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General manager for water gave a presentation of the bay area think tank. The title of the presentation was bay delta and the future of Regional Water supplies, a copy of the powerpoint has been presented or submitted to the commission. On the overhead is the slide of that presentation. The presentation began with the statement that the Regional Water issues are not a supply issue but a, quote, unquote, plumbing issue. And the plumbing issue could be resolved through a number of agreements betwe...

Rightofway they frame geary. Geary ask a boundary in the back. I think there is interest in having it more a boulevard where they would face across and be more connected. That is a conversation point with the community. I made add to that. I think our bone zoning boundaries our zoning boundaries are in the center of the street. Early on when we looked at the geary project they did evaluate filling in the pit of geary, unfortunately, the costs were astronomical. It will keep the there and we are ...

And i want to tell you that what were seeing right now is not a cycle change. Its a structural change, and i am sure you are aware and seen the retailers and the retailers are shrinking the footprint and it is not the Large Department stores but even tenants that used to be 5,000 feet are shrinking to 1,000 feet and trying to deal with how to market the goods online and cross market both aspects. It has had a very structural change and quite frankly t vacancy rate at union square is the lowest t...

Commissioner fung. roll call . So moved. That passes unanimously 60. I want to Say Something that i should have said. My brain is moving slowly today. I wanted to wish commissioner johnson a very happy birthday. Thank you for being here, being a trooper for a long day today. Thank you. Happy birthday. Item 12. 2018016625dnc for 50 post street. Downtown project authorization. Good afternoon. The project before you is downtown project authorization for the crocker retail galleria 50 post street. I...

From 220 post. The likelihood that a Retail Business would want a stand alone third Floor Office Space that is accessible from an alley that provides minimal foot traffic, marginal street visibility and has some Security Issues is in our opinion simply less than minuscule. On the overhead, i want to post one more image which is looking at the alley from grant street and if you see the orange box, that is where the third floor business is. Pretty tough to see. Pretty unvisible. So with all that s...

That may be something there right now is not how they would do it currently but that is how the people of a Second Generation night have done it and they honor that. It is a way to move forward and recognizing the future will have complicated conversations around the individual character and style and what it may mean. I hand this to staff to talk about the recent community process. Good afternoon. I will talk about racial and social equity tool for this project. We hold two Community Workshops ...

Any other Public Comment on this item . Okay. With that, Public Comment is closed. Commission koppel. Its a thrill to see city kids opening up businesses in the city. Supported by other city kids. [applause] theres no clapping. I know everybodys happy but [laughter] also incredibly impressed with the outreach the project sponsor did with united save the mission, hence them being here supporting. And also the conditions they did agree to, we really hold in high value. So i really appreciate the p...

Street. The building was demolished on july 24, 2018 before the structural problems were reported. The foundation poured is the subject of variance requested today. This is not an extraordinary and exceptional circumstance. We ask the commission not approve this variance and uphold the previous rulings by mandating building in the predemolition size and restoring breezeway and not rewarding violators with a vertical addition. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, commissioners. I am carlos. I ...

Use authorization for demolition of existing Single Family home and construction of a new two family home in rh2. Demolition of two story Single Family home and construction of new 5355 gross square foot four story two family home. Unit one on the bottom with two bedrooms and total of 1925 square feet. Unit two four bedrooms and three full baths 2158 square feet. One vehicle and one bicycle space for each vehicle. There was an application meeting on mar2019. Three maybes voiced concerns of the h...

Serves a low income and water and come is very important. You have people that come in and say, Pay Attention to us. And you have people that are paid to bump the department about getting the project through. The Planning Department, in my perception, listens to the group of people who they want to get the permits approved very fast without any real input from the public. And you are it for the Planning Department. You have a role to play to tell the Planning Department, Pay Attention to the peo...