>> jim lazarus san francisco chamber of commerce and for peter wiggle at the scene. spur and the chamber support this approval of the memoranda of agreement we've supported the transfer from the navy to the city it's hard to believe that frank jordan was mayor which that was first in conversation with the navy and 20 years later we're on the verge of a financial memoranda of agreement it's good for the city the cost is born by the developer and the city cleans up the island and schedule the utensil systems they've been updated and the first initial transfer property scheduled at the end of this year. we urge the board of supervisors to finalize this mo a >> thank you very much, sir. >> michael san francisco building trades council i want to thank supervisor kim and thank you, mr. beck who i had the great pleasure of working on this project. his summer although recommendation complexity and time we're happy to be at this point and we looked to reenforcing the island to upgrading it's infrastructure and providing homes for san franciscans >> thank you very much. >> nex

. >> jim lazarus san francisco chamber of commerce and for peter wiggle at the scene. spur and the chamber support this approval of the memoranda of agreement we've supported the transfer from the navy to the city it's hard to believe that frank jordan was mayor which that was first in conversation with the navy and 20 years later we're on the verge of a financial memoranda of agreement it's good for the city the cost is born by the developer and the city cleans up the island and schedule the utensil systems they've been updated and the first initial transfer property scheduled at the end of this year. we urge the board of supervisors to finalize this mo

san francisco. we fully believe this draft eir adds the issues that are related and thank you for your support. >> thank you is there any further public comment. >> good afternoon jim lazarus chamber of commerce we strongly support of the project and building the draft eir inadequate and inaccurate addresses the environmental impacts from the project. san francisco's economy is robust because we've toward a knowledge based and visitor industry it's key to the growth of jobs san francisco's went from 10 percent to over 4 percent unemployment the enar very of the country part because of the fine work of the city and it's private partners in developing san francisco as a visitor designation. the impacts from the designation are minimal and the gangs really don't grow the convention business matures maintaining our business by allowing moscone to better serve customers we've attracted to san francisco. the total number of people coming to a convention is not what's at stake but making the building competitive to accommodate visitors for a modern convention center. we strongly support of the project and urge you to take the steps to approve the environmental review and the deve

san francisco board of appeals. the presiding officer this evening is the board's president, ann lazarus, and she is joined tonight by commissioner frank fung, commissioner darrell honda and commissioner chris wong. the vice president, arcelia hurtado will be absent this evening. to my left is deputy city attorney robert brian. he will provide the board with any legal advice tonight and at the controls is the board's legal assistant victor pacheco. i'm cynthia goldstein, the board's executive director. i am joined tonight as well by represents of the department that have cases before the board. in the front row is corey teague, existing zoning administrator also representing the planning department and planning commission. jeff was here

san francisco? >> yes. >> okay. i don't have anything further. >> thank you. mr. sanchez? >> thank you, good evening, president lapis lazarus, members of the board. it's been raised this is a planning issue. it is not a planning issue. section code split explicitly exempt it and a zone manner of height restrictions well. in terms of reviewing this as a planning issue, i believe this is not a planning issue. there is no notification required under the planning code. in regard to the angle of the panels. the planning department and the city as a whole did not regulate that. the angle of the panel would be directly relative to the efficiency of the panels and that would vary over the course of the year. in the summer it would be positioned flatter when the sun is high in the sky and the winter it's higher up, more vertical. when the sun is lower in the sky, i think a general recommendation in san francisco in general is that you can use your angle would be equal to the latitude. san francisco is a little bit shy of 58 degrees and it would be 38 degrees for a fixed panels and there is different schools of thought on that and th