this -- in favor of this project. most live in the immediate area, so i think we could say that the neighborhood overwhelmingly supports it, so please go ahead. >> good evening, my name is renée. i am a resident of north beach. i run a landscape architecture and studio design shop and am also a former art commissioner who sat on the civic design review which unanimously approved the north beach library. i reviewed over one dozen libraries while i sat on the civic design review. they all had their merits, and, yes, some of them had small things which were not ideal, but i can say without question that the north beach library net demerits already spoken to, specifically by mr. hartman. please approve the eir. let's get this library built in the neighborhood.

>> good afternoon. my name is donna. i am the executive director of the san francisco friends of the public library. i want to thank you for your deliberations on this matter. staff as you may know, the library is building or renovating 24 libraries, and we have been going to each of these neighborhoods and listening as those neighbors provide a vision for the library in their community and how it is going to serve them, and there has been no richer conversation than the one in north beach. it has really been a wonderful exercise in community vision in, and we have heard overwhelmingly from people that this new vision for their library is one that has come from them, the library listening carefully to the

things that they say are important for their neighborhood, and it has been a wonderful model for working with resources and about what this neighborhood wants and needs, and you have heard oftentimes about all of the people of various speakers represent, families and children that cannot be a four hours at public hearings. there is also a great and vibrant literary community there, and a former poet laureate in another have asked us to express their support for this branch and to urge you to approve the project and everybody in what would be the 24th and final branch celebrate getting the library's they deserve in their neighborhood. thank you very much. president chiu: thank you.

and if i may say before the final speaker, if there are more in support of the project, in support of the eir, or in support of any of the items we have today, please line up. otherwise, this is the final speaker. >> my name is julie. i am here to ask you to support the item. there is another issue after this one that will take up your time. i have many colleagues who will not take up your time. i would like the supporters to raise their hands. we will not take up your time, but the supervisors i have had the privilege to know, despite their background or aspirations, have one thing in common, the desire to do good for their constituents. this is a hard thing for us to do when we were completely built out, while other areas were still outer lanes. this has been a tough project. i started working on this

project before the ipod was developed, before 9/11. we have been at this a long, long time. there are no easy answers, but miracles have occurred. some people and their staff and colleagues have shown what city bureaucrats can do. they have all been super heroes, and we owe them a great deal. we of the planning commission, the recreation and parks commission, in the planning commission unanimously in support. how often do they agree with in their own ranks, much less with each other? we have the support of the mayor in this city, and this body has many times shown support for. "the chronicle" is agreeing with "the examiner." this is with the hard work of city departments and of the

volunteers who put their hearts into this project. we think we have a good solution to agree to the core problem, and the point was made for us by one man. we owe it to the city in the neighborhood to do the best that we can. we urge you to move us closer and ask for your help in doing good for our constituency. thank you. president chiu: thank you. if there are no more speakers " in favor, why do we not here for the final vote? >> was it not 10 minutes in your initial establishment of the rules?

president chiu: one second. no, i did say five. >> ok. but he. -- thank you. eminent domain debates, eminent domain articles in the papers. bars and pubs, living rooms. there was a direction that was established for decades, and that was open space on the triangle, a renovated, expanded library, a parcher playground. the entire community agrees with these.

the eir does not adequately evaluate and apples to apples to oranges to oranges comparison of what is possible and, in fact, obscures' -- obscures' -- obscures. the neck area is actually decreased. by decreasing the multipurpose cards date field and introducing a lot of circulation that is not there now, so the net loss has

to be clarified in the eir. krsnick triangular library, a triangular worms, as you note -- the triangular library, triangular rooms, as you know3 -- know, are not very efficient. this creates several thousand square feet more and possibly save several million dollars in the process. again, that is not clearly evaluated in the eir process.

i'm going to hand in some of the issues into the record because it is pretty lengthy, and i, i had more minutes, and only two of the reasons were listed as project goals, and all three could be eliminated. under ceqa, a program is feasible if it achieves most of the objectives. one, the eir mentions a

continuing -- continues building wall. this is not a well-known design issue. it is an opinion. one to argue that having the green state parcel -- green state -- greenscape parcel -- tow, the eir said it would not be visually supportive to the library. this is not a fundamental project objective and is it is a simple matter of design -- and is a simple matter of design.

the eir represents an unwelcome massive block. obviously drawn to massive hi. thank you. president chiu: -- >> any others? seeing none, this hearing is closed. president chiuy? president chiu: i want to thank everyone for the many, many years of conversations we have had about the north beach library. regardless if you support it, you of helped to make a better one. i also want to thank everyone, including the planning office

and dpw. the very first meeting i held after being elected was about a north beach library, and we have, a long way, but from my perspective, i think we need to move forward. the north beach library is one of the most use sites in the city, and from my perspective, the current library has been inadequate, it picks -- in accessible, and seismically unsafe. we have been envious of you and all of the right -- ribbon cutting june and going to. we have the opportunity to build

a bigger library and a bigger plaza. we all know it takes a village to raise the children, and i think it takes a village to raise our libraries. i think eir is adequate for what we want to do, and this point, i want to make a motion that we affirm this and table item 48. >> we have a motion on the table. is there a second? seconded bypass supervisor elsbernd. comments? supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: thank you. i will be supporting the motion and want to thank the president for his work over the years to get us to where we are today.

the tortured history of this project is about the dysfunctional progress. to replace an outdated and inaccessible structure with a beautiful, usable, and accessible new library, to create much needed open space, any community would embraces project. -- would embrace the project. in all due respect, a group has stymied the project. we have seen the broad support this has in the community. we have seen the p. unanimous support from the board, the planning commission, but, and

for some, opposition has continued. i respect the opposition, but at some time, you come to the end of the road. we are at the end of the road, and it is time to move forward. i was disappointed to see that this was attempted to be landmarked at the national level. this does not hamper our ability to move forward today, and it should not. this building is not working

preserving of the risk of this amazing project, and i think the arguments we of heard around preservation do not advance the ball for historic preservation that we all support, protect and the best of our city's history, so i am supporting this motion and do so privately and hope you will as well, colleagues. >> the motion, again, is to table two items, 47 and 48. mr. clerk, what do we not do it roll call on this? [reading roll]

mr. president, we have 11 ayes. president chiu: this has been approved. next item, can we take the same house, call? this ordinance is passed on the same reading, and now moving to item 52, which is regarding the playground master plan, and mason street. can we take this item, same house, call? this ordinance is passed on the same reading. that includes the items with regard to the north beach library. we will in three weeks consider the final item regarding authorization of use of real property located there.

and we will begin to mean that until july 28. what we not now go, collins, to the first 3:00 special order? . colleagues? -- colleagues? if we can go to the first 3:00 special order, items 43 and 44, and if i can ask the representative from dpw if you can please step up. >> good evening, president shoe, -- chiu, board members. the department is working with

those properties on the case by case basis. president chiu: why do we not pause for a moment until we have given everyone the opportunity to clear out? ok, why you not proceed? >> kenny bruce. dpw is working with all those property owners on the case-by- case basis. president chiu: ok, so at this time, there is nothing for us to amend? and you recommend that the board can adopt the report today? >> that is correct. president chiu: ok. supervisor mar? supervisor mar: ok, i did want to ask about a number of people

said that there was mural art work, and there was confusion was some of the inspectors with what is art and what is -- graffiti or blighted property. i know there are a number of community murals that some may see as graffiti, but it is really done by students or other artists that are in the community. >> murals that are sanctioned are not cited by the inspectors. we did speak to one property owner who did have a mural, and we did say that if it was defaced and tag, it could be posted, and these that are sanctioned are not posted as graffiti. supervisor mar: what does it take for a property owner to get a mural listed?

i would assume that many property owners do not know that process, and that there are some done by schools. the mission district has a great mural, but i do not know if it is registered, for example. >> there is a program called street smart, where they put property owners in touch with certified muralists and help pay for a least half of the cost on their problem property. also, property owners and install a mural themselves, without going through the arts commission, simply provide a letter to us that it is sanctioned, permitted art. we put that on file, and it is no longer deemed graffiti. president chiu: any further

questions, colleagues? again, my understanding is that we will incorporate that in the and documents for today's meeting. at this time, the hearing has been held and closed, and colleagues, and 44, could we take this item same house, same call? ok, this resolution is adopted. thank you. at this time, why do we not moved to the special order at 5:00 regarding treasure island? mr. clerk, could you please call items 53 and 54? clerk: -- president chiu: actually, mr. clerk, if you could call all of the items, which are not just items 65 to 59, but all of the items on the calendar?

clerk: 55, a public hearing for the appeal of the final environmental impact report for treasure island/yerba abuena, 56, affirming the certification of the final environmental impact report, a motion affirming, item 57, emotion or worse in the planning commission certification, item eight about chapter 31 in connection with the development of this note treasure island /yerba buena project.

item 11 is an ordinance amending the zoning map to show the zoning designations. item 12 is an ordinance amending the code, which pertains to the subdivision process which goes to the project site, including the established procedure for reviewing the filings for transfer. item 13 is a resolution approving the implementation plan in adopting findings under ceqa. the following items were for the land use and other with a recommendation. item 14 is a resolution approving a development agreement for certain real properties located there with an interagency agreement and adopting various findings. item 15 is an m.o. you for -- mou.

item 16 is an assistance agreement for the homeless development initiative and adopting various findings. and item 17 is a resolution approving the public trust exchange agreement between the development authority and the california state lands commission. president chiu: ok, colleagues, today we have before us the final appeal of the proposed treasure island/yerba buena . you all have copies. the procedure that we will proceed with debate, first, we will hear from the appellants who will have up to 15 minutes in total. we will then take public comment from individuals who wish to speak on behalf of the appellants. each speaker will left up to two counts to speak. we will then hear from the planning department who will have up to 15 minutes about the

final eir. final the presentation, 50 minutes to present, and then we will hear from individuals who wish to speak on behalf of the parties of interest, the project sponsor. each speaker will have up to two minutes, and then finally, the appellate will have up to five minutes for rebuttal. colleagues, any objections or comments about proceeding in this way? ok, i understand that the court reporter needs a few minutes to set up. do you know how long? colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, our court reporter needs a few minutes to set up, so we will recess for five minutes and start fresh at 6:00. [gavel]