>> ♪ moma, how i love yo, my dear old moma ♪ ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.orgw ould give the world to see you again ♪ ♪ moma, how i love you ♪ ♪ the districts north, east, west, and south will see you some more is decline ♪ when you relocate ♪ ♪ you are the moma i always dreamed of musicaf ♪ ♪ you moved and that's the last i've seen aof my art heart ♪ ♪ it is the way you look like he smite are located there. ♪ you are the art work right brand of musical and -- artwork i have dreamed of ♪ supervisor mar: thank you. is there anyone else from the public who would like to speak? please come for. >> thank you. on behalf of the w and sf moma. her concerns are about private use. the design does include alternative pedestrian access and a substitute for the excess weight. the public pedestrian ways preserved and it is undisputed the vacation of hunt street is in the public interest because it is impossible to build without it. the w's need for access will be accommodated. this does not occur until 2013. after the new fire station is built. we have plenty of time betwee

moma and d.p.w. have been working to assure that the fire station best meets our needs and is designed to meet the department's exact specifications. once this fire station is completed, s.f. moma will turn over the keys to us and it will become acquired property and over the past few years we have had many opportunities to meet the neighbors at shipley street meetings and the soma leadership council at the south of market project area committee and the south of market community action macintoshing and even had a chance to spend time with the groupses on one of the fire boat rides for the change of venue. through the meetings we learned that the neighbors have real concerns about the impact the operations may have on their daily lives. we are committed to doing all we can to minimize the impact and providing the best level of public safety to the community. for example, the project includes a commitment to controls for the right of way at fifth and sixth streets to reduce the need for sirens and horn

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moma laying out the series of transactions. and the overall schedule for the museum project and fire station is completion of the fire station and expected in early 2013. and the completion of the new museum wing is expected in mid 2015. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am the director of s.f. moma. it is a pleasure to speak to you. and thank you for the kind consideration of the e.i.r. which will enable to expand so bril lantly. i am accustomed to speaking about the museum and the cultural value and obviously we have one of the great museums in the country in s.f. moma in the city and this will enable to become one of the great modern museums and really today i want to emphasize the fundamental civic role and how important this expansion is for us. and in termses of san francisco and in city with 650,000 visitors and is 100,000 of the visitors come free of charge, free of admission and this is a special thing we offer free days, family free days, school groups visit us, and we are very proud of the fact that virtually 1/6 of th

sf moma will demolish both structures and construct a new wing.rn, the museum will build at no cost to the city, a new fire station and a superior location at 935 fulsom. this proposal is win-win for t he city. it allows them to provide for the fire department, a brand new fire station that is superior in its physical layout and location. in terms of the economic benefits of the project, these are only items that can be easily quantified, museum expansion alone will generate 1100 construction jobs. the annual ongoing contribution in terms of property and sales taxes is expected to see $1 million. and the fire station itself, it exceeds the value of what the city gives to the

the area between the w and moma is pedestrian access. apac -- connects to natoma. that pedestrian access way is part of what moma is relying on when they see their opening -- they are opening up that area. that is one of the areas the would be available to the public for access to the museum. supervisor mar: can i follow up with what is being opened up. it seems like a hotel's loading and valet loading requirements seem to be accommodated. where they're not being accommodated? >> the reason they're not accommodated is there is no requirement. there is no commitment, nothing we can enforce. the idea, the notion of it is fine. legally, it is not enforceable on our part. we need to be able to have that going forward and not just voluntarily. supervisor wiener: a couple of things. in terms of the changes that will impact the w when we do development or improve anything, there are impacts on surrounding property owners. and the goal is to mitigate those impacts. but if we did not allow impacts, we would never be able to change or improve anything. in terms of the eir th

and i would like to call on moma to meet the requirements for or to help with the requirements of 2% for public art that is typically paid for with municipal projects and a fire station would normally fall into that category and since the moma is paying for it and turning over turnkey, that might have been the process which it's been exempted to call on the moma to look at the important funding mechanism to offset some of the effects the station will be of the area and bring forward more public art that we are really hoping to see happen at the site. that is my main bit of feedback. i have no opposition to the project but would like to see the 2% public art reinstated with this project. miguel were thank you. is there additional public comment? >> brad paul. i would like to speak in favor for three reasons. my son, the residents of the tenderlo tenderloin, and my son is 8 years old and only in the last two years he visited the museum and he loves it and asked when we can go back. it is great it will be done by 2015 and he will be 12 years old and able to enjoy the addition as well. i

sf moma is meeting the terms and conditions. in regard to other owners and proximity to the area. i recommended proceedings is it is unnecessary for non- motorized transportation. no public or private facilities are in place in the public interest and necessity are furthered by this. secondly, just for context, to clarify things, you may have noticed in this morning's examiner a shot of " was purported to be area b to be vacated. this was not the area of hunt street. this lies beyond what this photo is showing in from third. here is an aerial shots, that view, was along this section. an area of the vacation is right here. we will see how it is disconnected from the rest of the grid. here is chief fields. >> think you for being here. >> thank you. i would like to tell you why san francisco fire department is looking forward to moving into the new fire station at 935 folsom st.. fire station 1 located at 676 howard st. is inadequate to meet the safety needs of the south of market and the tenderloin area that it serves. first, the station is poorly located, located at third and howar

announcements of the moma expansion, the ucsf cardiovascular center at mission bay completed this year, and a hospital under way. the master developer announced great strides with treasure island, hunters point, part in merced, and work continues on doyle drive. there's so much to talk about. we cannot possibly capture it all. there's so much to look forward to. the projects all have a synergistic effect on our economy and jobs and all of the industries here. we have had such a profusion of technology companies, which have driven a robust office market. and biotech and clean tech incubators as well as large companies. we have discussions underway for the largest private construction project in the city, and those are progressing. some of the players are in the room today. and many, many things. we cannot even talk about it all. but it is so exciting to imagine our future. it will be so different, even in three years and five. so let's talk about the progress, and let's talk about some of the problems as well and how we can collectively address those. and the impact on the economy and h