[cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the new

supervisor for district ten, shamann walton. [cheers and applause] >> good morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> that's a little better. first, i want to thank these two amazing leaders for coming in and speaking this morning. i want to apologize to some folks. i know the city assessor has an amazing band coming come in this morning, and i know that this morning, there was an amazing song that was sung, and my colleague on the board of education caxton to be colleague on the board of supervisors, supervisor matt haney, had about six songs sun -- sun, and young people speaking yesterday. i'm a little bit less about the fanfare, and the real reason that i did do this, and the reason i did this is i know we needed to do a celebration like

this before and with community, and with the neighborhoods here. thank you for being here today. [cheers and applause] >> supervisor haney and i were joking the other day because he was talking about how i have not beat him at anything yet. and he may not understand is that when i just got sworn in, and i signed, i will be on the board of supervisors before he is. [laughter] >> first i want to give an honor to god, and i want to thank my children for being here. my youngest son is here, my oldest son is here,, my lovely wife, my mother is here, my godmother, my auntie, and a host of members of my family. thank you all so much for having my back. [applause]

>> not just during this last 18 months in the election, but for my entire life. for supporting me, for believing in me when we know that a lot of people didn't. thank you so much for all the love and the prayers because if it was not for you believing in me, and instilling in me, we would not be where we are today. thank you so much. [applause] >> i also want to thank all of my opponents were prior fighting inspiration, and for fuelling the fire that we needed to make sure we worked harder than everyone in the race, and for stepping up and standing up and running for office because it is not easy. i do want to thank them and acknowledge them as well. to my resilient community and the entire district, i want to thank all of you for your work, for your support, for believing

in me, for entrusting and me, to work in one of the most isolated and disenfranchised districts here in san francisco. that is important to me. it is important that we bring you with us here, and to city hall. i am only a vessel and a voice for you, and what you want to, and what you need to. i want to make sure you know that and understand that. in this row, you have someone who understands that it is about the neighborhoods and the communities and our district and our city. you will see that time and time again as we serve. to anyone who knocked on the door, carried the sign, talk to neighbors and community, who stood up on the corner with me during visibility, who got on the phone and made a phone call on our behalf, who prayed for me , who stood with me, who encouraged me, to everyone, this land is for all of you, and for all of us. thank you so much.

[applause] >> as god as my witness, i will forget to thank someone in this room today. i know that, i understand that, i own it. please charge it to my head and not my heart, and understand we have the next four years to acknowledge everyone, but i will take the time to acknowledge some folks. right now, first i want to thank the entire team at 50 plus one. thank you so much for your hard work to get us elected. thank you for your professionalism, for your due diligence for the weight that you carry all of yourselves, and to this work. it is crazy during campaigns. i appreciate you having you and all of you at the election. thank you. i also want to thank the entire campaign team, liz, joy, and the

greatest campaign manager on the plant -- on the planet, natalie g. thank you for working so hard for us. to all of our partners in labor, we have so much work to do in the areas of social justice, making sure that our working class is given the respect, the support and the resources they need, we are under attack at the federal level. we are under attack by the leadership of this country. thank you so much for your support. i'm excited about getting down to work together as we have done together for decades. thank you to all of labor. [applause] >> to all the families in the district, to all of our merchants and our business owners and the people who helped make our district a vibrant, and the people who will make sure that you give us the resources to keep our district vibrant, thank you for your work and our

support. i want to acknowledge my future colleagues, supervisor hilary ronen,. [cheers and applause] >> supervisor vallie brown, supervisor matt haney, my friend , and former and future colleagues, and one of the hardest working women in the city, supervisor sandra fewer. president of the board of education? -- [applause] >> supervisor rafael mandelman which i'm looking forward to working with. we have several commissioners here. i want to acknowledge all of you collectively. thank you so much for your service and your work. i see several of you here. if i start naming names, i will forget. but i want to say thank you to all of the commissioners for your work, and for being here today. we have several department heads

i see the leader of the department of public works, mr mohammed nuru. [cheers and applause] i know i am missing someone, but again, we will have plenty of time to acknowledge. i must thank all of the crew at the resource centre. thank you so much. [cheers and applause] >> i see some of the team from the department for children, youth and families. the work continues. my entire family from the community developers, thank you for being here. it has been hard to let go. and of course, one of our

constituents, and his work for the campaign. i see our public defender is here. thank you. to my predecessors, and hard-working women of this district and this city, supervisor maxwell. [cheers and applause] , and president, malia cohen, who could not be here today, because she had to be in sacramento. i want to thank her for her tireless service and her work for the last eight years. [cheers and applause] >> so i have to tell a brief story. i am done with the thank youse. i will say a few words that it is time to get to work. by tracy brown, who was also part of our team and my office. tracy brown. [applause]

>> by the way, natalie g., who is our chief of staff, and percy who is also one of our aids. that is an amazing team that we take to city hall. but this is a true story. a little over a decade ago now when i first got here, and i met tracy and i interviewed her on a panel as a community member for her job at the department of children and youth and families. i came over and we were having a conversation, this is about 11 years ago. she said, you will be the district ten supervisor. i'm not making this up. this is not a joke. she had no idea that i had written an essay that was public in high school. i said i wanted to effect change and be an elected official. she had no idea that i was already ready to come and plan to get together for my community and make sure we can be in a can in a position to make sure we could do what we could to

represent us. she made that epiphany. she made that statement over 11 years ago, and she worked with me on both of my runs for the board of education. my run on the board of supervisors, and she called it. thank you so much for believing in me. i was taught by my mentor, my fraternity brother, father fillmore graham, that if you believe it, and you see it, you can achieve it. and although he is not here with us today, if it was not for him, i would not be standing before you. i always want to pay homage to him for saving my life. [applause] i was taught by his mentor that

the more you know, the more you owe, and that is how we will live every day of our life. you can bet on that. i am just excited to be in a position to help others. i know a lot of time in this city, everyone is focused on the differences in all of us, but i can assure you we will be focused on the commonality is said that we can get the work done to improve this great city together. the only thing i have in common with everyone in this room is that we will disagree at times. i can guarantee that. but we can, and we will work together to resolve the present issues in this city, with tax, with decency, and focus on those commonalities. we have to address affordability , homelessness, employment disparities, complete testing and cleanup of the shipyard, transportation. [applause]

equitable transportation, community safety, and economic viability and opportunity in this district, and in this city together. i know some people get in the office and start making lots of promises, and start talking about visions that they develop on their own, and of course, i have a lot of vision. we know what we need to do in the city and we have a lot of ideas. i want to be focused on the broken promises that we have been promised for decades in our district. so no matter whom you voted for, i am the supervisor for all of you, for everyone. it does not matter. i don't hold those kind of grudges about boats, because i know everyone once was best for the cute -- wants what's best for their communities, but i am proud and happy to fight for each and every one of you.

because with me, it is 100% always about the work. i am ready to fight for potrero hill, i'm ready to fight for bayview, i'm ready to fight for visitation vallie, i'm ready to fight for little hollywood, i'm ready to fight for every single neighborhood and community in district ten. [applause] >> in our first hundred days, we said we would begin to address affordable housing by meeting with all relevant parties to ensure our housing stock and the pipeline gets built. we said we would fight homelessness and ensure proxy resources are spent how intended we said we would address transportation needs and eliminate the institutionally racist prep -- recessed practice

we said we would meet and focus on adequate testing of the entire shipyard and push the navy,, the department of public health, that the state department to work with academia to eliminate the conflicts and build trust back within the community. and we have been meeting with the city attorney, the navy, the e.p.a., and the leadership of this city already to address that. we are ready to work on the quality of life issues, and make sure that people stop disrespecting our streets in district ten so they can look pristine and clean like every other community in the city. and so for the past month or so, i have been volunteering and we met with the leadership of the department of public works, the navy, the e.p.a., housing authority, mayor's office, sfmta , hope s.f., my colleagues

on the board of supervisors, community leaders, merchants, family is, because it is time to get to work. i'm excited about our district, and all of the opportunity, in by the way, to all of our supporters and all of our folks and communities who spend a lot of money in our city, patronizing our restaurants, if you want to do a celebration for us, if you want to do a celebration with us, come and do it in d10, because we have a lot of businesses that need to support. [applause] unto the people that say we won because we are connected to a power source, let me just say this. we won because we are connected to the communities because we are connected to the neighborhood, and there is no better proof than that, than the data after the election.

i just want to thank my community. i want to thank all the neighborhoods in district ten. i want to thank all of the leaders here in the city. i want to thank everyone for coming out and supporting us. as we do this work, we will always remember the children and families in this city. it is game time. thank you. [cheers and applause]

>> my apartment burned down 1.5

years ago in noba. my name is leslie mccray, and i am in outside beauty sales. i have lived in this neighborhood since august of this year. after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and find out about various programs that could help us get back on our feet, and i signed up for the below market rate program, got my certificate, and started applying and won the housing lottery. this particular building was brand-new, and really, this is the one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. and i came to the open house here, and there were literally hundreds of people looking at the building.

and i -- in my mind, i was, like, how am i ever going to possibly win this? and i did. and when you get that notice that you want, it's surreal, and you don't really believe it, and then it sinks in, yeah, i can have it, and i'm finally good to go; i can stay. my favorite thing about my home, although i miss the charm about the old victorian is everything is brand-new. it's beautiful. my kitchen is amazing. i've really started to enjoy cooking. i really love that we have a gym on-site. i work out four days a week, and it's beautiful working outlooking out over the courtyard that i get to look at. it was hard work to get to the other side, but it's well worth it. i'm super grateful to the mayor's office of housing for having this for us. year.

1:ten, in the afternoon. this is the regular meeting of the commission and community investment and infrastructure. the successor agency commission to the san francisco redevelopment agency for tuesday, january 15, 2019. welcome to all members of the public. and staff of ocii. madam secretary, please call the first item. >> first order of business is item one, roll call. commission members please respond when i call your name. [roll call taken] >> commissionerer scott is absent, all others are present. item 2 announcements.

next regularly scheduled meeting february 5, 2019. announcement of prohibition of electronic devices during the meeting. ringing of cell phones, pagers and similar devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar sound producing electronic device. announcement of time allotment for public comments. up to three minutes to make pertinent public comments on each agenda item. unless the commission adopts a shorter period on any item. strongly recommended members of the public who wish to address the commission fill out a speaker card and submit the completed cards. next order of business item 3, report on actions taken at a previous closed session meeting if any. there are no reportable actions. next order of business, item 4,

no matters of unfinished business. next order of business, item 5, first to consent agenda, there are no consent agenda items. the next order of business is regular agenda. agenda item 5a, conditionally proving the basic concept and schematic design of affordable housing project at mission bay south block 9, 144 rentable units, formerly homeless households, one manager's unit in the scope of and described in the mission bay redevelopment project, approved under the environmental impact report. a program eir and adopting finding pursuant to the california quality act, project area discussion and action. resolution number 1-2019.

madam director. >> thank you madam secretary and through the chair, approval of a basic schematic design. and you have reviewed this item in the last two years and taken various actions. first was to select a co-developer that is bridge and community housing partnership and after that you also approved the predevelopment loan and the exclusive negotiation agreement that was before you early last year. and this is the next step. there will be other approval paths, so with that, and we are kind of excited about this project as well because it's 141 units for formerly homeless individuals, which is a big deal and to have an entire building housed homeless individuals is pretty i am -- impressive. i'll turn it over to kim. >> i'm development specialist

with ocii affordable housing team. i'm here this afternoon to present on item 5a, conditionally approving the basic concept and schematic design for mission bay south block nine and the mission bay south project area. block nine is a 141 unit affordable housing development with supportive services that will house formerly homeless households. block nine is adjacent to the public safety building between mission rock street to the north, and china basin street to the south. design for block nine also includes the extension of bridge view way, between block 9 and 9a. it's well served by transit, including the muni metro line along 3rd street and the 55 bus, walking distance to many amenities, grocery stores,

pharmacy, parks and open spaces. before i go into detail regarding the design, a brief background on the project area. in 1998, redevelopment agency commission approved the mission bay north and south redevelopment plans and owner participation agreements or o.p.a.s. they allow for the development of up to 6,514 residential units in mission bay with nearly 30% of that total set aside as affordable housing units. in mission bay south, 493 affordable units constructed and another 725 are planned or under construction. the o.p.a. requires the master developer submit development plans in major phases. including block nine in the approval request for blocks 8, 9, 9a and 10a, and p19 and p20.

block 9 confirmed as affordable housing site. and now provide some background on the activities leading up the request bre april 2017, sta request for proposal or rfp, seeking a team to develop, own and operate housing on block 9. june 2017, addendum to the r.f.p. to provide information on scenarios, based on discussions with the mayor's office how city agent kiss can complete housing for homeless persons as efficiently as possible. a team led by bridge housing and community housing partnership or c.h.p. approved by the commission. commission later approved a negotiations agreement and predevelopment loan for the project. a portion of the predevelopment loan set aside to be applied to up front fees and deposits for

modular construction. following the selection of a unit manufacturer and the approval of the design. team intends to issue an r.f.p. for the modular scope of work in february. in addition to bridge and c.h.p., the development team includes leddy madeham stacy architects, health right 316, and monica wilson and leblanc and associates as work force consultants. the block 9 project consists of 141 total units. 140 are affordable furnished units when one is a manager's unit. affordable units will serve formerly homeless adults referred to the project by the department of homelessness and supportive housing through the coordinated entry system. building amenities include a large ground level courtyard, a community room with kitchen, resident lounge and game room, a services suite and bicycle parking. the project also includes a

community garden that will be open to the public and managed in collaboration with a local non-profit. and with that, i had go ahead and turn the presentation over to the architects to talk through the proposed design. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my colleague and i will give you a brief presentation of the architectural design. and we want to start with the concept diagram of the design. i think it speaks to the two main goals of this development. two of the main goals, creating community and reflecting mission bay character. shows the site is between two streets and the public safety building and the new bridge view way. it embraces a central courtyard along bridge view way, while

masking the blank side of the public safety building. each wing is visually divided into row house like forms for incremental urban character. at the ground floor, support the upper residential floors along store front windows at the pedestrian level. upper floor residential windows on the row house forms, allow, orient views toward the bay. finishes are used for key locations such as entrances and along bridge view way. the building exterior color palette responds to either the street scape or the landscape courtyard. the ground floor plan illustrates the key community building idea that organizes the ground floor. the generous hallway connects

the china basin street main entrance with the central elevators and all the community enhancing functions. the goal is to create a connection with residents daily with the community room, laundry, lounge, game room, supportive services and property management. at the same time, the main hallway and the community spaces look out on to the beautiful landscaped courtyard. in addition, a gap between our building and the public safety building allows space for a shade garden that provides light and views to the west. at the ends of the two street wings are a group of studio apartments and a manager's apartment activating those areas. utility rooms and parking along mission rock street facing the future giants parking garage. the plan is the typical upper floors shows very efficient

layout constructed with the factory-built modules. modular standard studio apartments make up the two wings along the streets while the middle wing contains larger studio-plus apartments on either side of the stair core. the hallways are the size for wheelchair users and large windows for lighted views at the end and along the shade garden. apartment entrances are grouped together to encourage neighborliness. these plans show the two basic unit types. standard studio plan is a very efficient, while providing a small kitchen and private bath. the studio plus plan on the left has an extended length for more areas for residents requiring personal caregivers or special medical equipment.

>> 3d view looking down the street from china basin looking out towards the bay. closest to you with the brown colors, that is the main -- >> yes. >> can you hear this better? so you'll see that the main entry are the two bays closest on the left in this image, and that is highlighting the main entry. those are some special finishes to really come out and be closest to the areas where the most people will be approaching. this view is really taken from across the street from where the madron apartment entry is, you can see the building is set back from the sidewalk, a landscape buffer there that allows for some landscaping buffer as well as space for stairs and ramps to mitigate the future settlement of the streets and sidewalks in the area. also see the ground floor is raised, that is also to help mitigate against future sea level rise.

this view here is a view looking back up china basin, bridge view way cutting to the right of the slide, the elevation that addresses bridge view way with special finishes to accent the public facing part of the building. and you'll see the bays at the upper floors, a bay at the upper unit and a window that features the bay view for each unit. here is the central courtyard view. you can see here that in the center of the courtyard we have the architectural form where you can look out on to the courtyard. also see a series of store fronts that really connects the heart of the building, the public spaces to the courtyard.

one thing that i didn't mention on the previous slide is that we have store front along the ground floor all along the street frontage to maintain and activate a street front. on the exterior materials, we have a combination of really economical finishes and special finishes and the economic finishes category, we have the fiber cement lap siding, the gray color and some accent panels that are painted fiber cement panels. then in the special finishes as i mentioned earlier, we have the finishes that we are using around main entrance in the elevations facing bridge view way. those are composite wood panels, bringing some warmth into the areas where there is most ped contact. we also have the bays clad in metal and perforated metal sun shades on the south-facing elevations.

and as well as we have a weathered feel component that is used around the base of the building, it's picking up material, that same material is being used in the landscape materials is being brought into the building also where it's adjacent to the landscape down there at the ground floor. the landscape design is by t.s. studios, and they are here today if you have any questions after the presentation. this design is really a park-like design that's designed to evoke the tidal marshes of the area. cut down into the landscape and then bridges across the swales to connect the pedestrian paths. the main residential courtyard just for the tenants, and in the foreground is bridge view way

and in between, the between space, community garden i'll talk more about in the next slide. and one other thing that's special, it's all on grade, so it's an opportunity to have a large amount of trees planted here, which is often unusual in multi-family. so, here is the ground floor landscape plan, highlighted in red is the fencing. so the courtyard once again, it is the main residential courtyard, the only entries into the courtyard are through the building. it is only for the building residents. it's a connection of multiple different pathways, as well as different gathering spaces and seating areas. you'll see there is also a community terrace that's connected to the community room where there is some sliding doors so it can create an indoor/outdoor space. the community garden in the middle of the slide is a space that can only be accessed off of

bridge view way. there's a gate into the space, and it's for the entire neighborhood. and then the third space is bridge view way, a public pedestrian pathway and emergency vehicle access lane and removable bollards there. and the fence is eight feet tall, keeping people out of the residential courtyard. the fence between bridge view way and the community garden, a four foot fence, partitioning that area off. that area is meant for gardening for the local neighborhood and will likely be run by a local non-profit. >> staff recommends the schematic design be approved sub j ekt to the conditions listed in the memorandum to the item and attached to the authorizing

resolution. conditions are standard ensuring that ocii will review as it's further refined. include the material and colors, courtyard fencing and gates, trash and recycling, screening, and landscape plans, bicycle parking. and architectural mock-up in later stages of the project. developers have worked with the compliance team to address ocii goals. the team will issue additional requests for proposals for professional services contracts in the coming months with the intent of award being as many contracts to meet or exceed goals. cahill has agreed to be the general contractor and work, including concrete and framing. so the extent possible, they will pursue agreements with local partners to participate in work-related to the modular

portions of the building. the sponsors are sensitive to community skerns about block 9 and have reached out through the mission bay citizens advisory committee, public tours of similar projects, group meetings, individual correspondents and meetings with nearby organizations. the team will continue to reach out as they finalize design. with your approval today, the team will proceed with refining the design, pursue building permits and submit financing applications. we will request approval for a gap loan and ground lease in anticipation of a construction start in early 2020. that concludes our presentation. i would like to introduce a few members of the development team that are here in the audience today. from bridge housing, ali stein. and cynthia luzod. from c.h.p., daniel potter,

serena kalway, and cheyenne. and you met richard and vanna, and from cahill, we have matt ir within. from t.s. studios, we have lee stickels, the landscape architect, and monica wilson from community and real estate development and we thank you and are happy to answer any questions that you might have. >> thank you. madam secretary, do we have any speaker cards? >> yes, we do. ace washington. >> happy new year commissioners, staff, audience, and participants in this great presentation. my name is ace, i'm on the case. to start off with it, you are

going to approve it, so, nothing more for me to say on that, other than my own opinion. and statements. particularly to, what is this agency, housing -- excuse me -- bridge, ok. and it's not -- i'm not here to criticize, i'm simply here just to analyze some of the lies. y'all may not know it, young, but bridge, you talk about the homeless for whom sure nobody look like me. case in point, y'all have nothing today but go back to the c.e.o.s, pull up the record ace after getting out the hospital, surgery in my head. at my worker, i was due for housing through bridge. qualified, black man disabled,

coming out the hospital. and miss davis over there, who knows me quite well in that development, oh, which the way, y'all in partnership with the san francisco housing development corporation, rewind the tapes, i'm a historian. but what happened to me denied me housing. everything was set. until they found out that it was ace getting ready to come in your -- oh, we don't want that. i would never forget, but i knew it was going to come back around, it's not y'all fault but you tell your c.a.o. or whoever, whenever bridge come up, wherever, you have to prove to me, a.-c.-e. and my stamp of approval dealing with the black community. what i'm talking about, give honor to governor newsom, he's gruesome, and i know him, patriotic. talking about blacks but i'm

patriotic. you go back and tell him. a new one out here. i don't have time. but every time until you rectify that and let me know that you deal with black folks in your housing, if you get funding, i want added, i want to find out what you are doing to repair everything, bridge, coming out there betrayal hill with rad, my name is ace, i'm on the case. rad then comes black folks are going to be sad, everybody is coming to take our pad. listen, i'm here, my name is ace and i'm on this case, oh bridge, we are going to talk. >> thank you, mr. washington. ace. >> no more speaker cards. >> no more speaker cards. i will now close public comment and turn to my fellow commissioners for comments and questions.

yes, commissioner rosales. >> commissioner rosales: thank you, i was interested in hearing a little bit more if we are able to on the modular construction piece. i think this is going to be the first one of our projects we have embarked on modular construction. >> that's true. the first ocii project but a couple of affordable housing developments the mayor's office of housing and community development is sponsoring ahead of us in the process. so, a project at 1064-1068 mission street, the federal parking lot and also a project on treasure island pursuing this construction type. >> commissioner rosales: so perhaps someone could walk me or us through like how, what is the procedure? competitive process, yes, i'm hearing and seeing -- >> i can start, and then folks

from the team can jump in to fill in any holes. so yes, there are several modular unit manufacturers that are qualified to do this type of work and have a great deal of experience. so, when we go out in february, the architects have prepared a bid set that specify the plans and it's been designed to be ready for modular. we would issue a request for proposals and the r.f.p. process would be overseen by ocii compliance team like the regular pro curement process and we would receive bids back from any qualified modular developers and kind of work that through. they would be a subconsultant to cahill, so some say in that process and make sure those folks are qualified, strong balance sheets and track records performing on the projects. >> any l.b.e. or s.b.e. in the field? >> there are not. this is one firm a little more local than the others, so this

is becoming something that's more regional and i know the city has undertaken efforts to do a study to look at the possibility of a manufacturing plant to san francisco. i'm not sure what the status is, but there is nothing here in san francisco yet. >> ok. thank you. >> commissioner singh. >> commissioner singh: the same question. when you say modular constructions, and is it factory-built? >> that's right. modular themselves constructed off site manufacturing facility, all four walls of the unit, wood frame construction like here, and complying with local building codes just like they would be here. and they are trucked from the manufacturing facility and craned into place and connected to the site to all the utilities, plumbing, the wiring,

and then the exterior facade is constructed on-site just like for any project. >> where is going to be built, in san francisco or somewhere else? >> it's not going to be in san francisco, unfortunately, there are no manufacturing facilities in san francisco that do this work. put out a request for proposals but there are facilities, one in valejo, a couple others in california, idaho, so, we may have to reach a little further on this one because this is so new. >> commissioner singh: ok, thank you. >> commissioner bustos. >> vice chair bustos: hello, ok. so, but on that note, you know, one of the things that should be known and the staff knows is we have been really trying hard to make sure that san francisco builds san francisco. and you know, fact this is former redevelopment land, 100% san francisco, we were really

pushing to have long time san francisco build the city. so, i understand if we don't have a facility that builds modular units here, but i definitely am going to challenge that we look to see which other ways, right, so, to cahill, and others, you know, when you go out and look for professional services, you know, we want san franciscans, businesses here a long time and cahill, you are san francisco-based company, i think you can appreciate the fabt that we, you know, we actually will ask staff to give us bios of the companies that you'll have subcontracts with, and this is for everybody, including the architects, because we want, you know, it's the right thing to do. so, i mean -- >> yeah, and cahill is committed

to this with ocii and the rest of the partners, and we are exploring all the different avenues, where we could integrate s.b.e., local contractors and hiring into the modular process, whether it's the on-site security, transportation, things like that. so, we are certainly exploring these options and we do believe it's really, really important and cahill has demonstrated that over the course of our history here. in terms of the commitment to the community and what it means to hire locally, both businesses as well as the on-site labor. >> sure. and you know, a lot of companies that moved in like a year or two ago that will be bidding for this and competing against companies that have been here maybe decades. i know monica and i have had conversations about this, it's just the right thing to do. so i appreciate your efforts in advance. so -- so i have an issue with

the design. i know i'm not an architect, so please excuse my ignorance. but some years ago we talked about the wow factor and just because you may be poor or homeless does not mean you shouldn't have a wow factor. i understand we are dealing with some constraints the fact that it is modular and dealing with issues the fact this is, you know, we have these small studios. but when i was looking at the design, the first thing i thought, i was like well, this kind of -- some ways looks like an institution. i'm not talking about the inside, i know we are constrained by that. but i think we can look at the outside. you have some windows that are very small versus some of the windows that pull out. so, in the cases where i'm

looking at slide number 18, it almost looked like it's not finished, that we either ran out of money and where would have been a big area that maybe a window would have been, i'm looking at the green sections, that almost like ran out of money and when we did is we put in a small window. that's not wow. the -- i think if i were to live in one of these units i would probably get claustrophobic. i don't mean to be disrespectful, but maybe we can take a look at, you know, putting bigger windows or something. i mean, i like the fact that it tilts so it gives people an opportunity to have that bay view, but maybe we can put glass where there's those four

squares, four rec tangles that maybe instead of putting one small one in a place, we can put, fill in the rest. so i'm hoping we can take a look at that. i like the colors, i think you guys have done a good job with that. i think you know what i'm saying. >> okay. >> so -- i would love to see some effort to take a look at that and rethink how that can look so that folks who live in these units can have enough light because units are small, and you know, i think it would be helpful to them. some hoping and praying that it is. those are my only comments. >> ok, thank you. >> thank you, commissioner bustos. i have a few questions. how many floors are these? >> it's four floors.

>> four floors. and so i understand -- >> sorry, five floors, sorry. >> five, ok. and you count the ground floor as one floor? >> yes. >> well, like in other countries. and the square footage of the units again? >> those average, i want to say 366 square feet for the regular studio units. and for the studio plus units it's an average of 468 square feet. >> really small. so, larger windows might provide that feeling of space. so i understand that this is the first modular built-building, so, i'm sure everybody is going to be looking at it and perhaps the wow factor that commissioner bustos is looking for would be great, and so how much exactly are we saving by going through modular? >> we'll know a little more when we get the bids back. after the r.f.p. goes out in

february. initial estimates have us saving approximately 10% in construction costs. so, initial estimates around 6.5 million and saving four months of vertical construction time. >> can you walk us through, or maybe the architect would, which four portions are modular, all four floors, can you enlighten us who are not architects? >> happy to. the ground floor is all site built. it's not modular. >> and the community room is in the ground floor, right? >> welcome back. all the community serving facilities are on the ground floor. upper floors are residential. >> washer, dryers. >> all the rooms, on the ground floor. we try to concentrate all the community functions together to

help build community and get people out of their apartments and interacting with other people. >> and the parking, i know there is only two spaces, but the parking and the bicycle, is it in the basement, going to be a basement. >> there's no basement. >> two parking spaces and the bike parking on the ground floor. bike parking is right next to the main entrance, so it's very convenient. >> so it's all -- all of those services are on the ground floor and the modular pieces. >> modulars will be the upper floors and one of the advantages of the ground floor be nonmodular, the construction can be going on while the modular pieces are being fabricated off site. so, ideally when the ground floor is far enough along, the modular components will show up and start to stack on top of the ground floor. so, they, to be most efficient, they typically, and the modular units are based on what you can get a