supervisor chu: thank you very much. i'm going to call a few more names. [reading names] bu>> nine years ago, i was at rk bottom, homeless, jobless. they gave me the skills to keep treasure island clean and green, and i'm also lucky enough to live there. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. i m executive director of catholic cheerios -- catholic charities cio. support 200 formerly homeless families on the island as well, and i would like to speak on behalf and in support of these projects, and how important they are in the community. i would also like to speak in

support of an advocate for the 160 families who today are on the waiting list for shelter in our community. we also run one of three family shelters in the community, and there are only a bit in and families currently supported in the shelter system. another 167 on the waiting list. when we consider that this project will add to the number of permanent homes available for formerly homeless families, it is an incredible opportunity for us to make a difference in our community, and we urge that you support this project. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am a client at walden house on treasure island. unfortunately, it to present to get me sober, but walden house taught me to -- had showed me how to cope with life and show

up for life on life's terms. i become an independent woman. i have got a job. i have got my self-esteem back, more self confidence. upon completion of the program, i have been offered to go into the sober living program, which is 11 more months on the island, to continue my recovery i am going to take the opportunity to go back to school. they are supportive of that choice. if it were not for this program, i would not be the one and i am today. i am here in support of this development, and i hope you go forward with it to help more women like me that want to change their lives. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. eric brooks representing san francisco green party and the local grassroots organization.

i want to call to your attention something that neither the controller nor the budget analyst raised in a potential liability to the city. this project is rife with such liabilities because the developers are externalizing costs to get rid of costs they would have to pay for and putting those on the general fund. here is the prime example, and it has to do with tsunami is. i sent you an e-mail on this. the key quotation from the coastal and there for the project, on april 11, he said, "we also recognize that lower probability events could occur. that has been published recently in inundation maps for the san francisco bay. we recognize those are emergency scenario planning rather than for design became what he is referring to is the case of a major japan-like tsunami coming

from alaska. in other words, you could look at the design plans and look at the eir. a tsunami that would be 10 feet or higher is not included in the design of the project. what he was saying is that that is an emergency problem. it is so rare that we do not have to prepare for it in the design plan. and what this means to the general fund is that if such a tsunami happened and created a 10-foot or higher tied surge to treasure island, all the expense of dealing with that would be on the city. that means that what the budget analyst said about $80 million coming to the city would be wiped out, and there were be hundreds of millions of dollars of expenses above that. this also applies to transportation. instead of lowering the population, instead of doing things that would keep it from being a problem, they are going to burden the south of market area with massive traffic

problems. that is another expense to the city that is not in the equation. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon, board. i am the owner of one valley catering, and we have a the billion by the bay on treasure island. i have been catering there for about 10 years and have had offices there for the last three. we participate in the tihdi jobs brookridge program. we have had 60 island residents is through this program since we have implemented it, and we just provide jobs for real people who live on the island, and we think it is a very successful program, and we encourage you to support it because we only see it growing as the economic project grows. we're just urging you for your support. thank you. >> good afternoon.

walden house has worked in partnership with the treasure island homeless development initiative for the past nine years, providing a list of services to women and children. services we provide include vocational and educational opportunities, assistance, housing and family reunification. due in part to the privilege of our location, we have excellent outcomes and low recidivism rates, and you have had the opportunity to hear from some of our success stories today. we urge you to support this moving forward with the project, providing helping and treatment opportunities to current and future residents of the island. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am with san francisco bicycle coalition. you have probably heard in other hearings there has been a lot of work on this project, and the bike coalition is very proud to have been involved for years really hear it with our partners at the public health department, we conducted a community transportation plan to make sure

that the streetscape on the island is at a maximum of pedestrian and bicycle friend is, and we are pleased with the outcome of that. we also have been very involved with planning for access to the island through congestion pricing and worked with assembly member leno's office to bring forward legislation to create the first congestion pricing district in the state. this, we think, is a very real and very meaningful way to control the access you have heard other speakers talk about. the constraints of access would vehicles to the island. it is a real concern, but we believe that with congestion pricing beginning at $5 as a told to leave the island, but ratcheting up as necessary, did $7, $8, $9, $10, is a very real way to a meter that access on and off the island. again, we bring you our support. we cannot speak to other larger

financial issues. we really limit our comments to the transportation aspects, but we are very confident and comfortable moving this project forward. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i currently facilitate security for community housing partnership for cypress security on treasure island. it has been a great opportunity to work with them and other non profits on the island. i would like at this time to say let's please move forward, keep treasure island growing, the nonprofits and their clients. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. i'm going to call a few more names. [reading names] . >> good afternoon, supervisors. in a member of the citizens advisory board, but today, i speak as a market rate resident

of treasure island and hopefully a future market rate resident of treasure island. we as a market rate people, enjoy having the program people out there. it has been a real positive to see them grow, and we want to continue to see that happen. as a disabled person, i also see the affordable housing as a chance for more people to be able to live out there, so i would encourage you to move this program forward. thank you. supervisor chu: [reading names] >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am with the bay area council. a little bit about the bay area council, we are a membership organization that represents approximately the top 300 businesses in the bay area, all industries.

something about our region -- i am in charge of our regional land use and real-estate policy areas. we all know that it is very rich not only in innovative economies -- in innovation economy, but biotech, green tent, and many other standard industries. what we do not think about sometimes is the poor use of our land use decisions that have really riled our past. as you all know, there is quite a bit of commuting. the traffic and commuting distance is quite substantial, one of the worst in the nation. there is an extreme lack of housing affordability. some have actually said that it is the worst in the nation. what we really need is much better coordination. treasure island is definitely an answer for all of these areas. we strongly endorse the project. it is a great project for the region, a great project for our economy, our people, and

especially san francisco. as you saw today, there are many positive impacts in the short- term and long-term, and we look forward to getting the ball rolling with our strong endorsement, and we suggest that we get it going as soon as possible. thank you so much. >> i am here representing catholic healthcare west and st. francis and st. mary's hospital. we are here because we are very impressed with the division of this project. we want for you to support it and move forward with the development. we are very impressed because of the many things that had been said here before me, but most importantly, because of what is included when it comes to the health care of the population on the island. we look forward to being part of the dialogue that will move forward quality health care on

treasure island. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i work for the treasure island homeless development initiative for the last seven years. not only have i had to fill numerous inquiries from the public about low-income housing opportunities in which there is more demand than there is supply, i have watched how executive director williams and our other collaborative partners have worked tirelessly for the past 10-plus years. it is unfortunate how the proposed state budget has affected the project, but miraculously, all entities involved have altogether collectively and financially in order to move the project forward. i support the plan, and san francisco needs it.

i hope you can support it as well. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the chair of the treasure island/ yerba buena island citizens advisory board and have been in that capacity since its inception in 2001. we're a diverse group of individuals, including longtime residents of treasure island and your but when the island, each with his or her very unique perspective. as i said, this is our 11th year of meeting, and over those years, we have held literally hundreds of public meetings. i think it is close to 300. since the beginning of last year, we have held 40. through april of this year, an additional eight. during that time, we have reviewed these entitlement documents, and over the 11

years, we have vetted and number of items including but not limited to community benefit sea level rise, global warming, transportation, sustainability, open space, bike and pedestrian paths, wetlands, on and on and on. the process has been extensive, and on the april 9 meeting, we took action on the recommendation to the tida board approvals of the final transaction and recommendation entitlement documents, including the items on your agenda today. of the current 24 members, 21 were present, and 20 voted for it and one against. in addition, the four residents of -- for residents of treasure island who sit on the cab voted in favor of the recommendation. i hope you look forward to -- you move forward to the full board with you're a busy at the

recommendation is very exciting project and additional neighborhood to san francisco. thank you for this time. >> i guess good afternoon, supervisors. i represent spur, san francisco planning and urban research association. spur has been following this and supporting it for all the years it has been going on, and we urge you to approve the items on the agenda and move it forward. we have a different out what somewhat than our other speakers in that we are interested in the physical planning of the project and want to point out that this is really the only opportunity san francisco will ever have to do a new

neighborhood from scratch. so let's do a wonderful 21st century neighborhood and show the world how it should be done. i think the plan for this supports that very strongly. so please help move this forward so we can get on with a. thank you very much. supervisor chu: thank you. [reading names] >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is emily rappaport. i am a long-term resident of treasure island. i am president of the good neighbors association. i am also a career transition services specialist at treasure island job corps, so i both work and live on the island. i have participated in the vetting of this project and as a

market rate individual, i am also very upset at the cut in affordable housing. i am delighted that you have decided to help us get a 5% back that was taken out. it would be criminal to do otherwise. this is a wonderful opportunity for the city. this is a wonderful opportunity for those of us who live on treasure island. it is a beautiful plan, and i hope you will bring it forward and support us in this. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. in the program director for catholic charities. i am here today in support of the plan. i have worked on the island for 11 years. i sit on the tihdi board and the good neighbors board as well.

we support this plan. i have brought a client of our program here to speak to you briefly about her experience living on the island. thank you very much. >> i have lived on treasure island for nine years, and before that, i was homeless for 13 years on the streets of san francisco, doing drugs, and i got clean and sober, and once i was clean, i needed housing. housing on treasure island save my life, me and my young son. to cut any funding for any housing for any homeless program should not be done. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am with the laborers' union,

and i would like to express our overwhelming enthusiasm for this project moving forward. i would also like to thank supervisors chu for being there from the beginning, but in particular, we want to recognize supervisor kim for being there where it counted, and the very opportunity to increase the amount of housing. while we're not going to say that it would be criminal to move this project forward at 25%, we do think that was a heavy lift. i think it is important for us to recognize tom ammiano and mark leno and ross mirkarimi. in particular, the carpenters, the laborers, the health care workers, the uhw -- we live in this community. the housing component is important to us, and i want to thank you very much for those most recent efforts. thanks again. >> good afternoon, supervisors.

my name is carlos white. i am a 20-year member of the united brotherhood of carpenters out of martinez. i currently work at treasure island accord, which has been ranked no. 1 in the united states. i brought with me several students who currently live on the island, work on the island, and study on the island. i commend the board for its meticulous worked as far as the wording of the contract because some of those dollars and jobs hopefully that these young men and women can spend at least 3/4 of their career on these projects. it is my job to give them skills for the real world. i believe it is your job to give them hope. i humbly ask that you help me give them hope for the future. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am from treasure island job

corps. we are in favor for the development of treasure island. we will have more possibilities for work and having our own place. the development will open a lot of job opportunities for many of us, and also, for the residents of the treasure island. it will help the study are trades to also start working. we are really supporting the development for the single parents that are staying at treasure island job corps. this will help us be closer to our children. we are having to be far from them. these are some of the reasons why we are in favor for the development of treasure island. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon.

i am a resident and a student, and i work in treasure island job corps. i strongly agree with -- i strongly support this project, but after completing my training in job corps, i could hopefully get a job there. for long term. and after the short term, live there and worked in an easy job. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am also a student, living on the island right now. if you open up the housing and bill all the stores, it would really help.

it would help us as the trainees go up and work on the project up on the island and get further into our training. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am here representing the alliance for jobs and sustainable growth. we are an organization made up of labor, business, and community groups, and we are 100% behind this project. we were happy to be part of the press conference this morning, and we're grateful babbitt batboy that affordable housing will be increased because we think that is very important as well. this project will have jobs well into the future. maybe for 10 years for people in san francisco, which we think is really important for the economy, and we hope you will support it and pass it along to

the board of supervisors. thank you very much. supervisor chu: thank you. [reading names] . >> good afternoon. in the business and community director of treasure island job corps, which currently serves approximately 600 youth between the ages of 16 to 24 in a variety of applications spanning the construction trades, culinary, and hospitality, and health care. it has been gratifying to have a concrete example of jobs to come. when we reiterate the importance of learning the new green skills and help students learn skills that will make them more marketable. our hope is that our students will be motivated with this vision to compel themselves to move forward and struggling to find the skills and jobs and motivation to get the jobs that

will be coming. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am here representing the treasure island sailing center. i am a member of the board. over the last 10 years, treasure island sailing center has provided over 10,000 youth with the opportunity to learn had a sale and build their confidence in other life skills. over the last five years, we have worked with the development team to sort out what our future sailing center will be, and we would like to express our strong support of the project. we are very excited to have a larger local community to serve with an accessible waterfront community, and think worlds of the plan for the development. thank you very much for your support. >> good afternoon, supervisors.

i and a local business in the treasure island and a resident since 2008, and i am here to support the project to move forward. i urge you to do so because it is a great place to be, and it is so exciting for people from all over the world beer not just local citizens, but there are people that come to this island from all over the world, and they just love the view, but they start looking for other things such as shops, places to buy stuff, restaurants, and there is nothing much over there to offer. i encourage you to support the project and move forward and have the island to be the place that it should be and also be part of san francisco like it should be. the people that come over there, they look at the island, and they expect to have things because it is a tourist place, and they think it is like san francisco, but they get disappointed, and they do not see much because there is

nothing to offer to the old buildings. i think it will be a great place, and it will increase the towards from all over the world to come and see it. thank you very much for this opportunity, and i hope you move forward with this project. >> supervisors, i live in bridal -- in bernal heights. i have been on the citizens advisory committee for the last 11 years, and i urge your support of this project. in addition to providing affordable housing and market rate housing, the great community benefits that will come with the project -- the project is environmentally sound, presents state of the art sustainable development, and it works in the marketplace. it is a public/private partnership i think we can be proud of. getting from 25% to 30% affordable housing as recent efforts look like are going to

bear fruit, is a very good thing. affordable housing -- we have had 30%, is unprecedented. traffic and parking -- we have congested management pricing, which is, again, unprecedented in our state and in our nation. we've bundled the parking from the housing so people do not have to purchase a parking spot if they do not what one. that again is new for this city. we have tremendous commitment to public transportation, and we have a water recycling and reuse program, which goes above and beyond anything but can be better. we can do more of it in the future. this project will be an enhancement to our visitor- serving economy. so i urge you to pass this project, bring it up to the full board, and we look forward to an approval. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon.

my company has been at treasure island since 1999 with a leasehold interest. operating and investigating managing the market rate component of the island, working in juxtaposition and coordination with tida, which has been a great experience. we also had a very good experience with the developer. we find the developer to be very professional and transparent, and, i think, created. very nimble economically. i think they have done a great job. when i go the planning conferences, i hear people trying to define the perfect couple on the beach, the ideal project. they say it would be great if we had something that had mixed views, mixed age, mixed income, which was tod and maybe a little open space tossed in at a balance between density and critical economic massed. this project is 20 units