September 8, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO

PLANNING COMMISSION

Notice of Meeting

Calendar

Commission Chambers - Room 400

City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Thursday, September 8, 2005

1:30 PM

Regular Meeting

President: Sue Lee

Vice-President: Dwight S. Alexander

Commissioners: Michael J. Antonini; Shelley Bradford Bell; Kevin Hughes;

William L. Lee; Christina Olague

Commission Secretary: Linda D. Avery

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1660 MISSION STREET, 5TH FLOOR RECEPTION

Commission Meeting Procedures

Material submitted by the public for Commission review prior to a scheduled hearing should be received by the Planning Department reception counter at 1660 Mission Street, 5th floor, no later than 5:00 PM the Wednesday (eight days) prior to the scheduled public hearing. Persons unable to attend a hearing may submit written comments regarding a calendared item to: Planning Commission, 1660 Mission Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94103-2414. Comments received by 11:00 AM on the day of the hearing will be made part of the official record and will be brought to the attention of the Planning Commission at the public hearing. Otherwise, submit material related to a calendared item at the scheduled hearing for distribution. For complete distribution to all Commissioners, necessary staff and case/docket/correspondence files, submit an original plus 10 copies. When sending e-mail correspondence to Commissioners, please copy the Commission Secretary at: linda.avery@sfgov.org

Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge, in court, (1) the adoption or amendment of a general plan, (2) the adoption or amendment of a zoning ordinance, (3) the adoption or amendment of any regulation attached to a specific plan, (4) the adoption, amendment or modification of a development agreement, or (5) the approval of a variance, conditional-use authorization, or any permit, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission, at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Commission action on conditional-uses and reclassification may be appealed to the Board of Supervisors within 30 days. Call (415) 554-5184 for more information. Commission actions after Discretionary Review may be appealed to the Board of Appeals within 15 days of action by the Central Permit Bureau. Call (415) 575-6880 for more information. Zoning Administrator action on a variance application may be appealed to the Board of Appeals within 10 days of issuance of the written decision.

The Commission has instituted a policy that, in most cases, they will not call an item for consideration after 10:00 PM. If an item is scheduled but not called or introduced prior to 10:00 PM, the Commission may continue the matter to the next available hearing. Items listed on this calendar will not be heard before the stated time.

Cell Phone and/or Sound-Producing Electronic Devices Usage at Hearings

Effective January 21, 2001, the Board of Supervisors amended the Sunshine Ordinance by adding the following provision: The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices (67A.1 Prohibiting the use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices at and during public meetings).

For more information related to Planning Commission matters, please call Linda D. Avery, Commission Secretary, at (415) 558-6407.

San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance

Attention: Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action my be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Section 21.00-2.160] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300; fax (415) 581-2317; and web site http//www.sfgov.org/ethics.

Accessible Meeting Policy

Hearings are held at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400, fourth floor, San Francisco, CA. The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center station located at the intersection of Market, Hyde and Grove Streets. Accessible curbside parking has been designated at points along McAllister Street. Accessible MUNI lines serving City Hall are the 9 San Bruno and 71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line. Accessible MUNI Metro lines are the J, K, L, M, and N. For more information regarding MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142. Requests for American sign language interpreters, sound enhancement systems and/or language translators will be available upon request by contacting Lulu Hwang at (415) 558-6318 at least 48 hours prior to a hearing. A sound enhancement system will be available upon request at the meetings. Please contact Services for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired at 557-5533 (TDD) or 557-5534 (Voice) at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Late requests will be honored if possible. A person who is deaf or hearing impaired may gain meeting information prior to the meeting by calling 557-4433 (TDD) or 557-4434 (Voice). In addition, the California Relay Service can be used by individuals with hearing and speech impairrments by calling 1-800-735-2929 (TDD) or 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). Minutes of the meetings are available in alternative formats. If you require the use of a reader during the meeting, please contact the Library for the Blind and Print Handicapped at 292-2022 at least 48 hours in advance of need. Accessible seating for persons with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available at meetings. Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call our accessibility hotline at (415) 554-8925 to discuss meeting accessibility. In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical-based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review.

For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Adele Destro, Interim Administrator, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 409, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by E-mail at sotf@sfgov.org.

Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Library and on the City’s website at www.sfgov.org/bdsupvrs/sunshine..

COMMUNICATIONS

Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular calendar may include the following documents:

1) Planning Department Case Executive Summary

2) Planning Department Case Report

3) Draft Motion or Resolution with Findings and/or Conditions

4) Public Correspondence

These items will be available for review at the Planning Department, 1660 Mission St., 5th floor reception.

1:30 PM _________

ROLL CALL: Commission President: Sue Lee

Commission Vice-President: Dwight S. Alexander

Commissioners: Michael J. Antonini; Shelley Bradford Bell; Kevin Hughes; William L. Lee; Christina Olague

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. 2005.0256T (P. Lord: (415) 558-6311)

Sacramento Street Neighborhood Commercial District Residential Conversion to Other Institution - Consideration of an Ordinance amending San Francisco Planning Code by amending Section 724.1 to allow for conversion of upper floor residential units in the Sacramento Street Neighborhood Commercial District as a conditional use, where: the new use will be an Other Institution, Educational Service use, only one dwelling unit in building will be converted, and that unit is the only non-residential use in the building, and no legally residing tenant with be displaced: and making findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

(Continued from Regular Meeting of June 23, 2005)

(Proposed for Continuance to September 15, 2005)

2. 2004.1166C (M. WOODS: (415) 558-6315)

3220 SACRAMENTO STREET - north side between Lyon Street and Presidio Avenue; Lot 008, in Assessor’s Block 1007 - Request for Conditional Use authorization under Planning Code Sections 121.1, 121.2, 303, 724.11, 724.21, 724.38 and 724.81 to modify an existing Conditional Use authorization for a Planned Unit Development under Motion No. 13578 (for Case No. 1992.498C at 3065 Jackson Street) for the expansion of an Other Institution (Large), Educational Service use (San Francisco University High School Annex Campus) at 3220 Sacramento Street; to allow an Other Institution (Large) use on the second and third floors; to allow a non-residential use size that exceeds 2,500 square feet, and on a lot that exceeds 5,000 square feet in area. The site is within the Sacramento Street Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD) and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

(Proposed for Continuance to September 15, 2005)

3. 2004.0175DV (S. VELLVE: (415) 558-6263)

3075 PACIFIC AVENUE - south side between Baker and Lyon Streets; Lot 014C in Assessor’s Block 975 - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2003.01.10.4985, proposing to add a full third-story addition to a two-story single-family home in an RH-1(D) (House, One-Family (Detached Dwelling)) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. The proposal is subject to a Side Yard Variance request, which was heard on July 28, 2004 (Case No. 2004.0175V). The Zoning Administrator's decision is pending.

Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the building permit application as revised

(Proposed for Continuance to October 6, 2005)

4. 2004.0303C (K. MCGEE: (415) 558-6367)

401-407 VALENCIA STREET - southeast corner of Valencia and 15^th Streets, Lot 029, Assessor’s Block 3554 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Sections 726.83 and 303 of the Planning Code to install a wireless telecommunications facility consisting of three (3) panel antennas and three (3) related equipment cabinets on an existing residential hotel, ‘The Royan Hotel,’ as a part of the Sprint PCS wireless telecommunications network within the Valencia Street Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District, a 50-X Height and Bulk Designation, and the Mission Alcoholic Beverage RUSD. The site is a Location Preference 6.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

(Continued from Regular Meeting of August 11, 2005)

(Proposed for Continuance to October 6, 2005)

5. 2004.0392ACE (C. ROOS: (415) 558-5981)

851 BEACH STREET (a.k.a. 900 NORTH POINT STREET / GHIRARDELLI SQUARE ) -

bounded by Polk, Beach, Larkin and North Point Streets; Lot 001 in Block 0452 - Appeal of Negative Declaration. The project includes a change of use for a portion of Ghirardelli Square, associated alterations and seismic upgrading of associated structures. The proposed project would convert all existing office use (about 62,000 gross square feet (gsf)), and some retail use (about 43,700 gsf), at Ghirardelli Square to hotel use that would include about 100 rooms (105,700 gsf). Approximately 84,300 gsf of retail space would remain. A Preliminary Mitigated Negative Declaration (PMND) analyzing the potential environmental effects of the proposed project was published, July 23, 2005. An appeal of the PMND was filed on behalf of UNITE HERE, Local 2, by Sue C. Hestor, Esq., on August 12, 2005. The appeal was withdrawn by letter from Appellant, August 31, 2005.A Final Mitigated Negative Declaration was issued September 1, 2005.

NOTE: This item is for Commission and public information only. There is no action to be taken on this item.

Appeal of Negative Declaration Withdrawn

B. COMMISSIONERS’ QUESTIONS AND MATTERS

6. Consideration of Adoption – Draft Minutes of June 16, 2005.

7. Commission Comments/Questions

C. DIRECTOR’S REPORT

8. Director’s Announcements

9. Review of Past Week’s Events at the Board of Supervisors and Board of Appeals

10. Music Concourse - Status Report.

11. Rincon Hill - Report on Final Approvals.

12. Green Building – Informational Presentation

D. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT – 15 MINUTES

E. 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.

13. 2005.0197C (S. YOUNG: (415) 558-6346)

2022-2024 HAYES STREET - north side between Clayton and Cole Streets; Lot 009 in Assessor's Block 1194 - Request for Conditional Use authorization under Sections 209.3(c) and 303 of the Planning Code to increase the bed capacity of an existing residential care facility, which provides drug and alcohol treatment program services ("Asian American Residential Recovery Services"), from 22 to 26 beds in an RH-3 (Residential House, Three-Family) Zoning District and a 40‑X Height and Bulk District. No exterior modifications will be made to the existing building envelope.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

14. 2005.0529C (M. SMITH: (415) 558-6322)

230 WEST PORTAL AVENUE - north side between Vicente Street and 14^th Avenue, Lot 012 in Assessor’s Block 2988A - Request for Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Section 729.41 to establish an a 886 square-foot wine bar, located in the West Portal Avenue Neighborhood Commercial District and 26-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

15. 2005.0485C (M. SMITH: (415) 558-6322)

69 & 75 West Portal Avenue - south side between Vicente and Ulloa Streets, Lots 019 and 023C in Assessor’s Block 2979A - Request for Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Section 729.42 to enlarge an existing full-service restaurant (Mozzarella di Bufala) by merging the space with the vacant ground floor commercial space in the adjacent building on the adjacent lot, located in the West Portal Avenue Neighborhood Commercial District and 26-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

F. REGULAR CALENDAR

16a. 2004.1326ACV (W. HASTIE: (415) 558-6381)

144 King Street - north side, between 2^nd and 3^rd Streets; Assessor’s Block 3794, Lot 24 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization to construct an 11-story, approximately 130-room hotel, per Section 216(b)(i) of the Planning Code. The property is located within an M-2 (Heavy Industrial) District with a 105-F Height and Bulk limit.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

(Continued from Regular Meeting of September 1, 2005)

16b. 2004.1326ACV (W. HASTIE: (415) 558-6381)

144 KING STREET - north side, between 2^nd and 3^rd Streets; Assessor’s Block 3794, Lot 24 - Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness, pursuant to Section 1006.2(b) of the Planning Code, for the demolition of a non-contributory building in the South End Historic District and the construction of a new 11-story hotel building. The property is located within an M-2 (Heavy Industrial) District with a 105-F Height and Bulk limit.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approve with Conditions

(Continued from Regular Meeting of September 1, 2005)

16c. 2004.1326ACV (W. HASTIE: (415) 558-6381) (W. HASTIE: (415) 558-6381) (W. HASTIE: (415) 558-6381)

144 KING STREET - north side, between 2^nd and 3^rd Streets; Assessor’s Block 3794, Lot 24 - Request for Floor Area Ratio (FAR), Bay Projection, and Parking Variances under Sections 124, 136(c)(2) and 151 of the Planning Code. The proposed hotel building would exceed the allowable FAR (which is 5 to 1), with a proposed FAR of 6.13 to 1. Two bay projections on the front elevation of the hotel would project approximately 4’-6” over the property line, while an angled corner bay would also project approximately 4’ at its deepest point. These proposed projections exceed the maximum three foot projection required by the Code. The proposed project would not include any off-street parking, although the project is required to provide eight off-street parking spaces. The property is located within an M-2 (Heavy Industrial) District with a 105-F Height and Bulk limit.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

(Continued from Regular Meeting of September 1, 2005)

17. 2004.0076C (B. FU: (415) 558-6613)

1350 Natoma Street - west side, between 14^th and 15^th Streets, Lot 089 in Assessor's Block 3548 - Request for Conditional Use authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 215 and 303 to allow the construction of 8 residential dwelling units in a C-M (Heavy Commercial) District with a 50-X Height and Bulk Designation, and in a Housing/Mixed Use overlay as designated by Planning Commission Resolution No. 16727. The proposal is to demolish the existing industrial building and construct 8 dwelling units within a new four-story over ground floor parking garage building containing a total of 8 off-street parking spaces.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approve project as revised with conditions

(Continued from Regular Meeting of July 14, 2005)

18. 2004.1257C (B. FU: (415) 558-6613)

1026 Valencia Street - west side, between 21^st and Hill Streets, Lot 004 in Assessor's Block 3617 - Request for Conditional Use authorization under Planning Code Section 726.43 and pursuant to Planning Code Section 303, to allow the establishment of a new ground floor large fast-food restaurant in the Valencia Neighborhood Commercial District with a 50-X Height and Bulk Designation, and in a Housing/Mixed Use overlay as designated by Planning Commission Resolution No. 16727.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

(Continued from Regular Meeting of September 1, 2005)

19. 2005.0094C (B. FU: (415) 558-6613)

81-83 Ervine Street - east side, between Campbell Ave. and McClaren Park, Lot 033 in Assessor's Block 6190 - Request for Conditional Use authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 121(f) and 303 to construct two single-family dwellings on two lots having a lot width of less than 25’-0”, as the result of a lot split in an RH-1 (Residential, House, One-Family) District with a 40-X Height and Bulk Designation.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

20. 2004.0392ACE (G. CABREROS: (415) 558-6169)

851 BEACH STREET (a.k.a. 900 NORTH POINT STREET / GHIRARDELLI SQUARE) - bounded by Polk, Beach, Larkin and North Point Streets; Lot 001 in Block 0452 - Request for Conditional Use authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 216, 240.2 and 303 proposing to convert 62,000 square feet of existing office use and 39,000 square feet of existing retail space in six connected buildings along the Polk and North Point frontages of Ghirardelli Square to up to 101,000 square feet of tourist hotel use with up to 99 guest rooms. The project proposes no expansion of the building envelope and minor alterations to the existing facade. The property is in a C-2 (Community Business) District, the Waterfront Special Use District No. 2 and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. Ghirardelli Square is City Landmark No. 30.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

21a. 2004.1272DDV (J. PURVIS: (415) 558-6354)

600 KANSAS STREET (AKA 2111 18^TH STREET) - west side south of 18^th Street; Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block 4029 - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2005.01.21.3730, proposing to convert the existing single-family dwelling at 600 Kansas Street into a two-family dwelling following the subdivision of an exisitng lot into two lots, with off-street parking provided on the newly created adjacent lot, subject to granting of a pakring variance by the Zoning Administrator; in an RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family) Use District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary review and approve the building permit as it has been submitted.

21b. 2004.1272DDV (J. PURVIS: (415) 558-6354)

600 KANSAS STREET (AKA 2101-2103 18^TH STREET) - west side south of 18^th Street; Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block 4029 - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2005.01.21.3740, proposing to construct a new two-family dwelling on a newly created lot at the southwest corner of Kansas and 18^th Streets following the subdivision of an existing lot into two lots; in an RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family) Use District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary review and approve the building permit as it has been submitted.

21c. 2004.1272DDV (J. PURVIS: (415) 558-6354)

600 KANSAS STREET (AKA 2111 18^TH STREET) - west side south of 18^th Street; Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block 4029 - Request for Parking and Rear yard Variances to subdivide a 5,000 square-foot lot into two lots, with an existing single-family dwelling on one 2,950 square-foot-lot fronting solely on 18^th Street and a proposed new two-family dwelling to be built at the corner on a 2,050 square-foot lot. The rear yard for the existing building would be provided within a 15-foot setback on the east side (between the existing and proposed buildings) and no off-street parking would be proposed for this lot, requiring both rear yard and parking variances; in an RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family) Use District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

22a. 2005.0071D (T. WANG: (415) 558-6335)

179 SADOWA STREET - south side between Capitol and Plymouth Avenues; Lot 032 in Assessor’s Block 7138 - Mandatory Discretionary Review, under Planning Commission’s policy requiring review of residential demolition, of Demolition Permit Application Nos. 2003.12.29.3124, 2003.12.29.3125 and 2003.12.29.3124 proposing to demolish a single-family dwelling, an independent garage structure and a greenhouse in an RH-1 (Residential, House, One-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the demolition permits.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of August 4, 2005)

22b. 2005.0072D (T. WANG: (415) 558-6335)

179 SADOWA STREET- south side between Capitol and Plymouth Avenues; Lot 032 in Assessor’s Block 7138 - Mandatory Discretionary Review, under Planning Commission’s policy requiring review of the replacement structures in association with residential demolition, of Building Permit Application No. 2003.12.29.3123, proposing to subdivide the lot into two lots and construct a two-story, single-family dwelling on one of the two lots in an RH-1 (Residential, House, One-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the project.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of August 4, 2005)

22c. 2005.0073D (T.WANG: (415) 558-6335)

183 SADOWA STREET - south side between Capitol and Plymouth Avenues; Lot 032 in Assessor’s Block 7138 - Mandatory Discretionary Review, under Planning Commission’s policy requiring review of the replacement structures in association with residential demolition, of Building Permit Application No. 2003.12.29.3131 proposing to subdivide the lot into two lots and construct a two-story, single-family dwelling on one of the two lots in an RH-1 (Residential, House, One-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the project.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of August 4, 2005)

23. 2005.0091D (M. WOODS: (415) 558-6315)

1234 PAGE STREET - north side between Baker and Lyon Streets; Lot 009 in Assessor’s Block 1220 - Mandatory Discretionary Review, under the Planning Commission’s policy requiring review of dwelling unit mergers, of Building Permit Application No. 2005.01.13.3211, proposing to legalize the building’s use from three units to two units, in an RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District

Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the building permit application.

24. 2005.0472D (D. SIROIS: (415) 558-6313)

4054 20^TH Street - north side, between Noe & Sanchez Streets, Lot 020, Assessor’s Block 3601 - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application 2005.03.18.7894, to construct a three-story horizontal and vertical addition to the rear of the existing single-family dwelling. The subject property is located in an RH-1 (Residential, House, Single-Family, ) District in a 40-X Height and Bulk District and in the Dolores Heights Special Use District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the project as proposed.

25. 2004.1233D (I. WILSON : (415) 558-6163)

2549 POST STREET - south side between Baker and Lyon Streets; Lot 031 in Assessor’s Block 1081 - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2004.10.14.6841, proposing to legalize the installation of property-line windows on the east side of the three-family dwelling in an RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the building permit application.

6:00 P.M.

26. 2005.0524T (S. DENNIS: (415) 558-6314)

BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS PLUS TEXT AMENDMENTS - Consideration of an Ordinance [Board of Supervisors File Number 050601] which would establish a “Better Neighborhoods Planning and Implementation Process” by (a) adding Chapter 36 to the Administrative Code in order to set forth uniform procedures for developing comprehensive neighborhood plans, (b) amending Administrative Code Section 3.4 to provide for integrated budget documents, and (c) adding Section 312A to the Planning Code regarding discretionary review for projects located within plan areas.

Preliminary Recommendation: Commission Holds Public Hearing

(Continued from Regular Meeting of July 14, 2005)

NOTE: On August 4, 2005, following public testimony, the commission president directed that this iteM be calendared for discussion at all commission hearings through september 15, 2005—with possible action on september 15, 2005.

G. 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))

Adjournment:

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