warming. it has been site tested in colorado and the results published in a peer reviewed paper. it is an eventual component in the validity and quality control in the scientific community. this outlines a proposed example of lbnl's system which was used to introduce the climate change during the 2013 colorado floods at a resolution of 20 kilometers or approximately 15 miles. the top figure indicates the actual observations. the lower figure shows the results of the modelling exercise. as you can see, the graphics are very similar, illustrating the accuracy of the model. this same model was further

developed to estimate increases in future hurricane rainfall as resolutions down to three kilometers or close to a mile. this animation shows how well the model reproduces hurricane katrina's observed track, represented by the receid dotso the i shading which is satelli imagery. it can be configured to the same level of resolution which is lbnl is proposing for our chosen rain events. so how will this work be conducted for us? in collaboration with the san francisco airport and the port of san francisco, we will

choose four events for lbnl to model. once they build the model, they will produce two different projects, rcp 6.5 and rcp 8.5, and they represent different ghg emissions. they will look at changes in precipitation and wind speeds, wind speeds being a secondary goal that can help tell us more about storm surge and waive run up. they will provide additional tools or data for decision making within the sfpuc as it relates to climate change. that concludes my brief introduction to the work, and as i said, this is very highly technical work, and kristina patrickola is here with me if you have any questions. >> i'd like to move the item. >> second. >> commissioner kwon: any public comments? all in favor? opposed? next item, please. >> thank you.

>> commissioner kwon: thank you. >> item 11, authorize the general manager to execute a design agreement with the department of the army-army corporation of engineers for an amount not to exceed 280,000 with a duration of one year. >> commissioner kwon: do i have a motion? we need to present? >> didn't we just do this item? >> 11. >> we're on 11 here. >> that was ten. >> there's no presentation here, but i can answer questions, if you have any. >> i'll move the item. >> commissioner kwon: all right. any discussion? any public comments? all in favor? opposed? next item, please. >> item 12, award a grant agreement to the san francisco unified school district in the amount of 528,000 with a duration of one year. >> i just have a question on

this. is this one of our grants -- the structure of grants -- grant? >> brian henderson, interim waste water agm. yeah, we have no presentation on this item, either. to answer your question, no, this is not part of our infrastructure grant, this is from a waste water capital add back from 2014. >> i'd like to move the item. >> commissioner kwon: all right. discussion? i see we have david -- public comment? >> hi. david pillpal again. again, under environmental review, this isn't a huge concern, but the language on ladies and gentlemen two in that box says that the bureau of environmental management determine that the proposed project is categorically exempt. actually, based on their letter to planning on page eight, the puc recommended that the planning department determined that the project is categorically exempt.

the puc does not have a delegation agreement that mta has for making some determinations. only the planning department makes the determination, so it just dcould have said bureau o environmental said, so it could say the plabing department determined as such, determined that it was exempt, so it's just a minor language issue. the resolution is correct, and i don't think -- i think we're good, and i'm happy to follow up with staff on my other concern on the previous item, but thank you. >> commissioner kwon: thank you, mr. pillpal. >> i'm sorry, manager of the bureau of environmental management, mr. pillpal is actually correct. it should say the planning department determined, and the bureau of environmental management recommended.

[ microphone feedback ] >> commissioners, since the -- the ceqa language in the resolution and the error is in the staff report, i don't think there's any amendment you need to make. >> commissioner kwon: okay. okay. so i think we're good. do we need to take a vote? >> yes. >> commissioner kwon: all in favor? opposed? next item. >> item 13, approve project number cwwsipd 01. [ inaudible ] and adopt the required california environmental quality act findings, including a statement of overriding considerations in the mitigation and authorizing report program and authorize the general manager to proceed with construction of the

project. >> good afternoon again commissioners. karen cubic, waste water program capital director. the biosolid environmental review by certified by city planning last week, march 8th. yea: so i am ve [applause]. >> so i am very excite today bring before you an item. it's sad that commissioner caen isn't here, so hopefully someone can fill her in later. today we're requesting your authorization to move forward to construction, and if we can -- skipping the slides. thank you. -- [ inaudible ] at southeast treatment plant represent a unique opportunity

for the bayview-hunters point community and san francisco beyond the advanced technological improvements. the biosolids project is the largest ssip component of this campus that will exemplify the confluence of all those items. the division for southeast plant was developed based on many years of engagement between the puc and the community starting with the digester task force. that was '08 to '09, southeast working group, the community facility commission throughout, and the waste water cac and their many different members. the biosolids project cornerstone for the ssip, it's the project that everyone knows about. it has incorporated the values of the community and it's been formed by our l.o.s., as well as the campus design guidelines

so it has a consistent work and feel. it's also been informed by our environment cal justice analysis to support positive outiums for the community. today we're here to get professional and get authority to move forward with the construction. a lot of the team is here, a lot of people that have been following the project as well throughout are here, but i want to take a moment to introduce our biosolids project manager, carol chiu who has been working on this for quite sometime, and she's going to give you an update on the project, very brief, and how we are proceeding with the project. very brief. carolyn. carolyn. >> good afternoon, commissioners. echoing karen, i'm very happy to be here, because this is quite a milestone for this long awaited project. so this project addresses the ageing infrastructure and

outdated facilities at the southeast plant. as you know that plant is our largest and critical to our waste water infrastructure. we are basically replacing one half the plant. all of the solids facility and replacing it with brand-new facility at -- in an area adjacent to the plant outlined in the blue in the bottom. here's an aerial view of what's out there at the existing site. you'll see it's very constrained. you can see the caltrains kind of on the right side of your screen, and then, on the other side, you'll have below on gerald, what is now the asphalt plant, and right above on the north side of gerald, the old project. so in consideration of the neighbors and all the

businesses surrounding, we plan to have construction workers park off-site and be shuttled in at the beginning and end of their shift. we also anticipate closing a portion of gerald, the portion inside that blue square to really facilitate this heavy construction job, and to also ensure worker and public safety as this job goes forward. we've identified alternative routes that are still away from the residential areas, and i think as you know, if you have approved it previously, we are also bringing on a program cm to help with all the logistics with not just this project but all the projects taking place in the area of the southeast plant. so at the end of the day, i am -- we are going to have a great well reliable facility. you know, the beauty of this project, and i should say i've been involved since we started this planning back in 2011, at least my version of it, wins since we're able to build it from the ground up, we were very selective in our strategic

planning, and laying it all out, and as karen said, implementing all of our puc goals into the selection. so we're employing best available technology, so you can imagine, we can do more with less. today we have nine active digesters, going forward, we'll have five. simile, we're going to also improve the level of treatment we apply to our biosolids, from a class b to a class a, which opens up more opportunities for reuse of this treated biosolids project. as you know, biogas is a by-product of the digestion process, so we're going to utilize all that biogas. we're going to utilize it and convert it to heat and power and take the extra to actually make energy, power. and in, you know, full build out, we can see making up to five megawatts of power, any extra going back to the rest of the plant.

lastly, we're achieving that level of service goal of limiting odors within this facility to inside our fence line. and here's a massing diagram here. you'll see once again, the energy recovery facility kind of on the left side of your page in that triangle, and you'll see the digesters lined up along the caltrain tracks furthest away from the neighbors. that was probably one of our first comments we got when we started the task force in 2008, was to move those digesters furthest away. from there, we built the rest of the project's facilities. and also, you'll see on the edge of gerald, we have those two main nance buildings, but we front of

you possible. [applause]. >> so to get to the business ds hand toda -- at hand -- for adoption of the ceqa findings, and mitigation and monitoring program, and authorization for the gm to proceed with the construction phase subject to

the board of supervisors release of funds. with the project currently in 95% design and # cmgc already on board, and hopefully today with your approval of this agenda item, we can continue to proceed forward with the implementation of this important project. so thank you, and at this time, i can answer any of your questions. >> what is the estimated completion date? >> right now, we are looking at may of 2024, and there's a significant startup and facility optimization period after that construction is completed, as well. >> thank you. sk >> so i saw as the bull pen took over and did its own presentation that there was a slide, and i'm curious to hear a little bit more about the environmental justice analysis. i think that's a very exciting component of this project. i mean, we've done a lot to

establish and kind of activate our community benefits program that used to be a policy. and this feels like a real landmark moment to -- with our environmental justice analysis to really look at the programming of that piece, as well. so i'd love to just hear a little bit -- i don't know if it's on a slide or if staff wants to just present a couple of high-level take aways of that analysis and what the next steps are for that because it's such a critical piece of what's going on in that community and sort of what was found and what the plans are to -- to mitigate those portions of it. >> all right. so good question. so i think as you know, we can do an environmental justice analysis for the biosolids project. it was a separate process. you know, separate from the ceqa and eir, but very much a companion document, if we can call it that. i know for the biosolids

recommendations of the cj's, we will address most of those recommendations in the design and/or the operation of this biosolids facility. you know other people are behind me, but i can see there's a lot of specifics to the ej report, and if we may want to come back and give its own presentation, as well. >> so actually, my recommendation is that we actually come back and give you a presentation because it was an awesome approach of trying to minimize the impact of this project had on the community, and not only look at that, but we looked at -- as part of the ej, we assess what are some of the challenges in the community and how this project can help benefit the community in the way that we deliver this project. so it was a lot of things that we're trying to do to actually improve the community as part of the ej analysis, so we would

just love to come back and talk to you about how this -- 'cause this is the first one that we were able to do, and i'm really impressed with it. >> yes, and i think because of the timing, we were able to incorporate a lot of the thinking into the way we made our decisions that you see with the biosolids project in front of you. >> i would love a deeper presentation into this ej analysis, and what the impacts are beyond this project implementation for other ej communities. i think it's very exciting, and i want to thank the team for that piece of work, as well, in addition to the team, because i think it's very exciting that we've gotten to this point, so if we can get that calendared through the chair, i'd really appreciate that. >> yeah, let's do that. that's a good idea. >> and then, can we have david gray come up to add a little more background information before you vote. >> fantastic.

thank you. great question, commissioner. david gray, acting community benefits director at the puc. as you mentioned, there were a number of recommendations that came out of the ej analysis, both fore the biodigesters project team as well as for our community benefits team. i'm actually happy to report back that a lot of those recommendations arunde underwa. for example there was a recommendation for to install electrical charging stations as well as bike paths in the neighborhoods. we are in conversation with the mta as to what that project looks like as well as other cobenefits that mta would usually want to talk to us about. there are recommendations around monitoring emissions from the southeast treatment plant. those are things that the project is currently analyzing, and if for whatever the reason there isn't that increase in the emissions, we've been working very closely with the project team to look at potential offsets to make sure

we can bring that net increase down, things like reducing woodburning fireplaces in the community or street sweeping in the community, so things that are really specific to bayview that we know that cause air quality issues in bayview. around this cbc stuff, community benefit recommendations, a lot of those things are under "ay." the ej analysis spoke a lot about the disproportionate social impacts in bayview as compared to the rest of the city, things like unemployment and poverty, child care access, and the cost of child care, so some of the recommendations included things like providing paid internships to 150 to 200 bayview residents annually. we currently do that through or city works program, or project pool program, and other internships that we sponsor as an agency. it talks about supporting the jobs training and opportunity program as well as the corresponding vtop initiative,

and we do that as a community benefits team, large leah by working in close collaboration with cathy howe. if individuals have issues with child care or issues with soft skills development, then we work closely with infrastructure and with our community partners in bayview to eliminate some of those barriers so folks can participate in apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs that will help them land jobs. so we are willing to come back and do a more comprehensive overview of those ej recommendations and what programs are underway, but in looking at my list, i can safely say that everything was recommended are either things that we are implementing or we have implemented that stuff, or we are in the planning stanl for all of those recommendations, but everything is being acted on, which is

really exciting. >> that's great. i think it always comes down to the implementation piece of what you find and what the recommendations are, so i really appreciate your work in that direction and look forward to learning more. >> just on behalf of community benefits, i want to thank the commission for asking those kinds of questions, want to give a hats off to the project team and cathy and carolyn and that whole team for really thinking outside the box with us, and working with us to implement these environmental justice regulations, so they deserve just as much environmental justice did in community benefits. >> when you raise the -- [ inaudible ] i want us to triple drill down on that, and we've been talking about this for a few years, and i know that folks in this community who are looking at other industries, right, brand-new industries, communities that have been impacted disproportionately by

a failed war on drugs with respect to the khanna disindustry, but also, this incredible undertaking that we are about to get involved in together. we just need to know what is preapprenticeship, what does that entail, what are the expectations, what are the accountablity mechanisms, who's going to administer, that what are the certifications going to be, what are the apprenticeships going to be after the preapprenticeship, how are we going to do effective outreach in the communities that we claim to want to serve? these are our people, and i think we really need to flush that out instead of waiting for all the questions to come, just flush it all out there. because the opportunities are going to be there, and we don't -- we don't need to wait any longer, so i'm looking forward to that. >> yes, sir, and commissioner, i think you're 100% on point with that.

it's really not about just saying here are the jobs and here are the pathways, but designing programs and on ramps that are hyperlocal and that speak to the real challenges and opportunities that bayview residents on the ground face. and if we're not getting hyperlocal and very specific and very detailed and all in the weeds, we're going to miss the mark, so i think you are 100% on that. >> this is in collaboration with the vtop or the jtop. >> yes, sir. so we do a lot of work in collaboration with workforce and economic program services team, which implements the jtop and the vtop program work. massoud takes the lead on the i implementation of jtop or vtop, but there might be gaps or things preventing people from

completing certain apprenticeship programs. in community benefits, we make sure we're helping to mitigate what those barriers look like, so we're happy to sit down and have a more detailed conversation about that. it really is hyper, hyperlocal, because the strategies that we implement in the country are different than the needs we implement in bayview. if you're trying to do one strategy for the whole system, people are going to fall through the cracks. >> i appreciate your comment, harlan. i understand what massoud does, and jtop. our success rate, this success rates are really connected to making sure that the candidates are clear fair and fair from day one wiabout the promises tt are being made. the problem that we've had

historically, are promises get made, and they don't get kept. i want to make sure that somebody is holding everybody accountable kpor executi accountable for execution, and i want to be a part of that conversation. i think everybody wants to be a part of that conversation. then, will we only be successful in saying that we kept all our promises. >> yes, sir. agree 100%. [applause]. >> thank you. i think -- anymore questions for me? >> no, david. thank you very much. >> thank you, commissioner kwon. appreciate it. >> commissioner kwon: okay. do you have more? you're welcome. okay. all right. do i have a motion? >> i'd like to move the item. >> second? any discussion? >> public. >> yeah -- no. to public comment, i want to call up steve good and lavon king from the southeast community facility, and commission president, and also

want to say welcome. >> good afternoon, commissioners. we're here to speak in favor of this project. we are very pleased to see that it's moving forward. the southeast community facilities commission and the bayview community have worked closely with the puc staff over the past few years on this project. we commend the staff for the commitment to stakeholder engagement, stewardship, transparency, and garnering public opinion input on this project. like i say, we're very exciting this is moving forward. while we support this project, we also want to see the puc to make sure they deliver on their recommendations from the environmental justice analysis which commissioner courtney and david were just speaking about, we view them as crucial to the success of this project and to the bayview.

we reject any other departments or individuals or organizations that seek to derail this project. [applause]. >> we are very concerned about outside interests and possible those within the city government that have actively taken steps to delay this project project or prevent it from happening. finally, we thank the commission for working with

local schools, nonprofits and community members to ensure this yields opportunities for jobs, for contracts, for public art and for a new southeast center that will serve the community well. we support this project, the environmental justice recommendations for both this and the new facility, 1550 ech evans. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. thank you, steve. my name is la vonne kelley king, and i am the past immediate chair person of the southeast facility. i want to stress the importance of the environmental justice analysis recommendations and providing healthier, cleaner, and safer out comes for the southeast community. as a bayview resident for over 50-plus years, i have seen the impact of southeast treatment plant's operation. this project provides a new opportunity to make things

right. i encourage the puc to continue to directly work with the southeast community facility commission as the biosolids digesters facilities projects unfold -- facilities unfold, sorry. lastly, we're very excited about the construction of the new community center at 1550 evans. [applause]. >> we uplift the community's vision for this space and reject any efforts to delay a new community center. thank you. [applause]. and i want to thank the commission who so eloquently pointed out the need for jobs for older people and young people that want to work and not to delay that process. if they're going to live there, they need to work there, and we want them to have good, safe, clean housing and a space for

their education. thank you. [applause] [please stand by for captioner switch]

>> is part of the integration of what is going on, and i can say that -- congratulations to karen cubic and carolyn, and julia ellis and carrie grace. they are constantly in the community on the ground because you have to really see the work on the ground. your general manager makes sure you have a community facility for the 1,000 or 2,000 times actual work. bayview is very important because not only do we have the waste water quality decades,

the community benefits -- [ inaudible ] the -- that said go ahead and implement the community center. do not build any housing in there. it is irresponsible. that site is not conducive, the zoning. i sat on the bayview-hunters point community advisory community for several years. we mapped out the bayview and hunters point. we mapped out where the digesters were going to be. that area for the community center, we'd like to maximize that with community space, with community based organizations. for someone to have the audacity at the 11th hour, so trying to usurp that, it is not going to happen.

so we are here to support you all the way now because a lot of work needs to be done on the ground continually, we have the -- [ inaudible ] >> -- and we dedicated time to be here. you see all these people? you see the changing people, but we do not have to be here every day because these plans are in place. we want to give you the power to move forward, allocating the resources we need to move this. you have excellent staff, they know what they are doing. they are engaging at the ground level, which you do not see. all we need to do is help us to move the agenda forward and standup. you're commissioners out here. standup to anyone that want to youture yo usurp your ability, your authority here. that's right, and when you need us, we'll be right here for you. thank you for your time here,

sir. >> thank you very much.

next is kim better letter carter. miss carter? welcome. hi. my name is kimberley carter and i'm very excited that we are moving forward on this. also let me start by saying that only in san francisco, my mother, my grandmother. my father. all this in the bayview. i am extremely happy that this is going forward. but with that being said, i'm also want to make sure that the puc keep their commitment on what has already been done and plans that have been made up to people before me. i want to make sure that our children -- like as of me, when i was a kid, have that support.

have opportunities. for us to be able to walk and have clean air. because at the end of the deities about the children and i want to honor what they have said they are going to do and what our ancestors plan to do and the fight they have fought. miss jackson and many before her. if it don't we are just going to fight. >> thank you. welcome. >> good afternoon, commissioner, my name is dorre nikkel i will and i've been a bayview resident for over 30 years and these improvements are long-time coming and we can't stress enough how important it is for our bayview community to get this done, because it's just too much. the smell.

the dust. everything. we need to get this project done. thank you. [ applause ] next we have mr. moore. welcome. >> my name is mr. moore. i will speak up on behalf of rodney hampton, one of my good guys there. every time i'm driving to the freeway i can smell this. i can go to any community and i can smell the shipyard and the stench. and the puc, they are letting us go into construction and beyond. and what they are going do with the jobs. i'm a worker so i'm going to need that job when they come through. i need you all to push it. so that's a few years for me,

you know what i mean. give me a house or something am i need it fast and in a hurry, you know. but it's a good thing to get that. because you can go to the sunset. you can go to philmore. to avenues. you don't smell that at all. you know, you are smelling restaurant. smelling food and walking down the street and having a good time but over there you are covering your nose up. but it is what it is. speed it up and -- how do they say it? rapido, you know, speed it up. conservative thank you. >> when the wind blows the wrong way, you smell it. so a little taste what have you go through. is there any other public comment? so two more? so why don't you come up first and state your name. and that young lady next.

>> hi, good afternoon, commissioners my name is alex lanceberg. former chair of your citizens advisory committee, actually wrote the legislation and one of the arthurs of what ultimately became the environmental justice policy and community benefits policy. first of all, i want to commend you on moving this thing forward. this isn't exactly the plan that i had envisioned. i actually thought that putting these digestors out at the back lands would have been a smarter choice for the baby hunters point. it's not surprising that the designers think similarly but we are where we are and i between commend you by bringing it to this point. a second point i want to commend you on. i rode my bike on evans with my boys this weekend. and for the first time in -- i don't know how long i can remember, was we were riding and preparing to talk about the poo poo party, as we call it. we didn't smell anything. whole stretch of evans up until

a 20-foot stretch of evans did not smell and i think we ought to commend the staff for that. but what i really want to make sure to bring up is this thing that is kind of been talked about. and i am the bad guy who has been pushing the idea that we should use four and a half acres of publicly owned land and a transit note to maximize public benefit from baby hunt's point and apparently some folks don't think we need to maximize that benefit. so i wrote a letter to general manager kelly and to all the folks who -- the southeast community commission, who wrote to in response and i just want to set the record straight. i'm a long-time baby hunters point residence. this has nothing to do with the private developer. i agree that 1515 evans or third street in general shouldn't become a catch basin for other affordable housing obligations and i don't think the indian

basin project ought to off-load the housing project. i want an upgradeable community because that's the one i moved to. but when we talk about this site, let's think about what we are talking about here. four and a half acres at density we see in other affordable housing projects up the street. we are talking about 400 units of affordable housing on public hand. peoplery sag keep the land for the people. well what is building affordable housing on public land to house from baby hunter's point who will qualify because of certificate for preference or neighborhood preference. what is that expect building it for the people? -- except building is for the people. so while folks want to hurry up and make haste, haste makes waist waste. and we need to make sure we maximize the benefit and get that community centre but we don't blow an opportunity of 1,000 lifetimes because that's

how many people would be housed at that site. thank you. conservative. thank you. >> i'm a former president. and i've been on the board in my community for three terms. i work with a lot of my residents. i've been a resident in my same community for over 40 years. so i'm like the baby of the bunch. and i know this, a lot of people that stay over there are older generation and they know me because i was a younger generation coming up. so i came here because i go to a lot of commission meetings, and what is important to me when i go to a commission meeting is that the commissioners work with

the people. and that's all that i look forward to doing is working with the people. and so when you get a commission board that works closely with the people you get better communication. you get better people in the city with love. you don't get that if you work against us. and so i'm here today to talk about this power plant. yes, it's been there for years. my daughter used to work there. i used to pull up and pick her up from work and it was aterrible smell. it is a good thing that you are replacing it and rebuilding it, but the thing, is are the jobs going to be for our people? our low income people? is that going to be still there for our people to go there and have an opportunity in our community. because if we don't start now, guess what, it's a whole new generation in the bayview now. so that generation is going to benefit them, not us. so we need to make sure -- not only do they rebuild and replace

it with jobs for low income and the people who have been staying there, who are stakeholders, that you all consider stakeholders because we put money into that community just as well as anybody else. and that they get the opportunity to get the jobs, that they get the opportunity to breathe better. that they get the opportunity to have a say on so of how and when it gets started and the time is now. you are pushing our people out of the city, so if we don't go forward now, we aren't going have a say-so to what goes on in that place. we can't wait five or six years down the line. you know how many people get killed from the toxins that is coming out from the shipyards, that has cancer. then won't be here. so we need to move forward now for the people who got effected by all of that waste, that is thick that won't be here to breathe, that the children have an opportunity. to live in the same community

and have the same opportunity to work in the same community. >> president kwon: thank you. yes, sir. >> right. good afternoon, commissioners. thank you for having us. my name is rodney hampton jr. a live long resident of bayviewpoint and vice president of the consortium for partnership and the cofounder and president of the organization social group we help our people. three things, first of all our community, myself, we do not want alternative programming. secondly, my community and myself, we do not want housing there. and thirdly, it's shamely to say but when esponola was here, none of us was talking about this. and it's sad to say my sister, my elderly wisdom sister is gone, now you have some folks

that has been in the community over -- you know several years along with outside contenders. very influential folks. and i consider that is just -- you know, part of front stage gentrification. that's a part of that. and when you have that type of group come together and start making recommendations on behalf of the communities and others that have been here over 40 years, 50 years, 60 years... and i've only been here for 44 and i'm tired of smelling the stuff too. so i mean, take that into consideration. i love alex. rest of the community members. but you got to talk with us and work with us so we can have a devised plan together and do not -- never disrespect the vision of a woman that set this platform for us to be here today

and discourage her vision through a new -- up front i'm very upset with that. so our community would like you toronto move forward now. and do not wait. thank you. >> president kwon: thank you. one more public comment. steve good. did you have a comment? you have already spoken. okay. i'm sorry. >> can i say something? because i'm going to ask steve a question. because i know he wants to get up and talk. i just wanted to -- because i've heard a lot about the community concerns and i've heard alex's letter. and you know i've seen the renderings and stuff. so i wanted to give people my perspective. when i came on in 2002 with the water system improvement program, you know we were able to build an organization that

can deliver capital programs. and then when we started to focus on the sewer system. you know we felt that was about time, and i worked with alex on identifying where the best place that we can place the digesters. and although we didn't agree exactly the location -- but i think we agreed to move them away from the community, which we are doing. and we are trying to move forth with in trying to execute that. but at that time -- you know our previous general manager wanted to identify a $10 million in the facelift of 1800 oak dale. so when i went down there with juliet and in talking with esponola, i just said we need something more than that. so fast forward when we actually purchased 1550, it was for our waste water folks who were living in trailers as an

operational yard. so at that time, we actually had a construction contract to actually renovate that building and move staff there. and juliet said wait a minute. this could be a building to be proud. so we wanted to have a campus. so i went to the community and said, hey if you want to invest millions of dollars in the current building or do you want to campus? we went out and started this process for two and a half years. so i'm trying to do what the community wants because i know what they had to put up with for years. the only concern i have -- we went through this process and for someone who needs -- below market offsets because they don't want to put housing on the ocean front to put it into the

community, where only 40% of all will be available for the community and 60% is outside. i just think that was short cited and i just want to do what the community wants. if they want housing. i don't know if i can do housing. because the reason we got the property is for a utility purpose for the puc. so it's not surplus property. like balboa reservior or francisco res for. if we are not going so build it, then we have options so i'm not planning it for housing. let me collar firm my mistake. this is not for public comment. had you a question.

>> you want to add to that? >> yeah, a plan without a transparent process, like the puc put in place going back to 2011 when we first looked at renovating 1800 oa oakdale. now all of a sudden we have plans and process and ground breaking is scheduled to happen within a year. potentially now a developer wants to come in and say we don't want to put low income housing around the water front where it's nice and beautiful we want to put it on the island in the mill of an industrial zone basically red lining. this is completely unacceptable to us we have a beautiful plan for a new community benefits campus to benefit the entire south east part of the city with education and community service there is to do anything at this point would simply minimize that important work and minimize the significance of this