increase requirements both of those parcels had a 16 percent requirement that was after the prop c reduction so in many zoning districts in the city are looking at a 12 percent requirement we already had the 16 by taking advantage of the further reduction. >> in relation to the eastern neighborhoods those development will be goibl for the 20 percent reduction regardless of whether or not this mechanism existed. >> that 20 percent reduction was applied to this district. >> you know i'll be supporting those items today but i hope as we look at the eastern neighborhood we're hitting the 5 market plan i want to incentivize it is great odds

we're seeing in the housing market today particularly we're producing a lot of a rentals i recognize the potential for the 20 percent reduction for housing for anyone that is right so i'll wish supporting those two items today. >> thank you very much let's go to public comment. any public comment on item three and four. >> seeing none, public comment is closed okay to colleagues seeing there no more discussion on the item may i have a motion to send those to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor wiener. >> thank you very much motion by supervisor wiener and seconded by supervisor kim we'll take that without objection. this motion passes.

>> madam clerk call item 5. >> a resolution authorizing the facilities between the city and the mexican museum for one dollar. >> ladies and gentlemen this was supported by mayor ed lee and supervisor wiener and supervisor kim supervisor kim has opening remarks. >> i'm proud to join the mayor and supervisor wiener and supervisor campos and supervisor wiener that authors the city between the city and the mexican museum this is a project that has a ton of history and gone through many challenges and obstacles i want to thank the parties this was a long awaited area plan for the mexican museum in the parts of city where we

have more than art and the museum and the jewish contemporary museum it authorizes the mexican mime to lease 48 thousand square feet other than the mission for 6 of year term for one dollar the agreement excludes an option to extend for another 33 years the mexican museum is a one of a kind institution that will show case the complexity and richness of the latino arts throughout the america i want to recognize ocii and the real estate and other shoulders that have helped to make sure that vision will become realized and have a world-class museum in this neighborhood i want to appreciate the youth outreach in the neighborhood to make sure we have a difference cross section of the members. >> thank you very much so the next person good morning to comp

call up john updyke will make a short presentation and the council of the mime to follow in the presentation and andy who is the board chair and mr. going ms. will speak. >> john updyke director of real estate this is a resolution authorizing even though city to enter into a long term lease with the mistake museum a nonprofit corporation we know as 706 mission street at third and mission and that depicts essentially the premises around the building so while the museum has a history of over 4 decades and

this particular project has roots over 20 years ago when the former development agency supported a home for the mexican museum that day has finally arrived protectively we have a b little bit of work to do this is too the city and ocii and the developer millennium and consistent with their entitlements construct and knee a condo interest in approximately 48 thoughts square feet across 4 floors of development and lower levels storage including the historic building all below the historic building above. >> just to give you a sense of the massing of the project that

depicts this development within the existing new construction and the residential blue above space will be built to specifications now in a collaborative design process tenant improvements from construction through more than $10 million in grant fund provide by ocii and an agreement from 2010 that covers the terms of the grant this as supervisor kim mentioned a 66 year lease with a 33 year renewal and responsible for the maintenance and operating costs there is no anticipated city expense associated with those this is a robust review and specifications for the build out embedded in the lease and further terms of the lease to make sure the public will enjoy a world-class

museum built and managed to the alliance of the standards and operating reserve requirements on opening day and graduating to 12 months by year 5 and the additional security deposit of $100000 increasing to $2 million by year 5 thank you to the staff and ocii the arts commission and city attorney's office a number of them assist us josh is here and shawn with the partners and victor and andy and, of course the rest of the board and staff at the mexican museum for getting us to this point and following more than a year of negotiations i'll introduce vic for the general council. >> thank you very much fantastic. >> thank you, john

supervisor cohen and supervisor jane kim and supervisor wiener that is truly a historic day i'm victor the general council the mexican museum with me the mexican mime committee appearing to give you a couple of upgrades on the mexican museum as mentioned supervisor cowen andrew and wanting mr. gomez will be speaking and other folks from the building committee and there are two community members who were invited to speak after dozens and will be coming next week to serve the final vote as general council i led the council on the mexican museum for the long term lease to be moved to the full board

the combined 99 year lease is extremely well-thought-out and we worked on it for over a year part of the negotiations included folks in the room as well as others for the mexican museum think outside the box on behalf of team i want to thank the team who represented the city starting with john updyke who just spoke and tom and rebecca from the arts commission and tiffany and chris 10 from the accessory our agency and to very capable and distinguished council who is now general council for the museum thank you to each and every and everyone and particular to john who was supportive every step of the way and thank you to the

museum partners shawn and mark and also christine moore together they negotiated continentals hours what is truly an amazing document that will enable the museum to have a home last but not least i want to thank supervisor kim and her team and april for all their hard work the office provided over the past year not only on this legislation but the overall development to make the mexican museums dream a reality thank you all for your vote in support of the resolution and ask you move the item to the for approval with unanimously i'll be here to answer questions heights my pleasure to bring up

to the podium my colleague. >> thank you, mr. chair. >> you'll get sick and tired of seeing me i want to thank you supervisor cohen and supervisor kim and supervisor wiener thank you very, very much i'm the chairman of the board on the mexican museum and i'm 5 consul general and i'm delighted to speak for the government of mexico i'll hear to thank the city and county of san francisco its agencies and departments for clovis working with our team to develop the comprehensive agreement i take it been a long time coming today is a historical moment for the latino community and the residents as a whole and, of course, for the republic of mexico that will

cement the gateway for the arts and cultural activities for the mexican-american and chicano for the yerba buena gardens as an mecca for visitors and students and others as the staff of the museum we take our job serious today i have with me a representative of museums leadership i'm independ for all their work and insure the delivery of a world-class mime for the city and county of san francisco for the bay area right in the city for the next 3 years we further thank the city for the board of trustees and staff working to work on a crown jewel for that i thank john updyke

very, very much and thank my partners particularly shawn and christine as chairman for the past two years going into the thirds year i want to talk about the leaps and bounds for the organization and the new building project of which you'll hear from my colleagues in a few minutes in closing, i want to share two significant accomplishment to date one is the naming of the rockefeller gallery and wrosht whose the truest of our board with the board collection in mexican and pledged to raise and now provided fund for $3 million for the gallery in addition i'm pleased to report the naming of the gallery through his daughter who also are taking part in the

advisory board this money assembly has pledged to raise the $3 million in honor of her late father thank you for your time and favorably moving this forward with the long term lease and thank you for all the time you've seen my testifying and especially supervisor jane kim for being in that district and pushing for us. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisor cohen and supervisor kim and supervisor wiener i'm the president and ceo of the mexican museum i'm delighted to be here and thank you for the opportunity to thank you for your support of the resolution for the mexican museum long term lease at the yerba buena gardens art district at the staff level

we've been to category the collection of over 16 thousand objects of art reflecting the prehispanic and could luggage mexican-american latin-american and chicano art we have in effect working to get the collection ready to move to its new home to yerba buena gardens we'll be on your way to realizing the supporters long term dream of building a permanent home for the institution collection we look forward to for or against two working partners with the arts commission and our sister organization at yerba buena that includes the jewish amount and the yerba buena center for the arts in addition, i want to highlight that the only smithsonian museum in san francisco we'll be

undertaking joint programming both in san francisco and in the countries capital we're working to forge partnerships with the institutions in mexican for two programming as well as 5 high-level for capital and empowerment and to help with the travel expeditions that will be record expeditions at the yerba buena thank you for your sponsoring and moving the list for the approval for the full board. >> thank you very much let's see i think at this point we'll weigh to move into. first up will be (calling names) >> good morning, everyone.

buenos toward us and supervisor cohen and supervisor kim and supervisor wiener i'm delighted to be here as concert of the board of trustees for the mexican museum in the mission strict that's an honor to be here today over a long, long period of work and a lot of you know a lot of work from many levels and different groups we're here to show gratitude for the city the city believing in us and our community how wonderful to have a museum of all places in san francisco in a land that once was part of mexico that continues the impression expression of our contingent and the community has been looking forward to this the actions will move our dreams of a community forward and you know this museum was founded by

wonderful all over the a wonderful member in 1975 that realization of his dreams will become a reality today, our vision is beyond a gallery to full scope of mexican latino heritage through the programs we family sunday's easy family exhibition and programming throughout the bay area so we look forward to permanently playing together our communities cultural experiences and enrichments at yerba buena we're delighted to work with the partnering with all of you this sets the stage for us a century of meaningful collaboration we thank you for your approval of

this. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisor cohen and supervisor kim and supervisor wiener i'm alley forehead co-chair of the mexican museum along with high colleague like my colleague manual i'm a lifelong resident of the mission district thank you for your strong and unwavering support of mexican museum and all our efforts to build the amazement anyway mexican museum the approval of our long term lease marks an important historical milestone for our institution that milestone coupled with the work we're undertaking in the building committee will relate in a world-class word renowned asset for the city and county of san francisco for the national and international community that is from the local community and

local government will culminate in the construction of a truly lovely mexican museum we'll be proud of i'm pleased to report we've completed the conceptual design for the museum building we look forward to sharing the design with you and your colleagues i'd like to thank our building committee and recognize our designer a mexican architecture firm and those comprised of earth and peter and others together we've been hard at work to complete the conceptual designs and working in the schematic design face i want to recognize the excellent partnering our development partner who are building the bias of the 706 residential and mexican museum project and i'm

pleased to report we'll be borrowing in conducting set to be the cornering obey turned over to a 2017 we be opening up in 2018 join us for the breaking ground in summary thank you for your support. >> thank you very much roe better and others (calling names). >> greer. >> good afternoon supervisor cohen i'm also a native san franciscan and as a youth services director i'm here representing our agency and our executive director who couldn't be here today i'll read the following statement with the 3 thousand seniors and families

they visit this annually we've been providing services over 50 years i'm here to express our strongly support for the mexican museum and ask you approve the long term lease for consideration the dream to build a new home at the yerba buena gardens yerba buena arts district is realized over 50 years this will help with the image and self-esteem of our community from young children to senior citizens that call this place a home of their own we thank the board of trustees and others for their hard work and dedication in keeping this mexican museum a royalty and thank you to the city and county of san francisco to help build the dream into reality. >> good afternoon. i want to

say thank you if you look at up you'll see the architecture design small business had a dream to build this building i know how long it took the mediation museum has taken us 20 years to get it built and this is a very special day another hearing another meeting hopefully those will end and you'll not here from us again until the grand opening much thank you. >> any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. for item number 5 i'd like to say to the representatives of the mexican museum it's been a joy to sit on this board and listen to the presentation again and again you get a little bit more excited i'm happy happy to add my name

to the legislation. >> supervisor kim. >> it's great to see the community back i semi enjoyed seeing you this is been a long process for everyone and the community to thank you for your endurance and patience when it finally opens it will be an important contribution to the city and i also want to thank the group for representing the folks i don't take enough time to recognize our staff the staff does a lot of work we take the accolades but thank you for i'd like to move forward with a positive recommendation to the full board. >> a recommendation from supervisor kim and siblthd by

supervisor wiener this motion pays for a with a positive recommendation to the full board (clapping.) you know one step closer and madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> there's no further business. >> all right. no further business this meeting is adjourned. >>

>> please rise for the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam president, i would like to call roll. >> please do. >> city clerk: president loftus, turman dejesus in route, marshall in