40-50 Lansing Street

- He would like to point out that they will appeal the decision of the Commission on the preliminary negative declaration. - There is no extraordinary circumstances for obtaining variances.

- She welcomes a project like this since it improves the quality of life in the neighborhood. - If someone does not want traffic, then why live next to the Bay Bridge. - She has been very happy living there. - She helps any project like this one because it will bring amenities.

- He owns property on Fremont Street. - He feels that the opposition is not really interested in the project. - This building will go up very quickly and there will be dust and inconvenience but that happens with any construction.

- He urges the Commission to approve the variances. - The land use issues are well established by now. - There are a variety of heights on this street. - Housing is very important right now. - People are moving away because they cannot find places to live.

Project Sponsor - There is more flexibility to getting an emergency vehicle on Lansing than on any other one-way street. - The trees on this street will not be hurt. - This is the largest parcel on the street.

Project Manager - Cannon Constructors - They have been very proactive in dealing with safety issues.

Murphy, Burkury - They are the structural engineers for the project. - The soils engineering has already spoken about the geology of the area. - Safety is his utmost concern. - There is no danger for the adjacent buildings.

Project Manager - This project is a wonderful example of urban infill development. - This is a wonderful project.

Project Designer - He has lived on Lansing for many years. - The neighborhood has a mixture of uses. - Part of what remains is completely unrelated to any historical issues. - It is disappointing to meet his former neighborhood and find himself on the wrong side of the street.

- She lives on Lansing Street. - There are concerns about street parking and an increase in traffic.

SB Architects - There are a lot of misunderstandings surrounding this project. - The development has in no way any detrimental affect on the trees one speaker was concerned about or the hill. - The design will allow for common and open space. - There is a benefit to the community that a gaping hole will be replaced.

- He has been a resident of the area for almost 20 years. - He moved there when the development of South of Market began. - The demolition and construction of this project would be disastrous. - Rincon Place is a wonderful place because it's historic. A project like this would destroy it.

City Planning Consultant for the Project Sponsor - This project will improve the neighborhood character. - The project is the exact residential project the neighborhood envisioned. - This is a very well designed and classy building. - He has been asked by Green Belt Alliance to mention their support for this project.

- He is the geotechnical engineer of the project. - The investigation states that the subsurface conditions beneath the site in particular in that common property line is very favorable for this type of construction. - Similar projects as the one currently proposed have been built successfully in even less favorable subsurface conditions.

- He has been a resident in this neighborhood for 40 years. - He has seen the neighborhood evolve from mixed residential/light industrial to predominantly residential. - The proposed development is vastly out of scale with the neighborhood.

- She lives on Lansing Street. - She displayed pictures of the panoramic view of the neighborhood showing how the tall buildings have no horizontal visual effect and blend in beautifully. - The proposed project is too large, too dense and overwhelms this tiny, little street.

Executive Director of the San Francisco Housing Coalition - They took a look at this project and she urges the Commission to support the project. - The coalition supported this project unanimously. - This is a very well designed project.

- He lives and has his law office on Lansing Street. - People would not have even been here to discuss this project if it had not gone through plan checking.

- He feels that the height and bulk of the proposed project have not been studied correctly. - Aesthetically the building is wonderful, but the project is just in the wrong location.

- She is not opposed to the design of the building. It just needs to be smaller and there are several safety issues. - There are significant traffic problems already in the area. - This project, if it continues as it is proposed, will double the number of residents and guests and will create a number of traffic problems.

- This project concerns her because the current building plans are intrusive and propose a project of monstrous proportions. - The project will also "gobble" up street space for construction trucks and traffic. - There will be loading and unloading that will impede traffic of emergency vehicles when needed. - She requested that this project be denied.

- She lives on Lansing Street. - There is not much green in this area so open space and greenery is a big thing for the neighborhood. - This building will block sunlight to the area.

- Her unit receives a lot of light and she is concerned that the proposed project will block the sunlight. - Because of the demolition there will be a lot of dust and debris that cause negative impacts. - She asks that this building be reduced in size.

- She does not live in the area, she lives in Berkeley. - The Commission should be proud (that people are) fighting for a little remnant of early San Francisco history. - Please don't let a mitigated negative declaration go through inadequately by not assessing what is there. The topography of the hill will be cut away. A huge building will dominate that hill.

- He is an artist and a film maker and he makes his living from visual materials. - There is a misunderstanding because the heights of the adjacent buildings are misrepresented.

[Re: Continuance] - He would like to have this case continued but kept on the calendar until the matter of the appeal is resolved.

- She lives in the area. With more residential units she feels safer. - This is a prime area for the development.

Project Manager - He is here to answer any questions regarding the sequence of events, etc.

Designer/Resident - He lives in the area. - This building will be designed as a building that everyone can be proud of.

Local 6 Union - This is a beautiful area for this project to be built. - He is glad that this project will provide union jobs. - The general contractor will go through great efforts so that the adjacent neighbors will not be negatively impacted with the construction. - He read a letter from the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Counsel who supports the project.

- This project is ignoring the Planning Code. - This building does not meet the criteria from the Planning Code for granting Conditional Use or Variances. It is not desirable or necessary for the neighborhood and it is not compatible. - There will be negative impacts because there will be traffic congesting and safety hazards from traffic, loading and unloading, etc.

- She lives on First Street. - Her entire building which includes 40 residents are against this project. - They are not opposed to development on this site. - This project is too large and has a lot of negative issues.

- She lives on Lansing Street. - This project is not good or compatible with the neighborhood. - Unnecessarily stuffing a building that is too large for the space will cause the neighborhood to lose sunlight, air space, and open space. - There will be traffic congestion to the point of being unsafe.

- She lives on Lansing Street. - She is opposed to this project because the majority of the buildings on the street are smaller than the proposed project. - This structure will mark an imbalance on the neighborhood because it is so tall.

- She lives on Lansing Street. - The proposed project is too massive and out of scale with the neighborhood.

- He has lived in the area for many years. - He supports this project because it will enhance the neighborhood by bringing more services to the area. - There will be jobs, public transportation, etc. with the construction of this project.

- This is a great project that is well designed, attractive, well articulated and massed, and consistent with what is planned in the Rincon Hill development.

Project Structural Engineer - Earlier there were some issues regarding the structural aspects of the building. - The project will employ only conventional construction methods and will be built to code. - There are no unusual conditions that would cause problems regarding safety.

SPUR - This project is in a perfect location since it is so close to downtown. - He is glad that the design of the building will not include a loading dock or garage doors. - He submitted a letter that he submitted to the Board of Supervisors regarding the approval of this project.

Treadwell and Rollo - Design Professional - He is a geotechnical engineer. - This project will be constructed safely at this location.

- This is exactly what the Rincon Hill plan asks for except smaller. - The project is in scale with the neighborhood and the block. - This project is close to downtown so people can actually walk to work and it is handsomely designed.

- He lives three blocks away and would like to speak in support of this project. - The location is very quiet on the weekends so there is a need for more people there. - This is the place to put as many units as possible.

RJA (Rolf Jensen and Associates) - He is a life safety consultant engineer and expert on fire protection. - All the life safety and fire protection features will be installed properly and by City requirements.

Greenbelt Alliance - The Alliance decided to support this project because it meets all their endorsement criteria for residential and mixed use projects. - He read a letter from Janet Stone, Livable Communities Program Director for Greenbelt Alliance who is in full support of the project.

Housing Action Coalition - Replacing this vacant industrial building with housing makes a lot of sense. - She hopes that the Commission grants all the approvals and hopes the neighbors will welcome this new project.

Project Architect - She gave a description of the architectural aspects of the project.

- He lives on Lansing Street. - He displayed photographs of the area pointing out that there is a lot of information in the reports that is not accurate. - He believes that the proposed project is too large for the area.

- She lives on Lansing Street. - This building which is now being proposed is too large, too bulky, to dense and totally out of character. - She would like to have this building downsized to fit with the adjacent buildings.

- He lives on Lansing Street. - He is against this project as it is currently being presented. He is not against development of the site. - He believes that this project is just too big and totally out of context with the existing neighborhood.

- He lives on Lansing Street. - He objects to the large number of Variances requested for this project because they are not in conformance with the existing Rincon Hill Plan and it would be detrimental to live in this neighborhood. - He requests that the Commission deny the project and the Variances.

- She lives on Lansing Street. - She feels that the Commission is getting the idea that the neighbors are against any type of construction in the area. She wants to make it clear that the neighbors would like a building that is not so large, that doesn't cover every last inch of the lot, provides off street loading, meets exposure requirements, etc.

- This is a very well designed project. - He has stacks of support letters from neighbors. He read a few of these letters.

Lambert Development - He has been involved in many construction projects in this area. - The purpose of this project is to building housing and to build within the envelope, etc. - He has jumped many hurdles to try to build this project. MOTION #1: To approve as amended