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        SAN FRANCISCO
        PLANNING COMMISSION
        
        Meeting Minutes
        
        
        Commission Chambers - Room 400
        
        
        City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
        
        Thursday, January
        26, 2012
        
        
        12:00 PM
        
        
        Regular Meeting
         
        
         
        
        COMMISSIONERS
        PRESENT:  Miguel, Antonini, Borden, Fong, Moore and Sugaya
        
         
        
        THE MEETING WAS
        CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT MIGUEL AT 12:18 P.M.
        
        
         
        
        
        STAFF IN ATTENDANCE:  John Rahaim – Director of Planning, Scott Sanchez – Zoning
        Administrator, Kimberly Durandet, Ben Fu, Alicia John-Baptiste, Kirsten
        Dischinger, Jonas Ionin, Rick Crawford, Elizabeth Watty, Brittany Bendix, Corey
        Teague and Linda Avery – Commission Secretary.
         
        A.           
        CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS PROPOSED FOR CONTINUANCE
        
         
        The Commission
        will consider a request for continuance to a later date.  The Commission may
        choose to continue the item to the date proposed below, to continue the item to
        another date, or to hear the item on this calendar.
                        
        
        
        1.         2011.1064C                                                      
                 
        
           (S.
        Hayward: (415) 558-6372)
        
        
        2800 SLOAT BOULEVARD -
        north side of Sloat Boulevard, between 46th and 47th
        Avenues, Lot 001 in Assessor's Block 2515 - Request for Conditional Use
        Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Section 303(e), to add two years to
        the validity of the previously approved Conditional Use Authorization for the
        proposed project originally approved November 13, 2008 under Case No.
        2005.1066C. The project includes the demolition of three existing commercial
        buildings and a 34-space parking lot, and the construction of three new
        mixed-use, five-story, 60-foot-tall buildings totaling approximately 120,000
        gross square feet (gsf) over a 112-space subterranean parking structure and a
        one-story approximately 1,000 gsf commercial building. The project would include
        56 dwelling units, approximately 23,000 gsf of ground-floor commercial uses
        including an open-air market. The three existing commercial buildings on the
        project site proposed for demolition include a retail shop (Aqua Surf Shop),
        restaurant/café (John's Ocean Beach Café), and a motel (Robert's Motel). The
        project site is within the NC-2 (Small-Scale Neighborhood Commercial) zoning
        district, 100-A Height and Bulk district, and the Local Coastal Zone Permit
        Area.
        
        
                                Preliminary Recommendation:  Approval with
        conditions                                                 
        
        
                    (Continued from Regular Meeting of December 8, 2011)
        
                                (Proposed for
        Continuance to February 9, 2012)
        
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     None
        
        
        ACTION:           Continued as proposed
        
        
        AYES:              Miguel, Antonini, Borden, Fong, Moore, Sugaya
        
         
        
        
                 2.           
        2011.0682DD                                                               
                     (S. LAI: (415) 575-9087)
        
        
        4218 MISSION STREET
        - west side between Castle Manor and Admiral Avenues; Lot 004 in
        Assessor’s Block 6803 - Mandatory Discretionary Review for a Medical Cannabis
        Dispensary, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 711.84 and 790.141 in
        association with Building Permit Application No. 2011.02.23.0782, proposing to
        develop a Medical Cannabis Dispensary (d.b.a. “The Green Cross”) on the ground
        floor of an existing building.  This project lies within the NC-2 (Small-Scale,
        Neighborhood Commercial) District, and within the 40-X Height and Bulk
        District.  A separate request for Discretionary Review has also been filed by a
        member of the public against the project.
        
        Preliminary Recommendation:  
        Do
        Not Take Discretionary Review and Approve
        
        
                                (Continued from Regular Meeting of November 17, 2011)
        
                               
        (Proposed for Continuance to February
        16, 2012)
        
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     None
        
        
        ACTION:           Continued as proposed
        
        
        AYES:              Miguel, Antonini, Borden, Fong, Moore, Sugaya
        
                                
        
        
        3.            2010.0506DD                                       
                                       (A. PUTRA: (415) 575-9079)
        
        
        5258 Mission Street
        
        
        - west side between Niagara and Mount Vernon Avenues; Lot 003B in Assessor’s
        Block 7031 - Mandatory Discretionary Review for a Medical Cannabis
        Dispensary, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 711.84 and 790.141 in
        association with Building Permit Application No. 2010.05.27.3337, to allow a
        Medical Cannabis Dispensary (d.b.a Mission Organic) to locate within the
        existing vacant ground-floor tenant space. The proposed dispensary would not
        include on-site smoking, consumption, vaporizing, or cultivation. The property
        is located within an NC-2 (Small-scale, Neighborhood Commercial) District and
        40-X Height and Bulk District.  A separate request for Discretionary Review has
        also been filed by a member of the public against the project.
        
        Preliminary Recommendation:  
        Do
        Not Take Discretionary Review and Approve
        
        
        (Continued from Regular Meeting of November 17, 2011)
        
        (Proposed for
        Continuance to February 16, 2012)
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     None
        
        
        ACTION:           Continued as proposed
        
        
        AYES:              Miguel, Antonini, Borden, Fong, Moore, Sugaya
        
         
        
        
        4.           
        2010.0468DD                                                                     
        (A. PUTRA: (415) 575-9079)
        
        
        5234 Mission Street - west side between Niagara and Mount Vernon Avenues; Lot 002C in
        Assessor’s Block 7031 - Mandatory Discretionary Review for a Medical
        Cannabis Dispensary, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 711.84 and 790.141
        in association with Building Permit Application No. 2010.06.16.4643, to allow a
        new Medical Cannabis Dispensary (d.b.a TreeMed) to locate within the existing
        vacant ground-floor tenant space. The proposed dispensary would not include
        on-site smoking, consumption, vaporizing, or cultivation. The property is
        located within an NC-2 (Small-scale, Neighborhood Commercial) District and 40-X
        Height and Bulk District. A separate request for Discretionary Review has also
        been filed by a member of the public against the project.
        
        Preliminary Recommendation:  
        Do
        Not Take Discretionary Review and Approve 
        
                               
        (Continued from Regular Meeting of November 17, 2011)
        
                               
        (Proposed for Continuance to February
        16, 2012)
        
         
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     None
        
        
        ACTION:           Continued as proposed
        
        
        AYES:              Miguel, Antonini, Borden, Fong, Moore, Sugaya
        
         
        
        B.        
        CONSENT CALENDAR 
         
        
        
        All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Calendar, are considered to be
        routine by the Planning Commission, and will 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 Consent Calendar and considered as a
        separate item at this or a future hearing
        
         
        
        5.        
        
        
        2011.0894C                                          
                                 (K. Durandet:
        (415) 575-6816)
        
        3481 18TH
        STREET
        - south side of 18th Street between Valencia and Lexington, Lot 145,
        Assessor’s Block 3589 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization,
        pursuant to Planning Code Sections 178 and 186 to an add outdoor activity area
        to an existing Limited Commercial Use authorized as a restaurant (d.b.a.
        Regalito) within the RTO-Mission (Residential Transit Oriented) Zoning District,
        and a 55-X Height and Bulk District. Preliminary Recommendation:  Approval with
        Conditions
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     None
        
        
        ACTION:           Approved
        
        
        AYES:              Miguel, Antonini, Borden, Fong, Moore, Sugaya
        
        
        MOTION:          
        
        18521
        
         
        
        C.        
        COMMISSIONERS’ QUESTIONS AND MATTERS 
        
         
        
        6.        
        Commission Comments/Questions
        
        ·        
        
        Inquiries/Announcements. 
        Without discussion, at this time Commissioners may make announcements or
        inquiries of staff regarding various matters of interest to the Commissioner(s).
        
        ·        
        
        Future Meetings/Agendas. 
        At this time, the Commission may discuss and take action to set the date of a
        Special Meeting and/or determine those items that could be placed on the agenda
        of the next meeting and other future meetings of the Planning Commission.
        
         
        
        Commissioner Antonini:
        
         I would like to thanks
        the San Francisco Forty-niners for a great season, regrettably, with a sad
        ending. I was thanking the 49ers., with particular reference to that defense,
        not to the exclusion of the entire team, but for one of the greatest seasons the
        defense has had in the history of the NFL.  That should remind us, as San
        Franciscans we always have to be tenacious in the defense of our traditions,
        institutions, and civic treasures and always be tirelessly a good advocate and
        representative of our City.
        
        
        Commissioner Borden:
        
        This week, I met with J.
        Mathews.  While I was meeting with him on a second item, we were talking about
        some of the things going on with planning.  He had spoken with Commissioner
        Moore previously but was wondering how they can work more closely with the
        Department on the innovative initiatives with greater transparency and more
        innovation. They are very interested in learning about the permit tracking
        system we're going to look at next week and maybe we can invite him to join us
        for that so we can know more what he is doing in that space. We' e looking at
        how to create innovations within existing departments to make it easier for the
        public to go through a very serious city process these and to figure out how to
        better work with his office because he is one guy trying to figure out all the
        different city agencies. If there is a way we can work with him, because we
        interface with the public so much more frequently that would be useful. He was
        eager to hear we were hiring a communication person and I would like to look at
        how that would apply to other departments as well. 
        
         
        
         
        
        Commissioner Moore:
        
        
        I would very much support
        what you just said. He is a terrific guy and we would have a very good ally in
        things that we are interested in being involved in including new technology and
        communication. I want to bring to the Commission's attention an article I saw in
        the paper which is only hinting at San Francisco begins issuing medical
        marijuana dispenser permits again. I would like our staff to at some point to
        [get] less than a short-term brief of how they see it from their perspective
        regarding the newspaper article. It seems to be pointing into the direction of
        what the City policy is. I found the article quite interesting. I would be happy
        to pass it around.
        
        
        President Miguel:
        
        
        I recently met with people
        from San Francisco MOMA and it was very interesting. I have been talking to
        people at North Beach regarding grocery stores and have met with the people at
        the Metro Theater which may finally come to pass. It seems a distant memory when
        that was before us. I was also at a public meeting regarding the Waterfront the
        other day on the playground proposed. They have done an excellent job with it
        and there is great enthusiasm, particularly from a lot of little kids who
        recognize all of the play equipment and really like it. Yesterday, one of the
        noontime forums regarding retail and fresh food and trying to get more of it
        into various areas of San Francisco was a very interesting forum.
        
         
        D.         DIRECTOR’S REPORT
        
         
        
        7.        
        Director’s Announcements
        
                   
        
        
        
        Director Rahaim:
        
        I just wanted to give you
        a brief review of my talk in Seattle the last couple of days.  I was there at
        the request of an organization that had been called The Cascade of Land
        Conservancy and has recently changed their name. I am not quite sure why the
        change except they are expanding their purview and they were more a traditional
        land conservancy agency and they have expanded their mission in recent years. 
        With a basic understanding that's in order for them to take care of the land
        outside the urban areas and control urban sprawl, they need to spend more time
        and attention on what happens to make those more livable and all walkable. It is
        interesting to see that perspective. What happens outside cities is related to
        what happens inside cities and that is interesting. They started a rural to
        urban transit development program where the development rights are sold and
        transferred to the center City of Seattle. It is pretty interesting. It is
        something we had done 15 years ago in Seattle and it is very interesting. I also
        want to report that the City received a very interesting award this past week.
        It is an international award from the Institute for Transportation Development
        Policy granted to the City. It is an interesting program they have put together.
        Our program is to take over underutilized rights of way. They mentioned those
        programs and gave us a strong acclaim for the work we're doing.  They also made
        a strong point of mentioning the City's Bicycle Plan and network related to
        those programs, but this is a substantial reward we are to receive.
        Congratulations to the staff and the department for all of the work on those
        things. 
        
         
        
        8.    
        Review of Past Week’s Events at the Board of Supervisors, Board of
        Appeals, and Historic Preservation Commission.
        
         
        
        
        
        FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:
        
        
         
        
        
         
        
        ·        
        
        CEQA Appeal.  
        The Board heard
        an appeal to the Commission's certification of the 34th America's Cup, James R.
        Herman Cruise Terminal and Northeast Wharf Plaza Environmental Impact Report.
        The appellants included Francisco Tomorrow, Golden Gate Audubon Society,
        Waterfront Watch, Telegraph Hill Dwellers and Sierra Club San Francisco Group. 
        The appellants alleged approximately 40 arguments in five letters which included
        the following issues: 
        
        ·        
        EIR
        process
        
        ·        
        
        Mitigation Measures
        
        ·        
        
        Aquatic Park impacts
        
        ·        
        
        Neighborhood impacts
        
        ·        
        
        Long Term development
        
        ·        
        
        Boat Counts
        
        ·        
        
        Funding
        
        ·        
        
        Transportation
        
        ·        
        Air
        Quality
        
        ·        
        
        Noise 
        
        ·        
        
        Recreation
        
        ·        
        
        Biology
        
        ·        
        
        Wind 
        
        ·        
        
        Hazards
        
        ·        
        
        Water Quality
        
        Staff responded
        to these claims and answered Board questions. The project sponsor committed to
        removing the jumbotron plans in Aquatic Park cove and find a landside
        alternative. On a unanimous vote 10-0, the Board upheld the commission's
        certification and denied the appeal. The AC34 project will be back before the
        BOS for potential action on the Development Disposition Agreement on February
        14.
        
        ·        
        
        
        120023 Appointments, Redevelopment Successor Agency Oversight Board - Nadia
        Sesay, Olsen Lee, John Rahaim, and Bob Muscat 
        Motion confirming the Mayor's appointments of Nadia Sesay, Olsen Lee, John
        Rahaim, and Bob Muscat to the Redevelopment Successor Agency Oversight Board.
        Mayor, 
        
        Malia Cohen, 
        
        Jane Kim, 
        
        Christina Olague.  Amended & Passed.
        
         
        
        INTRODUCTIONS:
        
        ·        
        
        
        120047  Including Financial Services within definition of Formula Retail.  
        
        
        Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by: 1) amending Section
        703.3(c) to include financial services within the uses subject to formula retail
        controls in NC Districts; 2) amending Section 806.3(c) including financial
        services within the uses subject to formula retail controls in Mixed Use
        Districts; 3) amending Section 303.3(i) making conforming amendments; and 4)
        making findings, including environmental findings, Planning Code Section 302
        findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and with the
        Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.  Mar.
        
        ·        
        
        
        120058 Hearing on the impact of fees deferred, under the City's Fee Deferral
        Program on affordable housing in San Francisco.  Mar. Land Use.
        
        ·        
        
        
        120056  Hearing to receive update on the City's plans in light of State actions
        dissolving the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency. Hearing topics to
        include: 1) impacts to General Fund; 2) organization structure and staffing; 3)
        impacted project areas; 4) status of Low-Moderate Income Housing Fund; and 5)
        other Redevelopment project work.  
        
        Carmen Chu,
        
        
        John Avalos,
        
        
        Malia Cohen,
        
        
        Jane Kim,
        
        
        Christina Olague.
        Budget & Finance.
        
         
        
        
        BOARD OF APPEALS: 
        
        No
        Report
        
         
        
        
        HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION:
        
        No
        Report
        
         
        
        E.        
        GENERAL
        PUBLIC COMMENT – 15 MINUTES
        
         
        
        At this time,
        members of the public may address the Commission on items of interest to the
        public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission except
        agenda items.  With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the
        Commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting.  Each
        member of the public may address the Commission for up to three minutes.
        
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     Jackee Bryson
        
        
                                Re: Address labels and notice requirements to Board of
        Appeals
        
        
                                Katherine Howard
        
        
                                Re: Beach Chalet Fields
        
        
                                Linda Chapman
        
        
                                Re: CALA Foods on California Street
        
        
                                Tim Colen
        
        
                                Re: 8 Washington Street
        
        
         
        
        F.        
        
        
        PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS WHERE THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CLOSED
                    At
        this time, members of the public who wish to address the Commission on agenda
        items that have already been reviewed in a public hearing at which members of
        the public were allowed to testify and the public hearing has been closed, must
        do so at this time.  Each member of the public may address the Commission for up
        to three minutes.
        
         
        
        SPEAKERS regarding Item 9; 49 Julian Avenue: 
        Richardo Garcia, Susan Susan Rojas, Tracy Brown, Valerie Tuler, Richard Devine,
        Tony Kim, Lisa Martin, Andrew Greg
        
         
        
        G.           
        CONSIDERATION OF FINDINGS AND FINAL ACTION – PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED
        
         
        
        9.         
        
        
        
        2005.0233C 
                                                                         
                      (B. FU: (415) 558-6613)
        
        
        49 JULIAN AVENUE
        - east side of Julian Avenue between 14th and 15th
        Streets, Lot 032 in Assessor’s Block 3547 - Request for Conditional Use
        Authorization under Planning Code Sections 215(a), 175.6(e)(1)(c), 151.1 and
        303 to allow the demolition of an existing one-story, industrial building and
        the construction of a new approximately 10,500-square foot, 50-foot tall,
        five-story residential building containing eight dwelling units and eight ground
        floor parking spaces utilizing its  Eastern Neighborhoods Pipeline status per
        Planning Code Section 175.6(e) to elect to conform to the controls under the
        former C-M (Heavy Commercial) Zoning District and the 50-X Height and Bulk
        District, while conforming to Articles 1, 1.2, 1.5 and 2.5, as amended by the
        Eastern Neighborhoods Controls, or requesting Conditional Use authorization to
        seek relief from those amended Articles.  The project site is currently in the
        UMU (Urban Mixed Use) District and a 45-X Height and Bulk District.
        
        
        Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
        
                   
        
        
        (Continued from Regular Meeting November 17, 2011)    
        
        
                    NOTE: On November 17, 2011, following public testimony, the
        Commission closed public hearing to allow absent Commissioners the opportunity
        to participate in the final action and they continued the matter to January 26,
        2012 by a vote of (+5 -0). Commissioners Borden and Moore were absent.
        
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     None
        
        
        ACTION:           Approved
        
        AYES:             
        Antonini, Borden, Fong, Miguel
        
        NAYES:            Moore
        and Sugaya
        
                    
        MOTION:          
        
        18522
        
         
        H.            
        REGULAR CALENDAR  
        
                   
        
        
        
        10.                                                                     
                     (A. JOHN-BAPTISTE: (415) 558-6547)
        
        
        
        TRANSPORTATION SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM
        - Informational presentation regarding the proposed Transportation
        Sustainability Program - The proposed Program would better meet San Francisco's
        Transit First policy by modifying the methodology used to analyze transportation
        impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act and establishing a
        citywide Transportation Sustainability Fee to address transportation impacts.
        
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     Andy Thorne
        
                    ACTION:           Informational – No
        action required
        
         
        
        
                    11.                                                        
        
                                         (K. DISCHINGER: (415) 558-6284)
        
        
        
        Area
         Plan  Implementation Update and Inter-Department Plan Implementation Committee
         (IPIC) report and Controllers Office Annual Impact Fee Report 
        - Informational
        presentation on the activities of  the Department's Plan Implementation
        Group, including overview of progress  toward funding  infrastructure  projects
        called for in adopted area plans  and  coordination  with CACs.  Presentation of
        2011 Inter-Department Plan Implementation Committee (IPIC) Report, which
        includes capital planning  accomplishments and  recommendations  for each plan
        area.  Informational only - Discussion of the Controller's Annual Impact Fee
        Report, and the 2012 Impact Fee Rates.
        
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     Dan Murphy
        
                    ACTION:           Informational – No
        action required
        
         
        
        
                   
        12.                                                                           
                                  (J. IONIN: (415) 559-6309)
        
        
        
        WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (WTS) FACILITIES SITING GUIDELINES 
        
        -
        Consideration of adoption of a Resolution amending the 1996 WTS Guidelines and
        supplemental policies by adding a new conditional use application submittal
        requirement.  Service providers would be required to seek verification
        through independent evaluation of their coverage and capacity conclusions, as
        recommended by the Board of Supervisors.
        
        
        Preliminary Recommendation: Adoption
        
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     Olga Milan-Howells, Laura Albert, Paul Albert, Tedi Verhasi,
        Kathlrrn Courtney
        
        
        ACTION:           Approved per staff recommendation
        
        AYES:             
        Antonini, Borden, Fong, Miguel, Moore and Sugaya
        
        RESOLUTION:  
        
        18523
        
         
        
        
        13.       
        
        
        2011.0392C                                                            
          (R. CRAWFORD:  (415) 558-6358) 
        
        
        500 GRANT AVENUE
        - northeast corner of Grant Avenue and Pine Street; Lot 012 in Assessor’s Block
        0258 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization - pursuant to Planning
        Code Sections 303 and 810.82 for a proposed wireless telecommunications service
        facility operated by AT&T Mobility.  The facility would consist of six
        roof-mounted panel antennas and associated equipment located on the roof and in
        the interior of the building.  The facility is proposed on a Location Preference
        5 Site (Preferred Location – Mixed Use Building in High Density Districts)
        within the Chinatown Community Business District and 50-N Height and Bulk
        District.  
        
        Preliminary
        Recommendation:  Approval with conditions
        
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     None
        
        
        ACTION:           Approved with Board of Supervisors proposed conditions
        
        AYES:              Miguel,
        Antonini, Borden, Moore and Sugaya
        
        ABSENT:          Fong
        
        MOTION:          
        
        18524
        
         
        
        14.       
        
        
        2011.0411C                                                         
             (R. CRAWFORD:  (415) 558-6358) 
        
        
        387 ELLIS
        STREET
        - southeast corner of Ellis and Jones Streets; Lot 012 in Assessor’s Block 0332
        - Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code
        Sections 303, and 209.6(b) for a proposed wireless telecommunications service
        facility operated by AT&T Mobility. The facility would consist of nine
        roof-mounted panel antennas and associated equipment located in the basement of
        the building.  The facility is proposed on a Location Preference 5 Site
        (Preferred Location – Mixed Use Building in High Density Districts) within the
        RC-4 (Residential-Commercial Combined, High Density) District and 80-T Height
        and Bulk District.  
        
        Preliminary
        Recommendation:  Approval with Conditions
        
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     Tedi Verhasi, AT&T representative
        
        
        ACTION:           Approved with Board of supervisors proposed conditions
        
        AYES:              Miguel,
        Antonini, Borden, Moore and Sugaya
        
        ABSENT:          Fong
        
        MOTION:          
        
        18525
        
         
        
        
         
        
        
        15a.     
        
        
        2011.1202RTZ                                                                     
        (E. WATTY: (415) 558-6620)
        
        935-949 STOCKTON STREET
        - southwest corner of Washington Street; Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block 0211 - 
        Request for a Planning Code Amendment pursuant to Planning Code Section 302
        to add Section 249.66 (Chinatown Transit Station Special Use District) with
        associated amendments to Zoning Map Sheet SU01, which would overlay the site and
        which would permit uses consistent with the CRNCD (Chinatown Residential
        Neighborhood Commercial) Zoning District but would permit the demolition of a
        mixed-use building in order to allow for the construction of the Chinatown
        Station of the Central Subway.  The Ordinance was introduced by Supervisor David
        Chiu and is identified as Board of Supervisors File No. 11-1210.  The Planning
        Commission will consider a resolution recommending this Text Amendment to the
        Board of Supervisors; adopting findings, including environmental findings,
        Planning Code Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with the General
        Plan and the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
        
        
        Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Modifications
        
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     Justin True, Supervisor Chiu’s Office and John, City’s Team
        
        
        ACTION:           Approved per staff recommended modifications
        
        AYES:             
        Antonini, Borden, Miguel, Moore 
        
        RECUSED:       Sugaya
        
        ABSENT:          Fong
        
        RESOLUTION:  
        
        18526
        
        
         
        
        15b.     
        
        
        2011.1202RTZ                                                                     
        (E. WATTY: (415) 558-6620)
        
        
        935-949 STOCKTON STREET -
        southwest corner of Washington Street; Lot 001 in
        Assessor’s Block 0211 - Request for a Zoning Map Amendment pursuant to
        Planning Code Section 302 to amend Sheet SU01 of the Official Zoning Map of the
        City and County of San Francisco, to establish the Chinatown Transit Station
        Special Use District. The Ordinance was introduced by Supervisor David Chiu and
        is identified as Board of Supervisors File No. 11-1211.  The Planning Commission
        will consider a resolution recommending this Zoning Map Amendment to the Board
        of Supervisors; adopting findings, including environmental findings, Planning
        Code Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and
        the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
        
        Preliminary
        Recommendation: Approval
        
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     Same as 15a
        
        
        ACTION:           Approved per staff recommended modifications
        
        AYES:             
        Antonini, Borden, Miguel, Moore 
        
        RECUSED:       Sugaya
        
        ABSENT:          Fong
        
        RESOLUTION:  
        
        18526
        
        
         
        
        
        16.       
        
        
        2011.1249C 
                                                                                 (B.
        BENDIX:  (415) 575-9114) 
        
        
        2500 Bryant Street - southwest corner of the intersection of Bryant Street and 23rd
        Street; Lot 001 of Assessor’s Block 4208 - Request for Conditional Use
        Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 186, 303, and 727.42 to
        convert a retail grocery store to a full-service restaurant (d.b.a. Local’s
        Corner) within an RM-1 (Low Density, Residential, Mixed) Zoning District, and a
        40-X Height and Bulk District. The proposal also includes an outdoor seating
        area on the sidewalk for the restaurant. The use is not identified as a formula
        retail use. 
        
        Preliminary
        Recommendation:  Approval with Conditions
        
        
                                (Continued from Regular Meeting of January 12, 2012)
        
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     Ron Millgam, Jessica Jones, Rita Alviar, John Mendoza, Patrica
        Delgado
        
        
        ACTION:           Continued to 2/16/12; project sponsor is to meet with
        neighbors; and the public hearing remains open
        
        
        AYES:              Miguel, Antonini, Borden, Moore, Sugaya
        
        ABSENT:          Fong
        
        
         
        
        
        17.       
        
        
        2011.0583EBU
                                                                        (C.
        TEAGUE: (415) 575-9081)
        
        
        850 – 870 BRANNAN STREET (aka 888 BRANNAN STREET)
        - north side between 7th and 8th Streets, Lots 006, 007, 007A, and 072 in
        Assessor's Block 3780 - Request for Office Development Authorization pursuant
        to Planning Code Sections 321, 322 and 803.9(c) to establish the first,
        second and fifth floors of the existing five-story building at 870 Brannan
        Street as 113,753 gross square feet of legal office use, in combination with the
        143,490 square feet of office use previously approved in Motion No. 18095, the
        retention of the Gift Center and Jewelry Mart in other portions of the 850 and
        870 Brannan buildings, and 31 new off-street valet parking spaces on the first
        floor of the 870 Brannan building, and for an exception to the active use
        requirement for a portion of the 8th Street frontage pursuant to
        Planning Code Section 145.1(d), in a UMU (Urban Mixed Use) District, the
        Showplace Square Special Sign District, and a 68-X Height and Bulk District.
        
        
        Preliminary
        Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
        
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     Dan Kengsly, Project Sponsor representative; Dan Baronin, Project
        Architect; Sarkis Sarkissian; Nina Horne; Jeffy Wolf; Jim Bluitt; Sue Hestor; 
        Rita Alviar; Jessica Jones
        
        
        ACTION:           Approved with conditions as modified: the Project Sponsor is
        to work with neighbors and the Director of DPW on traffic calming measures
        
        
        AYES:             
        Miguel, Antonini, Borden, Moore, Sugaya
        
        ABSENT:          Fong
        
        MOTION:          
        
        18527
        
         
        
        
        18a.     
        
        2010.0860D                                                                  
           (C. TEAGUE: (415) 575-9081)
        
        
        183 BREWSTER STREET
        - east side between Joy Street and Esmeralda Boulevard; Lot 011 in Assessor’s
        Block 5577 - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit
        Application No. 2006.09.25.3191, proposing to construct a new single-family home
        on a  vacant lot in a RH-1 (Residential, House, One-Family) Zoning District,
        40-X Height and Bulk District, and the Bernal Heights Special Use District.
        
        
        Staff Analysis:  Full Discretionary Review Analysis
        
        
        Preliminary Recommendation:  Do not take Discretionary Review and approve
        
        
        (Continued from Regular Meeting of December 1, 2011)
        
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     Sue Hestor, attorney for DR requestor, Paul Bottom, Terry Milne,
        Donna Lovable, Robert Underwood, Mary Kate Connor, Peter Sullivan, David
        Silverman, representing Project Sponsor, David Steinberg, Project Architect,
        Alice Barkley, Rodney Santos Shane Kogren, John O’Connor, Karen Buckley
        
        
        ACTION:           The Commission did not take DR and approved the project as
        proposed
        
        AYES:              Miguel,
        Antonini, Moore, Sugaya 
        
        ABSENT:          Borden
        and Fong
        
        DRA:   
                   
        
        0253
        
        
         
        
        
         
        
        
        18b.     
        
        2010.0858D                              
                                                  (C. TEAGUE: (415) 575-9081)
        
        
        187 BREWSTER STREET
        - east side between Joy Street and Esmeralda Boulevard; Lot 010 in Assessor’s
        Block 5577 - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit
        Application No. 2006.09.25.3192, proposing to construct a new single-family home
        on a  vacant lot in a RH-1 (Residential, House, One-Family) Zoning District,
        40-X Height and Bulk District, and the Bernal Heights Special Use District.
        
        
        Staff Analysis:  Full Discretionary Review Analysis
        
        
        Preliminary Recommendation:  Do not take Discretionary Review and approve
        
        
        (Continued from Regular Meeting of December 1, 2011)
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     Same as 18a
        
        
        ACTION:           The Commission did not take DR and approved the project as
        proposed
        
        AYES:              Miguel,
        Antonini, Moore, Sugaya 
        
        ABSENT:          Borden
        and Fong
        
        DRA:   
                   
        
        0254
        
         
        
        
        18c.     
        
        2010.0801D                                                                  
           (C. TEAGUE: (415) 575-9081)
        
        
        191 BREWSTER STREET
        - east side between Joy Street and Esmeralda Boulevard; Lot 009 in Assessor’s
        Block 5577 - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit
        Application No. 2006.09.25.3193, proposing to construct a new single-family home
        on a  vacant lot in a RH-1 (Residential, House, One-Family) Zoning District,
        40-X Height and Bulk District, and the Bernal Heights Special Use District.
        
        
        Staff Analysis:  Full Discretionary Review Analysis
        
        
        Preliminary Recommendation:  Do not take Discretionary Review and approve
        
        
                                (Continued from Regular Meeting of December 1, 2011)
        
         
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     Same as 18a
        
        
        ACTION:           The Commission did not take DR and approved the project as
        proposed
        
        AYES:              Miguel,
        Antonini, Moore, Sugaya 
        
        ABSENT:          Borden
        and Fong
        
        DRA:   
                   
        
        0255
        
         
        
        
        19a.     
        
        2011.0304DV                                                                           
        (B. FU: (415) 558-6613)
        
        
        147 ANDOVER STREET - east side
        between Powhattan and Eugenia Avenues; Lots 024 in Assessor’s Block 5647 -
        Request of Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No.
        2010.10.21.3547, proposing to (1) remodel the interior, (2) raise the roof at
        the rear by 3’-0” in height, (3) legalize the reconstruction of the rear most
        8’-0” of the existing building, and (4) construct a new rear deck and stair on
        the existing single-family dwelling in a RH-1 (Residential, House – One-Family)
        District and the Bernal Heights Special Use District with a 40-X Height and Bulk
        Designation.
        
        Staff Analysis:  Abbreviated Discretionary Review
        
        Preliminary Recommendation: Do Not Take Discretionary Review and
        Approve Project as Proposed.
        
        (Continued from Regular Meeting of December 8, 2011)
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     None
        
        
        ACTION:           Without hearing, continued to 3/8/12
        
        AYES:              Miguel,
        Antonini, Borden, Fong, Moore, Sugaya 
        
         
        
        
        19b.     
        
        
        2011.0304DV                                                    
                                  (B.
        FU: (415) 558-6613)
        
        
        147 Andover Street
        - east side between Powhattan and Eugenia Avenues; Lots 024 in Assessor’s Block
        5647 - Request for Rear Yard Variance pursuant to Planning Code Section 242(e)(2) , proposing to raise
        the roof at the rear by 3’-0” in height and construct a new rear deck and stair
        on the existing single-family dwelling in a RH-1 (Residential, House–One-Family)
        District and the Bernal Heights Special Use District with a 40-X Height and Bulk
        Designation.
        
        (Continued from Regular Meeting of December 8, 2011)
        
        
        SPEAKERS:     None
        
        
        ACTION:           Without hearing, continued to 3/8/12
        
        AYES:              Miguel,
        Antonini, Borden, Fong, Moore, Sugaya 
        
         
        
        I.         
        PUBLIC COMMENT
        
         
        At this time, members of
        the public may address the Commission on items of interest to the public that
        are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission except agenda
        items.  With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the Commission
        will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting with one exception. 
        When the agenda item has already been reviewed in a public hearing at which
        members of the public were allowed to testify and the Commission has closed the
        public hearing, your opportunity to address the Commission must be exercised
        during the Public Comment portion of the Calendar.  Each member of the public
        may address the Commission for up to three minutes. 
        
         
        The Brown Act forbids a
        commission from taking action or discussing any item not appearing on the posted
        agenda, including those items raised at public comment.  In response to public
        comment, the commission is limited to: 
        
         
        
        (1)  responding
        to statements made or questions posed by members of the public; or
        
        (2)  requesting
        staff to report back on a matter at a subsequent meeting; or 
        
        (3)  
        directing staff to place the item on a future agenda.  (Government Code
        Section 54954.2(a))
        
         
        
        None
        
         
        Adjournment:  7:32
        P.M.
        
         
        
        ADOPTED:    
        March 8, 2012