january 8, 2020 -- director dunlop. [roll call] we do have a quorum. >> president tsen: i would like to say happy new year to the audience that is here. and hope that 2020 will be a productive year for us at the treasure island development authority. i'm sure that it will. there is much that is happened. we're excited to see it unfold. and also to note that today was the mayor's inaugural celebration here at city hall. i would say it's lovely to see city hall in action to be used in these civic ceremonies where we celebrate the work of city

hall and all the people who make our democracy special in san francisco. so, with that, let's have the next item, please. >> item number 2, general public comment. this item is to all members of the public to address the treasure island development authority board on matters within the subject matter jurisdiction of the authority board and that do not appear on today's agenda. public comment will be held during each item on the agenda. >> president tsen: any members of the public who would like to address the authority? hearing none. next item, please. >> item number 3, report by treasure island director. >> thank you, chair and members of the board. i'd like to begin my report by recognizing karen knowles pierce. karen has served on the treasure

island citizens advisory board since its inception in 2001. so 18 years of monthly meetings. and you know, directors richardson and dunlop here during the entitlement period know that the meetings were more than monthly. karen has not only served on the cab since 2001, she's been the only chair of the cab during that entire period. so the only way she could get out of being chair was to resign from the cab all together. so she advised us in december that she was going to be taking a break and really wanted to bring her here today to recognize her in front of the board. you know, karen has really been a model for involvement in

addition to serving on the cab for tida, she's been on advisory bodies for mission bay and for the transbay program. i'm sure there is a lot of other civic involvement i'm not highlighting but those three programs in themselves are transformational for the city. her interests in the program has been broadbased across all areas, including as a member of the sailing community, being very interested in the marina program and clipper cove as well as housing and the parks and all elements of the program. and you know, her leadership and attendance has been exceptional. the one challenge that we thrown at her is that the cab regularly meets on the first tuesday of each month. and because of her involvement in so many causes, sometimes election days were challenges

and sometimes opening day for the giants was a challenge, too. [laughter] but i'd like to invite karen up to say a few words. i have a little memento for her as well. >> thank you for your kind words, bob. i'm humbled. greetings, everyone. happy new year. to say this has been a distinct pleasure is an understatement. this cab has been one of the most dedicated, intelligent, curious, questioning boards that i've served on. and i would like to encourage the tida board members to integrate the cab in your thoughts, in your meetings, in

your opinions, in your decisions. i know not a lot of action items are being put forward right now. but in the past, before any of you were here, we would occasionally hold joint meetings with both the cab and the tida board on the island. which was a rousing good time. [laughter] they didn't happen often, but they were pretty well attended when they did happen and people seemed to be very interested in this. so as we move forward, watching the transformation on treasure island from flat space in the bay to mounds and mounds and mounds of dirt, filling it up, it's going to be incredibly exciting watching the plans that we've all been involved with move forward and watch the newest neighborhood in san francisco develop.

i really look forward to it. and again, i'm honored to have served on this fantastic board and, of course, wish you and them all the best moving forward in the future. thank you again, bob. >> thank you, karen. >> thank you. >> president tsen: karen, i'd like to add my thanks for your years of service. certainly you were at the genesis when the whole current master plan was being debated and you went through all those hearings. in fact, you served a lot of different mayors over the time. and it's people like you who dedicate their time as residents, as citizens of the city, that makes our city government so much more responsive. so, thank you for your years of dedicated service. >> thank you very much, chair. >> i wanted to thank you combat

medal or something. [laughter] living on the island and the people are -- my neighbors are all good hearted folks, but they can also be very tough [laughter] and this is an important thing for them. so, boy, blessings on you for always having a smile, too. >> thank you. thank you so much, mark, i appreciate it. >> director richardson: thank you so much, karen. when we were going through the process, as bob mentioned, you were always there. we had multiple meetings and we had to talk to a lot of people throughout the city. you were always there. so we thank you and thank your family. your husband was always bringing you in and out. i was talking to you before this meeting. you did not tell me you were going to be stepping down.

i was telling you, you know, some assignment or something. but we know you're with us. and we'll find some ways to work together. god bless you. >> thank you very much, linda, i appreciate it. >> and bob, you have a memento to give to karen? [applause] >> oh, thank you so much, this is beautiful. it's really lovely. i have another crystal, a different crystal one from mission bay for the architectural design of it. so the two will make nice book ends.

thank you, all, i wish you the very best. i'll be keeping my eye on you. >> thank you, chair. continuing my report, you may have seen a lot of news coverage around new year's, we tried to get the word out that the island is under construction. we did still attract a fairly large crowd on new year's eve, but the police department had a good presence. and west park, our parking management consultant, was helping direct traffic on the island. some upcoming activities with one treasure island. they're scheduled to begin their next phase of the construction training program on january 27th. and will be beginning their tax preparation services on february 3rd for island residents to get their taxes prepared. and they're also planning for

black history month, an excursion to the young museum, for their exhibit in recognition of black history month on february 8th. that will include taking a bus for residents from the island to the museum, with support from the housing providers, the villagers and tida. staff, we've been working on preparing an application for infill infrastructure grant with the state of california to fund the widening of hill crest. applications are due on february 18th. and we'll have an update on that pursuit at next month's meeting. mind you that our march meeting will be held on the island. also, over the holidays, we continue to work with the department of emergency management and the public utilities commission to review the november outages and to plan

for the future. we do have a desk top exercise planned for later this month with d.m. and puc staff to role model response protocols for future events. we've also funded the puc to install additional equipment on the on-island distribution equipment. and the underground transmission lines in the east bay to help speed the location of any faults within the underground lines and speed the restoration of power in future outages. we're also doing some tree pruning on ybi at puc's direction to make sure that there is safe distances between the trees and transmission lines on ybi. we've completed the decommissioning and removal of the propane fuel storage.

and that concludes my report. >> president tsen: thank you. are there any questions by the board? is there any public comment on this? hearing none, next item. >> item number 4, communications from and received by tida. >> president tsen: any questions by the board on this item? hearing none, next item. >> item number 5, ongoing business by board of directors. >> president tsen: any questions or comments by the board? hearing none, next item. >> item 6, consent agenda. 6a, approving the minutes of the december 11, 2019 meeting. a motion? >> so moved. >> president tsen: second. all those in favor. all those opposed. the ayes have it. item number 7, resolution approving election of officers

and the appointment of officers to the infrastructure and transportation committee and sustainability committee as nominated by the ad hoc nomination committee to serve a 12-month term of office commenting january 1, 2020 and ending december 31, 2020. >> the ad hoc committee met earlier. the committee was comprised of commissioner richardson, commissioner lai and commissioner fe gusty. for president, we are honored to reelect president commissioner tseng. thank you for your leadership. we have vice president. we nominated commissioner sharon lai. for the chief financial officer,

paul gusty. for the chair, linda richardson. the members will be commissioner tsen. for the members of the committee will be commissioner tsen, richardson and fewsty. flush gusty. those are the nominations. congratulations, everyone. this is before you, it's an action item. do i have a second? all those in favor say aye. all those opposed. the ayes have it. i thank you, board, for the

confidence that you have in me, for me to continue to be chair. and want each and every one of you, because you all have something to add and to give to this authority and to this board. so thank you. >> thank you, congratulations. >> president tsen: next item. item number 8, the year ahead. >> thank you, chair tsen, members of the board. i wanted to, as we often do at this time of year, wanted to take a deeper look at everything that is coming up in this year ahead. it's going to be a very busy year ahead for us on the island as a board. so wanted to go through some of what we're expecting over the next year. i'll touch on the new residential construction as well as infrastructure planning for

the parks, planning for transitional housing, the programs of the treasure island mobility agency, the public financing provisions of the cfd and rifd, as well as an update on the preparation of the budget for next year and the board schedule for the year ahead. on the vertical development, you're aware the bristol, the 124-unit condo building on island broke ground. we'll be having the townhomes at 3y and the 4y parcel break ground this year. the 1y parcel on the west side of yerba buena island will be going through the planning approval and design process, but won't break ground in 2020. this is a rendering of the

bristol. and some renderings, in the upper left, the 3y town homes and in the lower right, the flats of the 4y parcel. treasure island, our first residential project, the building with catholic charities, will break ground in the first quarter of 2020. and the -- that is the only project on treasure island that will actually break ground this year, but the developers see two parcels projects as well as the mercy catholic charity projects will be seeking their final building permits so they'll be able to move into construction early next year. and this is the maceio building. and rendering of the western shoreline.

including the maceo building, the catholic charities building, the mercy building. on -- in order to prepare for those new projects that will be getting occupancy in 2021, both the bristol, several of the 3y and 4y homes, and the maceo may building will all be ready for occupancy in 2021. so this year, we're going to have a lot of infrastructure work we need to complete to be ready for the buildings to be occupied. this map shows the current traffic routing on yerba buena island with the advancement of the construction of the bristol building, we need to close this

yellow kusht alignment of this bypass over the top of the -- current ament alignment of this bypass. they're working to restore traffic to mccullough road by april. that will go through a couple of phases over the next year, between the spring of this year and the spring of 2021. but this will be the traffic circulation, general traffic circulation pattern during that period. the -- as the cta project on the new eastbound off-ramp progresses, we'll prepare for the west side bridges project to start. and the first step will be to prepare a new detour over the top of yerba buena island and that will allow us in 2021, to

close down the west side bridges and start the reconstruction of those west side bridges as well. this is the eastbound interchange, sometimes called the southgate hill crest interchange at the east side of yerba buena island. this project is out to bid right now by the transportation authority and they expect to take bids next week. so this project will be breaking ground this spring and continuing to 2021, but this provides the new off-ramp for traffic coming out of san francisco that will eventually allow us to reconstruct the west side bridges. also on yerba buena island, the water reservoirs are under construction. and on the causeway, they've

begun the process of backfilling the west side of the causeway. have that all restored by june, so they can begin the excavation and construction of the clipper cove side. on treasure island, they've begun the kind of completed the geotechnical throughout the subphase one zone, with the exception of clipper cove. and beginning the process of doing that utility construction within this zone. the block on the upper left is where the maceo may project is going to be constructed. so one of the things we're working with ticd on is how the utility services will come to and from that site. so we want to make sure we have water, power, storm and waste water services.

and infrastructure installed to serve that site when that project is completed in 2021. in addition to that subphase one area, there is a number of other critical projects on treasure island outside of the subphase one area that are going to be important to supporting the new homes as they're completed. that includes the new electrical switchyard and overhead lines connecting it to the east bay line and connecting the new switchyard to the new construction. as we discussed, our goal here is to have all of this in service by the end of 2020. both to serve the new homes, but also to greatly improve reliability of service to existing homes. also developers working with pg&e on a new gas main,

connecting the location to the zone of new construction. that will be a new temporary line in along the waterfront at clipper cove over to the east side of the island. and then a new temporary sanitary sewer force main taking flows from the new area of development to the existing waste water treatment plant and eventually to the new waste water treatment plant. sfpuc is also scheduled to put the new waste water treatment plant out to bid this spring. and this is the current schematic showing the layout of the existing -- of the new plant relevant to the new switchyard location and the wetland you seen the east side are to take excess reclaimed water not

needed for irrigation and other uses on the island. they will run that through a wetland and then eventually out through the storm water outfall to the bay. also, making significant progress this year are the ferry facilities on the west side of the island. that work will continue through the end of this month and then they'll take a break for a few months and pick up again in june of this year. continuing through the end of the year. and then coming back june and july of 2021 for a few finishing items to close out that contract. for subphase 3, the next phase of development, the target is to get final subdivision maps and street improvement permits completed by the end of october of 2020. and then to -- at the same time, while we're working on the

permits and mapping of the parcels to start the isolation of the utility services within that zone and the demolition of some of the surplus buildings in that area. so between now and this summer, tic plans to take down some of the smaller outbuildings along clipper cove. as well as we're vacating what used to be the officers' club, the oasis, depending on what era you were familiar with the island. but will be preparing that building for demolition as well. and then following in later 2020, or 2021 with the jag building, the rugby clubhouse and some other facilities within the subphase 3 area. we'll also working with the gaelic football club and the

golden gate rugby club to develop a new field on a portion of what had been the soil stock pile area. so they can relocate their programs that are currently on california avenue to that site so that they will be out of the way for the subphase 3 work. on the parks, we have a number of things to finalize this year, including the o and m procedures and we'll be bringing those back to you this spring as well as we'll be bringing the parks budget projections for the early years of the parks operations. we are working on the parks code and expect to bring a draft of that to you in february as well as having conversations exploring government structures and maintenance staffing for the

parks' operations. on the transitional housing front, we continue to work outreach to pre-dda residents, premarketing for the bristol and it will be the first project to be both through premarketing next month, followed by 3y and 4y parcels later in the year. working with those households that may income-qualify to go through the certification process, either for rent or for sale opportunities. working with mohcd to define placement procedures in advance of the mercy building, which will be our first building transitioning significant numbers of pre-dda residents, as well as continuing to process any in-lieu requests from residents requesting to leave

the island. also with the adoption by the board last year of policies for post dda residents, we are continuing our outreach to them to advise them of the new opportunities, particularly informing them of the process to become income-certified for below market rate opportunities. for the tima, this will also be a busy year for them as they are looking to put in place a number of policies and procedures with the target of starting ferry service, east bay transit service, and tolling by the end of 2021. one of the items there will be adopting having the tima commission adopt affordability programs, the initial hours and operations and toll levels by the end of 2020. developing initial ferry and ac

transit service plans. and i've asked the tima to give an update to the board at the february meeting on the ferry service planning. as well as to continue the autonomous vehicle study they've been undertaking. on a community facilities district, we expect to issue the first debt, or the first set of bonds under the cfd by the end of march. as well as to form improvement areas 2 and 3 on treasure island. the initial improvement area on -- under the cfd applied only to the yerba buena parcels, so we need to form new improvement areas and incorporate the parcels on the subphase 1 areas of treasure island. for the irfd, we'll need annex in the parcels within the subphase 3 area.

and establish new project areas covering those subphase 3 parcels within the initial treasure island subphase area, yerba buena island, we initially formed five project areas and we'll be having three or four project areas in the subphase 3 region. for this coming year's fiscal years city budget, mayor's office issued budget instructions on december 16th. and we've been working to update our work order estimates with particularly public utilities and public works, but also sfmta, planning and other city agencies to prepare our budget projections for next year. and we'll bring informational presence on the budget to our next tida board meeting as well before making our initial budget

to the mayor office on february 21st. we'll come back in april for formal adoption of the budget. and then the mayor's office will submit the budget to the board on may 1st. for the board next year, at the main highlight here is we're expecting to have the on-island meetings in march, july and november. and that also will be doing budget information presentations this year. our annual contract renewal is in june. and then election of officers next fall. and then per our conversations at our december meeting, we're incorporating quarterly sustainability committee meetings beginning with our first meeting on january 21st and then we'll have

infrastructure and transportation meetings in march and keep the cycle throughout the year. that concludes my update, but happy to answer questions. >> president tsen: wonderful. i'll open it up. >> director dunlop: thank you so much. first i guess i'm not going to make a speech, but i want to say how exciting this year is going to be. we've been involved before the plans were adopted. and it almost seemed like this is not going to happen due to all sorts of issues. but it is. and it's happening. and stuff is getting built. and this is why we're here. and that is just so exciting to me. so it's going to be a wonderful year. i hope. you never know. so i just wanted to ask, if i could, bob, about the tea-fest.

i'm not going to be there. will there be some place sooner or later, are they part of the planning or not? >> we are keeping dialogue open with them about potentially returning the following year. so we're going to kind of monitor that as it goes and see if they're not interested in returning, i think there are other operators that would be interested in that type of program to the island. >> director dunlop: great. in the same vain, the rugby clubhouse, that is going to be taken down, is there going to be another clubhouse? it's a cool little place. >> yeah. the gaelic football club has a facility in the existing school site. and right now, the golden gate rugby club has been talking with them about using that facility for their needs, but we haven't discussed setting up an

additional club -- or a replacement clubhouse. >> director dunlop: thank you for all the work that you and the staff are doing. have been doing and will be doing in the future. thank you. >> president tsen: ms. richardson. >> director richardson: again, i want to echo commissioner dunlop, thank you for the great work that you and your staff are doing. and also with our partners. this year is going to be another defining year. i know that we've accomplished a lot of milestones. getting 2020, verticals, things are going to happen. one thing i would like for us to really think about is now that everything is coming into place, on the mind of a lot of people, not only in san francisco, but

the region, and nationwide internationally. and often times, this is the time for us to be generating our own report. sometimes there are lots of disinformation out there about this great development and we know we put a lot of work into what we're doing here. sometimes not everybody gets a chance to look at what we're doing here, to see the fine work that details that there is no other development anywhere in north america like this project here. so when people write about what we're doing here and sometimes there is disinformation, that's when everybody hears about that. and believe me, every news report coming out here, we hear from the community, city hall. so this year is a year that we need to find ways, and again, commissioners, ideas you may have to work with president that

we need to set the record straight. so that at least people will know exactly what is going on here and where we are. believe me, a lot of people said that should be done. i think during that calendar year, we should do workshops where commissioner ten tsen. i want to put this out there, that we're going to do something about that. secondly, i would like recurring things on the agenda, we need to decide on the transition of housing. that needs to be way up there, given the fact that we've been working on there. that wait, we're only talking 200 residents. and now with the new post dda, and so that way, we ask before

that, it would be great to have a decision made so we can all work together and be able to help you and the staff. that's all i have. again, thank you. >> director shifrin: a couple of clarification questions. on the cifd and the rfid, do you know the timing of that. >> the may june time. >> director shifrin: but the construction in that area is not set to happen this year? >> no. we'll be doing, as i said in the subphase 3 area, we'll be doing utility isolation and demolition, but the geotech cal won't start until 2021. >> and the interim gas main and the electrical lines that were

on -- let's see. here we go. the supporting utility infrastructure. just curious on the timing of that and if it has any intersection with some of the concerns that we heard earlier this year around preventing future outages? >> yeah, the work -- the geotech cal work is ongoing right now on the site of the switchyard. that is completed by june. and they'll set that equipment and wire it in by the end of the year. and that new switch gear should greatly increase the reliability of service on the island.

the ability of the existing switch gear to ride through searches that result when a tree limb falls on a power line or something like that, that limb makes temporary contact and falls away, sometimes that can cause a fault in the existing equipment, where this new equipment would ride through an incident like that without causing a power outage. as we go through 2021, we should see a great increase in the reliability. it's about connecting the newly installed infrastructure to the treatment plant and the gas regulator. they don't have as much influence on the performance of the rest of the existing utilities. >> director shifrin: got it. great. another timing question. the freeway, the i-80 eastbound interchange, i just want to make sure i understand, this work

that is going on is going to -- is not going to cause any closures of the actual bay bridge, right? >> no. it's happening adjacent to the bridge. >> director shifrin: and it says the construction is starting early 2020 and late 2021, so you expect delivery by late 2021? >> yes. >> director shifrin: one last thing. on the maps, is it possible to do a keep map where you can see where it is in relation to everything else. just because some of the -- yeah. >> that's -- that's a good request for members of the audience and board members and all of us, so thank you. >> director lai: thank you. quick question on the reason behind pausing construction on completing the ferry pier along

building one before coming back in july. is it weather-related? >> it's fish spawning condition. we can only do work in the water during certain moments. >> that's a great reason. and then i notice pretty much adjacent to the rugby field is the baseball diamond. i know there is a soccer field somewhere on the island that is pretty heavily used. are those being impacted and do we have a plan to relocate those? >> there are -- the gaelic football club operates a total of three fields on the island. the one on california and then the two on 13th street. and i think the one you're referring to as a soccer field may be one of the gaelic fields. they do host, for instance, san francisco flag football league games, they host lacrosse games. because the gaelic football

field is larger in dimension than most other sports programs, they can accommodate sometimes two fields within one of their fields. so they do host them. and those fields are not being effected yet, and then the two little league fields are not scheduled to be affected in the near future, but we're looking down the road to when the one that -- the southern most one along the eastern shoreline is effected, we're looking at what our options will be to relocate it elsewhere. >> director lai: i know a lot of the kids, recreational leagues, they do rely on treasure island as a resource, because the rest of the mainland, it's so hard to find space. so that's great we'll continue to look at options. and then i think hopefully this stays within the parameter of this agenda item. i feel that maybe this is an opportunity for the directors to

mention things that we would like to focus on this year. >> sure. >> director lai: so, i think probably people who come to this meeting regularly will come to know a lot of my focus is around the transportation aspects. and i'm sure we're going to cover a lot of this during our itc meetings as well as tima is taking the lead in a lot of these conversations. but i would like to reiterate that i think we need to focus a lot on figuring out the ferry service plan, what is the board's actual policy? are we continuing to look at a variety of options and different models? that are competitive and will allow us to have flexibility on the financing side? and then the other thing that we've talked about multiple times now, is the bike connection. i personally feel very strongly about and i understand it's not

up to tida or even the city, because it's bay area toll authority's jurisdiction as well, but hopefully, i hope in 2020 we can continue to work on pushing that forward to provide a physical bike connection from the island to san francisco. and then the other transportation-related item i would like to look into how we can provide a robust school bus system for the island onto the mainland. i know the next item we have is an informational item on potential school discussion, but i'm not even talking about that. this is just overall because even with local schools within the same neighborhood, a lot of families do need to, or choose to, go cross-town for schools and this will certainly help with our congestion and our

overall transportation strategy as well as equity and access issues. and then, the other priority that i know we just talked about the last hearing, is that -- i think in the first quart other of 2020 we need to look at evaluating our outreach strategy more seriously. and make sure we're still on the same page with the assumptions and what our needs are in the foreseeable future before we're put in the position to have to make another financial decision on funding. >> and i'll be having that on the february agenda, that conversation. >> director lai: perfect. thank you. >> president tsen: thank you so much for this report, bob, of our year ahead. and this commission and its committees are going to be very busy. there is much to consider. and particularly, this year, really when we are taking flight. the infrastructure is being done

and the developments are being done, so it's very exciting time to be on the board of the treasure island development authority to be helping guide the future of the island. i think in terms of priorities, certainly the affordable housing has to be most serious priority. we know that the market rate housing will be built and we hope it will be successful. but really the purview of this authority is really to be sure that the affordable housing is resolved, that it has sufficient funds that it needs to make it successful. and that we continue with the next phases of the affordable housing. because if we do not meet that goal of 2000 units, then we are actually failing in our public

mission. so affordable housing has to be one of those items we continue to focus on to have our eyes on. the other element we're providing is the park and the open space. and there is lots of planning that is being done around that. we're looking in the next few months at the operations, the management for the parks and the open space, but there is still a lot of decisions that need to be made about what those parks will be, how they will be managed, how they will be governed. in fact, one of the things i would like to look at is creation of a nonprofit trust or conservancy that many cities do. that is an entity that can raise additional private funds, foundation funds, to support the maintenance and ongoing programming and operation for

the parks. part of the reason why we are putting together this sustainability committee, that's another goal of ours, is to make sure that all that we do can be at the cutting edge of the sustainability. there is so much we need to do, where we fit in the overall world order. and what we do will also affect climate change. it will affect type of native plants that will grow on our island. and also the type of flora, fauna and living things that will be there. and i think we have to be very conscious of that. and i'm hoping the sustainability committee is going to take that under their purview. certainly the transit is so important. and we are working with tima going forward with that. and it is my hope that this year

we will finalize an equitable policy. there is a lot of debate about that, but hopefully, with the wisdom of this board, together with the comments it gets from the public that we will come to some sort of resolution on the tolling policy. the ferry service is such an important part of that overall transportation plan. and we have to find funding for the ferry services. not only just to build the terminal, which is being done with our capital dollars, but we have to have the ferrys that will come to the terminal and certainly finding the money for that is going to be very important. but there is much before us this year. but i very much want to thank bob beck, our executive director. you know, this type of very comprehensive implementation of a long-term master plan takes so many aspects.

it has to have knowledge about infrastructure, financing, about the community that we're trying to create. and certainly we cannot do it without bob. so i want to say a special thank you to you, bob, for your leadership and for -- and your staff as well. but we are very grateful for our service. >> thank you. and really, it's tida staff that makes all of this possible. >> president tsen: yes, i understand that. an extension to tida staff. because i see representative from picd here. we would also see that we rely on our partners to do your part, which is to make sure that the market rate side is successful so we can continue to have the funding to do the public realm objectives that we have. so good for the year.

and is there any public comment? hearing none, next item. >> item 9. treasure island elementary school site. >> so it's been sometime since we gave an -- had a discussion at the board about the elementary school site on the island. and the plans for the future, so i thought i would give an overviau view of that -- overview of that for the members of the board, because we've been approached by the school district about locating an additional charter school program on the island next year. and we anticipate bringing that lease to you in february. but i wanted to put that in the contoext the long-term plans for the island. that was the purpose of the discussion today.

so the school district, originally began operating an elementary school on the island in the 60s. that was when the first portion of the housing was constructed along with the school site. and they continued operating it after the base closure, but the population for the school was not sustainable. so they ended up closing that facility in 2000. but the development plan does call for the reestablishment of an elementary school on treasure island. and that is what i wanted to go through, what the provisions of that are in the dda. the dda includes us providing a site to the school district, the historical elementary school site. and a subsidy payment from ticd

of $5 million that is escalated to the time of payment in order to assist the school district in refurbishing the site, for either k-5 or k-8 facility on treasure island. the time lines in the dda call for the school district or tida to obtain a building permit and commence work to rehabilitate the school prior to the issuance of the building permit for the 2500 residential unit which currently could happen as early as 2024 we're looking at that to make sure we're looking at that time line. coincidently, i was also contacted by a consultant of the school district, they're in the process of updating their demographic and treasure island is one of the areas of focus.

they're also looking at when would be the right timing from a sustainable operations perspective to open a school on the island. and the dda does provide if the school district or tida fail to bring a school to the island, that ticd has the option to seek a qualified operator subject to the authority's approval to refurbish and operate the school. this is an area of -- aerial of the existing school site. this picture is one that i found in the archives. the playground is not as nicely organized as depicted here, but this was kind of the school in its heyday. the several buildings that comprise the school site are a little more than 50,000 square foot of building space on about

7.5 acres, including all of the playgrounds. here's the key map for the prior site. so the turquoise site kind of the north central side of the island is the school site where the elementary school has historically been and is proposed to be in the future. that is depicted in various of our documents in slightly different ways. this is the way it is depicted in exhibit "g" to the public property map. the image here on the left is how it was depicted in the parks and open space plan. which estimated a total campus of 6.3 acres, but the final configuration of the site is going to be subject to future discussions with the school district and their planning efforts on how to best lay out the campus. we want to provide them with the

site appropriate to their needs. so that's what the dda calls for and the timing of that. the -- the interim uses i mentioned, we've been approached by the school district and they've toured the facility. they have a number of applications next year for new charter school programs and this is one of many sites they're looking at to house charter school programs for next year. and so they don't need the entirety of the elementary school site, but would need a portion of it as well as a portion of the playground. and we're working on a lease agreement with them that we would bring to the tida board next week. and we asked them to plan to call to the march on-island

board meeting to give a presentation and if residents are interested, they could explore opportunities to participate. the other aspect, this doesn't constitute the -- it's anticipated under the dda, so the target of activating the school as an elementary school site is still out there for us to pursue. and the school district is making these decisions aware that this would just be an interim location for the charter school program while they continue to explore long-term options for these programs as well. but happy to take any questions you have about this. >> president tsen: thank you so much. >> director richardson: thank you, mr. bob beck. you know, we develop and we're looking at the plan here, i think it's 7.5 acres.

as a san francisco resident, someone that also been engaged with the unified district for years now, some of us here that work along with them, know about the demographics. we need to make this in sort of a partnership and to see the design, the development of that land, based on what we know, i think we should work to be able to work with them. and this also applies to the job core. what is happening, in the last 10 years, a lot of san francisco unified school district have abandoned a lot of their facilities. we know that across town. and so in the demographic study in there, we know a lot about that. what i'm trying to convey here is that we should sit down with

them in the job corps. there are many ideas how to develop these for the job corps and the unified school districts. that way we be able to inform what is the best practice for the land that will be multipurposely served in conjunction with everything we're doing here. that is what i would like this suggest. and in terms of the charter school, i think it's great, but it's very interesting because we have to testify before the unified school district. i'm pro-charter school. i think it's great to have alternative schools and it will be welcome in treasure island. but let's be very clear, what the unified school district actually want. so please bring this to us and keep this commission involved, so that we can be part of the

process. in making this thing happen. >> president tsen: thank you. >> director lai: thank you. am i to understand we would be transferring the landownership to the school district, or does it already belong to the school district? >> it currently belongs to us and we would transfer ownership to them when they commit to improving the facilities. >> director lai: i think i remember in the past election in november, there was a ballot measure that allows school district land to be used for teacher housing. does this expand that ability on this island? because obviously we have our maximum development requirements based on our environmental review and wondering if there is has been any discussion around teacher housing on site?

>> they haven't expressed any interest in providing housing on this site. or elsewhere on the island. but this would be for -- currently zoned for school use. so it would be changing in use if they were to try -- >> director lai: thank you for that response. i wasn't clear on the communication that has happened so far. and then i'm just curious as to how an interim new charter school would work. and perhaps this will be presented at the next month hearing. i would be very curious to understand where these students will end up later. meaning would the charter school then close and then students would be disbursed to other schools? >> my understanding from conversations with them, they

were looking -- they would look to relocate this to another facility, but based on the number of program requests they had for next year and the number of sites they could have, that would be deliverable within that time frame, this is a site they had previously toured because they were looking toward the long-term reuse. and knew that it was in good condition for potential rapid turnover for use as early as next year, that they were looking at this as a site they could house a program for a period of time while a more permanent home could be provided. >> director lai: and i wonder what period of term might be. do we expect the charter school to be able to be there for five or 10-year period? >> again, consistent with what i described on the current thoughts on when we might want or need to bring a new elementary school to the island,

it would not be ten years. >> director lai: 2024. >> yeah, but it would be more in the three to four year range. >> director lai: i misunderstood. i thought maybe perhaps the elementary school and the charter school could share the facility? >> i think that's a level of operational analysis we haven't got to in terms of when there would be, from a demographic perspective, when there would be basis for starting a school. and i know that anecdotally, sometimes they start schools with an incoming class and then build a second grade class and third grade. and it would grow over time. but that's a level of demographic analysis and operational discussion we haven't reached yet. >> director lai: i think this is great to have interim uses at any facility that is functional

on the island. i think next month, i would be curious to hear about the plan for relocation, because obviously we don't want to get into a situation where the public elementary school needs to come in, but then the charter school may not have a found an appropriate location. as we know, there are scarce opportunities on the mainland to have new schools. so it's a concern, but it sounds like there is lots of operational strategies that we could explore. and then i'm wondering what -- if this conversation also ties in with the life learning academy's long-term relocation plan? because my understanding is their current location is essentially temporary and we have to work with them to maybe hopefully find another location for them on the island? >> yes. the current location where

they're at lies within what has been designated in the future as the recreational field area. and so we would want to relocate them, unfortunately, in planning an entitle document, there wasn't a specific future home identified for them, but was more language to the extent of they would continue to operate in their current location and be incorporated into the new land use plan. so we've had some preliminary conversations with them, both ticd and tida staff, about both their evolving vision for their programs. as you know, they've recently incorporated that the housing capability with their program, they'd also like to grow their population, or their enrollment base over the future to as many as 100 students. so we're having conversations

with them about what their program needs would be. and conceptually, alternatives on where that might fit in based on timing. but it's all very preliminary at this point. >> director lai: thank you. >> president tsen: mr. dunlop. >> director dunlop: thank you, madame president. just going on the life learning academy. didn't they just build a facility for them? last year? >> yeah, they just incorporated a housing facility adjacent to their existing school site. they -- many of their students are marginally housed. you know, they don't have necessarily secure and stable home situations. and so this was something that they had been wanting to provide

to students for a number of years. and they built it with recognition that site would not be permanent, but that they felt that they could make that investment in a way that even if they get 5-8 years of use out of it, it will have been a worth while investment to the students. >> director dunlop: will it get 5-8 years? >> it should get at least five in that location and i would expect probably eight. but in that range. >> director dunlop: thank you. and now, as far as the elementary school, are we required to give them back the land? or what is -- is there -- is it an expectation or requirement? >> it's -- it's -- there is no formal agreement between the

city and the school district. the dda does say that we would make this opportunity available to them to renovate and operate the facility. and so i think the -- might need to consult the city attorneys if that establishes a requirement or expectation, but it is included in the dda that the school district would have this opportunity, although, to my knowledge, there is no forumal agreement between tida and the school district. >> director dunlop: thank you. i think a grade school would be wonderful because we are currently a neighborhood. but to have a school operating, just, you know, sort of cements the neighborhood i believe. and as far as job corps go, they're a federal program. can we do work with them? i like your suggestion.

>> yeah. we've done some work with their training programs over the years. and they've had some recent conversations with us and the city-build program on aligning program -- their training programs with the city's placement programs. we also -- i've been having staff-level discussions with the department of labor and the staff about the future of their campus as well. so we're exploring the possibilities. >> director dunlop: thank you. one more question. i believe one of the latest bond issues was to try to find housing for teachers, police officers, fire, people. and is that something we'll see in the future, getting funding through that sort of venue? >> it's a possibility.

you know, we expect that with our first five buildings that we'll be constructing, we'll be working with partners under the one treasure island umbrella to fulfill our transition housing obligations as well as the obligations in the tida agreement for constructing new units with the member agencies. but then after those first projects, we have an additional 15 parcels. and we'll be working on both funding solutions for those projects, which may open avenues towards some of the types of housing that you -- that you described as well as putting them out for r.f.p.s, or for proposals to affordable housing developers after we fulfilled

the one treasure island agreement obligation. >> director dunlop: great. quick comment. such a small world. i happen to know the guy who was principal at the end of the elementary school. so he'll be excited. thank you. >> president tsen: so you know, this item is going to be coming back to us in february. did you have another -- >> director richardson: just a quick comment. bob, your conversation with dda, and calls specifically decide for education is well stated there. and i think we need to stay within the parameter there, because in our development, yes, we have provisions for housing development, which is separate. and we can talk about that. but this particular parcel calls fort education and development in there and that's the key. just, we can again, help them please to development. and i just want to convey that.

and also, the unified school district have lot of properties all over san francisco. not a lot of people are looking at. so they really want to develop their pursuit in the mainland. they have a lot of opportunities to do that, too. >> president tsen: okay. if i could -- is there any other comments, i'd like to open it up to the public. if there are comments from the public. >> good afternoon. happy new year. sherry williams with one treasure island. so the school was actually closed in 2005. and it was very much a community hub for the school. and it was very critical for us when we were trying to build a new neighborhood that is comprised of people of shared economic backgrounds, it was a way for people to come together and integrate. and it was extremely important

for the community. and the boys and girls club was there. and even after the school closed, the five keys charter school had a high school there. there was a youth build program. so my point is that the school site was very much like a public use site. even after it was -- wasn't a school any longer. and then it has morphed over the years where there is a lot more private uses of the site. and it's adjacent to the housing area. i have to say in retrospect, maybe there could have been better negotiations about, you know, finding ways to generate funding for the operations of the island and the project while allowing residential uses or public uses of the facilities at the same time. so i guess my comment in terms of charter school is that if there is any way to kind of negotiate if they are going to be there, if there is something

they're bringing to the community. is there a space they're bringing to the community that the community can use? is there programming, a service they can do? because there are facilities there currently that are not open to the community. that would be an incredible asset to the residents of the island. so i think maybe leveraging some of this to see, you know, for all of the interim -- and i share commissioner lai's concern about the duration of the school and once somebody gets situated, it's very hard to move. but that when we're looking at, especially this site in particular, which is public and intended to be a public use site, is there ways that you maximize its uses not just for private use but where the community can also have access? >> president tsen: thank you. i would add it is important to have school. education is so important to the development of a community. and you're absolutely right that

is a resource for parents particularly can gather as well with their children. and it can be more than just for the school. it can be a community resource. and actually, if it is a school for the residents, that they can be -- the children of ti residents can go there as well, it helps with the traffic problems. that people don't have to go off-island and send their children off-island. so it would be a resource of residents of treasure island. this item is going to be come back to us again for discussion and consideration. and it's actually going to be multiyear. it's not going to be just one discussion. >> and i did want to also highlight that our march on-island meeting we're going to use the auditorium at the school site, rather than the ymca, so

you'll get a look at the facility. >> president tsen: i'm so glad a school site was considered in the overall master plan. let's see. next item. >> item number 10, discussion of future agenda items by directors. >> president tsen: do we have any comments? hearing none. next item. >> meeting is adjourned. >> president tsen: thank you all. happy new year.

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francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the

time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and sometimes people would say this is earthquake weather. is this earthquake weather? >> no. not that i have heard of. no such thing. >> there is no such thing. >> we are talking about the weather in a daily or weekly cycle. there is no relationship. i have heard it's hot or cold weather or rain. i'm not sure which is the myth. >> how about time of day?

>> yes. it happens when it's least convenient. when it happens people say we were lucky and when they don't. it's terrible timing. it's never a good time for an earthquake. >> but we are going to have one. >> how about the ground swallowing people into the ground? >> like the earth that collapsed? it's not like the tv shows. >> the earth does move and it bumps up and you get a ground fracture but it's not something that opens up and sucks you up into haddes.

>> it's not going anywhere. we are going to have a lot of damage, but this myth that california is going to the ocean is not real. >> southern california is moving north. it's coming up from the south to the north. >> you would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay area. >> for better or worse. >> yes. >> this is a tough question. >> those other ones weren't tough. >> this is a really easy challenge. are the smaller ones less stress? >> yes. the amount released in small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many

of those. >> i think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of magnitude earthquakes of 4.7. >> so small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard about this thing called the triangle of life and up you are supposed to

go to the edge of your bed to save yourself. is there anything of value to that ? >> yes, if you are in your room. you should drop, cover and hold onto something. if you are in school, same thing, kitchen same thing. if you happen to be in your bed, and you rollover your bed, it's not a bad place to be. >> the reality is when we have a major earthquake the ground shaking so pronounced that you are not going to be able to get up and go anywhere. you are pretty much staying where you are when that earthquake hits. you are not going to be able to stand up and run with gravity. >> you want to get under the door frame but you are not moving to great distances. >> where can i buy a richter scale?

>> mr. richter is selling it. we are going to put a plug in for cold hardware. they are not available. it's a rather complex. >> in fact we don't even use the richter scale anymore. we use a moment magnitude. the richter scale was early technology. >> probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is fine. is that true ? >> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the

bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey,

>> good afternoon welcome to the land use transportation committee for january 27, 2020. i am the chair of the committee, aaron peskin. i am joined by vice chair safai see and dean preston. our clerk is erica major. do you have any announcements? >> please make sure to silence cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items today will be on the