on the market that we work towards creating or having something created. they have been doing that fo for example. gathering with la to do an rfi to make sure there is a truck that would be zero emission. this is ongoing work. we have ordinances in place and i wish it would have gone further than i would have liked to. i know it will take time for adjustments. i am going to look out to make sure as departments are purchasing certain equipment that they are considering zero emission standards that we have set in place. >> yes, thank you for moving that legislation this year. that is correct. battery technology is improving year by year, and i think as we get to the future there will be larger vehicles that could be

converted to electric vehicle that we would be potentially able to pilot going forward. >> my last comment is following what has been going on the ev working group meetings and based on what i have observed during the budget season. there is a lot every assistance to switch to different typings of vehicles or to zero emission vehicles. i hope that we can push these departments to see this is the direction we absolutely have to go. it is not an option. we need to be creative in reaching the climate goals here. thank you for the comments. >> there was some recent articles with regard to automatic shut off systems in the m un i fleet and have the fleet has these. i discussed this with

mr. riskin. the other half of the fleet do not have them. what is the status of procuring those? >> that is a question the transit colleagues are better equipped to answer. i can look into that and get you a response to the status of those switches. >> that would be great. any steps we can take relative to our fleet. we see this in buses idling in the yard or brake and they should turnoff like my prias does. is there any public comment? seeing none. public comment closed. thank you for the update which is an information item. any introduction of new items? seeing none. any general public comment. >> andrew yip. tender loving care for one

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>> clerk: good morning and welcome to the committee meeting of the treasure island mobility management agency. i want to thank our clerk, steve stamos and thank mark bunch at sfgov-tv for broadcasting this meeting. mr. clerk would you call the roll. >> clerk: commissioner kim? >> present 678. >> commissioner peskin? >> present. >> clerk: commissioner peskin present. we have quorum. >> thank you, mr. clerk. can you please call the next item? >> item two to three the agenda. these are considered to be routine and staff will be prepared to present as desired.

if any object, they may be removed and considered separately. >> are there any questions or colleagues from colleagues on the consent calendar? seeing none, can we take a motion? >> sure. i make a motion to approve the consent calendar. >> we have a motion and a second. can we take a roll call on the agenda? >> clerk: take public comment. >> oh, my apologies. thank you, mr. clerk. at this time we'll take public comment on items 2 and 3. seeing no comment public comment is closed. mr. clerk can we please take a roll call on the consent agenda. >> clerk: on two and three commissioner kim? >> eye. >> clerk: and commissioner peskin? commissioner peskin: aye. >> thank you. can we please call the item? >> clerk: the resources group in a combined group not to exceed $2 hon,000 for on-call services

next item? >> thank you. we have mr. tishler to present. >> hello. >> good morning, commissioners. so i'm here to seek approval of a staff recommendation to award an on-call consulting contract for modeling services to two teams lead respectively by wrsp and rsg. the combined total for any awards under these contracts would not exceed $200,000. so the background behind this is that timma has historically relied on services and the analogy division and our consultants through the tta on-call modeling contract. the current contract with wsp is very close to expiring and this new award would just continue to give us access to on-call consultants for ongoing modeling work. so in the past, timma has used the on-call modeling agreement for work such as model

development for parking pricing, parking capacity constraints for treasure island demand modeling, weekend activity monitoring on treasure island and for various rounds of model applications. so the -- because in recognition of the current on-call contract being close to expiration we issued a request for qualifications for modeling services under six expertise areas, model application, model development, dynamic traffic assignment and so forth. the request for qualifications were issued jointly by the san francisco transportation authority and by tima that we would select the same teams for tima. we received three statements of qualification. two of them are by the teams that we're recommending contract awards to. these are wsp and rsg. they include subconsultants under the rsg

statement of qualifications there is pjkm which is dbe for a 10% dbe, inrow, a traffic assignment company and booming research consulting and the team includes ws solutions, transportation local analytics also a local dbe and the university of kentucky which has a professor that has a lot of experience with working on our model development work and also in-road the same traffic assignment specialist company. so both of these firms have extensive experience working on our models under the current on-call agreement rsg is actually a subconsultant of wsp and they have now both proposed operately. we've had some representatives from the two teams so there is mr. able r and mr. jakham and also we have a representative

from wsg solutions if you would like to ask questions. both of the contracts awarded have met the requirements a 5% goal. rsg has submitted for 10% and wsb for 5% with their subconsultants and the contract would be for three years with optional one-year extensions two times. so we -- so the selection committee, the selection panel consisted of the three people, staff members from the sfmta and sfcta with the option to conduct interviews we decided not to because of the high call of the snq's because of the size of the staff and experience and they covered all of the bases. also, for recommendation for awarding contracts to two different teams we will, in the future, whenever issuing a task order, seek

proposals from the teams where they would submit a scope and budget and then choose between the two teams. so there is an option going forward to have a little bit of competition in each desk issue. if there are any questions i'm happy to answer them or refer them to appropriate people. >> thank you very much, mr. tishler. any questions from committee members? seeing none i would like to thank wsp for an tending and at this time i will open it up for public comment on item number 4. seeing no public comment we are closing public comment for item number 4. colleagues, can we please take a motion on item number 4. >> i would move that we award the three-year professional services contract with an option to extend. that's my motion. >> thank you, commissioner peskin. and we can do that without op -- can we do that same house, same

call? same house, same call. mr. clerk, can can you please call item number 5. >> clerk: item number 5, update on the management mobility program. >> thank you. can you please call item number 6 as well? >> clerk: number 6 on transit design. this is also an information item. >> thank you very much. we have mr. cordoba to present on item number 5. >> good morning commissioner kim and a pleasure to present on the treasure island management mobility program. i've got a five-minute presentation here that i'll run right through. there we go. let's start with the punchline here. as you may know some of the develop approvals have taken a little longer than anticipated. what that has done, in essence, is set back the launch date. so there on the screen you show the previous launch date which would have been in early 2020. now we're projecting the launch date of the mid time frame of

2021. we want to make sure that we don't in essenceincur costs for transit services without having an essence fee and the homes that we have built at a minimum. so, in that regard, it is semi good news but, tame, we are making sure that we use our resources judiciously in that regard. okay. let me get into the details of the infrastructure and engineering schedules which is really my bread and butter in that regard. let's start with the south gate road infrastructure and realignment project. that project is a $30 million project. it is basically 100% funded with federal, state, and bay area toll authority funds. we've been able to work with cal-trans to, in essence, get them to change the offramp and

how it realigns with the environment. we're starting the phase and design concurrently to start the construction of that by, hopefully, the fall of annext year. these are the improvements that are basically on the south side of the bay bridge on the other end of the offramps that we completed already. i'm going to go now and that's a project that the transportation authority and the capital projects group is in essence, administering all the way through construction. you'll see many items here over the future in the next year related to that. secondly, let's talk about the west side bridges project. west side bridges is basically the treasure island road and hillcrest roadway on the west side of the island. there are approximately eight bridge structures that are seismically deficient. we have obtained federal and state funding to that project to the tune of $66 million with a tied match of about $1 million so we're leveraging our funds

well in that regard. the project is just completing its environmental revalidation because we did some engineering exercises the past year and made changes to the project. now we're ready in essence to start the final design for them we are going to implement the design, i'm sorry, the delivery and construction of the project through what is called general management contracting. we're going to bring in the contractor early as part of the design. our intent is to bring in a contractor early next year to work with our design team and work out the nitty-gritty details. there are some geotechnical issues here and slides that are present in this area. so it's important that we bring in the right expertise early. the plan is to deliver that to construction and have it done by the mid-point of 2021. now, let's talk about the macalla road reconstruction. that project is part of the redevelop project. so what we'll have is a new

roadway across the island as we finish with the south gate road realignment as well as the macalla road reconstruction. the construction team expects to start that next spring or summer and have it completed by the 2019 time frame. what you see there, eventually, macalla will become a one-way roadway downhill. macalla does have some steep grades in that area. let's talk about the tolling and that contract you'll hear about that a lot in the next year. what that is, in essence, is putting in a infrastructure and our target date is what is called a "go live" by the summer/july time frame of 2021 to coincide with the major development of the island. this graphic here is simple graphics showing a little bit of the shift to the buildout and the delay associated with that

to the 8,000 units. the ongoing activities that we'll have here and we'll give you quarterly updates at minimum are to go ahead and continue our outreach with the businesses and other stakeholders. another key program that we're working on is developing an affordability and transit pass design. you'll hear more about the transit pass here in a few minutes. we continue to receive operations funding and grant funding from all states and regional. i've mentioned the toll engineering. we're looking with sfmta and transit to establish with sftma transit and also new bus service. we are also having basically autonomous vehicles that we'll have as the inter-icd vehicle and we're excited about

that. we are also considering ferry service. we're working with the ferry service to work with all of them on costs and how we can best implement ferry service coming to the island. let's talk about the grant funding update here. i'm very excited to report as part of a joint effort with sfmta the city was awarded $10.9 million which we'll receive $5.3 million 300,000 for the on-island shuttle. we anticipate later this month or hopefully no later than the november time frame to have, in essence, that authorization so we can start to use those funds. rm-3 and if i recall the senate bill has been signed already. we've been basically working with mtc in that regard and we'll be looking to, if it is voter-approved, to go ahead and request funding for ferry

capital and operations. and then finally, as i indicated before, we're looking at other grant sources as listed here and we'll continue to do so. so that actually completes my update here, and i'm open for any questions if you'd like. >> commissioner kim: thank you, mr. cordova. it doesn't have to be at this hearing but i would like to see proposed routes for the shuttle and inputs on where the shuttle should go. i think it's great to have this. i want to get a little bit of sense in how we're developing the routes and who is providing input. >> definitely. we'll provide a full update in that regard when it comes to that. >> commissioner kim: thank you. and with regard to increases, i know we've had a discussion on whether these tolls will impact those coming from the east bay as well. so i'm just wondering where the conversation is on that point. >> what we're doing right now is taking -- taking into account the revised development schedule

and rerunning, in essence, our traffic model, as well as our tolling/revenue model. and we're about to embark with the bay area toll authority in terms of working with them and their fair share of the tolling. because they do have the rights to toll on and off the bridge. and then recognizing that coming from the east bay is already -- you're paying $5 or $6 coming from the east bay. we're looking at that and seeing how we, in essence, don't have to take on an additional toll potentially, but that's still in the works. >> commissioner kim: thank you so much. >> all right. >> commissioner kim: so for item number 6 for the update on transit pass design we have mr. ahmhed, the transportation planner, to present on this item. >> hello. i am pierre ahmhed and i'll be presenting on the transit pass today.

for today's agenda, we'll go through the transit pass overview, goals and objectives. i'll go through our proposed alternatives and our transit value principles, our ongoing outreach efforts and next steps. so this map shows the transit services that are planned on treasure island. we have muni, ferry, and a.c. transit connecting treasure island to two different -- the east bay side. and our goal for the transit pass is to make the transit users' experience seamless and easy. so, for that reason, we are designing this transit pass to encompass all of these different transit modes. so it has showed there are two mandatory passes. first, one is market rate pass and one for hotel room. for our transit

study, we have increased our user group. we have included workers and market housing in our transit pass. so with that we have market rate households, below market rate, legacy, workers, and visitors. so the goal of this transit pass is to figure out the benefits, the new fare that would be required for a.c. and ferry, and how to implement this pass. so before we designed the pass, we looked at case studies in san francisco. so the first is san francisco state university gator pass where all san francisco state students are eligible and this includes the pass to the bus station. this pass is mandatory for all students and included in their tiewiation. the transit easy pass. this is a discounted easy pass for

universities in the developments. the pass cost is figured on how many are bought and the accessability. so it ranges from $55 to $188 annually. the housing development which is in san francisco this, is an optional pass where residents can opt in to receive a $100 cash value. and they can use this $100 on their clipper card or uber ride or split in between. the other pass is 100 points program. this is a mandatory pass for residents and employees and they can choose between the cash or a muni fast pass. and we have developed -- >> commissioner kim: i am sorry. i'm going to stop you right there. >> yes. >> commissioner kim: this is the first time about hearing about

this development and when they first move in, is this a annual cash value? and how do they -- you know, why is uber included in this? this is the only program that works with t & c as opposed to transit. >> yeah. this is given by developers so residents can opt in each month so, each month it is a $100 value. and they have -- they can do either the muni or either put it on clipper to buy a fast pass or uber rides. >> commissioner kim: so the developer is providing that this is a benefit of living in the development? >> right. i believe that chair kim to your question, when this project was approved, the developer committed to funding the -- because it's a rental market project, versus say the hunters point shipyard and treasure island, which is also

ownership. the developer promised to provide 100% of that subsidy. and so it is their program that they've designed. they've decided to add uber as one of the many choices and if they allow for that. i mean, this is something that we've negotiated as a value to the residents, to allow the subsidy go to other than private services and i believe it must. so we ask follow up on that. >> commissioner kim: yeah, that would be great. >> when we developed this in 2011t & e's are not something that we thought about, so i think we need to check on the language about that. >> so with those in mind we have developed a golden objective for our transit pass. so the first goal is to provide maximum transit coverage for our residents, workers, and visitors. that means that all transit on and off the island should be covered through the

pass, provide affordable access for our low-income transit users. that includes easy to gain and use the pass and enhanced customer service. that includes for all customers to be able to receive the pass and use the pass and also provide consumer value through the passholder, which can be integrated through different modes such as parking or towing. and implementation feasibility we looked at the existing fair policy and the time line and for the financial sustain ability, we wanted to make sure that we do a farebox recovery. >> can you please speak into the mike -- mic a little closer. >> yes. so these are our first

alternative analysis that we are doing this on, the transit pass this includes all rides on muni transit bus ferries from san francisco and this is the pass that will include the three modes. the second one is the transit island cash, an amount of cash value that would be uploaded into the fare holder's clipper card. they can use it on any transit that has the clipper and that is most of the bay area. so this shows the alternate comparison summary between the two alternatives. so the first one, as i mentioned, it is an unlimited access on all muni and access to treasure island. the cash will be all transit services that accepts clipper. so for access pass, this there is no penalties where transfer cash will have a penalty and

a.c. transit and if you are going between ferry and muni. access pass, the pass holder pays for the three agencies regardless of what they use. so if somebody worked and lives on treasure island they still pay for the transit portion, where transit cash only pays for what they use. so given that the value will cover the full cost of a access pass user if they are within their three modes where cash may not cover it on their usage and the frequency of their usage. and the common feet yours -- features for the pass are available on clipper and they'll be available through tma and and it is available as an optional which will have a 50% discount from the market rate. the pecked we looked at how to

determine the cash values. and here we developed three major principles through which we will determine the cost of the pass. the first one is type of recommendation. so it has recommended that it should be the same price as the muni pass which is $75, so our pass should not be less than $75. second. it's customer value. we want to make sure our pass is comparable with existing pass and what service they provide. the third is financial sustainability. the pass should be revenue-neutral and have reasonable administrative costs. so the first thing we looked at, what are some of the pass costs in the bay area. so the first you can see, they are all agency passes, which are retail value. so people are -- they offer these passes to everybody. and the pass ranges cost goes from $38 to $345, so it's a wide

range. the second row, as you will see, these are institutional programs. so these programs, where built are opting -- people are given this pass as part of housing or a school program. and this pass cost will go from about $4 to about $188. so it's a -- both of them are a wide range of prices that we looked at. so from this -- from this information we are doing an alternative analysis where we are looking at the financial sustainability to make sure what we know the pass costs will be. and i want to give you an update on the research efforts. we did research on treasure island and we went to a meeting, food pantry and advisory board and conducted a timma open house. and during the outreach effort,

we conducted a survey, which looked at existing transportation usage. and we also tried to gauge interest in understanding some of the new programs that we are designing. and some of the feet yours we found are that 64% of all participants have clipper or a transit pass. so many of the transit -- the surveyors have a muni fast pass or part of the muni life-long program. and we asked what they would like to see which is easy pass, the pass options and we got that they wanted easy to transfer. they wanted to be able to transfer between different modes easily. so with this feedback, we are going forward with their alternative analysis. we also are starting our community outreach for fall, 2017. this time we are doing a focus group with existing business and

residents and future residents and visitors. the dates are listed here. we are also going to a board and community meeting and the treasure island food pantry. so next steps, as i said, we'll be completing alternative analysis and proposed pass values. we'll develop a revenue sharing principle with other agencies, incorporate feedback from community and stakeholders and finally, proposed path design fare and transit pass value by spring of 2018. thank you. >> any questions? >> commissioner kim: thank you, ms. ahmhed. i just have a couple of questions. when you say others have transit passes, what other transit passes exist other than the clipper card? >> the other ones that i mentioned are muni and bart pass and muni lifeline. >> commissioner kim: and have

you in your outreach also reached out to community partnership and health rate -- well, not perhaps health rate 360 but the develop homeless initiative as well? >> yes. >> commissioner kim: are they as well helping with the outreach? >> yes. >> commissioner kim: okay. when you see the proposal, the tipi recommendation and starting point of making it $75 -- >> right. >> commissioner kim: will that include what you see here the transportation access for muni? >> yes. >> commissioner kim: for treasure island residents. >> this is for treasure island workers if we provide a pass. >> commissioner kim: so the $75 would include the transit? that would be great. >> yes and connects it to san

francisco. >> commissioner kim: i know we are talking in many ways when we were looking at this program and many have decided to move away from the metro card and system. are we exploring this for the future? technology is changing so rapidly now that, whatever we are looking at today, may be completely out of date in even a year. so i just want to make sure that whatever we plan for isn't based on what exists today. >> right. >> commissioner kim: but what will be present in future options. >> yes. so in this design process, we have a an where clipper is one of our stake hollers. they are going through their clipper rfp process. so we are going through what the new technology is that they're considering. we are making sure when they design a pass, it can be available for a pass option or some of the new features that

might happen. and that's one of our -- one of our criteria to make sure that the pass is available to a new feature. >> commissioner kim: and clipper now works with the boik share in san francisco. would this pass include the bike share on it? and clipper now works with the bike share in san francisco. would this pass include the bike share on it? >> we are looking at this passion. >> commissioner kim: no, i think that would be an option to include as well. thank you very much for this presentation. it is very exciting. >> thank you. >> commissioner kim: are there any other questions on this item? okay. seeing none, we will open it up for public comment on items 5 and 6. seeing no public comments, public comment is now closed. and these two items were

informational so no new action needs to be taken. mr. clerk, can you please call item 7 and 8. >> clerk: 7, new items. >> commissioner kim: colleagues, are there any new items? >> no. >> clerk: and item 8, general public comment. >> commissioner kim: so at this time we will open it up for public comment. >> good morning. andrew yield. and through the process, and you must put kindness and in consideration and different matters and where one by nature making new improvement and conditions with people and one will be the unified universe. and beyond civilization in the progress and they will supervise

with the leadership and they will look at the projects while delivering for the needy of general assistance and for the well-being of our people and we will look at the leadership and we have a system of unification, and holiness and for a mission and through the proceeds. >> thank you so much, mr. yip. is there any other public comment? seeing none, general public comment is closed. mr. clerk, are there any other items before us? >> clerk: item 9, adjournment. >> commissioner kim: thank you. meeting is adjourned

>> we're very excited to be her' attention a little bit. we're very excited to be here that has been many years and i think a great labor of love for all of the organizations or all of the organizations that have been involved. i always say about projects like this it is the ones that are the hardest that you end up liking in the end. this will be one of those truly special buildings that people look back on and say, boy, it was really hard but, boy, is it worth the effort. we're here to celebrate the opening of arc mercy at page. this has gone through many twists and turns and started in one direction and come back to the use today. there will be a group of speakers. we'll try and move through this

relatively quickly. the first among them is the number one house in chief. he doesn't need an introduction. he's done a lot of these. for those of you who don't know who has done a lot more than most mayors in the country and that is mayor lee. >> yeah, yeah. >> very good. >> yeah. >> if i would have had a role in this i would have said ice cream for everyone this. is how i celebrate another milestone in our city's theme that we are a city for everyone, and i mean everyone when i talk about this particular site it's few and far between that we have a site where mercy can work with us on our department of housing

this project has been through doug, it's been through olson, now it's kate, but ted densey as well. we are trying to help the most needy and the people with disabilities. yes, it's going to take a long time. yes, it's expensive. yes, there are not enough units to satisfy all of us. so let's take the opportunity to celebrate this milestone in our housing stock that we have now 16 additional units and we're looking at other sites where mixed uses acan afford other units for people who are will which yenninged in so many ways yet, the affordability and crisis in our city adds more

barriers to it. i'm very proud of everybody who has put this site together. it is at the heart of where people want to live. this is a great place for it to happen in the center of our city i want to say how proud i am of it. everybody stepped up. against, mercy and arc, thank you for your contributions. >> thank you. >> i want to say this, i am looking for more partnerships because we are losing partnerships on the federal level. this is the last one that was targeted for people with disabilities. it is a sad part, it is a sad day for federal but for san francisco we are moving forward. we are enhancing our ability to do better locally.

we'll need the state to help us with our future. and they just signed a barrage of housing bills that i think will really help us. there's other partners. supervisor london breed. she's not here right now. >> yeah. whew! >> she's a great champion at this. she was right there at the start making sure that she was part of our housing plans. i want to say thank you again to the design team. i know that arc mercy had a design team with prescott & associates with contractors and roberts obyoshi corporation has been a steady contractor to help do a lot of affordable housing. of course, indicate -- of course, kate hartley's group was there. it shouldn't surprise you that my bank since i've grown up to own a bank account

in my life is bank of america. >> yeah! >> they stepped up, yet again, bank of america. we were there with housing in recents and stepped up with me to do the financing. these were partners in an effort to make sure the theme that i articulated in the beginning, we're a city for everybody. and with the most challenge, we want to be a city for them. because we have great accessibility programs r. we have buildings that have got to be successful. our muni system has to be accessible for everyone to get around, our parks have to be accessible. and now our housing with the most severe barriers for people have to be more than accessible. they have to be welcoming. so arc and mercy, congratulations working with us. >> thank you. >> let's keep opening up more of these units and, doug, next

time, let's get ice cream for everybody. >> thank you. all right. so i just heard from kate that the mayor will be down at haight and ashbury buying. it's only a couple of bucks away. he'll be there for the next 45 minutes. no. i agree. ice cream would have been a good call today. just a minor correction. the general contractor for this is kay hill. >> thank you, kay hill. >> and paula taggert was the architect. >> thank you. i'm home. >> ert that. >> and while i'm on that i'm looking at consuela cast awho worked with mercy and donated these lovely plants and was out here last week with barbara and consuela, thank you for everything that you do. i'll have more thank yous and

arc mercy was working on other projects and i hope will work with us on more. i knew very little when glen came to talk to us. he knew other folks but didn't know about the arc and glen said to me -- >> yeah. >> our board chair said, you know, i want you guys to come over to our break fast so russ pitt who is the no here we walked down to the breakfast. we were totally vandalized. i've never been moved by an event. i don't think we walked out of there poorer with how impression your mission is. i feel like our mission is really important. i feel that it is amazing to run into an organization that has such a profound mission and does it so well and so wonderfully and i want to thank the board chair of this incredible organization. >> thank you.

[ applause ] >> thank you, mr. mayor. thank you, everyone. distinguished guests. having affordable housing means we're able to maintain neighborhoods with socio-economic and diverse populations that makes our city the one that we love because of all of the community it has. among those diverse citizens are those adults with disabilities who,despite their disabilities, contribute to the work force, contribute to the cultural landscape and to their communities. as a long-time board member of a school of children with autism and now advice chair of the arc for the board of san francisco, i can tell you what people need and that they appreciate access to affordable housing here in our beloved city, which happens to be one of the most costly real estate markets in the country.

achieving independence is what everyone wants. i know our clients want what we all want: safe housing, work, friends, and to feel like they are valued members of their community. without housing they can't be established, and they can't be part of communities. they end up living with their relatives or in care or worse, homeless. as a family member of a person with autism, i can tell you why my family appreciates the hard work of mercy housing and the arc san francisco in making these apartments available to adults with developmental disabilities. and what it means to my son to possibly have this opportunity one day. at almost 30 years old, my son, abe, wants what his peers have, to live in his own apartment where he learns to be independent, he goes to work with his peers, contributes to

his community. he's excited by the fact that maybe one day, he will have keys to his own house. he'll be able to kick his own pizza and have his buddies over to watch "the warriors." they are all simple things that we take for granted but what makes living with an adult with disabilities a source of great pride. in san francisco, we literally put the stake in the ground right here at paige and masonic we can move forward with adults with disabilities and we have the expertise. we should move forward because it is the right thing to do. with this partnership, we removed the final and biggest barrier with adults with developmental disabilities. housing is the definition of independence. home is where we begin our day with coffee and tea and coast. it's where we seek rest at the

end of a long work day. it's where we share with family, friends our celebrations, our cult yours, our successes. it's where we sleep with safety and security. we thank everyone who has supported this effort, and we look forward to continued successful collaborations like this one. with successful collaboration, i know that home can be the goal of community and treasure in the exiewpt. i have the pleasure of introducing the next speaker, ted. he's been an advocate of people with developmental disabilities, has been associated with the arc of san francisco for many years. and he assisted us in administering a legacy gift from the late barbara shuffman from residential services. he's a former director of the san

francisco's mayor's house of office of housing and former acting director of the san francisco public housing authority. he presently works at gersin, baker & associates which was formerly a real estate development company and is now a property management company. he co-allerred the economics of housing services in low-income neighborhoods, a review of non-profit develop corporations, and he received his master's degree in city planning from u.c. berkeley. go bears! >> whew. >> oh! >> please welcome ted to the podium. [ applause ] >> as was mentioned, i was director of the mayor's housing office from 1992 to 1996. one of my tasks was to go to a number of ground-breakings and ribbon-cuttings and to say something appropriate. and i inform knew what the appropriate thing to say was. however, 25

years ago at the first such event, which happened to be a mercy project in the mission, i told a story. it was appropriate then and may be appropriate now of when i was young, i was told that the 22 letters of the hebrew alphabet all petted to be the -- all petitioned to be the first letter in the bible and berhet s hote is the first. and we were told that the first letter began with a house but it didn't end there. just as mercy has created this housing unit, it is now arc's task to make it into a community. so all of the people who worked on this project deserved to be thanked because they worked hard and it is difficult and other people will do that.

but i think we should be pleased that we live in a community with surplus and the other goes to providing funding, such as this it is one building at a time. we should be pleased that we have this building, and we should take pleasure of this building and go on to build more. thanks a lot. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> okay. great. thanks, ted. there are too many former directors of the mayor's office of housing in this room. i'm not offering to lead. i'm just saying there are too many of us. so i do want to take this moment and introduce my supervisors, also the supervisor for this district. she, i think, brings a unique

passion for housing. she understands virtually -- no, she understands better than most. >> oh. >> i don't want to get tweeted about. the president may tweet about me if i do it wrong. i think she understands better than most elected officials the experience that relates to affordable housing and what we're all trying to achieve 234 creating a san francisco that continues to be home to the kind of people that have been here many years before. we worked with supervisor breed on many projects. i know about her intense passion and leadership. and i hand over the supervisor of projects. >> hi, everybody. >> [ applause ] >> i'm excited to be here. oftentimes when you have a role in approving legislation that helps to get projects done, sometimes it takes a long time to see them happen.

and today i'm so excited to see this project happen. i want to thank the mayor for his support. thank you, kate hartly, for working with us on this particular project. and thank you to mercy. because, you know, mercy decided to work with us and work creatively with the arc and come up with what i think is going to be an amazing project. and i have a personal connection to the arc and i worked with them for many years because some of you that work at the arc know michelle brown also known as nikki. she's my aunt. the arc was an amazing program that really supported her, nurtured her, cared for her. but also there were a lot of folks in the community who loved her. that's what this is about, making sure that there are not only the programs and the resources to support the people who are going to live here, but they are a part of this amazing community here in the

haight-ashbury. this is going to be great for the emwho live here. they can go right around the corner and hang out at haight. hopefully, they'll ignore the requests for paraphernalia and other things that exist. but it's the haight-ashbury neighborhood. and i see ted from the haight-ashbury neighborhood organization, one of the organizations that also supported this project. you know, there are a lot of organizations that exist in this particular community, including faces across the street, which is one of our childcare facilities of everyone came

together, urban and others. they said, you know what? we want this project here will we want to support having this done here and look at how amazing it is. so many different layers of a community. that's what makes san francisco such a wonderful and special place to live because it is a quilt of neighborhoods and people and communities. and it's so beautiful. tut is a beautiful day for an opportunity for housing for those who deserve it the most. thank you all so much for being here today. [ applause ] >> now i'd like to introduce jennifer. >> yeah, jennifer! >> jennifer holds a degree with a master's in health and focus on health in education from u.c. berkeley. go bears. so many berkeley grads here. jennifer has over 20 years of experience with people with

developmental disabilities including job support, supportive living, comiewn building in chicago. and she also worked in england as a case manager with for adults with developmental disabilities in surrey county. she's been with the arc for 12 years. the center for health and wellness is the perfect place for her education and work and experience. pleasure welcome jennifer. >> go jennifer. whew. >> hi, everyone. i am really excited to be here today for the dedication of this really wonderful arc mercy community. the arc san francisco has the privilege of partnering with mercy housing to be able to develop 17 units for people with disabilities to live in san francisco which is just amazing. i want to tell you about the role, one of the roles that arc

san francisco had in this process. we do the outreach for the provider of people with developmental disabilities. we got the word out that this building with these wonderful apartments was available to sign up for the lottery. we got the word out. we actually had an information session at the arc, so people knew what to expect when applying. we supported 30 people through the application process, which could be kind of a complex process for people with developmental disabilities then, for those who are lucky enough to have their lottery number drawn, we helped them get qualified to be able to sign a lease. >> yeah. >> and we continue to support

people. we support 90 people total. what we do is we help people be good tenants and good neighbors. one of the ways we do that is through our services, mr. deer who is out there. >> yeah! >> and he lives on site. we provide fs ises for individuals. that is different for everybody. but what that means is we help people with whatever they need support in to be a successful person in the community. that might mean they might need help with cooking, with banking, with navigating the neighborhood, with shopping, whatever it takes, we're here. the arc is excited to be part of this process. this formed the other we have over at 6th and howard which is another one of our buildings we do look forward with future partnerships with mercy and other organizations to continue to be able to provide units for

people to continue to be able to live independently in san francisco. thank you. >> i want to thank the haight-ashbury council and the folk from faces across the street. we have father ray allen here from st. agnes church and the urban school, all of who really made this possible. it is really easy to stop something in san francisco. it is much harder to make it move forward. >> that agirl! >> thank you for all of those who helped it go forward. i want to thank steve wallace and the other employees. >> go, steve wallace. >> someone else hiding out there is tim dunn, who was our project manager. many of the folks live pretty close by. the person i'm about toin