>> this is a special meeting of the san francisco planning commission for thursday, june 7, 2012. let rame remind everyone to turn off or silence our cell phones. any other electronic device that may sound off during the proceedings. commissioner sugaya?

>> [roll call] before you this morning is a potential hearing that could go into closed session for 16 01 market. the pursfirst item before you is the matter that could be discussed in closed session. commissioner fong: public comment? >> hello. my name is melanie grossman. i have been asked to read a brief letter from the coalition for san francisco neighborhoods. csfn strongly supports the

effort to reduce historic buildings. it opposes progress of demolition tactics to win process approval. they believe san francisco will greatly benefit only of the historic preservation laws and ceqa laws are strictly enforced. also, i am here as a representative of the older women's league, and we have an interest in low-cost housing for older people. we believe in making sure that seniors can remain in san francisco as they age, that they are not priced out of the city because of housing. we also believe in quality of life for seniors, and i think this site would be great, not

only for housing, but using the building as a community resource where older people could meet, have their meetings, get together, and people of all ages, all generations could get together. we really need this in our neighborhood, which as you know is very densely populated. i am also a resident of russian hill and think we need a community space in our neighborhood. thank you. commissioner fong: linda chapman. >> linda chapman. i was asked to deliver the letter that you just heard part of. they took a position of this site what it originally came up. they have are really serious concern about undoing ceqa and violating it.

when they say there is a historic resource that has to be analyzed, it also says you cannot progress of we demolish and destroy the historic resources and then say it is in such terrible shape. well, there will be when you poll of the stucco and things like that. and when you have of the interior and show pictures. after being a modest by the planning commission and after receiving an eir saying you cannot do this. it would be a terrible precedent if we allowed it to be defeated that way. i also brought your letters. i sent out an e-mail, but it was quite late. i will give this to you about one of the laws fithat is being litigated right now. steve taper is a lawyer for many

churches and many non-profit housings and has successfully handled claims for other churches. as he points out, there is no coverage for this, because this is a commercial transaction. it covers religious activities. if you said -- let's save the theater but was bought for a church, it was ok to be cuter -- theater, but you cannot assemble as a church. he has successfully handle cases like that in the east bay. this is not one. he believes it is a terrible precedent if you allow yourself to be influenced like that, because the whole city is full of commercial properties owned by the catholic church and other properties. this is a slippery slope to allow them to say you are discriminating against it. and the other thing is, who is really behind this? is it really the methodist

church? i did not think so with my various contacts in the methodist church. i believe we have a real possibility for resolution. their name has to be on the suit for sure, because the developer does not have standing. they may have felt they had to do this under contract. it is my belief a contractor cannot say they will do it under law that does not apply. their interest is a non-profit housing. what do people really need? they wanted to sell for non- profit development. originally they did not find a buyer. it has been an unhappy experience, and they have made a policy that they are doing elsewhere that they will not engage in this kind of transaction elsewhere. right now they are still in a contract, may be that they need to get out of. please consider these things. it is not relevant to the other

alternative. >> good morning. 1601 larkin settled for a settlement conference. boy, i would love to sit in that room. they are typically granted to a project that has benefit to the community. in 2004 this was a water-tight church property. it is for elderly housing, japanese elderly housing and shows the care and wisdom of recycling the buildings for continued social use. since 2004 we have had no transfer of ownership, no increase in property tax and an application made to develop plans for quality resources in

the church. creamers hand. -- kramer's hand. tndc looking and seeing a project they could successfully accomplish. wanting to cut down trees around the property. pieces of the building falling off, more leaks in different areas of the building the historic preservation review demonstrating the building is a landmark quality. the building immediately after that report been allies to the door hardware removed. the flooring taken out of the bottom floor and put into a restaurant commercial venture downtown. no on-site market rate housing from the settlement. it is the same large project.

do not be in a subtle -- hurry to settle here. i can understand why they might settle, because there will not get anywhere in court, but i do not think the city should sell the site to the city. it is the same large property, just in a different skin. that does not solve the problems it had. that does not make a landmark church go away as an issue. this property could be recycled and reused for this community, and it would be a welcome benefits to build a new on the parking lot with in the church building itself, saving the corner room for the same type of purpose, of meeting space, a

place to celebrate the lives of all who live there. thank you very much. >> any additional public comment? there appears to be none. now closing public comment. >> now you can consider a motion on whether to assert the attorney/client privilege regarding the matter listed below to have a conference with your legal counsel. commissioner miguel: i move we go into closed session with the session with legal regarding the item below. to go on the motion to go into conference with legal counsel, commissioner -- >> on the motion to go into closed conference

with legal counsel. [roll call] is unanimous. we will go into closed session.

this is a proud day for all of us. i would like to thank you all of san francisco at the general hospital and trauma center. and today we celebrate your commitment to health, your family's health, your neighbor's health and the help of all of the city.

you can see the new hospital is going up, and it is already beautiful. it is more than a building. it is the future of the space for the hospital. general has always been a big part of the city. the past, present, and future. the story of san francisco general began in 1851 san francisco created a board of health and a temporary hospital was set up. the hospital is here 12 years later. it survived the 1906 earthquake and fire, but i had to be destroyed during the earthquake epidemic of 1908. the hospital was rebuilt over the years in continue to offer children and sites hit -- psychiatric services to respond to the needs of the children. in the 1970's, the hospital was

built in became one of the first world hospitals to open its doors to aids patients. we became very famous because of that. [applause] 4 the mayor has just arrived. welcome. -- the mayor has just arrived. we continue to leave it and care for the most vulnerable. just last year general became the first hospital in the nation to be certified for traumatic brain injury program. as we enter the new area of health care reform, the hospital will continue to play a central role in improving the health of our city. we at the public health the premier are working hard to court in a services from primary-care clinics to hospitals, connecting medical and mental health care. that is what patients need and deserve.

this new hospital will benefit patients to be sure, but also bring opportunity to reorganize clinics, free services together and improve research and education and administration. i would like to recognize all of the children in the area. we have mission education project. they are the next administrator, nurses to run this hospital. i would also like to recognize that health commissioner and elected officials. kathryn waters, david's conscious, and carmen chu from the board of supervisors, eric mar, scott weiner and

waiting for the others to show up. next, i would like to introduce the executive of our hospital sue kearn. she has been with us for many years. she is now the ceo and will be leading us to the future of the hospital, and it is an honor to work with her. i am sure you will enjoy her words today. think you. [applause] -- thank you. >> good morning. i want to thank you all for coming and welcome to san francisco general hospital for this great occasion. yesterday we had a signing here, and we had a lot of children and people from the community and staff come by. it was really exciting to have our one here together during that signing time.

it has been really challenging building this big structure here in the midst of the campus where we're trying to run a full- service hospital. i really want to thank the patients, neighbor, and staff for all their support during this building time, but fit will pay off very soon. i also want to thank the rebuild team and wonderful architects who designed the building. for jacobs for managing the project. all of our speakers in the city. it really takes a true partnership to plot a big project like this. seeing the full-scale building of what it is going to look like is really exciting. you can see it will be a beautiful building. it is going to be exciting when

we open our doors in 2015 and movement. [applause] the hospital is really afford to meet as a nurse, because it will truly be a healing environment for half the patients and visitors that, and a great work environment for staff. we will have good lighting for the patients, and we will have space for the patient families to visit them, which we do not have today. we will have great waiting rooms, pediatric and adults to make their stay more pleasant, and i am really excited about the emergency room, which will go from a size of 27 beds in the current emergency department to 60 in the new hospital, and we will be able to search of to 120 during a disaster. i know that is important to people like the fire chief and

everyone else in the community. i invite you back for the ribbon-cutting ceremony in 2015. we will have an even bigger party than today. thank you for coming. [applause] >> i wanted to recognize tangerine and bring them from the deputy department of health. sally's biker from the sentences go health plan. our ceo of this difference is still health plan. it will play a seat of a role in the future of health care reform. particularly would like to recognize gene o'connor as the executive. she told me she bought 10 years for this, so we want to make sure she will be happy today. warren browner, ceo of cmpc.

ron smith from the president of the hospital council. this will be the only time you will be able to write graffiti on a city building. without him coming after you. we want to introduce the director of public works.