project, as there is not enough money in the world to demolish all of the buildings on the site. supervisor cohen: there may be three phases? >> overall, total. supervisor mar: are their cards, ms. miller? usupervisor cohen: thank you. supervisor mar: we will need to limit this to two minutes per person, given the number of people. supervisor cohen: we are at the point where we are opening up a forum for public comments. i am going to call names on the card. please line up over here, to my

right. let's just get them up. [reads names] >> thank you for letting me speak and go on record. i live on wisconsin street, between 25th and 26, across the street from what will be rebuilt. i am for the rebuild, but i have issues around what is proposed, due to density and a lack of middle-class families being considered. these affordable units are not designed for middle-class families or first responders, police officers, teachers, they would not be qualified to go in

there. true mixed income housing would benefit all of the residents in the neighborhood. the density and current design of the project will have a terrible impact on the surrounding streets and my neighborhood. the street is so narrow that the buses cannot pass each other. i often have to wait for traffic to clear to even get out of my driveway. i can never have more -- more than one car at a time at my house, as there is a good chance it will get broken into. with this proposal, even with the positive features of living on my street, i will complete the lose my view, one of the best things about where i live. sound will bounce off of that wall and increased noise pollution, worsening the air quality. they plan to have mailboxes at the corner that will add two

further congestion. wisconsin street is the only street in the surrounding neighborhood that will be impacted this way. i do not understand why it has to take the brunt of this development. at the very least, there should be a step down for the new units that will be on wisconsin street. the current plan only takes into consideration typography but in the area and does not seem to consider the houses on the street or on the ups -- of hillside. [tone] does that mean that i have to leave? i will tell you one quick thing. we expect proper transportation, adequate parking, true mixed income housing, increase safety -- supervisor cohen: thank you. that was a lot of extra things. >> she cover almost everything. i am currently the president of park view heights, the mayor's

office of housing for low to middle income, built in 1984 with 180 homes. it is now low, middle, and market rate. it has been true mix of san francisco, ethnically, socially, economically. it worked fantastically. i was thinking of this more on a larger picture. i was reading a book and it struck me, architecture by frozen music pop -- music, published in 18 02. this is a huge, straight, beautiful piece of land with fantastic views. will that leave behind the beauty?

will the music be carried around the world as an imaginative and new way of thinking? willet win the hearts and minds of the people who are homeowners? will it reflect leadership and artistic know how? in many newspapers around the country, it has been described as a neighborhood to be cherished. let's prove them right. one urban planner wrote that san francisco is fast becoming a boutique city consisting of the rich and their servants. let's prove him wrong. character is what makes this city fabulous. in 1985, sunset magazine gave park view heights a special award for urban housing. it said that it deserved the award because it address the characteristics that the existing older homes were

relating to in the street in an existing matter. [tone] supervisor cohen: thank you. mr. wells, mr. pearlstine. >> thank you, supervisors. glad to be able to speak to you today. i have been a resident since 1982. i have seen on the south slope of the hill some changes, as a whole city has gone through changes. we have changed from a forgotten neighborhood to a very active neighborhood in the late 1990's. the adjacent land to this was a project that was fought for bitterly by the people in the neighborhood. i was also a member of the board

of directors at open space, which was set aside on the top of the hill, a compromise against the over-building concerns that people had. i recognize my neighbors having legitimate concerns that their block, their street would suddenly have a wall behind them that would not allow them to have the quality of life that they have now. expressing another concern, the speed at which this project is moving. i understand the financial implications of the project, but it seems we are perpetuating a process that will take another 15 years from groundbreaking, which was supposedly going to happen in 2013. i do not understand why we need more delays if we cannot move quickly. this will become one of those things that never quite gets done and we speak about four years in years.

i would like to see this committee, the board of supervisors, quickly moving this project forward and meeting the concerns of the neighborhood. supervisor cohen: next we will have [reads names] >> hello. in the vice president of the development composed of middle and low-income families. we are alike -- directly neighboring project. and that over one year ago, i was mugged by four individuals. the police went to the wrong in this section. because they are often far away. subsequently, another attempt was made and i fall off my attacker. the police have always answered to defend myself. i am here to defend my neighbors and my home.

my neighbors have been held at gunpoint and shot. graffiti is rampant. broken glass littered the streets. all of this continues to happen, even when the police substation is one block away. the substation that has been helpful to the residence on the hill has been removed. i grew up in brooklyn in the 1980's, in the same situation. we cleaned up new york in the 1990's. i find myself in the same situation because a bunch of people that do not live here think they know what is best for us. there is no quality of life if you are afraid to leave your home and your property is routinely defaced and stolen. the rich should know better. now you know better. [tone] thank you. supervisor cohen: thank you. [applause]

[reads names] >> i would just like to -- supervisor mar: i would like to ask people to hold it down so that we can move more quickly through this. please refrain from clapping, if you can. >> supervisors, thank you for seeing us. i live about 200 yards, my wife and die. i am in the real-estate business and i pay a lot of attention to what is going on with the real-estate building. i like to hassle people in public meetings about food in the way they are building things, but all in all it is a very good project. anything that gets done to replace what is currently there

will be an improvement for the neighborhood. my only small comment would be that it would be wonderful if the community center to have a pool. we are a city surrounded on three sides by water. one of my daughters classmates a few years ago was walking in the park. one of my daughter's friends could swim. she fell in and i thought that she would be fine, four feet at most. she could not swim. she had never been in a pool, never been in water. i jumped in and pulled her out. she was embarrassed. but she did not die. had i not been there, it would not have been saved. in a search -- in a city surrounded on three sides by water, it would be nice if there was a pool. [tone] thank you. [laughter]

supervisor mar: -- supervisor cohen: please hold your applause. remember, there are a lot of people that want to speak. >> i am a retired architect and i have watched all the projects on the hill. i have been with the boosters for 42 years. i support the project. a pool would be nice. i tried to be critical of the projects that come along. this was pretty good. i want to make sure that i can tell our constituents that the project is proceeding. if i tell them yes, it is going ahead, that it is on schedule, that i am not a liar. i will criticize the project as it goes a long. my other concern is overhead wiring. no one said anything about it. will they underground of wiring? will there be new technology on

the sidewalk? i think that they should be up front about it. why not open sewers? [laughter] one man who worked for the city said that they would be doing over had sewers, because cable was putting up wires that were 3 inches in diameter. this is 2013. i think we should know that if we do technology, we do not do a third world installation, you know? if i put a dish of my building, i will look like -- it will look like a guerrilla headquarters. i live on connecticut's street. the overhead wiring is bad there. really bad. we should be ashamed. maybe we get used to it.

if you bring and out of town resident and bring into your house, you wonder what the hell is going on. thank you very much. [tone] supervisor cohen: thank you. [reads name] >> good afternoon. my name is betty packard. i have lived there for 25 years, this may. in those years i have had my car broken into, by brand new car stolen, my front door kicked in, and emotionally i have had five little kids, to my porch and stomp my cat to death. our stripped-down shell of a car was towed from missouri. but the rest of the incidents, they have never really found anyone that did anything.

they have never arrested anyone. according to the police and my friends who lived in the terrace, where every one of the suspects ran, these people are either just genuine thugs who are protected by their friends, or they -- the neighbors are so intimidated by these so-called thugs, they are afraid to say these things. personally, i was thrilled when they came up with this beautiful project. not only do the neighbors deserved it, but the terrorist deserves it. they deserve a beautiful space in a happy environment. i was shocked to discover that the block that was concerned about, between 25th and 26, between wisconsin and connecticut, the predominant of

the low-income people would be moved from the projects themselves. i think that that is a recipe for disaster. we need more in that one block. more multiple housing, more affordable housing at a low income ratio. we need retail in this environment that will be happy for the neighbors and on the terrace. to not do so would be a crying shame. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. in the president of the hunters view and residential complex. i also run a food bank in hunters bill.

i am here to support the leaders up there. the main thing that i want to make clear to them, stick with these developers and make sure that they know what is going on. our lights were turned off. they were supposed to be turned off at 8:00, but they turned them off at 10:00. we were left for dead. we had no lights and no electricity up there. can you see it? me and mavis were out there. we have residents with kids screaming through. people could not cook no food. this is why it is important to henry that we have these back as

a safe haven. we need a home base. they could have put some life in their. unfortunately, we spoke to them up randolph. they brought three cases of water. so, i was able to feed -- 25 pizzas. we were able to feed the kids. we have nowhere to go. but i could not put all of these people in my house, but i had a vision and we had cuts and candles. i was able to pass some of those out. you give this money to help us. we had no one out there to help

us. [tone] supervisor cohen: thank you. [reads names] >> good afternoon, supervisors. it is a pleasure to be here. it gives me great pleasure to be here to finally see what is going on on the hill. i have to tip my hat to the mayor's office. we did a lot of study. a we came across a bridge. bridge was the criteria for what we have. we had been trying to do things for 15, 16 years. we were the ones who were willing to listen. we did everything possible.

they gave us the opportunity to see at the table with them. such a small blue area that we have. when i would wake up in the morning and turned on the news, there was nothing happening these were rural areas that we were talking about. -- happening. their work -- these were rural areas we were talking about. bridge gave us the opportunity to finally do something. we need to stop fighting one another and get it done. thank you. [applause] supervisor cohen: miss jackson, your next year reads -- you are next. [reads names]

>> good afternoon. i came here today because this is black history month. people are always asking, miss jackson, why are you down at the board of supervisors? for 69 years i have experienced racism in san francisco. for 60 years i have experienced environmental racism here in san francisco. it was five years ago when i went before the housing authority commission, who was talking about tearing down the index. b. x was the last temporary housing that was built for black

folks -- the amex was the last temporary housing built for black folks in san francisco. i asked that they would set aside one building as historical, so that they would know in san francisco. i would like to say that griffith was built in 1962. you give me only two minutes. i would like to have three because of the fact that you need to have history -- you need to know history about bayview hunters point. it was built on landfill. there were three story buildings there that they had to tear down. water would come into the people's homes. they had to tear those buildings down. i would like to say that the $30

million that was discussed, i went to rebuild the commission meeting. they were talking about purchasing streets -- [tone] supervisor cohen: you can finish your sentence. and then you can speak to me in my office. >> at that time, i let them know that alice griffith was built on landfill. the entire area is landfill. no one has talked about having the thing of it is, sweetheart, is that i had i had spoken to the tenants association regarding the section three federal guidelines because it is

a very bad in this area. not just for that, i can say this. when we voted -- plan we voted to raise the salary -- a supervisor mar: we really need -- raise the salary -- and supervisor mar: we really need to move on. -- raise the salary -- supervisor mar: we really need to move on. >> thank you for having me here today. my name is monica and i will make former resident of the terrorists. -- and i am a former resident of the terrorists. i am the treasurer and part of the community action building group for the rebuild and i am a

part of the fancy homes. i hope that -- the community building has been invaluable to the neighborhood. of there has been great chain since 2004. and my daughter that is a list contained -- attended the youth academy commission. she created a facebook page to help engage in involve them more in the events of the hill. in 2011, i myself and our family

resource center in pershare and participation when that review have profits -- we had participant -- we had participation with a nonprofit. i honestly believe that if it was not for this project being pushed for better communities facing, these projects would not take place in and we would still see a lot of the demand issues. thank you. supervisor cohen: thank you. roseanna? >> i am roseanne that.

the main plans for rebuilding involving priests congestion and possibly last parking. it is important to rebuild the trail to address these concerns as much as possible, including the website. that have been available for input. i am having someone read this for me, but i have been too many. i have been involved 40 w o years associated as good as possible and project that is a crucial part of this that is

necessary to make this plan feasible. without that, and the change will affect us all in many ways. some of it will be quite positive. there will be a number of market rate units yes, parking may be affected. i know how important that is like providing transportation to the under-served area. the people currently living in public housing, those are their next-door neighbors.

we should address specific concerns about public housing, as one name -- one neighbor said that his fee would be completely obstructed by concrete. this is at the end of mind. what's my name is misery. i am a member of the junior committee. buying and also the vice president of the tenants association and secretary of the overall board. i wanted to address that everyone deserves a quality of life. they were rebuilt and a lot of people were displaced and bothered by the noise in most bothered by the noise in most places.