the underpass is dug down where we can put a bridge at fillmore. so thinking about the underpass on both sides of fillmore there's not enough vertical clearance to put a desk because the cars will hit it. that's how little there is that we actually have we looked at also, if we, you know, had the space in the undertaking underpass like putting something floundering like a parking structure. we have costs involved. in the end the conclusion of our work is if we keep the existing underpass then really the most cost-effective use for running the bus lanes is to run them on the top of surface streets. the other conclusion we made is if we want to run the bus lanes in the center then it requires filling the fillmore underpass and also doing the fill project for this underpass is the most cost effective way. that's our conclusion and we have included both of the options in our document and they're under consideration. having said that there is - this is only one option to redesign a street and put it back together once we do the fill. there are many othe

the first two locations were both on fillmore street. by 19 skype marcus books had been driven out of the neighborhood it was returned to it's original location on post street. it was saved by the bulldozer. and the building was placed along with 7 other located vindicate stubbornness that attempted to relocate it. my reach and report finds that 1760 fillmore is important because of the it's association with the san francisco's folks. thank you for hearing me >> thank you, commissioners any questions for staff? no? were we're going to go to public comment. i want to recognize supervisor breed and we'll call out speaker cards >> thank you so much for having this. i want to start out by asking everyone in the audience to stand for support of marcus books >> wow. >> thank you all for being here today i've gotten numerous e-mails and phone calls. this is a part of our history. i'm here as specify but here as someone who cares deeply l about marcus books. ray and a julian richardson have long been structural. and marcus books is the first pla

it helped the fillmore earner the reputation as harlem of the west. it attracted a lot of incredible folks in mucus to armstrong and a number of others. and when the redevelopment agency threatened to raise the fillmore the folks at that time, gathered to save this and several other historic buildings. the marcus building was raised off it's foundation and taken around the corner. since it's move the building has housed marcus bookstore the oldest black bookstore in the nation and it's center for black intellectualism. it's hosted so many incredible fingers like rosa parks and others. it's iconic and appropriate that the historic preservation has been asked to keep this historic plays. only the occupants in that building a historic i think the buildings age and narrow escape disproves that. i would remind i thought national regulatory that the commission uses the criteria says a building may receive historic landmark status because it has a board pattern of our history or are sobered with persons significant in our past. without question this building

if the fillmore is dying, that means the city is dying. so, i look forward and i will be engaging supervisors, of course our supervisor, thank you. >> next speaker. >>> my name is eugene gordon, jr., and i have context, quote of [speaker not understood] tracing [speaker not understood] moscow first printing 1966 printed in union of soviet socialist republic. in calling upon the german people to fight for, quote-unquote, not ideals in naziism. [speaker not understood] was buying up the states. fascist choice [speaker not understood] was not accidental. it is said he decided to buy the states in this area because hitler liked these places and [speaker not understood] counted on having him frequently. many other leaders of third raich had a stake around meklinberg [speaker not understood]. chief executive department and in charge of concentration camps. [speaker not understood] quote-unquote objectives [speaker not understood], death camps on way from berlin. [speaker not understood] frequently visited these camps, watched thousands of people

i'm here today to express our support of 1716 fillmore or marcus books. designating the property as an article 10 landmark will give a new level of recognition for the african-american owned and black theemd bookstore in the country. in addition it will serve as a reminder of a once tlooifr african-american community in san francisco it continues today. additionally the property helps to tell the larger historical landmark including the history government intervenous. it documents the chair features of the property and makes a strong case for the buildings high-level of integrity we support this on fillmore street >> thank you kevin please. >> good afternoon. i'm a member of the japan town organizing committee and i'm on a music committee it's a jazz performance and educational association or organization and we teach a jazz program at the rosa parks school and when we take the fourth and fifth graders we take them to marcus. we tell them this is the place where the real place and look at all the books look at the names and titles. this is a place of cult

this foundation was hoisted into makeshift trailers and taken to fillmore. it was also a japanese export building. it's been a center for this industry for marcus for many famous folks. is it gave a voice in pubs material for san francisco state students in the late 60s as schools tried to expand the african-american and latin american courses across the country. about 8 or 9 weeks ago the supervisors passed a resolution say that this issue and we'll apply the carefully needs according to the building so, please support the building >> thank you >> next speaker, please. >> >> good afternoon. i'm janice cookie work with the educational youth system. my comments will be brief. i believe you have ever reason to designate this building and this bookstore as a historical landmark. in my opinion this building should have long been designated. i urge you not to delay this deliberations and grant the request >> thank you very much do we have anyone else that wishes to speak on the item. seeing none, sir we have one more. yeah. yeah we did okay. i want to do is it re

. >> i'm 22 year-old and i've lived in the fillmore all my life. it's any place that i've been to you, actually sit down and read mark us bookstore is the only plays that i know have to talk about what karen just the energy there. i'm still learning about why i get all that energy when i walk in there. i don't believe that history is only of the past that's something that's untangle. this here marcus bookstore is a real place for people to go it's tangible. the people there like myself we're not of the past we're still growing and having babies. they're not in the room but in the community and to not respect that i feel is assuming that we won't be here tomorrow is so i want to representative myself for you younger people of the future we're still here. thank you >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> how is it going i'm irish. this is where the hardest musicians performed it was not only the first art form place but during the 50s is it hosted duke elton and others after bob city the community stepped down in to save this b

i worked at the fillmore auditorium on the corner of gary and fillmore for 29 years and i worked at another that is right. not only am i a rider i'm a business manager of one of the larger businesses in the area as well as i'm a rider and a motorist. i think its important to see both sides of the issue i want to make san francisco a better place to live and work. and if i'm not chronological i'm still going to go to the meetings >> thank you. so right now, we're asking if any other incumbents in the meeting please come forward >> good morning, supervisors. i'm johnthanasia goldberg i was appointed in september the of 2011. the first year and a half i sat on the committee was an educational process person briefed on a lot of the projects background and i was really looking forward to going ahead and making a full recommendation at the end of the term. the idea of two year terms is something i endorse, however, i feel there's a need for contingent among c ac members and that our views can be catered out and represented throughout the entire c ac existence. thank you for your time >> thank you

marcus books needs to stay in fillmore. i grew up and was living in chinatown. it looks different from chinatown but right now, i'm living in the west edition are i see that fill more is very much different than when i was the. there's hardly any remedy in advance of a black business are the chicago barber shop is gone and this is the last black business to the past. i'm also my immediate issue is housing affordability but i see that horrify but i need to - i need to empower those folks and marcus books provides that kind of presence. i saw the spirit and it's different having the children walking in there and that's different for the black communities in the west edition to connect them to the past. thank you >> thank you. i'm very active in the japan community. i've defltd into the history and the culture information we're not just japan town we're fillmore western edition and we've shared so much and one of the key places we've shared is the city believe. the building started out on post street. it was a hotel with a pool hall underneath. and in those days th

how in the hel are you going to move on and keep using fillmore or whatever and the way that the agency and the prior agency done to us? okay. bottom line, i am jumping and praying, immediately, that i could sit down and talk with the president and the executive director and the people who are in charge. to find out how we are going to move forward in a way that we can work collectively. because this is not going to continue no more. i am on this case. they are doing this 27 years, and i am not a lawyer, but i have got so much documents to say what you are all doing is not what you are telling the governor. it is not your fault. but if you continue on, you are going to be put in that category as either one are two that i am filing on and conspiracy? now, i am talking for real, and just like joe hinesfield and if you don't do the right thing and sit down at the table and talk about the fillmore situation, and immediately. you cannot continue on, i volunteer to see everything thatvy been involved before you all were involved with the jefferson put together what they called the mass lease

and in the fillmore, i will call it the fill, no more. there has been all kinds of stories that have been told about all of these different. when i got the real story, and ain't no mystery, just check your history. and i will be speaking about your obligations and your receivables and because you need to put us in that line item. and they pill spend millions of dollars out there in the field and the organization before you all and city and county, and i mean that i am going to call it like the ti is and i have 12 seconds left here. if you all don't do the right thing you will be collecting something. thank you. >> okay. questions on this item from commissioners? >> okay. do i have a motion? >> i move. >> thank you very much. >> is there a second? >> i second. >> madam secretary, call the roll. >> announce your vote when i call your name. >> ellington? >> aye. >> modejar. >> yes. >> singh. >> yes. >> rosales. >> yes. >> johnson. >> the vote is five ayes. >> item 5 e. workshop on the recognized obligation payment schedule for january 1, 201

and heeding the words of reverend townsend this is the kind of things that don't happen in the fillmore. and some things shut down recently and that you don't take things seriously that's exactly what happened. sometimes initially it comes up organicly but we have to have the support. it's abatement to know that one of the largest tenant didn't participate and obviously japan mall meet the street in a more friendly environment s as this project comes forward but this is a great vision sea a great way to look at other communities in preserving cultural heritage but i want to commend the community in reaching consensus it's a difficult thing to do so

so there's the 3 richmond seats and fillmore and western addition >> yes. i'm sorry the second package of your attachment that shows you the japan side of fillmore and there's two seats there and both seats the members are seeking reappointment james and the other gentleman. then if we want to move on to the tenderloin downtown there are two seats there and one is expired and that's the lady who's listed but she has not gotten back to us >> she did reach out to our office and wants to be countered the prop for the at large seat. that's my mistake for not mentioning that >> okay. >> i guess i might suggest that you go through the table and start at the richmond and, you know, make the appointments for the expired seats there and just continue down the line. >> okay. so colleagues on the 3 richmond seats i recommend we reappointment john o joe man any objections. commissioner yee >> so do we do them one at that time. >> i'll trying to get through this as quickly as possible. >> can we do that without objection. thank you. on the vacant seat i've had communica

and heeding the words of reverend townsend this is the kind of things that don't happen in the fillmore. and some things shut down recently and that you don't take things seriously that's exactly what happened. sometimes initially it comes up organicly but we have to have the support. it's abatement to know that one of the largest tenant didn't participate and obviously japan mall meet the street in a more friendly environment s as this project comes forward but this is a great vision sea a great way to look at other communities in preserving cultural heritage but i want to commend the community in reaching consensus it's a difficult thing to do so thank you >> commissioner hill us. >> so to echo my congratulations. i know people have worked for decades on this. i've had the pleasure of working with many of you and. i'll alleyway agree with commissioner borden's comments that one of the biggest property owners wasn't involved in this so hopefully, they'll see the benefit and come around and get engaged or sell their property, you know, and get someone who is somebody who's, in fact, eng

and 1.6 million, we have asset management costs related to the fillmore site over a half a million and the bulk of this is around the debt service and bond costs and so the total request is 87.7 million. so within each major approved development project on the non-housing side, this gives you a summary of the activities of the payments that are around and so, in the hunter's point in the candle stick point area continue to make the payments related to the cost related to land transfer and property management and arts and technology district that is funded by the eda grant and the match that we make, the cost associated with securing the federal and state financing and then the consultants and other city services that we pay for. in mission bay, the biggest use is reimbursing the developer for the costs and we are also continuing to work with the city and the controllers oftens about those tax increments corrections and sort of a one-time adjustment for some items that were either misidentified or not caught in the previous distributions and so, we have been working with them, and have