most-powerful positions, that of the city zoning administrator. and for those of you who do not know what the za, as we commonly refer to it as, is the individual who interprets and enforces the planning code and makes determinations on various applications, manages the department zoning and compliance team, monitors and maintains data regarded to ongoing implementation of the code. it's a pretty esoteric and intense job, which requires going to the board of appeals every wednesday night until the wee hours. and just as important, the za advises the planning director and the commission on the constant tweaks of all 12 articles of the planning code, zoning maps, and code cross references, so he's affectionately known as, or referred to by his colleagues as encyclopedia scott.

he started in 1999 as an intern at the planning information counter, where he began to amass an impressive cache of terms and institutional knowledge, and ultimately came in and out of the department of action, i gave him a certificate of honor the last time he left the department for a stint at the company, but that's another story that i'll leave for another day. so he's been at the department for 15 years, over half of which serving as the zoning administrator. ultimately what i'd like to recognize about scott is not just his incredible service to the residents of san francisco and, obviously, to all of his detailed knowledge, but really, scott, to your integrity. you did not succumb to the political whims and pressures that you were often undoubtedly subject to, and i think you have

consistently defended and interpreted this planning code that we amend and discuss here at the board of supervisors every week. so there's many, many stories. i want to salute you for really standing up at the right time when city attorney herrera got serious about the ongoing violations and massive conversion of residential buildings in the academy of art matter, and i know that you are still working on that, but -- and he's not really going away. he's going to be working part time and still staffing the board of appeals, but i think at long last finally spending more time with his wife robin and son milo. so you can still fully expect to get a call from me whenever i've got a tough question. if you don't have his cell phone number, i'll give it to all of you colleagues. maybe i'll tweet it out after this meeting, and i also on

behalf of my constituents in chinatown, where you had some really thorny za issues to deal with, just a couple of e-mails that i got when i was telling people about you leaving your position as za. one of them says, "i'm such a fan of scott. he is patient, knowledgeable, fair, but also has a place in his heart for the underdog." i think that says it about right, "and i found scott to be responsive to neighborhood inquiries and explaining all those difficult things in zoning -- not in zoning speak, and he made his letters of determination in regular folks' language, so you could understand them, and i appreciate it. his sensitivity to community planning and the immigrant community in chinatown." so on behalf of the board of supervisors, thank you for your incredible service as za. >> president cohen: thank you.

supervisor tang? >> supervisor tang: thank you, i wanted to echo my thanks and thank you, supervisor peskin, for honoring our incredible za, and i think it says a lot that supervisor peskin is honoring you, right? in any case, i wanted to give my thanks to you, because i know this job is difficult in a city like san francisco, and you have to be incredibly fair, unbiased, and just, again, be able to respond to people in an incredible manner with respect to all different sides. and i'm sure that everyone wants to throw everything at you, but you always come out as someone who is very trustworthy and we know you've given a lot of thought in your decision. i want to thank you. i'm glad you're staying with the department, we'll miss you in that role, but thank you for your service. >> supervisor peskin: i have to add, scott, last time you left the department and came back, i made you give back the certificate of honor, so i'm giving you this on a condition if you come back, you have to

return it. >> thank you. >> president cohen: supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: i also want to express my thanks and acknowledgment to your career and all of your work. you're probably the name that comes up the most often in my office, because we always have questions, and it's certainly a question that comes up a lot, but you have a complicated job. you do it with grace, and thank you for your commitment and service and being such a dedicated public servant. >> thank you. >> president cohen: scott, i want to add my voice. i'm a fan of yours. i think you've done a tremendous job. there's been a lot of changes to the southeast, a lot of zoning changes. you've been available in town and out of town to answer questions, not only that i've had, that my staff has had, so i'm excited for you as you transition on, but it is a little bit of a bittersweet moment, because you're going to be going. but we're grateful for your command and understanding of the zoning rules and planning code

and we're grateful for your service. thank you. >> thank you, president cohen and supervisors. i appreciate this. this is a tremendous honor to receive this recognition. it's been a privilege the last eight years. it's been a very dynamic eight years from the depths of a recession, to the peak, this boom in the housing crisis, as well, and i appreciate all the support this board has provided over the years to make numerous amendments to the planning code, to improve the planning code. it's changed dramatically in these last eight years. responding to these issues, be it short-term rentals, be it protecting housing, increasing affordable housing opportunities, this board has really risen to the occasion to deal with the issues that we're facing as a city. also really want to thank everyone in the department. we have a tremendous planning department staff, i think as you all know, before you often defending their decisions, it's been an absolute privilege to work with the staff in the

planning department. i have the utmost respect for everyone in that office, in particular i'd like to note director ram. without his support and giving me this opportunity for the past eight years to serve as zoning administrator and to allow me to serve in the capacity which i feel is necessary for the job, i couldn't have done it without any other planning director, and so i really want to thank director ram's excellent support, and tina tam, our coordinator and cory, who's done a stellar job when i've been out of the office. just want to thank you. this has been a tremendous opportunity from working at the information counters and intern, being the first person in my family to go to college. i've never thought i would have this opportunity, and i'm so grateful for having had the chance and lucky to stay and continue working for the city, so thank you. >> president cohen: thank you. [ applause ]

all right, madam clerk, could you -- i think we can resume the agenda at item number 26. >> clerk: item 26 is an ordinance to direct the arts commission to direct a work of art depicting maya angelou at the main library to set city policy regarding the depiction of women on city property and to create a women's recognition public art fund. >> president cohen: all right, thank you. supervisor stefani, i'm sure you'd like to speak on this item. >> supervisor stefani: thank you, president cohen. colleagues, it is an absolute honor to see this legislation cross the finish line. legislation not only to bring a statue of maya angelou to the main library, but legislation that will also increase the representation of women in the public realm. i feel really so grateful to be

surrounded by such amazing women on this board and that we have a majority right now. president cohen, supervisor kim, supervisor ronen, supervisor brown, supervisor fewer, and supervisor tang. i am so impressed by each and every one of you, and i thank you for your co-sponsorship on this legislation. every night my 9-year-old daughter reads a quote out of her book, "you can't spell truth without ruth." she's obsessed with justice ruth bader ginsburg. she especially likes when r.b.g. says, when i'm sometimes asked when there will be enough women on the supreme court and i say when there are nine, people are shocked, but there had been nine men and nobody's raised a question about that. despite comprising half the population of the united states, women at the most comprise 20% of elected officials, media figures, and private sector leadership roles across the country. we make up only 20% of the senate and 19% of the house, and i think we saw last week what a problem that is.

representation matters. there's that saying, if you can't see it, you can't be it. especially if young women don't see women represented broadly across different leadership roles, it becomes more difficult to fully realize they can be anything they want to be. this legislation is the inspiration of two of my friends and colleagues, margot kelly, they were inspired after attending a speech given by the first female treasurer of the united states, rosy rios, when she was discussing the importance of female representation in the public realm and an international movement to increase female representation by 30% by the year 2020, the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. why 30%, why not 50%? well, at 30% representation, we really do start to see a shift. research suggests that 30% is the proportion when critical mass is actually reached in a group setting, the voices of the

minority group become heard in their own right rather than simply representing the minority. in san francisco and across our nation, women are underrepresented not only in leadership positions, but also in public spaces. the accomplishments of great women deserve to be recognized along with the accomplishments of great men. all children deserve role models they can relate to and this law is a step forward to accomplishing this goal in our public spaces, and people have asked why maya angelou. dr. angelou is a national and san francisco icon. she was san francisco's first -- sorry, first african-american female streetcar conductor. dr. angelou earned a presidential medal of freedom as an acclaimed poet, author, and civil rights activist. her poems, such as "phenomenal woman" and "still i rise" continue to inspire generations of female activists. it is truly fitting that when san franciscans visit the

library, they'll be greeted by dr. angelou. [ please stand by ]

>> i would like to thank the arts commission on the library commission and the department on the status of women for the role they have played in this as well and i would like to close with a fitting quote and one of my favourite quotes from maya angelou. just like the moons and like sons but with a certainty of tides, just like hopes bringing high, still, i will rise. thank you again. i really hope to have all of your support today. >> supervisor cohen: thank you supervisor stefani. his be done -- >> supervisor brown: i would like to give a special thanks to supervisor stefani and i want to commend her staff. for producing this proposal in the wake of the presidential election, gender representation is still a moving target.

this helps move san francisco forward. as a women in leadership, i feel comfort --dash confident that should open more doors and i'm happy this will be christened under the name of one of the most famous female poets to come out of the fillmore. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you colleagues, we will need to take a roll call vote on this item. please call the roll. [roll call] >> supervisor cohen: thank you, very much. this ordinance passes on the first reading. madam clerk, it is after 3:00.

i believe we need to go to our three cheap -- special order. >> clerk: item 30-33 comprise the first special order at 3:00 pm for a public hearing of persons interested in the certification of a conditional use authorization for a proposed project at 143 corbett avenue issued by the planning commission. by its motion dated june 21st, 2018. item 31, 32, 33 are the emotions associated with the public hearing. >> supervisor cohen: all right thank you. colleagues, we are in receipt of a letter from the appellant, mr gary vice of corbett heights neighbors. he is withdrawing his appeal. i want to recognize supervisor madeleine to make a few remarks -- supervisor mandelman. to make a few remarks.

>> supervisor mandelman: i want to thank the project sponsors and the corbett heights neighbors for their willingness to work together and find solutions that work for all parties and i especially want to thank my aides for their extraordinary work on this item. >> supervisor cohen: all right are there any departments that would like to speak on the agreement that has been reached? all right. seeing none, we need to take public comment on these matters. ladies and gentlemen, if there is any member of the public who wish to provide public comment under the understanding that this appeal has been withdrawn already, please come on up to the podium. as a reminder you will have two minutes to speak. all right. seeing that there are no speakers, public comment is now closed. this hearing has been heard and filed. is there a motion to approve item 31 and table items 32 and 33?

motion made by supervisor mandelman and seconded by supervisor peskin. without objection, item 31 is passed in items 32 and 33 are tabled. madam clerk, next special order. >> clerk: next special order are items 34-37 for a public hearing of persons interested in the certification of a final environmental impact report for a proposed project is 700 and900 ennis avenue and shoreline park. issued by the planning commission dated july 26, 2018 to develop an approximately 1500 residential units up to 1800 parking spaces and 1600 bicycle parking spaces, in addition to new and improved publicly accessible open space, new streets and other public realm improvements including enhancing existing and developing new open space and recreation facilities,

totaling about 8.9 acres. items 35, 36, and 37 are the emotions associated with the public hearing. >> supervisor cohen: all right thank you. colleagues, we have before us today to appeals. the final environmental impact report for the proposed india basin mixed-use project which is in the heart of district ten. these appeals involve an analysis of adequacy, accuracy catch efficiency -- schiff is -- his efficiency and the final environmental impact report. i lay out how we will proceed in this hearing. up to five minutes for each appellant, and again, as a reminder, there are two appellants. they will each have five minutes to describe the grounds of their appeal. followed by up to 20 minutes for public comment to speak in support of the appeal. then we will hear a ten minute -- we will hear ten minutes for mr michael lee from the planning

department to present his analysis and certifying the real parties and interest to present the project speaking on behalf of oewd -- we will have two minutes of public comments for people to speak joke -- speak in support of the affirmation of the environmental impact report and then finally, each appellant will have up to two minutes for rebuttal and arguments. i don't see any objections. supervisor brown? >> supervisor brown: thank you i just wanted to state, before my appointment as supervisor, i worked in the office of economic and workforce development. a natural, one of my tasks was to ensure the city looked at equity and housing by engaging the community in the area and provide local residents with information about affordable

housing and workforce opportunities. this was to address their community feedback of who are we building this housing for? if the surrounding community does not qualify for affordable housing? i was not paid by the project sponsor. i did not play any role in planning or financing the development of the project and i did not play in the role of the environmental review of the project. although i am familiar with some aspects of the project from my work in oewd, i have not reached any conclusion about the board issue presented in today's hearing and i approach the board process decision with an open mind. and preparation of this hearing, i have reviewed the written materials and will consider the arguments and points made by everyone who speaks. before today's here and, the city attorney advised me that i do not have a conflict and that i can participate fully in the board discussion. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for clarifying that and putting it on the record. colleagues, there is no further discussion. we can begin. this is the public hearing and it is now open.

i would like to say a couple of remarks. i have had the opportunity to meet with both the project sponsor, most of the appellants, at least the ones who reached out, and i've been able to better understand their concerns around, on the grounds for their appeal. we heard about this project yesterday in the land use committee. this development encompasses the 700 ennis avenue, 900 ennis avenue india basin open space in india basin shoreline park parcels. it is comprised of 28 acres of privately owned land, 6 acres of open space at approximately 6 acres of unimproved and unaccepted right of way. has the potential to provide over 1500 units of housing and a host of community benefits throughout the life of the project. i'm looking forward to hearing this hearing and i see no other names on the roster. i will now ask the appellant to come forward and present their case.

madam clerk, can you tell me which appellant is listed first on the agenda? spee 12 mikael brodski. >> supervisor cohen: you have up to five minutes to present. >> clerk: the clerk will come and pick that up from you, sir. >> respectful supervisors, thank you for giving me these five minutes. i hope i will be able to use a computer here. -- i hope i will be able to use the computer here. so we are dealing with this

environmental impact report because of what what reasons. reason number 1, is the report ignores the existence of the building which is six residential units. and the second reason is contamination of the land in the landfill. so i will begin with the situation here. i hope you can see these pictures. >> supervisor cohen: yes, we can see them. >> put it at full screen. >> exactly. this is the picture which shows, the upper picture it shows the top -- shows the existing situation of the building which we have discussed. and the two pictures below shows what will happen after the

project will be built, at least how it is planned to be built. unfortunately i really don't know this software. this is the picture from another side, which shows the existing building and what will happen with the building when the project is built. it will be boxed. so what is the community group? it is a communal bath thing resort which receives 60,000 visits per year. is a descendent -- it is a descendent of another bath and it is known everywhere in the world. so it is my pride that i initiated this project. because it is part of my culture , which i wanted to bring to san francisco. i came to this country in 1989. i was a professor at berkeley.

i had to quit my citizenship at the time and i left san francisco. i left the bay area and i understand that san francisco is the center of the bay area. after a certain time of work, i understood that people are actually not happy in a sense. they are stressed, the use of drugs, even among an the intellectual part of these communities. they need something. do something, what was my experience, is a communal bathing where people are happy. after 12 years of development, we could do it. we found this lot which is from, the beginning, illegally could not be blocked like it is blocked now. at this moment, it will be boxed people work with computers in their offices in boxes. after that, they go out on they have to have rest and feeling

space. we tried to explain it to the developers and again, i want to show to you what i am asking from the developers. again, the computer doesn't show anything at this moment. now you can see it. wait we are asking for space in this narrow 20 degrees cora door it is not like we are asking to build. we are asking to change to buildings and six floors to four floors which are legally allowed by height and building five floors. not to be boxed in that place. now we have 270-degree views. when i say the word to views during the planning commission, someone says oh, you are like a nazi. people die on the street and you want to use it -- and you want views. >> we want space and we want sunshine and we want fresh air. we have a view of the bay bridge

and we have a view of the mountains. we just need 20 degrees of space above 40-foot buildings. this influences approximately 32 units, in my understanding. let me show to you -- i'm sorry. i don't know. it doesn't work properly. so i wanted to show, you know, different options, this is what they have. this is the discussion of change , of possible changes here i'm sorry, i don't have enough time for everything. it is a lot of discussion of how to change the project to satisfy the views of our people. >> supervisor cohen: thank you >> this is 70,000. >> supervisor cohen: thank you thank you.

the next appellant to come to the podium will be representing green access for health and environmental justice. i believe it is mr bradley angell and mr -- mrs. marie harrison. welcome. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is marie harrison. i am a board member of green action for health and environmental justice. before then, i was a staff member for over 20 years. i live, to work and play in bayview, hunter's point when most of you were young. let's just put it that way. you will know i have been there a wild. i guess one of the real things that i want you to consider, are you considering the lives that

will be damaged? are you really considering the lives that would be damaged even further than what they already are? are you going to look me in the face and tell me that my life is worth 400 apartments or housing? can you do that? can you look at our children in the face who are suffering from asthma and cancer and all the other things that we are suffering from and tell them that it is ok? that it is an overriding consideration for housing, that you know as well as i do, most of them will never be able to afford. ok. see you are building up a community, not for the folks who are there who live, work, play, prayed, and died to there peerk you are building up a community for folks to die in so the new people can replace them. i resent that. i resent it because, you yourselves, and this is strictly

for you, for the chair of the board and the people who were here at the last meeting, you told me that you regretted not listening to us in the beginning when we told you about the shipyard. all hell had to break loose out there . it did before you started to listen. i am telling you now, i had a grandson who suffers from asthma at four, from the age of four. thank god he made it to 21. i, to consider myself the example for everyone, because i never got sick, but i knew the damage that was being done. i'm the one who got up at night and ran people to the hospital, to the emergency room. we did not see you all out there when you tell me that housing is worth our lives, i resent that. and every person that has died

sense also resents its. i know we don't have a lot of time so i will let bradley take over but i want my two minutes after. >> good afternoon. bradley angell of director of green action. i hope you have read our appeal on the materials we handed out. we appealed this. it is not just green action saying this project would harm people. it is the city's own environmental impact report. they had a little problem because despite their pushing for this project, it concluded that there would be significant air pollution, that the air pollution would be harmful, that it would be unavoidable, even with mitigation. it would likely exceed air quality standards and result in violations. that is outrageous. so what do they do? they did a statement of overriding consideration claiming the so-called affordable housing, which as we learned yesterday, is anything but affordable housing, $2,900 for a studio, are you kidding me

open space that is non-toxic soil where they don't even want to test for radioactive waste, they do not read the headlines about what happens next door. the failure to translate the notices to languages spoken in the community is a violation of civil rights. putting market right housing -- market rate housing in the community knowing that the result is not just air pollution that is harmful during construction, but i just want to read quickly from the city's own response to comments. this is the e.i.r. the e.i.r. concluded that the proposed project would generate emissions that could expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations and that the projects overall air quality impacts would be significant and unavoidable with mitigation. additive minutes there would be violations. so you have gentrification and you have bogus sea level rises that would make donald trump the

antiscience president happy using projections from six years ago. for that in many other reasons, rejects the statement of overriding considerations and uphold the law and let's not have more people like marie harrison, whose husband died of cancer and who is on those who can't survive without oxygen, whose grandkids have asthma, do you want more of that? your vote will tell the answer to that. thank you, very much. >> supervisor cohen: all right thank you, very much mr bradley angell. seeing that there are no other names on the roster for questions from my colleagues for the appellant, i will open for public comment. public comment is open specifically for those who would like to speak in support of the appeal. if you are here to support this appeal you will have an opportunity. you will have two minutes to come and speak. for those of you who are opposing the appeal, you will have an opportunity to speak later on in the hearing. mr dacosta?

>> supervisors, i represent the first people of san francisco. we are holistic. so there are some people who make a mockery of my people, that is on them. having said that, we all came here with a very holistic view the last time around. we were made to sit down for six long hours while most of you supervisors did not do due diligence. what i see here is if all you supervisors had to take an oath to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, three or four of you supervisors would recuse yourself.

what i am seeing here is willing -- wheeling and dealing of the worst order. you pretend to represent, but i tell you, after 40 years of coming to the chambers, i have never seen a group of supervisors so despicable. believe me. you cannot fool all the people, all the time. we are done believing in the e.i.r. that is reasonable. there is no mention of accumulative impacts. there is a gentleman trying to give you, in a very intelligent way, how he is -- how his building will be impacted and you just have disdain for the taxpayer.

so i represent my people and all of you who are despicable, shame on you. >> supervisor cohen: next speaker. >> this unit is an exact rebel kit of fraud. just like you undermined a people for the mission rock. it is 1500 units. and by the same response, you claim affordable housing. s.f. viewer, please. you claim that the mission lot, the apartment building complex, is for low income bracket people it is 1500 units just like this latest proposal. you are not following section four of affordable housing production. it says it quite clearly here. in the community, 15% of the

total amount of units in the dwelling, in the planned area, is supposed to be for very low and low income bracket people. fifteen -- 15% is 225. 225 of those should be for low income bracket people. this is coming from the book of instructions from the mission rock project. you see that they're in price fix and started the lowest income at 45%. so that means the people that is between the arrows that i drew here, are not included in the housing opportunity. those are the very people who you claim are low income tax credit people from the federal government in order to proceed with the project. and about this additional unit, it has a radioactive material. you have nothing but radioactive hazards out there. you have just recently -- they

found 55 pieces of radioactive material. you have radioactive objects found at the homes in hunter's point. advocates seek to bar hunter's point shipyard contractor from radioactive -- >> supervisor cohen: thank you next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is joseph. i am a real estate broker. >> supervisor cohen: can you please speak directly into the microphone. just move the microphone closer. i will reset your time. >> i am a real estate broker for almost 40 years. i was involved in multimillion dollar projects from the purchase of the land until construction.

i remember when the city requested that the owner of the project dump it, contaminated soil outside of california. this means it was more than ten years ago. everybody knows that the area has contaminated soil. it is a special area. right now, the city has a problem with the development. this same problem, contamination of the land. the developer built affordable housing on the contaminated soil right now, a new proposal for the affordable living development of 7900 units. the new proposal uses the same soil report that was down 20 years ago by the owner of the

property. a new proposal is asking the city for rezoning to build high-rise buildings. and they already know what high-rise building name. it will be millennium one, millennium to, millennium three, millennium for. they need a full investigation. a new proposal development asking for rezoning and build high-rise buildings. it is not downtown. it is the bayview area. they still will have a nice view but you will block the existing building. it sounds very good, affordable living. but it is very dirty. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you next speaker. >> hello.

my name is igor. i'm representing the russian community. without question, a scenic view is one of the most sought after available pictures of locations. for health and development businesses. in fact, some studies have found that people who regularly look at a scenic view report feeling healthier and even live longer. it was this in mind that we decided to purchase the land on which he would build the community bath. at the time, hunter's point seem like the most unlikely location for a spa and health center. and a very risky investments. it was known as one of the most polluted and crime-ridden neighborhoods in san francisco. he saw the potential and believed that this bay of the city views would immeasurably

value to the atmosphere and would help him to build and maintain the clientele. [please stand by]

[ bell rings ] >> hello. i'm general manager, seems a few days i've been coming saying the same thing over and over and over again and i really thought about it last night, what are we really up against, what's really going on, and something clicked on me. hey, listen, we are right there. the first people to be affected by this construction is going to be us. i mean, right from the time when the jackhammer goes down on the ground, you know, if there's anything on the ground, if there's something airborne, we're going to be the first person to be affected. it's not just a business, but it's about the 19 employees we have, not just employees, but customers that come every week.

so, please, you know, we are an existing business. we spent a lot of time and money to be where we are today, so my request is, don't kill us. thank you. >> president cohen: next speaker. >> okay, so my name's jason flores, also a representative from archimedes banya, but i wanted to show you the notice of public hearing, when this first started occurring, notice of public hearing was only given in english. that does not represent those in the community and it's flawed that it was only represented with that. we should provide it in spanish, other things that the eir

reports and comments was given in. i could go into many things about the cir, about how the air pollution is going to be contaminated, even with mitigation. it's going to be a very negative impact to the community. that the winds will be increased to hazardous winds, if you change the zoning in that area, as well, and that you, i believe, the most significant thing is that you are allowing materials to go into the air. read from what i wrote down. the biggest flaw and issue on why this project would not be in accordance of the safety of our environment and the committee is that the contract for continuing this project will be high.

the impact of proposed project, particulate matter or equal to 2.5 meters in diameter because of hall traffic and construction conditions emissions. in terms of building square footage, amount of construction would be the same as under the proposed project. construction related and operation activities associated with the proposed project will result in an increase of diesel parts particulate matter of cancer risk for both on and off-site receptors. overall the impact of the proposed project would be the same as drafted in the eir and the revised eir. impacts of the revised projects on the air quality would be significant and unavoidable with mitigation. just recently radioactive objects were found less than a quarter mile -- [ bell rings ] -- now, i've been with this

company since its opening. i know that leonard dumped haul trucks on to that parcel. you should take a look at the cir and ask for the planning commission to do a whole rehaul of it. it's not right to allow people in the neighborhood to get cancer, to get respiratory illnesses. you guys are here to better the community. you guys -- [ bell rings ] -- messed up once with the navy yard. >> president cohen: next speaker. >> dear supervisors, my name is james, i lived in the bay view for 12 years. unless the lord builds a house, those who build it labor in vain. i would like to make three points, the first point is threefold, one, no racism, no elitism, and no insider deals. yesterday we all listened to you complain about the lack of

vibrancy in the bay view, yet you refused to listen to the person who has by far brought the most successful business to the bay view in years. last week we saw you spend hours promoting immigrants during the meeting, yet you pretend you don't see an immigrant standing here in front of you. this is unacceptable and embarrassing to watch. i demand you address the concerns of miesha brodsky. if mikhail was -- but you ignore him and allow the developer to ignore him, too. does this imply only certain colors of skin and ways of speaking can be discriminated against? further, you cannot treat him trivially because he doesn't fit in your category of elite citizens. next, transparency. who is the investor on this

project? if you can't tell us, why not? there's a rumor this is being financed by inside, local level, and national level insider money. please, dispel this rumor. second point, local small businesses must be protected versus large developers. third point, san francisco san franciscans should not be required to travel five hours to find rest from the corporate world in nature. this city cannot be an iron curtain of political correctness, which rewards select ethnicities, protected elites, corporations, developers, and insiders -- [ bell rings ] -- with bribes. >> president cohen: thank you, your time is up. thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i would like to in pointing out why i actually support this appeal. i would like to remind you guys

that last week during the discussion on the south soma project, plan, sorry, the planning department argued that it was okay to avoid or push back some of the conversations around the environmental impacts, because those things would be addressed project by project. i would like to point out in the responses to comments that a couple of the violations, particularly around soil and water, are being excused because in the plan for bay view hunter's point, it says that these projects are going to happen. you can't have it both ways. do we address these environmental impacts project by project or what's in the plan? this is a circular argument, and we have to start doing things right here. we do need the housing, we need

the retail, we need projects like this, but we need them to be done right, and what we're seeing along the eastern corridor is ignoring the underlying pollution, the underlying impacts, the underlying geology when we do these megaprojects, and we need to step back, slow down, and do it right. i am not necessarily against this project, but i am against this eir -- [ bell rings ] -- and plan the the way it stands. please, let's do it right this time. thank you, guys. >> president cohen: thank you, next speaker. come on down. >> hi, i'll be addressing the language access issue. i have two points to make. first, according to the city's own website, more than 34,000, that's 30.7% of bay view residents, which includes india basin, speak limited english, city wide over 170,000. planning failed to translate the notice of availability of the

eir and the notice of public scoping. limited english speakers were excluded from the first most important step of the process and the scoping meeting altogether because these documents were not translated. planning translated the notice of availability, which includes a brief paragraph of the project description, but the small paragraph is insignificant compared to the 151-page notice that wasn't translated. outlines in detail environmental impacts such as air pollution. even though the executive summary of the draft eir was translated into spanish and chinese, it was not in dogalo. in 2001, the board unanimously passed what is now called the language access ordinance. its purpose is to include equal access services for those not proficient in english and requires city departments providing public services to translate information into languages used by more than 5% of residents.

bay view has six times that percentage. it also requires translation particularly when it's about public health and safety, like exacerbating air pollution. it says departments have to provide the same level of service -- [ bell rings ] -- as they do english speakers, something not done here. translation is exactly this kind of service. how can a mom who barely speaks english and has a kid with asthma comment on a project like india basin when documents weren't translated? she can't, she was excluded from the beginning. the board should grant appeal on the language issue alone. thank you so much. >> president cohen: thank you, next speaker. >> hi, supervisors. i'm asking you for the proposed india basin and would like you to serious consider two cautionary tales. one is the dramatic and

frightening situation in bay view hunter's point shipyard with inadequate, to say the least, testing and clean-up of radioactive soil. the other is the dire housing situation in the mission with gentrification displacement of african-american, latino families, seniors, and people with disabilities. also many people have gotten very sick fighting their evictions. for decades, including the years when i was a home health nurse, i've been shocked by the alarming rates of asthma, emphysema, cancer, including breast, prostate, lung, and cervical, heart attacks and strokes in bay view's point. this would be reason enough for thorough and transparent testing on the soil and air. the bay view hunter's point shipyard, as you know, is adjacent to india basin, but as far as i've heard, there will be no commitment to testing the air and soil for the proposed project. in addition to what's already been said, with 1,575 units of

unaffordable housing coming to india basin, more cars will be hitting the streets, leading to increased pollution and congestion. 92% of the -- [ bell rings ] -- wealthiest people bring two to three cars per household and are least likely to yield to pedestrians, so that is another issue. thanks to gentrification and displacement of thousands of long-time residents, the soul of the mission is on life support. please, don't let this happen to bay view hunter's point unless it's already too late. thank you. >> president cohen: thank you, next speaker. >> hello, supervisors. tony kelly standing in solidarity with marie harrison and the environmental appeal brought by greenaction and their allies. supervisors, you know, you feel this, developers feel this had, the public feels this, the eir consideration is a brutal process, and i hate to choose, just along with everyone else here, about attending yesterday's hearing or today's

hearing, because i can't get my schedule at work to be here for both when, in fact, i wish this project was better, but i really wish this eir was complete, so i chose to be here today, when really there are issues with both. but really it's the eir under consideration today, and supervisors, i should not have to remind you here in this year of our lord 2018 about india basin, its location next to the shipyard and what's been going on for the last ten weary, frightening years about the shipyard, but it's still a shock that in bay view and san francisco in 2018, the city is considering approving an eir for a building project next to the shipyard that hasn't fully considered how safe the dirt is. has environmental impact that can't be mitigated and freely admits they can't be mitigated, and chose to avoid communities that don't read or speak english. as you just heard, more than 30% of bay view is limited english, more than 40% of bay view is not

born in this country. and the official reason the city might approve this project anyway is because officially the overriding considerations are the city -- [ bell rings ] -- wants the money and wants the expensive housing. if this eir gets approved, how wrong does it need to be to get rejected in this city? the statement of overriding considerations, you know this, you've mentioned every other neighborhood in the city, that the expensive housing is a fool's errand, it's a fool's game to chase that. but somehow if it's okay in bay view, and nowhere else, that's a sick double standard, supervisors, and please, please consider the appeal strongly. [ bell rings ] turn down the project. thank you. >> president cohen: thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, dear board of supervisors. i've been a resident of san francisco for the past 28 years. i represent -- i want to say

since day one when banya opened its doors it's been a huge part of the russian community on the coast of bay area. banya has been an essential element of the traditions of the country. definitely the place where you'll enjoy your time with your family and friends and also serving as a community center. personally, my wife and i have been going to banya for the last seven years, most every other weekend, and enjoy it. the roof deck with the amazing views of the bay makes banya an incredible sight, as well. fresh air coming from above the bay, definitely the most part of the project. damage and destroy the whole aspect of the purpose of banya. the community will suffer from pollution caused by the next project, and i will ask the supervisor please vote the motion to reverse the planning

commission's environmental impact report. thank you. >> president cohen: thank you. next speaker, please. >> jackie, greenaction for health and the environment. i'm speaking in favor of reversing the planning commission's certification of the eir for this project and requesting that you approve the appeal and reject this project. do i have this right, the draft eir concluded that the india basin project would generate emissions of a pollutant during construction and operations that could violate air quality standards? that could be significant and unavoidable, exceeding the thresholds of significance, yet planning approved this project? the planning commission used a loophole called a statement of overriding consideration to try to justify significant, harmful, and illegal amounts of air pollution that this project would cause. they claim that the open space,

which is currently toxic and contaminated, and affordable housing, which isn't affordable at all to those who have been displaced, is more important than health and the right to breathe clean air. please, vote no to prohibit this significant unhealthy and illegal amounts of air pollution and to bay view hunter's point. india basin is contaminated with radioactivity and build llc refuses to test. please, protect the health of residents and reject the india basin project. >> president cohen: next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is chad. i'm here to support archimedes banya. i've been working there now for going on four years, and i must say, it's definitely a wellness center, and this proposed