Task force. I am also a resident of japan town. And our church which my husband works at is one block away from the nihonmachi Little Friends on bush street and so we are only a half a block, a block and a half away from this projected site where they will be doing the renovations. My children, both of them who are one is graduating from college and one is going to college, now. Are both graduates of the preschool. From the bush site, and so this, preschool, has definitely been part of the big part of our family. And so, i come here today, to speak not only as a former family that went to nihonmachi Little Friends but also as a resident and also as a organizer for the jtown task force and we have been in information with kathleen amatzu and her staff and the architect and they came to present over at our meeting last month. We appreciate everything that they want to do, and it is well deserved and the bush site is getting old and they need a new place where they can consolidate both si
Retail space. A very serious issue. When we talked to ms. Garland we talked about the restaurant to retail issue. Today, i understand that there is an issue of the closing time perhaps no longer being 10 00 on weekdays and 11 00 on the weekends perhaps 11 00 across the board which is not what we talked about two 2 days ago. Ms. Garland says they need time to see what will work. We know what will work which is retail space. We know that that will work there. Should we accept this permit where two 2 days ago we talked about something different. Should we accept loss of our precious precious retail environment on polk street because a restaurant our would like to open another spot. There is nothing against individuals but there is an issue of losing retail on polk street because its known as an interesting vital retail core. We want to be that interesting retail corridor. We appreciate your attention to this matter. Thank you. Vicepresident cindy wu thank you. Next speaker . Good afternoo
Precious retail environment on polk street because a restaurant our would like to open another spot. There is nothing against individuals but there is an issue of losing retail on polk street because its known as an interesting vital retail core. We want to be that interesting retail corridor. We appreciate your attention to this matter. Thank you. Vicepresident cindy wu thank you. Next speaker . Good afternoon, commissioners, my name is angela. My family and i own the property at 2206 to 2216 polk street. The subject property is one of our prized buildings. We inherited the vision when we purchased the property back in 2006. Interior vision struggled to pay their rent from the beginning. We gave them numerous concessions and extra time to pay the rent and we helped them for several years since we owned the property. They voluntarily closed their doors in 2013 and did not renew their lease. We contracted gladys reality to assist us in renting the space and we contracted with them in Sa
And through the 40 years since nihonmachi Little Friends opened the doors there are thousands of family whose have gone through the same process of empowerment and i think that each one of us appreciates how exceptional the preschool and after School Programs are. And we appreciate how hard nlf works to make sure that it is affordable because of San Francisco, it is very hard on familis if you cant find something that is even though it is wonderful that you cant afford. And i think that all of the families appreciate how precious the institution is both to bring vitality to japan town, as well as to offer a hand to familis in San Francisco and so this may be just an addition to a building, but to us it speaks to the heart of bringing joy to family and children here in San Francisco and we hope that you support our endeavors. Thank you very much. Thank you. Okay, opening for Public Comment. And is there Public Comment on this item . Good evening, commissioners, my name is paul werm er a
This item . Good evening, commissioners, my name is paul werm er and i am wearing a new hat here tonight as the jtf board member and chair of the land use committee, and actually there is not a lot to add to what has already been said. It is extremely encouraging to see the first project coming before you after the jhs process that alines so well with all of the stated objectives in the jhs plan and with that i will say thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners, my name is alice coahasu and i am the new president of the japan town task force. I am also a resident of japan town. And our church which my husband works at is one block away from the nihonmachi Little Friends on bush street and so we are only a half a block, a block and a half away from this projected site where they will be doing the renovations. My children, both of them who are one is graduating from college and one is going to college, now. Are both graduates of the preschool. From the bush site, and so this, preschool, h