it is prohibited under section four. the old pass-throughs that applied are eliminated as well. new amenities are provided. the same parking rights and rent, although not necessarily the same location. i do want to point out in response to concerns raised by 10ant advocates, we have added a provision that allows any 10ant that feels they have been inconvenienced by the relocation of their parking space a right to petition the rent board for a reduction in rent based on a reduction in services. units will be prioritized by lpt of tenancy. patios are not guaranteed in the agreement. the reason for that is the design is complex and diverse and it is difficult to arrange that, sa -- so we feel the open spaces provided are an important form of compensation.

i'm going to walk through the relocation process. frankly, misinformation has been spread and it is important for the city and county to have the information in front of you. process for being noticed, whether your potential building or unit is potentially or will potentially be replaced begins with the development phase approval. if you remember, any area of this development that is to -- has to, for any development to happen, there has to be a development phase approval. any buildings proposed to be replaced. locations of all required location units and the order of construction. we have required in the newest drafts there be a presentation to any and all 10ants. so they have a big picture view

of whether they are in the first development phase or out and what the order of that development phase is. based on this early notification, the earlyest possible date that we can conceive a denant would receive notice and be asked to relocated is two years. in all likelihood the time periods will range much, much later. that is because development phases will provide substantial advance notice. it is physically impossible to build 2,000 units in the course of two years. a 10ant relocation unit is issued. the names, addresses, and dates of initial occupancy of all 10ants in any occupied buildings, and an estimated skelled ewe for relocation. next in the process is an existing 10ant notice. this is delivered to any occupyant of any existing unit

of the start of construction on any replacement building for that unit. this isn't 60 days before a demolition, it is 60 days while that new construction is undergoing construction. you have good notice that the building that ultimately you can choose to relocate to is under construction. finally, when a une -- when a unit is ready, up to six months before first certificate of occupancy is issued, the developer is required to notice the 10ants and the rent board. the rent board is subject to all these notices, that an anticipated relocation date and every existing 10ant's rank, knew marke cal seniority -- numerical soon yorte. and to tour the construction site as safety permits.

10ants are asked to rank within 20 -- tenans -- tenants are asked to rank the buildings. you rank all those available units by your preference. after that, notice is spent to en-- tenants. tenants may accept or ye reject. the 10 ynt is allowed to move 30 to 60 days after that notice. one other important point to emphasize. one year to six months prior to

a building's completion indicate. whether or not you wan the unit, you are entitled to full relose indication benefits. this is a substantial difference than the trinity development agreement. finally, existing tenents may stay in existing units as long as that building is available just prior to demolition. they are able to stay under their existing lease and under rent control until they struntarle leave taking relocation benefits with them, the developer stops leasing the building, and finally, for buildings that are partially empty, those units will be

subject to rent control until lease termination notice is issued to any new 10ant, or any -- any new tenant or any new tenant in the building. that concludes my summary of the rent-control. i think we provided the pronlect sponsor with time. >> we will limit the time because the presentation from staff i think covered a lot of the areas i think people were concerned about. if the project sponsor wants, what, 10 to 15 minutes. that should cover it. we heard a lot of information from staff.

>> good evening. i work for parks and investors l.l.c. we know you have heard a lot on the project already. tonight i want to highlight some of the basic -- we're committed to those protections as much as the city is. it has been a fundamental concern to us since day one. we want to reiterate that on the record as well. obviously there is a benefit in change. there is change coming. what does that change mean to residents? what do they get out of it at the end of the day? obviously new units will be upgraded with up >> graded installation.

they will have buildings designed to exceed requirements today by 15%. that is a marked improvement over what is there today. all thomes will have energy star appliances. there will be high-efficiency energy lighting systems, and approved control, such as motion centers and master shut-offs. we're using low-flow plumbing fixtures to reduce the consumption from excess of 170 gallons per home per day to less than 80 gallons per home per day of potable water. all this leads to lower utility bills for residents and a 10% better code requirement compliance. the greenhouse gas emissions are 6.36 tons per unit today.

in the future they go to 2.63 tons per unit. an impressive savings. today part of the project is designed to bring more housing process. today there are 13-story tower homes with minimal options outside of one and two bedrooms. there are very few three-bedrooms. also, trying to appeal to families more so by create -- creating six times the number of bedrooms and at least 60% of the future homes will be two-bedroom or greater. open space. there is a lot of open space today. we respect that. we want to continue that going forward. a lot of designs have been tailored to continue the open-space efforts for going

forward. the current landscape uses about 15,000 gallons of pottable water per year. going forward we want to improve that with native land escaping to improve that. additionally and what we have heard consistently from the residents is the appeal from the courtyards and the desire to keep the court yards. we would like to provide a variety of open space going forward. afrom the courtyards, really an important point, is all ground floor momes when they face the street while courtyard will have direct access to the outside. additionally we want another layer of space. fitness and business centers.

we house there as well. all integrated into the useable street designs. finally, an 18-acre park on the southern edge of the property. athletic field,or beganic farm. the existing streets allow cars to move quickly through the site with limbed stop signs. a common complaint is there is too much movement and not enough pedestrian safety.

all stop signs are designed to control the speed of traffic through the site. the neighborhood will be the first neighborhood to implement street designs. such as gonzalez drive, which is the main greenway movement as adjacent to the park, as you can see, this drive was designed bike path and travel lanes. additionally the alleyways were design today share the street concept geared toward pedestrian involvement. all of the streets designed to engage homes or residents. every ground four home having walk-up connection to the street. on top of the streets we looked at making beauty more

accessible. car share van pool. carpool as well. with the real-time information web site updated full time, a transportation coordinator on site. we talked about intersection improvement. every adjacent intersection touching the property will be improved. there are 11 total. they will be enhancing bicycle safety as well as looking at traffic flows. we're trying to improve the pedestrian access in and out of the sites. obviously muni. a bart shuttle. also acts as a shutting during

off-peak times. close to finally, through collaborative processes and more than seven meetings with sfmta, and the department of public works, san francisco fire department, san francisco police department, all the planned documents today have been developed in this collaborative process. and it has been a long process and a lot of work back and forth between the agency and the design team. all those project commitments are commitments we want to work with. the city continues to implement in the future. i dp want to end by stating a couple things. this becomes an example of a

sustainable neighborhood. it puts no financial burden on the city. that's a huge element. one thing we have learped, we recognize the changes are tough for the residents and change is tough for the community as a whole. people don't always want to accept change, but the condition of the property is such that change is inevitible and it will bring change to the area itself. prior owners neglected property renovations. the recent investment in property renovations will help but it is putting off the challenges facing the property physically and operationly. this provides us a way to

improve the property and still protect existing residents. at this time, i would like to turn it over to the project land use council. -- counsel, mary murphy. >> i would like to in the interests of time and in deference to those who i know are here to speak, i would like to call to your attention i have submitted a letter into the record about the development obligations. mr. yarny has covered a lot of the basics, but i will add i am here to cover many of the basics. i will add to the conversation, woy like to make two brief points. mr. yarny has explained, and i know you all understand and i know people in the audience know, that a development agreement is a contract between the developer, and within that

contract there are a whole host of enforcement meckmisms that the city has. it is very sophisticated about these sorts of matters as you know. >> acustomed to these enforcement mechanisms, i want to add that during the terms of this development agreement a developer or subsequent purchaser were to fail to meet its obligations, there are a whole host of remedies that the city could declare default or terminate the developers development rights, and this is an enormously powerful tool in the city's arsenal. one of the things i pointed out, one of the concerns i think i heard expressed is what happens after the project is completed. the threat of losing development rights is over, in that respect, i want to make clear, that there are certain obligations under the development agreement that, for example, a building that has a replacement unit is required

to record a restriction against the titles of that property, incorporating the 10ant protection and the city is afforded the right to enforce that, including the right to get specific performance in court. i thought that would be an important point, that there is a mechanism for enforcement after completion of the project. thank you very much. >> there were 10 people who requested accommodations. i don't know if many of them are left. ethel silverstein i know, is no longer here. ms. traveler? i don't know if you are here, but feel free. if you can raise your hands so i can get a sense of who you are.

>> we did have one group that needed to go first, and then we will hear from everyone else. >> this project has been -- this project has had a lot of misinformation. contrary to other views, it doesn't cost the taxpayers a dime.

this is a singular, unique opportunity for the west side of the city. the investments in housing at park merced will subsidize the following -- $150 million in the value of the rent-controlled housing. 900 b.m.r. units, 1/3 would be cited on site, two-thirds would pay the equivalent of $229 million. this is quifflebt in scale to a public housing bond. by the way, we have a terrible record in the city of passing those. goodness, could you imagine what the mayor of the office's housing could do with that much money to fund affordable housing in the city. are there other terms elsewhere, like redevelopment, for instance? we would say a certain campaign has been waged to frighten the park merced residents by telling

nem if the project is approved their homes will be bulldozed and they will be turned out in the streets. these accusations are reprehensible and easily refuted. development agreement with the city requires building new rent-controlled replacement homes for all existing 10ants before a single home is demolished. it requires park merced to extent tent rent control. some folks continue to make dark and dire threats. the city is the other party to the development agreement and represents both their and our interest in this. to say that the city of san francisco willfully negotiated a development agreement that allows evicks, displacement, and lots of rent control protection for its own sins is fear mongering.

the two projects were both noshed by the city of san francisco to require the same rent control for existing residents. are the residents of trinity plaza also at risk for loss of rent control or eviction? it is funny, we've never heard those allegations made. what is most important is that the development agreement itself, a legally-binding contract between the city of san francisco refutes these ack sayings. this agreement is a public document and is posted on the city's web site for anyone to read. in the repeated presentations you heard from michael yarny in this room again and again and again, you heard the park merced development agreement was expressly designed by the city to be both enforceable and to extent tend a costa hawkins challenge. on the question of historic preservation, while opinions on park merced architectural

experience vary widely, it has never been established as a historical site. park merced was built quickly and inexpensively by metropolitan life in several cities after world war ii using a cookie cutter form. san francisco's well known architectural heritage abuses the conversation about the values of historic preservation and why it is important. on the question of environment, of which this is a central feature, we should note that the old park merced was con seeved -- conceived and built at odds with those in the cities today. they have low-dense land-use values that no longer make sense. the new design makes far better use of the city's scarce land.

the old development is built on heavy use of hedge-heavy drinking water whrks we are talking about preserving the green spaces there, we are talking about landscape that requires tuolomi river water. this is not sustainable. tho the old new homes exceed title 24 and would consume 60% less energy. the old development was con seeved with conveniences for automobiles and drivers as its paramount design feature. today we're reeping what we've sewn. the number of nonwork related automobile trips in mark merced

is double that of a typical street neighborhood. by contrast, the new design specifically addresses -- increases walks on bicycle and transit and if adopted, this project would make an enormous private investment into muni, buses, t.d.m., bicycles, intersection improvements and so forth all in an area now notably unflendly to anything -- unfriendly to anything other than cars. buildings have run down despite improvements over the decades. not one of the homes is -- no coffee shops, no grocery stores at park merced.

the buildings are at the end of their useful life. which asset demands your protection, especially the investment that would make far more environmently successful and liveable neighborhood. finally, our environmental challenges and fairness demands all of our city's neighborhoods, including those on the west side, accept increamental -- incremental changes in size and density. a new term was introduced to us, "density equity." he said it is not fair some neighborhoods continually accept a much higher share of development in their neighborhoods while other neighborhoods accept much less. density equity requires that the west side also help contribute in addressing our city's need

for more housing and in bringing housing closer to jobs. the project opponents are clear and vehement in their rejection. bless our hearts, we should acknowledge their fears about change. but their clearest and most unified message must be, we want the past. we don't want the future, we want the past. even if it were possible to accommodate that, it can only be done by paying a terrible price both by what this could deliver environmentally and the enormous investment it would make of an investment on the west side. this project represents a pivot point in west side neighborhoods. i hope you will help the city address the challenges that the future demands on us. thank you. >> what we do, is we have -- we

have groups that request time, and everybody should be aware of it. we've announced it before. you can ask for a block of time, and your organization can speak. but then nobody else from the group is talk. that's all we hear from h.a.k. all night. sometimes people prefer not to do that because more of you can speak and be more represented. yes, mr. goodman. >> i didn't know about that. >> that has been a commission rule for years. everyone can ask for that block of time. sometimes it is housing action coalition. it just depends. see what will happen is if one person -- if then this person speaks representing the whole group, that's the whole time you

get kind of thing. individuals can speak, but no one representing that park m erced action can speak. let's take a recess for five minutes. [recess sess 7:29]