Needs to alter a portion of the turnaround to safely accommodate the sidewalk and pathway. It appears to have been no discussion between planning, dpw, the developer and rec and park about this situation. What will be the effect on overall design, number of availing parking spaces, and most importantly, safety. The proposed development will be will jet into existing open space, forming a visual barrier compromising open space and visitation avenues. Only eastern parkways for children walking to and from their homes. Were considered about safety issues where open space will be narrowed and a blindspot created on public park land. Thank you. President hillis thank you. Next speaker, please . Good afternoon, commissioners. Im herman yi, urban spouts, nonprofit that works in the sunny dale housing project. And i would like to echo the concerns about the pathway. I work with an Afterschool Program at the boys and girls club, were partners. And many of the youth go behind the garden at 1654 sunnydale and go up the playground and up visitation. Its the main way that cars get up and down the eastern part of mclaren park. So theres definitely i would like to encourage the commissioners to consider the safety issue there with children walking up and down and ensure that there is enough space for the for all walkers to walk up and down that part of the park. And just to also say that the children that i work with very much value the open space and they are actively tending open space in the sunnydale project as well as the gardens, just bordering it. So i would just like to also mention that as well and would like to thank you for your consideration. President hillis thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, commissioners. Im linda lighthighser and ive been a parked a vehicle park advocate and volunteer for 15 years. This will impact the Community Garden in particular. This garden is part of a 12 million bond appropriation thats been granted to mclaren park. For the first time in decades, mclaren park is finally get being some infrastructure and capital improvements. We worked very, very hard on designs. The picture doesnt show you where the building is. Its the pictures at the top of the building, the top of the beds, will be located. It will create a wall there that will cast shadow and seriously impact the ability for people arriving at that side of the park to get into the park. One of the things in the bond planning and envisioning, working on entrances and access points. Mclaren park is our Regional Park for the southeast section of San Francisco. Its vital that people in all the comments surrounding the park have good access into the park and to take advantage of it. Blind spots, dark areas, shadows, are the detriment to Community Gardens and the antithesis of what we were hoping that this area will become. We spent a lot of time working on this. Had we known that this property was privately held, that this land was not part of the park because for decades and decades, the city of assumed it was, even rec and park assumed it was. They maintained it. So the shock we had when this property was sold is now further along in the Development Process and we find that really disheartening. Were seeing our open space in spite of the fact that were being asked to appreciate and unite around more density losing any amount of open space creates a bad sign for the future of our city when open space is so needed. Thank you. President hillis thank you. Next speaker, please . Hello, commissioners. Im adrienne bolsega. Ive been a part of this valley for 25 years and i was shocked when i got there. I didnt know what it was like to experience children that didnt really have food, single parents, and not a Healthy Living situation. Or come to a school that was not very healthy. So i got involved and started working with the neighborhood and started doing a part of the greenway. In my time at visitation valley, ive learned a lot about land and children and i want to explain to you what its like, the southern part of the John Mclaren Park. Think of the park as a big circle and so if we start south of the east, we have a school, with a fence around it. We have condos and a house. We have the bottom of the hill. We have another school with a fence around it. We have a senior center, with a fence around it. Then we have the area that were talking about. Its the last segment thats open. Its right along visitation avenue. You cross the ave, and you have a golf course with a huge fence around it. So much of the land south of John Mclaren Park is fenced. We have one segment left for an entry into John Mclaren Park and its the area were talking about. If you were to enter John Mclaren Park from visitation ave, this is what it would be like. You would enter. The kauffman Swimming Pool on the left. A childrens garden. On the right, open space. The garden that you see here. On top of this, north of this, pg e is putting a rain water storm garden. And then we have the church that will be demolished. So it really would look lake three houses inside of a park. Its visually, no one knew that that land wasnt part of the park, because the church, its a visual, upstanding building. So i just want to say for the health of the neighborhood, its very important that we think about the future and how were going to deal with the children of the neighborhood. And i want it say one more thing. This avenue for the children goes to visitation valley middle school. The principal got a principal award for the year because he introduced meditation to that school. Everyone meditates at that middle school. Thank you it. President hillis thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi. Good afternoon. Im charlotte hill. And i worked for 15 years. I would see how the students use the path and i noticed after there was a project with rec park to improve the path, not only were the students using it, but there were a lot more adults going into mclaren, using that path. So anything that could impact the safety of the path as a potential for people not entering the park would really be a shame. So im also hear today to talk to sorry, in place of people that are not here. We have three surgeries, two at work, and two flus, people that were going to speak against this project. And they represented people from california native plant society, the mclaren Park Community project, which you saw the drawing for, neighbors, and members of the mclaren park come on collaborative. President hillis thank you. Any additional Public Comment . Project sponsor, you have 5 minutes. Let me open my power point presentation. Before you is the images of leland on the left and raymond on the right. This is approximately 13,000 square feet. What we did for the staff is they asked us to draw a map, which is in your packet, which shows the urban Development Pattern of this area, especially along raymond street, along here and on the on leland avenue. This shows you the boundaries of the site, which i think in our Previous Commission hearing, there was confusion, and we wanted to clarify that. The existing path that is used is always it always will be intact here and i will show you in our building structure drawing here, again, this is the north block face of rave monday and thats the south block face of raymond. And theres the south block face on your right of leland and then north block. Here in this diagram, it shows that the existing path. This is visitation. This is raymond. Heres the paths along there now. Our site, this is approximately 36 feet from this corner to visitation. In this area, 106 from this Property Line to visitation here. These trees are here. They will be staying in place. The five homes this is the development that the lady referred to along the Community Gardens, on the end of leland culdesac. Heres a development of five homes, one, two, three, four, five. Two on leland and three on the raymond side. What we also showed here, too, i think there was confusion about the landscaping. We have some areas where the lots are wider. Weve plan to put landscaping to screen the buildings. You can see were keeping the midblock open space here. Typical floor plans for the houses, 4 bedrooms on raymond. On leland, 3 and 4 bedrooms. I will go through them quickly. Raymond street profile of the new buildings. Theres existing buildings here. What you see, too, in our landscape elevation, this is the condition of the raymond culdesac. Our clients are taking on their own response to clear some of the trash thats being dumped out here. The Church Building is there. Theres a 40foot height difference between the cushion the corner from the leland area. And these are the drawings showing you the context of the buildings. Again, our landscape, as you can see, this end lot is much wider. This is approximately 35 feet and landscaping it, putting in a new fence, which is a willow, wood fence horizontally laid in there. This is a condition, like you see from visitation. This large tree in the center is on park property and that will remain. Heres the Church Building. Again, i think one of the concerns from the last Planning Commission meeting was a view from the park. This is a new landscape were proposing. Heres the fence, the willow wood fence mounted horizontally that we designed with our landscape architect. Heres leland avenue street. And heres raymond avenue street. Other views we generated this is a quick plan of the house on a triangular lot on leland. This is the culdesac as it is now. The area has been excavated, 598, 596. Again, just the floorplan showing the relationship to the Property Line to the house with landscaping on the side of the house. Again, the rendering. This is what it looks like from the street. We modlate where the buildings are going. The church sits on a 10foothigh terrace. And thats why its you have the steps here and the landscaping. Again, our landscaping, again, on the street, as you can see, and im available to answer any questions that you might have. President hillis all right. Thank you. We may. First, well take Public Comment in support of the project and opposed to the d. R. Mr. Smith . Good afternoon, again, corey smith. Obviously a little bit away from what were typically going for or advocating for on an active basis. Its not park land. And its sipping singlefamily homes. And specifically, the word is, families. It will be an opportunity for families live in San Francisco. We want access to the park to be maintained and continue to be used by the community. Were speaking against the d. R. And want the project to move forward. Thank you. President hillis thank you. Any additional Public Comment . Seeing none, ms. Martin, 2minute rebuttal. Sorry. I have to get assembled. Several years ago, the Planning Department held the eastern neighborhoods master planning process. Originally vis valley was included, but dropped without notice or reason. We have suffered from piecemeal rulings that have been a problem. In the past, theres been a denial of master plan and allowed our neighborhood to be used for what the rest of the city doesnt want in affluent neighborhood. Our main concern is that the land not be built upon, particularly on the raymond side. If the land were to be sold, there is possible financing with the vis Valley Developers fee, which our organization initiated. Malia cohen supports our efforts to save open space at the 590 leland site. Theres been a slow reduction of the park. In the recent past, housing was build on private property adjacent to mclaren park, creating a fortress around the park. The easy access and visibility has been denied to our community. The city needs to adhere to the general plans. Shadowing, public accessibility, and integrity has to be taken seriously the focus is on housing and muchneeded amenities. Planning should look at the entire vis valley neighborhood and think about creating a Healthy Community in a highneeds neighborhood expecting 5,000 to 10,000 new units of housing in the near future, which, by the way, we promoted from the beginning. This project adds no value. It just diminishes our neighborhood. Allowing it to go forward is shameful treatment of a community that has supported highdensity housing that other neighborhoods reject. President hillis thank you, ms. Martin. Project sponsor . 2minute rebuttal. Commissioners, just pack from my diagram here. As we pointed out, the pathway that many of the public has referred to is still intact right here. This is the pathway. Some of the work has gone in here, but this is the pathway. Sorry. This is the pathway that many of us refer to. There are already tall trees that you saw here thats on the public property that casts shadow. We had discussions with malia cohens office and their aide. And in all of our discussions, we were not aware of any positions taken by the office, but we kept them apprised of public concern. The housing, which is noted here, is when the lot the lots were never divided. The lots were actually combined for billing purposes to one lot and then resplit through a compliance letter so that the intention of urban development for this site is the continuation of singlefamily housing. Its the type of structuresable uses that is predominant in this neighborhood and we feel its compatible and it adds to the neighborhood by adding more housing. In this development, theres an opportunity for this site to be a buffer between the more established housing and the other housing and the park because of the landscaping and buffering that we propose on the site. We would like the opportunity to develop this property. We feel its a good value project for an infill project, particularly for a site where the structure is unutilized and vacant right now. Weve had numerous breakins on the church and Police Reports where weve been asked to get vandals and vagrants out of the property. So its been a problem for us to manage it and would like to develop it into singlefamily homes. President hillis that closes this portion of the hearing. Well open it up for commissioner comments and questions. Commissioner melger ill start. So its been a year since we saw this presentation. And im wondering if i could ask the d. R. Requester if there has been any progress made. I remember a year ago, you had talked about the conversations you had had with the parks folks about can you come up . Thank you. This is, as you know, private property and were limited as to what we can do, but youve had a year to have discussions. Did you make any progress . In terms of rec and park, i have to be careful what i say. We have had discussions, but its im not allowed to reveal. I know it sounds strange, but i cant say. Yes, weve had talks. And theyve been theres been some support in rec and park and i think if you recall there was a vote to support aquisition of the site and one of the Things Holding it up is financing. And we could get the financing quite possibly through developers fees. When we talked to supervisor cohen, i dont know how much it would cost. My concern is that it not be built on. We had to stop home depot. We had to get Community Planning going there. Once you build, its all over. We will never be able to do anything at that space. Its not an enormous amount of money. Ive been on Transportation Authority cac and different groups and 1 million or 2 million. Its a lot of money to me but in terms of the city, its not that much. In terms of the value that will be added by this land to that open space is im measurable. And i dont have an answer. I know that the community does not want it. We have different groups. We work with kids. There as school right there. Theres senior housing. I dont think that as jim mentioned, the land, where it comes in, it narrows down. Theres that theres two paths that are a sidewalk and a pathway, that are proposed to rec and park and dpw and, you know, the powers at be. Commissioner melger okay. Thank you. My question was only about if you made any progress during this year. I have a question for the project sponsor, if thats okay. So when we heard this the last time, there was a lot of concerns from the neighborhood that were raised about the path going from raymond avenue culdesac down to the Community Garden and i understand that theres no impingement from the project, but i remember that you had put up pictures of a very tall fence and, you know, i remember my worry being, well, so the kids are used to going down that concrete path right now a the at sort of left edge of the top of the hill. And now you will make them go around . And im wondering if you put a big, tall fence how that will go. So you showed some pictures of a newly designed fence, but i didnt get a sense of it. Can you show them again or if you have a better sure. Im one of the sponsors. Weve met many times with the d. R. Requesters and in one of the earlier ones, they raised the question. We sat there eight hours, four hours one day, four hours another, not holidays. We didnt see a single student. There was a lot of suspect activity at the end of ray monday, if anything. We didnt see anybody in two Different School days walk up and down. There were a couple of people with dogs walking, excuse me, maybe in all that. Theres a distinguish ed panel speaking against the item, but with every item, 293, you will see a lot of pictures that we took that show that almost none of the issues, if not all of them, are invalid. Were not blocking anything. Most of the area, as it is, of our area, is already already has a structure on it. Were not taking anything from the park. I have a lot of pictures here showing you up a the garbage thats all over the place. Commissioner melger i understand. I wasnt questioning that stuff. I was asking about the fence, if its been redesigned or if we can look at it. May i add something . We got an urgent call from rec and park asking us to meet them a