the proposed project will be rehabilitating an existing site. this will provide more residential units. parkmerced is providing the example of creating living spaces and jobs in one community. i urge you to deny the appeal on the eir. [bell] president chiu: next speaker. >> good evening, mr. president, members. one of the reasons i korea last year was to try to do it. what i korea on was trying to find a way.

the best way i can find for the funding of this is the approval of this project. there are changes in love heard recently from the mtc, so we can mitigate some of the 19th avenue. i do not think we will be able to do that without. i want to think one man who has worked a long time on this issue. i would like you to think ahead to 30 years from now about what this area will be like. some programs will have their facts korea and the carbon tax will have its effects. wages have actually gone down in the last 10 years. i think it would be farsighted to start restricting the

parking at parkmerced early on, and i realize a lot of this is not part of the eir. i hope you will pass this on the merits of the eir alone and not on the others. the developer, as you know, has already had to reorganize ones. if this it's dragged out, the cost is going to go into the process. there are changes that need to be made. [bell] president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is scott thomas, and my wife and i moved to parkmerced 30 years ago, and we have absolutely no regrets. one of the good things about this is trust.

years ago, it promised us a brand new elevators they then said they would we do the laundry rooms, in they did that. there was also exercise room in all of the towers. this is what it is all about. i trust parkmerced's management. they will do the right thing by us. president chiu: next speaker. >> i highly suggest to approve this project at parkmerced.

this is something we will deal with every day of our lives. traffic. it is time for renovation. opportunities. we all want to improve our city. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> hello, my name is alex reyes. i have been a resident for many years, and anybody who has been there knows that the open space is pretty much an unusual --

unusable. it requires chemicals to survive. this provides acres of new space for the community. thank you. >> good evening, board of supervisors. my name is timothy, and i am a union member and also is in francisco native. i urge you to go forward with this project. this is the way we can do this. thank you. >> ok, my name is -- and i am a carpenter. we are attached to our trades.

upgrade trainings. we go -- training. thank you. >> good evening, supervisors. my name is mary, and i am here to be speaking on behalf of the san francisco planning and urban research foundation, spur. we gave them our doors and back in july. i believe you have a copy of delwyn porcelain letter. if not, i will give you a copy. -- a copy of our endorsement letter. what we said is we believe the increased density, the very visible commitment to public transit, and the recognition for

the neighborhood serving retail and professional services, not to mention the extensive environmental design components of this project, they are all very much in line, in our commitment to the urban smart growth design. we urge you to deny the repeal and certified the eir. thank you. >> good evening. my name is carol, and i live in a garden apartment. i have lived there for over 20 years, and we have two children. my apartment is old. not ada accessible. the plumbing services are outdated. the plumber who spoke earlier talked about the adequate plumbing. i know, because i have my neighbor's a dirty bath water come into my tub at times.

it is stated. i live in a two story where the bathroom is upstairs, in item anytime and that is becoming challenging. the current space at parkmerced is mostly unusable, like he said, because it is in the center. this will create parks and fields for community use. this would continue for 20 or 30 years, and right now, we have a 25% unemployment rate. the current gardenias are reaching the end of their life. i have only moved once and one time, and there was the rent control.

this newbie with replacement homes. a washer and dryer. safety will be improved, since buildings will meet and exceed requirements, which addresses the issue of constant maintenance in the existing homes. because replacement homes will be more efficient, we will probably have lower utility bills, and the community as a whole will benefit, especially seniors. i urge you to do this. >> supervisors, my name is -- i am in my 15th year of living at parkmerced. they have shown themselves to be trustworthy and caring. even though we are on different sides of the boat, this

cohesion helps us deal with the situation. the owners saw the value and decided to try to keep the long- term residence where they are stable, and this project will make parkmerced a place to drive less. this will minimize the impacts. i cannot imagine a more environmentally friendly plan in san francisco. it will be an ideal place for the families to live. maintenance costs are sky high at parkmerced. the buildings need constant repairs of every kind.

they have no insulation, so they have higher expenses. the bathrooms and two-store units are on the second four. san francisco is not a city that turns its back on tenants. do not forget that you are not alone. we have friends who can take action. i ask you to say yes and did give yourselves to the people of parkmerced. say yes, and you will have done a wonderful thing of great magnitude. [bell] president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors, i am a 14-year resident of park merced. the reason there is opposition to the project is because the

opponents do not like the project. this will allow the board to weigh in. we currently have one owner who wants to do the right thing for parker said in the city of san francisco. if this does not go through, this will happen to us again. the project will be borne by the current residence. there are benefits to the west side, including much-needed transportation, and as an

observation, there are 8000 residents, of which i m1. you the supervisors would be here. i urge you to do this. thank you. >> good evening. my name is mike corbett. i see this as a great opportunity to add 30,000 jobs and to have taxes for the city. this will enhance public transportation and have sustainable redevelopment. thank you. president chiu: before the next speaker, let me call some of the cards that i have.

matthew, tony, byron, jan, david meckel, javier, sergio, matt miller, john ring, francois, andrienne, ben, kate, mary beth sanders, kim, brigitte, matt, tom, and arnie larson. >> mr. president chiu, i am here to support this project as emphatically as i can. unlike the sponsors, in human.

about that money, let's be real. there are a lot of campaign contributions lying around. is this about building the kind of neighborhood that we have witnessed here tonight? building on the sinking sand? i know there is perhaps a supervisor year or two. with a "ph," for the closed captioning, like sarah palin. with the ambient -- they will need a lot of money. i urge you to think about your

future. the displacement of the doctor, the chair of the program. dr. terrance -- no, but all of that aside. think of you! president chiu: next speaker. >> good evening, supervisors. i am with the local and san francisco. i urge you to reject the appeal. i think the environmental report is adequate. when this project is done, you're going to avoid all of those commuters. another thing is there was a lot of noise about local hiring.

zero planning. it is not 20%. i urge you to reject this. thank you. 20% of zero is still zero. >> my name is david, i am the director of research and planning at here in san francisco. i taught architecture for the past 25 years. i am here to oppose the appeal and fully support the approval of the eir. the plan provides a carefully considered a model for creating a vibrant, sustainable neighborhood. it is a well-conceived urban neighborhood project if we can't define what that means.

the neighborhood's streets that are consistent with the better speech plan, is an outstanding solution on many fronts in my opinion. for the current residence, and keeps half of the existing and departments and replaces the other half with new units. the existing unit is moved until hot and existing and one has been built to replace it. the open space and infrastructure without public funds, for the planet, it reduces curdling energy consumption, portable water use, and waste water by 60%. it is incredibly important for san francisco to keep making progress on the first acts of housing within the city limits. the amount of housing proposed and its carefully proposed a density is necessary to support a successful transit-oriented

development. the plan provides a nice array of housing for a diverse population of current and future residents including young professionals, family with children, seniors, and students. i urge the board to reject this appeal and uphold [chime] >> i am a native san franciscan and a resident of district 10. i am a graduate of high-school and i am very familiar with the neighborhood. this is bringing it closer to residents. socially vibrant neighborhoods, a pedestrian focus, modern homes, and healthy neighborhoods. the aging buildings, outdated designs, people afraid of not

looking at the big picture and how it positively attraction growth. he has been a battle cry for identification for community activists. it is important to be careful to express opposition to change the displacement for much-needed projects moving forward. this dramatically improves san francisco and the services for the residents, with the neighbors, and the community as a whole. i asked you to support the project. president chiu: let me ask if there are any members of the public to speak of support -- in support of the project. >> my name is helen thomas, and i have lived there 38 years with my husband that spoke earlier.

i must say, i am all for the project. i think we have to look a little bit down the road and be willing to change. they definitely need some changing in the garden apartments. thank you. >> the evening, president chiu. manny flores. it has been a long night with a lot of good points and good presentations. i never thought i would see the day that big development would come to the west side. i grew up in that area. it is all about downtown, down town. how about the west side? it is a good, strong possibility. that is for the approval,

please vote on this. i appreciate your time tonight. president chiu: are there any other members of the public the list to speak on behalf of the project sponsor? let us hear from the appellants that have up to six minutes to present. you will use the time as you see fit. sure. we typically do not do soft warnings. if you could speak into the microphone. >> i am going back into the overhead. you have already seen this slide. one of the biggest deficiencies is that it does not consider the initial spike of greenhouse gases in the project. any climate scientist these days

will tell you, they're screaming to the rooftops, then getting lower carbon emissions 30 or 40 or 50 years from now is not soon enough and over the next decade, you have to have an extreme decrease. along those lines, this is a completely inadequate eir. this one considers, by the way, new homes versus existing homes. what the eir doesn't consider is the landscape being demolished and rebuilt. when you disturb soil to get rid of the landscape and put a new landscape in place, a lot of people don't know how the soil oxidizes and there is a huge amount of biological activity so that you get in n.y. -- a

massive increase in the first part of your project. the reason there are questions on this page, the lansky releases greenhouse gases and is nowhere in the eir. that is why these are all question marked. we talked about this before. you add another 6000-8000 cars. it becomes ridiculous. i almost throw "you've got to be kidding me." you can have lower carbon emissions when you add this many parking spaces to a development. what we need instead is to have something like this, a scaled- down on demolished an alternative that uses gradual landscaping changes that are based on culture and carbon farming. using those techniques and retrofitting the old buildings

that is what many people in this movement will tell you is the gold standard for greenhouse gas emissions, that is what could get us to the good of greenhouse gas profile. there is no alternative like that in the eir. in regard to the parking that was brought up, you can get the federal government to throw a bunch of money at you and go for transit density, but the reality is, if you take that money and build one to one parking, what anybody in the environmental movement will tell you, if you widen the freeway or put in a parking spot, it will get filled up. you can build of the greatest transit center in the universe. it is a ridiculous use of the space and it is bad for greenhouse gas emissions.

this needs to be sent back to the factory, and it needs a scaled-down alternative that uses a lot less parking. >> the promise that there will be rent control is inextricably linked to the eir. the demolition of garden apartments is not an impact. that is why a they can find that there is no displacement in this project. it is not opening an environmental review sometime down the road where they find

this is no good. >> i will give a very short brief. can you consider the rent- controlled development agreement? it cannot be relied upon because it is essentially even the people the support it say it is cutting edge. what you do in a situation like this, the sacramento city association, what that says, if you can't be sure that a measure is going to work, you have to identify that as significant and undergoing an impact. you can say you have mitigated [unintelligible]

a has not identified the displacement that may well happen and cannot be relied upon to be mitigated. i would ask you to grant the appeals and to reject this eir because it is inadequate. >> it requires resources for mitigation of the project. as a percentage, it can tell you the time, occurrence, and economic opportunity that would be applied to the eir. they did not consider the economic opportunity. the developer was not provided with adequate variety. [chime]

that needs to be understood. president chiu: any final questions to the representatives of the appellants? ok. any further conversation? at this time, item 26 has been held and closed. items 27 through 29 are in the hands of the board. there are a number of questions that people have to city staff? supervisor campos: think you very much, mr. president. the parties involved in this appeal beginning with the appellants and the proponents of the project, thank you to the staff and the mta for their work that has been intimately that has been intimately involved.