get any money, why don't we start with a san francisco ami and then make the san francisco neighborhood adjustments. it's beyond me to understand why it is that we're sticking with a jupbal ami in a program that requires, that doesn't have any federal money in it, that indeed is a new public policy that it has no public subsidy which has been elevated to a new master plan policy, i guess. then let's have the current of our neighborhood, let's do a city ami >> commissioners, you remember how an unadjusted ami gives us greater simplicity, it streamlines our process. if we have dueling ami programs, it slows down the process and it's more costly. there's nothing magical about an ami chart versus a hud unadjusted ami chart. what's the average people make? on the hut chart, the point is go to the data, look at what the incomes are in the neighborhood, look at what the market rate is in the neighborhood and pick the place. it's either could be to be fiflt percent and 45 percent, you don't need to have dualing charts. we can look at data on the market rate rents and pick an ami level according

francisco now i'll walk you through through the criteria that map is of dozens of districts in san francisco and that's all one and 50 thousand plus parcels the city so first, we limited over analyze to zones the planning department recollected by the former agency for the port are used a large development agreement last week that will be the order are roechdz their potential is largely considered by the program rather the planning lo alone it politiappl stati state law projects it is not as pdrs or p zones for example, are excluded this leave us with the zoning direc districts where residential is allowed from the gwen this program has excluded the many heaareas that were sdroend the last exactly like metabolarket octavia and t eastern neighborhoods that are created under the plans generally don't limit density by law area instead recollecting by height and bulk and minimum two bedrooms requirement we didn't say look at the ahbp the newer district the department is working closely with at city agencies to develop tools including possible the density bonuses to increase the affordable housin

to help and benefit san francisco as a whole especially the fathers and mothers in san francisco thank you for your time >> thank you. next speaker, please good evening, commissioners i'm peter hartman a resident homeowner and also chair of the ocii transbay advisory committee as you've heard the citizens advisory committee approved the height increase in our january meeting the main reasons why we did see were first and foremost because of the increase in the number of housing units 73, 60 persons will be below-market-rate and felt this was extremely important given the current issues of the cost in our city we secondly, we found the effective shadows on rincon park and the other parks in the city to be amuse we found the higher building height is really very much in keeps very much with the surrounding character of the 74th annual memorial day neighborhood as development whethn we came up wh the original plan 13 or 14 years ago that was surface parking lots and at that time, three hundred foot building seemed very the idea of a three hundred foot building is bold now it is modest bec

did it and denver did and a san francisco, california do it, too i'll not let the diversifiesness of the efforts to rip away the proce progress we've a maid the schafrm withs those commissioners in the past year than >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm alison heath with a lifelong friend of jackson park she and i raised our families on potrero hill and other we were forced to struggle with the city over new criminality that was 20 some years ago then as now san francisco had the lowest percentage of children under 8 than any supply the country we understand the as commissioners you have zero control over the s f rp d and the budget but have the ability to shape policies through area plans and new you go guidelines to reverse the trends the showcase square castro hipotrer plans to achieve for fraamilies friendly place and others communities services zoning requirement were written to promoted a significant number of units with two or more bedrooms and design housing with private entrances open space inclusion of other spaces such the pedestrian family-friendly sidewalks and onsite in

residential in san francisco are about 230 or 40. if you are taking, aggregating lots of 250 or half the block you are creating substantially large buildings in areas where you might have a need of much, much finer grain and with additional heights on what is half a block i'm very concerned that those buildings could look overly monsterous relative to what we are trying to achieve. unless additional guidelines are developed which break down the appearance of the building into what is the typical lot width in san francisco we want to avoid in the rush for value capture we are forgetting architectural modulation and all these kinds of things for, by which i was wondering --. >> don't worry, i'm listening. >> not forgetting the essence of what san francisco architecture is all about. i'm sorry, the urban design plan itself, and that is 4c3, very strongly spoke against lot mergers. for those people who haven't been around i need to remind you because what urban design plan for the downtown district required was indeed to avoid having the

francisco by supporting local services we help san francisco remain unique and successful where will you shop and dine shop and dine the 49. >> my name is neil the general manager for the book shop here on west portal avenue if san francisco this is a neighborhood bookstore and it is a wonderful neighborhood but it is an interesting community because the residents the neighborhood muni loves the neighborhood it is community and we as a book sincerely we see the same people here the shop all the time and you know to a certain degree this is part of their this is created the neighborhood a place where people come and subcontract it is in recent years we see a drop off of a lot of bookstores both national chains and neighborhoods by the neighborhood stores where coming you don't want to - one of the great things of san francisco it is neighborhood neighborhood have dentist corrosive are coffeehouses but 2, 3, 4 coffeehouses in month neighborhoods that are on their own- that's the room and please rise for the pledge of allegiance

. >> here's something that from the san francisco tenants union and as you can see there are some restrictions their 5 and 10 years that was specifically in regard to our project is the lower one. >> can you read it to use it is too small for me to see. >> from the building is down the road and units in a newly constructed building are offered for rented one 5 years restrictions will apply so 5 years or 16 years. >> so it is interesting i said too to two weeks ago i thought ellis act buildings should not be an additional bump this was my quote and someone the press through that back at me this commission voted to demolish rent-controlled unit the past they were active rent-controlled unit and i do believe after 5 years unless their rented out again looking at the current lay out it is a inner country convened that will not be renirpd you're not getting the entitlement it's been 16 years and good project i'll vote to support. >> dramatically thank you, commissioners quickly i just want to speak to the notion of going from the to 12 and why we pushed the project sponsor to be honest anytime a un

. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm election this is my business partner we own the san francisco eagle we've been involved the project we definitely building that we are part of community that is effected dribble by the things that happen the city and south of market is a very, very few areas people can enjoy having lunch or have a nice walk looking at the trees and things like that we believe this space is a necessary we support this all the way and work with build ink inc. and they've been thought and not only the lgbtq but involved with the neighbors you know and they have been rediligent on their outreach and also listening and understanding what the situation in order to better the project one of the things all to point out is that the keeping you informed those we feel this plaza will become something not counterintuitive but an example to find the locations with this type of projects we propose the future on the western selma district. >> thank you. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm john taylor i represent all the people that live under there w

francisco magazine really a whole issue off the beaten path type of places in san francisco and there's a sections on restaurant but also an article on i think 49 different spots in the city that are quite interesting and a number of them i've been to a number of them so it is worthy taking into account the author points out very interesting location in san francisco historical significance that a lot of people may not be aware of it is worthy mentioning. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> several things first, i think this is a great idea to potentially will have a separate hearing for the ocii for the public certainly the time they can come and hear it as a part of a regular hearing a report from ocii to report an hour easily make sense a couple of things i sat with a journalist from technically we have a great discussion on housing in general the affordable housing affordable housing bonus program and kind of what is happening in the south bay with companies requiring a numerous amount of housing north yet the housing for the workers only meets 10 percent of the need a lette

bringing those two things together in a project like this is right on target with what san francisco is and wants to be. >> it's all about breaking apart the divide. the people with expensive data plan can have access to information and economy. this is really breaking down the digital divide and giving people across the spectrum the opportunity to information and giving them mobility and freedo

this is san francisco, all of us. these will be pointed out here with extreme focus that greg suhr is trying to detective the residents of san francisco into thinking that the murder execution by sfpd of mario woods is an issue of an imperfect a legal police policy of use of force directive. a slick performance behind closed doors with public relations consultants tailoring a carefully styled production for the cameras. it is no different than what he had to say about the an acquiring of tasers of the sfpd. he stated the use of tasers would have prevented the death of mario woods and would the use of night sticks done the same thing? immediately after the murder of mario woods that he was hit three times with a beanbag. he like end that to be hit at 450 miles per hour. mario woods was already incapacitated. he could barely stand straight and told us mario was pepper prayed and sure enough half blind. any teenager at that point could have walked up to mario in his risk with a 30-inch nightstick, standard police equipme

francisco we were not concerned about housing but the manhattantion of san francisco and doesn't want density now everyone says we need density and housing and housing and housing it is a shame at the corner sitting over muni that was it was changed because of community pressure from community organizations and so i really urge towing you not to delay it is important that that corner has been a source of blight for many, many, many years the community benefit district and bryan spears has spent thousands of dollars remove graffiti and broken windows and boarding stuff up we have to get that building torn down and the new building built as quickly as possible and additionally the cv d some folks referred to bryan spears was one of the members of the retail team and the cv d in about 4 weeks will begin implementing the recommendation and to pull the brokers and property owners together at church and market to talk about decreasing the vacancy and bringing in businesses created a vision for 3 corner among the property owners that cv a will be part of that to bring in violate of vital bus

franciscans and the spirits customers live in san francisco and travel to asian pacific islander to the project will activate a vacant 24 ground floor that was vacant since 2014 it is the storefront windows and the project is capable compatible with the mcd and in terms of finding that need to be clarified for the basis for approval they need to be clarified state at the commission finds this project is necessary and desirable and compatible with the neighborhood and surrounding use as follows: and submitted that concludes my presentation. i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> again, thank you. >> we might have questions for you project sponsor please. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm tom of reuben, junius & rose on here on behalf of the project sponsor we appreciate the staff report and all the work that staff do the to help us and appreciate their recommendation of approval we really feel this is an ideal location for skin spirit it is comparable and works well with the neighborhood and as staff has 6 letters of support with the project sponsor is our architec

especially in a city like san francisco so the mayor calls it that. repeatedly and we should encourage more people to come here and do as you've done this he did so thank you very much. will have more opportunities to discuss it and hopefully will have an impact on the process as a result of the nice conversation. if there are no other members of the public that want to, now we'll move on to item number nine >> item 9 is new business. >> ivan item i like to amend for new business and that is that i think it is wise we sponsor a post sp 50 small business survey to everyone is fresh in their mind. the experience they had during this major event and to talk about what best practices when i look forward to at the next major event whether it's super bowl liii or some later one or any other large event. i think we kind of-i think the america's cup is such a resounding disaster that no one took the time to figure out why because everyone will that was messed up so let's move on. i think super bowl l was a mixed bag with a lot of positives and some negatives

francisco we were not concerned about housing but the manhattantion of san francisco and doesn't want density now everyone says we need density and housing and housing and housing it is a shame at the corner sitting over muni that was it was changed because of community pressure from community organizations and so i really urge towing you not to delay it is important that that corner has been a source of blight for many, many, many years the community benefit district and bryan spears has spent thousands of dollars remove graffiti and broken windows and boarding stuff up we have to get that building torn down and the new building built as quickly as possible and additionally the cv d some folks referred to bryan spears was one of the members of the retail team and the cv d in about 4 weeks will begin implementing the recommendation and to pull the brokers and property owners together at church and market to talk about decreasing the vacancy and bringing in businesses created a vision for 3 corner among the property owners that cv a will be part of that to bring in violate of vital bus

francisco's finest i might have come into a fully tradition of 50 years nfl give me one sentence i'll be more informed to understand. >> well, this is obviously the super bowl 50 it is not so much the event itself but the heeding security around it i believe that there are demonstrations that were scheduled throughout the super bowl week i think the building management including the city administrators is concerned about safety of the building itself with this sort of hi profile of members of nfl membership participating this after that. >> commissioner antonini. >> i think that mr. highland's put it well, it is an event with national significance and a possibility of things that might be disruptive on a national scale that is what separates it if the local events but i am in favor of what is proposed i'm going to move to continue item 1, 2 is withdrawn so it is not continued and items number the end of the calendar items 1, 16 and 17 to the following dates the first item is continued until april 28th and march 31st and items 16 and to february 11th and see about the item that might b

francisco for three weeks. >> i echo the commissioner wu's comments when i met with mr. spears i'll look at potentially commercial spaces instead of housing units. >> commissioner antonini. >> i'll not be supporting the continuance but i think it is very important that the commission make it clear it looks we'll have the votes to continue but in my mind we're talking about the use of 14th street whether this should be residential or should be commercial and perhaps some mentioned of the little size of the commercial space and a lot of that and i heard design concerns with particular reference to the flatiron section and maybe the other commissioners i've made any comments about the design things i 0 thought would add to the richness but other commissioners can weigh in what we want the project sponsor to be consider and as far as i'm concerned, this is about affordability over the public comment but we're in agreement this project is doing what it has to do but the design needs work. >> i'll ask someone from the property owner to be clear from the continuance is approved

franciscans and the spirits customers live in san francisco and travel to asian pacific islander to the project will activate a vacant 24 ground floor that was vacant since 2014 it is the storefront windows and the project is capable compatible with the mcd and in terms of finding that need to be clarified for the basis for approval they need to be clarified state at the commission finds this project is necessary and desirable and compatible with the neighborhood and surrounding use as follows: and submitted that concludes my presentation. i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> again, thank you. >> we might have questions for you project sponsor please. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm tom of reuben, junius & rose on here on behalf of the project sponsor we appreciate the staff report and all the work that staff do the to help us and appreciate their recommendation of approval we really feel this is an ideal location for skin spirit it is comparable and works well with the neighborhood and as staff has 6 letters of support with the project sponsor is our architec

francisco and year after year mile friends are kicked out of san francisco if this is how san francisco lose character the heart lies the people not in the buildings if he decide the environment we're guaranteeing that san francisco will continue to lose his characterization and guaranteeing that people that made this go wild and wonderful pushed out again and again and none but the rich is left i urge you to pass the plan thank you. >> maor hello commissioners. i'm joshua i thought the numbers and process how they went through this i was impressed not surprised that in areas the city where most people living in snachlts 2/3rd's of the city zoned for single-family dwellings people were concerned it didn't effect them there is a new alliance between the don't build anything in our neighborhood and the 100 percent we need to take a diagram you'll get non-none we need to think about what is best for everybody i support this this is the biggest failure it didn't apply inform rh1 and rh2 and put affordable housing in those areas and build a true city thank you. >> next speaker please. >> goo

francisco he heard the homeless services are excellent in san francisco and probably heard when we have tent cities their left alone this man is a his own addict and asked if he could going to the navigation centers he only wants to get high this is not typical but certainly a number that fit this description as proposed by supervisor wiener we need to establish are establish a lot more navigation centers like pier 80 in the makings and provide shelter for all those who wish housing that's the key point not all want to go into housing and but the key is to paraphrase what happens at the bar its 2 in the morning they're told by the owner you don't have to go home but can't stay here we have to have tough love and solve this problem we if get enough housing and if we pitched a tent the middle of golden gate park the rangers would say get out of here i mean the laws apply equally so that should be done. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further move on to department matters item 5 director's report. >> my only announcement on the housing and working group as part of the mayors task forc