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First Unitarian Church - He submitted an appeal because the project will be a tower of concrete that will place a large shadow on his church. - He is definitely not opposed to constructing a senior center but this (the structure) will create a very negative impact on the church.

First Unitarian Universalist Society - He displayed photographs of their church depicting how sunlight comes into the church to illuminate it as well as pictures of people gathering in the courtyard. - This project will cast a significant shadow on both their church and courtyard.

First Unitarian Universalist Society - This project has significant traffic impacts. - Please consider the alternatives.

First Unitarian Universalist Society - She opposes the height and bulk of this tower. - This will have a negative effect on their congregational church that is economical, physical and spiritual. - The courtyard provides light and heat to the interior of their church and this project will cause a significant shadow.

First Unitarian Universalist Society - St. Mark's Square has been a good neighbor for many years. - The problem here is that this project and its design will result in the loss of 10 units in Martin Luther Tower. - The rest of the units will rent at market rate or above. The developer estimates they will be somewhere between $3,000 and $5,000 a month per unit.

- She lives on Franklin Street with her husband. - The overall qualities of life in the apartment complex will significantly deteriorate. - The proposed development will bring unwanted traffic and parking problems to the area. - It will make it quite difficult for garbage and emergency vehicles to travel on the street. - Everyone is talking about the seniors but what about the neighbors?

First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco - They are concerned with the zoning and lot modifications. - He is also concerned with the height of the tower. - They ask that the Planning Department not allow zoning changes to the area.

- He is not a member of the church but lives in the tower. - He was a member of the Planning staff many years ago. - For over 150 years St. Mark's Square has embodied the spirit of giving, even in trying times.

Housing Action Coalition - They fully endorse this project. - This is a win, win, win project. It's a win on housing; it's a win on retrofit of a historic church and a win for seniors.

- He would like the Commission to approve this project without modifications.

AFL-CLO - The City needs housing for seniors. - There is also a need for assisted living for these seniors. - This project will provide a lot of good things. - This project is for real people and even though these people are seniors they do have a future.

Heller Manus Architects - He gave a PowerPoint presentation on the location, design and merits of the project.

St. Mark's Lutheran Church - For over 152 years the church has served the wider community of San Francisco. - Housing for seniors is critical in San Francisco. - They will continue and expand the church's ministry. - There will be 48 units of designated affordable housing for seniors. - This project enables them to retrofit their 106 year-old church and be able to expand community services from all of their facilities at St. Mark's Square.

St. Mark's Lutheran Church - Since the Gold Rush, St. Mark's congregation has been a part of the changing landscape of San Francisco. - The current project will allow seismic upgrade and additional senior housing at St. Mark's Square.

Project Architect - He has had a lot of experience with senior housing. - About 10% of the seniors living here will have cars so he doesn't believe that there will be a negative impact. - He understands that neighborhood concerns are always an issue as well as changes.

- He would like to have the Commission determine that there is no significant environmental impact from this project. - There are playgrounds, which are fully covered in fog. - This project will be located in a transit rich area, many seniors use more public transportation than drive their own cars so he doesn't believe that this project will cause a negative impact to the surrounding areas.

- Everyone in this City should support affordable housing. - She is a member of the housing coalition and they have fully endorsed this project. - She hopes to grow old in this City and be able to live in a housing project like this one.

Equity Development Builders - Most of the comments have been addressed in the appeal. - The housing project provides services for seniors and it will have the lowest parking requirement of any use. - They are more than satisfying the demands. - There will be 8 to 12 deliveries per week. The truck access can be accommodated on Franklin Street. These trucks will be small. - They have done significant studies regarding the shadow impacts.

- She lives directly across from the project. - The traffic in this area is already a problem and this project will increase this problem. - People in her building do not have parking available as it is.

- She lives directly across from the project. - This project will impact the neighbors very negatively. - The development will bring unwanted traffic and noise. - This project will not only cause a shadow on her unit but also on the entire complex and this will increase her utility bills.

- He has lived in the area for about 20 years. - He has observed how the quality of life for people who live in this area has decreased. - This is an already congested area regarding traffic. - It will be extremely difficult for an ambulance or a police car to travel on this street. - This study does not really go into the details of the traffic study.

First Unitarian Universal Society - She has children who attend Sunday School at the church. - She doesn't understand why the Planning Department does feel that an environmental impact report is not warranted. - Traffic is very much a problem in this area. - She would like the Commission to order an Environmental Impact Report.

First Unitarian Universal Society - He has some familiarity with CEQA. - He has read and analyzed the report and feels that a full Environmental Impact Report be conducted. - He would like to work with St. Marks and be able to talk about a better design of the project.

First Unitarian Universal Church - She would like an Environmental Impact Report be done since this project will negatively impact the courtyard on her church.

San Francisco Tomorrow - There are several things that can be done to decrease the impact. - Expert urban designers should view this project and the report.

First Universal Church - He understands that change is inevitable but the project will negatively impact the surrounding neighbors. - He would like to have a public restroom installed as one of the conditions of this project.

First Universal Church - He is not against senior housing. - It is not unreasonable to have competition for disabled parking. - He would like the report to have a more thorough study regarding the parking impact.

First Universal Church - The report has many inaccuracies. The report states that his church provides parking for their members--this is not true. - Exiting from their garage will be quite difficult if there is an increase in traffic. This problem is not stated in the transportation study.

First Universal Church - Her concerns to the project will be the increased traffic and the parking problems on an already problematic corridor. - Children that come to the Unitarian Church will be impacted by this project since they will have to navigate on a street that already has a lot of traffic. - She would like the Negative Declaration to provide more information on the adverse affects of traffic and parking.

First Unitarian Universalist Society - This project will cast a significant shadow onto their sanctuary. - The proposed tower goes above the height limit of the area. The proposal to change the height limit zoning should be denied. - She supports new housing but the height of the building is too much.

San Francisco Tomorrow - (The majority of his text is unclear). The speaker expressed that he is against the project.