invaluable contribution. i'm almost done. we need to thank the folks that were part of the user testing. the mayor's office of disability. light house for the blind and the many current residents of affordable housing and applicants. a special shout out to kuritas property management who gave up their time and tested the system. they were the first leasing private developer in the inclusionary housing program to jump in and use the dahlia system, took the leap of faith and they were our guinea pigs and sat through our project fixes and bugs and it is changing the lives of people applying more than we can

ever -- just where we hoped. and we'll team continuing to work on the project until it is even better than now. thank you. >> thank you very much. next up join me in honoring our next winner, jesus mora. chief investment officer, san francisco fire department. >> when i was working at the city i worked as a contractor in the national 9-1-1 project which was when the department of emergency management was first create. after a few years i realized it was something i wanted to make a

dashboard that let us know at any time how many ambulances we have and how many are private and how much additional resources we need to provide. working with the fire department i get to interact with other departments and that's something i in -- enjoy. with 9-1-1 and we can look at saving lives and protecting property from fire and natural disasters. i'm not there. but it gives me satisfaction to know that i can help them by providing information in a timely manner. >> it's a huge asset for our department and for the city as a whole. he oversees our i.t.

infrastructure and it's our scheduling system and reports and he's the unsung hero. without a uniform he's my hero in that he does so much for everyone in the san francisco fire department going from a carbon paper department to all the technology that we embrace now is in large part due to jesus' innovation and talent and ability. >> there's always going to be chris -- crices and we have professionals to solve the problem and doing our best to deliver services that will always be there. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. thank you very much to spur.

i'm chief joanne hayes white with the san francisco fire department. thank you. congratulation to the honorees and it gives me great pleasure to introduction the next honoree the san francisco fire department's chief information officer, wofnderful man i have the privilege of working with and call friend and that is jesus mora. >> good evening. i want to thank spur for organizing the event and recognizing the quiet work city employees do every day and i want to thank the chief for nominating me and always being a champion of new technology initiatives. we started with almost nothing and we had really eventually

created a system that gets used every day and the end users enjoy and that gives me a lot of pleasure. and finally i am very happy to work in the fire department because i know that the work that is being done every day is helping people. i feel somehow i contribute to that effort. >> thank you, jesus. please join me in honoring our next award winner, kelly cornell chief urban forester of the san francisco recreation department. >> any job is maintaining the trees and meeting.

a lot of our work is responding to some kind of event. tree failure, broken tree, anything where you have to react. the green way program started over 20 years ago. the department was making a lot of waste and we were paying a lot of money to have it hauled away. since the park was manmade the byproduct should be put back. insects naturally occur and then you add the rim fire and the other fires. we lost a lot of trees. we removed up to 4,000 trees so far and now we'll wait and see how effective it was and then we'll go to replanting. it started out as a rumor the red wood grove was being used

for the bicycles and kids making jumps but when i got down here these kids should have mining contracts because they basically carved out the whole northern embankment of the red wood grove and then we found the trees were being used as support beams are for their banks and berms. it had to go. brought in heavy equipment and took the area and turned it as close to what it was before. kelly cornel one of the park department's most outstanding and colorful employees. he's our very own lorax. he speaks for the trees all 310,000 and preserves our amazing urban canopy. >> the best part of my job and it sounds cheesy but knowing

back in 1982, city and county gave me a chance and i'm still here. i get to sit in a red wood grove and restore damage for take an area that needs help or after a storm try to make an area safe so people can continue on with their lives. >> good evening, everybody. my name is bill ginsburg of your recreation department. there's a native american saying, we didn't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we are borrowing it from our children. and our proud awardee kelly cornell is making sure we return it to them in good condition.

the lorax, as i like to call him, with limited resources and 900,000 bosses come want him to take the tree down and others don't want him to touch it, he has figured out a way to preserve our incredible urban canopy, 135,000 trees in our parks and yes, he is caring for them. you should be so proud. colleen, sarah, jessica, i know you're proud. the recreation and park department is thrilled to recognize kelly cornell. >> feels weird to be let out of the park. anyway, to colleen, sarah, jessica, and my right-hand hand,

kevin jackson, thank you for being here and we're continuing to move urban forestry in an upward motion. my biggest gratitude goes to my boss. denn dennis kearn because he believes in us. >> thank you. isn't it awesome of the diversity of the award winners and fire and trees and housing and all the different aspects

these great men and women work in in the city and we'll keep it up with the homeless encampment team. this is from the port of san francisco, san francisco public works and the department of homelessness and supportive house the encampment resolution team. >> the water front navigation center is a village-like complex of modular units connect decks and courtyards and shelters residents until they can be transitioned to more permanent housing. >> it grew from efforts to continue the model that started with two other navigation centers. navigation center was the catalyst behind this in terms of the design and the way it was laid out, modular units could be placed and removed is brilliant. >> we have three years to operate and then it will be

completely removed. the mobile units were quick to procure and easy to relocate and offer a scale that's intimate so it's not an overwhelmingly large space. that combined with the outdoor courtyards and trellised area provides for a more restorative environment for folks to get back on their feats. >> people we meet on the street we offer them a place and it's generally a time-limited place, but if we can identify they have a priority one status to be placed in permanent supportive housing we move them to a pathway bed or bed to hold them until the placement can happen. a place for people can sleep and access to bathrooms and showers and space to get meals on their schedule and in the on a standard meal schedule. outdoor space to deal with pets, access to benefits. access to medical care both physical and behavioral health. it was important the community

be supportive of the project and what it was trying to do. we had various community meetings. i have to the dogpatch a lot of credit. they were engaged and supportive. a great partner. >> on behalf of the port of san francisco we're so honored our staff collaborated together to achieve such a remarkable result for the city and county of san francisco for the residents of the dogpatch area and a shut out for tom carter who is being honored in this award and i'm very thankful all his hard work ended in such a great outcome. >> i want to thank everybody from public works and the staff at hhh and this takes a team effort to address

>> i want to thank our team who worked with various agencies. it was a unique site and the team. thank you for doing a great job. >> we worked together collaboratively and developing the first from scratch brand new navigation center. it's multiple departments coming together and making something that is working. >> good evening, everyone. i hope you're having a good time. i want to thank spur for putting on these awards. it's important that those who work hard and are behind the scenes to get the work done be recognized. i'm proud to be here but more

importantly the work the three agencies have been doing together to take the next step in solving the problem of homelessness provide place for people to be able to go in the city are needed and behind the scenes a huge number of people trying to make the change. our team, jeff and rod from the port have been leading the way but today special recognize to tom carter representing the board of san francisco. come on up, tom. scott walton from the department of homelessness. and public works.

>> we are appreciative for the award and thanks to spur and city government for making this possible. the port of san francisco provided a central water front center with a home and a place for us to assist the persons experiencing homelessness. the three of us would like to thank elaine forbes the port executive director for the nomination for this award. tom carter has the support of the special projects director and brad benson and the division. i also want to say tom as you noted in the video participated in the shared efforts of gaining and maintaining the support of our site neighbors. we want to thank the doi dogpat

association. and it's amazingly functional and i think think paul as the lead architect and leading the landscape group including many people and wanted us to appreciate the construction work of the ddr construction and treaty construction and the design space modular. their work brought this together and it's a beautiful space floating on top of a street for three years and then we'll be removed. i also have to think -- thank mohammad because they partner with us with our resolution on the street. the department of homelessness and supportive house is responsible for the outreach and

operations of the program. the project began before the creation of the department and i would like to thank the leadership and support of the human services agency from the beginning of the navigation center programs and from the beginning of this particular site. my thanks to the leadership of the new department. it provides us while we're trying to grow the department to continue and grow our amazing program. we have to thank our providers who helped run the program and the province foundation. i also need to thank our government and community relations staff for helping us fit into a community. the san francisco homeless outreach team and encampment team who connects with the clients on the street to connect to to the program. we celebrate this award because it's a collaboration of multiple departments and not just our three departments, every day we also work with the san francisco

police department, the department of emergency management and 3-1-1 and others to respond to homelessness. we thank our family and friends for their support. we share this honor with our co-worker and our leaders and we celebrate this collaboration wan move issues forward. in addition, i have to thank the san francisco police department for adding the tag, god ain't no punk. >> we have one more final award winner to sonali bose director

of finance information and technology and cfo mta. >> in my career i've been extremely lucky to have worked in public and private. one thing i love about the public sector is you get to see the stuff you do. i came and i realized there was a huge structural deficit so i combed every possible way to get revenue including, for example, increasing our advertising revenues which were $400,000 when i came and now $30 million a year. looking at the fares and fees and the sf park pilot was the first in the world where we based parking rates on demand and we got a grant from the federal government to do that and was successful and has been launched throughout the city.

i'm a big risk taker. if you give me a problem and tell my i can't do it, i'll get it done. my tenure has always been tenuous. to me you have to take risks to leave a legacy. you can't just push paper and do debits and credits. i'm interested in policy and how to implement them through the back end. before i came the agency could not issue debt. we changed the charter in 2007 to allow the agency to issue debt and we're the highest rated revenue bond in the country. we've had four rating increases from poors and moody's. it's been doing whatever it take to get the revenue. >> i nominated sonali because she brings more to the agency than just her title suggests. she's extremely passionate and tenacious as anyone who's had to

interact with her would tell you. very dedicated to making transportation better in the city. she does not stay within her lane of cfo. she's built a great team but it's her passion and commitment that's made her a fierce advocate for what we do at the mta. >> everything i've done is because i have a great team. >> good evening, everyone. i want to join in recognizing all the awardees and the other hard working public servants who work every day to make the city a better place for everyone who lives here. i'm the director of transportation and it's a great honor for me to be able to recognize sonali.

i think probably everybody in the room has had some interaction with sonali. a few positive. the rest otherwise but it's all been in the service of transportation in the city. as we were sitting there between the speeches she was trying to talk to me about budgets and interagencies agreements and that specks to -- speaks to who she is. join me in honoring our chief financial officer sonali bose. >> i have a speech because i was told i had to behave because otherwise i will probably say something not appropriate. when i told ed i wouldn't leave the agency until i got the government award i think he turned in my nomination within the hour.

thank you, ed, for nominating me. it's been a wild ride both literally and figuratively and those that work with me know i have many faults but i hope you feel i helped move the mta forward. every day i've been in some sort of trouble with somebody and i think i have probably the longest tenured finance person. as a martyr of fact, gabe and i had a bet who would be the last person standing and i think you may win this one. i've been so impressed with the city staff i work with. everybody's so commit and talented particularly those at the mta who work long hours with little recognition. a shout out to the mta folks here.

particularly the members of finance and technology teem which i couldn't do anything without. thank you for your support so most of you have an impression there's not a fare i don't like. that's not quite true. what i love are increases to fares. as i leave the city, i leave you with a plea to support the city's transportation system because it's great system. please pay your fare and it's okay to get a parking ticket and get your car towed. it's already. -- all right. if anybody wants my job, or know somebody who you think may want to do my job, forward my name to ed. i need time with my successor to

show them where i hide the money, particularly from ed. lastly, i'd like to close by sharing a poem that summarizes my 12 years with the mta finances by an anonymous author called the cork and the whale. a brown cork fell in the path of a whale who lashed it down with his angry tail, but in spite of the blows the cork arose and floated before the whale nose. said the cork to the whale, you may slap and frown but you can't keep me down for i'm made of the stuff that is buoyant snuff -- enough to float and never drown. thank you very much. >> now you know why we put her last. i hope you understand that.

thank you to the award winners and thank you for coming and for the spur board and everyone else here and have a great night.

>> clerk: all right. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to our land use committee meeting, monday, march 19. i'm katy tang, chair of this committee. to my left, ahsha safai, my right, jane kim. mr. clerk, do you have any

announcements? >> clerk: yes. please silence cell phones. and any documents should be submitted to the clerk. items adopted on will appear on april 3 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> supervisor tang: item 1 is changing 1600 block of galvez avenue to sam jordan's way. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm from the office of supervisor malia cohen and i'm here to give our enthusiastic support on behalf of this name change. it's been a straightforward process. the outreach done to the businesses in the area yielded

no negative responses. sam jordan was an incredible community member, not only for the bayview, but also for san francisco generally. one huge accomplishment in his day is he was the first african-american to run for mayor in san francisco. beyond his personal and political leanings, he was a person that treasured creating space for community to gather and be engaged not only in the immediate neighborhood but in citywide politics. supervisor cohen asks that you join her in supporting this and moving it to the full board. >> supervisor tang: seeing no questions or comments, we'll go to public comment. any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? no? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. i'm sorry. we will reopen public comment.

anyone else, come on up. >> good afternoon. i'm alan jordan. sam jordan was my father. my sister, ruth, is here also. we'd like to come and thank you for putting this on our menu to make this thing finally come about. for years, my father was very committed to the bayview. this is something of pride for my family as well as the neighborhood. this goes hand in hand with the legacy program. last year we were -- we made a legacy business, one of the first ones to be in the state of california and, actually, in the country. like i said, it's a source of pride for me, my family, and our neighborhood, that this is finally coming about.

and thank you. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much for being here. any other members of the public that wish to comment on item 1? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: i just want to thank supervisor cohen's office for working on this. i always really enjoy these ordinances because i get to learn a lot about san francisco's history and the people that make our city great. i want to thank the jordan family for all of your father's work. and excited to support this and i want to add my name to the ordinance. >> supervisor tang: is that a motion? >> supervisor kim: yes. i make a motion to move it forward with positive recommendations. >> supervisor tang: we'll do that without objection. item 2. >> summary street vacation-portion of panama

street sidewalk acceptance in the niantic street. accepting an irrevocable offer for public sidewalk between panama street and saint charles avenue. dedicating the public sidewalk for pedestrian use and designated it public right-of-way and accepting it for city maintenance and liability. establishing a new sidewalk on niantic street. >> supervisor tang: we have javier rivera here. >> good afternoon. javier rivera from public works. this legislation street vacation and sidewalk maintenance. due to errors during the construction at 10 niantic, 40 feet was built over the sidewalk. to not complicate title, we were

asked to vacate the right-of-way. the community and various situations came together and determined that in exchange for the vacation area, the developer had to construct a new 500-foot sidewalk on the southerly side of niantic street. this provides the neighborhood with an ada-complaint, direct path to the overpass that leads to the bart station. as usual, we circulated this to all agencies and no objections were received. if you have any questions, i would be happy to respond. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much for that. seeing no questions or comments, we'll go to public comment on item 2. any members of the public? >> hi. jeremy schaub from schaub lee architect representing the project's sponsor.

i've come to the project rather late, but there's a history of this house being built, over 10 years ago. and we look forward to clearing this up. let me know if you have any questions. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. any other members of the public that wish to comment on the item? supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: i'm curious how this actually happened. how is it that the project sponsor built in the public right-of-way? >> to be honest with you, i'm not sure. it could have been a surveyor's mistake when they were staking out the property or it could have been the contractor that misread what was going on during the construction. >> supervisor safai: it wasn't a fault of b.s.m.? >> no, sir. >> supervisor tang: seeing no other questions or comments? >> supervisor kim: i don't think

there's been a good response as to why the project sponsor built on public land. i will be voting against this. i think we need a better explanation of that. also, i think there's a number of issues with this property, including evictions that are now on the record that have now vacated three units. and three households from san francisco. and i know they're attempting to legalize one of the units at planning. there are active complaints at the site at building suspension. so if this is going to move forward from land use, i will not vote for it, but i think we should make a motion to continue this item until we have actual answers as to why the project sponsor and property owner built on public land without approval from the city prior. >> supervisor tang: thank you, supervisor kim. i'm okay with a continuance if you want more information at the next meeting. >> supervisor safai: i met with

the head of public works. i wanted you to be on the record saying it wasn't your department. but i know that there was some misreading of the plans and in terms of how they, when they constructed it, they found out about it after the fact. they spent a long time working with the community and they constructed a significant portion of the sidewalk in exchange for this mistake. i'm okay with that in terms of how the resolution was and i'm okay with the explanation from the head of the department of public works. >> supervisor tang: thanks, supervisor safai. i think we can, one, continue it. another, send it to the full board without recommendation. and we don't have a board meeting next tuesday anyway, so it would be quite a bit of delay, so i'm okay either way. >> supervisor kim: i will be voting against the motion. >> supervisor safai: i'm okay to send it to the full board. >> supervisor tang: can we take a roll call vote, please?

>> clerk: on the motion to send the item to april 3 without recommendations. >> supervisor kim: no. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor tang: aye. >> clerk: there are two ayes and one no, vice-chair kim in the dissent. >> supervisor tang: so the item will go to the april 3 board meeting without recommendation and we would like the information that supervisor kim request requested. if we can call 3, 4 and 5 together, please. >> clerk: agenda item 3 plan to amend the map for the music project at 200-214 van ness avenue, item 4, amending the planning code to examine a height exemption. it will be used to enclose or

screen features from view. increased roof height. and provide visual interest. amending zoning map to change the height designation for 811. numbers 10 and 12 from 96x to 120x, affirming the ceqa determination and make any necessary findings. and number 5, development agreement between site and county of san francisco and can conservatory of music, including student housing, faculty housing, activation of a neglected portion of van ness avenue. one for one replacement of 27 dwelling units, including clear

right to return to a comparable unit and voluntary rent control and waiving rights under the ceqa. setting impact fees and actions said forth in the development agreement. confirming complains with or waiving certain items, 14b and 56. and ratifying within the ordinance. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. we'll turn it over to supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: thank you, chair tang. colleagues, thank you for your consideration for the legislation before us for the san francisco music conservatory music project. this called for 113-room group dorm that would accommodate 420

students. it's a private music institution and has provided music education for over 100 years and has been a critical part of our cultural district along the van ness corridor, where we also have the san francisco symphony, oprah and ballet and maybe one day a san francisco school of the arts as well. we know that student housing and the construction of student housing is an incredible need, especially in this housing crisis. at this board, we've talked about how to build more housing so students are not competing with our everyday households, families, seniors, in our competitive housing stock here in san francisco. i first want to acknowledge the san francisco conservatory of music for answering our call and looking to build housing near their campus, and also ways for students to walk to school and not increase congestion in the

area. also to make sure that in procuring a site, where there's rent-controlled units, that they had spent this time over the last couple of years individually meeting with all of the tenants, assuring that they would get adequate housing during construction and that then a right to return with rent control back to a unit in this actual building. it was a very sensitive subject and i know when the conservatory first came to my office and i was hesitant to support because this board has shied away from removing rent-controlled units in san francisco. it's a position that the board has taken several times that we don't want to demolish our middle and working class housing. once we demolish rent-controlled buildings, it never comes back. the actions that you've taken, i really appreciate. i also know it took a tremendous

amount of time. so i appreciate your patience in working with us. i'm really proud of the project before us today. it will build housing for 420 students that will not be on the market competing with other residents and securing our existing community on the van ness corridor. their relocation is at 150 van ness, so just down the block. so services and community that the tenants dependent upon, they will have it both during construction and when they return to the new building. so i'm just pleased with the project before us. it has multiple community benefits and no displacement of residents. this is an example of one of our responsible institutions that you partnering with the city to help to solve our housing crisis today. i want to thank the project team for working with the van ness

neighborhood council. the building will have new performance and rehearsal spaces that will compliment the arts and cultural offerings in the area. music education is not just learning about playing an instrument, but performing. we have less and less performance space every year, and so that will be part of this project. i want to thank the staff at planning as well as the mayor's office of economic and work force development. i want to recognize moses for coming on staff and helping to shepherd forward. i have minor amendments that i have circulated that i will reference today.

with no further comments, i want it welcome up the planning staff to present. >> good afternoon. the actions before you today are three ordinances to enable the san francisco conservatory music to construct a mixed use project at 200 van ness avenue and include a general plan amendment, planning code and map amendments and development agreement. it would revise map 5 of the downtown area plan to reclassify from 95 to 110 feet. it would allow for obstructions, ground floor, open space, group housing and exposure as well as create a height limit. on february 8, the planning commission voted to recommend approval of the general plan,

map amendment and ordinance. this concludes planning staff's presentation, but i'm happy to answer any questions. >> good afternoon, chair tang and supervisors kim and safai. office of workplace development. thank you for your time and consideration of this project. before i begin, i wanted to make one correction to the document -- >> supervisor kim: we've circulated those. >> it ensures that the conservatory of music will provide the community benefit and requirements in addition to the key provision, the one for one replacement of the 27 rent-controlled units that occupy the site. it will be modern apartments with the secure entrance and elevator for tenants.

the conservatory will allow them a clear right to return at current rents and to the ongoing jurisdiction as long as the ordinance or any other ordinance remains in effect. these protections will be reported in the notice of special restrictions as exhibit g. project sponsor has worked closely with the tenants for relocation plan, as recorded. it appears as exhibit c. it establishes the following. prior to and in condition to commencement of the project, the conservatory will provide comparable housing. they've entered into the agreement to provide temporary location.

they hope this will minimize disruption for the tenants. additionally, the conservatory will pay the tenants' costs to move to temporary housing and to the newly constructed units once the building is ready for occupancy. the conservatory will pay for utility reconnection fees and work with the housing authority and continue to be eligible during the temporary displacement period and current units. the sponsor is working with tenants to include concerns or barriers that provide relocation for all services the project sponsor has spoken to them to answer any questions and concerns. finally, the conservatory has developed a comprehensive noticing and moving protocol for

the tenants that receive ample notice. this includes opportunities for the tenant to tour the sites, review units, provide floor plans. thank you for your time. and i will be available for any questions. >> supervisor tang: thank you so much. >> >> supervisor tang: is there another presentation? is this from the project sponsor? okay. great. >> good afternoon, honorable supervisors. i'm suzanne brown equity community builders, project managers for the project. wanted to mention the president of the conservatory will come up. i've been working with the director of public affairs for the conservatory over the last 2

1/2 years to meet with tenants. we've had several community meetings at 200 van ness and trudi has been meeting with tenants directly. we had a relocation consultant that we brought on board 1 1/2 years ago and found that trudi is a much better -- she has a relationship with many of the tenants, so she's been working with 'em there -- with them. we had a meeting and want to assure the three of you and the tenants that they will maintain the same rights that they have now as far as rent control, right to return, and the conservatory wants to be a good neighbor and make sure that the tenants are taken care of. with that, i would like to

introduce david stolle. >> it's an honor to be here. if we can cut to the slide deck, we can go to a couple of slides. this is the site as it is today. we're excited to being able to, first of all, make sure that the existing tenants are able to return to the site. and we've worked closely with our friends to make sure that we can accelerate this transition. the conservatory itself is excited about this new building. it's a rendering of what the building would look like. this will, in fact, be not only an excellent source of student housing, which builds community for them and walking distance to the school, but does have the

performance spaces. there will be 600 performances a year. more than that. of the performances, 9 out of 10 are open and free to the public. it gives a chance for families and people that want to engage music to come into the space. the space at the lower level is highly transparent. as we come back away from the space that it has a low profile and provides a wonderful penthouse on top. it is also open to the public. 9 out of 10 concerts will be free and will provide a beautiful evening for people that wish to engage music. the floor plans, this shows you essentially in the southwest corner, this gorgeous recital hall.

it comes to the corner that you will be able to see, master classes. the school is the only stand-alone conservatory offering music degrees west of the mississippi that's fully accredited, but we also have programs for children and adults. i should point out that 98% of our students are on financial aid. we give back 53 cents of every $1 we collect. we're the most diverse and top five in the world and 38% of our students come internationally to study at the school. this is from inside the performance space. it gives you a sense of how bright and light that space will be. it's the entry lobby that takes you into the space. this is a student center. it will provide them a place to have meals, get together, play ping pong. it gives you a sense of the activity in the building. this is looking at the

performance space and restaurants that will be on the corner that faces davies hall. live jazz and chamber music and concert lectures. this gives you an outline of replacement housing. everyone comes through the front door. there's a private elevator that takes you up to where the units are located. all of them are facing the street and have light. you see the student housing design plan. there are suites that are quads. 62 students will be housed per floor. on the very top of the building, you will see a performance hall. the vista to the north is spectacular. you will see city hall in the distance. to the west, glass sweeps up and you look out to the setting sun. and this is a public performance space. we look forward to welcoming

families and visitors from the community here on a daily basis. this is the rooftop garden and this will look out towards the city, finding a wonderful view of the city. from davies, this is how you will see the building as you look off to the east. there's the building at night. the project for us has been a labor of -- a great effort. i want to thank the team that's worked on this. i really would love to thank supervisor kim and district board of supervisors and city for working so closely with us. we're committed to getting our students into the space and also assuring that the tenants have a phenomenal experience in this transition. we appreciate their help and cooperation. >> supervisor kim: thank you. and i want to thank you for your work as well. when the project sponsor first came to my office, i was very skeptical about any project that

would demolish rent-controlled units. and efforts have been extraordinary to get us to the place where the residents and you are in agreement and moving forward. so i'm happy this is moving forward. at this time, we'll move forward with public comment, via the chair. and i do have some comment cards. i have so many pieces of paper, i lost it. so i do want to first bring up sive vanderhorst, lead tenant, working with the households. demarcus davis. jorge turkoo. alicia sandoval. >> hi. i just want to thank you for everything that you did.

when randy kwon and i showed up at your office to meet danny, you were really great. the conservatory has been great. we're getting ready to go to beautiful units and to have the opportunity to live in such a nice place after living in a dump for so many years, is really nice. i'm not going to take up a whole lot of time. i just want to say that at first when we found out that our building was being torn down, we were so squared that we would be homeless and in the street and we all met downtown stairs and we decided that we wanted to stay together as a community and that we wanted to live where we live. because we had decided this together, i -- you know, it's important to acknowledge that

this was a community effort. and i speak up because i'm that kind of person, but i don't want to pretend that i was something better than my neighbors because, you know, they stood up, too. and i just hope that this gets passed so we can get across the street. and this time next month, laying by the pool. >> supervisor kim: thank you. thank you for your efforts. >> good afternoon. i'm demarcus davis. i'm study violin performance at the conservatory and serve on the student council. i'm here on behalf of students to show our support for the project. this is a special place for us. we're the most diverse conservatory in the country, or perhaps the world. of all the students