very mump. at this time we will hear from the project sponsor. you will have up to 10 minutes. >> good afternoon jody knight from [inaudible] on behalf of project sponsor. the staff did a great job giving the basics of the project. as you heard the project involves a small addition to a modest single family home about 407 square foot addition and [inaudible] and then slope stabilization which you heard about. 26 hawjs and 358 volayee share a slope despite the fact that both properties have responsibility for slope, 26 hawjs has taken it upon themselves to fix the slope, pay all the cost squz

undertake all the slope work and they are ready to move ahead with that. they are prevented from doing that by mrs. mars opposition to the project including the sequa appeal. in addition to doing the work between 26 hawjs and 35 aket voilateao the owner oz of 26 hawjs will pay for the [inaudible] the owner of 30 hawjs who is supportive 2406 project and anxious for that slope work to move head is here today if you have any questions for her she is happy >> student address those. 26 hawjs is trying to fix all 4 slopes and thrai are ready to move ahead and do that as soon as this appeal is conclude. thrai directed by dbi to pum the permit for the slope work which they did u

but they can't move ahead with that until after the sequa appeal hearing. thaw put together a team that includes geotechnical engineer [inaudible] geologist [inaudible] who are expercent in their field. brent harass is a specialty contractor who is a expercent in these project. mr. [inaudible] is here today if you have any questions about the slope work. we also have the architect here if you have any questions. as you heard and as you know, dbi will thoroughly [inaudible] slope proposal submitted and make sure it is appropriate for the work in addition we already have a expercent team assembled that works with the sit a to make assure the best solution is proposed kw implemented, but they can't do that untell we get through this hearing therefore i ask for your support of the

project. >> thank you very mump. at this time i would like to open up to public comment for those in opposition of the appeal. are there member thofz public who would like taspeak in opposition inseeing none public comment is closed. now i will allow up to 3 minutes for a rebutal from the appellate. mam, would you like to-ma'am? would you like to provide a rebutal? >> my attorney steven wit is here and will speak on that >> you have up to 3 minutes >> good afternoon madam president and members and supervisors. [inaudible] shift responsibility off your shoulders. sequa is the law, slope protection act is a additional law. sequa

requires if there are is a environmental hazard there is a process to go through. i have spoken to all the people. mr.hension, mr. duffy, mr. reardon and what they say is that they want private parties to solve this. i'm here to tell you, i submitted an agreement 2 months ago. i was batted back and forth between 2 law firms. still, no signed agreement. we are here ready, willing, able to solve the problem, to give access to 358 volayo to do the work. by the way, mr. wals told me in speaking to mr. gillpin that mr. gillpin thanked him for coming into the project because the project orig was

meant to save money, time, expedite the process. that does not protect the people on the slope in that area. not just mar but the people below here. i know the planning commission would like to say that well, you know we'll let dbi take care of it. no, the law says you is to look at it and the law says you have clear and convincing evidence, that there is a serious serious serious problem. if you want to ignore that and [inaudible] to privilege and wealth. there is also [inaudible] i'm here to tell you that this is a dangerous situation. read the letters from mr. wallace and clark and [inaudible] they make it

very clear t is a serious serious problem. all we want is to have the folks here deal in good faith, provide consultantss. i was wait frg a consultant to come 2 munts agoy and never showed up. a lot of misinformation here folks. a lot of misinformation and it makes me upset and i hope the city, the city gimpt does what is supposed to do under sequa and doesn't defer responsibility to protect not only mrs. mar, but all the people below. that is your duty. thank you >> thank you very much. okay, at this time colleagues this item is held and now closed and in the hand of the board of supervisors. so, supervisor christensen >> so, the one thing that

i think we lugree on is that the stability of the cliffs in telegraph hill is critical. not only to the project sponsors property, not only to the project aopponent and also a number of residence that surround it. we have a history of cliff failures aroupds telegraph hill, not only is the rock there somewhat fragile but had quaury faces on the east side of the hell. i was sitting here making a list of the failures that occurred just in the last tent to 20 years. in the 1990's the city had to pull a 20 unit apartment building off the side of the hill after the land eroded. in 2007 there is a rock slide on broad way. in 2010 friends of my had to do a similar stabilization project at great expense 2 blocks away on month gum rea street.

the city is spending millions of dollars to stabilize cliffs in lum bard and pioneer park so we can agree this is a serious condition and it doesn't just effect the 2 properties represented here today or the 3 properties, but a number of residences below and adjacent to the project in question. i think it is very very serious and that we need to stop arguing and figure how to fix this because it does impact so many people. the project sponsors engineers have come up with a solution to stabilize the slope in a way that is respected, in a way that is accessible. it is similar to the other stabilization project on munt gum rewhich i'm familiar with. dwr think in the case of sequa review, if we are looking at the venues at the body that should review this project, what i heard from mrs. mar has to do with the naich orthf project itself,

the configuration and design is hard and approvaled at the planning department. in term thofz stabilization method the department of building inspection will review that thoroughly and evaluate that plan before permits are issued so feel that is better dealt with in that body. given the legal constraints of sequa i cannot find adequate justification to support the appeal so i'm moving we afirm the determination by the planning beapartment that the project at 26 hawjs is cat gorely exempt from environmental review, that weapprove item 23 and table item 24 and 25. >> supervisor christensen made a motion to approve 23 and table 24 and 25. second by supervisor farrell. madam clerk can you please call the roll

>> supervisor farrell aye. mar, aye. tang, aye. wiener, aye. yee, aye. avalos, aye. breed, aye. compose aye. christensen aye. cohen. >> the categorical exemption is finally afirmed. this bringstuse the ends of the agenda. madam clerk are there items before us today? jarkss that conclude the business for today. colleagues thank you. we are adjourned. >> good afternoon. it's

delightful to have new this space. all of the partners who have been working in this city and who have been for so long, and the residents today and government officials our mayor ed lee who has been so instrumental in build deep

roots into this community. when family services and i first started discussing this space we envisioned it for a place for technology and where we can help provide technology deals with some technology training with the folks that encompass family services with residented in the community and as that has evolved it's how twitter understanding how complex some of the neighborhoods issues are and becoming much more understanding of the complexities of those issues. the programs had become much more rich and not just about technology and about volunteers from twitter coming to work side by side with our other private partners with life skills,

housing, employment and not just a space for individuals to come and learn but a family oriented center for all ages to be able to take advantage of this space. it's both coincidentally right across the street from our office and the epicenter of all the family services that's going on in our community. on that note, i want to thank everybody for being involved in this city from the beginning and the architect who are here today and twitter and our private partners. i would like to hand it to mayor ed lee. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, jake and thank you twitter, congratulations and i want to just say it's another milestone and effort that started a while back but in

technology days it could be a long time ago. but i want to thank naomi kelly, our city administrator for working hard on everything from community benefit agreements to working with us and with many companies that have located long central market and mid-market in our effort to be revitalized north of market street itself. i also know random from city college is here. our public librarian is here, outreach and homeless efforts and people all united for helping families, kids. people who might have been homeless, really try to find a level of success for themselves. i see catholic charities that are here and excellent part of services that are being provided here. there is

this site called twitter neighbor nest that i had to wrap my ears around to understand what that is. now i get it. i'm getting birds fly across the street. if you have been around, this was the raffles restaurant. i had a table here. it was abandoned many years ago and i was always wonder ing how this might be used in the future. it's a fantastic use of a fantastic bridge. i have worked with twitter the very first meeting that i had the day before you came on board i was working with the executives and talking about the need for more bike lanes in san francisco and how kind of deepened those

roots have become as the company has grown so has it's roots and this is one of those strong roots that i think are going to grow deeper and deeper to benefit the communities that we all care about particularly in the tenderloin and south of market. i know supervisor jane kim but for a big bike trip she's doing in denmark, she would be right here. i know she would be very happy to see this happening because the benefit of this particular center with all of it's attributes whether it's child care to support the people here whether it's focused on services towards people who don't have jobs and don't have those job skill sets. whether for me it is the ultimate which is a constant transfer of skill sets of hope

from those that have pretty good jobs and good skill sets and good education to those that are challenged in many ways that have been here and lived here an we are hoping that a mayor and board of supervisors would some day revitalize that we now have companies in fact twitter is first and now there is 15 technology companies along with venture capitalist along with other small businesses that have also invested in this area and that makes for great solid roots of building and rebuilding our communities. then the purpose of this center will just go a long way. you are sitting in a room that will have up to 20 computers, training of everything from coding and i know some people will speak about that. but it isn't just about technology that will happen here. it's also as dick said, the life skills. it's the stuff

that encompass us on a day to day basis and gives them hope for succeeding in this city. these days i'm trying to lead that conversation with many companies as well as social services providers and community based organizations and our supervisors about how we can share in this prosperity that is quite evidence of all the same around the city. how to share with the community that is most in need. i think this is a center that this is be a great root in doing that. i want to thank dick for his vision here. i want to thank his staff and the people from twitter because there will be a lot of twitter employees coming through here and i think they will realize that their skill sets can be invaluable to people who don't have that surrounding them. and then for the families and kids that are here, it will be a safe place, a free place for them. it will be

a very conveniently located space that they can get really adequately prepared before coming to protest against me at city hall. [ laughter ] inform legislators about what their desires are. isn't that the way to do it? i'm glad to see the children and families director here. the more of these types of centers that can be created brings more of the people we need to come together to help each other out. this is in essence what i always felt to be what is the purpose of shared prosperity. those that have something to give and are willing in their hearts to give it can then transfer to something like this to the people who need it and create a space for this to happen and this is not a senseless space. i want to thank twitter financial for that to

make it happen. but what's going to go on here for years is a reflection of more and more examples of how successful businesses can help others to become more successful and provide both the framework but also the foundation. many discussions will have to hear, many transfers in knowledge. many stories we'll share with each other with a hope that people can take those skill sets and get the kind of jobs we are creating in the city or the training programs like city college that are offering in order to improve people's lives and get more resilient and more successful. i'm just sharing with you my thoughts and belief about why this center exist and i kind of think this is the thought process that people at twitter had when they were really contemplating what would be the proper alignment for what they are all about to what the people here need and make

that a long term sustainable commitment. again, thank you to you and hopefully i will have the chance to visit here on many occasions and see the families that are succeeding and get them the jobs and now get them the housing that they need in the city. thank you. [ applause ] >> hello my name is erica nave the teacher at catholic charities. we would like to thank twitter for everything they have done for all the wonderful youth in our programs. being involved has been a valuable resource for our children to begin hands-on program for computers. we are so grateful for their incredible support and continue

to provide educational opportunities for the children and the families of san francisco. [ applause ] >> hi, everyone. i'm erica, the executive director of family and children services. on behalf of all at encompass i would like to thank twitter for their tremendous partnership. over the past year we have been involved in program and planning. it's wonderful to be part of this space which was nothing just a couple months ago transformed and a partner for the neighbor nest. the great thing about the planning process for the nest is that every step of the way the focus has been on how to make this space and the programming welcoming and accessible to the families that we serve. these discussions early on about the

color scheme and the types of snacks and the way the child care area which is absolutely indispensable should be laid out to the type of software and the configuration of the furniture. it's all been about the client experience. over the past few months with the programming that compass has run we've seen quite a few families come here and they are excited about the opportunity to learn technology to open doors about gaining skills and tools that will help them to contribute to employment, job readiness, job training, educational opportunities, housing search. what we see at the nest is an opportunity to be a game changer for families like the families we serve who are striving for stability and self sufficiency. we are very much looking forward to

kicking off our summer season of regular programming at the nest and that will start june 1st, with parents and kids. it will be busy and bubbling with many people here as tonight. i'm going to turn the mic over the lindsey who is a resident with her beautiful daughter who is somewhere out there and our house program. she's going to say a few words. [ applause ] >> hi, so my name is lindsey. i have a one -year-old daughter who is somewhere out there in the crowd. but, i'm actually really super excited for the opportunity that twitter has offered us to have a place where we can come and get education on computers or and also have a place where we can do housing workshops and have our children right there with us, but not exactly

right there. [ laughter ] but, i'm definitely super excited and i'm looking forward to all of the resources that they are offering. they are offering a wonderful movie night which is families will be able to come and watch a movie with their kids and share with other families. i'm super excited about that. i just really want to say thank you, guys, because you know for some people they don't have the motivation to want to get their lives together, but actually coming to a place like this and a place like this to be available for those of us who want to put that effort into getting their lives together. so i really just wanted to thank you. so thanks. [ applause ]

>> all right. with that we'll cut the ribbon with this extraordinarily giant pair of scissors. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> >> >> >> >>

>> 7 and a half million renovation is part of the clean and safe neighbor's park fund which was on the ballot four years ago and look at how that public investment has transformed our neighborhood. >> the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age groups, unlike many of the other properties, it serves small children with the children's play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table that had their wish list and we did our best to make sure that we kind of divided up spaces and made sure that we kept the old features of the playground but we were able to enhance all of those features.

>> the playground and the soccer field and the tennis fields and it is such a key part of this neighborhood. >> we want kids to be here. we want families to be here and we want people to have athletic opportunities. >> we are given a real responsibility to insure that the public's money is used appropriately and that something really special comes of these projects. we generally have about an opportunity every 50 years to redo these spaces. and it is really really rewarding to see children and families benefit, you know, from the change of culture, at each one of these properties >> and as a result of, what you see behind us, more kids are playing on our soccer fields than ever before. we have more girls playing

sports than we have ever had before. [ applause ] fp >> and we are sending a strong message that san francisco families are welcome and we want you to stay. >> this park is open. ♪

>> okay, good morning and a call to order the meeting of san francisco county transportation authority. scott wiener the chair of the authority. i want to thank sfgtv for brad