i am with the neighborhood association. i come to you tonight to share our feelings about the eir and have to sure that we have had many neighbors asked us what process is being followed. it is very different than anything they have seen before. we had to answer, quite honestly, we do not know. it is not anything we have seen before. the revised eir was just received nine days ago for such a huge project. we honestly have not been able to do the type of throw home work that we normally do on a document of this importance -- throw hallmark we normally do on a document of this importance. it does not adequately address the housing element. this project will do nothing to help the city meet its goals, but further exacerbate the problem of too many luxury units being offered in a city that is that 115% gold and luxury units. -- goal in luxury units. this eir needs to be recirculated. it needs to include the current environmental setting. thank you for your time. >> linda chapman. i would like to have these distributed. i would l

i have lived in the sunnyside neighborhood for 26 years and shortly after moving there became aware of the sunnyside neighborhood association which i soon joined and became active in and found that group had been formed in the mid 1970's to promote the neighborhood and in particular and try to do something to restore and maintain our neighborhood gem, the sunnyside conservatory. our landmark historic neighborhood gem, the sunnyside conservatory was restored just a few years ago with neighborhood volunteers and many, many sunnyside residents have been involved in the restoration and maintenance of that facility and solicitting the funds for it and so far. sunnyside elementary is at the part of the neighborhood. we have the sunnyside park just renovated two years ago. we do indeed have a very clear neighborhood identity. our boundaries have been clearly documented in every newsletter since the mid-1990's. our meetings and newsletters routinely discuss and promote the sunnyside conservatory to sunnyside park recreation center. sunnyside elementary school. i'm making a strong plea for my neighborhood, sunnyside. a neighborhood

i'm the co-chair of the pacific avenue neighborhood association which is also known by many of the neighbors in the neighborhood as pana. i would like to make a couple of additional comments. while the project -- this is in reference to the residential mixed use 40-foot height zoning. while the project sponsor has a right to develop his own property and we in fact, pana and pana's neighbors, we really encourage development. we would love to see new development that enhances the quality and scale of our neighborhood and enhance the quality of life, but the project sponsor should be subject to the planning code regulations and guidelines. the zoning height of mixed use residential district is 40 feet . approving a conditional use to build beyond this regulation based solely on additional housing units is not what was contemplated when the zoning laws were passed. in pana's opinion, the two additional stories approximately six housing units, does not add sufficient value to justify the conditional use, especially when it sacrifices the neighbor's wants and needs and desire to preserve and enhan

the affordable housing efforts we are doing here in this neighborhood. i would like to open my remarks by saying that the hayes valley neighborhood association has been a wonderful organization to work with in the past with the mayor's office of housing and redevelopment agency has partnered with them on a variety of things including the original design competition. there were tremendous supporters of the affordable housing efforts on the central freeway. and the apartments that opened up recently. and this is a tremendous opportunity to work in neighborhood with -- like the hayes valley and market octavia, that truly supports affordable housing. on the issue of the question of -- a portion of the fee, which is the supplemental fee based upon the zoning -- this is clearly dedicated to the neighborhood based upon the code. the inclusion in fee is a more broad feet, that is used across the city. we at the mayor's office of housing would like to be able to preserve the use of this. it is not because we are not working in the neighborhood. . we have agreed to prioritize this, with other housing fees that we received throughout the city, to help ensure that 55 laguna

the numbers come out was still split. i guess we joined russia hill as one of those neighborhoods that will be permanently split. we're some what of an emerging neighborhood association, that we've only been in existence about half a dozen years, not as long as some of the other neighborhoods in san francisco. we have a huge, huge issue coming up on the construction of the cathedral hill campus of the hospital. 555 beds, a huge impact on our neighborhood. that particular block we urgently request you put that back in district five. it has no population and as a future hospital it will have no population. it is so much more related to the western addition than the marina in district two. we are the immediate neighbors of that facility so we implore you to make a final tweak, no population involved to reinclude, repatriate the hospital site. >> thank you, ma'am. i'm sure i'm killing these names, my apologies. >> ok, today i've come with show and tell. i'm not going to talk for too long. again, like many of you, everybody here who has been at these meetings recognizes that this has been just a fabulous process and we're really, really pleased with it. we're so happy you

my name is -- i am a member of the neighborhoods association and the san francisco neighborhood network and the coalition. and i actually have some documents, some additional articles i would like to submit into the record. president chiu: you can just hand it to one of our colleagues. >> ok. i want to talk a little bit about the history of this site selection of cathedral hill. if we look at the record, we can see that cpmc started looking for a new site for earthquake preparedness in 2001, and they selected a hospital in the presidio, a 43-acre site. they then tried many other sites in the area around cathedral hill, a psychiatry at that was the only place they were ever willing to look for a site. that is where all the others are clustered. they were never willing to look for another site outside. it cannot be that district 5 is the most important district in san francisco, but they had an unwillingness to look at other areas to provide service there. there have been many opportunities over the years, particularly in 2007, when st. louis became part -- when st. luke's became part. th

the neighborhood. we also want to make sure we are within the requirements of our neighborhood association regulations. the association has been around at least since the 1920's, as has our church. we are the single largest property owner, and we want to stay good neighbors. the only concern i have discovered is that there is a regulation about running businesses in the community. it is a residential community. they speak about industry or staples or serious business. i feel the child care aspect is more homelike been business -- than a business. they are looking for a nonprofit status, in keeping with our nonprofit status. it is all within the mission. i hope we can work with the neighborhood community association to find some way to move this forward without delaying well beyond sept. the opening of the school that meets their needs, as well as the needs of the community for this preschool. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am the vice president of balboa terrace homes association. we are an age away -- an hoa. the church is within the boundaries, as he mentioned, and is a member of the

the letter from the neighborhood association states support for the project of requests that the sponsors satisfy the affordable housing requirement with on-site units, or land dedication. or the use of the fees with in this area. i will go out and look to see if i can find those letters. and here we are. i will hand these to the commission. there are some corrections i would like to go over. the first is on -- these are changes to the draft motion, on page 3. but is the incorrect date, pursuant to the guidelines -- the date listed there is january 12. this should be june 14 of this year. and further, -- this is monitoring -- on page 2 of 5, there is a heading that says architectural resources. these look like minor changes. we wanted to add a sentence into the draft motion, on page 32. this is paragraph 22, speaking of the community funds. we want to urge the project sponsor, to push for an agreement with hickory street. that will end the staff presentation and maybe we should hear from other people and i will review the docket a little bit more. >> and is there more staff or project spo

the neighborhood association provided the mta and relevant supervisors with a letter with keep medications we urge you to look at, particularly the intersection of page, franklin, and market, where you're going to see essentially, hopefully, a bicycle boulevard on page street and on franklin, not the one way -- on franklin, the one way is in dire need of improvements. we agree with the mta's conclusion in the document that in the long term, the traffic congestion in that corridor does not warrant accommodating more cars, but warrants by transit first -- a transit first approached. i also urge you to make sure the transit trains are not impacted. as the medications are not liberated, -- medications are not liberated, we need to take a good close look to preserve a cycle track. there are a lot of moving parts here. commissioner campos: thank you, sir. next speaker, please. >> at the last plans and programs meeting, i requested that whatever youtube -- you do, we need to address the concerns of the seniors. you can make statements. some of you all don't seem to get it. i think you will get it

planning commission, and what the planning commission over the last few years, on behalf of the neighborhood association of golden gate heights, and the sunset heights association, as well as professionally, as a small- business person. i want to say that i think all three of these people should be reappointed. that are well deserving. with regard to ms. wu, her experience with low income housing is crucial. also, she brings a perspective from a community that is definitely needed for the planning commission. with regard to commissioner anthony -- antonini, he has been there a while, and is one of the leading advocates of job creation, and is well qualified. he also listened to neighborhood groups, business people, and stakeholders. he is very accessible. mr. hillis is probably the most qualified candidate we have seen for a land use commission, based on previous qualifications, both working for the city in the economic development department, the mayor's office, as well as his service on commissions. chairperson kim: thank you. this is actually just on the appointment of cindy wu, but if this takes car

we also met with several representatives from the neighborhood association. we received large numbers of feedbacks. we are committed to taking a number of preventive measures, ensuring sound does not disturb neighbors. our policy is zero tolerance for violence in any form or fashion. we will put together an alarm system, install several surveillance cameras, hire professional security guards. we are committed to working closely with local law- enforcement officials. thank you for your time and consideration. >> i have a couple of questions. you said you will be serving soft drinks and cans in the bottle. can you reduce that to just cans and bottles? is that possible? >> we were thinking about a fountain drinks. >> can you tell me how he will promote? coup is a demographic? >> we are going after -- >> how are you promoting your business? >> we are going for everybody. >> facebook, e-mail? are you doing fliers of bread state or city college? -- over at state or city college? >> it would be great to have some more stuff going on out there. i think it is a great

the neighborhood association says the law discriminates against chinese-americans. critics say millions of sharks are killed each year for fins to make shark fin soup. the neighborhood group say those claims are false and misleading and say merchants have lost 40 million dollars since the ban went into effect. >>> today the district attorney is planning to announce charges against suspected bike thief. police arrested 47-year-old old brett major in may for stealing a bike from a bart station. they say he was acting suspiciously and was tracked. after his arrest police found more bikes at his home more than 100 stolen bikes could be from bart. >>> hayward jury has awarded children of convicted killer hans reiser, 60 million dollars in damages for the loss of their mother more than twice the amount the chirp sued for. a previous jury found him guilty of the 2008 murder of his wife. the jury award each child 25 million dollars for pain and suffering, plus 10 million dollars in punitive damages. reiser was a noted computer programming -- programmer and ran his own compan

. >> i am jim with the neighborhood association and i would like to start by just -- saying that i agree with everything the previous speaker said. they hoisted very accurately for the community. we include -- we believe in inclusionary housing, and we want the community to be as the verse as possible, and to give the lower-income people a chance to live in a development like this. i appreciate everything that the director had to say, but, this is one element that we feel very strongly about. i will go a bit further than henderson did, in voicing my support for the project. there are some elements of this project that the developers have worked carefully with the community on, bringing real talent and resources to this plan. that this is very commendable. the use of the alley as a traffic flow, to minimize the effect of the garage, and the different mappings and the appropriateness of different buildings, the variety of the architecture, and the high quality throughout -- we're all very pleased with that in this development. the other thing that has happened here, is that they are stayin