so i think those kinds of activity is are the perfect programs for indicate listings >> thank you very much mr. david. >> good afternoon supervisors. i'm todd david. and i guess i wanted to address a couple questions that have come up. supervisor we're 1 hundred percent committed to raising the money for the development of the town square. if the prop 84 grants don't come through we'll roll up our sleeves. we wouldn't be coming back to that board of supervisors for more funds. the 2 hundred and thirty feet

seems a lot of my activity is keeping families in san francisco and building bridges for foejz folks in san francisco for i think this project really creates a permanent open space. there's going to be a place for pa families and young teenagers to go and hang out without having to buy anything on 24th street. and it's been phenomenal how folks have reached out across the city to gain grassroots support and our answers is wherever we've been a asked to help we say let us do we'll be willing to help those

communities. i'm willing to answer any additional questions that you might have one-on-one regarding this project. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please >> i live on elizabeth street in noah valley. there are two important aspects. first of all, the town square will take up the asphalt surface and which will mean that the plant material will flourish in a way it couldn't in an inpermanent world. the other thing is the importance of the recreational importance of the farmer's market. as an for example, i will talk about jimmy his family runs the

vegetable market and the quality of the produce they bring is phenomenal. i have a colleague who's roej to new york city and she's preserving she bought white

>> we're in that space in the picture where there is no space within a half a mile and this park will support any active children not only running around in the living room but have an open space they can play and i request our vote on this measure. >> thank you. next speaker, please >> hi. i'm a 38 resident and am raising my two children and grandchildren. i want to say that having lived there so long i think one of the best things that's happened is the farmer's market.

i watched this space go to a gas station to a paved parking lot that was marginly successful to a farmer's market. when i'm down there passing out material i talk to folks all over the world to people to all over the states and all over our neighborhood telling us what a wonderful space it is and it's a wonderful space for the people to getting together there. i envision it being 7 days a week not only for my grandchildren but a place to go sit out and talk not in front of the store front. so thank you very much for your support of this project

>> hello richard 4168, 24th street. many of the folks recognize me as a music guy. it's important to note that without the farmer's market this wouldn't be on anyone board it's a gas station it's black top. since the farmer's market it's a is a meeting place people don't have to buy anything. they can hang out and be what their neighborhoods. people thought it was going to be temporary when it opened.

people's said we don't want to lose our parking and now folks all over love this place. the feathers impact if the neighborhood is big and it reaches far beyond noah valley. farms owned by the families one of the families is in this room today rely on this market. also the music program. we have people from fresno and nashville, tennessee as well as the mission we have young musicians who started at our market. so i hope you'll see your way

clear to buy this otherwise it's great condos the last thing i want to see on main street. thank you >> good afternoon meredith. we urge tour strong support for a number of reasons. one we believe that all the parks and public plazas so serve our folks in the city. we believe that we should have this project because the neighborhood has come together around a non-controversial. we also want the park it's a source of ref review through the maintenance department. it's appropriate at this site we

think the neighborhood thinks this makes a lot of sense. we have not been acquiring a whole bunch the parcels because of the space. we hope this becomes a model project. and supervisor we'd love to work with you on the maintenance issue and the budget. the general funds have been cut about 25 percent. the open space fund is the biggest fund. we want to say we look forward

to working with you >> the executive director we're the partner for the entire city. for centuries a part of urban life to have a town square or a park. san francisco is a city of neighborhood and each neighborhood deserves its own park. the residents of noah valley town square which is a partner that has been working. the proposed noah valley tonsil center is a viable and approach believe project. where it meets the priorities for accusations it fills the open space there's no open space

around that open site. the square will provide a place for children to play. and through that farmer's market is it will serve a big population around san francisco. and for the private fundraising the resident have championed. finally supervisor to your point about maintenance if you happened this is a chef certain it's been the chief roadblock to performing spaces around this city. it's our opinion that the revenue generated through the farmer's market at this site about pay for the maintenance on this site so we support in

project >> thank you. next speaker, please >>

>> we can assume this was related to our 9 month updates on the fund. >> i'm a board member of the noah valley farmer's market. just to say a word of how the farmer's market came into being when the supervisor wiener started to speak to us when real food owned by the an out of state closed its doors and fired all it's workings for trying to start a union. we meet in the noah valley ministry in groups of 1 hundred

and 50 folks each week. we supported the workers and we had 20 valley residents who won. we decided we could provided our own heath food to the community. certain and care for each other and support for local farmers. so the whole principle of how the farmer's market was orgsdz was to connect the vision for to 80 a better world. this connection has given rise to this proposal. i want to say we're a reliable community in supporting a space like this and supervisor alvarez i very much like the idea of

working in a solidity fashion >> i want to thank the supervisor on what the community can be. this is a great idea of having this bloom. mr. bash >> good afternoon. i'm alicia bash it gives me great pleasure to speak on behalf of the noah valley town square. it's a community aspect for noah valley. the people who have been movie this forward have done an incredible job. and many of the folks here

pledge to have this project. i - perhaps the one aspect of it that hadn't been spoken about is a great place to get people to vote. and a great place to have a valley club. it is a place where people come from all over the city. we're not overwhelmed. just imagine what this can turn into if it becomes open space.

and thank you for your consideration >> thank you. next speaker >> greetings. i'm the founder of the project don't worry it started to feed the homeless people the brothers and sisters every it's tuesday that we started gathering at the market. due to our local community in a man and woman full way to bring home hewitt nutritious meal.

what is better place to present our signature someone says cursory await worry when we presented it is the best giant in san francisco i don't know whether that's true. i'm very, very thankful to noah valley farmer's market and when i heard about it to turn it going into the town square i'm wholly supportive of this idea. since we feed the homeless every tuesday we get most of our produce thanks to our generous farmers intend of the day they give us the fresh vegetables we you turn into our cooking on

tuesday. i'm very grateful and going on out on tuesday we are very, very grateful for that and hopefully >> thank you thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker >> i'm here i live a few blocks away from the town square. i really you're going to you support it. i think it would be a great edition to the neighborhood >> thank you. next speaker, please >> ergetic i work for a non-profit food service incubator. i'm here to speak in support of

the accusation the noah valley farmers market has created a lot of turpentine. particular one of our businesses isabel we're through the opportunity have been to create a strong brand and strong customer basis and we're looking for a restaurants space. so the farmer's market is not only to have an open spates but it is a great for the community >> >> thank you. next speaker, please >> hi i'm on the board. it's kind of the - the

conspiracy at all aspect to all this very bad thing that happened to our neighborhood over 10 years ago and that property is still shufrtd up. really what we're doing is an exception of that dialog. and i'd like to say we feel the responsibility to encourage that dialog across the city. it's much better to be articulate in front of the board of supervisors but it's not like that for the rest of the city. but we commit to try to make things happen like this all over

the city >> >> thank you. next speaker, please >> hello, i'm dan roth i'm a 25 year resident of noah valley and i'm here to support the accusation. i raise any son there we've been going to the market every saturday for years it would be a great loss if this doesn't happen. ion a selfish note i play music there ever so often >> good afternoon i've been a resident for the majority of the past 18 . i'm here to speak in support of the project that we can make

this a wonderful project where all the stars are aligned so i encourage you to do so as you hear from all this public comment. we're all in violent agreement that's one of my farther sayings. i'm in support >> thank you. next speaker, please >> i grew up in indian and i'm an entrepreneur here. i grew up in indian were there wasn't produce markets that or better still the vegetable man would come to your house including ice cream and

sharpening knives and things. when i came here and saw the farmer's market i was like a boy in a candy shop. as well you you know, i accounted play with the vegetables and feel what we're going to eat is right here. and that you know when we had kids, in fact, the two boys you saw earlier i'm happy to be their father. there they are. they almost every saturday as they were infants grew up listening to the music and

integrating with the kids i wish it had happened sooner so i didn't have to lug those boys in the stroller favor than i did >> thank you. next speaker, please >> i'm john hudson i've lived on the block of jerseys street for 20 years. we had our annual block party i don't want to speak officially for the folks but the topic of the noah valley park square came up repeatedly. i want to say that the 70 folks who are there no one was more enthusiastic about this. so if you can look on me as

representing the 50 or 60 folks who couldn't make it here today because they're working a. >> thank you for feeding me at that block party it was very good. >> good afternoon. i'm alfred i'm one of the vendor at the market. i've been doing that since 1985. and noah valley farmers market is one of those markets that has endured the test of time. about 3 weeks ago a had a 15-year-old students from the arts department requesting a job for the summer because he needed

money to pay for his art supplies. there was no job listings or job opportunities anywhere he just came up and asked me it i need help. and i said where did you get the idea to work for farmer's market. he said i came here and it looks busy. so i said come next saturday at the 5 clock. he waits a whole hour and starts a half an hour early and then he starts working for the rest of the afternoon and he stated afterwards. what i think it really employes

is that the community has the opportunity to job train and share its work ethics that will help with their future employment in other areas >> >> thank you. next speaker, please >> good afternoon. i'm a noah valley resident. i appreciate the chance to be here today to add my voice to the purpose of the development of the town square. i've been so impressed by the neighborhood groups. the way they've worked with rec and park and pulled the neighborhood together. identifying the rec and park funds was key and it certainly

is what the fund was set up for. noah valley is open space deficient. there's a tiny little space and there's always, you know, little kids sitting there what a great opportunity to give folks a place to congregate. it sounds like it has support. the location there is so key and really the businesses benefit every saturday when the farmer's market is going on. i keep up to date with the plans on the we get. they seem like they're checking