To go hungry in his beloved San Francisco community. Joe would have been so proud to support this wonderful building that will provide so much care for so many people in our city. For me, st. Anthonys also represents the three cs. Care, community, and continuity. I bring you many congratulations from all of the members of the board of directors of the Koret Foundation and our very best wishes for continued sucrose in success in the future. Thank you. [ applause ] i saw merl and larry, if you want to join us. As we said, this building is complex. And it starts with the funding. It will get more complicated with the construction pretty soon, but it has really been an unbelievable group effort to pull together the different funders of this work. We heard about the korets foundation amazing con tributionss and i know there have been so many amazing contributions on the st. Anthony side. For an Affordable Housing project for this it takes incredible people and we start with hud, who supplied over 20 million to make this project possible. Larry ferguson is here, the director of the hud 202 programs that gets the Senior Housing funds and an important thing to know about the hud 202 programs not only do they provide capital, but a rental subsidy. So seniors on social security, or even less income dont have to worry about whether they can make a 1,000 rent payment. They pay 30 of whatever they can pay and the federal government helps us make up the difference, so we can keep people housed. There are folks out there who understand why this is not such a great investment. So i want to take one second to tell you about this. We know there that we can save money to medicare and medicaid by housing seniors in this setting. So its an unbelievable investment and one that i hope well keep on doing. [ applause ] i dont have time to thank you everybody at hud, but without your commitment to make these things real we couldnt get them done. We thanked the mayor, but the mayors staff at the Mayors Office of housing, one of the humblest Public Servants you will ever meet olson has been doing this i think since 1906. [ laughter ] olson has been doing this forever. And along with a lot of other people in the city, we not have the history of Affordable Housing in San Francisco without olson lee. He has been tireless. He worked harder to make this happen than anyone that i know and committed than any human being i have met. I want to thank olson and the rest of the Mayors Office of housing and the staff for their work on this sfwater. [ effort. [ applause ] again in the obscure world of Affordable Housing, leadership pelosi has been a huge champion with senator feinstein in preserving the program. We know we have a huge champion in you as we look at tax reform, were confident that you will be with us on that issue. We get investors to buy the tax credits and that helps to pay for the building. Its a very complicated transaction and todd is here representing the foundation. They have brought in Equity Investment of over 1. 2 billion. To give you a sense of how important they are and how important the program is. Thank you. [ applause ] you know in San Francisco, everything is green, but liz helps us go greener. And so they have provided an important predevelopment grant to help us understand how to green this project and make them the most environmentally sustainability program. They are a huge partner with us nationally and with all the communities and the work that they do across the country. So thank you stephanie and liz. [ applause ] we have two different banking partners on this project that have combined to lend over 22 million to the construction loan on this project. Citibank and Silicon Valley bank. Merl is around. Former mercy employee, also wonderful human being. Merl is also hiding in the background because he is also humble. These two banks have been huge up the supporters of Affordable Housing over the years. [ applause ] Silicon Valley bank i think we want to mention also the Silicon Valley bank has been instrumental in helping us secure Affordable HousingProgram Grant for this project from the Federal Home Loan Bank system and thank the Federal Home Loan Bank and anita adams and her staff and still con valley bank for making that possible. Its a huge grant and a huge part of closing the gap. So thank you. [ applause ] i have been given the inevitable task of thanking everyone. The department of health, they understood probably earlier than any other Health Department in the country that housing is health. And so they have been a huge part of the solution to homelessness in San Francisco. Here as they do in other buildings around the city, they are providing operating and service grants so that as people come into this building off the streets, were able to help them stabilize, afford the housing that they are in and move on and reconstruct their live as tyrone mentioned. Again i want to thank the department of public health. [ applause ] im almost there. We have lots of neighbors. If you have ever been next to a construction project, you want to make sure you thank your neighbors at the beginning. They may not want to hear your thanks, but the boyd hotel, st. Boniface, hibernia bank, the academy, senior action network, San Francisco action ministries, cc y, and tenderloin district and father harden. [ applause ] since im up here i want to thank the mercy staff. I think there are probably 25 mercy staff distributed throughout the crowd. We do everything together. No one person is responsible for any one project, but some who have played extraordinary roles in this project. I want to thank the mercy staff who did so much. Last, but not least, nothing happens in San Francisco without dedicated community advocates. For this building to be here for st. Anthonies to be here and for the work that mercy does there are people over the years that make a commitment to making stuff happen. They are the voice in the back of the room and remining you over and over again that we have a commitment to make something better. Mercy doesnt often name your buildings. Sometimes they have glorious names like 122 golden gate, which was the name of this building up to now. Its very poetic. But we really wanted to do something to commemorate the incredible contribution the Tenderloin Community and we want to name this building after vera hale, who is here on stage. This building, once its opened will be named the vera hale building. For over 20 years vera has been a tireless advocate around senior issues, around Economic Security issues. She has worked at Curry Senior Center and i have a list of the boards and commissions she has served on. I will read them to you because its a longer list i heard many in my life. Advisory council to aging and adult services, the mayors longterm care coordinating council, the San Francisco interim support task force and coalition of agencies serve the elders, and im sure will there are a hundred other that vera sat on. The list of things that she has worked on goes on and on. To me vera symbolized what San Francisco is about. Her work and the community she fought so tirelessly for and on top of the dining hall, this corner will forever be st. Anthonys dining hall, but the same piece that is mercy housing will be known as vera hale housing. [ applause ] so close. I have a long list. Im on page 3 there is only seven more. [ laughter ] im kidding. Im kidding. It does seem that way. I know. We want to thank our events sponsor, our general contractor. [ applause ] the hilton, citibank, banc of america, and barry will say more about them in a second. Im sure i have forgotten something and i apologize in advance, but in the interest of time i will turn it over to barry. Thank you. [ applause ] yes, to wrap this up here, two lendors on st. Anthonys side, the lowincome investment fund, Nancy Andrews is here and the bank of America Elizabeth shooten, i believe is here and we want to thank them both. Because st. Anthonys helps the lowincome housing fund get started back in the 90s, we were going to have nancy say just a word or two. Nancy. [ applause ] thank you everyone and its just fantastic to see so many san franciscans turn out for this groundbreaking. I am Nancy Andrews. Im the president and ceo of the lowincome investment fund. We are a San Franciscobased Community CapitalNonprofit Organization and our role in this project was to provide a 10 million allocation of new markets tax credits. You heard leader pelosi speak about the importance of this program. Every year the new markets Program Provides billions of dollars to projects similar to this one. And its a very important part of the fabric of what moves communities toward in todays worldful. Were incredibly proud to have had the chance to support this program, to support st. Anthonys in providing meals, services and hope to san franciscans. But its especially heartwarming to us to be able to collaborate and to bring housing and Services Together and the collaboration between mercy housing and st. Anthonys. We would like to thank banc of america, who was our Capital Partner in the new markets program and again, were simply thrilled to be part of this. It speaks perfectly to the vision that many of us share for how to move families and communities forward. I have to say that i for one, if this is what the groundbreaking is like, i am incredibly excited to go to the grand opening celebration. Thank you all. [ applause ] thank you, nancy. I would like to make sure that we thank the staff of st. Anthonys, who is here in force today. Raise your hands and thank them. [ applause ] a couple of other grantors to st. Anthonys, thanking jack fitzpatrick, who is here. Stephanie and the koretfolks that have already been mentioned. Were actually going to do a groundbreaking. So i would ask those involved on that, that is everybody on the stage pretty much to start moving into the pit. So if you can stand up and start moving. Welcome to the board of appeals meeting for january 16th, 20. I have been notified that the interpreter is stuck in traffic and well have to move on to another case. I would like to see a show of hands for item no. 11, appeal no. 12142, 2nd street merchants, versus department of Public Works Bureau of streetuse and mapping. And 00 no. 12, appeal no. 12142, paawan kothari, doing business as the chai cart. Anyone here for that item . Perhaps they are out in the hall. Lets give them a minute. President hwang, which case would you like to begin with . Item 12. Is anyone here for item no. 12, the chai cart . I guess well go with item no. 11. Item no. 11, appeal no. 12142, 2nd street merchants versus dpt of Public Works Bureau of streetuse and mapping. This is protesting the issuance on september 28th, 2012 to expresso subito llc mobile food facility sale of espresso drinks. This matter is on for rehearing today. This public hearing was held and closed on november 14th 2012 and at that time a motion to uphold the subject mobile food facility permit did not muster sufficient votes to pass the permit and was upheld by operation of law. Well start with the attorney for the appellant. Good afternoon, commissioners. I think i made four valid points in the briefing and im just going to highlight those quickly and yield the rest of my time to the merchants. The first point is the most salient point which is the due process issue. I think the applicant has admitted or has not disagreed that at least two locations, 301 sacramento street and 303 South Sacramento street did not receive notice of the permit. And they sort of tried to distinguish between the notice of the permit and the notice of an appeal and i think those are two very separate issues. The public works code says that businesses within a 300 radius are entitled to receive notice of the permit. What is the use of giving a notice of appeal after everything is said and done . The second issue is i believe due to Radius Services mistake, the whole block was missed floatfication area and that is because Radio Services calculates notice the block using the assessors block as opposed to what is stated in the public works code, which is the midpoint of the block face. Can i just go to this overhead real quickly . Okay. So where the x is where expresso subito did the 300 radius, but where the little star is the actual block face. So all the businesses down here were not notified and one business that dpw testified to was 101 2nd street and no one from that building received notice. The second point is that dpw testified if starbucks objected we most likely would have denied the parent and we have on record that starbucks did object to the permit. They have not withdrawn their objection and the fact that they are not taking an active part in this appeal does not mean they did not object to the permit. Third, dpw has been misapplying the 300 radius. The order says 300 radius and public works code says [ 3507b8 ] radius and for them to use a 300 walking distance instead of an radius is an arbitrary and capricious application of law. The like foods argument, we just want dpw to get it right next time. They said starbucks sells like food within a 3 off and on radius and the applicant agrees and lets get it right and say were using our discretion and there is like foods within 300. Allison rowe, this is subitos truck, which they plan to move which is sidewalk service. Its odd that they accepted the permit that expressedly prohibits sidewalk service. Two, making applestoapples comparisons to menus. Three, in march, the hearing officer kevin day said there is a saturation in downtown already about coffee, and 41 was removed aored as a location because its too dense our menu is almost exactly the same as subitos and all of my competitors, because we compete with each other. Their discretion could not be exercised without a complete set of facts by dpw at the time of decision. 4, there is no bathroom for use. You cant handle money and food. That is part of the health code. Its a Health Hazard not to have a hand washing simpbetween cashiering and foodservice. The map show twos coffee vendors. Subito admitted major disclosures and misled the city. The mobile food facility says the permit is valid om if the applicant has not misrepresented facts. Jim patrick three things the bathroom, parking and side door on the truck. The bathroom has not been approved by the owner of the building as specifically sets out in the regulations in the law. The bathroom is not 200 from where the truck is. In fact, its about a block and a half. You have to go half a block across the street and north half a block and up the stairs and back in the mezzanine and i viewed it today and i can tell you its quite a ways. And there is no handicap path of travel to the bathroom, which is required. No way can the customers use it or the employees use it. No. 2 is parking. Its taking the last two spaces in this whole large two and a half block area of downtown. No parking. We need parking for customers. We dont need parking for coffee. No. 3 the side door, when you open the side door it will take 60 of the sidewalk. Its right in front of a restaurant. When the restaurant puts out their tables it takes up 40 of the table, 60 and 40 last time i checked was 100. Where are the pedestrians in its a problem. We have an illegal bathroom and were losing the parking and side door operations make it impossible. This deal just doesnt pass muster and when it doesnt pass muster, you cant sell mustard. Thank you. Fill out a card, sir. Hello, among the other reasons that restaurants is familyowned restaurant the problem that we have, i have a couple of points here. We sell coffee in the morning. Two, there is always construction getting done there. And as you can see, there is only reference the overhead, if you want us to see something . So as you can see, this is our restaurant there. And there is only one lane there. That would be our problem. I mean, i dont see how that could be fixed. Also we are already receiving enough competition, like allison said. We all sell the same thing. Thank you. Hi, my name is deb serials with serials markets. They claim that i wasnt within 300 and that the access to my location was on market street. In fact, we have never had access on market street. The access to our place is on 2nd and stevenson, a quarter block down, which is within 300. In my lease it allows me to have a patio. I have a 1500squarefeet patio that i spent 75,000 building. Its exclusively for me and were within 300. We sell organic coffee. What is the name of your company . Sellers markets. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Im a private individual. My name is Gary Goldstein im the permit holdner this hearing. I first applied 16 months ago and i have spent over 100,000 on this business. I relied on dpw policy, which is part of the city policy. There is a specific language in the dpw guidelines which addresses the coffee truck as not to be considered like food outside of a diner. This hearing was triggered by radio omission which was no fault of mine. All partis were properly notified. I was parented by dpw in september and i have no revenue while having to maintain significant costs of over 1,000 a month and other overhead. The truck is