Size of everyone else. He allowed us to use the eight squarefoot area. Based on the plans put forward it would eliminate your fathers ability to garden. Exactly. Mr. Chair, may have an opportunity to call back up and to talk to the members of habitat . Absolutely. Mr. Devon richardson or president if we could ask our habitat of humanity person to come up. Is there open space . There are private backyards, 26 of the homes are built along the edge that faces highway 280, that caltrans property. They all have private backyards and access to that. What i am asking, is a roman the plans or room for some kind of shared public space . To take into consideration the community in existence to facilitate a sense of community . Unfortunately the site is so tight that we dont have any common area. No space for it unfortunately. Right now, the open space, landscaping that is behind this lands backyard is part of a retaining wall system. President supervisor cohen, do you mind speaking little closer
And asking whether or not we got an appeal hearing. This board needs to understand that often in the city the only chance that any citizens has actually speak to the representatives or to this body as a whole is in this chamber. If you cannot respect people exercising their constitutional rights, you should be ashamed. You took an oath just last week to support and defend the constitution of the United States and of the state of california. Being respectful during the Public Comment is a minimum you can do. Good afternoon board of supervisors. I want to agree with the other citizens of San Francisco that spoken this issue. If i own property and got i dont own property in San Francisco i would be appalled. This lady is trying to appeal to you all. Come on now. Thank you. Are there any other members of the public that wish to speak on behalf of the appellant. Seeing none, lets hear from the city departments public works and planning, good afternoon this is bruce city and county surveyor.
Willing to sign waivers of liability a what have you to make it to where they will not be liable for anything that could possibly happen. Is really just for my dad to have access to the area to garden. If there will be a shrub behind the wall, why not just move it up . They just dont want to because it could potentially delay the project. Thats it for my questions mr. Chair, mr. President. I would like to go on record and ask that habitat for humanity reconsider their position. Sound like a small request. You are in the business of Building Communities and hopefully you will work with ms. Lam and her family, to where her father can help with the landscape or the property. Out of the many problems we see, this is a nice one to put it nicely. Thank you very much. Supervisor avalos. Supervisor avalos before the Board Meeting today i was in my office with the appellant, ms. Lam and with habitat for humanity, trying to see what we could do a negotiate some kind of settlement separate from t
One before the end. Our yard runs a quarter of the size of everyone else. He allowed us to use the eight squarefoot area. Based on the plans put forward it would eliminate your fathers ability to garden. Exactly. Mr. Chair, may have an opportunity to call back up and to talk to the members of habitat . Absolutely. Mr. Devon richardson or president if we could ask our habitat of humanity person to come up. Is there open space . There are private backyards, 26 of the homes are built along the edge that faces highway 280, that caltrans property. They all have private backyards and access to that. What i am asking, is a roman the plans or room for some kind of shared public space . To take into consideration the community in existence to facilitate a sense of community . Unfortunately the site is so tight that we dont have any common area. No space for it unfortunately. Right now, the open space, landscaping that is behind this lands backyard is part of a retaining wall system. President s
This is exactly the kind of conversation we want to continue to have. We utilize volunteers for all stages of development. It is a terrific idea frankly to incorporate maybe some of the landscaping and including him in that process. Ms. Lam . Do you think your father would be interested in volunteering his services . My dad would be interested. The problem is that he has a tough time getting around. The way that it is now, there is the fence back there, and we have created a door to give them access to that area within the fence. He does not have to leave the house in order to be able to do this. Theyre going to put a retaining wall and a shrub, the shrub will be about the same size as the garden. I am not asking to own the property. I am happy to buy it; willing to sign waivers of liability a what have you to make it to where they will not be liable for anything that could possibly happen. Is really just for my dad to have access to the area to garden. If there will be a shrub behind