space on the first floor goes all the way to the very back of the lot. why not just make the 6 feet go all the way down to the ground? , which really gives them -- >> that is possible. again, a code complying, commercial space is allowed to go to the full lot coverage. >> right. i think it makes up for some -- >> there is another reason why that might be impractical from a code perspective, which is the rear yard open space for the residential use must be at the first floor of residential use, so putting the rear yard at the rear of the commercial space would dissociate it. >> got it. the deck, the change in the deck length was what from what we thank you said the department recommends reducing the deck on the second floor, which is the fourth floor of the residential. >> basically a 5-foot permit around all building edges on the

second floor rear deck. >> i agree with that, too. >> commissioner moore? >> mr. winslow, would you mind staying there. please pop up the zoning diagram and what is exceptional or extraordinary to me is in the pattern of zoning. you have a small strip of commercial zoning along cortland , no, it is not this diagram. it is the zoning map. would you mind getting it? the zoning map itself shows a very unusual bump, which basically is surrounded by an island of residential. it interferes in all forms and shape with surrounding properties, no matter which lot you are on. the fact that we have a single story commercial building, which

now, by some assumed right, gets extruded out of this bump into now becoming residential. that is where i think the problem lies. i kind of would like to point that out also to the supervisor, that that creates not only for this, but for the development of this project but all subsequent projects should be resembling when you look at the larger diagram fronting cortland street , as it moves eased and what -- east and west. that is number 1. the second question i have, if this building could have three stories only, we would not need two stairs which are very, very spatially consuming of living space, and we could develop three units well sized by eliminating one stair on three floors. you don't need that second stair that is question number 2. the architecture is a little bit

subjective. i believe it is very aggressive and not at all sensitive to neighborhood context. it kind of sits there on its own it does not at all address anything of the smaller scale of the adjoining buildings, including window treatments, et cetera. i believe that this project asks too much and does not -- isn't good dialogue with adjoining neighbors based on gardens and open space, privacy and views, i wanted to point out to mr. winslow that on the site plan as it stands, and it is the plan that i don't think is modified based on the asks you have made, there is really an issue of privacy in the rear of the building with the second floor deck, looking into the adjoining neighbor to the west.

that is not even being addressed i believe, also, that the stair penthouse. >> they took it away. >> but it is not shown in drawing form yet. it is not sean -- own indrawing form. if you make the penthouse smaller, and that would be basically chopping it off from the east side, the wide catalogue that looks like a long rectangular deck would have to become much narrower. rather then looking like another leg to an already very large deck, which create privacy issues for people on the adjoining street. i think this project has so many little tweaks and tax that i would like to see worked out

before i approve it and i would like to suggest this drawing needs to be properly drawn, redrawn, potentially considered doing three units on three floors and creating units which eliminates the second stair. i read in the business times a few weeks ago that the market was closing and i did not at all bring it into the context of this particular project. i said it spoke about another butcher closing. there was one on polk street that just closed a few weeks ago it mentioned this one as closing as well. all of a sudden it has real impact the small exclusive business like meat stores. i would suggest that the strange bump out on the front façade which looks like a bay window or

some attempt of it is completely out of context with what we have on cortland. i would like that to be reconsidered as well. there are so many issues, but i think this project needs to be more sensitized. i think we can salvage and fully support three units, but bring it more into discussion of all the changes that are proposed but not shown yet. >> okay. commissioner phone? >> mr. winslow, if this had been a residential zoning, what would the residential design team have done that might be different then the urban design team? , or is it the same people? >> essentially there is the same group of the design review for, but we do apply guidelines, different guidelines in a slightly different way. in a key lot condition like this , it is typical for us to ask for a now that -- a number

of side setbacks and reduction of expansions into the rear that would probably not tend to go as far to the required rear yard line. i'm just thinking of previous examples that we might have had here at commission a few months ago, i can't think of the address of the top of my head. >> parker. >> parker. >> i was thinking of another one in the avenues. it was difficult for us to have his side setbacks as well as reduction of the building depth. again, he did not reduce the number of dwelling units or the number of bedrooms, but still accommodated concerns that the situation where you have loadings adjacent to the rear yards of the key lots and perpendicular to the key lots. >> with the residential design team have requested setbacks at

the top floor? >> yes, in fact. that is also a very typical response. with respect to scale either the front or the back, and the key lot situation, the setback at the top floor isn't as much you are looking at a narrow width from the setback that you would ask for. it be maybe 3-5 feet will people recognize the balance we have to strike between housing units in bringing housing units online

with their impact, especially adjoining neighbors and properties. there is never not an impact. obviously when we are building a four-story, which is code compliant next to smaller places , and we face this a lot on commercial streets where you tend, you contend to go back farther and higher than you do on the smaller streets. it becomes an issue. i mean, the good things are, this is a project that we ask for. it is three flops. it is relatively small, 1100 square foot or three bedroom flats, they are kind of the bread-and-butter of san francisco's housing stock. i know i have lived in them when i have been here. i think they are great. it is a type of building we should encourage being built and to try to minimize the impacts to the neighbors. i don't see what lopping off a story does for neighbors.

i actually appreciate mr. winslow's recommendations to bring this back 6 feet because i thank you can do that, and that helps some of the adjoining neighbors more so than lopping off a story where we are faced with losing the unit. i am in general support. i appreciate the changes that came from staff. i would support those. i thank you can get the same program in by reducing bathrooms and mr. winslow's case you showed that you are left with just a half bath in the remainder of this space, but you can combine and work around that washer dryer and put it in the kitchen area and make that a bathroom. i would support recommendations and take the d.r. i would move to take d.r. and take recommendations from staff. >> second. >> commissioner moore? >> i have concerns that we are designing by words here without really seeing what the project itself is.

there are quite a few techs that you would propose. if those were communicated earlier, i would expect to see drawings here today that fully substantiate that. it is not just words et cetera. i basically ask for continuance. that is still leaving the door open as to whether or not the applicant want to consider designing three units and eliminating the third store -- three -- third stair and getting better units. that is not up to me to push that, but that -- let's continue this project and see the drawings in their final form. >> second. >> how long would you like a continuance for? >> i think, mr. winslow, what would you think? you are the residential designer what would you do in your office

six weeks, eight weeks. >> six to eight weeks. middle of the july -- middle of july at the earliest. >> very good. procedurally, the motion that has been seconded to continue takes precedence, so we will take of that matter first. if that fails, we will take of the motion for the d.r. >> commissioner phone? >> what is being asked of the project sponsor? to examine the alternative of delete -- deleting a floor? >> all of the requests that the -- that the department has made are not shown in these drawings. i am saying i don't want to approve something that i don't see fully drawn out. >> it is basically the six-foot reduction to the second, third, and fourth floors. that is the department's recommendation. >> the six-foot reduction to the rear, 5-foot setbacks on all

sides for the second floor deck, the deck at the second floor, 5- foot setback for the roof deck from the west side, and the light well, and reduction of the size of the penthouse -- >> with the minimum requirement. >> let's make sure we get everything. >> mr. sha, we didn't hear anything you said because you didn't say it into the microphone, but i think you are saying to mr. winslow that if the motion doesn't carry -- >> the question i would ask is if do you feel that you need to see a continuance on this to be able -- there are two request. one is being able to see the

changes as requested in the d.r. , the second was exploration of a three-story building with the removal of a portion of or all of the ground floor commercial space to accommodate three units. >> is that what you said, commissioner moore? >> and he should be working that out with mr. winslow and the department, rather then if we make a motion to ask for something, which she does not believe as possible, we are approving something, for all intensive purposes used to be put between planning and the applicant to be right or wrong. i don't have a clue that way. i want us to make a motion. however, if you are saying it doesn't work, then you need to work that out with the department. >> i would say that i support this project as it is. i do think that you could work with staff to do the things that

they intend. i think it is workable. i trust mr. winslow's magic. [laughter]. >> i will say that, you know, the thing about the commercial space, i worry quite a bit about our commercial space around the city, particularly places like cortland, 24th street, ocean avenue, that have these older, one-story retail spaces. because it is not good for businesses today. businesses are competing with amazon and increasingly, you know, we want to keep our commercial spaces vibrant, but when you don't have an internet connection because the wiring is old and the plumbing doesn't work, it affects the entire health of the commercial corridor, and so, you know, i think that having a project that will rebuild the commercial space and add housing units in an infill project that works, that is not displacing an existing business, that is what i want to see, you know, i want

over time, to preserve the character of the neighborhood, but the physical space has to be workable for the businesses or they will go under. we are seeing that all over the city. i support having a retail space there, i support having a new retail space because i think that it will be better for the entire commercial commercial corridor, and, you know, i trust that mr. winslow can work with you to do this. >> commissioner moore? >> i still would like to ask for a continuance, and i would like to stress that i believe that this commission needs to see in black and white, in drawn form, what the consequences of these modifications are, and i do believe that we owe it to the public to be accountable to our decisions and do not make decisions just based on simply verbal agreements, which none of

us fully understand. we don't know what 16 feet really means or what does not mean. we have neighbors in front of a speaking to what i believe is a reasonable argument that we should be concerned about. we are not seeing that there can't be a building to the contrary. we are supporting the building with the units, but i will not support approval or waving off of my responsibilities. >> if the continuance does win, i would like to see a 3d from the back because it would show what the 6 feet actually does do it is hard to see it on the latitude in a flat form. >> commissioner hillis? >> commissioner his, there are two motions. we will take of the matter continuance first. [roll call] >> i can imagine what it looks

like, but i will agree. [roll call] >> motion fails 3-4 with commissioners hillis, johnson, richards, and mel garbo against. we will take up the next question? >> no. >> yes. on the motion to take the d.r. and approve with staff not of -- modifications? [roll call] >> so moved. that motion passes 6-1 with commissioner moore voting against. >> we are adjourned.

friends, residents. ladies and gentlemen, friends, residents, stakeholders, community leaders, good morning and welcome to this historic grand opening of 1101 potrero. [applause.] this is a monumental moment for the residents of potrero hill. we are excited to have you here

today with our honorable mayor. i would like to first bring up a fourth generation san francisco resident. fourth generation potrero hill resident. [applause.] >> i had a speech prepared. it blew in the wind. it is gone. i will go off the top of my head. the spirit moving me. before i do a prayer for us in this beautiful space, i want to say welcome from my family, the blue family. i consider myself a po a nativef potrero hill. i went to missouri street after two days of hospitalization. i want to first honor and

acknowledge the ancestors that came before us shared our mothers, mothers and fathers, fathers came to san francisco. some of us came to san francisco from the south trying to avoid atrocious cities, trying to better their lives and moved to potrero hill. they didn't know they were going to unknown territory. this is what they called home. i still consider it home today. i want to remember those people. i want to remember the people that came before those, the native hurricanes that this was their land, their home and that we don't often knowledge that but we feel their spirits on the hill. this is a beautiful space. it is a beautiful space and the homes that reside across the

street and up the street and up this hill and down the street. those will be one day another transformation in physical form. we are talking about more than a physical form. my people believe in spirits. i am 90% of what you don't see my thoughts, beliefs, mind and spirit. i want to honor and acknowledge those people that came before me to acknowledge that they gave and they sacrificed in ways we will never know. i want to say thank you to the people that made this possible. this is only one of many phases of transformation in the physical. this is one of the milestones in the spirit and emotional. if you can bow your heads at this time and i want to say to made god, my heavenly father and

those praying to your god. i am talking about one god. the spirit muffs among us. it is someone that is bigger, stronger than us that knows this right here was going to happen. i share with you earlier today walking in the building the young woman said do you remember me? do you remember me? my name is faith. i said what? my name is faith. it comes to me transformation is happening. if you believe, if you have faith that change is going to come, i want to say today change has come. i want to say thank you, lord, for the people that continue to move through even in the midst of darkness. thank you to the people

recessient in midst of pain. thank you for those that gave their lives when they didn't know that they were. i want to say continue to bless the space that these new residents reside in. may you continue to put your loving protective arms around the space, the place and the people that reside in this place. may you continue to remember that there are a group of 90% people that still need to move into a new space and those putting up the spaces and places. remember these are people that have memories and places and spaces that are yours, lord. so may we continue to bless this day when we continue to bless this space and the people. may we continue to be resilient and still remember there is heaven in the middle of some of our hell.

may we remember beauty among the ugly. we ask this day continue to be flowing. may we remind people to be responsible and accountable for the people we are in charge to move forward. forgive us for things we may not know that we have done. amen. >> thank you so much. a men. can we say amen. you are due for a treat. you have a powerhouse group of speakers, you have the distinguished mayor, supervisor district 10. in our community we know if you feel us, if we hear you back. now we are ready to do this work, to build a set of 100% affordable housing units in the

community for the first time in a half a century. it takes a mission-driven developer. the leader of the incredible and extraordinary partner who is behind this incredible building cynthia parker from bridge housing. [applause.] >> thank you. i appreciate that. what a crowd. you know, i am so impressed that so many people came out here to help us dedicate this building, but particularly i think what is so wonderful we have had so many people from the resident community who are so excited about this. last saturday we had an open house for the residents to allow them to come through and tour the building and get a chance to see it. they are just so jazzed and so are we. last week we had our first

resident start to move in. i have to tell you it makes my heart so glad to see this ham. i have been at bridge for nine years now. it is hard to believe. it went by like a second. i have to tell you this was the first project i got involved in. we had been awarded this development awhile ago, two years before i got here, and we had a very lengthy entitlement process. a lot has changed in san francisco during that time. the housing situation has become much more acute but we also have leaders like mayor breed who have said we are going to step up to speed up the process to make the development of affordable housing a priority in the community. we have seen that happen. we are now seeing permitting and entitlements under expedited

process happen under senate sb35 which senator wiener introduced which allows us to get things developed in a quick fashion. we see those entitlements by right go through in 60 days as opposed to nine years. it really makes a difference when the community when the leadership of the city says we put this first because we need this kind of housing. i would like to give a couple shout outs to people who made this happen, you know. we have our residents, on you mayor, we also have maria. thank you for all of your support. i remember going to your office and you were right there with us. i thank you for that. jeff sparks is the district director for senator wiener. thanks.

we have a couple bridge board members who are very supportive. dennis o bryan is in the crowd and ron is our board chair. we also have folks from obviously hope sf and the mayor's office of housing. thank you, kate, for all you have done. you have been an awesome director for the office of housing. i also want to acknowledge dan aldoses dams. i accused had -- dan at dams -- dan adams. he is still helping us out. thank you, dan. just a real quick compilation. this is going to end up going over 1675 units of housing. we would like to squeeze in a few more because we need the

housing in the city. it will have affordable development across the street and market rate development which we want to see in the next year or so. there will be 15,000 square feet every tail, 25,000 to 35,000 square foot community center open to the neighborhood, daycare spaces and three and a half acres public space. this has 72 affordable units. part of the problem is people are living in public housing. i know they are anxious to get out. we want to help that happen. we have to build the units in order to move them out. that is going on. this space was created first. next spaces will carry things down and move people in. there are spaces for resident services and programs. this is a leads gold building. we are pursuing that.

it shows our commitment to suggestion stain ability. -- sustainability. it takes a village. you are our village and you helped make this happen. i appreciate it. [applause.] are you going to introduce the mayor? i don't mind. i would love to. i would like to with this introduce or beautiful and lovely mayor of san francisco, london breed, who has just a tremendous appetite to make things happen for afford annual housing. thank you, mayor breed. [applause.] >> i can't believe how cold it is in potrero hill. usually it is warm. i am so excited to be here today. this is a long time coming. i often go back to my experience

of when i lived in plaza east in the western addition. at that time during the hope six project, we tore down 300 units of housing and only built 200. we made mistakes and moved people out of san francisco. sadly, a lot of mistakes that i am glad that today we are not repeating those same mistakes. we are making sure residents of potrero hill have a place to move in directly in their communities. that is a big deal with all of the challenges that existed in the past. the breeds have history in potrero hill. the breeds -- that is my sister for those who don't know. my mother lived at connecticut and i spent a lot of time in potrero hill for so many years.

eddy and brenda were a sustain in the community. we are grateful they were like mommy and daddy in the neighborhood. get in the house. it is too late for you out here. this is an amazing community. it is filled with so many incredible people who deserve to live in better conditions than what has existed for far too long in public housing. you know addressing the challenges with public housing is my number one priority. when you have had to live in the kinds of conditions where you had no control and no money to make any changes, there is nothing else that would be more important to you than changing those conditions when you have the ability to do so. i won't get into the details of the challengeses. don't get my started on the mold and pipes and roaches and drama and calling a number no one would find out and you had to

pay somebody $5 to pick the toilet so you didn't have to use the neighbor's toilet. i can go on and on about the challenges that existed. today is significant. the work we have been able to do and this happened when supervisor now board of equalization member was on the committee. they worked together to make sure we addressed those challenges by investing in this community and not displacing this community, which was so critical to the success of this project. i am reminded of the thing mayor lee used to say. it is not about new promises, it is about old promises. today after years afternoon years and years of struggle we are fulfilling an old promise. one building at a time, one family at a time, joyce.

we are doing it. we are changing the face of public housing, not the people but just how these places look, how they feel so that people can live in dignity. some of you know i have been on a mission to make sure we build more affordable housing in san francisco. part of the work along with supervisor walton are duing. when there is extra money we carve out money for public housing to address the conditions that continue to exist all over the city. a couple days ago we introduced a $500 million bond including $150 million for public housing. (applause). we also know that in order to make sure that communities are able to afford to live in the communities as we build more housing, neighborhood preference is a critical tool to making

sure that as your kids grow they have a shot of being able to live in the community they were born and raised in. we know there is to much work to do. today is an incredible start at a great future in this community. i am looking forward to breaking ground on more buildings. i am looking forward to moving faster and getting red of the red tape that makes it difficult to build 100% affordable housing in the city. look out for the charter amendment to allow for 100% affordable future housing projects to be built as a right. no more delays, no denials, let's build it and build it now. [applause.] this is honestly a dream come true for me because as i said when i think about my own childhood and growing up and living in public housing for

over 20 years of my life, i think about my grandmother and the conditions we suffer through, my family, my friends not with us today and the conditions that we suffered through, and i am so hopeful because now as a result of this work that so many of you contributed to making this dream a reality the next generation of young people in public housing will have a completely different experience. that gets me excited. i want to thank the community for their patience, delays don't mean denials in this case. i want to thank bridge housing for their work to wells fargo to the mayor's office of housing and hope sf and the leaders who continue to fight to make sure so many places in san francisco

especially out east which supervisor cohen knows the battles and now supervisor who is taking this over will be there with everything to make the changesness so that communities can live in dignity throughout the city and county of san francisco. thank you so much. [applause.] >> thank you, madam mayor. i have a dirty secret. downtown in city hall not everyone cares about potrero hill, lets be real. having served under multiple mayors. this mayor come in a short period prioritized hundreds of millions of dollars for public housing. i want you to give her a proper

thank you to mayor london breed for all of the support to this community. [applause.] thank you. thank you. she is not shy. as mayor breed mentioned, this is all about the residents. i have the highest honor to introduce a resident who has lived in this community a decade and who now calls 1101 connecticut home, mr. johnny ledbetter. >> thank you. first, i would like to thank everyone for coming out and i am one of those promised.

god is first in my life and my world. i am johnny ledbetter, a san francisco housing authority. i just transitioned to bridge housing. i want to tell you how i got here. i was a single father raising my daughter, homeless, living in the shelter in 2010. i got a phone call from san francisco housing that said i was approved. i was overwhelmed with joy but scared at the same time. also because i had never had my own apartment. being a sick el father raising a -- single father raising a daughter is challenging. being homeless is worst. through my challenges and being

blessed with housing i have built a strong solid community with my neighbors and with san francisco housing authority and staff. also with other organizations such as public housing association, and this i never had before. also, i am blessed to seek employment or keep a job. i had again been blessed to work with a nonprofit organization that helps residents from san francisco housing authority transfer over to bridge. i would like to thank mattie, elizabeth, for guidance through the trying but fulfilling time

especially as i glare out my window. that is a blessing. my new spot in my new 1101 connecticut street, you know. i want to thank everyone and you, too, mayor london breed, for your effort. thank you. i am that promise. [applause.] >> thank you so much. next we are going to bring up a community leader, fighter the supervisor of district 10. mr. walton.

>> good morning potrero hill. we are energetic. this is important. good morning, potrero hill. there we go. this is very personal to me. missouri and turner terrace. 1720, 25th street. all of those potrero hill addresses are very personal to me. the first address is a family resource center where i became the director in the early 2000s where we worked to provide services for families to make sure basic needs were met, where we had a food pantry that served over 100 residents every week with the grandparents group here. i see eddy here, joyce is here,

i see a community of folks that worked hard to serve the community. the second was the address of the food pantry where so many families. as you know we don't have grocery stores in close proximity in the southeast sector where so many families access quality food from the food bank so they were able to get through the week to support their families and feed them and provide nutritious meals. we focused on making that happen. the third address 1720 25th street is where i lived at a young age with my aunt, cousin, mother right up the hill. we rode bikes with no brakes. i would hospital to go to west point where migrate mother and you cancle lived and where i

lived as a youth. this is exciting to be here to witness the rebirth, to witness the beautiful homes on this side of potrero hill. i also want to say that i remember having conversations at the family resource center and when bridge first started bringing on community connectors and bringing folks in the community and we started having conversation about revitalization of potrero hill, what it was going to look like. like mayor breed said it is a promise. i have had many conversations with residents. nobody believed it was going to happen. we have our first 75 units at the.

i want want to shout out to malia for her hard work not only on this project but for all support for hope sf and everything we are doing with public housing in san francisco. her dedication, work to get the financing to blink the community together is very important in this fight as we continue to do everything we need to for our communities. [applause.] i want to end with saying there is more work to be done. we have four communities just on the southeast to make whole. things are not perfect right now, but we are going to continue to work hard to make sure that we do the best job to bring everything this community needs, not just housing but grocery stores, activities and things for young people to do. things are not perfect. in the words of janet who sung

the theme song for the jeffersons. we are moving on up. [applause.] >> leave it to supervisor walton. moving on up. amen. if you look around and see the finishes, the courtyard, the views, the landscaping, this is first class. this is not public housing. this is for our people in potrero hill. it takes a lot of money to do this. it takes investors, funders, folks willing to commit to the principles of hope sf. the senior vice president of wells fargo investing daniel pearl. >> do i get to wear the hat if he left it here?

i am here on behalf of a group in wells fargo called community lending. there is about 200 of us around the country including many in san francisco. i want to start by thanking the long-time residents, leadership council, bridge housing who brought us here, mayor's office and the mayor and hope sf for leadership. we provided low income housing equity. we participated in the construction loan and it is an honor to invest in the community. we are lucky to be part of the hunters view and made the tax credit investments in the bay you and other neighborhoods in the city. one personal connection for me. i moved to the bay area about 11 years ago and i had a friend at

that time working at bridge housing. he knew i didn't know many people and i had time on saturdayen. he said we just started working on this development out here and having a barbecue would you come? i didn't know what bus to take now, i know it is 19. i spent the afternoon here. little did i know that 11 years later i would be here. we are ready for phase two and thank you to everyone who made this place what it is today. thank you very much. [applause.] >> thank you, daniel. you passed the pest. my also daughter is the only one who can wear this hat. i tested you right there. last but not least i want to bring up one of the partners at bridge, the project manager.

i want to acknowledge mr. fred blackwell, chairman of the san francisco foundation here with us who is such a partner along the way. we mentioned the esteemed director of the mayor's office of community development who made this happen. barbara smith is somewhere around. thank you, barbara. samuel. >> i have been given the job to give the last thank u.s. i want to thank the residents of the annex and terrace. this project is more than 10 years in the making. thank you for making this happen. iit is a process. here we are today. also, i want to thank the residents from park view down to those down. it is months of almost years of

inconveniences with traffic detours and construction noise. i hope this is an improvement to what was here previously. i want to thank our financial partners apartment city bank and wells fargo as well as the mayor's office of housing and community development. our contracting team that including matt, mike, jim and matt. our team of fred, michael. our landscape architect tour team justin and gary. civil engineer mark hail. i want to thank faith and phillip at city hall for keeping the wheels greased and our bridge team. stacy and damian. i want to thank everybody.

i hope you enjoyed the event. now if you are here to take a a look at the units. we will do the formal ribbon-cutting ceremony right here. [applause.] >> let's do this. five, four, three, two, one. (applause).

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elect performs in france we were woman of all this angels and shapes and sizes and it was very exciting to be part of the a few lettering elect scene at the time he here he was bay area born and breed braces and with glossaries all of a sudden walking 9 red carpet in i walgreens pedestrian care. >> land for best director that was backpack in 2010 the french love this music i come back here and because of film was not released in the united states nobody gave a rats ass let's say the music and berry elect and performing doesn't pay very much i definitely feel into a huge depression especially, when it

ended i didn't feel kemgd to france anymore he definitely didn't feel connected to the scene i almost feel like i have to beg for tips i hey i'm from the bay area and an artist you don't make a living it changed my represent tar to appeal and the folks that are coming into the wars these days people are not listening they love the idea of having a live musician but don't really nurture it like having a potted plant if you don't warrant it it dizzy sort of feel like a potted plant (laughter) i'm going to give san francisco one more year i've been here since 1981 born and raised in the bay area i know that is not for me i'll keep on trying and

if the struggle becomes too hard i'll have to move on i don't know where that will be but i love here so so much i used to dab he will in substances i don't do that i'm sober and part of the being is an and sober and happy to be able to play music and perform and express myself if i make. >> few people happy of all ages i've gone my job so i have so stay is an i feel like the piano and music in general with my voice together i feel really powerful and strong

they are prohibited -- prohibited at the meeting. if you are responsible for one going off, you maybe asked to leave the room. cell phone set on vibrate may require interference. item four, approval of the minutes from the may 7th, regular meeting. >> we have the may seventh meeting minutes. are there any questions or concerns about them? is there any public comment on this item? seeing then, public comment is closed. i will entertain a motion. >> moved to approve. >> second. >> all in favor say aye. >> i have no communications for you at this time. item six, his introduction of new ordinances. >> any board members that have newer unfinished business? we have a lot of unfinished business on the agenda so we will get right onto that. item seven, director's report