I will remind members of the public that the commission does not tolerate any disruption or outbursts of any kind. Please silence your mobile devices that may sound off during these proceedings and in speaking before the commission. If you care to, state your name for the record. Id like to take roll. [roll call] we expect commissioner richards to be late and commissioner johnson to arrive shortly. At this time, through the chair, the commission respectfully requests that you join us in a moment of silence for the eternal memory of mayor ed lee. Thank you very much. And just a couple of words, if you all indulge us before we start. It has been a its a sad and very shocking couple of days. For the city. And i think particularly here at city hall where many of us knew mayor lee in different capacities. Some as his friend or his neighbor, coworkers as mayor. And certainly our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, particularly his wife and daughters. As i was coming in, this is the first time ive been back to city hall in the last couple of days and it was it was hard and emotional to come in. I used to work here and i had an office down the corner here on the fourth floor of city hall and the mayor at that time was ed lee. He was a Department Head and ran the purchaser, not the most glamorous job. That you could have at city hall. But i recall kind of wanting to buy things and it got to be a little more difficult and it was because the mayor or the purchaser at that time was implementing policies to favor local businesses and neighborhood businesses here in San Francisco. Which was great. And then i got to know him later on working directly on a project that was the lowes down at bayshore, which was extremely controversial at the time. It had been home depot and lowes and he was involved as the director of public works. And very much focused on the issue of day laborers and how they would be affected by that project. I think he had that same, you know, kind of thinking that the Mayors Office didnt change him. His approach to things were very much about how it would benefit the people of San Francisco and i think that is great. And it was a pleasure to be appointed by him to this body and to work with him and get to know him. Ill miss him personally. I think he was a great, funny guy. And ill miss his approach to being mayor of San Francisco. So, well adjourn todays meeting in his memory and recognize commissioner fong. Thank you. Yeah. Very sad, tough week for all of us in different ways and weve all read the different accolades and accomplishments that mayor lee has done for the city. Had the pleasure of working with him on several Different Levels as well as personally and i think like a lot of us when we start to work together, you cant help but become friends and that occurred over a 25year relationship with him. And we share a lot of different passions obviously for the chineseamerican community. He was a champion for us, a leader for us. I think many of us are extremely proud to have the first chineseamerican mayor and im sad that he wasnt able to complete his term. Like commissioner hillis, he was the head of the Sewer Department at the time and we were bold and brash and tried to demand a Fishermans Wharf cleanup day so we all showed up at 7 00 in the morning on a sunday and he showed up with a truck with a broom and handed me a broom and said there you go, go at it. So that was the start of a long, good, professional and personal relationship with him and i will miss him on the golf course. I will miss his laughter and someone to really share genuine, deep belly laughs with and he is capable of doing that and providing that for me. So, we are going to miss him and i just you know, i feel its important for us to keep on with his dedication to the city, his dedication to those who are less fortunate. Hes a big believer in the underdog and i think we should support them all and as a fabric of San Francisco, really make sure that all san franciscans are taken care of. One last thing, i know that many people are going to be very critical of some of the things that he was able to accomplish and did over the last few years, but i believe that his intention was for the long range of San Francisco. And those arent easy decisions as a lot of us know. Theyre difficult decisions and make some people very unhappy. But i think to his core, the basis of a decision was for long range and the shape and fabric of San Francisco. Thank you. Commissioner koeppel . Yeah. Pretty speechless. Ive been speechless since finding out about the incident. And i wanted to just shed some quick light on what mayor ed lee did for the Construction Industry as a whole. Between 2008, about until 2011, there was the worst economic downturn the Construction Industry has ever seen. More than just paychecks were at stake. These were workingclass people that have, you know, wives, families, kids, house payments to make and people were out of work to a degree that had never been seen before. And it was disrupting families, their households, people were not able to take their kids to the hospital because a lot of the health care and benefits were based on those work hours so there was a time where there was no activity. I think 333 harrison may have been the only project that kind of got started or completed for a number of years. And ed lee came in and gave a shot of insurgency to our industry and promoted industries coming into our city which created a lot of work for a lot of people and literally allowed people to survive. So, we, from the Construction Industry, will never forget what he did for us. And then myself personally, after applying for this seat right here, i did sit down with the mayor for a while and his last words to me during that seating were very memorable. He said, joel, i just want to make sure you do one thing up there and listen to the people. That is what were going to do today. And again from here on out. Thank you. Thank you. Commissioner . So is im an immigrant to this country. My family immigrated to the missions when i was a teenager. I think that i i was interviewed by the Mayors Office for your seat also and i was told i was a little too left for the seat. And, you know, i think that youre chuckling. You know, i think that more than anything, what i think of my relationship with mayor lee and the time that i feel lucky to have known him, what rises above everything is fa is his incredible kindness and his goodwill. And, you know, i did sometimes disagree about policies, and who doesnt in this incredibly complex city. Made of, you know, so many different people. So many different experiences. So many different agendas. But there was never a time that i didnt admire his leadership. Of an immigrant. And knowing how he grew up and what he understand and what he struggled with. To dedicate his life to Public Service and to take, you know, this relatively thankless job because i think that all Public Servants know how much theres this you get criticized from every angle, no matter what you do. You know . And it is stressful and i think that he did it with grace. And kindness. Above all, kindness. I will always remember his smile and his civility. You know, despite the passions that sometimes these battles incite here at city hall. So, i think that, you know, in the past couple of years, i will always be grateful for his national, invisible defense of immigrants during a time when immigrants have been zeroed in on by federal policies to be, you know, the bad guys in our national discourse. So, i im grateful that he stayed that claim for our city. That he was forceful in defending our sanctuary city policies. And that he defended who we are as a city. City of immigrants. And so i will always remember him fondly and honor his memory. Thank you. Commissioner moore . As we all pause, it was a sombering Tuesday Morning at 6 00 a. M. To get a text message and it was take your breath away. And i have not i was not appointed by the mayor. However, in my early years, i did see him on the fourth floor as i was in the stream at that time already and everybodys correct remembering his warm smile and he had a twinkle in his eyes you just could not miss when you walked down the hallway. And for many, many things. He will be remembered by his strong stance and our own National Question about who we are and what he stands for and what he held up high as the commissioner was saying. And then there are other noteworthy projects that we will always remember, be it the stadium, the serious effort of mid Market Street and revitalizing that part and on and on and on. We have all sat here long enough to know that. And just last thursday, i spoke about acknowledging him for this wonderful prechristmas event that the Small Business is having on the north court and having a lovely prechristmas holiday so you just have all of these things flood through you as you just express your condolences and that well miss him. Thank you. Commissioner johnson . Thank you. This is still a shock and in a lot of ways it still doesnt seem very real. I actually received a text message at 1 30 in the morning on the morning that he passed away and i couldnt sleep for a few hours and i woke up the next morning and i was like this isnt real. But i got myself together and came to city hall and saw everyone there and realized oh, my goodness, this man has passed. Mayor lee appointed me to two different commissions. Ocii and Planning Commission. And it was striking to me just, you know, not only how civil he was, but also how fierce he was in a lot of ways. He was a man who would put himself in whatever position was necessary to do good things for people. Thats how he became from, you know, being if a housing rights activist in the streets to becoming mayor of this great city. He was willing to take on whatever role was needed to move the ball forward. And so he implored that upon me to use the roles that he was appointing me to to move the ball forward. He is really an inspiration in that way. He will be sorely missed. My condolences to his family, first and foremost, and to all the city family. City family beyond that that worked really closely with him. This is a sad week. His memorial was on sunday and i think maybe it will strike more of us then. But i think it is incumbent upon all of us to continue the good work that he wanted to do and to remember always to put ourselves if whatever position we can to help people and make the city the best it possibly can be. Thank you. Director . Thank you. Obviously it has been a challenging week for all of us. Its been challenging for many of my Department Heads who have worked very, very closely with him. People like mohammad and naomi who worked with him for 25 years or more so it has been really challenging for the city family. I would just offer a couple of thoughts. You know, i had regular meetings with him and he had that really corny sense of humor that everyone has talked about. And the reason he was so adamant was keeping the meetings me is partially because he wanted to keep an eye on me. [laughter] and that is completely legitimate and i appreciate that. But he was always genuinely interested in what we were doing and i teased him about being a closet planner and i think he was really interested in and really understand that we had a role in playing in the future of the city in the long run, as commissioner fong said. The things i was thankful, being one of his primary elements of his legacy is what he did for Public Housing. I dont thinking its generally known how he in conversation and in collaboration with thensecretary donovan at h. U. D. Created this whole new model of how we were doing rental housing with the demonstration program. The rad program. And it has completely transformed Public Housing in a ways that are unique to the country and has become a model to the rest of the country. That was something that he insisted on doing as soon as he realized what Poor Condition the existing Public Housing was in. That is i mean, to me that is an incredible legacy. Talking 7,000 units of housing and the citys poorest residents whose life could be transformed because of this. And i think that is extremely important to remember as a as a really important part of his legacy. I will miss him terribly. Thank you. And thank you all for hearing us and thank you, mayor lee, for your work and youve set a high bar for us in kind of how we conduct ourselves and go about looking at these issues. Commissioners, consideration of items proposed for continuance, item one, case number 2017006700cua, conditional use authorization proposed for continuance untilian 11, 2018. Item case, case 2009 at 2100 Mission Street iss ed for continuance until january 25, 2018. Items 3a and b for case numbers 2013. 1037c and v at 650divisidero, conditional use and rear yard modification at the release of the agenda. It was scheduled for march 8. The project sponsor is not available at that time and is now requesting march 29, 2018. Further, commissioners, under your regular calendar, item 15, case 20160010 at 338 polk street, conditional use authorization, we received a contact to continue this matter on february 1, 2018. I other items proposed for continuance and i have no speaker cards. All right. Do we have any Public Comment on the items being proposed for a continuance . Mr. Tunney . Hi. Tom tunney on behalf of the project sponsor for 650divisadero. Did i hear that the project sponsor requested march 29 . That was my understanding. Or there was an exchange of emails with the planner today that seemed to indicate that people werent available. Oh, ok. Good afternoon, commissioners. Chris may, Planning Department staff. It was a neighbor who requested that. Yeah. I did advise john of that. But im not sure if he got this message. Apologies. We would like to hold the march 8 date, the only issue this has been two years now and the only issue we have to resolve is the b. P. R. Requirement. Were work with the Supervisors Office and well have that resolved in time for march 8. So, wed like to hold the date. Ok. Any additional Public Comment on these items . My name is donna thompson. My husband and i own the adjacent building to the property. My neighbor has requested the march 29 date because she wanted christopher may to be here. Available. And he is not available on if 15th or the 16th. She cant make the 8th. And she has been following this for a long time and is just as concerned about my propertys tree as i am. Id like you to consider putting it to the 29th for her sake because she cannot make it on the 8th. Id also like to know if any of you commissioners ever received my request for a site visit. At 1265 grove street in relationship to the 650 divisadero project because i have heard nothing from you and ive made that request three types so far and i think it is important that gets done before we get to our very last meeting. I cant bring up information at the last meeting and think that you will be able to consider it when i dont even know if youve received those requests. I mean, i dont know what your process is. Maybe you wait until just before that very last meeting to accept a site visit request. Maybe you have no intentions for it. But i think it is pretty pertinent to me and my property that you see the property and see how close that Property Line is to my dining room windows for my tenants and i dont think i can adequately show you that in a photograph. Thank you. We do receive requests. We have obviously hundreds. Ive been requesting since 2016. There hasnt been a hearing yet. So, thank you. Ok. Next eke spaoer, please. Commissioners, good afternoon. Chris shulman, lower polk neighbors speaking to item number 15, 1235 polk street. First of all, id like to thank the project sponsor, the representatives for agreeing to a request on continuance. Our lower polk neighbors would also request a continuance. We provided materials to you. Certainly take this issue very seriously because of ramifications of the decision. We want to make sure the Neighborhood Organization provides you as an accurate of appraisal of this circumstance as well. We would like to hear the item in our general Membership Meeting in february which would give them a couple of po ns to see how their improvements are taking effect. So, question that you have the hearing after february 16, if you could kindly consider that. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Shulman. Any additional Public Comment on the items being proposed for a continuance . Seeing none, well close Public Comment. Commissioner koppel . Move to continue items one, two and three with the date of march 29 for 3a and b. And item number 15 to a hearing after february 16. That would be february 22. So, february 22. Second. Very good, commissioners. There is a motion that has been seconded to continue matters as proposed, specifically items 3a and b to march 29. And item 15 for polk street to february 22, 2018. On that motion, commissioner fong . [roll call] so move, commissioners. That motion passes unanimously 60. The acting Zoning Administrator could continue item 3b. Yeah. Ill continue item 3b to march 29 as well. Thank you. Thank you. Commissioners, that will place us under your consent cal. All matters listed here under constituted consent calendar are considered to be routine by the Planning Commission and pay be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, the public or staff, so requests in which event the matter s