>> i was just i was following. >> my apologies. >> that's okay. >> should be the project sponsors team giving the presentation. >> good afternoon, commissioners steve for mary california on behalf of the project sponsor brief to defer to the planning department staff on the negative declaration is the author and complete and analyze this issue accurately pr the bottom line here the appellant has foot provided evidence to contradict the negative declaration because they've been so extensively alternated since the last gay bars closed no 199 but lacked the period of dignity for sixth

because of lack of integrity the buildings can't came back with the - some of the storefronts over the years the last one closed in 1999 the prior bars closed in 1980 the buildings on the site have basements they don't have tunnels the building have storefronts on church and market street their basements in the buildings where people can traffic verse but no tunnels and no connecting to the buildings the p.m. d has excluded will not - the district is large the site on the perimeter and many other intact buildings in the district that have post prohibition pares barry's the

appellants have not contradicted the information and in addition group is creating an interpreter program and offered financial assistance to reestablish the lgbt business on taylor street the side of compton's cafeteria we offered the lgbt history society access to the site to salvage artifacts and on the resources in the building we have - also continue to meet with the group when this motivator goes to the board of supervisors and discuss what other assistants to the formation of the compton district let me conclude by quoting from jan watson's letters she's the author of the citywide lgbt

compact assessment statement and appealed the negative declaration based on ore analysis the message was even adequate rewarding or regarding the appeal letter we want to offer my historian opinion the planning department in my opinion the cultural resources of the evaluation report are in compliance request ceqa after months of evaluation on the part of the planning department i'm supportive of the city's conclude on the h.r. or and p.m. d other than market street is approved by the city of san francisco i want to assure that something goodwill come out of that we're commented to have a administratively contribute to the lgbtq history in san francisco i'm committed to making sure that happens and to

conclude as was estate an eir will for the provide any additional information not in the h.r. er question ask to you uphold that and not cause a year of delay thank you very much. >> hang on. >> mr. shaw hang on. >> all right. jonas may i open up for public comment. >> opening up for public comment i'll call names remembered that is to comment on the negative declaration if? uphold there will be comment on the article itself

(calling names). >> thank you. >> okay. just to make the flow easily you want to speak own this negative declaration line up on this side of the room if you want to line up on this side of the room your right-hand side of the room. >> excuse me - those persons standing in front of the doors will cause a fire hazard if you're going to speak on the right-hand side. >> randy shaw. >> wait until those persons standing near the doorway you can line up on the screen side of the door or view the preceding in overflow room 416 you can't stand in front of the doors. >> thank you. >> again randy shaw director

the tenderloin clinic i've been trying to return the roll call they're demanding that the developer pay them one thousand dollars now up to one million dollars to avoid them if they can delay this appeal they'll get a lot of money i don't know if this is a good practice to use ceqa's appeals as a shake down ♪ case the result sought is a bar on the first block of turk not to center a gay bar not in the compton location similarly the silver rail on turk if you remember the fight to stop the

drug dealing an lower turk 35 times the violence rate in san francisco if we hadn't had the problems on lower turk the silver rail wouldn't have gone out of business where are the people that care about the when there was a chance to save 2 because no money in it that's the only conclude we're all for the historic district everyone is in favor but the whole side of church street is vacant for 20 years that's a problem when you come here and say we're about preserving we could have saved that and not turn into a jail others groups that are paying attention to the gay and

lesbian sites if ceqa appeals if i go into all sites i'll file an appeal i'll work the system it will bring development in the city to a halt and creates a new business opportunity the ceqa shake down business please deny this appeal thank you >> next speaker, please. >> and reminding everyone this is on the ceqa. >> good afternoon, commissioners you called me but like to reserve our comments. >> what's your name and carlos. >> for the project. >> this is on that environmental not the project you'll have a chance to speak on the project after this one. >> hello cynthia gomez my

comments are different. >> anyone specifically for the environmental? and if anyone in the overflow room 416 who is here to speak on the appeal of negative declaration make our way tattoos chambers 4 hundred i'll remind the person's in front of the door you can't stand there if you can't find a seat go to overflow room 416 >> is there a beatrice thomas that wants to speak on the environmental you want to speak to the project itself? >> that's it. >> okay. hang on. >> i'll say 2 one more time for people in the overflow room 416 if you're here to speak on the appeal this is the time to speak. >> okay. so public comment is

closed. on item 16 and commissioner vice president richards. >> i want to thank everyone that licenses and speak on the project next you'll get a chance to speak on this get through 24 one item first of all, i'm an advocate i was on the san francisco board of preservation he served as an officer i actually asked did project sponsor and she was gracious enough to - >> sure. >> i'm going to apologize permanent our two speakers i called - >> hi i'm sorry this is a new kind of scenario here shouldn't be speaking i'm beatrice a former city employee and working with the cultural grants program

i want to talk about our communities here and the rich history of protest in progress that the lgbtq queer and transcommunity added to the san francisco that we all know and love the compton historic district is something we are here to ask for an appeal for time no one is an enemy to develop or progress what we're looking at for is time to be a part of the discussion of what happened to our community and in marginalized communities often we're not given the benefit of time to gather and come forward to get the expertise to understand what our responsibilities are our duties and tasks what we need to do so - i'm speaking as

someone who feels safe in that area and i know that people feel this is a blighted area but i have brought any motto that area and brought any motto that bar a place that hosts the - hosts the all ages and ethnicity we're here and asking to be a part of what happened to the community. >> there is a history of displacement and development in san francisco there is a legacy we see played out in chinatown the i hotel in the case of filipino community south of market and i feel like we have an opportunity here to come together and bring voices

to the table which to me is very san francisco and so i'm here to make a ply for the appeal and for the time to be a part of this important decision in process thank you. >> is there a meekly can and error stevenson? >> hi, i'm michael or verifying i can't be i operate a drag club for a future and to preserve the queer places in the city i'm a working artist fund by the san francisco arts commission change is good and in the nearly 15 years i've changed

many lifetimes about 3 i found myself lost and found and lost and found again if so one of the magics of san francisco and another one the queers living in a queer history attracted me knowing i'll be safe and encouraged and respected it is hard to locate queer hefty the queer history that came before me hillside by the historians and the adjudicator decimated queer is rare and compton enincumbrance the first documented american history and charles a bar of san francisco court a national queer funding organization i'll requesting a continuance for this the resource of time time to shore up and assess our assets the project will take up to quarter

of compton's district and without the impact our history is in danger of being bulldozed and erased and an asset to the past might be making our queer history subjected to disadvantage please don't erase my past or put a second development i'm still here and want this history to include me and my communities as well as the past it is a tough time i'm tired many of the engaged queers are concerned we're dully respected this is tied closely to our history i believe in change and actually welcome that i want the city to not forget the past or criticism. >> okay. thank you. >> mitchel and again reminding

folks this is for the negative declaration. >> hi my name is eric stephen on. >> i'm a local perform i go by the name 6 pepto-bismol i--i don't know want say my start as a drag queen brought me into the queer community and showed me the telling them and more than before it is in the district it is friendly and development is not bad as said but in the mission district and the castro development only benefits middle to europe class white folks and obviously men we have the castro

we can you know a gay space but that even now caterers to middle upper class gay men he go to charles and see men and women and transfolks and all colors, races and creeds a city as progressive as san francisco is diminishing when we allowed the development without thinking about the past that has allowed people like me and my friends to create community and culture when you don't looked at that and only think about a family-friendly gain and making our city better it doesn't serve the purpose of bettering the folks that made it what it is yeah, we need time thank you. >> thank you.

>> hi i'm sorry, i put down item 17 and you're in the initial argument i believe it is more pertinent to 16 my name is william thatcher we own the building since 1937 and sold to joy as a child i played in the basement of that building i know the building inside and out there's no tunnels tenants have come and gone including the bar unfortunately, no remnants of bar left or anything in the basement or anywhere of significance to commemorate the bar unfortunately not that i know i'm not against this and would love to see a nice

functioning any type of bar that caterers to the community and the surrounding i can speak labor for the project and the advantageous i think that will bring but in terms of of the commemoration of a bar that closed on its own accord because the math and others ups and downs over the 70 years we owned the building is just not there and currently we're the last tenant that was under was a computer resale store so there hasn't been for a long time a significance to this part

of community and that i hope that through the development that the community can find some resources and some ways to commemorate the original bar but - so i can speak on 17 later thank you. >> hello my name is mitchel iverson i'm a drag queen here in san francisco i moved here 6 and a half years ago for college owe studied psychiatrist and my first interaction in any women's gender study classes about the queer courses and the jean

compton cafeteria riots we were asked to go to the archives in the library and conduct interviews who have connections with that area or incidents even though those riots persuaded stonewall they've not been excavated with the same kind of gravity we haven't made the history that is of the approach and academia we had to write the history after college owe decided to start a career in the night life and found a thriving scene in the neighborhood at aunt infancy still a part of drag queen environment and severs the informational point a cross section of weird persons

and others to express themselves my two points are we are still writing the history please give us time to finish and keep engaging with the space and understand that wisp currently engaging with writing our own history and adding to the area this area is alive and me and my friends lives we spent a lot of time and the statement is from us thank you for your time. >> any additional speakers to item 16. >> hi my name is kevin i put down to speak on 17 and would like to speak to 16 i'm the director of the queer art organization that promotes- a multi disciplinary artists sins

moving to san francisco no 2004 i've attended parties at the intersection of turk i wasn't fully aware of this landmark of activism history until in year the cafeteria is one of the first recorded queer upcoming rising e rising against the police - this event - it is mentioned by the office of citizens complaints administration for the preservation of i'm asking for your support in the form of continuance for the 950 market street this sunday november 20th is transgender day register browns 2016 is 9 most violent year please don't allow us not

to sit at the table don't lockout the queer voices we need to help to be show your our generations - i vote for a continuance to help the lgbtq lives. >> hi commissioner, i work in the tenderloin and the compton historic area real briefly we want to stress that the translgbt the queer and non-conforming communities have our history erased through the the decades i'm begging to please give us more time to preserve the history by allowing us a few more months to documents the events and last week everyone up here we're asking for a seat at the table

that the translgbt non-conforming community and stress to you the importance and to the developers to make that a priority and national minority thank you. >> hi my name is jen net i want to talk about particularly the compton's cafeteria building this is a transgender community is experienced a lot of abuse and trauma in the 60s and xhant chased out of compton my concern in the transgenders community needs this landmark we never had an opportunity to gain a landmark based on the fact of the descriptions and the hate we've xrerndz thought history consider and give us more time to figure this out we would like to restore compton's cafeteria

and allow the transgenders to have justice from the abuse and the trauma we experienced within that place and i think that is the right thing to do and i'm not speaking on represent operations but speaking on making an investment within the queer and transgender non-conforming community to heal in a way we've experiences a lot of abuse within that area it would be a good thing to do please give us a continuous. >> next speaker, please. >> >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners thank you for first of all, your service i was good evening to speak on the second part but i thought i'd come up now and quickly i live in the tenderloin and worked in the tenderloin for several years and i can't believe i want to say that i

have to agree with randy shaw is that that reported by the way, (laughter) it is too late on the compton i know compton i have no problem with the prison they run a good operation i did volunteer work at san quentin and a space to shaw's point at the sight that the developer has offered to help this coalition work with the owner and others owner of this site with the apprehensive has pressed willingness this significant site is vertebral and the developer has offered to provide assistance with the group and i'm a frequenter and 21 club before it closed and all kinds of people hung out and i hang out in charles from time to

time and this development by the way, should be a wonderful business boom to aunt charles and audible charles is one of the coolest places in the city we should make sure it and go anywhere and makes sure it stays put anyway, i'm happening happy to work with the coalition we're a big family to find a space at the historic site of compton cafeteria because this site at 950 has no historical relevance and in terms of waiting to what waiting is to ask the neighborhood that is suffering from the site because of the site for the better part of 20 or thirty years this is disrespectful to poor people so it would be nice to hear the testimonies about all this stuff but a whole population that

rarely gets any recognition in the tenderloin that is our southeast alleging population our families and children and had is like for them to walk up and down that block of their community i've been organizing that for seven years and i've never seen this cool join the club to try to make the neighborhood better thank you for your service. >> (clapping.) >> >> next speaker, please. >> during it procure we'll trying to keep applause at a minimum. >> my name is judy i'd like to speak on this. >> great. >> thank you. any speakers on 16. >> specifically to the negative declaration? >> hello commissioners. i'm tom a longevities lgbtq activist

here in san francisco a small business owner. >> and i'm here to stand in solidarity with the folks that spoke you know a lot of people are talking about just wanting a a seat at the table for the lgbtq community decision that impact an important site of our history and i'm going to quote my good friend tom ammiano if you don't center a seat at the table you're probably on the menu and a lot of people in the country after last tuesday feel they don't dr. a seat at the table and a lot of people feel they are think the menu and the lgbtq community feels we're on the menu we have a document from our last approximately administration from of the obama administration that talks about the importance significance of this site we have an incoming administration says we don't

matter and will try to roll back the protections this obama administration has afford us we'll don't think the legislative bodies to insure is where we have that seat at the table so what we are asking for not to stop the projects in the tracks to stop the hotel and housing development we need more housing in the city we need more hotel rooms for the booming tourism we're asking for a brief pause to make sure that our community has a seat at the table and is not losing something of incredible importance and historical significance to us in this process we are again, we're asking for a brief pause so ily join the chorus to ask for a continuance on this project. >> i'll remind those persons

again that you're causing a fire hazard unless you find a seat you can't remain in the room if you're here to speak on the appeal of negative declaration you can line up on the screen side of room otherwise an overflow room 416 where you can view and alone to the preserving. >> are we ready. >> i'm a resident and a gay activist, however, it is not ben the lgbt community or myself to preserve air space where there is no trace of the lgbt business that was original there on the parcel of land i clearly replace what was said before but that energy is miss directed by no means is aunt charles the gem that is effected

by the gang i believe in preser >> hello commissioners my name is - i'm here to support to ask you to continue the project 950. >> that's the environmental report. >> what. >> about the project. >> we're speaking to just the adequacy of the negative declaration the other portion is after this if it is upheld. >> hello hi, i'm nick marshall

i'm an artist and drag person in the city i've been here moved from southern california about 8 years ago and i needed a new city somewhere where my heart and cult will not be diminished and when the moved here owe found a place where i saw more exist and more than what he was stuck being at home i found a community it was refreshing and i'll not forget the first months of living here and learning about this city and the community and the hefty of it you'll i perform at aunt charlie's on a regular basis that's my home helped me to become the person i am with any talents and helped me become the gay performer it

is one of the places i love going there i meet my friends and met the love and the - it is everything it is a place that will be a part of my heart this city and community and that area has so many history one of the things for future generations to know about this i learned about that and want everyone to know what is the bones of our city and bones of our history if we erase everything we have nothing left so many of our rights are tested was going on in the world to just what type one thing over and over we have nothing left and build something that is wrong i want us to keep our bones to let everyone know what is happening and where we can

keep ongoing from there i'm asking for time not asking you to say yes or no but come together and make your voices heard and let you know, we care that's why we're here we want to ask for time thank you. >> hello my name is eric i perform in drag at the charleys as a trans person from georgia and seeking the kind of queer community i've found here and also as a young artist and drag performer the tenderloin is good and alive to me, i'm go big deal to witness the heritage is virtually as i've found my true

family if you want to join my that family asking for more time of the review of this project this granite question that might fundamentally alternate the neighborhood and consulting norway lgbt organizations without bringing the organization to view this it sending a message your lives and history don't matter those blocks at the least we respectfully ask for a continuance for an eir thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> on the environmental. >> hi, i'm tara i moved to san francisco leveling years ago because it was not safe to say a queer where i lived san francisco acted a stay of

haven for queers around the world it is important to uphold the history in the spaces to keep us safe especially the transgenders community last month the obama administration releases the guidelines for the site mentioning compton historic district in san francisco voting to ignore in is sending a message that the lgbt lives don't matter i believe that now more than ever we need to come together to preserve those spaces i'm here to respectfully ask the commissioners to grant a continuance on the 950 market street project thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> on the environmental. >> hi gambling relay i'm a bartender other aunt charlie's for 10 years the most grocery stores drag queen he got my start with vicky i was bugger

drag started doing drag i started doing a show and met interesting people that go to aunt charlie's since i've been a bartender all my old-time audaciously one by one they've passed its away i only have a be handful of them left from online la to one eyed dwayne yell a rapist i want to ask for a continuance thank you. >> environmental please. my name is tom, i own a brand new business on the same block of 6th street i keep hearing

over and over that is charley lists lounge i had a music space next door to but that block of market street is boarded up and many other locations for a long time and just a haven for nothing good so what everybody is trying to protect is gone and maybe people need to see it for themselves what was down there i've there and stalling this process is not doing anyone any good. >> any other speakers on the environmental only. >> i'm patrick a security guard i've seen the effects of the enflux and companies with the grassroots changing if a positive way i've seen and spent a lot of time in the basement whatever characters are there it

is gun they've been scraped and ripped apart over and over and been boarded back up all that is left of the history is the bricks themselves it is just loss of time i feel that demolishing the building is the right thing to do the property has so much potential than the hub this can be - >> sorry this is environmental. >> just the environmental. >> their rotted out. >> not the project. >> okay. >> environmental please. thank you. >> uh-huh. >> okay this is the map of the lower at leavenworth task force in 1995 in the report the site it says part of report talks

about it is establishing a historical district within the boundary you see the property 950 is right here to this is within the boundary and requested back in 1995 to be included in the historical district this is not currently happened and in the tenderloin 2000 plan that we had an historic district that was not done correctly with the neighborhood didn't include the blocks in the historical block of the uptown 23 it had we wouldn't be here it would have a historical significance and structural to the heritage of the tenderloin and the north of marketed area for the last century thank you very much commissioners, i hope you deny the or approve the negative declaration and condition this

is what the community is requesting time taken to look at what is there and see how it can be preserved thank you very much. >> can you hand that in please. pardon me. >> can we see that >> next speaker, please. >> on the environmental. >> overhead, please my name is michael nolte i'm a native san franciscan and a 20-year tenderloin activists and i think that what is important to say i'm a 20-year neighborhood activist in the tenderloin and you know, i think when people say things are members of the commission at the plate we had the presenters up at 950 comment

come and give backs to the community they said a small group of people are scoring basically the nonprofits not the residents so basically before you is again, the communities coming back and saying well, we were left not at the table and which is why we're talking about an eir and let's the cumulative impacts to we're losing a lot of residents and gay and transgenders businesses in san francisco and in particular in the tenderloin and there are not - they need to be considered and preserve all the history and - we need to invest in our future and i like to think on behalf of the various organizations i'm with we were seeking a continuance base that is important to the community to all voices being heard at the

table and thank you for your time oh, and let me see the picture is not all there. >> to see what the bar did look like didn't have the chance. >> thank you, thank you. >> next speaker. >> on the environmental. >> hi, i'm allen martinis a negative declaration is premature clearly there are resources but the question whether the loss two questions whether the loss of historical resources - which we need more time to figure out and two whether or not this history is important if you don't - so to quote now to accept the negative declaration is to say basically the hefty is not important i think what we're facing right

now this history of this transgender and queer people has recently got any legitimacy at all outside of a few specialists so, yes. we're at a critical junction a project that threatens the history when the hefty is recognized so we're under a crisis point to vote to accept the negative declaration is a statement that the mist is not important really that is a bad signal to make so we do need the time to study whether or not these particular resources are important to the district or not but i think to accept the negative declaration right now is premature we may discover to vote to accept the negative declaration is jumping the gun i think.

>> i hope you stay around if we have questions, mr. martinez >> next speaker. >> on the environmental only. >> my name is brittany i'm a writer and i like to quickly second all the point that my sisters at aunt charlie's brought up to say anyone there on tuesday as usual and seen the community that were there none could with argued the tenderloin or history was bad the history is gone if you've seen a drag queen cry or seen the person next to her buy here a during the course you'll not argue that the history was bad and not there i respectfully ask the commissioners grant a continuance on the project. >> thank you very much

any other speakers on the environmental only? >> actually what i want to speak about to ask about to say historical and cultural in san francisco this is a crucial point i recently moved from ukraine here i'm a transgender person and couldn't combine my profession and my identity in the ukraine that's why i'm here he had everything in any country profession last week money and everything but equip myself that's why i moved here you know what when something happened to

the spaces for community in san francisco this impacts lgbt community around the world people lose their hope their space that people like me last week transgender people specifically can live in integrity and safe space so like every time this is lost for all people around the world keeping their feet for they're right in their countries so i really want you to know that like making this decision about this project and about tenderloin, about and other cultural lgbt heritage

places to keep in mind this is like not only for san francisco this is hope for people in the entire world. >> thank you. >> okay. thank you any other speakers for item 6. >> 16. >> good afternoon. my name is arrest erase i'm - i'm on eddie-taylor in the tenderloin and i want to share but i'm the only person in the room it actually worked in the building at 950 for the university of california, san francisco at 964 market street and we would

facilitate the support services and permitted housing for transgender of the tenderloin we no longer do that there we move to do castro, however, it is significant to note that in san francisco the tenderloin has been a reviewing the largest part of the tenderloin resides here and we're maintaining the compton cafe historical district it crucial having a part of city that technically belongs to us at least legacy wise thank you. >> thank you commissioners i'm

tom, i came to san francisco my first volunteer work was at the compton district i helped to african-americans where drug related addiction and at 950 that i think those people to seek - the tenderloin have drawn us when i came from african he found home in the compton district dear commissioners hefty is not only the pot but we also walk into history history is part of a our history

i ask you i ask you your indulgence to have the remain as part of our story thank you very much. >> okay additional speakers on item 17. >> 16, 16. >> there's a legacy here that i say special i hope that is able to continue somehow it is important thank you. >> jonas i'm not sure if you can speak. >> i'm submitting written testimony from someone. >> leave that. >> any other speakers for 16, item 16? >> hello, i'm julian owner of holy fish when i look outside my

door i see the backside of the project and can luckily for the street interests on that note so much of a blight you know pretty much for me environmentally i feel very confident to say that is pointless to keep on waiting an action that needs to happen and in turn the building every day has been stagnant and on the streets with the improvements that is happening on the streets and around the streets all the construction and development everything has only improved for myself for any business and students and everything around me respect the hefty but also i respect progressive movement and holding into the history but moving forward not just the - it will remain not the actual physicality of the building there we go.

>> good afternoon, commissioners i'm jay fosters i own the restaurant at the 25 mason streets on that corner of turk and mason across the street from the site and coming here today, i was owned to hear some much outcry from the lgbt community about their place in the neighborhood and other than that, block and having been there for 11 years this is probably the first time that i've kind of seen anybody from that community survey anything about this location or block which is really there on a day to day the blight what matters everyone in that community is

trying to keep our doors open is that we get some change to what is there already thank you. >> thank you. >> hi, thank you commission my name is kayla i'm a resident the tenderloin i live on mason and sutter street i'm also identified as gay i grew up in affordable housing and i am extremely supportive of the 950 market street project it is bringing needed housing to the community i think that is really creative they're building housing affordable in the tenderloin community and i be in that allows opportunities for more people to live and work in the city i believe if we bring this faster we can bring more

opportunities to the city thank you. >> okay. thank you. >> is there any other public comment on item number 16? okay public comment is closed. >> and commissioner vice president richards. >> okay. let me start i'm a preservation i thought i sat on the san francisco heritage i was an officer so i'm very interested in the hefty preservation he guess a request for staff please. if that's okay. he don't bite sometimes. >> what's the difference between a negative declaration and an eir can you help me out. >> sure i will refer back to my presentation so lined per ceqa guideline an environmental

impact report is prepared if there is substantial evidence that a project may cause a significant adverse effect on the physical environment our report shows the existing of this building will not do so we believe this is is an appropriate document. >> it is your professional opinion those buildings themselves is not individual landmarks that as part of an lgbt district the buildings together remain the period find significance, etc. themselves are a landmark but those buildings are not landmarks. >> i can clarify can i ask the preservation center to provide and speak more into the mike. >> sure thank you. >> so in our analysis we found it that the buildings themselves

individually were not historic resources however, our analysis did find that 3 of the buildings were contributors to an eligible lgbtq historic district and it is the district itself that is the historic resource our analysis found the depiction of the contributors would not have a physical adverse impact on the historic district itself. >> my question i have the benefit of having a full eir of a project on 1028 market that will be global in the investment district potentially under the national phase they fund the documents that is in here my question so i'm drawing comparisons not potentially a project on any type of discussion the 960

project is demolishing 3 times as much square footage as is 1028 one and 4 verse three hundred and 10 that will replace what is there now with 200 and 42 that's hotels rooms 16 thousand plus square feet of ground floor retail and 1028 will replace one and 86 no hotel rooms and parking and 9 hesitate plus square feet of retail the new project at the 950 is 8 hundred so clearly it is much beggar with the negative declaration. >> just to cleaver and correct me if i am wrong lisa i believe the 1028 market street their analysis is focused on the fact that project site was actually

located in the market teeter loft district and the demolition of that this would cause a significant adverse impact to that market theatre loss district the project on market street is not located in that market street area. >> so the question would be if - by magic they'll create a district a year ago the liability international board would this project require a full eir the 1028 is a focus on transportation and historic preservation commission let's assume we're in a historic district will this project need an eir. >> we're saying this project site is ineligible for the lgbtq historical district but the demolition of the 3 trshths will

not result in the material permit of the actual district. >> got it. >> so the difference if i said between those two documents the eir down the street and this one of the 1 down the street says that will be significant if you destroy or demolish it and have to do the mitigation impacts it is significant and unavoidable we have to make a statement of overriding consideration even though we're demolishing something in with be landmark district. >> may i speak. >> thank you a distinction in the two projects that required in the case of 1028 hunters point the preparation of an eir and that didn't in the case at the 950 market tina our presentation specialist will

answer this on the contributors but the 20th century 1028 will the feasibility study by the demolition of market street is smaller and has a different set of characteristics and much fewer contributors to that indict and also the character defining features will be more adversely impaired because of the location on 1028 market it is a paramount street and other factors in this case for 950 market enough information to tell us there are many more trrnts to this eligible district and therefore by number as well as by the nature of the features of the building for this project for 950 marketed not as much as an adverse not comparing the ability of the district.

>> the question comparing the two can you eir for 1028 consist of 20 structures 20 with transportation authority and unconsciousness down one 33 square feet a prominent place conveys a certain meaning an market street i don't want to get into that, however, my great leap of faith on 950 a scare of 25 believes that appear to be k contributing buildings we've been demolishing 3 of these i'm having a hard time 2kw7 the 1028 and 9 having by sheer numbers of square footage and location so thank you, thank you tina tilly chang for the planning department staff in the case of 1028 market street that project is located in two historic

district one the theatre this is on the national register and the eligible luvenlt tenderloin historic district we found an impact to the national on the market street district we didn't find an impact to the tenderloin historic district. >> so i understand about but come back there are 20 buildings in the district contributing for the historic loft and we're knocking one down 33 thousand square feet yet in the lgbt two district we don't have a district yet but mr. brooks down 3 buildings total one and four thousand square feet and only three buildings. >> the 25 properties are the focus survey on the area around the the subject property we firmly believe that the district the tenderloin lgbt is much

larger and encompass the entirety to the west and east and all the way down to market street that is 50 city blocks and potentially thousand of properties it is different than 1028 a small national register and what about the pales claims compton's district is four blocks i urge you to look at the tenderloin but their applying for a district that is 4 blocks i think mr. nolte handed in i - what if they get their national status mr. mar tens said this is prematurely are we are doing this prematurely.

>> - we have property in the information map system that tells us where the properties are at and don't believe that is limited to the smaller area which surrounded the compton cafeteria it is a large area. >> sure another question the building design criteria let's assume this is historic are there other historic designs. >> absolutely, absolutely we have standards by the secretary of interior standard for in fill development they should be comparable in terms of scale and mapping, materials and pattern etc. >> okay. and we heard

mitigation being measured, etc. you're saying because there is no adverse impact no mitigation needed in terms of project sponsor taking actions around the departments offers. >> that's for the the impact therefore no mitigations. >> i have one question for the appellant mr. e line be is he >> mr. elbe so i went to the building and i'm a preservation i thought i took my phone and went downstairs and saw the basement and some old bolts and a safe you and i met he showed

you the photos i said okay. we understood where something went wrong but my opinion of the building it didn't have the district based on the claim there rusty out the nest or whatever because nothing left a few things in the basement and a room in the 74 a room with some integrity any question my lens was the old privileged white man, i think you said you mentioned this standards when we met you said there was a thousand page document and we should be looking at 24 different where and what is that. >> yeah. he can pass those out. >> please. don't have the whole thousand page. >> give us the part that is

relevant where. >> the obama administration thinks you are looking at this wrong and the other folks think you are preservation is moving in a different direction and distinctly i read out to you and can read out again integrity needs to be genocide by different measures the reason the commission is gufk no reason for the justification - >> you heard ms. tilly chang saying those are resources and contribute to a much bigger integrity and out of a much large pole than 1028 is acceptable but not significant. >> unfortunately ms. tilly

chang and her department don't did i the jurisdictions one will be a national agree and the board of supervisors. >> you're looking for article 10 or a landmark district. >> we look at two different types of investigations what you're saying article 10 and the cultural district from the board of supervisors. >> a national district okay. >> i'll look at that and maybe have more questions. >> commissioner johnson. >> thank you interesting interesting project so i will say, i think it is interesting to more more and more conversation at the commission level about some of the things we've heard about the preservation particularly how we intersect the location and the setting with a physical building which may not remain many of the

characteristics at the time of the cultural significance in time so to me sxhifksz looked 1028 market street that had a focused eir i looked another project that was semi similar one 10 embarcadero to me was similar conversation the building retained very few some of the physical elements but not many of the elements that recommended it's cultural time it was like the place in the longshoremen strike the strike began and went down market street and very historically event in the unions and all of that i looked at the language that was used and essentially the same significance criteria one events, however, you know didn't

remain integrity or historical appreciation, etc., etc. for various other criteria including the architecture we held up that even though it had anymore physical characteristics of the original building within that space we did something with the project to maintain to and carried it forward to me, i'm challenged and now turning around and making a different decision for what appears to be a similar case where you have a safer setting the location and the events they're all historically and culturally significant to the physical building itself it does not have dignity and will be challenging to that think how shifting that physical building the way it is also carry forward the history

in because of other methods he look at some of the names of the commissioners, i want our thoughts i wanted to bring that up i thought that was similar we uphold the negative declaration with the project, et cetera, and does took the measure to make sure that historical residence was moving forward in the future i don't see how i can make a decision without more information on this project. >> commissioner moore. >> the commissions decision on that project was appealed and the appeal was upheld so ultimately the project we approved did not go forward. >> not on one. >> on spear street and embarcadero. >> that's the site of the thought common wealth club.

>> that was ultimately denied. >> prior that was a propriety ration it was a my comments on this this is the draft eir for 1028 has many residual questions on the documents very much was hard to understand without the maps and the proper documents was really applies here that particular confuses is this document as well with definite presentation to the lgbt historical district and us encouraging for that to be further pursued not using the

same measures gives me at odds i don't have exactly the technical administrative this this is a very important street where the building relative to market street and relative to the theatre, etc., etc. are over arching themes he can assume that all the new discoveries about the lgbt district will be of equal importance so i personally do not see any problems to give this a little bit of extra time that means we will be pursuing that with the type of tools your currently proposing but i personally don't believe what is in front of us is complete. >> okay commissioner vice president richards and is mr. mar tens still here.

>> no >> commissioner melgar we'll wait and here we go thank you, mr. martinez i'm assuming you've been following. >> i've been in the other room. >> i'm down to philosophical there this is adequate or not what kind of a district are relooking and the lens of that small compton's or larger lgbt tenderloin district where are your thoughts on that those construction of those in those two context. >> well, what we've been looking at and but we the people that signed the letter you've

received including donna one of the authors of the context statement we've been looking at a small district and part of the difficulty is that to have a district you have to choose the theme and decide the history and how the buildings will reflect little district that's not been done this is a small district that's why that is preliminary the history has only recently gotten punishment is asking for more time to formulate the business is not asking too much and we can see whether or not moving 24 number of buildings have will have a damning effect on the direction.

>> if you're on the historic preservation commission what would you ask for . >> well personally i'll ask for a altercated etargeted eir i war or not losing those buildings will be a significant problem for the district so that's what we're asking for is a little bit more time. >> what did it look like. >> we asked for 60 to 90 days i don't think that is unremarkable under the circumstances. >> it might be useful to do a targeted eir but considering the context statement as written i'm

not sure that is necessary right now. >> so to the average person out through the context statement for lgbtq history that is an 8 hundred page document can we use this. >> that's part of the basis looking at this district i mean, that's like all 6 history you know. >> okay. >> so we're taking pieces out we want to focus around the transgender in particular i mean, that's the thing we have to formulate. >> where else in the city a citywide survey or context statement and pulled out a piece to go to context statement for lack of a better term. >> i don't know if there was - all of the surveys done for all the market octavia area and then

we picked out the areas that are potentially the historic district and because of the survey. >> that's the general information for the whole city and now we're in the process of telling the story i mean there already is the upper tenderloin district so you know it mentioned compton but basically this history was not given receptionist you're saying survey data exists for the blocks but not adequate. >> it may - what's missing is the rational for the story for this district and looking at be these - there maybe information missing and more information to get on the particular buildings i don't know we have to look at it.

>> i think the conversation has not been had to what extent will the loss of those buildings effect a small district that's the conversation we need to have so that's why we're asking for a little bit more time. >> one last question and i'll pass the baton. >> you're the project sponsor. >> no, no you're the project sponsor we'll give you the appellants and the appellants more time thirty days go by you start saying there is more than i thought and file an appeal and preserve our rights what's the difference us giving us times and the next time to do the study probably 60 days either way let the process move forward and you stop you want to do not

process. >> well the thing accepting the negative declaration is you're basically accepting the rational and i have? >> of the negative declaration that all things considered this is not an important loss of resources. >> it, too early to say is that like i said you're saying it is not is a significant loss to the district those are judgment calls we're making a lot of judgment calls and i'll get through at the table you know so - >> thank you very much. >> commissioner hillis. >> so thank you it is always interesting to cap we don't have many prolongs in the tenderloin that come before

us but are somewhat controversial given the rich context how culturally and sitting the tenderloin is we'll get to other issues that are extremely important in the tenderloin about affordable housing and how the project interacts with the streets in agricultural and things like that it is a great discussion on this on or about and highlight it i think in a sense this project as highlighted some of the issues we're currently grappling with we couldn't current have the way i looked at the p.m. m.d. is a tool for us to make sure we're moving forward with our eyes open on this issue you can look out it in context guess what, all the issues we

look at you know, i agree a commissioner johnson graecht that with on the embarcadero it is different than our straightforward a significant district you've flagged and how we celebrate that so iization disagree are martinez we're voting whether or not this is important i think we agree even the p.m. m.d. with the work done and this is highlighted that this is for the question then is how given that it may impact the project or how we celebrate in recognizing the importance that was surrounding here so i think the p.m. m.d. now does a great job and evolved over time it gives us the information we

need and the department is telling us those are important historical aspects that the lgbtq history here which we should recognize interpret but they don't believe these buildings on their own in the lack of kind of integrity that the businesses had in the buildings necessarily their loss will impact our ability to tell that story and that history this is where i think - you know the next question we'll get to if we uphold this is how we do that so to me on the document and the reaction to the document and the h.r. e is addressing and giving us this fox to take on the next issue of whether or not this

project should happen in the form proposed or how it should be alternated in response to affordable housing so i think this a great study but we have to tool as far as the p.m. m.d. to look at that we're there that in the discussion. >> commissioner melgar. >> so i do agree with martinez in the framing the questions and also think that is somewhat arrogant to say we've looked at all these you know buildings and know what is going on a community that believes that the franchised from the communication coming and assessing that is our history we think there is something there

so i think that the way we've looked at history and the historic preservation has in society in recognizing - so they were precedence are set and looking at again at the analysis you know are similar decisions in the past looking at throwing new eyes with new information leading to better decisions so i think there is not a historic you know - the negative declaration is fine there is - that harm here and that's precisely why i'll want to give time to make sure that we get this one right ones

that is gone it is gone that's how i'm looking at it. >> commissioner johnson. >> thank you very much i will add that yeah, he disagree i believe we're not north america golden state warriors this we need to be careful about again think about this way i go back to the embarcadero project with the negative declaration doesn't say this space is not important it assess that is important for a culturally and historically significant event and for a south but not necessarily the building itself in the mitigations in the p.m. m.d. laid out things to do to mitigate the loss of that hefty for every like in the p.m. - there are similar measures for

this project and another thing we can consider within the project to maintain the history my mind and when we go to the p.m. m.d. my mind goes to the mitigations not good enough and need an additional analysis what are the universal mitigation that can come about you, do the project with the mitigations for those reasons i don't necessarily see that we'll get a larger mitigation than what we have with the p.m. m.d. i want to be careful in making sure that people commissioners had are supporting the p.m. m.d. i'm one of them at this point, i don't hear that we are in a gating the activity work to make sure that the history of this

space this neighborhood and this city are you know etched in time those things are important but make sure we are also progressing as well and in building our physical space and living in the here and now i feel the p.m. m.d. gives us the tools to do both. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> one last bite of an embarcadero had to fronts are spear street two or three set the record straight street the workers we are killed in 1934 we struggled with that building with the resources because it appear to be historically to buildings there was the building on the embarcadero and the o1 steward street we built the building

back and according to a secretary of interior standard no history with the royalties occurred outside the royalty they put a modern - open this side the historic side has it is going to retain the district the inside where the action happened is not so we didn't have anything to say about that but we have to look at the facade to be preserved because of what happened i'm not drawing the parallels my one on or about in this whole thing i mean yesterday came in urban design group in my mind thinking this is a slam dunk the one thing i can't talk about mitigations until i said impact the impact

we looked at the through the lgbt tenderloin district this is small the buildings are potential thousand the registered certificates i don't know what it could be a bigger impact that's my one issue where i don't know what additional time will do survey the block in the eastern buildings convey you know i'm just not there on certifying this at this point. >> director rahaim all thanks a couple of thoughts commissioners i want to clarify that the mitigated negative declaration absolutely supports the idea of the district strongly a district as a member of the lgbt community i believe our willingness to move forward that's not say issue the issue is whether those 3 parcels or structures have enough integrity

on their own and enough of an impact on the district to have an effect on this to move forward i'd like lisa and i'd like to take the opportunity in a it clarify questions for the record stonewall was more about the public spaces than the building and number 2 i'd like to ask about the smaller district this is discussed i mean if there is a bigger district presuming that will be eligible for the national register. >> thank you tina i'd like to provide more details about we're medicare's in the information spoke about in respect to the stonewall in the national register in the face of stonewall only the stonewall

building was decimate the only structure that was part of that designation the history and the streets themselves that were in the vicinities of stonewall was part of nation but in terms of building only one building if i recall tina the historic preservation commission has on the work program the cafe which is a significant site that's actually there we are researching that for landmarks. >> i believe though i'm certain that was listed in one of the properties at the back of the context statement as precedent that is up for landmark designation. >> thank you lisa acting environmental review officer i want to add to this destruction a refresher on what the ceqa

standards are for preparation of a environmental review and determining what is perry amenity information we've conducted a historical review a consultant prepared to research the evaluation and our staff exercised their own independent judgment and considered the potential for a historic district that in the tenderloin identified the potential was eligible for the lgbtq district we assessed what we thought what was chaefkz of that district especially the defining features and identified the 3 of the buildings on the site our contributors to that and we didn't find there would be a significant impact due to the loss of those buildings this is all analysis that is conducted in a standard manner that is

appropriate for violation of law analysis the appellants have provided information and opinion there is maybe another district eligible district at presents and with an that maybe smaller in size we're at the point the planning department has prepared this preliminary negative declaration we priority our evidence to support our conclude about the project we don't have any evidence that meets the standards of substantial evidence to tell you there is a smaller district we're open to having that evidence because and to alternating our cleksz conclusions with this information at this point in time ceqa doesn't require that we wait and do additional studies for the historical it is

common their eligible direction that may exist we're not required to conduct surveys to define precisely the boundaries of those districts or the record will reflect in order to make a decision on an individual project we've met the standards we need to today, this project wouldn't have an adverse effect on an eligible district and while their - it may be a smaller district we don't have evidence before us and we think that you know with regards it did decision on the open ceqa document we believe we meet that standard and the question of whether or not thirty or 60 or 90 days provides information if alternates our conclude i don't know but in terms of of the legal evidence as of right now you have the

information before you to make the decision i believe will support this issue. >> thank you. >> okay jonas. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> i guess you know for lack of anything better intentionally thirty more days will help. >> i believe that the question would there be substantial evidence ceqa independence substantial evidences that includes facts, reasonable assumptions predict dictated and expert opinion supported by staff the question whether this information can be generated in thirty days a report is present by an expert at the time of an appeal can look at i don't know

how long that will take you, tell you jefferson it takes longer to review. >> that will be to have a report prepared if an appeal. >> you're talking about perhaps on appeal of the final negative declaration if we get to that, yes at that time, an appeal. >> got it. >> commissioner moore and mr. gibson the evidence by mr. nolte to mr. nolte those efforts are underway since 1995 do they wait is it not at all supportive of the idea efforts for a long, long time. >> i'd like to ask our preservation staff respond to the information that was in our analysis. >> can you speak to mr. nolte

you talk about information appropriated with the appeal? >> no as an individual together with his brother are a businessman in the tenderloin in front of this commission for over 10 or 15 years speaking to 1995 has been concerted efforts to raise uncertainty. >> i'm sorry, i misunderstood the question with regards tattoos testimony provided before us is information we consider as we're evaluating whether the preliminary negative declaration was properly issued and the testimony provide by the individuals is their statements their opinions but in doesn't seem to meet the standard that is of the expert opinion

afforded by fax to the level this is necessary to change our conclude. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> how many properties in that have been surveyed is there survey information conclusive. >> question had the. >> that's 25 listed in the negative declaration and that's correct and 12 or 13 identified as lgbt probation business and i'm sorry two block radius and 25. >> thank you. >> commissioner hillis. >> can i ask a question on the improvements measures first mitigation can you summarize for

us the improvements measures here and or mediation measures related to the decision. >> hi melinda department staff there was an improvement measure that the project sponsor agreed to that improvement measure was to develop an trespass testify program for the former liability bars in the building on the project site and their relationship with the lgbt industry i mentioned in any presentation and indicated in the letter from shawn watson the project sponsor invited ms. watson to oversee the implementations of this improvement measure and focused to organize the concepts for the program. >> how does that relate to the development of the lgbtq district and commissioner vice

president richards was talking about whether broader or smaller you know what properties and highway we continue invest that is that something the department is doing on their own? >> and preservation planner the improvements measure is it is for interpretations specifically but the idea to put together a preservation plan that could include working further with the community just to look at what this smaller or what a district looks like it and preclude that from the interpretive by interpret the histories of the properties on the project site as it relates to the site as well as to the neighborhoods and the larger city. >> in and that i mean, there's

not a lot of discussion about a lgbtq historic district talk about the process of not to be developed you know in the boundaries of that and what properties are significant. >> well, i don't think it's not specific to the improvements measure at this time but something that they could choose to focus on as part of that work they do in evaluating you know what information to include and what to look at further. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> can you stay one second and ms. tomato he saw a movie on the conference riot that was kind of needed i dpng i don't know as a gay man that is groundbreaking and read books on stonewall there was sites after the riots

people met and decided to take this action i don't remember it was the society versus the people they were kind of understood to be important living individuals gave us a history where we met i see in the context statement there are hours for little data that met in 1965 you'll not know what is special when you look at the survey have to blocks understanding the compton riot how much does the area play in terms of the aftermath so people resided in the streets it i get it we're looking at that what about the surrounding vicinity what about a property in the 25 properties you surveyed can you connect that for me or not. >> based on the research to

date and included in the- context statement and the two blocks the short answer is no there - nothing is specifically came out or offset properties or uses or businesses that kind of had that gathering space or collective activity after or during an the riots. >> you'll think that something would have come up they're so close. >> correct. correct. >> jonas i think that. >> commissioners you still need to take action. >> commissioner johnson. >> thank you not sure where we are before i make a motion i'll make one i'll say i feel like some of

the concerns that we're dealing with really belong with the project not the p.m. m.d. so i don't think i'm supportive of continuing this item or not moving on this today, i think this is indeed adequate based on the information today and the question whether or not more can be done to improve the improvement measures that were agreed by the developer i believe in context of this i move to accept the p.m. m.d. >> shall i call the question? commissioners. >> yes. on that to upholds. >> commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner koppel commissioner melgar no commissioner moore on a commissioner vice president richards no and commissioner president fong

so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 4 to 3 with commissioner melgar commissioner moore and commissioner vice president richards voting against. >> commissioners shall i call the question? or next item and yes and commissioners. >> (clapping.) >> excuse me - excuse me - we'll get through this faster with no disruption commissioners that places us on abc d for case 13 pca x and z for conditional use authorization downtown project authorization and zoning administrator will consider a request for a variance we have a large number of speaker cards commissioners. >> good evening march department

staff the item before you a downtown conditional use authorization cu for 950 market street under the downtown project authorization it requests exception for ground level and wind current. >> tour bus loading spaces that requests a conditional use authorization to establish a hotel use to exceed the base floor ratio by the an onsite housing units and the zoning administrator is here he'll consider a variance to allow the upper loading assess on october 4, 2016, the board of supervisors introduced an ordinance supported by supervisor jane kim to develop which is relate to the developments of the development proposal and the planning code amendments are before the

planning commission right now the project proposal will demolish 4 structures and construct a consulting that containing dwelling units and ground floor retail and that provides pubically assessable open space along turk street the proposed ordinance i do have a handout that was present by the your team i'll give you it proposes an alternative to the inclusionary housing requirement the ordinance will exempt approximately 26 thousand square feet of the project if pdrs and with the inclusionary housing and jobs housing linkage fee as well as waiver the requirement to comply that the

non-portable water ordinance the ordinance establishes one 80 affordable housing fund to receive fee revenue dedicated to affordable housing authors the dedication of an landing to the mayor's office of housing and community development authors a ghetto of $2 million to the genesis street fund and provide did pardon with two option of developing 100 percent affordable housing with 60 to 70 units at the john's street site it authors the payment of 14 plus million dollars to the one 80 jones street fund and the second the project sponsor to develop a 100 percent project on jones street the ordinance

assumes a job housing linkage fee of one $.8 million, however, this is inadequately calculated based on the proposed development the fee will be about one $.4 million and additionally did ordinance cantonese language to divert the linkage fee from the project into the jobs - jones street fund leaving the funds short by one $.4 million the ordinances will wave the requirement for compliance with the non-restricted portable water ordinance for those that need a permit after january 2018 this project some comply with the ordinance if doesn't tie the waivers of the planning code link excuse me - planning code requirement to the payment dedication of land and provision

of pdrs units offsite the department buildings the language should be classified the waivers are contingent upon the provisions of bmr - for the housing units where the project sponsor constructs the units on jones street after this the department ask you approve the downtown authorization with exemptions and approve the conditional use with conditions. >> the department recommends the commission recommending to the board of supervisors that they approve the proposed ordinance with the following modifications the ordinance should be amended to reflect a payment of one .8 millions to

the jones fund regardless of jobs linkage fee, the ordinance should be amended to be make the waivers contingent about the funds dedication of lands and the bmr housing, the ordinance should be amended to remove the exemption from the non-portable water ordinance, the ordinance should be moved to specify amis and should be computed in the sponsor elections to construct 9 project at one 80 jones street and additionally a clear timeline should be established but in which the on-street parking project must be permitted a contingency plan should be provided for the on-street parking project not delivered following the principle project project sponsor is present and has present a presentation i'm

joined by members of the department staff jeff, dan, ann marie rogers to answer questions regarding the legislation and kate hartley is here from the mayor's office of community development and jane for the community health. >> project sponsor, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners my name is joy i'm the owner and wanting of group i get computer thank you. >> so after harking i'm happy

to see a roomful of people that is here to help make that project a reality good by our goal to create places where intervene liveability and walkability and art come together to create a dynamic 24/7 community we firmly believe that market street with this combination of housing puts out local retail and nonprofit hub has the ability to become a wonderful vibrant multi use designation. >> so group i purchased the seat until 2013 in response to a arts ordinary mixed use development we've been involved

in the arts community and this project was the perfect fit with our philosophy our team commented to a extremely high-level of community development and outreach as you can see i know you have a packet but we we were reaching out to many dozens of consultant organizations and art and youth groups and neighbors and labor and cds public safety organizations and met with those who expressed an interest in to be inclusive as possible so i'm very proud of many communities benefit agreements we've reached with the most impacts by the future development our sheer goal to create a geography for those who live nearby the project and

include them in the fire chief secretary you'll see here that the total benefits over 7 and a half million dollars which is on top of any other fees hotel taxed and others contributions as part of the project in all more than $26 million this is the next slide yes. >> so group i is contributing $300,000 to create a unique job training for tenderloin resident this program will be run in conjunction with the central sro collaborative's and youth development center to identify potential for employees provides removal classes and offer interviews with the future hotel additionally, we have as i

understand a neutrality agreement with local 22 and using a general contractor sorry i have to read this so much that is important so - >> in terms of our key part of our community benefits package has been the development of a free nonprofit space at the taylor corner we looked at numerous nonprofit 150i9s and ultimately selected magic that had the ability to create a wide range of free and inclusive serving programs with their 50 years of existence they fit with a long time arts commitment to the site and have the ability to develop a sustainable program a local cafe partner will be identified which will offer reliable products to the community and the nonprofit