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public investment has transformed our neighborhood. the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age groups, unlike many of the other properties, it serves small children with the children s play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table that had their wish list and we did our best to make sure that we kind of divided up spaces and made sure that we kept the old features of the playground but we were able to enhance all of those features. the playground and the soccer field and the tennis fields and it is such a key part of this neighborhood. we want kids to be here. we want families to be here and we want people to have athletic opportunities. we are given a real responsibility to insure that the public s money is used appropriately and that something really special comes of these projects. we generally have about an opportunity every 50 years to redo thes ....
it s absolutely beautiful. thank you. [applause] so mayor breed made reference to all of the partners, the mayor s office of housing. kate hartley and her staff are here today, provided a lot of money and let s just say moral support. but bank of america has had an outsized role in this r.a.d. program, not only in westside court, but in every development of the city, providing virt reall of the debt and equity financing. and i think the total financing is up in the 700 or $800 million range, which is pretty remarkable when you think that one institution has been responsible for that. with that, i d like to call to the podium liz minnick, an executive with bank of america in the bay area. [applause] thank you, and good afternoon are we on? there we go. thank you and good afternoon, everyone oops. i can talk really loud. i can probably do it without it. [inaudible] all right. okay. thank you so much, and bank of america is actually so pleased. it s actually $2.2 ....
with a four story two unit luxury condo building. my family has two requests regarding this project. one,we ask that the front east wall is pulled back approximately 8 to 12 inches so that it is not covering our window. i would like to point out our window wasn t shown in the final renderings we were given. now it is in there, i think, but i have drawings to show exactly where our window is in chase you need any clarification on that. number two we would like removal of bump out bay window on the third floor so natural light of our main living space is not affected. this would preserve aspecteds of our home that are deer to us. we hope up respect our wishes. it is the possible square footage and i believe our requests will not hinder their goal. thank you very much. thank you. any other public comment on this item? i am a little nervous. if it please the planning commission, thank you for allowing me to speak. my name is william harris i own unit two of 834 arkansas ....
for how he could best navigate the road ahead. you have to be prepared for every meeting. trust in your story. it s a powerful one, and you have my support, stevon. add me to your list of endorsers. i thanked him. i didn t tell him he was my only supporter. that remains the case for the next five or six months as politicos played the game entirely and delayed to endorse me. i came back to his countless times with my ideas, thoughts, and questions. he always made time. he always replied. he had my back. jeff had our backs. whether it was the thousands of backpacks he gave out through the magic zone initiative, the resource offered the under privileged in court, the immigrants he wanted to protect from deportation, jeff had all of our backs without complaint and always with style. jeff was saucy. he had the old school charm of a man who knew how to pay attention to the little things. he gave gifts, wrote hah handwritten messages, but never talked about how he dressed. he ....
seriously. i want to i did han t have chance to think about this, to write a speech today, because i was asked to do this at the last moment. so i want to let you know that westside courts to me, it s amazing because when i first came here, it was nothing like this. and i came from southern california. this is my first time limit in the housing projects, when i at the same to san francisco. i had a lot of fare and a lot of apprehension about it. the manager when i first came here, said they changed it. it waesn t as explosive now as it was then. but it s a safe place now. the council, we bind together to make things happen. we have a lot of plans that we want to make happen for the residences. we have a lot of plans for the kids. we have a lot of things that we hope to do, and we can t do it alone. we want to be able to do it for the kids, for the adults, and everyone included. thank the management here at we we westside for working with us, todd, and everyone else. s ....