[applause] >> before i introduce the mayor, i just want to say thanks to all of the amazing community partners who have worked with us to pull this off. this was a complicated planning effort, and we have some really, really, really passionate community partners and stakeholders, who i'm going to acknowledge in a second, and city agencies, and we have just an amazing design that is really going to serve this neighborhood, that is really going to serve the institutions around this neighborhood, the nonprofits around this neighborhood, and we're so excited about this project. so my special guest here to the right is a community member that grew up in this park, and that's what makes this so special. i've had the opportunity to talk to the mayor about her own memories, playing in this park. this was your park, right? and so we are so honored to be able to think about the next

generation, so let me announce or mayor and park -- our mayor and parks champion, london breed. >> the hon. london breed: thank you. i am so excited to be here today, because i spend many years in this park. in fact, this playground structure that is here is not the playground structure that is here when i was used to play. it was wood. it was made out of wood. we used to get splinters in that park on a regular basis. the swing -- the slide was really, really high. nisha, you remember that. the slide was really high, and we used to jump off the slide. i mean, we were -- we were -- don't do that. don't do what we did. i used to eat lunch here through the free lunch program, and i used to get snacks here. i played chess and checkers when kids played board games.

i basically spent my entire childhood in this playground, and it was a place that was safe. it was a place that i loved to come to and language out, and i was so grateful that it was just in such close proximity to where i lived because it wasn't a far walk. and so renata, who was the rec director here at the time, she was absolutely amazing. and you know, we miss her dearly. she passed away a few years ago, but anitra is going to be the new person to run this rec place with a lot of the kids that are standing here behind me. and it does take a village, and it does take a lot of support, especially for our young people, who deserve to have every opportunity that is available to them. and it was because of programs

like what existed here at margaret hayward playground is the reason why i was able to grow and to thrive in san francisco. living right across the street at plaza east, which didn't look like what it looks like now, too, large towers of public housing, and my grandmother, she raised me, and in order to get me out of her hair, she'd say go to the park to play. but it's amazing to be with all of you here because we are going to make this park, this playground, this rec center, we are going to make it into something that is absolutely incredible. in 2016, a plan began with so many community organizations began in this neighborhood to say what the people wanted, what the people who live here wanted, in terms of a new playground and recreation

center, and how are we going to deliver to make this place an incredible place, not only for this generation, but for generations to come. so this $28 million project, $28 million -- [applause] >> the hon. london breed: it's going to usher in what i think is absolutely incredible. i'm so grateful for the leadership of rec and park and phil ginsburg and all the work that you continue to do to be a champion for our parks in san francisco. i am so excited that rodney -- is rodney here? yes, rodney and the ymca, and anisha's here. i'm excited that they're going to be implementing great programs that the ymca provides, and i'm looking forward to being here in how long, phil? >> 15, 16 months.

>> the hon. london breed: 15 months when we cut the ribbon of the new recreation center and playground. and hopefully, the swings are going to be strong enough to bold adults, too. >> both of us. >> the hon. london breed: thank you, phil. appreciate it. because we are still kids at heart, and that's what parks do for all of our citizens. we want kids to get outside and play. we want adults and others to enjoy our basketball courts and our tennis courts and our rec centers and all that san francisco has to offer. so i just want to say thank you to the voters for continuing to support parks funding every time you see it on the ballot. thank you to the community of the western addition for not only supporting this and being actively engaged, but continuing to support parks in this neighborhood. and i guarantee you that even though this park is utilized, especially during the summer, this park, when it is

completed, it's going to be hard to get into, i assure you of that, and i am looking forward to being here within the next 10 months to cut the ribbon so we can get to playing and swinging and enjoying ourselves. thank you all so much for being here today. >> thank you, mayor. [applause] >> did i say 15 months? no pressure -- yes, i did. you know, the mayor talked about the importance to her of being able to walk to a park, or maybe it was the importance of your grandmother being able to send you to a park. >> the hon. london breed: yeah, that too. >> you know, mayor, you ged to preside over the first city in america where everyone in the city can walk to a park. it really is an extraordinary thing that sets san francisco apart. so it's worth noting.

it's my pleasure to bring up our newest district five supervisor for whom community is definitely first, vallie brown. [applause] >> ms. brown: thank you, phil. i remember when we were talking about this probably in 2000 -- and what was it? 10? >> it was a long time ago. >> i don't know. it's been a long time. but i want to thank mayor breed and parks and rec for saying that parks are important not only to this city, but this district. this district is very special to me, and the people who live around here. and i really am happy to see us

keep moving forward with green space. but this process just wasn't a city hall or department effort. this was a community effort, and you have to remember, and all the people standing behind me, we have sheryl davis that used to be with mo' magic, and she was there, pushing for it. there's james -- where's james? he was part of it, also. and then, there was kelley groves, and barbara, who started the process. i know judith cohen is here. rodney's here from buchanan y, and then, spencer, are you here? oh, well, boys and girls club has been part of this, but you know, they're busy with the kids today. but one of the things that i really always admired and truly

respect in the western addition is that the community comes forward and says look, what's best fore the community, and they look at it as a whole. and kids have always come first in this community, and that's all something i think we all some strive for when we're looking at legislation or we're looking at things in this city, what is good for the kids that are here, and i'm just really happy to be part of this, and i will be there in 15 months? >> you betcha. >> cutting that ribbon with mayor breed and everyone behind me, and kamaya from mo' magic. but thank you everybody for coming, and we'll all be back in 15 months. it's on my calendar. thank you. [applause] >> i should have said 17 months.

supervisor brown started to introduce some of the community members, so let me acknowledge -- more formally acknowledge our amazing partners. judith cohen. you're going to hear in a second from chuck collins and rodney chin of the ymca. they've just been such amazing partners not just at this site, but all across the city. bobbie sisk from bethel a.m.e. bobbie -- without bobbie's help and bobbie's support and encouragement for this renovation, it might not have happened, so thank you, bobbie, for really understanding the bigger vision here. a special shoutout to gary cannonand melinda schrade. they've made an incredibly

generous gift that will enable us to convert the fields us us into athletic fields that can be used year-round. we're just going to get more kids playing on the fields because of their generosity, so thank you very much, sacred heart. the mayor and supervisor brown gave a shoutout to sheryl davis, but sheryl deserves as many shoutout as we can give her. before that, sheryl running mo' magic was amazing. i was to recognize the western addition, prosac for all of their help. so many partners, and it just speak to see what the mayor said about the importance of this space. very briefly, let me just acknowledge the design and construction team because they

are extraordinary. this is a design done by our very own department of public works. i want to thank mohamed and jen and the entire design team for their work. it is an extraordinary design. i want to thank the construction team, bachman. we ended up with a great, great contractor. they've worked with us on our civic center playgrounds. they really understand the level of excellence that is required of them on a city public works project. and i also want to acknowledge a special thank you to mary ellen keller. i am going to conclude with thanking my own staff, but before i do that, let me bring up chuck and rodney from the y. the ymca has been a long-standing tenant at this site, working with the kids to

give them the love and support, attention, recreation, and culture that they deserve, and they are going to continue to be here with us. our partnership with the y is really extraordinary. it's at bodecker, it's all over the city. i am really excited for it, and with that, let me invite up rodney and gary from the ymca. >> thank you, phil, and thank you, mayor breed. the last time i saw the mayor here, we were having a program for kids about sugary beverages. and then, mayor breed came over and spent the better part of an hour with them, being involved with them on a really personal level. and i didn't have such the great appreciation for her relationship to this park, but it was clear in her relationship to those children. and i want to thank you for

that leadership. also, supervisor brown, i may be the oldest person here right now, but i was born here. we lived on pine street, and the history of my family in san francisco really started in what we call the fillmore, and now the western addition. so this is really sacred ground for me personally, and a place where i had the opportunity to become who i am because of everybody who worked so hard for young people at that point in history. and now, we're on a different time frame, where young people are less visible in our city, and whether we need to come together and say whether or not we're going to have a city that really embraces young people, and the department of health is a focus of so much work, but it's also a folk you go of sheryl and so many other people that are here that enable us to

do what we can for young people. there's not a representative of the boys and girls club, but let me be that person for a second and say they appreciate the opportunity to work together. as phil already said, we're working together in other parts of the city, and bodecker is a really complex and difficult community right in the middle of the tenderloin, and how community partners come together and not compete, but really learn how to come together and partner and collaborate in the margin of difference in the victory whether our kids are going to learn to thrive. i want to thank all of our leaders who come together to make us a better city. thank you very much. rodney? >> thank you, everybody. [applause] >> i just first want to say, what a beautiful day, and i first remember over six years ago when this bond was proposed and announced. i was standing up there on the stairs, and just imagining what this would be. and i must say that the current

plans that the rec and park and the public works people have put together is beyond any imagination that i could have thought of. so nothing left to say but let's get it done, and i will make sure that we're here to do the work in the community. thank you, everyone. >> thank you, rodney. >> and what rodney didn't mention is like the mayor and like chuck, rodney lives just a block or two away, so the community roots grow deep. so madam mayor i don't remember, would you lead us in a ground breaking. let's get around this pile of dirt and put on our helmets. [inaudible]

>> the hon. london breed: all right. you guys ready? you going to help me count? all right. ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause] >> you got it. >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in

the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this? >> it is spectacular, travis from oregon, taught me a snake roll and a space cast. >> there are people from all over the world come to san francisco and say this is the place to be. >> yeah. it's amazing, we have teams from

all over the world here today and they are thrilled. >> i flew from ireland to be here. and been practicing since for the competition. all the best casters in the world come here. my fellow countryman came in first place and james is on the current team and he is the head man. >> it's unique. will not see anything like it where you go to compete in the world. competitions in ireland, scotland, norway, japan, russia each year, the facilities here in the park are second to none. there is no complex in the world that can touch it. >> i'm here with bob, and he has kindly agreed to tell me everything i need to know about casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do.

golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the 9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you moved your hands. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> i'm a natural. >> push both arms forward and snap the lower hand into your tummy. push forward. >> i did gave it a try and had great time but i might need some more practice. i met someone else with real fly

casting skills. her name is donna and she is an international fly casting champion. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place

where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! - >> tenderloin is unique neighborhood where geographically place in downtown san francisco and on every street corner have liquor store in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are

impoverishes grocery stores i'm the co-coordinated of the healthy corner store collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are children the medium is about $23,000 a year so a low income neighborhood many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess fruits and vegetables it can be come senator for seniors and hard to travel get on a bus to get an apple or a pear or like tomatoes to fit into their meals

my my name is ryan the co-coordinate for the tenderloin healthy store he coalition we work in the neighborhood trying to support small businesses and improving access to healthy produce in the tenderloin that is one of the most neighborhoods that didn't have access to a full service grocery store and we california together out of the meeting held in 2012 through the major development center the survey with the corners stores many stores do have access and some are bad quality and an overwhelming support from community members wanting to utilities the service spas we decided to work with the small businesses as their role within the community and bringing more fresh produce produce cerebrothe

neighborhood their compassionate about creating a healthy environment when we get into the work they rise up to leadership. >> the different stores and assessment and trying to get them to understand the value of having healthy foods at a reasonable price you can offer people fruits and vegetables and healthy produce they can't afford it not going to be able to allow it so that's why i want to get involved and we just make sure that there are alternatives to people can come into a store and not just see cookies and candies and potting chips and that kind of thing hi, i'm cindy the director of the a preif you believe program it is so important about healthy

retail in the low income community is how it brings that health and hope to the communities i worked in the tenderloin for 20 years the difference you walk out the door and there is a bright new list of fresh fruits and vegetables some place you know is safe and welcoming it makes. >> huge difference to the whole environment of the community what so important about retail environments in those neighborhoods it that sense of dignity and community safe way. >> this is why it is important for the neighborhood we have families that needs healthy have a lot of families that live up here most of them fruits and vegetables so that's good as far

been doing good. >> now that i had this this is really great for me, i, go and get fresh fruits and vegetables it is healthy being a diabetic you're not supposed to get carbons but getting extra food a all carbons not eating a lot of vegetables was bringing up my whether or not pressure once i got on the program everybody o everything i lost weight and my blood pressure came down helped in so many different ways the most important piece to me

when we start seeing the business owners engagement and their participation in the program but how proud to speak that is the most moving piece of this program yes economic and social benefits and so forth but the personal pride business owners talk about in the program is interesting and regarding starting to understand how they're part of the larger fabric of the community and this is just not the corner store they have influence over their community. >> it is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional

alcohol but when they see this their vision is changed it is a small grocery store for them so they more options not just beer and wine but healthy options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have more

>> will be starting as soon as we have a coram. thanks.

>> thank you. before we start the meeting, i would like to ask for a moment of silence today being the one year anniversary of the passing of mayor lee. if we could just take one minute i would appreciate that. thank you pick . okay. thank you. and if you could check for a coram, please. >> for the record, this is a december 12, 2018 treasure island development authority

board meeting. item number 1 is called to order [roll call]. >> we do have a coram. >> thank you. >> item number 2 is general public comment. >> is there any person here who would like to speak on any issue that isn't already on our agenda today? anybody from the public would like to come forward to, now is the time. >> i would like to make a comment. >> yes. >> thank you commissioner donald and thank you again for acknowledging today. it was the first year anniversary of mayor ed lee.

it should be noted for the public that earlier today,, mayor landon breed invited mayor lee's family, his, his mother, and children were here, including city families to commemorate the memorial first year anniversary. i was in attendance and another commissioner was there. it was a moving location. we are saying that the last day of the mayor ed lee on the earth , actually dealing with treasure island. we owe him a lot. we owe him a lot. he spent a lot of time to try and help us to develop this jewel by the base. the significant economic development project for san francisco. and as long as we are here, we are going to make sure that we keep that memory and legacy

alive because he instructed us specifically for the inclusion to make sure that the end result of this project is something that we can all be proud of, and i think that everyone on this commission, and especially the executive director have been taking their time in moving along. we are all on the same page. i just wanted to make this public statement. thank you. >> thank you. seeing no member of the public, if we could continue to item three, please. >> item number 3 is a report by treasure island his touch at thank you. i wanted to start today by describing last saturday, the

treasure -- the one treasure island had a workday at the shipshape both to work on the community garden that they are developing adjacent to the shipshape building, and also to work on the mural at the ymca. they had a workgroup. we had images of the community garden they are developing next to the shipshape. just an outdoor seating area place where they can have outdoor activities when the weather is nice and people can enjoy that community centre. as well as the work began on painting the mural and the wall of the gymnasium. this is being done in part -- in partnership with the presidio. it is almost halfway complete now, and we will be scheduling additional workdays as the weather allows to finish that f.

later this year. also, at the end of november, thanksgiving weekend was the last treasure island island fleamarket of the year. complete with a man-made snow. the fleamarket will be dark for december and january and will return at the end of february. last weekend, december 9th, a group of about 70 members of the bay area travel writers visited the area for the annual holiday party. the treasure island museum took a group of about 25 of them to the building lobby for an orientation on the island's history, current facilities and redevelopment plans. providing handouts with highlights of existing island attractions including the fleamarket, sports and

recreation opportunities, and other information. jack nicholson worked with the travel writers association to plan this event. the tech and mobile will be holding an on island stargazing event with the san francisco amateur astronomers association. it will be tomorrow evening between 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm. it is a reschedule of the originally planned event for last thursday. also, circus bella his continuing performances on the lawn next to -- through january 6th. and on january 7th, may have seen a news release yesterday that espn will be doing a live broadcast from the islands during the halftime of the ncaa championship game being played at the stadium. the event is by invitation only. they will be curating that event

high also wanted to provide you updates on construction activities. the treasure island community developments did a fly over of the treasure islands -- of treasure island on the 2nd of december. we have new aerial views of the active construction activities. can you bring those up? so this is the island, and you can see a large portion of the island has been prepped for construction activities. the two areas -- that are the location of the most work currently are in the centre of the islands on the south side. you can see the excavation area for the new water tanks, and on the north side to, the

excavation area for the realigned road. you can also see the detour route that has been opened since last august, bringing the traffic up over the top of the hill and down to hillcrest. this is where the new water tanks will be constructed. you can see in the background background new soil retaining wall that is being constructed as the site is excavated. and then this is on the north side of the island. the realignment, the grading for the realignment of mccullough road. and then down on treasure island , in the aerial here, i want to bring your attention to the area of surcharge just north of the chapel. it represents about 20% of the area north of california that will be undergoing surcharges and it has a surcharge in place

currently. also, at the northwestern corner of the sub phase one area, you can see the storm water detention basins, because of the storm water pump stations that were in this area and previously served the campus, have been removed as part of the demolition. for this rainy season, we are handling the management of the stormwater through infiltration basins. here you see the surcharge behind the chapel at the south end of that area. and the causeway, you can see here, a long clipper clove -- cove, started earlier this week to lake crushed asphalt for a temporary roadway alignment. they are also preparing to shift to the traffic from the west

side of the causeway, to the east side of the causeway. beginning the middle of january, traffic will come down the east side of the causeway and go a long clipper clove and will be closing the avenue at clipper co. and converting traffic along clipper clove over to hanger 1212 where it will come back to california avenue. in terms of the other geotechnical work, besides a surcharge activity, we have three slides that show the progress first of the woodframe installation. the area highlighted in green shows that the contractors are virtually complete with the installation of the drains prior -- north of california avenue. the drains are the first step of the geotechnical process and that allows the release of water as the site undergoes compaction and surcharging.

and in terms of the vibratory compaction, they've completed about half of the area north of california. about a third of sub phase one overall. and then the final step following the surcharge is what they call camping of the very surface soils, which is kind of a bit of a dynamic compaction of the surface and they've completed that on about a quarter of the area overall. so just giving you some visual updates on the activities in the field, also, in addition to the roadway changes on clipper clove , dimensions that they are also modifying ninth street to allow the transport of surcharge materials from the stockpile on

avenue h. to the sub phase one area without intermingling with roadway traffic. that work will also be completed mid january. and then the other buildings, on the site are vacating and secure and awaiting demolition beginning in late january. also in january, targeting january 11th, the next sub phase application will be submitted by tic to the city agencies for review and will be giving an update on that on the regular agenda. there is no ipc infrastructure and transportation committee next week. we will return for the january board meeting on january 9th. that ends my report. >> thank you. any public comment on the director's report?

>> sorry. hi. in your reports, i saw the information from the john stewart company about the revenue shortfall compared to the anticipated budget. and i think it noted the reason was because of additional outreach activity we did as it relates to the housing transition. was that parts of the additional language that we did, or additional phone calls we did? >> no. they haven't been doing that type of outreach. i think they've been doing some work to rehab building 12 '02 which is one of the buildings that we vacated earlier. i would have to look at the

language they used, but they've been doing some physical modifications to one of the buildings that is currently vacant and there have been some charges related to that that have come off of the revenues. but i would need to look back. they do distribute some flyers for us, but that is typically an incidental cost. they don't bring on additional staff to do those distributions. his stuff that is done with existing staff. >> that is what i was wondering about i could not imagine that amount of outreach would generate that amount of revenue exceedances so i was just curious about what the discrepancy was and if this is expected to continue. >> again, we have a couple buildings that we are doing some rehab on. with without work should wrap up early next year in late spring

we will see revenue recovery. >> with these shortfalls impact our reserves or anything like that? >> historically, our revenues, we have tended to fall a little short on the residential revenue projections and do a little better than projected on commercial revenue projections -- projections. right now, i think this year will probably be close to on target with commercial and a little low on residential. so there may be additional draw on to prior year reserves. >> thank you. >> share. >> thank you. >> thank you, again for this report. i want to piggyback here. i know probably we are scattered on the outreach to the d.b.a. residents on treasure island.

it is where we now, and are asking now with conjunction for the overall plan for the outreach. now we are closing out the year, how many do we still have? i know we have gone beyond the call of duty to reach out to the resident but i think that we need to -- this is the last meeting for the year. we need to at least situate and have that conversation so next year we know the average. >> from the interviews that we have conducted last spring and summer, all of the household, all of the previous households have been sent a letter summarizing our understanding of all of the individuals in the household and their eligibility for transition benefits, as well as a summary of the transition benefits available to the household as a whole. and that includes, even for