. >> good afternoon it is now, one 08 this is is regular meeting of the san francisco community investment & infrastructure commission is successor to the action for april 21st, 2015 welcome to members of the public mr. secretary call the first item. >> is first order of business is roll call members please respond arrest commissioner mondejar commissioner singh commissioner bustos

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unless is commission adapts a short time time any members of the publish fill out a speaker card and submit that to the commission concert is the next order of business is item 3 report on actions at a previous closed session if any no reportable actions the the next order of business is item 4 matters of unfinished business there are none time the next order of business is item 5 matters of new business consistently of consent and regular agenda first the consent calendar approval of the minutes of march 17 2015 madam chair >> do we have any speaker cards for this item. >> i do have one important mr. ace washington. >> mr. washington.

>> 4 a. >> 5 a. >> good evening, commissioners and listening audience and public i want to commend this commission and your skeet for doing an outstanding job in documenting the minutes because she's clearly scripted what i say it makes me feel good coming back to you in a sound way telling you i'm hoping to work with the city and county and letting everyone know from head to toe i'm trying to do the best i can't tolerated is efforts i'm the new ace on the case but still in your face in not a different category you'll see my work in print and social media dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's special thanks to

you, your doing a wonderful job and is opportunity to come to the western edition including but not limited to ace and i'm on is case. >> thank you are there any other speaker cards. >> no other speaker cards sir. >> would you like to address the commission. >> sorry i don't know anything about this this is my first time. >> please state your name for the record. >> leonard here to talk about the muni transit line 21 i want to speak against it please i received a card in the mail about either eliminating the lines or shortening the linens or eliminations of the bus stop. >> sir, i'm sorry to interrupt you if you're tend to address the transportation agency they're meeting is in room 4

hundred. >> this is the meeting on is investment & infrastructure have time it is down the hall. >> no worries no worries. >> any other speaker cards there are no speaker cards. >> do we have any comments on is minutes edits commissioners. >> i have a. >> i have a i agree with ace washington about our secretary she is doing a very good job. >> anybody have a comment i have a slight edit no that is. >> on is minutes. >> yeah. a small typo on page 9 it says in a long second

paragraph kind of is reference to c n d should be c m monitoring d. >> other than this it is fine do you have a motion for approval of the minutes of march 17. >> i'll move. >> commissioner singh has moved. >> members please monopolies our vote. >> commissioner mondejar commissioner singh commissioner bustos. >> i have so abstain i wasn't here and commissioner avalos. >> i have 3 i's and one no. >> is minutes are 3r5u68 of approved please call the next item. >> the next order of business is regular agenda item 5 b.a. c

will be heard together and acted on separately 5 b conditionally approving pursuant to the transbay agreement for the high density project on transbay block 8 on fremont and fulsome street pursuant to the california environmental quality act and is transbay project area discussion and action resolution number 19 dash 2015 and 5 c 30 years pursuant to the transbay implementation agreement and option agreements is executive officer to exercise an option to purchase transbay block 8, 37137, 00532 and another on fremont street from the city and county of san francisco and to

execute and disposition with transbay 8 urban housing, llc for the tenderloin corporation of california a nonprofit public benefit corporation for a proposed residential project with 4. 4 hundred mandatory and adapting vial finding pursuant to the california transbay redevelopment project area constitution and action for 2015 madam director. >> good afternoon, commissions and members of the public thank you so itch for joining us commissioners usual consideration today of those two items the something to the effect for block 8 represent is culmination of a decade of work is former agree and ccii to

build out the transbay neighborhood mixed use neighborhood r with overall 35 percent housing with prop k to make housing permanently affordable to deliver the next day income in a quality neighborhood in transbay it certainly was based on is plans adopted in 2005 if american people ancillary contract that the city has deemed post for is determinations with that i'd like to ask shawn with the transbay project manager to talk about the something to the effect design and is deal terms and development agreement he'll be joined by is architecture team and councilmember alvarez

i'm the project manager for transbay since is end of january it is a privilege to be before this commission i'm excited to be part of is transbay project and fortunate is first project is a high quality project in block 8 we're before you today to obtain our approval for is scenic designs for block 8 i'd like to represent the representatives who are here we have bill who's the chairman go ahead and stand is chairman with related california we have don falk with the tenderloin development corporation and jason long how is the principle with the lead architect o m a.

>> did it go? >> it's not going. >> for the agenda today, we have a general overview to begin with and scenic designs scenic designs will be broken into two parts i'll start out then is developer architect will give a presentation and then d da and then is next steps. >> what you have before you is is transbay project area map as you can see block 8 i've cycle it on fulsome between first and fremont streets if you look at on is west side

of block 8 as you can see block 9 and and a original is east side is block 6 both have been approved by this commission earlier in 2012, the former redevelopment agency was dissolved by abs and is further dissolution law all is agency asked that the responsibility were transferred to the successor agency to the former agency is redevelopment dissolution law let them enter into other contracts that existed prior to 2008 or 2011 on april 2013, the california dnls finally and exclusively that the

pledge of allegiance agreement and is transbay affordable housing obligation are enforceable obligations under is redevelopment dissolution law so pursuant to the implementation agreement ocii issued a request for proposals in november of 2013 at a point they selected a team related urban california housing are the mandatory developer and is corporation is affordable developer o m a is the lead architect and another architect on is project dna was included in june of 2014. >> there have been projects since is display was excluded a reduction from 6 hundred to 5 hundred plus due to the

developer having k34uk9 market studies for a market demand for larger units because of the deep freeze there was a cooperating reduction in the number of unit from one hundred 70 to one hundred 50 but it is meeting is requirement in addition the land price changed from $72 million less up to $2 million of what we called extraordinary costs changed to a fixed price of $71 million to help you understand that i can give you quick history an rfp is land escrow date ass was 2016 the tjpa requested is escrow close in 2015 to get the funding

sooner for the construction of the transit center moving up is closing date required is developer to incur additional financial costs those were deemed the exceptional costs is purchase price up to $2 million was negotiated on and on for is financial costs between 2015 and march of 2016 during the recent d da deductions a fixed price of $71 million was negotiated and fixed price it relieved is parties of is process to prove on the one hand u occult the financial costs and for is tjpa additional project changes since is e n a of the schedule has

been revised for is commencement is outside date was april 2016 and now it has been moved to september of 2016 the developer still plans on beginning the project of 2016 but wanted more time because of delays in financing and lastly a reduction in the sisters of the grocery stores if 22 thousand square feet to 12 thousand 5 hundred square feet regarding is details about the project signed land price is $71 million 5 hundred and 44 unit in a tower with podium buildings on clemente street of the 5 hundred and 44 unit 4 hundred and 4 are market rate made up of for sale xhindz and

rentals there are one hundred and 50 affordable units of the one hundred 5070 inclusionary that are in the first stories of the tower they are affordable to households up to 40 and 50 percent ami the unit mix and parking garage ratio is consistent with the market rate republicans and they want consistency with the standards as part of one hundred and 50 affordable units this year 80 that are going to be ocii funded located if the two podium buildings and as you can see in o m a presentation there is a 65 foot high podium located adjacent to the tower and

separate 85 foot tower that runs though the middle of the project and those two podiums will house is ocii funded unit parking ratio for those units is set by ocii of one pace per 4 units for is ocii funded unit weeping we'll be returning to the commission for is affordable housing loan approval in addition there is ground floor retail plan with one thousand plus square feet and grocery stores for a total of 12 thousand 5 hundred square feet project also has an underground parking garage this represents the .25 for the ocii unit plus a

.39 unit for the remaining unit there will be one hundred and 61 bike spaces and shared open space via open to the public during the retail hours are there are 3 rooftop terrace on is 85 podiums and townhomes they total 8 hundred square feet and open to all the residents is developer will be responsible for that is scrape improvements along the front of the project rarldz this scenic designs is scenic in the d da terms were presented want to ocii at the april 9th meeting is cac was one member short of a quorum, however is cac members in attention were supportive is

scenic designs were sent to the cac members not in attention and after is meeting no negative feedback guiding documents for the design starting out with the affordable unit is rfp requires 47 of the percentage to be affordable and the parking guidelines state a goal a minimize parking to encourage transit pedestrian and bike use also as i said it requires one parking for is ocii affordable units affordable units i'll next ask bill to come up and introduce the architect jason ironic from o m a to give their presentation. >> thank you

madam chair rosales i'm pleased to be here today we've made a lot of progress and feel optimistic about the project before i introduce the architects just a few general comments for those of you who are not familiar with us first of all what makes this different is that my partner t n d c and others have been colleagues for 20 plus years we come into this with a certainly mature respect and commonality although we're is largest developer of mixed use howard's in california and routinely involved that partnerships with nonprofit including u including two projects in mixed use e

mixing is redevelopment of the sunnyvale site this is the first time where a nonprofit is not only our partner in the podium building but the inclusionary unit in the tower so what does that mean as a practical matter in all those permanently affordable units neither partner can do anything without the partners sxhaent they're the managing co-partner in all the one hundred and 50 units perhaps unusual we are partnered in the podium building the one hundred percent affordable ear active in that is whole tint is seamlessness the partners are involved in everything all the residents have access to the amenities and

it is something we you know sought driven to achieve in this building with that i'm sorry to introduce jason long from o m a is lead designer will also introduce our colleague to walk you through the schematic design. >> hi thank you very much i'm jason long a partner anothers o m a as bill mentions we're the

architect of the tower and overseeing is plan with the podium buildings this project has always been important to us given the prominent place along fulsome street and transbay a place that is rapidly transformed when we began the design we spattered with an urban condition around and through the site the ambition of the larger planning concepts for transbay embroiling a link between the parks and transbay park that served along accident street because of the traffic to alleviate that we carved up a sale intersecting the required open space courtyard that is part of block that became the guiding

principle for is project and governs the design not only the podium building that are shaped by the main cut and carved by that intuply sculpting it more grand last year neighborhood scale here you see an overall metric with the mixed use with is forcible units to the mucked rate to the condo here's is status of tower again the carving along these clemente street and on the read the similar size fanning the top of the tower to taper it's volume as it rises one of the main things we've been doing with in the development of the tower we're finding a way it touches the ground carving is base like the

top to provide along fulsome street a plaza on is corner of first and fulsome and then carving back along first and clemente to provide a gracious entry from first street that carving extends up the because of the building to break down the scale of the building used it touches the ground creating an eloquent meeting between the tower and ground from up above as you can see 1 and clemente street begin is volume is pushed back to provide an entry settlement predator street and looking back at first street into clemente is beginning of the town houses is ground floor plan it is design by is entry for town houses that stretch along the length of clemente

there are entries there the 85 foot building along fremont street from the rental and condo unit along fulsome street further towards first street in addition there is retail that lines both full name and is other street to try to activate is streets and as mentioned a grocery that begins on is ground floor and extends two the basement we've been working to develop is landscape along the project is building along is landscape guidelines for fulsome street and then extending that both is side streets and creating lush landscape to act as a buffer between is town houses

there are two large specimen trees we're locating at the end of is street to mark the public space here you see the tree palate and building on is basic privileges of the landscaping along clemente and within is vera say that landscaping extend up to is roof-deck on is levels both on top of the buildings. >> and this is is architect who is here working to develop is podium building is 65 and 85 podium buildings along fulsome street they're shaped and imitating related by is cut and the way they introduce federal fanning language similar to what you see in the tower but at the

same time their ding too the tower with the palate that is more solid and reflects is character of the neighborhood here you see a view from fulsome looking into the va so lined with the retail that extends to fremont or another street here at fremont and clemente is 85 foot building is vertical distances between the two unit here a view between clemente street looking back towards fremont and simultaneously through fulsome street i think you can imagine the way our project enter weaves the city together the material palate of the podium buildings is some