Good afternoon, members of the board. I have copies here. You can hand them up through the clerk. So, my name is tim kelly. Im president of Kaiser Marston soresction. As tiffany just explained, we did a peer review. Let me give you a background about who we are. We have been in San Francisco for almost 40 years, actually 40 years. We were founded here. Were a Real Estate Consulting firm that works primarily with public agencies on doing Public Private partnerships and weve successfully done that for about 30 years here. ~ we have evaluated real estate in San Francisco for well over 30 years. And we are working around the transbay terminal on the residential towers that are coming in there. Weve worked on nine of those different towers on three different sites. Our assignment in this exercise is to do a peer review of the Feasibility Analysis that was prepared by eps for reasonableness. The project alternatives were those provided in the eir and we are not asked we were not asked to com
Of things that have been raised. I ask for your indulgence, i may take up to 3 minutes. We have not had an opportunity to speak to some of these legal issues. Im former president of [speaker not understood], general counsel for seven years, National Former president of the national bar association, the voice of the Latino Community throughout the united states. The current project before you is a culmination of years of good faith negotiations with representatives which have been completed on one hand the successor agency, the city through the department of real estate and the San Francisco arts commission, and the Mexican Museum. On the other hand, weve had Millennium Partners. So, you had a number of very competent attorneys at the table negotiating with Millennium Partners and what we believe is an excellent deal. I have also sat with representatives of the city millennium park, representatives of the four seasons and under this roof. They did not want to negotiate in good faith, wh
I agree and i concur with all the comments that have been made by my fellow resident and neighbors within 755 market street. Im concerned about the height of the buildings [speaker not understood] to be constructed. Im concerned about the traffic. Im concerned about the Pedestrian Safety in the area. However, i want to say that i along with my fellow residents totally support the Mexican Museum that is to be constructed there. We are members of other museums in the area and when the Mexican Museum is constructed, we certainly will be members of that as well. I just would like to say that if this project goes ahead and if i look out my window and i see this building going up and i see shadows going up over the areas that we have been talking about and i see Traffic Congestion and pedestrian problems that weve been talking about, i would feel very bad if i had not come here to speak to you and express my concerns about this project. I would like you to consider all aspects of it. Think a
The children of our Community Needs so much. I know that you have to ask questions and do your homework, but at the end ~ i know you will support this project that will make the Mexican Museum a trust a reality. To the city, our children and to the Latino Community and to all of us. Thank you very much. Muchas gracias. Thank you. Next speaker. Chair wiener, supervisors kim and chiu, victor marquez, im the general counsel of the Mexican Museum. Id like to respond to a couple of things that have been raised. I ask for your indulgence, i may take up to 3 minutes. We have not had an opportunity to speak to some of these legal issues. Im former president of [speaker not understood], general counsel for seven years, National Former president of the national bar association, the voice of the Latino Community throughout the united states. The current project before you is a culmination of years of good faith negotiations with representatives which have been completed on one hand the successor
Necessary steps to make the Mexican Museum a reality. As an educator, i see things from the eyes of our children and young adults and, of course, the culture value of the Mexican Museum will strengthen their [speaker not understood], sensitivity, and selfesteem that as you know, the children of our Community Needs so much. I know that you have to ask questions and do your homework, but at the end ~ i know you will support this project that will make the Mexican Museum a trust a reality. To the city, our children and to the Latino Community and to all of us. Thank you very much. Muchas gracias. Thank you. Next speaker. Chair wiener, supervisors kim and chiu, victor marquez, im the general counsel of the Mexican Museum. Id like to respond to a couple of things that have been raised. I ask for your indulgence, i may take up to 3 minutes. We have not had an opportunity to speak to some of these legal issues. Im former president of [speaker not understood], general counsel for seven years,