yeah. >> ok. >> does that answer? >> yes. >> thank you very much. >> at this time we'll move on to miss campbell at the budget legislative analysis. >> thank you very much. >> good afternoon, chair kim, we reported specifically on the development and disposition agreement with the developer for today and we also in our report, i won't go into detail, covered the infrastructure financing plan and issuance of bonds which will be considered by the board sitting as a committee of the whole on tuesday. terms of the disposition and development agreement or d.d.a., board did endorse the initial terms of that agreement in 2013, as miss menicini said, the term is the return to the developer for their capital contribution to the project. under the original term sheet,

20%. under this d.d.a., it's 18%. but the developer does get more participation in project revenues and that is on page 19 of the report. in terms of sort of the project financing, public financing for the horizontal infrastructure, the developer under the d.d.a. will construct the infrastructure. funding sources are shown on page 14 of our report. the sources and uses are estimated to be about $700 million, that's in current dollar value. the developers and the project source, project revenue financing this project have shown the table on page 14. the developer's equity contribution is estimated to be about 190 million. they have already contributed about 27 million of that towards entitlement costs. with their return, we estimate that the return to developer and the payment to developer will be around 268 million in current

dollars. under the d.d.a., the developer is paid back from project revenues, prepaid ground leases, rents, financing from the financing district, they say they cannot compel the general fund or the port fund to repay their costs. in sort of summary of this project, same we said when we looked at the pier 70 project, this is complex, the financing is complex. if project revenues do not come in in the amount or the frequency that they are expected, it will cause delays in the project, that would be the major risk to the project. we recommend amending the resolution that approves the d.d.a. to require annual report back to the board from the port in may, that would go over what the situation is with the financing development of the project. so many components the board needs to approve, we consider it to be a policy matter.

>> great. thank you so much, miss campbell. was there a response to the proposed amendment by the b.l.a.? you'll report back to the board? >> supportive of the recommendations and are happy to report back each year and we agree, it's very complex and we have tried to build in as many safeguards as we possibly can. i think an annual check-in makes sense in a project like this. >> great. so, that is an amendment to item number three. so make a motion to amend item number three per miss campbell's request. is that ok? and i also wanted to make one additional amendment to item number four. the memorandum of understanding recording the interagency cooperation mission rock project, and this is, i passed out copies of the amendment. it's just to one of the whereas clause that on february 6, 2018,

by resolution, board of directors of the san francisco municipal transportation agency consented, therefore be it. reflect the sfmta board of directors meeting that occurred on tuesday. ok. seeing no further comments from members of the board, mr. clerk. >> just want to mention for members of the public who have come for the hearing, motions to amend will be in order after public comment has been taken for the hearing items. >> so at this time, we are going to open up for public comment on item 2 through 5. if you would like to speak on the item, i apologize, i realize, i think there are speaker cards, but i do see ace walking up. >> yes, i'll be -- cordial. >> i'm sorry, give me a second. i'm almost done. i see members of the public, fernando marti, connie ford

walking up to the front. ace, you are welcome to go ahead. you walked up first. so -- >> could you put that in the memo? ace welcomed to city hall, and that would be the biggest secret and i can walk around here, anybody mess with me, i say check out the memo, leave ace alone. thank you. and they don't know that you know karate and i would be behind you. mission bay, you want to hear what i got to say. this is black history, i'm okking it, so i can be on track, so talking about the issue. my main concern all black history month up here in this city by the bay on that tv channel that i help created, i don't want the credit, give me some money. anyway -- be easy on me. i'm supporting this, with he have to find out what y'all are about and seek and get the information and you'll see what i'm all about. i'm all about asimulating the information to my black community, it's black history

month. i wake up black, go to sleep black, so i can't take that back. so i'm the czar of outmigration, a member of waypack, read about the waypack. i take on the principles and people say ace, why you act this way, because i'm chartered by the waypack, that was the first black community organization to fight against the redevelopment, we'll get about that later. all these new developments, particularly in the mission bay, i told y'all, you are going to hear what i got to say. if y'all going to do anything about mission bay, you have to have jim jefferson there. [bell rings] if you don't know, ask somebody. it's in my memo. a black man, he can tell us, developer before all this came on and selling off things and all we see are the new developments. if you don't put jim jefferson, some black folks there, it's not going to exist, just like justin

herman blocked down. history shows that this is the most racist city in the united states, only city i've been to, that's why i label it there. my name is ace i'm on the case, i'll see you. [bell rings] >> thank you. mr. martin. >> fernando martin, council of community housing organizations. first of all, commend you all for supporting and working with this project with the port and the developers and creating a project that is going to be 40% affordable. it's a landmark here, and really important, and not just that it's 40% affordable, but 40% affordable across a range of income levels. i think one of the things we hear a lot, this project is going to be affordable up to, whatever, up to 120% a.m.i. and you see the affordable units. 120% a.m.i.

a big accomplishment. and you will hear us talking about this the broken record, a need to fit jobs to housing. and in this time of a housing crisis in san francisco, the need to maximize the number of housing units that we are building across a range of income levels, in particular those affordable units, is critically important. so within the project development there are flex sites, can be housing, commercial, and can be hotel. i want you to encourage you all to make those projects housing projects. right now we are seeing an explosion of job creating uses, whether at pier 70, whether eight mission rock or throughout the central plan. [bell rings] and where are the workers going to be housed, and so it's very important, and i encourage you all to maximize the amount of housing within the project to make sure that those jobs and those new workers are housed.

>> thank you, mr. martin. i just want to ask, i don't want to miss anything, on monday we did do a series of amendments to ensure that hotel would not be a flex use on any of the residential parcels. it's only a flex use on the commercial parcels. is there something on top of those amendments that you would like to see? >> i think still some parcels that are flex commercial or housing. >> i see. >> i think the idea, it makes sense from a development point of view. we will see what happens. pier 70 similarly had some and what we got from the planning commission and from the developer was [bell rings] that residential would be preferred and come back to the planning commission and if not able to make it residential, they would ask to change that to commercial. so, that's how pier 70 dealt with that. >> i see. thank you so much. >> makes me happy when i can stand up here and speak on

behalf of same project on which the council community housing organizations and the labor council are speaking. we have been watching this progress, this project progress now for upwards of ten years. with some excitement about when it will eventually happen. i think the pile drivers i think are excited, thousands of piles, and under the street to be driven for this project. but that, the fact it's been going on for ten years and has been through such a tortureous process and so many negotiations, resulting in the complex and intricate result, we hope to improve actually the agreements and the memorandum of understanding before you today, with a minimum of changes. it's a little like a game of jenga, you pull out one piece, we may have to go back and redo much of what we have done, compliments for supervisor kim for her long and hard work on

this, and again, we hope you approve the three agreements and ask for approval of the three agreements today. >> thank you so much, mr. tario. and miss ford. >> supervisor kim, supervisor fewer, connie ford, i'm speaking on behalf of san francisco labor council. f.f. clout, the non-profit i run in the labor council and others who couldn't make it today. mostly talk about the affordable housing situation on this project. we are thrilled that 40% is the highest we have had so far, as we grow, and we are also thrilled by the levels going from not taking any economic position that out does and out sources another one, so the housing for the 45% a.m.i. up to the 150%, take the teachers as

well as their para professionals into account. and the 2 or 3 bedrooms is also an extending position that families are welcome in this project. i guess i want to say that we'll be back, because 50%, 40% is good, it's a good standard bearer, and next time we want more, you know, because this housing crisis is in, where we are in a crisis and we can continually push this envelope. i would love to talk further at some point about schools and the necessary of schools having been a parent and children go through schools and now have grandchildren in the public schools, we do need schools. i just would like to talk about that in the future also, thank you. >> thank you, miss ford. >> good afternoon, supervisors. representing the ymca of san francisco, more specifically, bayview hunters point where i'm

the executive director. commission to build strong kids, families and community. core of the work in terms of vision is really about sustainable, healthy communities. and this project in itself really relies upon those social determines of healths. san francisco giants have been a long-term supporter and partner in our work, from enhancing our educational programs, as well as our health programs through our youth work force development as well as our sports department. you have heard the very nuances and details from the affordable units provided, as well as the open parks and spaces that provide an opportunity for families to come together, but more importantly, for a healthy san francisco. i strongly encourage you on today to move this project forward, it provides an opportunity for work force development as you have heard in the many comments, this is really a need for san francisco,

particularly in this area where we are so close to bayview hunters point. more importantly, i think that it's important for our families to live, work and play in san francisco and this project provides them that opportunity. thank you for your time today. >> thank you. >> good morning, my name is amanda, and i serve as director of programs with the san francisco parks alliance. parks alliance the largest non-profit organization serving san francisco's diverse parks and specifically those park partners or friend groups of which there are about 200 of them that we fiscally sponsor, creating new and innovative recreational spaces in the underserved communities across the city. today i'm speaking in support of the mission rock development and urging you to move it forward. since 2005 when the mayor asee him -- partnered to realize the

blue green way vision of the trail and connected open space and recreation, from at&t park to candlestick recreation area. much needed acres of new park is a vital step in realizing this vision for san francisco residents. for too long, the city's southern waterfront has been disconnected from the central and northern waterfront areas, with a lack of pedestrian access, and trail connectivity, exacerbating the need for parks among some of the city's most historically underserved populations. opening eight acres of open space is a game changer. this has been a ten-year project, and began talking about the blue green way before the 2005 big boost that the mayor gave it. please do not delay this project. this project's completion is a big priority [bell rings] for the parks alliance, we hope you will continue to join us and

move it forward. >> thank you so much. >> my name is chris kelton, my wife and i have lived in south beach since 1989, and until recently had a small business on townsend street. lived through 20 years of development. when the giants build their baseball palace, it was the key that unlocked the long-awaited and desired mission bay very many. despite all the development there is something missing. specifically, the feeling of community. drawn from the residence of south beach, mission bay and mission rock, a new inclusive, energetic neighborhood will spring forth with a town square feel inviting people to linger and explore. new friendships and relationships will develop. the very backbone of community. we all know about the tangible benefits that evolve because of this project. the 40% affordable housing,

eight acres of dedicated open space. but equally important is a nontangible psychic effect that cannot be measured, a sense of pride where we live. finally, it's important to remember all the untold man-hours that have gone into this project for at least the last ten years. through meetings and open dialogue, the giants and the public have crafted a plan that all san francisco can be proud of. one that includes all walks of life intermingling with one another, a shining example of a possible -- [bell rings] when all interested parties feel they have a voice and input. indeed commendable achievement the entire region can be proud of. please, i beg you, we, who live there and the citywide yearn for this. do not delay ten years of planning. thank you. >> thank you so much for being here. and i do have one more speaker

card, reverend arnold townsend after chad houston. >> good afternoon, supervisors. chad houston with local 261. i'm here to urge you to not delay this project. the two things i can speak towards are the work force component of the project and the affords ability component. with the extended a.m.i., helpful for our membership which has a little under 10,000 members and about 4,000 that live in san francisco. a lot of our members are being pushed out with the extended a.m.i. for the affordability. it allows them to qualify for the affordable housing, and the work force component, we are partnering with city bill and have a long standing relationship with the giants and we are happy to expand upon that

providing a work force that's local to san francisco and providing jobs for individuals who also cannot stay in the city. so, i urge you to not delay this project and look forward to working with the giants moving forward. thanks. >> thank you. mr. reverend townsend. thank you for coming back again. >> thank you, supervisor kim, supervisor fewer. let me just say that you all know better than most the benefits that this project offer. and all of us would have that be something very wrong with us not to support this project, not to support what this project means for san francisco. both now and san francisco's future. first of all, this project, if i can borrow from a truck commercial and no, i'm not going to quote dr. king, but it's --

the commercial says that this project does not set the bar, it is the bar for all future projects of this type this size. we should never accept anything less than this development. the features such as the deep affordability that this will provide is absolutely outstanding. but what i am most concerned about today and want to impress upon you not to delay this project anymore. ten years of planning, it has gone all over the city. they didn't just stop with the neighborhoods that are contiguous to mission rock, but all over the community. meeting with everyone from local area pastors, to local contractors, this project is important to this city and it's important [bell rings] we get it started now before prices and rents and costs go

up. thank you so much. >> thank you so much, reverend townsend. if there are no more members of the public that would like to speak, at this time we will now close public comment. [gavel] supervisor fewer. >> thank you very much thank you for everyone that came out to speak today. i think that, i understand the work that has gone into this project over the last ten years. i know i'm new to the board and i just came on last year. but eight years before that i was on the san francisco board of education and i am the one who asked for a demographic information around how san francisco is growing and how is san francisco unified school district is actually keeping up with the growth, hopefully of new residents of san francisco and also the families. so, quite frankly, personally, i want to say that the answers today are not sufficient around the building of schools and how this city is planning with the

san francisco unified school district. so, i think there is something very wrong when we plan for family units but don't plan for the education of those students. san francisco unified school district is five schools behind now, the building of san francisco. i know that having been on the board of education, they have repeatedly reached out to the planning departments on deaf ears. i know that we have brought before this issue at a joint meeting with city officials and also school district officials, i attended many of those meetings. think dissolve and i guess if the city does not see a need to actually educate the children of moderate and low income families, because it is not enough to say we will build for them. we need to say we will build a life for them. and that we will give opportunity to them. i understand that a lot is hinging on this vote. i know it's been a long time coming. i think that area is ripe for

development. i think it's a beautiful plan. i know that my colleagues, supervisor jane kim has worked really hard on it. i will say that the one thing that holds me back on this is around the schools. i mentioned it to the giants in 2016 when i met with them, frankly i think it fell on deaf ears. i know people send their kids to private school but 57,000 public school children now who depend on the public education system to give them the opportunity they will need to compete in the 21st century. i fully believe as does my colleague, president of the board, that most of those people that will move into the units, 40% below market rate will utilize our public schools if they can, and actually dependent on our public school system for their livelihood and their future because public education is so profound.

so, when we talk about what is something profoundly wrong with us, i think this is profoundly wrong with us, that we would plan something of this magnitude and put all this effort and expense into it and not even think for a minute about the education of those families that will be moving there. that is immoral, that is sloppy work and just not simply caring about those families that live there. yes, we want to build an economic base for them. yes, we want to build homes for them, but i do wish those people who are interested in building the homes are very interested also in building the intellect and the education for them. because that is what they will need in the 21st century to actually compete. so, it goes against everything that i have said today and what i truly believe and what san francisco needs and what really, if we want to build a san francisco for low to moderate

income folks, is that public education cannot be ignored and that the building of new schools must happen. i would love everyone behind this project to also care about our public school students, and i care about the employment of people, and i care about work wage, living job -- living wages. but the idea that what i asked today about the partnership between public schools, it is not enough to write a letter of support for a school in mission bay. it takes much more than that, and i would hope that there will be much more robust conversation as this process moves on, because when we look at who we educate in the public school system, 90% of our students are students are color. it is hypothetical to say this will keep people in san francisco or people of color in san francisco when we won't even have a school to educate them

there. and so, as you can see, i am very passionate about this topic. however, i don't want to hold this up from passing out of committee. so, in deference to the work that's been done, to my colleague who i admire so much, supervisor jane kim, and what she's trying to do for this drake, i make a motion to pass it out of the committee to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> thank you so much, sandy. i'm hoping i can bring up mr. rich to address the school issue and i know supervisor normal yee has talked to the project sponsor about early childhood education center and child center on-site and maybe miss weld you can talk about what has been done in that area. >> thank you, ken rich with wwt. first of all, supervisors, always able to do better and i think we absolutely need to

continue that with the school district. i've been in several large meetings over the years to try to align the planning we do at the city and the planning that the school district does. it's a work in progress. historically, those two agencies have not worked as well together as they should and you rightfully bring up the points. moving to the specifics, i was able to get on the phone with the school board president a few minutes ago, and background on where we are with the mission bay school site. what miss mendoza told me, there is bond money, a program for the site. they are prioritizing it, there is actually money for a bayview and mission bay site, but prioritizing the mission bay site. begin looking to hire a project manager in the next couple months and envision about a 4 or 5-year process to build the school. the characteristics of the school are still open, it could

be a k-five, it could be k-eight, and the size is flexible how needs change over time. i'm a little reassured, reassured by the fact that's happening. and also take a look at the e.i.r. for the project, which did look at school capacity for nearby schools, daniel webster, betsy carmichael, international studies, downtown high school, and quickly, there is a lot of capacity now in those schools, according to -- so the southeast is growing. we need to build more schools. i think we are handling it, although there is always room for improvement and we definitely look to your direction on that. >> do you know why downtown high school was included?

you would have to be routed into downtown. >> i don't. they looked at a radius, i don't know. apologize, i don't know. >> supervisor fewer. >> i want to respond to that. i can't tell you how frustrating it is, when you read off the numbers, i know the schools really well. i know all the schools really well. i want to say that when we talk to parents in mission bay, guess what, they won't want to go up to hunters point, hunters view and send their kids to school up there. i know it's adjacent, i just want to say that also we were given one piece of property and they still have to pay for it. and, that is why mendoza and the board of education also sfusd has been telling you constantly that this needs to be part of the planning. i don't know -- i know it falls on deaf ears, i've been at the meetings, too, and we pushed

back and said we want to know when you are building new schools. in areas like las vegas, for example, whenever there is a new school that is going to be -- new planning project of housing, the school district has to sign off on it because they, even there, they realize that a child's education is a really important factor and the fact the family can actually plan to have an etted indication for their children where they live is really super important to people. you can read off the notes, i know the schools really well. while i was on the school district i spent 70% of my time in district ten looking at those schools and evaluating those schools. i pushed for the new school of willie brown. when we look at the capacities of what we are building, that we are behind the game. san francisco unified school district, i say we, i think i'm part of them but now i'm part of this, and it's imperative to do

better, and large developments like this they have huge impact on schools and enrollment of schools and the overenrollment and not having enough. and i know we have one parcel at that site, and we have asked for other parcels. apparently everything has been parcelled out already because nobody, nobody had the forethought to think that we may need a larger site for a bigger capacity to be able to educate more children, and i would say that if you go to the residents at mission bay now, ask them how angry they are this was allowed to develop in this area without a new school, and the new school has not been built, and this has been something for a very, very long time that they have actually been promised and it has not come to fruition, and part is sfusd, but does not help when we build more and have not fulfilled our promise to the original mission bay residents that there will be an elementary

school that they can actually send their children to. >> thank you. i work forward to trying to make that work better. we should talk after this. >> really great if there could be a meeting set up with supervisor fewer's office. >> we will do that. >> before tuesday. >> thank you. miss weld. >> i wanted to echo that and say i really respect the, bringing this up at this time as our city is growing and really making sure that we are able to support families that create that sustained community here in the city, and in neighborhoods. you know, we have -- we have done all this design work to create a really strong sense of place in the neighborhood, but that takes families, it takes people living next to each other, walking down the street. so, i want to, you know, personally apologize if i did not hear that input when we last spoke and absolutely commit

working with you, working with unified and our neighbors to make sure that this is not something that continues to be forgotten. >> miss weld, also ask, before i go to supervisor fewer, i would also ask, i know supervisor yee had been in conversations with the project sponsor about a dedicated site for early childhood education and child care as well. i was curious what the results of those, outcomes of those discussions. >> yes, thank you. supervisor yee has been a very strong proponent for child care from the beginning of the conversations. happy to be able to commit to an on-site child care facility, early childhood learning. several of the buildings are adjacent to parks, no street in between, it helps the child care space. in addition to the component, the square footage has not been designed yet, but in addition to the child care site, 15,000 square feet of community serving

site that will be, can be used in the project, again, not the location has not been determined yet but could be building some of the support needs, maybe after school programs, some are at the harvey milk center in the park there, and how can our community space help support education as well. >> i think that's important, and you know, one of the projects mission bay is 826 valencia, coming to mission bay as well. those types of community service serving organizations are incredibly important to the mission bay neighborhood and there are a lot of kids there. >> there are. >> and we want them to stay. we want them to be san francisco natives that grow up in san francisco. >> we are very excited about 826 valencia coming and i think the services have been lagging, the

buildings. happy to see them happening. >> supervisor fewer. >> i want to say appreciate that, but this is going to be an issue on every vote i take on this project. i just think that it is so imperative that it's not just -- kudos about the 40%, frankly. but it's not just that housing. you really have to have that infrastructure to support them, too, and i want everyone who is soon to live at mission rock, the children and the families to thrive in san francisco and exist here, and it's not enough to build what we have been building up for long-term tourists here who come in and play around and then they leave because they say, they give the public schools as an excuse to leave, and actually, fourth generation san francisco and fourth generations my family has been educated through san francisco public schools, i have a strong commitment to this, and i also think it is the future of who we are in san francisco. it is not just enough to build

housing for them and even a community space, we need communities to fill up the space and the community i'm looking for is community that actually is putting down roots in san francisco and it's a community that we recognize in san francisco that also needs support, and that we as actually decision makers need to be able to represent them and speak for them. so, i look forward to more conversation about this. i'm glad actually that i was able to participate in aaron peskin's place, probably not the best thing for most people in this room. however, it's just how the cards, how this time, and i'm so glad that i'm able actually to listen to this all and really bring this point forward. i think it's something that has been ignored for a long time and supervisor yee and i have had many conversations about park merced, we know those schools in that area, 106% over capacity

already. >> thank you very much. and i made a motion to forward this to the full board. >> with recommendation. >> positive recommendation. >> ok. thank you supervisor, before we can take that motion, the two motions to 3 and 4. take that motion without opposition? >> motions to add the requirements that the port director respond with a report yearly in may, development agreement item, and addition of the approval action taken yesterday. >> correct. >> do that motion without opposition. [gavel] >> i feel fortunate so many of my colleagues from the school board serve on the board of supervisors and remind me how important it is that we don't just build housing but support the infrastructure to those who

have a life here, not just live here. so i'm glad you were here to ask all of these hard questions. these are commitments i'm committed to as well, so i'm hoping over the next couple days we can talk more concrete by about serving 0 to 5 and serving future students for sfusd and appreciate your willingness to send this out with recommendation to the full board on tuesday, understanding that so much work has happened to bring this thus far. back to the project, i am really proud of the fact that we are building 40%. thank you supervisor fewer for your support of that, and not just 40%. but a very wide range of incomes. not just 50% of a.m.i., not just 80%, not 120, not just 150, but a range and the fact that this development will cover wide range will make a tremendous difference for a lot of different people in san francisco, and so i know fernando brought that up

earlier, and so many hours at the giants ballpark office going back and forth on each of the percentages, but really no project like this one and i do want to acknowledge that the giants set the standard for everybody else. and i appreciate you being a leader, and making my job and subsequent development negotiations. but i do agree with supervisor fewer, we have more work to do to make sure it's a family-friendly as well, as being affordable. so, this is a big effort, we'll be back on tuesday for a lot of different items. supervisor fewer did make a motion to push out items 2 through 5 with recommendations to the full board and we can do that without opposition. [gavel] >> thank you so much. mr. clerk, can you please call items 6 through 14.

>> various ordinances authorizing settlement of lawsuits against the city and county. >> thank you so much, before we convene into closed session, any members of the public who wish to testify on items 6 through 14? seeing none, public comment is closed on these items. [gavel] may we take a motion to convene into closed session? >> yes. >> do that without opposition. members of the public, we are we are now back in open session in government and audit oversight committee for february 7, 2017. >> thank you, mr. clerk. >> deputy city attorney.

the committee voted 2-0 to forward items 6 through 14 to the full board with positive recommendations. >> thank you. can we take that motion and also take a motion to not disclose the proceedings from closed session and we can do that without opposition. mr. clerk, are there any items before this committee? meeting is adjourned.

>> let me begin by saying good afternoon to everyone. i am mohammed nuru, the director of public works. i want to thank everyone for joining us today to celebrate this construction milestone of station number five. it brings me great joy to honor the progress made on this tremendous project located here in the west end neighborhood.

this will deliver a crucial piece of city infrastructure to thousands of nearby businesses, residents and visitors. our agency, public works, is proud to have designed a modern fire station that is expected to exceed national accreditation standards and serve the essential needs of our first responders. it may not look like it yet, in less than a year's time, a seismically sound fire station will be standing in this very place. it is true public works fashion, the project team has been working hard to ensure this facility will be delivered in timely and fiscally responsible manner. on time and on budget. with that said, it's important that i think the entire public works staff, our project team

led by our city architect, project managers and i want to thank all the staff from public works who worked on this project. but most importantly i want to thank our construction partner in this, alton construction, leading the project and getting it this far. you'll hear from a lot of speakers about the station itself. it will be the most resillent station of all the fire stations here in san francisco because it is a very well designed facility and will meet all the standards as i said earlier. we have quite a number of speakers. i'll start by introducing the president of the board of supervisors and supervisor of the district london breed. please welcome her. (applause)

>> good afternoon everybody. thank you all so much for being here today. you know, i have a special love for this fire station because i grew up just a couple of blocks from here. every year, every time i look at this fire station, all i can think about when i was a kid is toys. this is where i actually came on the door that was located on turk street, that's where we went to pick up our toys during the christmas holiday because of the firefighters toy program. and so i know tom o'connor who is the president of local 798 is here, thank you for continuing that program and your leadership in this city. you know, there's another reason i love this place is because many of the men and women behind me, this is where they work every single day and my aunt, who was mentally disabled, she would come here all the time. sometimes she would be in a good mood and compliment the guys

especially and talk about how handsome they were, but sometimes she had difficult times and the people at station five treated her like family, they took care of her, and i know who is our deputy chief was a captain here during that time, they love michel so very much and i want to thank you for taking care of my aunt and being there for her. this is really a family, and the folks here, they save lives every single day and take care of this community and love this community. so this station is really not just a gift to our city, it's to demonstrate to the men and women of this department, we want to make sure they have a great station, a station that works for them. a station that is state of the art so they can do the job they're doing for our citizens and city and county of san francisco. i want to say thank you to all the folks working on this, to

alton for their work on the construction project, moving on time and on budget thus far. and thank you mohammed nuru for leading construction projects all over the city, i know they're not always on time and budget but that's okay, we'll get to that another day. and our chief will be saying a few words later and our commissioners. this station is going to be a jewel in the city, it's the station we deserve for our residents. i look forward to being here and cutting the ribbon when we open in one year. take care. (applause) >> thank you supervisor breed. and also i have to say from the bottom of my heart, the last few weeks have been very difficult for all of us. london woke up in the middle of the night and took over the city and really did an excellent job. let's give her a hand for that. (applause)

now i want to introduce our partner who has worked with us from the beginning all over our city, whether it's trying to work on systems, whether it's remodelling fire stations or building new fire stations, leading the effort of going through the whole effort to make sure we have resillant structures and the correct tools that the fire department needs to do its job, welcome chief hayes-white. >> good afternoon everyone. the job is looking great. first and foremost, i want to acknowledge four of our five fire commissioners that are here. the fire commission is under the direction of president

cleveland. thank you for your support every step of the way. (applause) as director nuru eluded to, there's been a lot of change and difficulty in the past several weeks and i would like to also acknowledge the great vision and support always of public safety that mayor ed lee had, if not for mayor lee we would most likely not be standing here. i want to acknowledge mayor lee and certainly president breed, this is near and dear to her heart. this is a vital part of this neighborhood and community. we are all very excited about it. so thank you president breed for being here. and certainly it is a partnership. i have a lot of respect and admiration to my colleague,

director of public works, there's a phenomenal team, all those standing here. thank you for what you do. and i want to acknowledge tom o'connor, vigilant making sure we have healthy safe work places and the men and women standing behind me, members of this very station looking forward -- many drive by each day to look at the progress of the station. hat's off to alton construction. these are the men and women who will be working out of the station, led by the assistant chief here at this division house. we only have two division houses in the city, one at 19th and the other right here. it's a vital part of our operation. assistant chief is with us and the members assigned to engine five, truck five and battalion five, who by the way are still at work, reassigned to local

stations. i just wanted to say thank you, great job and we look forward to cutting the ribbon as president breed said. appreciate it. (applause) >> we all know no project happens without the partnership of the actual contractor. so we're going to ask the contractor from alton construction to come up and say a few words. i will tell you, i have made quite a number of visits to the site during constructions and some of the beams and bolts are the largest and strongest i have seen in construction. being built, i know this is not going anywhere. welcome. come say a few words. (applause) >> they don't usually let us talk at these things. rolling the dice with that one.

i'm the vice president of operations for alton construction. we are the general contractor on this project obviously. for the last 20 plus years we have operated almost exclusively in the public sector, schools, police stations and obviously fire stations. when our group -- when i said i was going to say a few things, i thought about the common stuff, site constraints like working in a big city and it occurred to me that the aspects of this project are not particularly unique at least for me. this is what we do every day. we work in this environment. and the truth is, the materials that go into a building like this are not often the reason a project like this is successful. it's much more often due to the personalities and work ethic of the people on the ground working on this every day.

so you know -- sorry -- i'm happy to have the opportunity to say that the group of architects, engineers and project managers i work with every day out here, sort of lower level are of the highest caliber. you know, the architects who are here, the engineers are here. shawn o'brien, the engineers, i'm not sure if they're here. and captain mcfarland, the fire department representation at our weekly meetings. so to say that i have been impressed with this group's professionalism would be a dramatic understatement. we operate in the nine bay area

counties and have hit every corner of every county and i can say without uncertainty this group is exceptional without question. they're workers, they're not delegators. they get into the problem and get us what we need every day to keep going. we haven't always agreed on everything. this isn't a fairy tail but the group has been fair and direct with us every single time and it's not as common as you might think. i for one am excited to be part of this team and on behalf of our small team, the superintendent, project engineer without whom i would be under water on this job. bob and shannon alton, disappointed they can't be here today and on behalf of our entire alton construction family, congratulations to all stakeholders on the milestone and a special thanks to the

people i work with every day. it's been a real pleasure so far and i'm looking forward to a strong finish. (applause) >> thank you andrew. and all those guys you name are from public works. this project was from a scratch to getting out to contract was done in-house and speaks to the capability of what the public works department can do, it wasn't like that many years ago. now we have healthy projects and we're proud of that. the next part of the event, we're going to sign a beam. we do have markers that all of the guests can sign. but before i do that, on behalf of public works i want to say thank you to all the men and women of the fire department who protect us and make sure our city runs smooth every day. (applause) thank you, thank you all of you. supervisor breed, commissioners, we have pens over there, if you can start the signing process on the beam. we will sign the beam and allow

everybody to go back to work. yes, sign. ♪ ♪