to destroy the garden apartments and especially the common areas. i have lived here for many years and i've raised my two children. the common areas, which we share with our neighbors -- we have a common history -- are very important to our quality of life. being able to walk outside and walk and the grass, we will not have that in a high-rise. i'm also concerned with losing rent control. i know it has been discussed that it will be protected. you know, it is our home and our lives. we really cannot afford to lose it. thank you. >> good morning, supervisor mar. i am an attorney for san francisco tomorrow. i want to echo the comments about the fact that you really should not be voting on this because there's not a certified

e.i.r. i noticed that the findings for the development agreement approval say that the board of supervisors has adopted the findings as its own and incorporated them by reference. course, that has not happened yet. the planning commission's findings are essentially under appeal and have no validity. you're not in a position to make a recommendation on this. the planning commission did because they had already certified e.i.r's. getting to the substance of the issue, i appreciate the proposed amendments, but i have a major concern. if a court acts to invalidate the rent control provisions of the development agreement he will do so on the basis that it is against public policy. if he does that, you will almost certainly find that the

additional provisions added to the development agreement are voided, again because they violate costa toxhawkins. it is not any help. finally, i want to point out that the development agreement itself in its findings recognizes the fact that the high-rise apartments are part of the project and are being left as is. you will essentially be approving demolition by earthquake with the subsequent displacement of all of the high- rise tenants. that is improper and certainly should have been highlighted in the e.i.r. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. overflow is available in room 250 mr.. goodman?

>> good morning. thank you for letting me speak early today. he spoke very eloquently about the issues involved. no matter what is added to it, when it goes to the state courts, any discussion you make today can be tossed out. that is what the concern is. are you looking beyond the development agreement -- the financial issues involved. is that dealing thing that matters -- is that the only thing that matters? i want to thank the people that did come out and look at park merced. it is far from blighted. it's a far from blighted community. it's a marvel of modernism. it's a landscape at risk. that's the concern here. diit just gets lost in the weeds of the discussion. you are missing the point when it comes to what you are

risking. if you demolish park merced, you are never going to see that open space again. it can be a national park. can be preserved. it can be renovated. you have a lot of options involved, including in-fill. you can densify on the eastern side of the site. you can address the towers, which are a concern of structural stability. you have empty parking lots. you have all sorts of transit available land that simple story buildings are on. we can do a lot better job of equity density throughout the city without displacing and demolishing these sound units. we do not have family-style units anymore. we do not have once created or built. that's the problem. that's why a lot of people are leaving the city. that's why a lot of people are looking to find a place they can live again. that's what park merced

represented and that's what we need again today. supervisor mar: thank you. we are going to recess until 10:15 a.m. i'm going to call the next cards. they will be the first to speak as we come back at 10:15 a.m. >> thank you. good morning, supervisors. i'm here to support sending the park merced items forward as the committee reports to the full board. it's incredibly important for san francisco to keep making progress on adding diverse types of housing within city limits. the amount of housing proposed and its carefully deployed density is necessary to support a successful transit-first community. i've been impressed with supervisor chu's transit-

oriented planning and i see this project as consistent with that thinking. the plan provides a nice array of housing types to support a diverse population, with the current and future work force residents, including young professionals and families with children, seniors and students. if we cannot add comprehensive plans, the transit oriented and sustainable housing like this within the city limits, we're facing a very grim future. i ask for these items to be sent forward to the full board. >> thank you. we will recess this meeting until >> thank you for your patience.

i will start calling several more names. grace shannahan, j.j. panther, john loomis, corey brae, guitano baso, and carl hanson. please come forward. >> i am kevin gabarra, from district 3. i support this project, because it will bring jobs and housing in revenue to the city of san francisco. the developer has made an extensive effort for 290 community outreach meetings, to watch out for the residents of san francisco. thank you.

>> i am j.j. panzer from the property management association and i support this project. having been born and raised in san francisco and having experiences in park merced, i think this will be an important part of turning this into a modern part of the future of san francisco. without this development, there is a danger that this place will need extensive of grades to maintain the old standard for the needs of san francisco in the 21st century. for one i have seen of the development plans, this meets the needs of the of the housing

accommodations, and the public space for housing more people in san francisco to accommodate more people in the future. >> readin [reading names] i will keep calling names. please come forward. if you are in the overflow room, please come to the chambers. >> i want to thank you for your time and your vigilance and making certain that this is the best that can be. i want to thank you for the amendments to safeguarding the young in the old. i have lived in westport for almost 10 years, and this is about traffic and

infrastructure. this is not a position to support the many infrastructure improvements that are needed, for the current level of traffic. not to mind when i have predicted for the future. we have talked about a bond measure for fixing potholes. and the basic budgetary line items. as part of the developer agreement, we have improvements and additions that will benefit everyone at no cost to the city. the project would ensure a great many jobs, and this is vital for the blue-collar families, that we are losing on a daily basis. thank you an estimate for this item with your support.

>> a good morning. i am john loomis and i probably reside in cohen's district. although i love in san francisco, i live in park merced. the period i lived in, i spent a lot of time and i understand the problems that this shares. i think that the new plan is a visionary, and i think that this is exciting. here are few things the transpoo improve the quality of life and the environment, leading to zero carbon, with amazing sabin's -- savings in water with additional

housing units to guarantee social equity. planning that leads to real neighborhoods, not the misguided landscape of the 1950's. enhancing the existing landscape with the order of magnitude in beauty, this is a design for a humane and socially responsible life, valued in san francisco. this is an important part of the future for others to learn. we can be a leader. this is san francisco and there are those who will not like any change, whatsoever, despite how beneficial it may be. let's do the right thing and not be bullied by the naysayers. let's be a leader in the city as

an example. >> thank you very much. >> i live in district 7. there was once a market there and this was called the green frog. i have gone through their all my life. i have looked at the economics and we all know unemployment is 12%. tax revenue is down. it is good for the community that we have access to this. 19th avenue is a disaster.

killed on the 19th and holloway by a muni bus. i know the problem we are faced with. i have three kids next door. two kids across the street. one graduated -- and i counted, within two minutes, five cars going the wrong way. this is a very dangerous corridor. this is the danger of the 19th quarter. this needs to be addressed. and this project has addressed all of these concerns. i have been born and raised here. >> please come forward if your name is called. >> is so with the united public workers for action, and i think we have here is a case of a

grand jury that says that there are serious problems with this. what you are trying to do you are trying to run this through without proper comment. we get 15 pages from a supervisor who is running for mayor. you are trying to push this through without proper discussion or analysis. the fact of the matter -- they are bad actors. the people who pay contributions to push this thing forward. these are the bad actors. this is a union busting proposition. they increased the age in retirement. in san francisco and this hearing, they're pushing their

agenda against working people. we need more rental units in san francisco, not less. there are 1500 rent-controlled units that will be destroyed. and maybe we can preserve this in the future. this is giving more money to the lawyers but i did not think that this is working. the corporations to run this. we have the man running for city attorney, presenting us with a document that says that the tenants will be protected. this firm represents the investors -- and why is the city attorney taking these documents presented by the developers? this is a sham. >> thank you.

>> think you for giving me this chance to speak. the entire program will destroy 1500 rent-controlled units, and in the future we will not have that many rent-controlled units. the agenda is not updated. the people can vote on this project so they can know what they're facing with this project. they'll be affected by what is going on. i recommend that we go to the people of the city.

>> can i get your name? >> >> i will call several more names. matt miller, burt pill, jim san giacomo. sir? >> good morning, supervisors. i am the business owner in this corridor. i am here to be the voice of many who would like to see the revitalization of the business district. a small but good example -- that the owner purchased not too many years ago for the purpose of redevelopment. instead of a ghost town and a gathering place for unruly

characters, this is a place of community gathering and commerce. we have added many local jobs from people living across the street. the redevelopment project is a much grander scale. i am here to speak on the fact that basically, i cannot guide people in. the infrastructure is outdated, and it needs to be upgraded. the building of this will stimulate the global economy with the housing business and it will enhance transportation. this city needs a tax revenue and jobs. the tax revenue has cut social programs and raise the cost for other services.

it will take me 240 quarters because we raise the cost of parking. last week to approve this, to bring the city into the 20 a century. -- 20th century. >> i do not think looking for jobs to justify destroying people's homes. i do appreciate members of the board of supervisors who have come out to see that the apartments are not blighted, and that may very diligent attempts, to mitigate the damage that is coming to these apartments to the people who do not want their homes destroyed. i agree that this is a

wonderful, historic project. and this is not really going to win the day if we lose the wonders treasure that this -- wondrous treasure we have today. i would like to read from na article by candice taylor. looking at the catastrophies in the past, the riverton housing project that went into fault. if anybody knew abou tthis, it was lwarrarry glauk. tenants protested when he recieved an award from builders and owners of greater new york. they called him community

destroyer of the year.cynthi he wanted everyone t ot5hio thie was great. the financing caused for losing 50% of them. they forced them out of rent-controlled apartments. >> thank you. >> his plan was to default. that is what we see. >> thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. on bedhalf -- behalf of our 3000 members, we are urging it to pass this project. we represent the maintenance on

park merced. we're asking you to support this, and we also have members living there. we ask you to approve this project going forward. >> and this is from local -- think you >> good morning. i represent a small group people in the shopping center. we support the redevelopment plan, and we believe this project will provide much to the house and to the neighborhood, and i asked for you to be supportive. thank you. >> good morning. i am of 35 you're president of

the west side of san francisco. i have never had a financial interest in this project. i have spoken to you in various meetings, with the transportation changes that will take place. today, i wanted to help you see what would happen if this project failed at this time. imagine what would happen? it would be like the helmsley era. $150 million to bring this up, and if you look at this -- we will go into selling off property and in the long term, it will mean less to everybody. another aspect we have to take a look at, the history of the west side of san francisco.

particularly those with high density housing, secondary units, even along the trans alliance. this is a very important project because it shows the difference on the west side. we can provide more housing that people need, especially family housing. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> i live off ocean avenue near park merced. with the park merced project adding 25,000 people to the area, that is 25,000 students of san francisco state. anyone who has been to the park, trying to get out of there with 50,000 people, you know how much fun that this says. transportation cannot handle

this. if you extend this line, you cannot rely on them to provide transportation at muni. you have kindergarten and fifth grade school projected, and there are enough will schools in the area, and not enough high school seats available forever students may be available. >> do you have a question. >> housing is necessary and jobs are necessary, even short-term jobs like construction. but if you look down ocean avenue, at the avalon project across the street from city college, is very similar to the situation with san francisco state. it is chaos going down this avenue.

at a the clock in the morning, you have thousands of students getting into the city, and then people leaving avon, with the same situation at san francisco state. thank you very much. >> jim lazarus, barney larceny, bruce kennedy and mark solomon. >> i am with the triangle labour association and i have lived in this neighborhood -- close by for 18 years. this plan has not taken into account the negative impact on the surrounding community. the developers -- this project needs to be scaled back, in bold

in population. there is congestion on the already packed 19th ave. tripling the population of a congested area, this is not the planning policy. the garden apartments our beloved wales life. when not replicate a low line environment. the danger of putting these buildings here is not good planning policy. the safety of the residence is severely compromised. the irony is that many of the projects featured are harmful to the environment.

ignoring earthquakes safety is not green, and i also deplored demolishing 1500 units of supportable housing. the entire area is on the way to gentrification. there is space on this basis and that is another factor. this is a nightmare with the surrounding communities. a little dose of reality is necessary. people will drive their cars the matter what is in place. >> i am mary anne. >> i am mary anne. >> please pull the microphone