over from the redevelopment agency because they are not in a position to issue bonds. you'll be seeing a number of these projects over the next couple of months. we are really happy with this project because bridge has managed to complete the rehab work without any additional city financing. the redevelopment agency gave the project $1.5 million about 19 years ago to build of the building. they have done a wonderful job of owning and operating this building over the last 19 years. the building is on the corner, and it used to have the psychic as a commercial tenant. we are really happy that they are managing to do all this work without any new city money. we are getting another 55 years of affordability.

>> i am a project manager at the housing corporation. i think they have done an excellent job of summarizing the project. at this time, i would just like to express my thanks to the board of supervisors for helping us attain the that allocation for the bonds and the tax credit reservation for the project. i am happy to answer any other questions that may come out and i want to express gratitude to the mayor's office of housing and redevelopment agency for their incredible support of the project. supervisor mirkarimi: for this part of the area, what the area looked like 10 years ago, especially before the demolition of the central freeway, it is completely enjoying a renaissance and like it has been

seen before, where this area of housing exists, especially for high percentage of low-income housing. it is a pretty spectacular project, one that i think should make us all very proud. >> we do not have a budget analyst recommendation or report because this is an item that does not have an impact on the city general fund. why don't we open this item up for public comment? many members of the public at which to speak? >> i have a lot to speak of this, but not enough time. how to put on your mind, without a doubt, we are talking about fairness. i am here applauding bridge,

mercy housing, catholic charities. we had all the big giant developers at one time come to the west division. at one time, it was mandatory that developments like this -- right now, we are at a state of emergency. i have come to let you know how serious i am speaking to you, whether you want to hear it on not. without a doubt, it is a prime example of a big project, with no input. i remember 10 years ago, they come to the western addition to getting approval, and it was a rubber-stamp committee. the right now we don't even have a rubber stamp committee. the only part of the city that doesn't have a community organization that the city and county recognizes. i have to come here and raise my voice.

i have to come here wounded, homeless, jobless. but not information less. we are in a state of emergency. all of these contracts you're proven goes without no input for the community. i don't need no clown backing me to ok what i'm doing. i have been coming here 20 years to see how this process has failed us. not only african-american people, low income people. you're going on and rubber stamping, walking all over our community. i am here to say that you are in total violation. i can't go to the city attorney's office. who do i go to? do i have to go outside the

boundary of the city and county to analyze what is going on here? i am up here, my voice is louder. i want to speak loud and clear in your ear that you are in total violation of the community. approve everything you want to do, but i wanted to show for the record that there is no voice for the western addition. with a c.a. with a c.b.d. i wanted to let you know i am here in your ear. supervisor chu: any other member of the public wish to speak? public comment is closed. and on the item? supervisor mirkarimi: motion to approve with recommendation, i want to underscore that this has no impact to the general fund.

as with most affordable housing agreements that come before us, it is 80% of the area median income, and the retention of those that live in the building, make sure it is 100% protected. this is one of those that should give a thumbs up across the way. supervisor chu: there is a motion to send the item forward and we can do that without objection. do we have any other items before us? we are adjourned.

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commissioner elsbernd: welcome to the special rules committee meeting. if we could pass a motion to excuse jane kim from today's meeting? without objection. madam court, please call item six. >> item 6. hearing to consider the quarterly reports of the shelter monitoring committee. commissioner elsbernd: staff is ill today and i know supervisor kim when the to be a part of this, so i would like to place a motion to continue this to the call of the chair. is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. we will take the motion to continue without objection. item one please. tea>>item 1.

hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending november 19, 2012, to the bicycle advisory committee. commissioner elsbernd: mr. may, anything that you would like to say to the committee? you are the supervisor. we always like to refer to the supervisor, so -- >> my name is richard may. i would like to serve on this committee. i think i would do a good job. i ride my bike [no audio]

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commissioner elsbernd: is there any staff on this item? this is relatively pro-forma, by a margin we hold off. madam clerk, we will delay this until the last item on the agenda. move to item four. >> item 4. hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending september 1, 2014, to the assessment appeals board no. 1. there are two seats and for applicants. -- four applicants. commissioner elsbernd: mr. robinson. you are the incumbent.

i am. i have been on the board for a while. i am a commercial real estate appraiser. my expertise is in hotels. as well as offices. commissioner elsbernd: if i could interrupt you, don is not here and i keep on putting the answer. could you tell me the difference between no. no. 1 and 4 number two? >> number one is mostly commercial properties, number two is mostly homes. i do enjoy contributing to the city. are there any other questions? commissioner elsbernd: no questions, ok. i do not see mr. gallagher here. mr. campana.

>> i was here the last time that we went through this for the commercial position. [inaudible] i have the 25 years experience but it is mostly in residential. i have a certified residential position. i have done commercial, income, but my primary expertise is in residential. i am more likely to be an appropriate candidate for 2 and 7. wherever you need me, i will be there. >> commissioner elsbernd: mr. richard lee. >> could i just attribute this to the board supervisors?

good morning, supervisors. thank you for coming out this tuesday morning. i have prepared a brief five- sentence statement. i first served on the board back in 2003. since that time, i have been on the board with the exception of one year where i was working outside of town, and therefore i took a leave and return appear that is either good news or bad. currently, active in the real- estate community. i oversee several commercial buildings downtown. my real estate broker is the licensing requirement of this position and it is up to date. that is what allows me to serve in this capacity. it is my belief that every stakeholder in the process of the assessment of appeals will continue to benefit from my involvement. any questions?

commissioner elsbernd: no question. thank you. is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor farrell? commissioner farrell: i would suggest moving mr. robertson vote on seat 3, mr. robinson on seat seven. mr. campana, i take your comments at face value and we will continue for seat 2. commissioner elsbernd: without objections and for without objection. item five please. >> item 5. hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending september 1, 2014, to the assessment appeals board no. 2. there is one seat and five applicants. >> commissioner elsbernd: thank you. shawn rigdgell. a bit about your experience? >> i have been a practicing

lawyer for the past 13 years. our emphasis is on business litigation and insurance bad faith, personal injury cases. we are mostly litigators. i also served half as a neutral evaluator, arbitrator, for finra. they are the alternative dispute resolution program for the securities and exchange. i have covered cases involving corporate dealer and fiduciary cases. i am a native of san francisco, a graduate of sacred heart high school. the relevance behind that, i am interested in serving in city government, proud to be a native of sanfrancisco, and i feel this is a way to give back. my experience as a lawyer and arbitrator can help the board to

fairly and accurately decide claims. i believe i am fair and impartial. i think i would definitely be an asset to the board. commissioner farrell: is this your first time appointment? >> yes, sir. commissioner elsbernd: thank you. mr. tham. >> hello, my name is joseph tham. i have been on the commission since 2002. been in the real-estate business for over 20 years having worked as a certified appraiser and also as a regional appraiser manager for four major banks. i would like to think that i am very independent thinker, impartial, listen to both sides of the argument before i make my appointment -- decision, sorry.

also, i have been a local 21 member for the last 20 years, have been at large delegate for the past three years. i have worked with mr. robinson and mr. lee. i have served on the commission for quite awhile. they have also been very supportive and impartial in their decisions. i would like to stay on the commission. commissioner elsbernd: you are an employee at the public utilities commission. could you tell us about the work that you do there? >> i am their real-estate property manager. we manage the cpuc land. as you know, they own a lot of land. we do leases and permits for this land and also, we do community work as in community

gardens, things of that sort, so i have worked with the crisis center and community gardens in san francisco to put in permits and things of that nature. now we are embarking on the improvement projects. we have been clearing a lot of the land encroaching on our right of ways, so we do try to get people off of our land so that we can fit our pipeline in. commissioner elsbernd: thank you. tulip yeh. all right. mr. campana, you are listed. you have another opportunity, if you would like to. ok, very good. mr. gallagher still has not arrived. seeing no other applicants, -- sure. is there any public comment?

>> good morning. my name is simon. i would support the appointment of -- commissioner elsbernd: that is two items from now. we are almost there. i will call you up when your time comes. any other members of the public that would like to comment? >> my name is james, i have been working as a president for the city, experience with mr. tham, diane robinson, and also lawrence. that is my comment. they are very good people to work with. thank you. commissioner elsbernd: is there any public comment?

seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor farrell? commissioner farrell: thank you, everyone, for coming forward. mr. ridgell, i like you are a local. i would also like to consider the others, but in my opinion, if you would like to come back and apply for this another time -- getting to know people before and is a good thing. i love your experience and your willingness to come forward, so we would love to afford you had a different time. i am torn between mr. tham and mr. campana. mr. campana has been here before and has pushedon alonso we are y

to support either one. commissioner elsbernd: i think now might be the time. i would like to go with mr. campana at this time. if we continue to report the new blood, all of this could be stifled. not a reflection on mr. tham's service, but i think we should give some chance to somebody who's application is as impressive as his. it speaks as well to mr. ridgell. with that, i would make the motion to put for mr. campana to seat 8. commissioner elsbernd: that will be the order. we have already continued item six. item seven will take a few minutes.

i see staff is now here for item three. why don't we go back to that. could you give us a brief discussion of what item 3 is? >> good morning, committee members. i am here to present to you resolution to approve the management agreement between the city and county of san francisco and the civic center community benefit district management corp. this agreement would allow for the city to transfer the assessment collected on behalf of the special assessment district approved in january. assessments would be transferred, collected by the city and then transferred to a nonprofit management corporation which is established and has a border directors and meets regularly.

this management corp. will oversee the implementation of the services called for in the civic center management agreement with the cbd. this is an agreement that we have to have in order to transfer the assessments that we will be collecting. this district will last for 10 years. this is just allowing the city to transfer the funds that have been collected and will be collected on behalf of this district. commissioner elsbernd: ok. any questions? is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. you are coming forth, ok. two minutes. >> i will be brief. my name is david harrison. i am the chair of the interim board of the newly formed corporation. i just wanted to let you know that we are here and working hard. we have jotted down a few things

that we have done. we have formed a corporation, seeded and interim board, obtained 501 c three exemptions, formed a bunch of committees which are very active in trying to determine what we're going to be doing, how we are going to implement the services we are here to do. we are conducting a search right now for an executive director. we are hard at work and appreciate your support. commissioner elsbernd: thank you for your work. mr. pitts. >> i wonder if you could open a public comment on items six? commissioner elsbernd: we had already done that. this is item three. seeing no other members of the public, public comment is closed on item three. can we send this item for without objection? commissioner farrell: that will be the order.

commissioner elsbernd: you were not here when we did item three. -- item six. we are going to reopen the item. we have continued into the call of the chair. >> i appreciate it. for me, the thing is, when i looked at the quarterly report, i felt like there was not enough ideas regarding recommendations. i think there were only several. for me, all my three years of experience, i feel -- attending several meetings between mental health and sro task force, local homeless coordinating board, i just believe it could've been done better. i think i have several things --