Themselves and actively participate in meaningful ways. They have learned how to be flexible thinkers, confident public speakers, inclusive and collaborative. In great part because of how diligently our teachers and faculty model these important qualities. Given the size of the school it always impresses me to understand how they can make so much happened within our small footprint. Our teachers and faculty and the important work that we do is to be wildly applauded. Our students are in extra ordinary hands. I, like so many other parents, have benefited greatly while learning alongside our children. Leaders and directors of diversity are at the forefront of the ongoing and intentional training and education of our teachers. As we know, diversity is ever evolving, but enriches everyone. Students learn and practice understanding the complexities of topics and discussions around diversity, inclusivity, equity, what it looks like at our school what it looks like in our city. And the various neighborhoods we call home. Children of s. F. A. Are exposed to ideas that allow them to review the world through various lenses. And do so let them be proactive individuals. The passion in lifes work that is educating our kids not just academically but how to be informed citizens, flex creative muscle, find power in their voice, think outside the box, be an advocate for themselves and others is paramount. Allowing this expansion will support the schools continued commitment to our childrens educational and personal growth. [bell ringing] now and for the future, and for zip codes all over the speed of a city. I respectfully request your approval of this project today and appreciate your time and attention. Thank you so much. Thank you ladies are coming. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is lauren. This is my 21st year at San Francisco day school. I am the dean of faculty and director my two sons are graduates of the school. In my roll i talk with faculty on a regular basis to get a taste of the stress that they deal with living in the city where the cost of living routinely outpaces their salaries. This is an especially difficult situation for our young faculty who are just beginning their professional lives. The high cost of living in San Francisco significantly impacts our recruitment and retention of teachers and it also limits the diversity of who can teach and live here. Our school would not be the place it is without error teachers. Even though this is a small step forward, it is important that we do what we can to help provide solutions to housing, and demonstrate support our faculty. We aspire to be active and engaged members of our neighborhood. I believe a school should be a Community Place and more space will allow us to host my events and move closer to our goal of being partners with our greater community. I respectfully submit that you approve of this plan. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Thank you president s, and commissioners. For the past 11 years i have served as executive director of break there San Francisco. We are a teacher Training Programs that has made its home at San Francisco day school since 1993. We are a prime example of the schools investment in the broader San Francisco community. Each year they served to own 50 students during out of school Time Investment in each one. It applies to fourthgraders from Public Schools in San Francisco. We look for young people who want to work hard, and who are underrepresented in higher education. 99 of our students are of color, 92 are potential First Generation College graduates, and 89 are eligible for free or reduced priced lunch. Grade five hike eight, break their students receive 300 hours of programming annually. They attend a six week summer program, take academic classes and enjoy a special opportunities like college day and career day period from october to april they attend our Afterschool Program two days a week for homework help and outreach classes. Grade 912, our students attend. Attend saturday workshops. The first class of students graduated from our newly expanded eight year program and last year a second class to join them. Fiftytwo of our graduates are enrolled in college, 80 of where your from San Francisco state, howard, and mit. We are dramatically changing the odds for the students in our program. Breakthrough is also a teacher training program. Each summary 32 Outstanding College students, from across the country, take part in our summer teacher residency. Gaining the skills and to be successful in the classroom. Two thirds are people of color. Over the past decade roughly two thirds have gone on to pursue careers in education field. Most of them with classic teachers and urban Public Schools. Some of them right here in San Francisco. All of this transformational work happens at s. F. Day school. We share the resources, classrooms, technology, instructional supplies and more. That strong connection with the community was a division of the families that founded s. F. Day in the late 70s and it remains true today. This project under consideration today, not only increases the learning opportunities for s. F. Day students [bell ringing] it expands opportunities for the tune of 50 break your students that will make use of this new space in pursuit of their dreams of higher education. The dozens of inspired educators that will be launched with our careers. I know they will use it well. Thank you so much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is reed coley. This is my second year as board chair of the trustees at San Francisco day. My family is a fear of the school. My wife and i have four children, to fourthgraders, noah the seventh grader olivia, and a son that graduated last year, jake. Together they share a community at s. F. Day. His will that makes them feel safe, known and excited to learn. As board chair, safeguarding the Financial Health and wellbeing of the school is my main priority. As such, this expansion project provides an opportunities for our students in our teachers. The space and resources will enable our Academic Resources to flourish and give the kids the tools they need to continue driving. Of course the aspect of safeguarding our schools will wellbeing is the security of our teachers. Providing housing to some of our teachers as a meaningful step forward and demonstration of support for those made vulnerable by our citys high cost of living. This expansion will allow us to further our diversity Equity Inclusion initiatives through this increased tuition. At s. F. Day we take our partnerships with our neighborhood we will Work Together to address any concerns to create a better neighborhood for all. I respectfully request your approval for this project. Thank you for your time and your consideration. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. I am the eighthgrader at s. F. Day. I have three younger brothers and fifth, second in kindergarten who attend s. F. Day as well. One of my favorite things about s. F. Days our creative aspect to every. In math we talked problems in different ways and are encouraged to show our work. In science we dive deep into the concepts we are learning and social studies, handson projects to understand what we are learning and have really deep and meaningful extractions. A favorite of the mall is probably english. We write and perform plays about weakness, perform shakespeare and read classics like animal farm and outsiders. It inspires me to learn new things every single day. I think this new campus will have my younger brother with this new experience. I request your approval with this project. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, president and commissioners. My name is adam. I am 14 and im in eighthgrader at [bell ringing] s. F. Day. Have a sister in fifth grade. My family and i live one block from school, and ive lived in this neighborhood my entire life. I have always loved stem at the school. Math has always been a passion to me whether researching independent projects are watching math videos to learn something new. Ive always wanted to share this passion with others. There a short presentation or by working with younger students at school. Last year my friend henry and i had the opportunity to meet with fourthgraders at our school. Who shared our fascination with math. We talked with them about concepts like triangles and look at challenging problems together. I also enjoy the maker space which has allowed me to be creative and helps me to express my ideas in real life with the help of a 3d printer and laser cutters. I love of math goes handinhand with my other passion, music. Which is a special program in we have fall and winter assemblies were every grade performance along with the lower and Upper School Choirs and jazz band. Music is not just a subject that we take. It is a way to bring our community together. We are introduced to the wonders of singing together and unique instruments like the xylophone and the glockenspiel. We each get an instrument. I played the piano for over six years and i also play the clarinet. I also get to participate in the annual concert fundraiser called concert for community. I play in the band and also perform a piano solo. I have always loved music. Our school has a wonderful way of uniting the whole school through song. I respectfully request your approval of this project. Thank you for your consideration. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Hello, stephen boss. Of course, i am in favor of this project. We should absolutely expand the school, bill teacher housing. Its a complete nobrainer. I am pleased to see so much support from the community. Not to be a downer, but this highlights the absurdity of our process. None of us should be here. It is a school. Of course we should do it. Kids should not have to take a day off of school to come here and begged us for permission to add more classrooms or build homes for their teachers. This is broken, and we have to stop doing this. We have to change the process. Of course, i know all of you will vote to in support because you are all reasonable people who are used two succeeding i want our teachers to have housing. This process should not exist. Thanks. Any other Public Comment on this item . Okay, commissioner koppel . Thank you all for bringing the kids out. It is always a treat for us to see different speakers at the microphone. You will get an a for public speaking today. Really good job. We dont normally like to see on our agenda, that we will be losing a housing unit. In this case, i am in full support and willing to make the exception. I really appreciate the last sentence that was spoken by one of the higher ups, just relating students, parents, faculty and neighbors and then putting in the context, shows how those four groups to get to incorporate themselves within the whole city. Very supportive today. Commissioner johnson . It is really wonderful to hear about geocaching is still a thing. [laughter] the kids are still doing it. And also just to hear about the values of the day school through the staff, and the families, and through the educators. Thank you all for sharing. One question that i did have her staff that i just wanted to clarify in the project description, it says that the addition would increase, or sorry if there was an illegal unit conversion to use for storage, can you just say a little bit about what happened there. Perhaps the project sponsor would be better out it than i am. Theyve been using it for storage for a couple of decades. There hasnt been a unit occupied there since the 1990s. Of the school purchased the building in 2,001 and immediately started using it as storage. To 12001 there was no requirement in the planning code that somebody needed to go and ask for special permission that did not come until 2,008. Unfortunately they did not file any Building Permit showing they were going to use something as storage, which i would argue is understandable considering i went to storage. Fastforward 1819 years later, and staff made the determination that because there were no Building Permits the last legal use was technically a dwelling unit even though it had been used since the early 2,000s. Thank you. I am fully supportive of this project as well. Commissioner. For . Question for staff. This property is not part of an imt. Do they own other properties . I am not aware of any other properties that they own. Just these three parcels right now. Commissioner richards . I am in support of this project. Just a comment, if this was a brown field and we were building a school, i doubt we would need to go through all these hoops. If you look at the actual case packet you see we are demolishing a unit which is something we need to approve as well as to amend planning code decisions as well as to make exceptions for dwelling unit exposure by simple parking all of which are livability issues. I just want the public to know we are not putting the school through some ridiculous process, its how we get to this point to what we need to approve thats actually before us. I am absolutely fully supportive of the project and move to approve. Thank you. I am also fully supportive of this project. I wanted to give kudos to the San Francisco day school for providing housing for its teachers. I think it is hopefully the start of a trend. We dont require it, but, you know, it is really great that you are living your values by using some of your space to provide that option for people who need it. I wish others did it, too. Thank you so much for doing that. I am fully supportive. Seeing nothing further, commissioners. A motion that has been seconded to approve this matter with conditions. On that motion. [roll call] that motion passes unanimously 50. Placing us on item 11, case number 2016009538cua. 905 folsom street. This is a conditional use authorization. Good afternoon, commissioners. I am at the Planning Department staff. This is a conditional use authorization for planning code sections 203. 5 and 303, to allow the demolition of the Automotive Service station within a mixed used Residential Zoning District the project includes demolition of the existing building currently providing an Automotive Repair garage, doing business as shall pay to construct a new eight story 85foot tall residential building measuring approximately 14,140 square feet with nine dwelling units including five twobedroom units and the four onebedroom units. Providing approximately 1160 square feet for a ground floor commercial use street. Nine class one bicycle parking state spaces. The project includes 18,035 square feet of usable open space via a second floor courtyard and a common deck. To date the department has not received any correspondence regarding the proposed project. Since the publication of the report that the project sponsor has clarified that the usable open space Square Footage staff would like to read into the record for the final motion. Private usable space measures 540 square feet and common usable open space measures 1295 square feet. Measuring 1835 square feet. Slightly less than what was published in the Planning Commission packet. The project is located on one lot, lot 146 block 3753 with the lot area of approximately and has approximately 25 feet of frontage and a lot depth of 90 feet containing the Automotive Repair garage and the storm. Over the existing Automotive Service stations across two lots, lot 1469001 and block 3753. The second continuous lot at 300 fifth street is not part of this project. The project is under review at the Planning Department. That is at 300 fifth street. The Department Recommends approval with conditions. The Department Finds the project is on balance consistent with the central soma plan. The objectives im findings and policies of the general plan. [reading notes] the project does provide a new ground for commercial units as well as seven stories of housing adding to the citys housing. The Department Finds that the project is necessary, desirable and compatible with the surrounding neighborhood and does not find it to be detrimental to persons or adjacent properties in the city. This concludes staffs presentation and im happy to answer any questions. Thank you very much. We have a project sponsor . Allow me to set up the powerpoint. I can give you a quick summary of the design of the building. It is a slender building, eight stories tall, as you can see on the aerial that was taken, i guess by google, just pulled off a few days ago. You can see the neighbors are an eight Story Buildings, occupied space with the gardens. 25 feet wide, very slender 90 feet long. Sorry, im trying to figure out how to make a go forward. This is a photo of the existing conditions. It is currently a shell station and a smog testing facility. As esmeralda noted, the larger property that has the gas station, the pumps on the tanks is not our property. Ours is the slender portion that has the Convenience Store and the smog testing. Those items we have gone througl evaluation and have identified duplicates within a close range. We chose to show you a couple of pictures here, the before and after with the current and the projected. Right now, it looks like a very tall building. It matches many of the buildings in the neighborhood. We anticipate the neighbor will be even higher. I know you have been looking at that project as well. So, as you can see on the top, there is the existing service station support bui