tv [untitled] January 30, 2014 4:30pm-5:01pm PST
4:30 pm
don't have a site out there and the schools out there can't accommodate such -- they're smaller schools so i think that type of planning about what we will need. the developers there they're going to have to also pick it up for us i feel because they're building it and their families are going to need schools somewhere but we don't have a school space there so i think when i'm looking at surplus property or property that is vacant or newly vacant or not utilized it would be helpful to have a plan also has we project out the age of school age children in san francisco and where we night need the space to actually educate them. as we see here we have little vacant property surplus property. everything is being used. i think there was a time when enrollment was down and people freaked out and you're going to have all these schools empty so what are you going to
4:31 pm
do with them? but now our enrollment is up and people are choosing our public schools because they know that this is the finest school district in the united states, so i think we will -- with all of the extra housing being built particularly in that area we're going to need, so it would be helpful if we could look at this with a projection of maybe what san francisco may look like so we can arksz comidate before we get rid of properties we may need that property to swap it out to build schools where the most of the housing is being done you know. >> and just in response to that, so one of the steps that we have taken for precisely the same reason we recommissiond and finished a new demographic study so we have a new set of demographics of growth throughout the city, and that study actually is kind of interesting in that for instance if you're in fresno and you
4:32 pm
build an apartment or a house you might get two students or three students per unit. in san francisco for instance in a lot of cases we're figuring one child for every two units for all kinds of obvious reasons. we think a lot of growth is out in the bay view principally. we also have a school assignment system that makes it sort of interesting to say who goes where and why. in a pure sense we would be building most of the new schools out there. i think -- i mean park merced is a classic case. we're sort of waiting to see what happens and we have a different challenge out there which is where is there available land even to acquire and purchase even to build a school? out in the bay view i think we have other options where we might be able to partner with a developer to
4:33 pm
get them maybe to build a school for us. i think that would be the intent of treasure island if they ever build four thousand units there and you're right and the problem comes and things are shifting incredibly fast, and the one thing i know for sure is chinese immersion is the classic case. we close the school. we then reopen the school and the chinese emmerkz and open the school and it's going great guns. yesterday's discarded school is today's great story. >> right. i am wondering supervisor kim maybe we could ask her if we could have that study at one of our next select committee meetings, the demographics, so we can take a look at what the latest information about san francisco and what their projections are, so i think that has to do with
4:34 pm
what's in the pipeline, right, for the housing and what people are building. i just want to make sure we're going to be able to accommodate and seventh and loton and swap it out with someone to buy property in a place where we really do need to build a school, so i think that i really -- until we sort of get a projection on it i feel like we really can't move on very much yet because we don't know it -- supervisor kim i was going to request at one of the next meetings that we look at the latest demographic and the projections for san francisco and where the building is going to be and also about hope sf how many family units, how many two bedroom units? are they affordable? we can almost assume that low income and affordable housing units -- those children will attend our schools for sure so it will
4:35 pm
give an idea of what the future population is in that area. >> right. and the demographers [inaudible] o'keefe is heading up that enterprise. they have a good presentation. they're skilled and thoughtful people. i think they will give a lot of information. >> and does the city and county of san francisco have that same demographic information and maybe we can do that. >> we can continue this item to the call of the chair. i can talk to either the planning department or one of the city departments to see who the appropriate presenter would be. we did through the board of supervisors institute a dashboard from the planning department to get a sense of the bird's eye view with all of the residential units built in the city and what percentage is affordable and ami so i am happy to have them come in and
4:36 pm
present that. it's actually 8,000 units on treasure island and even after the board of supervisors approves developments it doesn't mean they get built so we don't finance these private ones and treasure island and the shipyard are major developments we're waiting for but it's good to collect all of the data points together with the mayor's office and with all of these groups and the real estate division to continue the discussions. i know the mayor's office is convening the work group there and it would be good to have a representative from the school district there to see what role do they play in achieving the goal of building all of these units and is a hefty goal and even with all of things we're
4:37 pm
seeing is unprecedented and we used to do 1500 a year and doing 5,000 will take all of us doing heavy lifting and addressing the crisis. thank you so much for the presentation today. if there are no further questions or comments -- >> can i ask something? >> sure commissioner wynns. >> i wanted to see and i see mr. armtrout is here and i don't know when the appropriate time is but to have a hearing on the after school -- >> yes. >> after school coordination program pending. >> supervisor farrell did call for this hearing i believe in november. at the beginning of november i planned to agendize this in february. supervisor farrell if you have any additional comments but we will make sure that dcyf as well as the school district is there. i am assuming that supervisor farrell's office will be organizing the series of
4:38 pm
presentations along with you because i know commissioner wynns you also sponsored the same resolution at the school district and looking forward to that as well so if we can have a motion to continue the item to the call of the chair i will make sure that we have another presentation from the city's perspective and what is happening with the developer's perspective and also the city's perspective as well and i think it's good to have a 101 in how affordable housing gets built and there are complications at the federal and state level around the ami and commissioner fewer brought up and we get 60% subsidies for that and our first year teachers and families are under that it excludes a number of sfusd professionals and how do we build at that rate and
4:39 pm
leverage the dollars and i think in santa clara they issued certificates and they controlled who lives there and we can't do with federal or state dollars for affordable housing but it's an interesting and important conversation so if there are no further comments i will -- >> [inaudible] >> we have a motion to continue to the call of the chair and i will take that motion without opposition. [gavel] . thank you. are there any other items or announcements madam clerk? >> there are none. >> then our meeting is adjourned and the next meeting is february 4. thank you very much.
4:40 pm
4:41 pm
san francisco landscape. my name is mike sanford. i work for the reality corporation. it's my pleasure to be your mc today. on behalf of reality and all of our partners and this development project. welcome. i was talking to my daughter this morning, she's 4 years old and she says to me like most days, "daddy, what are you doing today?" actually i have a very exciting day. we are meeting with people this afternoon and most importantly i get to be part of this ground breaking project and the mayor is going to be here. he runs the city and thinking she would be very impressed with her father. and she says okay, can i watch my little pony on your ipad. she will be the media worker and i
4:42 pm
know this will be the cutting edge when she's ready to join the work force. 333 brandon is the lead project development in san francisco. like everything that we are inspired to do in this great city it's a very special project. it's located at the nexus of the industrial city's past and all the future. it creates a unique opportunity for us to explore the character and contemporary spaces and operating systems designed to increase worker productivity. it incorporates many of today's many ideas of sustainable development and operation. as you will hear from our partner david johnson and his firm. it has our leadership goal to high quality enterprises in san francisco and nurtures a business environment that
4:43 pm
supports strong economic growth as you will hear from mayor lee. it also established new benchmark for what is possible today for commercial development and you will happy hear from our company leader. john kilroy. i think you will understand that we are a huge believer of san francisco. we have demonstrated that faith in local management, resources and development. it has taken a big teamworking together very closely to bring us to today's ground breaking. that is a lot of people and we are glad to see to many people with us today. it's my pleasure to introduce one of the city's biggest visionaries and supporters. the mayor learned from the very beginning what a very exciting opportunity this has been and he's supported us every way through this development. i know my daughter
4:44 pm
will understand 1 day how special it is to have him here. please welcome honorable mayor lee. >> mike, thanks very much. congratulations to you and certainly to john and what a wonderful design concept you have here for sure. i'm really excited to see this go up. first of all, happy holidays! it's always great to be with john kilroy because he's been a great partner in our economic recovery for the city. i can't think of another developer who has been so diverse in its work and the kind of tenants that are coming into his buildings. if you have a chance, like a lot of us walking down from the bart station to the ballpark on second street, you will see what i mean when you see the vibe -- of that whole corridor and the wonderful projects that it's done. today's site, i have
4:45 pm
to say to you, i have been to this site before. any other it's a parking lot but it was the firefighter's chili cook off site. on occasions you have some good events here but it represents some of those areas that are under valued and the great companies like this and you look at these historic areas and you think what could we do to bring more value to it and as you see this open floor plan, windows that can operate. the idea that you can have a building that not only matches some of the historic buildings around here and compliments it which is design, but could be as modern as what you would expect. we need those buildings, we need those examples. john and his team, they are all coming up. also,
4:46 pm
it's not in expensive to do this. i mean, you have to add on some additional cost for that and i want to thank you for that because having a water reclamation system on the site is incredibly reflective. that means we are hoping for rain. but it is, i think a very demonstrate -- a modern progressive design. but also designed for a very diversed bunch of clients and the new, it's not just tech, it could be anybody that wants to work in a collaborative environment. what happens when you look at the kilroy portfolio, you see the tenants, pack 12, new ones like
4:47 pm
kc, i think it's tv and some other names that i can't even pronounce, crinkle is one of them and others that i have yet to visit. i have to do that on my tuesdays is visit some of these sites that i can't pronounce. i want to congratulations you and thank the other departments that be working closely with you to make sure that we honor the pace of these developments because these are very invaluable times to us right now. i predict that a couple years from now we'll look back and say, gosh, these were good times to work closely together because it is about economic recovery. it is about jobs for everyone, for everyone, for all different incomes in the city. and these are areas of the city where we are challenged where
4:48 pm
we have under utilized. there will be more sites where we identify yesterday. we can do creative things and i will be tapping the creativeness of kilroy reality for helping me with house dmangdz -- demands in this city as well. we need this creative approach constantly and you are going to see this building immediately with these creative forces that are offering more jobs and creating more jobs that are sustainable for the long-term. i just want to see what it's doing in this area so close to the transit system and park. this is going to be a great building. the materials they are going to be using is going to be complimentary and complimentary to what you see on the revitalization of the market with all the companies
4:49 pm
that are there. i want to again thank kilroy for being such a great leader. by the way, in addition to being a fantastic realtor and developer, john has been great. thank you, john, for your support that in a very big way. he's actually civic minding and participating in so many other things. they have their own giving foundation that i have been very thankful for because you are also showing that fill -- philanthropic season. i'm here for the last chili cook off and make sure that we are working to create more opportunities for the people to succeed in
4:50 pm
this city. kilroy, congratulations, johnson, thanks for your fantastic design and working together for putting this on and to your whole family happy holidays! and congratulations. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, mr. mayor. i had the pleasure of first working with dave johnson on the development of square one here in soma. i'm glad we can collaborate again today. please welcome our architect dave johnson. [ applause ] >> good morning, everybody. thank you very much. these are such kind words, it's amazing. it's a beautiful day. thank you, mike. but i want to say
4:51 pm
this you to the people to the community of south park who might be here today to see this conversion that it's making from a parking lot that had a cultural history from a chili cook off that will be a new vibrant addition to the neighborhood. this is such a tremendous change. this neighborhood is an important fabric of san francisco and the future of san francisco. our approach when we started this project was humbling by first understanding the nature of this place as the mayor described. one of the textures of the neighborhood, one of the opportunities for light, air, views, shade, habitat, art and joy, where could we tap into. single family -- we brace the challenge and the opportunities
4:52 pm
of the future. defining opportunities that can create long value and how about a property that increases value over time in this neighborhood. in doing so we work at multiple scales called the cradled framework in a design to create more good rather than less bad. at first we started the smaller scales, we continued to work at the small scales and continue to work with a team to find those materials that are going to promote human and ecological health down to the molecule. one of the products that we are most excited about and i think we are going to be one of the very first to use a substitute for firing a brick where we are going to be using a biological process to create brick paveers
4:53 pm
similar to that brick to create a model. at the broader scale we've adopted and supported the strategy that the city has put forward in this neighborhood to create an eco district and we continue to support these ideas as we find ways to share resources and spaces and places to create a courtyard that we share. create streets that in vietinvite people and share resources and buildings. i want to thank you very much for this opportunity. we have a tremendous team that we all should give a hand to. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, dave. i have that had privilege of working with john kilroy now for about 3 years. i recognized early on that he has three attributes for effective
4:54 pm
leadership. he's always looking ahead for the important ideas that shape the future of commercial real estate. at the same time he's absolutely grounded in the moment. he's committed to delivering every project to the highest standards. there would be no 333 brandon street without john's vision and energy and optimism and ability to move a project forward. it's my pleasure to introduce him now. please welcome john kilroy, president and ceo of the company. [ applause ] >> he's either a germ foeb. thank you for the comment. i'm sure your daughter will be a tech person. it's great to see everybody here today and thanks for coming out. it's actually nice and warm right here where it's back in the shade it's a
4:55 pm
bit chilly. as mike noted we've been deepening our commitment to the city in a spectacular way in the course of three years. we have 4.5 million square feet that we own or operating or under construction including this development here. this represents a total investment of several billion dollars and we are not done. i can tell you we are working on a lot of other opportunities here in this community and i have to say and i said this to multiple groups, investor groups, when ed is gone as mayor of the city, we have to send him to washington because he knows how to get things done. if we have him back there, think of the revitalization we can have as the economics in the united states. i could not say enough about our mayor ed lee. he's a
4:56 pm
remarkable guy and that goes for the city department that we work with on a daily basis. this is a great example of our commitment to quality and long lasting product and to the environment. i want to take a moment to introduce someone very special to the kilroy organization, our vice-president of sustainability. sarah, stand up, wave. shake hands with the mayor. you can tell your daughter you did that. this is a woman that academic -- came into my office several years ago. i knew her dad very well. we were very good friends and she was getting a masters degree and her dad asked me if i would meet with her and talk about the future and not for the idea of working for kilroy, but i said, you know what, the right place for you is here because i want to be the leader
4:57 pm
in office buildings in the united states and you come to work for us and show us how it's done and she has done a remarkable job. so sarah, thanks very much. [ applause ] this project isn't the biggest one in the city that we are doing or that anybody is doing. but it's a pretty remarkable project. it's a second lead in platinum building. we tried to make it net zero. you can't do it in existing law but we are working to change the law. it embraces everything that we hold dear at kilroy. i'm sure it's going to be real successful. we are having a number of discussions right now. but the platinum design includes among other things, a living roof, reducing emissions, a huge bike storage area. i like to ride bikes. shower, locker facilities for people that ride bikes and work
4:58 pm
out. we are talking about rain water being harvested to flush toilets and renewable power generated on-site. this building will consume 2 percent less negligent and 45 percent less water. in nearly 95 percent of what you see today will be recycled, all of this stuff here, 95 percent of this is going to be recycled into the project itself. think of that, less trucks on the street. it's all good. and it's pretty amazing that we have the technology in this country to do those kinds of amazing things today. it uses every inch of space to create large work spaces to create collaboration from the work force from the ground to
4:59 pm
the rooftop garden. you will see court yards and other places that we are beyond requirement to do. i'm a landscape freak, quality freak and that permeates our entire organization. we want to be an example of what others could and should do. there aren't as many people doing it as there should be. so, rather than just keep going on about the building itself, you will see it soon enough. but i like to thank a number of folks here because as mike said, it does take a team. our architect, you met johnson, fashion park, the entire william mcdonalds team, wsp group, sandas, and creek, thank you very much. the contractors,
5:00 pm
the builders and melanie and phillips, our land use attorney, tim ruben, the brokerage firm, elliot and english and special thanks to my partners from the corporation. jeff, our vice-president of development and construction services. carl brown, the project engineer, brandon hwang, director of development, and senior vice-president of development services, we live in a world today where there is business, there is civic responsibility, there is opportunity to create these amazing environments. the city of san francisco like any well intended entity, it will make a few mistakes here or there, but by and large, when you just as
73 Views
IN COLLECTIONS
SFGTV: San Francisco Government Television Television Archive Television Archive News Search ServiceUploaded by TV Archive on