Performance space on the corner of hayes and van ness. On the right, Student Commons. Theres the lobby down the middle. Replacement housing, faculty housing, Student Housing, everyone comes in the same front door. Its really one very distinguished lobby that will facilitate an integration of the entire building. If we go up the floor, a rental space that may be an ancillary use. Thats exciting for the conservatory to have in its building and educational offices. Again, i apologize for these images. No doubt you are used to this, but they look much better in reality than on the screen. Trust me. [laughter] this is an image of the corner of hayes and van ness. Its a Performance Space. The conservatory intends to use it constantly. It will be really great for the city in terms of sidewalk, pedestrian activity and those driving by, on hayes, south of market or up or down van ness. It will be a new sign post that we dont have right now in this part of town. This is on hayes and you see the Student Commons on the right. Another very public, very open space. And this is immediately followed by the lobby, which is, again, shared by everyone. There is no public door, back door, replacement housing, Student Housing. Everyone comes in the front door. To the right, you will see the Performance Space. To the left off camera here, the cafe. This is the cafe, looking to the northwest. That would be the opera, across the street, davies hall. And it can be full of students for general public use moving through it. As i quickly move up the plans, on level three, this is the first of the two replacement floor plans. You see the area barely on the right. There are three units off of that that are part of the schools use, but the entire u, everything facing the street, are the replacement Housing Units. Theyre not units with a lot of light andrew. Up to level four, more of the same. Replacement housing in the u shape, if you will, going across the three streets, with Student Housing in the back, looking at the open space. As i move my way up through the buildings, level five, all Student Housing. Six, Student Housing. Seven, Student Housing. Eight, Student Housing. Im trying to keep up here with my notes. Im moving too quickly for myself. One more. And now we get to the floor thats the most markedly different and new were on level 10. The bright blue space is Performance Space and its intended to be something quite terrific. It is seating approximately 200 people with a beautiful view looking out to the ocean to the west and at city halls dome to the north. Theres a reception area and more housing area around it. These spaces are intended to be open to the public for performances most of the year. It is replacement tenants that will be able to go upstairs and hear the music and be part of a performance should they want to when they want to. This is the Performance Space with its view towards city hall. This is the floor above where you see the blue area is a Student Resource center. Green is the open space for the students that would be used for events, so tenants and the general public would no doubt be thereafter or before a performance in the space. And you would see more housing and faculty units on the bottom of the screen. Those are the Housing Units shown. This is an overview of that outdoor, open space on the top floor. Looking out over the civic center. A view of the building looking north on hayes with texture and variety. The units stagger up and down to give the building some life and some scale. A lot of glass along the street and a lot of glass up in the sky to let people know theres a great public, accessible space to go and use the building will be very much alive. The students are there learning, rehearsing, its very much a part of the sense of the community. And we think it will be exciting for the civic center to have such an alive building in the middle of it. Thats it for me. President hillis thank you. So we will open this item up for Public Comment. We have a bunch of speaker cards. Phoebe vaned vanderhost, david alicia sandoval, jim host, and araia i cant read the last name. You can line up and speak in any order. Over there . President hillis yes. On this side, so we dont block the door. Welcome. Hi there. Im phoebe vanderhost. Im a resident at 200 van ness. Im here to encourage you to approve the project. I feel that the conservatory is being very, very genuine in replacing our units and were going to live in a very, very nice building for two years. Were going to get out of this vermininvested rat trap that were in and go back to a very, very nice, iconic building. I wont take 3 minutes of time, but get this done so we can get the hell out. President hillis thank you very much. Next speaker, please . Good afternoon. Im randy wong. Im a resident at 200 van ness. Ive lived there four years. I want to say in support of this that i appreciate the conservatorys willingness to bring people back in after construction to provide temporary housing during construction. One thing i would point out is that during this process, the conservatory staff has treated residents with a general respect, which is very nice. With that said, i think that the project would do right by the residents, as well as to provide excellent space for students and people in the community. Thank you. President hillis thank you very much. Next speaker, please . Hi. Im emmy dip. Im a 20year resident at 200 van ness. In the last two decades, weve had a half dozen different owners that have constantly neglected the building, but conservatory after theyve taken over, they cleaned up really well. Theres less crime and its more sanitary. In regards to the project, i hope that as long as all parties involved are very clear and concise with communication, terms, and agreements, that we all understand what is happening, then i think this project is a real winner. Theyve done a really great job and i think its amazing that San Francisco can actually develop and modernize while still respecting the community. And this is really the change that San Francisco needs. Thank you. President hillis thank you very much. Next speaker, please . Good afternoon. Im james steel. Im a live long resident of the San Francisco bay area. I was born on valley street. Ive lived all over this crazy city and am here to offer my full and unconditional support for it. I read their pdf online and i thought it was a very thoughtful project and it will activate the area as a whole and be a vibrant bridge between neighborhoods and allow easier transfer between the neighborhoods. It continues to add to the fine arts. Beyond that, it fixes a problem where two populations, Young Students and young artists, finding it difficult to move here due to the affordability crisis. Over 400 are given a safe place to lay their heads. I hope that while there, they will interact with the conservatory and the community as a whole. And many of them would stay and keep their talents and lives here. Not only the fact that we have to take care of Young Students and young musicians, but i could not support this without keeping the 27 units residences residents in the community. I they theyve gone above and beyond. Its so commendable that theyve kept them on the same block and i hope it gets approved and i would be proud to call this group of men and women my neighbors. Thank you. President hillis thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. Im demarcus davis. Im a senior at the San Francisco conservatory of music and chairman of the Student Council and resident assistant for the school. When i made the decision to come to the San Francisco conservato conservatory, it was top of my list. Its the most diverse conservatory in the country. And being that that is the case, it sits in a city like San Francisco, which is extremely diverse and colorful and we just add to that. Were the students that work in hayes valley and go to the coffee shops after school to study. In addiction, 98 of the students receive scholarships. During the orientation, they asked, how many of you are on scholarships, and everybody in the room with the exception of maybe four or five people stood up. And were proud to say were on scholarships and that speaks to the commitment that the conservatory has for its students. The conservatory provides a safe space for us. Were in a building now where 210 of our students are housed. The rest of the students, however, they all live around the city, live in outside districts. When we leave at 11 00 at night after a performance or rehearsing all day, its not necessarily always the safest. And so 214 van ness will provide a safe space where were in close proximity to the school and also can study. In addition, many of our teacher and faculty live outside the bay. My violin teacher is concert master of the seattle symphony. She was chosen because shes phenomenal. And the conservatory commits to bringing in the top instructors. For them to have a space where they can reside when they come without having to look for a hotel means the world to us because we get more of our teachers time. And it shows them that the conservatory cares. The conservatory really creates a safe space for all the students. It would be appreciated by the students. Were extremely excited by the project and hope to be a part of the community for a long time. Thank you. President hillis thank you. Next speaker, please . Im alicia sandova. I have been in communication with a number of tenants, rentcontrolled tenants, who have been at 200 van ness. And my understanding is that they are going to be relocated temporarily for approximately two years. I just want to make sure that there is transparency in terms of if something comes up, if they have to wait longer than two years, making sure its communicated to them. My understanding is that i want to make sure that everyone is accounted for. Everyone that moves out can move back in. Its really, really important. They are under rent control, so making sure thats sustained throughout the process, and as they return. Also, my understanding is that theres not going to be any terms changed in their lease. Thats really important, because under the rent ordinance, 12. 20, the terms have to be approved by the tenant in writing, so thats really, really important, so for any new things that come up. I also want to make sure that theres communication, a dialogue that continues, between the tenants, rentcontrolled tenants, and also the conservatory. I appreciate all the work that the conservatory of music and also supervisor kims office has done to accommodate the tenants that are residing in the 27 units. So i really im open to working and having a dialogue with the conservatory and also the tenants in case they want some type of support. Thank you. President hillis thank you. Next speaker, please. Commissioners. Im jim hass. I live at 100 van ness. Ive been involved all things civic center for decades. Im on the board of the Civic Center Building district. We reviewed this proposal and sent a letter saying that it met most, if not all, of the items there, which i believe is in your file. I want to make a few personal comments. You will recall a number of years ago, we went through a process to enact law that would allow for Student Housing. That after it was passed, it was slow to be implemented because many of the institutions were not prepared or not capable of acting, although today we are seeing a lot of activity. The conservatory is one of the early ones. They signed up for the panorama, which is on mission street, along with California College of the arts. And as far as i know thats been very successful. And new theyre preparing their own Student Housing project, which is before you. And i think thats very commendable. Secondly, the residential building weve been talking about is, i guess, an example of, if you will, slum housing. Its been owned by a variety of people. Security has never been really good. Having it gone is not a great loss. It is a great value to the city to be replaced by the building that will be proposed. Thirdly, the urban design of civic center starts with the historic district, the 70foot lines, 80foot buildings. And then works outwards like a bowl in steps. So the building that was built at 101 van ness pardon me, polk street, is 12 stories. So the idea of increasing the height on van ness is appropriate and will strengthen the whole urban design in the area. And then lastly, that block has been a bit of a problem for the area because theres been abandoned buildings, closed buildings, lack of good lighting. It has presented a security problem to a lot of people that are there at night. The new building will dramatically change that. It will be lit up. It will be full of people into the late night. And it will change things dramatically. Now if we can only get the rest of the block out of the political stalemate its in and get it developed, the whole block will be wonderfully secured for the benefit of people who are in the area and on that street. Thank you very much. President hillis thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. Im a tenant at 200 van ness for 10 years. I also have a section 8 voucher. And im disabled. So i want to address a few things regarding the conservatorys commitment regarding the temporary movement back and forth. I have uneasiness about that because the conservatory has a history of deceptiveness. Bad management and even crime, that was never solved. And they invent excuses for people to come in and do measurements and things like that. And they were mostly snooping. The most disturbing one is the fact that in the past 18 years, they invited a company from oakland. I cant remember their name. And i couldnt find the letter. Im not sure if everybody in the building was contacted. And this company, when i did the research on the internet, they bankrupted whole building residential enrichment because they promised to move them out and do the packaging and everybody ended up on the street. So they came in with one of the tenants and after we complained, the things stopped. Anyway, im familiar with the architecture team. I looked up their projects. I went to the San Francisco center. Im for the project, but at the same time, im asking the commission for a more commitm t commitment, commitment and control of the temporary measure to make sewer there is no displacement. Everything is very well presented step by step how its happening, but at the same time, one signing a promissory note and after 60 days not having a moving Company Named or new address, is becoming a problem. And old sugar cookies at open houses dont solve homelessness. [please stand by] i think people need to learn how desperate people are for housing for universities, and you all have had three hearings in the past three months, and you have a couple more coming. Responsible academic institutions are desperate to build housing, and the conservatory are leading the way. That is not a little bit of a problem, that was a big issue, but they seem to have done it really well intentionally with the tenants, and i expect them to stay that way. And this corner deserves some life, and it will get it if this project goes forward. You havent heard me a lot saying that, but this is an important project. Thank you. President hillis thank you. Next speaker, please. Yes. Ive never heard sue hester any way to teresa flander, im so glad to hear about this project. No displacement, Student Housing, ive never heard anything better than this. Im a little worried about is it too good to be true, so yes to make sure everything is writing, everything is legal, that those residents will return. This is wonderful. Thank you very much, and thank you to all of you. President hillis thank you. Hi. Im jim morcel, and today im speaking for the vanness neighborhoods corridor coalition, which represents all 11 neighborhoods lining vanness. When we heard this project, one of the first things we really challenged was what about the tenants and the strength of the repatriation, and the dialogue impressed me tremendously. It goes without saying that Student Housing is needed, and this is really your model of you create campuses, you have an enclosed transition to your campus, you do not need buses, you do not need students with cars, you do not have parking onsite, you do not put additional strength on campuses. This is humanizing the experience for all the students and having them engage in a community. This is excellent. Also excellent, the cabanero design. Its elegant, its textual, its designing everything we are looking for in projects, so we applaud that. In terms of transit, as i mentioned, no parking in the dense urban hub is something that we always look for, and this is, again, a model for how do we do that . Plannings recommendation that they have a white zone instead of a few Parking Spaces in front really fits with the whole idea of what were trying to do. You have more spaces for drop offs and pick ups, maybe tncs can even use it for not only this building but for other parts of the performing arts community, so we really love whats going on with that. So we have the civic minded institution, the conservatory of music, and this is an excellent complement to the whole Performing Arts Center that this district now has as its main campus. So we are heartily in support of it. Thank you, mr. Rochelle. Next speaker, please. Tony robles again from senior and disability action, sda. Just to echo what some of the other housing advocates have said, it appears to be a very responsible, very good project. Again, the people who already live there, the existing tenants, we want to just be assured that they do return to their homes, and im sure that the follow through is going to facilitate just that. Ag