public transit, etc., the fact that all these cars are planned for this space is really incredible to think about it. i think what is happening is that the planning process for treasure and started before this born in the last century. you're now talking about a 21st century project that should be a utopia, but cars are so 20th century. we need to get away from the automobile. also, san francisco is required to reduce greenhouse gases. i ask you to prove this appeal. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i am an intern with the sierra club, and i have here a statement from one of our members to was not able to be

here today. her name is ms. campbell. she writes, "thank you for what you are doing for the treasure island/yerba buena koran. as a resident there, i am saddened by the potential loss that birds and visitors can enjoy. there are so many species of birds, i doubt they took that into account when the eir was the drafted. there are pelicans, and i see and hear them daily. there are also numerous species of songbirds and raptors and others. it will likely become a gated community for the rich. i do not know if you have been to the islands, but it is a place of natural beauty which should be set aside for other generations to enjoy. we know the realities of living

on the island and the problems that even a few cars have. i wonder if anyone considering this has set down there on the fourth of july. the islands there are completely gridlock with traffic, and buses and cars are there for hours trying to get off of the bridge. it probably does not come close to the traffic created by 18,000 new residents try to get somewhere, especially in an emergency. your efforts are appreciated. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> my name is -- and i am an intern at the sierra club. the sierra club is concerned.

freeway ramps are approved without parking reductions. the sierra club notes the high density, high-rise developments have been approved by the commission in recent years, and this contradicts the intent of transit-oriented development. this makes it easy for and more likely that residents will commute to work at places outside san francisco, such as silicon valley, using cars or shuttles as opposed to mass transit. the sf group have seen it concerns about freeway development and urges the planning commission to since the deadly reduce parking requirements when considering developments near freeways. thank you.

>> my name is zach stewart. i have lived in san francisco for 50 years. it occurred to me are desperate need to imitate shanghai, it dubai, new york, or london is causing us to trip over our own shoelaces. these projects are fast-tracked, and even if the appellant is have fallen on the eir, it is -- the planning department has become an eir factory. they produce eir's like hot cakes. some have been defective. i urge you to remember we are a

unique city. a unique city in all of the world. we attract enormous numbers of tourists because we are not like shanghai, and but, -- shanghai, dubai, london, or new york. >> the evening, supervisors. i am howard. i want to bring up two issues that were not adequately covered. one is that for some reason, about $2.50 million per year that would normally go to me, that is funding, money from parking decks, commercial spots on the island, and all of the meter fees that might be collected on the island is going to stay with the developer essentially. this is money that muni needs. we know they have problems. they are looking to provide less service, and there is the

transfer from the 108, and that should be theirs. but this problem gets worse, because the developer wants to use this money to subsidize a ferry for some of the higher- priced people, and the people using the very are not the ones having trouble paying for muni. they are the ones that have ligurians rides. no, if the money that was too early for muni went to munich, the developer would have to charge higher fees to exit the island and maybe charge fees for those who want to get on the island, and then some of the congestion problems, on the bridge, and congestion problems that the eir correctly reports downtown, it would disappear. i ask you to deny the

certification and at least to bring about item. the other item is there a short discussion on what happens if you reduce parking. they say they do not know. there is no literature on it. of course, there is no literature. you cannot drive if there is no parking place, and so there are no studies. it is an axiom. it is not something you can write documents about. thank you very much. president chiu: they keep hearing next speaker. >> hello, my name is -- the project is proposing a small city, and i am also here to talk about the cars. i believe they pose a huge, dangerous traffic situation. the project mentioned, as was said before, and 11,000 cars, and people will use them. there is no way that a new lane

can possibly adequately handle the cars. i also want to urge you to remember some small changes have been added. at the bay bridge, there were accidents that resulted from that. 11,000 cars try to come on and off, the speeds, it is going to create a huge, dangerous situation. thank you. >> good evening, supervisors. i am a 40-year resident in san francisco.

treasure island as a huge project, it is not transit which, and there are no provisions for making it transit rich. i think it is far too big. i do not oppose development on treasure island. i think an of scrutiny has not been given to the impact of the size of this development as proposed. there was a smaller developments that was proposed earlier on, and i think you should go back and look at that. the transit has been was spoken about already. what disturbs me most of all is that this environmental impact

report, as the attorneys pointed out to you, would be the final one, and so much has not been documented yet about the impacts of this development, so there is something wrong here. there will be no chance for further environmental review, and all of the aspects are not in and have not been dealt with, so i urge you to support the appeal of the eir. it has to be redone. there has to be either coverage, thorough coverage, or -- president chiu: thank you. before the next speaker, let me call up some more speakers. i think a lot of people checked

the box in favor and vice versa, so, again, if i can ask if anyone supports the appellant, please line up at this time. >> ♪ help them get of what the island needs -- from the shores of tripoli -- give them what they need -- sail away, sail away, sail away, sail away, sail away, away and the land, take a stand, and we will be happy in the land sale away, sail away, sail away sail away, sail away, sail away -- they want more, give them more

knocking at your door sail away, sail away with this project, sail away ♪ and i hope it turns out good, because -- ♪ smoke on the water made the project work out a good because there is no more smoke on the water -- make it turn out right. no more island. treasure island// -- treasure island/yerba buena ♪ president chiu: thank you, enya.

>> he was speaking for this? i do not know about all of you, but i wanted to live in a place where i did not have to drive everywhere. right now, what we are proposing to build is not appropriate for san francisco. we have not mitigated how to deal with the trafficking front and back. it will be up to a future board of supervisors. i challenge you to figure out these problems now before you build, to make this the dream -- green eco-city. we do not need a car for every family in san francisco. please, recirculate this eir, come up with ideas. thank you. president chiu: thank you.

next speaker. >> supervisors, recology. i am not going to go over what you have already been told. here we are. we know how this is going to go tonight. there are people here from labor who need work. there are people here from homeless organizations and shelters. there are people from housing organizations that want to see housing built, so i ask you, supervisors. i stood here in a 2004 and urge you to pass the phase one disposition of the agreement and environmental impact report for the hunters job -- hunter gérard shipyard. where are the jobs? jobs were promised. where are the jobs? holmes, 300 homes were promised to these people. where are these times?

we did the same thing last june and july on the hunters yard shipyard phase two. where are the jobs? $37 million was promised for hunters point for community development. shelters, programs. where are those programs? today, and your reviewing the exact same promises, and we have the exact same problems. when you vote today, you will be casting your vote and making your promise to these individuals that these things will, in fact, occur. 2004, 2011, 20205? -- 2025? when will these promises be fulfilled? it is not my litigation because

i have sued nothing. so it is up to you. thank you. thank you. i want to welcome a former president of this group, mr. huskins. -- peskin. mr. peskin: let me just take one issue korea it says "shall not consider," and i submit that this matter is not properly before this body at this time. having said that to my successors and former colleagues, this project is too large to fail.

the environmental impact report is not a project impact report. you have heard that, very clearly, i think, from mr. wagner. if you do one thing, and i know you are under tremendous pressure it. i have been under this pressure. i know how much juice is behind this. it actually has more juice than behind the hunters park shipyard. i get it. a semi adjudicatory judicial capacity. adjudicate this. this is a problematic eir. the product description does not exist. this is a fact. it is on it -- incontrovertible. it is a matter of case law. it is absolutely true that these

gentlemen or any of the other of your subject matter people, if they contradicted, it is absolutely true and correct. those are my comments. thank you, president chiu. president chiu: are there any others who want to speak for the appellant? seeing none, why do we not go to the planning department could -- department? if you could raise the microphone, that would help. >> good evening, president chiu, members. i am -- with me this evening or are planning director, it bill, an environmental review officer, victoria, as well as others, michael, and someone from the

economic and work force development. the item before you is the eir for the proposed project. the planning commission certified this. the decision before the board this evening is whether to have the board decision to certify this final eir or to overturn the decision and return eir. the question at hand, according to ceqa and not the merits of the project. once certified, the board will have the opportunity to consider other aspects of the project. the treasure island development authority is proposing to amend the san francisco general plan to add a redevelopment area plan that would provide the basis of development of portions

of treasure island still owed by the navy. they have also proposed they adopt amendments to the planning code and zoning map to establish a special use district and height and bulk district. standards and guidelines for the basis of developing control sukeforth. the proposed area plan is set for the moment with in the project site, which includes all of treasure island and yerba buena except for land owned and occupied by the government. this would be governed by the plan, the height and bulk district, the subdivision code,

the mitigation monitoring and a monarch -- moderate -- monetary program, and others. there is also a development agreement and the related plan documents. this would be 8000 residential units, of which approximately 2000 would be affordable with new retail space, a to 100,000 square feet of new retail space, adaptive reuse of about 11 dozen square feet for commercial and of approximately 500 hotel rooms, upgraded utilities, about 300 acres of parks, play field, and new and upgraded

streets and public ways, but pedestrian facilities, a sailing center, services for a marina, and more. the buildup of the project would be phased to occur over approximately a 15 to 20 year period. a range of building heights is proposed on treasure island. about half will be in low-rise buildings up to 7 feet with a range of mid rise and high rise buildings up to 240 feet. the maximum height buildings would be located on the southern part of treasure island, 315 feet in three areas and a maximum height limit of 450 feet at the site of the main tower. the other would be built similarly, with a small amount

of neighborhood space. officers' quarters and buildings would be adapted for uses such as a hotel, and wellness center, and possibly a restaurant. it would manage and improved plant and wildlife habitat in the and developed portion of yerba buena island. transportation facilities include the construction of hubcap which would provide bus service to downtown, ferry service from the west side of treasuring into downtown san francisco, in shelters on both islands, and the ferry terminal would be constructed, including dogs, breakwaters, with a network of bicycle and other paths connecting the islands.

infrastructure improvements including new or upgraded distribution piping from the island, but new tanks, a recycled water treatment plant with a recycle water for irrigation and appropriate clothing facilities, commercial and residential buildings on treasure island, new were waste water collection, a new waste- water treatment plant, near the electricity, natural gas, and a communications facility in solar power generation facility. the proposed project in prince seismic safety. components include a stabilization of the causeway connecting the islands, and there would be it's film where the buildings and roads are proposed. there will be long-term

protection against flooding, including an allowance for the estimated potential future sea level rise. strengthening the perimeter berm around treasure island, and repairing the retaining wall for the yerba buena island. as noted, and number of revisions have occurred since the draft eir and distribution of the document. the revisions relate to a change in the structure of the documents under which the project would be implemented, and the was a dress from march 5, 2010. a new area plan would be added to the general plan, andan sud in height and bulk code would be added. the planning department or

planning commission would be involved, and there are opportunities for review. there is financing under redevelopment law and the infrastructure district was. as a result of this change, the number of affordable housing units would change from the approximately 2400 units described in the eir to approximately 2000 units. in addition and in response to public comments, the proposed maximum heights for the town were was lowered from 650 feet, and other terrorist reduced from the original. also, maximum parking ratios on

treasuring would have been reduced. parking ratios for hotels were reduced by a moat. force bases her room. of the space ratios were reduced per one dozen square feet, and the reduction in parking ratios with the maximum number of parking spaces on the island is reduced approximately 470. approximately 10,680 spaces. there is no change in parkton for yerba buena island. as noted in the april memo, which is attached to the response, the project revisions have been reviewed by planning department staff. in that context, there was a

determination that there would be no new or substantial increase in some of the impacts and no mitigation measures would be necessary. there is exhibit b. this is on behalf of several people and organizations as well eft -- as aaron peskin. this was dated from may 2011. there are findings related to actions to approve the project, and these were put in a separate area according to ceqa guidelines.

these findings were not subject to the appeal before the board because they are legally required. the certification of the eir is limited to the accuracy and objective this of the final eir, including but not limited to the sufficiency of the final eir as an informational document. other than procedural issue is rated earlier -- raised earlier, of the issues raised, i would like to focus my remarks tonight on some of the main issues that have been raised in the letter and in tonight's hearing. first, they say that it has changed to a private/non-profit corporation. as described in detail in a response, the