>> jim lazarus san francisco chamber of commerce and for peter wiggle at the scene. spur and the chamber support this approval of the memoranda of agreement we've supported the transfer from the navy to the city it's hard to believe that frank jordan was mayor which that was first in conversation with the navy and 20 years later we're on the verge of a financial memoranda of agreement it's good for the city the cost is born by the developer and the city cleans up the island and schedule the utensil systems they've been updated and the first initial transfer property scheduled at the end of this year. we urge the board of supervisors to finalize this mo a

>> thank you very much, sir. >> michael san francisco building trades council i want to thank supervisor kim and thank you, mr. beck who i had the great pleasure of working on this project. his summer although recommendation complexity and time we're happy to be at this point and we looked to reenforcing the island to upgrading it's infrastructure and providing homes for san franciscans >> thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> good morning i'm going to speak on behalf of my colleague i'm harvey i'm a local 3 and i think this is a huge project that san francisco needs.

before treasure island slips you further into it's pair it means the opportunity where there's currently decay we have a rare opportunity to move this project forward we have a strong community of labor and other interests to make this a success and make the interest would a neighborhood that all of san francisco, california be proud of. i ask the committee approve that and adapt the sequa finding thank you >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon again supervisors eric brooks recommending the local grassroots organization our city to urge you no, not move in forward there is been over the

past couple of years new information on sea level rise and 82 no, ma'am name and those things both will interact with the file soils along with the earthquake danger it distributor the materials on the island and new information coming out in the last year the canal the navy is fourth what wee they don't know about the contamination and in district 10 supervisor kim you know we'll have scandal where the work was not done to mitigate the radiation their lane lenar projects some time i've seen the board of supervisors move forward

memoranda of agreement and prematurely when all kinds of hell is breaking lose it's becoming increasingly clear as small property owner someone that's worked on those issues people shouldn't be living on the island they have been evacuated and the navy should be cleaning up the island get them to do that first do the clean up up first getting lots of jobs by developing treasure island is not going to do those are workers any go with being in the hospital 20 years later that's draining their funds from projects. >> thank you. hi i'm mark unconscious i've been a resident on treasure island for over 8 years and been

active in the community i'm on the tdr advisory committee but i'm only speaking on my own on behalf of the former demonstrate not only impacts the current residents but also the sim sobs as well as we feel we're more of a colony and part of san francisco we're really a part. many resident are living under the anticipation that the development about go forward more many years we can hardly building it is starting to happen we feel while we do there are issues that need to be addressed increased transparency and fairness for resident. and potential health issues related to contaminations.

the memory of agreement lays out the transference of the island to the city in its development. i encourage you to approve the agreement to the board and bring treasure island into the city like every other neighborhood >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi supervisors i'm katherine lundgren a 10 year resident of treasure island a mother of 3 very ill children. i'm currently displaced to a few of the issues that are facing my own family as well as other families. i think this mou is premature and i think that any transfer of

this to the city needs to be far more thought-out. i don't think the city should take the responsibility of this in mia my way even to remove themselves until it's vegetated since 2012 they've found radio actively materials there's 27 chemical contamination there's asbestos i believe at some point we should moved to the demonstrate it's been a carrot nonresponsive of my face but the health and west of the comments

in district of needs to be addressed and removed go comfortably and equally across the board given the right to first return the navy has protocols to protect themselves we need those exact agreement there's 90 bone in studies i have $55 million to invest in the land and you should invest in those people >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm becky a resident of tdr for 10 years an active resident thank you for supervisor kim for our support and the thoughts on the power out there. japanese and i share twitter she

know bes when there's a power outage. i ask you to vote yes. i look forward to living over treasure island for a lot longer i'm excited on what's going to happen there's questions in anything you do but i think we need to move on. you know, those of us who have been out there have been in limbo we here it's going to happen and we need if to move forward i hope you move it forward. thank you >> next speaker. >> good afternoon mr. chair and supervisor cowen and supervisor kim i'm a member of the tdr yerba buena gardens treasure island advisory committee i'm here to urge you approve this

this will be another important milestone on the way to developing treasure island. i'm confident and i'm confident in staffs assurances of things that need to be done this mo a includes all the things and some of the other issues that come up have been discussions quite length yes and the eir covers those i hope we can take it together >> next speaker. >> thank you chair weiner and supervisor kim and cohen thank you very much for this opportunity to speak. i had my notes and highlights and colors and facts i was going to present but i decided you know most of them and b they've been presented so i'll speak from the heart. i've been a member and the chair

of the advisory committee board since 2000. and we've met every month until about naivete so we've held over one hundred and 50 cab meetings. and in addition we've had tens of subcommittee meetings all leading up to the 2011 approval. and now a here were going at the mo after the accident and recycle everyone's i encourage you to send this to the for approval. in our meetings we have climate change sea level rise, hurricanes, earthquakes, infrastructure we have discussed everything on and on and on for

those people who fear that certain items for the future may not have been addressed we've tried to cover that to date. so like everyone else i've said i heard encourage you to send this to the for your approval an opportunity >> is there any additional public comment on item 4 seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor kim >> thank you, again i want to thank the tremendous work it's not only the land but a lot of stakeholder and paralleled i want to make sure you know there's a schedule in the packet that's available to the public so kwhas conveyed or the lands that are determined as free and clear by the navy and the state of california and the public health department as well as our department of public health this will be phased in and we're not

conveying land that is currently being studied by the navy either for radiology impacts that's for the clean up we're going not taking liability for the lands it's important that the tide district attorney be the process overseer. but i do support in this is incredibly important inform the future development and so many parties, of course, tide district attorney thank you for sticking with us for over 20 years. i'm make this a motion to move forward with recommendation >> any second? okay we'll take that without objection.. marking call item 5

>> it's an ordinance to henry adams street as a landmark. >> and okay supervisor cowen is the author of item 5. why not wait for the room to clear out a little bit. okay supervisor cowen is the author of item 5. temperature thank you for sticking it outline on this important item. so colleagues before us is did proposal of landmark 2 herself

adams street as a historic building. based on the historic consultants review of the building and the secretary of interior standards i believe this this is eligible for historic designation. it is a large landmark building in our creativity areas if you've never been to showcase districts it's a showroom manufacturing workforce identity i've heard a number of concerns of tenants being displaced when it's converted to office space and what it means to the future of san francisco. so we are going to hear from the planning department i've got a number of questions for the

project manager we've got ms. brown for the presentation >> an item for the overhead. so good afternoon, supervisors mary brown planning department for the two henry adams as the dunningham and carr gone building under article 10 of the planning code it's designed and constructed in 1915 in the 20th century the brick building accompanies nearly a block in the showcase neighborhood it's significant for its period of construction and a fine construction of a tip berry frame building it's multi story design was daktd the practices that were in the characteristic warehouse building that's significant as the only

remaining and prominent business location as the dunningham and kerrigan company that contributed to the gold rush and the reconstruction of the city. the property owner submitted a landmark permitted to the committee for consideration before the mark recommendation hearing the committee voeptd in favor of the landmark designation the property owner agree but the tenants have concerned about the conversion to office use. the paroled landmark designation applies to the buildings exterior only the pattern brick and roofline and orient minded

peers the department wants to request an agreement to clarify the property owners name on page one subsection b and that's the san francisco, llc represented by bay west group. that concludes my presentation. . and if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them along with my colleague tim fry to answer any questions >> thank you very much. why don't we take a - okay. the project sponsor are you here. okay. i building i have a couple of questions describe to

us what you intend to do with this and how much office space in the building >> the building represents 3 hundred and 11 thousand this is two henry adams we have a sister property on 101 henry adams those total 6 house thousand square feet it is for the landmark of henry audiotapes. subtract to the the office allocation that's requesting a conversion up to two hundred and 45 thousand square feet this is everything above the ground floor of two henry adams that stays as pdr that represents the building and stays as pdr the second to the fifth floors will be converted we have existing

leases in place that extend through 2024 there's a transition that we are doing the outreach with each and every one of the tenants so at times relocate them to the gal rebuilding to strengthen it as the show rooms in the district. the preservation of the strict is very important so it nine hundred and 45 thousand square feet roughly a 5 to 7 year period >> and what will it be phased from to. >> we have current a mix of the uses in the building primarily show rooms wholesales show rooms and auxiliary office use think the existing building and a cafe.

so the 2 hundred and 45 thousand square feet will be converted to office over time and again any exist leases will be honored as more contraction in the district san francisco is not i mean immune to the contracting but we have more contraction for example, in the gal rewe'll free up more space for office space that is designed on design technician the integration of taking the technology and sgrarth them with the showroom use over there today >> now i want to switch gears i know that additional of revenue so needed for the historic building do you need revenue

from all four of the floors to pretty much the building. >> we've got a design tech partner that's critical this tenant has that available square footage over time from a revenue point of view decree this building is expensive to maintain we provided others in a high quality of building and your question is critical that that this allows for the conversion of the 0 square footage to office. >> it is about the deserve to land the tenants interests you want to move into the space. >> i would say it's a number of reasons but it is we find that this particular tenant is a very

comparable use to the show rooms and a benefit to the entire neighborhood so, yes a lot of it is doctrine over and over an their growth plan. they're currently in supervisor kim's district at 8 letting and brendon no one they're expanding and a love of synergy >> in which way is the tenant an asset to the design center. >> they have a compatible and

they can capitalized a lot of the direction the show rooms are, you know, their holding onto so we think that's a great fit. >> a large concern is the number of e-mails and calls and letters i've received from current tenants expressing concerns around the uncertainty of their future of organizations. and for whatever reason there's a lack ever trust continue you and them they don't believe you'll extend the contract or lease to once their contract is expired you've made a commitment saying you'll move people into

the gal rewhat if you don't have the requirement for a tenant in the 2 henry adams building >> one thing we've been trying to do is outreach with the tenant groups but following this approval we'll be meeting are each and every one of the tenants understanding the transitioned and identifying their needs you'll take a few comments show rooms their light might extend we'll work with them to reposition them in the galleria and this process is definitely interim we have more than 20 percent vacancy in the flail rae but they increase as

the existing tenants came back to us and ask for the conceptual space so we'll identify each and every tenant that is effected through the transition noting again, it's a long-term strategy. at times we'll definitely find the galleria may not offer enough square footage for each tenant but we'll make sure as we've done with the landlords there's over 3 hundred thousand feet of pdr show space in the area that's available. that space in terms of class but you'll find the available showroom case in this particular industry it's not commercial office space no brokers involved so we'll be essentially the broker to offer the service to

link up the users it could be as small as 3 hundred square feet and help them to find a home in an adjacent building or show rooms that is as large as 5 or 6 thousand feet >> so in the interest of full disclosure the project sponsor we came together and spoke before this meeting i shared e-mails one of the things i remember walking awe from the discussion with the sense that the design center was closed to capacity already and there wasn't necessarily enough room

if we take all of the not even if ail but many of the folks in if 2 henry adams and transported them into the gift center excuse me. there's not enough space or capability to accommodate those kwuz requests. >> that's part of the jigsaw pulls but we have tenants in the past 4 months that says at the end of our lease term we need to close our doors an indicator of the vacancies so they're becoming more surveyor apparent everyday. at the same time, we have existing tenant that are asking for contraction of square

footage. so we have that as an interim process but we will make every effort to accommodate all of these show rooms from the galleria we'll do everything we make sure they have a home in the design industry this will be from show rooms to designers we actually have more traditional offices in the this and those users who want to stay in the district we'll make sure they're linked up with landlords >> okay. so a couple more questions i have for you. you know, i guess so my next question is what you be amenable to limiting the number of floors that the building can convert to office space at the two or three >> i think at the maybe address

first, the landmark issue. it's my understanding that again, what's before us is the landma landmarking i don't think we can be bifurcate and by spending 15 months on this now, one of the first questions we ask planning staff is the loss of space of the pdr. knowing we're preserving 20 percent of the entire building as pdr and at the same time preserving one hundred percent of genealogical rae this is 3 hundred square feet of square footage >> there's no guarantees which anything in the future we won't be back here in a few years or mo