>> all right. good afternoon, everyone. i am paul yepp. i am the kmonding officer of the central police station. and i want to thank you for being here today. irts to thank o . i want to thank our supervisors for being here today, first of all, mayor london breed, supervisor aaron peskin, and on cue, the chief of police, bill scott. executive director of sf safe, kyra worthy. park and rec commissioner allen low. park and rec area manager zach taylor. chief of the park rangers, mike

celeste. president of self-help for the elderly, annie chung. from the chinese benevolent association, charles chow. and from the san francisco police department command staff, deputy chief ann mannix, commander dan perea, commander david lozar. oh, and -- i'm sorry -- oh, and i'm sorry. reverend malcolm fong -- the latest commander for the san francisco police department, darryl fong.

congratulations, darryl. this is about you. [applause] >> and of course the executive director for the ccdc, malcom yo. i am proud to share with you the grand opening of the san francisco police department public information drop-in center, and it was quite a collaboration between city partners and our community leaders. and i can't be more proud to have got this done with everyone in this room, so thank you for that. and let me go ahead and introduce our first speaker, the honorable mayor london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, captain. i'm really excited to be here because this is a really incredible opportunity for the chinatown community. what we ultimately want to do is make sure that people are safe, and part of making sure that people are safe is not only a police presence but it's

also people feeling comfortable with reporting crimes. when i first became mayor, one of the first thing that i did was to add additional beat officers here in chinatown, and we're continuing to add more beat officers in civic center and other parts of the city as those new academy classes continue to graduate. thank you supervisor peskin and members of the board of supervisors for supporting the additional academy classes which will ensure that we are able to get more officers on the streets. but we know that police presence alone can't address some of the challenges that exist, and in particular, in communities where people speak different languages, there are often times, you know, just really a disconnect between the crime that happens and their ability to report those crimes. and so this drop-in center will be used as an opportunity for people who are a part of this community to basically come in to develop relationships with the officers here and to report

crimes if they occur. and so i'm excited about that because i know that captain yepp has done an outstanding job in this community with building good relationships with the people in this community and also commander lozar who was the former captain of this station has also been instrumental in continuing to bridge that gap. this is just the next step in ensuring that people feel safe, that people feel secure in their community. that they have a comfortable place to come and to meet with police officers. and i want to thank annie chung and the work of the self-help for the elderly and all that you do to also work with so many of our seniors in this particular community. we definitely have a lot of work to do, and this is just one of the first steps in trying to meet people where they are and come out into the community so that people are

comfortable with having conversations and building relationships with our police department. it's something that is really important to me as someone bho grew up in the western addition and worked really hard to bridge the gap between law enforcement and one another. it's a way to stop crime from occurring, but once they occur, we have an obligation to work hard to address those particular issues, and this is just one step closer in getting us to a place where people can feel that their voices matter, that they will be supported and protected in their community, so i am grateful to the san francisco police department for providing the bilingual officers who will work with this community. i want to thank chief scott for his leadership. will i i also, i know that supervisor

peskin will be hosting office hours in this location. who knows, maybe one day, i'll join you. it's just another way to bring law enforcement, to bring all of these things directly into the community, to make the community not only a better community but a safer community who every who lives and works and spends time in this neighborhood. so thank you all so much for being here today, and i'm excite thad this space is opening to provide this opportunity for the folks in this neighborhood. >> thank you, mayor, for your leadership and your support. the next speaker is my favorite district three supervisor, supervisor aaron peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, captain nepp. to our mayor, london breed, chief scott, to all of the dignitiaries gathered herein, it takes a village, and what you see in this place are many

different agencies and nonprofit partners coming together. so we are here at portsmouth square which is the living room for this very, very dense community. everything that happens in this community happens in this treasured park, and we are on rec and parkland, which is leased to an organization that has been taking care of this community, particularly the seniors, since 1966, self-help for the elderly. and we have company a. why is it called company a? it is the first police station in san francisco. i like to say all of our districts are created equal, but district three has central station, and we are more equal. why do i say that? because i know the working men and women of central station company a, and they're not just police officers. they do wellness checks, they know the people in the community. a long time ago at the board of

supervisors, some 15 years ago, there was a big conversation about community policing. and when it was explained to me, i realized that i had community policing. all of my beat cops, they know the folks, whether they're in the pings or in north beach, and it really is the essence of what makes a safe community. and they're culturally competent. as a matter of fact, there are 460 officers in the sfpd who speak a multitude of languages, some 30 languages. the beat officers in chinatown speak fluent cantonese. they engage with the seniors, they engage with the children, and this is an unparalleled opportunity for the people to have direct access twice a week in this treasured spot. as you all know, we come here

for press conferences, for celebrations. this is a community that has under reported crime. i get to read about it in the journal and sing tao. this is an opportunity for people to come in and speak in cantonnese to report what's happening on the street. i'm incredibly grateful to the police department. chief scott, you have a great worker in paul yepp. captain yepp, thank you for making it happen, and -- [speaking cantonnese language] >> thank you. and our next speaker is chief of police bill scott. >> thank you, everyone. and i won't go over the points that supervisor peskin and

mayor breed said, but i want to reiterate a couple of things. first of all, thank you mayor breed for her outstanding leadership. you know, part of what makes this work for us is the executive leadership of the city. the budget that we received this year was very supportive, and it will enable us to continue the path of increasing our foot beat officers and that really speaks to our goal to engage better with the city of san francisco, the residents of the city of san francisco. the other part of that is, you know, this community center will allow us to get to the root of policing, and that's getting people comfortable to report crimes when they occur, because that impacts how we deploy, that impacts how our resources are distributed throughout the city. so this is a great step in that

direction. before i go any further, though, all this doesn't work without the people standing in the back of the room, and those are the officers that are assigned to this district, the central foot beat officers and supervision, captain yepp and his team. they make it work in conjunction with the community. i know they're behind the cameras, but i just want to thank the officers for what they do in this community, because we do have great relationships in this community. we do have some really good things happening in this community. we are a police department that wants to be responsive to the community that we serve, and that all starts with the officers. the command staff, we do what we do. we lead the department, we set the course and the chart and all that, but the work gets done at the field level, and i can't say i'm so proud to have the officers in this room as the team that's doing this work. so thank you for what you do. as supervisor peskin said, we

have over 460 -- i think the number is up to 490 officers that speak 30 different languages. we want to engage with our city. we want to get better at that. we want to be better at policing. we want to be the best police department in this nation, and i think with the leadership of this city, we're well on our way to do that. this is just another step, so thank you for kwbticontributin our city, what we know is a great thank you. thank you so much. >> thank you, chief. as i said earlier, this project doesn't happen without our community partners, and one of our great community partners is the president of the self-help for the elderly, miss annie chung. >> thank you very much, captain yepp, and thank you mayor breed, thank you, supervisor peskin, who knows our place very well because you hold a lot of office appointments here. welcome, everybody to our

portsmouth square clubhouse. as mayor breed and supervisor peskin and chief scott said, we know that partnership with the sfpd is very important to our community. we are the second most dense part to san francisco, probably second only to manhattan, new york, because as you see, a lot of our residents lived in very crowded housing in s.r.o.s. you see a lot of seniors walking on the street, talking on their phone, not a very safe thing to do. because we heard that crimes usually get underreported in this community. no matter how hard, commander lozar, when you was our captain, and captain yepp come around to our senior centers and keep reporting the crimes, no matter how big or small the crimes are. when paul came to me and said,

annie, you think you could rearrange a little bit of your schedule to accommodate our drop-in center, i said yes without the blinking of an eye. i know it will be a welcome sight. our merchants, our residents, our seniors who live around here, our children, you are welcome to see our police officers, especially those who speak the language. they feel comfortable of coming in to ask questions, and i think that through our work, we could also arrange for small groups of residents to come in to get some public safety education with our officers. so thank you, mayor. community policing is all about the community. and if we build our rapport with our police officers, i know that i am krcrimes reportl increase, and i thank you very much for all of your leadership. thank you. [applause]

>> thank you, annie. and then, our final speaker from the community is executive director of the chinatown community development center, malcolm yao. >> well, paul, thank you for the promotion. i'm not the executive director, i'm the deputy director of chinatown community center, but i'll ask for a raise. thank you very much. you know, this drop-in center is really all about community policing. i think we've thrown that term around quite a bit, but captain yepp personified that. community policing is taking leadership and pulling the threads together necessary to make this happen. it wasn't easy, it wasn't from command on high. it came out of paul's head. he knew that reporting needed to go up, he knew that it needed to come back to the community, and this was captain yepp's brain child, and he took the lead in pulling all the

threats for doing this. so i really want to thank you for this, captain yepp, for your leadership in the community. i don't say this lightly, when i say that auntie rose would be proud of you. she absolutely hated the koban, but she's going to love this. thank you. >> okay. that concludes the speaking portion of this press conference, but i did want to take the opportunity to introduce our officers new to the station but well known in the police department is lieutenant doug farmer, sergeant paul rogers, sergeant klobuchu, officer bob duffield, officer pauli tang, officer jennie mau, officer reggie pena, officer matt fambrini,

and officer alex anton. [applause] >> thank you very much. [applause]

>> 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 deliver on the promise,

provide residents with meaningful economic and workforce development opportunities in an inclusive manner. so after more than six years of engaging residents and stakeholders in multirounds of engagement, i'm proud to stand before you and share this is the site plan which is supported by the s.f. p.u.c. and southeast community commission. this project received civic design review approval in february and phase 2 approval last month. this is a view of the entrance to what we hope will be the new southeast community center from the intersection of third and evans. you will notice some of the actively used outdoor space in the foreground and community center toward the rear of the site. this is a view of the entrance from the evans avenue with the workforce building peeking out from the right and picnic area on the left. this is a view of the community

center from the garden and the picnic area. in addition to providing active outdoor space, this area also serves as a demonstration for complying with our city's own storm water management ordinance. this is a view of the community center from the meadows and the lawn with the community center directly in front of us and alex pitcher pavilion peeking out from the trees on the right. this is a view of the community center from what we are calling boulder hill, the outdoor playground for the children. it will incorporate natural play spaces. and here is a depiction of some of those natural play spaces for the children, unlike standard cookie cutter metal and plastic play structures that make up the bulk of today's playgrounds our site will be sure to incorporate the surrounding landscape and vegetation to bring nature to

children's daily outdoor play and learning environments. that concludes our presentation for the southeast community center at 1550 evans. myself and my colleagues are more than happy to answer any questions you might have about this project. >> supervisor k. tang: thank you very much. i'm just wondering where you are all at in terms of the site plan. is that pretty set in stone? or is that still to be discussed? i know it says it was reveald in december 2017. >> yes, ma'am. the site plan received approvals phase one and phase two. at this point this is the site plan we are proceeding with for 1550 evans. >> supervisor k. tang: okay. and the reason why i asked is just because of the item in front of us today. i know this is a very large site. is this one component of it, or all of it? >> i'm sorry? >> supervisor k. tang: i guess what you showed here on slide 9? >> what we showed on slide 9 is the site plan we intend to deliver to the community with

the southeast community facility constructed by 2021 as well as the outdoor space and workforce building being completed shortly thereafter. >> supervisor k. tang: all right. thank you very much. colleagues, any questions, comments? no? supervisor cohen? okay. so why don't we go to public comment for item 2, then? any members of the public, please come on up. >> hi my name is dorothy kelly. i'm a resident of the bayview hunters view community. compared to the rest of the city bayview residents have less access to quality outdoor space. that means our families and kids have fewer opportunities to enjoy the benefits of being and experiencing nature.

the plans for 1550 evans fills this gap. it gives our kids a safe place to play outside and provides families for opportunities to have picnics and play outside. the city recently approved plans to spend $25 million to transform a former s.f.p.u.c. reservoir in russian hill into a new $4.5 acre park. the new park will have a multiuse lawn, children playground, dog park and community garden. since the city approved this for russian hill residents we should also move forward with s.f.p.u.c.'s plans for the new southeast community facility. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. we support the s.f.p.u.c.'s

plans for the new southeast community center at 1550 evans. we have been involved with the planning process for this new center since 2011, as you heard before. and we are extremely excited to know that a new center will open in 2021. our community needs this workforce and education opportunity, as well as solutions to the environmental justice issues that continue to impact our community and our neighborhood. our past leaders, dr. jackson, harold madison, eloise westbrook, ethel gailing ton and shirley jones including mr. alex pitcher would be very proud of the s.f.p.u.c.'s plans to fulfill the city's historic promise to bayview. and we look forward to all the benefits that future

generations will receive when the new center is built. thank you for considering the community. thank you for understanding how important this is to the community. and let's move forward with it, thairnlg you. -- thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for allowing me to share my concerns and opinion. i just want to reiterate what you probably already heard. but bayview residents are clear, we want the s.f.p.u.c. to build a new community center at 1550 evans. you have already heard the statistics. 70% of bayview residents want the city to build a new community facility at 1550 evans avenue. the process for engauging residents was very transparent. san francisco p.u.c. partnered with 16 bayview community organizations.

knocked on 2,400 doors and attended 20 community events and 13 focus groups as well. they engaged with our community on social media, online. we want and we request and want in our heart to make sure we have this community center, the new one at 1550 evans. i appreciate your time. and we just want to move forward. and we really appreciate you listening to us and taking us into consideration. >> good afternoon, we welcome the new facility at 1550 evans. time and time ago we have seen family picnics and lifting voices together in praise are subject to noise complaints and policy. the new center will be a place we can safely and publicly have

our cultural celebrations while also honoring historic mitigation between bayview and the city. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i happen to be one of the ones who sat on a couple commissioner or p.u.c. meetings when they came into the bayview district. i myself am a resident of the city. i've been here all my life. but ten years i've been a bayview resident. some concerns they had before were promising the city just through life itself, they didn't receive. this time i'm pleased to see what the p.u.c. has recommended took into consideration what the bayview residents actually sat down and discussed. it's pleasing to see that you have taken the time to actually ask and will they come through with what they propose. i was pleased to see what that

gentleman showed on the slide screen as well as what the residents need. with our new housing we need, we have restrictions on how things are and it's not your problem but it's how we have to live with some restrictions we didn't have before. as stated we are trying to learn how to be more of a community. we can't have barbecues now, that's restricted. that's something we used to have. hopefully this type of environment, as we go through with the process of redeveloping new parts of the bayview will have this, that we used to, our culture is not the same, but it's what we do. we enjoy, sometimes a little loud, sometimes a little boisterous, our barbecues, it's what we do as a community. we need this for cohesiveness, and we intend to pass down. thank you very much. i appreciate the time.

>> hello, my name is patricia lun. hunter point residents have made it clear. more than 85% of the residential community asked the city to build a community center for them. thanks to s.f.p.c.u. this will be built by 2021. on evans street. this will help the new hunters point generation to reach unremarkable heights in life because of this center. on behalf of hunter point and residents they would like to thank each and everyone of you for the support. they also have a message that they would like to see that you get it done. thank you.

>> good afternoon to supervisors, how are you doing? my name is glenda jackson fagan, i'm the daughter of espinola jackson. when you opened up supervisor cohen, my heart was made glad. you already agreed to do these things, plus i'm glad for that. but a lot of people say a lot of things, but i just want to say we are the people here in bayview hunters point inherited this given to us and promised to us back in the day and we aren't going nowhere, we just want you to keep your promise and let the new community center, the education and training, because my mother fought so hard for education and that was her heart, even when she was in the hospital was her last words to mr. harlan kelly, what are you

doing with my -- she always called it my center. we thank you. so a lot of things have already been said, but you said enough. i just wanted to say thank you for speaking up for our community and we hope to see you soon. >> good afternoon, supervisors, good afternoon supervisor cohen. how are you today? i'm usually nervous at things like this but i'm bayview, we are all bayview here, as you could tell by the shirts. i've been to many community meetings and numerous things about this. i even took the day off work. i just wanted you to know how important this was for me today. i didn't have a great holiday. my husband was in a car accident. and i'm in the hospital as we speak but this is