>> supervisor kim: good morning and welcome to the board meeting of the treasure island mobility management agency, the last one of the year. i want to thank the members of the public for your patience. we did have a press conference at 11:00 a.m. with the entire board. congratulations, supervisor yee, for introducing this very important resolution commending the 75 years of the end of the chinese exclusion act here in our country. alberto quintanill is our clerk. and thank you to sfgov tv for broadcasting this. mr. clerk, can you please call

the roll? [roll call] >> clerk: we have a quorum. >> supervisor kim: thank you, mr. clerk. can you please call items 2 and 3 together? >> clerk: chairs report, information item. 3, executive director's report, also an information item. >> supervisor kim: thank you very much. would our director like to make a report today? director tilly chang. >> thank you, chair kim. my report today is to cover

several applications for funding in keeping with the direction of this body to expand and diversify funding sources. this month we submitted a joint letter from sfcta and sfmta outlining our priorities and requests for ferry toll programs. it was the bridge toll approved by voters in may. we're requesting $21 million for treasure island to purchase two ferry vessels and support initial ferry operating costs in 2021. we've submitted two state grants. one is for the affordable housing sustainable community grant program, developing those with tida. it's meant to address the climate policies through land use and transportation. it's a $15 million housing and $5 million funding request for transportation on treasure island to include all the electric bus from a.c. transit as well as pedestrian bicycle

connection. and, finally, a mobility as a service grant for caltrans. we're seeking this to help develop the idea that clipper can have a unique solution, such that a user would not have to come up with the full price of that pass at the beginning of each month, but earn it over the trips they utilize up to the price of the pass. with that, i'm hopeful we'll be able to report on successful grants in the coming year. >> supervisor kim: thank you so much, director. i realize that i was supposed to give my report first. my apologies. colleagues, as you know, this is our last meeting for 2018 and my last meeting as chair of the treasure island mobility management agency. 5 want to thank our colleagues and our staff for service to timma and for spending so much time in district 6.

thank you to commissioners ronen and yee to serve on the committee and hear the details and feedback of the program. this year we considered challenging questions and held hearings discussing how to support affordability and to build out a multimodal mobility management program, bringing additional service, transportation service, to this growing, new neighborhood. major backdrop was a tour that self of us took to los angeles in october to experience their freeway express lanes. with this visit, we learned we're on the fore front of the efforts to shape mobility management to benefit all of our communities. between now and the launch of the treasure island mobile program will have a chance to redefine and set program expectations especially in regards to affordability. we had a robust discussion at committee last week around what we would like to see as this

program moves forward. locally, we're advocating persistently for new revenue. this includes seeking support of the water transportation authority and bay area toll authority for ferry 3 funds. treasure island is one of the few high-performing projects supporting much-needed affordable housing and prioritizing sustainable modes over private vehicle travel. also in today's recommended action item with toll policies and affordability, we're requesting that the city consider making city budget contributions to support treasure island's mobility program given the unique impact of the tolls on the island's residents and the small businesses as well. as we move forward with this plan towards implementation, i strongly support a parallel study of congestion and pricing. one of my hesitations in

supporting a mobility management plan in treasure island is that it's focused on one neighborhood. we should be charging everyone to come downtown and the fees should be used to increase multimodal transit options for all of our residents to be able to bike and to take muni. we know that congestion is increasing over the last five years throughout the city of san francisco and we must do more to get people out of their cars, if we're going to achieve our carbon neutral goals here in san francisco and throughout the state of california. treasure island should not be the only neighborhood where robu robu robu robust mobility management. i look forward to seeing this go forward in the coming years. i know the state senate is considering a bill introduced by senator scott weiner on a congestion mobility pricing plan for the entire city of san

francisco, which is what i really, truly believe in and look forward to see get implemented after my time on the board. colleagues, thank you, again, for your service and i wish staff and families a happy, relaxing holiday. before we do all of that, of course, we have an agenda before us and robust public comment ahead of us. at this time, we're growing to open up public comment on items 2 and 3. this is on the executive director and chair report. there will be public comment on the actual plan, which i know is what most of the residents are here for. >> steve zeltzer. i come here to protest the process that this special agency has done because they haven't really informed the residents of treasure island or the people of san francisco about what is going on at treasure island.

it's a special agency set up by willie brown that can avoid the laws of the state of california, and benefit the developers and that's really what's behind this, the billionaires that want to develop high-rise buildings on treasure island. and for those that think that's a great thing, i think we have too many million-dollar condos in san francisco. i think we need some housing for working people, but it's not on your agenda and not on the agenda of supervisors that are pushing this development. this is for the billionaires. and i think that we need to change the direction and the priority of san francisco to build housing for working people, not billionaires, and to allow more public transportation free for the working people of san francisco, not put tolls on for the poor and working class. that's what we have to do. and your guidance is the opposite direction. thank you. [applause] >> supervisor kim: thank you so much. any other members who would like

to speak? seeing none, public item is closed on items 2 and 3. mr. clerk, can you please call the next item. >> clerk: approve minutes of october 23, 2018, action item. >> supervisor kim: thank you. is there a motion and a second? we have a motion from commissioner ronen. a second from commissioner peskin. can we take a roll call on this item? >> clerk: public item on item 4. >> supervisor kim: this is on the minutes of the october 23, 2018, meeting. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> i have comments on it. >> supervisor kim: you have comments on the minutes? >> yes. i'm with united public workers for action. the idea of tolls has not been brought to the people of san francisco, the residents of san francisco. many of you are in districts in which the residents don't know

about the dangers of the tolls, which you're pushing, and haven't been told about it. frankly, i don't think that this is just an issue for the people on treasure island. i think it's an issue for the people of san francisco. i don't know if we have to go to the ballot to stop this. i don't think that the people of san francisco want tolls on public land. i believe it's further privitazation that you are pushing that has to stop. >> supervisor kim: thank you so much. any other members of the public that would like to speak on the minutes of october 23, 2018? seeing none, public comment is now closed. mr. clerk, can you please call item 5? >> clerk: we can take roll -- >> supervisor kim: sorry, can we take roll on item 4? [roll call vote]

>> clerk: we have final approval. >> supervisor kim: thank you so much. can you please call the next item. >> clerk: approve the treasure island transit pass and affordability program and additional element the of the treasure island toll policy. this is an action item. >> supervisor kim: thank you. we have planner and executive director to present on this item. >> good morning, commissioners. rachel hyatt, principal transportation planner. i wanted to share with you the information we presented to the committee on november 27 and also the amendments that the committee made in their recommendations. so as you all know, treasure island is growing. it's planned to grow significantly, into a large, new neighborhood in san francisco, from about 600 households today

to 8,000 households in 2035. so it's a significant amount of growth. when the city decided to undertake this about 20 years ago now, transportation was a key challenge, associated with figuring out how to support this new neighborhood. so the planning for the neighborhood's transportation system has been under way for about the same amount of time that the city has been thinking about this endeavor and bringing treasure island into san francisco. the plans -- the first transportation plan was adopted in 2006. and the same strategies and goals and principles that you see today and underlie the recommendations today, date back to the original 2006 plan. the development agreement was adopted in 2011 and included within the definition of the project and within the goals, obligations, for the developer,

the city, the program that you see today. thank you. i will share a slide here. great. the core goals to the transportation planned strategy is to, first of all, management traffic growth and impact. treasure island is a unique situation and unique neighborhood in san francisco in that the only way to reach treasure island is off of the san francisco oakland bay bridge, state-owned bridge. so managing traffic impacts was challenge number one. challenge number two, how to provide alternatives to get on and off treasure island, and transit alternatives, making

transit robust and able to support this neighborhood. third, how to pay for the operations. the need for regional transit, beyond muni, to be part of the solution. so having a committed, permanent revenue source to pay for this transit. and then with your direction especially support affordability for the current low-income residents of treasure island and future low-income families living on treasure island. we need to meet two specific performance measures. on the transportation performance side, we need to meet a 50% on-off mode share. half the trips on and off the island need to be on transit. on the financial support side,

we need to raise the revenues through what we have authorized to us and any additional we can find to pay for the ongoing operations and maintenance of the system. we do have a contribution, a couple of different contributions. thank you. this is to illustrate the magnitude. this is the magnitude of the growth. and i was describing the performance measures and strategies. the transportation plans have called for key strategies. so transit service on and off the island, including ferry, to and from san francisco. and new east bay bus service direct to and from the east bay. and then mechanisms to discourage driving on the bridge, which includes priced parking and congestion toll.

and that congestion toll has two functions. it is to discourage driving during peak periods on the bridge and it's the committed, permanent revenue source. the parking, also, uniquely to treasure island, and transit fares, also committed to treasure island. to give you a sense of the magnitude of the growth that's expected on treasure island, it shows our projections for trip-making on and off treasure island under the program scenario that we propose today and we need to meet the 50% transit mode share, which we're doing under our projections, but not by much. so we'll need and rely on this board to have ongoing oversight and amending of the program as we go forward to make sure that we're hitting all the

performance milestones. i mentioned some of the history. the first plan was in 2006 and the development agreement authorized the program. and the state authorized it in 2008. we're on schedule to launch the program in 2021. that's when the first new homes are projected to be available for occupancy, 2021. so that's when we need to launch the whole program. everything on that first date, the new services, as well as revenue to pay for them. we rely on contributions from the developer to make the program work. the developer is funding the capital infrastructure, ferry terminal, streets, roads, buses, but we also rely on their operating subsidy, required to have $30 million in increments, while the development is phasing in and we do rely on that to

cover costs. today we bring for you policies for your approval that you timed to make sure that we get the transit service launched by 2021. and the whole program will phase in over a period of 15 years to about 2025. what i will present to you today and the recommendations coming from the committee and their amendmen amendments. the affordability program, for current residents and future low-income households. and the transit pass program. i mentioned that the program will launch in 2021 and we're happy to say that all of the transit services will launch in 2021, including the ferry service, which will start with peak period service level.

half-hour peak service, increasing eventually, and will increase in increments, ultimately reaching a 15-minute, all-day frequency. transit service will start hourly. the committee asked us to study other service options and ridership at that level and if we should consider different service levels. it's one of the amendments that came out of committee. the e.i.r. and the transportation obligation call for a 10-minute build-out. so muni service is going to be funded the way that new muni service associated with development is funded everywhere else, which is increased general fund revenues. but i mention it here because it's robust service levels that we need to help muni achieve, which is a less than 5-minute frequency. it's rapid. and it is and will be needed.

and we will need to work with m.t.a. to make sure that's achieved. we have done a number of oute outreach this fall and we brought an initial concept to committee in october. the committee directed us to go back and do some more work, some outreach, and then presented a revised proposal to the committee at the end of november, november 27. we've also been briefing the tida board in parallel. some of the things we heard were concerns about affordability. some businesses concerned about the ability to attract and retain workers, especially low-wage workers, is very challenging, and so the expense of the commute is something that's a concern. also the ability to get things like goods delivered. treasure island is perceived as or is actually difficult to

access relative to mainland san francisco. and so we heard concerns about getting -- having another burden, being able to access the island. for residents, we heard concerns about the affordability, lack of affordability of living in san francisco and the ability to continue to be in san francisco, expenses associated with housing and transportation. we also heard concerns that today normal san francisco neighborhood destinations aren't yet available on treasure island. there is not a san francisco unified school on treasure island, for instance, but it's not there today. many of the common land uses that people can walk to, folks don't have that on treasure island. lastly, i would say concern about whether other parties are doing their fair share to support treasure island

development, developer doing their fair share? is the city doing their fair share? so we want to address that also in our update to you. we presented to the committee two options to respond to these concerns that we heard. and these were revised from the proposals in october. what we had done is -- we did expand the value of the affordability provision. and also seeking to make it as flexible as possible to be able to accommodate the needs that we heard. so we offered two things. and the committee recommended that both should be done. the first is a stipend, and this is for current households, to address additional expenses. and it would be $300 per month for each current household of 2018 to use to offset any

expenses including transportation expenses. we also propose a similar stipend approach for businesses, though the amount for that needs to be determined through more work, understanding business needs. the second option -- again, the committee recommended that both should go forward, is a zero toll arrest tolerate for the first five years during the middays. that means that it would only be in place during peaks. one thing i want to highlight is the provision program that we recommended whereby folks could earn toll credits by taking transit. one idea was to reduce the number of trips needed.

this chart shows the tolerate schedule based on the committee's recommendation. the zero toll level during the midday is reflected here. the original concept, where there is no toll conceived of during the overnight periods, during the evening peak, is still here. this also illustrates something we wanted to keep, which is the discount for drivers coming from the east bay to treasure island. they're crossing bay bridge toll plaza. we propose a 50% discount. this illustrates the vision or the stipend to be flexible to work as cash to offset whatever expenses are most important to the given household or business.

it could be used to further compensate employees for their costs or deliveries or customers. the value of this -- on the residential side, proposing $300. it's $10 a day. it's multiple on-off trips it would afford. for the residents of below-market rate house, the money would go further because the transit cost is 50% less. so households could either by -- could buy both transit passes and have funds for round-trip tolls with the stipend.

there is an expanded affordability proposal and seeking funding to help cover that, about $4 million a year in the first years when it could be in place. before i hand this over, co-presenting with eric cordova, deputy director for capital projects, i wanted to mention the transit pass piece. it's called for the demand management and transit incentives. the concept we proposed is something that would be available 50% off for the folks in below market rate housing. committee asked us to look into a free ferry for low-income use provision to this, which is something that is part of the recommendation that you have before you today. this pass would be available to employees. we would work with employers. it would be like an employer

program to offer the passes with discounts. so the pass would be unlimited trips on the a.c. system, muni system, and the ferry serving treasure island. folks in market would receive this from homeowner dues. that is not the case for fellow-market units. so we want to offer the pass 50% off for them and look into the community's recommendations for free ferry for use and also the accumulator concept, which would eliminate the need to pay up front for this pass, but rather be able to pay as you go without -- but still getting that pass discount. at this point, i will turn the

presentation over to eric cordova, deputy director, capital projects. >> great. thank you, rachel. the screen in front of you talked about the program funding contributions to date. think it's important for us to highlight the key specifics interest. we've been successful in obtaining $200 million of federal and state money to improve the access to and from the bay bridge, which is the only access to the island. the re-establishment of the i-80 eastbound offramp to south gate road on the east side of the island is set to start construction next year and be completed by 2020. and then the other improvements that the transportation authority and timma is leading here is the west side bridges people cannot forget that those

bridges are seismically deficient and need to be replaced. that's our mission there. it will start in the summer of 2020 and be complete by 2021, which matches the occupancy date for some of the new development. there are various improvements that the developer are moving together with, in particular, the construction of the ferry terminal. transit improvements, on-island shuttle we're working with also to lead, as well as open space and community improvements. chair kim, you asked very good questions in terms of revenue at our committee meeting. hopefully this answers those

questions, about what we need the toll money for, which is to establish the a.c. transit service and an on-island shuttle. we have the affordability program now that with the recommendations with the committee made a couple of weeks ago, we've included in our cost analysis and revenue. there as shortfall that we'll have to go ahead and tackle with about a $20 million shortfall over the first five years. so our intent is to pursue any and other outside funding that we can. and i will show you a slide to indicate that. this gives you a lock at '26/'27 time frame. in our opinion, that's the critical mass of development that we need here.

this those the costs and the revenue streams. you asked us to dig deeper with funding sources. federal, state, regional, in that regard and the program that we'll have on the island. our goal is to move forward with matching funds. and the developer has a $30 million subsidy that we're required to provide to timma and tida. next steps? there's a lot to do in the next three years. that's why we're here today. in order to implement all of

these transit services, we have to execute agreements. we have to construct polling system infrastructure. we have to construct the projects on the west side and east side of the island, so we have the toling infrastructure. go ahead and reach agreements, as it relates to the on-island shuttle. we're in active discussions related to ferry service and how we get it there early. we think it's a very important new mode of transportation. and all of these also will include bias -- bicycle and pedestrian improvements. this gives you a snapshot of what is needed over the next five years, in terms of approvals, operating budgets. this meeting today is the beginning of minimum quarterly meetings if not monthly meetings to come back and advise you on where we stand on everything we

presenteded so we can move forward with the implementation of the transit improvements. we've had public outreach and we'll continue to. we want to come back to tida and want to update them quarterly. our recommendation is to approve the toll policies, affordability program and transit pass program as amended at the timma committee meeting. and i do want to mention that there are additional studies that the committee educate needed to occur, so we're going to move forward with all of those listed on the screen, in particular, looking for free ferry for low-income use. seeing how we can better the a.c. transit ridership and look at opportunities as it relates to that. we have not forgotten about the business community. we understand its pornz.

-- importance. we know we have more due diligence relating to a potential stipend. our recommendation is for a 5-year program as it relates to the affordability program and then, finally, a resolution urging the city to contribute funding for improvements. that completes our presentation. we're available for any questions. >> supervisor kim: thank you so much, mr. cordova. i don't see any questions from committee members. i do think it's important for you to explain what we're actually voting on today and what that means moving forward. >> sure. what you're voting on, frankly, is the tolerate itself, hours of operation, when the toling would be -- when there is no toll. and those are major, key items here. it allows us to go ahead and

start to work with the operators to bring transit to the island. there are opportunities, and we'll continue to update you 1 terms of business program rules, etc. some of the intricacies for toling and ones that we need to work out the time details of. the tolerate itself and the hours as well as affordability and the transit pass are all items that we're seeking your approval on. >> supervisor kim: what if we want to amend as we move the program forward, as more facts and information moves forward, is this policy amendable? >> very good question. you have the opportunity to do so. we'll continue to come back to this board and committee as it relates to the refining of the financial models, after we sit down with transit operators. so there is more to come in that regard. >> supervisor kim: thank you so much, mr. cordoba. a couple of things i wanted to

add. throughout this time that the timma committee has been meeting, i've expressed my hesitation on supporting a program that singularly targets one neighborhood to pay for enriching their own public transit. we don't ask that of any other neighborhood in san francisco to help pay for increased transportation services to that neighborhood. however, one of the point made last week is that we will continue to fund muni via general fund but this is to added additional mobility options including ferry and a.c. transit. so in many ways because it's an additional service, that's what this toll program is investing and funding in. i still continue to have my hesitations, but i feel better moving forward, because there

will be periods with zero toling so residents can move their schedule around to find times midday and during the evenings to move out of the island without the toll. we looked at the credit program. if you were to drive in and off the island twice a day, seven days a week at the peak hours, how much would that cost per month? >> the roundtrip is $7, $3.50 each direction. assuming to and from san francisco, mainland. $7 times 5 is $35, times four weeks, math comes out to close to $160. what we calculated is that we could provide with that stipend two round trips per day per household. that's really -- >> supervisor kim: can we go back to that slide? >> that's important for us to

focus on. two round trips per day peak hour. >> supervisor kim: and how much is the total of the resident credit currently? >> when you say total, you mean cost -- >> supervisor kim: monthly toll credit. >> $300. >> supervisor kim: and it will cover residents going on and off the island, so four one-way trips. >> yes. we as it relates to -- we believe when you do the math, two round trips per day, per weekday, so workweek. >> supervisor kim: the slide is not clear, for residents that live in below market-rate housing, they will be providing two discounted transit passes on top of the toll credit?

>> the transit passes -- the $300 stipend can be used to perfect transit passes. or toll. or a combination. so there are options. thought process is that we would be ail to give a stipend and they make the business decision how they use the stipend and it may influence some of their decision making. if they can go toll offpeak and take transit or we're trying to be as flexible as possible. >> supervisor kim: what is the anticipated start date of the toling program? >> late 2021. >> supervisor kim: thank you so much. commissioner brown? >> supervisor brown: yes, thank you. i'm new to this, so i haven't -- and i don't know a lot of the discussion before.

when you have the times, toll times, 10:00 to 3:00, correct, that people can use it for free? is it 10:00 a.m. to 3:00. >> yes. >> supervisor brown: so this is what i'm thinking, there are no schools on the island. and people probably drive their kids to school and pick them up. and a lot of kids, there may be an after school program. that doesn't give them time to get back on the island, right, if they get their children, come back. so they will probably pay. so it doesn't seem that the time frame is really fit with the school district hours. and i don't know how many children are on this island. i'm sorry, forgive me i don't have this information. it puts them in a bad situation when they're going to get their

children. and then they take their children early in the morning. so we're punishing people for having children and living on the island. [applause] that's what i'm seeing. >> the toll hours, the time was consistent with the bay bridge and looking at the overall traffic congestion on the bridge itself. so that was the impetus for the times we have in front of you. not to say that we can't continue to study that further and have further discussions to better understand the commute of school -- of people that live on the island and go to school in san francisco. >> supervisor kim: there's a sub sid yes for this reason. so the toll subsidy is comment to offset that cost for the parent that may need to take their child via car to school or

any peak period trips. that toll credit is -- $300 a month, as you wish, for cash value. and each roundtrip would be $7. so $3.50 one way. so if you went to and from your destination in a peak period, $7 roundtrip. if you do it both ends of the day, two round trips, $14 a day. so that's about more than 10 trips, 20, really. 20 days, excuse me, two round trips a day. >> exactly. >> supervisor brown: so it would cover two weeks of school? >> driving the peaks? >> supervisor brown: you are getting a subsidy, but that subsidy would only cover about 20 days of the month?

>> two round trips per school day. two. not one. that should cover -- >> supervisor brown: sorry. i'm bad at math. $14 a day times 20 days or 22 days, gets that $280 range. all right. thank you. >> that's the math. my apologies for not -- >> this is for five years, correct? >> yes. >> and then starting in -- >> 2026/2027, to taper it down. by that time, we believe that

we'll have the critical mass that i indicated before, that should be 2,500 and in essence pay for the more robust transit service there that would be required to handle the level of development up to the 8,000 units. >> in 2021, you would start the stipend and it would end between 2026 and 2027? >> yes. >> and what about the affordability plan? would it be in play or that's only for five years also? >> the transit program is part of the program overall. so that would stay in place. but the stipend right now, is part of our recommendation, that it would end in that -- >> only the stipend would eliminate in five years? >> yes. if you look at the screen right now, the transit program as a whole, our vision is to have that all the way through.

that's what our travel demand and financial forecast models include. to give people the option and give them the reduced rate whenever possible if they qualify. and that would be so they take a.c. transit, muni and new ferry service and on-island shuttle, no payment required. >> supervisor fewer: does this take into account that we just approved as a state fare rate hikes on tolls for the bay bridge? does this take into account the added money that i think we can raise the toll by $3, is it, on the bay bridge? >> yes. region regional measure 3 was passed by votersle it's under legal challenge. that's separate and apart from the toll here. we've discounted the trip coming through the toll plaza to the island. that's been a 50% discount we've

included, given that they're paying a toll at that location. >> supervisor fewer: okay. thank you. >> supervisor kim: commissioner stefani. >> supervisor stefani: to follow up on the question that supervisor brown asked. do we know how many families are living on the island? >> right now, there are just over 600 households there are there. i don't have the family data off the top of my head. bob beck is here, executive director for tida, he may be able to help me in that regard. >> supervisor kim: director beck, if you would like to respond to the question. >> we have 625 residential households on the island. >> supervisor stefani: did you study if you could exempt

treasure island residents and businesses? >> in perpetuity? >> supervisor stefani: yes. that's a study that we'll continue to look at. at the direction of the timma committee, we're to look at that and come back. >> supervisor stefani: the transportation you seek to provide because of the toll, were there any questions asked of the families that live on the island if they would be able to use that transportation to get their families back and forth? a lot of times, the transportation is there and not convenient for families. >> understood. we held public meetings. we had surveys. we got a better understanding of travel patterns. we probably have to drill deeper down in terms of call it school trips in that regard. when we continue to do our further analysis, we'll do that. >> supervisor stefani: we always talk about families leaving san

francisco and a lot of times with this situations where we're looking to charge families more and bear more of the burden, i would expect more studies in that regard and some follow-up. thanks. >> supervisor kim: any other questions from members of the commission? seeing none, at this time, i think it's important to hear from members of the public, would have been here waiting patiently to provide feedback. please provide feedback to what was presented and it would be helpful to hear what you would like specifically. if members of the public would like to speak, please line up on my left, your right side. all right. let's begin. >> good afternoon,

commissioners, chair kim. i'm a long-time, 19-year resident of treasure island. president of yerba buena residents association and i've drafted a petition to oppose the toll. first of all, let me say in great appreciation of the work that timma has done, including mr. cordoba and his team. there are too many open questions to proceed with voting on this item. to ask a san francisco resident, neighborhood, the residents of a san francisco neighborhood to pay a toll to get to and from their neighborhood seems outrageous. my point for the last half year has been, what are we doing next? build a fence around north beach? ask people to pay $3.50 to get in and out. i don't think it's reasonable. i appreciate what you have done to raise additional funds to

find additional funds from the state of california, city of san francisco, or federal funds to build the much-needed public transportation system. and, guess with the, i have great faith in you that you can find more funds to do that. we've heard from you that the toll seems to be the only viable way to do this the residents seem it be opposed to that not just because we don't think we can afford $3.50 or the stipend. my ears are ringing the session system is too come complicated. we have 100 business owners and operators on treasure island, all of which, every single one of which, will be opposed because the businesses will be hurt. you create gentrification on the

island that will hurt it for years to come. by imposing a toll, you are not doing anybody a favor while the problem at hand can be resolved in other ways. we stand by your side to make that happen. thank you for your time. >> supervisor kim: thank you. [applause] >> steve zeltzer. we have a millionaire toll for working class people. who is pushing it? it's people that want it build high-ris high-rises. 100% of the residents and 100% of the small business are against it. if you vote for this, you are voting against the people you are representing. this is against the working class. this is against small business people that you are taking here. and i would say it's another example of privitazation of san francisco, making working class and poor people pay. we need free public transit and

get it by taxing the billionaires and facebook and big corporations. that's what we should do to get proper transit. this island, treasure island, is being contaminated as this work is going on. it has a cover-up of radio activity, which none of the supervisors have investigated, frankly. the city is covering it up. the state is covering it up. people have gotten cancer. you have rising sea levels in san francisco. that's not factored in. i mean, how are people going to survive there when the sea rises? and, furthermore, in an earthquake, you would have -- city planners did a study that there would be liquidification.

it's a cover-up. thank you. >> i'm paris hayes. i've been on the island for 14 years. many of you have said that you reached out to the residents. i've gone door to door, stood in front of stores passing out fliers, informing them of this toll. and every person i spoke to said they were not aware. not aware. yet you say we're aware. you don't knock on doors. i did. you said you want to implement this in 2021 when the first building is erect. the first one i'm aware of is for the veterans who are in programs right now. they're not going to afford this toll. but you want to put it on the residents. let me ask you -- would you pay for a service that you don't get right away? would you good to a restaurant and eat your meal five years later? no. you want your service right now.

so, therefore, we don't want to pay for something we're not going to utilize. you are forcing residents off that island. you are not thinking about it. supervisor jane kim, i met you personally when you were running for your position. you said to me, shook my hand, i am for the residents of treasure island. if you have a problem, you can talk to me. well, supervisor, we have a problem. what are you going to do about it? i am so tired of you guys putting this on the residents and trying to make it sound like it's a great deal with this $300 stipend. we don't want a stipend. we don't want a toll! if you have to do it, you should grandfather the residents who have been there for a long time. we've been committed to you guys by paying our rents on time. where is the commitment back? it should be reciprocated.

shame on you, especially you, supervisor kim, for allowing this to go through. thank you. [applause] >> hi. i'm mi sun voice. i'm a current member of the treasure island yacht club and past membership chair. so i've been involved on treasure island for seven years and i own a restaurant. my partner and i built the restaurant and opened in january. so this is somewhat new to us in terms of the fact that we're still a new business and much of this has occurred prior to us. i know that the challenge for us, i represent some of the small businesses. i do want to thank the timma and sfcta and treasure island for the fact that i believe they have supported the small businesses in trying to bring necessary business to the island.

i'm the only restaurant that's open seven days a week, breakfast, lunch and dinner, so the challenge with us would be if we do this at $7. i have 45 employees i would have to bear that burden at $315 a day, approximately. and that comes to $113,000 out of my pocket i would have to pay. and over a five-your period, $567,000, which i'm not close to making that as a property. the burden is on us. i believe they've heard us, even today. there was information i was not aware of with the compromises. i would like to ask to have a little bit more one-on-one small business advisory board, not just a citizens advisory board. i think the residents have their issues. this would affect myself, vendors, employees and guests. so i would like to continue the dialogue and try to find a compromise. we know it's a necessary evil,

but there may be more dialogue and more time. thank you for your time. [applause] >> thank you, commissioners. i want to -- i'm jim morowski, treasure island wines. i've been running my business there since 2007. you have heard from a lot of businesses and residents about their opposition. i think it's time for y'all to just take a break and slow down. there's a lot of open issues. there's clearly confusion about what the tolls will be and when. i have customers saying they will not come out to treasure island. i have employees saying that they will not be hired by me if there's a toll. so slow down, take a break, and reach out to the businesses and residents a little bit more. and specifically, a, opposition

to, the issues about the revenue from the toll and this is the first time and mr. cordoba, it's the first time i've seen an estimate of the revenue that will be coming from the toll. what happens, question for you, commissioners, if the toll does not generate the revenue expected? is services reduced? are stipends reduced? is it both? or do the tolls go up? we don't know that. there's all those questions that need to be answers. i urge you all to postpone this decision while there is a number of you that are lake duck members of the board of supervisors. let the know board of supervisor that will be around 4 to 8 years that will be accountable for a lot of the proposals that you are proposing right now. they will be here to interact with the community, the residents, the businesses. i do appreciate some of the outreach that you guys have

done, but it's been a little too late. four days' notice a month ago was not the right way to reach out to the businesses. you need to get us involved early on. a lot of you know, i reached out a long time ago. thank you for the opportunity to speak today. also, i want to enter this into the record. this is a statement from the residents and the businesses about the opposition to the tolls. [applause] >> hi. i'm dan. i'm a resident of treasure island. first, i want to say that i'm a big proponent of getting people out of their cars. i'm a big proponent of public transportati transportation. and i know you want to improve it. i know that the island will grow. change is inevitable.

it's hard to keep you sincerely when we have a 25 bus that doesn't show up half the time. on sunday, i wasted 1 hour and 20 minutes, i took the bus twice to san francisco. three trips were delayed by 20 minutes. and that's not even being talked about or looked at. you are talking about new services, buses, ferries, shuttles and the rest, with you can't do the 25 right. i have to doubt your sincerity on that. i do know about the outreach you've been doing. 1 1/2 years ago i was sent to a meeting at the ship shape building where residents discussed the problems they had, the roads, the problems, that gate view turns into a lake when it rains. they said, the toll is coming. nothing you can do about it. that was 1 1/2 years ago before the vote. so you weren't honest then. i doubt you are being honest now. why will i pay