three. seeing none, we will close public comment. motion to accept and approve with recommendations? taken without objection. very good. thank you, colleagues. madam clerk, please call item 2. >> item 2, resolution declaring the intention of the board of supervisors to renew the 2500 block of mission street business improvement district, to be known as the "mission miracle mile business improvement district" and to levy a multi- your assessment. supervisor campos: thank you colleagues for your indulgence on this item. this is a resolution that i have introduced asking the board of supervisors to declare its intention to renew the property-

based 2500 block of mission street, a business improvement district to be known as the "mission miracle mile business improvement district." essentially, we are asking to renew that business improvement district. let me make a couple points about this item. san francisco is fortunate that we have throughout the city partnerships between the city and local communities, to what is called the community benefits district. that essentially helps to improve the overall quality of life in certain communities and targeted commercial districts in mixed-use neighborhood. when voters establish a community benefits district, local property owners are levied a special assessment to fund improvements to their neighborhood. the funds are then administered by a nonprofit organization established by the neighborhood for the purposes of improving

their community. it is important to note that while our city departments continue to use -- continue to provide the same level of services within a community benefits district that they provide in other parts of the district, the community benefits district provides other additional services, an additional level of maintenance and improvement. that is why we are asking for renewal of this community benefits district. the mission miracle mile business improvement district, which is located on the boundaries of mission street between 21st and 22nd street is one of these community benefits districts i am talking about. since it began in 2005, the improvement district has been focused on a number of things including beautification, cleaning, maintenance, public safety, and greening projects.

this asks the board of supervisors to approve the renewal of this special assessment district for the next five years. its 2011 budget is set at $85,000. to provide more information if i may, i would like to through the chair call mr. phil lesser, who is the chair of the district, to say a few words. thank you for the work you have been doing. >> thank you very much for sponsoring this reauthorization of the business improvement district. it is the heart of the mission miracle mile. it is between 21st and 22nd. if i may show a couple of pictures -- the supervisor completely articulated what we are doing. it does not really show it completely, but before we formed the business improvement

district that is what the block would look like. this is what it looks like today. that is the removal of debris twice a day. but on top of that, when people say, "where is that block," i do not have to say the block on 2500 anymore. i can just say the block with all the chloral baskets. everyone knows it now. people who stand on the street now realize they have surveillance cameras. they no longer stand on that street. it is a safe, clean, green some stretch of mission street. we hope to one day come back and as you for authorization to stretch this all down the miracle mile. supervisor campos: thank you. let me say that in these tough financial times for city resources are limited i think we

have to think of ways of creating these partnerships. i am proud to be the sponsor of this extension. colleagues, if you have any questions we also have from the mayor's office of economic and work-force development lisa pagin, in the event you have any questions. i would without prolonging this simply ask for your support of this item. chairperson avalos: if there are no further questions, why don't we go to public comment. seeing non-, public comment is closed. -- seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor elsbernd moves this passed to the board of supervisors. next item, please. >> item 4, authoress in --

authorization to the mayor's office of housing to expand soma community stabilization fund dollars under certain conditions in the amount of $2,762,000. >> i am with the mayor's office of housing assigned to the agency. i request the committee recommend the full board approve this resolution to extend approximately $2.75 million to subsidize the development of onside affordable rental housing use its -- housing units at 333 harrison street. i have submitted an amendment makes changes to the resolution from the july 3 meeting. i will read those after representation. the project at 333 harrison is a

new project which would generate approximately $3.20 million in soma community stabilization fees, a fee established in 2005 as an amendment to the planning code for mitigation of the impact of residential development in the area. the fund must be used to addressed various impact of development and can be used for affordable housing, economic and work-force development, community cohesion, and approve meant -- improvement to infrastructure of the neighborhood. there was a committee founded to make recommendations to the sport on the expenditure of money deposited in the fund. we were before this committee earlier this year with the first round of expenditures from the fund. we just completed grand negotiation and the first contracts -- grant negotiation and the first contracts are starting july 1. these are mostly in the form of

grants to community organizations. harrison fremont, which is managed by the emerald fund, approached us to consider recommending that some of the funds generated by this project be targeted toward deeper affordability at the site. the proposed 49 units are rental and will be made available at 30% chairperson avaloami. they represent 15% of housing at the site. we voted unanimously to support this project and direct approximately $2.70 million of the fees to support the affordability. the remaining $450,000 of the fees will remain in the fund and be released by the mayor's office of housing through the legislative process. and we understand the some fund

-- we understand the soma fund is to benefit the area. the city bylaws prevent us from favorable or targeted community housing, so it requires additional benefits from the developer which will see outlined in the larger resolution. i will call my colleague up after i read these revisions. i think you all have copies. the revisions began on page 2. -- begin on page 2. would you like me to read the whole thing? chairperson avalos: just the revisions is fine. >> at the bottom of page two, we are adding a consideration of the housing unit, not subject to

the rent control act. employ at least 30% soma residents for all end-use jobs for the project. have an objective but not a binding requirement to hire 50% of entry-level construction and non-construction jobs from the local community, with first priority being given to individuals who are rent- assisted residents or who are living within soma. support local hire, the purpose of which is to benefit employers in the project by providing a pool of job at it quits -- of job applicants whose needs have been tailored to the employers in the project to a non- exclusive referral system. work with the city administrator and notified it of any entry-level job postings. hire a general contractor who has developed an understanding of how to meet and report on

local hiring. deposit $100,000 within seven days after approval of this resolution and $150,000 within seven months after issuance of the project if first certificate of occupancy in the northeast credit union, allowing it to provide more loans to soma residents and small businesses. meet with the soma cac regularly, at least quarterly, between approval of this resolution and issuance of the first of the kit of occupancy. notify the soma cac of job opportunities at all projects, including the emerald fund, to facilitate job placement. provide quarterly reports on local higher numbers as well as outreach efforts to soma residence for placement in jobs and units at the project.

whereas notwithstanding anything in this resolution to the contract i, the parties agree tt mo should have the right to make changes to local hiring requirements without the approval of the contract sponsor. those are the revisions. i would like to call up connie ford, who is the vice chair of the cac. >> supervisors, connie ford, vice chair of the soma stabilization. our chair works for the city of oakland and was called out to a special meeting, so here i am. this has been an exciting process for the committee. there are seven of us.

we were approached by the emerald fund as their project was pursued. we are actually very excited about the resolutions that we have come up with, the idea of 49 rentals for people who earn 30% or lower in ami. it is exciting and within the goals of the committee itself because it will create an integrated economic committee in the 333 harrison. the local hire is a more advanced local higher than we have seen in other areas. we are very excited about that. the idea we will have ongoing discussions with the developer on a quarterly basis and the accountability of reporting is another important aspect to it, along with some of the funding going into supporting a new credit union that we are helping to establish in soma to fund a training, community outreach,

and support. i am here to tell you that the committee of seven voted unanimously for this. we are very excited to move forward. chairperson avalos: great. thank you for your presentation. >> just so you know, we also have theresa hear from the merits -- from the mayor's office of housing if you have any questions about the contract if you have any need to monitor. chairperson avalos: great. thank you. having some history with the creation of the soma stabilization fund when i was a legislator, the purpose here was well in line with what the fund was established for, insuring the impact of development would

be mitigated by the fund, in terms of creating more affordable housing for low- income residents in the area as well as the conditions here of local hiring, both in construction and end-use jobs. so i want to make sure that as we are approving this resolution that we are asserting that local hiring is going to be an important part of the work that is being done in the construction. what is established thereafter would help greatly many people hard hit by the recession who lived in the soma neighborhood. i want to thank the community stabilization fund committee for their work and the flexibility of the developer as well for being open to this.

colleagues, any comments or questions? supervisor mirkarimi: just one. i want to complement on what -- we were tested last night to have to reassert this language on lines 22 and 23. changes in local hiring refers to a policy to require local mandates instead of good faith efforts. this is something i feel strongly should be uniform when projects like this come before us. that is something we had to reassert last time. chairperson avalos: thank you. i think it is important to know that the fund is something that is part of the city find that we have available for mitigating the impact of development in the south of market area. there is oversight that is provided by the community stabilization fund committee, but overall these are funds that the city coffers to deal with

development and with oversight for the community. it is a good process for us to be able to assure that the community has some benefit to the development that goes on south of market. i am going to open this up for public comment. any member of the public who would like to comment, please come forward. seeing none, we will close at public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: motion to approve. chairperson avalos: seconded by elsbernd. we will take that without objection, and recommend it. thank you, colleagues. can we go on to item five? >> item 5, resolution authorizing the department of public works to apply for, accept, and expand $417,339 in federal american recovery and

reinvestment act of 2009 transportation enhancement funds for the corbin place stare replacement project. -- stair replacement project. >> i am and jenkins -- i am anne jenkins from the department of public works. we have had an opportunity to apply for a small amount of recovery and reinvestment act funds. these are the result of savings and projects from other agencies that there were not able to reprogram quickly enough to make obligation and delivery deadlines. dpw had a number of projects designed and ready to go. the corbin place stairway is the right size and scope to fit the funds available. it runs between corbin avenue

and 17th street in the upper market area. it has quite a bit of damage. this project would make the stairway more safe for pedestrians. it would remove and replace the broken concrete stairs, repair the steel reinforcement, fix cracks in the structure, even out where there are some uneven surfaces at the landings, would replace the current handrail with an aada-compliant handrail, and put no-slip surfaces on the steps. it would make the stairway safer and would have most of the project paid for with federal funds. i can take any questions you have. chairperson avalos: thank you. how long is the stairway? >> i believe that 50 feet. let me check. i think i have it here in the application. chairperson avalos: i imagine

there are a lot of other stairway's like this in san francisco that are not getting funding. what is the plan for fixing those stairways? i am not saying it is not worthy, but as part of the decisionmaking process, are there other stairways in need of care? >> we do have a list of other stairways that are similarly deteriorated in in need of repair. we have several sources for funding those repairs. in the 2009 certificates of participation that the board approved, we included $2 million for st. structures, many of them that type of stairway. we will be coming to you shortly for 2010 cop's. those will approve another $210 million. -- those will approve another $2

million. we should be able to get another $4 million of the structural improvement done. we chose corbin for this grant because it was already designed and ready to go and the cost of the project was only a little bit more than the funds available. we had several other stairways that we had designed. we have a number of projects ready to go. we were hoping there would be a jobs for main street bill and we would have more federal funding available. chairperson avalos: we are still hoping. >> exactly. we are certainly trying to work our way down that list of damaged stairways through the cop, and as any other federal funding comes up we will pledge in those projects that are the most ready. chairperson avalos: very good. i found the length. it is 57 feet.

colleagues, if there are no other comments are questions we can go on to public comment. seeing no one come forward, we will close public comment. motion to approve without objection. very good. madam clerk, if you could call item six, our last item. >> item 6, resolution retroactively approve an amendment to agreement with the tides center to provide property management services accept -- to provide property management services at the direct access to housing sites to extend the contract term by three years and increase the amount by $10.50 million. >> this is for our direct access to housing program. we have reviewed the budget analyst's report. we are in agreement with the recommendations. the director of housing and urban help is here if you have any further questions about the

contract itself. chairperson avalos: mr. rose, share with us your report. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, this contract was competitively bid. it was not subject to board a supervisor approval because it did not meet the threshold dollar amount. however, when it was competitively bid, although the rfp stated the contract could be up to 10 years, it was inadvertently awarded for only a two-year basis to tides corporation, a nonprofit agency. the department is now asking you to amend that agreement for another three years with 51-year options, each of which would be subject to board of supervisors approval. -- for another three years with five one-year options, each of which would be subject to board

of supervisors' approval. it is reasonable and i recommend it. chairperson avalos: thank you mr. rose. let us open up for public comment. seeing none, we will close public comment. a motion from supervisor mirkarimi for approval. that was our last item. i believe we are now adjourned. thank you for your help.

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