>> carpenters local 22, rep. the ladies and economic development, that hits the nail on the head all-around, all three spaces right here. land use. it uses a land. provides homes, provides businesses for an area and sent francisco that does not have a lot of construction going on. it doesn't have a lot of movement really. this provides jobs, and provide homes for carpenters, for construction workers in and around san francisco. they could actually get a job,

moved into parkmerced, serve an apprenticeship in 20 years later, be prepared to retire. we don't have a lot of opportunities like that. let's make parkmerced the one of those. -- be one of those. >> some of you guys have met me as a former youth commissioner. i was also a former employee of the boys and girls club. i want to say that i am in support of this. me personally, and also as the constituents.

it is able to help people like me stay here in san francisco. it is getting really expensive. i have to go to oakland for a while. i really appreciate the work that they did. it is not only economical, but i love the gardening aspect of this. it is definitely the harvesting in seven it is. -- san francisco. the other thing i want to talk about her is a little impromptu. i am working now with urban scouts. i want to let you guys know, it

will be fun and amazing. i would love for you guys to come. supervisor mar: thanks, raul. >> i'm a resident of a garden unit. i want to stress upon -- over the last six months, i locked the tv company to come and repair my tv twice. it was not under warranty. it is very difficult. the fuses keep rolling off.

i want to stress [unintelligible] and there was a time i wanted to walk down. i used gps because i could not find a way. it was very difficult. it is real. they should probably take a walk. secondly, the issue about housing, we need more houses. the landscape being friendly, i have seen very few people actually sitting in the gardens. it is from all the gardens in

that area. supervisor mar: can you state your name please? let me call the last card. if your name has been called, please come forward. will and public comment in a moment. -- we will end public comment in a moment. >> i recently moved to parkmerced. i am in favor of this project. i decided on it for its value. i am delighted for the plan that is being considered now. i think it is smart growth and will help people get out of their cars. i spend a lot more on gas

getting into the city. how smart the staff is, how well they do things. if the plan has done anywhere as well as by men -- my move in, we will have great things for the city. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am very far removed from this project, but i am involved in the community. i thought i would take a moment to address to about a couple of issues. i can see how the plan has moved forward. there is transportation funding coming through. understand the you can't go from tier 4 to tier 5. my main concern is about the tenants.

i don't see any tenants from the opposing side. supervisor cohen and mar, i am getting the feeling that perhaps these people that are usually very vocal are not here because they may not have understood what was going to happen here because it says informational only. you read something of the agenda, it means you can't speak to it. they don't understand these things. i understand that one person is a tenant from parkmerced. the translation services wasn't there. there are a lot of disabled and senior is that could not possibly made it out today. i just happened to look at the land use agenda. a thank-you -- thank you.

supervisor mar: please come forward, sir. >> my name is scotty thomas. my wife and i moved in 37 years ago. we have been very happy with the latest management of parkmerced. they brought gymnasium's and my wife and i both use them every day. they have kept them in great shape. if you compare the part that belongs to san francisco state, it belongs to parkmerced. you can tell where the line is. i hope you go along with the new project. supervisor mar: thank you. >> good afternon, i'm --

afternoon, i of the chair of the -- am the chair of the committee. i didn't know about this meeting until a few days ago. i am sure the residents did not know about it. the key part was the notice. [inaudible] the board of supervisors, especially the committees, they are not under the same requirements. supervisor mar: this is a hearing on this item. no action will be taken today.

>> the lack of widespread notice has resulted in people not appearing. my main concern is the fact that there are residents there living there and out. -- there now. would you believe that they might be under construction for 20 or 30 years? if you live here yourself, and you had to move into another location within that same area, they are going to take care of it. halo be under this issue for 20 or 30 years. that is easy. supervisor mar: mr. brooks?

>> i am representing the green party and the grass-roots organization "our city." the developers, in this kind of hard to tell the difference especially will have lobbyists having staff on the back at the beginning of meetings in a whispering in their ear. it is kind of appalling to see that kind of exchange. getting back to the realities, and none of the units have a been condemned. they are not and immobile. the idea of just like in the film world, we are seeing this sales pitch. we need to demolish this and make it better. that gets us to the greenhouse gases. you sought in the graph that we

showed you themselves. it will increase in the 25 or 30 years of the project. we have icecaps melting. we can no longer intervene do projects like that. the easiest way to lower the greenhouse gases is to get rid of the demolition and planned this thing out. and actually have a lot more planned where we know we're going to have bus rapid transit. it gets me to what is being claimed about transit. everything that is being said about transit is being based on financial developments, future agreements. there is no connection to daly city parks. there is no guarantee of a robust set up. [chime]

and this thing needs to go back to the factory. >> i need to take a minute to say something about the rent control promise. i address that this july. the state law says that except under circumstances, subsidized housing or density bonus programs, they repeat that rent control is guaranteed. it was reported as saying it is rock solid. you have to scratch your head about somebody that says that. it is an unsupportable position. on the transportation part of this, we are talking about building a huge village out there. i believe three new metro

stations. it shows that those stations may never be built. it may not be coming. that is quite a boondoggle to have a project built around a transit village. the ocean line will be overwhelmed and it will be extended by 30 minutes. there is not a lot you can do about that. at the intersections, it will move to the worst level of congestion. none of this is studied in the document that the public has to understand it. all medications are unfeasible because no one has studied it. supervisor mar: is there anyone else that would like to speak? public comment is closed.

i would like to ask you want to respond to some of the points? i know he just raised how we can be guaranteed that the rent- controlled units will be protected? and the other issue of how solid is the ability improvements' given our plans to submit a different grants. >> thank you for the opportunity. you could have your own opinion, but can't have your own facts. there is a black-and-white development agreement, copies of which have been available for months. this is what is abundantly clear. there are guarantees and that development agreement for all of the public improvements. they're tied to a very system phase in plan, an appendix to

the development. if you want to look at how the improvement is triggered by density or vehicle tracking generation. i am happy to sit out after the hearing and walk him through that same document if you would like to see where the triggers are. what is particularly impressive is that we all know how that life is not risk free. they could predict the future 100%. what we have built into the development agreement is a series of contingencies. this project is built on the border of nineteenth ave. it is not totally under the control of the city of san francisco. we have to get any changes approved. the mta, the project sponsor and the planning department have already had extensive meetings.

we have a very strong indication that they will support the proposed improvements. however, we did not bank on that. it makes it very clear that in the event the for whatever reason they disapprove any of the intersection improvements, the city gets to renegotiate with the developer for the benefit of equal economic value how will provide a similar community benefits. for some unpredictable reason, if it decides they don't want the extension, there is no extent that that is their opinion. there is an improvement of equal economic value. it could be an expanded shuttle service. the point is, we have covered that contingency.

elector might all of you that any project involves a state resources, we deal with the exact same issues. supervisor mar: that is best rapid transit with a dedicated lan. >> the also take a look at the alternative of what happens if they don't approve it. of of he was reading it in this particular way, but you cover all the contingencies in you look at worst case scenarios. to let the decision makers make the right choice, the study a scenario where there was no real extension with the project. we understood what would happen in that scenario. that is not a preferred approach, but we set up a contingency process to address that.

all of the improvements that have been mentioned today are mandated in the phasing plan. if for any reason the developer does not fulfil, hall permit activity stops, no permits are issued, and the developer will find it difficult to finance anything because the city will not issue -- telling their investors that this project is in compliance. the city can enforce the agreement within the developer. there is a series of enforcement mechanisms on top of just stopping permits if the promises are not met. that is just that piece of it. i would just briefly, summarize the rent control issues. we all look forward to the closed hearing what we can have of more candid conversation with the city attorney present who is not here today.

unlike previous agreements, we actually have the benefits of two cases, we show the city where a likely opponent of the rent control provisions might make an argument. as a result of those cases, we have put forward what we believe is the strongest approach from a contractual development to ensure there are rent-controlled provisions that are enforceable and can be upheld in a court of law if somebody were to see it. we don't have any indication that that is a great likelihood. i would reemphasize that no one from this office or the city attorney's office has guarantee you that anything will be presented 100% certain. we built a contingency for the transit improvement. this is the first time the city

has taken this approach to rent control replacement units with one exception. they strongly supported what has had zero problems with the implementation. there is a precedent locally. there is the benefits of additional years. i would never promise you anything with a 100% certainty in this world. there is a strong agreement that would protect the tenants in the future. does that answer your question? peter could probably add know what to the transportation, but i am not sure. >> everyone understands the difference between tier 4 and tier 5? if there is any clarifications,

it is the bigger picture. supervisor mar: if there are no other questions, as i said at the beginning of the meeting, there are another important dates. the planning department will introduce a number of the development agreement and a number of ordnances amending the zoning map the general plan and planning code. there may be an additional optional hearing on may 23. on may 24, the board of supervisors -- it was continued, nihothe eir > .

we will hear the first reading of the ordinances. those are key dates coming up in several weeks. if there are no other questions, can we continue this item to the call of the chair? thank you, everyone for coming in and testifying as well. are there other items before us? with no other items, the meeting is adjourned. thank you.

there are so many ways that the internet provides real access to real people and resources and that's what we're try to go accomplish. >> i was interested in technology like video production. it's interesting, you get to create your own work and it reflects what you feel about saying things so it gives perspective on issues. >> we work really hard to develop very in depth content, but if they don't have a venue, they do not have a way to show us, then this work is only staying here inside and nobody knows the brilliance and the amazing work that the students are doing. >> the term has changed over time from a very basic who has a computer and who doesn't have a computer to now who has access to the internet, especially high speed internet, as well as the skills and the

knowledge to use those tools effectively. . >> the city is charged with coming up with digital inclusion. the department of telecommunications put together a 15 member san francisco tech connect task force. we want the digital inclusion program to make sure we address the needs of underserved vulnerable communities, not communities that are already very tech savvy. we are here to provide a, b and c to the seniors. a stands for access. b stands for basic skills and c stands for content. and unless we have all three, the monolingual chinese seniors are never going to be able to use the computer or the internet. >> a lot of the barrier is knowledge. people don't know that these computers are available to them, plus they don't know what is useful. >> there are so many businesses in the bay area that are constantly retiring their computer equipment that's

perfectly good for home use. computers and internet access are helping everybody in the community and people who don't have it can come to us to help with that. one of the biggest problems we see isn't whether people can get computers through programs like ours, but whether they can understand why they need a computer. really the biggest issue we are facing today is helping people understand the value of having a computer. >> immediately they would say can i afford a computer? i don't speak any english. how do i use it. then they will start to learn how to do email or how to go back to chinese newspaper to read all the chinese newspaper. >> a lot of the barrier still is around lack of knowledge or confusion or intimidation and not having people in their peer network who use computers in their lives. >> the important thing i learned from caminos was to improve myself personally. when i first came to caminos, i didn't know anything about

computers. the second thing is i have become -- i have made some great achievements as an individual in my family and in things of the world. >> it's a real issue of self-empowerment where new immigrant families are able to communicate with their families at home, able to receive news and information in their own home language, really become more and more connected with the world as well as connected even inside their local communities. >> if we value the diversity of our city and we value our diverse neighborhoods in the city, we need to ensure that they remain economically viable. equiping them and equiping residents in those areas with jobs that will enable them to stay in san francisco is critical to that. >> the important thing that i see here at caminos is it helps the low income community, it helps the women who wouldn't have this opportunity otherwise. >> the workers with more education in san francisco are

more likely to be able to working that knowledge sector. where they are going to need that familiarity with the internet, they are going to find value with it and use it and be productive with it every day. and half of the city's population that's in the other boat is disconnected from all that potential prosperity. >> we really need to promote content and provide applications that are really relevant to people's lives here. so a lot of the inspiration, especially among the immigrant community, we see is communications with people from their home country but we as much want to use the internet as a tool for people to connect within the local san francisco community. >> i think it's our job as public educators to give them this access and give them this opportunity to see that their efforts are being appreciated beyond their immediate reach. >> you have to blend this idea of community network with computer equipment with training and with support. we can pull all that together,

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