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report there's an urgency to get the bridge repaired and i request ask for your support for the overall resolution and amendments >> great. thank you. colleagues supervisor cowen has submitted some amendments to item 2. can i have a motion to adapt those amendments >> so moved. >> we'll take that without objection. and to the full board with positive recommendation. >> we'll we'll take that without objection. >> okay mraild madam clerk, any other business before this commission? there's no further business. >> then we're adjourned order
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[tkp*-ts/] 18, medal secretary, please call the roll. >> thank you, madame chair, item 1 roll call, commissioner respond when i call your name. >> ellington? >> present. [ inaudible ] >> here. madame chair johnson? >> here. >> all members of the commission are present, the next order of business is item
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2. announcements. a, the next scheduled commission meeting will be a regular meeting held on tuesday, may 6th, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. city hall room 416. please be advised that the ringing and cuss of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing devices are prohibited. c, public comments please be advised a member of the public has up to 3 minutes to make pertinent public comment obvious each agenda item unless the commission adopts a shorter period on any item. it's strongly recommended that members of the public who wish to address the commission fill out a speaker card provided by the commission secretary and submit the completed card to the submission secretary. next order of business is item 3, report on actions taken at a
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previous closed session meeting, if any. there are no reportable actions. the next order of business is item 4 matters of unfinished business. we have no items. the next orbed of business is item 5 matters of new business, consisting of consent and regular agenda. first the consent calendar we have no items. the regular agenda, i will call the next item out of order, which will be item 5a, report of the executive director. madame director. >> yes, this next item commissioners, good afternoon, and thank you to the members of the public. thank you so very much for joining us. commissioners, as you may be aware, the golden state warrior have proposed to acquire sales force land in mission bay, approximately 1 million square feet of entitlement from sales force. like any other private or public development in mission
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bay, mission bay provides an established framework as adopted through the project entitles of 1998 that provide for a redevelopment plan that governs land use, a design for development, that governs height, bulk, massing and the like, together these two documents wholly replace the planning code and your purview and jurisdiction as provided for under the implementing ordinance under the board, ordinance 215-12 provides for land use contractual and design review authority pursuant to those agreements or as we know post dissolution, those so-called enforceable obligations. again like any other development in mission bay, public or private, with the acquisition of private land, all of the rights and obligations travel with that land. so that owner participation agreement and later today we'll have a different topic, the proposed uc acquisition of other sales force property just to the
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south of this site, all of those rights in this case travel with the land. so the owner participation agreement requirements for design review, there is a process and so-called major phase or multiple block planning process as you are familiar, schematic design. in addition, all of the policies, the workforce hiring policies, the city's first source hiring policy and the associated triggers to master developer under this process of assignment and assumption agreement through the purchase of land and pushes down the rights or certain obligations to individual vertical developers. the proposed golden state warrior arena perhaps office and retail project really would be no different from our typical process in mission bay. kathrin riley our mission bay project manager is here to answer procedural framework questions and through the chair, if i may ask, the
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president and chief operating officer of the golden state warrior to address the commission and introduce the team to the commission. >> thank you,. >> that really is my on item of business to introduce the warriors to the commission. you will get to know us very well over the coming weeks and months. i have to say this, this has been the craziest day of my work life, perhaps ever. i just want to take a moment for those who have not had an opportunity to follow the news, i don't think i have been more proud to be part of the nba than i am today. i have been doing this since i was 16 years old and the commission announced that donald sterling the current owner of the los angeles clippers has been banned for life from participating with the nba and he is convening the owners to vote on compelling mr. sterling to sell his
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interest in the clippers franchise. so wonderful outcome to what has been three really bad days but we're proud of our league and proud of our players. it's not before your commission, but it's probably the most important item in our lives today. i want to say hello and introduce myself as president and chief operating officer of the warriors. what you will have in the warriors as i promise you will learn is a very committed organization to the community engagement that we have already started. this is only news that is a week-old, but we're 100% committed to working not only with you, but with the mission bay neighborhood, dog patch potrero hill to make sure that we introduce ourselves and make sure we create a project that will be great and that we're going to be very good neighbors and be additive to everything that you have accomplished in mission bay. because we are moving from port
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property to private land we had a lot of questions of are we going to keep the agreements already put in place and one of the things that i want to assure you of today, we were the first non-public works project to agree to follow the local hire guidelines that the city has. and we have every intention of continuing to fulfill that at our new site, as well as fulfilling a variety of other labor agreements that we already have in place when we were contemplating a different site. so i can assure you of that. we're also excited about the opportunities for small businesses. to be involved in this project, we have something that is going to be very visible in the community and something that we believe will attract really great entrepreneurs and small businesss and we have a real commitment to make sure that there is a place at the table for those businesses as well. and we're going to have a great
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design. oh, by the way, we really have been commited from the start to create something that not only fits into our new neighborhood, but also something that is really additive to the quality of life for the people who work there, the people who live there and the people who are going to play there. so i thank you and look forward very much to working closely with you and your staff in the future. if you have any questions, happy to. if not, i'm going to go to a basketball game in los angeles. >> first of all, good luck. good luck in l.a.. fantastic news from the nba, i heard that right before i set off for here. not a lot of commentary at this commission meeting and see me afterwards if you want to know what i really think. thank you for coming now. we know that the news is just a week-old and someone running a property from 3rd street from the warriors saying how is this
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project going to impact my project and so people are interested and we look forward to working with you on design and community benefits and all of that good stuff. >> great, thank you very much. >> commissioner singh. >> not too long ago, we approved the sales force and actually so i would like to give a hand to the president. [ applause ]. >> thank you for coming and good seeing you as well. exciting about the opportunities for small business, the workforce requirements i'm glad to hear that they are continuing to be carried over and the implications that this has for just mission bay and affordable housing and i'm excited about the project. >> thank you so much and good luck. >> you have delivered to be a
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short brief framework memorandum that lays out what we described today and there are a number of copies available for the people, as well as posted on our website. >> great. any word yet before we finish and go to the next item, when we'll see the first of anything from the project? just a schedule? >> i think the schedule is yet to be-determined. we're still in an assessment phase. at this point i think the team is taking a fresh look at this site and certainly i think there is public comment. >> okay. excellent. so we'll take public comment on this. general public comment. >> thank you. >> good afternoon commissioners, i didn't put a
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card for for this. my name is karyn woods and i spent last two years on the warrior's cac through the port, so this is not new in terms of the issues. the mission bay cac is going to be having a preliminary meeting on march 8th is to to basically. >> may 8th. >> sorry? >> may 8th. >> sorry, may 8th. march, may, whatever. to kind of open up the discussion. and to the extent that we know anything at that point about scheduling or anything else, we'll obviously share it. we're also looking at the continuation of what was done through sfmta and the transportation authority on the waterfront transportation assessment; which actually has been very valuable and will continue to be very valuable.
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it will just kind of have to, as peter albert said, "pivot" to be more focused on the mission bay area than the original arena area. a lot of the questions that came out the pier 32 arena discussions are still relevant, and so we expect the public will continue to be very interested in how this comes together. and encourage any of you who are interested to join the cac discussions. thank you. >> i will be there. >> mr. washington. >> i was at home, just listenings to the press conference and i had decided well, they are having a meeting today >> could you please talk into the mic.
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>> i'm sorry, i was at home, listening to the press conference of what is going on and it would be remiss if i hadn't come to speak. it clarifies what i had to say, this is a new era in history here. people that are asleep need to wake up and smell the coffee, tea or whatever they are supposed to smell. i had a chance to speak to mr. welts of the warriors and the thing about it, i am still in allusion and trying to find out what the hell is going on here with this agency? now i would hate to be the one to make the announcement mission bay hunters point and every other project that is going to be in jeopardy, why is that? because you all have left an area, which is called the fillmore, which i call "the fill no more." you left it alone like nothing is going on and how is this city just going to change over and think nothing is going on there? i am here to say, ace washington
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is preparing to file -- yes, ed lee and anybody else who wants to cumulus media ome at me, i'm making preparations to file an injunction to stop everything. you talk about enforcement obligations that you don't feel you have to pay attention to, but i have been here 23 years before the warriors even thought about coming here and i was here when you had a black man, jim jepson was the head until he passed away. if it wasn't for jim jefferson being involved with mission bay and jim jefferson being involved in the fillmore and hunters point, we wouldn't have nobody involved in the projects. it's a new day. it's a new era and i don't have time for errors.
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until this agency lives up to its obligations in the western edition, i am moving forward with filing and getting a group of lawyer with an injunction to stop what is going on in san francisco. even a blind man, stevie wonder who see you are out of compliance. i'm not saying y'all personally. you look different up there, but it does not portray what is going on out here. now, i hadn't talked to the president, but i was hoping and praying when we request to come before you all to make our presentation about what is going on here, you will have a different perspective. i'm here to speak on public comment, but i would be remiss if i didn't say what i had to say and what i feel and maybe get up to tell you all. it ain't over, it's just a new beginning.
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>> thank you. do we have any further public comment on this item? >> no other speaker cards. >> oh, one more. two more. [ inaudible ] >> oscar james. i might have put the wrong number down because i put "a" but i wanted to speak on this item. sorry about that. that was my mistake. oscar james again. i'm in support of the warriors coming back home. i remember when the warriors were at the kezar stadium and the western edition at that time really benefited from it, even though the city would not build a new stadium for them at that particular time, the reason why they moved to oakland, but i'm glad to see them come back home, even though i may not be able to afford a ticket to see a game. i would like two things for this commission to do and for the warriors to do. try to make it possible for
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some of these grammar schools and junior high schools and high schools to participate in maybe a free day for them to go to a warrior's game. because that may be the only opportunity that they will have for go to a warriors' game. i think any program, project that comes into our city, where young people from these schools can benefit from going to at least to one game or one visit at a museum or anything, we should look to make those possibilities a reality for them. the other thing that i wanted to say about the warriors or anybody else coming into mission bay. before it was any housing down there that was a redevelopment -- that was model cities area
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and always a part of bayview-hunters point and potrero hill and we were affected by that and with the new development coming in, i don't know what kind of boundaris that they came up with. but bayview-hunters point is still going to be a part of that. mission bay or anybody else, they jump on the bandwagon of bayview-hunters point and we suffered and had that project, with the shipyard and bethlehem steel and all of that, our community was fighting for that. when they had the trucking companies coming down where that site is, where the old tick-tock -- i don't know if you remember the old tick-tock, by the bridge, all of that was bayview-hunters point area. so when you start thinking about community, small businesses, you think of bayview-hunters point, as well as mission bay.
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i am worried about my community. thank you very much. >> chester williams. >> thank you, commissioners. chester williams, i represent a program in the bayview called hp unity, a group of men who are focusing on the very issues of one of our members oscar james has just brought up. i will be very short. i had the privilege in my freshman year of college for working for the golden state warrior and i have a lot of history what the team was about when wilt the stilt chamberlain was on it. as you plan and focus on this major design package that you hope to make san francisco that city that is almost a sports complex, which seems to be the
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new instinct now. you have to remember that everyone -- there should be an open diversity that everyone in the community has a way of being part of that, not just certain people in that community. we know that the focus particularly among african-americans that don't seem to have the experience to be able to work with people in a social area. people that are able to know how to use customer service, or how to deal with the public. a lot of our kids don't have that, and they need to be able to learn those skills to be able to move further ahead. so i'm hoping that you kind of keep the needs of the low-income in mind as you focus on building new businesses, and bringing these kinds of things to the table in the next generation. because eventually, it will continue to have people like ace washington on your back because he will feel he is not being a part of that. and that has got to be something that you have to keep
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in mind. you can't just look at the big money that is coming in. magic has a big deal with billion-dollar partners that deal is probably going to call through. i called a buddy in l.a., an attorney who said it's a done deal and to push it through. you as a commission have to understand the needs of low-income people that are coming into the community. thank you very much. >> thank you,. do we have any further speaker cards? any other public comment? thank you very much. please call the next item. >> the next order of business is item 5a, adopting environmental review findings pursuant to the california environment quality act and one, conditionally approving a memorandum of understanding with the regents of the university of california, a california public corporation. 2 conditionally approving a 5th amendment to the mission bay sales owner participant with
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focil-mb, a declare limited liability corporation and 3, approval of a lease agreement and covenant regarding asupposition of the mission bay south owner participation agreement with the regents of the university of california, a california public corporation and bay jacaranda no. 3334 llc, a delaware limited liability corporation related to the recent purchase of blocks 33 and 34, bonded by 16th street to the north, illinois street to the east, mar mariposa to the south and 3rd street to the west for future development of up to 500,000 square feet mission bay south redevelopment project area. >> thank you commissioners and thank you to the public who continue to join us. this is another proposed acquisition of property
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currently owned by salesforce.com a bay jacaranda is a subsidiary of sales force. they are proposing, because they are proposing to expand in part because mission bay is so successful. the work that has taken place to create the sense of community, affordable housing, the infrastructure, all of the benefits, a key component of not just mission bay, but the city as a whole, the no. 2 employer in the city and county of san francisco, right behind the city. so we are pleased to see them continue to expand. however, in order to effectuate that, you see there are a number of series of documents proposed for your consideration; that would
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effectuate that proposed transaction, and, in fact allow us to complete this affordable housing and infrastructure program that is part and parcel for mission bay and i would like to ask christian maher, a real estate specialist in our division to work you through the item. >> thank you, director bohee. the items for you for consideration are a memorandum of understanding a 5th amendment to the mission bay south owner participation agreement and release agreement. each of these documents relates to the planned acquisition of blocks 33 and 34 by ucsf for expansion of its reserve campus and necessitated by the university's exemption of a state agency for local land regulations and property taxes.
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before getting into the details of the transaction, i would like to give you a brief overview of the items that i will cover in the presentation this afternoon. i will start with background on the site, ucsf and the documents that govern development of the site, followed by discussion of the main terms of the proposed agreements; the findings of benefits that we are required to make under redevelopment law, environmental review and conclusion and next steps. blocks 33 and 34 as director bohee mention ready currently owned by an affiliate of salesforce.com and comprise 3.8 acre sites. as you can see it here on the map bonded by 16th street to the north, illinois to the east, mariposa to the south and 3rd to the west. this allows for wide variety of
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uses including office, retail, laboratory and manufacturing. medical clinicks are permitted as a secondary use if certain criteria are met. blocks 33 and 34 are subject to a pilot agreement, which was recorded against the property in 2010 by fockil. >> excuse me, christine can you make sure to speak into the microphone. >> sure. >> thanks. >> the purpose of the second opa amendment was to prohibit the transfer in mission bay south of property to a tax exempt entity without obtaining agreement from the entity in payment equal to the full amount of taxes that would have otherwise been assessed or obtain written consent of oci, if such an agreement was not going to be in place.
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the existing pilot agreement that is recorded against the property satisfies this prohibition by requiring any tax exempt entity such as uc to make certain payments in lieu of property taxs to ccii. now some background on ucsf, which is a leading medical teaching and clinical institution and the second largest employer in san francisco. ucsf is exempt under the state constitution from local planning, zoning and redevelopment in furtherance of its educational purposes. it is is also exempt from paying local property taxes. as you also know ucsf already has a very strong presence in mission bay south. the city and master developer, donated 43 acres for its research campus and in 2005 ucsf acquired new property in the south for the new medical
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center. we'll refer to the map. on the map you can see the relationship of blocks 33 and 34, to the medical center, as well as the campusing. ucsf is now in discussions to purchase blocks 33 and 34 to expand the campus site. this will allow uc to consolidate some of its operations by relocating from other remote areas located within the city. next uc has proposed development program and the purchases of blocks 33 and 34 will include the rights to construct up to 500,000 gross square feet and park spaces and one tower. ucsf has not identified the time use for blocks 33 and 34, but is generally proposing to develop with office and retail
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offices. ucsf will not construct secondary uses such as medical clinics without executive director approval as required by the plan and additional ceqa review as necessary. now a summary of the documents or agreements governing the sites. i'm on page 7 of the presentation. blocks 33 and 34 as we mention ready subject to the south redevelopment plan, as well as the south opa and the pilot agreement and all of these documents are recorded against the property and would normally remain on title when the property transfers to a new owner. ucsf has requested the ocii's release under these agreements to reflect