hooked on as patients. i'm wondering what the plan is going forward. i understand that numbs was the partner who could fulfil the d.a. requirement, but i'm wondering in terms of outreach to the tenderloin community specifically where they are not based, what the plans are for making that connection to the community and providing access and culturally appropriate access to folks. >> thank you commissioner. emily webb again director of community benefit for the bay area. we do work outside of just providing healthcare services in the tenderloin. for example, our child development child development centre on van ness, which provides multidisciplinary care to children with developmental and behavioural health delays is providing services at saint anthony's. we are also at schools in the

neighborhood. we fund and work with dozens of community-based organizations in the neighborhood, so through our community benefit investment we do go outside of the walls of the hospital to try to make sure that we are meeting the needs of the community in the neighborhood. in terms of the services on campus the data, which i'm happy to send you in a larger format shows you that we try to recruit a workforce that is reflective of our patient population. that is really the number one thing from a healthcare perspective that helps with cultural linguistic access to services. in addition, in the packet you will see we did an assessment of all of the cultural and linguistic access standards and in the packet there's a detailed document that outlines what the consultant found recommendations, and how we are working to address them. there's a lot of different things that go into that, but it

is in the compliance report that we submitted in may of this year >> thank you. any other comments or questions? okay. we are not taking action on this item but thank you all for coming and we will see you again next year.

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would like to tail-of-take roll at this take roll at this time. [roll call]. we expect commissioner moore to be absent today. first on your agenda is consideration of items proposed for consideration. nordhoff street proposed for continuance. item 2, third street conditional use authorization is proposed for continuance to november 14. 2019 items 3a and b for case numbers 2015-010589 and ofa2300 harrison street, large project authorization and office development authorization are proposed for continuance to november 14. i have no other items for continuance and i have no speaker

cards. >> do any members of the public have any comment about the i'ms proposed for continuance -- items proposed for continuance? public comment is closed. >> i move to continue the items to the dates specified. >> thank you commissioners on that motion to continue items as proposed. commissioner [roll call vote] the motion passes unanimously. placing under the consent cal calendar. 1046, 14th street a condominium subdivision. >> do any members of the public wish to provide public comment on this item? okay. public comment is closed.

commissioner koppel. >> move. >> second. >> thank you commissioners on that motion to approve item 4 on the consent calendar. [roll call vote] so moved. the motion passes unanimously. commission matters consideration of adoption of minutes. >> do any members of the public have public comment on the draft minutes? okay. public comment is closed. commissioner koppel. >> move to approve the draft minutes. >> second. >> thank you commissioners on that motion to adopt the minutes for september 26. [roll call vote] the motion passes unanimously. item 6 commission comments and questions.

>> commissioner richards. >> the governor signed sb30 yesterday. i know the staff has been holding back waiting until it's signed to understand the exact implications. i have three major concerns i would like staff to understand. first is do we have the resources to do what's needed in the timelines provided. two the limit on the number of public hearings, what's the impact, especially around discretionary equity where we have continued project in order to have the community come up with a package for the developer. three a historic resource evaluation within 30 days, do we have the capacity to do that? i'm worried that these things are going to be imposed on us and we are not going to be able to react with the staff we have and things are going to sift through and get approved. so i would like to see different

types of hearings maybe do ones on ones we have had in the past, buttonhole those and see how they fit with the legislation that was passed and we could at least all understand that. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner. >> seeing nothing further, we can move onto department matters, item 7 director's announcements. >> good afternoon. no new announcements today. thank you. >> item 8 review of past incidents of the board of supervisors. aaron star is out sick so he asked me to relay to you only that the ceqa appeal for 13th street was denied and the cp was up held at the board yesterday. he'll give you a full report next week. i will also simply announce that well, there's no report from the board of appeals in the historic preservation commission didn't meet yesterday. but to inform you the mayor nominated

sue diamond to be here on the planning commission. if there's nothing else commissioners we can move onto general public comment. at this time members of the public may address within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meet. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. i have this one speaker card. >> okay. anybody else who wishes to provide general public comment, please come up now. >> good afternoon. i don't know if you had a chance to read the e-mail i sent this morning and i did send a copy to director. i want to amplify some of those themes. the confluence of the fact that the survey,

the sample for five samples from 2015 had a 40 percent should have been demos reviewed as demos. and the staff in the past two years reviewed demos and 38 percent of those should have been demos so i think these numbers are interesting. i want to show you this project which was approved in 2015. can i have the overhead? that was a unit merger. and that was in the flat area of noe valley and that was $7 million in 2015. here's one that was done recently. it was two units. purchased for $6 million. here's this project here. not going to tell you where it is. but there it is as it was. and it was recently sold for asking $1.295 million and sold

for $2 million. got an alteration permit and there's some of the work. and here's more of the work. and here it is as it's done and they are asking $7.5 million for a single family home, five bedrooms. but the thing that's interesting is down the street, and these were built in 1941 or mely so they go with that thing i sent you in the general plan in the housing element about housing that should be preserved. this is down the street. they are not doing a vertical expansion. the other ones, the demo, this one is three bedrooms, the other one is five. and just one more item to show you that something that's going on now. it's not a democrat in addition. here it is. demolition. i don't know what the counts are on that. i

guess my point is you need to do something about the demo. i think the housing element, ask for it, you can do it. you don't need the supervisors. i think you need to do something about 176 but you need the supervisors for that so i'll go with that. i got bad news today so i'm shaky right now so i apologize for the personal things and i hope you read my e-mail and thank you so much and have a great day. >> you too. >> thank you. >> any other general public comment? okay. public comment is closed. commissioner richards. >> so when we had that street i asked the attorney to look into whether the director's it seemed to have overwritten the building code and redefined what demolition is. it's actually legal or not. that's now,

i think it was may 22, 2015 that was done. and i would hope that we could get some type of a determination on that, because that's really what's at the root of a lot of what a lot of us are seeing in our neighborhoods. thank you. >> we can move to your regular calendar for item 9 the better market street project environmental impact report. >> good afternoon president melgar and members of the commission. i am jenny department staff and environmental

coordinator. joining me today is gibson, environmental review officer and principal planner with the planning department. members of the project sponsor team and city's consultants for this project. the item before you today is a certification of a final environmental impact report or final eir prepared for the project in acore dance with the california environmental quality act or ceqa. the draft for the project was published on february, 2019. the public hearing on the draft eir was held april 2019 and the public comment period for the draft concluded on april 2019. on september 23 of 2019 the planning department published comments received. and the responses to comments document contains a copy of all comments received on the draft the responses and any necessary revisions to the draft. the draft along with those responses to

comments comprises the final eir. please note the planning commission doesn't have an approval action for this project instead you will determine if the final eir is adequate, accurate and objective. the project sponsors, the san francisco public works and municipal transportation agency are subject to take approvals pending your certification of final eir. the project corridor would redesign and provide transportation and street improvements to 2.2-mile corridor as shown on this slide encompassing market street between stewart and octavia boulevard and the corridor includes portions of street that intersect market street and four off street corridors. the project would introduce

new private vehicle access restrictions and change the road way configuration traffic significant analogies facilities for people walking, passenger loading surface transit. surface transit changes would include new muni only lanes changes to muni stop locations stop characteristics such as enlarged boarding islands and construction of a new f loop. this figure illustrates some of the transit changes in the project including the sidewalk level bikeway and expanded transit boarding islands. this figure shows the changes from an aerial perspective including curb side islands passenger loading zones and the f loop. in addition

to the project the sponsor is considering the analyzed a project variant known as the western variant. it is located within a portion of the same quarter of the project between octavia boulevard and a point 300 feet east of hayes and market street as shown on this figure. however the western variant would implement changes beyond those of the project related to roadway configuration private vehicle access, surface transit, facilities for people walking and passenger loading. the eir did you remembers it would result in the following impacts. construction related impacts on transportation construction related impact on noise, operational impacts on the market street cultural landscape district a cultural resource under existing project and operational impact on the muni 27.

the eir determines all other impacts were less than significant or could be reduced to less than significant with mitigation. the eir analyzed five project alternatives including the no project alternative which is required by ceqa law and would mean no changes to the project corridor as proposed. the only alternative that would avoid unavoidable impact is the full preservation alternative. it would avoid the impacts to the market street cultural landscape district that would occur under the project. under the preservation alternative spacing and service, bicycle facilities and commercial and passenger loading facilities would be similar to existing conditions. lighting standards would remain and curb lines would be retained. private vehicle access restrictions would be the same as the proposed project. the other alternatives

would reduce significant impact but not to less than significant levels. the planning department prepared the eir in acore dance within acore ceqa. as a reminder you don't have an approval item for the project. that concludes my presentation. i'm available for any questions. thank you. >> we are probably going to have questions. thank you so much for the presentation. we will now open up this item for public comment. i have a few speaker cards. amber ronnie, darren charter. anyone else who wishes to speak please line up on my left. come on up, please.

>> hello. my name is amber speaking on behalf of nature in the city today. in the 1960s and 70s market street underwent major development and london plain trees were planted. at that time no one would have guessed the street would be transformed into ideal habitat for western swallow tail butterflies. however that is exactly what happened. in 1984 during the first annual san francisco butterfly count harriet notedd in high-rise downtown areas the western swallow tail is the main species seen in the entire length of market street has been plantedd with plantedd with trees. we are overinvoiced because plans for the newly improved street would include trees that enhance has been at the time for habitats for

insects and birds. the plan includes areas for planters wherever they can be maintained and supported and we urge the city to require these planters to contain san francisco native plants and nectar sources. the imperative elements not only enhanced by diversity but also improve quality of life for residents, commuters, and visitors alike. we are committed to continue our advocacy and fund-raising efforts so the new market street includes wildlife. we are happy to set up meetings with anyone wanting to learn more about this natural phenomenon. we urge the city to reduce cost cutting measures such as eliminating trees and planters that support wildlife. thank you for your time today. >> thank you. next speaker please.

>> i'm ron miguel. i chair at the citizens working group for better market street. i took a look back in my files. in march of 2011 asked me to chair a design committee on market street and considering san francisco nine and a half years is not too bad. i have some concepts regarding the plans that have been proposed. we'll see whether or not changes are made. they will be. but in my opinion the eir is adequate accurate and objective, which is the criteria for certification. there will be changes to it as it goes along and i hope the public understands

that that happens with every project. but those changes will be within the boundaries of the eir. and that's what it's for. so without further ado please certify the eir and let's get a shovel in the ground. >> thank you mr. miguel. next speaker please. >> good afternoon commissioners. i'm vice-chair of the working group with him here but i'm a senior community organizer on staff at the san francisco bicycle coalition. and i'm here today on behalf of our 10,000 plus members to lend our strong support to this project and ask that you certify the environmental impact report in front of you today. as you all know, hundreds of thousands of people use market street daily, riding buses or the thousands of people

riding. so it is the backbone of our transportation system. but it's also one of the most dangerous streets for people riding in san francisco. because of that this project really is the most important safety project for people walking or biking in our city. we need to take this opportunity to create a street that is safe and inviting for all users while preventing future lives lost. so the project that's proposed and represented in the environmental impact report will make market street safe for people walking and biking and also for restrictions that would reduce the number of vehicles on the street. i want to speak in support of the western variant. it is included in the report. we want to see it move forward extending private automobile restrictions west of tenth all the way to goth, will support the goal of the project to create

safe bicycle routes. so all this scope of the project is on the network. so we want to make sure that every aspect of it does get the safety improvement we need to make it safe and remove it from that network. so ultimately this project is key to the future of san francisco. and we should do everything that we can to create a street that is safe for everyone. this will set the future decades of market street so we can't lose this opportunity by limiting potential safety measures like private auto restrictions west of tenth. thank you for hearing this and thank you for certifying this environmental impact report and moving this to approval and like ron said, towards a shovel in the ground. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> i do have two additional speaker cards. jody and peter. >> wonderful. okay. good afternoon

commissioners. my name is darren. i'm a campaign coordinator at the san francisco bicycle coalition. i'm here today to urge this body to help certify the better market street environmental impact report. market street has three of the deadliest intersections in san francisco. every year like clockwork people are hit and killed by cars on this street. and as a cyclist that rides this street every day, i understand this danger intimately because i'm being sandwiched between buses, trying to stay on schedule and cars rushing to their destinations and also working with pedestrians that are trying to navigate the crosswalk. the street has a tremendous amount of chaos as it stands now. and it stems from the lack of planning that is fortunately remedied through the better market street project. and taking cars off the street will save lives. i've been fliering to the community to notify people about this

opportunity to change the street. the one thing i hear every time i mention auto restrictions is it's about time. so as the commission knows there are going to be thousands more people living on this street or nearby with the market octavia plan and the developments proposed. so we need to prioritize the transit methods that will move the masses of people. so as we create this space with disciplinedded clarity and give each transportation mode space with breathing room, it will enable transportation modes for the sake of our climate community health, and people's safety. so i look forward to seeing this certified and i look forward to seeing this project go into the ground. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon commissioners. my name is jody and i'm the executive director of walk san francisco. we are the

city's only pedestrian advocacy organization and instrumental in the city with the 2014 vision zero goal. we are in very strong support of the certification of the better market street environmental impact report. we see this project as one of the city's critical pedestrian safety projects and an opportunity to finally prioritize people walking, biking and taking transit. and it is time to make this street the grand boulevard that it is meant to be. we've been a long-standing partner with the city in shaping the project and an active member of the better market street cac as well as regulating with project staff to encourage the members to participate in the various open houses. not surprisingly market street currently has the highest concentration of people walking in any street in the city with about half a million trips down market street daily. preventable crashes have injured more

than 500 people on market street over the past five years and killed several including 79-year-old john on fifth and market two months ago. this project seriously cannot come soon enough. we need certification of the eir in order for the project to move forward. the removal of private vehicles including the western variant redesigning our intersections adding a separated bike lane, improving the bus times for those thousands of people that take the bus every day and overall prioritizing people moving freely on this grand boulevard. for these reasons we hope you take this opportunity to certify the project's eir. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i'm peter straus, on the board of the san francisco transit riders. i'm sorry to have to say i'm here to voice a critical note on this eir.

there are, in fact, significant transit impacts that this project imposes primarily related to stops by eliminating half the stops in the center lane and leaving stops that are a half mila part. whether or not you support this project, those are significant impacts that should have been addressed but they were not addressed. and why were they not? i find the response and the comments document was very dismissive of this concern. the only the reason the transit impacts are on the eir is only one criteria was applied for judging significance and that was whether this increased the cost to mta to operate service. and the comments and response document states that this is the only

criteria because this is the most frequently used criteria on the eirs. well, that criteria may be applicable and appropriate when you are considering the impact of an office building downtown. it is wholly inappropriate when judging the impacts of the better market street project and projects such as this. in response to comments does also imply indirectly that it acknowledges there are significance to the stops issue. it mentions it. but it says oh, let the riders of the center lane, let them use the curb and transfers which is a very dismissive approach and does not address the impact of the stop recon figurations which should have been quantitatively addressed. and i say again that's whether or not you support this project. i feel that the approach was taken is very

insulting, frankly, to the public and to this commission and very dismissive of how ceqa is supposed to be neutrally approached in evaluating the project. i felt compelled to bring this to your attention. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> hi. my name is stephanie. i bike market street every day multiple times. and the way it is right now i see the dangers that could bring to our cyclists. so would love to see this that came out more friendly

for bikes and especially for family and kids. that's a dream for me to happen. and also the eir is complete and adequate. so hopefully that will happen. thank you. >> any other public comment on this item? come on up, please. >> i'm the executive director of the community benefit district. we are a property assessment district representing 30 blocks of the tenderloin including three and a half blocks of market street between mason and turk. tlcbd representing residents in that district. our core purpose is to lead the evolution of the tenderloin into a vibrant community for all. better market street including its

pedestrian and bicycle improvements, makes significant improvements to transportation improvements. there are tens of thousands of people living in our district including children and seniors. they deserve the proposed improvements and safer streets. there are under construction three projects on those blocks on market street. they also deserve an improved market street and the new residents will as well. on behalf, i urge you to certify the environmental impact report. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon commissioners. steven voss this time here as an individual, not on behalf of any organization. i just want to express my pleasure and reservations about better market street. i'm a daily bicycle commuter on market street. and every day i'm risking

death. it's rather, it's not safe. so i'm pleased that we are working towards a better, safer market street. it's really essential. not only for commuters like myself but for families who want a safe place for the children to ride through the city and experience the beauty and all the great things happening in the city. my reservations are i guess i'm disappointed that we haven't banned cars completely as part of the plan. as i understand it, taxis are still allowed and i find that to be pretty disappointing because every day i come up to a red light and when it turns green i start going, the taxi zooms around me, we both to the red light i go back in front of the taxi. every time they zoom past me with very little clearance. so really cars have no place on market street, it should be buses and protected bike lanes only. i would like

to say i'm glad to second what the nature in san francisco representative said, i'm glad there are trees and planters and that's wonderful because with climate change the the city is getting hotter and we need more shade. we are not providing enough shade for our pedestrians and bicyclists. so it's great to see trees part of the plan. that's an important part of a beautiful city. so i'm glad we are moving forward. and i'm looking forward to having a much safer commute. thanks. >> thank you. any other public comment on this item? okay. public comment is closed. commissioner koppel. >> so i take the division zero plans and our showcase roadway pretty seriously. i think i was the only no vote on the additional parking on one oak specifically for this

reason. we have big important intersections. if we want pedestrians to walk and bicyclists to ride they need to feel safe. i would sit by a car about ten years ago on 41st and lincoln, got the stitches to prove it. luckily nothing too bad happened but it was a big awakening to the fact that i can also take this back to job site days. if people aren't safe whether it's going to work, walking down the street or performing a job, they are not going to do it. i'm always trying to think of a way to eliminate the possibility of any accidents happening. i'm really thrilling that we are going towards a no-car direction especially on this street. i would be in favor of no cars in golden gate park and whatnot. if you want people to ride bikes they need to not be scared of losing their lives and then people will ride these bikes. so again very supportive of this happening on this specific street. great work by the environmental review department again. and when the excommission

president are here speaking on behalf of the same issue i'm in support of that too as well. >> okay. so no, i was waiting for others. go ahead. so i'm also very much in support of this staff recommendation. i did have a question about if it were starting on someone on the -- come up. about the traffic patterns. are we stopping traffic on market before the franklin turn or after? >> from market left on franklin. >> franklin.

>> so octavia and then franklin. and then it will. >> and then the restrictions can be applied. >> that was my only question because three weeks ago we approved all of this new density for that area and i just want to be mindful to not make it worse for the new residents and stuff that is going to go that we just approved. thank you so much. i had my worst bike accident on market street. i flipped over my bike on a rainy day on the muni tracks in front of a bus stop full of people. it was super embarrassing. but when i went to kaiser, the doctor said that they see seven or eight injuries from those muni tracks every week at kaiser. so if you think about that. that's really bad. i'm so glad that we are doing something. i do take the concern seriously about

the bus stops and that we should study those things for people with disabilities, it's particularly important. but i'm glad that we are finally doing something and that it's going to be a beautiful space with trees. and hopefully it will happen soon. >> commissioner fung. >> question for staff. we receive the e-mail today raising some legal issues with the eir. the staff feel any need to respond to that. >> was the e-mail from barry miles? >> yes. >> i believe the e-mail was more asking about or discussing the approval process as opposed to certification process. and. >> a little bit of both. >> a little bit of both. the comment

in short it can't be certified before the nepa is completed. >> commissioner johnson. >> thank you. thanks to staff for a thoughtful and thorough job on this eir. it was actually really enjoyable to read. and i got really excited pouring through what the future of market street will be. as i shared, i think everyone has a story of if not an injury, a near death experience on market street and for that to be the backbone of our city is not okay. and so i think i just echo what everyone says, that i'm looking forward to us moving forward on this project, making it a place for families, for commuters for children for butterflies and to really embrace

folks who are using all modes of mobility in our city. so i will make a motion to adopt the findings and certify the eir. >> second. >> seeing nothing further there is a motion that has been seconded to certify the environmental impact report on that motion. [roll call vote] the motion passes unanimously 4 to 0. item 10 for case 2018, 350 masonic avenue commission needs authorization.

>> good afternoon commissioners. planning department staff. you have before you a request for conditional use authorization for the removal of a dwelling unit and to modify a 1987 conditional use authorization for a planned unit development to permit a three-story horizontal expansion to the san francisco day school and to add the property has 2120 golden gate avenue to the school site within the rh3 zoning district and 40-x height and bulk district. the project proposes the demolition of a dwelling at golden gate avenue which is used by the san francisco day school as storage and the disruption of a three story expansion to the school. this would increase the size by 15,400 square feet over the parking lot and building proposed for demolition. the new wing

of the school will feature classrooms, learning spaces and a rooftop area with a teaching garden and a green roof. the expansion will result in a total of 34 classrooms and a projected 20 percent increase in enrollment from 400 students to 480 students. the project also proposed to rehabilitate the existing three story residential building at 2122 golden gate avenue and split one dwelling unit occupying the third floor into two dwelling units. the existing garage space is proposed to be converted to a one bedroom accessory dwelling unit with usable open space in the front yard. the layout will result in three one bedroom units and one family-sized three bedroom unit for an overall net increase of one dwelling unit on the site. the project sponsor indicated the san francisco day school intends to offer the units as faculty housing. the project also includes the merger of three lots to ensure the building

remains within the school's ownership. the project is seeking modifications through the process to the rear yard and dwelling unit exposure requirements of the planning code to permit the alteration of the existing two-unit building at 2120 golden gate avenue and to add one dwelling unit and one accessory unit and is seeking a modification to the rear yard and bicycle parking requirements for the expansion. since the publication of the staff report, the department received 17 letters in support of the project. the department continues to find the project is on balance consistent with the objectives and policies of the general plan. this concludes my presentation, and i'm available for further questions. thank you. >> thank you.

>> good afternoon president melgar and commissioners. i'm laura, a principal with architecture. our firm focuses on designing schools throughout the bay area. san francisco day school at the northeast corner of golden gate and masonic was the first school project my partner worked on in the mid- '80s and continued working with the school through the late '90s. we maintain a strong connection to it and its neighbors. we want the new building to integrate well with the neighborhood. the scale and proportion of the building reference the existing school building and the finer details related to the school and residents. staff gave us additional feedback and per their recommendations we have changed the plotting of the east stairs to shiplap siding to reflect the woodsideing on the adjacent residences. it draws

inspiration from the existing billing and utilizes them in a modern way. it will have a high performance building envelope similar to the existing school building without the expressive texture. the proposed materials for the windows are rain screen that relates to the clay tile roof on the existing building. at the entrance on the street, there's a stair and accessible ramp along with planters and two trees to provide greenery at the street level to soften the urban edge. on the north side of the building you see an outdoor classroom on the roof and windows of the performance space that relate in scale and proportion to the window of the existing building. at ground level there are two large doors that provide access from the instructional space to the outdoors. we are also renovating the existing residents for future housing providing bedroom

units. we are designing the new building to not only provide state of the art educational spaces but to also nit together the north side of golden gate between masonic and central. thank you for your consideration of the project. >> thank you very much. you still have two minutes. >> president and commissioners i am mic walker. i'm head of the san francisco day school. i'm honored to president this facility project to you. the day school was founded 38 years ago as the first secular coeducational school in the city. after eight years and two relocations the school moved to its current site, 1996 added a gym and music room. we now have 400 students. the founding principle was to be an inclusive community for a diverse

student body. we attract students from over 30 zip codes. 196 live in the neighborhood including coal valley and 44 percent identify as people of color. we allocate annually $2.1 million in financial aid that goes to 21 percent of our student body. about 15.5 percent of our total operating budget. another founding principle is the responsibility to contribute to and be a part of the neighborhood in which we exist. for 26 years, san francisco day school hosted breakthrough san francisco program that attracts students from over 100 public schools from across the city and helps children achieve their dream of a college education. you'll be hearing from executive director of that program. we employ 102 faculty and staff, 15 percent of whom have children enrolled in the school. our faculty and staff come from over 40 zip codes in the city and 75 percent

of our faculty live in the city. with the ever-increasing cost of housing in san francisco, we have made a strategic decision to help our team with the ever increasing burden of housing costs and we are excited to provide four new units for teachers as a part of this project. in addition to the housing units the project includes art innovation space performance and gathering space, rooftop garden to advance our sustainability program and explannedded play space for the children in addition to the housing units. as part of our neighborhood outreach and partnership we have held yearly meetings with the neighborhood and met with the university terrace neighborhood. i've also met with supervisor brown and supervisor peskin. traffic management has been a consistent question and we have voluntarily retained the service of a transportation and engineering firm to conduct a traffic study. the study submitted to you issued a series of recommendations and we are committed

to implementing these measures which includes a security group. we have improved our signage and dismissal procedures. we have rented off site parking. we use the baker street lot as a waiting area in the afternoons. and we've partnered with a carpool app that 60 of our families have registered. we promotorbiking muni, walking to school. you'll notice the plan incorporating ample parking for bikes and we consistently communicate. >> you are over your time. is there more to your presentation? >> there is one concluding sentence. >> thank you. >> on behalf of the san francisco day school, i want to thank you for your time and convey our excitement for this project, knowing how significant we will impact the experience for the students, the faculty, the family and the neighborhood. thank you. >> thank you very much.

i believe the school has been doing research on traffic. i was surprised to hear how much doctor walker has learned about becoming a parking superintendent. i've also wanted to summarize our concerns about the project. we have no concerns about the building itself, the primary concerns we have relate to traffic and parking challenges noise after events at the school in the evening. some early early-morning noise in connection with the breaker program. an unclear plan within the plans presented for the relocation of the trash.

but first the trash just the other evening i took photos because i was woken up at 2:07 a.m., 3:40 a.m. and 5:29 a.m. by supersized trash truck with their backup be and so forth. banging the giant trash containers. we have mentioned this to the school. they said that they would look into this and see if there was some sort of noise reduction possibility. they committed to working with the neighbors to have some sort of annual communication about parking. this building project reduces the on-site parking by nine cars, and it also increases the white zone so there will be

fewer parking spaces available for the neighborhood. they have heard our concerns about parking in front of a neighborhood driveway, the pickup and drop-off times which put the neighborhood also in the traffic problem situation. if i can't get into my driveway than i am now part of the traffic congestion problem. [bell ringing] >> thank you, sir. your time is up. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. my name is amy, this is my daughter. i'm community. i've lived in the neighborhood since 2,001, and my children have attended sf day since 2,011. our family received tuition. without this we would not be able to attend school.

we enjoy our community and our bike walks to school. my children are in and out of the classroom with their teachers guarding at the church across the street playing soccer geocaching in the park or hopping on a bus for a field trip downtown. as a parent volunteer, i focus on community outreach at f.s.a. and organize opportunities for our school families to further connect with the western addition community. we partner with the panhandle park stewards and s.f. park and rec several days each year. we collect and deliver hundreds of pounds of candy for the halloween night. each year we work with directors to provide hundreds of thanksgiving meals assembled that morning in our school cafeteria. the plan to expand f.s.a. has a potential to benefit the greater

community. when my children were much younger they attended for yoga, music and crafting classes on saturdays. more recently we gathered in november to cheer on schools from all over the bay area at a robotics competition that was hosted by the school and open to the public. i look forward to new opportunities for community engagement. i respectfully request your approval of this project. >> thank you. you have anything to ask? okay. thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is. [ name indescernible ] thank you for allowing our school the opportunity to speak with you today. i feel honored and privilege to be here. this is an extremely exciting time for our school our students, our teachers, our community at large. i am proud of our school's commitment.

i am a parent of two very bright creative, funny and kind girls. i have a sixth-grader and a third grader. our family has been part of the s.f.a. community for years. our daughter is a natural born extrovert. i might say could still improve upon. since day one the school has thoughtfully created a space when grade level and cross grade level faculty, teachers families have been able to organically embrace one another in community and friendship. it is really something special. my girls have grown leaps and bounds from the relationships built within the school. both are eager to come to school excited to learn