mr. elberling and a response should be welcomed and entered into the file. so i will make that motion that we continue item 27 and take it up in the new year. thank you. >> councillor breed: it's been seconded by supervisor tang. supervisor kim? >> councillor kim: are we speaking on the motion to continue? >> councillor breed: you can speak on either one. that's fine. >> councillor kim: i think it's important that we move forward with the appointments today, given the break that we're about to begin in the holidays. there is is a technical advisory committee that's met and advised this board of supervisors on our inclusionary housing bill. john elberling served with the same address that he included on his application today. he actually lives in my neighborhood, so i see him very frequently. so i can vouch for the fact that i see him in the south of market. but i also want to state on behalf of shannon way, there are very few individuals that understand below market rate home ownership and even for market rate home ownership in san francisco as well as shann

mr. elberling as long-term steward of the area tells us about the park and open space. the one question i have is, do we have a hotel operator? >> we don't have an operator. we've spoken with a few and are in that process. >> commissioner moore: this is obviously -- since this is a very sophisticated project and i'm looking towards director rayham, it's one of the things where the community and every facet of the community supports the department and spent a tremendous amount of time and architecture has done a great job and the project could potentially, if no operator shows, because it's a small hotel with an unusual group housing operation, we can lose it. what guarantees do we have to have this project delivered to us? >> the project you are approving is a hotel with -- i forget the number of group housing rooms. >> commissioner moore: nine. >> so it could not turn to residential without your approval. >> commissioner moore: no. it takes some skill to do something like this. it's not a run-of-the-mill, okay, we're going to do a hotel. this is special. and what guara