tommy, ben, brooke turner. i think i already called bart broom. my apologies for not recognizing bart from the sf public utilities commission. >> i've lived in the garden apartments since 1959, when they were only 18 years old. i recently sent in march a four- page e-mail to each of the supervisors recommending that they not confirm this project. the e.i.r. arguments that the property was built in the 1940's is not wholly true. of the units that are being the most for the sake of density, roughly 31% of those units were built in the 1950's when the towers were built, under the same construction, same materials, and same quality. these units, as it happens, are almost entirely located in phase one, the portion that will be demolished first. those are the best of the garden units in parkmerced. for some reason, they want to destroy the evidence that the fact that the property is not as deteriorated as they say. the commissioners, when they voted on this project, voted in lockstep 4-3. the mayor's office appointees all voted in favor of it. the super

tommy, ben, brooke turner. i think i already called bart broom. my apologies for not recognizing bart from the sf public utilities commission. >> i've lived in the garden apartments since 1959, when they were only 18 years old. i recently sent in march a four- page e-mail to each of the supervisors recommending that they not

brooke turner. i understand the concerns of the tenants in place at parkmerced. i applaud president chiu and all of your efforts to try to address the concerns but i'm here today as an environmental minded person, who has worked for many years to sustainable development and this is what this proposal is. as president chiu pointed out, this is an exceptional proposal, the likes of which have not been seen in san francisco before. i'm not aware of any other developments in the nation of more sustainable or environmentally considerate. many of you have had the opportunity to meet my sons. some of you have suffered their visits to your office. for that, i apologize. despite their bad behavior, it's for their futures i became involved and interested in the environmental movement. i believe that my children, your children, and all the kids in san francisco who grew up here will benefit from the project by showing all of us that sustainable and socially responsible development can be achieved. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. i speak t