Perthe chair, hes allowed to ask, but i just get tired of people rushing to the podium, please. Commissioner fong ill ask you, what is the relationship, official or not with la cocina, because obviously its a great local organization. Yeah, im sorry for sort of rushing up. Weve been working with them for a long time, number of months, not years. There is nothing written. There is an mou out there. Both sides are committed to working together, and i dont want to speak for people who are not here, but there are reasons just beyond whats on the paper why someone isnt here from la cocina as to their commitment on this program. Commissioner fong okay. And regarding the art program, what is the understanding with regard to any potential art programs, are they on a pdr space or on actual physical walls at the moment, and mr. Hernandez has brought up if theres going to be any opportunity, lets keep it local. Well, what weve done is retain a local district to listen to the latino Arts District
Supervisor second. Commissioners, since we have time not that we want to sit and debate the design, since commissioner richards has provided a dissenting voice on the facade, but it sounds like a majority of the commission is okay with the facade as is, i will weigh in from the urban design teams perspective, we did find the facade was a good way of knitting the building with the existing elements. It would help to provide a strong reelthshlationship to we existing relationship is, so it was a nice meld of new and old. Vice president richards i agree on the intent. Its just the result, so was there talk of a set back of even 3 feet or 5 feet . I dont think there was talk of a set back. Because of its location on the corner, we felt strongly that the massing needed to anchor the corner, so maybe we could work with the architect to find a detail to find more reveal on the facade, and im sure knowing the architect, its something he can potentially find and explore. Vice president richards
Esteemed board of supervisors for the prestigious honor, something i feel i have not earned or deserve, with all due respect, though i would say this honor is something i would accept on behalf of my fellow artists in the city and wherever they are working hard behind the scenes to follow their visions and dreams of making the world a more beautiful place with their art. Im also sincerely grateful to the friends and folks here today for the support you have all shown the artists in your life. Transcends ethnic labels and for me a more universal identity. Always be grateful to the city i love to be part of the fabric of life here and follow my dreams to become an artist. San francisco has always been a magical place from my childhood, although i was not born here, my two sons were. Im a kid of the 1960s, and those were for me formative years in art school, i give thanks to richard stevens, the director of the original academy of art for the working scholarship. He always encouraged me t
Very much. So to me, it sounds like its a Standard City notification process. Correct. Supervisor cohen is there any resident residual waste Water Pollution from the previous tenant . Thats an important question. If youre not able to answer, i dont know if there is anyone within the Planning Department that can speak to that. I want to know if there is waste water resume sid wall residual. And i need to know if that needs to be cleaned up before the future business occupying the location. I want to know if the future business, be it saba or any other business. Lisa gibson, Environmental Review officer. If you could hold, were consulting with the city colleagues about the matter. My understanding is that, if there were a notable violation of any sort, that would have to be addressed, but were not aware of any, so were not prepared for the question. And the project wouldnt result in soil disturbance, so we wouldnt anticipate if there was any soil ground water contamination that it would
To represent poland to represent team u. S. A. , that was a great experience because i got to compete against skaters from other countries. And nationals, i pushed myself to try to land the triple axel. And that has really been a huge goal for me. And just looking up to nathan chen, hes top skater right now, and competing at the olympics. That has inspired me. Sometimes i lack motivation and i watch the top skaters and that helps me a lot, one of my favorites is nathan chen. I try to be like him, but in my own way, so that really pushes me to attempt quads. And try to improve. And yeah, right now, my hope is to make it to the olympics and hopefully 2020. 2022 olympics. And yeah, i would like to thank everyone for coming. [applause] congratulations, again, well watch you on tv at the olympics. Congratulations. Next up, we have supervisor fewer. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. Today, it is my honor Kate Williams yam and william and his family come up . President breed come on, you