i live in park merced. i would like to you remember you to -- the commissioners to listen to the residents, that want to change and move forward with the project. so i -- i fully support the project. i have a -- a young daughter, she's required to go to another community to play as this are little family with children left in the community. instead, a bunch of people -- that have been there, things -- since 40's and 50's, well -- this is not just their -- their community, it is ours too. so we have the right to enjoy our home as much as they are over the past 60's. so i urge you to please, please, let this company to make our home a better one. thank you so much. >> thank you. good evening. my name is carol koppel. i lived at park merced going on 21 years. i always enjoyed my home and i say i understand why people have a fear and discourage the vision. however, these apartments are quite old and quite frankly have been very unsafe. i can only imagine what park merced management spends in a year on my apartm

homeowner of san francisco, my mom raised me at park merced. let me express my support for the project tonight. this part of town needs to make a green statement over long periods of time respect sustainable buildings makes project more economically feasible. up front construction costs are off set by less energy consumption and monetary savings. these -- these can in a couple of ways play-pay for themselves. not only is this good for the environment, it is good for the wallet. afterward park merced will be a more attractive property, will have higher occupancy rates and this will result in a more successful project. i urge you to move the project forward, thank you. >> thank you. good evening. my name is gene darcy. i'm a third generation san franciscan, i'm approaching my 19th year of living in park merced. i have read all of the e.i.r., attended just about every informational meeting and hearing. i have weighed the pros and cons of a long-term vision and after speaking with various stake holders, i'm in support of the long-term vision. while

i'm proud to be -- park merced is my home. i'm not going to be evicted from it because real estate wants to make more money. i know some faces are familiar on this committee. remember -- when you were sworn in to your committee, you promised to give an open hearing, fair hearing, and you are not going to get my cooperation to evict me and throw me out on the street. this is the president of the park merced residents' association. that is it. [applause] >> [inaudible] if you want to line up in that order. thank you. go ahead. >> good evening, honorable planning commission. [inaudible] i have lived here about 64 years, and i am against the proposed implementation of parkmerced investment properties, and thank you very much for listening to me. [applause] >> good evening. i'm a resident here in parkmerced. i have been living here for about 20 years and a clue what in this area. i do support this project. i understand how special this neighborhood is and what it means for all of the residence. [inaudible] i see positive change, an

park merced shopping center. i don't know if -- if it is the right time to initiate or not, you know, it is hate at night. but the main thing we got to get it right for everybody involved. we got we just got to get it right. it is a big project. you know. just take everything in to consideration, the developers. the renters. the park merced commercial shopping center. tenant that is are there. just make sure that -- that everybody -- you know is -- you think of everybody's concerns. >> thank you. >> additional public comment on this item? not public comment is closed. john, do you have -- >> just want to clarify -- the -- the commission had previously had this item on their calendar and -- last month in december and i think even before that and continued this action several times. initiation is an action that the commission takes to direct staff to prepare documents that can happen -- no earlier than three weeks after their initiation. so, that is why the february 3rd day is what has come up today as the earliest

park merced was targeted. as a native san franciscan, i have seen this as a quiet, village community. it doesn't have these towers on third and king. the community people, i was shocked when i walked into this auditorium. so many of these residents are opposed to this project. there was nobody except the managment people who presented. the story we were told, a handful of people are against this. nobody else cares. this room -- it is totally different. don't listen to me. listen to the people. >> good evening. thank you for being here at a time where i am able to talk to you. i am anna marie bratton. i have lived here 19 years, 17 at 400 arbollo address. i will have to move and i can say, i do support this project. i love my little garden apartment. but as the previous speaker said, we have to look to the future. as citizens of the earth, we must look to the future. there was an article in mother jones entitled, "tall is beautiful." an urban area iwth good -- with good transportation is sustainable. the apartm

. >> i'm steve heidi and i live very close to the park merced project. it is going to be a tremendous impact on the surrounding neighborhood. i urge you to not vote for it. in its presence -- present proposed form. it is way too massive. it needs to be scaled down. the developers refused to negotiate with the surrounding neighborhood associations. we like to hear from -- from the planning commission -- if a compromise can be reached regarding the number of units, bedrooms and all of that. the current proposal is way too massive and will forever change the landscape of the south west portion of san francisco. according to the development, they will have -- go from 3200 housing units to 8900. they plan to have 16 thousand bedrooms. 30,000 plus residents. this could be well above that number. especially with san francisco state students occupying some of the dwellings. please don't vote -- >> there any further public comment. >> good evening commissioners. this -- this project is definitely not ready for initiation, please do not initiate this evening. i'll

this was new in 1950. >> i think you. >> i would like park merced to change because it is very boring to walk around. i would prefer to have a new place for kids my age or younger. i ain't very happy because this would be more beautiful and make people get together some more. i like the farms and it would make the place nicer for people. it would be very good to change some more because the place is really old and no one would like to go there anymore. more people, but would be more interested in these areas. and they will not be that board anymore. thank you. almighty go>> i support that pr. i grew up in shanghai, china. i have seen the changes. shanghai is a very modern city. everyone likes to go there. i want to see the changes. this is the point. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. i have incredible respect for the work that you do. you know you won'buy heard thatg was contentious and there was some questions and confusion. this presentation was clear about how the rent control would remain in place. maybe they can place frequently asked questions on the web s

park merced has been attentive. i live in a garden apartment. if you asked me to take a new apartment with the same price, why would i say no? no jiggling on my toilet. why would i say no? the reason we are here is because we care about peace and quiet and the community. but we care about is the future of san francisco. this has to do with changing the infrastructure. we're working to put for the public transportation, to make certain that the residents are not affected by the construction. brown was not built in a day. i hope to raise a family in the kind of community that they are having. it is so willing to take a chance on the future. >> i am a resident of park merced. i did not appreciate not being listened -- not having -- not been able to listen to the presentation. how can anyone give an opinion without all the facts. i do not think that this is kind and mature not to allow for a different opinion. i wanted to put this out there. i wanted to say something about the architect. he has put in a lot of energy into this project. but he no lon

if you want to look at park merced, pick a foggy day. commissioner antonini: in fairness to those of us on the west side of town, the fog is very unusual in the winter months. we have our share in july and august. but come out and take a look. >> commissioners, that places us under item seven, director's report and director's announcements. >> just a couple of announcements before the budget. first, there was no board of supervisors meeting this week or community meeting this week. i just wanted to mention that several of you had asked that will look into the governor's proposal to eliminate redevelopment agencies last week. this has been in the media quite a few times this past week, plus staff is working on a memo that we will get to you this week or the week after. we're going to look at both the impact on city projects, as well as the department's budget. i don't think there's a lot of detail with respect to what would happen, if anything, would go in place or we would transition out, but we will research that and get back to you in

the amount of parking that he could bill without commission approval goes up and park merced is comparable to ocean avenue and others. we would allow up to one space. in a with a special commission approval. just to recap, as we discussed last time, parking is laid out more new wants to how the actual physical site lays out in terms of transit on the side. most of the parking is program for the western half of the site, while the density is located on the eastern side, closer to the streetcars and other dedicated transit service. overall, the project ratios are much more nuanced. in terms of retail, similar to the previous slide on housing, the downtown district has very tight parking ratios. that should be one space per 45 _ feet. it is much stricter than the rest of the city. as we move out towards the neighborhood districts, it loosens up a little bit. park merced fits right in between. such she might find it showplace square or central waterfront. hunters point is the most permissive, and probably the least transit intensive place on this map. ii think commissioner a tinny asked about

the other thing is that i wanted to request that the park merced project scheduled february 3 be moved. i will be out of town. after sifting through all the hearings, i would like to weigh in on the outcome. president miguel: [unintelligible] commissioner borden: no, i will not. vice president olague: i believe it is also chinese new year on the third. there may be members of staff -- commissioner fong may want to spend time with his family. that is what i have heard from the chinese community, the trouble with having park merced scheduled on that day. that made my life easy. thank you, commissioner borden. i would like to request an update on the market and octavia plan. i am not sure when that is going to be scheduled. >> it is specifically on the implementation? vice president olague: the status of it. that sort of thing. i would kind of like to hear that. i know i have not had an attempt to speak with commissioner -- not commissioner. i am sort of distracted right now. commissioner miguel about this. we had a sustainable strategy discussion scheduled for january 27. i would not min

also the park merced case. on that motion to continue as proposed, -- [will call -- [roll call] so would, commissioners. we are now under commissioners questions and matters. if you could direct the commission secretary to ed that item to the february calendar -- to add the item to appear on the february calendar. you are now on the item 5, election of officers. commissioner moore: i would like to make a motion to appoint a commissioner olague as president and commissioner miguel as vice president. their service and teaming has set an exemplary performance for the last two years, and given the discussion, which we had four years in a row, the switching of responsibilities, i think, maintains the stability of the experience but gives a slightly different yet complementary dynamic to the commission, so i move to approve commissioner olague as president and commissioner miguel as vice- president. >> second. commissioner antonini: i have not had a chance to consider this until today. of course, it would be up to co

item 18, park merced mixed use project overview and development agreement. informational presentation only. if everyone who speaks could approach the shorter microphone, we are having technical difficulties, and we appreciate that. i>> good afternoon. we have this evening the informational hearing for the park merced mixed use project. this is the fourth in a series. in 2010, we had a hearing to go over the project an agreement in general. we had hearings for the open space. in december, we were at san francisco state for a hearing out there. on the 16th, we were back at city hall, where we had a hearing to discuss transportation and housing and rent control portions of the development agreement. today is the final scheduled informational hearing. there is one primary topic scheduled for this hearing and that is the economic analysis. michael will be giving the presentation on that. we also prepared a few slides to follow-up on specific questions commissioners had brought up that previous hearings, particularly the last one. there was some questions about fa

they call it the park merced vision. i call it insanity. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners. my name is dennis snoring 10. i want to thank you for the privilege of being allowed to speak before you today. i am the longest term tenants in parkmerced. i have lived in parkmerced longer than anyone else. i moved into my current apartment in 1957. before that, my family and i lived one block away for 11 years. that is a total of 64 years of residency in parkmerced. [applause] i have read the plan over as much as one can do with such a huge document, and it appears to me that there are two very grave of missions, both of which have been spoken to by a number of the speakers tonight, and i appreciate that. the first is in response to one of the early speakers who asked what the rights of tenants are with regard to this plan under the red control laws, and the answer is as far as the event control laws as amended by the ellis act, there are not any rights. if you are a tenant in parkmerced and your unit is demolished, under the current rent