Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20240713

2019 items 3a and b for case numbers 2015010589 and ofa2300 harrison street, large project authorization and Office Development authorization are proposed for continuance to november 14. I have no other items for continuance and i have no speaker cards. Do any members of the public have any comment about the ims proposed for continuance items proposed for continuance . Public comment is closed. I move to continue the items to the dates specified. Thank you commissioners on that motion to continue items as proposed. Commissioner [roll call vote] the motion passes unanimously. Placing under the consent cal calendar. 1046, 14th street a condominium subdivision. Do any members of the public wish to provide Public Comment on this item . Okay. Public comment is closed. Commissioner koppel. Move. Second. Thank you commissioners on that motion to approve item 4 on the consent calendar. [roll call vote] so moved. The motion passes unanimously. Commission matters consideration of adoption of minutes. Do any members of the public have Public Comment on the draft minutes . Okay. Public comment is closed. Commissioner koppel. Move to approve the draft minutes. Second. Thank you commissioners on that motion to adopt the minutes for september 26. [roll call vote] the motion passes unanimously. Item 6 commission comments and questions. Commissioner richards. The governor signed sb30 yesterday. I know the staff has been holding back waiting until its signed to understand the exact implications. I have three Major Concerns i would like staff to understand. First is do we have the resources to do whats needed in the timelines provided. Two the limit on the number of public hearings, whats the impact, especially around discretionary equity where we have continued project in order to have the Community Come up with a package for the developer. Three a Historic Resource evaluation within 30 days, do we have the capacity to do worried that these things are going to be imposed on us and we are not going to be able to react with the staff we have and things are going to sift through and get approved. So i would like to see different types of hearings maybe do ones on ones we have had in the past, buttonhole those and see how they fit with the legislation that was passed and we could at least all understand that. Thank you. Thank you, commissioner. Seeing nothing further, we can move onto department matters, item 7 directors announcements. Good afternoon. No new announcements today. Thank you. Item 8 review of past incidents of the board of supervisors. Aaron star is out sick so he asked me to relay to you only that the ceqa appeal for 13th street was denied and the cp was up held at the board yesterday. Hell give you a full report next week. I will also simply announce that well, theres no report from the board of appeals in the Historic Preservation commission didnt meet yesterday. But to inform you the mayor nominated sue diamond to be here on the Planning Commission. If theres nothing else commissioners we can move onto general Public Comment. At this time members of the public may address within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meet. Each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. I have this one speaker card. Okay. Anybody else who wishes to provide general Public Comment, please come up now. Good afternoon. I dont know if you had a chance to read the email i sent this morning and i did send a copy to director. I want to amplify some of those themes. The confluence of the fact that the survey, the sample for five samples from 2015 had a 40 percent should have been demos reviewed as demos. And the staff in the past two years reviewed demos and 38 percent of those should have been demos so i think these numbers are interesting. I want to show you this project which was approved in 2015. Can i have the overhead . That was a unit merger. And that was in the flat area of noe valley and that was 7 million in 2015. Heres one that was done recently. It was two units. Purchased for 6 million. Heres this project here. Not going to tell you where it is. But there it is as it was. And it was recently sold for asking 1. 295 million and sold for 2 million. Got an alteration permit and theres some of the work. And heres more of the work. And here it is as its done and they are asking 7. 5 million for a Single Family home, five bedrooms. But the thing thats interesting is down the street, and these were built in 1941 or mely so they go with that thing i sent you in the general plan in the Housing Element about housing that should be preserved. This is down the street. They are not doing a vertical expansion. The other ones, the demo, this one is three bedrooms, the other one is five. And just one more item to show you that something thats going on now. Its not a democrat in addition. Here it is. Demolition. I dont know what the counts are on that. I guess my point is you need to do something about the demo. I think the Housing Element, ask for it, you can do it. You dont need the supervisors. I think you need to do something about 176 but you need the supervisors for that so ill go with that. I got bad news today so im shaky right now so i apologize for the personal things and i hope you read my email and thank you so much and have a great day. You too. Thank you. Any other general Public Comment . Okay. Public comment is closed. Commissioner richards. So when we had that street i asked the attorney to look into whether the directors it seemed to have overwritten the Building Code and redefined what demolition is. Its actually legal or not. Thats now, i think it was may 22, 2015 that was done. And i would hope that we could get some type of a determination on that, because thats really whats at the root of a lot of what a lot of us are seeing in our neighborhoods. Thank you. We can move to your regular calendar for item 9 the better Market Street project Environmental Impact report. Good afternoon president melgar and members of the commission. I am Jenny Department staff and environmental coordinator. Joining me today is gibson, Environmental Review officer and principal planner with the Planning Department. Members of the project sponsor team and citys consultants for this project. The item before you today is a certification of a final Environmental Impact report or final eir prepared for the project in acore dance with the California Environmental quality act or ceqa. The draft for the project was published on february, 2019. The public hearing on the draft eir was held april 2019 and the Public Comment period for the draft concluded on april 2019. On september 23 of 2019 the Planning Department published comments received. And the responses to comments document contains a copy of all comments received on the draft the responses and any necessary revisions to the draft. The draft along with those responses to comments comprises the final eir. Please note the Planning Commission doesnt have an approval action for this project instead you will determine if the final eir is adequate, accurate and objective. The project sponsors, the San Francisco public works and Municipal Transportation Agency are subject to take approvals pending your certification of final eir. The project corridor would redesign and provide transportation and street improvements to 2. 2mile corridor as shown on this slide encompassing Market Street between stewart and octavia boulevard and the corridor includes portions of street that intersect Market Street and four off street corridors. The project would introduce new private vehicle access restrictions and change the road way configuration traffic significant analogies facilities for people walking, passenger loading surface transit. Surface transit changes would include new muni only lanes changes to muni stop locations stop characteristics such as enlarged boarding islands and construction of a new f loop. This figure illustrates some of the transit changes in the project including the sidewalk level bikeway and expanded transit boarding islands. This figure shows the changes from an aerial perspective including curb side islands passenger loading zones and the f loop. In addition to the project the sponsor is considering the analyzed a project variant known as the western variant. It is located within a portion of the same quarter of the project between octavia boulevard and a point 300 feet east of hayes and Market Street as shown on this figure. However the western variant would implement changes beyond those of the project related to roadway configuration private vehicle access, surface transit, facilities for people walking and passenger loading. The eir did you remembers it would result in the following impacts. Construction related impacts on transportation construction related impact on noise, Operational Impacts on the Market Street Cultural Landscape district a Cultural Resource under existing project and Operational Impact on the muni 27. The eir determines all other impacts were less than significant or could be reduced to less than significant with mitigation. The eir analyzed five project alternatives including the no project alternative which is required by ceqa law and would mean no changes to the project corridor as proposed. The only alternative that would avoid unavoidable impact is the full preservation alternative. It would avoid the impacts to the Market Street Cultural Landscape district that would occur under the project. Under the preservation alternative spacing and service, bicycle facilities and commercial and passenger loading facilities would be similar to existing conditions. Lighting standards would remain and curb lines would be retained. Private vehicle access restrictions would be the same as the proposed project. The other alternatives would reduce Significant Impact but not to less than significant levels. The Planning Department prepared the eir in acore dance within acore ceqa. As a reminder you dont have an approval item for the project. That concludes my presentation. Im available for any questions. Thank you. We are probably going to have questions. Thank you so much for the presentation. We will now open up this item for Public Comment. I have a few speaker cards. Amber ronnie, darren charter. Anyone else who wishes to speak please line up on my left. Come on up, please. Hello. My name is amber speaking on behalf of nature in the city today. In the 1960s and 70s Market Street underwent Major Development and london plain trees were planted. At that time no one would have guessed the street would be transformed into ideal habitat for western swallow tail butterflies. However that is exactly what happened. In 1984 during the first annual San Francisco butterfly count harriet notedd in highrise downtown areas the western swallow tail is the main species seen in the entire length of Market Street has been plantedd with plantedd with trees. We are overinvoiced because plans for the newly improved street would include trees that enhance has been at the time for habitats for insects and birds. The plan includes areas for planters wherever they can be maintained and supported and we urge the city to require these planters to contain San Francisco native plants and nectar sources. The imperative elements not only enhanced by diversity but also improve quality of life for residents, commuters, and visitors alike. We are committed to continue our advocacy and Fundraising Efforts so the new Market Street includes wildlife. We are happy to set up meetings with anyone wanting to learn more about this natural phenomenon. We urge the city to reduce cost cutting measures such as eliminating trees and planters that support wildlife. Thank you for your time today. Thank you. Next speaker please. Im ron miguel. I chair at the Citizens Working Group for better Market Street. I took a look back in my files. In march of 2011 asked me to chair a Design Committee on Market Street and considering San Francisco nine and a half years is not too bad. I have some concepts regarding the plans that have been proposed. Well see whether or not changes are made. They will be. But in my opinion the eir is adequate accurate and objective, which is the criteria for certification. There will be changes to it as it goes along and i hope the public understands that that happens with every project. But those changes will be within the boundaries of the eir. And thats what its for. So without further ado please certify the eir and lets get a shovel in the ground. Thank you mr. Miguel. Next speaker please. Good afternoon commissioners. Im vicechair of the working group with him here but im a Senior Community organizer on staff at the San Francisco bicycle coalition. And im here today on behalf of our 10,000 plus members to lend our strong support to this project and ask that you certify the Environmental Impact report in front of you today. As you all know, hundreds of thousands of people use Market Street daily, riding buses or the thousands of people riding. So it is the backbone of our transportation system. But its also one of the most dangerous streets for people riding in San Francisco. Because of that this project really is the most important safety project for people walking or biking in our city. We need to take this opportunity to create a street that is safe and inviting for all users while preventing future lives lost. So the project thats proposed and represented in the Environmental Impact report will make Market Street safe for people walking and biking and also for restrictions that would reduce the number of vehicles on the street. I want to speak in support of the western variant. It is included in the report. We want to see it move forward extending private automobile restrictions west of tenth all the way to goth, will support the goal of the project to create safe bicycle routes. So all this scope of the project is on the network. So we want to make sure that every aspect of it does get the Safety Improvement we need to make it safe and remove it from that network. So ultimately this project is key to the future of San Francisco. And we should do everything that we can to create a street that is safe for everyone. This will set the future decades of Market Street so we cant lose this opportunity by limiting potential Safety Measures like private auto restrictions west of tenth. Thank you for hearing this and thank you for certifying this Environmental Impact report and moving this to approval and like ron said, towards a shovel in the ground. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker please. I do have two additional speaker cards. Jody and peter. Wonderful. Okay. Good afternoon commissioners. My name is darren. Im a Campaign Coordinator at the San Francisco bicycle coalition. Im here today to urge this body to help certify the better Market Street Environmental Impact report. Market street has three of the deadliest intersections in San Francisco. Every year like clockwork people are hit and killed by cars on this street. And as a cyclist that rides this street every day, i understand this danger intimately because im being sandwiched between buses, trying to stay on schedule and cars rushing to their destinations and also working with pedestrians that are trying to navigate the crosswalk. The street has a tremendous amount of chaos as it stands now. And it stems from the lack of planning that is fortunately remedied through the better Market Street project. And taking cars off the street will save lives. Ive been fliering to the community to notify people about this opportunity to change the street. The one thing i hear every time i mention auto restrictions is its about time. So as the commission knows there are going to be thousands more People Living on this street or nearby with the market octavia plan and the developments proposed. So we need to prioritize the transit methods that will move the masses of people. So as we create this space with disciplinedded clarity and give each transportation mode space with breathing room, it will enable transportation modes for the sake of our Climate Community health, and peoples safety. So i look forward to seeing this certified and i look forward to seeing this project go into the ground. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker please. Good afternoon commissioners. My name is jody and im the executive director of walk San Francisco. We are the citys only pedestrian Advocacy Organization and instrumental in the city with the 2014 vision zero goal. We are in very strong support of the certification of the better Market Street Environmental Impact report. We see this project as one of the citys critical Pedestrian Safety projects and an opportunity to finally prioritize people walking, biking and taking transit. And it is time to make this street the grand boulevard that it is meant to be. Weve been a longstanding partner with the city in shaping the project and an active member of the better Market Street cac as well as regulating with project staff to encourage the members to participate in the various open houses. Not surprisingly Market Street currently has the highest concentration of people walking in any street in the city with about half a million trips down Market Street daily. Preventable crashes have injured more than 500 people on Market Street over the past five years and killed several including 79yearold john on fifth and market two months ago. This project seriously cannot come soon enough. We need certification of the eir in order for the project to move forward. The removal of private vehicles including the western variant redesigning our intersections adding a separated bike lane, improving the bus times for those thousands of people that take the bus every day and overall prioritizing people moving freely on this grand boulevard. For these reasons we hope you take this opportunity to certify the projects eir. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker please. Good afternoon. Im peter straus, on the board of the San Francisco transit riders. Im sorry to have to say im here to voice a critical note on this eir. There are, in fact, significant transit impacts that this project imposes primarily related to stops by eliminating half the stops in the center lane and leaving stops that are a half mila part. Whether or not you support this project, those are Significant Impacts that should have been addressed but they were not addressed. And why were they not . I find the response and the comments document was very dismissive of this concern. The only the reason the transit impacts are on the eir is only one criteria was applied for judging significance and that was whether this increased the cost to mta to operate service. And the comments and response document states that this is the only criteria because this is the most frequently used criteria on the eirs. Well, that criteria may be applicable and appropriate when you are considering the impact of an Office Building downtown. It is wholly inappropriate when judging the impacts of the better Market Street project and projects such as this. In response to comments does also imply indirectly that it acknowledges there are significance to the stops issue. It mentions it. But it says oh, let the riders of the center lane, let them use the curb and transfers which is a very dismissive approach and does not address the impact of the stop recon figurations which should have been quantitatively addressed. And i say again thats whether or not you support this project. I feel that the approach was taken is very insulting, frankly, to the public and to this commission and very dismissive of how ceqa is supposed to be neutrally approached in evaluating the project. I felt compelled to bring this to your attention. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker please. Hi. My name is stephanie. I bike Market Street every day multiple times. And the way it is right now i see the dangers that could bring to our cyclists. So would love to see this that came out more friendly for bikes and especially for family and kids. Thats a dream for me to happen. And also the eir is complete and adequate. So hopefully that will happen. Thank you. Any other Public Comment on this item . Come on up, please. Im the executive director of the Community Benefit district. We are a Property Assessment district representing 30 blocks of the tenderloin including three and a half blocks of Market Street between mason and turk. Tlcbd representing residents in that district. Our core purpose is to lead the evolution of the tenderloin into a vibrant community for all. Better Market Street including its pedestrian and bicycle improvements, makes significant improvements to transportation improvements. There are tens of thousands of People Living in our district including children and seniors. They deserve the proposed improvements and safer streets. There are under construction three projects on those blocks on Market Street. They also deserve an improved Market Street and the new residents will as well. On behalf, i urge you to certify the Environmental Impact report. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker please. Good afternoon commissioners. Steven voss this time here as an individual, not on behalf of any organization. I just want to express my pleasure and reservations about better Market Street. Im a daily bicycle commuter on Market Street. And every day im risking death. Its rather, its not safe. So im pleased that we are working towards a better, safer Market Street. Its really essential. Not only for commuters like myself but for families who want a safe place for the children to ride through the city and experience the beauty and all the great things happening in the city. My reservations are i guess im disappointed that we havent banned cars completely as part of the plan. As i understand it, taxis are still allowed and i find that to be pretty disappointing because every day i come up to a red light and when it turns green i start going, the taxi zooms around me, we both to the red light i go back in front of the taxi. Every time they zoom past me with very little clearance. So really cars have no place on Market Street, it should be buses and protected bike lanes only. I would like to say im glad to second what the nature in San Francisco representative said, im glad there are trees and planters and thats wonderful because with Climate Change the the city is getting hotter and we need more shade. We are not providing enough shade for our pedestrians and bicyclists. So its great to see trees part of the plan. Thats an important part of a beautiful city. So im glad we are moving forward. And im looking forward to having a much safer commute. Thanks. Thank you. Any other Public Comment on this item . Okay. Public comment is closed. Commissioner koppel. So i take the Division Zero plans and our showcase roadway pretty seriously. I think i was the only no vote on the additional parking on one oak specifically for this reason. We have big important intersections. If we want pedestrians to walk and bicyclists to ride they need to feel safe. I would sit by a car about ten years ago on 41st and lincoln, got the stitches to prove it. Luckily nothing too bad happened but it was a big awakening to the fact that i can also take this back to job site days. If people arent safe whether its going to work, walking down the street or performing a job, they are not going to do it. Im always trying to think of a way to eliminate the possibility of any accidents happening. Im really thrilling that we are going towards a nocar direction especially on this street. I would be in favor of no cars in Golden Gate Park and whatnot. If you want people to ride bikes they need to not be scared of losing their lives and then people will ride these bikes. So again very supportive of this happening on this specific street. Great work by the Environmental Review department again. And when the excommission president are here speaking on behalf of the same issue im in support of that too as well. Okay. So no, i was waiting for others. Go ahead. So im also very much in support of this staff recommendation. I did have a question about if it were starting on someone on the come up. About the traffic patterns. Are we stopping traffic on market before the franklin turn or after . From market left on franklin. Franklin. So octavia and then franklin. And then it will. And then the restrictions can be applied. That was my only question because three weeks ago we approved all of this new density for that area and i just want to be mindful to not make it worse for the new residents and stuff that is going to go that we just approved. Thank you so much. I had my worst bike accident on Market Street. I flipped over my bike on a rainy day on the muni tracks in front of a bus stop full of people. It was super embarrassing. But when i went to kaiser, the doctor said that they see seven or eight injuries from those muni tracks every week at kaiser. So if you think about that. Thats really bad. Im so glad that we are doing something. I do take the concern seriously about the bus stops and that we should study those things for people with disabilities, its particularly important. But im glad that we are finally doing something and that its going to be a beautiful space with trees. And hopefully it will happen soon. Commissioner fung. Question for staff. We receive the email today raising some legal issues with the eir. The staff feel any need to respond to that. Was the email from barry miles . Yes. I believe the email was more asking about or discussing the approval process as opposed to certification process. And. A little bit of both. A little bit of both. The comment in short it cant be certified before the nepa is completed. Commissioner johnson. Thank you. Thanks to staff for a thoughtful and thorough job on this eir. It was actually really enjoyable to read. And i got really excited pouring through what the future of Market Street will be. As i shared, i think everyone has a story of if not an injury, a near death experience on Market Street and for that to be the backbone of our city is not okay. And so i think i just echo what everyone says, that im looking forward to us moving forward on this project, making it a place for families, for commuters for children for butterflies and to really embrace folks who are using all modes of mobility in our city. So i will make a motion to adopt the findings and certify the eir. Second. Seeing nothing further there is a motion that has been seconded to certify the Environmental Impact report on that motion. [roll call vote] the motion passes unanimously 4 to 0. Item 10 for case 2018, 350 masonic avenue commission needs authorization. Good afternoon commissioners. Planning department staff. You have before you a request for conditional use authorization for the removal of a dwelling unit and to modify a 1987 conditional use authorization for a planned Unit Development to permit a threestory horizontal expansion to the San Francisco day school and to add the property has 2120 golden gate avenue to the school site within the rh3 Zoning District and 40x height and bulk district. The project proposes the demolition of a dwelling at golden gate avenue which is used by the San Francisco day school as storage and the disruption of a three story expansion to the school. This would increase the size by 15,400 square feet over the parking lot and building proposed for demolition. The new wing of the school will feature classrooms, learning spaces and a rooftop area with a teaching garden and a green roof. The expansion will result in a total of 34 classrooms and a projected 20 percent increase in enrollment from 400 students to 480 students. The project also proposed to rehabilitate the existing three story residential building at 2122 golden gate avenue and split one dwelling unit occupying the third floor into two dwelling units. The existing garage space is proposed to be converted to a one bedroom accessory dwelling unit with usable open space in the front yard. The layout will result in three one bedroom units and one familysized three bedroom unit for an overall net increase of one dwelling unit on the site. The project sponsor indicated the San Francisco day school intends to offer the units as faculty housing. The project also includes the merger of three lots to ensure the building remains within the schools ownership. The project is seeking modifications through the process to the rear yard and dwelling unit exposure requirements of the planning code to permit the alteration of the existing twounit building at 2120 golden gate avenue and to add one dwelling unit and one accessory unit and is seeking a modification to the rear yard and bicycle parking requirements for the expansion. Since the publication of the staff report, the department received 17 letters in support of the project. The department continues to find the project is on balance consistent with the objectives and policies of the general plan. This concludes my presentation, and im available for further questions. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon president melgar and commissioners. Im laura, a principal with architecture. Our firm focuses on designing schools throughout the bay area. San francisco day school at the Northeast Corner of golden gate and masonic was the first School Project my partner worked on in the mid 80s and continued working with the school through the late 90s. We maintain a strong connection to it and its neighbors. We want the new building to integrate well with the neighborhood. The scale and proportion of the building reference the existing School Building and the finer details related to the school and residents. Staff gave us additional feedback and per their recommendations we have changed the plotting of the east stairs to shiplap siding to reflect the woodsideing on the adjacent residences. It draws inspiration from the existing billing and utilizes them in a modern way. It will have a High Performance building envelope similar to the existing School Building without the expressive texture. The proposed materials for the windows are rain screen that relates to the clay tile roof on the existing building. At the entrance on the street, theres a stair and accessible ramp along with planters and two trees to provide greenery at the street level to soften the urban edge. On the north side of the building you see an outdoor classroom on the roof and windows of the Performance Space that relate in scale and proportion to the window of the existing building. At ground level there are two large doors that provide access from the instructional space to the outdoors. We are also renovating the existing residents for future housing providing bedroom units. We are designing the new building to not only provide state of the art educational spaces but to also nit together the north side of golden gate between masonic and central. Thank you for your consideration of the project. Thank you very much. You still have two minutes. President and commissioners i am mic walker. Im head of the San Francisco day school. Im honored to president this facility project to you. The day school was founded 38 years ago as the first secular coeducational school in the city. After eight years and two relocations the school moved to its current site, 1996 added a gym and music room. We now have 400 students. The founding principle was to be an Inclusive Community for a diverse student body. We attract students from over 30 zip codes. 196 live in the neighborhood including coal valley and 44 percent identify as people of color. We allocate annually 2. 1 million in Financial Aid that goes to 21 percent of our student body. About 15. 5 percent of our total operating budget. Another founding principle is the responsibility to contribute to and be a part of the neighborhood in which we exist. For 26 years, San Francisco day school hosted breakthrough San Francisco program that attracts students from over 100 Public Schools from across the city and helps children achieve their dream of a college education. Youll be hearing from executive director of that program. We employ 102 faculty and staff, 15 percent of whom have children enrolled in the school. Our faculty and staff come from over 40 zip codes in the city and 75 percent of our faculty live in the city. With the everincreasing cost of housing in San Francisco, we have made a strategic decision to help our team with the ever increasing burden of housing costs and we are excited to provide four new units for teachers as a part of this project. In addition to the Housing Units the project includes art innovation space performance and gathering space, rooftop garden to advance our Sustainability Program and explannedded play space for the children in addition to the Housing Units. As part of our Neighborhood Outreach and partnership we have held yearly meetings with the neighborhood and met with the University Terrace neighborhood. Ive also met with supervisor brown and supervisor peskin. Traffic management has been a consistent question and we have voluntarily retained the service of a transportation and Engineering Firm to conduct a traffic study. The study submitted to you issued a series of recommendations and we are committed to implementing these measures which includes a security group. We have improved our signage and dismissal procedures. We have rented off site parking. We use the baker street lot as a waiting area in the afternoons. And weve partnered with a carpool app that 60 of our families have registered. We promotorbiking muni, walking to school. Youll notice the plan incorporating ample parking for bikes and we consistently communicate. You are over your time. Is there more to your presentation . There is one concluding sentence. Thank you. On behalf of the San Francisco day school, i want to thank you for your time and convey our excitement for this project, knowing how significant we will impact the experience for the students, the faculty, the family and the neighborhood. Thank you. Thank you very much. I believe the school has been doing research on traffic. I was surprised to hear how much doctor walker has learned about becoming a parking superintendent. Ive also wanted to summarize our concerns about the project. We have no concerns about the building itself, the primary concerns we have relate to traffic and parking challenges noise after events at the school in the evening. Some early earlymorning noise in connection with the breaker program. An unclear plan within the plans presented for the relocation of the trash. But first the trash just the other evening i took photos because i was woken up at 2 07 a. M. , 3 40 a. M. And 5 29 a. M. By supersized trash truck with their backup be and so forth. Banging the giant trash containers. We have mentioned this to the school. They said that they would look into this and see if there was some sort of noise reduction possibility. They committed to working with the neighbors to have some sort of annual communication about parking. This building project reduces the Onsite Parking by nine cars, and it also increases the white zone so there will be fewer Parking Spaces available for the neighborhood. They have heard our concerns about parking in front of a neighborhood driveway, the pickup and dropoff times which put the neighborhood also in the traffic problem situation. If i cant get into my driveway than i am now part of the Traffic Congestion problem. [bell ringing] thank you, sir. Your time is up. Thank you. Next speaker please. Good afternoon. My name is amy, this is my daughter. Im community. Ive lived in the neighborhood since 2,001, and my children have attended sf day since 2,011. Our family received tuition. Without this we would not be able to attend school. We enjoy our community and our bike walks to school. My children are in and out of the classroom with their teachers guarding at the church across the street playing soccer geocaching in the park or hopping on a bus for a field trip downtown. As a parent volunteer, i focus on Community Outreach at f. S. A. And organize opportunities for our School Families to further connect with the Western Addition community. We partner with the panhandle park stewards and s. F. Park and rec several days each year. We collect and deliver hundreds of pounds of candy for the halloween night. Each year we work with directors to provide hundreds of thanksgiving meals assembled that morning in our school cafeteria. The plan to expand f. S. A. Has a potential to benefit the greater community. When my children were much younger they attended for yoga, music and crafting classes on saturdays. More recently we gathered in november to cheer on schools from all over the bay area at a robotics competition that was hosted by the school and open to the public. I look forward to new opportunities for community engagement. I respectfully request your approval of this project. Thank you. You have anything to ask . Okay. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is. [ name indescernible ] thank you for allowing our school the opportunity to speak with you today. I feel honored and privilege to be here. This is an extremely exciting time for our school our students, our teachers, our community at large. I am proud of our schools commitment. I am a parent of two very bright creative, funny and kind girls. I have a sixthgrader and a third grader. Our family has been part of the s. F. A. Community for years. Our daughter is a natural born extrovert. I might say could still improve upon. Since day one the school has thoughtfully created a space when grade level and cross grade level faculty, teachers families have been able to organically embrace one another in community and friendship. It is really something special. My girls have grown leaps and bounds from the relationships built within the school. Both are eager to come to school excited to learn excited to share, not afraid to be themselves and actively participate in meaningful ways. They have learned how to be flexible thinkers, confident public speakers, inclusive and collaborative. In great part because of how diligently our teachers and faculty model these important qualities. Given the size of the school it always impresses me to understand how they can make so much happened within our small footprint. Our teachers and faculty and the important work that we do is to be wildly applauded. Our students are in extra ordinary hands. I, like so many other parents have benefited greatly while learning alongside our children. Leaders and directors of diversity are at the forefront of the ongoing and intentional training and education of our teachers. As we know, diversity is ever evolving but enriches everyone. Students learn and practice understanding the complexities of topics and discussions around diversity, inclusivity equity, what it looks like at our school what it looks like in our city. And the various neighborhoods we call home. Children of s. F. A. Are exposed to ideas that allow them to review the world through various lenses. And do so let them be proactive individuals. The passion in lifes work that is educating our kids not just academically but how to be informed citizens flex creative muscle, find power in their voice, think outside the box, be an advocate for themselves and others is paramount. Allowing this expansion will support the schools continued commitment to our childrens educational and personal growth. [bell ringing] now and for the future, and for zip codes all over the speed of a city. I respectfully request your approval of this project today and appreciate your time and attention. Thank you so much. Thank you ladies are coming. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is lauren. This is my 21st year at San Francisco day school. I am the dean of faculty and director my two sons are graduates of the school. In my roll i talk with faculty on a regular basis to get a taste of the stress that they deal with living in the city where the cost of living routinely outpaces their salaries. This is an especially difficult situation for our young faculty who are just beginning their professional lives. The high cost of living in San Francisco significantly impacts our recruitment and retention of teachers and it also limits the diversity of who can teach and live here. Our school would not be the place it is without error teachers. Even though this is a small step forward it is important that we do what we can to help provide solutions to housing and demonstrate support our faculty. We aspire to be active and engaged members of our neighborhood. I believe a school should be a Community Place and more space will allow us to host my events and move closer to our goal of being partners with our greater community. I respectfully submit that you approve of this plan. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Thank you president s, and commissioners. For the past 11 years i have served as executive director of break there San Francisco. We are a teacher Training Programs that has made its home at San Francisco day school since 1993. We are a prime example of the schools investment in the broader San Francisco community. Each year they served to own 50 students during out of school Time Investment in each one. It applies to fourthgraders from Public Schools in San Francisco. We look for young people who want to work hard, and who are underrepresented in higher education. 99 of our students are of color, 92 are potential First Generation College graduates and 89 are eligible for free or reduced priced lunch. Grade five hike eight, break their students receive 300 hours of programming annually. They attend a six week summer program, take academic classes and enjoy a special opportunities like college day and career day period from october to april they attend our Afterschool Program two days a week for homework help and outreach classes. Grade 912 our students attend. Attend saturday workshops. The first class of students graduated from our newly expanded eight year program and last year a second class to join them. Fiftytwo of our graduates are enrolled in college, 80 of where your from San Francisco state howard, and mit. We are dramatically changing the odds for the students in our program. Breakthrough is also a teacher training program. Each summary 32 Outstanding College students, from across the country, take part in our summer teacher residency. Gaining the skills and to be successful in the classroom. Two thirds are people of color. Over the past decade roughly two thirds have gone on