They do not work. Thank you mr. Miguel. We have a shared concern over parking. In lieu. Thank you, supervisors. Im here to im excited to be here today because it sounds like we have a couple of things in common we all want our housing, we all love trees. That is some place start from. Where some of us differ, i live down the street at california and arguello, im wholeheartedly supportive of this development. Every weekend i have a choice of my 2yearold daughter, do i go down to the commercial corridor on clement street, or do i go down to Laurel Heights . Every single weekend i choose the clement Street Commercial corridor or because Laurel Heights does not offer the commercial diversity, or the vibrancy, that is needed to make Laurel Heights even better. I would love to see this Development Gets built so that once i have more than one child and i have two have other apartments in my neighborhood, where i could stay. Whereas there is a low amount of apartments in our neighborhood. I wholeheartedly support this. When it comes to trees we are so lucky to be so close to presidio. That is why we need to as much as possible, because we have such a Beautiful National treasure that our neighborhood lines. If we add commuters we are just going to keep adding commuters. Every single commuter it takes a 400 trees to offset their carbon emission. Yes, there will be some trees cut down, but there will be way less commuters because of the quality transit on this corridor. It is the most pleasant muni bus and the entire neighborhood. I implore you all to please support this development. I agree with the last speaker, the Community Alternative will not get built. These homes for seniors, and other regular families like me will never come to fruition. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Thank you supervisors. My name is vincent. I am a resident of the neighborhood 415 years. Neighborhood 15 years. I live there with my wife and two children. We have been renters but we would like to own something in this great city that we all call hours in a project like this would add more units and more options for me, and for many of my neighbors as well. I think many of you all likely no. Dot oakland has, for the first time in a long time, has added more units than San Francisco. Low and behold, prices there are coming down. It turns out that supply does actually seem to bring prices down. I think without further delay this project is part of the solution. It is just one part of the solution. I am also a business owner. Fortunate enough to have my business be named as one of the Fastest Growing businesses in the city, by the San Francisco business times. One of the Biggest Challenges that my business faces is finding local employees do not have to travel 45 minutes, or longer to get to their place of work. They are talking about adding Greenhouse Gases, getting them off the road, living in the neighborhoods where they work as one way to do that. This project hits that mark by adding solutions they may not be living there but they will be able to live elsewhere as prices come down throughout the city. Finally, i hope to be able to keep my kids in this neighborhood, as they grow older older. There is a reason why there are so few young people in the city and they end up moving out. A big part of that is theres no options for those families to live. I am lucky enough to be in a rent control place. I am sitting there waiting to perhaps buy something at some point. With so few options it is making it hard. I hope you can move forward on this as quickly as possible. Thank you sir. That is the first time ive heard oakland has billed themselves out of their affordability crisis. [laughter] next speaker, please. My name is edward siegel, ive lived in San Francisco my with the majority of that being a couple blocks away from this project. I love living in this neighborhood and i am in strong support of this project. Most people my age in San Francisco do not have a realistic prospect of owning a home in this amazing city. I dont have a realistic future because we do have not built enough housing. A good start would be for you to approve a project this one, instead of waiting five years for to get approved. Time to make a call. I have the privilege of a good job, and housing security. District two has expanse a net loss in Affordable Housing over the last this building alone would ask the number of affordable units we have built in that time alone. I applaud supervisor stefani for getting more housing security to. I am so glad many speakers are concerned about global warming. I am, as well. The 744 units, the previous speakers have stated, people are going to commute in. I disagree i think my favorite bus line in San Francisco i do not want to see hundreds more people continuing to drive in from the suburbs in gas guzzling cars. I look forward to meeting all of my new neighbors. I hope you all support this project. Thank you. Try 20 thank you sir. By the way i only have one speaker card left that i have not announced and that is deborah. If there are any other members of the public who would like to testify on items three, four, or five line up to my left and youre right the floor is yours. Thank you. Good afternoon, chair peskin and members of the committee. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak today. My name is leonard, field representative at local 22 here in San Francisco. I represent approximately 4,000 members that live here in San Francisco and 40,000 in northern california. The Carpenters Union is here today to fully support prado groups 3333 california Street Development trade not only will this project bring muchneeded housing to San Francisco the developer is committed to the use of a Union General contractor. It means opportunity for local apprentices to advance her career in construction. It means living wages for the individuals. Building this project it means healthcare, retirement benefits. This project will provide hundreds of construction jobs and create opportunity for women women, minorities and veterans to advance their careers as carpenters. This project will also bring muchneeded housing to the area with significant focus on seniors, and families. In conclusion, the Carpenters Union fully supports this development we ask the committee to support it as well. Thank you for your time. Thank you, sir. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon supervisors. My name is kayla i was lucky enough to grow up on parker avenue. In a house built by my greatgreatgrandfather just a few blocks away from the proposed development. I am here opposed to the deforestation of this property. I am a gardener, in San Francisco, and im here taking off a very busy day working on Design Projects at the bay area. I want to bring to your attention a story written by Richard Brautigan who was a poet and author who lived in San Francisco, and the bay area in the 80s. This story is called memory of a girl. Originally published in 1971. I would like to read it to you now. I cannot look at the environment Insurance Company building without thinking of her. The building is at presidio on california streets in San Francisco. It blue and black building that looks like a minor philosophy plopped down on the side of what was once one of californias most famous cemeteries. Laurel hill cemetery, 1854 height 1946. Eleven United States senators were buried there. They and everybody else was removed out years ago, but there are still some tall cypress trees standing beside the Insurance Company. These trees once cast their shadows, they were a part daytime looping and nighttime silence except for the wind. I wonder if they ask themselves questions like where did everybody go who was dead . Where did they take them . And where are those that came here to live with them . Why were we left behind . Perhaps these questions are two poetic. Maybe it would be best just to say there are four trees standing beside an insurance. I oppose the removal. Insurance company out of california. I oppose the removal. Next speaker, please. My name is barbara glassy, i have lived here 40 years at Second Avenue and clement. I believe i am in that community. I can walk to firemans fund. I am a senior, disabled senior but i can walk there. I am in that community, why have i not been told about this . Why havent i had a chance to make some comment about this . I am opposed to deforestation. I am opposed to anything that destroys life. I would like to bring you a Little Something does this carry through their . Not just making fun of halloween halloween. How many of you have ever seen a bat in your neighborhood . They look very small, like this, and then all of a sudden they are huge. Trees themselves have a vast underground network of communicating with other trees. If we destroy these trees we do not know what is coming up for the flight of birds. When i moved into my neighborhood 40 years ago i heard birds all day long and i am very close to gary boulevard. Now, if i hear one bird, in a day, that is all here. What is going to happen to those birds that constantly use those trees, the insects the bats, whatever there is . I really hope people come look closely at this on what it is doing to the environment and make a better plan. Thank you. Thank you, maam. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon supervisors and planning. Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak today. My name. I moved to jordan park pamela mendelson. I moved to jordan park in 1987 and was responsible for encouraging all of the tree plantings on that street, 25 years ago. I now live in pacific heights. My kids attended jcc, both of them are pediatricians dentists, orthodontists, that and many other services are located a block within this area and we service them all, along with five and dime and the bookstore. I would like to say that i fully support this project. I am now going to wear my broker hat. Im a Real Estate Broker and work throughout the city of San Francisco. Do not be fooled by the press that is reporting a lot of articles about vacancy factors in this is a very desirable area for many, many merchants. It ranks along with fillmore, chestnut sacramento and hayes. The neighborhood deserves more than banks, coffee shops. A deserves more complementary retail uses a more diverse merchants. Thank you. I am in support of this project. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. I am here to represent the forgotten people of San Francisco. While all of these houses, trees, birds and how pretty the homes are, i dont have the luxury of talking that way. Because, there is no nice trees to consider. There is none of those beautiful homes, none of that. What we get downtown is forgotten over and over again by city hall. They dont seem to care about poor people. You can stop laughing now, i see your face laughing already. I think it is terrible that anyone should sit here and laugh at the plight of people who deserve better. Housing, not just for you, or you, your trees, but for every person. The Homeless People are growing downtown. We are on the streets while you build condos and houses, and other places for rich people to live. The people downtown are living in blight all the time. Up in this place, including mayor breed who never comes to these meetings. She should be here but she never shows up. To hear what the people have to say about how i think she is running things. She is running things wrongly. She is forgetting people. When she comes downtown, she dont even come to the park. The rest of the places, she doesnt see it, because she gets in her cadillac limousine and rides away. Why we continue to live in the same condition. This could be you lady, who is it could be any of you who has fallen into the situation. It could be any of you, just because you have some now, does not mean you have some later. Think about what you are doing. Because we count too. Thank you, sir for your testimony. Next speaker, please. Hi. This is the second time ive ever spoken at one of these hearings and certainly not in a room as glorious as this. Please forgive me if im a little nervous area and 20w nervous it is just fine. Nervous. Dont be nervous. It is just fine. I am actually a 56yearold San Francisco native and i grew up here. I live here. First off about this project that i just want to say, i get it. I get the concern about housing and the housing crisis that we are exchanging at this moment. I am a lifetime renter renter in San Francisco. When i was 16 my mother and i were evicted from our residence of ten years do it to a landlord move in which never happened. I get it completely. That said, i do feel that we can have housing and preserve our natural surroundings. Im not sure if you have ever come to see this property but photos do not really do it justice. The only way to really experience it is to go there and walked down the treelined street. There are so many studies out there about how much it being in nature does for humans. Even according to San Franciscos own tree protection legislation, the significant tree are you aware •ellipsis tree should be protected. For reference, presidio has 32. 8 tree coverage. I also want to say talking to individuals, in the neighborhood, all throughout laurel hill, Laurel Village all of that. Nobody knows this encroachment major encroachment permit is out there. I have talked to people about it they are completely shocked that all of the trees are up for removal. Thank you very much for your testimony. As you know we are focused on the trees. A little later on, someone will speak for the trees. Thank you. Hi. My name is deborah and i live about one block from the Development Site on sacramento street. I want to express my desire to have you support the Community Alternative. I brought a picture. This is california street. These trees have all been marked to be removed by the city. They all have tags on them. To me they are beautiful. This is walnut to laurel street. It extends from walnut up to presidio as well. So i want to support our trees. I think it is hard for you guys when you have made decisions for other parts of the city, mostly south of market. We have done a lot of building. I think now youre dealing with a very well established neighborhood. I think we have a lot more feeling about what we want done trying to protect ourselves. Not as far as housing i think and ive never heard anyone say that we dont want housing there, you know for myself i would like the retail to become housing. I dont think we need retail. I do want to support our trees and ask that you not destroy 190 of them. Thank you. Next speaker please. Good afternoon, supervisors. Corey smith. I want to echo everybody elses sentiment. Absolutely appreciate a good urban forest and a good canopy over our city. I think housing people creating homes for people, should be top priority given our situation right now. I understand there will be some misinformation. I do believe that the trees are getting replaced and the total number of trees is increasing on the site. Hopefully we can get some answers on the specifics. Coming up now on years, we reimagined our store card with stakeholders, this is the highest rated project we have. Part of a Community Process which included 160 community meetings. To get everybody on the same page. There is 15 million worth of fees that will be coming out of this project going to improve the lives of san franciscans. Theres a long list of other things i know that are critical, to what this project is fantastic. The one thing that sticks out and has been top of mind recently. Talking about neighborhood association. This would be 186 low income senior homes on the site. As im going around to Different Community meetings around the city, it does have a slightly older population pair they often talk about their desire to stay in San Francisco. Theres just no options. The ability to downsize, and the ability for seniors to be able to stay in San Francisco is just not a reality. These homes are important. My mother, you know, she is not quite there yet. As she moves and as other folks are watching their parents and eventually a get to that age. We want to have options. So the senior homes are really important for the project they are important to the community in the city. We wholeheartedly encourage you to move forward with the project today. Thank you. Next speaker please. Good afternoon supervisors. Im here on behalf of of larry who asked me to speak on his behalf. Regarding this project. First i want to commend everybody and bringing it to this point. I know this project has been in planning and people have been talking about it for some time. We want to raise with you is that as the board is considering a developing agreement. I want to remind you of what really has been a longstanding resident in the city, Development Agreement comes with firm commitments. [please stand by] [please stand by] stormwater captured and solar panels which will improve the friendliness of the neighborhood as well. So i urge the supervisors to support this project. Thank you. Thank you sir. Next speaker. Good afterno