in the executive director of folsom st. events. we are the producers of many other events. particularly the well-known folsom street fair. there is a lot of work to do. we are actually a non profit. we donate back to charities. our model is different probably the most street fairs. but we do take it very seriously. i am here basicallyé@ to sharea lot of concerns, the issues of others, producers in the city, regulations, increasing fees. hopefully will have time today to talk about breast practices -- best practices. i noticed that in the opening remarks there were comments made around the entertainment commission in its ability to shut down places that are not doing what they are supposed to be doing. it would be great to explore what we would need for an incentive structure. how can we look at things like reducing as they do what they do in need to do it well. >> i have been a longtime promoter under the name of opal. the earning and community is the opulent temple. i am also a part-time psychologist, working with kids in the bayview, and a father. i was hoping to speak to

was involved with the mexican museum as a kid, growing up in the mission district, when it was on folsom st.. i have been involved in different aspects throughout the years. it has been a dream. the dream is coming alive to finally get the mexican museum built. we know there are some challenges, but i do not think there is anything that cannot be worked out. i think we all come together in a circle and the other. this is the last piece, the very last piece. they say we come last, but we come as the best. we look forward to working with everybody in san francisco to make this last piece the best in that area. gracias. president fong: any additional public comment? seeing none, commissioners? commissioner moore: the public has voiced concerns about the eir which i fully support. one, which is obvious, is the increase in congestion, and cumulative effects of traffic impairment in the project area. i would like to mention that there is no mention in the draft eir regarding five years traffic chaos while they build the central subway, which has to be taken into consideration, regardless of the t

>> those are all on site units that will be built along a folsom st. on public parcels in that neighborhood. >> thank you. >> seeing no other commission questions call let's open it up to public comment. >> any public comment? >> mr. president and commissioners, i have been on various committees involved with said transit center for several decades now and i want to give you some background on how we got here. in 2005, the joint powers agency announced it could only identify enough money to build a bus station. that announcement ups said the mayor and supervisor and other city officials who felt if the city had been involved in the examination of funding sources, there might be additional moneys made available. debonair and supervisor created a task force headed by the former planning commissioner who spent several months looking into this and made several recommendations. one of them was a bit of a gamble which we succeeded with and that is we've made an application and got federal funds to build the underground transit terminals for the trains, $400

projects we have seen where we tried to break up the blocks, adding open space and we talked about folsom st. -- and i like the idea of trees going down the middle of fulton, which is such a wide street. but there is a real need to look at how we create our design, in these neighborhoods. most of us agree that mission bay is not a shining example of a beautiful neighborhood had people want to move to. what makes this so special when we talk about older buildings being more affordable, they assume this much because of the fact that the neighborhoods with the thriving commercial corridors, that have the kind of businesses and the social engagement that you want are the older and more established neighborhoods. hayes valley -- this is a place to be, or the mission, because they have the fabric of the smaller streets. there is the small kind of building with a critical mass of residents close by, who want to have things that are walkable. this is the challenge of market street, there is not a lot of real residence because we did not focus on that, so there are people on a daily basis getting the