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clerk: good afternoon, this is a special meeting of the san francisco planning commission, for thursday, september 23rd, 2010. prior to taking role, let me just acknowledge a couple of things. this is going to be a very long hearing, it's crowded.

we have overflow in the north court. it's important you turn your cell phones off, your pagers, any electronic devices that may sound off during the proceedings. it's also very important that you not engage in secondary discussions during the proceedings, if you feel the need to do so, step outside and conduct your conversations, keep in mind you might not be let back into this room, with that, i would just remind the public this is a public hearing to receive comments on the draft document. the staff is not here to respond to your comments in any yea today. there will be a response to come and your comments will be responded to at this time. roll kale -- roam roll.

supplemental guidance to assist in this draft eir, on july 28th, planning department overviewed to the planning commission and interested members of the public. in document is also available here today. the draft e.i.i. comprehensive analyzes all 18 environmental taxes, this found that implementation would result in significant unavoidable environmental impacts related to transportation, noise, air quality and greenhouse gas emissions. now i draw your attention to a couple of procedural point. i want to note that staff is not here to answer questioned on the 79i.r. today. all kinds will be responded to in writing in the comments and respond to all written and

verbal comments received and make revisions as appropriate. this is not a hearing to consider approval or disapproval of the project, approval hearings will follow. the comments should be confined to the adequacy and analysis contained in the draft e.i.r. i would like to suggest that you speak slowly and clearly so the court reporter should be able to make an accurate transcript. the court reporter is sitting at the back. after hearing comments from the general public, we will also receive comments on the draft e.i.r. from members of the planning commission. the public comment period began july 31st and extends to

october 19, 2010, a potential commentator of this document has been raised concerned related to the proposed document. planning staff have responded to all, cop sift tent about the department's documents. this concludes my presentation unless the commissioner members have any questions, i request that you open the public hearing. president miguel: thank you. i will open the public hearing now. i have somewhere around 116 requests for comment cards already and there may be more that will come in. each speaker will be allowed three minutes. i have an additional request that out of courtesy to those people who are in the overflow room in the north light court, that once you have spoken, if

you would please leave this room to allow others to come in so that they would be available quicker when their turn comes. you can then follow the producting downstairs, main floor of this building, in the north light court, or if you have a computer at home, you can follow it there. so with that, i will call possibly three names at a time, if you would come up each of you, following the other. >> yes, i have to report that i don't have a conflict of interest, but i need to, i think, air the situation. the company that i work for has been doing work for sutter health medical facility in sacramento. this is an affiliate of sutter health, which is the overarching

organization to which tpnc is also affiliated. in checking with the city attorney's office, they felt that connection since it's a separate hospital and cpmc is a separate entity, so to speak, the fact that there's an overarching affiliate health situation, they didn't feel that presented a conflict. >> thank you. commissioner vice president olague yes,. vice president olague: i wanted to calendar the calendaring issue for a commissioner discussion. i don't know if there's a second or not. >> can we do that? commissioner moore: i would

express my support for that, i think it's coming too rapidly on the heels of other large products and i don't think it's the right time. clerk: i didn't hear clearly. you asked for -- >> vice president olague: that there will be time on the calendar to discuss the calendaring. clerk: ok. president miguel: i think we can do that without a vote. that's a calendaring issue, unless you had something, commissioner antonini. commissioner antonini: certainly calendaring is something we should always discuss and having it calendared to discuss calendaring next week sounds reason to people. >> about that, i will came names

>> i want to thank the commission for all your consideration, your goodness, and your kindness shown to me. i resided at 1054 geary street. not many years, only 49. and i am a young senior citizen, just 86. i want to thank you for all you have done, all the people on this staff, and made it possible, now i am residing at the gran ada on center street. thank you for everything, your goodness, your kindness, thank you.

clark clerk mr. president, if i can just restate an earlier announcement for those of you downstairs in the north light corridor if you hear your name, please come up. let the guards know your name is called so the president can keep going and the hearing can keep going. the president will call a number of cards at one time. if you hear your name let the guards know your name has been called and please come um. >> the other mic. clerk: oh, sorry. just give me a second. >> good afternoon, my name is tanya costanian. i am one of 350 dialysis patients. cpmc wants to sell our care to a for-profit company with a history of litigation of patient issues, we are all concerned and

100 of us signed the petition in protest. the e.i.r. is incomplete because it does not consider the um latif effects of unsafe -- also cpmn significant haded a plan including providing dial chris, and cpmc cannot be trusted. we ask you to hold their feet to the fire to ensure our lives are not put in danger by this plan. thank you.

>> she's coming up. >> ok. in the meantime i will call some other names, marianne that ferris, jack scott, bernie con. >> 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