march 13th, 2024. treasure island development authority board meeting. item number one. call to order. director. zen. director. dunlop director. richardson let's turn on mikes. director bresson. director. howard. here director. azeem here. director. riif supervisor. dorsey we do have a quorum. thank you all for being here on a sunny day. inside, in a windowless room. but we have lots of, important things to do. this, today it's a very agenda packed, important things that we will have to consider. so let's get on with it. item number two, general public comment. this

item is to allow members of the public to address the treasure island development authority board on matters that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the authority board, and that do not appear on today's agenda. in addition to general public comment, public comment will be held during each item on the agenda. members of the public may address the board once per agenda item for up to two minutes. you will hear a chime indicating you have 30s remaining and a second chime when your two minutes are up. at this time, your microphone will be muted to comply with city rules and maintain hearing decorum. directors shall refrain from entering into discussions with speakers during public comment. if public. if members of the public wish to receive a response from titus staff, please email tida at nsf.gov .org and a tie to staff member will follow up. any members of the public who wish to speak, please line up now. are there any members of the public who would like to address the board on any matters that are not on the agenda? yes. please come

forward and state your name. yeah. thank you. good afternoon. my name is athol pilgram. i'm a resident of treasure island, a long time, resident of treasure island. i'm here to, express my opinion of, thinking to bringing a new, a new art center or art related activities to the community. so so as i'm looking for feedback on, forming an organizing such a community and to go forward. thank you. thank you. any other public comment? i do believe, that we had two letters, for public comment that came to us. i think i just received it this morning. yes. and other, other people here to

speak on that, or is it just, a letter was given to us, for public comment. i believe they'll be speaking at item number nine. item number three, report by treasure island director. thank you. chair. and members of the board, this last sunday, some good news to report . peter somerville of titus staff and his wife, allison, welcomed their first child, henry lawrence dean somerville, and so we are. titus family continues to grow, i also wanted to acknowledge that yesterday at the board of supervisors, supervisor dorsey, recognized the work of one treasure island, over the last 30 years. and with that, i'd like to ask, nella to

come up and give an update on their activities. good afternoon. directors nella gonsalves co-executive director for one treasure island. nice to see you all again. quick updates on some of our work. we are very happy to report that our 17th cohort of the construction training program graduated on march 1st, and 80% of those individuals are already at work or in the process of securing employment. and we're gearing up for our next cohort, which will be in may. our tax season is in full swing. your report says that we had 108 taxes completed, but we're over 200 now. so we're excited. to be able to continue to provide tax prep services for island residents and low income san franciscans, we held our island wide community meeting on february 28th, 28th, 15

individuals attended and, it was a very robust meeting. so we're excited about that, we are continuing to plan for community events. our next big event will be the spring fling, which will be april 20th, and then we're rolling out a six week health and wellness workshop series. and we're really excited that, treasure island now has a healing circle that is on the island. and they've had 8 to 10 residents attend every week. so that's awesome, we're excited about that new resource. we wrapped up our grant from the department of elections for voter registration and poll workers, and it was successful. so we're excited about that. we hope we help to increase the number of residents on treasure island that are registered to vote. and that will actually vote, particularly for the november election, we continue to work on emergency prep. we received a grant from the department of emergency management in partnership with

tda, and we're very excited to be able to have a consultant who will help us to do some emergency preparedness planning for residents on the island. and we are also rolling out a ticket forgiveness program. there are over 100 cars on treasure island that are not registered. we have a feeling a lot of that has to do from the pandemic, right where they were forgiving people from registering cars. but as we're progressing through the redeveloping event, we want to help people resolve some of these fines and tickets that they have. so they'll either be able to register their cars or sell them. so we're excited to roll out that program. this month. and again, i just want to send a personal thank you to the titus staff, bob and anne marie, who attended the board of supervisors recognition yesterday. it felt really good, you know, we're sort of on an island doing our work, so it felt good to have the city recognize us. and with that, that's the end of my report. thank you. on the 24th and 25th,

as i had mentioned last month, we welcomed the return of treasure fest to the island, the event was extremely well attended. i think a combination of, some of the best weather of the year to date and extensive outreach, by the festival organizers, we saw the ferry, saw over 1000 riders each day of the weekend, and they were able to add additional seven runs on saturday and six additional runs on sunday to, absorb the demand, the there was quite a bit of traffic, resulting in queues. on many of the streets on the island and also, contributing to congestion on the bay bridge, our staff is working with, the

vendor and mta on improved traffic and crowd management plans for next month, staff is also working with public works and mta on scheduling for the opening of the new road roadways on treasure island that were, have been accepted through the board of supervisors and for initiating parking enforcement. also the new parking lot at ninth and seven seas, has begun taking applications, and we expect that to open next week. on the housing front, we hosted a second opportunity for, the housing authority representatives to meet on island with residents of the villages who hold section eight vouchers, when those households are offered a replacement unit, they'll need to recertify the status of their voucher. and this is these meetings are intended to make those connections between residents and staff. we will be scheduling a third, session on a saturday

in the near future, catholic charities, has issued their initial notices to move to their households on the island and notices to villages, units, villages residents receiving transition units will go out before the end of this month. mercy has been continuing to host tours of starview court, for interested residents, and is working with mcrd, to schedule the dollar lottery tomorrow night. we'll be having an event at the shipyard for, island residents to learn more about the isle house. hawkins and 490 avenue of the palms development, 490 avenue of the palms is, the project that we used to refer to by portico, but they're re renaming. rebranding that property, the intention of, tomorrow's event is to generate interest, in the in the

buildings in advance of the dollar lottery for inclusionary units in those buildings. and also to provide information on the market rate units. although list pricing for the units is not yet available, it's just foreshadowing the pre marketing efforts that we'll be doing for each of those sites, also included in the director's report, in the board package, is a memo on, signs that are being fabricated, for the new parks to post hours of operations and rules. so to, to help facilitate , management and enforcement of those at those parks. and we continue to work with the city attorney's office on park code amendments that will have to take to the board of supervisors . and then on our security contract that we put out in rfp for, that will be heard at civil service commission on april 1st, and pending approval, we

anticipate bringing that contract to the board for award at our meeting next month. and that concludes my report. thank you so much, and, nella, to one treasure island, congratulations on your recognition by the board of supervisors for all the work that you've done on treasure island. we really do. it's a recognition well worth it. thank you. and then on the treasure fest, it was the first big public event that we've had with the return of the treasure fest. and bob, i had heard reports that there was actually an hour long, wait to get from the, the toll plaza on the east bay side, the toll plaza to treasure island and all of that traffic were people who were trying to get on to treasure island, do we have any idea of how many people

actually attended, i don't have a firm number. our estimate is in excess of 5000 each day. well, it's a preview of what we have to do in terms of traffic management and even toll management. if you've got 5000 people trying to get on and off the island, that is what's going to happen. it's going to be incredible. congestion on. so, yeah, we need to work on traffic management for big events like that. but also eventually, as the island grows and the number of households grow on the island, this is a very real issue that we will have to confront. yeah i'm going to open it up to any questions by the board or, yes. first, thank you. i would just like to thank, nella and sherry personally for the incredible work that they've done. and it's really amazing

when you consider the small staff and the things that are done daily and the improvement in people's lives and on the island. so i wanted to personally thank you, too. the recognition is long. adieu. so thank you. thank you so much. and, just a quick question. you know, muni, i if i can add this as you you mentioned it. so i've been late on a couple of times and the it tells me sometimes i have a little map and it, it says that. well one bus is down and so there's only one bus available for the, people on the island or getting to the island. and that seems kind of ridiculous that muni only has one bus that is available for

the island. if, you know, they could switch out perhaps another bus or something. and, it to me it seems odd. and so that that's just one thing i wanted to mention, and yes, i also did go to the, the fest, and it was amazing. it the day was beautiful and the crowds were it was. wow. so thank you. thank you for all your work to bob, by the way. thank you, miss helen. yeah. just, bob, you kind of you in your report, you kind of talked briefly about what's going on with housing and just some curious if we'll have a more in depth report at some point. i don't see it on the agenda here. and we didn't have it last month either. so i'm just curious, like if notices are going out, just, interested in where we are with with the latest and i'm not sure if

that's at the subcommittee now or if this is happening here, but yeah, just the last couple of months we haven't had an update and it seems like things are moving. so i'm just curious about that. yeah, i included in my report our agenda this week is, pretty full with the amendments and the parks items, but we'll definitely be bringing another housing update, likely to both the committee and the board. thank you, mr. beth. thank you for your report. and it i noticed that you said during treasure fest they increased the amount of ferry crossings, what, 6 or 7 different times. so, i mean, obviously that's something that really we need to look into in the future because that that's going to be the way to get people on and off the island. and, you know, i don't know if there's a thought of doing it to the east bay as well. but, you know, you can alleviate quite a bit of traffic that way. i think that's something we need to look

into. yeah, i was actually surprised they were able to do, the additional runs because i know during the week, the arrivals and departures from the ferry building in downtown san francisco are very carefully choreographed, because of the commuting frequency of the other runs, but with the lighter, the, headways of the weekend, they were able to incorporate additional runs, but yeah, as as the population grows and as we plan around some of these big events, we're going to be looking to plan for that, next month and thereafter. and, t cd, which currently subsidizes the ferry operations, they're analyzing what the actual cost impacts of that were versus the revenue impacts, obviously the crews were already, you know, they're there, so it really the additional costs are primarily

fuel costs, versus the, the ridership numbers. so we're doing some analysis there to see what the net cost or revenue, for that weekend was. and again, there's a tie in to the tolling because that provides the revenues for these alternative services, like the ferry. yeah. so, okay, so hearing no other questions, any comments from the public? good afternoon, commissioners. president. sen. vice president. richardson great to see you all. i'm joshua arce, a special assistant with the northern california district council of laborers, and i'm here with some colleagues from rank and file members, beth mcdowell with laborers local two, 61 locally, and anthony travis, also rank and file member leader with local 261. we

stopped by because we were doing some other work on some other matters, and we came by to thank director beck and the staff for the concept of partnership. and i want to be real, deliberate in not speaking on an item that's going to be later on in the agenda about a specific result of that partnership. but the partnership generally, that director beck is forging with the rec and park department, which in san francisco, our rec and park department is the best rec and park department in the country and has the best rank and file gardeners, horticulturalist, landscaping and staff anywhere in the world. and the idea that you're building community at treasure island, building homes, these parks and open spaces. and now there's conversation of partnership for those spaces to be maintained in partnership with rec and park, means that those parks are for decades to come to be the most beautiful parks in the city, with workforce development, pipelines and pathways. and we just want

to say thank you, kudos and if i could turn it over to beth or anthony. yeah, thank you, this is an agenda item which is later in our agenda. is that what you wanted to know? did not. because we got to go back to work. we just wanted to speak generally to partnerships and whatever ideas or roadmaps or plans are yielded from some partnerships. we wanted to speak to the spirit of partnership that's exemplified by your director and staff. so i'm i just want to say it's a wonderful thing to be partnering with park and rec and you all looking over the parks and treasure island and what we know. we know that people love to have parks. we need. we all got kids. we need to be able to take our kids to parks. i have eight kids, raise eight kids in san francisco, and that's a lot of work. and i look for parks all over the place, and i used to love taking my kids to the parks. so i just want to say thank you for that. and it's appreciative. okay good morning. my name is beth mcdowell. i'm a

chief steward at local 261. i work as a gardener at the recreation and parks department. i'd also like to add, thanks and congratulations to everyone involved in the partnership so far to one treasure island and the general manager, and all the progress so far, we're always excited. this project is so special to local 261. our construction laborers have worked, i believe, throughout the project and throughout the building of these really beautiful parks and open spaces and if there's any possibility in the future of other partnerships, we would be so excited to do that. there's a comparable project in mission bay in july of last year, they joined the city and were have have now been stewarded for i guess coming almost a year by our recreation and parks gardeners local 261 members. and that's been a very successful project. and whether that's the road you go down or anything else, we would be really honored

to continue to participate with treasure island on this. thank you very much for your time. thank you. we appreciate your comments. and yes, parks are really very important. thank you . yes, please, joshua, before you leave, i wanted actually to recognize you, joshua was the former workforce development in san francisco. but one accentuate on your legacy and what you've done. and continue to do with regards to at risk work development. i know you didn't mention that when you spoke, but, a lot of at risk folks will not be working in san francisco if not for you early on before you were hired here in san francisco, you were the forefront of trying to get, folks that didn't have any power to do so. see you now where you are and where you are coordinating things statewide and still focusing on workforce development. i just wanted to say that for the record. so

thank you. glad to see you. thank you. okay, so hearing no other comments from the public, we'll go on to the next matter. item number four, communications from and received by tida. are there any comments from the board from the public okay. hearing none. next item please. item number five ongoing business by board of directors, anything that wanted to comment on at this point in time, no. from the public hearing. none. next item please. item number six. consent agenda six a approving the minutes of the february 14th, 2024 tied a board meeting. six b resolution approving and authorizing the execution of a first amendment to the professional services agreement between tida and rubicon enterprises to increase the annual scope of services and not to exceed contract amount for fiscal year 2023 through 2024. six c resolution

authorizing the treasure island director to execute two assignment and assumption agreements by and amongst tida langan engineering and environmental services and lay in california, a california corporation, to assign a signer's rights and obligations under two existing agreements with the treasure island authority from a signer to assignee. so moved second. all right, all those in favor say i, i, i did. we need public comment on that. kate. yes. is there any public comment on item six? okay. seeing none. thank you. next item please. item number seven resolution approving an amended and restated disposition and development agreement with treasure island community development, llc, including changes to the attached financing plan and making findings under the california environmental quality act. approving proposed amendments to the treasure island and yerba buena island design for development. thank thank you.

directors, want to acknowledge some of the team that is here today, grace park from the city attorney's office is here as well. if there are questions down the road, also wanted to recognize representatives from cd treasure island community development that are here today, charles shin and andy wang, also wanted to thank and recognize the office of economic and workforce development and topia and lee lewinsky, for their support in negotiating and drafting these amendments, do we have a slide? the slides. and, of course, our titus staff, anne marie rogers and jamie querubin, who you'll be hearing from as we present this item, a little bit of context for, the, the public

and for members of the board, the 2011, entitlement and transaction documents included a great number of documents, obviously, the central to them is the disposition and development agreement between the treasure island development authority and treasure island community development, but also development agreement. a parallel document between treasure island community and development and the city of san francisco, the eir, the planning code amendments, including the special use district designed for development, the base closure homeless assistance agreement, sometimes referred to as the one treasure island agreement. the tie tip, the transportation implementation plan, and an interim agency cooperation agreement that was signed in by the public utilities commission. public works. mta and other key departments. and as we have been revisiting those, the key

documents again, are the dda, the dda has a total of 33 exhibits, including the financing plan. okay. sorry they're they're advancing now. sorry including the financing plan, the housing plan. infrastructure plan, schedule of performance and others, key to the amendments that we're bringing forward today are amendments to the financing plan, the development agreement, will not need to be approved by the title board today, but those amendments will be going to the board of supervisors, the financing plan is also an exhibit to the development agreement. and that will be approved by the board of supervisors along with the changes to the dda. next slide

and our timeline going forward from here. we are asking for title board approval of the dda and design for development amendments, we'll need the planning commission to hear the changes to the development agreement and add the design for development and other planning code amendments and then we're looking at hearings before the budget and finance and land use committees of the board of supervisors on april 15th and 17th to consider these amendments, and then going to the board of supervisors for full final approval of the amendments in late april, the central to what we're are being proposed today is a is a new public financing structure, an actual implementation of that and issuance of bonds, authorization of the issuance of bonds, is expected to take place this fall. and then late this year and early next year, we'll start the actual construction of

stage two infrastructure. so with that, i'd like to ask anne marie rodgers to say a few words on the next few slides, director , that the director of finance and, as you know, development on treasure island has made significant progress in the last few years. we're nearing the completion of the first stage of construction, and almost 1000 homes will be ready for occupancy. parks, utilities, public art, new streets and ferry service are either open or will be open shortly. and yet, due to infrastructure delays in the very challenging economy, the project is at risk of slowing or stalling. it's no secret that the city, the nation and the world have been in unprecedented times. and yet this project has advanced. treasure island is the city's largest project underway. in a

moment when there's a tremendous push to build new housing in san francisco, continuing the project is more important now than ever before. and because of this, the city and tida and cdd are committed to ensuring that the project does not lose momentum. now is the time for both pticd and the city to double down on the project with thoughtful dda da amendments. the sponsors, mayor breed and supervisor dorsey, have committed to stay true to the spirit of the original deal while affirming a mutual commitment to treasure island. in the next chapter. this effort is particularly important as we move to integrate treasure island into the larger city fabric. here are the objectives that were laid out from the outset of our work. the amendments should keep to the existing public benefits package

as it was approved in 2011. we should not reduce the affordable housing requirement from the 27.2. we should defer costs where possible to improve fiscal feasibility and make sure that does not reduce benefits in any way. we should modernize provisions in the dda that are not compatible with other existing development agreements, and what we've learned since 2011, we've also need to make alignments with our current schedule for construction and lastly, we should accelerate treasure island generated revenues back into the project to finance it through this challenging economic period. and with that, i'd like to turn it over to the lead project manager for this, jamie rubin. thank you, anne marie, good afternoon. title board members, very excited to present, on the highlights of the dda amendment

proposals, so on slide eight, at a very high level, as anne marie was describing the process of reopening the dda and its associated exhibits were really, built on a pillar and an overall goal of ensuring financial feasibility and sustainability of the treasure island project to deliver the public benefits, as originally planned in the 2011 dda, part of that process, obviously involves a very complex fiscal analysis and evaluation of where the project is today, and what came out of the efforts of many, many meetings and a lot of collaboration with city staff as well as external consultants were really two primary changes. and with the goal of improving fiscal feasibility from a

finance perspective, there's really sort of two ways to approach, feasibility and improving feasibility, one is to bring fiscal resources earlier into the project, and bringing resources that can support the momentum that's been ongoing with the project, to earlier accessibility and so the fiscal changes that's described is really an acceleration of funds in the project, to the project and that, the proposed amendments, contemplate $115 million of city supported capital funds, primarily in support of the infrastructure of stage two, it also proposes that we remove certain provisions in the development agreement and in the financing plan that require the developer to backfill tidal operating costs, and that will improve the kind of fiscal

sustainability overall, the other side of the coin is that improves fiscal feasibility is really how can we defer costs or move costs further out in the project timeline? and that's really where it touches the schedule of performance, and certain subsidy changes. so the goal is to improve the financial feasibility in the near tum by deferring certain costs, and delaying certain obligation lines, in the schedule of performance while still preserving the overall public benefits package. overall, the proposed amendments seek to modernize the dda to be reflective of the project's current planned schedule, but to also address the near terme economic constraint impacting development projects really all over san francisco. and to zero in on the amendments that we are making to the proposing to make

to the financing plan, as discussed, we're building on this concept of what we define as alternative financing. this concept had already existed in the initial financing plan, and we're building upon the existing language to incorporate the city's commitment to issue $115 million of city supported debt, what we have called the stage two alternative financing this can be in the form of certificates of participation or cops, or any form of debt that the city enters into, the type of financing tool that cops are. is that the city and county of san francisco issues the bonds and pledges to pay back the debt service on these bonds through general fund resources? in terms of how we arrived at the $115 million figure, we really wanted to ensure that the entire backbone infrastructure of stage two would be fully built out and

that the project was given the appropriate level of resources to ensure that the full stage could be complete, we are also structuring the $115 million cop amount over three tranches, and the idea is to match the project's expenditure needs on an ongoing basis. so rather than issue $115 million up front, the goal is to issue it over time. year over year, to match the project's total expenditure needs. and lastly, the goal of establishing these tranches against performance milestones is that we do want to ensure that the project and the program , yes, on stage two, is really aligning with the need. so we don't we again, don't want to issue the $115 million all upfront. the goal is to ensure that certain components of the project are built out, funded,

complete. before we move on to the next stage. we are also intending to update the acquisition and reimbursement agreement to allow for expedited review of payment of costs related to the stage two financing, so that just simply allows the developer, a more expedited cycle of how costs are reviewed and therefore reimbursed to ensure that there is no cash flow impact, to the developer team. the financing plan also addresses some miscellaneous updates for clarification that we've received as advice from bond counsel and city attorney. to dive in more on the cops structure for, slide ten. outlines an example of how the city could deliver the $115 million cops over three separate bond issuances, it's currently

contemplated that they'll be issued in three separate years, beginning in fiscal year 25, which is the upcoming fiscal year through fiscal year 27, the initial policy conversation is to issue it, in three, sequences of $50 million for the cop in 2025. the second tranche at 50 million, and the third tranche at 15 million, that's expected to result in an approximately annual debt service of $12 million. for more background on the discussion around the certificate of participation and engagement with the city and city departments in discussion with the mayor's budget office and the comptroller, there was really an overarching question of how would this impact the city's general fund, given its

current challenges with its own deficit to solve, and, you know, with, with this process, the goal was not only to highlight how important it was to ensure that the project was successful and that we're able to keep the momentum of stage one going so that we're able to deliver housing and very important public benefits. but from a financial perspective, it was also important to evaluate how how this could impact the city's general fund, but also to determine how the project really was an economic engine that could benefit the city's general fund. overall ultimately, the goal was to show that as a result of this amazing project, we work on, not only is the general fund better benefiting from additional property value that's added on to the role, increased population, that is that is also resulting in higher

sales taxes and, property taxes. but that the overall economic engine of the project could really lead to net positive revenues to the general fund that could support the debt service on the cops. so slide 11 demonstrates what the three separate tranches would look like in terms of annual debt service, resulting in approximately $12 million a year. the orange line that you see below is, is the total net positive revenue that the project and treasure island will generate on an ongoing basis. and the blue line, importantly, which is the top dark, dark blue line, shows in addition to those annual reoccurring revenues, there's also a whole subset of other one time revenues. as a result of the construction development of the project itself, primarily transfer taxes as well as sales taxes that are

tied to the construction activity on the island, i think this demonstrates two things, in order for the project, or because the project is continued at pace and being able to deliver housing units, it's generating a significant amount of revenue potential for the general fund. if the project for example, were to pause or to delay that revenue potential would either be reduced or would be delayed. and so i think the main takeaway from this slide is that if but not for this project , that potential revenue growth could could come very much, very well not come to fruition, but if we were to issue the cops in this level, support the project, not only could we continue funding stage two and continue the momentum, but it also it also demonstrates that that net revenue could more than over time sufficiently cover the debt service that the general fund is

taking on in the near terme. part of this question around city, fiscal resources, it was also important to address, you know, what certain cost exposures would the city be taking on as a result of issuing additional debt, and so we discussed as a team, in collaboration with tiktok, certain guardrails that we could implement in the financing plan to address some of these risks as a form of certain risk mitigation strategies. so the first is the concept of a stage two contribution. and really looking at the residual residual property tax increment that's generated by the ifd as well as the residual special taxes generated by the cfd, and how do we capture that, and so the proposal, contemplates $550,000

of residual taxes per year be redirected to offset any general fund, any general fund exposure, as a result of debt service. so one potential risk is that projected revenues are not do not come to fruition. they're not in alignment with projections in the general fund then has to carve out certain revenues to cover debt service. this concept is to offset any exposure that they could have over time. the terms of this contribution, an annual contribution will start at the first year in which debt is issued and will be termed at the last year. the debt matures and so over time that could be approximately $13 million rededicated to offset general fund exposure. the second requirement, is to ensure that certain developer revenues primarily land cell revenues, as well as reimbursements from

public financing, are redirected to be spent on project costs, including funding for stage two until all the stage two infrastructure is complete. the concept here is to ensure that the developer's revenues are being reinvested in the project through the terms of stage two, or reserved for funding for future stages. so the amendments also seek to remove a certain provision in section 19 of the dda, the amendment would completely remove the authority's obligation to share its annual budget and report on the authority costs and revenues. it would also remove the developer's obligation to backfill the authority budget in the case of an annual deficit, these amendments, are through out section 19 of the dda, as members are aware, in prior

presentations on the budget process, this provision, though it does exist in the current dda, was really only exercised once, since 2011. and it posed a significant cost exposure to the city. and it's also just not a typical provision that's in recent days, comparable to other existing gdas in the city. post 2011, the removal of this provision, also encouraged a larger conversation between tida and the city and county of san francisco, on how it can really work to incorporate tida, into the fabric of the city's existing services. so that costs that tie to bears are are not only directed to tida, but really shared amongst the city, and really reinforced, this notion that treasure island is part of san francisco and it is a neighborhood of san francisco and should be included in the fabric and funding as all

neighborhoods are in san francisco. one note on the removal of the provision in section 19 that it removes the developer's obligation to backfill titus budget, i think, raised an important internal question of how that provision or removal of that provision could impact titus budget overall, and so slide 14 shows a five year budget outlook, that really demonstrates there's no observed, exposure, treasure island is very, fortunate to have a very robust commercial leasing program that has historically been sufficient to fund all of the authority's operations, and so this five year outlook shows you everything from that dark blue line down, is a is a represents

a treasure island development authority costs on an ongoing basis. the purple line and the light blue line represent costs that tida does incur, but are offset by other sources, primarily developer subsidies related to housing, transportation in the art program, as well as open space, and other direct development related costs that are covered by tac directly. the red line assumes that revenues are stable over time, and that's consistent with our understanding of where the where the commercial lease portfolio will be over the next five years. so i think what this demonstrates is that our revenue , is more than sufficient to cover our operations and that we're really not likely to see a budgetary deficit, over the near

turn, and we're not posing any risks to ourselves by removing this shortfall provision. before i jump into the other amendments , i just wanted to pause there because there's many, many amendments related to the fiscal provisions. and i just wanted to pause there and see if there was any questions before i move on. i think you should move on, the starting on slide 15, the housing plan, as anne-marie had mentioned, reaffirms that there's we're keeping the 27.2% affordable housing the most substantive amendment, is to reallocate 27 inclusionary units, from stage two across the future stages. in terms of the transportation plan and proposed amendments, in discussion with the treasure island mobility management agency, or the tma,

we have proposed a summary of and menu of, amendments that really add greater flexibility in how the treasure island project intima can utilize and access certain subsidies. so we've incorporated a provision to, increase or move up, rather the time in which the tma can access the transportation operating subsidy to support and assist with its start up costs, as well as certain planning costs ahead of transit delivery, we also have built in flexibility on the transportation capital subsidy, again, to create, and allow more latitude for how tema can use these resources in alignment with its future capital needs, another, more substantive provision is that we are allowing, the developer to

credit a certain cost that it is incurring as it relates to public interim ferry or public shuttle service after the january 2025 time frame. on the community facilities and other subsidies side, we're reconfirming that all of the subsidies are still intact. and for to the extent some subsidies have been fulfilled, that will be reflected in this dda amendment, we're also, as mentioned earlier, about the schedule performance, seeking to delay the delivery of the police and fire station, the current requirement is that the 25th hundredth dwelling unit, we are proposing to move that to the 4,000th unit, which is approximately around 2031, that decision was made, with the police and fire departments, confirmation that that schedule aligns with their anticipated

needs. similarly, the school district subsidy is also being delayed in the same time frame, and that also aligns with the school district's needs to evaluate the need of a future, future elementary school on treasure island. throughout the body of the dda, there's also general amendments, and updates that we are reflecting primarily the terms being extended from 30 years to 40 years, there are also several other amendments that really relate to procedural changes to allow for greater administrative flexibility, both in terms of time efficiency, me, but also just streamlining processes, that have really been lessons learned over the past few years, we will also be updating certain forms of the agreements that are attached to the dda to reflect existing provisions. since the 2011

adoption. as director beck was mentioning, we are also seeking amendments to the design for development or the d for d that will reflect minor changes to form controls and also be reflective of certain lessons learned in the first subphase, you'll see here on slide 19, a list of building form changes that are reflected in this proposed amendment. the amendments really aim to address unforeseen constraints arising from updates from the california building code, and the only impact of vertical improvements, which are individual buildings or structures in accordance with their relevant vertical development agreements. as director beck also mentioned, the title board is not required to approve certain amendments to the developer agreement, development agreement or the da. however, the financing plan amendments that i discussed

earlier are attached to the da, and that will be approved by the full board of supervisors as well as the planning commission. before we jump into questions, i just wanted to note there are certain attachments to your packet, the packet also includes a summary of fiscal terms related to the cops or the certificate of participation, which, delineate the details that i went through in their earlier slides. there is also a summary of proposed amendments to the dda, da and the d-4d. and rather than read reading through hundreds of pages of red lines, there's a very helpful matrix that outlines each document and the description of the amendment. and i believe that was circulated to board members. so with that, i will take any questions. thank you. thank you so much. and i will open it to the board. but i'd like to, make some initial comments. and that

is, in 2011 when the master plan was passed for what would be the future of treasure island, it was a very sustainable plan. and we hew to that plan still. and it's amazing to me that we've been able to do it, you know, 13 years later, 2024, it's certainly the times have changed, there's been a pandemic , there have been economic disruptions, and the fact that the financing mechanisms that we, contemplated in 2011 that they have to be, in fact, changed to the times that we have today, that is certainly understand able and i really would like to thank the team. and it's been many months of meetings and very, intense discussions, i'm sure. but thank you to the city attorney's

office and to, to kd, our partners to kd lee. i see her there and certainly to tida staff, anne-marie and jamie and bob beck for, trying to come up with what is the plan to go forward, and i would say that it's in in terms of the financing mechanisms, it's a very creative idea which is to use any residual tax increment which are produced by the island to redirect them back to the city. and i think that that's the essence of the certificates of participation, even though the backstop is the general fund , it's only because we cannot do any more with the cfd and the ifc bonds, and so this this is a way to capture those residual tax increments so that it can be used. and that's very, very

creative. so i, i, thank you for the financial minds that went into that, but i'd like to talk a little bit about the public benefits, because we are the public authority. we are the ones that are representing the public. and so we have to make sure that whatever comes from this development, those, you know, those benefits are really being upheld and that they are going to be delivered. and, and i would say, as i've said before, the main public benefits that we are getting the public is getting from the development that is going on in treasure island, one is the affordable housing, and then the second are the public realm of parks and art. that is being created, and of course, we have housing, the market rate housing, which the

developer is doing, but really tide us responsibility is for the affordable housing and for the public realm, and so we have to make sure as we go forward that those, those benefits are going to be safeguarded. and i see that for the affordable housing, i'm glad to note that, the original goal, which was to construct 27.2% of affordable housing of the whole housing mix, that is going to be kept, some of that is being delivered in a later phase, but that goal is actually still going to be kept. and i just want to make sure that that's a correct statement, that that is a correct statement. okay. thank you, so i do want to note that, the other thing is that, the parks are really an important part of all of this. and i note

in one of the statements in your report that it says that the 115 million, that is coming from the cop that will be given to the developer to reimburse for the infrastructure that they have to do for the phase two. it excludes an estimated 29 million to fully complete the parks, that's a statement in your report. and so what i would like to know is where will the 29 million come from to complete the parks? okay, that's one, one, one question in which i will like for you to hold for just one moment and then, another question is no longer, will we have pticd as a stop backstop to tida if it experiences budgetary shortfalls? and this is something that i think it's going to take more time to really make sure that our

successive budgets in the next few years are indeed going to be able to support both the ongoing business of tida, but also the various, works subsidies and community support that we have. and i'd like to note there that the idea of integrating the social services, which now tida provides for island residents, rents and island nonprofits that that should be a responsibility of the city. as we integrate into the city, it should not be from tida alone, but in fact as it integration into the city. these are services that are required by residents and by the community. it should come from the general fund. and i want to make sure that that is being, that is, is a concept which is being accepted by both the board of supervisors, by the board of supervisors as it goes ahead to

approve this plan, i, i have some of the questions, but i'll allow you to comment on those two in particular. as it relates to your first question on the funding of stage two parks in the approximate amount of 29 million, you were mentioning, first, you're correct in your statement that the $115 million of cops is to, fund primarily the backbone infrastructure, through the scope of stage two, the thought process there was that, you know, we are planning, in addition to you know, market rate, future market rate development, there are also very critical authority lots, as well as, city delivered projects within the stage, within the scope of stage two, and so we wanted to make sure that the $115 million was appropriately sized to build the infrastructure that led to, being able to get a certificate of occupancy for those buildings, and really the focus

of, the city's contribution, was related to that backbone infrastructure, scope of work, as, as the attachment one shows, the stage two costs are north of 200 million, including 29 million for parks, the discussion around, the fiscal feasibility and funding of stage two. wasn't that the city, the city through the cops was going to be the only party, that was responsible to deliver the scope, and really, we are the city was serving as a financial partner on the infrastructure side. and so the developer is still, obligated to deliver the parks, as well as they've already spent up to $60 million in the geotechnical and soil improvements. so that's still the plan, and so the developer will be utilizing their own capital resources for that scope of work, but it's still an

obligation of the developer, correct, to, to construct the park. it is. all right. thank you. and, and i'd also, there is how do we ensure that all developer revenues are being reinvested into completing stage two or reserved for the funding of future stages? that's another, item that was in your report, that there was the assurance that that was going to, that the developer revenues would actually be used on the island and how how are we going to do that? what are the assurances? what how do we ensure that? so as, as part of the amendment, as you're alluding to, requires that certain revenues and primarily i think the two primary sources of revenues, which is, revenues that developer receives as a result of selling vertical pads to vertical parties, that's one

large, portion of what constitutes the developer's revenues. the second is any cash flow benefits. they receive as a result of being reimbursed for costs that they've already incurred. so, for example, as a city issues cfds and ifds and other bonds, the developers receiving that, reimbursement kind of as a form of revenue to the project, the amendment does require that those two forms of revenues, be reinvested back into the project, either through the balance of stage one costs, stage two costs as described. and any future costs, and so we have current fund, we have current tracking mechanisms to be able to ensure that that revenue a to know what that revenue is and when it comes online, but also, to ensure that that's going back into the

project. we have, for example, required, reports that we have to provide the developer not only has to provide to tida, but also has to provide to the navy for purposes of complying with the edc moa. so we're very aware of when those revenues come in and we're very, very close to the infrastructure project, as it's ongoing with stage two, in terms of the exact mechanism of the report and the requirements of when those reportings need to come to tida, we're working on that sort of as an administrative follow up to this amendment. okay thank you, i'm going to open it up to the board and then i'll open it up to the public, mrzim. thank you for that great presentation. and congratulations on getting to this milestone. it's no small feat to amend a da, dda, and dpd , so congratulations on that, i second direct sends sentiment

that we are the public stewards and, really concerned on the public services. and so just if you could speak a little and understanding the challenging market that we're all in right now, speak a little to the, the, the change of the 27 inclusionary units to the future phases. part of the goal is to have an integrated mixed income development neighborhood. and so or is it just getting pushed and spread through future market rate developments? or just if you could speak to that? and then my second question is, i just noticed that there was a change in the 1% art fee. and so if you could speak to what that is, since we of course want lots of nice art as well. sure, i'll grab those two questions, first, on the arts fee, i think the arts fee was one of the kind of last minute things in the original 2011 documents. it wasn't well described and well documented. and really, what we're doing now is clarifying, when it's due. and we're also

writing into the, the da that it will be collected by the art by the department of building inspection, along with other fees that are that they assess at the time of permit issuance. more of a standard. yeah, it's standardized in the process, and then, on the, the, the 27 inclusionary units, they will still be inclusionary units, spread across market rate units, market rate buildings and subsequent phases, the overall 5% of, of market rate housing, 5% inclusionary units being provided for all of the market rate. housing remains the same. and our affordable parcels are, staying the same. there is one affordable parcel that we had agreed to do a swap for

previously that's being formalized in this agreement, but that was that swap was negotiated because the parcel that had been originally set aside for us in 2011, when we started doing, sample massing on it, it was really just too small of a parcel for us to effectively develop. and so we're swapping that out for a larger parcel in a subsequent phase. okay, miss richardson. oh, yes. thank you, i want to start again. just echo what, our previous commissioners have stated coming here today. actually is a great milestone for treasure island development authority. and i want to start by again thanking our esteemed director, bob beck. and then we have anne-marie and jamie. great presentation. we need to pass

though i think, the foremost congratulate is actually to mayor breed and the mayor's office coming. you know, this exercise has taken more than a year to get here. it's a very, very complex, you know, scope of work to do here. and we have all these partners. and commissioner chen had already alluded. and i want to say it again, we have, for instance, in the audience we had lay here. we have represented from the w, d and is also here with us and why it is so important. treasure island development is a is a platinum standard. we what we are doing here. building a city within a city is actually setting precedent for the rest of development. not only in san francisco, in the bay area and north america. and that's why we have one already that, you know, leads platinum, which is the

highest it's everything designs in public realm. we have experts here and if you've been watching, our forums regularly, i know you probably will be able to know what a public realm is all about by listening to commissioner patient, it is important that a prelude to the approval of this dda. it is. what is it? we are we are doing the transportation infrastructure alone, when it's overdone, will cost billions of ready. we have already spent millions on treasure island. i think people in san francisco and outside, when they go to the island, they are shocked. they're surprised because you hear all these things about development and we do not know that, we are we have, you know, our eyes to be focused on the development at hand. and that's basically what we've been doing

here. it's a massive, very complex, development with all kinds of intricacies. and you could look at the 33 amendments, as amy, have, you know, alluded to that we are doing here. however, it's important to let people know that are listening, that the core benefits are not changing. in fact, the overall exercise is here in the dire economic conditions, is to allow the flexibility for us to be able to keep these projects afloat. but at the same time, to be able to use alternative mechanisms that were not in 2011, 2011 to 2024. a lot has happened in financing in the overall economic strategy in the entire world, not just in san francisco. and so we are adjusting that when you have a project that is spanning decades, common sense, if you are responsible, you do have to

look at your dda, look at the conditions, economic conditions, and then you cannot tirikatene alone. and then who knows? you are trying to do that. so that's the whole basis of exactly what we are doing here. our treasure island is slated to have, 8000 originally. and the other day supervisor darcy is authorizing legislation to add another 1000 units. and just imagine the cost of those alone and the kind of infrastructure and the kinds of collaboration that we are going to be having when we put that in place. yes, it is true. the largest project right now in san francisco, we are the one that is driving a san francisco economy. and we need to accentuate that. we need to accentuate that. we are driving san francisco economy. our dollars spent right now translate to millions for the city of county of san francisco. the dda also the public private

partnership are the platinum standard. and so the delicate balance between the private and the public sector absolutely. also bearing in mind that treasure island residents are san francisco resident, okay, they vote, they pay for the bonds and everything. and so the city has obligations to extend the resources on the mainland to the treasure island. and we are actively involved in making sure that that's going to take place. and so basically, this is really great, again, thanking everybody. and we also have partnership across the board. for instance, we have a partnership with the arts commission, and i know i'm looking at the audience. i see mary lou and jill manttan. they are also and as we also have with other agencies, his county transportation authority and mentioned. so this project here,

people are coming in, they are learning and they are participating. and that is why, it's a lesson in itself. so i will be glad from with entertain many discussions before even today. and today is the easiest part because all the exhibits and all the items we've already read that, we've seen that. and so i will be glad to make the motion to, you know, approve the resolution when we get to that. thank you, mr. dunlop. thank you very much. and i want to thank the staff for all of the hard work that has obviously gone into this. and it's a pretty amazing document. i have some sort of simple question as a first one about the bonds. has there been any discussion with the board of supervisors about the bonds, it seems like without the bonds we're sort of stuck.

it's good there there have been some briefings with members of the board of supervisors, but, you know, that that, part of the reason for taking the financing plan to the board of supervisors is, is get their endorsement of this mechanism so that when we go back to actually implement and sell the bonds, it's hopefully more of an administrative function. okay. i'm just considering the economy right now and that, you know, the city itself is, in the red, the i think the wanting to add more bond, weight to the, the city government is perhaps going to be a challenge. and i certainly hope not. and then secondly, you know, the navy there isn't much mentioned about them. have they been in playing their role appropriately? have

they been dragging their feet, overall on the on the cleanup program, they, they it has taken considerably longer than it was anticipated in 2011 or even in 2014, part of that is a function of, of, working with the state to spell out exactly what the requirements of cleanup will be. so the whole process is, like other elements of the project has has taken longer, than was anticipated, but they're they're working right now on, an important document, a feasibility study addendum, for site 12, which is the last area that's really under active cleanup, and then, in terms of the edc, moa, and some of the transactions that are being discussed here today, there is also a, a waterfall, profit

participation, that the navy participates in. and as part of that, we're required to provide them certain reports prepared by te cdd on their progress and their expenses and so forth. and they have the navy has been actively reviewing those, reports to them and giving us comments and questions back. so they've they've they've been engaged. but things, as i said, have taken longer than all of us anticipate. and i don't envy you and the, the negotiations you must go through and, and i guess another question would be tdc. so we're kind of giving them a little bit of a gift. were they also is there a issue around that or, well, i want to characterize it as a gift, one of the, the costs that we will be reimbursing the developer for

is, our costs that they were eligible to be reimbursed for. but as i mentioned, as everything has taken longer and cost more as we've gone through the implementation process, the development of the cfd and erfde revenues that are supposed to be reimbursing pticd for the public infrastructure costs, they've been they've been incurring has been slow to develop and so what we're providing here is an alternate live, form of reimbursement to the developer. it doesn't reimburse them for more than they would have been reimbursed for under other mechanisms. it just makes a more timely reimbursement to keep the reinvestment back into the project happening. so it's not so much a windfall to te cd as it's a timely reimbursement by the city of eligible expenses to

maintain the reinvestment rate and the continuation of the infrastructure work. and so they're still on board and it's, oh, yeah, the all of these solutions have been developed in, in concert with any consultation with tiktok. thanks so much, bob, and thanks for the to the staff here. mr. beth, i want to thank i want to thank everybody for the hard work on this. you know, a project of this magnitude needs to keep keep moving because any delays the cost overruns, you're talking dollars and dollars and dollars in the long run. so you want to keep it moving, i'm just going to say, hey, i'm ready to second a motion on that. thank you. thank you. okay, hearing no other questions or comments from the board, we'll open it up to the public. are there any members of the public who would

like to address the board on this item? okay. hearing none, i think we have a action in front of us, and we have a motion that to approve the resolution. it's been seconded. so all those in favor say i, i, i all those opposed the ayes have it. thank you. thank you all. congratulations. thank you. directors item number eight resolution to accept certain park and open space improvements on yerba buena island, including any structures thereon, to designate the improvements for park use, to dedicate the improvements for public use, and to accept the improvements for maintenance and liability purposes . and, joey's getting set up. but,

joe, joey bencini will be, presenting this item for us today. okay. good afternoon, my name is joey birx, project manager with development authority, and i'm here to discuss the agenda item for acceptance of two new beautiful parks on yerba buena island, panorama park and signal point. previously called, infinity point, as well as, hilltop park. so the map here shows the footprint of panorama park on the left, previously called infinity point, like i mentioned, and signal point on the right, the two park areas are separated by yerba buena road down the middle. and today

i'll give you an overview of the acceptance process, a review of the operations and maintenance manual, including specific provisions for these park improvements. interim park management structure and responsibilities, and ongoing parks management planning. so in february of this year, the board of supervisors delegated various powers to the title board. related to the acceptance of public parks and open space improvements, making it possible to accept the park improvements without the additional step of receiving acknowledgment by the board of supervisors prior to park opening. and we just received the notice of completion from public works for the park last week. and today, we have brought this item before you to accept the park and open space improvements, including any structures thereon, designate them for park use and dedicate them for public use and to accept the them for maintenance and liability

purposes. and in terms of opening the parks to the public, we plan to soft open the parks in march for public use. later this month. and staff are also working on a coordinated public opening event in may of this year. just a little rendering of panorama park, a little bit outdated, but still beautiful. and there's a rendering of signal point at the top of signal road. now switching over to the parks operations and maintenance manual. tide has been working for a few years now, with the developer and cmg landscape architecture on a guiding operations and maintenance manual for parks on t and ybe. and this manual define system wide and park specific improvements as well as general service requirements for each park, it's a living document and we update it as

needed. and as each park is completed on the islands, the landscape architecture team for that park, completes a park specific chapter to be included in this o&m manual. and this helps tide to plan ahead for and refine management planning and cost estimates for maintaining each park. their common site, furnishings and other components amongst all the parks but many have unique features such as the repurposed concrete water tank structure at panorama park that requires a specific plan for care. and tide has the park specific chapter for panorama park and signal point that was created by hood design studio. the landscape architect for the park, with input from cmg as well. on that. and that park specific chapter will be used to guide the maintenance of these park improvements and on this

slide you can see the main sections for each park specific chapter of the o&m manual that we get. as these parks are complete and accepted, ultimately. one key component of panorama park that i wanted to mention separately is the point of infinity artwork that can be seen from around the bay area, and tide has received a conservators, report from sf arts commission with information on specialized care and maintenance for that artwork. and i just wanted to note that the costs for maintenance and care of the structure are included in titus park's maintenance budget. this slide is a review of the interim park's management structure for tide parks, with oversight and management being coordinated by tide staff. support from public works on any engineering tasks and landscaping performed by rubicon and janitorial by toolworks. both rubicon and

toolworks are one team member organizations. for management, some of the responsibilities involve monitoring parks performance and recalibrate maintenance, landscaping, and engineering needs, keeping records related to maintenance, and overseeing occasional events in the parks, as well, public works, as i mentioned, will take on the role of engineering, maintenance and repairs for the park. and that essentially includes ensuring that all mechanical, plumbing and lighting systems are functional in the park. they'll be performing inspections for the parks and will help to remedy any hazards or unsafe conditions, as well. rubicon will be keeping a close eye on the landscape for the parks by monitoring and adjusting irrigation systems, making sure that plants and trees are thriving and coordinating with

pest management firms as needed, as well, keeping the park neat and tidy, there are some steep slopes on these parks, so rubicon will also monitor those slopes for any drainage and erosion issues. and that's just an example of the, one of the specific items that is referenced in the park specific chapter that will be monitoring, all right. and for janitorial, two works, tool works will take on the janitorial tasks for these parks and will be pressure washing the old salvage concrete water tank regularly, removing graffiti wherever needed, removing waste from the park and spot cleaning all site furnishings. in preparation for acceptance of these parks and more parks coming online over the next few years, tida has been coordinating with oci as well as sf, rec and park to validate our cost estimates for parks maintenance and the results of that coordination is

accounted for in our annual parks maintenance budget. and as i mentioned before, titus approach to parks operations and maintenance is one of flexibility we have guiding operations and maintenance, manual and standard practices for parks management. but we're constantly adapting and responding to the needs of each individual park as we glean new information based on park performance. we're also fortunate to be able to gain insight and receive feedback from other city agencies on parks management as needed. and thank you, directors, for your your time, and i welcome any questions you may have. okay. thank you very much, this this also is a milestone today for the acceptance by tida for these two parks, hills, the panorama park and the signal park, opening, so we, are very pleased

that we have come to this point. and for those of you who have been up there, i hope all of you will take the time to do that, because it is absolutely spectacular to be on the top of those parks and seeing probably the best view of any place in the bay area. you know, that panoramic view, i, i wanted though, to make sure that, the student and i see magda is also here today in the audience and she's the coordinator of the landscape architectural design services for pticd, which has been the group that has been helping us design and also construct the parks, i would say that panorama park is just going to be one of those places in the bay area where people will come and together with the, artwork, the sugimoto point of infinity,

it really is going to that art. sculpture will be an icon for the bay area as well. it's going to rival, i think, coit tower as being an identity point for our city, and so i'm very, very pleased that we have finally completed both the park and the installation of the artwork. i do have some comments about the design, though, of panorama park, and that is, you know, there are the design calls for trees to be planted in front of the sculpture. and i think i may have made some of these comments before, and we saw the renderings, but when you're up there on the park, i'm really concerned about the trees that have been selected and how fast that they will grow and that they are going to eventually

obscure the artwork itself. the point of infinity, which is what this park was all about. and i wish that they had been more coordination between the artist and the landscape architects on this. but since we are accepting this, i just want to know whether we have the authority to make changes to the design, even after acceptance. are there things that we can do to adjust as the, you know, as the park matures, for instance, i think it's very important to maintain those trees, because eventually, again, they're going to obscure the view of that, art piece. and one of the things about that point of infinity is that you can see it from various points on the embarcadero. you can see it, you know, when you're coming over the bay bridge, when the

light of the setting sun hits that sculpture, it is like a beam of light that goes out. and people, when they know that it's there. first of all, if you don't know that the sculpture is there, you don't know what it is. but if you know that it's there, you know that that beam is coming from that point of infinity, and if you obscure that with the growing trees, it's going to have a drastic effect on the presence of that piece of art. and so i wanted to note that as we accepted that, that's a concern of mine, the other thing is that you have some oak trees that have been planted, on the hillside on the north and western side, of the slope where the park is. and those oaks, true. as you know, oaks, over time, they're going to be quite large. and i think that, again, it obscures it will

or has the opportunity to obscure the view. and that is what's so spectacular about being on top of that park is that you can see an incredible panoramic view, which is why we call it panorama park, but a panoramic view of the bay and the city and golden gate bridge. and even, you know, the other bridges, so to have trees obscuring that view seems to be, it actually will be a distraction. and i remember when coit tower, you know, the edges along coit tower, they planted some cypress and bushes around that coit tower park where you couldn't see the view. people had to stand up. and even then, it was hard for them to see the view. eventually they did cut down, that planting. but i don't want to have that similar situation happen with us, so i just wanted to note that and if

there's any comment to that, i'd like to hear about what we will do. yeah, i'll i'll address that. yeah. i the, the, the design of the plaza and, and the, the, the lands around it, there's nothing, you know, that that would prevent us from modifying that or altering that as as needs arise. you know, if, for instance, as i think we all anticipate, visitors ship is beyond you know, it creates new challenges for us, and we need to, you know, think about additional seating and other modifications, there's nothing that would prohibit us from modifying, reorganizing the space, altering the plantings or landscaping. you know, the art piece itself, the stones, the

sculpture that kind of sit within that concrete ring that, that defines the art location. that's a different matter. but beyond that, the design of the plaza and its function are are now ours to manage. okay. thank you. i just wanted to be assured of that, and then the point of infinity artwork. i'm glad to note that we, under this maintenance plan, that care of that artwork is indeed part of the plan and will be part of the budget for parks and maintenance. is that correct? correct. so i just wanted to note that as well. thank you, i'm going to open it up. miss richardson. okay. thank you for your presentation. and i just want to, again to, let you know that i thought that we have the authority to, you know, with regards to the, trees. we don't

need a dda for that. if at any point of the development, we find out that some structures and again, this is not about talking about the infrastructure that's already laid. and i think we do have the flexibility to do that. and so i would advise at this point that now that we have at least identified a problem there with those trees, that we should move expeditiously to have that, you know, dealt with that's that that would be, the suggestion coming here. and again, this, this is exciting. and i think we have an obligation and we're going to talk more about that because we have an obligation to create more sculptures. and during a budget discussion, i think, commissioner fey and i brought that, that we would actually like to keep that momentum and so this is something that, although we are accepting parks

today, which is great, the ongoing funding and things like that, i think that is on the radar. and we're going to try to do that because those sculptures we know over time, as we get the opportunity for more funding, we will really do that. but also looking at ways that we can facilitate and expedite if we can. so we're not going to renege on that. so overall, i think, the again, this is another, you know, milestone, the question i have, and marie, please come to the podium if you can. the point of infinity ground breaking is a big deal. it is a big deal because this sculpture, as you know, we've been talking about that, just a few of us have had the opportunity to look at that, and it's unlike anything. and i think it befits not just treasure island, but the overall positive elements that san francisco right now, because it

is going to be a point of attraction. and so what i'm thinking is that we need to be more creative into the opening. and there are so many ways that we can utilize that. so please and again, i'm calling you to the podium because ideas that we have and ideas you all have to be able to make that, to make it really significant. i think we're looking at may or june or whatever you all decided. we decide about that, but it should not be an annotation. it should not just be an opening up, any sculpture or anything. no, it is part of a big, marketing plan that is going to go beyond san francisco to let people know the creativity and the reemergence of things that are new, ongoing here and the efforts in the planning, installation, and then to have, a world renowned artist like mr. sugimoto and this particular sculpture, the engineering of that, it is so significant. so i want to just

get this opportunity to lay it on you out there that, we need to kind of brainstorm as to, what we're going to do for the, groundbreaking. and having said that, i think this is really great, andre, my support again on this resolution. i'll support that. thank you very much. noted thank you, okay. mr. mr. denmark, thank you. and i'm just i'm really excited about this park. it is beautiful. and i, double down on your concern about the trees, and trees definitely need a lot of maintenance, and it could end up being messy with leaves. and what have you. but likewise, it also could end up obscuring the beauty of the artwork and so i really would like us to spend a special attention to that. and,

i know this we've talked about this, but the again, the funding aspect and, you know, it's a city park, it's not a it's not our park. it's for the whole city. are we getting support from rec and park on this, we aren't currently getting support from the general fund or from rec and park on this, will be talking a little bit about, planning for the future in the next item, but the general concept for parks and open space on the island is that during the initial years of operation, there's a subsidy from treasure island community development to help us maintain the parks. and so we are receiving those funds currently up to a million and a half a year, from the developer for the maintenance of the parks. and then, the, the, revenues, proceeds from the

community facilities district are meant to be a source of, of maintenance for the parks in perpetuity, so there is an island, committed, on island source of revenue. specifically to address the parks maintenance as well as plan for future sea level rise adaptations. okay. thanks. and i would also like to concur with, director richardson around the, the issue of, i guess, pr and, you know, how will this you know, it's not not something huge and great. it's the best thing ever but yet some appropriate way to get the news around that this is there. and you know, i've noticed in the city itself, every now and then you see pictures of you know, iconic san francisco things like

the golden gate bridge, so is there some way and i have no idea who we would talk to, but to include us and add a sculpture like that into those, things? yeah. well, certainly the, the, the art installation has received both local and national attention. and, as we, lock in on a date for an opening, we'll be reaching out to some of the same publications and authors that, have have, written on the sugimoto piece to date, to hopefully drive some, some coverage of the of the opening. great thank you, thank you. yeah. so we'll hearing no other, comments from the board, do we have questions, comments from the audience, a resolution. we have a motion. i see. okay. hearing none. we have a motion, i'm sorry. we have a resolution

and action item before us, and so do i have a motion. so it's been so moved to, moved and seconded. all those in favor say aye. aye. all those opposed? the ayes have it. good. thank you. item number nine, long terme operation and maintenance of treasure island parks and open spaces. okay, directors, thank you, we're very happy to be bringing this update to you today, we've had a number of conversations at this board, and , recently and over the years on planning for operations and maintenance of the parks and governance of the parks and, we've been doing a lot of work with the city, attorney's office and inquiries with civil service commission to plan for, the, the

operation and maintenance of the parks and have come to the conclusion that our best path forward is to partner with rec and park, on the maintenance of the parks and, to give you a an update and walk you through that, invite anne marie rogers to come up and present. thank you, director beck, it's nice to be back before the board. and, with this director's statement and announcement in hand, my presentation will delve into the supporting rationale for director beck's decision, as well as additional specifics about the operations. so in my presentation, i will go over who does the work, the rationale, caring for our landscape types. and both in the short terme and in the long terme, cultivating a nonprofit conservancy partner in the long terme plan. now, this last section is not the full roadmap for long terme care.

instead, it's something that i'm calling the compass rose for long terme care. a compass rose is a navigation aid, like you see in the bottom right hand corner of this map. it helps orient the traveler. and so today, we don't have the full roadmap developed, but we are certainly on our way with the publication of this. our compass rose. the first steps in this journey is our director has launched in pursuit of park excellence. so who does the work ? the city's charter is a foundational document for all city government, including tied to the charter envisions the public workers do the work of the city. there are certain exemptions, for sure, and those have allowed the short terme care to be done to date by contract. but in the long terme, titus parks do not fall under these exemptions. these there are civil service classifications for all of titus park lands needs, including

planning, administration, gardeners, natural resource management, integrated pest management, station engineering, labor facility operators, programing, leasing, park rangers and the trades. if future needs are identified that don't fall into these existing classifications, we can create new classifications. so because the work of maintaining and managing the parks on the islands has been anticipated for decades in alignment with the charter and consistent with the civil service commission policy and practice. tida will seek to enter into an agreement with the rec and parks department for long terme care. an agreement with rpd will achieve multiple city goals while meeting the needs of treasure island and yerba buena island. the rpd boasts a deep pool of expertise for all the services that tida will need. they manage a $240 million annual budget in 3400

acres of san francisco parks. it is a large and diverse system. there are over 230 regional, citywide and neighborhood parks, 179 playgrounds, 59 athletic fields, 82 recreation centers, nine pools and over 1100 acres of natural areas, according to the trust for public land. san francisco has some of the best parks in the country. this is consistent with the comptroller's review of operation maintenance of the department. locally, the comptroller's office has established objective and measurable park maintenance standards that confirm this national impression. today the rpd maintenance score is at 91. this is significantly exceeding the well maintained score of a of 85, so since the adoption of the treasure island development agreement in 2011, the city has

grappled with maintenance and care of other parks. a lot has changed. rpd has evolved, and the redevelopment agency became oci. oci completed mission bay oci had initially managed mission bay parks through private management for operations of permitting special events, security, gardening, janitorial and other duties, and mission bay parks are also very diverse, with playgrounds, dog parks, picnic areas, boat launches, sports courts and pocket parks. when the mission bay development was concluded, the oci commission integrated the new neighborhood into not only the fabric of the city, but also, as we are often talking about here, into the structure of city government. rpd now leads the care for these new parks. for these reasons and many more, in conversation with the city administrator after the rec park department and the

title director, today's announcement is the best care plan available to us. and with this decision in hand, we can now focus our resources, scarce as they are on developing the path forward and getting more certainty in resolving the fiscal and operational needs of our parks. looking at care, it's important to consider both the time frame interim care and long terme care, and also the land type. a quick review of the types of land can help understand the legal structures that apply to each. there are three basic types of land on the islands. first is tied to owned. second is land adjacent to development. you can think of the private grounds, and third are lands where title has transferred its interests. today. within this first type tie to owned title has a very diverse portfolio including navy buildings, industrial buildings, large fields, shoreline on over

time tied as land holdings will shrink as the development grows over time. tide is main. land ownership will be the public parks. these are the lands that will be managed by rpd for the second type land adjacent to development. these are the private grounds that surround buildings. the smaller neighborhood parks, and the shared public ways. the grounds around new residential and commercial development are small today, but will grow as development rises. this type of landscape will be privately managed by hoa's and then the third type where tide has transferred its interest. this includes land like around buildings one, two and three and the historic officer's quarters. again these will be privately managed lands, so let's look more closely at the care plans. first, the near firm care for all of our parks. we've discussed this at several

hearings in the last year, and this plan is unchanged. it's what mr. bonacini just presented. it's a partnership overseen by tida, with supporting contracts between public works, doh and our oti partners such as rubicon toolbox and ledge. this partnership will continue while the permanent plan is being developed and implemented. next, let's look at the long tum care plan for privately managed lands in neighborhood parks. the long firm plan for type two and type three parks will be subject to the right of first offer, as described in the jobs up. these parks will not be maintained by city workers as these landscapes grow, oti partners will get first dibs. here are some pictures of what these lands will look like. you can see there's a shared public way a neighborhood park and a park adjacent to building one that's called clipper cove plaza. with these parks all being privately

managed, the charter requirements are not applied as these lands will be in urban high intensity use areas. their care will demand frequent upkeep to maintain the desired level of excellence. so we are in pursuit of the standard of excellence for all of titus parks that means more than just daily care and upkeep. we want unique programing. we want parks to host activating events that showcase the wonder of the islands and the opportunities of city living. we want to reach across the bay area's diverse communities. we want to cultivate stewards, and we want to raise funds to help reach excellence. there is still room for nonprofit partners to supplement services now. for years, tida and our partners have hosted stewardship days, bioblitz, and other events. and yet, private leadership has not yet emerged. in talking with

experts, building more parks will help to create some of the private momentum that's needed. private leadership may well be drawn to the distinctive character as it emerges from the rich native lands on yerba buena island. the growing monumental art collection, and the distinct character of the history, culture and place. these iconic parks will be attractive. more residents will be coming to the islands and to galvanize this natural interest into meaningful and productive outlets, the city can assist with some steps, such as developing leadership via a friends or similar groups. there are some tasks, however, that must be privately led. for instance, the private entity needs to establish their own mission and their own guiding goals. to do this, they need a firm understanding of fiscal feasibility. they need to know that the work that they want to

do can actually be supported through a combination of giving revenue and grants, not every possible role of a nonprofit is fiscally viable. there is already an ecosystem of nonprofits operating within our local parks and san francisco and on the islands, finding the right structure that complements this ecosystem and has its own competitive niche will be key. sinking this viable nonprofit structure into service of titus goals will also set the framework for action with an understanding of the nonprofits roles that is grounded in a viable business plan. the city and a conservancy can be very effective partners in reaching excellence. so where to begin? we've taken a good step today with the announcement of this direction. the rec and parks department will provide the

foundational care of the major parks. from here, we'll need to explore the fiscal and governmental parameters for this management. this will be a two pronged effort. first, testing the parameters of the rpd agreement and second, researching the feasibility parameters of a potential nonprofit partners. for the latter, tida has $250,000 in our budget that can be put to use in a way that benefits both the city and potential nonprofit partners. tida will seek expert to study to support the study of visitation projections, understanding how many people will come to the parks and exploration of potential roles for conservancy. we will seek to develop an intimate understanding of the context of the existing nonprofit ecosystem . we will seek to define a fiscally viable path so that any nonprofit relationship would be

additive to titus parks. secondly, to ada and rpd staff will work on detailed cost estimates for the long tum care of all of these phase one parks. standard of excellence will be our barometer. staff from rpd are already on board, and a project manager has been identified. they have detailed models that can forecast detailed care plans and cost for operations and maintenance. so with this information, titus staff will determine what, if any, funding capacity remains for moving beyond baseline care into excellence. if additional funding is needed, an economic consultant could map potential revenue streams to augment care. this is our compass rose. we are embarking on a collaboration enhanced by outside analysis, so that tida and rpd staff can report on the full permanent management plan later this calendar year. this direction

provides certainty. it enables advancement after decision making, gridlock. and while some on this board may have wanted another direction, the path chosen is aligned with the broader directive that we hear time and again. treasure island and yerba buena island residents deserve to be integrated into the larger service capacity of the city of san francisco. parks are no different today marks a significant steps towards leveraging the citywide expertise and capacity of city government to the benefit of our island residents, and we're available for questions. okay thank you. anne-marie for that report. i would say that this board has been asking for many years now to get go forward in how we're going to manage the parks that we're receiving, in a

long terme basis, not interim, not short time, but what is the structure by which we are going to go forward? and i think this is the first time that you have come before this board with a, suggestion of a action plan. it's the first time that we've heard that there's been a decision by staff that it's going to be rec and park, that you're going to ask to basically, take over. well, not take over, but take on the responsibilities of park maintenance and management, so we haven't had much time to really discuss that, and certainly i don't let me just say for myself, i have great respect for the rec and park department. and in under the leadership of phil ginsberg, it has performed amazingly well for

those of us who knew rec and park from a few decades ago, from even 20 years ago, the park system in san francisco is so much better than it was at that time, and so i think that i have a lot of confidence in the rec and park department, but there's still there are major questions that we have to ask and explore, about what it means for rec and park to take on the responsibilities of, maintaining the parks on treasure island, i think, certainly, there's a uniqueness to the parks that we're creating on treasure island. it you know, we've it's a master plan. that was, talked about, debated over, and finally passed with consensus, about

what those parks should be, and so there's a uniqueness to them. we've tried very hard to make sure that the native habitat, which was on yerba buena island, is maintained, at least on the parks on yerba buena island, and certainly there's a character to the parks that really is befitting the landscape. and the goals of sustainability that we have. and the question is whether rec and park is going to be able to, foster that that uniqueness that is the treasure island. and we have to have assurances that treasure island is not just going to be, part of the system without certain unique and special attention, unique and dedicated staff. and that, i don't think has been talked about. so, certainly when we see, when we negotiate

whatever the terms are between tiger and parks and rec, all that needs to be discussed. i, i there's many more questions that i have, but, there's, there's different certainly there's been different case studies of how the parks could be managed, it could have been on a staff that we created under tida. it could have been, a new entity or a new trust that that does that care as it has been done with various other big parks in the country, such as brooklyn bridge park, it , there's different models, so a model which has rec park being the main, provider of services, that certainly has to be

carefully, planned and carefully , spelled out. and i think that a nonprofit conservancy is a really important aspect, because what rec and park does not do, they maintain certainly the plants and they do the gardening, do the maintenance, but who cares about education of the public? who cares about, growing volunteers, in the community and in the city for what we have? and who cares about the public programing? who cares about outreach and marketing, new new programs that can bring revenues to the island? those things are not done by rec and park. and so we will have to find an entity that can do that. so i'd like to open it up to the rest of the board, miss howard, please. yeah. hi there, thanks for this. yeah, i'm a little, i'm a little. i

was i'm a little bit, surprised when i saw this in the packet today that there's a recommendation that that the governance of the parks is going to parks and recs because we've been talking about this for a long time now about an evaluation of kind of the models of governance, and looking at i thought we were in a discussion around evaluating those models and that we would take a look at the models and what would work. and it sounds like you all have done the work to look at this and, and that you've come up with this recommendation, it'd be good to know kind of the thinking behind that. and, and the details, i mean, obviously there's tons of details to work out here. so you did mention on your slide two, you said something about parks and rec. can open, can provide various city services that include programing. you had a whole list of things that you mentioned. i'm just curious, yeah. are we

are we going to see details of that? i mean, like, are we going to continue discussion or, or is that going to be kind of. yeah, it's just interesting to hear that, that, that, that governance of programing that, director chen just mentioned, would fall within that as well. yeah. so i'm just i guess i'm, i was a little, just in general, just a little surprised that we're already here when we haven't really evaluated the. i didn't think sufficiently, and come to a kind of conclusion together, but we aren't staff. we're just on the board. so. yeah that's it. yeah. the director. vic, did you want to. well, could you go back to your slide two? i'd love to see that again because you you and louie, can i just say that this item. we didn't. i know that there was a link to it, which is how i saw some of the materials, but we

actually did not get your we didn't get your presentation. presentation? yeah. here's some extra copies. okay. it should have been given to all the. yeah. board members before. yeah. i think it's the next slide, emery, that you obviously like. there's a lot of details, i think. i think i just spoke to it. it's in the report where i talk about the classification of workers who are within the park. and it does include, programing for sure, but as board president, fay was saying, you know, there is still room for a partnership to work on supplemental services beyond baseline standards. so i think that's where we have freedom beyond the parameters. so, i'll turn it over for doctor. for doctor beck, i just gave you a honorary degree. yeah. no, i think, i just wanted to comment.

you mentioned turning over governance of the parks to rec and park right now, we're really talking about, the physical operation of maintenance, you know, one of the things we remain quite concerned about, and i think it's a concern of, of the board, a concern of, of island residents, is making sure that we, we kind of achieve the, the focus and the standard of excellence that we're looking for. you know, across city services, you know, being on the island, you can feel out of sight, out of mind. and so, you know, turning into our governance of the parks over to rec and park is not what we're proposing, at and, you know, there's, there's a big difference, a big distance between mclaren lodge and treasure island. and we want to

make sure that the, you know, that there's a, there remains a focus on the maintenance and operation of these parks to achieve the standards of care that we've, we've all been concerned about. so i would characterize it more as a partnership with tida, again, retaining a role, in, in operations and maintenance. but as we, you know, as a, as a city resident goes on to the city website and looks for a play, a barbecue area within a park, to, to reserve for a birthday or whatever, we should have there should be a single search engine that brings up, opportunities within treasure island's parks as well as mclaren park or, or, golden gate park. so there's some integration in, in administrative functions that

we'd like to see to make, you know, our parks, part of the parks that are accessible to all san francisco residents. but, yeah, no, we definitely, retain, you know, concern that that our parks get the, the, the attention that we believe they, they, require in our, our entitled to. can i just ask a follow up? oh, and i was just added, you know, as, as we move forward, you know, in working with rec and park, you know, there will be an mou and, and so forth between the agencies. so there will be an opportunity to spell out, some of these, concerns and controls and so forth. yes. because you ask a good question. i mean, certainly the direction has been set, but the specifics and the details, there's a lot to understand. and that's why we believe it will probably take the remainder of the year to come forward with

the detailed plan that this board has asked for. but so a conservancy can add on beyond what rec park can do or a nonprofit partner. but rec park, you know, to your specific question as part of their baseline services, they can already supplement and get us to our programs for with their volunteer programs, their youth employment programs. they run classes and programing for kids, adults and seniors, this includes things like athletics, arts, crafts, dance, and photography. so then above and beyond that, things that we think we want to supplement to. but it gives us a baseline foundation. so a private conservancy isn't trying to raise all the all the resources necessary to do that level of care. i just wanted to ask one follow up. so the so the recommendation today is to turn over all operations and maintenance in the short turn. but the title it says say governance. so i'm just curious

like so you're saying title maintains the governance to decide what to do, but you're entering you want to recommend that, park and rec is operating and managing this in the long terme. is that right? yeah. this is a informational item. so we're presenting the director's decision about the direction he would like to go. there's no agreement that has been reached. there's a lot of work to do. so there's not an action requested today, but, next. okay, miss richardson. yeah. thank you so much. anne marie. and again, your presentation document, i we didn't have it. and i. the item on the agenda says long terme operations and maintenance, and i think that header actually

inform on what commissioner howard was trying to some clarification and again for disclosure here. so, mr. ginsberg is someone that i know for the last three decades i've been working with and some one that even in the part of town that i live in, major parks are taking place there. i think i'm an advisor to phil ginsberg, and he will tell you that i brought him in and helping him out on a lot of stuff before he was appointed to rec and park director. it is true that the san francisco parks was raggedy. raggedy. i mean, yeah, they wasn't up to standard that it could be so very familiar with what he's done, working tirelessly to, manage all these parks and bringing funds and things like that. so i can

attest to that from someone that is here, the san francisco way that we've been talking about this matter, even for years now. it is not just today. and what we've done, we've actually, did the development of treasure island again to, to be classified as at least platinum, which is beyond san francisco. we went about and thanks to commissioner shen years ago to look at model projects all over the country. in fact, new york had the gold, the platinum standard of parks than most places in the world. and we had the opportunity then to meet with professors, people like the best landscape architects in the world. we had a tour of brooklyn and many of the islands just to try to see where we are. and

that is synonymous with what san francisco does when we are looking to hire a executive directors. we send out notices all over, and most times we agree on people that are local, right? we wanted to see the best out there. that is the standard. and in fact, when, phil ginsberg and i worked together, we embarked on that and then look locally, the assignment, the director that we gave the staff was and it still is. we ask for you and maria and mr. beck, your your staff to bring about reports on the best models in the country, in the bay area. we even suggested we have iconic parks right here in the bay area and some of the ones that we visited you know, in the east coast. we ask that you bring out

what is their governance look like, the conservancy, what does it look like, what kind of models do they have? and they go for us here and look at richmond park. yeah richmond park again. i know a lot about richmond park that if that were the discussion, a full discussion here, i would be sharing it with you because of the parks that are active that we are actually developing right now. and the directive for you was to bring all those back. let's look at the data and see what those models are. and then we can extrapolate and peak and mismatch to the best. the same thing we've done with the design of the infrastructure, the same thing we've done with just about everything. and tida has already established a very productive relationship with city agencies. when we were doing the dda, we just mentioned o'ward. we have relationship with sfpuc, we have

relationship with all the city agencies. so we know what all these agencies are doing and where they are not doing. are they up to par? we know who their consultants are. for instance, cmg is the landscape architect that have been guiding us here. so we know about that. and we were expecting that information. and now now we are having to ask all these questions. yes. in the interim, now that we are having all these parks, we cannot have a vacuum and we need to keep things going. right. and so the question then we have the question here. you talk about the governance and that you're going to bring i need some clarification. so the maintenance and the operation what what do you do. you know can you define what the operation aspect is. and you were also talking about you are going to bring what kind information are you bringing back. and number three when do

we need to activate. this is an information only. we are bringing all these parks online now. so when do we need to activate this for your, you know, timeline. that is extremely very important. so that we are all on the same page here. now that this is the direction that your, you know, are going. and again, we are trying to do what is best here. and then there's all the other question, the other questions that i need you. you may not be able to answer that right here. is that for the cfd. how does that tie in into. because churchill island development is some of the development had certain financing that we already have in place, right. that the homeowner is the homeowners when they have certain obligations that they are supposed to do, and part of the funds from the cfd is supposed to be earmarked toward the maintenance. is that right,

mr. beck? and so how do we tie in for the cfd? and then hypothetically, for someone like me that has worked pro bono as a volunteer on so many park bonds in san francisco, and i know that in the near future, san francisco should be embarking on bonds, because it's been a while since they've done that. it's just rhode island is going to be part of those bond measure. and again, give us a picture here so that we can help you into trying to, put this in place and what timeline do you have is you, bob or anmarie. yeah, so covered quite a bit of ground there, and so i wanted to start by addressing, i think that there's you know, the, the, the word operations and maintenance. it, it is quite often the words operations maintenance are quite often, you know, used in conjunction as if they were a

single thing. and and i think your questions point out that there is a hierarchy between main finance operations and governance. and what we're really starting with here in this conversation as it relates to rec and park, is that that very bottom layer maintenance is the day to day activities of maintaining the parks, of cutting the grass, of pruning the trees, of power, washing the plazas, etc. so what we have found is that the that those activities as, as required by the charter, should be performed by city employees. and so for, for and that and that holds true based on our consultation with with the city attorney's office and others. regardless of whether or not, we, we, we form

a partnership with a, a conservancy or some other, non profit that if they're city parks, that the maintenance activities should be performed by city employees and so that really kind of presented us with a binary decision of hiring titus staff, growing titus staff to perform maintenance activities or, or a potential partnership with rec and park staff to, to perform those maintenance activities and faced with that binary decision, our recommendation has been to partner with rec and parks. now rec and park. as an organization. they they are i think as you pointed out, chair and kind of at a zenith at this point in time, in our experience in relationship with with rec and park but they they do

currently have a great deal of institutional capabilities, capacity and expertise, you know, they have a natural areas program, that has been wrestling for, for many years with the challenges of, of managing and implementation, implementing natural area programs and so forth. and a lot of those that institutional, capability and expertise are directly budgeted. and, so where we would be paying for, some frontline staff to maintain parks, we would also gain access to, the institutional capabilities and expertise of, of the department without necessarily, you know, needing to directly fund those activities ourselves as well. now now, so that that's really

what we're saying now is, is we believe that moving forward, the best case for or the most appropriate path for, for maintaining, physically maintaining the new parks is to, partner with rec and park to staff those functions. okay. so and sorry, let me, let me just and i also wanted to highlight what anne-marie said, which is that, that, the details of that we think are going to take us the better part of a year to work through and develop staffing plans and, and other, aspect. so we're not proposing this for the fiscal year 25 budget. i think what we're really aiming for is to be in a position that when we're developing and implementing plans for a fiscal year 26

budget, that we would be in a position to talk about what a work order might look like and what rec and park staffing might look like for the parks in that next fiscal year. so in terms of, again, timelines, i wanted to respond to that. but i think, you know, i think governance of these parks, i think is something that we want to hold close. and with tida and potentially with a conservancy partner in the future, again, because of the dynamics of, of, you know, ensuring that that our parks are, are, are maintained and to the standards that this board and all of us have, have want to hold ourselves to, and then within that realm in between of, of operations, i think that there are things that, you know, make sense for

us to do in-house, we have done in the past organizing events on the island, etc, and there are things that might make more sense to be centrally coordinated with rec and park like programing of sports fields. hypothetically, just not not not advocating for that or committing to that, but but when you know, rec and park could have a global perspective of what are all of the types of programs the city at large wants, and how can we within the resources available to us, accommodate those, i, i heard this morning that rec and park, in partnership with the giants is going to be, undertaking a project at crocker amazon to make that a, a focal center for baseball, programs and sports

in, in san francisco. i don't know the details, but, you know, hopefully that is going to be kind of a focal point for whether it's little league baseball or softball, but to really create a center for those types of programs and activities within the city's park systems. but i just kind of again, as an example of, you know, helping define our role within the broader park system, that there's a dialog to happen there. yeah. again. yes. thank you, bob, i you informed on the questions and again, based on the timeline, the timeline is a stream. and so you are now saying that we're looking at 2025 or because because we have all these parks that right now are online, you know, we want to we just, accept that today. and

that's why we were talking and talking and talking and trying to have something on the interim and, you know, and the long tum here, it would seem to me that the detail at least maybe not the full detail, partial detail of what this is going to entail and including the financing and specifics will be what we will need, you know, for this presentation. because when i look again at the item number nine today, say information item and your presentation, you mentioned urgency and things like that. and again we have parks online. that's why all these questions that we were asking here and i need for you to again bring back again that relationship with the cfd. because again we also have obligations for one treasure island and we also have obligations for treasure island. you know, residents that every every opportunity that we create

is in that dda that we must provide opportunity for them, as a former, you know, san francisco civil service, you know, president, i understand how do we need to kind of answer those as for this commission so that we can wind everything into that to make sure that our obligations to all those entities, again, are incorporated. so i just kind of a lot of questions. thank you. thank you, miss richardson for that. and i note that it's almost four. so i there's many more questions that we have. and certainly we need continuing discussion, on this. but mr. dunlop, you had your hand raised. oh thank you. and i'll make it really quick. so the first thing you know, i've been one of the people like talking about park and rec or i mean, rec and park and, you know, sort of urging us looking at that and but not for them to be running

it necessarily. but again, there's a government entity. why build another government entity that's going to potentially do the same thing? but then, and i realize this is all just at the beginning and beginning of discussion. so i don't know if anybody's been to the trans bay, the park there, it it's gorgeous. and it has there's dancing they have up there and they have and that's a different model by the way. different concession model, food concessions and all sorts of great things. and it's beautiful. so just something we might also think about and i don't know who runs that but we'll later. thank you so much bob. different model of governance, so let's see i'm going to open it to the public. yeah go ahead. and so you've been waiting. i'm patient for the whole meeting. thank you very much, my name is chris

childers. i'm the executive director of the treasure island sailing center. i'd like to invite this board and the staff to keep its vision very broad for our parks and open spaces on treasure island, to include not just the on land spaces, but our on water spaces. san francisco is the city by the bay, you know, it's one of our most important, natural resources here for so many of our residents, the city by the bay is a great view, and so i'd like to encourage this board to really think about how we can access the bay, you know, access is complicated by a great number of things, infrastructure, historic land use priorities, patterns of housing development, transportation, cost of living. our our organization, the treasure island sailing center, is breaking down these barriers. but we've got a lot of work to do. the development of the treasure island and its open spaces creates a huge opportunity for us to do this, it should be noted that historic

inequities and unbalanced power dynamics in the last century have led to generations of black and brown children who don't have access to the water, water, comfort, and swimming ability. this has led directly to drowning being five and a half times more, more likely in african american children than caucasian children. san francisco's committed to equity and inclusion, and we should. the water should be no different in fact, boating and water safety should be prioritized by this city, so while the bay can be inhospitable to new users, the waters of clipper cove and treasure island are eminently perfect for introductory boating experience passes between competitive experiences and sailing and rowing anchor outs and cruisers in the cove, as well as swimmers, kayakers, paddle boarders, boaters, fishermen, clipper cove simply cannot be beat. indeed, our sailing center gets over 1500

san francisco unified school district children out on the water in our cove each year. thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. anybody else who would like to address us? go ahead. i'm already in. i think most of you gotten. i'm one of the directors of tiktok as well. and the main point i would like to make, knowing that you're having a policy discussion about parks in the future, we do not have an opinion about what you were discussing, but because it was on the agenda, we felt we should point out, a couple of things that tiktok is very important, following following chris's presentation here, you must consider the water part of the park. i was very involved with the crissy field development 30 years ago, and we had our, our, retreat there. and

the access to the bay was something that the, the planners, the gardeners didn't figure on early on. they were just drawing out the land map. and if we looked at anne-marie's land map a little while ago, the whole south and west side of clipper cove was considered a park. it's inaccessible. it's very steep. you can't get there. there's a beach, very important swimming beach. but the north side, which is the promenade, is the access to the water. the plan is to fill it with a boat parking lot that doesn't get people out on the water either. tisk gets kids, adults out on the water. it will be a major access park and if my time is run out, i would point you to the boston and community boating on the charles river right

downtown, right on the park, gets everybody out on the charles and every view you see of beacon hills with kids sailing out in front. that's what we can do in clipper cove. and i encourage all the future planning to put green over clipper cove as part of the park . thank you. thank you. any anybody else? okay and thank you very much, kristen. walt, for your thoughtful letters that came to us just before the meeting. i don't know if all the board members have had a chance to read it, but you're absolutely right. you know, sometimes what happens is landscape architects, that's what they are. land scape. and so they don't consider the blue of the water as part and a part of the overall plan. and in fact, we have a gem in clipper cove, really one of the only

protected coves in the whole of the bay. and it really is a resource that we should plan out. well. and you're right, the access to the water, the access to the bay is so important and it should not be neglected. and i do think that we should work closely with you. you know, the treasure island sailing center does so much for children of san francisco and the bay area, and we should find ways that we can activate that water so that boat sports swimming boats, you know, paddle boards, all types of water crafts can have access to that bay. so that that's something important for us to note. so i'm glad that you're there for advocacy and that you constantly remind us that that's the path to go forward. thank you for that, so i think that,

what i'd like to say for how we go forward with the parks, operations and management plan, thank you for the staff for bringing it to us today. as to your, suggested course of action, i think we have much to discuss about it, and so there's going to be, further discussions , i'm sure. but there's several points that i would like to point out. first is that we still do not have accurate financial projections on what it's going to cost to maintain the parks over time, but even the parks that we have right now that we just accepted today, we don't have accurate projections. the mgm projections, which we referred to that were, i guess brought to us in 2022. those were based on earlier projections, which were updated. they were not for the type of model that you are contemplating

now. it's not with rec and park. a lot of that was subcontract subcontracted out and just as an example, because i went back to look at that, budget for the line item of art maintenance, do you know what the budget amount was? it was $500 a year. that's not even going to take care of graffiti. so i not that we're going to have graffiti, but, it's just, again, a caution that we really don't have accurate figures. and that's the first thing you must do is that you've got to get accurate budget, figures. and especially if you're contemplating rec and park being part of that equation, we there figures are going to be different. and so we need to know what that is before we take final action going forward, with that path the

other thing is that i would like to say that all the funding that is generated from treasure island for the maintenance of the park should stay on treasure island. and there's some references in your report, just as an example, you said keeping current employees working and using tighter funds to fill in the general fund shortfalls will be mutually beneficial. but what we don't want to see is that stream of income that is for treasure island gets absorbed into the general, budget of rec and park, and they are undertaking several major, major additions, india basin, you know, different, mission bay, the amazon, these are all additions to the responsibility of rec and park. and my concern

is going into the future of whether they will have the bandwidth to also take on the eventual 300 acres of treasure island open space and parks. so this is something that we have to consider. and then the final thing that i like to say is that in a 2009 report, there was urging of establishment of some sort of conservancy nonprofit conservancy. this is now 2024. and so there has not been any progress towards doing that, or even any research or look into how that can be done, and i really think that there should be seed funding for this conservancy. it doesn't spring by itself, and it's one of the things that we need to look at, not to have another 20 years, two decades go by before we have a nonprofit trust and conservancy that can take care

of many of the needs for the parks that we are creating. so those those are my comments. and, we will certainly have many more discussions, but thank you for your work so far on staff on this, it points us to a direction that we can, certainly discuss and, and dissect as to what's the best way to go forward. okay. thank you. so so next item, item number ten, discussion of future agenda items by directors. any items? there's lots of stuff. lots of stuff that we have to do right okay. next. yes. parks and housing. that's what i said. housing and parks. that's the benefit to us. next item 11 is to adjourn. oh i'm sorry. yes yes. go ahead. i would just like to say congrats, peter. where i'm sure you're listening. i

hope not. i hope he's changing. and great job, everyone, for today's presentation on those milestones, congratulate everyone. thanks, peter. such a nice guy

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of san francisco and a vibrant community good morning and welcome to the march first, 2024 treasure island development authority. housing, infrastructure, transportation and sustainability committee meeting . item number ■one call to orde. director richardson, i'm here. director sen. yeah. director. howard howard, absent. and director riif here. thank you. we do have a quorum. okay i just wanted to, uh, say hello and thank everyone. um, at this meeting, commissioners. good morning. and, um, thank you