on that motion, commissioner fung, vice-president lazarus and commissioner hurtado? aye. the vote is 4-0. and commissioner hurtado is the new vice-president. >> congratulations. moving to office for president. >> i would like to nominate lazarus for president. >> any other nominations? is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> mr. pacheco, if you can please call the roll. >> aren't you going to ask me? >> are you willing to serve? >> yes. i appreciate that very much. >> mr. pacheco, on that motion from commissioner honda to elevate vice-president ann lazarus to presidency of the board, on that motion, commissioner fung, commissioner hurtado? aye, and vice-president lazarus? aye. thank you, the vote is 4-0 and ann lazarus issel elevated to the presidency of the board. >> congratulations. and let me this you in advance for helping me and the board for the next year. i really appreciate your willing innes to serve. >> okay. we can move then to item no. 3 which is commissioner comments and questions. anything, commissioners? >> my only

. >> commissioner fung, did you have a comment on that? >> it doesn't matter. >> is there any public comment on the election of officers? there is a motion to postpone this item until february 19th. >> on that motion to reschedule the election of officers to february 19th, commissioner fung, >> aye. >> president hwang is absent. commissioner hurtado? >> aye. >> lazarus? aye. the vote is 4-0. this election is rescheduled until february 19th. >> the next item is 3 comments and questions. any? seeing none, item 4 is the board consideration and adoption of the january 15, 2014, minutes. any changes to the minutes? >> no. >> motion to adopt? >> i will move to adopt. >> any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, mr. pacheco, if you can call the roll please. >> on that motion from commissioner hurried -- hurtado to adopt the january 15, 2014, minutes. commissioner fung, lazarus, honda. the vote is 4-0. those minutes are adopted. >> thank you. before moving on i want to make sure the parties to item no. 9 are here. with the vice-president's c

>> commissioners, thank you for the question, commissioner fung. typically when we go back to the building department to get a revised permit we will bring copies of the previously approved permits. when we sit down at the counter we are showing what was previously approved and what the proposed modifications would be. of course there is no such thing as a perfect document. so mine were not clouded. that included everything. the intent was to make the planner aware that we were modifying something that was previously approved. thank you. >> anything further from the department? no. okay. commissioners, unless you have questions, the matter is submitted. >> i guess you know the there is two issues here. one is that whether the revisions changed enough to have warranted some type of further review and therefore some discussion as to how those revisions could have been incorporated with a little less impact. that's one issue. the second issue which is different from that is really whether those revisions if they had been in the original packet would h

the presiding officer tonight is our president chris fong joined by frank fung, hurtado, and lazarus will be absent this evening. the department city attorney is here and victor pacheco and i'm the executive director. we are joined by the city of the department that have cases before the board. scott sanchez is here, the zoning administrator and representing the planning commission, and senior building inspector, mr. duffy and bureau of urban forestry and department of public works and john kwaung the manager of street use and mapping. mr. pacheco, at this time if you would please go over the meeting guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. >> the clerk: the board request that you turn off all phones and pagers so they do not disrupt the proceedings. please carry on conversation in the hall ways. appellant and permit holders have 7 minutes to present their cases and 3 minutes for rebuttals. people affiliated must include their comments within the 7-minute period. members who are not affiliated with the parties have up to 3 minutes to address the board, but no rebuttals. to ass

fung you asked a question about the requested step down and mediation to hill street, nothing was done on that score. there was no step down, no mediation, none discussed none proposed from this developer. i never practice law in this area but a few things about this process is clear to me. you made a decision in december. the next hearing was for the purpose of determining if their written findings come portd with the decision you made in december. you did nothing to say they didn't and they seem to have come portd as everything seems to think they did and you have a briefing on this one issue and that is all that is here today. the people in the neighborhood are distressingly used to feeling abandoned or betrayed by too many people that are supposed to be representing us. i just want you to know that a lot of people thank and applaud you for having the courage of your convictions and want to encourage you to continue to have the courage to stand up to bullying and pressure that has crossed the line of appropriateness in some cases. finally i would like to ask the developer and archit

commissioners, the matter is submitted. >> >>commissioner fung: commissioners i grant the appeal and accept the revised program. >> okay. mr. pacheco? >> the clerk: just to be clear, the order reference is four trees, there will be four replacement trees of a 60-inch box? >> five replacement trees with the agreement. the clerk: so we have a motion from commissioner fung to grant this appeal, to modify this order and grant a permit to remove the four subject trees on condition that five replacement trees of a 60-inch box size. correct? >> yes. >> on that motion, president hwang? aye. commissioner hurtado? aye, vice-president is absent. commissioner honda? aye. the vote is 4-0. >> we'll call item no. 5. item 5: 55 appeal no. 13-173 irving zaretsky, appellanttss vs. dept. of public works bureau of street-use & mapping, respondent 2853 broderick street. protesting the issuance on december 10, 2013, to pamela whitehead family trust, minor sidewalk encroachment permit construct new warped driveway for new garage entrance that will encroach 3'-9" into the 15' public right of way; maintain e

commissioner fung. president hwang. commissioner hurtado. commissioner honda is absent the vote is 4 to zero and this rehearing is denied >> thank you. we're going to call item 5. julian vs. the department transportation agency between thomas more and more drive appealing the issuance to a special traffic permit authorization to depart from organizations to travel to remove the tree reformer monday through friday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. you have 7 minutes >> thank you, commissioners we're once again on the issue of brotherhood way. this is a first for the board in considering an appeal of a mta permit. we believe the mta people that are in anchor and responsible for issuing this permit does not due their due diligence on this issuance to shut down one lane of traffic on brotherhood way to remove trees and have been laying there for the last 6 months we believe those trees should be on the hillside. i'd like to start off will i saying that we believe that the mta didn't consider the safety record of arresting berry well, they're been cited by

commissioner fung and president fong. on the matter of the variance >> continue item b to the date specified. >> thank you that places you under your consent calendar. there will be no separate discussion and then the matter shall be removed and selected for a 2350u67 meeting. the first ordinance at the 1600 guerrero street the preliminary recommendations so to approve with recommendations and the next case at 1060 hyde street for continual continuance. and next for conditional use authorization and the next case amendments to this third street alcohol street i there are no speaker cards. any r and any any public comment on the consent calendar? >> i'm patricia i have a concern on 16 hundred interray restraining order street. >> we'll removal remove that and you can wait. >> i have a letter from the community. >> your opposed to the project correct? >> yes. >> okay. any further any public comment on the consent calendar? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini >> move to approve items 4, 5 and 6. >> c

commissioner fung, aye, the president is absent, commissioner hurtado? aye, lazarus? aye. the vote is 4-0. this permit is upheld on that basis. >> thank you. >> the next item is a closed session item 12 and the first item is public comment on all matters related to this session. is there anyone here who would like to speak on item 12? seeing none, then we have a vote to move into closed session? >> i move to close into closed session. >> there is a motion to move into closed session. mr. pacheco, please call the roll. >> on that motion from commissioner hurtado to enter into closed session item 12, commissioner fung, president is absent, lazarus, honda. the vote is 4-0. the board is now in clos >>> >>> we are reconvening in open session and i will state that no action was taken during the closing session and the matter is whether or not to disclose information in the session. >> i will move that we not disclose the discussion based on attorney-client privilege. >> mr. pacheco, if you can take the roll on that? >> on that motion from commissioner hurtado to not disclose the

border, hillis, moore, sugaya, commissioner fung and president wu. that motion passes 5-0. places you on item 18 for case no. item 18: 2013.1201c

. >> commissioner fung? >>commissioner fung: i hope everyone appreciates how much thought goes into this one. they are difficult and they are addressed by situation. a lot of people have talked about how long they have been in san francisco and born and raised here and watched fillmore street go through its ups and downs. frankly it looks great right now. i think it's alive and mixed with our food an apparel store. it's not out weighed by store resources. i think it's a good mix. like commissioner hillis, i'm a kirkland brand myself. we might go to a costco and there is a place like raggen bones which is a kind of nice mix. we talked about making p contributions to the city. i think whether they offer this and believe they are going to stay in this program and engaging with can -- i think that's the kind of engagement we are ultimately asking. so i encourage that and i applaud that and appreciate that. as you can tell i'm in support of this project and if it was a particular fried chicken restaurant where th

of earthquake 50 percent of happening in thirty years and the second is an event that commissioner fung mentioned and the maps of the event. this procedure this a b generated includes demonstrates to the accepted standard for those hazards are being met there's performance goals for each one of the hazards. we believe there are enhanced performance goals not minimum standards being adapted for this project. i'm going to give you a hypothesis how it works in the real world. this is from some of the commentary for the code how it worked in this arena provided by fema it's affiliated with fema and i can see we have 3 other than the vertical axis 3 hazards the earthquake and the design event that commissioner fung referred to and the maximum event we have 4 corresponding categories of performance targets for the structures. the minimal standard on the far right for a facility frpgs for a single-family dwelling out in the middle of a cornfield you'll not have a large amount of loss of life and this is for the modern museum of art what happened there was the same design chosen it was illumina

. >> >> we have a motion then from commissioner fung to over rule the denial and issue this permit or condition that there would be two replacement trees be planted with the species to be decided in consultation with dpw. [roll call vote taken], the vote is 4-0. the denial is over ruled with that condition. thank you. >> item no. 6, 66 appeal no. 13-133 karen galves, appellanttss vs. dept. of building inspection, respondent planning dept. approval 1150-1152 geneva ave. protesting the issuance on october 10, 2013, to christ c. christ, alteration permit install half-bath in existing light welll. application no. 2013/10/09/8899. public hearing held on dec. 11, 2013. for further consideration today. note: matter was continued to allow the permit holder to obtain the required consent from adjacent neighbors or for planning staff to perform >> item no. 6, sf 61234 this matter was heard on december 11, 2013, and it was continued to allow the permit holder to require consent from adjacent neighbors or perform staff to perform notification. if you would like we can hear from the permit holder

city clerk: let's see here so the motion is from commissioner fung to uphold the permit, adopt the findings, with provisions as stated and with the two further conditions that the ground floor commercial space be permitted to neighborhood use by the san francisco planning code that the original entitlement as to density be maintained and with a 5th floor setback at the front and back of 10-12 feet depending on the final architectural plan. >> yes. >> okay. on that motion to uphold this permit -- >> did we forget the last piece. >> he said as indicated to the one mr. sanchez referred to. >> on that motion to uphold this permit with these revised find gsz and additional conditions. commissioner hwang is absent. vice-president hurtado, lazarus, commissioner honda. this permit is upheld with revised findings with additional conditions. >> thank you. a >>we are back to the february 26, 2014. item no. 8 is rescheduled. we are on item no. 9. item 9: 99 appeal no. 14-008 ty bash, appellanttss vs. dept. of building inspection, respondent planning dept. approval 1100 ashbury street. protesting the is

on that motion, commissioner fung, president is absent, vice-president lazarus, hurtado. this vote is 4-0. >> we are >>> welcome back to january 29, 2014. board of appeals. item 9 will be scheduled for february 19, 2014. we are ready to call no. 10.100 appeal no. v13-166 nob hill neighbors, appellanttss vs. zoning administrator, respondent 1601 larkin street. protesting the granting on november 15, 2013, to pacific polk properties, rear yard, usable open space and dwelling unit exposure variances demolish existing vacant church and surface parking lot, and construct a new five-story over basement building with 27 dwelling units and 32 off-street parking spacess. case no. 2013.0980cev.no. 10. sf 101234 this is on for hearing today and we'll start with appellants representative. please step forward. and you have 7 minutes to present your case. >>> if you are giving something to the board, you need to make sure the variance owner has one as well. >> we can share copies. all right >> linda chapman for nob hill neighbors. we are objecting to some and what we are not willing to

commissioner fung, commissioner hwang is absent, commissioner lazarus and commissioner honda. the vote is 4-0 to not disclose the content. >> item no. 6 was continued to april 30, 2014. we'll call item 7 abc and d. these will be heard together. item 7 a, b: 7aa appeal no. 13-095 the marsh, appellanttss vs. dept. of building inspection, respondent planning dept. approval 1050 valencia street. protesting the issuance on july 17, 2013, to m. rutherford trust / shizuo holdings, demolition permit demolish one-story restaurant building with 2,000sf of ground floor areaa. application no. 2010/12/27/7436. public hearing held dec. 11, 2013. for further consideration today and for the adoption of tentative findings and conditions. 7bb appeal no. 13-096 the marsh, appellanttss vs. dept. of building inspection, respondent planning dept. approval 1050-1058 valencia street. protesting the issuance on july 17, 2013, to m. rutherford trust / shizuo holdings, permit to erect a building erect a five-story, 12-unit apartment/retail/parking building with 3000sf of ground floor areaa application n

on that motion to over rule, commissioner fung, aye, commissioner hurtado? no. the vice-president is absent. commissioner honda? no. >> thank you. the vote is 2-2. the city charter requires 4 out of 5 votes to over turn any departmental action. so absent another motion, the granting of this variance would be upheld by default. >> okay. no further motion. the variance is upheld by default. >> if there is no further business before the board, our meeting is adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >>

. >> >>commissioner fung: except it's only linked to the garage. there wouldn't be a cuwas required. the linkage is that there is a garage. >> there is two parts. yes. for whatever reason for example, planning and building determined that there should not be eliminate the driveway cut which would make this moot. alternatively there is a height which involves the clearance of a garage which requires us to go back and requires us to reevaluate that ramp should it work. there is issues at this pon an initial review and based upon the building permit satisfied which may require us to reevaluate the situation. >> okay. >> maybe wethe za. >> mr. sanchez? >> clarification? >> scott sanchez, if i may detail the chronology of this permit. the board heard this and taken a vote to grant an appeal, adopt revised plans, which included changed the sides of the building which are stairs and producing the rear of the deck of the building and some minors changes as well. that permit was subsequently issued as a special condions permit. during the addenda process fo

commissioner fung. commissioner wu. and that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero and now update on the tracking it's an informational presentation >> jonas i have some copies. good afternoon, commissioners. good to be back i'm here today to update you on the tracking system i'm kelly i'm a senior planner with the department for the last year and a half i've worked open this i want to introduce isabel lewis here in the audience it the project manager and we report to thomas. so the presentation i will run through is the same you have before you in hardcopy form. this will be a bit of a repeat but some of you haven't seen this. the project this will be a joint project with the dbi the consultant team is the software company and a local firm named 21 tech. a little bit of background. back in 200506 they identified the need to ugsd the systems we've done studies that resulted in 2008, to 2011 we develop and implemented the departments action plan that k345i7bd over thirty items and one was this tracking system. for the past

motion then from the president to uphold all 3 permits on the basis their code compliant commissioner fung. commissioner hurtado commissioner lazarus so the vote is 4 to zero all 3 permits are upheld open that basis >> okay. so we have one more temazepam 8 which is our discussion and possible adaptation if you could exit quietly we have one more item. the departments budget for 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. so commissioners what i wanted to do tonight was to give us a belief update on our current year in the budget process and the recommendations for the next to fiscal years we have to submit the proposal by february 21st so what we need action tonight to meet the timeline. i don't want to get into the detail i know you're familiar with the surcharges and a filing fees and well familiar with 9 way that your expenditures are generally divided among the various bucket of expenses but as per usual the majority go to personnel costs. i want to focus on the revenue we're seeing a slight increase in surcharge revenue and it will end the year with a surplus. we continue as we have been in the 640s mon

the director of mta to recalculate the collusion period for this permit on that motion commissioner fung. >> i. . commissioner hurtado >> i. so the vote is 4 to zero and it's upheld open that basis. >> so item 6 has been withdrawn and will not be heard and 7 a, b, and c will be heard together. 7 b 14 dashl 771 and all of them were filed by the homeowners association and are for the planning approval per and the protest of the permit to erect a building with 23 thousand square feet ground floor area and the protest is for the jackson of a demolition permit to demolish a parking structure with 14 thousand jeet plus and next open fremont street a demolition promise to demolition a four story with 89 thousand 4 hundred and 87 square feet of ground floor area they'll wait for the commission to return >> yes. yes, thank you. >> okay victor we're all here. >> you have 3 appeals you have 21 minutes. thank you ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the opportunity i'm dennis martinez i'm the president of the homeowners association at the metropolitan that lies at the cornering of folsom streets we'r

on that motion to over rule, commissioner fung, aye, commissioner hurtado? no. the vice-president is absent. commissioner honda? no. >> thank you. the vote is 2-2. the city charter requires 4 out of 5 votes to over turn any departmental action. so absent another motion, the granting of this variance would be upheld by default. >> okay. no further motion. the variance is upheld by default. >> if there is no further business before the board, our meeting is adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> on december 28, 1912. san francisco mayor, sonny jim rolph stared into the crowds of those who have gathered. a moment in history. the birth of a publicly own transit system. san francisco municipal railway. muni as it would become to be known. happy birthday, muni, here is to the next 100 years. the birth of muni had been a long-time coming. over the years the city was disjointed privately owned companies. horses and steam and electric-powered vehicles. creating a hodgepodge of transit options. none of them particularly satisfying to city residents. the city transit

. >> on that motion to uphold with that basis commissioner fung? aye. commissioner hwang is absent. president lapis lazuli ruz? no. no. commissioner honored honda. aye the vote is 2-1. we have no further business. we are adjourned. so says madam president. [ meeting is adjourned adjourn >> >>you. >> hello san francisco and naomi here with the top 3 places to check auto and this week bring our passport that's about tuesday the holly's food and occur i didn't without worry about long with drum beats and side food is free and the donations will be welcome and thursday the asian art museum that's right if you want to see them their run through september and the technicality is 5 bucks you've heard it here first and friday head to lake merced to the family resource center invites you with a show and make friends and joy and a dinner and space it limited so r.s.v.p. it's the weekly buzz gist visit us at san francisco director ramos and rubke and mr. chairman that heinecke will not be here you have a quorum. please be advised that the ringing of and the use of packagers and other electroni

commissioner fung. >> well, i'm glad to see this the moving along. i was part of a small group beta testing i spent time as the general public and i thought it was easy to navigate. i'm excited to see the record keep and hoping we can track different things. sue hester talked about the geographical data is being collected and to commissioner wu's question about the inclusionary housing this is a timekeeper that we can set some pace and see how it's comparing to other projects. i hope it useful to the developers. just a broad thought i think communication breaks down whether there are accurate information. i'm hoping this tool is as good as what's put into it good data in and out that will alleviate problems. >> thank you director ram. >> i want to say we're thrilled to be at this point. we're behind other cities although the technology we're using we're learning from other cities mistakes and more sophisticated software. i want to say thanks to the team there's been a lot of staff time and the staff is about 20 people working on this over the last tw

on that motion to over rule, commissioner fung, aye, commissioner hurtado? no. the vice-president is absent. commissioner honda? no. >> thank you. the vote is 2-2. the city charter requires 4 out of 5 votes to over turn any departmental action. so absent another motion, the granting of this variance would be upheld by default. >> okay. no further motion. the variance is upheld by default. >> if there is no further business before the board, our meeting is adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> everybody to the world and enter galactic rocket i'm joel we have the great honor and pleasure of ownership this building but having haley here we love you guys focused on digital health this is your grand opening. so we've getting got a set period of time we're going to have an interesting panel discussion. most of you know mayor ed lee was sworn in two years ago january 8, 2012, to replace naumd and richard who runs our bay area operation we broke ground back in 2005 mission bay was i think a call was here and we did the total low beautiful bluegrass building we ha

the presiding officer this evening is our vice-president ann lazarus joined by commissioner fung and hurtado and we expect supervisor here briefly. at the control of the boards legal assistance is pacheco.

fung's question about whether or not we received code compliance, in regards to the department's design goals we would prefer to have the department in the corners here and require at least a rear yard variance. that would have been some direction that we would have been providing in this case. lastly, and regards to commissioner honda's question, i want to clarify in terms of the project not really relevant to this project because the environmental application was filed so long ago in 2004 that it was under previous code requirements for affordable housing. that's why the 17 percent would be for current project for lufey. it was filed. so with that, i'm available for any questions that the board may have. >> i have a question. the impact of these variances is sort of on the units and ultimately of the people dwelling on the units as opposed to something visual from the street? >> absolutely. you wouldn't see those from the street. the only thing you would see from the street, the appellant has stated they support and that is to have against the building wall is on clay and larkin. most

border, hillis, moore, sugaya, commissioner fung and president wu. that motion passes 5-0. places you on item 18 for case no. item 18: 2013.1201c o. masry; 4155 575-91166 1701 haight street - at the southwest corner of haight and cole streets, lot 001 in assessor's block 1248 - request for conditional use authorization under planning code sections 719.83 and 303 to develop a wireless telecommunication services wtss facility for at&t mobility. the proposed macro wts facility would feature 122 roof-mounted panel antennas housed within individual faux vent pipes. related electronic equipment would be located on the roof and in the basement. the facility is proposed on a location preference 6 site limited preference, individual neighborhood commercial districtt within the haight street neighborhood commercial district, and 40-x height and bulk district. preliminary recommendation: approve with conditions continued from regular meeting of january 23, 20144 12341234 ,, 12341234 this is also a question for conditional use permit and please be adviced for the purpose of ceqa pursua

. >> i think commissioner fung was talking about the rights of the adjacent property. >> finding no. 3 of the variances that such variance is necessary for the substantial of the property rights provided in the same class. it's not speaking to the neighbors. >> but necessary determination it says this is currently a right that adjacent properties possess? >> i would say that a correction needs to be made there in regard to the finding. what we missed was that the possible illegality in the same zoning district. there is a reasonable expectation. few doors down the way there is an expectation that you would have privacy from properties that abut you. >> in analyzing the properties in the district that a variance would allow, are those other properties that have this fence or ways to secure their privacy security comparably located in the totals, the context of that neighborhood. i haven't been there myself, so i'm not familiar with the views and the very special nature of it, but from the pictures i see, it looks pretty amazing. >> how i applied this finding is that it asks you to loo

on that motion, commissioner fung, aye, commissioner hurtado, aye, the vice-president absent. commissioner honda? >> aye. >> the vote is 4-0. this is moved to call of chair. >> thank you. i would like to have a very short break >> item 7: jerry weiss, appellanttss vs. zoning administrator, respondent 272 upper terrace. protesting the granting on december 16, 2013, to neil pernick, rear yard obstruction variance legalize a fence at the rear property linee. case no. 2013.0923v.>> sf 71234 >> we'll start with the appellant. >> before i begin, could i update our brief with a couple of developments that have happened since the deadline for submissions. these are just factual matters that are not part of my argument. they are just developments happened in the last couple of weeks. >> that is part of your time. >> well, i will just skip it. good evening, commissioners, i'm jerry white, the appellant in this case and the designated spokesman for my neighbors and fellow citizens. i moved to san francisco in 1978 and lived on portrero hill and my daughter was born at ucsf and for the la