it would adopt the central dogpatch into our general plan. at this time, we're not recommending any planning code amendments. and this presentation will focus on the content, findings, and recommendations of the plan itself and not necessarily the details of the g.p.a., but we do have additional materials with the plan amendment itself. what is a public realm plan? the planning department and the city defines it as the streets, parks, open spaces, tissues that ties the neighborhood together and makes it one, cohesive place. what does a public realm plan do? it has two objectives. one, to reflect local priorities and a sense of the local community's objectives and needs in the neighborhood as well as a practical implementation tool that the city departments can use when deciding where to make investments, how and when in the public commons, as well as to help guide the investment of private funding when that's available towards public realm plan implementation. with that, i will turn it over to sun hahn, who will talk about the development pipe

not all of them have a public realm plan in the way that we've devised for the dogpatch. >> i guess i'm just wondering what happens along the rest of the waterfront? what happens from india basin to china basin? >> yeah. well, we are looking at the blue greenway as our key force document. this really connects into this, connecting all of these waterfront areas with public access and trails. so what we have here in this central waterfront plan definitely ties into that. >> so there's no other plan for the central -- the rest of the waterfront. is that what i'm hearing? >> there are plans for other segments of the waterfront. do you want to -- >> uh-huh. >> i manage the city's design group. i'm the principal urban designer for the waterfront. thank you very much for having us here today. so i think you're asking for the extension south of here towards -- >> from china basin near at&t park to india basin. >> oh, so mission bay. >> yeah, just wondering what's happening within the total waterfront and why we're just focused on this specific area, if there's any other funding measures being a

i've also attended numerous community meetings with potrero boosters, the dogpatch. i've been to encnc. we've briefed supervisors. we've met with mbna. and working with our office of -- the mayor's office of economic work force development to make sure that we're reaching all the folks that we can within the corridors. we've sent out fliers. we've had posters up along the corridor. we've had postcards in an on-line blog. we also have a project website by simply searching "16th street improvement project." it will bring you straight to the project page. from a schedule standpoint, again, kind of summarizes the steps we've taken. we started our outreach in 2014. we went for almost 1 1/2 years of outreach, gaining input from the public, plus the overall goal of the project. and then from there, we went through the legislative process, followed by the design phase, which kept us to issuing the documents. when we initially advertised this project, it was above what we could afford. so the city with its sister agencies decided to split the project into two separate phases.

not just in the mission, but also in soma, showplace square, the dogpatch, and other neighborhoods. in fact, a number of affordable housing projects have recently relied on, are expected to rely on the eastern neighborhood's eir for their clearance including 143 units, hundred 57 units, 48 units, and 130. this is a very viable area plan eir. so, in summary, requiring further environmental review for this project is unsupported by the substantial evidence in front of you. we would also send a potential anti- housing message discouraging the construction of new homes of all income levels in the mission, and other parts of the city that conduct review for individual projects by tearing off of an area plan such as eastern neighborhoods. it would further exacerbate the city post as housing crisis. we request you deny this appeal. to wife your time. >> thank you. at this time we will open up for public comment. for those that are in support of the project. please line up on the right. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i live on the 400 block of bartlett street. proximally 250 feet from the p