deficient neighborhood and there is mrept of funding available for additional acquisitions. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please? >> hi, jen. >> good afternoon, commissioners my name is jan bloom and i am here to support the san francisco transfer. because the area east of sven ace avenue is very dense and heavily built up there is a scarcity of the green space for not only the birds and the threatened wild life but the people and humans as well. and a public park of acres will provide us an opportunity to not only plant abundant trees and plants and shrubs that are native to san francisco but the habitat for the birds on the pacific fly well as well as local wild life, including song birds and bees and butterflies and we have hopes that we can plant a pollenator garden in order to attract the

bepopulation, and native plant landscaping also helps to help with the climates and they require little to no extra water, which we think would be a gooded conservation idea. and a low use water recapture and recycle to conserve water and educational tool and we also hope to engage the sfpuc for helping us with the water and educational programs, this park will not only provide the open space for the human enjoyment but it is planned to be greened in the newest sense of the word, thank you. >> thank you very much, for being here. next speaker cards that i have, i have margo kelley and i have new access, and i have tina. >> and mr. chairman. >> yes. >> is there a way to abbreviate this hearing, i think that all

of the witnesses are in favor, and i certainly count my votes and i think that we are ready to vote yes, just give everybody some time. >> in the interest of expediting the item, could i show to your point, only support for the staff recommendation. are there any comment cards or any public comments because i will call them out of order that are opposed to the staff recommendation? please come forward. state your name for the record. >> hi, good to see you. >> it has been like three weeks in a row. >> thank you for being here today. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am not against open space and i think that it is a great project but what i said to you before, previously the report which is the appraisal report,

calls for open space of 128,000 of open space and housing and we have the mayor and the board of supervisors constantly hitting us over the head saying that we need housing and the mayor has on the ballot, in november, he wants to have 30,000 units of housing in the city which is new housing and housing that has been brought up to code and so we have to start somewhere and i think that it is very important that we have a minimum of housing and we could have the open space, and we could have the trees, the birds and the bees, but, every part of the city has to take their fair share of the housing needs. and i am just going to, i just listened to some music before i came here and one of my favorite r&b songs by king says that everybody wants to go to heaven. but nobody wants to die. everybody wants housing in the city, but nobody wants it in

this neighborhood. or in their own neighborhood. so we have to start somewhere. and i think that we really should have some housing on this site. thank you. >> thanks very much, for being here. and so this is i am on the fly now, and rebecca lynn, janine, john, monica, abraham, and tyler, and stephanie, tina and if the next speaker does not touch on the issue that you wanted to present to this commission, feel free to speak and i think that margo kelley will you be the next speaker, and you may be able to wrap this up for us. >> hi, commissioners my name is margo kelley and i am a legislative aid for mark ferrill and he represents the district in which it will be in, he would be here but he is in the board of supervisors meeting that meets on tuesday and so i think that the support from our office can just be

sumed up in a couple of really short points. one, i think that it is just more of a thank you. the general manager starting with ed harrington has been very supportive of this and has in this puc staff have been so supportive and helpful, and in this process and we really would not be here today if it was not for his leadership and with now, kelley's leadership in getting us to where we are now. and secondly, the rec and park staff are really thoughtful in how they structured the payment terms. and the open space fund, and it allows for like gray said it allows for the san francisco reservoir to be purchased and to be renovated to a park, and it allows for two other identified acquisitions, and allows for 38, over 38 million dollars to be left in the open space fund over its life, for other acquisitions. and in all corners of the city.

and then, the third point is really just i think, that this is just 4 and a half acres of open space that we are going to be proud of to see turned into a park at the end of the day and personally i have been proud to work on this project and with that we ask for your support. >> thank you for being here. >> are there any other necessary public comments on this item? >> please, come to the front. >> thank you very much. >> rebecca evans, commissioners and i am here on behalf of the sierra club and we support, and i want to respond to the housing comment, there is housing going up and i live less than a mile from here and there is new housing and new housing that is being built and a lot of other priority development areas in the city and no return for this and i have used in my lifetime not to be a part for the citizens of district two, district three, and the china town and the part

of city that could use recreation space. >> any further public comment. >> the question has been called. >> please come forward. >> who made that rule? >> come forward. >> thank you for being here. >> my name is tina and i am all for this. i just have to make a comment. i have been president of russian hill neighbors for four years, when this subject came up, and supervisor ferrill suggested it and i said, having four neighborhood groups in the north east sector of san francisco has about as much chance of succeeding as surfing

in a tsunami and so i just have to applaud this group who has met for two and a half years, bi monthly, without any ripples, roughles, waves, or anything, it is remarkable. i mean, this is like a miracle. so, this is i am catholic and so this is like my concession. i was so wrong on this that i just have to tell you that it is so delightful to see that we can work together, and collaborate. and so i am thrilled, and i do believe, 100 percent in it. >> thank you very much for your comment. >> and no sentence for her at all. >> and it is necessary for the comments, and seeing none, public comment is closed. >> i know what commissioner torres saw and i watched him closely, he saw, incredible effort, tons of heavy lifting by people in this room, and not in this room, and when the neighborhood gets together, and

they have leadership, like out of district two, supervisor, mark ferrill's office and the staff and all of these organizations and it is like an orchestra and that is why the commissioner torres and i agree with him and that is why he is like i am going to go ahead and call for a vote. commissioners? >> if i could make. >> yes, commissioner? >> i think that the effort of the people have put together to make this project a reality is amazing and it is just, as you said it is historic and commendable. and the other thing that we do need to keep track of is making sure that as we dispose of the water department asset that the financial interest of the rate pairs is also kept in mind. i noticed in the materials, that this reservoir was taken for the service before i was born. and that is a long enough time, i think. there have been no shorage of

ideas as to how to develop, or improve that property, over time. they have all failed. and i think that we are now in a position, fortunately as being able to say that we can actually get a return for our assets and at the same time, contribute to creating something that is very valuable for the neighborhood as well. i think that the, and we have talked about the various valuations and i think that the improbability of development is a key factor and as one commissioner i would roughly have $20 million today and $20 million never and that is why i will be supporting this. >> thank you for your comments, commissioner torres? >> i will call for a vote. all of those in favor, say aye. >> aye. >> and opposed? >> ayes have it and the motion carries, congratulations san franciscos on your beautiful

new park. next item. >> the closed session items item 13, existing claim.wendy

and johnny tseng v. ccs. item 14,conference with real property negotiator pursuant to pursuant to government code section 54956.8 and administrative code section 67.8 (a) (2) (ambrose) property: cedar fair lease a portion of bay division pipelines no. 3 and 4 sfpuc parcel 142, santa clara, ca . 15,conference with real property negotiator pursuant to pursuant to government code section 54956.8 >> settlement was raoefmd on item 14. >> next >> item 13. >> item four, we need to move

to disclose. >> moved. >> not to disclose. >> and second. >> all of those in favor by saying aye, we will not be disclosing any other new commission business? >> seeing none, the meeting is now adjourned, thank you. >> thank you.

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>> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into

negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is

working in photography. >> we get to build the community here. this is different. first of all, this is a great location. it is in a less-populated area. >> of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program. it is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. the people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion.

>> we offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. we offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing. we offer classes basically in the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. there is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program. >> hello, my name is jennifer. >> my name is simone. we are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. >> c'mon, c'mon, c'mon.

>> actually, i have been here a lot. i have never looked closely enough to see everything. now, i get to take pictures. >> we want to try to get them to be more creative with it. we let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. >> you can focus in here. >> that was cool. >> if you see that? >> behind the city, behind the houses, behind those hills. the see any more hills? >> these kids are wonderful. they get to explore, they get to

see different things. >> we let them explore a little bit. they get their best. if their parents ever ask, we can learn -- they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of thirds or that the shadows can give a good contrast. some of the things they come up with are fantastic. that is what we're trying to encourage. these kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for photography. >> a lot of people come into my classes and they don't feel like they really are creative and through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas.

>> this is kind of the best kept secret. you should come on and take a class. we have orientations on most saturdays. this is a really wonderful location and is the real jewel to the community. >> ready to develop your photography skills? the harvey milk photo center focuses on adult classes. and saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes.

>> good afternoon. and welcome to san fra*rns planning commission regular herebacker hearing orb june 26 20, 14. i would like to remind people from the audience, we do not tolerate any disturbance at all time, please silence any electronic devices, i would like to take roll, commission president wu. >> here. er >> vice-president fong ?frjts here. >> commissioner antinaoen any rny, commissioner borden, commissioner hillis, commissioner hoar and commissioner sugaya is expected to arrive late. item