as a teacher at betsy carmichael, what i am seeing in inverse relationship to the amount of progress and growth. we need to move forward on this plan, especially with the original intent to address the people as mother jones was saying, putting the premium on people who live here and call this home right now. as many people say it takes a village to raise a child and it really does and i think the plan as it's set up, focusing on services of cultural heritages and low-income housing is really essential and we need to maintain those components so that the people who live here can continue to call it home as it thrives around us. so i encourage you to move forward. >> thank you, mr. bolton. any other members of the public who would like to speak, please line up after these remaining speakers. >> hello supervisors. my name is ani bartanian. i am here speaking on behalf as myself of an owner on 9th street, as well as orthoowners along the 9-10th street corridor. i bought this building for two reasons. one it was historic in nature and beautiful building, as well as i have a small company

i went to a number of meetings at betsy carmichael school and as a nightlife supporter, i think i'm in favor of the plan with some amendments. but i think san francisco needs vibrant nightlife. tourism for better or worse is our no. 1 industry and tourists need something to do after dark. we need the tax revenue and we need places for our youth to go and what is more logical than downtown and west soma, next to regional transit, next to the san francisco tourist hubs and tourist hotels? i understand some of these are going into trailing legislation, but i would like to speak for a second on uses of the second floor for restaurant and lounge uses in west soma and if if this is approved, if you look at chinatown and other neighborhoods, castro district, this has worked well. and it hasn't caused a problem from the neighborhoods. the people will have to go to conditional use on this and be part of extensive neighborhood outreach and discussion. but i would ask this board to approve that second floor usage as this would expand the opportunities to enliven west soma and bring it back to the

my partner and i did attend the first community meeting at betsy carmichael and really appreciated the chance to have some input at that stage. thank you. >> thank you, mr. whitaker. >> my name is themus mickus and i have sent supervisor chiu and you an email detailing my position. i want to apologize in advance to speaking to a very small point that perhaps through inadvertent, i think allowing a garage to operate in an alley way would create traffic and other hazards should not be permitted. so i ask you to please, go ahead and adopt your plan as you have planned and without changing it. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> >> supervisors i am with the company called archstone and we have a very large development project at corner of 8th and harrison on a 3-acre plus parcel. people have talk today about san francisco being weird and funky and there is nothing weird or funkier than a developer supporting a jim niko project. it's a compromise between members of community, people in the planning department, developers, on and on and no one really walked out of this process feeling as t

that is betsy carmichael and we are taking care of the students but not only that, she is also across the san francisco city in the south east of san francisco, she was with the king for like 14 years as a professional and her first year as a probationary teacher there at the king. and i also would like to with her permission, pass to you the evaluation stellar evaluation of her teaching performance from that school. she is really an amazing teacher. with her permission, i want to share an excerpt from the summer evaluation, she has acquired great many strategies for engaging students in a quality that enfuses her classroom, is ten asty and a palpable belief that all students can achieve to high levels, okay? that is an amazing evaluation from her first year as a probationary teacher from her principal. strategis for engagement have included concrete incentive systems, a morning greeting that acknowledges students from multiple language backgrounds and regular connections to her students's parents, usually face-to-face, how many teachers do that >> she welcomes that and so that the ho