>> mr. president and commissioners, my name is jack scott and i represent neighbors of cathedral hill. we strongly object to the construction of a mammoth hospital plan, planned by cpmc on the proposed site. the project is not good for the city and not good for the residents of the southeast city. reduction of services at soft lunges, we are trying to have those at the san francisco general hospital. the plan proposes two separate parking garages, one for the hospital, one for the medical office building. combined they would lept plus or minus, 2,000 parking places which equates to 10,000 cars which equates to 10,000 daily automobile trips.

the all right -- already congested corridor would be further impacted with these garages and these number of cars. the problem is size. the reduction of local services, noise, traffic, emergency vehicles, spot loaning violations, and disregard for the planning department and planning commission established, zenning restrictions, among other thing. interfering with the success of established small businesses currently in operation along the van ness corridor. the impact this project will have on the already overextended muni system, wears to have to study the recommendation have

the planning staff and adopting the environmentally sound and workable. thank you for your understanding. the neighbors of cathedral hill. >> hi, my name is bernard choten, i am with san francisco tomorrow. we firmly believe the long-term importance of cpmc in major hospital development transcends any short-term benefits such as job creation. it's a con upon the city and the

developer to demonstrate legal commitment and security before approval of the eir. recording, developments of the master care plan. the combined efforts of the city's health providers need to cool resources which lit 24/7, you can't make this in come bent solely on the cpmc. everything together. >> demonstrated means a mitigation of the long-term impacts of each development. and economic speculation weakens community diversity. institutionalizing such means, the onus lies with the city.

the demonstrate it impact of con truck interest hundred phase impacts. japan town on whose organizing committee i serve could face commercial disaster. additionally, i have just found, as you will, that there is a three-inch line running up franklin street. the fire department was just informed of this two days ago. i am sure this will be surprised and he will dealing with that milt graduation before we prove anything else. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, my name is bertie campbell. >> i haven't called your name. >> i live on cathedral hill and have for ten years. i am reading a letter on behalf

of our organization and i have copies for you as well. the d.e.i.r. does include that alternative 3a is the environmentally alternative to the cpmc build an unsable group, and let's site, we support the concepts yacht lined in 3a in distributing beds and services more equally between the proposed cathedral hill and st. luke's site. the long-range development plan would have devastating impacts and environmental impacts near the proposed launched or casino 3a upon.

to create two approximately equal size hospitals. alternative 3a would re-locate 160 beds from the california campus to the st. luke's campus creating two sustainable hospitals. 2a limited development on cathedral hill. traffic, congestion, overoil have suggest, petro condition bicycle access, accessibility to emergency vehicles. 3a, includes shadows, wind, views and urban design. 3a reduces the effects of a pill hill on local serving businesses

and neighborhood character. conversion of the area to a medical mono culture while improving the long-term viability of existing businesses, rather than churches and commercial facilities. it reduces noise caused by sirens, construction, loading dock and equipment. 3 a reduced impact. dust, noise, and effect of excavations. therefore we urge the planning commission to support alternative 3 a-plus additional mitigation as the most viable alternative to the proposed cpmc which would significantly reduce the devastating impact on our central committee. thank you for your time. >> thank you. please wait until your name is called.

clock clerk just a moment, mr. president, we have to acknowledge that there was a question for reasonable accommodation from a group of people, elders who believe that they need to be able to speak early in this process as opposed to waiting, you know, until 8:00 or 9:00 tonight and we would like to knowledge that that request has come in and grant that request. so if you are part of the question for reasonable accommodation to speak early and you are outside of this room, you need to come to the room, let the guards know and we will let you in one at a time after someone else as spoken, if you are part of that request and you are in this room, stand on the

far side so we can let you speak prior to calling other names. president miguel: thank you. >> do we need translation or no. >> i am not sure if everyone who is elderly speaks english. >> my name is seal. i come from dmdd. today on behalf of the senior in our neighborhood. i hope cpmc can provide, you know, the healthy care for the low income senior and the family. and i hope cpmc can provide jobs for the san francisco residents. and i hope cmpc can provide the housing for the low income family, too, thank you very much. president miguel: thank you.

are the people you just referred to also going to speak or are you speaking for them. >> i -- >> then if they would just stand up, thank you. >> thank you. president miguel: so you may leave the room so others can come in. thank you. >> commissioners i speak for a group of people that are outside, may i have them come in? president miguel: you may have them come in and stand on the side. >> thank you very much. clerk: far side. president miguel: far side, yes, because it blocks the door, otherwise.

clerk: i think we said on the far side of the room. >> president miguel and commissioners, thank you for this opportunity to make public comment, my name is mary anna ferris, ferris, i live at 3631 caesar chavez next to the proposed st. luke's hospital site. i am here representing a coalition of neighbors and neighborhood groups surrounding the hospital association, i represent lost flock, tiffany neighbors and the san jose guerrero coalition to save our streets. many of the families in our

coalition live adjacent to the hospital campus and along the proposed truck routes that winds its way through our residential streets. all of our lives will be impacted both during construction and after the building is finished. we stand together before you to make our public comment. we are concerned with the accuracy of the alternatives analysis and several of the impact analyses, including traffic, noise, and air quality. we are particularly concerned, because there are very young, elderly, and infirm residents who live in the buildings bordering the proposed construction sites, truck routes and in the immediate neighborhood surrounding both. as a group, we are actively engaged in a productive dialogue with cpmc to gain clarity and explore agreement, given that the existing site plan places a

high intensity commercial building adjacent to small scale residential housing. due to the complexity of the deir, discussions require more time, we request public comment remain open at the end of today's hearing and that the hearing be continued to accommodate ongoing discussions. thank you very much for your time. president miguel: thank you. lois scott, helene galianni, jessica wimmer. clerk: if people have come in and are identifying themselves as part of those who request reasonable accommodations, we should let them go. president miguel: ok. >> good afternoon, i am lois scott, a resident of the center of the city.

what's the basis for land use regulation? health, welfare and safety of the community. what's the basis for environmental review? to protect the environment, including human life. a big issue in this proposed project is seismic safety. it's driving hospital rebuilding, and the standards of safety for patients in their beds. the larger issue is the safety of all of the citizens of san francisco in an emergency, and their access to acute care. the draft environmental impact report should have the context of a city wide hospital plan, not just the five sites included in the dee ir. another major issue, and i think

you just heard it with the group from the near downtown neighborhoods is the medical needs of the residents in particularly near downtown neighborhoods in proximity to the proposed cathedral hill site. it's important not to shut out charitable care and to have only a high-end facility. this should be part of a city wide plan as well. a big issue for cathedral hill itself is transportation and the future capacity of our already stressed transit public system. this impact meets serious mitigation, both capital and operating costs. alternative 3a, which can plunge, the scale of the van ness plan and to the capacity of

transportation in san francisco should be the preferred alternative along with preparing a city wide plan so you have more context for reviewing these proposed changes. thank you. >> thank you. >> she will be next. >> good afternoon. my name is sister elaine jones and i live in the tenderloin. i am here to let you guys know that my husband and i, mr. arthritis and i, have a very hard time getting across streets. i was coming down van ness to take the 47 bus. it took me 65 seconds to get across the street. and then this guy decided he wanted to -- because he saw a parking space, he wanted to cut in front of me, almost killing me just to get this parking

space. i mean it's based on common sense. the seniors in that area, it takes time to get across the street. the common sense is the impact on these seniors, it's not going to help us. it's going to make us worse. we are going to end up isolated because we can't get out of our rooms to go down the street because we are in fear of our lives. and also the health and safety of the senior citizens. it's just like you telling them, well, let's breathe in all that bad air. it's just based on common sense. if you take your time and sit out there or walk down van ness, that's one of the busiest streets, other than market street. i don't understand it. where are you going to put the ambulance? where are you going to put the people? where are you going to put the trucks and all this stuff?

where are you going to put them, you know? if someone wants to gets to the hospital, they don't have a way to get there except being in the ambulance. that costs money for us. it just really don't make sense. and i want to ask you guys to look at the common sense of this whole thing. it doesn't benefit anybody but the rich, and i'm sorry, that's the way i feel, because i have suffered with mental illness, they are not going to accept me in that hospital. i am going to have to end up going all the way to san francisco general hospital because i am poor. it's not benefiting me. so why do i want this? look into it. look deep into this because it's going to impact more seniors than anybody else. i'm sick of them picking on the scene yores, thank you.

president miguel: thank you. [applause] clerk: ok. if we can hold applause. there are a lot of people and the more you applause, the more you delay this hearing. president miguel: do the people that just came in wish to speak? >> good afternoon examinationers, my name is carol. i am a senior, and i have lived in tenderloin for almost 14 years. i am proud of my community. that's why i also want to see a proper residence. today i want to share and express my concern about the proposed cathedral hill

hospital. as a senior, i am worried about the proposed care. does it mean the seniors in low income families will be accepted in this facility? we need a hospital that accepts seniors of low income. we want to make sure that medical and medical patients can also obey in the cpmc facilities. the same applies for st. luke's hospital. st. luke's must ensure health care is provided to all communities. therefore i am demanding that cpmc assure us they will not ignore the community. we want the cpmc to sign a

community benefits agreement and build [unintelligible] thank you. president miguel: thank you. >> good afternoon, mr. commissioner. my name is felicidas, a resident of 201 first street and a member of the tenderloin community association. we are here today to voice our concern regarding the proposed cpmc project to construct a

health care facility in van ness and gary. considering this development in our community, but this development should benefit all the residents. traffic is congested in this area. this area is main route of public transportation. transportation will be much -- it will be impacted, and traffic

will be congested. and people who commute daily in their respective destinations will experience hardship. there are solutions to be made by cpmc. we demand that cpmc must upgrade it's existing hospitals. like sutter and st. luke's, instead of downgrading. even one-third of their hospitals, because they have already had good services to the

community. and we should also increase primary care access in our community. for clinics, and long-term care communities, in providing that kind of care in their hospitals [buzzer. president miguel: thank you. >> i just come to ask that they put back st. luke's hospital. my children were born there. and all our community leaders there. we don't ask for charity. we just ask for service. they were born here and they

need that service. all the community there in bernal heights. i really thank you for letting me let you know we do need better hospitals. thank you. president miguel: thank you. [speaking spanish]]speaking spanish]

>> the services we have received there at st. lukes to keep on continuing. that's all we ask. president miguel: thank you. >> those of you that have read written statements and may not have had a chance to finish them or even if you have, if you want to submit that paper, your written statements to the secretary, that would become part of the record. so if you wish to leave those statements with the secretary, please do so. >> good afternoon, my name is helene delanini. i am the association manager for a residential and commercial condominium building on the corner of van ness and post. we have 245 residential units,

and 103,000 square feet of commercial space. our residential population is approximately 325 people, including a number of children, as well as some seniors. our commercial tenants include a number of medical offices that utilize highly sensitive equipment such as laser for eye surgery and ultrasound. we are literally surrounded by cpmc's project. on the south side of our building is the main hospital side. on the north side is a medical office building. and across van ness diagonally is a medical office building at van ness and gary. our tenants and residents have a number of concerns, about what it would be like to be surrounded by this construction the next five years, as well as the long-term impacts the

hospital and the medical buildings will create for our community. earlier this year we initiated discussions with cpmc. we voiced our reasonable and rationale concerns about specific impacts that the project will have a our residents now and tenants in the future. our dialogue continues. cpmc indicated they are willing to make certain draft conversations, we hope this will result in specific mitigations. our team has reviewed the environmental impact report and has practical solutions to the findings that were significant but were not assigned any mitigations, especially related to noise and traffic. we will be submitting a letter of comment which will describe and support or suggestions. we hope the planning staff

adopts these into the project's conditions of approval if not developed in the final eir. we look forward to tenning this dialogue of our prospective neighbors, and make sure that cbmc will do the right thing for its most closest and heavily impacted neighbors. thank you. >> thank you. >> my name is jessica wiemar, and i have been a registered nurse for 33 years, i spent 33 of those years with cpmc. i would like to discuss with published san francisco health goes that were in the "chronicle's paper today, and how that is at odds what cpmc proposes. the first goal on the list is to increase access to quality medical care. with the closing of