2815 DIAMOND ST

Project Sponsor - This project is a collaborative effort. - There have been many community meetings on this project. - The library approached him to see if they could be involved in the project. - He has worked very closely with the neighbors. - He thinks that many of the people who are opposed are misinformed.

- Even thought there have been chain stores that have shown interest in the location, the community has united and have fought for a small-business community business.

- He supports this project and hopes that the Commission will approve the project and the variance. - The library deserves to be enlarged.

- He submitted a letter that contained 16 ways that the community believed that the documents that support this document are in error.

- He would like to have the Commission uphold the code to require 14 parking spaces.

- He is a merchant in the Glen Park area. - He really is proud to have the library and the grocery store coming into this area. - Yet, he does not agree with the variance and the fact the area would loose 14 parking spaces.

- She is opposed to this project since she drives to the grocery store because she cannot carry grocery bags up the hill on Diamond Street.

- There is a bit of information that the Commission may not know. When the City bought lot 29, there was a memorandum of understanding between them and the project developer that the City would be able to manage a parking lot on this site in off peak hours. She submitted information regarding this.

- He does not support this project. There are still too many issues to be dealt with.

- No one has ever proposed these three elements in this area. - The problem is that the developer is trying to cram all these things together.

- This project as it's currently planned is not good for Glen Park. This is why there are so many people here and this hearing has taken so long.

- She knows that there are a number of problems related to parking. - She is in favor of this project but not of the variance because the parking should be left available for the people who shop around there.

Vice President of the Library Commission - The proposal is good as far as it goes yet a compromise needs to be made to be fair to Glen Park.

- This is a great community no matter what side a person is on. - He hopes that the conditional use includes restrictions that there should always be a small business market located there.

- Are people being told accurately what is going to happen? - He does not recall that the underground parking was told to the Library Commission until after it voted approval.

- Several times a new business has opened in the vicinity of his and each time he felt threatened. Yet he has realized that every time a new business opens, more people are drawn to the area which benefits him.

- Most of the residents agree that they want the grocery store and the library. - She hopes the Commission will supports this project as is because the community really needs housing.

- He is a retired librarian and has worked at the Glen Park Branch. - He knows this branch is very, very small. - He supports this project.

- She agrees with everything that everyone in support of this project has said. - She hopes the Commission will approve this project as well as the variance.

Hydroconsult Engineers - She lives across the street from the project site. - She prefers to shops on her way home from BART. - From her office she can see Diamond Street and she has noticed that most of the traffic problems are related to pedestrian traffic. - The community should be discouraging automobile traffic.

- If this project is approved, it will remove 14 spaces of parking which are very much needed.

Housing Action Coalition - His organization is in support of this project. - This project is really ideal for a neighborhood like Glen Park. - The city of San Francisco needs projects like this.

- This is a wonderful project. - He likes that the architecture is different from the other buildings because it gives the area vitality.

- This project holds great promise and great risks. - This project should not be approved unless it is amended by allowing only 10 spaces and above ground parking and one floor of residential. - Both owner and developer have shown concerns about the impacts this project would have on the community.

- Because it allows housing, it would be outrageous not to approve this project.

- This project is a good project and it's near BART. - He is in support of this project.

- He owns two businesses in the area and he is opposed to this project. - There will be a negative impact on businesses if this project is approved.

- She lives in the Glen Park neighborhood and is also a librarian for the Glen Park branch. She supports this project with the variance.

- He agrees with everyone who has spoken against this project and hopes the Commission will deny it.

- He joins other residents and merchants and opposes the project as it stands now. - There is a need to preserve the parking in this area.

Sierra Club - He would like this project approved because it's mixed use and a great gathering of property. - This property is well located near BART.

San Francisco Housing Coalition - He supports this project. It is very impressive and provides much needed housing.

- He read a letter from Maralyn Stephenson who is in support of the project.

- She supports this proposal. - This project can be summed up into three words: want, need, deserves.

- She has been involved since the beginning trying to get something at this location that the community wants. - This project makes fiscal sense since it will draw a lot of commuters using BART. - This provides housing and a library use for the residents.

- The purchase and sale agreement is pending the Commission's decision this evening. - She hopes the Commission will approve this project. - She is available for questions.

- The city should take the responsibility of disallowing certain variances. - This project has been constantly changing. - He hopes that the Commission will take all this information into consideration.