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Coblentz, Patch, Duffy and Bass - They will not have everybody testify yet the message is very clear that the JCC building should not be landmarked. - Some believe that the JCC building should be landmarked because Arthur Brown Jr. had some role in the design of the building. - The building is not architecturally significant. The building is not associated with any important persons or events. - There are only people?s fond memories.

- His father?s firm designed this building. He is the most emotionally involved person regarding the JCC. - The building should be demolished because it?s tired and it needs to be retired and a new building built.

San Francisco Heritage - Some of the problems the current JCC building has are the same City Hall had before it was renovated. - The JCC should be designated as a landmark.

Member of the Landmarks Advisory Board - He would like the JCC to go back and look further into designating the building as a landmark. - If this had not been such a hotly contested issue, it would have had a unanimous vote. The building qualifies as a landmark. It qualifies for the national register. There aren?t many land marked buildings in the area.

- The real issue here is money.

- The JCC building is like a terminal cancer patient which is dying from within. - He has been an employee of the JCC for many years, he met his wife there and his children have participated in services there. - This building is just saying: Aplease let me go!@

President of the Planning Commission of the Richmond District. - Many people in the Richmond use the services of the JCC. - His mother raised funds for the JCC and he used to use the services for many, many years.

President of the Monte Fiori Senior Center - The JCC is opposed to the landmark status of the building. - He has been a member for 22 years. He speaks with validity and truth.

- She co-chairs the JCC Capital Campaign. - Any decision to landmark the building would hurt the center?s capital campaign. - The new center should provide services to the people who participate in the center.

Laurel Heights Improvement Association - He has spent a lifetime at the JCC. His children participate regularly at the JCC. - This center deserves a new building. - There are certain parts of the building which will be preserved.

Executive Director of the Jewish Family and Children Services - If Landmark status is passed it will not be able to provide and take care of these families. - She urges the Commission not to pass Landmark status on the current JCC building.

Treasurer of the JCC - He opposes the landmark status. - The JCC runs a deficit of $300,000 a year.

Past Member of the Brotherhood Way Neighborhood Center - This center went out of business because it didn?t have the proper facility. - This should not happen to the JCC.

- He has been in housing and real estate preservation for many years. - He knows what a historic building is and this is not a historic building. It does not require a landmark status.

- Structural Engineer for the JCC - The building requires major structural engineering work. - The JCC should be housed in a new structurally sound and state-of-the art building.

Gensler Architects - The existing building, as it is, cannot be reused. - They looked at an alternative reuse scheme but there were a lot of deficits.

- She has been at the center for 5 years. - She has been intimately involved in developing the program - There are many inadequacies for the building and has noticed the limitations the center has because of the current building.

Presidio Heights Neighborhood Association - He is a father of twin boys - It is so important for this building not to be determined as a landmark. There seems to be a discussion about families leaving the City so the JCC is a good resource to enhance and serve those institutions that serve families. Also, as president of FAN, you don?t find any neighbors that are against the construction of a new building.

- Jewish Community Relations - He attended the August 16 Landmarks Board Meeting. - To recognize the cultural significance of the JCC, one has to look at the services it provides to its members. - The JCC has collected thousands of signatures and thousands of support letters

Executive Director of the JCC - He strongly opposes the designation of landmark status to the current JCC building. - The JCC has conversed with various architectural firms.

Current President of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Community Center. - The center has been around for 100 years. They have occupied 4 different buildings. - The JCC has a variety of services for the neighborhood. - For and in the past, people have tried to save the center but they cannot. - Please consider that if the current JCC building is landmarked they will not be able to survive.

Past President of the Jewish Community - While he was president, the center went bankrupt. - The people at the center have tried very hard to provide funds to keep the center running. - This is not a safe building. - The community has offered to fund the construction of a new building.

- Gensler Architects - There is a debate over the role Arthur Brown, Jr. played involving the design. - This is not a very good building, especially in comparison to other buildings that Arthur Brown designed.

Captain at the San Francisco Fire Department - There are many deficiencies in the building that make it difficult to put out a fire there.

Everyone wants the JCC to expand and construct the building across thestreet. Urge the Commission to postpone making a final decision.

She is a member of the Jewish community and a member of the Art Deco Society. She agrees that the JCC should expand its services, yet the JCC shouldfind another place to construct a building. She would like to see the new construction across the street and be able to use the current building for another use and therefore not demolish it.

It?s a shame that bits of the City are being chipped away. The JCC should try to find a way to remain in the current building.

President of the Planning Association of the Richmond He is happy with the decision the Commission made a few weeks ago to not designate the old JCC building a landmark. He doesn ?t believe that there is any viable alternative to the new building. Programs are more important than the building. This new facility is important for the JCC to succeed.

He urges the Commission to approve the JCC project. People like himself who have young children need a place like this to be able to take their children and be able to stay in the City.

The Jewish Community Center is a dynamic institution that serves all San Franciscans. The proposed site is essential for their survival. They have modified and re-modified the design of the building, taking into consideration the concerns and issues of the surrounding neighbors. He is very happy with the support received from the neighborhood.

Menorah Park The seniors from the Menorah Park center will benefit greatly from thenew JCC since it will provide lunch service and activities.

She is familiar with all the needs of the center. The design of the new center has been a long and involved process. The new building will provide a wonderful resource to the people of San Francisco.

Project Architect - Gensler and Associates Gave an overall description of the project

You cannot Ellis Act condominium units. If conditional use is granted and we opposed the eviction, the JCC will use a different eviction, an eviction based in demolition. Postpone the project. How can a gymnasium replace a housing unit in this City, which is having the greatest housing problems in the entire nation?

Owner of the Laurel Inn His building has been there for more than 30 years. The JCC has been a wonderful neighbor. He is very excited that this project is finally moving forward. His daughter went to the JCC kindergarten center.

Would like to see the USF, JCC and the community to get together and look at this realistically, and see if there are another alternatives.