we have the construction michael yarne has addressed a lot of great concerns and so has mr. chiu. i would caution you to not show developers and allow this to happen any reasonable time period before interest rates go up, seriously. i would hate to see dilapidated, mold-infested, thin-walled units just stay there. i think we all read the article about the poor lady with the mold into a statifestation. is a colleague of mine. i would not be here if i did not think he was a quality guy. it's a great part of town over there. thank you very much. supervisor mar: thank you. bart broom. mr. lazarus? >> i want to thank supervisor chiu and the parkmerced owners. we urge you to adopt the amendments and adopt a package of legislation necessary to have this project go forward. i think i mentioned this before. many of you serve on regional bodies and your predecessors have. we have pledged to take our share of population growth in this city, a regional population growth in san francisco and we have done that. our population has hit a historic high of 805,000 people. much of that growth is on

thank you very much, mr. yarne. >> thank you, colleagues. i want to thank all the members of the public who have been spending time and thinking about the future about park merced. i had a chance to visit park merced. i want to thank the supporters and opponents of this project for educating me on this project. i think and i think many of us agree that park merced has the potential to be the kind of project that exemplifies 21st century san francisco. it's about smart growth, transit oriented development, building a huge number of new housing, creating a new school, shopping, restaurants, and open space. that said, as someone who is a tenant, i've been extremely concerned about the issues raised by tenants, especially around rent control. i spent a lot of time with a number of you understanding these issues. i want to see them addressed in this annulment agreement. to that effect, today, colleagues, i'm offering 14 pages of amendments to park merced development agreement to address that. i would like to take a few moments to summarize what t

mr. yarne's summary of the different amendments. thank you for that. my understanding is there's a puc recommendation, as well, which i think is on our desks, too. my aide has distributed copies. if anybody wants them, please raise your hand. there are two documents you should be able to receive. one is a summary document that summarizes all the amendments i am proposing. the others are the 14 pages of the actual language of the amendments. folks can see that and review it. supervisor mar: thank you. our city attorney is cheryl adams. i've been advised we will get through public comment quickly and then we will come back to discussion of those amendments. let's open it up for public comment. >> if i could just make two final comments. first of all, thank you for the work. i know that not everyone in this room is going to agree that this agreement is where it needs to be. frankly, i do not think there's anyone on either side that wish is that all the provisions that are in here were in here. i know that the developer would probably have not referred to

tried to get a copy of one of the exhibits and i did succeed in finally getting it finally from mr. yarne. i do not think it says what they think it says. i was in the position of talking to your aid, supervisor chiu, on a cell phone during the meeting, trying to figure out what it said. i do not want to be disingenuous with you. we are not going to change our opposition to this project, i do not believe, based on anything out there. if this project is going to have any integrity, you need to continue this for a week or two weeks to give us a chance to look at the language and see what it says. supervisor mar: thank you. >> thank you very much. supervisor mar: mr. flores. >> good morning. carter's local 22. supervisors, madame clerk, i will say it again. tenants rights. i want to thank mr. chiu. it's in the right direction. i urge you to move forward. let's plant the seed. you are all leaders. let's leave the way for the city and county of san francisco. we know how to do things right. let's do it. let's move things forward. thank you very much, supervisors. supervisor mar: thank you. mar