we are park merced. there is a blue bottle coffee shop, a hamburger shop, a papa john's, and a mail box service coming, a laundry mat and so on. totally occupied. second of all, i would like to thank the san francisco planning department for understanding the road for the survival of 32 marns in different businesses in the park merced shopping center. we thank the city planners for doing a job well done and showing that small business can survive with the big business. i was also told the park merced management team fought for us, too, wanting us to exist with the future shopping center. i would like to thank park merced management for that, too. again, it is important that we get that road. it is important we get it before they build their shopping center or at the same time. that's extremely important. it is also important -- we are below grade level and you can't see us, if you have been out there. third, when you do 19 avenue, avenue, they had something about big high trees. well, we have a little vi

my son was born in park merced. we will not been able -- we will not be able to replace a place where children can play it safe of traffic. >> i am a jr. of high school, and i have lived with my family in an apartment in part of merced for 14 years. my brother was born and raised in our first house in park merced, and we were both raised in a wonderful environment. we spent most of our time growing in a spacious backyard. i grew up with some children who have become my best friends, and i do my homework with the birds, and i think it is outrageous to deny other children that of bringing by moving them into a crowded new -- that upbringing by moving them into a crowded apartments. i wonder what will happen to done playground? i would like you to reconsider the uprooting of my home. thank you. >> i want to point out the irony of local climate change analysis. that analysis is fundamentally flawed. it explains the greenhouse gas emission was adjusted for the guidelines, and they have no explanation for why or how they

it requires park merced to extent tent rent control. some folks continue to make dark and dire threats. the city is the other party to the development agreement and represents both their and our interest in this. to say that the city of san francisco willfully negotiated a development agreement that allows evicks, displacement, and lots of rent control protection for its own sins is fear mongering. the two projects were both noshed by the city of san francisco to require the same rent control for existing residents. are the residents of trinity plaza also at risk for loss of rent control or eviction? it is funny, we've never heard those allegations made. what is most important is that the development agreement itself, a legally-binding contract between the city of san francisco refutes these ack sayings. this agreement is a public document and is posted on the city's web site for anyone to read. in the repeated presentations you heard from michael yarny in this room again and again and again, you heard the park merced development agreem

the item is for the final eir for the proposed park merced project.lished on may 12, 2010. the public comments closed on july 12, 2010. the response was distributed. you have before you as a supplemental information packet that contains provisions, including of days to transportation committee if -- including updates to azuela's air quality -- as well as air quality measures that take into account changes. these do not present new information that would alter the situation. i have provided you with copies of letters. you have received a letter for the historic national trust, which raises a few concerns, some of which have been raised today the other would like to address. the letter sent to us but it reduces the impact of the proposed project us -- as required. it does not provide information to justify the reaction. a dozen analyze a wide range of alternatives -- it does analyze a wide range of alternatives. those were determined to have of feasibility a, and it is capable of being implemented by a technical seven point. they must consider alternati

bad faith has been shown eveeggriegeously -- egregiously on the part of park merced. including trying to purge the tenants association. >> i want to clarify this rule for people that are not aware of it before. so ms. marshall if you can step up to the mic. >> what i heard you just say was that opponents can request from the president a block of time. that was not an opponent. that last person was a supporter probably paid by the developer. it seems outrageous that they were able to get -- it has always been our practice that either side can -- >> that was never my understand as a opponents. we have always people given people for or against a project. >> the sponsor has all this time. so you had a rule that the opponents would also have time. so it is ironic that another supporter got more time. >> he did. he got 10 minutes was his block of time. >> cemac is willing to cede 10 minutes to mrs. guerra. >> but then no one else from the group can speak. wait a minute. wait a minute. we're getting out of hand. we have stated, the president has stated that she is not accept

or any of these other issues, the replacement at park merced pay off and begin to reap rewards over e-- over emissions over time. finally, issues have been raised about the urban design and the notion there is no physical design control, that there is no specific physical plans, that we're going to end up with a sterile, monolithic, even perhaps mission-bay like landscape. so what i'm bringing to your attention is what's been in your packets four months running, which is a specific example frts park -- from the park merced design which go into he can ordinary detail, block-by-block. 23 blocks in total. what you're seeing here is block two. i know it might look exchaotic on the screen there, and i know the color is not coming through, but what this diagram shows is an extraordinarily diversity of building heights, setbacks, and both new streets and paseos and open spaces. every block fits into a general proscribed urban plan. there is flexibility in that plan, in is variability in that plan, but they are binding guidelines on the left. it is in your opinion a good balance between presc

the project sponsor fails to address that part of merced -- park merced is in a park setting interior -- park certain. they have already provided significant space. the fact of the aflutter playing fields have been sold requires mentioning now you're a good -- requires mentioning puree good -- mansion in -- mentioning. the objective is to provide housing and to help alleviate urban sprawl and affect the green belt. vacant sides are not vacated. they need to identify it to be required to be resolved on removal of dwelling units. policy states no housing on appropriate sights on established neighborhoods. buildings cannot be brought to acceptable levels. the dir fails to act. further, to protect the housing, the planning code requires additional use or discretionary review. the dir fails both. the dir claims wanting to

. -- park merced through the whole process of the development. but there are other areas that are difficult. there are concerns which will not be resolved sense this bill is an open-ended question. there is the question about the benefits that will be provided which will be actually looked upon as benefits by any kind of court. i'm not saying the developer will take us to court. on the other hand, we still have a question and i understand the level of benefits we are giving. where i am having difficulty is whether these are considered to be benefits or looked at as part of the development process and did these things are normally granted or whatever. how much coercion, that is another term that was tossed around in some of the discussion. how much course and there is to get the developers to say yes. those are questions that i cannot answer and probably no one can answer i do have some problems in that regard. this is kind of bigger than me. those are some of my concerns. maybe i will have some comments that i can make. >> one question was i feel

with the changes being presented by the mta, particularly in the park merced, the m line, this could turn out to be a much larger transit hub then and is currently. it would make sense to provide this service who are more on the southern part of san francisco, who i represent. i appreciate the work that the mta has done so far on this, transportation authority, jose moscovich is here to speak about it. i know there is a long way to go, but we had a commitment from mta last year that this would be something they would do. jose moscovich? >> we have a presentation from mta today. john haley is in charge of operations. perhaps he could speak about the issue of switchbacks. i would invite mr. haley to the podium. commissioner avalos: a key part of looking at the 14th line is how often these switchbacks happen. certainly, there is an issue that we have heard already, in city operations, our light rail vehicles, switchbacks happen the further you get away from the core downtown. this does happen on the 14 line. i understand the reality of managing these lines in the most congested part of

what we saw what the park merced discussion is that is far too ambiguous. we have to get with the 21st century, make sure the housing element gives clear direction so the next time an item like that comes before you there is no ambiguity. it there are not several hearings of a debate between attorneys that still cannot make up their minds whether rent control can be protective, what does that mean for affordable housing. i would strongly recommend that we change that section of the element so it makes clear that demolition of the housing that is not in need of demolition because it is not say if it should not be taking place -- because it is not safe should not be taking place because they cannot prove beyond a shadow of doubt that their vote will be a high gain of affordable and rent-controlled housing and a guaranteed continuance of rent control when it is destroyed, and that cannot happen until state law changes. and at the same time a high gain of the environmental sustainability standards in san francisco in relation to greenhouse gases. that section o

i had a tour with the partners said residents -- parkmerd-- parkm-- park merced residents. there was a total overflow. this was double what this should have been able to handle. they were open, just to listen to this. this was very well protected. i was meeting with the project manager, on this design for rebuilding the safeway. this is the third architect with this design and they actually are starting to get some volume with the general public out there. and yesterday, this was last night actually, there was a meeting regarding the eastern neighborhood transportation. this was 30 or 40 people in attendance, with the department's staff. this was the consultant, on that one. some of these things were accomplished but not all of them. >> commissioner fong? >> this is related to the future agenda items. and there is the publication of your idea, we will be suggesting for the speakers or presenters that may be related in san francisco that may be affecting the work. we have a few minutes, with the timeline of the america's cup and with the necessity is going to be like from th

park. this is lark merced blvd. it's all made of clay. it's going to slump. these are the roads built in the oakland hills. nate, red woods. skyline. and enabled them to go up and develop the hills. the rural roads that go through the coast range. this enabled them to get their stuff to market. this is at road built by the ccc. this is a bridge. this is highway one and you won't know, except you look at the bridge and you will see dates, 1938, 1939. the airstrips are ccc. and the one out at treasure island. long beach, burbank. this is oakland and the whole built line railroad was redone. 19 is a pwa project and our great amphitheatres are from that time. this is santa barbara bowl. this is the forest theater in carmel and these are ccc workers putting huge bolder. here's 6 thousand people getting ready to enjoy oklahoma in that theater. big basin is a ccc project and this one, on the east river, new york. a project built where people from the lower east side could see performances and still do. our parks and recreation. almost all from them. that's the conse