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i was the architect for this project. since that time i've been an independent consultant. i was the facilities represented to the strategist california hospital board and i'm now the chair of the california facilities forum. it's important to understand the significance of those locations first, it is the ability for cvc to build buildings and the buildings must be maintained. it's critically important that our most vulnerable people about housed in save buildings. constructing those new compliant buildings will fulfill the
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cities health care system. second is to understand the care with the affordable care act the ambulance services the patients have stabilized. that will increase the bed requiring major designs those are positive changes. with the state mandated date for licensing the design team must meet the deadlines. fortunately cvc has a managed system. i ask for your approval today. thank you >> thank you for your patience
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building trade council. i do regrets the overall sooirgz of the projects and i worry about the projects that are so vital to a seismic active facility. i said it would result in a two year delay but i welcome the deal that the supervisors have worked out with c pmc and i ask you to move it forward as soon as possible. thank you >> i'm jeffrey i'm the principle and director of the transportation planning and that worked with c pmc project. first of all, this is the right
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location for a medical facility yes major medical facilities need a lot of the trips but there's no better place then in the intersection of our major transportation system. this would generate more vehicle trips and greater impacts on transit lines. the project is the right size the components spread identity is better to concentrate them together. .3 is this the the right transportation with management additional contrary to the 2011
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management plan that is committed to in addition it reduced all trips for the reductions programs like charging for motor vehicles up to $1.50 a day and face passes and nearly $5 million to the transit services in the city of is no san francisco. this will incorporate annual surveys and a $75 million budget in case the program does not work. thank you >> thank you for hearing us we
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serve san francisco residents. let me begin the support the city board of supervisors to rebuild. i'm a san francisco rent of two neighborhoods i live in pacific heights. this has enhanced our administration program. they vest a lot of time to train our students for the past try merpts. they talked about the importance of project planning to examine every step. without a doubt that project will be successfully completed under the care of an
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accomplished team and most importantly it will put our san franciscans to work. this is where our staff supported the client. they hired many of the folks who are serving as administrators and engineers and they hired our folks. we need to diverse the residents the opportunity to build a structure that will eventually provided care important as a san franciscan i should be able to assess the hospital whether it's the mission or pacific heights please vote yes >> let me call a few more names
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(calling names) >> hi i'm dr. lisa i'm the chair of st. luke's. i come together to make 3 points and that st. luke's is a special organization and it needs a viable hospital. and if you look at the plan as a whole it is an credible piece of work. you came together to put together the folks primarily needs. he urge you to support the plan as quickly as possible.
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we need to help the community grass the fact that st. luke's it going to be rebuilt which i hope it will be. we need to recruit the personnel we need. thank you >> good evening. i'm nick i'm the construction platform. i want to urge you to support the plan as written now. our engagement with herself restraining order over the engagement of the plan i can imagine once this plan is accepted the community bends are going to be wonderful. so as a partner in the community
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we believe that they urge you to support the plan as written >> thank you, commissioners for hearing this important item today. i'm ann i'm the coordinator. on behalf of the elderly i'm here to ask you to rebuild c pmc. c pmc has been supportive of the services. rebuilding the hospitals is crucial to serve our seniors in the community as a whole. natural disasters are unpredictable. we need hospitals with strong infrastructure that could
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withstand earthquakes. and so on behalf of the 36 hundred seniors i ask you and earthquakes don't wait for anybody. this process has taken looked at. thank you >> i'm rose i'm the president of the board of the apa services. we have worked together for over a decade to support the clients and the tenderloin is ready for a new hospital. please move quickly in approving this project. thank you >> good afternoon. i'm a resident and homeowner in the san francisco mission
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neighborhood. i'm the director of nursing at the pacific gnaws of c pmc. the time is now to rebuild that. i oversee patient care operations on a daily situation. imagine raising your family two. folks in a small place and trying to keep a high traffic utilization space free and no place for our computers. the c pmc was built at that time when patients come in the night before their surgery and icus were the only places they had
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heart monitor. we've struggled to provide the care in a space that was designed for a different era of health care. it's the right size for health care reform and will meet the earthquake needs we need to provide the health care in a earthquake disaster. this will provide care for criminally i will patients and the right place for patient to heal in a comfortable environment. i want to not argue on commas and focus on the folks who have incredible needs. we as a community need to move forward to approve this plan and
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meet the needs of san franciscans today. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please i'll call a few more names (calling names) >> thank you, commissioners for hearing this important item today. i'm yolanda john. i'm a mission bay resident of 52 years educated here and raised my kids. i would love to see this project going forward. as a resident we need to the strong structural hospitals. our c pmc believes that the san
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infrastructure hardworking men and women need this project. please let's get this done i vote in support of rebuilding it. thank you >> thank you, commissioners this is an important item today. i'm a carpenter local 22 he represent all the working carpets. we appreciate the all the work from this staff who were able to get this project moving forward. for years we've been waiting for this hospital. we must reminder at the end this is about bringing seismic save
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structures. disasters strike without warning and this city must plan ahead. as a carpenter the development of this hospital will provide work for the brothers and sisters we've been waiting tools in hand waiting to work on the hospital that will make a difference for families and friends. i urge you to support the revision for this project to move forward >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm speaking for any business manager. i'm a business with the labors local 2 61 i'm here to support the c pmc project.
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after so many delays i think it's time to move forward. i encourage you to have this project move forward. thank you >> good evening commissioners i know you've had a long day. i'm karen and i've been a pediatrician for fourteen years. i'm here to represent my colleagues. i want to support and endorse this as well as resources. the dedication of nursing and compresses and everyone who works at the st. luke's to
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provide our services. this plan provides our city with two new safe seismic appropriate hospitals where their most needed important rebuilding st. likings insures we'll with a part of the health care system. it's been thought fulfill designed where we can see patients for efficiently. this has been designed to help us deliver babies into the safe arms of community. this services serves as a model and it will retain the heart and sole. two years ago, i had the opportunity to represent san
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francisco as a relief works or worker where i cared for the child victims of the devastating earthquake. on behalf of the patience i serve and their families i ask this commission approve the project today and let it start to be rebuilt thank you. >> you. come up i'll call a few more names (calling names) >> good afternoon. i'm the executive director. you heard about the c pmc work
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we support the immigrants. i'm also on the faculty of the san francisco state. i'm speaking because the impact on our community is going to be large. i think the recent agreements reflect good agreement and i you're going to you support the plans before you. i don't have the knowledge around planning you have that knowledge and understanding but in terms of the rippling effect i urge you to support this project. thank you >> thank you. >> good evening commissioners.
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i represent the historic goodman believe. our building is a wood-frame building and it's the only one that's standing from a big fire. we're a historic city landmark. i submitted letters and we actually just want one word to be challenged in the wool proposed agreement and this is in exhibit k page 5 number 9. it's with the transportation project. ours is an old victorian that doesn't have parking. we have unions and churches who have relied for the last 50
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years to be able to park at the cathedral hotel. it's important because to park in the street it's dangerous. and it doesn't make sense that after 7:00 p.m. that mabdz neighborhood who relied on parking should be deprived of that. i urge you to go to paragraph 9 it will only be open to staff and employees. i ask you add the word neighbors it would be fair for the neighborhood. a great tourist attachment people have to park to the clubs to the untelethon church and to
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k n r tv. in addition there's a lot of less parking on the street. so i ask if you you couldn't, just convinces the board of supervisors to add neighbors so we won't be deprived of parking. we have 5 commercial and it would be detrimental to our income taxes in the neighborhood that you good evening. i'm the director of the arts organizations. we connect art with health. for the last 5 years we've been
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providing services to april the people of the african-american community and april in the western edition. so i support the rebuild providing - for facilities even to provide more sports in terms of the health not only to san franciscans but it, the people who live in the san francisco bay area. the idea for me in terms of building the facility is to improve and save lives. and i would hope you would make this decision what outline due haste and i'm speaking primarily from the african-american community from the disparities that exist and i know two people that passed away and i think
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that that having some facilities on line could go a long ways in terms of improving the health throughout our community. i support it with all due speed. thank you >> thank you. i'll call some more names (calling names) >> good evening commissioners. i represent 1 thousand van ness garage. as a long time owner i'm here to speak in support for the hospital project. i can't overstate the positive impacts that will have on the resident. we've had the opportunity to wit
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house our community has suffered. the ambitious plan will help the surrounding neighborhood. in addition to the construction jobs c pmc has pledged a large number of local hires and permanent jobs. this represents a significant opportunity for local residents to find employment that's easily assessable and won't put additional strain on the transportation system. i think it will have adequate lighting. this long term commitment will enhance safety around the hospital and in the surrounding neighborhood. sidewalks would be getting a face lift and it increases our ability to be safe.
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they have agreed to pilot the plan for safe neighborhoods. a major economical commitment is being made. the $75 million will have a local impact. and an additional fund will be managed apparently, this project offers the best privately funded investment and will act as an economical driver that will generate jobs and opportunities that will directly benefit the neighborhood. i'd like to address the issue of traffic on our students are - this major art error reis that traffic doesn't dissuade folks
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from coming here. we welcome all new traffic to come here. i want to ask that this project can move forward and gives hope and provided opportunity for advancement. thank you >> good evening commissioners thank you for giving me the opportunity. i'm with the apa support services it is to end the domestic violence in san francisco. it provides service for our community and a we're stepchild for this project. we have the tenderloin areas who
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or willfully and waiting for on the community benefit and they're waiting for those new hospitals to be built. most of our babies has been born in the local hospital because of the great care but please move swiftly in approving this project. have a good night >> thank you. >> good afternoon planning commissioners and folks. i'm ray i'm a san franciscan i will and work here. currently i'm part of the information systems for the project team and hopefully very soon implementing what we've designed over the years.
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driving down south on 101 you notice a little billboard it caught my my and said the babies that are born today one out of 3 will live to be over one hundred years old. this one hospital has been delivering over 78 thousand babies and that trend is going to grow. that get me ini'm one of the baby boomers will i make 1 hundred years old my mom made 97-year-old. like the many generations in san francisco c pmc is a steward of the community as well. you heard some of the presentations and saw the
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graphics. c pmc has been here for 1 hundred and 50 years we would like to continue that. in order to c pmc to continue to provide the health care during an earthquake and afterwards the seismic hospitals must be built to serve the pedestrian - the california senate bill was put into the law books to protect us all. it would be a shame an embarrassment and possibly even a tragedy if the earthquake hit and the buildings in san francisco are not safe and
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