salt lake city sunset no more 0 port and for all the diabetic changes we're taking muni and going to take our son and show him the urban we're not detold her we think this will make that a more vibrant community and happy my son will be at school and in the neighborhood thank you. >> thank you. >> hi, i'm jim i'm here speaking for hayes valley neighborhood association i'm a past member and on the transportation fund committee i can't say better than what jim said about the facts the hazard of the current building the long process of the market octavia plan all the work that went into

that that many organization and you and certainly were all part of we believe we have to respect that processed i do on aside remember sitting here when the school needed variances and needed them quickly we were trying to go quickly to get into a start date for the year and you understood and granted the details are trvm and problematic but this project complies with everyone in market octavia that it filed at least not to my knowledge 6 months before the school was even approved all those things speak to the need to go ahead with this i hear all the parents concerns and if this were a developer

that we hadn't had a lot of experience working with notely one one hundred van ness and polk street if i didn't know how responsible this developer was i would have concerns but the opening comment from the school person that do we're in the process of working through those things and need to have good faith and move forward you have a developer here this is a responsible partner and good partner there is no sensory hashing who shove known what when the plans speaks for itself they've been out there for a longer one 50 van ness those are facts that are there i admire the encourage and spirit of last speaker we're in a dense urban area it is part of

the excitement of living here i hope you move forward are the project and i'm sure emerald will honor their commitment to being a good neighborhood thank you very much. >> okay. who's next. >> hi, i'm john i'm a resident of the serving central market area and the playground outside here is one of my daughters favorite playground i'm also a member of the san francisco bay area renters federation i'm here to speak in favor of the project i believe that in the heirs is its own community benefit i'm going to skip some stuff to make it shorter for you guys direct sunlight comes from the south not the north and the large part of the north building

was closer covered and the net effects for sunlight is probably an increase net sunlight for the school going forward from now on i encourage you to approve one 50 van ness as planted the process has been going on for a long time the time to night pick is past with all due respect to the parents i understand their concerns you know going after or letting a project being taken down by a tenant that moves in after the motion and asking for nuisance and construction noise involves ceqa schwartz i hate to mention out loud it is horrible i hope you approve it as planned

thank you. >> good afternoon commissioner i was going to say director ram i'm the director of the public special initiative i have a few comments to make and read a statement from the share of the special arts committee that had to depart a fungi want to acknowledge the emerald fund to contribute to the public trust the san francisco aortas commissions hopes they'll be a trendsetter from the one percent art requirement from 9 one 50 van ness and 101 pulp of polk projects will create an original work of art for the pacific auditorium to chances the sixth

building is a deems of their civic arts and the arts commission commends them this is an opportunity to you beautiful if i a building in the history of our san francisco over one hundred and 68 artists respond for the qualifications from across the country the project has generated so much excitement that an art professor assigned assigned the project to her class and made hypothetical proposals and additionally a class of students in the graduate department another cca had a session devoted to this project it is actually unusual for a project to generate this level of attention exception is well underway and 3 finalists have been selected

after oovsh an orientation one artist public school lo be selected for the proposal who will work with the preservation i'd like to 200 underscore that wouldn't be possible without the one percent contributions in one 50 polk and that's from me and now commissioner keane states she'd lying like to thank the emerald fund they're serving minded fund will inspire other developers to do the same artillery for the contribution of they're one percent for art to the public art trust the contribution will enable the arts commission to commission a arts for the facade for the

auditorium sorry for the similar comments 3 artist have been selected the artwork will enjoy and be seen by people daily and it is the women and men rebate people choose to vital san francisco this enlightenments the mayors view and it will think fund for the projects when completely it will be part of the city's art complex e collection no city funds will be used it is for the availability of fund from 0 van ness and polk. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon my name is a

alex i'm a 12 year resident worked doubt for a 50 though employee real estate global firm i work in the capital markets groups that provides financial advisors work for financial real estate developers for i'm a commercial real estate developer i have no interest but the emerald team has an approval to lock the rate with their lender which is the life insurance company they could lock the rate assuming they have commission approval how this is relevant to march 18 johnny mentioned she plans to raise rates in the meadow future and has a

tremendous impact embarking on the project a one percent increase will equate $65 million of additional interest payment per year this traffic signals to $41 million so time is of the essential it last an impact on the project and also for the future projects in the city thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon commissioner i'm one of the parents of the children that are going to la port school and speaking on behalf of my wife and speaking for the sake of my sons health and safety as well as those of his friends as the historic building any development open van ness is built directly behind the school it will only

be 5 photo away from the children's school buildings and despite putting in more windows most of the windows will be on the one story that opens to the hallway and not classroom there is a smarter way for the community in that as a san franciscan business opportunity to show how the new that isn't about pushing out the old but how innovative our landscape can be awhile combrairz our san franciscans please show your support for the students anothers la port thank you. >> i'll call a few more names

(calling names). >> good afternoon commissioner i've lived in bay area since 1996 and been a san francisco resident since 2005 almost every week i hear a friend talking about a one or two bedroom for the price of a condo 245i78 that's terrible when the rent goes up prices go up that's what's going on in san francisco it's that simple has wonderful as san francisco is from silicon valley or the supply of housing is not coping up the 35 hundreds

is not sustainable a month wasn't we need to do have more projects approved to manage this imbalance to have the supply more in line with the demand one-on-one 50 van ness is one hundred and 50 units i encourage you to support this project today thank you very much. >> hi, i'm on behalf of the neighborhood that was not able to attend a resident my apartment looks at over the van ness project and i support of the new construction with the work that's done as far the neighborhood feels safer and brings folks to the area the civic center feels more like a community i believe this project is good, i wish you to approve

this project thank you. >> hi my name is andy i've lived in san francisco since 1999 and currently live lens one mile away in hayes valley everyone in this room agrees i want to speak to the condition of the neighborhoods are before and after a the development underway i'm a fierce preservationistic and the constitution of the city i've been going to bill grammatical plaza for years area immediately south along hayes has a vacant buildings and i'll never have my girlfriend or child or mother walk through i

can't speak about the miscommunication about between the parent and developers but i believe that new development in this neighborhood has counterfeited and will increase the appeal of the school to further apartment i live cross the street from the project and the one in hayes valley there are conveniences a few homes will have less light but overall we look forward to it the long term benefits will greatly out pace the momentary costs thank you you. >> good afternoon commissioner commissioner president fong i'm joel with the san francisco electrical construction industry that partnering that make up of

the electrical contractors association and local 6 hiring hall so those two groups work together to fund our apprenticeship fund the emerald fund and the national real estate viruses are is a have a hit off harrison and van ness and using our pension money to build those it's a complete honor being in the inside wiring that's my contributions and the contractors contributions will make this project possible this project is going to be award to a san francisco business as far as the electrical industry is concerned and being employing the

apprentices it is also transit ordered and van ness is one of the biggest intersections and cross streets as far as the pedestrian, bike and traffic interaction i want you devise to approve it and expedite this approval having the project move through today thank you. >> mr. president i'm jim i've devoted the last thirty years for improvements to the serving it's one of our goals we've outreached to the property owner at one polk and lived in miami and then had a high ohio tuesday and now have housing at one

hundred van ness i've moved in last week and one 50 is an international part of the residential community in civic center to make the real impact i'm familiar with one-on-one 50 van ness building it was built originally in the 20s by the california triple a and as a beautiful renaissance building in the 50s in the spirit of modernization it was destroyed and it was remodeled so there wish floors on top of the old building it makes the old building seismically peril also, because in an earthquake the building will sgak with each other it should have been torn down but the building code it can't

be so there's a - >> now i'd like to point out that 50 fell street had not been owned by a sophisticated real estate investor that left is empty looking for the right client and it was well aware of what was going in the area and while he was looking for the right client the emerald fund purchased those properties and began the planning for several years awhile that building sat empty ass plans were going on it is terrific but their johnny come lately and the complaints they make reflecting the concerns about the children are auto of what you can if they have a dispute and grievances they should take

it up with their landlord so, i say that under the circumstances this project should go forward as quickly as possible to get rid the hazardous buildings and take a second to thank the committee we have to planners with the possibility of two or more and look forward to coming to this commission in a year or two with a new public realm plan for the civic center thank you. >> good afternoon commissioners i'm tony i'm the field organizer and the dispatcher for the plumps and pipe fitters in san francisco i'm speaking no support of the project on van ness on behalf of the members of local 38 plumbers union local

six the electrical unions and the sprinkler unit and the sheet metal workers and the partners in building here in san francisco i would like to each one that is in the room that is going to benefit from those construction jobs to be able to stand up so you see the numbers emerald fund has been a big supporter of union labors this project will create 3 hundred and 60 jobs while there's a lot of construction jobs there was 3 years 35 are percent unemployment we need to continue to support union construction jobs so we don't have another surge of unemployment that

creates one hundred plus unit in san francisco has a housing crisis it is hard for construction workers to afford the high rents in san francisco this project includes 50 above unit making 55 percent of museum income that creates dense housing in a transit rich and bike infringe neighborhood that is called for in this location for those reasons we urge your approval without delay thank you. >> is there any additional public comment? if i've called your name or not >> so i'm here on behalf of myself and for all the renters

that are in hard situations there's no where to move to i'm sad to say you guys know i'm going to talk to the parent so many parents said that you support the creation of new housing but we're here today to oppose the creation of must housing. >> you need to speak into the mike. >> sorry i don't know if - >> yeah. so it means i think that means you don't realize the kind of gruks cynicism you're asking for a little bit of time but it was built bit by bit by this blafr so if you want to belief your someone that supports new housing and you

like this image don't support - support new housing this is the kind of code and zoning compliant projects can be deretail that makes that spruptd so getting out of the housing crisis was easy we would have can you think it it would be unpleasant to build all the unit we need not only you guys but people are going to have their lives interrupted by construction i want to ask i guys to make a commitment to users and all the people that need relieve to what stand the difficulty it will not add to difficult in the short term of difficulty please approve that. >> any other public comment.

>> good afternoon, commissioners i'm a entire designer i've lived in san francisco 12 years and hayes valley for 6 i've lived near the street it was a very different place than now it is really incredible to see the market octavia project ever since the central highway was taken away i'm in support of this project and think that it is a big piece of the puzzle in braich hayes valley into other parts of the city and the great developments on market octavia that will only make it better so i'm in support of this i hope you are too. >> thank you. >> good afternoon commissioners

i've been a san francisco resident since 2001 living in the admission presently with my wife and daughter i live near the bike lanes i don't know if that was you guys but i appreciate the investment our proximity has turned me into a bike rider i'm more appreciative of city and it's taken a car off the road during rush hour my personal experiences that make me a stronger supporter or a high density in this location the project proximity to the recent approved polk streets those on market street and howard street address fulsome and even the wiggle being a short ride it's hard to say from this project you get to ocean

beach and presidio and the embarcadero without having to leave the bikes lane that's pretty expressive the city needs to release the return by encouraging those high density so i courage you to approve this project today thank you. >> good afternoon commissioners i'm ed johnson resident of san francisco since 2000 and currently work a block away at a tech store that was created a year ago before i started my business i thought of that area as much dead after dark but discovering much more coming here throughout the past year

and many restaurants and night life and coffee shops and non-institutions surrounding the neighborhood all of those added to the sdieshld of the neighborhood for my own business and furthermore as an employer it increased the residential presence for my employees after dark so much is happening in those and slowing down this is as a 2w7 neighborhood i think one 50 van ness is adding 1 hundred plus spelling needed housing i encourage you to approve this. >> good afternoon. i'm a san francisco resident for the past seven years and in the past 6 months i actually moved my business to san francisco

because frankly i'm in favor of this project because of the number of housing that is going to be created and also a father to a 12 month boy that is we're concerned to put him spot school it will be beneficial for the residents and the kids and parents in the long-term so i courage you to approve it thank you. >> is there any additional public comment. >> okay public comment is closed. and oscar pistorius it up to commissioners commissioner richards. >> wow. what a lot to hear i think my colleagues are sick of me saying many of the hours were crafted by myself and another colleagues in the mission this is a place for appropriate

growth it is transit rich i don't think any of the people heard were saying that they don't want housing here i think this the gentleman's point any type of modifications for specific projects on a indictment plan it is a specific issue this is where we should be approving some of the merits mr. eir son you and your reputation are platinum in this town you have a great responsiveness to protect the children you indicated your utmost concerns are very, very believable it creates the market octavia plan and affordable it is the plan i like bike parking gets rid of the