and if you have a van and throw in a function to be like a substation, we would have to make this level of investment $705,000. we are currently looking at technology to address these issues and understand if there is something that did the work in the interim. -- >> in was used as a tristate present. to a degree, we and a two or three year commitment to parking the van there is not something you probably wish to pursue.

supervisor chu: is there some reason it is not secure, besides the fact it is out of service somewhere else? >> it was parked there, but the issue did not move it. the issue was directed to be utilized as a command post for emergencies and other special events. we lost that presence on sixth street. supervisor chu: let's open this up for public comment. are there members of the public who wish to speak on this item? i have a few cards. [unintelligible] >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is henry.

before the march of the redevelopment agency i was on the advisory board to the redevelopment agency. back then it was unanimous, we wanted to have this substation in this area. this is ground zero. not only that, for many that coming to san francisco, it has been tough on businesses to have less going on there, going about the commands, blocking the view and the street traffic and so forth. we really want this substation to open up. also, comfort. for business it will make it better. it is a great thing that we're going have.

we have been waiting for this for so long. this will have an impact on the sheer presence, i think that the mayor and the supervisors response to the solution that goes through, i understand we are in a financial quandary where we are. in that area we will be getting those coming in and eventually getting some money back from that. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. in the project manager with urban solutions. i am here to support the approval of the least amendment to the ball when house and see

the substation finally built at 76 street. the residents in the business community on the sixth street corridor, we are sorry to have learned of the demise allocated to the substation billed out. that is all very helpful, but we have finally gone ahead with construction. a few of them have sent me letters and messages on the record saying for dr. final, the owner of the barber college, and the electrician [unintelligible] all of those businesses located there, emphasizing the presence

being crucial to deterring crime in the area. it would greatly facilitated -- it would greatly facilitate responsiveness in the sixth street corridor and central market. the substation would be here to stay, and it can be parked there for a minute. thank you so very much for supporting this. >> hello, in the co-founder of huckleberry bicycles. thank you for your time, supervisors.

in support of getting a police substation as quickly as possible, it does not make for a stronger police presence along market street and 63. be opened in november everywhere in aerospace the weeks before that. i want to make it clear, it was easy to decide to open up a shop on market street. despite being the main cycling thoroughfare and what we thought was a great potential for a bike shop, it was kindly known as a dangerous place to be. it was called bold and crazy.

most of them are still apprehensive about working there. we understand the issues on market street being compounded. a few things, mainly violence. i wanted to point out a quarter of jones and market, where we get solicited for them all the time. i have flood of tourists in the store with huge fights breaking out. thank you. supervisor chu: next speaker. >> my name is [unintelligible]

down on six for 29 years in a few months. it has not been easy every day. you get people from all over the world. they love the hotel, but they always complain, is it safe? it is just outside, where the problem is. unsafe, do not go there. giving 14 cent to the city in the center, something has to be

done, like the law should be enforced. we have to do everything else in the hotel. but the station in, we will do our job. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker, please. >> in the executive director of community housing partnerships. as someone who has just moved to the corner of jones and market, i felt compelled to speak. i wanted to let the committee know that we needed much more than a police substation. more than bringing merchants, we need a sense of safety to the mid market area. from an urban planning perspective, this could really

help moving the safety pedestrian crossing foreign. the amount of hanging out and street traffic taking place, providing more funds to the mayor's office and work force development will also be what helps. the police substation is not going to put an end to the problems plaguing mid market and sixth street. the community has a partnership that we are entering and we feel employees are safe, but we need to work and better street skating and things like that. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker? >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am one of the co-owners omg bar and lounge -- bar and lounge.

i relate to what the owner of the bicycle shop said. crazy, brave, all of that. we basically came on 63 because there were positive changes happening. we realize that it is challenging, but if the crime numbers need to be controlled, a continuous and consistent presence on sixth street will definitely make a huge difference. a mobile van will not make the same impact. the constant presence of sf pd police on the street will. when other solutions showed us

the space last year, there was a promise of a substation across the street. that was one of the major factors why be decided to open the business on sixth street. i can confidently say that if there is a substation in reality, more businesses should be encouraged to come into the neighborhood. one other thing that i believe is an issue in the substation, it will be staffed during the day, but we hope someday in the future it will also be staffed at night. i encourage supervisors to vote for the substation. supervisor chu: does anyone else wish to make a public comment? seeing no one, public comment is closed. supervisor kim: i want to thank the individuals that came out for public comment today. i think that the substation is

an investment in the market community and it should be viewed that way. i know that for one particular neighborhood here in san francisco, i agree with some of the comments that were made already. i do not believe the substation by itself will make the neighborhood safer, but it is the myriad of things that happened, like chp moving to market in june, and other businesses being attracted to the mid market sixth street area. all of these things are important components. i think that part of attracting more businesses, be they small businesses or larger companies that have moved into mid market, it is showing that the city is invested in public safety. when those pieces come together, we will keep the use of all that and start to see a

stronger community. cook clearly we will try to strengthen the residents living in the south of the community as well. i know that many of our partners are doing that already. i know that the supervisor has proposed introducing something like a five peace education program like we have in the sheriff's department. the last thing i will say is that actually having the asset p d developing meaningful relationships, that will only be met if we have a presence on sixth street. there is a big difference between tenants who hang out of six street because they live in cramped units without common areas for open spaces, and people committing low-level drug offenses. having police officers on the ground, they will be able to

distinguish between those types of activity and enforce what is happening in the area, developing relationships with individuals who are on the streets because that is the neighborhood they lived in. i am hopeful about this partnership. there are a lot of things that need to be done to encourage public safety in the neighborhood. there are multiple components that need to come together. supervisor chu: thank you, supervisor. supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: in the station area along broad street, we do not have a strong police presence. i believe the substation is an unstaffed -- it might even be close down. i am just concerned that you can actually have an argument that the substation is going to be

worthwhile, because the bill be an increased police presence in the community. we have active plans about how we are going with a police presence in terms of creating relationships and merchants. i think it is one component in creating safety along the sixth street corridor. i would tend to agree with the merchants that want to see that sense of safety. they believe that a police presence can provide it. also, the testimony from gail about there being a lot of ways to create a better sense of safety, that is one that does help with that as well. having a presence of services can provide access in hope for

people in the neighborhood. i do want to honor the supervisor who wants to see these resources coming to the neighborhood. i will be in favor of this. i do not necessarily see such resources coming to my district, and i have to express that. i am hoping that there is recognition that we can think about, with different needs around the city and how we apply resources to handle these different needs in different parts of san francisco. i am hoping that that can be looked at as we go down the line with resources and in the city budget. supervisor chu: thank you very much. i wanted to recognize

supervisor," -- supervisor campos, who is also here with us. supervisor kim: i am more than happy to co-sponsor a hearing, and i know i am advocating for a neighborhood that i represent, but i want to make sure that if there are neighborhoods seeing the same level of crime as sixth street and market, this area is such a visible part of san francisco in terms of getting those resources, those substations that we have here, i want to make sure they are successful in increasing the feeling and actuality of physical public safety. also, that we arealso, we are ae increased foot patrol, officers developing relationships with the neighborhood.

i can work with sfpd on perhaps the correct timing as we move forward. i want to make sure as we are making these investments they are creating the outcomes we support today. chairperson chu: i think the question will come up about the substation's we have. i would be cautious about the city entering into future substations. i think from our previous study that we spent a lot of money on creating a report that evaluated police services, we talked about the need to have even smaller numbers of police stations so we can better manage our resources, have more people out on the street. i would hate for the city to revert back to the place where we are opening a ton of assets, as opposed to being on the streets and the beat, as most of

our community members want to see. whether it is in excelsior or the sunset, many of our officers what people on the street. we do not have the resources. to continue to have to staff and spend resources there, given we know we have a retirement and stepping issue in the department, does not seem like the right direction for the city to go in. i am disappointed to hear from the police department about the need to pursue technical innovations are practices that could help streamline the way we conduct our business at the moment. we have been talking about this issue long time, about how we keep resources out there. we have yet to see what that looks like. i am disappointed to hear we are still at a place where perhaps several years out -- maybe that is a question we have to bring up during budget conversations are at a future hearing. i think we need to reevaluate

and see what kind of technological devices and help we can have to get people who are on the streets out there, as opposed to having to return to their stations. i want to voice my concern for that. this is an item that is simply a resolution to amend an existing lease and reduce the rent. i am not a person who is going to say i do not want to see a rate decrease. thank you for the real-estate department bringing as a piece of legislation where we are seeing modest savings to the city. that is something i appreciate. this legislation is not allocating funding for the substation. it is money that is in the budget that the mayor's office is choosing to move around to accomplish this. i do have questions in the future about the special revenue fund. how much do you have in there? where do we find $650,000 in

this project? that is a question i have in the future. i appreciate the explanation about not finding an adequate space at a city-owned facility. that is something i had a question about, and i think this was a good answer to it. i appreciate the fact that if we had used the city facility, it would not have the benefits of the storefront presence. that is an important piece of this. with regards to the police department, there is not really, from what i am hearing in the presentation, a strategy for how you would staffas, going back to supervisor avalos's point, how you would staff of this. is there a reason we would not pursue a different strategy? i am disappointed in hearing that. i do think that in terms of the police department there is a benefit to having a substation. there is a benefit to having a

police presence in the mid- market area. it is up -- it is challenged. many merchants have tried to turn the tide around. some of the compelling arguments is to help to draw business into the area. these are things i think could, in collaboration with a substation, helped turn around the mid-market area. one thing i would like to follow up from the police department goes back to the question supervisor avalos asked about whether we have learned from previous substation's about the effectiveness of them. i want to know whether this will lead to a reduction in crime. what had to change in the area? from need -- from the police department, it is not enough for us to allocate this money to you. i want to see measurable impact. what are we seeing that has

changed in the area as a result of the substation? how is the substation used? are people going to the substation? are they not? how much is changed by these officers not having to transport back to the main office the experts i am ok with doing this for now, although it is difficult to support of this moment, given not really having this information. it is a difficult item to support, but i will be supporting it. supervisor kim: i want to thank my colleagues. another is is a difficult issue, primarily because we are using general fund dollars for this investment. i do appreciate your support on this today. do you want to make an amendment to ensure we get a report that the budget committee within six

months or a year on the investment of these funds in terms of the outcome? it could look at the data of crime previous to the substation, and what the results and outcomes have been after. supervisor avalos: i would support a recommendation. i think that might best take place in the public safety committee. supervisor kim: that can be referred to the public safety committee. chairperson chu: i would like to see that, given the investment into a substation, which is counter to the conventional wisdom of having folks out there and trying not to have as many assets to have to maintain. i guess that would be an amendment to the recommendations to allow the report. i would say six months after the substation is open to give time to allow for experience to be had. in addition to the six month check-in, the department ought

to look at the base level of crime statistics so that we have something to compare it to. i would request a go to the public safety committee. i think that is appropriate. we will test that amendment. can we do that without objection? thank you. before we go on to the next item, we are going to take a quick five-minute break. chairperson chu: welcome back to the budget and finance subcommittee. we just took a quick recess. we have been in session since 10:00 this morning. we are going to continue. we have a few items on the

agenda. we still have items 10, 9, and 13 on the agenda. i know there are a number of members of the public here to speak on item 13, so we will call that first so we can allow you to testify and speak and not have to stay longer unnecessarily. mr. young, will you call item 13, please? >> hearing to receive updates from the office of economic and workforce development, mayor's office of housing, and department of public works on the progress of the octavia boulevard project, central freeway ancillary projects, and disposition of the central freeway access parcels. chairperson chu: this was brought to us by supervisor solagu -- olague. we will wait a moment and let

her know so she can make opening comments. thank you very much. we have called item 13, which is the progress on the octavia boulevard project, central freeway ancillary projects, and disposition of central freeway access parcels. we skipped items 9 and 10 to allow the public to speak on item 13 first. supervisor olague, do you have opening comments? supervisor olague: i have been involved with the octavia boulevard plan since sitting on the planning commission. because of this involvement, i have been concerned about the progress of the visions and

goals. today's hearing is to bring a level of transparency to the progress, especially the sales and development of the remaining parcels and the ancillary projects. when i first took office, the sale to the boys and girls club race many issues about the timeline. many of the questions arose from the inconsistency of the specific sale with the octavia boulevard plan goals. the board amended the parcel agreement. today, oewd and the mayor's office of housing would give an overview on the development time line. at the call of the chair, i will ask that this item be continued and moved to the land use committee to hear a report from the city attorney about things. the octavia boulevard plan