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number of resident and better respect the character and scale of the neighborhood thank you for your time. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello i'm sharon daniel i live in the 16 hundred block across the street from the development project i've been a resident of san francisco since 996 i lived in potrero hill i wanted to ultimately live there it took me to this past summer i'll a new resident of this block i'm not anti growth i support that but i have serious concerns with the draft eir mr. taylor from my own prospective with the lack of study of air quality that air quality study was not included i think the
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hazardous study needs further consideration i think there's going to be a sufficient negative impact on the environment in the neighborhood both urging the construction and afterward because of the size i've looked at the planned i agree the architect is a good architect he designed where i live the two years of construction will be create horrible and unbearable sound and air pollution in the environment and the eir did not adequately direct that i'm a professor i do my research another home 3 days a week the quality of the air and sound through my window faszs facing the site will make that impossible to work at home one the reasons i lost potrero hill there needs to be more
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affordable housing in the neighborhood but noors there's no indication this will be more affordable housing the onness and the air and the light the mix of small residential business and industrial uses of the neighborhood is really an attractive thing but should be maintained to a certain degree i'm concerned once that building project begins and concluded there will be no light and air for the children and residents and businesses that are there thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is is darlene i'm the mother of two children and live two blocks from the site i'm a pediatrician
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and there's a lot of things i agree with folks have said issues around basically the ultimate impact of the density in the neighborhood bus particularly the hazardous i've treated kids and seen first hand the defendant stating effect on the neurological development live oak it is expanding the way it is expanding it's adding a class in kindergarten and then first grade and second grade interests an expansion of the kindergartener and especially will be double over the next 7 to 8 years therefore an increased density of kids vulnerable to the toxicity of lead in particular, the eir skims over the issue didn't mention that specifically i
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support the reduced density plan but billy will love for more detailed impact on children not only live oak but specifically too what is going to be done during the construction to contain any type of toxicity as well as taking care of soil an excavation i know myself i incurred a 15 thousand there's bill for lead mark farrell from tracking it in from the backyard so it's important on potrero hill where homes have had trucks through there and toxic materials in that space love for the commissioners to consider
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that. >> i'll call for names (calling names). >> hi, i'm scott the director operations at the live oaks school like to address the deficiencies in the eir harassed it relates to plans and procedures the project is not consistent that the urban design element and the project will conflict that the san francisco housing element and third it conflict with the square potrero hill plan and fourth the eir analysis relies on an eastern neighborhood eir that is 8 years old fifth the transportation circulation studies were done when school was out not in session and obviously an attempt
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to distort reality this effects the crossing counts and queuing and thirsted a.m. and p.m. pedestrian counts 4th parking conditions and fifth a loss of car share spaces i hope that council will take into account i'm going to write a letter to detail the points. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello i'm jude i'd like to say ditto to everything he's said i'm located a block away from the project since 1992 when i moved here i was one of the
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finland members of the potrero hill a membership of a one hundred families and the myths to improve the neighborhood our first project was jackson playground we renovated that playground to be a pretty good mraugd now 20 years later i have a letter from a friend from jackson i want to read the areas that concern is more the potential for ongoing noise and hazardous wastes in the demolition of the area near our schools and concerned with the shadows that fall on the park because of the height of the project it is the shadow that is the only decrease we have in the neighborhood we see that jackson mraurld got one hundred percent
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cleanlyness we saw syringes and beer bottles that happened a few years ago it fails to talk about the poor conditions in the restrooms it is really gross and the pelosi and lead basz based paint i went through a couple of classrooms in that mraurld and the clogged drinking fountains given this it if seem the eir sufficiently addresses the new unit directly across the park jackson park is the only park and will be a draw if you want to work with the vendors to see it serves not only the housing needs but the long term stnlts
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for all residents and as a side my husband i, tell you there's a baby damon boom you'll see kids and new babies and a lot more asthma with the toxicity it will be e milled into the air as this project going forward thank you. >> next speaker >> who do i give this to. >> leave it right there. >> hello, i'm wendy and i live on connecticut street my daughter went to live oak and graduated last year i love potrero hill and i choose to live there because of the character and simplicity and true neighborhood potrero hill is made up of middle-class
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families where people talk to each other and raise our children together it's small in size but not in hearted it used to be a neighborhood of blue-collar workers i'm concerned of the increasing gent indication and the displacement of the families and the loss of distribution and repair workers that represent our community i want to begin by referring to the land use oufbz and how they're ignored in the mariposa project 1601 where more and more psa possess wants to be i'm on one hand how the jobs are going to be increased or replaced how are we're going to revitalize our neighborhood rather than repopulate it for 1601 sdp mariposa didn't respect the
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well-being of a variety of businesses the 1601 mariposa development b will result in the displacement of those jobs and sole for residential use and the cumulative loss of pdr space was not anticipated in the draft eir and definitely merits further study we would like to see the development that will create job opportunity for diverse workforce pr for instance the development could hold more spaces that creates jobs for manufacturers and repair with work work we have no interest in turning mariposa into a higher rent place it is the project looking at the extent of this
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cumulative loss when a neighborhood losses it history it losses it's character and when it louses louses lose it characteristic it losses it's identity i want to talk about the eastern policy states that new buildings should epitomize the architecture with a full awareness of and respect for the height mass and articulation of the materials of the best of the orderly buildings that surround u surround them the aesthetics will-less even that. >> thank you, ma'am our time is up. >> thank you. >> as the next speaker comes up i'll call more and more names. >> hi
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so i agree with the concerns about the project just about everything inch heard make sense i'm concerned about is traffic safety i was working coming home and the awful sound of that car crash sorry i was working there was a car crash at 16 i don't know maybe 1612, 18th street where there's a entrance to the building so i'm concerned about grade changes of 18th and arkansas and mariposa connecticut and arkansas
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thank you. >> hi good afternoon. i'm deborah warner a parent of two live oaks student motives old child was diagnosed with asthma as my younger son our greatest fear was his asthma attacks and the proximity to his inhaulers thank full he's out grown that but additional mitigates needs to address the air quality it was addressed in the check list but not the eir the check list i got the limitation of the dust
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control plan and monitoring we're concerned because we have observed windblown dust on the construction site nearby that was not being water down as required by the city control dust ordinance because it was too windy to water down ultimate measures to should be provided to take care of those circumstances on this site no individuals available to deal with the problem an additional mitigation measure should be included via e-mail and mail and contact information in the event that problems should occur proper signage with the name of contact information should be posted permanently on the project site children have smaller airways than adults especially for a
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healthy child it makes an irritant like a exhaust or chemicals in the air or dust it leads to fever and sneezing and shortness of breath and watery eyes, etc. air pollution r can worsen a disease this needs to think incorporated and eliminate 9 air quality impact of the project thank you. >> hi name a greg stewart i have two children at live oak a daughter in fourth and son in first and i appreciate the
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chance to provide some input here today my concern is if planned the project is a scale to have negative impacts on the neighborhood pay community i'm not anti housing but schools are a compliemy component of how a community grows a scale that's planned for the project that's indications of perhaps unintended consequences that will harm the neighborhood and the schools mission to provide a quality education month i'm not confident in the methodology in the draft eir as the draft eir itself acknowledges much of it is based on early research if 2006 and 2007 that draft eir is outdated two other concerns i wanted to raise the impact on the traffic
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and pedestrian safety that will suffer negative impacts the eir does state that the project will contribute to negative impacts this is based on numbers taken in the summer when school was not in session if the the finding might be worts if updated the mta does not view priorities to those intersections and as noted that is in addition without consideration of the plans for removing part of subcontract 280 in addition oddly the deficit eir even proposes reducing the curve side loading restrictions on mariposa second concern of negative
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impact regards the recreational space there's a skate it in the eastern neighborhood today, the project as noted earlier will add increased demand on jackson park and add significant shading decombraigd the quality and the fashion to housing for how local community my hope and expectation the commission will insure the project come plies with code and policy and ask for mitigations to help reduce impacts that the scale and size of the project might create in the neighborhood in addition the reduced density and alternative is a sensible approach thank you. >> commissioners i'm j r
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president of the potrero hill association you've heard many concerns about the 1601 pawar possess draft eir and several the comments are unique to the eir i believe most of contempt that will be reiterated hearing after hearing the theme that potrero hill is facing the impacts of the rezoning without being a cohort plan for the promises we were promised under the blanket eir absent of plan approvals are not impacts to the existing residents of potrero hill and something we can't easily fix after the developments come in line for example without accurate transit in place new resident will come in car did not and will take years to change hadn't it will effect our
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local businesses and visitors traveling on the freeways and the visitor to the city's venues the traffic will pill over into the adjoining neighborhoods the folks with well aware of the issues that's why the developers have been working with the boosters we've had to engineer our own solutions we explicit bargain for this in the neighborhood man, i could go on you see how we're digging ourselves into bigger hills it was unfortunate we have to raise those issues their broader in scope but this is what we're left with we need our help to insure the neighborhood plan lives up to its promises and not
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a one-sided proposition for the eastern neighborhoods thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. . >> hi can i project something my name is sarah i'm a 20-year resident of san francisco and 7 year resident of potrero hill neighborhood i live directly across the street from the project i have 3 points i wanted to make regarding the draft eir and state i'm not anti development i'm pro responsible development conclusions in the draft eir conflicts that the defendant plan and general plan, which many people have mentioned further the draft eir states aesthetics and noise and air quality s are considered quote less than impacts i drawing
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interest recent errors in the calculations of percentage of open space on packages 54 and 69 pardon me any phone rang 2, 3, 4 both plays 37.5 percent is the percentage of open space and actually, it's 26.8 percent when calculations are done the developer will be asking for a rear yard exemption it is important to look at the open space proposed for the project they claim they're providing 35 thousand secret accomplice but the majority is mid block and
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according dot planning department the substitute for the rear yard is not acceptable as only american people approved authorization project looking at the rendering there is really very little open space because potrero hill lacks open space it needs more and jackson park is already over utilized we would like to see the open space improved of improved and provide really recreational opportunity finally, i'd like to say, i support the environmentally superior alternative to the project. >> as the next speaker comes up i'll call more names
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(calling names). >> good afternoon my name is carol i'm been a potrero hill resident for almost 50 years and i'm not going to go i agree with the pause from the community about further investigating the eir report bus this concern is this project is way too large i've seen any godson and family have to move out of the neighborhood to where we can find affordable housing it is salgd me that the project over half of which studios and one bedroom is not take into account what the mayors call has been for more family housing i'd like to say i strongly support the reduced alternative plan
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thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi my name is sarah i'm the apartment of a first time grader at live oak class of 2022 i used to work in city government with projects similar to this and teach a class i spend a lot of time in the neighborhood i am concerned about the long periods of construction i'm worried about the safety of our families and the traffic from an air quality our kids spend a lot of time here as well as at home the ability to have our kids philosophize twield see that happy in the summary please consider that live oak has begun a major project that will double
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the school this is relevant first traffic and come back and double our naubz and second whether jackson park facilities are sufficient for the dents site of our neighborhood they have pe there i'm confident their slooigsz solutions that what work for everyone in addition to the items i'd like to to understand we're working with the developer trying to have community space we need our help we'll not be able to remain the only school with a full-size give him we want to open the second passage this will provide a buffer during construction and afterward and girlfriend our
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kids breathing room we provided ourselves with the community i love the woman that mentioned the jackson park clean up our kids are told not to touch needles or con domdz or syringes or poop. >> we love the neighborhood thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. thank you for having us i'm virginia the head of school at live oak you can tell that our community has been paying attention to the development of 1601 mariposa as you've heard from many parents i won't repeat but undermine what the parent said as they ask you to prioritize this and the
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education for the children as we work on the 1601 mariposa project i want to help you understand how important it is that our community is considered as the defendant neighborhood has developed live oak is a kindergarten through 8 we have 2 hundred and 90 students our school is expanding last year 14 applications for every single spot in kindergarten increase not enough qualify education programs in the city of chicago and we need to prioritize the experience of our children in good schools we're growing our enrollment and building that live oak is part of the character our parent volunteer we work, work with rec and park
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and host days to service the playground and the field spaces we buy at local stores live oak has collaborative relationship with the folks in the neighborhood and serve as potrero hill only middle school because of the generosity of our community our kindergarten through 8 grade is socially to is a diverse county we have to prioritize extraordinarily environment as we develop our city live okay has spent a lot of time thinking about this and given hopes for the development you've heard from our families as is currently proposed the 16701 project will place suppress have
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