real partners, your real partners, because they provide many important things to the community, and the government should not only be proud of what the academy has done over the last 40 years and unconditionally support it, so we, the parents and the community, we come to you and tell you that the calculation done by, and the antennas are against the fcc regulations and are therefore against basic moral obligations. if the antenna's go up, it will hurt without a doubt what the city and -- what the church and the academy provide to the city. please help the academy and the church to continue serving the city of san francisco by disallowing them. president chiu: thank you.

next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is constant theme, and i am a member of the baptist church, and i am also a member of the board of directors of the church, and as soon as i heard about this problem on 14th avenue, i went online, and i checked what harm this could cause to especially children, and to my surprise, it actually harms children three times more than adults, and here we are putting these antennas right next to a school where children are present for an entire day for an entire week and next to a church where we of sunday school and music classes throughout the week, and i also found out that many civilized countries in western europe are already banning the use of antennas from and it -- from areas like these, from schools, and also residential places, and you

know, they are no less intellectual than we are, and i am wondering why we are lagging in this situation, and also, i wanted to point out that we do know that the two antennas that are pointing to the hebrew academy were removed, and i am also asking for equal treatment, because there is a potential harm to the church, as well. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, counsel. my name is -- i am speaking on behalf of the church. what you have in front of you is an application from a private entity for a conditional use permit. what they want is an exception to the world. they are seeking this exception in a residential neighborhood,

so they are a for-profit organization trying to do something to increase their bottom line. when you consider a conditional use permit, you are supposed to consider the benefits and the harm once you grab one of these permits. now, the benefit put forth by at&t is faster internet. i do not think you get anyone here who is complaining about how slow their internet is. what you have is a bunch of people who are concerned about their health and whether or not these concerns are unfounded, the concern is real. you should take into consideration. furthermore, the only thing at&t brings forth about the safety of their proposed antennas is the testimony of a company they hired, whose job it is to show that what they are doing is safe. you all received a letter two weeks ago about mistakes that were done in a report from the company that at&t hired.

now, the canada members do not have enough money to do all of these reports properly, and it should be the at&t boardroom to provide the funds for a neutral person to come in and do the measurements again, and before these measurements are performed, you cannot take it back, so you should not granted before. it would be wrong for you to forces permit upon the community without ensuring that what you grant is a forever. thank you. -- is safe forever. president chiu: thank you. >> my name is vladimir. i am a member of the church. i go there every sunday and a lot of times during the week, and i just got married, so when i heard of the frequency of the radiation harms children, and i

am hoping to have children of my own, and they will be attending the church, so i really do not want them to get affected by that, knowing that we could have done something to prevent that. there is enough radiation around us, and i think we do not need more sources of that. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> hello. my name is -- and i will speak also on behalf of the slavic baptist church, which i am a member of. my main concerns are health concerns and safety concerns. the health concern is basically not only for the people who come to our church but also for the school where those antennas plan

to be built. when we say school, we do not mean 20 students. it is really a lot of people, so providing safety for a lifetime of people, especially children, is a concern. we do not want to get great technical about the wireless equipment, but especially the equipment that is installed in the basement, not the equipment that is in the roof, has some hazard risks. everybody likes technology when it is safe, and there is no argument about this.

the argument comes when it comes to people's health. what i wanted to also say, just one aspect looking ahead in time, if we have this year, let's say, one wireless carrier who wants an antenna in a specific neighborhood because it is desirable, and let's say another carrier chooses the same neighborhood because it is desirable, and we do not have any concerns about the health and safety, soon we will have multiple carriers in one area. president chiu: thank you very much. thank you, sir. next, speaker. >> hello, my name is -- and i am a member of the first slavic

baptist church. in addition, i am licensed and have a doctor's diploma from the ukraine. our church is very concerned about the installation of a wireless antennas in our neighborhood, because there are many kids in our church. we have classes. we have ceremonies for our kids, and the parents and the administration, we are very concerned about this. this is not just another church. this is family, because many of our people travel from 20 to 50 miles just to visit our ceremony, said that is why, please, we are asking you, do not allow the installation of the antennas in our neighborhood. thank you.

president chiu: next speaker, please. please step up. >> i am a member of the richmond district, as well. there is a lot of concern about the antennas, and i just want to sit quickly thank you to the parents and the members of the church and the community who have come out in support of the opposition of these antennas. if we can have a moment to stand up and show support if you are in opposition of the antennas? you may not know what side everybody is here on. we have talked a lot, but i want to show some pictures. is the overhead on? thank you. you can see this is pretty well -- president chiu: if you could hold your microphone closer? >> right now, you can clearly

see that this one is corroded. there is no label on it, but it is owned by at&t. this is some of what they are talking about moving to the basement where we cannot see it. some battery boxes. there is information on it that it was singular wireless, and they went out of business in 2004, so it leads me to have some concerns about the maintenance of the equipment installed when we cannot see it and potential hazards in case of an earthquake, god forbid, and this is for antennas. here is some more associated equipment, and finally i have some more slides here. this is the at&t coverage map of the area that you can get from the website. you can see that this level of coverage in the area of question is the highest level of coverage

for both data and voice, so with the opposition you can see before you today and the level of coverage that they proclaim to have, we do not see a reason to another project to go forward. supervisor mar: could i just ask, go over a bit more slowly about the lack, that there is strong coverage in the area? if you could just repeat that. >> can you put this light up again? this is their voice and data coverage legend. i do not know how clear this is, but you can look this up on the website. the things in between our lakes and water bodies. and the surrounding area at best in data. this is the main lack of coverage. it also shows this to be at the highest level in these areas. thank you. sorry, rushed for time.

gosh hon. supervisors, i am a member of the baptist church. a little bit over a year ago, this became important to us. a lot of members are originally from the ukraine. >> it will be disastrous for chernobyl. the government at that time tried this information for over a week. and many people were affected by the nuclear reaction.

people trusted the government hearing in the united states, and for that part of the world. people can see the government -- the decision that will not be in favor of the people will shake their trust. >> i'm representing the first baptist church. the point of like to discuss today is a presidential --

prejudicial treatment of the baptist church. in our case, you can clearly see that our church was completely excluded from the practice. at&t has negotiated with the bureau of education, and we were entirely disregarded and rejected. it is evidently prejudicial treatment of individuals based on their national origin. we ask yourself why two antennae were taken down and four were left consistent. we ask the board of supervisors to make just decisions regarding our case.

thank you. president chiu: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i'm a slavic american advocating on behalf of the community for 20 years. today, i am speaking on behalf of the baptist church and want to go back in history. my home community comes from a country where people were not able to turn radios off. there are many stories that go behind the. as you can see today, the voices that gather together in the same place for 55 years, a route to hundred people that

want to leave their lives here in the state with no fear. i am asking the board of supervisors to stop this project until further data is available to make the community safe. >> next speaker. >> ladies and gentlemen, my name as bishop, i represent the baptist association. members of the union of churches, the day, i am here to speak on their behalf. on behalf of those that are not able to defend themselves standing together, we ask you to be fair in your judgment and a decision. put on hold and reconsider it.

members of the baptist church must be considered. we are not going to agree with this unfair resolution on behalf of the at&t project that will affect the life and the health of our people. god bless you, we believe that justice in the voice of the people will reveal. a queue. -- thank you. president chiu: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, district supervisors. i and the senior pastor of the baptist church. our church exists as a non- profit organization. the great influence on the culture and life of immigrants

in america. today, i am speaking to the government of the city that he in touch with the power exceeding 5 kilowatts in the vicinity of 98 feet from the building is an attempt to destroy the organization of a long-existing church. the the the dogs nor the children that are refugees will not attend the church under these circumstances. otherwise, we understand that being in such close proximity to e and does, wheel will have to have them -- in such close proximity to and doeantennas, tl

be exposed. the service that at&t provides, we wish good to this company, but we don't want a scandal. the principles and proper location of installations, thank you for hearing me out today. >> i am working with the convention, like 2100 churches across california. i am responsible for slavic

churches across the state and i am concerned about the church. people really worry about it, feeling pressure. how do you be safe, the children will be saved? they have a long history of presence in this community. i think that we have to consider the interests of the community, technical progress and companies. we want to be free, we want to have good food. no chemicals, and want to live in a environment or we will be free from the high-density signals. i think these people can afford living in the environment or they will feel safe.

i am asking you to consider to stop these kinds of plans, it really helps people. it really helps this local church with this long history. [chime] thank you. president chiu: next speaker, please. >> i am a student gets city college in san francisco. i am currently enrolled in the are in program, i am at the church almost every day. i am in my second semester of the program and i have seen many people suffer. have you ever witnessed a person suffering from an illness? it is heartbreaking to see. i don't know about you, but i would never vote for anyone to be harmed by anything.

weather is as tiny as a paper cut or as large as brain cancer. three others of you would like to be treated. i would like to encourage you to apply that rule in your life, put yourselves in our position and see what we see. those that have children, think of your children. which you let them stand next to a working microwave? would you allow your child and to what steve the a foot away from the screen? would you allow someone to experiment on your child? would you allow the antenna to be installed across the street from your own house. money should not be the excuse for immorality. why interfere? a church is not a museum of holy people, it is a hospital for the broken.

they go the church to rest their souls, not to risk their lives for constant exposure of radiation. >> have afternoon, supervisors, and a member of the church. once i came to the united states, i met my fiancee in this church and we are getting married next month. we are planning to have children, and i want my children to be christian and hear the word of god from the first day they are born. when i come to the church, i don't want to think about how much radiation they got today. how to think how much more they learn about god. i hope you make your decision wisely.

president chiu: i think you have to use the same microphone and we will give you equal time to translate if that is what you would like to do. >> i'm a member of the baptist church. [foreign language] >> he came over here as a leftover -- last hope. god sent a serious test to consider. how are you going to deal with this problem and exceed -- and

allow the church to succeed in stanford's it is. if you're going to support and test installations in this location -- antenna installations in this location, in this case, the only church in san francisco for us could be closed. because the people were not considered, it is very dangerous. the management, sometimes the government of san francisco. listen to your heart.

he is asking you to make a good and right decision. >> god bless you. president chiu: next speaker , please. >> good evening. i speak on behalf of the association of slavic immigrants. just really brief, our association's mission statement is to help those that come from russia, ukraine, and other serbian countries. our goal is to help in any way we can. our goal is to support the church in san francisco, the only russian-speaking church in san francisco. you have heard they have been in existence for 50 years in this is a place of her were shut where people come every sunday. also, you have heard that most

of the people that have come from the ukraine still have the chernobyl catastrophe of 1986 very vivid in their memories. the perceived risk of the antenna to the church as a major threat. you have also heard there is a risk that people being afraid of this radiation or will simply stop coming, and we don't want that to happen. the church is a really vital part of the san francisco city. people have come to this country seeking religious freedom. they want to worship freely, so we ask that you reconsider the conditional use permit. we hope you'll give it careful consideration and allow the yen has -- antennas to be placed

somewhere else. president chiu: next speaker. >> my name is dylan, i live on 14th avenue. my backyard is where i play almost every single day with my cats and chickens. i am worried about what might happen in the long run. i am a kid, i am going to be playing in the backyard for years to come. will this really affect me? in the uno for sure? you can't tell me or guarantee me for sure that these won't harm us years from now. nobody can know for sure. it might be another 10 years before the scientific studies are proven to us. it will be too late for a kid like me still growing up. if you can't promise to our safety, don't give at&t the

green light to use an antennas at our corner. i have a long life ahead of me and i want to be playing in my backyard without any thoughts or worries of these unwanted antennas. thank you for listening. president chiu: think you for coming. next speaker. >> i'm david. i had been attending this church for over a decade, around 18 years and 19. i came to support the organization, the church specifically and everyone else does afraid of any form of radiation. i just want to confirm and say that there is further research on behalf of this, and the problems of radiation. you might wan c