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 program. those are housing proposals so when beam say no to a housing crisis. they don't get to build it. let alone live it in it. right. this was not a housing proposal. it was never a housing below proposal and i'm with the general manager on this. [ applause ] >> president kwon: any other

public comment, who has not gone before? >> okay. so the role of commission is to support and direction staff but also to serve the community. so on that note, let's take a vote. all in favor? rolapproved. (calling of recorded vote) good job. so we are about to head into closed session. but before we do. the secretary will read item number 16. prior to public comment. >> item 16. david et al with the county of san francisco. property damage. carlos.

88,500. john and marie nanola. 85,000. and 36,000. and the sf motorcycle club 140,000. thank you. is there any public comment that matters to be discussed during closed session? the attorney/client privilege. >> vote? >> second. >> president kwon: we will now enter closed session. >> all i

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>> my name is naomi kelley, and i'm the city administrator for the city and county of san francisco. it is my honor to be here today. we are finally in the home stretch of seeing this moscone expansion completed. so it's my honor because i am -- two of the departments that oversee this project, the convention and facilities, and the department of public works all report up to the city administrator, and also, as a -- we have a representative on the tourism improvement district, which was very instrumental in forming with the hotel -- with the hotel community and sf travel to create this district that provided the self-assessment that's paid for by the visitors of san francisco to finance

this project, and it's very important to the city and san francisco. it's an economic engine, and we're very happy to be here today for this topping out ceremony. when i look at the crowd today, we will be doing the finishing touches and signing the theme later on when we get through this program, and we'll be able to sign our signatures on it. get the fattest pen so you can pet your name, like john hancock, so one day, we can tell your family and friends that your signature is on this building. so up next, i'd like to introduce our mayor, mark farrell, to give a few words. >> the hon. mark farrell: thank you, naomi, and kim. good morning, everybody. i am incredibly excited to be here today. as someone who remembers moscone center constructed over 30 years ago as a child, to

celebrate in san francisco now the topping off of the new and improved moscone center. what we're doing here will keep san francisco at the forefront for visitors, for the tourism industry. over 30 years ago, this center was constructed, and so think about what it has meant for our economy here in san francisco, for our businesses large and small is truly incredible. and what we're here today celebrating in my mind is the future of san francisco. this is the future. just look around you. just look at all the construction that is happening, all the crews that are working as we speak right now. we had a choice. moscone center, as the years went on was getting smaller compared to the conventions that were coming to san francisco, smaller compared to some of the conventions that were being diverted to other cities, and we had a choice. we decided to make the invest.

the voters decided to make the invest in a new moscone center. so what we're doing today is celebrating the future of san francisco. the future of our workforce, the future of our economy, the future of our tourism industry, the future of our city, and that's exactly what we should be doing. this expansion to the moscone center is increasing our convention space by 20%. the construction that's going on inside these walls is unbelievable, will make truly for a 21st century experience. you think about the streetscape and improvements that are happening for pedestrians that will finally be able to walk-through this street by the end of this year is going to be unbelievable. we did this, as well. we are going to be the highest lead certified convention center in the entire country, which is something incredible, and please give a round of applause for everybody who made

that happen. [applause]. >> the hon. mark farrell: we have on-site water capture and treatment. we're going to have the biggest solar installation in the city of san francisco, and this entire moscone center will be zero emissions, which is an unbelievable feat for a project this size. you know, last year moscone center held over 39 events and aaccount traed over 500,000 visitors to the city of san francisco during construction. imagine what this is going to do in 2019. this is a project that will be delivered on time and on budget, and i'm going to hold people to that during my time as mayor. mohamed is closing his ears, but we'll have a chat later today. but really what i would like to do more than anything is thank all the people that have been involved in this project for so many years. so first of all, so naomi kelley and the entire city administrator's office, nye owe me, thank you for your leadership. please give them a round of

applause. [applause]. >> the hon. mark farrell: so mohamed nuru and the entire department of public works teams, mohamed, thank you so much. [applause]. >> the hon. mark farrell: to all of our partners in this effort, and there were so many. first of all, jodell underers is here from sf travel. thank you to the entire board of supervisors. supervisor shsha satisfy sigh is here. thank you for your support. to the moscone travel district, this has been a truly collaborative effort. to webcor and all of the subcontractors, thank you for all of your hard work to making this happen here today. to our architects, skidmore, owens and yerrell, and really, i would like to thank -- and i want a huge round of applause

for the men and women that come here to work every single day, those that are behind us here with our hard hats and our vests, thank you. thank you for what you do. [applause]. >> the hon. mark farrell: i know that has been years in the making. as we said earlier, this has been a baby of people for many, many years, and thank you for your work on behalf of the entire city. lastly, as your 44th mayor, i do want to pay homage to mayor lee, who was a huge supporter of this from the beginning, and was a huge supporter until his untimely death last year. to mayor lee, to all of you who made this happen, and to the future of san francisco, congratulations, everyone.

[applause]. >> thank you, mayor farrell. speaking of mayor ed lee, it made me bring back memories of moscone west when he was the director of dpw, and here we are in this project, and he kick started the moscone expansion, and it's just thank you for the tribute to mayor lee. up next, we have jodella sanders, who we had a lot of conversations with, and we'll be working together to improve this facility. got to make sure that we always have money for that, joe. so up next, joe del aunderers. >> thank you, naomi, and i don't know why you looked at me when you said the on budget part. thank you so much. we have been looking forward to this for a very long time. topping off of this project,

this incredible project for san francis francisco, and as the mayor said, this incredible project for san francisco. others have been talking about this for a very long time, and only ten more months left, and we're going to open the doors to this incredible new building, not only a very much expanded building, but a very improved building. an improved building for this neighborhood, much more neighborhood friendly. it's a much better piece of building and design for the people of san francisco, and we're very excited about that. so on behalf of san francisco travel, i want to thank all of you for your role in making this happen. it's been a great day, and it's a great opportunity for us to celebrate the future. this has been a team effort, a collaboration between the moscone hotel district formed by the hotel community and the city and county of san francisco. it's very unique where the city and hotel industry come --

hospitality industry come together for this project. the complicated construction was executed to keep moscone up and running throughout the project. that's never been happened before. we expanded this major building while there's meetings and conventions happening here all the time. the patience of the construction, too, the patience of bon and his team here to make sure this is all working for the -- the delegates, the customers, to make sure it's seamless as possible during construction is unheard of, but it's happening here in san francisco. san francisco welcomes over 24 million visitors each year, and more than 20% of those visitors pass through these doors. they come here to san francisco because of this building and spend millions and millions of dollars in our economy and create thousands of jobs. it is important that san francisco stays competitive with the expanded and upgraded convention facilities, and this project has achieved just that. when this project is complete, we will have over 500,000

square feet of exhibit space, more than 80 meeting rooms, a visitor information center and many upgraded neighborhood amenities. i am happy to welcome you to this major celebration and a major milestone in this project. i want to congratulation all the parties, the city, skidmore, owens, and yerrell, to make sure to get it done on time and a building that all san franciscans can be proud of. we look forward to gathering here in just ten months from now to celebrate the dedication of the finest building and the finest convention center in the united states. ladies and gentlemen, welcome. it's a great day to celebrate. thank you very much for being here. [applause]. >> so before i bring up public works, i want to just thank some of the department heads who are here today. tom huey, the director of building inspection. thank you for helping us with the permits. john nogucci, our director of

convention facilities. in addition i can-- nadia ducer director of ocii. i have to thank brook novotnez and edgar hernandez, they're construction managers working day-to-day, managing all the contracts, managing all the finances, managing sf travel, making sure -- and working with the hotel industry to make sure that we deliver this -- this beautiful building, and so with that, their fearless leader, mohamed nuru, i'd like to bring up. >> good morning and thank you, naomi, thank you, mayor farrell. well, it's happening. can you feel it?

yeah, right. really. three years ago, when we broke ground on moscone expansion project, we knew we had a long road ahead. and today, we're almost there. today's beam raising celebration for the final phase marks the final sprint. one of the components of the moscone expansion project that i'm most excited about is the improvements to the public realm. when the project is done and the crews pack up, we will see and feel a different neighborhood, one that's safer, one that's more beautiful, and one that's more inviting. the changes are the result of a strong partnership that project team forged with residents, business owners and yerba buena and south of market neighborhoods. community members stepped up from day one to work with the project team to make sure our focus was just not buildings,

but that it's also about making the surrounding area and public spaces better for everyone. long before construction started, we were giving shape to the project. we held dozens of community meetings and met with people in small groups and one-on-one to cement a vision to improve moscone's connection to the neighborhoods. the conversations weren't always easy, and that's for sure. everybody wanted all sorts of stuff, but they were productive and effective, and at the end of the day, this will be a better neighborhood. a pedestrian friendly space will replace the 25,000 square feet of surface parking, exiting ramps that were all out here on our street. the project will add more than 8,000 square feet of public new open space, including a dynamic new tot lot play area for

younger children, as well as a new learning garden and landscaping around the children's creativity museum and the carousel. for anyone who visits the area or lives here, we know the demand for more family play space is high. expansion project also includes a number of urban design streetscape elements to make the surrounding streets and you can swas safer and more pleasing for people who walk and bike around here. third street will have a widened sidewalk, a new space for shops and dining to enliven the street scene. howard street is being redesigned to knit both sides of the street. a new bridge went in over howard street to connect the north and south portions of yerba buena gardens. the enclosed east bridge went in last month and will how's public parks by leo villareal

when completed. leo villareal is the artist that did the lights on the bay bridge. the experience crossing howard street at ground level will be much, much more pleasant. the buildings themselves will play with lights and feel less bulky to allow for a more visually appealing and friendly environment. the moscone expansion has given us once in a generation opportunity to make sure that this major convention center which hosts more than 1 million visitors a year enriches the area. that was a vision, and i am confident we will deliver this vision. as mentioned before, this has been a real team effort working with city, residents, businesses and property owners. this also wouldn't be possible without the support of our friends at sf travel and the

moscone expansion district and of course our construction team, webcor. i know you can see their sign real big over there, webcor. there's webcor. what happened to public works and the rest of the team? make sure our sign is up there. i also want to thank the mayor who was a really big part of this when this started, mayor farrell, naomi kelley, all the construction manager and project management teams, led by edgar lopez, brook mobratu, and others worked really hard to make sure this project will be delivered, and yes, mayor farrell, on time, and on budget. thank you very much. [applause]. >> before i bring up webcor,

there's four people out in the audience that i would be remiss and i didn't give a shout out to and thank them for their advice on everything moscone, their advocacy for tourism in san francisco, and that's rick swig, who thank you very much for being here today. he's on moscone expansion, and part of sf travel. ike kwon, rodney fong who was part of this project from the beginning, part of sf travel, and then, i'd also like to thank mark sultis for your work with us in making sure this project was running smoothly. up next, i'd like to introduce tony ringo -- i think after he finishes speaking he's going to get a public works banner, an

sf travel banner, and a moscone banner up on that bridge -- and he'll pay for it. [applause]. >> definitely is a big sign. first of all, thank you very much. i was talking to spencer, one of our project executives on this project, and we were awarded preconstruction back in december 2012, so five years later, we're here today. one thing i've released in construction, it's all about planning and partnerships and relationships, and i can say we all have that on this job. i want to give thanks to lynn, mark, our construct tors. it's been amazing. couple facts about the job. we've all already expended 1.2 man hours to date. right now, we have an average of 170 workers with 22 different subcontractors on the job, so it just tells you the

coordination that's been involved. our safety record to date has been very good, and so life safety is the main force of what we do in construction on an every day basis. the team has removed -- this is an amazing fact. the team has removed over 48 million pounds of construction debris through demolition operations. we constructed a below grade bridge that carries the load for howard street. the total project has over 7,000 tons of structural steel. and obviously, we just erected the second bridge. we have two bridges spanning over howard street, and i was asking brook earlier, i can't think of another bridge of this size that spans a thoroughfare in san francisco, so it is he aa really amazing feat. phase one, phase two, and phase see re, we hit our targets each date, and we're on target to hit our date in december 2018 for the last phase. we did all this with

conventions performing on a daily basis. i think we had 26 conventions on a yearly basis over four years. it's over 100 conventions that we built around, so a lot of planning, a lot of foresight, and that's not easy to do. i think what i want to say, back to my original statement, you can't do this without a relationship, you can't do this without planning, you can't do that without trying to get along on a daily basis, so thank you, everybody. appreciate it. >> okay. so as we conclude, joe del asandra gave me a fact that because of this expansion, in 2018 we have more rooms booked than in the history of san francisco, so i just want to thank you, everyone, for being part of that. [applause]. >> so -- all right.

so this is the time where we are going to start our topping out ceremony. the final beam is right there. it'll be hoisted in place after all of us get a chance to sign it, so we'll walk over there and sign, so please join me in signing the beam, and then, we'll walk across the street and watch it being hoisted up above us. the maus coney cente

project is transformation of the convention center and it is not only addition and increased space but also a transformation of the urban neighbor around it in a positive way. >> 25th largest convention center in the country but the conventions are getting bigger so with this extension it is 13 largest >> we have been under construction a year and a half and set to complete the construction in 2018. it generated over $9 billion in san francisco >> 35 percent of viz #2rs coming to san francisco are coming to maus

coney. >> 2500 jobs will be created. >> if we didn't do the expansion we would luce $200 million in taxes a year. the conventions they are talking about going other cities with ample [inaudible] and exhibit space and not come to san francisco. >> there is a lot of [inaudible] we are at a point now where our [inaudible] two halve oz the mos connie and think what we desire is one space. >> we are adding space about 200,000 space. we are connecting the two existing north and south exhibition halls that excavate under howard street to increase the largest exhibition space to 1 contig ws space over 500,000

square feet. >> the spot i'm standing in will be inside the lobby. the building will be pushed out to howard street and connected north and south above and under ground. >> when you go on the north our south side you enter into a hall that is divided into major ways >> this is public private partnership. the hotel industry [inaudible] splitting it up of the building. >> since we have a north and south howard street it [inaudible] to make [inaudible] >> improving the bridges to make them more accessible so go over howard street >> [inaudible] developed to look at several different proposals for a light [inaudible] to work with that bridge and the selection of the

[inaudible] he is on what i think is a beautiful piece that is very animated. you will be able to see it as [inaudible] cross the bridge and can see it as a resident of san francisco looking up. there is a second bridge and this bridge replacing an existing bridge over howard street that links yerba buena gardens to a childrens playground. make a much larger public space as well as aplaza space that brings you up to that in a visible way. >> we worked on the playground to make it safe and invited and added more open space >> the area will be connected with the neighborhood. [inaudible] much better space for everyone. >> why is such a fundamental part [inaudible] could be thought of

as columns and beams [inaudible] the areas that you walk to check in prior to [inaudible] all those activities [inaudible] opposed to [inaudible] we thought of ways to bring light into these occupied spaces including skylights and [inaudible] highest level of [inaudible] recycled steel. the concrete is [inaudible] >> we will be harvesting all the rain water and storm water and reusing it. >> in [inaudible] they extend down into the aquifer level of the water

level which means water is being pumped out to remove the pressure and there are over 15 million gallons of water per year that maus coney center pumps out so the water is wasted. our idea is disconnect the ground water system from the [inaudible] and reuse the water and save and preserve and use it for [inaudible] and use it for other irrigation uses. we have excess water to fill up [inaudible] >> there will be limited traffic impact during construction >> there is a 8 month period where we have to take a lane of traffic out from howard street so we can expand the tunnel. >> we anticipate the construction to be minimal. >> [inaudible]

>> make the center statef the art and much more competitive. [inaudible] >> having the space. [inaudible] underneath howard. having [inaudible] >> this is a [inaudible] worked with the residential, the merchants in the neighborhood, the non profits to make sure this is a vibrant area. >> even if you don't come to the convention and enjoy the public space, it is something that helps revitalize the neighborhood and bring energy to the neighborhood and more people to the neighborhood and shops and retail and shocase san

hello, everyone, i'm elaine forbes. it's great to see you here today. we're celebrating a 10-year endeavor, 12 years by some count, that has brought us here today to a historic day to celebrate the work that the city has performed with our partner, the san francisco giants, to bring a new mixed income neighborhood to the waterfront. we've also had the helpful support of many, many people from the community. we all know that the late mayor lee would have enjoyed being here today. he was the biggest supporter of the city. he was an advocate for the project. and i believe there bear, he may have been one of the giants number one fans, so we reflect on mayor lee and his legacy and he would have been proud.

this ace project that will help build a water front for everyone and deliver benefits to our residents for years to come. the residents of san francisco and the state will enjoy eight new acres of open space. the rehabilitation of pier 48. thousands of new affordable homes, 40% of which are affordable along our waterfront and much more. the project has created these benefits while recognizing the future challenge of sea level rise. it's adaptable to the rise and for us, it provides an ongoing source of revenue to adapt other areas for the waterfront and the shoreline tax. this was done the san francisco way as a team effort. and we are not surprised about how many port tenants and three-time world champions san francisco giants led our team. thank you to the giants, to larry bear, to jack bear, to

fran weld, to john and so many others from the hometown team for leading a gold standard community project. the giants are in the long game in this community and it showed. it promises a diverse community and in planning we heard from many voices on how the future of the waterfront should be prepared. that included the central waterfront advisory group. the mission bay advisory group. the south beach neighborhood association, they participated in every step of the plan. i see many of our resident stakeholders here today, including ms. katy la del, alice rogers, bruce and so many others that participated. sonny schwartz is here today. there were many city agencies that collaborated. i need to say thank you first and story most to oawd, to ken

rich, todd and adam. and we also will remember today jennifer, she had big vision for the waterfront and enthusiasm for the site. today, we recognize her work effort and can-do attitude. the mayor's office played an integral role in the project to support the benefits of housing, the housing program, the transportation program, and on ward. i really think that this project is emblematic of what with can achieved through a public-private partnership. when we have supervisor jane kim. you were very dedicated to this project throughout and you challenged our team to deliver more affordable housing and we have done so. with a decade in the making, this project had the support of the mayor and now mayor newsom,

the late mayor lee, acting mayor breed who helped us finalize, and now mayor farrell. mayor farrell has supported this project for two terms while on the board of supervisors. we're celebrating many years of hard work and welcome our mayor, mayor farrell. [applause] >> thank you, elaine. and congratulations to you. so, i'm excited to be here to celebrate the signing of this legislation. let's be clear, we all want to talk about the world series coming up here to san francisco. i know, it isn't here, but i'm here to say congratulations. first of all, elaine, congratulations to you and the port team for all your hard work and to larry, you and your team for all of the hard work. this is emblematic of the best of a collective planning process

we have here in the san francisco. this is a city agency willing to be creative with a ton of support and a willing and engaged local partner in the giants. to really come here to celebrate this today. but it's because of the port and the giants and their hard work that we are really here today celebrating what is going to be an amazing project. as you think about the project itself, 21 acres is going to be redone. 1500 new housing units, 40% that are affordable. congratulations to supervisor kim on her hard work on making that happen. [applause] eight acres of new open space. we're going to have teachers and nurses and firefighters and police officers living there, transition age youth is going to be living there. this is a big deal for the city of san francisco and a huge part of what mayor lee was pushing for in the housing units, that he has been pushing for as mayor. and transportation improvements. you think about the t third line, the $40 million, the new

mission bay ferry terminal, which is an amazing resource for the neighborhood and million dollars for workforce development to make sure the children we have growing up in the neighborhoods, they can work in the neighborhoods and they're ready with the job skills they need moving forward. i'm here just to say congratulations to everybody. a number of people to additionally thank. mentioned the giants and the port. i want to thank the entire board of supervisors and president breed for all their work. david chiu for his hard work in legislation that he pushed forward that allowed it to happen. other city departments, todd, where are you? to john ram and planning, ed riskin and the mta. that was a collective effort from the city family. as elaine mentioned, huge thanks to lieutenant-governor, alan and especially thank in closing to

our late mayor ed lee who worked very, very hard on this for his entire time in office. and i just think he would be proud of being here today. congratulations, everyone. [applause] >> thank you, elaine, and thank you, mayor farrell. i'm larry bear from the giants and i have to say this is truly an exciting day for the organization. it has been mentioned, it was a decade in the making. i think maybe a little north, 1, 12 years, i was just sitting here thinking nobody on the giants roster right now was actually on the roster when we started this project. i believe bruce was a rookie manager at the time for the giants. but really valuable, important

projects are worth taking the time and being very carefully done. i have to -- there is a number of people we want to thank because they led with their hearts in making this project happen. they understood the vision, saw the vision and led with their hearts. it's a profound statement when a mixed project can garner 74% of the voters' support in this community, which was the case in the election two years ago. and unanimous support from every commission and every board. many of you we will talk about were part of that, of garnering that support and leading. without the folks we're going to mention today, this would not have happened, it would not have been possible, come together. what we're really most proud of is the creation taking a surface parking lot, what we used to

characterize as a wind swept surface parking lot and creating a new dynamic neighborhood from the parking lot which will serve as a central gathering place, a hub for the surrounding community, for the mission bay community. it grew on the expertise of thousands of created people, dedicated people in this planning process, including our neighbors. which we'll talk about. so leading off the thanks, i would like to thank the project team who worked hard, diligently, long, long hours, lending their expertise in urban planning, engineering, architecture, finance, legal work to create this topnotch project that meets the values of our community. mention the neighbors and the community based organizations, many are here in the audience today. they've been a voice for the

project from the beginning. now the city departments. the city departments have been quite amazing led by the port of san francisco, the mayor's office, economic and workforce development, the city attorney office, the planning department, dpw, mta, all unbelievably collaborative in their work with us through this long process. i want to specifically acknowledge port direct elaine forbes for her amazing work. commission president kim brandon. where is kim? so kim brandon -- [applause] -- kim brandon unlike any of the giants players or bruce, did precede this project. i did a fact check, because i

don't want fake news, 20 years on the san francisco port commission, looking at the progress and what happened to the port through her two decades of service. thank you, kim. and and finally the city leadership. a heart felt thank you to jane kim who authored the legislation and has taken a personal interest in this project from day one. huge thanks to board president london breed for her long time support of mission rock and keeping us on track during crucial moments. thank you to david chiu for spear heading the state legislation that allowed us to do the project. and finally, i want to acknowledge our friend, our late mayor ed lee. very bittersweet here without him. one of the project's biggest supporters, with us from day

one. we are eternally grateful for his leadership and support and we miss him every day. thank you, mayor farrell for making this historic moment for mission rock come true. we're thrilled to move closer to the ground breaking and realizing the vision of all of us here for this project, a decade in the making and now the fun beginsment thank you so much. [applause] >> hello, everybody, my name is london breed, i'm president of the san francisco board of supervisors and i am so excited to be here today. as a former san francisco redevelopment agency commissioner, i know how long these projects, these major infill projects can take. i mean, but looking at mission bay and what we're doing with the shipyard and watching as this entire neighborhood change and provide more businesses, more housing, more parks, this

is really a crown jewel for this particular area. i want to thank the giants for investing in this project, for working with the city, for working with the port. elaine, you're an amazing leader and i've got to thank kimberley brandon and the members of the port commission who spent countless hours listening to public comment, arguing over the details, getting the criticism and look at what we have here today. an amazing project that is doing something we need to do all over the city and county of san francisco. provide 40% affordable housing for low, moderate income families in san francisco. how exciting is that? people who make up to 150% ami. when we think about it, that's a lot of money and it's not a lot of money here in san francisco. those families still can't afford market rate housing in

san francisco. it includes some of the city employees. some of the ballpark workers. i want to see the ballpark workers walking across from their housing in that parking lot into the ballpark. is that a promise? yes. the members of local 2 and the folks who make san francisco such a great place. this is a wonderful day, i'm excited and grateful to my colleagues on the board of supervisors, including mayor farrell and i see supervisor yee and supervisor kim who will be speaking and supervisor jeff sheehy. we all care about making san francisco a wonderful place for each and every one of us, providing more housing, providing spaces like this on the waterfront that are going to be beautiful and accessible to so many with parks and everything else, it's going to be amazing for city and county of san francisco.

i know sonny schwartz has been a part of the project from day one, here we are, ten years later, let's make sure that the future projects don't take this long. thank you all so much. [applause] >> good afternoon, it is really incredibly exciting to be here today after the years as larry and mayor mark farrell have mentioned that have gone into making the project a reality. the portion of the project that i'm the proudest of, this is the first project in san francisco that has committed to a record percentage of 40% affordable and middle income housing. [applause] and i really want to thank the giants for stepping up and being a leader for san francisco. this is our home team. and they've demonstrated their commitment to san franciscans by

saying we're going make sure san franciscans get to live by our ballpark and root for us as we make it to the championship. i want to say that a lot of work went into the process. i should ask someone this, this is really one of the first projects that didn't use redevelopment, that built such a large percentage of units. households that make between $80-150,000 a year. i want to recognize the teachers union, the council community housings or organization, that helped us literally, number by number, over hours in the course of the night, craft a compromise that would pencil out. and i want to recognize the port and the city for sharing the value that would generate the land that would allow more housing. this is a partnership between

the city and the giants. i want to take a moment to thank our community residents who are also here. who have worked on the sidelines of this. to ensure this is a neighborhood that they want to be a part of. i see corrin woods, the chair of mission woods advisory committee. sonny schwartz. alice rogers. part of the south beach rincon. bruce, also a member of the organization. and katy who is not here, chairs the organization as well. i talked a lot about the affordable housing, but this is a mixed use development project that is going to provide retail and small businesses, amenity, open space. the type of neighborhood that is inkredably excite -- incredibly exciting, providing amenities we

need for the mission bay neighborhood. finally, i want to thank the city for all of your work. and the hard work begins now. we have to make sure we get the infrastructure in the ground so the thousands of units of the housing can get built. thank you, everyone, for making this a home run for san francisco. >> thank you to everyone. i understand now we have the honor of signing the legislation. mr. mayor and larry bear, president breed.

ready to roll. all right. congratulations, everyone.

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when i was a kid, i wanted to be a teacher. and then when i got into high school, i decided i wanted to get into advertising and do graphic art and taglines and stuff like that. by the time i was in college, i decided i wanted to be a decorator. but as i did more work, i realized working my way up meant a lot of physical labor. i only had so much energy to work with for the rest of my life and i could use that energy towards making a lot of money, helping someone else make a lot of money or doing something meaningful. i found the nonprofit working to save the rainforest was looking for volunteers. i went, volunteered and my life changed. suddenly everything i was doing had meaning. stuffing envelopes had meaning, faxing out requests had meaning. i eventually moved up to san francisco to work out of the office here, given a lot