things that seemed like compatible themes, but given the fact these places are hilly, the access bit issues, and the run-off and new things we are trying to do as a city plays out in some ways on these sites. they have been generous in their staff time in helping us figure this thing out. so on the surfaces of community building, i think amy highlighted it well. we have had growing pains, as are always the case with these projects. the nice news is, we haven't had growing pains on the nice things like the jobs. or relocation. i think that has been a tremendous zess. it -- success. i think we threw everything but the kitchen sink at these things in the last years because we didn't want to fail in the most critical elements. now that we have learned lessons, hopefully it will be clearer for us to learn this with more efficiency. we are about to implement a data

tracking system. september could probably tell you more about this, but this is going to be critical in terms of following up on this. again, it is just going to continue the interagency council work, particularly around fiscal development. it is a tough time for all of us fiscally. that means if we can help phil ginsburg or rec & parks, we are trying to see how we can use our projects to help more than one goal at a time. the community engagement process around these is never over. it is the beginning of the process. the goal really is to get to a place where these developments never feel like an us and them mentality. that really happens if you move in on the work. i would be remisnot to mention we have had a tremendous amount of work from our philanthropic

founders. but a tremendous amount of work. again, we know we have an ongoing need to keep the public and our city partners and our private partners informed. it's one of the great challenges of hope s.f. our goal through the web site, hope-sf.org and through the fiscal presence of partners is to keep the communication level up. we realize there is no way to ever sort of be done with this process, and that's again part of our goal in coming here today is to try to surface these issues so that if people don't know about it or they are getting bad information, or if there are things people need us to work on, we can spot these

issues and keep moving forward. i will stop there. i think you scr been asking questions along the way. obviously, if there are members of the public. just to say, we know the work ahead of us is big. we are excited about where we're out, and we are hopeful the next year will yield quite a bit. chair maxwell: thank you. that was great. public comment on these issues. ok. this is just an informational hearing. there will be no action taken on these issues. >> supervisors, i really have enjoyed the out-reach going on with the potrero rebuild. i have been somewhat involved trying to make sure there is a true integration with the neighborhood.

by the way, sometimes i get in trouble using that word "integration." i mean it in the right way. we have, i think, achieved quite a bit just this week. the potrero merchant's association contracted with the giants to send 50 kids to ball games this summer, realizing there aren't that many things going on. those things happened because there is good communication and good education. so with that, i really am looking very much forward to rebuilding that whole community. the one thing supervisor maxwell knows, i have been mr. electricity and sewage and everything else. i think we can use powtrare owe -- potrero and sunnydale as

examples on how to save millions of dollars. chair maxwell: that's why i was glad to see the p.u.c.'s involvement, and hopefully involved in more than just the regular ways, but involved in bringing some new programs to that new community as well. >> we have been doing a fine job of educating the p.u.c. on what programs are available. some of it was straight out of a box. but we are making progress. i'm not slamming t chair maxwell: thank you, joe. that's what it takes, it takes a community. the streets are so often lined. the streets in those housing developments don't go anywhere, just around and around. with this new project we are aligning them, so tennessee will go all the way, and hobbs. and i think those are the things

that go toward making a complete community and making people feel tied in. >> since you just raised some of the issues with regard to potrero terrace, are they the oldest buildings? why weren't they kind of closer to the top in their rebuild? and also a little more about the dead end streets and how steep it is there. what you are going to do to make the residence feel more connected to the potrero hill community as well. max mack well, continuing those streets and bringing the grid. >> henry alvarez from the housing authority. the placement of what moved first, we attempted to move those that were most obsoles cresm nt. upon my arrival, i discovered that alice griffeth had a significant amount of

challenges, so the mayor's office agreed to move it fompled it is likely from there one of the other properties on the west side or potrero will move next, although it does have some challenges in terms of slopes, it has the most challenges in terms of obsolescence. when we lose a boiler at alice griffeth, it affects 60 residents. we have 60 residents that can't take a shower, can't get their kids off to school. so in that particular analysis, that's how we got to the scheme that bethesda today. in terms of the architectural design and street escape and linkages, i leave that up to experts who are more equipped to do that, because if doug wants to tackle the streetscape thing, we should do that, but basically, anything that keths to services is better than a cul

du sac that doesn't give us eyes on the street. supervisor mar: just a little bit of detail. >> maffers, my nime is -- >> supervisors, my name is margaret campbell. there are similar sites that deal with steep terrains. how we're dealing with this at hunters view is how we're dealing with this at potrero. to the extent possible we are creating a street grid that will feel more like a typical san francisco neighborhood. where we can't connect those streets because there are buildings on the site, we are creating pedestrian kecks, and where -- a lot of those pedestrian connections are already there, but they are a little more informal. we are formalizing them.

we are making them safe. we have the lighting. and we will also be maintaining them. chair maxwell: and i think for those of us who -- i mean, san francisco is built on hills. we are used to that terrain. i keep hearing it, but that should not be any -- i don't think that should be a deterrent to connecting streets. we managed to do it on lump barred and all the other streets. here it has been, no excuses, get it done. that's what architects and designing is about, finding out a way, planning how to do it. so we have been doing that. supervisor mar, do you have anymore questions? ok. questions, comments. public comment is closed. this is a hearing. madam clerk, why don't we continue this hearing to the call of the chair. madam clerk is there any further business before this committee?

the clerk delon: there are into further items. chair maxwell: then this meeting is adjourned. [at 2:45 the meeting was adjourned]