suspicious. there are a lot of things that were not covered in the eir report, a lot of potential hazards. it is disingenuous to avoid addressing those before approving the development of this size. finally, right next door to a working-class university, there is a revolutionary labor studies program, a revolutionary health program. it is insulting to the intelligence of the people in this room to suggest that development means demolishing working-class homes. that is a bad translation. this is a proposal that does not take the people into account. the people who are here -- they have stated loudly and clearly,

and will continue to state, their opposition. i really think you -- i beg you supervisors to respect the people's wishes on this matter and not go ahead. [applause] president chiu: before the next speaker, let me call some additional individuals to speak. again, these are individuals on behalf of the appellant. if you might have checked the wrong box and want to speak on behalf of the project sponsor, you will be able to do that later on in today's proceedings. sarah mall borah, rose hill some, -- hilsome, lyn aich, judith flynn. >> i am the president of the merchant extension trying to association, located directly across juniper. merced extension triangle office

taken a position not opposed to a moderate redevelopment of parkmerced. we are definitely opposed to the height and bulk of the proposed project. what is planned is a development going to 8900 units come up with a projection of 16,020 bedrooms, which equates to a population anywhere between 25,030 thousand residents when completed. i have copies of the state earthquake investigation report from the april 19 earthquake. i want to read briefly from it. an old railroad trestle that crosses the northern end of parkmerced was badly wrecked. the bid was broken into pieces and was out of line at both ends. the direction of the offsets is very nearly due north-south. at one point, the break was shelved 14 feet past the other

section. the west and failed to join the section at the west bank by six to 7 feet. the west section that remained with the bank was from 4 feet to 5 feet lower vertically than the intermediate section. a sand bar was forced out of the lake from water that was previously 6 feet to 8 feet deep. this was at a time when there were no houses in the area. the area was developed beginning after abroad for iii -- beginning after world war ii. we are in favor of a tier 5 transportation study. but let's not put the cart before the horse. let this get the study funded and implemented prior to and the demolition or construction. thank you.

president chiu: if we could have sf gov tv on the laptop? there we are. that could be a different presentation. if we want to hear from the next speaker as we are working on a laptop, why don't i ask the next speaker to step up, please? >> good afternoon. my name is hollywood marshall. i do not live at parkmerced. i know it well and the people

who live there because i have been a commissioner on the san francisco went board for 27 years and have seen this building and these people for all of those years, and grown very fond of them. since the appellants each had only five minutes to cover the eir, i am going to try to fill in a few things they were not able to get to. one is alternatives. there has been some talk -- some hope that you'll will send this back to consider a no- demolition alternative. as i understand it, the mayor's office of work force development is now saying that has been analyzed. i want to correct that. there is a no project alternative which is required by law to be considered. that is the only alternative that does not involve demolition that is covered in this eir. there are two paragraphs about

an alternative that was rejected for analysis because it did not meet the sponsors goals. it would have built in fill units in courtyards and car parts. that was not analyzed. so there is no truth no- demolition alternative to consider as a serious alternative. you could send it back for that reason. i want to quickly turn to transit and traffic. even assuming the m line will go into parkmerced, which is not guaranteed by any means, the eir reveals it would be overcrowded and will need additional street cars purchased. those are unfunded by the m.t.a. or the developer. there would be increased headways that would reduce transit capacity.

supervisor mar: thank you very much. next speaker. >> i seem to have started something. can i get it back up? there it is. this is a quick slide show of the images and issues about parkmerced. i have spent over five years discussing this issue with the city and county. i think it is important i have only seen one supervisor out there with me, taking a walk of the site and what is important about the site. the existing garden apartments square footage analysis in this document ignores entirely the

loss of open space of the existing community, from 191 acres down to 62 acres. what does that do for people out there? what is the density maximum we are trying to achieve in urban areas? when is it too much? when do we have to sit back and look again at the transit? what other large skill improvements could we see out there that should be coming before this type of development occurs? the are a lot of issues in this little overhead example. i hope you will go back and look at it carefully. i can send you a pd f of the entire presentation. there is no reason to approve this project. there are enough people in front of you to state clearly that this is just in the developers' interest, who are texting in the back to try to get more people here.

i think you need to hear the point of view of the existing community. i am a member of san francisco tomorrow. i do not live in parkmerced. i am against discrimination against families. i was not allowed to move back to a small town house where i originally lived in parkmerced and my child was born. life changes rapidly and we should all respect that. change can occur in parkmerced, but the way we do it is very important. [applause] supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i want to turn in this view. supervisor mar: just placed it on there. speak into the microphone. >> i am a resident of parkmerced for the last eight years. this particular map -- i am

going to have copies to each supervisor. it represents the dangers involved with parkmerced, some of the most earthquake-prone land in the city. this is the united states geographic survey map. this area in by what is exactly where -- in violet is exactly where parkmerced is. it has up offers underneath. it is in extreme danger in the event of another earthquake like 1906. i am sensitive to this because my father was one of the ones who vetoed rebuilding the pool because it was right on the fault line. my great grandfather and my grandfather were burned out of their home on april 18, 1906. small construction like the garden apartments holds up well, even in a catastrophic quake

like 1906. one and two-story buildings did very well. their house did very well in the quake. the fire got them. the buildings that will take a terrible hit will be the towers. the existing power is badly damaged already. it has never been adequately fixed from the small quake of 1989. what was said earlier about lake merced is true. it was part of the pacific ocean in 1952. there was an earthquake. it is not a fresh water lake. that area is right next to the san andreas fault. it is a dangerous area. you do not want big construction right there. thank you very much. supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker.

>> supervisors, my name is ronaldo visali. i have lived in parkmerced for 40 years, since i was 3. today was a beautiful day. it was sunny. birds are chirping. a demolition of my home would be really a sad day for me and my brother. i grew up there. those of the streets i have lived on pretty much my whole life. i just can't see this happening. this whole plan is just the outrageous. i don't know whose pipe dream this is. i believe that someone's 6 --

sick and twisted dream is trying to make a reality. but this is not san francisco. this is not healthy for san francisco. this is not the san francisco we all dwell in, you know? you are talking about 30 years of construction. you are going to have people sick, you know? think about it. that is all i have to save. i just don't want my home demolished. it is my home. thank you. >> good afternoon, a board of supervisors. i am a member of jordan park improvement association, although i will not be represented their views. i know we are here to talk about the environmental impact report, the adequacy and accuracy. in reading the environmental

impact report, i found a lot of these facts were either not significant, significant but unavoidable, it's a truck. i know the city can get certain benefits from developers, but are they benefits if they cause traffic congestion in neighboring residential areas due to a shortage of 3000 parking spaces? what do we know about the benefits to the city if the cause harm to the residents at parkmerced, where they have had their homes for decades, some people. these are vulnerable people. they are not well off. this product is supposed to go through a bake 20 to 30 year phase-in. what are the transit benefits? what happens if you ok this eir today and this hinges on other agenda items coming up where if you have enough benefits the protection of the tenants increases? if you do not have enough

protections -- enough benefits to the city, the tenants do not get protection. there is a nexus between all these hearings that are separated out. i urge you to reconsider certifying and approving the eir for those reasons. thank you very much. supervisor mar: next speaker. >> i am a resident of parkmerced. i am just a resident. it hurts me to think that such a beautiful and special place in san francisco would be destroyed for something that is so common. we are a unique city. this is a unique area. if you come out and see this

area, you will see what i am talking about. i love my home. i grew up there since i was 11 or 12. i am a san francisco resident, native. this means a lot to me. i do not want to see parkmerced become like the fillmore. it will. many of my fellow natives in the city had to move to other cities. i talked to them all the time about how they cannot afford to be in this city. the reason i am able to stay in the city is because i have a place that is affordable for me. i would not leave parkmerced even if i made a lot more money. it means a lot to me. i continue to want to live there, no matter how much money

i make. i am not living there because of the money. but that is a real relevant issue in san francisco. we are pushing out a lot more people every year who cannot live in the city they grew up in. i would like to see this project not take place. there are numerous reasons why people talk about the eir. i was there in '89 and i saw how it was. >> good afternoon, esteemed supervisors. thank you for giving me the opportunity to address you. my name is judith flam and i am the director of the montessori children's center in parkmerced. it was founded in 1976. it is a licensed preschool for 58 children. it is now in its 35th year of

continuous operation, serving children from parkmerced and the broader community. we have an extraordinarily diverse population as well as adverse socio-economic population, but -- because we do have many children on vouchers from the city agencies. this was purpose built by the previous ownership and is just five years old. i have three main points. the center is scheduled for demolition during the project, which was never professionally revealed to us. there was no discussion on the part of management about demolition, relocation, a future alternate site, or a timeline of the above. it creates uncertainty for the

future as far as continuing to operate a business. demolition -- demolition of the size proposed brings massive toxicity to the air both outside and inside, and poses significant documented health risks. i want to get on to my third point. since the proposed plant increases the population significantly and is targeted at families who will need child care, it is outrageous to get rid of a new facility which has 58 licensed basis. the southwest corner of san francisco has the lowest number of child care spaces in the city. >> good afternoon. i am here today to speak to you about the eir and parkmerced.

i'm wanted to say there are many individuals here that took the time to write appeals. coalition to save parkmerced, san francisco tomorrow, parkmerced action coalition -- all these individuals plus thousands of other people in parkmerced are opposed to this tared arm. i have only spoken to one or two people who thought maybe this was a good idea. the rest of us feel this is a terrible idea, perhaps because we have been there 40 years. we have been there a long time. many of us have paid off as apartments already five times. so of course there was a lot to take out. he took the equity out, $250 million. we feel it is a beautiful place.

we want to stay there. we do not want to move. we have made been carved out a lovely life for ourselves. there are many -- i guess this has happened to many other communities in san francisco over the years. i think one comes to mind, 1906, when san francisco wanted to move the chinese community of chinatown to hunters point. they barricaded themselves. we feel you can help us. we feel you can save our homes and our lifestyle here. there is no reason to push us out. you have done enough. supervisor mar: before the next speaker, let me call up some additional folks for the appellants. if you want to speak on behalf of the project sponsor, you can line up at a different point in today's presentation. troy martinez, heather phillips,

kevin guibarra, ramon caleb adams, brian bernard, ian o'toole, corey bray, robert reid, bruce kennedy. >> i have been a resident at parkmerced for 16 years. my daughter came when she was nine. she was upstairs at my home when my 12 year-old son was born there. i am speaking in favor of the appeal and against the expansion project. can we get this on? we live in a garden courtyard apartment. i probably spent $25,000 on the courtyard since i moved in there. i would like to speak about what we are going to lose.

this is a japanese maple and weeping cherry. there is a population of birds. there are 34 different types of birds at least that have come to my courtyard. the courtyard and my patio is an audubon-approved wildlife sanctuary. there are often as many as 20 or 30 birds of one type at a time in my patio. this is all when to be habitat destruction. i have not heard anybody talk about the loss there. my wife could not be here today but wanted me to address some issues. she is chair of the health education department of san francisco state, the only university i know of where health equity is their primary concern. she runs the customer project as well as many others. she has brought millions of dollars of grants into the city for public health.

she is totally opposed to the destruction that is when to take place here, and the pollution and environmental threats. in our case alone, given our children and what we need to feel safe, we will probably have to move rather than move into an apartment that is 586 square feet short of the private space we have, in addition to -- here is the documentation. supervisor mar: thank you very much. thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentleman. i am fairly new resident to

parkmerced. it was not disclosed to me they wanted to demolish the apartment. had they done that, i would not be a resident there. i am opposed to and the demolition whatsoever of parkmerced. i think it is a very beautiful place. it was supposed to look like presidio terrace. the only difference is that it was designed and built for renters. i think to have that killed nearly 70 years ago is phenomenal. perhaps that is one of the reasons so many people love san francisco. i hear the word progressive talked about in regards to san francisco politics. i am not going to comment on that. after speaking with one of my neighbors, i decided to talk about this incident. dear board of supervisors, i am opposed to the demolition for

the following reasons. i am paraphrasing the eir. there was a statement that said there were mitigating factors that could not be overcome and that hazardous materials would be released into the air. if that is true, i would like to speak about hazardous materials as it pertains to the expectant mother and the unborn child. unbeknownst to me, when i was in my 20s and had recently got married, but i miss carried by very first child. that was a very devastating experience for my ex-husband and i. unbeknownst to us, i was exposed to hazardous materials and did not know about it. that was over 20 years ago. for many people in the work force, there are laws to protect them. it was a truly painful -- supervisor mar: can you very much.

thank you very much. excuse him. thank you very much. [applause] next speaker. if there are any members of the public that wish to speak on behalf of the appellants, lined up at this time. i do not have any more cards. feel free to line up behind the current speakers. next speaker, please. could we have the microphone turned on? try it again. hold on one second. >> hello?

good afternoon, supervisors. i am the organizer of parent of voices in san francisco. we are fighting for access to top care and health care. i am speaking on behalf of the 58 young children who are residents of parkmerced. they are in the montessori child care center. you heard the executive director of the center speak a little bit earlier. she was not able to finish her statement. i'll start with her closing statement. we respectfully request a review and modification of the plan in a fair and socially just agreement. she mentioned that the center was not told that they would be demolished. this is a brand-new center, built five years ago. the center has been there 35 years. "it cost more than $2 million to

build the center. i think not to inform her that there were going to be demolished is not fair at all. it is not fair for the children. i think there should be a relocation plan, if that are going to do the construction and demolition. there should be a plan to bring back the children if that happens. with increased residence there -- i am not for or against the plan. i am here to speak for the top care center. i hope you would consider saving these spots for children. once our capacity disappears, it is hard to get back. >> i live in the mission district. i will not pretend i am