Overturn the denial of the Building Permit and approve them with a scope of work that was approved by the variance because if you approved it for a larger scope of work that would not make sense because the variance would have been approved already for that limited scope of work. So essentially if the variance is upheld tonight a maximum extent is locked in. And if the variance is denied tonight, then well see them in another year when they come back they would have an option so the city charter allows, basically if you have a project disapproved, you can, one year later, basically apply for essentially the same project. Or change the project, yeah. Yeah, and right now, youd have to change it in a way that would be significantly different from the original project. You cant tweak the project and say its a different project. It has to be a significantly different project. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Commissioners the matters submitted. Variance commentator. Because i always comment . Exactly. You have the greatest wisdom. You know as i was listening, it was quite clear to me that you know, none of these buildings are conforming or cocompliac cocompliant, and the people arguing against the appellants buildings also are noncompliant, so the it raises the question which one is more wrong, you know, and i was thinking about that in light of another case we had on russian hill, where the organizers of and owners of certain buildings went against a permit, and the rationale they used was, you know, in terms light, air, and Everything Else but it was their building that went to the rear property line. So as i started to think about those kind of things, then i realized just what i said earli earlier is this is not a project permit. Its a project variance, and whether we agree that the five findings as produced by the za were correct in our minds, and i have to say that i dont see that the five findings have been met. Nobody in the audience talked to the findings. Im speaking that i think only two have been met, but the majority have not been met. I remember that project that commissioner fung is referring to, as well as recently, we just had 68 richardson, which was very, very similar. In that particular case, i believe that we did allow the variance. In this case, even though that the, like 68 richardson, the neighbori Neighboring Properties were not conforming, it was a whole different project. It was a it was a 600 square foot home that they were making to 1200. I would concur with Vice President fung that i would not support this either. And just to follow up the one that he was talking about the one on russian hill that came before us, i believe that we removed all the decks and conditioned that, and that that might have been prior to your coming onto this board. It was. No, i like i like the comment of commissioner fung that everybody was wrong in the first place, but the last building thats wrong gets punished for being allegedly more wrong or another version of wrong. Its its kind of quizical. I dont think im hearing on this board tonight the support for the variance. I would love to its tragic to have a i speak as a real estateoriented person to have a a piece of property which could be improved significantly and a willing sponsor to improve that for the purpose of raising their family and improving the neighborhood go go fallow and continue to be a fractured. Thats the best adjective that i can come up with at this hour of the night. I would have supported the variance but i dont think theres any will for that, so i wont raise that topic. Can you make a motion . All right. Let me float a motion and lets see if it gets anywhere. I move to grant the appeal and to deny the variance on the basis that the five criteria have not been met. Vice president , you had mentioned in particular you thought there were two findings. Do you want to identify which ones or do you want to leave it i would prefer to leave it. Okay. So the motion for the Vice President is to grant the appeal and deny the variance that the five criteria under 5 c have not about been met. My motion should be to deny the appeal. Youre granting the appeal if you want the variance to not exist. Thats correct. I know its late. I lose it at night, i guess. Okay. So on that motion to grant the appeal, commissioner lazarus. No. President honda. Aye. Commissioner wilson. Will you go first . No. Give me a second. Let me think about it. Its rare you make the decision tonight. Would you say it again, please. The motion would be to grant the appeal and deny the variance on the basis that the five findings required under the planning code have not been met. Aye. Commissioner swig. No. Four votes are needed and theres voted 32 so that motion fails. 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Im speaking concerning item 21 the continuance for that. Im opposed to the project and i notice some flaws that i sent in email to the commission about and sorry, right new were only taking testimony on the continuance itself. I dont support continuing because its the second day ive taken off work to come and speak on this. I dont know if i have time on my schedule to come again to come to this meeting again. They keep continue to ask to push it back. Also, could you repeat the day that they were wanting to push it the Commission Secretary recommended if we did continue in december that december 21st be the day but well deliberate so if you have concerns on dates nows the time to tell us. Well, thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners. Im lisa aubrey. Im with affordable divis. And it was proposed to a continuance to today which got unanimous approval from this commission. However, the item is not on todays agenda. Not even under the continuance calendar. Affordable divis has asked many time to be included in mote no notifications and here to ask again, please, how is the public going to follow when the process is not transparent . Since the agenda was not posted until the friday after thanksgiving we had to contact the planner for this project to find out the new date and he was unable to confirm the new date until this past monday. We request that the item be placed on the continuance calendar on december 14 so that proper notice can be given to neighbors to wish to provide Public Comment on 650 divisadero and want to know the captured study which is supposed to be conducted for it and fillmore and other districts upzoned for density. Has the Feasibility Study started . What is the scoping of this study . Will there be a scoping meeting . Will the Feasibility Study be completed in time to provide guidance . Will it be increased Affordable Housing for impending projects on divisaderro and its concerned with the housing imbalance in the pipeline. I have a chart here. The number of truly affordable units being entitled and built in San Francisco is unacceptable. The city is already way beyond its 2022 target for market rate housing. This is from the Planning Committee from the july report the dashboard. Thank you for your consideration, commissioners. Thank you very much. Do you want to share light on this not being on the continuance calendar . I cant because my advance calendar showed it was continued from september 28 and may have been proposed for continuance to todays date then actually on the date of the hearing continued further out. That is correct. Im looking at the minutes from the hearing now. At this hearing it was proposed for continuance november 30 but the committee took action to continue to december 14. It will be on our december 14 calendar. Whether we continue it then or hear it is where we continued it though staff recommended an original agenda and it be continued today. We continued it until december 14. So it will be on the new agenda then. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello commissioners. Im Veronica Ballen speaking on item 21. Ive been brought on to work with the applicants on Community Outreach and we need a little bit more time to make sure we met with everybody in the community that has question and concerns on this so we ask you continue it. Thank you. Thank you. Any additional Public Comment on the item be proposed for continuance . Seeing none, commissioner fong. I do apologise, i just received another request for continuance if you want to consider it. That is for item 15. Its the jackson street and a continuance to i think we should hear that one. The clerk thats fine. Commissioner thank you. So people know who may be here for that item it may be continued at least theres a request for it to be continued. Very good. Commissioner fong. Move to continue the item proposed in addition to items 14a, 14b and 21 to december 21. Second. Commissioners on the continue items as proposed including item 21 to december 31. Commissioner fong. [calling roll] the motion passes unanimously 70. And on the continuance of the variances items 4b and 5 are being continued to the regular variance hearing wednesday january 24 in rooms 408 and the hearings start at 9 30 a. M. And if you can continue item 14b to the date proposed of january 25. Correct. That will place you on your consent calendar. All matters under constitute and concept calendar considered to be routine by the Planning Commission and may be considered by a single roll call of the commission that will be a separate discussion unless a member of the commission or staff or public requests in which the matter will be removed from the consent calendar and considered at separate item for a future hearing. [reading case] consideration use authorization. I have no speaker cards. Thank you. Any members of the public that would like to request that item 6 or 7 be pulled from the consent calendar . Seen none, commissioners . Commissioner richards. I have seven. A motion on six . A motion to continue item 6. Approved, item 6. Second. Thank you commissioners on the motion to approve 6 under consent colors. [taking vote] so moved. The motion passes unanimously 70. Through the chair item 7. Would you like it heard after the two tight eps items for the benefit of the public well call 13 and 19 out of order on the regular calendar. Thats 267 gary and 29 Mission Street. That places us under commission matters. Consideration of draft minutes closed and regular meetings. I have no speaker cards. Any Public Comment on the draft minutes . Seen none Public Comment is closed. Commissioner moore. Second. Thank you. On the motion to adopt the minutes for the 16th. [taking vote] so moved. The motions passes unanimously 70 and places us on item nine, commission comments and questions. Commissioners . Commissioner moore. I believe that gas stations the equal locations throughout neighbourhoods is a critical policy issue. I like to see the department gives us an overview where gas stations are, how many there are and if any of those gas stationses are under consideration of closure. I think were getting into a critical numerical thing particularly at night when gas stations are quite far from those people who need gas at later hours it becomes often a difficult issue to find one. I like to put the issue of la lawn laundromats on the discussion. San francisco is in maybe neighbourhoods wood construction two and three stories where its impossible to ask occupants or residents or owners to put washing machines on upper floors because the structure of the buildings are not built to accommodate washing machines and dryers. Id like to get an equal distribution where those facilities are. We do not have to make policy out of it but id like to get an overview of where Critical Infrastructure in the city is that is built the way it is not the way we want it to be. Thank you. Well add those action items. Commissioner richards. I think along the same lines of commissioner richards. Commissioner moore. Your off. Along the same line of commissioner moore i remember the planning process where we had all the gas stations in the upper market pretty much on every corner like a suburban neighbourhood and someone from the neighborhood said what happens when theyll go away and i said youre crazy therell still be cars and gas stations and weve seen this over and over week after week month after month. We started with 79 gas stations when i starting on the commission. I dont foe how many we have left 40, 50 or 60 but i think it not only becomes an issue of a city with the Services Required to keep the city functions but becomes for me a social equity issue because now there are times im driving in somebody elses neighborhood and stopping where theres still a gas station and its not fair. And same with laundromat. I pull it because we have another one going out of business and i too share commissioner moores concern not everybody can afford to get up and down the steps or have somebody do their laundry for them in the neighborhood. Im worried as well about laundromats and id add a weird one to the list, Funeral Homes. You cant drive your car, you cant clean your clothes and you cant die apparently in this city is where were going because pretty soon well have no more Funeral Homes either and ill get that out there. Interestingly enough along the same lines while we were on break tuesday november 21, there was an article in the front page of the chronicle about retail space and whats happening with retail spaces. Its not all doom and gloom. Some places have a thriving environment like valencia street and theres place wheres theres dieing retail environments or some that throw me back to 2008 and 2009 when we were in the midst of a deep recession, my neighborhood, castro and upper market reminds me of that. But it talks about in the article ways to fill the