award from the northern california of the planning association for the projects environmental impact report and in 2011 he submitted a white paper easterner the projects designation as anyone of the best investment in the united states he worked closely with the eir staff to help with the financing. in 2013 he was promoted he managed community process balancing the public needs and the capital negotiations with strategies and seeking project financing and insuring good financial practices he led the candle stick streetscape and had

the replacement unit of the development he helped with two with o 3 new parks and hotels. mr. lawson participated at 2 hundred and 50 workshops held on every aspect and those railroad for about the board of supervisors and agency he the ocii commission and other city commissions the hunters point shipyard advisory committee and the bayview hunters point and the neighborhood association and this alice griffith and other groups. now tobd therefore, be it resolved it is for his success and the office of community investment and infrastructure. (clapping.) >> thank you very much mr.

lawson what you like to say a few words? >> i would like to say a few words knowing we have limited time it's dog years those 6 years have been incredible and it's an interesting time in my career i want to thank e and commend the people in the room who are the people in the commission who took on this winding down agency that's not doing much is completely not true my family and people behind me helped me to have those years that's been critical to be able to do that specifically director boo he for acting as a mentor

and it's an incredible once upon a time, opportunity one of the things when the agency start over at city hall and the - we were throwing out all the records from the 50s and 60s and 70s the work is awesome when you have an opportunity to look at the legions of the shipyard managers and the all the people who have worked here the work is awesome it's incredible the type of impact and only for the hoults of the people this is a major lifetime opportunity and very, very hard to leave i have

to tell you but i appreciate everyone for supporting me. >> thank you. >> thank you (clapping.) know i didn't ask this before can we poufrn them back let's take public comment. we have 3 speaker cards please could. the podium in this order (calling names) >> members of the commission i really hate to rain on the parades i'm going to speak as a private citizen on my way to the hearing i found this poster

(laughter) i want to verify that makes sense to what we see here. but no, this is a topple of my gratitude and an expression of my wish for his future endeavors thank you very much >> (clapping). >> thank you. >> i'll keep this brief since there's is a lot of speakers i

had an opportunity to hear about wells before i worked with him when i worked at the city of berkley he heard his reputation and we both ended up in ocii and before i worked ever on candle stick point hunters point shipyard we got to work on the islander base plan that's when everyone a lot of people here i see know wells expertise and real estate market but he's amazing and a community group settings. i'm going to keep it brief he is, you know, we get a lawful here but hiss he's amazing in a community meeting but in the

india based setting when we heard him speak with the community recommendations is something we'll miss >> thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm a senior project manager we support agent i'm here on behalf of the association many are on vacation i had an interesting meeting are la bell shaw he is a friend of mine and he said i come forward to talk about him. affordable care act has gone through a lot of change and we need someone that has a common

sense approach wells is that guy he's also smiling like on the picture he finds is way to amongst things and breakdown the most complex things to the community you don't see all the time. one of the things the board has told me that's our guy 2 hundred hundred and 51 meetings he's done 2 hundred and 51 calls they just rave about him all the time he's such a great guy are that i know if lavelle wasn't a good father and had to go to an appointment he'd be here with his kid to thank him for his commitment from a perspective i

find it interesting to work with wells we work in immense environments with when you have someone with the commitment and our understanding we're severing some of the most vulnerable people it's refreshing to have someone like i am as a partner i'm not not happy to see him go i missed our party but we'll have to go out for a couple of drinks wells i appreciate our help all the late night phone calls lavelle told me about all of them we wish you the best in la we have folks down there, too we can connect you with >> thank you ethan walsh.

>> i'm an assistant painting at ocii he had the privilege and pleasure of working with wells over the past seven months i arrived in san francisco sunday night with motorcycle bags but no motorcycle because it broke down in sanity crews and we started on the next day working with wells. from the beginning wells made my transition to san francisco so good he was my first friend in san francisco and continues to be i think a fingertip hopefully for the rest of my life and i didn't know what to expect of him the interview process by i was mroounl surprised when i

walked into his office he positions himself to people couldn't walk into his office but he skwulgd the issue that the project prepared i hadn't encountered that i've learned a lot from him and consider my education from him important and thank you wells it's been a pleasure >> thank you. helen >> helen i'm the managers decorator and i think you the a wonderful job of talking about him also besides that i've been

working with a bunch of commensurate agencies in particular the community gardener and hunters point where this is the hoiment and if there's ever a person who totally misunderstands what it meant to transform a neighborhood it's wells he took the time to stand one-on-one with ms. jackie in the garden and listen to her talk about the trees and he just licensed. and this is his approach. i'm sure there are wonderful candidates and i know will be incredibly difficult to replace someone about community it's wonderful to do the financing but from a service pro that he

was someone who understand the needs of the community hesitate incredible whatever he ends up theirs incredibly lucky i'm sad to see him go >> (calling names). >> i'll be brief because everyone said so much of what was on my mind it's not often you find people in your life that has the balance of skill sets from the finance and real estate i find myself going to him about something and i say hey, he drops what it was doing and conceptually listing it not everyone can do that that's a gift for him. like mike was shocked when i

heard he was leaving i thought weed be retiring together but wells secretary plan he's going to la but really hollywood we'll read about him in a photo shot with the mayor and on his own show. thank you wells thank you for your support and all the work during doing the entitlements and a lot of late night meetings is congratulations and good luck >> (calling names). >> as everyone said i'm sad to see wells leave i tried to remember when we worked together on prop c we were trying to pull documents together i was right

after the joined the team as i was sitting in the office at 1 o'clock in the morning that was a great introduction to a project that was fast passed this is in big parts to the people we work with like wells lawson over the years he's been a great resource and knows about prongs he's been a great supervisor he'll be greatly missed. >> thank you any other public comment one more. >> vincent. >> doris vincent. ms. nixon told him to tell you

she would have been here but i've made you some good i didn't and the plums is from my backyard i don't use any chemicals you need to wash them but they're wonderful and i wish you all the luck >> how can i get away from here without crying. okay anything from commissioners before we vote oppose the resolution and take a picture i have one >> commissioner singh i don't know too much to say but begin to know those guys i was one hundred then so (laughter) so we're going to miss you. >> i would add it that it's

beginning to feel like our brain trust is hindu as i've said i've been impressed that the caliber of the staff and i feel a little piece of it is leaving it's sad. >> did i miss another party (laughter) i didn't get invited but i want to thank you. i was new to the commission and upper so patient gave me a tour so i appreciate that especially for someone new and not familiar with the area so i appreciate very much and wish our not going but, of course, there recent beginnings and ending i wish you all the good luck and don't forget to invite me to our party i i know it's in la i might go >> just real quick i've known

wells the whole time i knew him he was in the mayor's office i would show up and document the irs and you can't why can't we do this and that and rather than kicking me out and not pull an all nighter they entertained my questioning questions i consider wells a friend. and i'm really going to miss him one last thing everyone has that talked his skill set he's extremely creative he that's a skill when you find someone you want to hold onto them he talked

about the boyfriend why is it when you talk about the new demonstrates that's all chain stores and why can't stores come in and he said why not and came up with 10 ideas that's one example of a million just how much he cares and how creative we're going to miss him but not as much as i'm going to fly to la and hang out. let's make a motion on the resolution is there a monoxide >> thank you very much. madam secretary please call rule. commissioner mondejar. commissioner singh. commissioner rosales. chairperson johnson.

madam chair the vote is 4 i's >> come on and get our photo and resolution

(clapping). >> madam secretary next item. >> the next order of business commending and expressing christen jacque on community investment and infrastructure the decision and action for resolution 2014. commissioners and colleagues thank you for your indulge it's purely coincidental those are talented individuals that have begun they're separate ways.

we serve those communities in san francisco and again with our inindulge i'll read your accomodation into the record it spanks to our chairperson johnson and christen i've known you when you were a volunteer and cac and your patience and good cheer that has been a pleasure to work with you you'll be sorely missed it's the planning commission great gain you'll see christen down the hall with that, i'll read here accomodation. whereas on december 6th mayor edwin lee appoint mrblgs has one of the founding members on the san francisco community investment & infrastructure

commission the commission elected her the chair of the commission at the first meeting on december 18, '12 and served with a commitment to the mission of the office of the san francisco community investment & infrastructure commission as a successor agency to the san francisco redevelopment agency of promoting community and economic and physical demonstrate in blighted neighborhood and whereas during our tenure as chair she's supported and the commission approved numerous action inform implement ociis enforceable improvement of the collapse and affordable housing opportunities and quality of life in san francisco. with her oversight and approval ocii has taken action to the hunters point shipyard and mission bay and transbay project

areas along with various continues action in the yerba buena center and rincon point south beach and whereas the founding chair the commission create following the san francisco redevelopment agency she oversaw the action of the ocii related to the former agency including the approval of multiple amendments 80 that created benefits for the city of chicago the commission to the state department of finance for the due diligence reviews for housing and non-housing assets which loudest eco e ocii to get a long term prompt management and the housing transferred to the city as the successor he

housing agency and 3 recognized payment schedule and whereas beginning in may 2007 until her appointment to the commission he was appointed to the advisory committee and the hunters point shipyard project serving as at chair of the department community she spearheaded in partnership with the former agency the city and community-based organizations and chaired mostly meetings on the planning and financing of the hunters point shipyard in candle stick point project and whereas beginning in april 2010 she's served at president created by the former agency for administering new market tax inaccuracy credits and as president she developed a method

for the community benefits and project and whereas throughout her tenure throughout the commission she's been a staunch advocate for the small business enterprise program to create each other and worked to make sure those contracting and affordable housing opportunities are successfully marketing or market to all community in san francisco. in particular ms. johnson has been a strong proponent to provide housing opportunity for homeless who were eligible to receive housing preferences through ocii certificate of preference program. now therefore, be it resolved the san francisco community investment & infrastructure commission on behalf of it's executive director and employees

acknowledges the services that ms. johnson has provided to ocii and by this resolution expressed to ms. johnson it's appreciation of work well done and thanks for the dedication for public service and success in all her future endeavors >> okay. i'm still the chair of this meeting but thank you to the staff and fellow commissioners i'm proud to have been acknowledged by this administration and mayor newsom's administration for the work you've done and given the opportunity to serve a community with you served hunters point shipyard and treasure island i've not been there and taken the work and to all of you i wouldn't be here without the

size and help of you fiascos it's weird i'm sitting up here by i guess i'll sit up here in taking public comment. >> can members of the public please come to the podium in this order. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. i'm katherine reilly i want to say thank you very much you've provided great leadership when it was a difficulty 7, 8, 9 as a staff person your tough you give staff the opportunity to problem solve and i appreciate that. i think overall for the entire community i've appreciated that especially with the leadership you've provided second thirz

down the road from your highway we have meetings so, please we'll miss you and thank you. >> commissioner johnson i've been working with christen johnson and still remember my first meeting because she was asking a bunch of questions i thought oh, this must be her area of expertise but i kept attending meetings and every area is her area of expertise she's such a knowledgeable person that researchers every aspect to make sure there is no outcome that's optional and her commitment to the communities

are 33 very impressive and it's surprising to see her do all the work at the cac and the commission so thank you. >> congratulations it's well deserved it's a great opportunity you're one of the rare individual that has the technical expertise i think you'll be an amazing asset for the commission you've increased all our workload (laughter) that is the first time you you've discussed memos we should add that in because christen is going to ask your attention to there will and all the time you came in and wanted to see the straight