recently come, they be in the last three or four years, attending some of our town hall meetings, but she did not support us against glenarden -- lennar, who has been instrumental in killing our children slowly and instrumental in killing our elders. so if somebody wants to put in the center, and somebody wants to do something like this, there are the areas. not one meeting was held in the public. and when i spoke here on monday and some people jump on me, that i got calls from various people saying, how come they do this? we have people sitting here in this room, not in the audience but on the other side, who always say they want to be transparent, but they are not transparent. so, chair person eric mar, i have known you for a long time,

and i have always admired you when you stood for the rights, and you did support our community. [bell rings] ahmadinejad in this case, we cannot take our children to this area. there are millions of vehicles spots. millions of vehicles next to the tracks. single mothers cannot get easy access to this space. we can find another place, but not this place. and you should do the right thing. thank you very much. he>> commissioners, director of san francisco open government. i believe in need to pull this from the agenda based on the fact that it is not properly legendize. san francisco sunshine ordinance says a policy bodyshell posed an agenda containing a meaningful description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting. it goes on to say that the

description is meaningful if it is sufficiently clear and sufficient to alert a person of average intelligence and education whose interests are affected by the item that he or she may have reason to attend the meeting or seek more information on the item. i would say, by listening to the two prior speakers, that that was not done. also, if you go to your web site and you look at the maps that you're giving, which i saw the hand out to you, but of course none of the members of public, this is what you see on your web site. alabama is a member of the public going to look at that and tell anything about what is going on in this project? there is another matter that they gave. you cannot read any of the legends could you cannot tell what the heck is going on there. i think what people raised here are legitimate. i will be frank, this body was found in violation by the center and ordered its task force, all three of you, for europe mishandling of the parkmerced matters. denying public comment, denying

meaningful public comment. the bayview area is a traditionally, historically, underserved area. it is also the home to a very, very different areas. [bell rings] i was in the u.s. navy for 12 years and at the vallejo naval shipyard for two years. i was at hunters point on the ship and saw the kind of things that the discharge into the water, and i know the kind of things the navy does and the cleanup these messes. and sometimes it cannot do very good job. all the complaints being listed here, i think would be done at 10 times over if these are publicly held meetings and aggrandized so that the members of the public would really understand that their interests are being impacted bu. supervisor cohen: thank you peter to the city attorney, was this item properly engine dies? >> today's meeting? supervisor cohen: yes. >> the clerk, i believe, posted

the notice. supervisor cohen: is there room for discrepancy as to whether or not it has been properly noticed? >> as long as the clerk posted where she was required to do and send it to the appropriate people -- i did not do that activity, so i would need to defer to her. and it has been noticed supervisor mar: the description under item number three about what this ordinance is is very clear to me. regas three specific things that it does get to the clear enough to me, and i think a reasonable person would understand what the issue was. i think that is what he meant was not clear for him. but i think a reasonable person, in my opinion, would understand what this issue is. supervisor cohen: ok. is r sinceu bannon hereb? en ok, and after eric. >> good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity.

first, let me say that i really admire the work that the doctor is doing, and ms. albright. thank you to supervisor cohen, we did meet with them and members of the industrial community. we still had some concerns. we appreciate the compromise that was made with the 7000 square feet. we think that is important. in some of the folks in the committee have issues, as you have heard. and issues moving forward about the zoning of this parcel, hypothetically, after they are gone, with the industrial uses. i would like to show you one or two pictures, if i may. i heard the doctor from the department of public health. i do not know if they have ever come out there to see what we do other. i represent the san francisco railroad. these are a couple things we have a dress with your office and with the port and dr. burke and ms. albright.

as you can see here, we get a locomotive from union pacific, which can contain as many as 50 cars a day. it comes in, and inhaul away the toxins. it is a closer in this area, until it reaches this point right by the building and comes right next to the building there. [bell rings] i want to mention that we have concerns about parking, the future of the zoning. i admire the work that they do. we hope to work with your office, supervisor cohen, to deal with parking, read striping, limiting the parking. i know this is a transit-first city. but one concern is what about later on? head -- heaven forbid anything happens to any child or parent,

because these multi-ton locomotives come barreling down every day. we're very concerned about that. but i think this is an overdue project. i am just concerned about the location. supervisor cohen: once the locomotive passes this area, where does it go? >> the goes into our real yard at pier 96. your attendance of the port of san francisco. union pacific generally comes in in the morning. we are increasing our business, and the port is looking for more opportunities. we have got money for infrastructure, and we want to create more jobs in bayview. this is sort thisa pdr area with industrial stuff. we're concerned about the increase in our business, whether that will affected. we have had very fruitful meetings, and their commitment is wonderful. i believe in what they are doing. they're passionate about it. they're going to work with us and the india basin to deal with

these issues of parking and safety. the port is planning a variety of different emperor for projects around the intersection. a tricky intersection when you have that kind of confluence of tonnage and the kind of thing. kind of scary. we are afraid of the president this said. other than that, i think this is long overdue. supervisor mar: i see the rail line around quint. i see some kind of a brick building. >> that is where they are. there will be on the third street side of that. building two. they're sort of away from that. not on the corner specifically. but we're concerned about parents and children coming they're looking for parking. i know there is no parking requirement. we were hoping for something like that. we want to work with your office to deal with that. i think dr. burke and ms.

albright understand our concerns. i think they're going to work with us to try to contain parking so that folks do not put themselves in harm's way. >> good afternoon. ruben sanchez in them. i own to thousand square feet at 34 53rd street. if it had not been for my friend, francisco da costa, i would not have known that this issue was coming up to rezone my building. , and neither do i see my address on this article, number 3. so it really concerns me that something is going to be rezoned with my 10,000 square feet without my knowledge. so i do not see this to be sunshined in any way. i would never have owned this. i do see health issues. as an owner, i know of a lot of

health issues. one, starting with my friend door. there is a sewer smell coming out of this tree that is extremely strong. i would never put a situation of children smelling that disgusting smell. i do not have children in my building. it is purely adults, a construction company. but it is a serious concern. that toxic smell. and of course, the parking, as everybody is in discussing here. there is none. and the cars flying by go anywhere from 50 to 80 miles per hour, sometimes with police behind them. it is a pretty dangerous location. thank you. supervisor cohen: thank you. did you fill out a speaker card? the court can give you one. cynthia, neo, linda, and

danielle. cynthia williams, you are up. ms. williams, please. >> [inaudible] supervisor cohen: ms. williams, your turn. >> good afternoon. four years ago, i went to the bayview child health center to interview for a job. i am an american family therapist, and i went there to interview for a job of case manager. not knowing whether i would be hired or not, i was so impressed

by the work that was it described in what they were doing. i was hired. i spent almost 17 years working with the city and county of the san francisco human service agency as a child welfare worker and then a supervisor. what i became aware of when i went to the bayview clinic to work is we are all serving the same children. what that clinic was doing for the children in that area was phenomenal. in that they were addressing issues that are not addressed in most most pediatric clinics. most pediatric clinics would not have mental health or any of those services that have been described to you. i agree with what ms. albright and the doctor were saying to you. the building that we are talking about is the same building where

so turner truth -- so turner -- sojurner truth's foster agency was for years. children have been in and out of those buildings forever. i want to say that what the children in the bay view area need is a place with comprehensive services. otherwise, they are moving around from place to place. it is important for the community to realize that there are children with diagnoses that are identified by this clinic and have not been identified elsewhere. as a result, we have at least one child right now who is in hospice because of a misdiagnoses that had not been taking care of when she was a little girl. there are other children who have those same kinds of things. we need to have a comprehensive area where families can go to

get the services that they need from all of these players. i do hope that you will please vote favorably on this. >> thank you. next we have [unintelligible] >> thank you, supervisors. i am a 30-year resident of the petition vallate. we do use the bayview child health center. my son has been going there for four years. technically speaking, he has been provided service that is very bell needed. i am here as a parent. i am not here as a technical advisor -- i do now even know what is going on. what i do know is that our children are always the last ones to get services. environmentalists are upset, but

the only people that lose are the kids. my son has one more year at this center. the doctors have been great. the staff has been great. he is just flying. services were provided. what are we going to do? find a place for them to go to? people say that they will be hit by a truck. that they are breathing sewage error. as a parent, all that we want are healthy children. i do not know what the compromise is, but everyone needs to get together and hash it out. just act on it. that is what we need. healthy children. you all know that we are always the last ones to be served, and we should not be. our children are dynamic. let them shine. thank you very much. supervisor cohen: thank you.

linda moore? >> thank you, commissioners. i am at 8 -- i am an attorney who has prosecuted child abuse cases for many years in san francisco. i am one of the five public agencies that signed the memorandum of understanding for the child advocacy center. we are all very much in support of this center. it will allow support for these services for the children who have been damaged by but they have gone through. they can get a forensic interview in a child appropriate setting, where all of the agencies that need to be there are behind one-way glass and feed them questions. any other social workers, the district attorney, they will all be in one place, so that the

child is interviewed once, not over and over again. within the same building they can get the medical care that they need, crisis counseling, long-term counseling, their families can get counseling. the agency can make the determination necessary to decide whether there is a criminal case that can be prosecuted in whether or not the child can be safely returned home. what kind of counseling does everyone involved in the situation need? i have done many interviews of abused children. they are often so profoundly heartbreakingly damaged, this situation, the child advocacy center, is the best that we can do. the very best to make sure that they receive the services that they need. to make sure that they are safe and that they can go on with their lives, so they can heal physically, emotionally, and

psychologically from this trauma. we wish they would support us. >> thank you. -- supervisor cohen: thank you. next we have [read names] >> i am danielle. i am an active community member there. i am currently working with their to dream through the bayview opera house. i have taught after-school programs at george washington carver. i am currently a student at charles. i am also a client of the san francisco child abuse prevention center at all,. -- center cloctalk line. and, um -- i have been there for the last

five years. i am a single parent. my son is 7 years old. supervisor wiener: can i just say that talk line is so great and it is a wonderful service to the community. >> i am grateful to be here to support this on both sides. paul klein is a way to give back to the community -- talk line is a way to get back to the community. this center will help so many people. i cannot tell you how many students i have that come in and talk about seeing gun violence, drugs, family members in prison. they need this support there. coming at it from both sides, i strongly encourage you to support what they are doing and what is needed. thank you. supervisor cohen: thank you. [applause]

>> hello. i feel like i am here to represent two roles. first of all, i am part of bcac. i am a social worker by training. i do child care and psychotherapy with the families in the clinic. in addition, i spent the first six years of my life in the bay view community. i am here in two roles. someone who grew up in the community and someone who is coming back to serve in a professional role. it has been a privilege to be a part of this program. coming from a relationship-based program, where i am allowed to parallel that process with families that i work with. i have noticed some collaboration of we have.

basing their relationship in the community is where it starts. leading the families where we are is the hardest part, but it has been a part of the mission of the clinic to meet the families where they are. i am here in support of cyw and where it would be located, because access to services is huge. a lot of times they will not go to where they need to to get services. they are spread out in every direction. part of what we want to do is not just work with the children, but the parents and family as a whole. that is a huge step. supervisor cohen: thank you. next, we have [read names]

>> hello. my name is helen edward. i work in the bayview. i have a teenager in the bayview. i have two foster kids that i raised there. yes, this is a must. even with all of the schools, my kids at the academy, and everything that is coming to the school. the access to it, you could take your teeth to this place. it is accessible to everyone. if my daughter did not have a test today, she wanted to be

here like she was at the last meeting. she sees what they need in the bayview. also, the parking, there will always be meters. that is what san francisco is. there is a parking structure going up across the street. it is not like it is not accessible or parents cannot get to it. i think that people need to fight the good fight, instead of just wanting to have an argument. thank you. [applause] >> next we have -- supervisor cohen: thank you. next we have lark. is she here? meghan, c'mon. [reads names] >> i currently live in the bay view area. i have lived there for a little over three years now. i have five small children that go to the childhood center. their ages are six, one of them

will be 5 in february, then four, then twins. we all go there on the boss. having to go other places for different things -- i have some kids with behavioral issues right now. we have been to a lot of things. we come there often. to have to go other places, if i am referred somewhere else, i just do not go. on the bus i cannot control my kids. it is dangerous. me traveling with them on the bus, they would be more susceptible to being hit by a car. for me, it is a lot safer. i do not really take the kids out of the area. either way, it is dangerous for me to go farther than stay in one place.

i just think that it would be a good idea to have to go through. >> thank you. -- supervisor cohen: thank you. miss mavis? >> thank you for the opportunity. my name is made this pita -- mavis pita. i am the mother of six children who have been with bayview since they opened their doors. this is probably the very best clinic my kids have ever been to. they have been to three other clinics before coming here. the doctor and her staff are very good with them. whenever they are sick, even if they are fully booked, they find a way to see them. i have a 14-year-old with type 1 diabetes. her specialty doctor is on california street. sometimes we miss her diabetes

appointments because we always do not have money for gas to get there. having this new clinic that they are trying to open now will help us get to her doctor. hopefully and a crane special ability -- specialties -- and a crime -- and the queen -- en dochrine will be the next specialty. my oldest daughter's asthma was never controlled. dr. burke has found a way to control it. i live one block away from the bayview health center. it is very convenient for me and my family. i always tell people to go to dr. burke, the bayview health center. they provide you not only with medical care, but they help you when your children need counseling.

they helped me. we have our own rooms. it was called the latina room. they are very good people. the clinic, i think that our community really needs more offices like this. supervisor cohen: thank you. sharon [unintelligible] [leads names] thank you. >> i worked at the bayview child health center. i also bring my children there. i have been there since they won. i remember how excited i was. i used to work at pacific heights. i had a lot of people that tried to persuade me not to go. they said it was a bad area and i would have people in my face, that it was violent, but i would never change the fact that i have moved over to bayview.

the things that we have done for these families, just being in that neighborhood, there are so many stories that i could sit here and tell you. six minutes would not be enough time. although we have done for this community, so many times i have had patients calling up today saying -- i need to be seen. i cannot get to my specialist. they are too far away. time and time again, the doctors say just to bring them down. we have increased the number of people coming in for emergency room visits. so many people come down and they are just like -- we have had people go to the emergency room and leave the emergency room because they could not stand to wait or because they had other kids at home with no one to watch them. it is great to hear people say that even though the bus is late, it is easy to walk to the clinic.

our community is in pain. the doctors are just trying to collaborate with other partners to help their pain and suffering. we have parents who have gone through so many -- who have had so many traumas and never had the resources for themselves. now we are bringing them for their children in their children's children. why would we try to stop this? you say that there are so many issues about traffic, the train, the smell. all these years, what did you guys do? why are you waiting until now to bring this to the community? where have these issues been for these past years? supervisor cohen: thank you. >> why is it now an issue as we try to bring help to this community? you talk about this and that, but what are you doing for the community?