The sign approval so we would use whatever permits would be associated with it and we would be signing it off. We have opportunities for the Building Permit and this decision by our commission. Either way. Did you have further . No. I sure commissioner melgars concerns and i things we should be doing whatever we can to support retail. I would second the motion but would also make a comment it feels like some additional legislation is necessary to get staff a little bit more discussion in this area under circumstances like this so it is not a oneoff going forward, but the size of of the cost the retailer seems out of whack with what the benefit from what the city would get from a smaller sight. I second the motion. The motion is to approve the project as proposed with conditions, not with staffs recommendations. Very good. Then there is a motion that has been seconded to approve this project as proposed with conditions not including staffs recommended modifications. On that motion. [roll call] you said there is two . There is one motion but there were several recommendations by staff and my understanding is the maker of the motion is for approval with conditions without staffs modifications. And the position and size. Aye. [roll call] so moved. That motion passes unanimously 6 0. That will place us in item 16. One front street. Conditional use authorization. Good afternoon, commissioners im with the Planning Department staff. The item before you is a conditional use authorization request to establish and legalize a 5200 squarefoot nonretail sales and service used doing businesses First Republic bank located at the ground floor of the existing building located at one front street. Office and all other nonretail sales and service uses within the Zoning District require a conditional use authorization to locate the current fort. The space would function as First Republics groundfloor employee cafe and in addition the post proposal would include a 610 squarefoot cafe that would front onto Market Street and be accessible to the general public. The proposed 5200 squarefoot cafe is an expansion of office use on the ground floor due to the private nature of the use. At the private cafe, the use is considered accessory to the Principal Office use. In the spring of 2016, First Republic secured tenant improvement and exterior modification permits for the change of use to the limited restaurant use which is considered a retail sales and service use. However, as the limited restaurant was not acceptable to the general public, it is considered an accessory office use per the planning code. On february 27th, 2017, the department issued a notice of enforcement for the unauthorized use. On july 18th, 2018, a public hearing was held for an application seeking to establish 5200 5800 square feet of nonretail sales and service use of the ground floor. The request was denied by the Planning Commission under a motion in the Planning Commission moved to deny the application primarily on the grounds of insufficient streetlevel activation as required by the downtown area and general plan. Off every 2,016th, 2019, we submitted a new project for a 5200 squarefoot private cafe that includes 610 squarefoot public cafe accessed off of Market Street. The cafe occupations two of the five visually prominent window bays facing Market Street and was determined to be a new project. Staff finds the addition of a private cafe will visually anchor the building and provide a gateway like effect on marking and articulating the existing plaza entrance. It will introduce and activate the street presence for the caee with a Public Entrance permeating the existing Market Street frontage and give the impression of street activation along the Market Street frontage with active uses to public cafe on the westernmost front and corner and the public bank and the public bank. Theres one staff concerned with the 5200 accessory office being expanded over a time into a Principal Office use. Which is a prohibited use of the ground floor and the Zoning District. Staff has added a condition of approval with requiring that the proposed groundfloor office remain accessory and character for the life of any approval in this concern aside, a project sponsor has made a number of revisions that have done a big usefully and substantially improved the proposal in front of you today. Staff has not received any communications from the public regarding this proposal. We find the proposal adequately activates the streetlevel and supports retail diversity and creates new jobs which is consistent with the objectives and policies of the downtown area and general plan. For these reasons, staff finds a proposal desirable, compatible with the neighborhood recommends approval with conditions. I am available for any comments or questions. Thank you. Do we have our presentation from the project sponsor . Thank you, commissioners. My name is harry and i am here today on behalf of the project sponsor and First Republic bank. I appreciate the staff recommendation very much and that details history which saves me some part of my presentation. I wanted to clarify one piece. I want to make it clear that the permits that were issued in 2016 , First Republic bank was clear this use was an employee cafeteria and there is. This is the Planning Department sign off on the back of the permit, which specifically mentions the fact that it is approving an employee cafeteria in the space. The space this permit was issued, the bank then improves the employee cafeteria at a cost of several Million Dollars and literally the month after it was opened received a notice of enforcement indicating a conditional use was required. We have spent a lot of time since a prior hearing, at least a couple of the commissioners were at that prior hearing and we did get the message that this space that the bank should do more to activate this space and incorporate some public facing features to it. This is a rendering of what the entrance to the cafe would be as carolyn mentioned. It will frame the entrance to the building facing out onto the monument plaza as the signage on the window to make clear that this is a public cafe and as i said, it will reduce the size of the employee cafeteria by about 600 feet, 610 feet. I dont know if we can pull back on that a little bit. This shows the length of the retail frontage in this building here at the corner of market and at the front is that the existing bank branch. That is the front street frontage there. It turns around the corner onto market and there is five bays on Market Street. The continued retail use of the bank branch theyre establishing a new public cafe in the retail space and these two bays at the other end and then the employee cafeteria, the last two bays will look into the employee cafeteria witches, itself got a very transparent and active, engaging use. And then the fills coffee space frames the other side of the building entrance. We had some i know there was questions in another case recently about sidewalk lighting so we wanted to speak very briefly to that. This is a very glassy front along Market Street. These are chairs from either end of the street at night. There is a lot of light into the sidewalk from the interior light they were left on until accepts between 11 at night and 6 00 a. M. In the morning when the building, the landlord requires that be turned off for Energy Conservation purposes. That is l. E. D. Lighting that i think makes a sidewalk environment very safe. I would like to introduce Chris Obryant of First Republic bank to tell you more about the nonprofit use of the employee cafeteria and some other information about the bank proposed as part of this. Good afternoon. My name is krystal. I am deputy chief Administrative Officer at First Republic bank. I have been with the company over 13 years. First republic is a california chartered bank. We were founded in 1985 and have been continuously headquartered in and committed to the city of San Francisco. At our founding we have 10 employees. Today we have grown to almost 5,000 employees nationwide. Were very proud to be the 12 th largest employer in the city of San Francisco. With approximately 2700 employees. Most of them are located in our Corporate Headquarters which consists of over 700,000 square feet of space across four buildings in the financial district. First republic actively supports our community through investment , lending, volunteerism, philanthropy and sponsorship as well as through our service to our nonprofit banking client. We support Affordable Housing and Community Development. We have originated a total of 4. 7 billion in Community Development loans. We have committed a total of 1. 6 billion in low Income Housing tax credit, we also maintain a Community Advisory board comprised of six recognize Community Leaders but offer strategic guidance on initiatives related to Affordable Housing and Small Business and economic development. Thank you. Your time is up. Thank you. Do we have any Public Comment on this item . I have a few speaker cards. [calling names] please line up on my left. And everybody else, if i did not call your name and you want to speak, you may do so now. Hello, commissioners. My name is meghan smith and i work at enterprise for youth. You have been a remarkable supporter of us. They have helped us in their training and in the internship programs. They host interns every summer and our interns often speak about having the food and how much they love it. They had meetings with their supervisors down there and we also have several First Republic employees who are mentors in the program which is a separate element of the volunteerism and they will meet with their mentee groups in their cafe. I think it is a really lovely opportunity to expand it to the broader community. Thank you. Thank you next speaker, please. Good afternoon. I am the c. E. O. Of the pomeroy center. We have been we are nonprofit that serves developmentally disabled adults and children. Relocated in the Southern Side of the city. Most people think we are in San Mateo County but i can assure you we are in the city. We have been a long partner with First Republic bank. They talked about allowing us to use as a nonprofit this cafe after hours. We serve a lot of families at and 500 families in San Francisco. Many of them in areas that are far, far away from where our office is. Having a Downtown Location would be fantastic for us for family meetings, board meetings and other uses. We support its. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. I am the senior director at enterprise for youth and i want to speak to the work we have been doing with First Republic bank and the trend we are seeing downtown with companies opening of these community spaces. First republic has been very gracious connecting as to mentors, as meghan mentioned, but also opening up their doors for young people to see the possibilities that they can have professionally in San Francisco. They have been a great partner. I figured i would do my part by vouching for them here and i hope you approve it. Have a good day. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. I am the executive director of meals on wheels San Francisco. We ensure that 5,000 seniors across the city are not hungry and not alone. We have been a partner with First Republic for a long time. We consider them a Gold Standard from Board Leadership all the way down to hundreds of volunteers and philanthropy. Of particular note, were building a 35,000 squarefoot kitchen in the bayview on gerald avenue. And First Republic has led the effort to finance and bridge that project. They are a big partner with us. We need space in off hours for volunteer activations and trainings and we support this application. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. I am the assistant Branch Manager at our embarcadero one branch. I grew up in San Francisco and i live in San Francisco. I have worked at First Republic bank for six years now. I use the cafe several times a week. It is not only a way to save money, but connect with other First Republic employees. By having a restaurant just for employees, were able to connect and meet in a more relaxed setting. We are able to see each other and come up with new ideas. We are also able to meet with clients and have oneonone meetings with them were other people okay overhearing us. Is a really nice way to connect with clients. The cafe is also part of our culture to have fun. I urge you to say yes on this. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, commissioners. My name is julia and i have been working at First Republic bank for about two years. I work on student loan refinancing. I am a longtime bay area native and loyal bay area native. I grew up in the east bay and went to stanford and have resided in the mission ever since. I love working at First Republic , which are promise you get bankers do not say about their jobs. When i first got my job, my grandfather was so excited. He is 89 and he took bart over from oakland to meet for lunch and the place that i decided to take him was our cafeteria. It was part of my job that i was really excited to show and share with him. When he walked in, is that only god, this is amazing. Then we paid and it was only 7 for the subsidy and he was really flowing away. I work on california street so i walk two blocks to get. I cafe about three times a week and other times i go to a local eatery. I would say from a practical standpoint the cafeteria is by far the most affordable option within my department. Theres about 100 junior folks all about the average age of 25 and for the folks only team. They would say that is a financial necessity for them to have this benefit. And then from another perspective, i think the cafe represents First Republics culture, which sums cheesy to say, but if you have ever walked into our branches, you are greeted with a smile and often freshbaked cookies from that morning by our bakers. It is really collegial and it was the place. So when i have hired forever people this year every time on their first day we meet at 8 30 a. M. For breakfast at the cafeteria because i think it is the best introduction for what it will be like to work at First Republic. For all these reasons, i encourage the committee to accept this proposal. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. I am sarah and i have worked at First Republic for the last five years and i am also a resident of San Francisco i personally use the cafe several times a week. Along with my colleagues who also really enjoyed the space. It is by far one of the most affordable lunch options in the area, but even though this is a great place to get lunch or breakfast, it doesnt stop me from going to starbucks and other local cafes and restaurants in the area. Overall the cafe is a really wonderful benefit for our employees, especially folks like me who are looking for affordable spots to eat. I encourage you to approve this item. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name is kimberley and i am the Vice President at the American Heart Association here at our local chapter. First Republic Bank is one of the largest corporate supporters of the American Heart Association and has been a significant and meaningful catalyst in driving our mission to be a real it was forced for longer and healthier lives. They had played a significant role in many of our proudest accomplishments over the past few years and our work in our local communities should not be possible without their support. In addition to the banks general corporate his contributions to the aha, they have engaged their employees and seemed to have leadership in our mission. Their c. F. O. Chaired our heart walk in 2018 and 2019 and this past september, 800 Public PublicBank Employees joine