please stand by... >> i'm now calling the meeting

to order. good afternoon, it's now 1:09 p.m. good afternoon, everyone. this is a regular meeting of the commission of community investment and infrastructure. the successor agency commission to the san francisco redevelopment agency for tuesday november 7th, 2017. welcome to members of the public. madam secretary, please call item one. >> roll call. commissioner rosales? >> here. >> commissioner singh. >> here. >> vice chair bustos? >> here. >> madam chair mandahar. >> here. >> the next regularly scheduled

meeting will be held tuesday november 21st, room 416. b, announcement of prohibition of sound producing electronic devices during the meeting. please be advised the ringing of, use of cell phones and electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar sound producing electronic devices. c, announcement of time allotment for public comments. please be advised the member of the public has up to three minutes to make public comment on each agenda item. it is strongly recommended that members of the public who wish to address the commission fill out a speaker card and submit the completed card to the commission secretary. the next order of business is item 3. report on actions taken at a previous closed session meeting, if any.

there are no reportable actions. the next order of business is item 4, matters of unfinished business. there are no matters of unfinished business. the next order of business is item 5, matters of new business consisting of consent and regular agenda. first 5a, approval of minutes october 3rd, 2017. 5b authorizing a second amendment to the personal services contract with rgl forensics to extend the time of completion from june 30th, 2018 and increase the contract amount by $30,000 not to exceed $80,000. action. resolution number 44-2017. madam chair? >> thank you, madam secretary, do we have any speaker cards for this item? >> no speaker cards. >> hearing no further requests

to speak on the item, i will close the public comment. i will now turn to my commission members for their comments and questions. do i have a motion? >> i move. >> moved by commissioner singh, seconded by commissioner bustos. please call the roll. >> please announce your vote. commissioner rosales? >> yes. >> commissioner singh. >> yes. >> vice chair bustos? >> yes. >> madam chair? >> yes. >> motion is carried. >> next item is regular item 5c commending and expressing appreciation to leah pimentel from her position as commissioner of the commission on community investment and infrastructure. discussion and action resolution number 45-2017. madam chair? >> yes, i would like to call

commissioner singh to please read the first part of the resolution. commissioner pimentel would you like to come up? or stand? >> commending leah pimentel for her services upon occasion from departure from her position. as commissioner of community investment and infrastructure, whereas, on october 6th 2015, san francisco mayor lee

appointed ms. pimentel as one of the following members of the commission of community investment and infrastructure commission. she has served with the distinction excellence and commitment to the mission of the office of community investment and infrastructure, as a successor agency the redevelopment agency, promoting community, economic and physical in neighborhood. >> whereas during her tenure ms. pimentel has supported and the commission has approved numerous actions to implement o.c.i.i.'s enforceable obligations which will result in improvement of economic vitality, urban landscape, affordable housing opportunities and quality of life in san francisco. with oversight and approval

o.c.c.i. in hunter park and candlestick, mission bay and transbay projects along with various continuing obligations relating to numerous assets in the center western edition 8-2 and rinkin point south beach project areas. >> and whereas as a commissioner ms. pimentel over saw many actions for the san francisco redevelopment agency, former agency, including implementation of jobs, market rate and affordable housing and public infrastructure benefiting the city and county of san francisco. approval of the long range management plan, confirmation of housing assets, transfer to the city as housing successor and approval of three recognized obligation payment schedules, and --

>> whereas, as a long time resident of san francisco, ms. pimentel has worked extensively to advise policies that help women and children thrive in this city. as vice chair of the democratic central committee which she has been elected to in 2012, ms. pimentel has fought for the affordable san francisco that supports low-income and middle-class families. in 2013, she also joined forces with the san francisco board of supervisors, a coalition of parents and working families and community organizations to enact the family workplace ordinance. which ensures that every employee has a right to request a flexible work arrangement when care giving responsibility arises for a child, family member or parent. and -- >> whereas throughout her term on the commission, ms. pimentel has been a staunch proponent of o.c.i.i.'s equal opportunity

programs including the small business enterprise program and policies related to construction and permanent workforce hiring. as well as o.c.i.i.'s obligations to create permanently affordable housing. she has worked to ensure that o.c.i.i. contracting, hiring and affordable housing opportunities are successfully marketed to all disadvantaged persons, businesses, contractors and diverse communities in san francisco. in particular, ms. pimentel has been a strong supporter of o.c.i.i.'s efforts to provide affordable housing opportunities to members of low-income households who are displaced by the former redevelopment agency. and to our eligible to receive housing preferences through o.c.i.i.'s certificate of preference program. now, therefore, be it -- >> resolved that the commission on community investment and infrastructure, on behalf of its executive director, and employees who are present here today, acknowledges the service

that's ms. pimentel has provided to o.c.i.i. and by this resolution expresses to ms. pimentel appreciation of work well done, its thanks for work and wish for success in future endeavors. the foregoing resolution was adopted by the commission at this meeting. [applause] >> chair m. mondejar: commissioner pimentel, would you like -- oh wait. speaker cards? >> no speaker cards. any members of the public? >> chair m. mondejar: any members of the public wish to speak before ms. pimentel speaks? >> would you like to come to the microphone? >> this is my presentation.

my i have my time please, please don't interrupt me. i'm speaking the language, whoever is listening. i was clearly saying the city and county the flawed system constantly making errors when it comes to us black folks, please don't get emotional. i came, i didn't know you was getting your award today but i'm here standing, thanking you for your service here. redevelopment agency, formerly o.c.i.i. you could walk away from this agency with your head held high girl, because you did what you could, at this particular time, with these particular people, with this particular agency. i was there when you were elected with the 3ccc with the diversity you had to administer, i was there videotaping, i don't know if you remember that day. anyway, getting back to this, i'm here to say, i'm very much

here in support, and giving thanks to commissioner for her work that she has rendered here in this short time on her appointee by the mayor. but i want to thank her and let her know her endeavors are here, the sky's the limit. the sky's the limit. so if that means anything to the public, i'm sure you understand what i'm saying. congratulations and thank you for your service rendered here at this agency. when i do get to speak publicly it won't be this kind and i am glad you won't be up there to hear it in your ears, but thank you for your service. >> chair m. mondejar: thank you. >> no other speaker cards. >> chair m. mondejar: no other speaker cards. last time to call commissioner pimentel. >> thank you, all. it's been a real pleasure to serve with you guys and really doing amazing things in the city for people getting homes

and jobs, it's been an amazing experience and i really want to thank you all. thank you. >> chair m. mondejar: thank you. i will now close public comment. and refer to my commissioners, fellow commissioners? any more comments? >> i just want to say, leah, thank you so much for your work. you have been a real honest voice about how families are treated in this city. and the need for us to always consider families. this was, and will be a city of families. and it's a wonderful thing. so i just want to thank you for that. and we look forward to what you do in the future. and to still make sure that families are considered in the city. thank you. >> chair m. mondejar: commissioner rosales? >> yes, thank you. leah, thank you. not only for your service but for your friendship. now we are back to four commissioners. [chuckles]

less than five. so i hope while you are not up here joining our voices, that you will appear in whatever manner and matter that you think is important, so that we continue to hear from you. because you are a district 10 resident and i think it's important. so don't get lost. >> thank you. there she is. leah, we go way back. and i know your work and i've seen your commitment and your faith in the city. and i really appreciate you being on the commission and hearing your voice and hearing your comments and representing families, especially and the youth. so thank you for your service. i know that you are going to be great in the next chapter of your life. in your next adventure, in your career. and we will miss you.

and i know we are going to see you more and more on the other side representing youth and families and women's rights and we expect you, and i expect you to be there. so thank you, again, for your time with the commission. having said that, any other comments? from the commissioners? so i need a motion. yes, nadia? >> i want to also express my gratitude and your counsel over the last year, almost. and really look forward to working with you in your new capacity in a district 10 resident. you have been very helpful, supportive and been giving feedback as we move the candlestick phase 2 forward. thank you for that. >> chair m. mondejar: commissioner singh? >> during the 22 years on this

commission, before the redevelopment, there is a second commissioner who couldn't finish her term and -- leah. we are going to miss you, yeah. >> chair m. mondejar: okay. so i need a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> chair m. mondejar: moved by commissioner bustos, seconded by commissioner rosales. madam secretary, please call the roll. >> commissioner rosales? >> yes. >> commissioner singh? >> yes. >> vice chair bustos? >> yes. >> madam chair mondejar? >> chair m. mondejar: yes. >> madam chair, there are four aye's. >> chair m. mondejar: the motion to approve the resolution is carried. i would like to take a pause to take a picture with commissioner pimentel with the commissioners, if you would like to come forward.

[off mic] >> chair m. mondejar: oh, by the flag.

[off mic] >> chair m. mondejar: thank you to the public for indulging us for our photo session, photo opportunity. madam secretary, will you please call the next item. >> the next order of business is agenda item 5d. consenting to former successor agency employee thor kaslofsky's request for waivers from the successor agency's

post-employment restrictions related to work on housing projects at the candlestick point-hunters point shipyard and artist community at the hunters point shipyard, discussion and action, resolution number 46-2017. madam director? >> thank you. this item is before us because thor, former employee of o.c.i.i. has been an employee for about ten years, is requesting a waiver. and morales, general counsel will be giving the overview and thor will be available to respond to questions, if commissioners have any. >> president mondejar, members of the commission, i'm jim morales, general counsel. as you know, the agency has a policy that says that former employees, commissioners and

consultants, essentially have a duty of loyalty, or another way of saying it is an obligation not to switch sides on issues they worked on while they were employed by, or working with, the agency. this would apply both to work under the redevelopment agency, as well as o.c.i.i. if an employee, for example, has been working on issues for the agency, and then leaves and decides to go in the private sector work for another party on similar issues of a particular nature, they have the obligation, if they want to continue to work on those matters for another party, to seek the agency's consent. the agency's role in reviewing that, or the commission's role in reviewing that is to determine whether or not there

would be any detriment or hardship to the agency to have a former employee work on a matter that that employee had worked on for the agency itself. there's concerns about possible conflicts or disclosure of information and the like. this policy, the city also has a similar policy in its ethics laws, the ethics commission reviews these on a somewhat regular basis when former employees, commissioners and the like seek a waiver. just as background information, the redevelopment agency commission adopted this policy in 1982. it is a permanent prohibition on employees, commissioners working on matters that they had worked on as an employee or commissioner of the agency.

but recognizing that there's also an interest in having people move on and go on life after the agency whether it be as employee, commissioner or whatever, there's an opportunity to obtain the consent of the agency to waive that prohibition. mr. thor kaslofsky was originally hired by the redevelopment agency in 2005. he became a project manager in 2008. and as a project manager, he over saw a wide variety of issues related to the approval of projects, the approval process that the agency goes through in vetting and reviewing projects. his primary focus was on the hunters point shipyard but also issues related to candlestick point.

he left o.c.i.i. in 2015, after having survived the dissolution of the redevelopment agency and he went to work in the private sector. he is a principle at a group called common ground urban development, a local real estate developer that's involved in projects here in the city, as well as elsewhere. given his involvement in a variety of matters at the shipyard, he has identified a couple of projects that he wants to work on now, that have a connection to his past life at the agency. one is to work with land lease, which is a general contractor for projects, or hopes to be for projects at the shipyard candlestick point area under the phase ii d.d.a.

and in working with lend lease, his business would be to work through some of the contract compliance issues, the community outreach and construction management that would be associated with housing projects that are to be built in candlestick point. in addition, he seeks to advise star which is a non-profit board that is the shipyard trust for the arts. that is a group that has been very supportive of the artist community at the shipyard. and as you know, preservation and expansion of the artist community at the shipyard has long been a priority of the redevelopment agency and continues to be a priority of

o.c.i.i. it's embedded in the redevelopment plan in the d.d.a. and there are significant steps that we are taking to try to maintain that artist community. so mr. kaz love -- kaslofsky would like to advise star and members of the board on issues related to the artist community. in reviewing what mr. kaslofsky has submitted and considering other factors, staff finds no reason to disapprove this consent. we don't find a basis to determine there's a hardship or detriment to the agency but ultimately that's a decision for the commission to make after reviewing the materials submitted and hearing from mr. kaslofsky himself. so at this point i would like to turn it over to him to

present to you. i don't think we should have a time limit in case he wants to exceed the 3 minutes and he is certainly available to answer any questions you may have. >> chair m. mondejar: thank you, counsel morales. good afternoon. >> greetings, commissioners. i have several pages of remarks here. i will try to be short. i'm just joking. greetings commissioners, president mondejar, director sesay. it's good to see the good work is still going on at the commission post resolution. i'm thor kaslofsky. socially responsible real estate developers. i appreciate you considering my request for a waiver of o.c.i.i.'s post employment restrictions in my work working with lend lease and also as a member of star, the board. as my letter and staff memo states, me being involved as a community consultant with lend

lease and as a board member of star, at the hunters point shipyard and candlestick sites is not likely to create potential for unfair advantage with the commission or o.c.i.i. by seeking this waiver i'm following o.c.i.i.'s personnel policy which suggests to engage in this kind of work i stated in my letter, that employee has to seek the commission's permission to do that. as an employee of o.c.i.i. i always operated ethically and i continue to do so in my business as a socially responsible developer. if i encounter a matter in the future i felt were prohibited i would recuse myself or seek o.c.i.i.'s guidance. i appreciate the commission's consideration of this waiver that will allow me to continue to provide for my family and contribute to the bayview community. thank you. >> chair m. mondejar: thank you. madam secretary, do we have any speaker cards?

>> yes. ace washington. >> wow. i'm just tickled black, not pink, to see this young man come back. he is a young man, not much younger than me but we were born on the same day. and i remember his first day back when it was redevelopment agency, see i'm a historian. just to be here, to give my stamp of approval, i'm sure that means something. we never had the pleasure of him working in the western edition, i wish we had. he has been a very honorable and honest man in the bayview, because i worked in bayview a lot. particularly hunter's point. i never had any problems, always been honest. that's the main thing. i may not have liked it or they may not have liked it but when i hear he is going back there jumping for joy and particularly the younger

generations to see we have a young man, good-looking young man too, that will be able to come to the community, and you know, what i mean by good-looking, don't get it wrong, you know. present for the youngsters to see they have someone in their community that looks like them, who will be able to work and maneuver and work for them. and that's a good maneuver, where you switch the role. now i've seen individuals from this agency and other agencies come back into the community. i never heard this process. maybe i missed it. because some of them i never would have okay'd them to come back, know whag they know and working on the other hand. you see. and that's what you you call community reform, in a way. use because i'm sure thor will be working in the interest of whomever he is working for and have no personal vendetta or maybe pressure from you guys when working.

i'm happy for you, thor. i had seen him in the community last week at a closing of a business in the fillmore 1300. that's just a fact. we will talk about that when i come back. but i'm here, and i'm glad i'm here. for the record he has the stamp of approval from ace on the case. welcome back, brother. welcome back. >> chair m. mondejar: thank you. >> no other speaker cards. >> chair m. mondejar: hearing no further requests to speak on this item, i will now close public comment and turn to my fellow commissioners for any questions or comments? >> i'm fine. >> the only comment i have is i have no problem with the waiver. i think it's narrow, it's consistent with our policy. i know thor's good work as a former employee of our agency. and i think with this waiver it will serve the public interest, so i'm in favor. >> chair m. mondejar: i've

known thor, or mr. kaslofsky from the beginning, when i joined the commission. and have been very helpful in orienting us into the projects of the bayview, hunters point and the shipyard. so i also have no objection to the waiver. so any other comments? yes commissioner singh? >> i've known thor since he started working here, you know, so yeah. >> chair m. mondejar: do i have a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> chair m. mondejar: moved by commissioner bustos, seconded by commissioner rosales, madam secretary, please call the roll. >> commission members please announce your vote when i call your name. commissioner rosales. >> yes. >> commissioner singh. >> yes. >> vice chair bustos? >> yes. >> madam chair mondejar. >> chair m. mondejar: yes. >> madam chair, the vote is four eye's. >> chair m. mondejar: the motion carries, congratulations. madam secretary, please call

the next item. >> the next order of business is agenda item 5e, authorizing a ground lease agreement and an amended and restated loan agreement for an aggregate not to exceed $20,593,600, both with mb3e, lp, a california limited partnership and affiliate of chinatown community development center and swords to plow shares for the development of 119 rental units including one manager's unit, serving formerly homeless veterans and low-income families at mission bay south block 3 east 11503rd street a project within the scope of the mission bay final subsequent environmental impact report, f.s.e.i. rismt, program e.i.r. and adequately described in the f.s.e.i.r. for the purposes of the california environmental quality act, mission bay south redevelopment project area, discussion and action, resolution number 47-2017.

madam director. >> thank you. this is a great milestone in this project. since 2015, the commission has taken various actions including authorizing o.c.i.i. to kind of select the developer and co-developer. i see we have representatives from the co-developer chinatown community development center. i see reverend fong in the audience with swords to plowshares as well as the architect. this is also one of the projects where we got some philanthropic dollars for the veterans for low -- homeless families, for 100% affordable housing project. and this allows us to take the next step in securing a loan, entering into a loan agreement with the developer to initiate construction. so with that, i will turn it over to kim to present on this item. >> great. thank you very much.

good afternoon, madam chair and members of the commission. i'm kim obstfeldt with o.c.i.i. community redevelopment housing team. i'm here seeking authorize for the director to enter into a ground lease and amended restated loan agreement with chinatown community develop. center and swords to plowshares, block 3 east. planned 119 unit development that will serve formerly homeless veterans and low-income families. this request is made in anticipation of the close of construction financing and start of construction in mid-december. block 3 east is located along 3rd street, two blocks south of mission creek. bounded by 3rd street to the east, long bridge street to the north, mission rock street to the south and a market rate apartment building called venuto the west.

block 3 east is within close walking distances to many services and amenities, public library, parks and open spaces, banks, grocery store, child care and health care services. before i go into additional detail on the 3 east project i want to take just a minute to provide some background on mission bay. redevelopment plans owner participation agreements or o.p.a.'s, the o.p.a.'s allow r fo the development of up to 6,514 residential units in mission bay with nearly 30% total set aside as affordable housing units. in mission bay north all 698 inclusionary and o.c.i.i. sponsored units have been completed and mission bay south, 350 affordable units have been constructed in the project area and another 868 are planned or under construction.

the o.p.a. requires the master developer submit development plans in major phases, major phases include commercial and residential development, parks. they included block 3 east in 2005 blocks 2-7 and 13. at that time block 3 east was confirmed as an affordable housing site. the development process for block 3 east started in may 2015 with the issuance of a request for proposals or r.f.p. for the site. shortly after the r.f.p. was released mayor lee held a press conference to announce a partnership citizens technology innovation or s.f. city through which a group of philanthropists donated approximately $4.5 million to accelerate development on block 3 east and provided much-needed housing for veterans and families. in june 2015 the team lead by

c.c.d.c. and swords to plowshares with architects was select today -- selected to develop the site. in february 2016, the commission approved an exclusive negotiations agreement and predevelopment loan to fund design and other predevelopment work on the project. later the commission approved a schematic design and option to ground lease agreement. as i mentioned, s.f. city through the work of hamilton family center contributed a total of approximately $4.5 million to aid in the development of this project. the predevelopment load of $2.5 million fully funded by the donation and remaining $2 million will be dispersed by the gap loan agreement before you today. funded by generous families individuals and organizations. the 3 east development will

provide 119 units of affordable housing rental housing. 62 will serve formerly homeless veterans. these units will be targeted for persons earning 30% of the area median income or a.m.i. in 2017 that equates to $24,200 per year for a single person. rent for the units will be subsidized with veterans affairs supportives housing or v.a.s.h. vouchers and local operating subsidy program. 56 will serve low income families for families earning 60% of a.m.i. in 2017, a family of four at this income level earns up to $69,200 per year. rent at this level would be $1,556 per month with utilities included for a 2-bedroom unit. the veterans units are comprised of 12 studio units

and 50 1-bedroom units. the project also includes one 2-bedroom manager's unit. the development program provides for supportive services targeted both for veterans as well as for families. the building will feature amenities intending to serve all residents including a two-level court room, computer lab, community room and children and teen spaces. as i mentioned earlier the schematic design for block 3 east was approved in october 2016. just as a reminder this is a view from third street and mission rock. and another view from third street and long bridge and this is the east elevation facing 3rd street. and finally this is the south elevation along mission rock street.

marketing and preferences for the units will vary based on the population to be served whether a veteran's unit or family unit. for veterans unit, they will be referred through collaborative effort, swords to plowshares, or s.s.h. they will use a central system using records for homeless people accessing services throughout san francisco to identify veterans and prioritize based on need, length of time homeless and housing readiness. the group will work with mayor's office of community development, to further prioritize based on certificate of preference status. for family units the marketing lease process will follow regular o.c.i.i. and o.c.e. protocols. the team will prepare an early outreach plan to ensure proper marketing and make sure mailings are sent to c.o.p. holders. they will receive priority

preference for family units. the block 3 east project will include a secure parking lot with space for 25 vehicles. based on swords to plowshares experience housing formerly homeless veterans parking demand is expected to be minimal. the parking unit ratio for the family units is 0.44 spaces for everyone unit. also secured storage for 72 bikes. there's a muni metro stop on 3rd street connecting resident to the downtown, other muni lines and b.a.r.t.. provides access to mission district, caltrain is less than a block as well as stops for other city bus lines. the mission bay citizens advisory committee or c.a.c. has been involved in the 3 east

development since the selection of c.c.d.c. and swords in 2015, c.a.c. has been fully supportive, they unanimously voted in favor of the schematic design and kept apprise of the status by mission bay project management staff at their monthly meetings. the request before you today is authorization to enter into a ground lease and amended and restated loan agreement. the ground lease is for a 75-year term, payment of rent through a set base, payable only if surplus cash flow, it restricts resident rents and income. it insures it's constructed in compliance with the approved documents and plans. the loan agreement is for a total of up to $20,593,000. this total is a combination of the previously committed predevelopment funds as well as additional funding for project construction. the agreement is for a 55-year term with an interest rate of

up to 3%. the rate will be confirmed in the final financial plan prior to closing on the construction loan. in addition to the o.c.i.i. loan, the project is receiving $10 million in funding from the california department of housing and community development's veterans housing and homelessness prevention program. this is the first san francisco project to be awarded these funds. the project also received an award from the federal home loan banks affordable housing program. to date the development team has achieved approximately 48% participation for professional services. the team is fully committed to achieving o.c.i.i.'s goal of 50% during the construction phase. the development team and general contractor nibby brothers are pursuing 2-3 scopes of work that may be completed by san francisco s.b.e.'s

your approval today will allow foreclose -- for close of construction financing. the team will prepare early outreach plan and begin to work through marketing. should be complete and ready for occupancy in fall 2019. i do want to take a minute to just introduce a couple members of the development team who are here today. if you would stand when i call your name. from c.c.d.c. reverend norman fong. also from c.c.d.c. whitney jones. kim pijoda and denise choi and from swords to plowshares leon winston, tina dirienzo, and maisha gardiner, from l.m.s. architects, greg novikoff and

from nivi brothers bob nivi and aksel boren. >> chair m. mondejar: welcome, everyone. >> and that concludes the staff presentation. i'm happy to answer any questions you may have about this project. thank you very much. >> chair m. mondejar: before questions, do we have any speaker cards? >> yes, madam chair. i have three speaker cards. derek sanders? >> good afternoon o.c.i.i. this is new to me. so bear with me. >> chair m. mondejar: good afternoon. >> i'm derek sanders. i'm an employee of swords for plowshares but first, i'm a homeless veteran. so with the help of swords to plowshares and the commission, so to speak of no vet left

behind by ed lee, thank you. thank you. this is all new to me. i just appreciate the fact that i'm here, speaking for the organization i work for and the veterans of san francisco. it's a hard life to get here but i made it. so, i don't know what else to say besides the fact that we need the housing for the veterans here in san francisco. whatever you can do to pass this bill, this $20 million, o my god, that's a lot of money, but it helps. it really does help. you know, i'm not one to follow format so forgive me, but i'm doing the best i can to let you know that we veterans need every bit of the incentive that

is coming in. i'm derek, and i'm a proud member of swords plowshares and a veteran. thank you. >> thank you for your service. [applause] >> samuel bibbins. >> good afternoon, folks. my name is samuel bibbins, a long time resident of san francisco, since 1964. and i worked in the city for a good number of years and then eventually due to circumstances and also an injury, i had to retire early. i lived in the city for a number of years afterwards and then i decided to move back to

louisiana in about 2005. and that's my home. i was born and raised there. and then, of course, unfortunately for me, 2005 katrina came and wiped the city and area out that i was going to move to so i boogieed on back to san francisco, which i wanted to come back and live. i came back as homeless. i applied for housing through swords for plowshares. i was three years homeless waiting to get a place to live. i sort of couch surfed and went back and forth to different locations in the country to live with my family and in 2005 i was called to get a place in the presidio. i never wanted to leave san francisco. if there's called being in love with the city i'm in love with the city but the city has

changed so much over the last number of years because of gentrification and all the other things that have come about, it's almost impossible now for someone who doesn't have sufficient funds to be able to survive. thank organizations like swords who made it possible for people like me to still live in the city they love and still have quality of life and circumstance that gives us dignity and a right to be here. so i am hoping that you will approve this project because not only for just the homeless people but the low-rent people who still, i think once our community goes only a place for the wealthy it's no longer considered a city but a playground for the rich. i want to thank swords and the city of san francisco trying to maintain in spite of all the circumstances. so thank you for allowing me to share. >> chair m. mondejar: thank you. [applause] >> ace washington.

>> i'm here, first of all, supporting the program. so let's get that out of the way above everything so people won't say ace what are you here speaking about. i'm supporting. particularly, the last two speakers, which i share some of their -- happen to be black like they are. i happen to be homeless like they are. i happen to be run parallel experiences with this agency like they did, but way back, way back, 20-30 years. and i can truly say, and i will keep saying so you don't say ace, stay on track. i'm supporting that. i'm also here, i don't plan to be here to keep on listening to all this, because it upsets me in my head because i've seen this happen over and over, same names different games, of the promises. the promises.

now it's o.c.i.i. he said. seems like o.c.i.i. still tell lies. i'm not up here to sugar coat anything today. but i'm here to speak parallel on the issue. you all never done it but i've come up here and speak different agencies they push a button back there, a panic button, have the sheriff come up here, ace off track. ace trying to disrupt the meeting. in my life and time, y'all, i'm 63, i've seen meetings disrupted by community activists. i mean disrupted. but i'm an old vet. i guess i'm standing up here saying there's not that many of us around, but i support the project. the two speakers who just spoke they need housing, a lot of us need housing. i'm here to speak on these millionaire billionaire developers who have come into this city by the bay. you got to hear what i got to

say, it ain't what you all saying, the history, if you tell the history, if you all tell it we won't be able to smell it. in my community you have to smell it to believe it. i'm not here to lecture you but breaking the boredom to speak to every issue to keep it parallel and you all know doggone well what i'm here about, you know what i'm here to speak about. it's all in the papers, it's all in the news. i ain't looking like mr. magoo but bottom line, y'all, somebody will have to be accountable for all of this. let me just say in closing, all these developments, all these presentations, what if? what if? that's only a two-letter word. but it's so long. i've been around, people like mary rogers and them when the redevelopment started and relocation, they sued and stopped it. and what if?

what if something like that happened again? stop all the projects until governor brown come see what's going on in the city by the bay. >> chair m. mondejar: thank you. >> i have no more speaker cards, madam chair. >> chair m. mondejar: hearing no further requests to speak on this item, i will close public comment. so now i turn to my fellow commissioners for comments and questions. >> i just want to say i support this project. i think it's long overdue. i like the fact that it has housing for veterans and it's looking to serve families. so i think this is a good project to move forward. >> chair m. mondejar: thank you, commissioner bustos. commissioner rosales? >> yes, thank you. i, of course, agree. and i'm happy to say that we are approving, likely approving this on the eve of veterans day, which i think is very appropriate. which happens to be my

daughter's birthday so we celebrate it every year. but i had a couple of questions. forgive me if i've asked them before. i like data, as we know. on slide 17, we are talking about the preferences on the veterans side. i'm interested in knowing, of course the preferences as are delineated there, they are self-explanatory but do we actually have a number in our mind we are targeting, for instance for the certificate of preference? category for veterans? >> you know, it's tough on that because h.s.h. is still pulling together data in their coordinated entry system. that number changes and the population on that list changes everyday. so to crosscheck that list then against the list that o.c.d.

maintains certificate holders is a moving target. i can't say we have a specific number in mind or that we have been able to put data to that but the intent and plan is we will continue to coordinate as we get closer to project occupancy and lease up to see what that looks like, including veterans administration, swords, department of homelessness and supportive housing working closely to figure out where we can house certificate of preference holders that are also formerly homeless veterans. >> i was going to add, perhaps a survey just completed might help us in informing that decision. i don't know how many preference holders there are, but if there are fewer preference holders than units available it would be great if they could all be housed.

i like the idea, in terms of how the preferences work beyond certificate of preference category, the longevity, or length of time that a veteran has been homeless, i think that speaks to, i'm assuming homeless generally, not necessarily in san francisco, right? >> right. >> it seems to me in the high need category. >> exactly. that's something that h.s.h. is working to refine and has been refining through the roll out of the coordinated entry system and that's sort of the beauty of the coordinated entry system, they can really understand the history of folks they are trying to work with. prioritize folks by those most in need and who will benefit most from permanent supportive housing. >> i have to say the income category 23,000 or something, that's crazy to me. i guess if you are formerly homeless, that's maybe typical

but it's just crazy that we would be targeting that low. i mean there's got to be a lot of need in that area in the veteran category. that was just an observation. the other question i had was on, another favorite topic, the s.b.e. program, slide 23, i have to commend the team. i look at the list of folks that are getting work and i'm recognizing some names but there's a lot of names i'm seeing, i think for the first time so that says there's good work being done in the outreach to the small business community, so i want to commend the team on that, so my question is, and perhaps this is a question for the general contractor and developer on what are the joint venture opportunities.

we want to build capacity in the small business community to compete for our contracts and i'm encouraged to hear there's 2-3 distinct scopes being identified. is that close to reality or is this exploratory? can someone answer that? >> i will turn that question over to nibbi or ken from c.c.d.c. >> good afternoon. so some of the joint venture opportunities we are looking at, nibbi concrete -- >> chair m. mondejar: you want to identify yourself. >> sorry, i'm aksel borne with nibbi brothers. so one of the opportunities is a joint venture with michael banes and nibbi concrete, it's something we have done in the past. another one is broadway and bacon. bacon is a local company they

are doing a joint venture with and have done business together before as well. and the other one is pacific allied fire. so those are the three that we reached out for. >> chair m. mondejar: great, thank you. >> hi, commissioners, i just want to add that we haven't signed the construction contract and subcontracts yet. those are joint ventures we are working on but have not been finalized. >> chair m. mondejar: would you like to identify? >> sorry, i'm kim with c.d.c. >> chair m. mondejar: commissioner singh? >> we actually, general community has done lots of projects for us. so they are a good developer. only my question is how much loan they have with so far. do you loan, because we