses to come in we have storefront closed and wanted a pet store or routine and anything that we can support and a lot of it we cant support and a lot of people in our neighborhood cannot support the mcd were soot ratdz and urge you to vote no on that discretionary review. Hes much turn around i am. Allow me to introduce myself and retires cornell of the u. S. Arm army for 26 Years Service all the justification the people have been saying that is newly and void im there are for 26 years and seen this all of a sudden medication theyre saying how can you call this god green compassion is it so marijuana if this is really bad true the federal government will approve that right now you know whether when was not world war in the san jose i seen kids that were kicked out of the service they cant read or write and when they get to the chaplain for across town they were on marijuana and followup on this one this area i live on sickles find the house to the socalled place used to live on top of sickles this is only approximately 10 by 10 feet coming over here and sneak in and see a current this place has a permit to do that . I hope not okay. This place im talking about were surrounded by School Christian 8 to 12 high school, and the other side of sickles they have a 6 or 7 schools and churches you cant writing right a wrong by voting for this place ive been in that place for practical 50 years i used this watch the kids but this it is wrong no matter can you say. I taught Elementary School at longfellow and living in the district for 40 years ive been a teacher for 44 years and im here to talk about the environmental racism the placement of environment hazardous with materials as much as toxic water and pollution and urging decay and liquor and medical cannabis dispensaries, etc. Im here to ask you to implement the environmental just the fair involvement of all people regards of the race or origin and enforcement of environmental laws the problem with racial profiling is america is more than Police Brutality race plays a determining role no are Environmental Policies with land use and zoning as a result the third world will live next to freeways and body shops and nail slalgz and morph those communities had a diminished respondent or responsibility to fight back thats what this permitted business is hoping for thats the reason were here to disenfranchise communicated ever color we have empowered ourselves to get involved in the Decision Making were not against marijuana clubs were begin the fact none in naomi kelly and lakeshore all over the place foifshg and castro coal valley and Golden Gate Park and nob hill and assess cliff and hayes valley we want it to be in all the neighborhoods before that he they come back to our neighborhood thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners my name is a tom murphy grew up in the excelsior and have family there i took time away from any the advantage in santa cruz to make a trip up here i want to speak in opposition of the project we were here about a year and a half ago for spark and we have 5 mcds within a mile and and a half the district is definitely served for those of you who dont know it is the highest served in the district and basically champions testimony and ill stop with that testimony is basically what i have to say i strongly urge you guys to oppose this project. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Ill call a coup more names. calling names good evening. Im ricky a born and raised San Francisco in district 11 and this mcd will effect my life entirely because i live on to dead end street around the corner of sickle and it is a dead end a Neighborhood Park where those guys will come and pick up and go up high street and park and smoke their whatever into their ointments and whatever im not against anyone making a buck not in my neighborhood we have more than enough mcd in our district i urge this commission not to go forward with that project it will effect childrens lives in this neighborhood i have an 8yearold not able to ride her bike because of guards sitting out front but not a jail but still the same thing and not only that but at the same time the older people in the area trust me are not in there to smoke marijuana and trying to make this sounds like a Senior Citizen is that a i urge the commission to think about it and not let the project glow the gentleman said put it in another district we have 5 i see your rolling your eyes. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. Commissioners my name is bonnie born and raised in San Francisco i currently live in district 11 as a most of the 2 im here to oppose green gods compassion one of the biggest worries my children as parents guardian and maybe aunt. Uncles how comfortable raising our quiz in a district saturated with mcds we cant walk to a park without psa a mcd or people smoke in their car on the sidewalk though not open their premises it definitely dispersed in the neighborhood i ask you commissioners take into consideration the children and the effect it will have on their innocence in district 11 your district deserves a chance for cafeterias and storefront more beneficial to our families in the community we have 5 Cannabis Clubs and dont need another one thank you. Hello commissioners. Im 10 years old i live next door to the proposed mcd location i dont want to live next to an mcd you you know in all San Francisco district 11 this is a the most children and especially are the most impressionable kids kids go to the minnie park my dad and i us a go there all the kids in the neighborhood couldnt be out here because playing pco i didnt man we kids are the fire chief of america where y is our neighborhood picked on were not asked to be treated better but asking you that you dont allow us to be treated less please commissioners, i beg of you dont allow an mcd at the location we dont want it but most importantly we dont need it we have 5 serving the district many over Delivery Services thank you for your time. Good job commissioners im alex and proud of that young man my son having said that, let me start off argument from people in the neighborhoods and concerns about another mcd potentially trying to open up in the neighborhood one of the big issues as part of her Good Neighbor policy has has secured parking from arco station and an auto body shop this is a circuitry statement theyve not entered into an agreement it makes me question the validity of the information the other thing many wong is no strainer to the parking impact in the area she herself her own vehicle parked on the sidewalk if she cares about the folks in the area why not care about assess for people whether that is stockholders or people in chores and she parks her car on the sidewalk because there is no a parking impact in the ear it is tough but she indicated shell secure parking with an auto body shop can we accommodate that offstreet parking this is the automobile body shop leaking fluids a better shot showing how packed they are all the time so when they talk about potential leasing 5 spots to her where interest r their cars freeing up space for 56 or 6 spots those vehicles will be on the streets and monopoly is the street and ultimately make that look bad with leaking cars this is a aerial view taken as well as a weeks ago goes to show the auto body shop is always business i know my neighbors testimony testified on 09 matters but parking is a big issue the planner bad folded an impact to parking its clear an impact to parking i wish they will be here to give Additional Information on the impact thank you. And my hope youll oppose this club if i wasnt clear on that. He. Next speaker, please. speaking foreign language. im the mother of two children. speaking foreign language. i live right in relation to the place they want to open. speaking foreign language. im afraid of this. speaking foreign language. i feel fwrad for me and my children. speaking foreign language. this is a place theyll be dealing with a lot of cash. speaking foreign language. and a lot of materials that is very speaking foreign language. my fear is as a wife and mother. speaking foreign language. that one day theyll be assaulted and might think my door to the entrance to that place. speaking foreign language. through my house thinking theyre going both the currency. speaking foreign language. one more thing. speaking foreign language. all the men. speaking foreign language. in the neighborhood invited them to come and get coffee and massages. speaking foreign language. thats not respect full. speaking foreign language. shes preventing to open up a store seducing the men in the neighborhood. speaking foreign language. that is not correct. Not correct. Thank , was beautiful. I have been and listened to everybody and its a great time for me to say to the asian community, welcome to the excelsior. I been there all my life. I dont know anyone has said that by like to say that to you guys. Im retired now. I worked hard with kids that have problems. Boys and girls. Now im taking care of my 96, mom whos thinking about cannabis to use. My two brothers died on me the last five years one this year and cannabis has helped. Its very hard to explain this in a personal matterbecause i dont want to tear up but i am totally convinced that it helped my brothers in pain. I think we need to reason here. Reason, reason, reason. Think about that. You took this duty to reason. I know its hard i like to close by saying that you to listening to me keep your head up i was in the same shoes. Next speaker, please. Good evening hon. Commission thank you for listening and thank you for your interns tonight. My name is ryan miller. An activeduty Us Marine Corps veteran and direct of operation evacuation educating veterans about cannabis. We start up their groups and communities of commodities of cannabis dispensaries. Weve not only great to host population either ask services but also prioritize hiring veterans. In my experience, serving local veterans, access to compassionate employment and safe natural methods of [inaudible] combined with the overdose and suicide. For the parents here, if candidate is such a threat to the use youth than why did the deer problem remove correct cannabis from the curriculum. What does enough even measure . Theres clearly not enough jobs for veterans it locally. Theres not enough access to a part of to a call and pharmaceuticals. Theres nowhere near enough protection and opportunities for those ooking discourse only harmedby the races one drugs. In closing, for those with short memories, please remember the sacred actresses of the battle the indigenous folk healers of this land enjoyed this people with this plant prior to colonize asian. I would argue, that the presence of military recruiters on campus is far more awful america one among marijuana. Thank you. Next speaker, please. [calling names]. Good afternoon. Good afternoon can you hear me commissioners . My name is Marley Norman on the Vice President of Residents Association known as [inaudible] and up in a resident of since 1984. In the spring of 2014, we testified at a Planning Commission hearing regarding the reports quote, and then in the clinic is medical cannabis dispensaries acquirements. The report was requested by supervisor avalos. One recommendation and what was to expand the green zone to prevent the clustering of dispensaries. To date, unfortunately the legislation has not been enacted by the board of supervisors to permit this expansion. I until and unless ringtones are expanded by action taken by the board of supervisors, district 11 should not be required to bear the burden of more medical marijuana dispensaries. As one who has glaucoma and has it finds, two friends stricken with cancer, is a practicing psychotherapist i want to people suffering from depression anxiety was just mad at stress over and then despite suicidal on where aware of the candidates and their treating those medical disorders and some aperture guessing canopies per second we would welcome this if you consider a visit made existing unmet needs in our community. We always have a moratorium on Check Cashing outlets and Liquor Stores in teai love in the will as a president for limiting terms of businessman saturation becomes an issue. Even notified and cds waiting in the wings and occupy 3150 mission st. And 38 seven 819 we got compassion that sees other to propose and cds approves the five dispensaries operating within a mile. Please, help our neighborhood avoid oversaturation for which green scots compassion and thank you for your attention. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name is alan mills. I am a 32 year residents of district 11. Im also a member of the Outer Mission merchants Residents Association. I hear him here to speak against the project and youve heard a lot of discussion about the relative virtues of medical marijuana. That is not in dispute. That is not the issue. The only issue the Planning Commission needs to i feel needs to consider the impact that an already impacted neighborhood will have it when yet another cannabis is added to our neighborhood. Youve heard those five within there are five Cannabis Clubs and existence without a 1. 5 mile area. We think that is more than enough. When it comes to the issue of diversity, theres also diversity in the kind of businesses that are neighborhood needs to attract good having five Cannabis Clubs when in such a short small radius, is not diversity. Thank you. We urge you oppose this project. Thank you. Mr. Pres. , commissioners, my name is david huber and i am here representing the new Mission Terrace Improvement Association. We are not immediately within the area affected we are between the cluster of the five and cds. What id like to raise three points at clustering, its a valid concern. Equity, other communities in San Francisco dont share this consideration. And the last one is a question of if you will, Economic Justice Mission Street and the excelsior 128 280, of the ducati onto top of vail daily city, is not vibrant economically. The question is, what kind of i plan does the city have for the economy in the excelsior district and in district 11 . I would bring to your attention that Supervisor John Avalos and two major candidates for the board of supervisors at all made their point that we dont need another mcd in this community. But mostly, i like to talk about one item and that is without some direction from the city and from the Planning Department, and from you, the excelsior district which struggles with vacant storefronts and with the ability to figure out some way to serve the community that lives there, which has a huge proportion of families him again families, and children, this will not stop with this one question that you before you today. The direction that i would ask you to provide would be to take this issue to vote to oppose it and to continue trying to work with the community towards a more vibrant Mission Street. That is where id like to leave you. Thank you. Hello commission to my name is Stephanie Messina and im here representing excelsior action group. We are opposed to the proposed application to establish medical cannabis dispensary and 100 sick oh ave. And queens five compassion. Unfortunately finding ourselves once again working in opposition in the communitys opposition to the addition of more and cds in our local community it is mentioned in a previous testimony before this position is based on the clustering of and cds along this corridor. Since 22 eg has worked in collaboration with the Mayors Office economic enforced about what our local modes in the Neighborhood Groups to revitalize the excelsior commercial corridor good because this other weekly value that adverse accusation that she level commercial space. By allowing clustering of and cds along commercial areas the commissioners will be effectively undermining this work. Additionally, the area is already well served with mcd products. Currently theres a total five and cds nearby area along mission and ocean avenue. We urge the commissioners to prioritize better used for commercial space that reflects most pressing needs of our local community. Furthermore, we show the communities concerned any navigable and use of the of green zones and [inaudible] a designation is resulted in a disproportionate and submitted and cds in San Francisco southern and eastern others. Thank you so much for letting us speak on this item. Good evening commissioners that my name is in jeopardy, Small Business owner in the mission. By now i should be at my restaurant running my visit but instead im here again as hereto with the folks have not done and that is really listen to us. Listen to the overwhelming voice of the people live in the neighborhood and work on the corridor. The of three and cities already on what these business corridor by tax revenue over last five years. Clearly their presence is not about the wound of increased commerce that they claim is a benefited our businessrelated something for traffic boost from the to and cities around the corner from us nor has the troubled intersection between duck upgrades april. We need businesses that serve the community. Five and cds in a mile and a half insufficient to surround a pertinent weve heard all the same claims and promises from and cds before and i know you have to. Here us the people who were directly affected by the decision at hand. On a personal note, i lost my stepfather after 11 your battle cancer and my own partner just about a year of chemo 22 zero carcinoma and other medical marijuana can help both of them. But this isnt about medical marijuana. But the needs and will of the specific community. Please, weve had enough. Stop the clustering on a corridor. Thank you. Good evening commissioners of my name is raised really. Im captain of the worst cars Neighborhood Watch. These note, pages 12029 and the document project are not in support of the ncd. They are the sign in sheet from the may 19 to outreach me to get those held at atankle substationangle side station. I Neighborhood Watch iseast of the [inaudible] 200 block of mission. Another street we get spillover from these is absent we find product wrappers stickers graffiti in their one smokers trespassing on our neighbors property at smoking in their cars. We have to clean up. Its taking a really long time to get to the point where these and cds are working with us as a community adding another one and training it is another burden on our resources. Adding another mcd in our corridor also provides a merchants and Residents Association conduct in the businesses we need and request. Small and Large Businesses are willing to open restaurants cafes preschools and social services and in some cases legally not allowed to. If there is an mcd or other liquor store other similar substance vendor nearby. Thanks. Hello. My name is silly johnson and i am [inaudible] that is not clear. Its saying that [inaudible]. I already [inaudible] i was the one that saved them. It was bombs all over in washington dc. And, i said to them that this [inaudible] should be [inaudible] investors in trying to make [inaudible] should be [inaudible]. I am saying, [inaudible] taking a shortcut and cd mcd [inaudible]. What i am talking about is a world of mastermind for saving [inaudible] because [inaudible] i had and nearly dying, you know, is not the easy task. I said, that forward this to be [inaudible] important for these masterminded discrimination [inaudible] im not going to have [inaudible]. I tell you, our children thank you. Next speaker, please. For the chair good evening to archbishop gregory richardson. I want to thank all the communities for being here today. As you will see coming up on the november ballot, a new law which is going to be to legalize marijuana in the state of california. Californias better get used to these particular applications coming before your community. Let me just give you on in support of the project and i look at the future. When wall street when the federal reserve, raises the Interest Rates and this affects your federal budget your state budget, and you are city budget, and your funds dry up like in the 50s when you have recessions, you remember this day. Talking about your funds for your nonprofits, talking about your funds for your educational programs, talking about your funds, you may end up in a soup line on the street. If you dont be bold enough to do what is necessary for the future, then you, too, will perish and your kids will not have a future. This is guaranteed. So, i urge you to approve the project. You cannot blame applicants for applying for opportunities that are zoned in that point. So, i hope we understand what we are doing here today. We can set a precedent and on the community were nice. I dont allow people to come into my neighborhood and wait for somebody else to clean it up. I keep it coming. That way this problem would not exist. Good evening commissioners. My name is [inaudible]. And cds [inaudible] [nonenglish speaker] in my opinion, mcd in terms of the numbers of existing businesses is already overrepresented in the city and also over clustering in certain districts of the city. [nonenglish speaker] my understanding from this listening to the prior speakers is that we need to have more retail is spent three outlets to serve the seniors and the residence. But my understanding also tells me that many dispensaries Offering Delivery Service right to the use homes. So that tells me also that it doesnt make sense that more dispensaries should be approved and the existing just for the purpose of dispensing more of this marijuana product because of the fact they can be delivered. [nonenglish speaker] am a retired person and i amthat the ability of the guaranteeing of my safety, Walking Around in the city and taking public buses are being threatened because mcd bring in more crime problems undesirable elements into the city and that is not something that we will guarantee me anymore safety. [nonenglish speaker] mcd are not prone to bring me in any jobs more than the fact that they offering more crimes and again, threatening our communities whether you are talking about a child work or and our goals were a senior, and it is becoming a huge concern for the senior population that i represent. [nonenglish speaker] i also understand this is usually operated in cash. When you have a lot of cash being changed hands in one location, like a dispensary, it will also bring in a lot of crimes and that is also threatening our community. Please, vote no. Thank you. Commissioners married out where i live about 10 blocks away. The clustering in this neighborhood has been very well described. Several glass speaker noted, several of the them city and our very own neighborhood provide Delivery Service including delivery to seniors and veterans. So i find the sponsors argument marking pitch unconvincing. I want to add one more reason for disapproval. This property is ms. Its been this way since the transfer of ownership into the cat family in 2003 could a qwerty the Building Department on my complaint tracking system, its been the subject of three pages of violations since their tenure. Which includes filter to maintain the property work without permanently reducing and adding units without permits go to provide residential tenants with basic Housing Needs such as how one. The fan Water Department in Building Department place liens on the property during the tenure did they pills in making this property. To the Building Code violations one from 2015 both for work without remained unresolved. I know [inaudible] died in 2014 but the family said plenty of time to get this property into decent shape and theyve chosen not to. If you believe approving a sense of use for this property would result in better maintenance you only have to look at what happened when babies out the ground floor of grocer. Nothing about the property was improved and the cast of characters coming and going from this site brought graffiti and grade is a to a neighborhood of hardworking families with many many young children. Where i come from, which is good to background of the aforesaid what i didnt know you owners with a long history of failing to maintain the property do not like using clean up their act with additional city approval regardless of who the less he is. They get you to move the property for everything they can and surrounding neighborhoods they are price. Please, join with my neighbors and disapprove this part. Italy to those standing on the side please finance to get if you cannot find a seat make your way to the overflow room in room 416. Thank you. Hi good evening everybody am [inaudible] district allowed. I living in the between mission and geneva district. I saw the problem and there are lot. I dont want [inaudible] my child to carry the [inaudible] hard to sleep. Then also that has a mission a lot of problems in their. So i just enough is enough. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name isi live in district 11. I represent my Family Members. No more mcd stores. Enough is enough. Please, vote no. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening commissioners. My name is [inaudible] i live at 1098avenue and district 11. Please, no more mcds. Enough is enough. Thanks. Thank you. Next speaker, please. I am audrey. I know one [inaudible] in geneva to assist the whole community is now the and city is not more than a [inaudible]. Why much more than [inaudible] because the and cities have all [inaudible]. Note and cities. I dont think there is the number of mcds in neighborhoods should be limited. Second, im taking [inaudible] the mcd in the Outer Mission as our teenagers take it on the bus stations and in trade to have [inaudible] i live two houses away from the mcd. I have three kids. Every day the School Principal told all the student will call, no smoking. But the mcd in front of my house. The truth is too young to dildo the difference. They cannot tell drugs are drugs. I dont want this mcd in my neighborhood. It makes me nervous. I hope it will go away. Thanks. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi good evening commissioners. I am living 150 feet away from the [inaudible] avenue and [inaudible] and i also have kids. I would represent this is not a suitable location for opening a marijuana store. As you see its very dangerous. You can see, i know that many people [inaudible] what you need to really [inaudible] we are tired of it. We are scared. We all have the problems of traffic and trafficking. Even [inaudible] can you speak into the microphone, please . Please keep the door closed so we can hear the speakers . Even if its not open theres a lot of cars parking over there. Its very dangerous to the people who walk because 100 and say go is between Mission Street and theres a lot of elderly cross the street. And go to school and take muni. So also, you know the parking space and here, [inaudible]. So, also, i want to present the neighbors thousands of them, and this is the other neighbors. I hope that people you can understand, we dont want any mcds here. I want toalso i want to per represent the people that signed the cannot able to come. Also, want to resent the people who have been here that i have time to speak because we know youre tired but i want to represent them to say no more mcd enough is enough. This location is not thank you. No. If you can ways your hands. Please. [inaudible] thank you. Thank you. Hello. [gavel]. I also your time is up. Your time is up. Thank you. We can have another speaker. Maam. Next speaker, please. Do you want to commit those signatures . No . Okay. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon commissioners my name is barbara to get i represent the car you the Improvement Association to get the association has voted against this mcd because we believe we have too many. Im also a member of the Cannabis Task force for supervisor set up to study adult use and one of things were considering is expanding the green zone. I think we all agree it has to happen. I would hope we could wait until does happen before we Start Talking about this but anyway in this district district 11, we have three. That makes is the third highest in San Francisco. I think either we share the pain or the money needs to stand in district allowed. That has not happened yet so much against it and i pose the associated think. A good i hope you stay around. I have questions for you. I hope you stay around. Next speaker, please. Hello commission my name is welcome merely having most of them here before you again sam city and whats weird tonight. Last time lets start getting lease with a nice sunny day. We are tired. We are very tired in our district. We cannot handle one more mcd. This is nothing against [inaudible]. We just need another medical cannabis dispensary in are just. The other thing is, we need to also take a look at her application. The fact that on her application she said shes not have any cannabis edibles. Tonight we find out to have cannabis edibles. That seems a little strange to me so whats or are we being told . The other thing is you have to realize was less than 350 feet from the San Mateo County board. They do not allow medical cannabis dispensary storefronts. Once again, district 11 is being asked a burden to have another medical Cannabis Club and we get to the parties about patients in district 11. I dont agree have to be serving patients from northern San Mateo County. In a package, you also had a letter from davidvice mayor daly city was urging you to please, do not approve this project. We are pleading with you. We need better neighborhood. We need better economic about but as you further from the excelsior action. You put himdark roasted weedy spacesuit upping Economic Development to our area. There in and out. As a term which is in the gun and turntables. You burn adjourn you going to buy a medicine drought double parked on out of there. On that sickles is a visiongesturing area where theres been a number of pedestrians this view the topic is also a concern. He also buses. Your muni buses on that road and its only which get over to the west side of San Francisco and to get to the freeway. Once again, please, hear us. We been here. Weve brought out people. Youve seen on g using a packet of information. I am for you, to deny the project. I keep it on. Data. Im going to call work cards. [calling names] im not any of those people. Can i stilli was in line sure what your name . Be dick mary heard excelsior action group. I hate to be repetitious. I just wonder reiterate it isnt about were against cannabis use for medicinal purposes. I have many friends that need it. Actually, most of them cant even drive to go edit so they use the Delivery Service. We wouldnt be having this discussion if this was dispense as most medicines which is at walgreens for a pharmacy. We wouldnt be having this discussion. Having worked on both the ocean avenue and mission corridor, i know that this the presence of it, the clubs, they have bars and no looking in the windows could its totally unattractive for commercial corridor. Also, we are surveyed over and over the people in the neighborhood on what they would like to see and if ms. Hong had a patch up our heart bookshop i was so we be woken her with open arms should is disingenuous to been told that this is a racial issue. And that we have not welcomed her. And excelsior, you know the names of our streets. We are so diverse and we welcome everybody. We have the world in one neighborhood. So, this is not that issue. This is im asking you to actually have a moratorium citywide until the election in november and we see what happens then you get the recommendation from that Cannabis Task force on lets go forward from there. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. I am my name is daisy open a vice chair of the cannabis legalization cuts force here in San Francisco. Im a Public Health addict. I worked tirelessly with dph could working groups. Im around city advocate. I am here in support of green compassion and open up her dispenser. I want to first say that there are hardly any people of color on dispensaries and we know the war on drugs was strategic and caused economic social economic and social devastation to our community. Not allowing [inaudible] on the cause of too many in our communities actually very damaging. We dont want clustering the web do something about the green zone so people can move as a limited number of spots were he cannot shall be open a cannabis dispenser because of the green zone. I also want to make you aware of the fact that [inaudible] compliance by having the [inaudible] having the windows if he reads the law it actually states those are the things youre supposed to do if you have a storefront dispenser. The majority of these points but application [inaudible] shes not those are little very miniscule things that should not deter ways from letting her open her dispenser. She is really having Health Services at her dispenser did she immediately back to the community and that started. Shes changing the cultivar cannabis dispensaries are looking at. One more thing. I just want to say to the folks here today with the stickers, the majority are asianamerican chineseamerican dr. Member shes also chinese two. Which is disappointing you came out here and rallied in a Massive Group to shut down which is trying to be it i wouldve actually thought that her being half chinese baby would support her. Its disappointing to come here and see this. Cannabis is so much stigma around cannabis and the cameos are for no reason and remember [inaudible] in 1920s and gambling thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon commissioner. My name is quando wing and him an educator and i work in San Francisco unified school district. I like to ask you a simple question. How would you feel if a medical Marijuana Dispensary were to open right across from where you live . Thats what happening to me. I him offer medical marijuana but how appropriate is it to open one right in a Residential Zone with their families and children . Im a cyclist and there are no streetlights at there. Its a lot of traffic and its pretty dangerous. There are cars parking on the sidewalk because theres no parking. Why not choose a commercial zone . I hope you already know theres already five medical marijuana dispensaries within half a mile radius from where i live. The closest one is like five blocks away. On Mission Street. Next to a number of restaurants. What then is irrational to open on another one in a residential neighborhood . From a simple search on google maps, there are already 18 dispensaries here in San Francisco. All built on commercial streets of San Francisco. There are 6 on mission st. , three on market, 21 ocean, and another six in the downtown area. Of San Francisco. I believe this dispensary will be the first in a residential area. Now, if its about convenience why is it that we dont have any medical marijuana in the north beach district. Were this see cross district or the Richmond District spirit with the sunset district . Were the Hunters Point district . Again, if its about convenience, i think its only fair for everyone in the entire city javaone in their neighborhood. Or maybe five or six, like we already have in the mission. Now, thats creating jobs i think probably we should open more. In those statistics thank you. Im going to call some more cards. [calling names] good afternoon commissioners. My name is lisain night when of the meetings i did ask ms. Fong about it they had a doctor on site for consultation. She told me, no. In that case, why should it be our sore from the storefront that traffic issues the safety issues, i have a son. She has a breast cancer. She is controlling as she [inaudible] marijuana is not only the solution. Other issue is, i really after i heal all this i really want to say this. This is not racist were color issue. Im a chineseamerican. Im am yellow. But we all are humans and under one sky. This is [inaudible] from us. Thank you. Say, no. It is our future. Please, help them and say no to this. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon my name isyour card for me but im coming up to the front. I am here to voice msupport for the project at 100 sick oh advocate on monday this Rogatory Commission good im on the board of california Close Association of work along with nina part two i believe will be able to speak today. And andrea force on organized a [inaudible] art Escort Mission as an organization is crazy pastor position the people most left out of the insured here in california. And ms. Would be ones that are sitting here today have heard a lot from people opposed the project. A lot of what they said is stigma. His stigma on who consumes cannabis. Statement along the lines of what dispenser brings in the neighborhood and statement along the lines of the effects of cannabis on School Committees and children. I think that if we were to truly take a good look at what happens when cannabis comes to a neighborhood we will learn that ms. Youngs model is a very different from the typical dispensary model. Should you be opening yet another cookiecutter dispensary in his neighborhood i could see how the opposition will make that i could see from the course of business that people have double park and will be exclusively for that. Its a difficult that she is trying to foster difficult. In San Francisco with her dispenser. I just ask you follow the guidelines she has and otherwise approve her application without any over arching issue. Thanks. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Ill call the remaining cards. [calling names] hello. Weve heard a lot of impassioned arguments. I got a lot of the concerns that people of the neighborhood have. 1200 some of them are city as used, parking is a city edge. Dispensary to me is something that is going to be the weight of the future. I myself am a professional. I actually work at gap inc. I suffer from chronic back pain. I am actually user of marijuana and use that gail. This statement is him its criminal to smoke weed kind of is an oldschool way of thinking. I completely understand they cannot Parking Spaces but i think [inaudible] is changing her model to go a little bit more Delivery Service to the client Delivery Service to the customer and shes really invest in security and things like that. And shes really impassioned about going back to work with this community to make sure that they have a nice balance. Could foster another relation with the dispensaries in the original them to also grow their bottle so they dont infringe upon the rights of the people actually live in the community and i completely feel for everybody in the community. All departments are valid but to criminalize something as Medicinal Marijuana to me is kind of going backwards. In november, this can be about measure anyway to make this legal so i kind of think it would be good to find a good balance of doing that are continually looking at something bad and sucking on. Thank you. Thank you. Next my name ishomiletic that psycho parent therapist emmett [inaudible] i know you sat through a lot of argento make it brief. Say my one support is about that in. I so the population the stigma needs to be decreased it be great to bukit timah although be the first mcd to have this model. To help decrease stigma. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi. My name is[inaudible] my work at cannabis software, and i live in San Francisco mission the last sixyear. Im probably one of the people stepped into every dispensary not only San Francisco but in oakland in berkeley and santa cruz throughout california as well. One thing that are really want to phrase is the communities way to show up. I really like this community is almost in this prospect something that are really want to bring up is the concerns about parking again our citywide issue. The concerns about the types of people and cds may bring in their area you seemed over completely valid. To make that change, it really has to come from within. Thats what the keisha is trying to get set a new bar a new standard. So, i understand there may be a clustering. There may be one too many mcds in your view but you want to take in account is what is this can you do differently from the others got the fact that shes saying shes going to specifically help veterans, whichever 10 and my family, is really something that you want to highlight. Its not about just another mcd just one more thats quantity like all the other. The fact that this was grimaced at the park for the other ones. She then work with the community and that something that its impact has not been happening. So i want to bring that to the forefront of the community as well. The second point is that as a woman of color in the industry, as a latina as a black woman, i know there are 1 of all the cannabis business owners, only 1 are black. As of midtech industry at the 1 of all workers are black and people of color. So this is an opportunity to create a revolution, difference. Youre going to the first one of color in San Francisco to own the dispenser. Thats huge. I understand for some its not ideal but think about the Community Change it will bring it it is not just like every dispenser. Something new. I really push for you guys to support it. Thanks. Think. As the next week or i will call more names. [calling names]. If theres other people in the public dont want to speak please sign up on the screen side of the room. My name is stephen mason. Im here in sport of spero and the dispenser. Ive been in the industry for over 1011 years and are used to work for the company and oakland. Ive only seen benefits from medical marijuana. From epilepsy to aids, cancer, theres a lot of people that really benefit from this even as the general boy brought in by his father. So, i understand the concerns of the community but realistically is here bring in more work and it will also bring in more a sense of pride for whats going on. This movement is happening. You guys can look around and think that a stock is happening all over this country realistically, its better to get it now what you guys can and understand that this is a beneficial movement for all health and people that actually have a voice in this these different communities. These people in this particular community at this point they may not understand it but its no different than any other as hard Business Brain brought in. Its also a lot better than having the Liquor Stores on every corner and these type of issues. Though people were hanging out with jordan is [. Its all been done for years now. So, to say this is because an issue thats really i think a personal opinion. But at the same time if you dont give her a chance your figment opportunity for you say no. So, im in full support. Thanks. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening commissioners. My name is loraine branigan am a member of the and of on the go straight very close to the Community Growing and that have mcds. I am really very much an advocate of what our captain has said in supporting equal side station and a member of [inaudible] and altogether, recent we have is really quite a Diverse Community there. Its really important to know that we have is a very unaffected area in the city even though were the majority people about in that area. I have many families members that are in use marijuana for their health and its a great opportunity. This is a point note that the majority of people here that came to speak for willy dont live in the district. They are not people who are really c affloselyted by that. We want the people of district to use with a need in our neighborhood. The rest of the district do need to share in this responsibility for every [inaudible] because it will be part of the future here. Thank you very much. Please, vote no. Thank you thank you. Its next speaker, please. Good evening commissioners. Also, good evening to members of the gen. Assembly. I am here in support of her project. First of all come i want you to know who i am. I am a healer. A hypnotherapist. I am also a Spiritual Life coach. An in office in San Francisco and ive worked in the community for a very very long time. At different phases at Different Levels could i have worked with almost every ethnic group in San Francisco including on the board of International Human rights organizations live into maybe about 60 Different Countries all over the globe. I understand and i heari hear your concerns honestly. But i want you to know that the keisha is part of the team. She doesnt stand alone. She stands on the shoulders of women and men who come from very strong backgrounds. So shes not operating a loan. We hear you as team members. We hear exactly what youre saying. Its all about relationships. Whether its with the police. Its about relationship. Whether its with the nextdoor neighbor who is establishment is nextdoor whose home is nextdoor to this establishment, we have to listen to peoples concerned and address them in a correct manner. So, i am here to say we hear you can we intend to make write anything thats coming our way. Thank you. Thank you. Other any additional speakers . Please. Good afternoon commissioners. Im christine white. I live in on top of the proposed project. 100 sickles ave. Ive lived there for more than three decades. I have seen this Apartment Building change hands five times. So far in the past 10 years [inaudible] the owner of this building now is really very very hard to get the maintenance dump it i have to fight them with the rent board for the past three years. Before i can get the repairs done in our unit. As you can see, the front she just recently painted the back of the front, of our apartment this Apartment Building is a much dilapidated it so humiliating if you get this is committed to the front, it looks like a slum. The green point that was painted that was [inaudible] about 56 years ago when there was this was a store before. Originally, 30 years ago it was a [inaudible] shop. Then it became a liquor store. The liquor store did not make it for a couple of years and moved out and theres the progress. She was the last one. I him really opposed. With that, about the landlord. Can i continue, please . Its very important. The parking, we may call on the. Love 30 seconds. Please. Parking is telugu atmosphere more than 30 years. Now im getting parking tickets the same spot in front. She does not get tickets. I get tickets. Thats what my concern was. Number two, number three. [inaudible] whether its lotion, soap thank you. P to ask we may call me with questions. What is your name again . Christine white. Thank you. I do not say what color you are. Any additional speakers on this project . Last call, please. Good evening gentlemen my name is [inaudible]. I live in San Francisco. I live in 13 years. I am here to speak about mcd in general. We have 28 mcd in San Francisco. Im not going to argue about the medicinal benefits of the mcd. Im not going to argue. Its definitely might have some use for it but i think theres too many mcds. I think with the advent of Delivery Service like east meadow and my friends are also working on the Delivery Service, theres no reason to have any more mcds until theres no regulation. We know that the use of the flawed system and if we can go [inaudible] we can come in the van give you the prescription and take the cart by its and give it to your friend including minors. It has been a lot of abuse in the Minor Community and the underage children. I think what we need to focus here is about mentoring the quality of life in San Francisco. A lot of neighborhoods are getting gentrified. It createsit alters the quality of life in the neighborhood and i think we need to refocus on Community Building and bring the Community Together and i have a lot to say, but im out of time. Thank you limited any additional speakers . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] commissioner antonini thank you for your comments. This is a difficult decision. Commissioners we are obliged to go up or down so ill give you some of my thoughts. First of all, i served in the past with shelley bell and shes representing the project sponsor as pointed out this doesnt it be the type of dispensary that will not have any onsite consumption and will do a lot of deliberate and will probably try to target seniors and veterans and a lot of things that we wish we had had some of the other ones. One of the problems we have with this whole thing which wasnt done very well at the very beginning by the state of california, is first come first serve. When its hard to get more into their and theres a terrible distribution. I mean, there are places the United States where liquor is run by state Liquor Stores and regulated by areas by population and you go there and its not the wild wild west where everybody is in business on a product. So, i think thats unfortunate that theyre not in San Mateo County which is thriving. Part of this whole thing. I mean, hopefully, if marijuana is legalized, in november, and im not sure thats a slamdunk, medieval do a better job with that. Because its very handled very poorly and it works against some of the better sponsors and this one probably is. You know, it ends up with the clustering and a lot of other things that are occurring. But, on the other side of the coin, weve had huge numbers of people actually who live in the neighborhood whove come out in opposition to weve had some major public figures. The existing supervisor i understand both of the two candidates that are running for supervisor are both in opposition. Davidwho is in the doe city councilman but candidate for supervisor San Mateo County, was important, in my mind, capt. Mcfadden because he ishe and his forces are the ones who have to deal with palms that are generated by this spencer es and so dispensaries so thats way heavily on me. Obviously, all the things that been said traditionally about these businesses where theres a lot of cash and may not be the customers who may not be the dispensary but the fact that money and the product out on the street leads, can lead to assaults and robberies and other things, but that just comes with any of these. Its unfortunate we have five within 1. 5 miles, which is high concentration. So the idea that someone in this neighborhood who is in need of medical marijuana is not being served of course is not the case because theres plenty of them already there. I also had testimony from the people with the San Francisco Christian Center, which are within 1000 feet. That qualifies in school even though apparently they have a lot of youngsters there after school which should be the same as being the school but i think technically under the law you have to be an actual Elementary School possibly even a public Elementary School, to be within that 1000 ft. 2. There are also were allegations presented by one of the speakers about the upkeep of the property. I am not sure this really has anything to do with the project sponsor because im not sure she is necessarily on. She may be a writer. I dont really know about that, but that is interesting there were that many problems going on. So, thats another concern. Those are the parking problems have been brought up. I think the representations that the body shop would be available for parking probably doesnt look right that scored to be the case. However, as one speaker said, parking is something we have to deal with all over in San Francisco but it does look like this are pretty congested area. It might add already existing problems. So, i will see with the other commissioners have to say. Having made a definite decision on this one i can certainly see both sides. Obviously, this project sponsor has every right to have a dispensary as anyone else would. Thats not the issue. The issue is the mother to many . The number does not one and mark were having a lot of problems already. The police are against it. Many elected officials in the area are against it. So, that is the difficulty that i have. Commissioner wu thank you two responses to Public Comment. I agree that theres no need theres no basis for the stigma around medical marijuana to we have heard so many mcds here in this debate sort of comes up every time. I think that we have said again and again as a mission we believe that medical marijuana is important for the people for health. Secondly, do think its a true that the majority of operators are not people of color and are not women and that is a real concern. The challenge for us is the permit goes with the land and can keep the permit the operator. So, its a Land Use Decision and not an operator decision. The clustering challenge willie as a challenge. I do believe that there is an over saturation in this neighborhood. It was a hard hearing to go through and december 2014 with spark again who may be a better operator and may not be come about like i said, the permit goes without land. I do believe believe there should be some geographic equity. This commission turned down and mcd i think was in Fishermans Wharf. That was one i supported it but i do not support the spark in 2014 and i cant sport this one tonight. Commissioner johnson thank you much. I think i echo commissioner antonini in this operator seems up a great player and i think we are able to open a dispensary. Are you are able to serve the clients you want to aye definitely want to see not just a graphic equity with and cds but also diversity with their ownership and operators. I definitely support that. I like the way you set yourselves up if we ever get to this point in the commission i do have some questions about how you actually been to operate. I spent a lot of time in your documentation in your operating plan. But for now, ill just keep my comments highlevel and kind of see where we are going. I definitely at, commissioner echo commissioner wu in the past this commission is supported marijuana use. Echoing the person you reject a lot of arguments that talk about criminalizing or stigmatizing marijuana use. I think the world is changing and i dont find those arguments sway me in terms of looking at and mcd location and whether not you should or should not be somewhere. However, i am concerned about the clustering issue and also, just also in terms of how it also coincides with this operator intends to serve, whenever weve had clustering issues the past, were discussed clustering issues, or slave also listen to operators who make a very strong case that their clients tell clientele is local to where there shunted maybe if there are mcds week other operators say, yes, but the clientele i didnt to serve lives within this neighborhood where these neighborhoods and these are the people in targeting so this why my location should be here. In this case, i really felt was looking at the documentation listen to Public Comment this location is here because thats only place he can be. Not necessarily because as a special claim on the population in this area which is probably why we are seeing so many people from Public Comment coming up from the neighborhood did not arresting them opposite because i think would be here anyway but why we havent seen as many other people have said im in a locked down the street and use this place. Right. I think that swayze when i think about the landuse decision here. Which apart from the usage its who youre serving on why are you in this particular piece of land. I do hope that i wonder other commissioners but highlevel, i disagree with commissioner johnck i think the state ballot measure has a good chance of passing and hopefully the work we have ongoing within the city to think about how do we legislate a legal use, a legal use of marijuana i hope that one form of future decision on this. Oddly, will be able to fix some of the issues we have oh green zones. Expand some of them and hopefully look at these how is this use pattern and how will it physically represent is a good i would also talk about we talked to dispensaries and operator models with them but theres everything from what people might think of more like a bar where alcohol is served all the way to think about a pharmacy and more by medical institutional type of usage. So im looking forward to seeing how this city thinks about with the physical representation of this when you should be. I would like to hear other commissioners and their thoughts. I am definitely on the fence with this one but ill say i am support of the operator of mcds in general. I do not know that this particular spot is good for this usage for a lot of reasons, not just because the neighborhood opposition. Thank you each and every one is very difficult. Theres 28 dispensaries in the city rainout and went to bed late Delivery Services options. Available so citywide, there is i think enough and maybe even comparable to some other uses will be less than 20 bui on those services as well. Its difficult i think in this particular case the clustering aspect is coming to play. There is clearly large opposition or turnout from the neighborhood opposed. You have to listen to that. I think this operator has finally nothing do with this operator and im sure this operator is cooking the Business Plan looks fantastic and commissioner wu pointed out its a landuse decision we do make not approve the business type. The sfpd is an important person to speak opposed to this. You have to listen i think to what he says and on about years, on the ground really feel for whats going on in the neighborhood. I want to point out what sort of in a crossroads with november coming up and i know the departments and other agencies of the city of the discussed a little bit about because pass in november of this body and the rest rest of the cities can attribute this to be doing with the green zones . To expand them baby director can speak to that. I know with just started commissioners there has been a couple menu that Cannabis Task force. I think may wonder two people in the room on that task force. Its primarily tasked with looking what happens if the measure does passn in november. To get ready for that passage i also think they been talking about other aspects such as the green zone and extending where and cds might be able to go. I dont think they havei think theres a general sense on the task force from what i understand them of doing that. But that is required legislation to my knowledge. Theres been no legislation currently in the works to get and i dont honestly dont know the timeframe for such legislation. Of course, if it passes november we want to be ready, the city to propose regulations for how we would allow them to this obesity located thank you for that. Commissioner moore i been sitting on this commission for the last 12 years and i commend this commission not for one moment having shied away from a very candid conversation about i think on and everything in between, but acknowledging the previous speakers in the end, it is the venues decision and nothing else. While, in the heart of all hearts, ownership equity etc. Is an extremely important thing to keep in mind no matter what we do and where we do it this is not about ownership equity. This is about simply landuse. We, over the years and this is no time frame 045 years had very candid quite loud and controversial discussions including recommendations from supervisor avalos who felt we were not paying specific attention to the boundary of his district. He has us much closer to the community and we see here a group for a number of hours but we are not in it every day. And i believe that clustering is now without bond door was closing, to come in a very serious issue and that even more so, because of the upcoming change potentially in october and the very [inaudible] we would have to basically reinvent how we look at the entire phenomenon and in my heart of hearts, i believe this will also become more an issue of a commercial corridor with the infrastructure more resilient and more clearly helping business regulate themselves including appropriate behaviors, etc. , but with we have seen this year, really at the bottom of a residential building, i have big second thoughts about this particular location is even the right locati. Im very sad to hear one of the speakers summarizing that unfortunately, the building is already in questionable shape. 14, on top of that the building has an almost decadelong history of violations with cbi and the building issues. That doesnt make me feel comfortable. Another question i had myself and weve seen quite a few and cds and will work out plans in the past. This is a very small piece from a very small operation. Is it large enough for what sounds like a very solid and very people oriented and positive plan. Those are all questions but ultimately, no landuse, my biggest questions are i do have lots of hesitance to support this and partially because of the saturation that is already existed commissioner richards i misread in support of medical cannabis. I actually went against District Supervisor recently whose staff and i believe himself did not want an mcd in his dish. I was ready as i came in this room to vote [inaudible] because im independent i did go to for spark in december of 2014. I voted doing, vote against the city was on Fishermans Wharf because i like you to put one on the were easily and completely inappropriate place. As i heard all the speakers and i got think everybody for and against. My pluses and minuses here, we had the existing supervisor not support this project. The two major candidates for his succession his office, not supporting it. The police capt. Mcfadden not supporting that we had no birds leavers and the word Neighborhood Association not supported and in the amount of neighbors not supporting it. That withstanding, its not a popularity contest but as we keep going down the list, clustering is a big issue for me. I get whole issue around then use equity i dont think anybody decided in 2005 or 24 would put everything in district 11. It was just with the green zone fell because you have this many schools clustered the. Love more than 1000 feet. Thats why so many parcels i guess available. We do have two and cds in my neighborhood in the castro [inaudible] because its more schools clustered there. I do believe theres a safety issue. Around this. That it does bring people who do medical marijuana towards him and to be honest with you, the housing issue where San Francisco is been asked to pick up the slack percent of clerk in San Mateo County because of the zoning restrictions that the mile so feel a little bit not even a little bit month, flabbergasted were asked to pick up the fact they dont have the mcds and we are trying to it feels like when i go to reno, and right on the california side border and across it, always seven casinos. If you look at the way these things are there to the city line on the map i can see is that we know of it. The coming right here on the border people are coming here from wherever. South and their current cliqueish that coming there by their stuff pick up and leave. I think theyre going to come in and patronize the businesses they could create other issues. I did have questions around experience. Issues with the operative i know as a team that i do have no concerns for the needs of medical cannabis in this neighborhood is met. The Delivery Services available. I do think there is a negative impact on existing businesses. Somebody brought up the fact that businesses wont open with her somebody mcds in the neighborhood. I believe that. I think on this one, welcome witnesses on the edge of the residential and the beginning of a commercial is an issue for me in the physical building issues are also a big concern especially around to consider security. On the plus side, theres the benefit of medical campus. I see toward seniors and veterans although im imagine its open to everybody. Absolute, understanding the issue around the equity spending the money around in different communities can absolutely understand that. I know we would bring jobs to committees to the community that serving as well as communities that have a higher unemployment rate. Feels a vacant storefront is pretty dilapidated. I want to ask the woman whos on the Cannabis Task force him and make a few statements here in a minute. I know there might be somebody else if you want to come up as well . Can you theres three people, please. If you folks can share with us kind of where things are going because we have now until november theres still a couple more applications pending good i see more than a couple. 15. Thats a lot. Can you let us know what you think things are getting out . I could pass his own believe were talking but the greens of. We had a presentation from arun start in our july meeting to take up the subject in august and openly, with some recommendations for the board of supervisors. So the minimum is six and a feet or 500 state law . State law is 600 and have you modeled 650, said artist we they went the other would. It went for 300 and weve also talked about either of its widespread we talked a little bit about much is doing the way the crow flies but how you actually have to walk to get to that position. Which might make a difference. Okay. Great. I think the thing i would like to say is that its been in the green zone and modeling between now and november, especially for this district, that we asked staff or maybe have a policy mapping and additional projects for giving this to be the second one i believe that the disapproving and i think it saves everybody time and effort to have to go through this into we actually have eight former footing. I know for prostitution or City Attorney might have some ages about it but a deal policy on saturation would at least let project sponsor note we have highlevel concerns. Actually suggested that in committee but i think that our concerns are theres people forced up by the feds for reasons were not their own and we did not want to totally cut them out of the process. They should be like and be grandfathered in her somebody but for new ones, yes, i would love to see that happen. I do with the other commissioners feel better but given with registered him and make a motion to take the disapprove the project. Second commissioner antonini i just wanted, and im going to vote for the motion but i would encourage project sponsor it sounds like you have a very goodthe site is not the right one. Under the present law theres not a lot of other choices but this happens to be an area where theres been enormous amounts of opposition because of the clustering and the saturation and other issues that were raised. Perhaps not before november but before the might be other sites in the city might be appropriate to do it may be better fit and hopefully also have more equity of medical marijuana dispensaries in areas that are underserved at this particular time. So, thats my input on it commissioner richards commissioners of is a motion im sorry. Thanks. I want to ask reason know youre in the midst of emotion right now, but considering all the changes that are going to happen from what we do or dont know is been a happen in november, can weto give us an opportunity to talk more to the community . Because i did just talk to the captain and we talked about some things. Can we ask you to do a continuation until sometime in january . It gives her a chance to talk to the owner of the building concerns and it gives her an opportunity to talk the more the community and for all we know, when the legislation passes, the opportunity to move elsewhere or maybe one of the other ones shutting down because the land use issue. It might create this as a spot did i know theres a lot of neighborhood opposition and i think theyre still needs to be some kind of talk to god because it is a different market i am just asking, we table this and do it sometime in january after the task force in the board and everybody has had an opportunity to look at it . I will asked staff if we take a motion to disapprove the project, when could the project sponsor bring a project back at this site . Dublin washington southwest dish. If a motion is taken to disapprove this, they could return a believe in one year. Okay. I wait your other commissioners before commissioner johnson, which is what commissioner richards and 80 staff to look at what it would take maybe two possible to take a timeout and on teacher projects being presented to this commission at least until november to the task force finishes its work. Commissioner johnson thank you. I want to followup on the project especially the project sponsor. Unfortunately, i could not support a continuance of that nature. Thats because at least for my reasoning, my reasoning was actually about the actual land use in that location it was never the neighborhood opposition it it wasnt about many of the other things. The weve heard in Public Comment i be making the same decision if mcds were allowed citywide and you could have been in any place. Commissioner moore i would agree that observation is the one thing i like the department to think about should the legislation october created significant shift of how we are going about approval, that for reasons of ownership equity and Small Business under which this particular because of his size and model, there is indeed helping extended to small operators like this particular one by which there will be facilitated in a particular way. Otherwise, i would agree that decision we been making today he is the and use decision not a small minority Business Operation decision. So, id like to see a merging of different positive supportive elements come together for a future support for this particular operator but let this when use decision stand on its own for what it is and that is adr which is basically being denied okay billy wouldve a motion in the second. This emotion and second to disapprove the project. On a motion of commissioner antonini aye jonathan aye moore aye wu aye richards moved and seconded. Fong spook the move commissioners that motion passes unanimously 60. Places you on Public Comment is there any general Public Comment . Seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. [gavel] [adjournment] here we are at the embarcadero. We are standing at one of locations for the street artists. Can you tell me about this particular location, the program . This location is very significant. This was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the Program Began in 1972. How does a person become a street artist . There are two major tenants. You must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. A street artist, the license, then submitting the work to a committee of artists. This committee actually watches them make the work in front of them so that we can verify that it is all their own work. What happened during the holiday to make this an exciting location . This would be a magic time of year. You would probably see this place is jammed with street artists. As the no, there is a lottery held at 6 in the morning. That is how sought after the spaces are. You might get as many as 150 street artists to show up for 50 spaces. What other areas can a licensed street artist go to . They can go to the Fishermans Wharf area. They can go in and around union square. We have space is now up in the castro, in fact. How many are there . We have about 420. Are they here all year round . Out of the 420, i know 150 to sell all year round. I mean like fiveseven days a week. Are they making their living of of this . This is their sole source of income for many. How long have you been with this program. How much has it changed . I have been with the Program Since it began 37 and a half years ago but i have seen changes in the trend. Fashion comes and goes. I think that you can still find plenty of titis perhaps. This is because the 60s is retro for a lot of people. I have seen that come back, yes. People still think of this city as the birth of that movement. Great, thank you for talking about the background of the program. Im excited to go shopping. I would like you to meet two street artists. This is linda and jeremy. Night said to me to print them nice to meet you. Can you talk to me about a variety of products that use cell . We have these lovely constructed platters. We make these wonderful powder bowls. They can have a lot of color. York also using your license. You are also using your license. This means that i can register with the city. This makes sure that our family participated in making all of these. This comes by licensed artists. The person selling it is the person that made it. There is Nothing Better than the people that made it. I would like you to meet michael johnson. He has been in the program for over 8 years. Nice to me you. What inspired your photography . I am inspired everything that i see. The greatest thing about being a photographer is being able to show other people what i see. I have mostly worked in cuba and work that i shot here in San Francisco. What is it about being a street artist that you particularly like . I liked it to the first day that i did it. I like talking to mentum people. Talking about art or anything that comes to our minds. There is more visibility than i would see in any store front. This would cost us relatively very little. I am so happy to meet you. I wish you all of the best. You are the wonderful artist that makes these color coding. Nice to me to. I have been a street artist since 1976. How did you decide to be a street artist . I was working on union square. On lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist. It was interesting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. It ranges from tshirts, jackets, hats. What is the day of the life of a street artist . They have their 2536 in the morning. By the end of the day, the last people to pack the vehicle probably get on their own at 7 30 at night. Nice to me to condemn the nice to meet you. It was a pleasure to share this with you. I hope that the bay area will descend upon the plaza and go through these arts and crafts and by some holiday gifts. That would be amazing. Thank you so much for the hard work that you do. 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There are actual steps you need to take. Finding someone who can help is the first and most important. For the next steps, go to knowhow2go. Org. [train whistle blowing] global warming. [whistle blows] some say irreversible consequences are 30 years away. 30 years . That wont affect me. [brakes screech] [gavel] good morning. Welcome to our special rules Committee Meeting of july 21, 2016. I am katy tang chair of this committee. Our vice chair eric mar will join us shortly and we have supervisor cohen and supervisor yee and we would like to thank sfgtv. Mr. Clerk, are there any announcements . Yes. Please silence all cell phones and Electronic Devices and submitted to the clerk and items will be on the and items will be on the next board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Can you please call item 1. Item 1 is appointment to appoint a member to the Treasure Island Development Authority to the Citizens Advisory Committee for an indefinite term. 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