>> the meeting will come back to order. thanks colleagues for the short break. could you please call item number 2-12 together. >> resolution adopting findings under the guidelines. number three, ordinance amending the general plan by amending the commerce and industry -- ordinance amending the subdivision code to add the subdivision process applicable

to the treasure island-yerba island site. approving the treasure island implementation plan. ordinance approving a development agreement. item number 9 resolution approving a disposition agreement for treasure island-yerba buena island. resolution approving the economic development memoranda for the transformation of the naval station to the treasure island authority. resolution improving the amended and restated home assistance agreement. item 12 resolution between the treasure island development authority and the california state lands commission. >> thank you. i think we may be expecting supervisor kim in a moment. we have a number of planning staff here to give a short

presentation before we jump right into public comment. >> rich hillis from the office of workforce development. you have had this project before you several times, we wanted to highlight the items before you today. the project is an entire redo of treasure island, basically a new neighborhood with associated commercial and retail uses. the land plan is here and documented. these are the 11 items before the board. four of these items are before the board of supervisor budget committee next week and then hopefully to the full board. the first action is adopting ceqa findings.

taking into consideration the many public benefits. in those public benefits briefly you have heard about our new infrastructure, over $400 million spent to upgrade the islands, make improvements. transportation program including a $30 million subsidy for transit on the island as well as a new ferry terminal, buses and streets. open space around two-thirds of the island converted to new open space in various varieties from parks to the large wilds in the northeast corner of the island. there is 25% of the project of the new units dedicated to

affordable housing with the hopes to get back up there through state legislation. they are working to affect community facilities. a new police and fire station. renovated public school. job opportunities, we have talked a lot about that. up to 2,000 construction jobs and 3,000 permanent jobs to low income and formally homeless. the development agreement is the second item before you. a contract between the city and the developers that basically locks in the entitlements that we are working on today, recognizing it is a long-term development project. this item will be before the

budget committee next week. subdivision code recognizing the process of accepting the new infrastructure and interagency cooperation agreement where the city family and city agencies will opine on the portions being built on the islands. you are being asked to endorse the transportation implementation program talking about mitigating and encouraging residents and visitors not to use cars but to use other modes of transportation as well as the developer requirements for building the ferry terminal. the disposition and development agreement is the core document, the transaction document. it lays out howland is transferred. it talks about remedies and the final terms.

attached is the housing plan and financial plan and our commitments to affordable housing on the island. that will be before the budget committee next week. >> in that item 9 is that also the agreements on the transfers of land as well? >> right. as well as the navy agreement will transfer the land from the navy. we talked about such an agreement between other city agencies to review and accept infrastructure. it is a long-standing partnership that we have that started when the federal government announced that the base is going to be closed.

the navy conveyens agreement is a long negotiated agreement we will pay the navy $55 million as a base payment and an additional $15 million depending on certain participation levels and again in the d.d.a. obligates the developer to make these payments. this will be before the budget committee next week. because treasure island is encumbered by the public trust because we want to build housing on treasure island, that is not an allowable use under the guidelines so we are doing swaps to transfer it to parks and open space. i will turn it over to josh to cover the planning code and zoning items. >> good afternoon supervisors.

among the several items that have been forwarded to you, including in the general plan, i will touch on them briefly. the adoption of a new area plan for treasure island-yerba buena island as well as a series of amendments to various elements of the general plan and various maps and figures to include the islands in the general plan. the planning code amendments include the adoption of a and use district to govern vertical development on the island as a height and bulk district and zoning map amendments to apply these on the maps. i will go over the special use district briefly. it contains all of the key regulations for building envelopes for vertical

development on the island. all development is subject to regulation by the planning department but for those zones that are subject to tida approval. the planning code is supplemented by a design for development document that contains design standards and guidelines to regulate vertical development on the island. in terms of the process for review and approval, the planning director has the authority to approve all vertical development on the island. the planning commission does have a a review of new large vertical development buildings. it would require a public hearing at the planning commission to provide comment on the design.

the planning director would approve or disapprove the projects based on that comment. the planning commission does have discretionary approval, or exceptions to the standards in the design for development. so they would be vested with the authority to deny or approve those modifications as well as specific land use spelled out which would require conditional use approval. so it sets forth a process that includes the process for tida to review projects in the public trust areas and the ability to comment on those and provide comment as part of their review. so i went through that process. i guess with that it concludes

our presentation. we are happy to answer any questions. >> i am wondering if any staff were go to report on the transportation? >> here is a resource to help with issues or clarifications i can offer. i know we had questions about the reduction from 30 fors 25%. i know questions were raise body it. we have the director of the mayor's office of housing. if you can give us more specifics of the work at the state level and even as concrete as possible what we are doing to insure we will raise the 25% base to 30% if the money comes in from the state. >> i'm sorry if i missed the previous questions, i was

outside. it is disappoint to get to this stage and lose this percentage as a core baseline. i think a couple of things are at work in the document. one, the ability in the event that we are successful with state legislation whether i.f.c. legislation or the passage of an act or if redevelopment were to continue to create a status for the island to be able to buy back to the place where we would be at 30%. that window exists within the currently drafted ordinance before you. those are the two best options we have in front of us. you can make sure that the choice is one where it will be at your discretion or our discretion. the other big piece with the developer and everybody else

trying to figure out all of the different pieces of state legislation that there are. there are two pieces of development legislation. one related to affordable housing and the other related to the money which we see as fairly critical if they moved through in may that would hopefully be a good way to head off a dissolution in june, which we are still worried about. the other two i would say we are really trying to make sure that we get that legislation as strong as possible so in the event that they do move forward with the threat to basically dissolve the redevelopment agency that we have choices within the legislation. i don't think there is within piece of legislation anyone can rest their hod right now. there is too much uncertainty in sacramento.

>> if there is no other presentation i have a stack of about 40 cards. i am limiting people to a minute each. i will call them in groups of 10-15. sherry williams, karen pierce from the treasure island c.a.c. bernie choden. stephanie mueller. becky hogue. mark connors and chantel denochio. >> >> good evening. i am the executive director of the treasure island homeless development initiative. you have before you 16 years of public planning.

they are supportive of moving this project forward and restoring the affordable house to 30%. we do not think the approval of this project should be held up during the state wide process. the development of treasure island is and will be complicated. the utility infrastructure redone and so on. the longer we wait to get to work, the longer the clear benefits of the project will be delayed. 2,000 units of affordable housing. the ability to reach 400 more affordable housing units and thousands of jobs, including significant training and job opportunity. so we urge you to support this project and move it out of committee today. thank you.

>> thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. we have been involved in planning this project for several years. we are proud of the work we did with the department of public health. our concerns on the parking, which i think you will hear from others, have been addressed largely by work we have helped to bring in congestion pricing for the island. this will be the first in the state, i believe with any congestion pricing. we think that is a credible way to meter car trips on and off the island. we will make it quite expensive and if necessary more expensive. we look forward to having a great new walkable, bikeable neighborhood in the bay. thank you.

>> there is a serious problem here and i am going to focus on the ownership of treasure island that underpins the security of the development. there are two ways to proceed on this. one is recognizing the underlying state title as wetlands preferred to the state as stewardship of the trust. it is not transferable. what i suggest to proceed is recognize the state title. the city and county as an administrative district of the state can then take trust and proceed to charge ground rents as aleviation for the loss of

redevelopment funds. second, a performance bond. this is truly manageable and insurable. proven. >> thank you. >> hi. i am representing the lancey street foundation. it has been on treasure island for the past 12 years, and we have been surveying youths from the juvenile justice system and school dropouts. we were selected as the 2010 charter school of the year in the state of california. the developers have been supporters of life learning academy and they have been kind enough to make room for us and to keep us on the island. we have known them for over 40 years and i am here to show support.

thanks very much. >> good evening. i am a resident of treasure island for seven years. i serve on the cab and i am the founder of good neighborhood treasure island community group. i would like to thank you. i feel what is before sunot only what the citizens of san francisco would like to be pass. please approve these so our community on treasure island and the overall community of san francisco can receive the benefits this project will bring. thank you. >> thank you. i will read a couple of more cards.

>> good afternoon board of supervisors. i came to treasure island in 2009 through walden house. my goal is to obtain full time employment housing for my daughter and i. i joined the training program and after successfully completing the training program i was hired by wine valley catering where i have been now for one year. through the collaboration of wine valley training and others i am able to provide fair market housing for my daughter and i on the island. the island provides one of san francisco's finest day cares, catholic charity where my daughter has been for over a year. i hope you realize how important the island is for

people like myself and how it continues to touch lives. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am the program director with walden house, the residential program providing services for women and children on treasure island. we have been providing these vital nonprofit services to women and children in need. educational and employment opportunities. these services represent a longer list of services provided on treasure island. opportunities for stronger and more productive members of the community. there is no shortage of individuals that will testify to their positive experiences of receiving services here on the island. we would like to support going

forward with this project. thank you. >> good evening supervisors and committee members. i am an employee on treasure island. i am treasurer for tidi. part of my job is fielding calls daily from the public for people looking for low income housing every day. there is not enough supply for the demand. i am in favor of the project moving forward so more units are available for individuals and families. i hope you will support the proposed project as well. thank you. >> good evening. i am becky hogue, a resident of treasure island. is the plan perfect?

no. we will hear all kinds of complaints. i also used to live on the presidio where we got to speak about the plan. our sggedses were not acknowledged at all. with this plan the developer has listened to our suggestions and ideas and have incorporated them. i hope you guys pass this and move it on. >> how long have you lived on the island? >> eight years. thank you. >> i am a client of walden house on treasure island. not only has it helped me stay clean and sober for a total of 22 months now it has -- i'm sorry. it has taught me how to become more independent, giving myself confidence, self-esteem and

coping skills to deal with life on life's terms. i am currently employed. and i am planning to go back to college in june. without the help of this program i wouldn't have had the strength and courage to become the woman or mother i am today. i am asking for your support to move forward with this development and to help more women like me. thank you. >> good evening. i am the deputy director of the neighborhood parks council. i urge you and your colleagues to help us create the second largest public open space and parks service in san francisco since the creation of golden gate park including recreation opportunities that far exceeds what currently exists on the

island. a few things included are new sports fields, area for public recreation, storm water reclimation and other wonderful amenities. as san francisco grows, our city becomes increasingly dense. every citizen deserves open space. as we move forward we must respond to the need. the needs that will be expanded on treasure island. this project is now for more than a decade been planned. i urge you to support the project. >> i will call a few more names. sue vaughn, michelle myers, shannon wise, who i think already spoke. michael theriot. thomas mccarthy.

>> good evening supervisors. i am the chief operating officer of source to plow shares. the 2,000 homeless and very low income veterans we serve in san francisco, we are a founding member of tidi going back to the middle 1990's. we are considered a pioneer resident on the island where we opened up a authority in 2011. there are several veterans that are here to testify but they couldn't stay due to the length of the prior testimony. however we urge you to maintain or to forward the plan for the island.

we found that the developer has worked with us and been supportive of continuing the effort of the other tidi members on the island. and i urge you to forward these 11 items today. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening supervisors. i am the senior quality control manager for island security. i am in charge of the security for the community housing partnership on treasure island. for the past two years we have been training their clients for security jobs. we also want to urge the committee to vote for the want to have the committee vote for the e.i.r. and for the entirelyments for the project before you today. thank you. >> thank you.

>> good evening supervisors. i work with catholic health care west. i urge you to pass the items before you on treasure island. we have been working with the treasure island developers and are very impressed with the health concerns that have been taken into account as the island has been developed and look forward to developing services that will meet the residents of the people on the island as more residents move on. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. i am urging you to vote all of these items forward with a pass recommendation to the full board. 18 years in the making. i think back to the jordan administration with the first neighborhood civic organization or committee put together to look at replanning, the use

when the navy announced that they would abandon treasure island. we have had a great opportunity to develop a sustainable plan, a plan that includes affordable housing, market rate housing, commercial, recreational opportunities for visitors and residents alike. it is a plan ready for primetime now. i urge you on behalf of our partners in the business community throughout san francisco and the labor partners as well to vote these out and let's move this project forward. >> thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. i am here to speak on behalf of the sierra club. we recommended that tidi recirculate the treasure island e.i.r. they did not do that. we recommend you reject this plan. we are concerned certain high density developments are being