>> we are very excited to introduce our next speaker. someone who can speak about the importance of affordable housing and what it means for low income families in the mission district pick someone that understands this and actually talks about this on a regular basis throughout san francisco. i'm very honored to introduce our mayor, london breed to the podium. [applause] >> thank you. it is so exciting to be here. to break ground on 100% affordable housing. [cheers and applause] >> finally, after almost ten years, we are finally building -- building affordable housing in the mission for those whose income ranges anywhere between

30 and nifty% a.m.i. and i think i'm more excited because -- 30 and 50% a.m.i. and i think i'm more excited because even though we have had challenges making sure people who live in the communities can have access to the affordable housing built in their community , we will not have that problem with this project. because of the neighborhood preference legislation that i and others on the board of supervisors put through a few years back, i got so much support for that legislation from this community. to dedicate 40% of the 80 units to the people who live in this district first. [applause] there are so many people that have made this possible and i just want to thank each and every one of you for all of your hard work, including the mayor possess office of housing, bridge has an, of course, commission housing development

corridor, thank you for your advocacy and your work around not just helping to build new affordable housing, but the small sites acquisition program, and all the work that you continue to do. all of the architects and the contractors, thank you all so much for being patient, working hard, putting together a project that we know is going to be absolutely incredible in this community. i also want to acknowledge, in addition to neighborhood preference, some of you may know that there are people who live in public housing. there are challenges with locations and we also have an opportunity to welcome in residence of public housing to this new development as well. it's part of the plan. a way to try and make sure that people have access to affordable housing. that people are able to stay in their communities. i just want to thank each and

every one of you for the hard work and i see someone who snuck in here and is trying to hide. roberto hernandez. thank you for your advocacy and the work that you have done to help us with neighborhood preference. holding folks in city hall accountable to make sure that the housing that gets promised to this community gets built in this community and that we do a better job as a safety of providing opportunities with our application process. because the real work begins. we better get -- we build the housing but we have to make sure that we outreach all over this community to folks unfortunately , in some instances struggling and in the process of being displaced. that we make sure that we help them get those applications in. that is what i am committed to. the planning department to, thank you so much for being here thank you to each and every one of you for your work.

i am excited to be here during this groundbreaking and i'm looking forward to making sure that we don't let another ten years go by before we break ground on another affordable housing development. [applause] folks, let's celebrate today and tomorrow, let's continue to roll up our sleeves and get to work. we have got to do more, not just in the mission, but all over the city and county of san francisco thank you all so much for being here today. >> thank you so much, mayor breach. and the project manager at bridge housing. for the last two years, it has been my pleasure to shepherd this project to this moment right now, which is so exciting. we are going to replace this vacant gas station with a beautiful building. it is really thrilling for me to say that. i would like to welcome

supervisor hilary ronan which includes district nine. she has been a champion for many of the projects. we are glad you can be with us. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you everybody. what an exciting day. this site right here represents such a huge victory for the mission community. i. i love the fact that our friends are holding a sign that says house keys, not handouts. thank you! [cheers and applause] that is exactly what we want in our community. eighty-one units of truly affordable housing. sometimes when we talk about affordable housing, we are talking about housing that people are making over $100,000 are eligible for. not at this site. we are talking about a family of four earning $35,000 a year who will be living right behind us.

finally housing for the families that we have all been fighting for in this neighborhood. it is truly remarkable. what's even more remarkable about this, and i've seen so many faces of so many people i love in this crowd, this was slated to be luxury housing. it was going to be housing for people -- for people who grew up in the neighborhood would never be able to afford. and this community fought hard, fought a long, fought to get $50 million from the last affordable housing bond to come to the mission district. this was one of the sites that came out of it. please give yourselves a round of applause, mission community, because you made this site happen. i also want to congratulate mission housing development corporation his. is such an important organization in our community.

this is the first time in ten years that you are breaking ground on a new affordable housing site in the mission which is just incredible. you are back in action and you will be the powerhouse organization that in the past is built so much housing in our neighborhood and are doing so again. shortly after this, you will break ground on 1950 mission, which will be another truly affordable housing site. mission housing development corporation and housing in the mission. we couldn't be more excited. we love you, and as the mayor said, let's roll up our sleeves and get to work and get this housing built. congratulations. [cheers and applause] >> thank you supervisor ronen. we are pleased to be working hand-in-hand with your office on the critical issues that our community continues to face. just like supervisor ronen just

said, there was a point in time where many did not believe that mission housing was going to make a comeback. so we were resilience. just like this communities. our team came back stronger than ever, with one goal in mind. to uphold our mission statement, to build affordable housing in our district. in san francisco. our board supported us every step of the way. this isn't just a celebration for mission housing today. but it is a win for this neighborhood. at this specific site, was one because of community advocacy. today we come together as a community to celebrate. our next speaker is someone i work with on a daily basis and i've gotten to know him extremely well. i have to say that his spanish has gotten a little better. he loves latin food.

particularly tacos. if you ever want to offer him something to drink, offer him some tamarind water. he is currently laughing. you can find him specifically at the panel discussions, at schools during presentations on affordable housing, asking either myself or a team member in the organization to help a local nonprofit in the mission. or walking around wearing a t-shirt with various messages. many of them about housing. his work has not gone unnoticed. certainly not by our team or our board or affordable housing community. he has been my counterpart in mission housing. together, we have overcame many obstacles to get to this place of celebration and groundbreaking. i am very pleased and honored to introduce our executive director

of mission housing, my counterpart. [applause] >> i feel like everyone said my whole speech, i guess i can go home, right? thank you, everyone. thank you so much from the bottom of my heart and for mission housing. >> it has been a nostalgic kind of a day, thinking back on seven years ago and where mission housing was and where i was. i can't -- there were countless meetings of me -- of people telling me i was crazy for thinking that i could help take over mission housing. that will never happen. it is impossible. you are never coming back. over and over again, if it wasn't for marcy at and the staff and our board and the leadership and support, it

probably would have been rights. the fact is, mission housing was created to actually develop community. mission housing was created to be a backbone for infrastructure or whatever you want to call it. that is what we are again. i am really proud to stand here next to this broken dirt and guarantee that 80 some odd units of affordable housing are coming but what i'm most proud to do is to be with our community and to break ground with the people who stood by us. the people who didn't believe that this wasn't going to weigh. who wanted us to regrow. i would like to personally dedicate this building and the rest of our building to the mission community. why don't we give the mission community a hand we -- why do we give them a hand?

[applause] >> i would be remiss if i got up here and i didn't point out to the fact that this project and all the thousand units of affordable housing in the mission were originally and only made possible by a man who had the foresight to lead and to listen to the mission community. when mayor ed lee decided to focus on affordable housing and fix our public housing and to build more units, it was something -- that without it, i don't know mission housing could have come back like we have. while he is not here physically with us, i am fairly certain he is looking down on us and smiling. thank you. [applause] >> i really do want to thank the mayor and all of our partners and supervisor ronen. there so many people.

i'm sorry, i honestly have not been this tongue-tied ever. anyone who knows me knows what an emotional day this is been. i will just leave by saying thank you. thank you for believing in mission housing. i assure you that we believe in ourselves and that we will not go another ten years. we won't go another ten months for another groundbreaking. if unlimited money was made available, we wouldn't say no to that. okay. let's get on with the show. thanks, everybody. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much. it is a pleasure to work with you and john and michael and your whole team in partnership on these projects. i would like to introduce the c.e.o. and president, cynthia walker. when she joined us, she brought a long-term commitment to affordable housing with her cat

demonstrated by 30 plus years of experience from alaska, seattle and now here in san francisco. she has been projects like this to life for a long time. i appreciate cynthia's leadership. through all the twists and turns that we go through, trying to blow things out of the ground, and there are many, many twists and turns. i feel personally supported by cynthia. please welcome cynthia parker. [applause] >> thank you. thank you everyone who is here today. it does indeed take a village to get this type of development off the ground. we can't do it without the support of our partners and also , bakers, the mayor, assembly members, supervisors, everyone who is here has had a hand in making this happen. but it is particularly an auspicious project because of

our partnership with mission hell being with sam and his group. and also, the neighborhood preference, which is incredibly important here. in this code today, for someone to rent a market rate unit, they have to earn a wage of $54.76 an hour in order to pay the rent on an unrestricted property. so with this particular 100% developed project back we are able to rent it to families who are making $35,000 a year. a family of four. we are not reaching everyone because there are many people who live in this neighborhood to make less of -- less than that. recent survey of latino residents in the neighborhood indicated 30% of them made about $11.56 an hour. they are still living here and

as rents go up, they are being forced out. i want to thank the mayor personally for her efforts and for everyone who has advocated for the neighborhood preference. and for also making resources available and the support that is necessary to get this type of 100% development project off the ground. it takes a village and it takes all of us to make a commitment. i see you have some tears in your eyes. i think i met sam when i got here a little over seven years ago. he was in another job and another life and then he left and called me up. he said, i've gone to work at mission housing. and i said well, cool. he said we have not done a project for the longest time. do you want to topically come on over. he did. he said this is what my vision is for mission. i want to get it back on the

grounds and i want to be developing more housing. i want to be focused on the housing in the mission and i want to catalyze all of the things that have gone on in that community. i said, how can we help we what happens as a result of that is that we formed a deep partnership. we are engaged with other organizations because it takes a village to create this type of work here. but i really celebrate the fact that this is our first project. we will have another one breaking ground very shortly, and it will also accommodate families and seniors and we will have children living here. it will be back to the neighborhood. that's what is so important. i want to also comment on an article that i saw in the paper today, in the chronicle, which i thought was sort of interesting.

it was a contrasting of new york and san francisco. i can't --dash i don't know if it is accurate or not. i certainly hope it wasn't but i did fire up an e-mail to the chief of staff. i said new york has made this commitment to housing and to affordable housing and to public housing that san francisco has not done. and that is why new york is much more economically diverse. my e-mail back to his chief of staff was someone i happen to know, was i hope this isn't an accurate statement. the next city, with this mayor, this is not the case. i want to thank you mayor breed. i want to thank everyone who works in this city. i know projects like these is a commitment that the city has that will make this city support the residents of the city and always and providing more housing. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, cynthia. i want to take a moment.

we said it takes a village. i want to name a couple of the folks who have been critical in bringing this to life. tom, chris, dan and miguel and anita, you guys have literally broken the ground behind me. thank you so much. those are our contractors. [applause] >> travis, mary, irving, the enhanced beauty of the urban landscape can deliver the credit to your fabulous design. thank you so much. [applause] >> you are rock stars. kevin, joan, jenny, mara, aaron, and kate from the mayor's office of housing. you are partners every step of the way and we are so grateful for everything. we talk on the phone almost every single day. heather, eileen, joshua, amy, and william.

you make all of our long loan documents really fun to read. thank you. justin, doug, mike, larry, and jamie and rebecca, thank you for all you do. [applause] and of course, there are so many more people than just that that have been sitting around all day those are just some people i wanted to call out. the fun part of this project is a san francisco housing authority, our permanent lender -- and our construction and equity lender, bank of america, it's been a pleasure closing this deal. i am really excited to welcome the managing director for the bank of san francisco in east bait bay market. please join us. [applause]

>> thank you so much. we're so honored and grateful to be with you all today. i love this scene at the groundbreaking. thank you for that item. americas grateful and honored. sixty-six -- 56 and a half million dollars in financing for this project. it has been stated again, i wanted to thank you mayor breed for her continued unwavering support for affordable housing. and supervisor ronen for her support of this amazing neighborhood in the mission. you guys are wonderful partners. thank you so much for the work you do together. the two developers working on the project with us with bridge housing and mission housing. i would like to thank all of the bank of america associates who work every day to assist our communities and who work on affordable housing. we look forward to many more occasions. thank you. [applause]

>> thank you for being here tonight. our closing speaker needs no introduction. he is known to many people across the city as a community leader, home grown native a passionate advocate. he has been working in this neighborhood for years ensuring that the voices of our people is not only being heard but also respected. there is an organization partner of ours not only here at 419 but also across the street. not too far away from here. they are an integral part of the community and we greatly value the work we do on a daily basis. without further ado, i would like to welcome someone to the podium for closing remarks. [cheers and applause] >> good evening, everybody. i am an organizer.

i'm so humbled to be here among so many community warriors. a lot of people who have spent a lot of long hours and organizing hours on this street talking to neighbors and making sure we get what we need and what we deserve in this case, affordable housing we started our groundbreaking with a blessing. we started with movement. we were led in four directions. so appropriate and so fitting that we started with movement. because its movements that organizes this piece of land. it is movement that advocated. it is movement that unfolds banners like that one. it is movement that demanded that sights like this return to our neighborhood and returned to the hard-working families and individuals in san francisco. we started with a blessing that called on our ancestors to guide

us, to protect us, and people are resilient. resilient because this isn't the end of our journey. this is in the end of the movement. we are on a long distance marathon. it is far from over. it is a marathon that includes not only building and reclaiming land to build affordable housing , but also protecting renters and they're existing homes. it is making sure that we get the most amount of benefits with any luxury corporate developer that comes into our hood. because of families in our community deserve more. just walk around these streets. there are hundreds and thousands of our loved ones on the streets we see them intense. we see them living in cars. or you don't see them. because they are doubled and tripled in apartment buildings

like this. this is why we do it. we do it for all the hundreds of homeless kids that come to school after a restless nights sleeping in the shelter. they deserve more. they deserve more. and we deserve more. when you join our movement, will you join our movement. we are just getting started. are you all ready to party and celebrate we -- are you ready to party and celebrate, i thank everyone for being here. i will turn it back over to marcy. please stay. we have delicious food from some local vendors and local mom and pop businesses to support the hoods and support the neighborhoods. thank you all for being here. [cheers and applause] >> okay. thank you so much. we would like to invite all the speakers to come up and grab a shovel, and we will take a

picture, a break in the ground, after that, anybody else is welcome to take a picture with a shovel once we are done. thank you all so much for being here. it is really a great moment for us in the city and the neighborhoods. thank you.

>> all right. welcome, everyone, to our and use and transportation committee, i'm jane kim, we have katy tang and ahsha safai. madam clerk, are there any

notifications? >> yes. [ reading ] >> supervisor k. tang: thank you. if it's all right with colleagues i will call number 4. madam clerk, if we could please call item 4. >> ordinance amending the public works code to create a temporary mobile catering who cannot operate due to retrofits. >> thank you, chair tang and supervisors kim and safai and thank you for hearing this item today. after hearing from concerned restaurant owners, supervisor mandelman has introduced the ordinance that will allow for a permit and operate food trucks if they are forced to close

during mandatory seismic retrofits of their wood frame buildings. restaurants heard concerns that closure would not only lead to a loss in business revenue but could also require business owners to lay off employees during an extended period of closure. at a time when san francisco is more unaffordable than ever we must protect jobs and businesses that are the backbone of our thriving economy. some have encountered permitting restrictions, ban from operating win a certain distance from elementary, junior or high schools or within certain square feet of restaurants and only able to operate certain days a week. the office of small business we have solved for a number of

these permitting restrictions. this ordinance will amend the public works code to create a caterer permit for restaurants that can't operate during a seismic retrofit. they may operate a food truck during any ongoing construction related to seismic retrofit. the temporary mobile caterer would not be subject to restrictions with respect to locations relative to schools, would not be restricted from operating within 75 feet of another restaurant entrance and would still be able to operate the same hours and days as its affiliated restaurant. public works permitting decisions would be subject to appeal to the board of appeals, temporary mobile caterers could also obtain a street space permit under section 724. additionally, the temporary mobile caterer must use the same name and brand as its

affiliated restaurant and must operate within 50 feet of that restaurant, since all retrofit work must be completed by september 15, 2020, this will sunset 2021 which gives a small window of flexibility in case there's delay in completing seismic work, or if law extends the deadline for soft story retrofits which case this will expire one day following that extended deadline. supervisor mandelman does hope you will move it forward to the full board with recommendation. some restaurants are facing mandatory closures in this coming year. he would also like to extend his gratitude to the staff of the department of public works, the staff at the office of small business and director regina and staff at department of public health for all their

work and consultation on this ordinance. and jeremy spitz is here from the department of public works to answer questions and would like to invite the director of the office of small business regina to share a few words. >> thank you very much for your presentation. and again, this actually applies citywide though, correct? yes. i did read that these mobile caterers cannot operate a permit for longer than six consecutive months unless they get some sort of termination from d.b.i. that extension is necessary because of seismic work, correct? >> that is correct. >> supervisor k. tang: great. okay, wonderful. i think it's a great idea. do you have any sort of sense of how many restaurants, maybe regina knows this too. but citywide have been impacted by the seismic retrofit work? >> we haven't done an official inventory of the number of restaurants that have been impacted. there are a total of 1,007

properties that are tier 4 properties, which consist of the ground floor commercial properties that are required to do the mandatory soft story. and to date, 285 of those properties have completed their soft story retrofit so that has included some restaurants. what we have heard from restaurants is because some of the soft story work for non restaurant businesses can be done while the business is open, they just work in sections but for restaurants because of health code requirements really need to close their business. i really appreciate supervisor mandelman and department of public works and public health finding it's not a solution for all restaurants but it is a solution for restaurants that either currently have a mobile food truck or plan to have a

mobile food truck, you know, not just for the closure of the soft story retrofit, but due to the investment of starting a new mobile food truck they will want to use it beyond the time of the closure of the business. so we anticipate probably, you know, 10-15 businesses that might be able to utilize this. >> supervisor k. tang: okay, thank you. supervisor safai, do you have a question before -- >> supervisor a. safai: before what? >> supervisor k. tang: i think before she had a presentation. >> i just wanted to, again, just reiterate for supervisor mandelman, the need, as we hear from businesses looking for creative solutions and again for our restaurants because they do have to close. one of the greatest needs is retaining their staff due to the shortages. and the period for the soft story is september 15th, 2018-september 15th, 2020.

so it is a very specific limited time and a very reasonable, i think, sort of, modification to our mobile food -- our mobile food permits. and just really make it clear this is not intended to sort of get around our regular mobile food permitting requirements. >> supervisor k. tang: thank you very much. supervisor safai? >> supervisor a. safai: thank you. i think this is a very thoughtful piece of legislation. my only questions are about timing. i tried to read through the ordinance. i understand that you would have to have a permit for mandatory seismic retrofit but i know there's usually noticing and processes to actually get the permit. i guess my question is, i just want to make sure people can actually get the permit in a timely manner because it says it lasts for six months. it says then it could be

extended at the discretion of the director. all that makes sense, maybe you could pinpoint to me, i just want to make sure they could access the temporary mobile food permit in a timely manner. you do a 10-day noticing to the neighboring restaurants, you have to remain 50 feet within your existing restaurant. you have all these exemptions, right? can someone talk about -- is someone here from d.p.w. i think i saw jeremy. if you could talk us through, i want to make sure these businesses will be able to get this permit in a timely fashion. >> thank you. jeremy spitz with san francisco public works. we tried to streamline this

process as much as possible. we removed the posting requirement. the one requirement for notification we kept in was the permitee or permit applicant would have to mail a notice to restaurants within 75 feet and just provide our office an affidavit they provided notice to those restaurants. and when that is received then we would be able to issue the permit. >> supervisor a. safai: so why still the appeal to the board of appeals? i guess what i'm trying to get at is, if this is something, in many ways it should be pro forma, you are giving it a temporary nature. you want to notify the owners surrounding restaurants out of courtesy. but the idea someone could appeal this and slow it down so it wouldn't even be in effect.

i don't understand the appeal. when we did the notification streamlining we essentially came in and said if it's a permitted use, you get the permit. >> thank you, supervisor safai. i think there was a desire to keep some recourse since we are eliminating so many of the other notification requirement that's are in place. >> supervisor a. safai: i understand the theory behind that. but let's say you have two businesses that don't want each other to be successful, hypothetically. i know this person has seismic work. and i say, you know what, i'm just going to appeal it, so by the time the appeal process is done with the board of appeals, this might be ineffective. so i would probably prefer there not to be an appeal process. i like the noticing because you want to do it out of courtesy but this is simply about seismic work so these businesses can stay in

business, right? >> yes, supervisor. i think it was our understanding from the deputy city attorney that because all permits are appealable that this process is required. >> yes, city attorney jon givner. they can deny appeals from interested parties. so the ordinance cannot remove that appeal authority from the board of appeals. >> and then to also answer your question, supervisor safai. from the businesses that our office has been talking to, the property owner and business are in close conversation, generally, around when they need to vacate the property. and so, for the contractor to get in and do the work. so i feel pretty confident that

from those conversations the timing element will work because as we know with a couple of the restaurants, they are knowing six months ahead of time when they have to vacate due to the property owners planning and scheduling with the contractor. >> supervisor a. safai: i guess what i would say through the chair, i guess what i would say, is i want to make sure they aren't waiting. you can't issue the temporary mobile catering permit until they have their seismic retrofit permit in hand, right? so i guess just from a timing perspective, they should be allowed to go through the entire process up until the permit being issued and maybe we can issue them simultaneously. is there a way we could write that in? i'm just worried they will wait and you will come back and say we tried, but six of these couldn't get done because -- and it's not a criticism of any department.

it's just a matter of where we're at. >> sure. through the chair to supervisor safai. we could accept the application before having the d.b.i. permit. we could go through the site selection, the noticing, all that, all those procedures before they receive their d.b.i. permit. >> supervisor a. safai: maybe through the chair, could i ask deputy city attorney? mr. givner, do we need to make that an amendment or could that be done through the process of d.p.w. >> i think you do not need to make that amendment in the ordinance itself. >> supervisor a. safai: okay, thank you. that's it. >> supervisor k. tang: all right, thank you very much. so with that, seeing no other questions, comments from colleagues, we will go to public comment on item 4. any members of the public wish to speak, come on up? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues could we get a motion on item 4? >> supervisor j. kim: i would like to make a motion to move

this forward with recommendation to the full board. >> supervisor k. tang: i would like to note president malia cohen has joined us today. but first we will jump back to agenda item 1, please. 1.180282 [dedication for public use - brewster street extension project]ordinance dedicating the brewster street extension consisting of improvements on portions of brewster street and martin avenue in the bernal heights neighborhood to public >> good afternoon, supervisors. nice to see you all. hope you had a nice thanksgiving. in march 1998 public works completed a project in the bernal heights neighborhood that realigned brewster street, constructed martin avenue. this was known as brewster street extension. new streets were built over city-owned parcels. on march 11th, 1998 the city

engineer and public works director certified the brewster street extension was completed in accordance with plans. november 30th, 2006 planning department determined it was unbalanced with the general plan. submit today land use committee officially first declares improvements to be open public rights of way. secondly, establishes the official sidewalk width, public right of way width and street grades. and thirdly, accepts extension for city maintenance and liability. any questions? >> supervisor k. tang: all right, thank you. i don't have any questions. colleagues? no questions. all right, any members of the public who wish to speak on item one come on up? seeing none, public comment is closed. motion? > supervisor n. yee: i will

make a motion to move this forward with recommendation to the full board. >> supervisor k. tang: thank you, and without objection. item 2, please. >> [reading item 2] >> supervisor k. tang: thank you, i will turn it over to president cohen. >> thank you, hope everyone had a nice thanksgiving. madam chair, colleagues thank you for hearing this item. this creates a special use district at 1550 evans which allows the san francisco public utilities commission to build a new and improved southeast community facility. 1550 evans is a 5-acre site along the third street corridor in the bayview, owned by the p.u.c. commission. first and foremost i want to acknowledge and express my undivided support for the community plan. i'm excited and want to see it

move forward as quickly as possible. this facility which sup plants the existing facility on oak dale will fulfill the p.u.c.'s long standing promise to the bayview community bringing benefits like child care space, public art, conference room space, meeting room space, cafe and of course the highly coveted and much needed parking. i'm excited to note that this s.u.d. also allows for affordable housing in the future, while nothing is currently planned, no current future housing plans are on the books but should it be led by future supervisor it must ensure it's built to reflect the support of the existing bayview hunters point community. one thing i want to notice is the bayview hunters point is notably the backbone of the city. and it is bearing a

disproportionate share of our industrial and freeway transit infrastructure. i think we need projects like the community facility for the place making and community building that has been neglected for too long in the bayview community. i want to thank the general manager of the p.u.c. mr. harlan kelly for his vision, for his leadership and most importantly for his unwavering commitment to make sure the community facility is built. i also want to recognize the members of the southeast advisory community some are here and some are not here in the chamber today. i also want to thank the p.u.c. commission and recognize the bayview community for their entire community and continued community advocacy and attention to ensuring that promises given to the community are promises that are kept for the community. i want to also note that the planning commission heard this

item last week and they supported it, almost unanimously. there was one person who did not. i would like to offer my support for this project that it moves forward. i hope, colleagues, you will be able to join me. and i hope you will join me in supporting this visionary and quite frankly essential zoning and community center development to continue the upliftment of the vibrancy and growth of the bayview community. madam chair, thank you. >> supervisor k. tang: thank you very much. and we have also aaron starr here to present from planning department. >> thank you, supervisor tang. aaron starr, legislative affairs. as president cohen mentioned they heard this november 8th and recommended approval. >> supervisor k. tang: thank

you. anyone from p.u.c. want to speak? i think we have david gray here. >> good morning, madam chair, members of the commission, or good afternoon, rather. we have a short presentation we would like to share with you and members of the public today, if i could please have sfgovtv pull up the powerpoint. my name is david gray. from the p.u.c. i'm joined by my colleagues and government affairs team, shelby campbell, project manager and yolanda manzoni, director of the community benefits division. just to provide context, the southeast treatment plant is our largest and oldest plant responsible for processing 80% of rain water and sewage flow. located one block west of the third street corridor between oakdale avenue and evans avenue. the current 40-acre plant will

expand to 50 acres following upgrades to our program. our plant was expanded to its current footprint following passage of the federal clean water act in 1972. at that time community members self organized to ensure the city addressed the social, economic and environmental impacts of the plant expansion. led by the big six, dr. jackson, harold madison, westbrook, garlington, jones and pitcher, the community successfully secured a mitigation agreement with the city in 1982. the agreement noted the construction of a commercial greenhouse and skills training center is a reasonableness and appropriate means for mitigation of social and economic impacts associated with the proposed plant expansion. the state water resources control board adopted the legal

mitigation in 1982 and the city finished building the current southeast community facility at 1800 oakdale avenue in 1984. the goal of the mitigation is the same today as it was in the 1980's which is to provide residents of the community with meaningful economic workforce and learning opportunities in an inclusive manner. at the request of community members and building tenants our community initiated a process in 2011 to assess the conditions and potential improvements to the southeast community facility and adjacent greenhouses. the community assessment concluded the now 35-year-old building needed substantial improvements and improved programming. the s.f. p.u.c., commission and community decided to complete renovations in two phases. after completing phase one renovations we determined a second round of renovations

would have limited impact due to the building's dysfunctional layout, lack of natural light and key insufficient buildings. in light we embarked on stakeholder engagement process to ask bayview residents whether they preferred the agency to invest in renovating 1800 oakdale or construct a new southeast community facility. what you see before you is the overview of the outreach we conductd in three stages. the first was grassroots outreach where we knocked on 2400 doors, attended 20 community events and hosted 10 community presentations. we also engaged in community partnerships partnering with 16 bayview based organizations to host focus groups. and leveraged the internet and social media where we generated 26,000 social media impressions and launched a new website to keep residents updated about our progress. overwhelming majority of the

residents we reached lived in the 94124 zip code and nearly half of them lived in the area for as long as the community center has been opened. residents were very clear that they wanted our agency to build a new center that honors the legacy and historic mitigation by addressing social, economic and environmental challenges in the community. the commission, s.f.p.u.c. citizen advisory committee and our own s.f.p.u.c. commission all adopted resolutions validating the survey findings and directing staff to build a new southeast community facility. it was determined that the optimal site for this new facility was a parcel of land owned by the p.u.c. at 1550 evans avenue. our agency acquired this site in 2012 to consolidate staff that currently operate from multiple satellite operations across the city. residents prefer this site to the new facility because of its

location along the third street corridor, accessibility via public transit and prominent as a gateway to the bayview community. to honor the community's preferences our city made a commitment to deliver by 2021. 2017 we began a design process where we asked residents what features they desired at the campus. the key priorities identified are listed on the slide before you. affordable space for community-based organizations, job training and career development, a hub where residents can connect and network. green open space for events, expanded child care center as well as playgrounds. they would like it to be a place of destination and they would like for us to deliver on air quality and energy efficiency concerns. the multiple rounds of community meetings as well as site visits we conducted to other centers to learn their

best practices define key components of the 1550 evans campus, which include a new community center, featuring cafe and computer lab, child care center, second floor with multipurpose rooms for events and third floor co working spaces for non-profits. education building that will provide academic and workforce programs to support training for living wage jobs in our industry and other industries. and the third feature is activated open space which is a critically important feature desired by this community experiencing disproportionately less active green space than the rest of the city. each ensures it continues to honor the legacy of the community leaders who fought for the construction of the southeast center. moreover, the components allow us to