Is proposed for continuance. Items 3a and b for case numbers 2018007725var the variance at 244 douglass street is proposed for continuance december 5, 2019 for the variance agenda. Further, commissioners, item 17 for case number 2018012337 saturn street, conditional use authorization proposed for continuance to december 19. Im pleased to inform you on your discretionary review calendar at 1299 sanchez street discretionary review has been withdrawn. I apologize welcome commissioner diamond. Thats what i was going to say. We really welcome you, commissioner diamond. I think we are going to do really good work on this commission. Does any member of the public have comment on the items for the items proposed for continuance . If you do, please give Public Comment now. Public comment is closed. Do i hear a motion . Move to continue second. Thank you commissioners, on that motion to continue items as positive proposed. [roll call vote] so moved. That motion passes unanimously 50. If the Zoning Administrator would be so kind to condition item 3b. Well continue item 3b to december 5. Thank you. Commissioner, under your consent calendar. All matters listed constitute a consent calendar, are considered to be routine by the Planning Commission and may 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 shall be removed from the calendar and considered as a separate item at this oar future hearing. 333 dolores street, conditional use authorization, case 2019015224cuu, 279 columbus avenue. 350 pacific avenue and item 7 case 20196419 at 3234 washington street, condominium conversion subdivision. I have no speaker cards. Do members of the public wish to pull an item off the consent calendar or any of my fell lower commissioners . With that, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner richards. Move to approve. Second. Thank you, commissioners. On that motion to approve items 4 5, 6 and 7 under your consent calendar. [roll call vote] that motion passes unanimously 5. Zero placing us under item 8 consideration of Adoption Draft minutes for november 7, 2019 and your closed session of november 14, 2019. Do any members of the public wish to comment on the draft minutes . Okay. Public comment is closed. Commissioner pop he will. Commissioner cop pell. Thank you on that motion to adopt the minutes. [roll call vote] that motion passes unanimously. Item 9 commission comments and questions. Commissioner richards. Just one quick one. We had a couple weeks ago a dr on a falafel store in the castro, 463 castro. I wanted to update everybody. All that hearing, i walked by the storefront the other day and its released again so the flying falafel will not be doing in where we did not approve the project. If theres nothing further, we can move onto Department Matters item 10 directors announcements thank you. Good afternoon. First on behalf of the department, welcome to commissioner diamond. Its great to having you hear. Even though our im together will be short, i have about three months, i will forward to that. Thank you. Secondly, i wanted to call to your attention the memo in your packet from me regarding the excelsior. This came up a couple weeks ago. The commission asked about planning efforts. I wanted to call that out and remind you of that memo and actually also remind you that we are coming up on the budget project. So if there are specific ideas and requests you have we will be bringing the budget to you in january and february. I think as typically required the budget goes to the mayor, i think the third week in february. So we will be bringing that budget process to you in the next few weeks and we can think about this work in the context of that process. Thirdly, im very pleased to announce that my colleague jeff sitting next to me has been given an award by the local aia, that is a very nice award. Jeff is receiving the local government award in the 2019 San FranciscoCommunity Alliance awards program. It recognizes an elected or appointed organizational or individual who establishes and contributes to the development of laws and policies that promote excellence in architecture. Jeff has been working diligently with the local a ia on our procedures and programs to streamline the process and have more transparency and im grateful to see the aia is recognizing his work. So we congratulate him. Congrats jeff. If there are no questions we can move onto item 11 review of past events at the board of supervisors board of appeals and Historic Preservation commission. Good afternoon. Manager of legislative affairs. Canceled last week for veterans day and also this week so theres nothing to report on that. And then at this weeks committee the committee voted to forward the mayors Planning Commission appointment sue diamond, ruining the surprise there. To the board without a recommendation, passed with a 21 vote with walton against the motion because he wanted to recommend approval to the board. Last week the temporary cannabis business permit to your extension passed its first read. And also last week the supervisors considered the ordinances allowing for the development at 3332 alaska street as well as the cu and ceqa appeal. The proposed project is a mixed use project with 744 dwelling units 3500 square feet of he retail and childcare. The Planning Commission certified on september 5, 2019. While the appellant raised 18 concerns the main item was the claim they failed to review potential design modifications to decrease its hoss toric use impact. They assert one of the alternatives should be approved instead of the project. The department maintained the Community Alternatives were considerably like the alternatives discussed and the alternatives could not be built and would not achieve the units desired. Public comment during the hearing centered around concerns of the tree removal at the project site and its impact on Climate Changes and concerns over the type of retail use permitted and the allowable hours of operation. Proponents supported a Community Alternative endorsed by the Laurel Heights improvement association. Regarding the tree removal and how that would exacerbate Climate Change staff and project sponsored noted the project overall would not increase Greenhouse Gas emissions. It was certified by the governor as an environmental leadership project with net zero Greenhouse Gas emissions. The project is a development located in proximity to frequent Transit Service and thus will have lower vehicle miles traveled and supports the states ambitious climate goals. The Climate Change benefits would far out weigh the loss of carbon sequestering trees. The board voted to deny the appeal with the unanimous vote of supervisor peskin absent. The board voted to approve the entitlements for the project. This appeal provided an opportunity for the department to explain how projects like 3332 california are consistent with the states strategies to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. Theres hope this will help Decision Makers and the public to be more informed about Climate Change developments while ensuring the Environmental Impact of traffic, which is noise air pollution and safety concerns continue to be properly addressed and mitigated through the California Environmental quality act. At this weeks Board Hearing both 3333 california street and the extension for the canvas permits passed their second read. Commissioner diamond was appointed to the Planning Commission. And the board is also meeting today for a special hearing to consider an issue of ordinance for the march 3 elections that would place a taxon tax on vacant commercial properties. 4767 Mission Street, the first step in the landmark designation process for board sponsored landmark designations. That concludes my report. Thank you very much. Commissioner richards. Mr. Star, what is 4768 Mission Street . Im not entirely sure. Do you know . Okay. Thanks. There are no other questions. The board of appeals did meet but had nothing of interest for the Planning Commission. The Historic Preservation commission did meet yesterday. They did adopt recommendations for approvals. They adopted ceqa findings and approved a master certificate of appropriateness and a master major permit to alter for the academy of Art University which you will be taking up today. And their action enables you to take up that matter today. Did the Community Music center it did. Is it coming in front of us . They did inneed thank you. Theres nothing further we can move onto general Public Comment. I have no speaker cards. The folks who would like to come up for general Public Comment come up now. If you could line up on the left side of the room, that would be great. Thank you. If you would like to speak a Public Comment please sign up and you can come up when your turn is called. This is general Public Comment for items that do not appear on your agenda. [off mic] wait until we get there. Thank you. Go ahead. My name is jerry with the San Francisco land use coalition. Four illegal demolition cases came before us in a single day. Can you hand out the to see dbi problems. Some members asked for an investigation. I support this recommendation. I believe the root cause of the problem is low financial penalties for unpermitted work. I reviewed 1,517 Building Permits issued by dbi over the last four years. You have a summary of my analysis. The average financial penalty issued over the four years was 1,171. Not much of a deterrent when the average San Francisco home costs 1. 3 million. 39 percent of the financial penalty issued are below 295. I reviewed the penaltys dbi issued on some of the more egregious projects that have come before the commission and was shocked to see low penalties or no penalties. Dbi assessed the penalty of 718 to illegal demolition of 49 hopkins a home designed by worldrenowned architect richard. Overhead, please. Dbi did not assess a penalty to the demolition of a 900 square foot home on alvarado street that was to be replaced by a fivestory home. The demolition damaged both homes on either side of the house at 655 alvarado. San francisco is experiencing an emdemocratic of unpermitted work and the an emdemocratic of the planning issue did not issue a notice of enforcement for hopkins or alvarado and the program at the Planning Department does not assess financial penalties. The only example where the Planning Department issued an noe is 25 17th avenue where the developer received a penalty of 254. For unpermitted demolition of a threestory bay and deck parking structure. This is less than the cost of a parking ticket in a bus stop. Can the Planning Commission justify a Code Enforcement process that lacks financial penalties . I hope the Planning Commission will take steps to ensure that building and planning Code Enforcement will be half as effective as the citys parking Code Enforcement. You are responsible for land use in the in the city of San Francisco. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, president melgar and commissioners. Im sarah hoffman. The owner of 2471 green street. This is a discretionary review hearing thats been scheduled to be heard by the Planning Commission since february of 2018. And its been continued at least seven times since february of 2018. Environmental review, which was a separate parallel issue was completed in june of this year. We had no choice but to file a Writ Petition in superior court to compel a hearing take place so this project can move on to the next stage of the permit process. Even with a lawsuit pending its now been continued again without a vote by the commission to january 9, 2020. We understand that last weeks meeting was canceled. So all the matters scheduled had to be continued. But green street had already been put on the continuance calendar. And we dont know why that happened. So the meeting cancellation wasnt the issue. And the other hearings from last weeks agenda were continued to much sooner dates, as soon as this week or early december. So all this to say this is an important due process issue. Our client has been waiting for a hearing for two years on this discretionary review matter. And we respectfully request a sooner hearing occur without further delay. Thank you. Thank you ms. Hoffman. Next speaker, please. Going hightech this time. Good afternoon, president melgar and commissioners. My name is Carolyn Kennedy from the Dolores Heights improvement club. Im here with a request for your consideration today to please ask staff to conduct Impact Analysis on the newlyenacted senate bill 330 the housing accountability act. I made this request on september 19 in Public Comment and your response was lets wait until the bill is enacted into law. Its now been signed. And i think its critical to conduct an Impact Analysis for our city. Senate bill 330 mandates many elements of the planning process including timelines, processes and penalties. It forces administrative approval for many projects. Its a topdown, one size fits all approach to processes in over 300 jurisdictions in california. In my experience top down change doesnt go well. My question for you is what impact will this law have on San Franciscos planning and entitlement process. Im specifically concerned about demolition control appeal processes protection of existing and therefore more Affordable Housing along with rent controlled housing and historic buildings. Ill offer an example of potential impact from mimy neighborhood. The ways in which i think this law can slow dun the process and cause more. We have an acting plan use committee. We review all projects proposed for our neighborhood and attend meetings, discussions with project sponsors and neighbors. We seek to identify discuss and resolve concerns and issues. This activity doesnt slow down the process on the contrary it surfaces issues early on so they could be resolved before they come before this body or even the court. And that was the intent when the process was put in place by San Francisco planning, to have a collaborative process. Whats happened in my neighborhood in the last three years ive found that weve worked to resolve three to four projects annually, and we are a small area, 24 blocks. Thats four avoided discretionary reviews before this body. Multiply our track record by the over 200 neighborhood groups on the Planning Departments project notifications contact list. And it can be a big number. So what will happen if it aboll hirschs this process. My neighborhood abolishes this process . My neighborhood is ground zero. It will stop High Net Worth individuals it will not stop having attorneys litigate. It wont stop my organization from opposing egregious projects that we think have a negative impact on our overall neighborhood ultimately San Francisco. So we stakeholders will not stop participating in the process and opposing projects just because senators oppose appeals. Please provide an update on how senate bill 330 impacts San Francisco and how it will be implemented. It will help all stakeholders remain engaged in the process. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Sue. Planning staff, including Commission Secretary, speak into the microphone whenever you speak. You have a tendency to speak among yourselves up there. And you turn your heads, secretary and the planning director as well. And please, if the microphone isnt pointed to your mouth pointed to your shoulder if its pointed to your ear people will assure you. Today im here a case ive been waiting for for 15 years. And its not what happens in the academy of art, shame on you because i will start yelling speak louder all the time. I shouldnt have to do that. Please do that yourself. Correct yourselves. Adjust your microphones if the microphones need some work, let your Commission Secretary know and he can deal with the people who manage this room. Please a grading record on this. I will continue to push. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon commissioners. My im registered for a proposed cannabis dispensary at 312 columbus s