Do they really support are they active . And it came back up aloe questionv li yes, they support the neighborhood. Theyre volunteer. They support financially. And west portal needs that. Were a small commercial district. Times are changing these last 20 years with internet and whatnot. And we need to attract more business he and thats not going to happen by itself. We want to invigorate the street and im looking forward to partnering with Sterling Bank on this. So, urging your approval. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, commissioners. Tim colin speaking only for myself. My family is a 20year resident of west portal. We do shopping there, eat there, the movies are there, my wife worked in the book shop there. We love west portal. In a former lifetime i was president of the Greater West Portal Neighborhood Association for four years and i remember the discussion you know, i think its seven years thats been a vacancy on the avenue. And it was a ritz camera before. Its a little tiny stor
Can. Okay. Commissioner wu will second. So, the motion, if i can try to capture it, is to adopt a resolution recommending approval to the board of supervisors with a strong request to engage no, no, no. Let me restate it if i can, mr. Ionin. We are asking the supervisor to engage the public for additional input and then create a third draft that takes into consideration their input as well as those comments of ours with specific reference to the trigger date and the period of time during which the appeals could occur. Okay. This is a completely different motion. It was in case the supervisor chooses to move forward. So, were disregarding the fact that the supervisor can move forward on the legislation and were going to draft a new resolution simply requesting its understood that if he decides to move forward without taking into consideration, thats his province because its an administrative action. Okay, my apologies. I misunderstood. [inaudible]. [laughter] thank you. Then the motion
This is a completely different motion. It was in case the supervisor chooses to move forward. So, were disregarding the fact that the supervisor can move forward on the legislation and were going to draft a new resolution simply requesting its understood that if he decides to move forward without taking into consideration, thats his province because its an administrative action. Okay, my apologies. I misunderstood. [inaudible]. [laughter] thank you. Then the motion would be to engage to draft a resolution recommending to the board of supervisors that they engage the public and submit a third draft to this body the recommendation is not to the board of supervisors. It is to supervisor wiener personally. Excuse me, to supervisor wiener. Not to the board. And to consider clarity of the first discretionary action, noting that that may not be the most appropriate trigger, taking a look at extended appeal periods and defaulting to a longer appeal period when the actions excuse me, for those
Well served by existing banks and other Financial Institutions in the district and the project would remove a ground floor commercial space from the market eliminating the opportunity for its use as the sigh as the neighborhood serving retail use. Ill be happy to answer any questions you have. Thank you very much. Thank you. Project sponsor, please. Good evening, president fong and commissioners, my name is steve adams. I am the managing director of the Sterling Bank and trust here in San Francisco. And, yes, we did try to open up a limited use bank branch several years ago and we were denied. Things have changed in these last six years. First off, we are a limited use bank bran. We are not a full bank branch. The other institutions that were described are national banks. We are Community Banks. We are a Community Bank based here in San Francisco. With our branches here in San Francisco and one in burlingame. For six years i have tried to lease out this space. I have had gladys real es
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