i've been a patron of the mcgiven restaurants for years.they're incredibly focused and make it easy for families to come in. this is a big step. i think there will be great neighbors in the marina. they've been great neighbors on fillmore street. hopefully this will work out. thanks so much. >> thank you very much. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is ariel kelly, president of the community association, we are the resident association in the marina district. we have over 500 members and an active dues paying membership of over 200 members. i am committeing this via e-mail. originally when the rec and park department issued the rfp, they asked a member of the neighborhood -- our organization to sit on the board, to select from amongst all the responses to the proposals. after woodhouse was unanimously i believe selected among that panel and moved forward we sent out notice to our membership alerting them this was something that was going on. this was over a year ago. there's been articles about it in the local marina times, there was an

i'm sure the mcgiven family is a wonderful family. i'm sure their restaurants are well managed.is not an issue that they have a restaurant or that they're terrific people. i'm sure they are. the station, i agree with supervisor ferrell, it is a bit of an eyesore. i also have enjoyed marina green and -- gated building, all these years. i propose a different use for the project, and ask ain sey for a -- sincerely for a continuous so there's more time to rally the rest of san francisco, not residents in the area, to have a discussion on what the appropriate use for this building is. and just as a -- >> supervisor farrell: finish your statement. >> i'm extremely concerned, extremely concerned about who wilwhoalcohol licensing. children use soccer constantly. as soon as one child is injured by someone who is alcohol related accident, or regardless, bicycle rider, runner, anything, i think the city is looking at a huge liability and i find that to even consider it in a recreational area is absurd. it's absurd. so thank you. >> supervisor farrell: thank you. next speaker please. >> hi.

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