pending in this column is really heart breaking i hope we through this hearing will be able to break through whatever the abinstruction currently exists because this blockage is blocking people from remaining in the community and thriving [applause] thank you. >> so the current balance in those accounts now in the workforce account there is $892,000 approximately and in the housing fund there is $5,267,000 approximately and i will end there before i end i got one more comment to make you asked the question about why so

little has gone out in terms of grants grants. i administered substantial grants at the foundation and part of it's pri program or vetting for it's loan program their decisions are made or recommendations are made by me and the final decision is done by the trustees the process of the ic is grant id's are brought forward it takes the agreement of the ic as structures in the cc pchl a agreement to come to agreement. to recommend a grant before i release one when i prepare an mri indication i have to attach a copy of the resolution from the ic from the expenditure >> i know it's your desired to

get this money out to the community it sounds like internal friction going on you may be able to resolve have you concluded your presentation >> yes i have >> i think supervisor kim has a couple of questions and i have a couple of questions is new to you as well. >> so much of this is new to me i excuse me if these questions are somewhat basic. looking at the ending balance of the dollars committed to the community benefits agreement i'm surprised how much is in there that is not spent down i know supervisor cohen expressed surprise in particular about the line item for rental subsidy i assume this program is similar to the wasn't that the city also runs which is that we provide small to large subsidy to help families meet their rent needs in affordable housing or market

rate units to provent them from homing homeless is this a similar program or different? >> its different. in vetting this idea what the ic did they're with the housing consultant looked at this program and the city and housing program when they discussed in their meeting is there gaps if you are below a certain income level there are subsidy available. but if you are at a certain level there is nothing available. when they first put this together and sent out the rfp specifically designed not as a rental subsidy program so much as program to help renters get prepared for now housing coming on board in d ten but it provides the funds can help a one time emergency for a family

who runs into a parabola of some type >> how do these family apply for one time? >> i can tell you what was described in the rfp and applications that came back -- >> this is rfp is nonprofit organizations or entities that run the program >> the nonprofit organizations that run the program and it will send out to 40 housing related organizations in san francisco. the and the organizations that won the bid had proposed that they would put together a coalition of eight different organizations who would assist them in terms of the outreach to the community and range of services they felt would be needed >> what is the name of the organization that won the bid >> the san francisco housing

corporation >> when did they win the bid or were granted the fundses? >> november they were approved. >> november of 2014. >> yes >> so the program is starting to get ramped up? >> no. we have not -- the foundation has not received a resolution from the ic with the specifics to put in the grant agreement. so it is still under discussion >> could you explain that more? who determines who wins the rf p.? the foundation or i c.? >> well the foundation -- >> make reimburses recommendations? >> yes

exist >> and they have the provisions in the ccba agreement to bring on one additional community member. >> and is there a split on the ic about moving forward with the expenditures? >> yes. >> i'm not looking to put you in an awkward position is it possible to know whose been opposing on this?

>> well >> i don't want to put you in an awkward position >> that will come in public comment. >> are there accountability mechanisms in place in terms of what happens when the money isn't -- what if we're here three years from now. and it's still this kind of scenario at least one of those organizations you just mentioned was here the other day telling us we need to stop housing construction and put a moratorium on housing because people are are priced out of the city i don't think that is productive aproch now we have money available to help people stay and be successful contributory members of our community and the money is sitting there. are there account ability i don't want to broad brush the

organization what are the accountability mechanisms >> the way the funding decisions are made on the ic it's written into the agreement for any funding agreement we must have an affirmative vote from an ad ten members either the pac or the cac and you have to have agreement from all three groups in order to occur. >> is that structure that voting mechanism i apologize if i missed this i had to step out to speak to one of my aids how is that structure come up with? formulated >> the kor commune benefits agreement the cca was executed between lenar and the alliance

for district ten they concluded in that there would be an implementation committee established and they would have rules governing it and those four organizations developed the rules for the implementation committee in those rules is that voting structure. >> and again i'm not suggesting anything supervisor cohen has my 100% support on this i don't want to get out ahead what would it take to perhaps have a different voting mechanisms if one were to want to go down that path? >> well one route would be to renegotiate the ccba or the rules governing the operation of the implementation committee. unfortunately there are no rules governing amendments to the ccba or the implementation committee

rules in those documents. a second one might be to somehow force a reopening of the whole conservation i don't know if there is an appetite for that. you know i have to keep on my foundation -- >> supervisor are you finish snd >> yes >> i want to recap and follow the suction to the ccba were negotiated 20 lenar and ad ten. >> yes >> ad ten is a group of organizations >> that is correct >> can you tell me those organizations >> alliance of californian's for empowerment >> ace that is ssop >> and the san francisco labor council >> and we have the labor

council. so the ccba which negotiated with lenar we have an representative here and ad ten from sfop here to speak and ace are here and largely played a goal in the negotiations >> and the latter organizations chaired the sub committee and housing >> they chair the sub committee that means they were responsible for moving in in this case not moving money advancing the rfp to get the money out in the community. >> they share the community >> it was on the agenda. these item thes were publicly noticed we will get to that later on i'm on the agenda i'm connecting the dots something doesn't smell right.

i will ask a couple questions i will move farther [applause] i want to know what supervisor weiner was talking about. the seven vacancies the community member seat has been vacant how many years >> one year >> thank you. >> the seat was originally occupied by jacob moody with the babe bayview hunters point foundation he resigned in march of 2014 and the seat has been vacant since then >> okay. were there any -- okay i'm going to step off on that maybe you can talk about where we are in the process of recruiting a 7th community member on this body

>> the ic established a nomination committee to nominate candidates for that position. they set it aside they set up rules and criteria. >> let's back up jacob moody va indicated in march of 2014 it's been over a year when was the nomination committee established? >> can i have him help me with some of the dates? >> mr. mic kra can you tell me when is the nomination established? >> established fall of 2014. >> okay. >> early fall and held a couple of meetings, regarding the criteria. what requests we will ask in the interviews what the ic is looking for held interviews in the winter and december throughout january.

made the recommendations this past ic meeting it was -- they did not get agreement now we're back in the process of making new criteria and searching for a 7th member >> that means there was was a vote actually taken for to accept a criteria for the 7th member >> yes >> so it failed because there wasn't a majority >> correct >> was there say discussion on why there is discrepancy used? >> there was. there was a matrix for each candidate what their strengths and weaknesses were they were reviewed by the entire ic when it came to a vote they did not have the majority to move forward >> fair enough i will say between the two of you i will throw out questions to you two more i will ask la shawn to

answer questions once we're done here the ic meetings are not open to the public >> that is correct >> if you want to attend the meeting you need to reach out to the ic public which is funny if you don't know who your public representative how do you reach out to attend the meetings >> there is a website that is posted the names of the ic representatives and the process to be invited and the minutes for the ic are posted >> can you imagine if we conducted business like that in the chamber you need an invitation to come talk in public comment that is ludicrous. if the community seat is vacant who had the community reach out to attend who can they reach out to attend?

i know it sounds funny >> there is no mechanism. >> so it sounds flawed. >> the method for selecting the 7th member the ultimate decision to made by ad ten and the developer it doesn't necessarily improve the pak and the cac they have no vote. >> i imagine ad ten holds the majority of votes on this body? >> yes they do. well there are six they hold three of the six votes. >> so it's at least half. >> yes in this system it's enough to veto. >> my final question for you is there any follow up information on the grants that have been made to ycd to the summer youth

program to the san francisco housing development corporation to the community first funds is there any foul up information? have they been successful? tr there metrics available for us to the success? >> yes on the youth development program and on the financial impowerment program sfh d.c. we have two semiannual repourts where they talk about the metrics where they have been successful and anecdotally we polled folks they felt the program was being effected but there are mayetrics >> my contact is on the website as well i can get that to anybody that is interested >> thank you for answering tough

questions i i appreciate it. i will call up mrs. walker i have six questions for her and i think supervisor weiner and kim to ask them questions as well first of all did you hear any remarks you want to speak to? >> i do chair cohen while the invitation to the ic included specific specificity around the chairs of the sub committees as you alluded to in your comments the workforce and sub committee i wanted to acknowledge while the cac and pak we're not signatory to the ccba they're significant parts of the ic and their representatives have joined us today. >> okay >> you may hear from them in public comment you might. >> okay supervisor weiner raised

this question i want to touch on it again can you give us the overall structure of the i c.? >> so it again in summary it is a 7-member body. the 7th member the additional community member seat is currently vacant as we have highlighted mr. mccray give you the details it is a 7-member body made up of the ad ten groups which were signatory to the agreement along with the developer also the cac the pac and that 7th community member >> thank you. now is the ic working on a plan for the current displacement of the african americans and pacific islandsers in district ten? >> the rental assistance grant

as it was originally conceived was originally conceived to support rets of those ethnicities >> where are we with the rental assistance grant? >> it's still pending we haven't moved forward with it yet. i'm trying to answer your question about those specific ethnic groups >> the ic has been around for five years? >> the agreement was executed may 30th 2008 and the ic was formed shortly there after. >> okay thank you. is there a plan for more workforcement for district ten to be revised or a workforce in

process. >> please clarify your question >> for workforce development that is a huge component of many of the constituents desire to have a job i am wondering if there is anything the ic is working on in this vein >> so your question is about further workforce funding for this initiative >> correct >> there are a couple at the sub committee level but they have not reached the full body >> okay. and if the ic actively seeking to grow and foster partnerships in the community and develop new ideas? new grant programs? that's a lot of money >> it is. and i'm hesitant to respond two reasons one because i only one vote while i'm the temporary chair of the committee i only

represent one chair of the developer i can't speak for all of the representatives on the body. i will say that representing the developer we want to see. the body do more and more money get out to the community from my perspective more par nor ship is better. >> my final question can you describe to me how they communicate to the larger body? >> fantastic question one of the things i started in the opening comments the time of the representative developer and urban. one of the thins when i came to ic our minutes are not posted to the d ten website now they are so we posted 6 months worth of minutes after they have been approved from the previous month

we also now have a website that has information about the implementation committee as far as i know that is the only way we're regularly getting information out about the ic meetings. >> thankula shawn i appreciate it. thank you. so we are going to begin to transition to public comment before we do supervisor kim has a few remarks >> i'm learning about this process as we move forward i'm not familiar with how the community benefits agreement one note having worked on community benefits particularly in the tenderloin tax exclusion area this is completely 100%

privately negotiated between a group of parties and developer on-site so it's not clear what role the city plays enforcing this for the money to be spent out to the community. a lot of the communities you made compare how we would structure notification board agendas go out how they don't match when they're privately negotiated i know that supervisor cohen is concerned about this we want to make sure these dollars are getting spent down in the neighborhood and in terms of how the goals are being met workforce development i feel uncomfortable without having the key stakeholder to hear their side of the story as well it

seems like there are things not occurring it's hard to make that sumgss without these organizations there. just to say i respect the organizations in the city and i sh would appreciate their aspectivive in perspective. >> thank you very much public comments linda richardson. i think this is dr. walker we're going to work on that pen min ship. >> i can start? >> yes >> good afternoon supervisors, for coming to this meeting supervisor cohen actually this is the only recourse we have had in the community for years trying to understand what is going on. there are two messages that you all need to take away and people that are listening to the

community lenar the developer is meeting it's obligation as you have heard they're providing the funds the issue is administration of the community benefits. community benefits by name sounds very nice however you need to look at the structure. you need to look at community over site and transparency. the signatories to the cba for the community benefits in the bayview hunters point is unprecedented in 2008 the majority of the community organizations are seniors that used to come out here for decades establishing advocating for the project. here comes the san francisco labor council. san francisco organizing council sfop and acorn has been