Request for a conditional use authorization to document and legalize a tantamount to demolition of an existing threestory, two unit building at 1359 to 1371 sanchez street. The project, which received original approval in 2017 includes a remodel and expansion of the two existing units modifications to a groundfloor garage and a roof deck. This application is intended to legalize additional demolition that took place during construction. The project has not changed since the original approval in terms of design, size, or features. The item was first heard on october 24th and at that hearing, a motion to approve the project with conditions failed and the item was continued until today. No project modifications were recommended to be explored during the continuance in the project has remained the same. Just to provide a little bit of background about the project, it was originally filed and reviewed in 2015. During the neighborhood notification period, a discretionary review application w
Importing myself to the end of the job under the structure observation and special inspection. So i have to do that. I have no choice, unless i just say, those things dont matter and i will do a signoff letter for the concrete cylinders that i took that were sitting at the job site. And i will use the egregious, but an overly strong word in this case. The greatest deviation seems to me was the excavation. Yes. You knew in advance you were going to abuse the permit,. It was a 20yard lock in the west garage that we removed. Way below any threshold that even occurred to me would get anywhere near the 50 cubic yard threshold. I couldnt get into the garage because the tenant who had position of it said if i see anyone in the garage i estimated the size of the rock and i show it in the section that there is a rock there. You cant miss the section showing i am removing a rock, but 20 cubic yards. Thank you very much. You made reference to a Kitchen Remodel. How is that kind and . It wasnt. Wh
As the impeachment inquiry around President Trump intensifies, with congressional hearings due to go public next week, more revelations have emerged from testimony already given behind closed doors. This time from bill taylor the top american diplomat in ukraine. He told the hearing he was astonished that the president appeared to have made military aid to ukraine, a us ally under threat from russia, dependent on ukraine investigating joe biden, one of his rivals for the white house. Ambassador taylor responded that was my clear understanding, Security Assistance money would not come until the president of ukraine committed to pursue the investigation. Then from the lawmaker questioning him so if they dont do this, they are not going to get. That was your understanding 7 ambassador taylor says yes, sir. The follow up are you aware that quid pro quo literally means this for that . The response i am. Speaking within the past hour at a Campaign Rally in louisiana, President Trump accused
Increasing rates of opioid overdoses and we would like to express our advocacy for this bill, particularly maam, you are totally welcome to do this, but this is not the San Francisco board of supervisors. This is the San Francisco county Transportation Authority and at 2 00 p. M. , we will be the San Francisco board of supervisors and ab362 is totally in that policy bodys world. But here, we deal with transportation issues. You are welcomed to continue talks, but i want to let you know, youre in the wrong venue. So we would like to express our advocacy in light of the issues that San Francisco faces with exposed needles and unsafe drug use often happening in public sites like muni and bart stations. We hope that the ta will work with other legislators to continue improving Public Safety should this be passed and for those who use public transportation. Thank you for your time and consideration. Thank you. Any other members who would like to speak . I would like to make a comment, as we
Welcome. Next thing on the agenda, please. Number 2. General Public Comment. Are there any Public Comment . I see none. Next, please. Three Consent Agenda approving the minutes of the june 18, 2019 meeting. I move approval. So moved. Second. All in favor. Item 4. Ybi ramps project update. Hopefully you can hear me. Eric cordoba with the San Francisco Transportation Authority. I will give you an update where we stand with improvements. I have a slide show and then we will get into questions. First a little context. The Transportation Authority led the ybi westbound ramps project. We opened in october 2016. That was approximately 100 million in total primarily funded with highway Bridge Program seismic retrofit funds as well as proposition 1b seismic funds. Something we are proud of in that regard. What we are starting to move towards is the south gate road realignment which i will get into more details as well as the west side bridges project. Very happy to, frankly, announce we have re