the island. we look forward to being part of the dialogue that will move forward quality health care on treasure island. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i work for the treasure island homeless development initiative for the last seven years. not only have i had to fill numerous inquiries from the public about low-income housing opportunities in which there is more demand than there is supply, i have watched how executive director williams and our other collaborative partners have worked tirelessly for the past 10-plus years. it is unfortunate how the proposed state budget has affected the project, but miraculously, all entities involved have altogether collectively and financially in order to move the project forward. i support the plan, and san francisco needs it. i hope you can support it as well. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the chair of the treasure island/ yerba buena island citizens advisory board and have been in that capac

no more island.ure island// -- treasure island/yerba buena ♪ president chiu: thank you, enya. >> he was speaking for this? i do not know about all of you, but i wanted to live in a place where i did not have to drive everywhere. right now, what we are proposing to build is not appropriate for san francisco. we have not mitigated how to deal with the trafficking front and back. it will be up to a future board of supervisors. i challenge you to figure out these problems now before you build, to make this the dream -- green eco-city. we do not need a car for every family in san francisco. please, recirculate this eir, come up with ideas. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors, recology. i am not going to go over what you have already been told. here we are. we know how this is going to go tonight. there are people here from labor who need work. there are people here from homeless organizations and shelters. there are people from housing organizations that want to see housing

rubicon strongly favors the development of treasure island and the treasure island initiative. we have been offering landscaping services to treasure island since 1992. creating long-term jobs, we focus on individuals with similar barriers. most of them that come to us have considerable difficulty elsewhere. the recent issues that have come to us, health, stamina, mental illness under developmental disabilities, coping skills and social skills, prior criminal convictions, housing issues, ongoing legal issues, in substance abuse. if that helps me to find a steady support of environment for complete medical and other benefits and job training, specifically in landscaping responsibilities. thank you very much. supervisor chu: thank you very much. i'm going to call a few more names. [reading names] bu>> nine years ago, i was at rk bottom, homeless, jobless. they gave me the skills to keep treasure island clean and green, and i'm also lucky enough to live there. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. i m executive director of catholic cheerios -- cathol

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the island to subsidize transit service to and from the island. those units will be provided by transit passes with a capital investment of over $145 million with an operating subsidy of $125 million total. two-thirds of the island will be public space. we will come into different types of open space from neighborhood park to access to the water board, sailing, sailing improvement, urban farms, ann coulter the successful sports fields on the island now. at a cost of $124 million through the project, affordable housing we have talked a lot about in response to the governor's proposal for development. it led to work less revenue in the project, reducing affordable housing with the ability to get back to 30%. we appreciate the work of the supervisor to try to get changes to legislation, given the commitment to legislative changes, allowing us to get back to 30%. the total cost of the affordable housing program is $430,000, making up a significant amount of the 1.2 $5 billion housing costs -- project cost. there is a program for residents that will al

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those systems may be located on tops of buildings on treasure island. anybody familiar with the circumstances of september 11, 2001, would understand the risks to public safety that are posed by putting such systems on top of a high-rise private building in the middle of san francisco bay. there is also a problem in terms of failure to disclose or adequately address the projects impacts. specifically, historic resources in this case in our letter. building 111 is on the national register of historic places. yet, the eir proposes to demolish the building. also, the uses of buildings one and three are at issue. one we raise these issues that the uses of buildings one and three have not been identified adequately, amazingly, they say do not worry about that. when we find out what the uses are, we will review it. you cannot do that because you are being asked to approve this. this is a project level eir. this does not give us the information we need. the clipper cove project, the water side projects are going to move forward, but the other portion is now in

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treasure island will have an impact on the city. i want to think ross mirkarimi and david chiu for introducing some changes to the development agreements, which will help to mitigate some of these impacts. of course, the mayor's office, for being a really good partner on this project, working with our office. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, jane. it does take a lot of teamwork. i think we are resurging that team work in city hall. i know the work of david chiu has been instrumental in doing that. i want to get david appeared to say a few words and also to signal, and we do not get -- often get an 11-0 vote. i can remember one other -- [laughter] david, you have been working so hard. come up and say a few words. [applause] >> it takes a village to build a village. i want to thank the village behind and in front of us. over the past year, we have put 10,000 units of new housing in the southeast part of the city with the shipyard project. [applause] we are putting 8900 new units of housing on the west side of the city with the appr

they do not live on the islands. they have not spoken to anyone of us that to live on the islands. they listen to our input. thank you. i've been on the board from the beginning. it is a good time to be here. i am a longtime resident. i've been a member for the last 30 years. it is a sustainable development projects. it is affordable housing. we have been grappling with all of these things in terms of traffic and tsunami is. this project is good for the city. thank you. good evening. we had introduced saline and other water base activities. we are reaching a demographic that would not normally have access to the day. it is a very unique place on san francisco bay. it is protected. it makes the centerwe have donef getting people back on a walker. of to 7000 is our best estimate. we have expected about 1000 k. if, about 40% who will return who -- 1000 kyd, about 40% who will return to camp. opportunities are increasing in number. we do not have the infrastructure needed to accommodate san francisco. we can do more, but we need now is to move forward. >> i am from the american institu

i am a resident of treasure island. i also work on treasure island. everything that has been done has been to the betterment of the program. i am urging q to pass it -- urging you to pass it. those of us who live there really want to see this happen. there is so many benefits that have been given to us. i am asking you for myself to pass is a move the project forward. >> we are a proud member of tihda. we support 200 families. we urge you to find that it is an adequate documents. we urge you to certify a that it is legal and to certify it and urge them to improve the document. with schools and parks and jobs and services. we have waited long enough. he will move forward. thank you very much. >> that afternoon. i currently bid on the island. i came there in 2009. and join them. my daughter also goes to the day care. i urge you to appeal it. thank you very much. i deny you the appeal to certify it. it is time to get started. >> i am very involved in the islands. there're collect over 300 signatures. i am speaking for myself. that would like to encourage

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i was a member of the who said attacks as the japanese who are here defending this island . and we were not very friendly toward each other. we were angry toward each other and a lot of people got killed including over four thousand of your of your your people are you live here and i want to honor your country man who was died in the battle of carolina. they own the fed and i see things happening. and i feel like. i'm not really here and on. the first item of business was from the on in ted to meet with the assistant to the president of cared about in the hopes that they could access the president of the police releasing the first of the three at the short list of people and title businesses but if you a little to little this is look at least two percent to the ministers despite the fact that because of what happened sixty five years ago i had no desire whatsoever to return but after giving a great deal of thought to the matter i felt i could do something that would be of benefit both to the citizens of your country as well as to honor the memory of all those guys. died and

i do not oppose development on treasure island. i think an of scrutiny has not been given to the impact of the size of this development as proposed. there was a smaller developments that was proposed earlier on, and i think you should go back and look at that. the transit has been was spoken about already. what disturbs me most of all is that this environmental impact report, as the attorneys pointed out to you, would be the final one, and so much has not been documented yet about the impacts of this development, so there is something wrong here. there will be no chance for further environmental review, and all of the aspects are not in and have not been dealt with, so i urge you to support the appeal of the eir. it has to be redone. there has to be either coverage, thorough coverage, or -- president chiu: thank you. before the next speaker, let me call up some more speakers. i think a lot of people checked the box in favor and vice versa, so, again, if i can ask if anyone supports the appellant, please line up at this time. >> ♪ h

the japanese applied to the fence strategy that covered every inch of the island. hundreds of marines were killed by the accurate mortar and heavy gunfire at the research many had to disembark offshore and slog through withering machine gun fire dangers small and deep bomb craters and hope to make a short. among the first waves of many hero saved the day one was a young lieutenant alexander bonnie bell it is meant to push him and be on the pier to the sea world. after sixty five years leon cooper finally returned to play a faithful stretch of sand that had shaped his destiny. ironically his first encounter with the airport would be descendants of his former us. i'm from the united states. well of course all bets are off. i was here sixty five years ago. i was a member of they both got attacked the japanese for here defending this island. and we were not very friendly toward each other. we were angry toward each other and a lot of people got killed including over four thousand of your of your your people are you here and i want to honor your country men what died in

the eir by its own title is the treasure island and yerba buena island redevelopment plan project. after the draft was circulated and even after responses to comments were submitted, on april 12 of 2011, the planning commission came forward with a memorandum notifying the planning commission that the project was no longer a redevelopment plan. instead, it was a special use district area plan not to be financed through the redevelopment law, but through the air infrastructure financing districts. none of these approvals were noticed in the eir that was circulated to the public. the changes to the project have resulted in a recommendation by staff to eliminate 400 units of affordable housing for the project in order to make up for the projected shortfall in funding that would occur due to the city abandonment of the proposed redevelopment project. ceqa guidelines 15124 requires them to have a list of all of the permits and approvals that are being proposed. this eir does not have that. a ceqa guideline states that if the agency is proposing to use a eir for a prior project proposal b

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we stand here talking about an island of possibilities. we present a city with an experience on heard of by anyone here, a new level of self- sufficiency. in its own way, a treasure island pushes the boundaries of great design, just as the global expedition they did in the eighth day. we urge you to be an important part of this project by becoming a model of sustainability. >> thank you is very much. next speaker. >> i am the secretary of the citizens of pfizer reborn -- citizens advisory board. i am here tonight as a member of the public who has had a firsthand opportunity to see exemplary action from the public about the level of detail and a lot more. and now i am not going to get into that right now. i have documents. i am here tonight to talk to you about arts. i will urge you to deny the appeal, but more importantly, let's talk about art. right now there is a 40-foot sculpture. there are hundreds if not thousands of people. this is just one taste of what is possible with redevelopment of the island. im brown said they are not allowin