represent all the neighbors at all. many of us are in favor of what is going on here and certainly all of the accommodations that the developers have made to the neighbors at this point. kevin and taught are small-time builders and they have gone out of their way to accommodate to the degree of really giving up certain architectural characteristics. we need this kind of builder in san francisco. what we don't need is neighbors the signing buildings and putting neighbors against neighbors. i understand the word for it closely with the planners and they have absolute and the project cost of i'd the project. i want to urge you to go ahead and accept latest rendition of the plans that they have developed.

i am in support of plot and pepin. the reason that i want to do this is because will happen on them for 50 years from the time it a first part of their business. they always do on incredible job with every project that may take on. i also want to support them because i am an individual who work in san francisco for 25 years. i had to buy in the east bay because i could not afford san francisco this project is

everything that is good about san francisco and it would provide of that are affordable. i support this project and i urge you to as well. >> are there additional speakers in support of the project sponsor? >> i am a former homeowner in the neighborhood. i had been a resident of san francisco for 20 years. i know the difficulty but also the rewards of all and putting projects through at providing housing. there is a severe shortage.

i am in support of what todd and kevin are doing. i have looked at the plants. and many of us have your around the city and looked at some and then sleep in harassing architectural monstrosities. -- and look at some of the project and seen some embarrassing architectural monstrosity. they have made changes to their building. i ask you please go forward with their project. thank you. >> i support the project. these gentlemen are fine and honorable people and this would be a real addition to the city. thank you.

>> thank you. >> what we're looking at are the basic properties. we should allow these to be developed and provide housing. this should provide it a better -- for the building. i would urge you to support this. they do. >> that you. >> i'm artist who has lived in the neighborhood for over 20 years. i have walked by that clock almost every day. i and favor of the original four story building. the regional design will

provide homes for two families wishing to live in a very desirable part of san francisco. these families will spend money at lower haight district shops and restaurants. to me, it makes little sense to not let this project go forward. i strongly encourage your support. >> i am a general contractor. the majority of my work is in the city and county of san francisco. i am a member of the san francisco coalition for responsible growth. we need families to stay in the city and adjust bought a

property myself and i would like to stay in the city because i thought of miklin to have to stay out. i support it. pinkie. >> thank you. -- a thank you. >> thank you. >> it is difficult to find a three-bedroom units in the city. for me, it is hard to find anywhere to lift. it is either move to marin or the east bay. >> i am president of the city and county of san francisco and

i lived not far from the project and i am here to speak in favor of it. there is no reason not to approve this project. we are looking to purchase a home. these developers have gone out of their way to meet every criticism, everything that the neighbors have asked for and to address the concerns. thank you.

>> with this project, we have a great opportunity to have affordable housing. >> i support this project. many people are out of work right now. i would like to see people getting back to work. i think this is a great opportunity for the people in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you.

>> we should have an interpreter here for spanish. >> i am interested in the project. >> i support this project and this process. i don't know the developers but i have been a victim of the discretionary review.

it is difficult for me to understand that the neighbors can come forward and dictate what i'm going to build. i'm the person who is spending the property taxes and spending architectural engineering and permit fees. i do support this project and i urge you to do the same. thank you. >> good evening. i am here to support the project because i think it will bring a lot of opportunity to people like us, are the workers, who are looking for jobs. i am asking you to approve this project for us. thank you.

>> thank you. >> good evening. if we want this project to move forward because we need more employment for all. it should be beneficial to all of us. >> thank you.

>> blame here in support of the project. this is an opportunity to have a job, not just for me, but for many people. it will be beneficial for many people, for stores, four buses, taxis. that is all, thank you. >> good evening. i am here to support because this is a bad time for everyone. please, we are supporting this project.

thank you. >> could evening, commissioners. -- good evening. i have seen this city go from 300,000 to 750,000. we have grown in different shapes, buildings. i believe that this project is another one that is well-suited for the city of san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. >> i am a contractor from san francisco.

i have worked with time and kevin on numerous projects. they are a good company to work for. >> i am here to support this project. i have known john and todd for many years. he has given me and many other people work and we really do need work in these times.

that is why i approve this project. please approve this because this will be beneficial to many people. >> thank you. >> hello. >> i am here to support this project. there are many people that need work during these times. i've worked a lot of years with todd and we need work, we need jobs.

we need to be will to support our families. >> could evening, commissioners. this project sponsor is four- stories. this project goes nicely into the street scapes. the in its third big enough to accommodate families. this is suitable for families and parents. i support this project and i hope you do. >> good evening, commissioners. i support this project. i have been a resident of this city for 67 years. when they put a building,, they

put everything they have and they hope it floats. i am supporting this project. that is all i have to say. a thank-you. >> good evening. thank you for having me. i do business with a lot of gentleman that our kahan -- that are in this business. i have been observing the process and over time, i have heard how discouraging this review process has been. i am here to support them because i heard the arguments in favor of continuing their review process and referring to this neighborhood as a historical

neighborhood. i am a native of san francisco. i don't recall people referring to this as historical before. people are willing to put themselves and their money on the line. to have to prolong the process does not seem right. i am here to support the project and i thank you for your time. thank you. >> i am here to support the project.

thank you for supporting. thank you. >> we badly need jobs. i hope that you support the project. >> i am here in support of the project. i think this is a very reasonable project. i would urge you to support the project. thank you.

>> i am from the coalition force possible growth. i have to tell you that i have another 50 -- people waiting out there and they are wrong ready to come and talk. it shows the real hunger in this city for people to get into projects and work. i promise you, i will wrap it up with the next speaker. they are urging ehud to approve this project to get people working. this is a bad designed by the neighbors. a camel is a horse designed by committee. i urge you to let the project by todd and kevin go forward and let's get back to work. thank you, commissioners.

>> hello, commissioners. i am one of the owners of the property. a lot has been said by the applicants and a lot of their position predicates on the notion of what this neighborhood is and what this property is. i want to emphasize the context and what the neighborhood looks like. these are large buildings. but some of the applicants are complaining about as far as how our project would look like to you, is because their back yards are not large at all, they are

quite small. the impact would be that our building would be close to theirs because of how large or long their building is. that is the context people need to remember. when people are saying that this project would be too, this is definitely ignoring the fact that their own properties are quite larger. what the neighbors are advocating for is for a george building. here is what of the property will look like in context should the floor be removed. what the architects have done is to disavow what the residential guidelines call for and that is for the properties to follow a typography. there is no way that their proposal would actually follow that a guideline.

this is very disingenuous for the applicants to hire an architect and an attorney to argue otherwise. in any building will be completely out of character with the streetscape. and the illusion that the applicants are proposing is that it would work. both the engineer and the architects are available and a member of the fire prevention community have stated that this will not work. from a planning code standpoint, this property will not work. also from a usability standpoint, it will not work. if you look carefully at the

floor plan. >> in that case, that you each have two have minutes for rebuttal. >> the neighbors have gone out of their way to find an envelope that they can settle on. this has been twice reviewed by building inspectors.

they have found that this is not in violation of any buildings or fire codes. both the revision of the project sponsors and the neighbors proposal have bedrooms that have the skate windows to the rear yard. this has been interpreted to allow the windows to go to the yards. otherwise, there would be no way to have any bedrooms in the back of the building unless there was a separate and dedicated to the entrance. the studies reproduced had a range of possibilities. we understood this to be our homework assignment. it was unfortunate that we had

to do it by ourselves. the first was a 31 foot building. these explored a range of possibilities. it is up to this commission. these are offers, particularly by the second one, for the neighbors to settle this and move on. we would love to see a building that fits into the context and that has some family sized units. that also respects the properties of the people who have lived there. thank you very much, commissioners. >> you mandated that the

developer is comes up with a design that resolves your concern. what you got out of this process was a revision by the developer and the neighbors are doing something because we did not have any context. what is on here is the backyard overview that shows you the problem that their scale has on the project next door. when you look at the light well impact, the light well, on the project to the west is totally obliterated by the developers for story scenarios. this is by a various that is sensible. you don't block the light on the west side of the project.

we want this over. we don't want to continue this process. the neighbors are willing to have a three story building and work with the developer we are pleading with you to establish the context and the envelops. this fits into the neighborhood. this is the context. this is a very narrow street. we are asking you to say to the developer, here is the envelope, stay within the envelope, but the staff work with the developer and see what comes out of the process. we don't want you to deny the project. we are asking you to accept dr.

>> we have shown a lot of our own pictures. i want to show you the pictures of the developers. this is not choosing an ankle. even from the wall of glass, this would block all of our light. i agree with the vast majority of what the supporters of the sponsors have told you. energy efficiency is important and local employment is very important. family housing, also important. i agree that the neighbors should not be the ones that designed buildings and i want to apologize for you that we had to present th