. >> my name is michael nolte. the trees on 16th street, wanted to point out that there are currently a petition online, 4311 signatures to save the ficus, in san francisco. this is a growing petition, and obviously the issue seems to be growing because certain neighborhoods will be finding soon enough that ficus in their neighborhood and will also be targeted for removal. as we have heard in the past, people can recall, the ficus have been mentioned several times at meetings here that the ficus are contender -- considered, a lower threshold for removal saying they are for make reasons, when we remove them for reasons lower than other trees. that would mean that they are being prioritize for removal, and that seems to us to be disingenuous to the community, when the community has to find out those things. most of the community doesn't go to these meetings, it's late at night. it's already after 10:00 p.m., for those watching at home, if they are. you know, it just makes it impossible for the community to understand

. >> my name is michael nolte. right here, within the circle, is the seven trees that are going to be eliminated on columbus. all of the other map she saw, did not show the part, to show the graphics of the neighborho neighborhood. you know, the reality is trees provide shade, and if you move the shade, remove the trees further into the side toward the street level, not the sidewalk, you're not protecting the people that are walking up and down the sidewalk. i mean, i think, a lot of times when you have people coming into the community, and is siding with the community needs. they are not asking the community, they're just going to do it. here's another example. >> you have earned the right to be the very first case. i think you are right. >> due member -- members of the public have cars in the garage? the garage closes at 12. if you add up all of the time, we are not going to be able to finish this. >> september 25 -- well, let me see. september 18th? >> i cannot do it september 18. i'm out of town on a film shoot

my name is michael nolte. i think it's great that something was done, that there was a working group created. but on the other hand -- let's make this clear. it was not the community involved, it was just the litigants. so it was a working group of the litigants or the people having dispute, but it was not the community. there are not community members per se, it was service providers there, also going after the pots of money that they could possibly receive from the library or other city entities to plant possibly more trees. why didn't you listen to what was originally said in january when it was discussed. it was me sending an e-mail, which the executive director gets us confused. i sent an e-mail to the commission staff saying that the link on the website was not right and you sent us the correct link so that some people, i saw the e-mail, could at least see the documents that were part of this possible idea. none of this discussed today at this hearing was there. so how can people really be prepared to di

. >> my name is michael nolte, i guess you can call me the tree guy, too. i did a site visit before this hearing today on van ness, i mean, on golden gate. you know, just like my brother had said, we saw the postings initially, and we are kinda confused about which trees are going to be removed. it seems to be a moving target in san francisco. which trees will be removed, how does the public get to decide, when they come to a meeting, how prepared they can be, because they are not sure which trees are going to be removed until the last minute, if that is even brought up at the meeting. and, you know, i really don't like the idea that this is a social t station is only going to be for a certain type of car. and, we've already lost a lot of trees along the van ness corridor which is highway when, which is, you know, right next to it. you know, i don't know what else to say, you know, there went to a places where more trees can be planted. we should find some ways to mitigate this in a baiter -- better way. you should use your broad powers, because this is not

first, i want to point out that my name is michael nolte and i am a citizen planner, it means i don't get paid. first, there were none of the protests in the packet. there was mentioning of 18 letters of protest. i think that is -- it is only wise that the decision-makers understand why the people have protested. also, for those that maybe don't know in the audience and maybe maybe everywhere else, there are currently -- lawmakers are planning to change the d.u.i. limit from 0.0820.05 and that would be on a state-level. state level. that would mean that people who like to -- you like this establishment would probably have to give out less alcohol to its patrons because they would probably be leaving their establishment drunk. these are considerations because for the committee to understand that there's possible changes that will be occurring that will affect new licenses going forward. the other item i wanted to bring out is on the agenda, they mentioned that the chair will entertain this motion and refer to the full board. it makes it sort of sound like it has already been decided, a

my name is michael nolte, i'm native san franciscan. i've done a lot of things in san francisco, one of them being program director of organization of coalition of residents. and you know, one of the issues we have here is that a large number of the people that live in san francisco are renters and renters have rights, too. it's unfortunate that a lot of times, yes, owners can do certain things and they have more money, but the average renter does not necessarily know all the rules and when something happens within their building, they have to figure out, what is going on and how to fix it and how to make things amenable to them. i think, yes, maybe a lot of the city departments say, okay, well, everything is hunky-dory, but the real issue here is a renter is now thinking about, well, this place is going to be turned into a condo. and that changes the makeup of the building. the building will be two condos, or more later on, and that means it's a higher paid parcel. so the owner makes out of the property makes out. so we see this kind o