assistance demonstration program with our federal government. we arty started at hunters view. if you go down there, take a good look at it. without rebuilding public housing. rebuilding a community with residents formerly of public housing. you are part and parcel of that through a program that leader pelosi has helped that be so much hope sf. it is giving everybody the chance and hope to be part, equal parts, of building a stronger community. second project, up and center wasn't within urban and that's down that alice griffith. that's already underway. in fact, the senior housing is under construction and pretty soon see some of the seniors that will move over from the dilapidated housing bearing, public housing, into a very modern complex as we knock down and rebuild their housing. now, it's robert pitts is turned until the 15 sites for this, over $700 million effort that

we call phase 1 of that. phase 1 of our rental assistance program. it is a program that is new, quite frankly, to hud and to all of us. because when we got together with supervisor breed and with all of our people in the city we no longer wanted to have a housing authority that would build and maintain poverty isolated housing. we wanted to invest in the people first. we had to make people believe that we are going to do a new model. something that involved them in their futures. so that we could try to do and demonstrate, what i think is a discussion all across the country. how do you and intergenerational poverty and needed to ask not just have poverty go from generation to generation, from kids to the

grandkids, and it takes an entire village to do that. housing is a great part of it. affordable housing is a great part of it, and that's why we have a $310 million commitment on the ballot, opposition a to use that money, to use that resource to rebuild public housing but also in the private sector as well to upper middle classes as well as our low income residents have we built housing for them. but, we never lost sight of the other things that we have to do as a city to end poverty as well. our communities have to be safe. so we invest in our kids. we invest in education. if a good transportation system. will we rebuild all of this housing, it's going to also be accommodated by world-class transportation system. how does it feel to have our kids writing for free by the second year in a row. he didn't do that with having a strong city.

they got municipal so excited after we got the google donation that now we have free invisible for our seniors and people with disabilities to ride a world-class transportation system that is accessible to everybody and used by so many people. don't have to own a car to get around to your job and anyplace else. you also have to be safe and that's why we are investing in not only police force, but in job programs. we have tech programs. we have healthy san francisco. we have so many programs that were investing in to make sure communities are strong. so, i say to you that i'm a in addition to a revitalized housing program for public housing residents, where we are no longer building isolated low income housing, their integrated communities. they are building the strength of our best nonprofits that are now integrated with our housing authority. in working with the

residents to make sure they are part of the voice as to how these units are built, and we are hiring as many of our public housing residents to do the building themselves to city built. another great program that we've reached in to the heart of our residence in public housing and say, we can train you to build and to manage this housing at this same time. this is all part of what we call brad. it takes a lot of different parts of hard and i know that leader pelosi, every time i called her, she's been so wonderful in answering my calls as we explain the latest thing we have to do with hard and to make sure that everybody understands, because we are all subject to old ways of doing things. san francisco is subject to many old ways of doing things. that is why we didn't build enough affordable housing and how could we go for two decades without having an

affordable housing in the city? are we embarrassed by that that we do not build housing in operation for young family to grow up in different ways? this is what were fighting against. old traditions of not building well, not building efficiently, not doing it in collaboration with our residents, and getting their talent involved in using the power of hope sf to do so. this is all part of those hours of conversation that i've had with london with the board of supervisors, with our housing authority, with our mayors office of housing, in our commissioners. so, we have a lot to celebrate as we begin these projects. robert pitts is going to be retouched, we first, all 203 units. guess what? we've got to make sure we do this to give hope to families that are headed up with people like marty anna

johnson. you know, she is a 15 year resident of robert pitts, and i know having raised two children herself and being a strong family leader, she cannot be more excited than any of us to see a refurbished unit become her permanent home for her and her family and to have it not only upgraded, but maintained for the long period of time and having the touch of other residents feel the same, that they're not public housing residents. there residents of the great city of san francisco. so, i would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to someone who's working directly with us. as a parent, as a woman, as a strong leader of the tenant here, residence here, arianna johnson. >>[applause]hello. >> hello, good morning. my name is arianna johnson

dominated here of san francisco. i resided here at robert pitts for 15 years and am the mother of two beautiful daughters. today is a very special day for me. my grandfather was james henry johnson almost san francisco first african american services group what an honor and blessing and for for me to be here. >>[applause] >> this project is also very special to me. not only is a resident here at the robert pitts community but also as a former employee of san francisco housing authority. i was a building concierge here for six years. we as residents affected by this process are excited for a new horizon. for generations, living conditions have been heartbreaking and challenging. the majority of us residents that live in low income housing desire a clean, peaceful, habitable, safe,

functioning and desirable place to live. the majority of us are working or senior disabled persons that are committed to the improvement of our community and our family and refused to leave our great city. but, the reality is, our city is very expensive. so, we have to live here in low income housing. we are praying that the citywide that project is not only improves the living conditions at home, but that it also ratifies permanent jobs and great benefits for all us residents, such as san francisco housing authority has done for me and many other residents during its history. i'm currently in the application process for construction administration jobs and renewing my security certification license. we are hoping and praying for new youth services and violence prevention here. here, at the robert pitts community alone we have several mothers that lost children under the age of 25

years. so, i would like to say, let that stand forth. we knew, additional desire. we are the city of champions. the new, additional, desire, for all those who live here, welcome back, government officials and thank you. >>[applause] >> now you can see why arianna is our concierge. yes, thank you. thank you. well, i get excited every time i leader is able to come back to it ain't easy to maloney type working in dc these days. you all know that. we all read about it you will see it and you all feel it. every time that we in san francisco can demonstrate to our federal leaders what we've done locally, it gives them hope that all the arguments that they have to have them all

the challenges that they have to meet on a day-to-day basis, back in dc, it is not forgotten. it is deeply appreciated by those of us that are here in san francisco, and someone who as i told you earlier, honestly takes our calls, goes into detail with her staff about what it is we need and what exceptions to different rules that we might want to be advocating for, but also gives us a forethought about where congress is going so that we can be prepared.. i have been with her when we got funding restored in hiv cuts and aids programs. i have been there when she says, hey they're not going to do but be prepared. start working with your folks. get ready. we are always ready and the constant partner for us. i so appreciate her every time her visits here that we have something else to announce because we are getting things done. that is of course democratic leader nancy pelosi. >>[applause] >> thank you very much mr.

mayor for your very generous and for your tremendous leadership. and for making possible this coming together here today. we use the word demonstrate, and the rad rental assistance demonstration has that word demonstrate in it. so here we all are to demonstrate to the secretary as to how san francisco, not only responds to initiatives from the federal level, but really demonstrates how they could work and how they could work better. it's really an honor to be on the program with a arianna, james henry johnson, her grandfather is in a pretty exciting? how proud he would be to see you a leader carrying on in that tradition. wasn't she wonderful? >>[applause] >> san francisco is a very

special pl., mr. sec., honored to welcome you here to see how we respect people. we respect our residents and when were going to have new housing is one-on-one replacing the residents who were here for those who want to continue to be here. it is also about their self-determination, about how a project will function, how it will be to run. this project, this will be a demonstration to the country of a way to get the job done. in san francisco were entrepreneurial in our thinking. we like to take advantage of exploits in the best possible way every opportunity that hard provides to grants and policy and the opportunity that the code enables us as low income tax credits and other tax considerations, which enables us to have public-private ownership joined with our nonprofit partners. really,

demonstrating to the country how we can respect our residents, have them have affordable housing in a way that maintains community. because, this site over housing is a challenge that is about the soul of our city. we are a city that wants to be representative of every aspect of life in our community that cultural diversity as well's economic variation is something that is important to the father of who we are. our mayor has been such an incredible champion on this subject. he and london bridge, she said she was the supervisor from this area that she grew up in the neighborhood and the mayor acknowledged that she is the president of the board and has used that opportunity to benefit individuals. i salute london. mdm. chairman, mdm.

pres. that has a nice ring to it. >>[applause] >> for your leadership. the mayor has done a great deal to bring jobs to san francisco and back dimension transportation mr. mayor because it gives me another opportunity to salute our president barack obama. under the recovery act that was passed we were able to do so many things for san francisco. you know why? because san francisco could demonstrate that they knew how to be a model to the nation. to have initiatives that were of national significance. it's a continuation of thursday rail, central subway, trans-bay terminal, the puppy whatever it is, jobs immediately promotion of commerce and transportation, cleaning the air, promoting quality-of-life, this is really important but sometimes those advances raise the price of housing in a community. so we have to mitigate for that one part of that success by addressing it directly. that is the mayor is the full package.

job creation. transportation initiative. jobs immediately and jobs jobs long term but also recognizing the responsibility we have to have affordable housing in our community. this secretary is really remarkable. he was amir sue will grant him that. his brother served in congress with me. his twin brother. joachim castro former mayor of san antonio. we will talk about the spurs in the warriors just now. however, i had the privilege of being invited to his swearing in. i wish you could have been there. i went of course to pay tribute to the new secretary of hud but i mainly went because i was honored to be invited so i could say directly to his mother , rosie, congratulation kit woolsey's mom had was actually barefoot into archives. this is the american dream personified.

she made a success of herself but these twin boys trailing along to public civic events, growing up with a sense of responsibility. of getting back. they had the advantage the best education someone say, that our country could provide, and they were prepared to give back. as i said, i served with walking in the house of representatives. his twin brother, and mayor caster went from being the mayor of san antonio to be the secretary of hud. on that day, read this i get it right. the president said, walking is a proven leader a champion for safe affordable housing and strong sustainable neighborhoods. in building a housing market we do some homelessness among veterans, thank you and connecting neighborhoods with good schools and good jobs that have our citizens succeed. he

has in the one year he is been secretary, lowered mortgage insurance premiums to make ownership more affordable, help families access strong neighborhoods with sure housing choice vouchers and empowering local leaders with new tools to invest in their communities and that's one of the reasons we are here today. that is one of those new tools. in july of 2015, just a couple months ago, pres. obama wants one of secretary caster's signature project. connect home. which accelerates internet adoption in 20 communities providing broadband electronic devices to children living in public or assisted housing, secretary castro continues to strive to make housing a platform that helps folks achieve a better quality of life. how perfect. how perfect. these two measures, one for mayor my current mayor at that goal, to achieve a better quality of life

for the people for whom we are responsible. we think, mr. sec., that san francisco is a model to the nation. we are very proud of the successes and the challenges, and the successes that we have had. we think that when we take on a project we will do it in a way that's about national significance. we are not competitive or anything. we are not proud or anything. we just want to help others and i know you did to. please let us welcome this wonderful great sec. of hud, boolean castro. >>[applause] >> thank you. thank you so much mdm. leader. it is wonderful to be here whoever world's great cities. i want to say thank you for hosting me. you know, my brother joachim is a privilege of serving with the majority with leader pelosi soon-to-be speaker pelosi.

again. and by brother joachim, habitually introduce himself by saying a way that tells about since wetlands, minute other than he is. so, hope you'll disabuse them of that notion in the future. they told me that was unseasonably warm here in san francisco. some glad that i got home a couple days ago to 97° heat to practice for here. mayor, thank you for having me. this is not the first time that we've had a chance to spend time here in san francisco, but each time that you visit very impressed by the work that you and the board of supervisors and all the folks that you collaborate with are doing to provide housing opportunity for san franciscans. i also want to commend supervisor london reed could we are in her disappeared as she said, she is only talked about this she's lifted. because of that emma i know

like me, she feels very blessed in her own life to had opportunities in the doing everything that she can for public service to give that opportunity to others. thank you supervisor breed for your leadership. >>[applause]i also want to recognize just briefly barbara smith the second director of this in francisco housing. what about ago? thank you for the work that you are doing here we cannot do it without a housing authority. and of course, to arianna johnson. great community involvement and tenant leadership is so important to success in all that we do, so thank you for your inspiring words today. keep it up. keep it up. i also want to just briefly recognize all of our private partners who are here. they're too many of them to name, but they are integral to the success the reynolds assistance budget please raise your hand if you're one of our private partners. >>[applause] >> thank you. we are here

today because we believe that housing is a powerful platform for greater opportunity in people's lives. and because we believe that everyone ought to have access to good affordable housing, to build up to other american dream. we also know that our nation is in the midst of an a for the housing crisis. in fact, just a couple months ago the national low income housing coalition reported that in no single community, if you're working 40 hours a minimum wage, can you afford a two-bedroom apartment. that in very few places, could you even afford to rent a one-bedroom apartment. in fact, here in california the person would have to work 92 hours a week to afford a place. the affordable housing crisis comes at a time

when our nation's public housing stock is particularly challenged. we have roughly 26 billion-dollar backlog in capital needs. we lose 10,000 units of public housing to disrepair every single year. now, we know that leader pelosi and folks like her have been fighting like crazy and then right on this issue. to ensure that the resources are there. we also know, though, we live in a resource constrained environment and for that reason, in 2012 hud wants the rental assistance demonstration. also known as rad. fundamentally, it is housing authorities and owners of assisted housing convert to long-term section 8 contracts. that allows them to better leverage private debt and equity to improve their properties. so, instead of falling into disrepair, they get renovated. i am proud to

announce that this effort has established a proven record of success in just three years, that has leverage over $1 billion in new construction dollars of public housing properties throughout the united states. >>[applause] >> that is making a difference in communities throughout our nation and committees like this one.. the rack conversion of robert b woods apartments will of the san francisco housing authority and its partner to invest $31 to rehabilitate over 200 family units. this investment will help ensure that these families have a modern and safe, good place to live. we want to see rad make a difference in more communities. so hud is working with congress to lift a cap on this program so that we can help more families across this nation also have good housing. we know that the affordable housing crisis is growing, and we also know that that is part of a solution. i've had the opportunity now as hud secretary to travel to more than 50 cities in 14 months. i

can tell you that san francisco is a national leader when it comes to collaboration and creativity in creating and sparking new housing opportunity. congratulations, to san francisco. >>[applause] >> so, we look forward to the renovation of these homes and to all the wonderful opportunities that will be made possible because of the work that you are doing here in this beautiful community. thank you very much. >>[applause] >> my pleasure to bring back up leader pelosi. >> thank you seconded. well, let me thank everyone here today. i see across this wonderful field a bevy of nonprofits that i know i can help us rebuild all of our communities from chinatown development to bridge to mercy

to tabernacle to tenderloin, and then i also does a thank you to bank of america. they won the right to leverage. two words secretary breezy more often these days in san francisco. when teaching it to kids. we're teaching it to parents. that is, invest and leverage. invest and leverage. because the best investment anybody can make in san francisco is to start your family here because when you start a family, that means schools, transportation, housing, safety, are all been taken care. that's the best investment. then we got a leverage that by people participating making sure you vote and making sure we pass proposition a and all the things we need to do to build an rehab and stabilize our neighborhoods. thank you everybody very much. thank you to our federal representatives, two. >>[applause]px

g.r good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco planning commission and recreation and park commission joint hearing and i would like to remind members of public the commission doesn't tolerate any disruptions and please science silence any mobile devices and when speaking before the commission, to state your name, for the record. planning commission president fong? >> here. >> planning commission vice president wu. >> here. >> commissioner antonini. >> present. >> commissioner hillis. >> here.

>> commission richards here. >> commissioner moore will be absent. >> commissioner buell. >> here. >> commissioner low. >> here. commissioner bonilla. >> here commissioner harrison. >> here. >> commissioner mcdonnell? >> here. >> commissioner levitan has an excuse the absence. >> please note the joint commissions will hold one public hearing for the public to provide testimony on all items listed below. following the public hearing, the recreation and park commission will act joinly with the planning commission in adopting findings under the california environmental quality act and recreation and park commission will consider making a recommendation to the planning commission regarding the possible adverse impact of shadow on gene friend recreation center. following action on those items the recreation and park commission will adjourn and planning commission will remain in session and separately consider all other items.

items 1a, b, c, and d for case numbers 2011-0586k and x at 363 6th street. item is a is the discussion and possible joint action by the planning commission and recreation and park commission to raise the cumulative shadow limit for gene friend recreation center pursuant to the planning code section 295 [-eurpt/]ation memo adopted in 1989. this will be a planning commission/recreation and park commission joint action. item 1b is the discussion and possible action by the recreation and park commission to adopt a resolution to recommend to the planning commission that the new shadow cast on gene friend recreation center by the proposed project at 363 6th street will not be adverse to the use of the park as require by planning commission section 2956789 this is a recreation and park commission action only. following items 1a and b, the recreation and park commission will adjourn and the planning commission will remain in

session. to separate consider the following items: 1c and d. for case numbers 2011-586k and x, adoption of findings and large project authorization. >> good afternoon, commissioners. rich sucre, department staff, joineded by our shadow specialist from the planning department and stacey bradley from the recreation and park department. under the large project authorization, the project is seeking modifications to the planning code requirement for rear yard, permitted obstructions over the street, dwelling unit expose [kwra-urpb/] off-street park. per plasing code section 295 the planning commission and rm cc must grand authorization to you new construction projects that will cast shadow or shade upon any property under the jurisdiction of the recreation and park commission. the project will cast new shadow upon gene friend

recreation center since gene friend recreation center poses shadow budget, to one, increase the shadow budget of the gene friend center. and two, adopt a motion that additional shadow caused by project will not be adverse to the use of gene friend recreation center. additional information on the shadow and its impact on gene friend will be provided by state. in it'lleds demolition of the existing two-story warehouse currently used as a church and the residential building with 104 dwelling units and approximately 700 square feet of ground floor space. 45 off-street parking spaces below gray. 102 class 2 bicycle parking states and seven class it [#2*-/] bicycle spaces. including dwelling unit mix con sifting of 56 two-bed radio room units, et cetera. the project includes common own space via ground floor, roof deck and private open space for

three dwelling units via private terraces on ground floor. the entrances to the off-street parking through a 10' wide opening through clara state. to-date the department has received numerous correspondences about the proposed project both in support and in opposition. since publication of the commission packets on october 8th, i provided the additional correspondence received by the planning department to both commissions. the project has elected onsigh affordable housing alternative and since the project contains 104 dwelling units the project will provide 12 affordable housing units on-site will will be available for rent. since it's involving a rental agreement, the project sponsor has entered into an agreement with the city. in compliance are ordinance 70-15, the project sponsor reviewed the entertainment project can the entertainment commission and the entertainment commission requests that the planning commission adopt an additional condition of approval involving

measures for noise attenuatation. the department notes that the ground floor retail use at [ko-erpbt/] of 6th and harrison street has han 18' floor-to-ceiling height and meets the requirement of planning code section 145. just it to note only non-residential use on the ground floor are required to have a minimum of 14' of ground floor height. further the floor to sealing height of the average residential plate is 8'4" and compliant with both building and planning code. the department staff recommends approval with conditions. specifically the project complis with the applicable requirements of the planning code, the project is consistent with the objectivity and policies of the gp. the project is located in zoning district where residential and ground floor uses are principally permitted. the project produced 104 dwelling unit and ground floor corner retail. the project is consistent with

and respects the existing neighborhood character, and provides an appropriate matching and scale for a large scale block and will fully utilize the plan control and pay the appropriate development fees. the project sponsor and the recreation and parks commission staff are present and have prepared short presentations. this concludes my presentation. i am available for my questions. thank you. >> >> good afternoon, commissioners. stacey bladey deputy director at planning unit at rec and parks to discuss the shadow impacts on gene friend recreation center. as you know the site planning code section 295 from the voter-approved prop k, sunlight ordinance that voters approved in 1994.

1987-1989 two memos adjacently approved by the commission -- that define how's the shadow can qualitative and quantitative criteria and includes the definition of "solar year," and "day," the day from one hour after sunrise before unhour before sunset [ inaudible ] this map shows you the project at 6th street in relation to our two parks. [ inaudible ] >> do me a favor, wiggle the base.

sorry, is that better? >> yes. much better. >> okay. >> you can see the map here -- with 363 6th street -- gene friend to the north. the project was analyzed to see if any new shadow hit either both and no new shadow -- the rest of my presentation delves into gene friend rec. the park details now -- just over an acre and existing shadow load is 22.94% of the

total theoretical annual available sunlight on the park, on the open space of the park. it is 60.67 -- there is a shadow load of 60.67% when you include the recreation center building, which is always in shadow. this shows where the new general location of where the new shadow will be. the new shadow is . -- roughly .03% of the task. and would increase from 22.94 to 22.97 on the open space to 60.67% when the rec center building is included. now rpd trust for public lands to do a feasibility study on concept plan for the site. we're looking at redesigning the entire site. it is likely that the building will be roughly where it is now

along the 6th street corridor and probably extend to folsom street. we'll also have similar features in the open space as it does now. the recreation center may or may not have outdoor recreation space on the rooftop. this provides a summary of the shadow analysis. the new shadow would occur in the morning within 30 minutes of the solar day, so that is about one hour after sunrise. and will occur no later than 8:40 in the morning. this is important as the park is currently opens at 9:00 a.m. and closes at 6:00, currently closed sunday and monday, although it's available for afternoon programming and rentals on sunday and monday. the shadow, the new shadow will be on the park 20 days between september and march. the new shadowranges from one minute to 23 minute and average is 12 minutes. the largest footprint october

25th from 7:30 to 7:38 and will shadow just over 6,000 square feet of the park. it's approximately 13% of the total park area. the maximum shadow cast is 822 square foot hours on 10/25 and total square foot of the new shadow is just over 36,000 or .03%. location of the shadow is in the southern part of the property along folsom street -- right now it has a lawn area south of the playground. this shows you cumulative projects that we know in the pipeline. there is 363 6th street is highlighted in orange. just south of that is 988 harrison interest and has been determined that project will cast no new project on the park. that would have a minimal

shadow of .07%. these two shadows interact. so the information of these projects is -- it lays over each other. so they may cast similar shadow. 999 folsom street is north of 345 6th street and estimated to have 1% shadow load on the park. then 980 folsom street is lightly to the west along folsom and pending shadow studly, but will likely have a shadow impact as well. this image shows the worst-case

scenario of 363 6th and also shows 345 6th street. i'm here with planning staff and we're available for any questions that you may have? also the project sponsor is here as well with a presentation. thank you. >> thank you. project sponsor. >> good afternoon, commissioners, alexis pelosi. the project sponsor and the president who is here today, we would like to thank you for the opportunity to present the project at 363 6th street. we have been work on this project with planning department staff and community and reflects the invaluable insight by both group and project that will bring much needed housing. real tek was formed with the focus to build housing that is affordable by designd