and then, it is a unanimous vote, and then, i think the same thing will happen here. we'll have multiple conversations, and think we're going to lock arms that will put san francisco at the forefront of the environmental movement, and it will have impact across the state and across the rest of the country. but i don't want to lose that impact. when i say impacts, it impacts the folks in chinatown. it impacts restaurants all over the city, and then, the construction industry, we'll hear more from them. as i've sat in this meeting, i've gotten some opinions from the construction industry that the cost doesn't go up, it goes down. i'd just like some analysis by going to another construction mode, does it impact the cost

of construction because this idea of being able to heat water in a multi -- a multiunit building, that is an important piece of the conversation. that is something where i'm not exactly convinced that technology has caught up with our policy demands. i'm sure it will, but it'll be interesting to have more thoughtful conversation about that, as well. thank you, mr. chair. >> chair peskin: thank you, supervisor safai. supervisor preston, any last comments? >> supervisor preston: no. >> chair peskin: perfect. so let me just say this about that, which is right now, and to the foreseeable future. there are so many restaurant spaces that are serving guests that will be served by this legislation. as we are tea yalking about ne

housing starts with restaurants down below, a handful may have restaurants, a handful of those may ask to have gas. this is kind of not a really important conversation, but i do want to honor the chinese american community of san francisco, so let's have that conversation. i don't think this is about new housing starts, i think it's really about having a conversation with the chinese commerce, the chinese benevolent association. that is the conversation that i have, and i know that supervisor mandelman is amenable to that. on the amendments, madam clerk, i've made a motion to adopt that. madam clerk, can i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion to amend --

[roll call] >> clerk: you have three ayes. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam clerk, and on the motion to continue the item as amended, roll call, please. [roll call] >> clerk: you have three ayes. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam clerk. is there any more business before this committee? >> clerk: there's no further business. >> chair peskin: seeing none, thank you, everyone, thank you, members of the public, thank you, supervisor safai, thank you, supervisor preston, thank you, supervisor mandelman. and with that, we are adjourned. [gavel]

treasure island mobility agency board. britney milton is our clerk. please call the role. >> supervisor fewer: here. present. >> supervisor haney: present. >> supervisor mandelman: present. mar absent. >> supervisor peskin: present. >> supervisor preston: present. >> supervisor ronen: present. >> supervisor safa

>> supervisor safai: >> supervisor stefani: present. >> supervisor walton: present. >> president yee: present. we have quorum. >> thank you, madame clerk. please read the next item. >> public comment. public comment will be available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling 1-415-655-0001, and when prompted, entering access code, 146 226 7339 # #. once you join, you'll be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. to make public comment on an item, dial star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. when it is your turn, you will hear a message saying your line is unmuted. the operator will advise you have two minutes to speak. when the two minutes are up, we will move on to the next caller. best practices are to speak, slowly, clear and turn down radios and televisions around

you. please allow for a 30-second lag time. >> thank you. next item. >> item 2, chair's report. this is an information item. >> thank you, madame clerk. i first want to recognize the effort that the timma staff with our board support have made to secure federal, state and city funding for yerba buena. we received five funding proposals for the various on the island. the water transportation agency granted a inner city rail capital program funds to -- planned new service to mission bay. we supported the original grant application which requested two

all-electric vessels, one each to serve the treasure island and mission bay routes and we're hopeful this grant will benefit both services. in june, the california department of housing and community development announced awar awards infill for the $30,000 grant to the treasure island authority for road and bicycle and pedestrian path improvements. this funding will support the final design and implementation of the treasure island toll and transit affordability and equity programs. and finally, this past month we submitted two separate applications for funding to support the yerba buena pathway project. we still have over a quart over the year left to -- quarter of the year left to go.

i want to appreciate staff diligence in collaborating to security outside funding to -- secure outside funding to support the islands. with that, i conclude my remarks. is there any public comment on the chair's report? >> there are no public comments. >> great. madame clerk, please read the next item. >> yes, item 3, executive director's report, this is information item. >> good morning, thank you, chair haney, commissioners, short update in addition to the chair's remark and appreciating staff for those funding efforts. i wanted to report out on the good news on ta federally funde

meeting. and we're about a third of the way through the planning for the on island shuttle demonstration of autonomous vehicle technology. yesterday, we received good news that the federal highway administration which administers our federal grant did approve the concept of operations and system engineering management plan. these are documents we've been working on closely with caltrain and our partners at tida and sfmta. so just a progress note to say that we're making good use of the funds so far. we've taken direction, again, from the committee as well going forward to ensure that we're looking at safety as well as involving the community in the whole project. and we are preparing now for procurement next year with potential deployment in the fall

of 2021. given high interest in this topic, our team also presented at last week's kickoff session for the international intelligent transportation world congress. in addition, the session included updates from columbus, ohio, which is the furthest along of the u.s. pilots and tampa, florida. so we were pleased to participate and you can see that online at the its america website. thank you so much. >> thank you. any public comment on the chair's report? >> there is one caller. >> your two minutes begins now. caller?

>> supervisors, what i want to state, the director has said, i've been involved with treasure island since 1989. in 1991 we surveyed the entire island, including yerba buena. what i see is that this project should be helping our citizens. we started by putting a lot of indigent people on treasure island and now we've treated them with disdain. and we stopped talking about transportation and stop talking about housing in a general way. what supervisors are doing is

they are taking added responsibility with treasure island by compromising quality of life issues within the city of san francisco. not everything that is happening on treasure island is transparent. i repeat. not everything that is happening on treasure island, which is man-made, is transparent. you have serious quality of life issues. if you all don't want to dive into it, then tell me i should dive into it and i will be held responsible. so while we talk about transportation and housing and whatever, the most important thing is the environment. thank you very much. >> thank you, caller.

>> any additional public comment? >> there are no other public comments. >> all right. public comment is closed. thank you. this is an informational item. madame clerk, please read the next item. >> item 4, approve the minutes of the july 28, 2020 meeting. this is an action item. >> is there any public comment on the minutes? >> there are no public comments. >> can we have a motion and second on the minutes? >> so moved. >> second. >> all right. moved by commissioner peskin, second by commissioner walton. roll call vote, please. >> on item 4. >> supervisor haney: aye.

>> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> president yee: aye. >> supervisor fewer: aye. there are nine ayes. minutes are approved. >> thank you, madame clerk. please call the next item. >> yes. item -- i'm so sorry. unless changes were presented at committee, or not required since items presented to committee

already substantive changes have been made. this is an action item. >> so moved. >> great. we have a motion, a second? moved by commissioner peskin, seconded by commissioner walton. roll call vote, please. >> supervisor fewer: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> president yee: aye. there are nine ayes.

item has final approval. >> thank you, madame clerk. please call the next item. >> introduction of new items, this is an information item. >> any new items? not seeing anybody on the roster, are there any members of the public who would like to speak on this item? >> there is no public comment. >> great. public comment is closed. madame clerk, the next item. >> item 7, public comment. >> operator, are there any members of the public who would like to speak? >> there is. hello, caller. your two minutes begins now. >> thank you, supervisors. what i want to introduce to you for your consideration. the first one is delay the foundation somewhere down the

road having some kind of -- to the island directly. you know to treasure island. a good example in london which is known as the wolf station. it's a station that is entirely submerged, run entirely by the private sector and they are below water and have been open for businesses for three or four years and trains getting there. it's a good example to go with. the other thing i wanted to tell you about, the -- [inaudible] -- is essentially looking at the island somewhere between a meter and in the arena of 16th street. but that's never going to work without the high speed rail and

capital. the only viable alignment is the -- bay bridge. and yerba buena island. [inaudible] san francisco and the other two having [inaudible] on the other side. the reason i'm bringing these to your attention, if you do this, all the materials are going to suddenly magically materialize on the yerba buena island. the question then is what we do. i would suggest -- to treasure island. [inaudible] but also to be with pollution and everything else. thank you.

>> there are no more callers. >> thank you. public comment is now closed. please call the next item. >> item 8, adjournment. >> thank you. meeting is adjourned. see you in a bit.