Transcripts For SFGTV Replay BOS Public Safety Committee 111016 20161111

Meet a lot of great friends and glad oo coupt cory and javier great friends and positive addition to the neighborhood. Thank you. Jeff and lived in San Francisco since 2008 and live on polk street. I met javier and cory in law school. Im a attorney as wem as they are. I want to talk about them prnlly, they are fantastic peem people. I vust them with my kids lives. There are so many things i can say about them but they are concerned about the community and building up that neighborhood so fully recommend approval of the project. Thank you. My name is ron john from india, went to scoom school in texas and moved to polk street about 12 years ago and when was there i serve public convenience and necessity. Thank you, sarge chblt sergeantsdy San Francisco police. You have before you a pcn report for trade r joes. This would allow beer, wine and distilled spirits off the property. There are two letters of protest, no letters of support. They are located in plot 210 which is considered high crime area. They are located in census tract 176. 01, which is considered undo conztration concentration area. Central station has no opposition. Alu approved with recommendations, no more than 5port of Square Footage of the retail space is used for display of alcoholic beveragesment. The sale of distilled spirits smaller than 200 ml is prohibited. No beer or Malt Beverage sold less in prepackaged 6 packs with exception of wine coolers. Beer coolers sold in prepackaged multiunits of 4 or more. No win wine is sold with alcohol content of greater than 15 percent accept for dinner wines which are aged two years or more and maintained in corked bottles. Wine isnt sold in bottles or container smaller than 750 ml. Loitering, is defined standideally about linger without lawful business and prohibited on sizewalk or property ajacent to the premise on abc 2574. Sales permitted betweenate 8 a. M. And 10 p. M. Daily. Thank you Sergeant Kennedy for the report and for this item we may have adam here. Thank you for coming in the trader joes uniform. Trader joes is well known and respected Grocery Store that sells every day items at great prices and unique items that make shopping fun. We have 5 locations in San Francisco and pride ourselves on being great neighbors and positive influence. We are excited about the new location on 4th street as we feel the area is underserved. We reviewed and accept the conditions put forth by San Francisco Police Department and abc. Thank you so much. And you accept the recommendations of the alu . We do. Thank you so much. So, at this time we open up for Public Comment on this item. Any Public Comment on item 2 . I just realized i have cards. I have redogo and so sorry if i am not reading this correctly, [inaudible] michael milty and susan brian. Please come up. Good afternoon. My name is roll dogo qu libed in the tenderloin and also work there since twnt 2008 and what i have seen that is happening around the tenderloin, its not very good place to be around and we trader joes coming down to 4th and polk street, between market and mission, i have noim not against mubing over there. I really love trader joes and what they sell, but with their presentation regarding the license, i think there is a lot of factors that comes together with it. The thing im concerned about is the fighting, assaults verbal and physical harassment test test test they applied for a type 20 license which wilt allow to sell aef sale beer and wine. One letter of protest. Zero letters of support. Located in plot 374, which is considered low crime. Census tract 477 which is considered high saturation. Richmond station has no opposition. Alu approved with the following recommended conditions, number 1, the sales of alcohol beverages permitted between hours of 7 to 10 p. M. Each day of the week. Number 2, no beer or Malt Beverages sold in less than 3 prepackaged packs with exception of wine and beer sold in prepackaged multiunit quantities of 4 or more. Noe wine sold of alcohol conitant of greater than 15 percent by volume accept for dinner wines aged two years or more and maintain in corked bottle. Number 4, loitering is defined as standideally about linger without lawful sknz prohibited on sidewalk or property ajais tonight the premises under the control of the licensee. The applicant agreed with the above listed conditions. Thank you so much, sergeant and see that we have Brad Christian toprint present for the project sponsor. My name is Brad Christian the owner. Just a little history with what we have done with the market so far, we rr very good to the neighborhood. We have a deli counter that makes sandwiches. We are about a third Asian Grocery which serves the pop ylshz population in that location and 2 3 is american natural and organic. The sore is great and had it two years and been able to dea lot with it. Very very clean store and we just feel that the necessity is of the neighborhood wanting to come in and buy everything in one shot for their dinner that night or a craft beer with their sandwich. Bottle of within and able to get it in one spot rather than going to two or three different locations to pick up what they need for dinner. Thats about it. Thank you so much mr. Christian. And at this time i open up for Public Comment on item number 3. Seeing no comment on item 3 we will close Public Comment. Mr. Christian so thank you much twr fr coming to represent main land market. I pass by your store several times and appreciative you are a neighborhood amenity in the area and happy to support this item today. And i think so moved. Motion to move forward with positive recommendation and do that without objection. Madam clerk please call the final item item 4 is hearing to consider the trndsfer oaf type 21 off sale license to nas wuink locailted at 507 columbus avenue will serve public jeens convenience and necessity. Report for type 21 license and if approved will allow them to operate as a Package Store providing beer, wine and distilled spirit frz consumption off the property. There are no letters of protest, no letters of support. Located in plot 130, which is considered high crime area. They are located in census tract 107. 00 which is considered undo concentration area. Central station has no opposition. Alu approvewise the following recommended conditions. Loitering is defined at standideally about, linker aimlessly without lawful business and prohibited on sidewalk or property adjacent to the license premise under control i have petitions signed to support us as wem. Thank you so much. So, at this time we will open for Public Comment on this item. Seeing none, we will now close Public Comment. I apologize, im reading through the conditions again because i know there is confusion about whether the alu conditions allowed for onsite sales. Because knroe it isnt permitted via the code for specialty Grocery Stores. I know i asked you this already but there is confusion whether the alu conditions allowed for onsale. They sacrificed that and gave it up for the 21 so there is no more onsale. Great. There was just a question about that so just making sure. Not because there is concern that came from the community from us, just via the planning code doesnt permit onsale and want to clarify that is what was in the language observe before we approved it. No that is clarifyed happy to support this motion. Yes. Well have a motion to move forward with recommendation. So moved and seconded. Do that without objection. Thank you so much for being here. Congratulations. Madam clerk, any other items before us today . There is no firth urther business. As a matter of House Keeping may we excuse supervisor campos. Thank you for reminding me. Motion to excuse supervisor campos. Is that actually work at this point we need to resend all the votes and then motion to resend all the votes and seconded by without objection. Motion to excuse supervisor campos. Do that without objection. Motion to approve all of our previous votes. We dont have to clarify each one . I noted them in the record. Thank you, so well move forward with items 14 with recommend aigds. Item 1 as amended and do that without objection. Thank you madam clerk, seeing no further items meeting is now adjourned. Thank you. [meeting adjourned]. Good morning and welcome to the San Francisco Planning Commission and recreation and Park Commission special hearing for thursday, november 10, 2016. Id like to remind members of the public that the commission does not tolerate any disruption or outburst of any kind. Please silence your mobile devices that may sound off during these proceedings and when speaking before the commission, if youd care to do state your name for the record. Id like to take roll at this time. Commission president fong, here. Commissionment richards, here. Commissioner coffle, here. Commissioner moore, here. Now for the recreation and Park Commission, commissioner buel, here. Commissioner anderson, here. Commissioner harrison. Here. Both commissioner board of education erson have excused absences. Commissioners, under your special calendar, please note the joint commissions will hold one public hearing for the public to provide testimony on all of the items listed below. Following the public hearing the recreation and parlg commission the act jointly with the joint to consider raising the shad did he and adopt findings under the California Environmental quality act and will consider making recommendations to the possible adverse effects of shadow. Following that the recreation and Park Commission will adjourn and planning will remain in session and consider action on all other entitlements. Item 1a, b, c and 20 for 2013. 1377k, and x at 345 6th street, discussion and possible joint action by the Planning Commission and recreation and Park Commission to raise the cumulative shadow for jean fran park to adopt a resolution to recommend to the Planning Commission that the shadow cast by the proposed project at 345 6th street will not have an adverse effect on shadow for the center, then the Planning Commission will consider adoption of findings as well as a large project authorization. Thank you, john ram, Planning Department. I wanted to reintroduce to you a former planner who has returned to the Planning Department after many years ago, daniel seria with 17 years of experience in north america and the middle east, early in his career daniel worked in redevelopment planning in skautsz dail, arizona and on the Willamette River in portland and went on to vancouver where he worked for the both the city and the uefrtd of british columbia, then moved on to become an urban planner in qat a. R in the middle east and a number of efforts there and he also sat on the Architectural Design xlit responsible for approvals on Major Projects there. He holds a masters in you are be ban planning, a bachelor of arts in sociology from the university of ottawa and we welcome him back after a many year absence to the department. Thanks for that intro duex, john, i appreciate that. Pleasure. Good morning, commissioners, im dan sua from the Planning Department staff. Im joined by Jordan Harris from the recreation and park department, as well as erica jackson, our shadow specialist at the Planning Department. The project before you is a request fer a large project authorization for a new mixed use building at 345 shad did he impacts will be provided by Jordan Harrison. Please note the materials passed out to you today include amendments to the recreation and park and Planning Commission resolution so that they are talking to each other, the record meetings, the findings. Also include nd this packet is the final shadow memo that makes corrections to the project description and some report language. The shadow study findings remain the same. The proposed project includes the demolition of the existing single story parking garage structure and the construction of a 9 story, 85 foot tall residential building with 102 sro dwelling units. Theres approximately 1700 square feet of ground floor commercial space, theres 102 class 1 bicycle spaces and 7 class 2 bicycle spaces. Under the large project authorization the proposal is seeking exceptions to the planning code requirements for rear yard under section 134, permitted obstructions under streets under section 136 and dwelling unit exposure under section 140. Project has elected the on site Affordable Housing alternative in section 4. 913. The project contains 102 sro dwelling units and will include 14 affordable units on site which will be for rent. The project has entered into a cost of hawkins agreement with the city. In compliance with ordinance 1715 the Entertainment Commission held a hearing for this project and proposed conditions of approval for the project. The Entertainment Commission requests the commission adopt those conditions which have been reviewed and accepted by the project sponsor. Those conditions are in the materials passed out to you today. The department has received two letters in opposition to the project and one letter supporting the project signed by united plaez, the west philipino center, the philipino American Development foundation. After studying all the aspects of the project of the Department Recommends approvals with conditions, specifically the project is in general conformance with the planning code, the project is consistent with the objectives and policies of the general plan, the project is located in the Zoning District where residential and ground floor commercial uses are principallily permitted and encouraged. It includes 102 sro units and ground floor retail. The project is consistent with and respects the existing neighborhood character and provides an appropriate massing and scale for the large parcel. The project will fully utilize eastern area plan controls and will pay the appropriate impact fees. This concludes my presentation and i will be available for questions. Okay, opening up to Public Comment im sorry, project sponsor . We also need to hear, i believe, from rec park staff. Thank you. Good morning, commissioners, my name is Jordan Harrison, im with the recreation and parks department. With my presentation i will walk through the shadow impacts from 345 6th street on to the jean frand recreation property. As you are aware, with the voter approved sunlight ordinance, section 295 requires specific findings related to shadow and rec park properties, memorandum adopted jointly by the two commissions provides guidance on how to assess that shadow. With existing shadow greater than 20 percent of the year, jean frand has an annual limit of zero percent. Do you ever the presentation in front of you . No. This map provides the position relative to two properties. The shadow analysis determined there would be no project shadow on vmd because the buildings between the project and vmd intercept the shadow, so my presentation will focus only on jean frand, which features a grassy area and playground. This hard to read slide is an illustration of the preliminary park layout that the department is working on. Were in the process of redesigning the jean frand property. This layout was presented to the specific Design Review committee and the eastern cac in december 2015. This is not an adopted concept plan and is being provided to you only for information purposes. The preliminary design is currently in development. We are currently working on a Feasibility Study and features may shift. You can see the proposal moves the rec building corner to the corner of 6th and folsom to activate that corner. This image is the largest shadow, largest project shadow. It would occur on march 8 and october 4th around 8 00 to 10 00 in the morning. The greatest shadow impacts occur in the mornings in the early spring and fall. And this animation illustrates the shadow crossing the park property. And as you can see, it leaves the property just before 9 00. It shades the entry areas, grassy area and playground portions of the play ground. This animation for informational purposes is the proposed park layout that i mentioned, is subject to change but as you can see the building being moved forward to the corner of folsom and 6th intercepts some of the projects shadow. This table provides a summary of the shadow impact on to the park property. The shadows occur in the mornings in the spring and fall and parts of the window. On days with new shadow the range is from just over 4 minutes to just under 30 minutes. The shadows fall on the northwest corner of the property where the grassy area and pathways are currently located and the shadow leaves the property before 9 am which is when the property currently opens. The 1989 memo provides guidance on how to assess shadows for the purpose and acl of zero percent, annual cumulative limit was established for jean frand the property would introduce an additional 0. 39 of shadow annually which would increase the shadow load for the park to 47. 66 for the year. Fear this reason the joint action by the commissions is necessary. So in addition the commission likes to consider cumulative projects within the vicinity of the park, so this map illustrates other projects in the vicinity that have the potential to shade jean frand one of the properties immediately adjacent to the subject property, which is 363, is the yellow property there. 363 was approved by this Commission Last fall and the one just south of that, 988 harrison, wouldnt reach jean friend. This hard to read table provides you the numeric summary of the shadow impacts based on preliminary analysis of those project site illustrated in that last map. These are all preliminary assessments the design of these buildings is still underway so these could change, but we would like to provide you this information, the best that we have right now. Cumulative these projects could increase the shadow load on jean friend by 1. 3 percent, but as i mentioned, these are preliminary designs. The number would probably be lower because those shadows may intercept one another but its too early to say right now. Finally, the sponsor will speak to this more, but to summarize Community Outreach and benefits for the project, the sponsor facilitated 11 meetings for local stake holder groups and letters of support and opposition were received by the departments and included in your packets. As explained, the project will provide 14 affordable units as well as pay required impact fees and make required improved. This concludes my presentation, i am available with planning staff to answer any questions you may have. Can you pass that around, your presentation so we can see what you are referring to . Which. Your presentation. I had a hard time following. Maybe in the future we can get a copy of the presentations. Thank you. Okay, project sponsor, please. Good morning, commissioner, joseph thompson. On behalf of sponsor we would like to thank you for the opportunity to present this project. I would like to extend our gratitude to the Planning Department and various neighborhood organizations that have helped us refine our project. This will result in practical housing replete with commercial housing space that will activate this corridor and add to our market in Affordable Housing. Morover it will be hoer sdaupblgtsly aligned with projects on 6th and folsom street. We will now provide a summary of the project at 345 6th street. Thank you. Good morning, commissioners, this is red inaudible consults. Also i would like to thank you for taking the time to hear our case. I would like to make it quick, as they say. Im going to point out why this project we feel that it fits within the neighborhood properly and it helps the street expanse and how does it fit into the block. If i may have the overhead, this building is 345 6th street as we are proposing. Next door is the project, also a 9 Story Building with ground floor commercial. And you see the rest of the block as we go down shiply street. The way the building is designed, is that we have matched the neighbors rear yard. At this point there is no open space, there is no pattern of midblock open space due to the building that is sitting on both our lot and the neighboring lot. And what we are proposing is just like the neighbors property you guys approved last year, we are proposing a 25 foot setback to their Property Line totals to 50 feet, which creates an open space that will benefit the rest of the homes, you know, down the block. In addition, on the ground floor also to give you orientation we have 6th street on one side and shiply going down the street. So again we have carefully designed, you know, this layout so that we have a generous commercial space with approximately 19 foot ceiling which makes a great inviting commercial space that is nonexistent at this point. And as we go down shiply street, which were getting to more residential block face, you know, we have provided the residential entrance and 4 residential units at the back of the sidewalks. So one thing i want to point out about this project and some of the concerns that i may say, the only concern that we have heard face to face with the neighborhood was that during these meetings that we held at the site, the neighbors came and they thought this was Group Housing with one kitchen in every level and more of a transient housing and made everybody nervous. So we explained to them that, you know, this is in fact a studio units. They are rentals and they have the kitchen in the units. They have high ceilings by virtue of the concrete construction that we are proposing, which allows for a 7inch thickness of the floors. At ground floor we are providing 8 foot, 11 inches of ceiling height which is not which is more generous than most of the units that you see in town at 8 feet or even less in some areas. And on the upper floors we have 8 foot, 8 inch ceiling so by virtue of the ceiling height and fenestration if you look at the elevations we feel that theres a lot of volume, theres a lot of light coming into these units and by far they are not a cramped unit, cramped, dark units. This is a building that is going to be keeping a family for a very long time, our office is a few blocks from there, its personal to us, we manage the units ourselves and we design the project and engineer the projects and when we are through we manage the construction. So we are proud of that, we want to make sure that the residents are comfortable in the units and we are not jamming units into this building. In addition the other aspect of this building that is rather abnormal to most of the projectness this town is in 9 floors of occupancy we have 6 levels of decks. So the occupants would have a choice to, they dont have to go all the way to the 9th floor roof deck to be able to get fresh air and light, we are providing various decks, whether private or common, for the enjoyment of the tenants and we feel that its got to be a Good Building and its got to be comfortable to live in. In addition, one thing that i would like you guys to also look at, we added an alternate floor plan for the ground floor. Under 8th floor we lost one unit as a result of putting a Community Room on the 8th floor. We were hoping to see whether you would be acceptable to the commissioners if we are to reduce our ground floor footprint and provide a veer yard at grade somewhat such as the adjacent building has and to be able to provide a generous ground floor Community Room which could, you know, upper floor, Community Room was about 12 feet wide. Here we could provide 25 by 25 or even larger, you know, at the ground floor openings into a ground floor garden. That concludes my presentation. I have mr. Brad terrell who did a great job with the facade, hes going to talk about the architecture of the building. Im available for any questions you may have. Good morning, commissioners, my name is brad terrel, im the design lead for the team. Im really pleased to introduce the project and draw a little closer to the design thats been in development for over 3 years. From a distance, the building is composed of a simple cubic volume atop a glass podium at 6th street. Complementing this volume is a 4 story expression thats organized with garden units, projecting bays and terraces fronting on to shiply street. This is important to note given the orientation of the building. It fronts a very busy primary street and then also fronts a very intimate secondary alley this is something weve taken into account both in the planning of the ground floor floor and as much as the elevation can express. Along the shiply alleyway the street wall is set back to provide more face at ground and this was important we felt to make the street more inviting and to align with some of our adjacent contexts that we have. Looking closer at the primary mapping again at the corner the volume is further differentiates by the horizontal structure that we have, as rachel mentioned. These bands of horizontal structure are further expressed by alternating bands of fenestration and that fenestration is composed of both solid and void with fiber cement panels and glazing floor to ceiling stretching from slab to slab. This pattern is solid, its accentuated by these projecting bays, these projecting slab edges, raert, that provide shadows and further invigorate the elevation with direction be it the morning or afternoon where the shad did hes and light are coming from. With that said, weve invested a good bit of time and interest into the materials and the relief on the building and thats something i feel we want to draw attention to. Thank you. That is it from project sponsor, opening it up to Public Comment. Good morning, commissioners, president fong, good morning to the new commissioners. Cunningham. My name is rudy corpus, im the executive director of Violence Prevention Program called united players thats housed in the south of market. Im also a resident of south of market, born and raised. Im here to support the project. Im here because we have met with some of the developers and, you know, made agreements upon what would be best for the community, for organizations and also whats best for the community. Its very rewarding when you can meet developers in a community that wants to meet with the community and wants to build with the community. I dont think theyre just, like, developers that just came and build something, make some money and get on. They are here also as a Community Partner and to me thats more important than anything that we can get is building a relationship. Our motto is it takes a hood to save a hood and now they are in the community with us and theyve been in the community with us, its time that we Start Building these bridges, not these walls, in particular in the district were in, in district 6 south of market. Im here to support these guys in full and say lets move forward the project and thank you for letting me speak. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning, commissioners, my name is bernadette sea, im the director of the philipino Development Corporation and also the project sponsor for the philipino district. The project sponsor has offered to support our community. One of the things we are requesting from the project is also to provide affordable commercial space. As we build out our philipino Small Business district in south of market its really imperative that we try to retain a lot of our business that is already here. We know theres inaudible thats been here 15 years and their family is about to be displaced. The project sponsor has offered to provide the low market rate in its commercial space. For that we are supporting the project. Thank you. Good morning, commissioners, my name is Luisa Antonio and i am the director of the veterans equity center. I want to echo bernadettes comments about the developers support for our community. As a worker in the south of market for the last 25 years and have been working with a lot of philipino families, what we have seen is Small Businesses that are providing the services for the philipino families have gone and theres an asian market in fact on Mission Street that is getting displaced. And one of the things that we appreciate about the developer is coming to our community and making a xhisment to help us preserve the Small Businesses and support for alvia marchs office space for the Small Businesses and it is really important that we have it as we are working on making sure that we have a thriving philipino community in the south of market. Its important to have philipino businesses that are serving the community. Thank you. Okay, any additional Public Comment . Im not going to speak on shadows. This is a map the mraplt gives out when they have ppas to this site and it shows this site is full. Its a map the Planning Department gives out on all ppas. I didnt understand the qualifications of the person who spoke as the designer. Is he an engineer . What kind of an engineer . What kind of analysis was done of the structural structure of this building in light of the soils they are on . Ive been dealing with projects back to the 90s on soft soils in this area of south of market. There was enormous disruption in lola prieta we now are having hearings on soils and south of market the board of supervisors downtown. What qualifications underlie the plans engineering wise because engineering plans affect the architecture. They have to have real implications for the structure part of the plan. So i have separate questions on the shadows but i am very concerned about the soils so i refer to you to map the Planning Departments map, its california seismic hazard zone official map, november 17, 2000. Its a real map. It was given to this developer when they did a ppa, so please credentialize your plans and the person who spoke. Thank you. Tom gilberti on shadows. Is it possible to do a tiered set back upper levels, minimal loss of apartments, of housing rooms . But they may add a little bit more slant, less shadow . Better i like a tiered building much better than a box. Next issue, roof top garden. I came here today to speak to the combined commissions and if anything is above 9 stories a roof top garden gets to be a windy effect. But a roof top garden is one way for people that live in a building to meet each other in a noncommercial space. They are not being sold. And im sorry i dont know all the facts here, do they have a roof top garden here planned . Those are the only two issues that i am concerned about. Again, on shadow, the tiered upper level set back, that can work. Thank you. Thank you, commissioners, welcome to the new members. We are the members of prozak, the park and rec. I would echo the person who spoke before me, we are concerned in general about shadowing any of our parks. You know, we all know about the City Ordinance that forbids shadowing of the parks. We have so little open space as it is in our district that the precious bit that we have we would like to preserve the sunlight. So if there is any way in a planning or architectural sense that that could be avoided, we would like to have that considered. We would also like to see if theres a way that the green space that is being suggested would be able to be open to the public. We have popos all over our district, most of them are unusable, they are not accessible to the public even though they have a small sign that says that they are, and once again to reiterate there is so little open space in our district that we would like to see if that can be accessible to everyone. The last question we have is the distinction at planning between an sro and a studio. So we heard each unit would have a kitchen, but does each unit have a bathroom or are they shared bathrooms . That would make a difference in terms of family usage of the units and we would just like to have that clarified. So as the last thing i would like to make is a sort of addition to that we live in both soma and the tender loin and our neighborhood is becoming denser by the day. There are over 10,000 new units either in the pipeline or already open in our immediate neighborhood in the sort of midmarket, Central Market district and there is so little open space for the families that are being built for. So on the one hand to park and rec we really thank you for approving the proposed acquisition on 11th street, we are very excited about that and that will be really an addition for us. But our concern is it wont be available to us until at the least 2024, which doesnt do a single thing for all of the 10,000 new units and the rest of the people that live there. So we would like to ask you to reconsider this second proposed acquisition in the neighborhood. Park and rec has already done all the research for it. Prozak passed resolutions supporting both of them, we dont see this as an either or proposition, wed like to have you reconsider acquiring both. Thank you all very much. Okay, is there any additional Public Comment . Okay, not seeing any, Public Comment is closed and opening up to both commission commissioners. Commissioner moore. Speaking on the context of our joint discussion, i want to briefly say i find the building to be interesting in response to the challenges the site poses, opening up to a broader midblock open space is a very good idea, stepping the building is a very good idea because it will indeed deemphasize the impact on a smaller Residential Community to the north northwest, but i have one question and one i would like to explore in front of you together with mr. Suka because i had to place a call to the Planning Department with respect to one particular aspect of the project where i dont quite think we are meeting the general requirement that this Commission Upholds when it comes to ground floor units. Mr. Suka, would you mind engaging with me in a conversation . Typically when it comes to alleys anywhere, be that on stevenson, be that on inaudible valley, wherever a strong residential set of guidelines which deals with a privacy issue, four units which you enter off an alley into the unit and come not guilty level is just not assuring the privacy were looking for because you would have to have your shades drawn all day in order to have privacy. We are not living in holland where everybody just doesnt look into each others units and shades are not the rule. Here it is and because we have studio units, which are well sized yet they are only studios, we do not have much space to distinguish between the more private parts of our between the private zones in our units versus other rooms which are for the bath. These units are compliant units relative to bedroom units, however they need to be raised 3 feet above the sidewalk in order to have the privacy we are looking for. I placed a call and mr. Suka, if you want to pick up where im leaving off here, perhaps you could fill us in. Rick suka, staff. Mr. Moore is referring to our ground floor guidelines. Typically we like to have units along the street to help activate the area. Typically we look at the overall benefit of the project, the specifics of the street and the overall development. The raising and introduction of stoops is a pretty common method that we will look at. In this instance we have the architect had originally proposed a kind of forecourt like private entry way into that provided a buffer to the street and then to the unit, which we didnt find very favorable considering the kind of shade that it would cast on the street and given the constraints of the overall height it wasnt we were, we found the current design acceptable relative to that. However, commissioner moore is correct in the sense that this isnt typical of our ground floor residential dwelling guidelines. I want to take it away and you can look at the pictures of very welldeveloped document done in 2011 by the department, very much guidance to rules we have enforced pretty much all along, including the more recent ones throughout the city. As we are starting to discover the importance of our alleys as a new neighborhood street, i believe this project would greatly fail by not realizing the step up, what it would require is adjusting the yofr all volume metric parts of the lower piece and the upper piece by potentially dropping a floor. I am not as much concerned about the unit yield as i am interested in the overall proper functioning of those units which were bringing to market today. Its not for me between one and the other, new mayorally one is better, the departments guidelines is very persuasive. I am sending out the pick taur to do it correctly, which means lets lift the ground floor but in order to stay with the height limit we may have to drop an additional floor which would help us with potentially lessening any residual impact we have on parks, which meets the larger objective of protecting our parks when it comes to the public interests which in this particular neighborhood is praitd by the fact some of the newer parks only will come in 2024, as the group just said. Nobody loses, i think the developer will have a Good Building but there needs to be a couple adjustments for the project to fly. Xlir low. Jordan, can you talk to us about the proposed development of jean friend rec center. You mentioned youre bringing the building closer to foal come street but whats the intended use there . The objectives of the redesign process were to increase the amount of basketball space on the interior of the building and maintain the existing programs which is an exercise room, basketball and Multi Purpose room. The new building will be two stories so we are achieving some of those goals by using upstairs and in terms of moving it forward the purpose of that was to improve the activation of that corner, having it recessed makes it a little less activity. Are we talking outdoor space or indoor space . Indoor space, the building slides forward. So the proposed shadow would hit the building, not necessarily basketball courts. Correct. The proposed redevelopment plan, the shadow would hit a building first as active outdoor space. Yes, most of the shadow would. Do you have any further questions about that . No. Commissioner harrison. You are not whos here . I was misadvised. Commissioner richards. Staff, if you may one more time, please, on the shadow, the park plan. Maybe in the future if we could have a copy of this. Yeah, we didnt realize that that was i appall wriez apologize for that. Whats currently in our packet looks at the current site. On the current site we have the time of the day, the duration and what it actually hits, right . And it didnt mention anything about a play ground but on the new conceptual site that has yet to be adopted or even voted on, whatever, it seems like there is a longer duration than ive read in the packet on certain times of the day as well as it hits a playground . Where are we today and where are we dwoiing tomorrow and where does the shadow actually does hit . Where we are today is the shadow hits the Front Quarter of the property which is mostly grassy area and a bit of playground. This here . Yes. So the building is in the back. The building is about 50 feet back from the intersection. And the new proposal would be to build a building that is larger . On that proposal on the very back of the property, where your finger is now, that is an outdoor basketball court. Okay. And at the corner of folsom and 6th is the building. Right here, uhhuh, where no building is today. Right, where no building is today and then the grassy area, entry area, and to the left is the current play ground. So the shadow sort of diagonally crosses the property, hits the edge of the playground and the grassy area and the entry way. Exactly where your fickle are are. In the future its going to hit the building and the cafe is like a carousel cafe . Let me reiterate, that is potential turn it over to. Commissioner, fill ginsberg, rec and park. Jordan is correct in that that is still in the design phase. This is a partnership with the partnership for public land. The goal is to add capacity in the site because of increased density in the area and as the prozac members noted. The cafe is tentative. We are doing the possibility of including an indoor pool in the space. The closest public pool in the south of market area is actualliality garfield so in partnership discussion with Community Members we wanted to take a look at that. The cafe element is sort of an optional element, it is in the design that you have. I think this design is going to move a little bit but i think our intent, the project intent, is to activate what is the southeast corner of the property with building, because right now the frontage of the building is only on 6th street. Under any scenario we want to move a larger building forward to the corner of 6th and folsom. As jordan noted there will be a second floor and there will be Additional Program space. How that Program Space ends up being carved up will depend on the feasibility of a swimming pool. So theres a play ground for the children and proposed there isnt any . There will probably be 1, it just hasnt been decided where. For the purposes of our decision today we need to look at the current situation. You need to look at the current design thats on site there. I think theres a little bit of quaul litative image. It is likely some of the shadow will end up falling on structure, a significant amount of shadow. While you are speaking, if you may, i think i asked this question before, are there any plans to expand programming before 9 am . I remember that. I remember that. I wish i had actually done something about it since the last time you asked. Right now the facility operates close to, is it 9 or 10 hours a way. A day. We do have robust programming. San francisco voters just passed proposition d which gives us a little bit more wiggle room and we are in the process of actually having a look at all our program and Program Hours and i still have something that i need to get back to you about. Are there any other current parks in district 6 that are open before 9 00 . Dont forget, this is a structure. This is a rec center and not a park. Victoria, mineol graves, most of our parks are operating at 6 klpl am and midnight. For example victoria mineola graves is open early, south park is or will be open earth. We have a number of parks that are actually within a 5minute walk of jean friend rec center in the tender loin, we have 17th and folsom which im proud will be opening in january, i believe. So there are patrons that use this as a park, for purposes of peoples programming they can lay on the grass. Its possible the new design would allow us to think differently about the operating hours. Right now with the old design, as you know, theres kind of a weird fencedin structure and having the building open and eyes on the back yard, eyes on the open space, has been important. But with the new design thats something that we can certainly take a look at. Our goal is to have both our buildings and our parks open as much hours a day, as many days a week, as many weeks a year as we can possibly program. Commissioner johnson. Thank you. I am highly supportive of this project, i think its great. Weve talked about the need for sros and sort of where they fit in our parket when we also have similar discussions about larger size be units and i personally feel like this is a great project because sros are the entry way for a lot of people into the city and its also great Housing Stock for a lot of our pop place. So i think its great. Commissioner moore brought up something i had been thinking about, i hadnt thought about too much, but i totally agree on her comments about ground floor. I was recently Walking Around my neighborhood in mission bay where many of the apartment buildings do you have ground floors, you have blocks and blocks of buildings that have ground floor apartments and the shades are down on all of them. In some ways its no different than when we questioned the wisdom of having ground floor parking podiums where you are looking at a blank wall. I think its worthwhile to look at options around that, whether its raising the building so that you have the front door, even if you dont have an extented foop area, you have the front door above the main sidewalk area or if we need to look at permitted ub strutions and see if that should include some further obstructioning, something in front of the doors of the apartments. In order to have eyes on the street, people need to feel like they are not on a zoo and i think thats something we should be thinking about. Before you hear rich, because i know you have something to Say Something smart, the one thing i agree with commissioner moore, whatever we come up with, especially if it involves raising the building, Something Like that, i am not interested in decreasing the number of units. Well have to see how that works out with the site direction but thats not something i want to go in. In talking to the architect it sounds like they can accommodate a kind of raised open area on the ground floor, kind of back to what we originally looked at. You would see street, a kind of raised, open area used for private open space, and then the unit which was basically harkening back to an earlier scheme that we had looked at. The architect mepbsed they can basically get, there is additional height on the nroupbd floor so we are still within our minimum tolerances for ground floor ceiling height but still accommodating, he mentioned we likely cannot accommodate a 3 foot but anywhere between 7 and 14 inches, basically about two steps up above the public right of way so you git a little bit of separation from street and open space, basically. If i may, thank you for hearing me again. At this point we have a 7 inch step up into the building and we have ceiling heights, you know, varying from 8 foot 11 inches to 8 foot 8 inches so if we have to hypothetically reduce the ceiling height to 8 foot 6, which is still rather generous, then we could raise the building, raise the ground floor by an additional 12 inches because raising the look of the building. It would be 18 to 20 inches of raised stoop that we could accommodate without loss of square any units. Id like to hear other comments on that. I mean i think if theres any way we can i mean i dont want to diminish the living quality of the units, they are already smaller in size and i do think that that sort of what would be created with that open space would be used by those units because they are not that big. Okay, we consider things like stepping up and then stopping down into the units so you are not decreasing your ceiling height, is it more about increasing physical barrier between the private space and the public space of the sidewalk with screens or awnings, im thinking out of the box here and thats one reason why i want to bring it up because i have residential ground floor guidelines, i found them online. I think theres more we can do with that but generally speaking i like the project. In terms of the jean friend rec center i think its fantastic we are looking at updates for that center, i see a lot of people playing basketball on the folsom street side well swoot neighborhood so it is well used by the neighborhood. Commissioner rich are erds question if there is a Feasibility Study around pools that would certainly change the hours because pools tend to open at 5 00 in the morning. Still a little more we can do around some certainty how to create that, a little bit of that gateway between the public space and the Public Private and the ground floor, but generally speaking, good project. Mr. Rizzo i looked at project they showed us this is for the ground floor picture and alleys. They showed me pictures of units in london where you would step down then step up. Could you do that here where you can get another floor . Absolutely. We have hallways in the back of these units that initially when we had raised units designed we were using that hallway to inaudible so we can raise steps up and step down and still allow for units that are accessible to people with disability or we just raise it by 18 inches or so and, yeah, we have, there are some ways we could do it. Definitely. I will refer to commissioner moore on some of the finer points of that design. Commissioner moore. Any project when it comes forward we have to attempt to be compliant where we have concrete construction here where the ceiling height is shallower than other kinds of construction, we have rather low ceilings, we all know how to do the height limit if you want to put 9 floors in there. You still have to accommodate structure and i think in order on meet the code requirement for proper treatment on the alleys, and i dont want to make science out of it except just to rely on the consistency by which we do what the departments held us to do. This will be a stretch and i am personally not prepared to let this go to quiet height because this should have been considered from the get go. I dont personally feel i can negotiate stepping up or stepping down because stepping down will only exacerbate the fact you will be looking even more into the unit. So that is just basically not going to work. I just have to ask that this project does the right research, comes forward with the right unit yield for the commercial purpose that this building comes forward but does not try to negotiate around rules that we are only simply here to use what the Planning Department has very eloquently developed at least for me as guidance. So i cannot do anything else, just say that this project needs more study and also to commissioner johnson and to everybodys edification, this is not an sro in the conventional way, this is basically an sro which deals more with the crunch on tech workers who nreed to find a smaller unit, a wellsized unit and again it can be open for anybody but its primary purpose is private development and thats when i am saying you need to look a little bit closer if you want a unit yield, youve got to meet some basic requirements of what the code asks all of us to do. I cannot invent a more acceptable solution except is asking this project does the Proper Research and will challenges we have in light of the livability of units on alleys. Commissioners, if i may, a couple i think as rich pointed out, the typical preferences to either set the unit back at the ground level or raise it up or both because of privacy issues. And i think what weve been trying to figure out here is a way to do that without losing units. So i would ask, could you clarify, rich or the project sponsor, on the height limit . The lower level building is at the height limit or close to it. Yes. So the lower level building is within the tall raupbses for the alley setbacks. I mean i think perhaps the way to approach this would be to say, to have the commissioners consider approving the project with a couple of options or direction to staff on exactly what youd want to see. I hear general support from the commission. Oh, the other question i have is well, were at the height limit. Nothing we would do at the ground level if it khaifrpbs the form of the building in any way would create different park shadow issues, right . Correct. As long as its not the larger mass, its the smaller one. So its the taller part of the building that creates the shadow, not the shorter . Correct. I dont know, i mean i dont think, i think i would ask phil to weigh in but i dont know from a park standpoint that theres a direct issue, but perhaps for park users going back and forth by the building it might be something we can look at. Yeah, we typically dont weigh in directly on design, but i think our preference would certainly be for either step up or setback to the extent the units are facing privacy concerns in the park, that tends to create a little more conflict with park users if the spaces are so close together. I think maybe kind of a healthier coexistence between the residential units and, you know, outdoor play actually would be well served by that kind of, by pursuing that kind of option. Okay, commissioner richards. Yes, procedural question, understanding were talking about the design of the building, tall structure will not change the shadow impact and now were getting into design issues. As i look at the way the schedule is, should we go ahead and vote on the shadow issue and then deal with the design issue in a Commission Meeting or what should we do here . Entirely up to you, commissioners, at this point. If the rec and Park Commission is prepared to move their portion of the items forward you can continue deliberation regarding design or you can take up the entire matter now and then take up the matter after the rec and Park Commission adjourn. And the rec and parks approval of it, though, would be on the mass propozd and it we got into design and change the mass, that would bring this back to another hearing, correct . Potentially, yes. We need to deal with the mass. If you are going to change it, yes. As proposed. Commissioner moore. Let me make a suggestion. The two buildings are engaged at the ground level. In order for the shiply street units to perform and be raised 3 levels, at the point where the two buildings lock is properly done you could sep step up through the corridor into the annex, into the shiply street annex. That can be done in a number of ways with steps as well as a ramp in order for somebody who has something to carry or whatever, for that grade transition to occur at that level. In response to director ginsbergs comment, i do believe the alley is complemented by elevating the ground floor unit. It is already older residential, smaller buildings, now the alley completes itself as a complete alley rather than this awkward whats going on there. I think it will be comfortable for the people who live in the units as well as those who are walking by. So i think it is a winwin by consider not guilty some form or other to do the grade change within the building, theres also a large bicycle room which could be reconsidered, that way transition is much easier to accomplish. Theres possibilities but we cannot design this building together but i would ask mr. Terrell, the architect, to possibly acknowledge that is possible. Could you step up and explain that to both commissions . Absolutely, this is an important issue and something weve given a great deal of attention to. A project of this sort sometimes is cast by what is its primary image and thats the corner of the building. The secondary portion of this building, which is the first 4 floors of the building in terms of the organization of the commercial space point of sbli for the overall building and lastly these garden units has been something weve been back and forth on, not just this project but several projects in the past. So weve learned some things about just these things and i dont say anything in terms of what solution might be important. Given the size of the units and the pressure on that ground floor plate to do what whats going to do nr terms of bicycle storage and amenity weve been looking at negotiating how that can come and go. I think the floor plate that might be rendered by virtue of picking this up a few steps, we actually have that, the last solution we provided before we came to commission and that is something we negotiated back to where we are today. My preference would be to look closely in the existing sixfoot sidewalks with the condition the little alley we have thats coming, by planting and surfaces and the like but look at the threshold between the 6 mot existing sidewalk and the band that we have now, which is still hardscape but think becomes something of a buffer because its planted, then develop a forecourt, would safe as a place to take off your shoes. These units are rather small so entering dregtly from the sidewalk experience into the unit is a little less than what we would hope at this point. So my preference would be to raise the units by a matter of 18 to 24 inches, several steps, if you will, and propose a gated entry as we had before with vertical bars of sorts that would be something he will elegant, something complementary to the plat we have now would be recessed, that gives the elevation that would give added space to these units that they could benefit from. As i said, we had several solutions to this end, we tried to work closely with the intuition and the judgment of the planning staff to come up with a solution that we felt we could all bring for the benefit of the project. Do you still have that particular stech sketch with you . I dont have it today. It was too dark. It was a concern. It was a concern both about is it too shaded and is it safe and that was a concern we last shook hands on, decided we would bring it forward and raise it by one step and utilize the planting xhepx that xhepx that dimension that we had that would be permeable but not planted. Commissioners, so youll see here, this is the original version of this step where we have the unit basically over here, a small forecourt over here and then basically the sidewalk over here. And i think it sounds like its going to accommodate a raised entry, a stoop, over here especially if we reorganize where the storefront is over here and not have it censors, basically push over the side that we can create that publicprivate zone between the public right of way, the private open space for the units here as well as give that buffer between where the units is and where the street is. If i may, i think the difference between what you saw before and what you just that drawing and the potential better solution is that there wouldnt be a solid wall, it would be more transparent. Correct. But still raise up and provide that publicprivate zone in front of you. Yeah, the architects can certainly look at some kind of gate to separate between the two or some kind of screen or transition element that works with the overall design of the building. And if i may, to respond to mr. Gilbertis question, most of the roof is actually an outdoor space for the residents to use. Good. Im supportive of the items commissioner moore brought up and im even more delight toad hear there has been through the study of this at least one version that comes close to meeting that and staying within the mass of the project size. Commissioner richards. Just one question, mr. Sucrai, this would look Something Like in the guidelines where theres a gate, theres a landing and theres a door recessed or there would be. Yeah, im confident we can work with the architects to basically develop a scheme or a forecourt scheme that basically hits upon the intensive ground floor. That wouldnt change the massing of the building . It would not. So we are still good. Commissioner johnson. Fantastic. I think youve answered my question and we can talk in a second about the findings we should make about the large project authorization to sort of memorialize that. I know theres potential for the landing to be dark but you dont necessarily have to have an awning or something to provide privacy. Im referencing newer buildings on keen and second right across from the ballpark and the ground floor units that are there, yeah, they have two steps up, glass, threefoot gate and then the door. Theres no awning, theres no obstruction, theres no big huge planters and those people see thousands of people walking by their doors going to giants games but i notice many of them do have their shades up at least halfway on one or more stories. Those sorts of changes really do impact the street life so i appreciate that. Okay, do we ask them to do the shadow . Commissioner moore. I have one more comment to mr. Sucrai, i would like to encourage that support to mr. Ginsbergs comments that appropriate lighting is added to these little stoop up setbacks so that at night when somebody in Late Afternoon comes from any of our rec and park facilities walking through the alley, which is now on the street, et cetera, also has a feeling, yeah, people are home and the lights are on and theres a proper residential feel to what is now a pretty dark, deeply recessed front door. Great. Thanks, appreciate it. One last question to the project sponsor with regard to the commercial space. Is it my understanding that you are providing below market rate commercial space as a part of the agreement with the community . We heard a couple people get up and talk about this business and that business staying. We have been in negotiation with various neighborhood groups to see what we can do to help the neighborhood and this was one of those that that portion of the commercial space could be assigned to them. The size of it, you know, we havent hashed out yet but we told them, that, yes, a portion of it would be used for them. This space from a Commercial Point of view is challenging because of the neighborhood . Im trying to understand. Im walking down through new buildings, some of them have been built in 2000 in the mission they are still empty after 15 years. I really want you to work with the community on trying to get local businesses in there. Sure, absolutely. The other thing is, as i look at the map and i look at the Community Room and then the storage area down on the ground floor it seemed a little counter intuitive to me that we would have bike stores make sense but is there storage for apartment interior stuff down on the ground floor . What is that storage area, the bike storage area . You can see circulation of the building and all the amenities that is needed, the panels, the pump rooms and all that, a rather generous this is why we came up with this idea of having that open space, you know, to reduce the size of the massing, the size of the building at ground floor, provide open space at grade, you know, and provide open space in that area. So Community Space at the ground floor versus the 8th floor. Thats right. Ground floor makes more sense to me because people come and go, it has access maybe off the lobby . Thats right. 8th floor, first of all, we are using one, well be using one unit. The sound rating of that floor is going to be an issue because theres, i dont know, 10 or 11 units there and have people hanging out. Sure. It would be an issue at that level. So we are, again, you know. Whats the logic of putting the Community Room on the 8th floor, is there some view or some other benefit im missing . You are losing a unit, you have to kind of soundproof it because people are going to be playing games and tv and things like that. Is there a benefit im missing at having it on the 8th floor . This was working with the Planning Department. We had a unit at that location. So if you took the Community Room and put it on the first floor, on the 8th floor would there be storage . No, on the 8th floor would be additional unit, 103 units, it would have view. If we move the unit what does it do . Nothing. I strongly believe that were losing a unit for rec room on the ground floor and putting storage on the 8th floor is not something i would support. Commissioners, typically with the sro units we are definitely looking for some kind of common amenity space that the residents can use, given the small size of the units. Its something weve asked from a lot of the sro projects. In this case given they have that common roof deck on the top floor we found that a kind of Community Room for the residents, which is what what it would be used for was complementary to the roof deck area. The sponsor in this case was will ing to sacrifice a unit. In terms of storage, the small size of the units lends itself to a need for residential storage which is something that is commonly lacking in a lot of these new developments so its actually good they included Storage Space that could be used for the units. So the Community Room has great views of the downtown, you can stand up there with your friends and thats why its connected to the roof. Precisely. If its a rainy day you can just okay, i understand that. Thank you. I see no more questions by rec and park. Margaret, whats your advice . Commissioner low, did you want to make some recommendations on the matter before us . Yes, the shadow that is case on to jean friend you just have to evaluate the shadow as the conditions currently exist at jean friend. It does hit an active play ground area as well as basketball court, but it is before the facility is open and i do have some amendments to the resolution, they are nonsubstantive in general, it just cleans up the resolution and cleans up language that is repeated and would like to move this forward based on these amendments to the resolution. Commissioners, all of you have those resolutions in front of you. Yeah, the red line resolutions. We need a second. We have a motion. Is there a second . Second. Its been moved and seconded. Commissioner low, aye. Commissioner harrison, aye. Commissioner anderson, aye. And commissioner buell, aye. Commissioner johnson, aye. Commissioner coppell, aye. That motionses unanimously 50. Now rec and Park Commission, you are on 1b, which is to adopt a resolution to recommend to the Planning Commission that the new shadow cast by the proposed project at 345 6th street will not have a significant adverse impact on the use of the jean friend Recreation Center as required by planning code section 295 and i think commissioner low you had some amendments there also. Thank you. Again i make some modifications to the resolution. It is nonsubstantive in nature, again is just to clean up language as well as some language thats not necessary in the resolution. On that basis id like to move this matter forward for the rec and Park Commission to approve this matter based on the amendments to the resolution. And you are finding that it does not have adverse significant right . Right. I heard a second. Its been moved and seconded. Commissioner low, aye. Commissioner harrison, aye. Commissioner harrison, aye, and commissioner buell, aye. We are adjourned. Its always a pleasure to have these joint meetings but its frustrating because it would be nice to weigh in on all these design issues and we wish you the very best. Commissioner, well be here several hours. Im sure the Planning Commission would love your attendance. We appreciate the invitation and pass. Im sure we will see each other again in soon. Planning commissioners, we are still in session. Im sure the rec and park will retire quietly to allow us to continue with the large project authorization and 1b and 1c commissioner richards. I move that the findings for the shadow project i move to approve the project with the direction to staff to have a transition point between the sidewalk private and public space, have a step up of at least 18 inches and a recessed entry. Second. To the ground floor. To the ground floor on shiply. Second. 18 inches isnt enough, it has to be up at least two steps. Two steps would be 14 inches. 18 inches, better. Minimum of 18 . Minimum of 18, thats better. Thats what he said. Second. On that motion, then, commissioner johnson, aye. Commissioner coppell, aye. Xhoor moore, aye. Commissioner president fong, aye. That motion passes unanimously 50 and concludes this special hearing. Okay, great. So this general Public Comment . Okay, the meeting is adjourned. meeting adjourned . The maus project is transformation of the Convention Center and it is not only addition and increased space but also a transformation of the urban neighbor around it in a positive way. 25th largest Convention Center in the country but the conventions are getting bigger so with this extension it is 13 largest we have been under construction a year and a half and set to complete the construction in 2018. It generated over 9 billion in San Francisco 35 percent of viz 2rs coming to San Francisco are coming to maus coney. 2500 jobs will be created. If we didnt do the expansion we would luce 200 million in taxes a year. The conventions they are talking about going other cities with ample [inaudible] and exhibit space and not come to San Francisco. There is a lot of [inaudible] we are at a point now where our [inaudible] two halve oz the mos connie and think what we desire is one space. We are adding space about 200,000 space. We are connecting the two existing north and south exhibition halls that excavate under Howard Street to increase the largest exhibition space to 1 contig ws space over 500,000 square feet. The spot im standing in will be inside the lobby. The building will be pushed out to Howard Street and connected north and south above and under ground. When you go on the north our south side you enter into a hall that is divided into major ways this is Public Private partnership. The Hotel Industry [inaudible] splitting it up of the building. Since we have a north and south Howard Street it [inaudible] to make [inaudible] improving the bridges to make them more accessible so go over Howard Street [inaudible] developed to look at several different proposals for a light [inaudible] to work with that bridge and the selection of the [inaudible] he is on what i think is a beautiful piece that is very animated. You will be able to see it as [inaudible] cross the bridge and can see it as a resident of San Francisco looking up. There is a second bridge and this bridge replacing an existing bridge over Howard Street that links yerba buena gardens to a childrens playground. Make a much larger public space as well as aplaza space that brings you up to that in a visible way. We worked on the playground to make it safe and invited and added more open space the area will be connected with the neighborhood. [inaudible] much better space for everyone. Why is such a fundamental part [inaudible] could be thought of as columns and beams [inaudible] the areas that you walk to check in prior to [inaudible] all those activities [inaudible] opposed to [inaudible] we thought of ways to bring light into these occupied spaces including skylights and [inaudible] highest level of [inaudible] recycled steel. The concrete is [inaudible] we will be harvesting all the rain water and storm water and reusing it. In [inaudible] they extend down into the aquifer level of the water level which means water is being pumped out to remove the pressure and there are over 15 million gallons of water per year that maus coney center pumps out so the water is wasted. Our idea is disconnect the ground water system from the [inaudible] and reuse the water and save and preserve and use it for [inaudible] and use it for other irrigation uses. We have excess water to fill up [inaudible] there will be limited traffic impact during construction there is a 8 month period where we have to take a lane of traffic out from Howard Street so we can expand the tunnel. We anticipate the construction to be minimal. [inaudible] make the center statef the art and much more competitive. [inaudible] having the space. [inaudible] underneath howard. Having [inaudible] this is a [inaudible] worked with the residential, the merchants in the neighborhood, the non profits to make sure this is a vibrant area. Even if you dont come to the convention and enjoy the public space, it is something that helps revitalize the neighborhood and bring energy to the neighborhood and more people to the neighborhood and shops and retail and shocase San Francisco around the world everyone. Welcome and thank you all for coming this morning here my chief deputy City Attorney and evan that has been working diligently on the investigation in this case and thank you for your efforts part of my responsibility as City Attorney to protect San Francisco residents and taxpayers from unfair or lawful Business Practices my office filed a Law Enforcement over the tower the reason for the action is simply because of the facts in the case are so clear but not make them any less my Office Investigations shows the developer mission district, llc knew for a year before they began selling condominiums to the 58 story residential building was sinking faster than expected yet they went ahead and solid accumulated without telling the buyers about the situation we were legally required buyer be aware didnt cut it smol someone selling real estate must disclose that when construction of tower was completed in february 2008 it had already settled a lot of 6 inches 6 inches was a a maximum amount of engineering appreciated it would sink it had reached the point a year again, the developer began selling the condominium by february of 2009 just before the condos went on the market the tower settled 8. 3 inches more over the maximum amount predicted by the geotechnical engineer on may the developer had data showings the tower way continuing to settle at different rates in different parts of property that leads to the building tilting now the building has sunk 16 inches and news report say it is sinking at the base before they sold a single condominiums Mission Street development, llc knew theyre building sunk more than it was supposed to and that was still sinking yet doesnt dell the homeowners theyre required under the law Mission Street, llc turned over 19 hundred packages of documents with the disclose information about the property as a result of the subpoena that my Office Issued in september these disclosures documents discussed everybody from color and marble to noting the size and types of of the plans in the common area change but they left out of most important detail no where is the city aware of Mission Street, llc disclose that the building settled faster than it was designed to do thats not just a bit of information perspective homeowners would like to know the information the developer is legally required to provide and at the heart of the case the homeowners have filed define the Transportation Authority and the city and county of San Francisco my office is bringing this lawsuit to a cross complaint against the Mission Street, llc they filed it today in a case of a number of millennium homeowners have sued the joint Powers Authority and the San Francisco city center theyre building a tower next to the site San Francisco is one of the members of the authority the authority is a separate legal entity and our cross complaint we are seeking damages the court feels is appropriate in 2013 when it closed its for sale millennium brought in what delighted quota massive 78 hundred there are no thousand dollars it was one . 8 million my office has a duty to protect the taxpayers of 70 spot sit by and allow a developer to gunshot themselves by hiding information in their required by law to disclose that gave the developer in this case an unfair advantage and cheated the homeowners out of the information they needed to make an informed choice thats summarized the information and ill be happy to answer any questions you may have. Go in order. inaudible . No do not. Was there a choice to file a criminal complaint. This is a civil complaint i dont have the power under the law to file a criminal action this is a can i feel complaint were not seeking reference nor have i made referral to the duo District Attorney or any other entities that makes that inquiry yeah. Is the filing a cross complaint. Thats correct. The homeowners that sued the transbay joint Powers Authority and the city and county of San Francisco. Well, it is depend on what the findings is in this case, the damages according to prove and in the event there was a finding against a city an indemnity against the developer since their the party at fault. inaudible . Monetary damages yeah. inaudible . Well, i think that thats right what everybody that should be the primary concern of everybody were protecting life and safety i know theres a review going on by other city agencies to make sure that that the building is safe from everything im told the building is safe and would perform in an earthquake thats not the focus of my inquiry at this point but i know the city and the mayor and the department of building inspection and everybody has focused on assuring paycheck and safety. inaudible . Well, ill disagree as a matter of fact the department of Building Department dbi didnt have information about the current settlement until the past july so thats something that will be discussed in litigation. inaudible youve already said in some litigation the homeowners waited too late to file their filing against the city you said theyve known about it since 2015 and should have settled sooner you want the now your intervening that goes sg against the millennium developer and then he going against the developer and they dont have any money theyre out out of luck your Public Health theyre wrongly suing the city and on the other hand, youre saying it is millenniums fault. The as a matter of fact jackson i think what youre referring to a lawsuit that was filed against the city we filed and refiled today but weve been clear the vocal point of this needs to be on the responsible party thats the developer because if you accounted a lot the claim before us and the complaint against the city it is basically for a condemnation and the claim of the value it because what has occurred there was a loss of value not an adequate disclose made to the purchasesers by the developer at the time of the arbitration it was completed thats what cause the loss in value has occurred from my perspective the vocal point is on the responsible party the developer who has known about this all along and not disclose the information that was required to disclose to their purposeers or pro seismic purchasers. Im sorry. Ill come back to you. Certainly i do absolutely i think that you know this is every homeowners Worst Nightmare a lot of people go through this they know what happens when the investment it is to go and purchase a home or condominium sometimes you have peoples entire savings they put forward to purchase something thats why this is egregious and the california raw is to district and expensive whaven when it comes you must throwers for the purposeers the reason for the law in this area is to that people dont get ripped off and theyre protected and in our view what makes that egregious when you look at all the disclosures and the marble eloquently goes to the heart of what one considers had making an transaction yet i have compassionate for the folks thats why were stepping in to make sure the developer that the city is making sure that the responsible party here is paying for their misdeeds. You have a question. inaudible . It is it is. inaudible . Okay this gentleman here. inaudible . Im sorry inaudible . We received 19 hundred pages of documents in respond to a subpoena we issued in september. Oh, okay. inaudible 2011. Yeah. Do you think that although it is millenniums responsibility arent you you embarrassed the agencies didnt bother to tell nobody that the citys job for safety obviously they can step in a do the right thing in 2009 including those are by all measures the presented measure of settlement is he watched and the city knows the millennium is not telling you it is readily apparent or the. At least be careful with the words the gentleman asked about criminal activity im not sure anyone is committing a crime no doubt that dbi knew about settlement in 2009 but it wasnt until this past july dbi had Additional Information about the continuing settlement accordance of differential settlement they didnt have all the information number one but number two the second part of our question you whos the one that is dealing with the purchaser the city is not in a position of knowing what the developer is disclosing to pro seismic purchasers were not in a contract the city didnt interjefferson county themselves into all transactions we dont know what in their disclosing to the purchasers it was as a result of our subpoena that we preserved the disclose and went to the purchasers and saw what was and not disclosed if we followed the logic the as a matter of fact of the matter the city being sure on all home purpose in San Francisco stepping in and trying to monitor and interjefferson county themselves in that to see in profits are made or not made its simply your city is a aware of the position and let them get away with it and actually nobody recorded a crime so nobody recorded it. We didnt release or know that millennium was not living up to its obligations the second we got the information we were not aware they were living up to their obligation we taken steps to address that so ill say you know we operate laws are on the book people expect their live up to the obligations we become aware theyre not well take action and be aggressive about that thats what were doing today and inaudible . Im sorry in my office i have a code Compliant Office division. inaudible . Somebody from City Building look at this and you Start Talking about you have this building we talk about the fact that may not be seen a big earthquake was a threat i mean the city just walked away under the table. As dbi has gotten information the department of building inspection thats who i presume youre asking about theyre involved and making sure that the building is safe and i dont think that anyone is walking away and trying to say it is not anyones problem the city is aggressive in the health and safety and the terms of discloses to make sure that millennium their obligation is up and thats what were talking about today. inaudible . I cant speak to that thats something the department of building inspection will be continuously working with the developer as it processes and not anything i can speak to yes. inaudible to fix the problem and what you know what is the next step that building is still i cant speak to a criminal inquiry that is something for the District Attorney or Something Else i have were unaware of at this time but if we become aware nushgs we thought darned a criminal inquiry well make that referral but i dont have any indication. Yes. It is about monetary damage; correct. No according to prove the courts democrats as we go through the case. inaudible that are it is urban precedent have you not necessary developer. We sue people and entities all the time. This is obviously i dont think this is obviously a very, very serious case and a big case in a highprofile case but you yufgs one case is more important than at a homeowner feels their safety is threatened even though this is not a high profile this is a big case and a Big Development this is unprecedented case inaudible . inaudible . I cant will you at this point. inaudible . Well, we obviously directing your attention of this litigation looking at everything obviously well have to in terms of handling this case. Part of our toufbz about the disclosure inaudible part of our objectives we should be more scrutiny and will be scrutinizing this and the developers be wander and ill not is that actually, i think that here in california basis there are such robust and protective disclosure laws ill find in most incidents in purchases of hopes and development there is a lot of disclosure a lot of disclosure because buyers are sophisticated and sellers are they know what the law requires thats what makes this particular egging gregarious you have a very, very sophisticated developer but be assure if someone is not living up to their legal responsibility wed like investigate and take action where appropriate ill not say this is sending a message i think that most sophisticated developers and purchasers are aware of their legal responsibility and live up to it. Yeah. inaudible the stores youve done can you talk a little bit about more about the development. Thats the developer of an affiliate that was wraeshl for the sale of the condos in the beginning of the marketing of that. inaudible . An affiliate, an affiliate. Take two more questions aj has not had a chance. inaudible we thought that was the best deal for the case and knew we had to file an answer and orderly in a case like this if you going to file an answer you have a cross claim choose to go to this group two more questions. Obviously in terms of our case the millennium will be i should just to be clear Mission Street development will be served and with the complaint and theyll have an opportunity to respond file an answer and well see where that goes. inaudible . Said an obligation to disclose. Yep. inaudible im kind of confused those guys profited millions of dollars for failing to disclose a serious problem and walk away with the money that is why isnt this a crime and there when you file a criminal action i know that makes for a sexy sounds like bidded owl crimes very specific elements and as we reviewed this to date we are obviously im not a criminal lawyer but reviewing this and we see a violation of civil lay in the event we thought this was an element to the crime we referred it but does see any element of criminal activity we filed an action of a lawsuit i dont throw the word out criminal crime willynilly without having evidence i dont have any evidence if i did ill make the information to the appropriate party. Okay inaudible . No, thats were going to have to see where this goes if there is liability we found a contribution or who is held responsible for the payment of damages well have to see where things go in this case at this time it is premature to talk about that. But but if you think about damages yeah. I dont know what a mechanism would be because of the early stages of the litigation thank very good morning lions whew [ applause ] well this is a great morning. I got to walk and to roll with all of you to the Dianne Feinstein Elementary School and im glad to see the lioness here our vision zero hero [ applause ] she has got the most famous costume for next halloween. [laughter ] i also want to say thank you to all of the elected officials and departments, our police officers, the parents, but most importantly, the kids of Dianne Feinstein thank you for walking with me [ applause ] to our principal, im going to work very hard with all of these people that i stand next to, our transportation experts, from the county and muni. Our rec and park director, our assessorrecorder, our director of walk sf. Were going to work really hard to make sure all of our streets are safe for you to walk to school and from school every single day. That is important to us. I want all of you kids to grow up taller than me [laughter ] that is kind of easy, but we start off with easy things; right . And i really want to say thank you to all of the parents, to the volunteers of this school. Because every single day, somebody is watching out for all of you, and mostly its your parents and i want to say thank to all of them and our School District who is working very closely with all of us, making your streets safer, slowing down traffic, educating everybody who uses the streets. We got to have safer streets and working hard this november, because its electionyear to try to raise a big, big number. How about 100 Million Dollars for better streets . Whew [ applause ] that is a lot of money, so were all going to work together, keep our streets safe, educate each other and make sure you are safe every day. Thank you very much, principal, for working with us. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you, mayor. Thanks, good morning girls and boys good morning i hope everyone is doing well. Its so nice to see you all today and to be able to walk and roll to school with all of you. Growing up here in the sunset, one of my favorite things when i was growing up was actually walking to school with a lot of my friends and playing with them before school started. You know sometimes school can be long and its not as fun all the time. But at least i tried to have some fun in the morning before i went to class. And so i want you all to try it out if you do walk to school in the morning and see if you feel better throughout the rest of the day and if you have a little bit more energy and experiment with that and see how it goes, okay . To all of the parents, i want to thank you for taking time out of your day to encourage kids to walk to school and well do everything to make it safe for them, not only Elementary School, but throughout their years. Thank you for being here today. Next i would like to introduce our superintendent lee. Good morning, Dianne Feinstein Elementary School lions can we get a roar . Thank you all for showing up to school today and every day. We are so proud of you, all of you lions. And we love you. And we want you to be physically active. We want you to be safe getting to and from school. We want you to come to school with a great, positive frame of mind, ready to learn, ready to be kind to each other, ready to think about your place in the world and in this city. So think about all of the adults that are here, mayor lee, supervisor tang, all of our department heads, you all are going to run this city some day. You are going to be up here 20, 30, 40 years from now, so just imagine your place on this stage at the walk and roll to school 2050, okay . [laughter ] so thank you all for paying attention to how you get to and from school and how you treat each other. At this point, i would like to bring up Manuel Rodriguez one of our fantastic parents at Dianne Feinstein elementary. [ applause ]. Thank you, mayor lee and to our elected leaders for visiting our school community. For a long time now i have been rolling to school with diego and paolo and we work outside and hop on our bikes and roll down the hill to get to dianne fein [stpao epb ]. Of feinstein and gives us more time to focus on each other and not so much time to worry about parking and traffic. Walking to School Every Day makes us feel good and helps us breathe the fresh air and get exposed to the environment. So i would encourage all families here to the greatest extent possible, if can you do it, try to walk to school at least once, twice a week, a month, whatever works for you all. Thank you very much. Thank you all for being here. [ applause ] thank you, manuel. Hi im nichole the executive director of walk San Francisco and we along with the San Francisco safe routes to School Partnership put on this event every year. So i want to first thank the San Francisco safe routes to School Partnership partners led by the department of Public Health, who are here with us today. I want to thank other partners within the partnership and thank my team at walk sf for all their hard work, especially josie, and the mta and ywca and the San Francisco bike coalition, sf environment, and especially sfusd and thank our leaders who are here with us today. We have the Police Department, the mayor, we have supervisor tang, the department of transportation leader director reiskin and our superintendent lee and rec and parks director phil ginsberg. Thank you all for being here with us this morning and im probably forgetting a few people, but i especially want to thank the school for hosting us this morning and principal chang and nurse catia has been amazing so lets give a round of applause for the school [ applause ] so as the mayor mentioned for all of you voters and future voters out there, there are some really important measures on the ballot that i want to encourage you to take a look at. Because these will help make our streets safe and those are propositions j and k and make sure you take a look at those before you go to vote. And i also want to encourage all of you to get active, follow manuels advice, try to get out and try walking once this week. If you havent already today. Do it more often, if you already do it sometimes. To try to get out there and move your feet. I want to especially thank you our vision zero hero have you met the vision zero hero . Hi everybody so vision zero hero, what do we want . Safe streets. What do we want them . Now kids can we try that together. What do we want . Safe streets. When do we want them . Now. What do we want in safe streets. When do we want them . Now awesome, i will bring back principal chang and thank you all. [ applause ] thank you so much. I want to reiterate our thanks to all the people who showed up here and support our School Every Day. Present. Here. Reiskin, here. Nuru, present. Dr