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Suheil Totah · spoken · 2003-05-01 · support
Attorney for Project Sponsor - The project will enable St. Anthony's to provided much needed services to the City of San Francisco.
- He was also available to answer any questions.
Linda Pasquimuca · spoken · 2003-05-01 · support
Administrator of St. Anthony Foundation - This project has been a dream for several years.
- This project will better serve their clients.
- She hopes that this project will be approved and she can see their dream come true.
John McNulty · spoken · 2003-05-01 · support
MBH Architects - He described the architectural aspects of the project.
Edward Evans · spoken · 2003-05-01 · support
Community Resources Action Project - He does not object to the project.
- The problem is when people bring in shopping carts and block entrances to the other businesses on the street.
- He is asking for some type of policing outfit.
- The foundation has not met up with their requirements to be respectful to the neighborhood.
(+/-) Jimmy Newell - Mercy Services Corporation
- He is the property manager for 111 Jo… Community Resources Action Project - He does not object to the project.
- The problem is when people bring in shopping carts and block entrances to the other businesses on the street.
- He is asking for some type of policing outfit.
- The foundation has not met up with their requirements to be respectful to the neighborhood.
(+/-) Jimmy Newell - Mercy Services Corporation
- He is the property manager for 111 Jones and 205 Jones Streets.
- 111 Jones has been a long time neighbor for St. Anthony's Foundation, they house seniors and are a non-profit corporation.
- The issues he has are: traffic, drug dealing, public urination, public exposure, pigeon feeding, etc.
- They have spoken with St. Anthony's and St. Boniface, and the message from them was that it was not their people who were causing all the problems--basically saying that they were not going to be responsible for the problems going on outside. He cannot understand why the do not want to do anything about it.show more Michael Nulty · spoken · 2003-05-01 · oppose
Tenant Associations Coalition - He is the program developer for this coalition.
- Many of the buildings of the coalition are located in the Tenderloin.
- St. Anthony's has failed to reach out to many of the organizations in the area.
- He requests that there be a continuance of this item until St. Anthony's has reached out to these organizations.
Craig Larson · spoken · 2003-05-01 · oppose
- He owns the building adjacent to 150 Golden Gate Avenue.
- Procedurally he was not notified from St. Anthony's about this meeting.
- The project is located in the North of Market Special Use District. He understands that there is no commercial use above the second floor allowed in this Special Use District. It is not just a philanthropic use.
- He supports what St. Anthony's is trying to do but the l… - He owns the building adjacent to 150 Golden Gate Avenue.
- Procedurally he was not notified from St. Anthony's about this meeting.
- The project is located in the North of Market Special Use District. He understands that there is no commercial use above the second floor allowed in this Special Use District. It is not just a philanthropic use.
- He supports what St. Anthony's is trying to do but the line to get into the foundation needs to be inside because it blocks the entrance to his building.show more David Villalobos · spoken · 2003-05-01 · oppose
Antonia Manor, Residents Advocate - This is certainly a need for the homeless. However, he has a dream of a cleaner, safer neighborhood.
- St. Anthony's needs to take care of the neighborhood problems before this project is approved.
Elaine Zamora · spoken · 2003-05-01 · oppose
- She is a property and business owner on Jones Street.
- There should be no question that these services are good services, yet it is also a magnet for problems in the community.
- The historical façade has not been considered for preservation.
- She is also concerned about the continued negative impacts from the services administered by St. Anthony.
Lea Curry · spoken · 2003-05-01 · oppose
- She lives on Jones Street.
- There are about 30 drug dealers in a shelter near by.
- She is willing to help St. Anthony clean up the area because she is part of the community.
- She wants this project to go in but it needs to be delayed in order to discuss all the issues.
Terrance Alan · spoken · 2003-05-01 · oppose
Building Owner - He owns a business about 11⁄2 blocks away.
- Most of his customers come from tourists.
- Many of his patrons were mugged at night and there have been many complaints about all the problems in the area.
- If St. Anthony's were a nightclub, the San Francisco Police Department would have closed them down because it would be a nuisance to the community.
- He urges the Commission to extend their … Building Owner - He owns a business about 11⁄2 blocks away.
- Most of his customers come from tourists.
- Many of his patrons were mugged at night and there have been many complaints about all the problems in the area.
- If St. Anthony's were a nightclub, the San Francisco Police Department would have closed them down because it would be a nuisance to the community.
- He urges the Commission to extend their decision because there is need for more dialog.show more 2003-09-18 · 37 comments · 30 / 7
James Wisner · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
St. Anthony Foundation - He is a resident in the Tenderloin.
- He was in desperate need of help and found St. Anthony's Foundation. He owes his life to the Foundation because of their help.
- He urges the Commission to support St. Anthony's evolvement.
Malachi Maddox · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
St. Anthony Foundation - He was able to get his life back on track thanks to St. Anthony's Foundation.
- He is getting ready to get back into society and he is very thankful to God for the foundation.
Marie Alice DuMabeiller · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
St. Anthony Foundation - She is happy to be here today requesting that the Commission approve this project.
- She used to go to St. Anthony's when she did not have anything to eat.
- It is deplorable that there are people who are against this project.
- Thank God that there has been the Franciscan presence for so many years.
- She urged the Commission to approve this project.
Mark Fisher · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
St. Anthony Foundation - He has been on St. Anthony's staff for many years.
- Before St. Anthony, he had various jobs.
- He used to be a drug addict and an alcoholic. Now he is a clean and sober thanks to St. Anthony's Foundation.
- The advantage of the rehab program at St. Anthony's is that it works.
Richard Beal · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
St. Anthony Foundation - He is a St. Anthony's Foundation employee.
- He has been able to see many lives the foundation has helped.
- His own life is a miracle because at one point he was lying out on the ground in front of the Foundation.
- The foundation is a soul-searching organization.
Friar Louis Vitalle · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
St. Boniface Church - The street will get better by approving this project.
- The Franciscans started the Tenderloin Housing Association.
- St. Anthony's is a safety net, which there are not enough of.
- People say that St. Anthony's dining room should move to another neighborhood--everyone knows that this is impossible.
Mike Ellinger · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
Central City SRO Collaborative - He is currently a housing activist.
- He lives on a fixed income and goes to St. Anthony's dining room every single evening.
- Putting homeless people into a dark room so they will be out of site is not the solution to the problem.
- He is in favor of anything that will enhance the foundation.
Davy Jones · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
Prostate Cancer Resource - He thanked the staff of St. Anthony's project for reaching out to the community.
- He expressed his support for this project.
- The completed building will provide essential medical services for his clients at a time when there are service providers closing their doors because of a lack of funds.
- District 6, which is where this project is located, is one of the poorest.
- This project should be approved now.
Parisa Parsa · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
Faithful Fools Street Ministry/First Unitarian University Church of San Francisco - She is in favor of having this project continued.
- There are many people who are just trying to survive.
- She hopes that people who live in the area will participate in organizations and committees to help improve the neighborhood.
Cissie Bonini · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
St. Anthony Foundation - It is everyone's responsibility to have a cleaner and safer neighborhood.
- She knows that there is a request to move the male guests of the foundation.
- 1 in 3 are veterans, and 7 out of 10 male guests are over 40 years old.
- St. Anthony's is a good neighbor.
Shelly Roder · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
St. Boniface Neighborhood Center - St. Boniface Church is in support of this project.
- She has become familiar with the services provided by the foundation.
- St. Anthony's foundation provides an extensive amount of services to the community.
Mary Liz Harris · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
Volunteer - St. Anthony Foundation - She lives in the Tenderloin and is a volunteer for the foundation.
- She supports this project.
- She has guided many people to go to the foundation that have received help.
Brother Robert Brady · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
St. Boniface Church - He displayed photographs of the foundation in the 1800s.
- He asks the support of the Commission to approve this project.
Robert McCarthy · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
- He supports this project.
- The purpose of St. Anthony's is to help man.
- Even the generous government of San Francisco cannot provide for all the people who need help.
(+/-) Terrance Alan
- The people who have come to speak their opinion should not be considered as culprits.
- St. Anthony's has been there for more than 50 years and this project is not too much to ask.
- He feels that giving more t… - He supports this project.
- The purpose of St. Anthony's is to help man.
- Even the generous government of San Francisco cannot provide for all the people who need help.
(+/-) Terrance Alan
- The people who have come to speak their opinion should not be considered as culprits.
- St. Anthony's has been there for more than 50 years and this project is not too much to ask.
- He feels that giving more time to this project in order to deal with the remaining issues will help the project out more.show more Dick Hodgson · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
SF Community Clinic Consortium - St. Anthony's has been a leader in this community for many years.
- There are seven million uninsured people who need free services.
- His organization strongly supports this project.
Carmen Barsody · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
Faithful Fools - She is a Franciscan nun.
- She knows that the responsibility is not just St. Anthony's.
- Working together to address what troubles people the most is very important.
- Many of the people who are on the sidewalks do have SRO hotels, but many of the spaces are too small so they hang out on the sidewalk.
Kate Ward · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
De Marillac Middle School - She is here to represent the de Marillac Middle School who supports this project.
- Many of the services that St. Anthony provides have been helpful to the school.
John Hardin · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
- Half of the neighborhood guests declared themselves homeless.
- The number one issue was housing.
- 60 percent of people still experience hunger at least once a week.
- One of the suggestions is to move the males to another location. This is not feasible for St. Anthony's.
- St. Anthony's does not condone drug use, using sidewalks to urinate or defecate.
Ana Valdes · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
St. Anthony Foundation They are one of two free clinics in the area.
- With the new building, they will be able to increase their physical space and not have to turn away patients.
David Villalobos · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
- He has seen great efforts made to enhance the cleanliness of the location.
- Some of the issues that he had regarding homeless encampments, loitering, etc are no longer there at all.
- The sidewalks have been cleaned.
- The problems in the area are more of a community issue.
- There is more dialogue now with the community.
- Everyone should work together.
- He now supports this project and urges the Commission to approve it.
Edward Evans · spoken · 2003-09-18 · oppose
Community Resources Action Project - He is a community organizer in the Tenderloin
- He objects to St. Anthony giving money to an individual to change their vote.
- The negative element from the food service program is one of the main causes of the problems in the neighborhood.
- The food service for single males should be moved south of market.
- The food service for women, children and disabled should stay at t… Community Resources Action Project - He is a community organizer in the Tenderloin
- He objects to St. Anthony giving money to an individual to change their vote.
- The negative element from the food service program is one of the main causes of the problems in the neighborhood.
- The food service for single males should be moved south of market.
- The food service for women, children and disabled should stay at this location.
- People have been assaulted near this project.
- A safe environment is necessary.
- Tourists should be able to come to this part of the City.
- It is important that St. Anthony listen to the requests of the public.show more David Baker · spoken · 2003-09-18 · oppose
- He is a long-time Tenderloin activist.
- St. Anthony's project is terrible.
- The project proposes to further degrade the area.
- This is not a benign project. It will compound the problems in the area.
- He is not an alarmist. There are many people who do not support this project.
Don Andreini · spoken · 2003-09-18 · oppose
SF Architectural Heritage - Heritage does not oppose this project.
- He is here to inform the Commission that the building received an "A" rating.
- The site is worthy of a Landmark designation.
- He requested that the commission give more time to discuss the preservation alternative.
Maria Gordon · spoken · 2003-09-18 · oppose
- St. Anthony has been at this location for many years and the problems in the area are not new.
- She is glad that St. Anthony is there but they cannot concentrate all of their services in just one area.
- They need to broaden their locations.
- She requested more time to discuss issues.
(+/-) Michael Nulty - Tenant Associations Coalition of San Francisco
- He is the coordinator of Tenant's Association Coa… - St. Anthony has been at this location for many years and the problems in the area are not new.
- She is glad that St. Anthony is there but they cannot concentrate all of their services in just one area.
- They need to broaden their locations.
- She requested more time to discuss issues.
(+/-) Michael Nulty - Tenant Associations Coalition of San Francisco
- He is the coordinator of Tenant's Association Coalition.
- He lives in the Tenderloin.
- He requested a continuance to discuss the issues brought up during community meetings.
(+/-) Byron Yee
- He submitted letters stating the problems that he sees in the neighborhood.
- There are mattresses on the sidewalk on Jones Street with people lying there with bottles in their hand.
- It requires additional time and effort to keep the area clean and safe.
- He would like to have this item continued so that St. Anthony can prove that they can solve all the problems and issues.show more Elaine Zamora · spoken · 2003-09-18 · oppose
118 Jones Street - Property-Business Owner - She lives on Jones Street.
- Although some discussion has taken place, there is more discussion that is needed.
Lea Curry · spoken · 2003-09-18 · oppose
- They are not politically savvy. They are just residents.
- They have tried to have dialogue but have been unsuccessful.
- They have received boilerplate information on the Conditions of Approval at the last minute.
- St. Anthony's mission can succeed but it has to be done intelligently.
Karsten Peters · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
St. Anthony Foundation - He is a recovering alcoholic and drug user; he has been in food lines and has lived on the street.
- He now works for St. Anthony's Foundation. His life is a testimony to show how they help people.
Ann Nguyen · spoken · 2003-09-18 · oppose
- She has been living in the Tenderloin for 13 years.
- She knows what it is like to walk through the streets in this area.
- She is concerned that the makeup of the Tenderloin has changed dramatically since the dining hall has been there.
- Although she values the importance of the food being served, the food line can become very disruptive.
John Nulty - Preserving the Interior of Lofty Edifice
- He requested a… - She has been living in the Tenderloin for 13 years.
- She knows what it is like to walk through the streets in this area.
- She is concerned that the makeup of the Tenderloin has changed dramatically since the dining hall has been there.
- Although she values the importance of the food being served, the food line can become very disruptive.
John Nulty - Preserving the Interior of Lofty Edifice
- He requested a continuance until community issues are addressed prior to offering Conditional Use.
- Stakeholders raised many of these issues in various community meetings.
- There are still many concerns over what good neighbor policies that are in place with the current operations at St. Anthony's.show more Suheil Totah · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
Morrison and Forrester - representing St. Anthony's Foundation - They requested that St. Anthony provide 60 hours of community services.
- He feels that St. Anthony's has provided this.
Craig Larson · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
- He owns the adjacent building.
- He supports this project.
- He feels that St. Anthony needs to make a commitment that all the conditions of approval will be respected and carried out.
- The new facilities will take the food line off the street.
- St. Anthony's should not begin construction until it receives all the necessary funding.
Linda Pasquinucci · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
St. Anthony Foundation - Several people in the neighborhood stated that they were not against this project.
- There are people who do not have a place to call their own.
- She hopes that what they have done satisfies the Commission and the project gets approved.
Paula Lewis · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
Director of Operations - St. Anthony Foundation - She requested that members of the public, sitting in the audience, stand up if here in support of this project.
- More than half of the people in the hearing room stood up.
- For the past five months she has been very closely with the Tenderloin community regarding this project.
- She submitted a record of all that has been done until recently to present their proj… Director of Operations - St. Anthony Foundation - She requested that members of the public, sitting in the audience, stand up if here in support of this project.
- More than half of the people in the hearing room stood up.
- For the past five months she has been very closely with the Tenderloin community regarding this project.
- She submitted a record of all that has been done until recently to present their project to the community. It contains letters of support, signatures, etc.
- They have met with several community groups to discuss issues and this is also presented in the record submitted.
- She believes that their project will allow them to provide various needed services to the community.show more John Crskaville · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
Swords to Flowshares - He supports this project.
- There are over 1,000 nonprofit social services agencies that save lives.
- St. Anthony's Foundation is one of them.
Leslie Backo · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
San Francisco Food Bank - The food bank has worked closely with St. Anthony's Foundation.
- They strongly support this project.
- Hunger impedes people from having happy and productive lives.
- She urges the Commission to approve this project.
Calvin Gipson · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
Glide Memorial Church - Glide Church has been a spiritual partner with St. Anthony's Foundation.
- The Tenderloin is one of the poorest areas in the city.
- The programs they provided reach out to many people.
- Glide stands with St. Anthony to help them with their mission.
Glenda Hope · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
Network Ministries - She is not a stranger to the problems in the Tenderloin, but to blame St. Anthony's is ridiculous.
- She has participated in many efforts to organize the community.
- The Tenderloin is one of the most fragmented neighborhoods in this City.
- She has worked with St. Anthony's for many years.
- St. Anthony represents the best interests of the people of San Francisco.
- She hopes that… Network Ministries - She is not a stranger to the problems in the Tenderloin, but to blame St. Anthony's is ridiculous.
- She has participated in many efforts to organize the community.
- The Tenderloin is one of the most fragmented neighborhoods in this City.
- She has worked with St. Anthony's for many years.
- St. Anthony represents the best interests of the people of San Francisco.
- She hopes that the Commission will approve this project today.show more Debra Stein · spoken · 2003-09-18 · support
- She wants to comment on the issue that much of the Conditions of Approval are boilerplate.
- These Conditions are extraordinary good neighbor conditions.
- There has been good and effective dialog with members of the community.
- She urges the Commission to approve this project and continue to allow the good neighbor relations.