pile drivers in particular, are very large, high horse power engines so it's important to make the engine as clean as possible. we'd like to point staff to our recent changes to our regulation 6. our board of directors just made changes that updates our recommendations for construction mitigation. we'd just like staff to take a look at that and make sure that they've incorporated all the things we've recommended. for operations, we'd like staff to investigate the availability of hybrid or alternative-fueled delivery trucks and electrified commercial loading docks and to continue to investigate ways that the city can reduce exposure to toxic air contaminants in existing buildings. my understanding is that the central soma improvement strategy includes looking into

starting a fund that would set aside funds for existing buildings to spend money on retro fit devices such as the merve13h-vac. we would like that to be implied in the health vulnerability zip codes. this is in one of those zip codes. we appreciate what the city has done. it's been very progressive in adopting community risk reduction plans and article 38 to project health. we look forward to reduce emissions and exposure, including on ab-617 projects in bayview hunters point. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> president cohen: before you go, colleagues, i don't know, do you have any questions? supervisor kim. >> i do. this is extraordinary for me. i also have not seen this happen in the middle of an appeal. you just got this this morning?

i mean not -- you reviewed it this morning. >> late last week it came to our attention and we started reviewing the documents. we've had internal discussion and internal talks. some of our staff with people in the community and it was just this morning or last night that i reached out to michael lee and we had a discussion and we continued those discussions in addition with jessica range this morning. >> the reason why you didn't see the mitigation measures is because we all just got it. that's why you haven't seen it. >> correct. >> you provided a number of recommendations. i just want to appreciate that you were able to spend the time to do that so quickly, within a number of days. so i'm looking at the map right now for the care communities, it

looks like it covers the eastern half of san francisco. or is it more specific than this? >> i don't have a map in front of me. i would say it's areas of eastern san francisco. >> so the majority. and so, in these circumstances, do you dough pend on members of the public to come to you to ask you to review environmental documents or do you try to review projects and plans that are incorporated in the care area or neighborhoods? >> we absolutely do try and review the ones in care. this is an example of a document that we would be very interested in because it's mixed-use and very large. so, yes, this should have been on our radar. >> so your concerns are relative to the fact that there are already high levels of contaminants in the air. so, you believe that there

should be additional mitigation measures to protect the residents that live here currently with any additional new development? >> correct. our job is to make sure that developers and local governments do everything they can to protect public-health and air quality. i'm here today to just say thank you for working with us. we appreciate what you do. let's try and take a little step further. >> how much time do you think would be adequate for us to do that work with you? as elected representatives of the public, i think it behooves us to make sure that we're doing and taking every step we can to protect our residents, particularly in neighborhoods that have more than the average amount of contaminants or pollutants. right now, supervisor peskin has proposed two weeks being that our next board meeting is in two weeks, is that an adequate amount of time for our agencies

to work you to make sure we can come up with a list of mitigations to ensure that we are protecting our residents to the highest extent possible? >> definitely, absolutely. >> you had mentioned the central soma plan, we just heard that appeal last tuesday. i hope that you were able to per use that document. >> i have not recently. >> ok. [laughter] >> i will keep this in mind next time. we should be forwarding these things to you. i think your input is important. i guess, to the planning department, i hope we can also just include backmed in our recognize process. i'm not an expert in this arena. i'm asked to make decisions, as a representative, that is really for the best interest of our city and of course our constituents. so often we have to do the best that we can with the information that is before us that we're

really protecting the lives and health and safety of our residents. it would be helpful for us to continue that dialogue. in regards to central soma, we do have mitigation programs that we would be providing funds to existing residents to upgrade current buildings that aren't at the levels that we required new construction to be at. i think that's important. the funds do necessarily come in time for construction periods. in fact, you know, much period of time e.i.r. states that the impact is with kind of additional vehicles in the plans or workers' residents post construction. would you generally grow that thago that isthe case? or do you think it's equally important to make sure we provide these mitigations during the construction period? >> real quick before you answer, i just want to pivot to lisa gibson, she is going to make a comment. >> thank you.

i would like to note from record, they have the availability. that was done both for the india basin i e.i.r. as well as soma. we provide a note indication that this document was available for review and jessica would like to add something in that regard to the chair. >> i'm not questioning whether you did, i think that perhaps there's another layer of outreach we can do. we can send outpost cards and e-mails to people. i get a lot of them too. i'm a busy person. i'm going to miss some of them. and so actually i completely understand. i don't know. actually i don't know how backmed construction works. i don't understand why you missed it. perhaps, you know, for us, when we really want the community to know about something and we want people to come out to our meetings. we call people and call community leaders. [ please stand by ]

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opportunity for me as one of the three representatives from san francisco that sits on the board. i was not aware this was a practice. it makes sense that it would be, but it did not occur to me and not something that we talk about on the board. the suggestions that you made to protect the house of a residence, especially in a care community, are great suggestions and should be included as mitt measures and e.i.r.s. i will take a look at requiring the planning staff, especially in a development in a care community, that impacts air quality, that we do additional

outreach and ask for additional attention on these projects. i will be on the lookout for that as a representative. i simply wasn't aware that this was something that this agency does and i'm glad that you do and that the impact or the suggestions that you have will make a big impact on our residents. so i will be following up with our city attorneys, but-day think this is something that, especially in care communities -- the onus is on us to get back med's attention to provide the expertise on mitigations for the projects. so i will definitely be following up on that with you. but i thank you for -- whether it was last minute or at all taking a look at this and providing such details

recommendations. and now that we have additional recommendations above the one that was brought to our attention just now, i believe we absolutely need a continuance to include all of those in the project. so thank you very much. i will look forward to following up with you. >> president cohen: what is your role in back med? >> i'm a senior environmental planner and work in planning division. >> president cohen: is this a normal process for you what we're experiencing today? is it how you conduct your business usually? >> no. we would much prefer to comment during open comment in writing when the draft e.i.r. is circulating. >> president cohen: should we pass a rule, ordinance or amend a change that would require your organization to be notified? >> absolutely not. your staff has done an excellent

job notifying us. it was an issue internal to our workings of staff in my department. >> president cohen: please let your executive director know that i will be giving him or her a call. >> i will. >> president cohen: thank you. >> thank you. >> president cohen: the drama never ceases. okay. where do we begin? planning, are you done with your presentation? okay. well, we're going to try to pick up where we left off. mayor's office of economic development, want to see if you have anything to contribute to this discussion? no. okay. no problem. supervisors, any questions? we're going to have another opportunity here. what i'm thinking about doing is letting this hearing play out fully with respect to people's

time that have come. i want it note that item 40, that we were supposed to discuss, we cannot hear until we dispense of this item. it sounds like there is appetite for a two-week continuance for october 16. so what we need to do is continue with the hearing. we will take public comment. i want to pivot to the deputy city attorney. i want to see if it's possible for us to leave a portion of this hearing open that would allow us to take comments and public feedback on the document specifically the revisions of the air quality mitigation measures for india basin, instead of having to go through this whole hearing again. what portion of public comment or what portion of the hearing can we take up october 16? >> deputy city attorney john

givner. it's really up to the board. you could reopen public comment and allow people to speak generally on the e.i.r. you could also -- and i think this is what you are suggesting, madam president -- keep public comment open and allow people to comment including people who have already spoken specifically on this mitigation measure, so on is the 16th, they would speak on the mitigation matter and then close it. it's up to the board how to structure that follow-up hearing. >> president cohen: i appreciate that. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: i would be inclined to open public comment on the narrow issue but broaden it beyond what's in this mitigation measure. based on the department from the district representative, it's a

slight -- comment limited to issues around air quality impacts and mitigations there, too. >> that makes sense. >> president cohen: all right. we're going to continue to move forward. i want to acknowledge the project sponsor. allow them the opportunity to make a 5-minute presentation. come on in. 5 minutes. >> excuse me, i understood we had 10 minutes. >> president cohen: no. let me double check. >> i think it's 5 and 5 -- >> president cohen: i'm sorry, you do. my apologies. >> good afternoon. mary murphy, counsel to india basin, project co-sponsor. we're here to reask that you

reject the appeals. e.i.r. is thorough, complete, comprehensive and meets the requirements of ceqa. i will address a couple of the ceqa arguments and then i will turn it over to mr. vasquez to describe the project and its merits. i would like to focus on two of the principal objections. as described in the e.i.r., all of the reports including 70 700 innes were subject to testing. they're site plans reviewed by applicable agencies and mitigation measures to address hazardous materials. the site mitigation plan or s.m.p. for 700 innes is not

finalized. it must address unknown contaminants or conditions and it can be modified if and when new information arises the department of public health can and will take any pertinent information in consideration when reviewing the is m.p. they're working to assure that it addresses any contaminants. thus, although thorough and scientifically based testing indicates that radiological material is not present at the site, build has proposed protocols to look for and address any radiological contaminants if discovered. more specifically, build proposes two types of measures in the contingency plan. the first will address unanticipated radiological objects. protocol for objects is similar for archaeological resources where if objects are found, the site is cordoned off and testing

and safe disposal protocols are initiated. it will require a health and safety officer trained in the identification of objects to be on site at all times. and that officer will have the authority to direct and if necessary to stop all construction activities. the second set of measures is intended to look for c contaminants that are not objects, per se. the second set will have pre- and post-construction screening to look for contaminants in the soil and the fill. before any excavation activities occur, a radiological expert would complete narrow grid surveys. if found, the health and safety officer would institute the discovery protocol. the proposed plan would require a second narrow grid screening after excavation and grading is

completed to look for radioactive materials in the soils. if such materials are found, the discovery protocols will follow. turning to the argument that the project should not be approved because there's a significant, unavoidable impact, it is important to note that this e.i.r. took a conservative approach, both in terms of the assumptions regarding emissions, thereby, presenting an emissions picture intended to be a worse-case scenario and not that mitigation measures would be effective because of uncertainties of implementation. one measure in the e.i.r. requires offset payments to back med, who we heard from today, or a project to offset emissions. e. i. r. does not assume that emissions will be reduced by the measure because the project sponsor cannot control it as a payment to back med.

this cautious approach and conservative approach reflects what many view as a best practice for ceqa, where all feasible measures are imposed on the project, but analysis does not necessarily factor in the effectiveness if there is any uncertainty about the implementation or effectiveness of the measure. this project is required to implement the feasible air quality measures that reflect best practices and you've heard that back med has proposed some changes or tweaks to the existing mitigation measures to make them more stringent, if it is feasible, and it's possible to get renewable fuel, to add it into the mix of the things that are required as best practices for air quality mitigation. turning to green action's objection to a statement of overriding considerations, i would note that many if not most of the large projects in san francisco have air quality impacts that cannot be fully mitigated. the objection taken to the

extreme would be count tore a core principal of development, mainly that projects like this, mixed use, open space and parks project, should be in sites like india basin, especially in light of the fact that ceqa pushes to worst-case scenario. it's also important to consider statements of overriding consideration. as mr. vasquez explains it, brings much-needed housing, parks and open space to the area and provides robust community benefits. in summary, this e.i.r. is thorough, complete and deserves to be upheld and we respectfully request that you reject the appeals and i would like to turn this over to mr. vasquez. >> good afternoon, president cohen, supervisors. could i have the computer screen up? >> president cohen: i'm trying to understand what you are

asking for. the overhead. got it. >> my name is lou vasquez, president of build. we are a local developer located three blocks from here on linden alley. next year we'll celebrate our 20th year in san francisco as a small business. india basin is a great project. our largest project to date. we obtained the site in 2013 and started the entitlement process. over the last five years, we've held over 150 meetings with stake holders, held workshops and working groups, and personally addressed over 1,000 neighbors and stake holders. we've had great support from the mayor's office and the supervisor and creep eight add project that will hold and produce 1,575 homes, 25% of which would be subsidized, affordable homes, and 200,000

square feet of neighborhood and commercial and community space. the project would contribute the land, construction cost and 100 years of maintenance for an iconic, 11-acre shoreline park. this e.i.r. encompasses the adjoining park and rec 22-acre park. once complete, india basin would be the model for the 21st century aesthetically pleasing dynamic and diverse mixed use urban infill community. india basin would deliver over $250 million in community benefits, increase the property tax base and add critically needed housing and a broad mix of income levels to our city and bring life and people to an empty piece of san francisco shoreline. all of this will be achieved without public subsidy. also, it was stated at the previous meet, that the project

was not evaluated -- or earlier today that the project did not account for sea level rise. that's not correct. as you can see on the slide, even with the 2100 sea level rise and storm surge, the buildings and critical infrastructure are not affected. additionally, as the bay level rises, the shore lines have been designed to accommodate that rise so that the sea level rise would not affect the planned use of uninhabited facilities. this information is derived from the d.i.r. and r.t.c. as addressed in the appeal response and in the city's appeal response letters. i thank you for your indulgence and request that you reject the appeals before you. thank you. >> president cohen: all right. thank you very much. colleagues, do you have any questions for the project sponsor? all right. seeing none, we'll go ahead and take public comment.

i want to invite the members of the public who wish to speak in opposition of the appeal. that means they're speaking in support of the project. if they would like to come up. please come do so. mr. wright, i think you spoke on the last -- in the last section of the hearing. >> this is about the second part? >> president cohen: the way the hearing works is if you -- you have spoken already, so you have taken your allotment of time. this is for people that are in favor of it and i don't believe that you are, based on your remarks. mr. dekostya, are you in favor of this project? >> supervisors, if you paid attention -- >> madam president, i have not started your time. we're sure you spoke previously on behalf -- >> did you pay attention to my comments? i spoke very generally because i knew what would happen. okay? and so now when i speak about

the bay area equality district, you will get a better sense of who i am. >> president cohen: we'll note that you are supporting the project, too. >> i'm going to speak about the project. >> clerk: i'm starting your time now. >> president cohen: deputy city attorney has something to say. >> every member of the public can speak for 2 minutes in this hearing. so each member of the public receives the same amount of time to speak. if you have spoken in the initial public comment portion of the hearing, you can't speak again for another 2 minutes in the second. >> you made a statement, city attorney, that this new issue came out about the bay area equality management district. pay attention to me, very carefully. >> mr. decosta, i understand the point you are making. it's my understanding that the

board, the president, will continue this hearing for two weeks after public comment is complete today. and at the subsequent hearing on october 16 there will be an additional opportunity to make public comment on that issue. >> for us to make comment at that thing, we need all the documents. >> president cohen: no, sir, you can't. because you are out of line. you are welcome to get in line and speak in public comment. you can voice your comment then. >> i'm jill fox. i've lived on innes avenue for 26 years and raised a family there. i'm here as chair of india basin neighborhood association. our organization led the effort to landmark the ship rights cottage and acquire 900 innes. in that process, we researched the history of india basin.

we know that much of the land generally known as 700 innes is landfill, placed there in the 1960s to the 1990s. it has nothing to do with hunter's point shipyard. working with the developer for four years, we shared our knowledge of the history of the land and our vision for our community. we feel satisfied about how the land quality and sea level rise will be addressed by the world class architects and designers working on this project. are we nervous about thousands of people moving in with one access street? yes. although, we are unpaid volunteers, we reviewed and commented extensively on the e.i.r. we have been assured that our concerns about noise, transit, infrastructure and historic preservation will be addressed

during development. this developer will be spending millions to improve our infrastructure, which is much-needed, and most importantly creating a park that everyone can enjoy. it will be owned by us, the people of san francisco, to use for free. please forget this appeal and approve this project so india basin residents and visitors can enjoy our natural beauty, the history, the stunning views, and recreation, homes, shopping, transit. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. corey smith on behalf of the san francisco housing coalition speaking in support of the project and against the appeal. it was described earlier by the project team, talking more than $250 million of benefit

delivered to the city and to the community within the india basin neighborhoods. it includes a significant amount of affordable housing. a hope that president cohen brings up the chart she had yesterday to talk about the a.m.i. levels and some of the people that it will be directly benefiting. there will be parks, open space, improved street conditions and it's 100% privately financed. there is no public dollars the process has taken more than 15 years now to get to this point. i also want to make sure that people understand that when we talk about traffic and we talk about pollution and congestion, it is turning down projects like this that end up resulting in more harm it our planet. when we build housing outside of the urban core, those people commute in to the bay area. so by placing housing in the city itself, that's how we're

achieving our climate goals and legitimately fighting back against global warming. at the end of the day, it's a fantastic project. it deserves for both project sponsor and residents of the community, president and future, to keep moving forward. we encourage you to reject the appeal and for it to keep making progress. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> i'm angelique tompkins in support of the project. >> clerk: can you pull it close to your mouth? thank you. i will start your time now. >> our family has resided spanning four generations in bayview hunter's point. i've participated in working group meetings, representing the india basin project. you might imagine over this time i've observed the project team and building's principles closely and witnessed the

dedication to making sure that our voices are acknowledged, taken into consideration, as a part of the design and proposed development plan. it has created a plan diser haven'ti-- deserving of the community. as a bayview hunter's point resident, it's important for me to be involved in highly relevant dialogue. historically paramount matters impacting bayview hunter's point over decades. build has addressed climate changed a -- change adaptation and sea level rise and design methods for protecting the proposed community from detrimental, environmental and toxic impacts, seeking to remain vigilant on this key issue.

additionally as a board member, which delivers educational and environmental sustainability and conservation community programs in close proximity to the india basin project at the eco center, my discussions with the build team have revealed synergies between build and the public purpose for community revitalization. for these reasons, i express my support for the approval of the e.i.r. certification. i recognize that additional public comment is forthcoming and anticipate a future for the community that will benefit. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. >> clerk: you are speaking on behalf of the group? 2 minutes. >> i'm ron wilson from hunter's

point. i'm also a resident of bayview hunter's point. what we're talking about in terms of remediation including employment, training and stewardship. one of the things we'll talk about now is employment. >> clerk: that concludes your 2 minutes or are you going to continue to speak? you should finish your 2 minutes and then we go to the next person and he can have 2 minutes and so forth. >> in this case, we're actually ready alongside of park and rec and other individuals in hunter's point. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm harvey turner. i work with hunter's point and i'm for the project. it creates a safe place for our children in the community to play and enjoy a safe place, but also creep eights job opportunities for the community as well as those who are

formerly incarcerated, like myself. we look forward to working with the project as we work with park and rec now on remediation and i am just for the project and hope it goes forth. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> i'm jeff dickey, hunter's point family, branch of civic center commons. i supervised the stewards down here. i just want to make one point that transforming the space has made it a usable environment for the whole general public. i started working here in november, last year, as that time as a steward, i was asked to escort women through here. i was asked to mediate the negative behavior out here. it was a mess. people didn't want it come down here to walk around. through stewardship, we've

change the the landscape of the civic center area. schools are planning their field trips here to the parks. people come down here to walk. my point being is that transforming this area has made it a useful space for everyone. transforming indian basin has different issues, but the results can be the same. transforming that area will be a benefit to the whole community. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. great. thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm mo'nique semlin. i feel awkward speaking in support of a developer. full disclosure, i've been an educator for 13 years. i'm an immigrant originally from mexico. i am pretty far left.

also, i am a resident of the shipyard. so i've heard a lot of compelling arguments this evening and i was here last week when i was hearing folk appealing the soma project or plan. and one of the greatest pains as an educator is hearing the lack of open spaces. i am an educated woman. i completed graduate school this year and i still feel very uncomfortable trying to enter popos. so this will preserve a lot of public space. i've taken my students to india basin shoreline park. it just happened to be their favorite park. i'm afraid if any other developer -- build can sell this for a lot of money. i'm worried if another developer gets their hands on this, they will not necessarily preserve the park space. they might build on that park space. i know that it's more expensive.

i'm not an environmental expert, but i do worry also about gentrification. i know that it's a great fear of many established communities. so i know that displacement is a huge fear. the project doesn't have initial displacement. and i wonder and i hope that members of the established communities, whether they are latino, asian, african-american community, they've suffered a lot there. they have not been heard for many years. i acknowledge this and come from some places of privilege. but this space is going to have approximately 500 affordable housing units. and i know it's a tricky thing. [please stand by]

>> we are excited about future job opportunities for our members and members of the community. the projects will add 1500 units of housing, including a substantial amount of workforce housing plus approximately 200,000 square feet of commercial space. the construction of the project will provide opportunities to generate over 5300 jobs throughout the build out. and upon completion at 800 permanent jobs to the community. the project sponsors have done a great job reaching out to the community. i think it is about 152 community meetings over five years. our union, we look forward to see this project expeditiously approved. if we don't approve this, 25% affordable housing will not get built. 1500 new units of housing will not get built and it will

further impact the housing crisis in our city. please, i urge you to move forward. [applause] >> supervisor cohen: next speaker, police >> good evening, supervisors. i am with the bay area parks and people program we believe that everybody deserves a high quality parker green space within a ten minute walk at their home. we have worked here for more than 45 years and are proud to be partnering with the recreation and park and he lies to renovate the existing indian basin shoreline park and transform the former boatyard at 900 and us into a high-quality waterfront park. shortly after the city acquired the parcel, we joined the efforts to engage the community around the transformation of the waterfront. this included an ideas competition, a mayoral task force, we developed a community concept design and we feel that this design really represents the needs of the community. we are excited and passionate about the engagement of the

community and this deadline and -- design and look forward to further engaging with recreation and park and our partners to create a high-quality park in this underserved community. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> at evening, supervisors. i am the c.e.o. of the san francisco parks alliance. since 2004, the parks alliance has served as a public convenor and partner in the city to realize the blue-green revision of an expanded bay trail and connected open space and recreation areas along the 13 miles from at&t park to candlestick pointe recreation area. the development of indian basin park is a major part of realizing this vision of an accessible southeastern waterfront. we are supportive of the ongoing efforts to prepare the site. we're looking forward to working with recreation and parks and the trust for public land and the whole community and focusing on the activities to engage with the existing historic neighborhoods of bayview and hunter's point so they can fully

realize what a great part of the city this is. thank you, so much. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening, supervisors. my name is darrell and i am in full support of the india basin project. i have been a resident of bayview for over ten years. i am part of the resilient youth leadership academy and i have participated in many of the workshops in bayview around this project. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> at evening. my name is kat -- carmen and i am part of the institute. i'm a resident of the bayview -- >> supervisor cohen: can you speak directly into the microphone? pull it down. >> i have participated in many workshops for this project and i'm in support of the india basin project. >> supervisor cohen: thank you next speaker, please.

>> good afternoon, supervisors. i am also one of the leaders, as you heard from some other people up here. i am in full support of this project. i have attended many of the meetings and participated in all of the workshops that have been held within my community. i am in full support. i can't wait to see where this goes. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i am part of the program and i have been participating in this workshop as well and i'm in his full support of the india basin project. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker. >> good evening. my name is jackie flynn. i'm the executive director of the institute in san francisco. you guys got to hear from some of the youth that we did engage directly in this project. i had a whole speech but i

really want to make a note that this is the first time i have seen some young folks come in and talk about the fact that they want parks and they want open space and they want to be able to live and grow in the city. that is important to think about when we go through all the minutiae of what is affordable and what is not. we are encouraging these kids to go to college and get their degrees and come back and served as neighborhood and of course, i want to make sure that that housing in those parts are built for them. that is why they have participated in so many of the workshops where they can come up with the designs and come up with the ideas. it is really disheartening to hear that people have concerns about other issues that could be worked out across the city pack as far as affordable housing. i don't think that bayview should house 40% of the affordable housing stock. i think that is disheartening to hear that bayview should be the only location where we have

concentrated poverty over and over and over again. the shoreline is completely neglected. no one has been out there for years. it has been a lot of work for me to get residents off the hill and onto the property. not just that property, but along the shoreline, all the way up to embarcadero. many of them have avoided the shoreline for years. for me, i think it is really important to consider these young people as they grow and this space should really be dedicated for them. i would like to see the project to move forward. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> madame clark and madam president, i would like to request clarification from the city attorney's office. >> supervisor cohen: we are starting your time now. >> i'm just confused. i don't know -- >> supervisor cohen: i'm happy to come and talk to afterwards -- >> i would like to state for the record i'm on the fence about this development. i do not have a chance to speak against or during public comment i feel wary of big developers

and the city making backroom deals about what should be done with our land. and also on the same token, i understand and experience every day the need for housing and affordable housing in the city. but what has happened today, in this meeting, has been a travesty to our democratic process. as one of the fellow board members said, a piece of vital information was simply plopped onto the floor today without prior notice about a study that the bay area air quality management district did. that is just not conducive to the democratic process. that is all i have to say. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: i'm happy to meet with you in the hallway.

next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is rory and i have been a resident of bayview hunter's .457 years. i use the park a lot. like every week we have a get together and we do things with the kids down there. i would hate to see it go. i would like to see it improve and beautify. and make it work. because we have been through a lot. i live right at 127 west point for many years. so i just want to see it work. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening, supervisors. my name is michael hammond. i'm a long-term resident of india basin and a close neighbor the development plan for india basin that is outlined in the cir has been evolving through

years -- that is outlined in the e.i.r. has been evolving three years of meetings and collaboration. our committee has never joined the neighborhood association nor participated in any neighborhood activities. this appeal is based on the loss of a view for one business. and all the other objections are either frivolous or untrue. if successful, this appeal would deny the city of san francisco homes for 3600 residents. new park and millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements for a very neglected neighborhood. to deny all of this, simply to preserve the view of one business, would be grossly irresponsible, unfair, and a

violation of san francisco housing policy. our neighborhood enthusiastically approves -- supports this plan that avoids most negative impacts and adjust and mitigates for those that are unavoidable. this project will be an outstanding addition to our city the planning commission approved this plan unanimously. in doing so, they characterized it as excellent and outstanding. i ask that you deny this appeal and allow the innovation project to move forward and become one of the star neighborhoods of this city. thank you, very much. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors. i am with the carpenters local 22 in san francisco. the reason i am here is to ask you to please deny the appeal.

the reason is, as you hear, so many speakers have spoken that the issues that they have in hunter's point. but every developer is different we have a developer right here that is willing to invest in the neighborhood. look at how beautiful the mission bay is right now. it has changed a lot. if we recall ten years ago, it wasn't like that. why don't we clean the neighborhood and make it beautiful as mission bay. let's move forward. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you are there any other members of the public who would like to speak at this time? seeing then, public comment is closed. i want to invite each appellant up to present a rebuttal argument. just as a reminder, each appellant will have two minutes to give their rebuttal. are you giving a rebuttal on behalf of green action?

all right. welcome. >> i spend moment -- one moment and then turn it over. >> supervisor cohen: before we get to green action, i wanted to stick consistent with the order. i would like to ask mr brodsky to come up. you will have two minutes in rebuttal. >> thank you. so i need to be brief because two minutes is not enough. first of all, the e.i.r. report mentions the bath. it is to explain why they don't need to consider its. is a private business. that is why we don't need to think about your shape, your space, your privacy. this is how they included there peerk that is number 1. number 2, mr michael hammond lied. he received $3.5 million to move his house and an offer to have another house in a different

place. it is published in san francisco journal. i don't have the reference at this moment. it is available to everybody. we participate in activities. he never invited us. we did it ourselves. my important concern. about five years ago, i was participating in the placing of a sculpture of a dolphin. it was paid by a russian engineer from silicon valley. he was a german immigrant. it was russian consular, i don't know why. i was really amazed because nobody knows, today, he was the mayor. people knew that he built the

bathhouse. it would be a shame if you destroyed something which follows him. he was a good mayor here. he was giving to the people. he was not taking from the city like now. >> supervisor cohen: thank you >> thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you i would like to invite up -- >> thank you. i will make a couple of quick points. now we know that it isn't just one mitigation that is suggested it is at least five. it is renewable biodiesel, it is tier four pile drivers,, it is regulation six, it is investigating the possibility of hybrid and electric vehicles and it is reducing toxic air contaminants in current buildings. i'm sorry. we have a right. thirty days to comment on anything significant in the

agreement. i suggest you consult with your attorney because you are going to be in violation of the agreement if you do not handle this properly. secondly, offsets. do not talk to us about offsets for mitigation. offsets do not help bayview's hunters point and they do not help our community. they will help anyone from napa to southern san jose. we are concerned with pollution here in our community. the attorney for the proponent of the project told you that this happens in all kinds of projects. all kinds of projects are not in care communities. where asthma is already killing people. you also know that what she didn't say was that although it is a conservative evaluation, she never said that a proper

valuation would bring the project within the air toxics requirements. thank you. >> again here i am. supervisors, one more time. i would appreciate it, please if all of you would look at me. because i need you to see me. since i have had to drop somebody off at the hospital. i probably should have been there myself. but this is how important this is to me. i. i want you all to look at me. i want you to understand that this is not the first time or the second time that we have been overridden by overriding consideration. i want you to understand that we are talking about real lives here. >> supervisor cohen: ms. miss harris, i'm sorry to do this. but the buzzer went off in the two-minute allotment rebuttal

has expired. unfortunately, the other side could bring a lawsuit if we were to allow you to can you to go on against the time. >> i will leave from here. knowing that if you do not do the right thing, you are responsible for what happens to my life, to the life of my children, to the life of the children on my block and the lives of many children who live in public housing. >> supervisor cohen: thank you thank you. >> supervisor cohen: excuse me supervisor kim, i did not see your name. >> supervisor kim: its ok. as a member of the board, we do get to ask questions and i didn't did want to ask miss harrison if there was additional comments that she was not able to make in regards to her position on the appeal that she would like to speak to.

>> first and foremost, thank you i appreciate your work. i want to say that there are many folks who are not here, who can't sit through four and five hours worth of hearings capped just to be heard. because they have time restrictions and medications. like i said before,, there are children's lives involved here. my children's lives are involved here. i take that very personally. which is why i ask all of you to look at me. if you think that i get some kind of perverse pleasure is out of coming here and talking to you and asking you to do the right thing, then you are wrong. you didn't listen to it when we talked about the shipyard. you let them plough on through.

years worth of contamination in our lungs. they can't even tell me right now exactly which one destroyed my lungs three years ago. ok? just three years ago. they didn't tell you that over 8 million on the block have died from cancer. eight and nine including my husband. after jeffrey, that makes ten, actually. they didn't tell you about the family that lives across the street. they don't talk to you about after 3:00 when the wind picks up and the dust in the particulate matter that blows away past ennis avenue. i don't blame them for wanting and nice and beautiful community i want one too. i am just not willing to kill anybody for it. i hope and i pray that you are not either. every life that is lost from

this point on is your responsibility. god help me, every day, i will come back to remind you of what your decisions are. you need to understand, you have one question. will you put our lives at risk for housing? will you do that? you don't have to answer me now but to your vote will answer me. i'm through. >> supervisor cohen: thank you thank you, very much. >> supervisor cohen: we will close the hearing. thank you, everyone who has been attentive and thoughtful and for coming out -- coming out to discuss this matter of india basin. the hearing has now been closed and i want