up mostly because of the high- tech industry. those of us in the construction industry, including my own office, we were 55 people in 2008. now we are only 35. we still have not come up to speed. construction industry badly needs this project. thank you very much. john clauson. jeanie moss. chris nelson. good afternoon. my name is june osterberg, and i want to state i am strongly opposed to the 8 washington project for many reasons. in my attempt at brevity, i am quoting from the march 7 editorial of the bay gaurdian. here are the five main reasons this project should not be approved 1, it fills no housing needs. 2, a reward for bad actors. 3, an environmental disaster. 4, it will wipe out what is mostly a middle-class recreation facility. 5, the city does not get much out of the deal. it is not a cop out for me to use this. i use it because i agree with everything they say. and if you would want to see how they substantiate each of these reasons, it is in the march 7
green roof in this design. green river companies are a source of new, well-paying jobs. expanding green infrastructure, instead of insufficient, expensive gray infrastructure strategies for dealing with storm water and sewage management. greenrooms provide local air quality and water quality benefits and help address climate change. to address climate change in particular, the really smart scientists at columbia university has have come to the conclusion that green roofs are the best single mitigation strategy for combating the effects of climate change in the years moving forward. i would like you to do about that, too. also, looking a little bit closer at the storm water management issues. compared to the existing uses on side, it is short paved surfaces absorbed neither co2 or particulate matter. san francisco has combined sewers during heavy rains and storm water overwhelm the system. sewage pours into the bay. the green roof at 8 washington will retain and in storm w
and gave up tennis when i could not see the ball anymore. i urge you to approve the eir so finally we can go to work and get the ball rolling again. six years is enough i think. i have many years reasons for recommending approval. i read recently that many articles in the newspaper are all in favor of the job. i think you have a most excellent architecture and engineer on the job, and over the years i worked with most of them, and i know you are in good hands. also, your excellent planning department is recommending the approval, and i think that should be enough. and i think the majority of san francisco would approve of the project. unfortunately, most of them are working now and cannot be here. as you know, construction industry is still in the dumps, even though the city is picking up mostly because of the high- tech industry. those of us in the construction industry, including my own office, we were 55 people in 2008. now we are only 35. we still have not come up to sp
so he will not miss that. we both felt strongly that this makes such a nicer contribution to the city. we always felt guilty taking up this duty for ourselves. we are excited to see the addition of the green roofs and of these beautiful things that will be added to the waterfront. we will continue to enjoy the camp and now in more gorgeous waterfront. thank you. commissioners, michael, san francisco building and construction trades council. i will ask those in the building trades to have stuck it out with the negative comments to please stand so you can see who is here. a basic premise. that is that the waterfront and the port, and thereby this property which includes a sliver of port land, is not the province of the telegraph hill dollars or of the friends of golden gateway, but of all of san francisco. under that premise, in the early 1990 s, when the embarcadero center for weekend on, the port instituted a process that brought in a broad swath of the city and included th
he was quite ecstatic, noting the addition of more green space and recreational areas. quite frankly, when we were there, we did not see a lot of people using the tennis courts, so he will not miss that. we both felt strongly that this makes such a nicer contribution to the city. we always felt guilty taking up this duty for ourselves. we are excited to see the addition of the green roofs and of these beautiful things that will be added to the waterfront. we will continue to enjoy the camp and now in more gorgeous waterfront. thank you. commissioners, michael, san francisco building and construction trades council. i will ask those in the building trades to have stuck it out with the negative comments to please stand so you can see who is here. a basic premise. that is that the waterfront and the port, and thereby this property which includes a sliver of port land, is not the province of the telegraph hill dollars or of the friends of golden gateway, but of all of san franc