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folks into the and were 36 hours days a year let's not use this as a traffic concern for other people's agenda thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is a e.r. stare stern's a resident of mission bay i've been a homeownership since 2010 i very existed about the arena bike and pedestrian access he hope it encourages folks to get out of their cars and walk the neighborhood my mooiveng are raising three children teenagers in the mission bay the only teenagers in mission bay when we crossed the creek more traffic and development and more intensity so we're not surprised there is new development and don't expect there is to be empty lots we
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think the arena is an unexpected bonus with the parks and the bike paths and the eyes arena all those things are things that 0 enhance our neighborhood for families in a way of if you alternatives could achieve we're excited about the arena, of course we support the warriors and excited about the arenas for the neighborhood and the children now 2 hundred and 50 new children in the neighborhood we're excited to have access that it i thank you for your attention and hope you'll take into consideration those needs thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm matt the chief financial officer for live nation ems live nation is one of the largest entertainment
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companies we're strong supporters and in large part there's no arena in san francisco and this great city deserves an arena as san francisco multiple purpose arena it will attack people from around the state and world as a city we should be pushing transit first and the eir plan does that this is a transit rich area and they've done a phenomenal job studying the parking lots and we want to go on record to talk about our support of this arena and hope you'll consider our recommendation throughout this process thank you very much. >> thank you. >> anna fernandez (calling names) d o n i ac h.
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>> (calling names). >> please come to the podium. >> please anyone. >> hi, i'm representing the spur we've been involved in planning with the spur for decades he said putting an arena in mission bay is a change positive overall for the neighborhood over the years different people bring new ideas for the process of each generation for something different going to make mission bay an interesting place on the issue recommended to transportation i believe the warriors voluntary doing pretty much everything between the
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infrastructure and the fact that some people will be able to walk if a cultivating caltrans the city is making the investments in the infrastructure to support the project thank you very much. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is a anna fernandez i lived at pediatric place in mission bay i help children and hands-on care i'm here today to gnaw my concerns and the concerns of my 3 thousand nurses represented by the california association including the 9 hundred nurses that work at mission bay we're not here to protest the golden state warriors we want to advocate for our family members i'm sure you're aware of the
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area around the hospital is a facility is almost like a small island with a narrow corridor between the bay and highway it is with this public transportation to be easily congested a major project like this will un2k0ub8 have congestion it is intended to house the games and other special events the traffic can result if gridlock and that's our major concern what will the city do for the high specialized care for patients will they have access in a timely manner when they need it twenty-four hours a day and including games and concerts or outlet special events what will the city do to help people get to the hospital
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always is- what will the city do for nurses and decreases and other health care professionals will we be able to get to the hospital and the clinics to care for the patients in the small city like ours the congestion and the needs of the community needs to be addressed and wealthy developers must be addressed many - >> i'm sorry your two minutes are - is up thank you. >> hello i'm al honeyed and am local 2 the union that represents more than 4 thousand hotel workers in san francisco i'm here to competence our
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unions strongly support so for the warriors project for the good quality working class jobs the arena is probably the most important development in san francisco in the placing last 15 years as a time when working class families are squeezed out from stagnate incomes we should promote the projects like this one i'm sure you're aware of our union represents 8 hundred concession workers at the at&t park we struggle to work hard to race the was this because of the nature the - the possibilities the food service workers who help those jobs gives a pathway to the middle-income jobs a game
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xharng for the food workers in san francisco warriors reached out to our union to insure the workers that currently staff the commission is a place for the food and the positions will be the kind of jobs that raise the bar in san francisco that's exactly 9 kind of development our city should be investing in. >> thank you. >> the next person please come up. >> good afternoon. thank you my name is agreeing election i'm speaking on above the mission bay alliance the coalition of i was staff stakeholders and residents concerned about the proposed stadium in mission bay since we launched our efforts we've talked about with the neighbors and heard if hundred if not thousands of people about
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the significant impacts on parking garage and quality of life in mission bay and launched a petition calming for the city to reject this project we've collected more 46 hundred signatures from residents and employees and neighbors that are concerned about the 18 thousand plus seat i'm submitting that petition today and received letters we're submitting if neighbors will the concerned of park and access to hospital os and traffic and air quality consider other sites for this damaging project just yesterday the california nurses association expressed their concerns in the weeks and months to come more people will be joining the growing numbers how bad this will be for the access to emergency care and traffic throughout the east side
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we hope you'll take the residents and their opinion into strong k for this project thank you. >> thank you. >> please come to the podium. >> good afternoon thank you very much for this opportunity i'm speaking open on behalf of ass son she writes i have concerns of the environmental gangs of the arraign the draft eir shows the project will could you say gridlock and air pollution and mission bay next to the ucsf another hospital facility yet the draft eir explicit discuss the land use we were not analyzed in the admission of plant eir additionally the mr. glover project will end access to the bay bridge mission bay can't
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handle up to 18 thousand fans plus per year especially, when into stadiums have games it restricts the number of parking spaces but it maybe considered the effects will be yet more gridlock and unhealthy air emissions is it reduces the nursing care places for patients and challenges for the nurses and doctors and medical 12567 r staff that works on the campus it it interferes with the medical facilities increased car emissions will be unhealthy for the patient and have a health impact overall we're disappointed with the city's approach to the environmental impact report is it fails to provide mitigation
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for the impacts identified in the draft eir we ask the city and county of san francisco to avoid the disastrous entertainment center including the health and welfare of the workers and residents thank you very much. >> sir state your name. >> i'm davm on scott. >> will the following people please come to the podium (calling names). >> i'll be edward a letter of someone that was not able to attend. >> i'm concerned about the
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negative impact of the traffic by the proposed stadium at third street and 16 currently whether there's an event my commute to the financial district is 2k0ubd by car or train or bike because of inflection of people to the neighborhood there are fans that makes it difficult for residents returning from work i appreciate those people but not the trash left in the street this that concludes my presentation. to the way that crowds rush into the games and often not supporting the local excuse me. and how the crowds are not supporting the local community addressing basketball season calendar to this as a negative impact in the surrounding neighborhood and recipe will be
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hurt i'm in favor of neighborhood growth but unfortunately, i think this stadium will only profit the developer and rather have long term growth thank you, again that was jay a san francisco residents. >> thank you. >> thank you to the board for putting on this meeting i'm happy to have an opportunity to speak i'm familiar with the eir i know we've heard about parking i am starting with a quote will there be traffic yes will we be able to handle it, yes i don't think it is handled at all i don't know the credibility of someone that says that and
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the eir and public opinion is yes. the arena is pubically financed but the resulting public transportation improvements that will come along with this project so cultivating has approved line to king station but the mayors wants to change to the new arena and that costs $2.5 billion this is taxpayer money not addressed this the eir let alone the $40 million for improvements to the transportation transportation as well $6.6 million in annual upkeep fees those are costs not addressed in the eir under the radar none knows about this is a huge problem that have project thank you. >> thank you.
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>> good afternoon, commissioners i'm vanessa i'm a nature san franciscan and live in dog patch almost 12 years i'm also on the board of the neighborhood dog patch association and written first hand our our community as grown and changed a lot i proudly support the warriors mixed use development is it serves as a hub for performing arts, retail space and restaurant and wide range of community events the warriors have reached out to us even better the warriors have privately financing no money from the public and no new taxes this is a huge win for our community and all of san francisco having the warriors in our neighborhood in community will create and bring new businesses
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within mission bay, dog patch, and beyond which would be bay area for me excuse me. thank you for your time and i hope you'll take my support in consideration have a good afternoon. >> thank you. >> hi good afternoon. i'm anna i'm here to talk about the opposition because we don't want the stadium to be built at the mission bay so over the past two weeks i've been companionships the area and speaking with residents and employees and the diversity roeltsd who are visiting patients at the hospital and been asking them what are your views of building the stadium in such closed unit and overwhelmingly the response i received frequently was do not build i enjoy the stadium don't
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want the traffic and no parking the bart station didn't go in that direction more people will be driving in number one the concern is to definitely avoid the traffic congestion one employee said when they say droifz out of a parking lot it takes him 30 minutes to drive one block and two or two half an hour to get out of the area to catch the freeway the infrastructure is not suited for a stadium not suited to bring in 18 thousand fans into this area a nurse mentions her concerns which are how are the emergency vehicles going to access in and out of the area there's no plan and if there is it's not been communicated that's the problem
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and the latest i want to talk about what responsible development looks like in san francisco not just the problem with the stadium but in san francisco in general what does it look like for the councilmember brooks traffic is a problem and the quality of life for all of san francisco thank you. >> thank you. >> hello commissioners. i'm kirk the executive director of rock real option for kids and in visitacion valley over 20 years and will also a castro hill residents i'm a birthday supporter of the warriors i know the team and city have hard work to take the feedback from the community and address the needs and put this into these a plan it is great for the contingency
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in addition to my work at rock we've worked in partnering over 10 years that's the one rare sports team that takes to heart and gives back to the organization like a hoist of things without the expectation for pr but the right reasons and looking for the organizations such as ours and the general community thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm alexander i'll be speaking on behalf of harold that couldn't make it today although i support the warriors home in san francisco the mission bay is not appropriate for this project to the medical center and at&t is a respite for congestion i
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understand there is dmashl transportation and infrastructure support from distance from the park thank you for your time. >> would the following people please come up sebastian (calling names). >> good afternoon commissioners and madam chair i'm sebastian i'm here to speak on behalf of the project i'm a student and rely on my bike i think this is tremendous bike assess as outlined in the eir it has over 3 hundred valet spots in the
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office building and dozens more around the site it will be more bike spaces on 16th street street thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> hi, i'm scott van horn thank you for the opportunity to have me speak today on the draft eir i live in dog patch a cooperative of blocks from the site i'm actually, one of the if any, that is going to get my view of bay bridge blocked as others talked about this document it is critically thorough i applaud the city for looking at the issues i'm pleased about the businesses and parks that will be within walking a dance implementing i implementing the warriors and city has been
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working with the neighborhood and incorporating the community segsdz suggestions into the plan as a result they've come up with a project that perjuring fits to restraining order into the mission bay and dog patch and on the community most of the neighbors that i've talked about are xooefl excited about i'd like to go on record i'm personally in support of arena thank you. >> (calling names). >> please come to the podium. >> good afternoon. i'm patrick valentino the vice president of the merchants association i live in the neighborhood close to where the new events center will be i've taken time to look at the traffic management plan and the
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draft eir and couple of things that are important to point out number one if you start to compare traffic management plans of arenas that are constructed in the recent decade you see this is probably one of the most in depth and forward-looking plan move to 0 transit first plan sooepts to prioritizing the all this will have the most bike parking spaces and in discussion from attending a lot of the public meetings talking about direct right-of-way for the emergency vehicles and workers this is extremely important to remember is it so not the case that the emergency issues have been taken off the table surface r as far as quality of life we're evolving and finding the city is green and this is a
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chance to put housing next to work and play and the place that this can happen can create a new place that is environmentally aware and sensitive to our surrounding a lead goal certified construction with offices to mitigate hundred percent of green house gas emissions and again we shouldn't look through the lens of the automobile and what might have been construction in the 1990s i support this project and so does our association thank you very much. >> thank you, commissioners i'm kathy i live in mission bay with any husband and daughter and next door to the proposed arena site we're excited as a family not only to watch the companionship warriors in the arena by feel strongly that san
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francisco needs this entertainment section like disney and the glob trotters and other events together i'm excited about the waterfront park nothing like ♪ the south neighborhood and provides a place for the families to enjoy the views and have fun in a safe environment the warriors have gone to extensive meeting ucsf and our neighborhood to address our concerns they've made good process with us especially ucsf in their respective operations so both can function in our neighborhood as a result, the warriors team came up with a project that fits in the community and we are excited about put us down as supporters thank you >> thank you.
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>> good afternoon, commissioners madam chair and director bohe i'm the young director of the bayer i'm here to express in my support as pat stated i was extremely expressed impressed how green the arena is it will be gold certified and set a standard for dine in the city and the worrying are more than a basketball team with the team they'll be part of the community i know that young community developers within the past season we've 34r0i89d over 2 hundred yields from bayview hunters point to work in the arena just imagine how many more folks will be able to go to work
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in mission bay i want to thank you all for speaking on behalf of eir and my support for the warriors stadium thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon i apologize inform the younger adjudicators in the back this is what happens down here at city hall i'll go on i'm ace and i'm on the case is going to be ace is the cased an enterprise we don't analysis think about the scheme and this team we analyze the team and scheme and the thing about it ladies and gentlemen i'm not new i'm try to this i'll say i don't need your permission i'm on the mission i've been doing this for 25 years my name is ace roadway let's talk about the players the players this is about dollar bills and eir this
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is about dollar bills right here let's talk about the players and who is rechlt who won side is x member of the marries and the next side is the community or he works for consultants to the lennar you've got too big consultant we're talking about money they don't mention that in the eir but we put all those things together and come up with a solution many worrying it is community reform flip-flop and drop if other stuff we have to be involved not growth of the city store the generation in the back so therefore i have a method to all this pollution we need a conversation about how we're going to put things together we've got to collect with the supervisors and london breed and supervisor
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cohen that's the only way journals ooikdz and also about the warriors at mission bay for the blacks to load we were part of the mission bay through jim jefferson my name is ace i'm ace and i'm on the case. >> (calling names) please come to the podium. >> good afternoon commissioners i'm kim i'm a potrero hill residents and small business owner in south beach i'm also the co-president of the mission bay business association