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>> present. >> you have a quorum i know that director hinze is remote under the authority of the mayors emergency orders. director hinze, must appear on camera in order to speak or vote on afternoon item and we have a director remote all voting will be by roll call. >> item three. the ringing and use of cell phones and electronic device are presented. the chair may order removal from a person responsible for use of a cell phone or sound prugs electronic device. item 4. approval of minu...

we dont know exactly when the first approval is. we dont know what organization makes the first approval. and we dont have a chance to appeal the process or the project after that first approval. it just doesnt make sense to me and i think that we deserve to have a full discussion of two alternative ways of reforming this process. im not against development. im for fair and reasonable development in the city. and im also hoping that public participation not only continues in this proce...

planning process hidden from the general public and accessible only to the experts. who under the confusing rules. youre going to hear from the usual suspects here, i trust, and maybe their attorneys. i heard one activist saying i had a long talk with aaron last night. so, you will hear that. but lets think about everybody else here who doesnt have time to come to all the hearings who doesnt fully understand ceqa. supervisor chiu asked about what specifics, whats important. whats impor...

notice, clear notification so we all know whats happening and when we can register our thoughts. we want one appeal, not two or three or four appeals. people who are working people who have families dont have time to come to multiple hearings. do it. and then finally, we think its only fair to prohibit appeals. the very end or particularly in some cases in the middle of construction, that is simply not fair. san francisco is the only city in california that uses such complex and confus...

development in the city. and im also hoping that public participation not only continues in this process, but is made more robust rather than being cut off. thank you very much. >> thank you. ms. hillson, i think were ready now. can i talk from this mic? thanks. so, the first slide youre seeing [speaker not understood] coalition for san francisco neighborhoods. first slide youre going to see is this house on 44 9 [speaker not understood] district 8, supervisor wieners district. and i...

legislation for it and to uphold the good projects that are actually doing something to improve the environment and focus lesson whether the building next door is esthetically pleasing or not to its neighbors. thank you very much. >> thank you. ms. stampf. thank you. im elizabeth stampf, [speaker not understood] walk some of. i want to say first of all, to supervisors wiener, kim and chiu for supporting a more transparent, clear and predictable process forsee qua. walk san francisco ...

understand some of the concerns that weve all heard about today. and i have not -- spur has not had an opportunity to review supervisor kims legislation. and we have really vetted the legislation before you to ensure that the points that we relate to are strong and one in particular is really around the noticing and timing. the comments that you all made earlier in terms of increased noticing is -- the parallel process of timing. but noticing needs to be transparent and effective for e...

with the spirit of ceqa and its interpretations by california courts. even if they are legal, the amendments will force community groups like golden gate audubon society to sue the city more because we are struggling to make our voice heard. so, we ask that the land use committee to delay the supervisor wieners amendments and instead work closely with community members and give us serious consideration to supervisor kims legislation which will be put forward in a few days. thank you. >...

my name is tamika moss and im the community development director at spur. spur is strongly supporting the legislation before you. i passed out a letter for your review. i did have an opportunity to have a really respectful discussion with some of the opponents of this legislation and i thought it was a really great opportunity to better understand some of the concerns that weve all heard about today. and i have not -- spur has not had an opportunity to review supervisor kims legislatio...

request for proposal competition in the economic and workforce development in 2007. this consists of representatives from the community and planning department. the design is several parcels. octavia from market to pell. goal is define projects for the former parcel sites that complemented octavia and design standards for the former parcels. at the time of competition the project was thought to embody these goals. project is designed for the ground floor retail on the octavia corner an...