under van ness. it is a state highway. it is a very critical place and yet they are intentionally banning other sites that are not as bad transit-wise putting people into one very intense -- area that will put over capacity already congested intersections at van mess in and market. van ness and geary and van ness and post. it is an intentional act in vie ligse of ceqa. you have to pay a-- violation of ceqa. you have to pay attention to it. fument >> good evening. i'm bernadette smith. i am also a registered nurse. in the interest of time, i'll hold my remarks and be here to answer any questions that you might have. >> thank you very much. >> [speaking spanish] >> good evening, honorable commissioners. my name is ramon. i'm an employee of cpmc. for over 12 years. thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak about this because we need to construct a hospital and rebuild st. luke's. >> [speaking spanish] >> i also work and am committed to my job. >> [speaking spanish] >> my job as a housekeeper is t

my name is dawn, and i am with the neighborhood association that 2080 van ness is within the boundaries. i have had the opportunity to meet with the new owners and taste their very delicious food and get an idea of what they plan for this location. the immediate neighbors very much want to see a change at that location. you know very well what has been going on there, and it has been a very bad and dangerous situation for neighbors, so change is very welcome. hearing the comments this evening, i say there are a few questions about promotions and promoters, and if you questions about the parking lot security, as that has been a problem. we are in agreement " with this particular business plan, in general, and we would like the addition of a three-month, six- month, and 1-year review so that we can address any issues that we might not be able to foresee today and that we would have an opportunity to have some sort of formal review and identify anything that might be bothersome or becoming bothersome and curb it quickly. so they can proceed, and they can have a great business at this locat

at one south van ness, we are in a huge fight. yesterday, we completed our 60 days of being there on the line. i have not seen an uproar of people about how so many families are becoming unemployed. when bank of america laid off 22 of our janitors, there was not a hearing on it. in 39 the market lost 17 janitors. there was not a hearing about it. our supervisor was not doing anything about it. i'm here because we are people of color. our members are gay. we are unemployed, and their families are hungry. that is why we are here in support of this legislation. i will not play into the politics or be used to be able to be pitted against our sister union, 1021, who have also stood on the line with us. but the devil is in the details. these jobs will be created, and we are in support of it on behalf of our families. thank you. [applause] supervisor chu: thank you. if i could ask folks to refrain from clapping so we could move through public comment. >> i think you will be able to refrain from clapping for me. especially on that side of

. >> could you let me know when we get to van ness and sacramento? >> i sure will. >> i have had a number of drivers be really helpful in terms of getting passengers to move down a few seats so i can sit in the front. >> can somebody give this lady a seat? >> the bus driver was say, "please wait a moment. i want to make sure you have a seat." and i hear him or her announced that he needs a seat for a person with a disability. >> as soon as the person gets on the bus, i ask the passengers if we can have a seat for this person. >> anybody help us? thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> sides, federal law requires that the customers give their seats to the elderly and disabled if they should need it. >> buses should stop in zones that can accommodate multiple lines will stop behind one another. i cannot see what bus is behind -- i'm not even sure if there is a bus behind. the second bus does not come up to the front. oftentimes, it has caused me to be passed up by bosses, by trains, and again, it makes me late for appointments. it makes me late for my job. >>

the countdown traffic light at van ness and it gives you less than four seconds of walk time to walk six lanes of traffic and a median in the middle. this is because there's some kind of turn signal there. people walk out in the middle of the street with the thing not being on and you get 16 seconds. i can do that in 21 seconds but there's a lot of people in this room that feel uncomfortable so maybe you can talk about countdown one thing but there needs to be recognition of what's getting counting off. >> um... yeah i'll mention the issue really is the amount of both walk time and the total countdown time which is what we call pedestrian clearance time. there's proposed of federal manual traffic device which we're bound to installing signals and signs and there's major changes in place in the draft out right now for review until july something and those changes include a minimum of 7 seconds for the walk which is or as apposed to the four there today. and walking from four feet down to 3 1/2, so the amount of time will be longer if they follow the manual uniformed traffic devices. r

we know there is a train stuck on the track at van ness. more than 100 people are waiting at the street and muni is sending buses where to g as far as when the problem will be fixed. there's no timetable. >>> maintenance crews are on their way. let's take a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza where you can see the backup is extending almost to the macarthur maze. it's beginning to pimm up a -- pick up a little bit over last half hour in san francisco. you can see a littleby of fog there but things are smooth sailing. behave-- we had some breaks in the clouds. a lot of low clouds, some fog, some of it was really thinked, it's starting to lift a little bit on and -- a little bit and burn off. overall, high pressure is coming in it's going to squash the fog and burn it off. tomorrow temperatures will be near 70 degrees as we get an early taste of spring. today it's a fight between the low aids -- between the low clouds and mostly sunny skies. it's already in the 50s for many or upper 40s. sanrafael and santa rosa, steve. 47. 52 conc

two pictures from our roof top from van ness avenue, reason there are two pictures they were meant to be seen in three dimensions even though they're taken in 1906. if you want to see these pictures you can see them at www.kron4.com. we will be right back as the morning news continues. the latest on our hot spot coming up the fatal accident that occurred about two hours ago the latest on the investigation, when this will be cleared, and the back up.

do not believe, and the commissioners can certainly ask what their intentions are, and, lastly, at van ness, where it was problematic for some time, this is also one of those where this commission has ordered a new set of conditions placed on their permit in december, and then, an appeal was filed with the board of appeals, and in the meantime of these actions, the appellant requested a continuance to allow for the transfer to a new owner. the city in all of its forms was anxious to actually see a new owner at this location, so at this time, a liquor license transfer has had their conditions signs. a new application for a place of entertainment was submitted and posted for your march 8 hearing. staff met with two concerned neighbors about two weeks ago and agreed to be present for a meeting at the venue before the hearing date to address additional neighbors' concerns, so i think those are two good outcomes too problematic venues, and that concludes my report. mr. granelli, are you awake? >> commissioners, very quickly. to go through the binders, polk street was issued in notice for vi

it the theft occurred on van ness ave sometime between midnight and 6:00 a.m. yesterday morning. the person who took the car repel daughter broke off from an opening in the roof. some of the cremated remains of a man that had been stolen from a limited church over the weekend, have now been recovered. a good samaritans and the first notice the box saturday night. he didn't think much of it until you saw the media coverage. last night he returned to the area picked up the box and delivered it to the church this morning. police are still looking for a second box containing the rest of the remains. this morning comes after two separate reports that opened the boxes of commercial rat poison, were reported here at the dog park. kron 4 crags car went to the park to get reaction from dog owners. >>craig: rat poison is been left here at the dog park. if on this box of poisoned with the sign saying all dogs must die. the sunnyvale parks officers making the rounds at the park every morning before it opens looking for anything suspicious. signs of an point posted warning people of the risks

ok, item d, rendezvous note -- rendezvous tapas -- item b. 2080 van ness. separate terry mcauliffe -- secretary: the applicants intend to serve american cuisine and have a lounge, served as tapas, which are small plates, and it is listed from 5:00 p.m. until midnight. it will be open until 2:00 a.m. every night. there will be deejays and possibly live entertainment. there is a liquor license. it is listed as pending, so i do not have anything on that, but hopefully, inspector falzon is here. planning indicates this is a continuation of a permitted to existing use. the san francisco police department no. station has recommended its approval with a condition, including stopping entertainment at a certain time, the installation of surveillance cameras, and that it be maintained as a bona fide food restaurant. there is a letter and signature pages requesting that the applicant be required to meet the neighbors on a quarterly basis for the first year of operation. the letter requests a permit, although that is up for your discussion. i know the applicants are he

if van ness is blocked, the hospital will not be accessible. i want to work in a earthquake- safe environment, but feel other options should be explored to serve the community as a whole, rich, poor, the uninsured, and the injured. thank you for listening to me. >> thank you all for coming. >> good evening, members of the planning commission and health commission. i have been a registered nurse for the past 30 years. for the past 13, i have worked cpmc's labor and delivery unit. i am concerned about the plan to downsize st. luke and concentrate specialty services at cathedral hill. whether than improving patient outcomes, this would take away convenient accessibility from patients who lived in the southeastern part of san francisco. this would cause a delay in getting to the medical facility and potentially poor outcomes. cpmc's analysts claim looking specialty services in one place improves patient outcomes, but this is unclear. for example, as a labor and delivery nurse it is extremely rare to have a liver patient who has cancer. the oncology

the pictures also showed the area around city hall, area of around van ness avenue and all of these from the smithsonian's national museum of american history. if you like to see more just good for website at www.kron4.com where we have a slide show. we'll be right back more news ahead. >>jacqueline: dry weather today that rain is on the way. a storm pushing to the north. assets of one developing. this will push through tomorrow morning starting in the north bay and then through the rest the bay area future cast for, it looks impressive but by 10:00 a.m. still seemed areas of moderate rain in the north bay. what a bit less then will we saw here an hour ago in the north. as you move down into the new hour notice one area heavier rain. almost down to the south bay. by 1:00 rain will come to the south bay. a few scattered showers billinand spilling in. it a chance of a few lingering showers doesn't look likely. with the heavier rain in the north bay it will linger for while and see decent rainfall totals up to one- third of an inch. are very quick moving system. the central they up to a qua

major milestone on the van ness bus rapid transit project. we have issued the administrative draft eir in absentia, because she is off on the east coast. i want to congratulate our deputy -- and the entire staff, really -- for getting this thing ready and circulated to federal agencies and local agencies. it is a major milestone, and i expect after we incorporate comments from all these agencies, it public draft will be out sometime in april. we did have a presentation to the plans and programs committee on the outreach materials for this just last week. i joined commissioner avalos and mayor lee, and i had several of my staff and people from other agencies, and bart, on a very interesting field trip at the ballpark bart station -- the balboa park bart station where we had a chance to see the challenges there with pedestrian safety and connectivity and so on. i thought it was actually something we should do more often. i really appreciate commissioner avalos for taking the lead in making this happen. i thought the mayor was particularly inter

you remember its original home on van ness. now you are part of that transition to the center, the civic center, and of course your museum has been really the anchor of cultural tenants that has helped us transform this area of the city. >> to my mind, it is wonderful to be part of such a rich cultural community. when visitors come to this area, that have so many different options. >> let's talk about the anniversary show, which will be a phenomenal opportunity for san franciscans and all visitors of the city to get a real sense of how the city has grown and the importance of culture. >> we focus on moments where it was involved in pushing the dialogue about contemporary art forward. the jackson pollock exhibition in 1945 is a perfect example of that. our founding director was deeply interested in abstraction and was engaged in dialogue with the guggenheim about bringing the jackson pollack showed to the west coast. the original price for the painting, $750. are directors thought that was too much of a stretch before the board

so how we are directly affected is that we will be the only property from van ness 2 market street that is not a historical resourced that will be limited to 50 feet, and that is pretty significant when you think about it. the only corner parcel that is not of a historic resource that will be limited to 50 feet, so we will be required to go for an sed. we did not have the certainty of the eir process that others are granted, so we support the guideline. we support the extension. we've been working closely with neighborhood groups, but we will have to come back. supervisor mar: thank you. >> thank you. supervisor mar: mr. kaelin? -- mr. cohen, how's it goin'? >> we are obviously a major supporter and hope to be part of the architecture with this. this is a long time coming. i think staff work hard to come up with a good solution to what we referred to as the orphan block. it was this last little part of the upper market. for a 20-some odd years, the entire stretch of the commercial district of copper markets -- this was back in the 1980's when the city went through a number of commercial

the proposed location of van ness and geary and maintaining of women and children's services and mid wivery program will increase access to ob/gyn services. in addition, the centralized location is definitely much more accessible than california street. in conclusion, i support building cpmc and ask you to do the same. >> if your name was called, feel free to just walk up. >> good evening, my national is dr. laura nmp orel. i have been a practicing ob/gyn for the last six years. so this is from dr. kirsch. as chief to have st. luke's medical staff i'm writing to express support for the master plan. served as a member of the blue ribbon panel and can confirm they have revised plans to reform to the recommendations of the panel. in particular, cpmc has committed $250 million for the initial phase of rebuilding the st. luke's campus prucking an entirely new in-patient facility. it is also important to know that -- these recommendations were based on the analysis expressed by the community outreach task force as well. we who practice at st. louis -- will vastly improve the health care re

he left his lamborghini at this dealership on van ness in san francisco as he went to chicago for a food show. and early tuesday morning someone stole it. this is exclusive video of the burglar's tools left inside the building. police believe the thief rappelled from the roof using rock climb gear and then jimmied open a second-story window, broke some locks and drove out. >> it's crazy. >> reporter: speaking of hot wheels, this is a smaller and much cheaper version of the car that was stolen. it is also a lamborghini convertible gallardo and we are going to use it in a little reenactment because police aren't releasing the surveillance video that caught the stolen car on camera since it left this place. early tuesday morning, police say the car was spotted on a surveillance camera on the golden gate bridge crossing into marin county and then from a camera at the entrance of tiburon it was seen entering and then leaving the coastal city. it hasn't been spotted since. have you seen this car around the bridge anywhere? >> no, sorry. nope. >> i actually haven't. >> no, we haven't seen anyth

ness, and that is going to have a huge impact, both in terms of the neighborhood in district 2, not only the new campus, but what happens to the pacific and california campus. also, is a huge job creator. we're making sure to do it in a way to we have every constituent buy into the project, create a ton of new jobs, and move forward with a health care system that benefits all of us. otherwise, some of the other issues coming up -- francisco reservoir in russian hill is going to be an issue that comes up. we have a huge project on doyle drive that is getting finished in the next couple of years. we need to make sure we wanted to the impacts. it is going to be a big deal. after leaving here, i am going down there with the mayor and the head of our department of transportation to really make sure we understand exactly what is happening at this point in time in the project. that is just a smattering of some of the issues, but they are very important, and a plan to spend a lot of my time -- and these are the neighborhoods i grew up in, so, for me, it is fun to be in these neighborhoods t

subject property at 2601 van ness avenue. we have a letter from terry tong, agent for l.f. george scrux corp, questionor, asking that the board take jurisdiction over the denial of b.p.a. number 9816040. the notice of disapproval from the d.b.i. was dated february 3, 2007 and the appeal period lapsed on february 18, 2011. and the jurisdiction request was received at the board office on february 25, 2011. project, to erect a six-story 27 unit residential building with commercial space. >> i think we'll start with the zoning director. president goh: and that was with the consent of the an late. >> thank you. scott sanchez, planning department this. is a complicated case given the history so i wanted to try to frame it as best we could. this involves several entitlements over the years. the building permit before you is from 199 and at that time there was an environmental review and a conditional use authorization submitted for this project. this project cannot be valid without authorization. anything over 40 feet requires a conditional use authorization. i think there was lit

also would be very interested in getting an update on what -- highway 1 is considering with van ness because that is alluded to. i have never seen any official on that agency in this room and i think it has some far-reaching consequences of how we are looking at this proposed campus to function. just in the event that we don't get the -- >> commissioner borden? >> i would support commissioner moore's comments and just also wanted to say a few things that i would like for cpmc to address at future hearings is the work, you have been meeting with the collaborative and i understand that there is a desire not to give anything when you don't know what you're going to have to give elsewhere. i would like to hear more from -- response about what it is that you're thage about doing in response to what has been addressed here. i would like to know what your plans are for improvements to charity care. charity karin creasing has been increasing -- charity care has been increasing. i think the ideas for the long-term work in that area is something that we want to know more about particularly as

between 8th and van ness, it is virtually uninhabitable because of the wind and cold. that is what is keeping that part down. and the tenderloin, there areis that can handle any payroll tax -- if you want to go ahead and target grocery store is, let's do that and get some good neighborhood-serving businesses in there. twitter is not growing. ok? it is like the dot com situation. i have two words for you. my space. they are not going to be here five years from now. i hope you would prevent anyone from going to any twitter parties. what we are seeing is right- winger, supply-side economics that comes right from ronald reagan -- what we are seeing is right-ring. [bell] chair chu: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i do not quite understand. are we saying that we are targeting this tax break, only to residents being hired within that area? if we are not, and i do not believe the legislation has been amended to say that, then why have we had a dramatic increase in an area in the part of the world, as the previous speaker, i think, correctly pointed out will never generate

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from market street, van ness, geary, and other projects outlined, they will focus on what ability. -- walkability. the goal here is to reduce pedestrian fatalities and collisions. we are currently working on the first three, creating a 50 mile per hour zones around schools. -- 15 m.p.h. zone around schools. we are looking at which neighborhoods makes sense, based on their eligibility. and then to read start growing our safety engineer toolkit. we have the best, frankly, in the u.s., in terms of the tools. we need to look at getting the international best tools. near-term measures, we are working with the police department now on helping to develop a work plan for 2011 that looks at pedestrian safety. really, all safety, but focusing on pedestrian safety, where they need to focus pedestrian safety stings, those sort of things, other measures to target the most egregious parts of the city that are continually experiencing collisions. in the best practice area, we will be working with a task force to identify international and u.s. best practices applicable to san francisco. we will also

ness. at the end of the day, the trick to this will be the financial commitment to getting this thing approved through the different agencies, designed properly and ultimately to poke a tenant from the bay area or san francisco. we have done deals with sales z forcesales zynga, microsoft, and the like, but this will appeal to the whole bay area. which is why we feel the sobrato partnering was a fabulous opportunity for us, for the city, and ports. with that, we are very excited about this project. this is sort of a culmination of what we do. pier 70 would be a highlight of our company and the sobrato organization as well. thank you for your time. thank you. all but three seconds. >> port city is next. i think this is what you walkew. >> good afternoon and thank you for giving us the opportunity to present today. my name is kevin rattner, the president of ford city development. this represents a large part of our portfolio developed over 30- plus years and we continue to see great opportunit