want to say anything about that mr. cruz? >> i was going to respond to a couple things that were brought up. >> sure. >> first of all i want to say the puc has been responsive and we are trying to meet with the community and really trying to do everything we can in balancing the overall needs of the system and the specific needs of this community. i can personally empathize because even though i don't live in san francisco my house flooded in december and i put in a new floor and had to rip it out because of the size of the storm in december. we agree with a lot of the things that the residents said. we agree with the expansion of the grant program. that was the first time the city ever did something like this and went through one year and wide open to changing it so we agree with expansion of the program. we will work with the city attorney's office on how to expand that. one of the

gentleman said for 15 years it was fine and now it's gotten bad. that really is not a change in our system as i said earlier. that's a change in the rain patterns and we again agree with that and trying to deal with that but have to stress that whatever we do and even if we were to spend billions of dollars when a 25 year storm hits we will flood. we cannot as a city ever invest enough money to deal with that storm. it's just not an effective use of public funds. i understand the frustration when you look at the parking lot and it's not flooding and everything else is but the parking lot is 18 inches higher than the street and that's part of the reason why it doesn't flood, so we do recognize this. i heard someone say expand sewer capacity. we did do hydraulic analysis and basically that's what we're

thinking about a connector tunnel to do effectively what the gentleman was suggesting. widening the street doesn't do that for us and we need a minimum capacity to make an impact. there is no way to widen tweet sufficiently to store 150 million-gallons and widen it to move it doesn't work because it moves it to another back up point so we've done numerous analysis. we believe we understand the technical problem. we put costs to the technical problem disps problems and need to figure do that and i love the idea about a committee. and we will do that. i clearly believe that dialogue is important. i thank you for setting up this hearing because it gives us a chance to give the bigger picture and the technical information. it gives the neighborhood a chance to give us specifically the things that they experience and we can

share ideas. together we do want to solve this problem. we do have some real challenges here and i don't think they're insurmountable but somebody said you just can't take a piece of the city and say you can't live there i'm not there yet. i think from a policy perspective if we decide to acquire property and convert it into park or collection system or as the gentleman said low points that maybe the best thing for the city from an overall cost perspective. i will leave that to the policy makers. we'll generate the data and information and work with the community. we do sympathize. i was out there in december and walking through 2 feet of water in some of the residences so i know what they went through, and so i am sorry that we're here but we're are working on it. >> before we go on to 17th and

folsom can you say something to the other residents? >> yes, just as stephanie is leading 17th and folsom another staff member saeed is working on that situation. they're complicated by the freeway work there. the woman that spoke her property is at ground zero and experienced the greatest flooding. technically it should be easier to address than 17th and folsom and have a white paper within the two weeks of the completion of 17th and folsom and somebody referenced the sewer system failure. i take issue to that. it performed to design. the storms are beyond what we designed the

system to and that's what we need to address. >> [inaudible] >> thank you very much. >> [inaudible] >> you want to come up? >> [inaudible] >> in you're going to say something i do want you to -- >> why are places like 18th -- castro for example higher than both of these areas i think. why are the main lines feet in diameter and come to 18th and folsom and what did we decide today? they're 18 inches in diameterral folsom so how does that mean the infrastructure -- it's been replaced back to the original size. i'm not a plumber and maybe i am ignorant in math but that's pathetic. you have that size pipe all the way down 18th street until the corner and in a transfer box

that shoots water 16 feet out of the man hole cover and floods the street because of the pipe 18 inches in diameter. that's ridiculous. maybe not your fault either. >> mr. cruz anything to add to that? >> only i welcome the notion of a committee so we can look at the analysis. >> if i may to the folks that came out on the kyuga issue we're certainly happy to advocate for a response and we will pass it on to your supervisor as well. i think that i appreciate that you came here to raise that issue and i am sure that you will get something not only from the puc but hopefully from your supervisor. on the 17th and folsom piece let me say that i truly feel for the residents and the reason that we wanted and

the business owners -- the reason we wanted to have this hearing is this is something i have been dealing with on an yearly basis, and we're happy to work with the community, to work with the puc. as the storm happens but i feel that we need to figure out a short term, midterm and long-term solution here. and i welcome the idea of a working group . and those that don't know mr. cruz as i know. i have worked with him for years and he's a capable individual you can get and we're lucky he's involved and he really cares. with that said i do think that we need to have a complete

outline of what steps the city is going to take. if there is a long-term objective of 2020 that's fine if that is something that eventually will be a permanent solution but we just can't say we will wait until 2020 and that's when something will be done. we have to have a plan that call it is for specific short term and midterm action. i think having a working group makes a great deal of sense, and i am committing myself and my office carolyn who does an amazing job of putting this together and following up. we're committed to working with the puc and the community to facilitate such a working group, and i think something has basic as throwing out ideas and having a technical response to those idea it is because part of it i think people may not know

what's been done or what's been considered and i am certainly not an expert in pipes but i can tell you that i share the frustration. i i've had issues with my sewer system in the last two months and as horrible a situation as can you have as a homeowner. when you're dealing with that is -- i can't explain how fully how horrible it is so i could only imagine what you've gone through. what i would like to do is to maybe create this working group, and then maybe begin a meeting working meeting with this group and maybe within a month or so, and i look forward to hearing from the community in terms how large you want it to be. we want it to be inclusive of everyone but at

the same time we want to make sure that it is a working group that looks at all of the concrete options, and maybe what we can do is hold this meeting -- have this meeting be continued so that maybe in two, three months we can come back to see where we are with this because i don't want it to be we have this hearing and then we forget about it. i would like to come back to this in maybe three months and see where we are so that there is a concrete set up steps. what i envision to the extent, and again that's the problem with people who think they know what they're talking about, not knowing is dangerous, but i personally feel some of the things that need to be explored besides this long-term solution of the tunnel that you talked about i do think there

are properties that probably the city may need to consider taking over and even if having some sort of storage tank is not the solution that you want it to be, seems to me that what i am hearing something could actually help. it's better than what we have right now. i also want to explore the possibility of how this grant program can be more focused on the specific needs of each property and if there are things that we can do with each property maybe in the end that is -- that's a solution. i do have to say as a lawyer that it is challenging when you're talking about taxpayer money invested in individual property and i think we should do it but it's legally you have to kind of be careful how you do that, but i think we have a lot of smart people here that can figure it out. and then i also think

that if there are other things that that can be done that perhaps we're not thinking about -- i mean i think we should think outside the box. i appreciate the sand bags but i agree with folks when the problem is internal to the house and it's coming out of the sewer system i don't care how many sand bags you have it's not going to fix it. although i do appreciate that you have made them more available, so i think that if anyone can figure this out san francisco can figure it out. if any part of san francisco can figure it out certainly the good folks at 17th and folsom working with the puc can figure it out so i look forward to working with folks but now we're going away and i don't want to keep supervisor mar because we're

going to lose quorum and i am happy to chat after the hearing so if we can continue this to the call of the chair, mr. chairman. >> and seems like three months after the community process and do that without objection and continue to the call of the chair. mr. evans anymore items? no more items. >> thank you very much. >> thank you mr. cruz and your staff. [gavel] >> hello, i'm the deputy assistant manage and project manager for the control system

bureau i consider any department as my extend family i know every member of my department the folks are that that talented and skilled and have their credentials since the people in the site are coming to before they're put in operation it's a good place to visit we share information and support each other the water system is a program we got 26 national level with regards because of the dedication of any team the people are professional about their work but their folks they care about their community and the project i did this is a great organization with plenty of associations in you work hard and if you really do your job

not only do you enjoy it but the sky is the limit we had a great job. >> i want to welcomed everyone today, we have a wonderful set the of speakers i'm sure everyone is incredibly that i have i didn't in their remarks you won't have be here longer a half hour and lunch break with tour 90 wonderful affordable housing for seniors and here to celebrate an unbelievable partnership are the st. anthony's foundation we've had the privilege to partner with them and this was their idea we are that lucky enough to be invited along for the ride it's been a fantastic trip we're

happy with the outcome so i'm sure you're aware of the downstairs of this building has the new st. anthony's dining room and he associate work center and the clothing room in the second-story and on top an air right we are able to build 90 ientsz of affordable housing on floors 8 through 10 all right. that was not one of my applause lines as the case so many people were involved i'm going to do my best to if i for some reason, i leaf our name out we're thrilled for the opportunity the other really special thing will the building we thank you for the opportunity to name after a wonderful champion of so many issues around teenagers and immigrants all of the things i think p make

inform so special that is vera haile housing her daughter's are here we'll hear from them this building is nominated after her that's an applause line all right. (clapping) so again there are a lot of speakers here today, i'm going to start thinning people was we go so i won't tire no one out first st. anthony's (calling names) i hope i didn't screw up too much psa necessary okay. i screwed up but any event this is an opportunity that st. anthony's extended to mercy we got a tremendous relationship in fact we share a board member her somewhere and her husband

bryan helped to cement this relationship and the outlet incredible partnership anyone of this magnitude it is because of partnership are of the public sector you know in san francisco we have a city government that really knows how to get things done narns you'll the complaints when it comes down to affordable housing you can't member of the government like the housing and others i can't see her i want to oh there you are probably the first it champion in this city i think that is a little bit and inspiring when your elected officials are vongz for the housing pea she's an incredible champion and pushing this issue

since before she was a supervisor and huge champion and i give you our champion jane kim (clapping) >> doug failed to mention i come out of the school of doug schumaker i've been well trained well before i came into office to represent this district those are the best days the day's when we get to do the ribbon cutting inform a much needed affordable housing in san francisco i want to give a big round of applause for the mayor faulconer's mercy and st. anthony's for making that possible today (clapping) they have been a lot of events on the site when i started my office it was really great to come to the groundbreaking when

barry invited all of us to the st. anthony's new dining room and their services and spaces but the 90 units of affordable housing here for seniors that was named air force vourgz but we for the buildings to come up that's a lot of impatience i walked up and down the block and couldn't wait for the day it was phenomenal that building is really a part of the changing the future of tenderloin it is anchored with 11 taylor we have the bonding first church and one of the most come 35k9 churches that help people with their sleeping quarters and soon be able to go to the ribbon cutting that is one of the problematic

liquids for those of you who wouk up and down the street it is now closed (laughter) (clapping). >> thank our tenderloin expand it was part of that and it is on valencia with an the problematic liquor store is going to turn into a youth riding i writing program for young people in the neighborhood with dave (clapping) but we're here to talk about vourgz and the housing that is here i have to say a couple of things about vieira i was fortunate to come into office as vieira continued her 20i678 there are many people in that the room that by vieira vieira was that fierce person she came

in your office and never situated for the low income and seniors for everyone that needed a voice she was tireless when i got the news of her passersby i thought i saw vieira advocating yesterday we've had that experience on her last day fighting for the community and she really summed in an interview she did with gary in 2009 it was part of the story core project in the scombuf you get a sense of her spirit and drive for change she said when they talked in her interview why canned things change it's a simple statement but an important one to carry everyday many of us get stuck in reality was is possible and not but vieira was pushing the boulders

and in that sentence why can't change it is a question she held everyday and fought to make sure the answer was yes so i want to congratulate again, the folks that make that possibly doug schumacher and shaurn and barbara were here everyday the project was a reality so thank you (clapping) of course, to barry for the vision with the st. anthony's foundation and board and staff to enlighten more than a dining hall but a place to find employment and access to tech and clothes and nutrition and housing a really full wrap up approach to how to make this neighborhood healthier and stronger and safer

(clapping) and i'm sure doug will thank everyone there is so many folks that made this possible ultimately from the mayor's office of housing i see joyce crumb from human services and dph preponderance of the evidence e helped and mary go thank you to make sure that is a capacity today and i look forward to seeing the units and the residents who is going lives will be transformed on golden state (clapping). >> so it's true there are an unbelievable number of people from the city side marge go and wolfgang are partners not only here by on many projects are huk huge humane partners from the

mayor's office of housing i've got a long list ann and olsen lee and georgia martin and others from the urban housing and i'm sure there are many others thank you for everything you did to make that possible (clapping) so we're officially 10 percent through the program in case you keep a chart at home the 09 great partner for us is the hud as long as hud for many, many years they've been the key partner for producing housing particularly for seniors in some ways a sad waterfront momentum this is the last hud 202

projects in california for whatever reason they've chopped did funding that provided the subsidies for this beautiful spot so hopefully that will change some day in not we're here to celebrate and we couldn't have done it without you from the team from hud to say more is larry ferguson the production chief our kids go to state and federal school together and a champion of housing. >> (clapping.) thank you doug before i get going i want to say on a perm note i'm very honored and humbled thanks again doug. >> home is where the heart is home is where the heart is iemth

going to talk about hud's $13 million in section 202 capital that's itself sticks and bricks financing going to the senior avenue, i won't dwell on the project rental assistance that hud will be providing to keep those beautiful apartments affordable to our low income seniors i'm not going to tell us the hard working go contractors who put their hearts into this development and the stimulus to all levels of the economy this project has provided so far i won't go along about the green and sustainable features about the state of the art of this design and this is one of the last section 202 affordable housing that will be coming online for the foreseeable

future i will identify the hud staff who worked with our many partners to make this project a reality those hud staff put their hearts into this and i'd like to point out the hud folks if you get our names called racing rise your hand. (calling names). (clapping) and our esteemed hud council (calling names) and i especially will speak to our seniors because their why we're trial here our seniors will call this place home and i say home because what's being create here 1902 just simply apartments or housing those are homes you see this concept of a home transcends having a roof over our head and our seniors will

live independently in their new homes as long as they're able to distribute and access to a full range of 13069 services in fact the services at vourgz are measure of our nation's heart our nation's love and our nation's respect for our seniors home is where the heart is thank you. (clapping.) >> that's correct larry and thank you for thanking the hud staff i want to thank the hud staff for not only this project but the many projects i'm sure we'll work together regardless 69 federal proimsz so with that, i want to

introduce someone that needs no introduction i think along with supervisor kim the two are incredibly committed to making that city for all as the mayor likes to say a champion of affordable housing for many, many years has worked in this field as a participation and now as an elected it official and policymaker he is something that i think made it clear this is a huge priority not only in this term with that i want to introduce mayor ed lee (clapping). >> thank you doug doug in many ways this is an honor of you and certainly of our wonderful combination between you and st. anthony's i want to be here because i've known vourgz and want to say thank you t