Director of the civil war era studies program. He did his graduate work in history at the university of pennsylvania, where he focused on the history of religion. He also has holds a master of divinity degree. His roster of publications is so long that im not going to even try to read them all to you. You can go to allen guelzo. Com and get a full accounting of not only his publications, but other salient elements of his biography and doings. What im going to do here is mention five books that i think are especially pertinent to what well be doing this afternoon, and ill just read it. Abraham lincoln redeemer president , 1998 and won the first of allens lincoln prizes. Lincolns emancipation proclamation, end of slavery in america, published by simon and schuster in 2004 brought him his second lincoln prize. Lincoln and douglas that defined america, simon and schuster 2008 for some reason didnt win the lincoln prize. Fateful lightning, new history of the civil war and reconstruction cam
Work hand in hand with one Treasure Island to provide jobs for residents on ti. We look forward to expanding that rube biconprogram has a long history of providing opportunities for folks with barriers to employment and overcoming other challenges. Thanks so much. Thank you so much for coming and giving us those statements. We look forward to working with you. Are there other Public Comments . Thank you all for your wonderful presentations today and this is very exciting topics. We are going to be creating more parks than the golden gate park. We need to reiterate that for not just San Francisco but for the entire region, the points if destination no one has ever imagine order or seen before. We are all working together to make that happen. Thank you. Item six. Discussion of future agenda items by directors. To follow up on our previous discussion of the steward governance model. I want to be sure in the annual budget this year sufficient funds to either look at the feasibility for ste
Able to get folks downtown quickly on the t, then the need for parking wouldnt be there. We understand that the lots there are full. Like many San Francisco neighborhoods to get a parking spot in this area you need to drive around. I have that situation. I had a car until three years ago when i said it is a pain in the butt. Finding parking is hard. I was fortunate to be in a situation to get rid of the car. A lot of folks dont have that. We are also looking at a situation that goes what do we want to prioritize . Parking spots are homes for people. At the end of the day it does frankly suck that is a tradeoff we have to figure out because parking does take up space. When trying to figure out these crazy priorities in the city, there is a lot of give and take. We absolutely understand that the desire for more parking at the site, but when looking at everything and looking at the big picture, we would argue building more homes should take priority over those requests. We ask that you do
Good noon. Welcome to the Planning Commission of february 20, 2020. Please turn off any cell phones. If you would like to state your name for the record. Before we begin, those persons standing and cannot find a seat, youre creating a fire has haza. We have set up room for 16 on this floor where youll be able to watch and listen to these proceedings and when the item of interest youre here for comes up, youll be allowed to come in and provide public testimony. So, unfortunately, if you dont have a seat, youll have to make your way to room 416. I would like to take role. Tea role call . Disagree expect commissioner diamond to expect us shortly and commissioner richards to be absent. First is consideration of items proposed for a continuance. Item one, 2810001018, 4211 26th street, propose ford a continuance to ma march 12th 12th and item 2 at 2254 green street, a discretionary review proposed for indefinite discontinuance. And item 3 at union street, conditional use authorization has be
The Ramaytush Ohlone have never zeeded, lost nor for goat en their responsibility as care takers of this place. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relative of the Ramaytush Ohlone, and by acknowledging their soverne rights. Item 4, the president s report. Great, nothing to share at this time, beyond comments during the ceos report. Thank you, president torres. Item 5, item Public Comment. It is not appropriate for commissioners to engage in a debate. If you have questions and would like to bring comments to attention, please bring, with that being said, i do have some speaker cards that have been filled out. Would you like to come up for your general Public Comment. And you have two minutes. Speaker through the chair, thank you very much. Im craig, there is been a slight change at John F Kennedy and want to alert you the new officer, im now the president ,