up garbage is through the public streets that access it. it was not for the belief and the understanding at the time that that was a permanent access, that was a public street, the hotel would have been designed in another way. questions? >> i wanted to ask you to respond to the response that there are improvements in the access for the w hotel and they are focusing on improvement measures which minimizes potential for conflicts within the natoma loading area, insuring that deliveries are adequately accommodated and he gives the list of a number of other improvements. i am wondering how you would respond to the different improvements that appeared to be made by the museum. >> that improvement measure is voluntary at this point. it is not a mitigation measure you might note but was not part

of the ceqa findings. it is not imposed under anything that has yet to be adopted. it is basically a voluntary measure that appears in the final eir. what my clients are looking for is some certainty going into the future. what we have asked moma to give us is an easement that would take us across the property to our road -- loading dock. that would be equivalent to when you get with a public street. the problem with what you have here is my clients have no way to enforce that. the city, the planning department is not going to have the time or the energy to be monitoring and enforcing the measure themselves. my clients want something that is legally defensible, legally permanent, and they can force themselves. not some sort of voluntary thing from the hotel. the biggest problem is it does not satisfy you on the findings

for the streets and highways code, that is the biggest problem from the city's perspective. supervisor mar: can you explain why hunt street is necessary for public use as well? >> my client are members of the public. that is one reason. also, it is -- there " i am wondering -- supervisor mar: i am wondering. grex there is a lot going on. all the vendors that access the w and moma use that area but it is a thruway to this block for pedestrians. i am not on the overhead. the area between the w and moma is pedestrian access. apac -- connects to natoma. that pedestrian access way is

part of what moma is relying on when they see their opening -- they are opening up that area. that is one of the areas the would be available to the public for access to the museum. supervisor mar: can i follow up with what is being opened up. it seems like a hotel's loading and valet loading requirements seem to be accommodated. where they're not being accommodated? >> the reason they're not accommodated is there is no requirement. there is no commitment, nothing we can enforce. the idea, the notion of it is fine. legally, it is not enforceable on our part. we need to be able to have that going forward and not just voluntarily.

supervisor wiener: a couple of things. in terms of the changes that will impact the w when we do development or improve anything, there are impacts on surrounding property owners. and the goal is to mitigate those impacts. but if we did not allow impacts, we would never be able to change or improve anything. in terms of the eir that is not before us, it is not what we are considering today. i am terms of the legal points you made and the report today, i am interested in hearing your response, whether it is from planning or whoever can speak to those things. i would like a response. were there other points -- >? >> so me of those items rely on

the eir. supervisor wiener: thank you. supervisor mar: next speaker. >> i am barbara meyers. i represent the meyers family. the building on the corner of the diagram they showed. it is a point of interest. thanks to the lobbying efforts of my uncle that resulted in the preservation of hunt slain between being w and the museum. my family fully supports the museum. that is our bottom line. we're here to remind the board to take note of our interest in maintaining the integrity and usability of our property as the project was forward.

we're pleased to have received a letter confirming the museum's intention to work with us as the designs the interface between our property and the museum. their letter appears to indicate they plan to preserve our fire escape windows and door which opened onto hot streak. we do hope that substantive portion of that dialogue takes place before the final approval of the construction plan by the planning commission. we do anticipate a significant loss of natural light and we realize we have no legal right to that but wanted to mention that is a loss and also for the record we wanted to submit the letter we presented to the planning commission which outlined our concerns. supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon.

i am the director of arts and culture marketing. my role is to ensure that visitors are aware of their rich cultural offerings to the city and use this offerings to entice travel to san francisco. research tells us the cultural traveler spends more money into these long a period of improving assets will add to the economic health and add to quality. the travel industry is incredibly competitive and improving our assets insurers we remain competitive for the billions spent by travelers to san francisco. after a 17-year run as the favorite city, a san francisco is no. 2 to charleston, south carolina.

the expansion will attract media and -- attract media and help us retain our edge with other great cultural destinations. we expect it will garner much media and coverage for san francisco. this will be great news for our hotels and other cultural institutions, restaurants, and the tax base. thank you for supporting the expansion. supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker? >> ♪ moma, how i love yo, my dear old moma ♪ ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- ♪ iw ould give the world to see you again ♪ ♪ moma, how i love you ♪

♪ the districts north, east, west, and south will see you some more is decline ♪ when you relocate ♪ ♪ you are the moma i always dreamed of musicaf ♪ ♪ you moved and that's the last i've seen aof my art heart ♪ ♪ it is the way you look like he smite are located there. ♪ you are the art work right brand of musical and -- artwork

i have dreamed of ♪ supervisor mar: thank you. is there anyone else from the public who would like to speak? please come for. >> thank you. on behalf of the w and sf moma. her concerns are about private use. the design does include alternative pedestrian access and a substitute for the excess weight. the public pedestrian ways preserved and it is undisputed the vacation of hunt street is in the public interest because it is impossible to build without it. the w's need for access will be

accommodated. this does not occur until 2013. after the new fire station is built. we have plenty of time between now and then to resolve the issue of private access. the eir indicates that sfmoma must do so and we're more than willing to do that. it suggests imposing a measure as a condition of the street vacation. you're within your rights to impose than as a condition. as greg should do, we are designing to accommodate the hotel's private needs and there is no reason we would have designed the museum in that way if we did not intend to provide the w with access to these

provisions. that condition of approval or license agreement will accommodate the w's needs. for these reasons, the w's claim of damage is inconsistent and premature. there is an extensive general plan including findings related to the urban design element as quoted in their water. we do feel that there is more than adequate means of accommodating their needs without delaying the street vacation or without requiring a private easement. i'm glad to answer any questions. supervisor wiener: in terms of you touched on this, the concern about it would not have anything to enforce, only the city could enforce it. there would be stuck at the planning department did not have

the bandwidth or the desire to monitor the access. can you respond to that? >> what i suggested is where more than willing to negotiate a license agreement that would be parallel to the condition of approval that would be enforceable by the hotel. supervisor wiener: when will that happen? >> we are in discussion with them now. i hope we could resolve that in the next several months. supervisor wienesupervisor mar:e to help the hotel feel it is enforceable and it is a priority of the development. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor mar: we have mike from the building trades. i am pleased this project is

relatively non-controversial. it sounds like the issues can be dealt with fairly readily. i want to express my personal pride on working on the original museum and i think this extension will provide an opportunity for those of us in the trade to appreciate craftsmanship, to exercise that crashed and ship and be rewarded by a fine building. supervisor mar: thank you. is anyone else from the public who would like to speak? public comment is closed. did you have any closing remarks? >> thank you. supervisor wiener: i move that we move the three items forward with positive recommendation. i do appreciate the concerns expressed by the w.

it sounds like they are resolvable and i do not think they have requested we postpone consideration of this. it sounds like it would be a significant delay which is not seem warranted. this is a very important project, an enormous amount of time and energy has gone into it. from what i can tell legally it is supported and i believe we should move forward with the understanding that negotiations will happen to ensure the w continues to have access. supervisor mar: i wanted to thank the design team for accommodating the fire department with a brand new firehouse and the generosity toward the city as well in this project. it should be wonderful also with the new exhibits, not just the fischer collection but the others as well and hopefully

make san francisco a tremendous destination with the region of the center and the transbay terminal in close proximity. thank you for the great design and the work. can we move this without objection? thank you. all three items. is there any other business before us? our meeting is adjourned. thank you, neverland. -- everyone.

>> i came out to san francisco about seven years ago. i was trained as a carpenter. i got sick of the cold weather and the hot weather. i wanted to pursue art. i thought i really be here for about three years. here i am, 7 years later. ♪ i have problems sleepwalking at night. i wanted to create a show about sleep. a mostly due painting kind of story telling. these are isolated subject matters, smaller studies for the

larger paintings. i fell in love with it and wanted to create more of them. it is all charcoal on mylar. it is plastic. i was experimenting and discovered the charcoal moves smoothly. it is like painting, building up layers of charcoal. it is very unforgiving. you have to be very precise with the mark-making. a mark dents the paper and leaves the material embedded. you have to go slowly. the drawings are really fragile. one wipe and they are gone completely. it is kind of like they're locked inside. all of the animals i am showing

are dead. i wanted them to be taking -- taken as though they are sleeping, eternal sleep. i like to exaggerate the features of the animals. it gives it more of a surreal element. it is a release subtle element. -- it is a really is subtle elements. the range of reactions people get is that normally they get what i am trying to achieve, the sense of calmness, it's really gentle state of mind -- a really gentle state of mind, i guess. ♪ >> sanrio famous for the designs

for hello kitty. i thought i would try to make it as cute as possible. that way people might want to read the stories. then people might be open to learn about the deities and the culture. ♪ they reached out to make about five or six years ago because of the book published. they appreciated that my work was clearly driven from my research and investigation. after i contributed my artwork, the museum was really beside themselves. they really took to it. the museum reached out to me to see if i would be interested in my own space inside the museum. i tell them that would be a dream