SAN FRANCISCO

PLANNING COMMISSION

AND

RECREATION & PARK

COMMISSION

 

 

 

Meeting Minutes

 

 

 

 

Rec & Park Commission Chambers, Room 400

City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

San Francisco, CA 94102-4689

 

 

Thursday, November 10, 2016

10:00 a.m.

                               

PLANNING COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:                         Fong, Richards, Johnson, Koppel, Moore

PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ABSENT:                                   Hillis, Melgar

 

RECREATION & PARK COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:                             Buell, Low, Anderson, Harrison

RECREATION & PARK COMMISSIONERS ABSENT:                               Bonilla, McDonnell

 

 

THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT FONG AT 10:09 AM

 

STAFF IN ATTENDANCE:         Dan Sirois, John Rahaim – Planning Director, and Jonas P. Ionin – Commission Secretary

 

A.            SPECIAL CALENDAR

 

NOTE: The Joint Commissions will hold one public hearing for the public to provide testimony on all items listed below. Following the public hearing, the Recreation and Park Commission will act jointly with the Planning Commission to consider raising the cumulative shadow limit for Gene Friend Recreation Center and adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; and the Recreation and Park Commission will consider making a recommendation to the Planning Commission regarding the possible adverse impact of shadow on Gene Friend Recreation Center. Following action on those items, the Recreation and Park Commission will adjourn and the Planning Commission will remain in session and separately consider action on all other entitlements.

 

1a.          2013.1773K                                                                                                      (D. SIROIS: (415) 575-8714)

345 6^th Street  - located at 345 6^th Street in San Francisco, California (Assessor’s Block 3753, Lot 081), at the southeast corner of 6^th Street and Shipley Street; and GENE FRIEND RECREATION CENTER – bounded by Harriet Street on the west, Folsom Street on the south, and 6th Street on the east; (Assessor’s Block 3731, Lots 010, 011, 012 and 111). Discussion and possible joint action by the Planning Commission and Recreation and Park Commission to raise the cumulative shadow limit for Gene Friend Recreation Center, pursuant to the jointly-approved Planning Code Section 295 Implementation Memo adopted in 1989, in order to accommodate new shadow cast by the proposed 345 6th Street project, and adoption of findings under the California Environmental Quality Act. The proposed project includes demolition of the existing single-story parking lot shelter/garage and new construction of a nine-story (85-feet tall) residential building (measuring approximately 53,943 gross square feet) with 102 single-room occupancy (SRO) dwelling units, approximately 1,727 square feet of ground floor commercial space, 102 Class 1 bicycle parking spaces and 7 Class 2 bicycle parking spaces. The proposed project includes approximately 7,965 square feet of common open space via a second floor courtyard and roof decks. The subject property is located within the MUR (Mixed-Use Residential) Zoning District, the SOMA Youth and Family Special Use District, and 85-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation (from Planning Department to Planning Commission): Raise Cumulative Shadow Limit

(Planning Commission and Recreation and Park Commission Joint Action)

 

SPEAKERS:           = Dan Sirois – Planning Staff Report

= Jordan Harrison – Rec/Park Staff Report

+ Josef Tomseff – Project presentation

+ Reza – Design presentation

+ Brad Terrol –

+ Rudy Corpus – Support

+ Speaker –

= Sue Hestor – Architecture, soils

= Tom Gilberty – Tiered setback

+ Jane Wile – Shadow

= Rich Sucre – Ground floor residential design guidelines                                               

ACTION:                                Raised Cumulative Shadow Limit

AYES:                     Fong, Richards, Johnson, Koppel

NAYES:                  Hillis Melgar

RESOLUTION:      19772

 

1b.          2013.1773K                                                                                                (J. HARRISON: (415) 575-5602)

345 6^TH STREET - located at 345 6^th Street in San Francisco, California (Assessor’s Block 3753, Lot 081), at the southeast corner of 6^th Street and Shipley Street; and GENE FRIEND RECREATION CENTER - bounded by a two-story, 26-foot-high private property on the northwest, Harriet Street on the west, Folsom Street on the south, and 6th Street on the east; (Assessor’s Block 3731, Lots 010, 011, 012 and 111). Discussion and possible action by the Recreation and Park Commission to adopt a resolution to recommend to the Planning Commission that the new shadow cast by the proposed project at 345 6th Street will not have a significant adverse impact on the use of the Gene Friend Recreation Center, as required by Planning Code Section 295 (the Sunlight Ordinance). The proposed project includes demolition of the existing single-story parking lot shelter/garage and new construction of a nine-story (85-feet tall) residential building (measuring approximately 53,943 gross square feet) with 102 single-room occupancy (SRO) dwelling units, approximately 1,727 square feet of ground floor commercial space, 102 Class 1 bicycle parking spaces and 7 Class 2 bicycle parking spaces. The proposed project includes approximately 7,965 square feet of common open space via a second floor courtyard and roof decks. The subject property is located within the MUR (Mixed-Use Residential) Zoning District, the SOMA Youth and Family Special Use District, and 85-X Height and Bulk District.

(Recreation and Park Commission Action Only)

 

NOTE: FOLLOWING ITEMS 1A and B, THE RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION WILL ADJOURN, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL REMAIN IN SESSION TO SEPARATELY CONSIDER ADDITIONAL ITEMS.

 

1c.           2013.1773K                                                                                                      (D. SIROIS: (415) 575-8714)

345 6^th STREET - located at 345 6^th Street in San Francisco, California (Assessor’s Block 3753, Lot 081) at the southeast corner of 6^th Street and Shipley Street Request for Adoption of Findings, pursuant to Planning Code Section 295, regarding the shadow study that concluded the new construction of a nine-story, 85-ft tall, residential building with up to 102 dwelling units would not be adverse to the use of Gene Friend Recreation Center, which is under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission. The subject property is located within the MUR (Mixed-Use Residential) Zoning District, the SOMA Youth and Family Special Use District, and 85-X Height and Bulk District.

                Preliminary Recommendation:  Adopt Findings

                (Planning Commission Action Only)

 

SPEAKERS:           Same as Item 1a.

ACTION:                                Adopted Findings

AYES:                     Fong, Richards, Johnson, Koppel

NAYES:                  Hillis, Melgar

MOTION:               19773

 

1d.          2013.1773X                                                                                                      (D. SIROIS: (415) 575-8714)

345 6^th STREET - located on the northeast corner of 6^th and Shipley Streets, Lot 081 in Assessor’s Block 3753 – Request  for  a  LARGE PROJECT AUTHORIZATION (LPA), pursuant to Planning Code Section 329, to demolish the existing single-story parking lot shelter/garage and new construction of a nine-story (85-feet tall) residential building (measuring approximately 53,943 gross square feet) with 102 single-room occupancy (SRO) dwelling units, approximately 1,727 square feet of ground floor commercial space, 102 Class 1 bicycle parking spaces and 7 Class 2 bicycle parking spaces. The proposed project includes approximately 7,965 square feet of common open space via a second floor courtyard and roof decks. Under the LPA, the project is seeking exceptions to certain Planning Code requirements including: rear yard (Planning Code Section 134) dwelling unit exposure (Planning Code Section 140) and permitted obstructions over streets (Planning Code Section 136). The subject property is located within the MUR (Mixed-Use Residential) Zoning District in the SOMA Youth and Family Special Use District and in an 85-X Height and Bulk District. This action constitutes the Approval Action for the project for the purposes of CEQA, pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 31.04(h).

                Preliminary Recommendation:  Approve with Conditions

                (Planning Commission Action Only)

 

SPEAKERS:           Same as Item 1a.

ACTION:                                Approved with Conditions as amended to include:

                                1.  A transition between private and public space;

                                2.  A step-up of at least 18 inches; and

                                3.  A recessed entry at the ground floor along Shipley Street

AYES:                     Fong, Richards, Johnson, Koppel

NAYES:                  Hillis, Melgar

MOTION:               19774

 

AdjournmenT – 11:33 AM

ADOPTED: December 10, 2016