>> this groundbreaking immigrant-led organization is speaking to reduce the disparities. i urge your support for lucia obregon for seat 10. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. can we have the next caller, please? >> i would like to put forward

jessy -- jesse navarro. i do not want her thrown off this commission. seat 3, ryan khojasteh, is a good guy. seat 10, lucia obregon matzer, my mission family is supporting her and i'm supporting her as well.

thank you very much. i yield my time. >> clerk: can we have the next caller, please. [please stand by]

-- and immigrants have already waited far too long for a seat at the table and we're asking today that we don't continue to make them wait another week to follow procedures, but -- >> clerk: time has elapsed. >> caller: thank you. >> clerk: can we have the next caller, please?

>> caller: hi, my name is carol, and i'm just speaking as co-president of the democrats of san francisco. i'm here to express full support for the appointment of the commission and the reappointment of all other commissioners today. in regards to sarah's appointment, she's a fearless leader who represents the more marginalized families in san francisco and i have witnessed her work to fight for economic justice in our immigrant communities. sarah will be the first undocumented person to serve on a san francisco commission, and this will be historic and it's past due. sarah is an inspiration to us young leaders who care about social justice issues. sarah has broken the systemic barriers and opened up doors for immigrant families to make and to be part of the decisions that affect our health, families and future with self-determination. sarah's experiences allow her to

empathize surrounding life as immigrants in san francisco. in and having people who readily understand and who are directly impacted -- excuse me -- is vital to ensuring actual progress. we need these community leaders to be appointed today. with this i yield my time. thank you for your time and consideration. >> clerk: thank you. can we have the next caller, please? >> caller: hi, my name is daka and thank you for all that you do. i have been undocumented for the past 17 years and i'm so grateful that the immigrant commission exists to represent the voices of people like me and my community. but let me be very real. and this may shock you all. again, there's currently no one in the commission who is undocumented. no one. for the commission that represents immigrants, there is

zero commissioners who currently live that urgency, right, on a deep personal level to fight for people like me who don't know if i'll get to stay in this country that i grew up in next year. and now that finally non-citizens can be appointed, we need leaders who lived through the struggle and have years of community work. i have worked with sarah and her years of experience with the immigrant community, and this is exactly what we need. she led prop c to this point and made history, right. we have enough allies and we have enough academics. i believe that she is and she has been the most authentic voice and thank you so much for your consideration. >> clerk: thank you. can we have the next caller, please? >> caller: hi there, good afternoon. my name is vicky castro and i'm a first generation born and

raised in the mission. i currently live and work in district 9. i'm calling in to give my support for seat 10 with the immigrant rights commission. i think that she is an individual that can definitely lead the charge and be able to elevate and amplify the voices of the immigrant community. when you are considering who you would like as a great candidate, i think that she is the one, most importantly, not only because she has a beautiful compassion at heart and brilliant mind and deep integrity, and real deep roots in community and is a strong facilitator and convenor. hard working, accountable. and most important about accountability is that our community needs a lot, and she knew what happened when we have people at the seat who will be accountable to the community.

i also wanted to describe her as something that has been described as is relentless. she is relentless in her pursuit of justice for immigrant rights. and pursuit of justice for black lives and making sure that voices are elevated and making sure that affects the community is at the forefront. i wanted to end with a quote from mayor breed, that says basically where is san francisco and we stand up and we lead. and that we need to be the light that leads. i think that she is that light. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. can i have the next caller, please. >> caller: good afternoon, supervisor chen and chair peskin. my name is céline pelley and i'm with the immigrant rights commission. for the past 24 years, the commission has fought for the

right and dignity of immigrants and other underrepresented communities. from language rights to the ordinance, shining a light on the impact of covid-19 in our immigrant communities, to taking a lead role on racial equity. the immigrant rights commission has worked with our community partners and fellow commissions and city departments to ensure inclusive fair policies and conditions that makes san francisco a safe and welcoming place for all people to thrive. it has not been an easy role for immigrants, particularly during the past four years, when we have seen a steady stream of anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric and attempts to diminish the contributions of hard-working law-abiding immigrants in communities of color. immigrants have reverted back into the shadows in an effort to stay safe and survive. the immigrant rights commission supported by the staff of the civic ep gamement and immigrant affairs has continued to be a safe space for our immigrant communities. making sure that their voices

are heard and giving them an opportunity to be engaged. under this new administration, we look forward to continuing to champion our immigrant community, their successes, their achievements, while working to resolve their needs. we have been fortunate to have had a diverse, engaged, skilled and hard-working commission who are committed to our immigrant communities. to language access and to racial equity. they bring a combination of personal and professional experience with an unwavering dedication to making the lives of immigrants better. i would like to voice my support for our incumbent commissioners, commissioner navarro, and the others and for the applicants. thank you for your time. >> your time is up. >> clerk: can we have the next caller, please.

caller, you may proceed with your public comment. can we have the next caller, and this speaker would like to try again later in the meeting they can press star 3. can we have the next caller, please. >> clerk: hello, please proceed. >> caller: [speaking spanish] >> clerk: yes, sorry, this is public comment for the rules committee. you can proceed with your

comment. >> caller: [speaking spanish] >> clerk: thank you. can we have the next caller,

please. hello, caller, if you're on the line you may proceed with public comment. as this speaker is not commenting at this time, can we have the next caller. >> caller: hello? >> clerk: hi, please proceed with your public comment. >> caller: hello, i am christopher christianson, with the longshore and warehouse union the p.a.t. committee.

i wanted to say that we are in full support of sarah for seat 10. sarah has been a champion for immigrant rights and we have had the privilege to work with her and it's our proudest accomplishments to work on prop-c with her and various attributes of her immigrant rights reform. sarah is a true leader within the immigrant community. and hearing a quote that was just said, saying that san francisco is the light that leads, then let's be that light and appoint the first daka recipient to an immigrants right commission. let's lead this country in showing that we care about immigrants. and sarah is that leader. she's an undocumented leader who represents the voices of the most marginalized immigrant families in san francisco.

and with that being said, my union, we are in full support of sarah souza being appointed to the seat 10 for the immigrant rights commission. thank you very much, i yield the rest of my time. >> clerk: thank you. can we have the next caller, please. >> caller: good afternoon, supervisors. this is gabriel medina. i'm calling for commissioner sarah souza in district 10. i've had the pleasure and the privilege of working with sarah souza for more than seven years. you could get the points to sarah souza not just for what he represents, a master's degree from u.s.f., and has a daka recipient, yes, and someone who is currently undocumented for 10 years.

but really i think that it's really more important about what she's done, because she's done so much in her time. she was instrumental for me to pass proposition n to give immigrant parents the right to vote. which is a program that we have that is at the resource center where she's our board president and has been doing an excellent job. as our first dreamer board president. she's also been instrumental really in helping me with the campaign for proposition i, which was to prevent luxury condos from building in the mission. you know, that she's been the co-chair with me on proposition c to allow her to be before you today to fill out the application to apply to be a commissioner as a dreamer and not have to say she's a registered voter. she's making history and we're all proud and we need doers on our commissions. she's -- yes, she's been the president of latino democratic

club, and instrumental in s.b.288 to give -- >> time is up. >> for non-citizens to run for the democratic -- >> clerk: thank you. speaker time has elapsed. can we have the next caller, please. >> caller: hi, my name is namblo mara. and i'm an organizer on the political action committee and the black women caucus s.f. i've been appointed as a delegate to the california democratic party in district 17. i'm a first generation immigrant from south africa, a mom, an activist for racial equity and social justice, and an advocate for black immigrants and queer lives. today my esteemed colleague and friend sarah souza, i support her in being appointed to the immigrant rights commission. her appointment will facilitate

pathways to assist immigrant families to integrate them into the system, and for jobs, housing, food and clothes and shelter and the right to vote. and a bill known as the civil rights act. while it recognizes the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and the constitution explicitly protects life and liberty, happiness goes unmentioned in the land. the right to pursue happiness as a fundamental right by the application and the concept in american jurisprudence is confined. and appointing her will ensure that we have the right candidate to represent the immigrant communities, especially reforms that threaten the political action... thank you for your time and your consideration. >> clerk: thank you. can we have the next caller, please.

caller -- >> caller: my name is mallory ingle. hello? >> clerk: please proceed. >> caller: hi, my name is mallory shingle and i'm supporting sarah souza. i had the pleasure to work with sarah when she was the president of the latino democratic club. and the san francisco commissions for all would not have been possible without sarah and her fierce leadership. as a a leader, sarah uplifts others to positions of power, despite the obstacles that she's faced as an undocumented individual. she's continued to uplift the community and i would like to echo earlier statements made that you make her appointment today. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. can we have the next caller, please. >> caller: hi, and i'm here to

call for the appointment of the immigrant rights commission for sarah souza. i have known sarah at least for seven years she's been active and a leader and a voice for the undocumented. she's been active in leadership roles at the latino democratic club. and she was also appointed to the san francisco democratic party. i've seen her and she's a fighter and she will represent the immigrant. and she has so much knowledge and experience. and i ask you today to make that appointment and have sarah in this seat. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. just like to state that if you have not already done so, please press star, 3, to be added to the queue. for those already on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted. we currently have approximately

25 people on the line with five waiting to speak. sorry for interrupting, speaker, you may proceed at this time. hello, speaker? >> caller: sorry, what? >> clerk: please proceed. thank you. >> caller: thank you. i am communications director of s.f. (indiscernible) and i was recently appointed to the immigrant rights commission. and i am calling in support of sarah, she's been a leader for the immigrant community. and through the passing of prop-c, and he's also been a true and friend for the black community, including black immigrants such as myself. it would be really, really painful for me as an immigrant with undocumented family here in san francisco, and as a black

woman, to see the board of supervisors (indiscernible) at this time. and so please appoint her. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. can we have the next caller, please. >> caller: here, okay. >> clerk: hello, caller, you may proceed with public comment. >> (indiscernible) >> clerk: hello, caller, this is public comment for the rules committee. you may proceed with public comment at this time. >> and, mr. clerk, after the speaker we'll take a break on public comment and go back to item 4.

>> clerk: hello, caller? >> so for members of the public i apologize but we'll be -- the chair of the committee has a land use committee at 1:30 and we need to go back to item 4, but to do that we need to take a little break on item 6. so we will come back to item 6 and public comment on item 6. but for now we're going to go back to item 4. and, chair peskin should be joining any minute. >> supervisor peskin: , i am here, vice chair mandelman. thank you for the hiatus. i have not been following this and i appreciation your accommodation as in six minutes i have to go to the land use committee of the board of supervisors. so i just wanted to circle back to item 4 and i believe that the

city attorney is still working on this advice, but i would not put words in miss pearson's mouth, insofar as this matter does not seem to be resolved, i am prepared to make a motion to continue item 4 to our next meeting a week from today. as the legal matters are being resolved with miss pearson. if i am missing something, please correct me. >> deputy city attorney ann pearson. i think that a continuance would be appropriate in this case. the proposal has been to modify the motion to approve an appointment to a seat that was not -- that the mayor did not actually appoint this nominee to. i appreciate that the mayor's office has said that they are open to this appointment but i do think that a continuance is appropriate here. >> thank you and i will note again for the record that there

actually are no seats. but the record indicates that there are seats. albeit, they're not set forth in the charter and not set forth in the by-laws but they are set forth before the members of this committee and the public. so with that, mr. vice-chair, member chan, i would like to make a motion to continue item 4 for one week. mr. clerk, can you please call the roll. >> clerk: yes, on the motion to continue for one week [roll call vote] this matter is continued to the next meeting of the rules committee which i believe will be march 21st. >> with that, mr. vice-chairman, the gavel is back to you and i will go over to land use and thank you for your recusal.

>> thank you, chair peskin. as chair peskin leaves the virtual room, we can go back to item 6, public comment, where we are hearing from public commenters for up to 90 seconds each. mr. young, how many folks do we have in the queue? >> clerk: at last count, probably two or three left in the queue. actually we have four people left in the queue to speak at this time. >> okay. >> clerk: can we have the next public commenter, please. coyle hello, my name is ina salumna and i'm asking that you appoint sarah souza for the immigrants right commission. sarah's reach is farther than just san francisco. she's a brave voice for the entire community. sarah was instrumental [broken audio] in napa county.

and i have no doubt that sarah will be an amazing advocate for immigrants in san francisco, and her work is far reaching and setting an example for so many in our community to get civically engaged and thank, sarah, for setting an example for the state and hopefully our country. we do need more leaders like sarah involved in local government. and i truly appreciate what you're doing. and i hope that you do appoint sarah souza for district 10. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. can we have the next caller, please. >> caller: i just spoke. >> clerk: yes -- can we have the next caller?

>> caller: hello? >> clerk: hi, yes, we can hear you. please proceed with public comment. >> caller: thank you. my name is maria ladd and i work for the resource center. and i am calling to support sarah souza in seat number 10 for the immigrant rights commission. i believe that this is a great opportunity to show the rest of our country how things are done in san francisco. and sarah is a daka recipient and she's one of the most working person they know, working for immigrants' rights. i think that she would be a beacon of hope for so many students and so many young people that can do what she's doing right now. which is history.

i think that san francisco is well known for that. you know, to be the first ones to do the changes. and i believe that with sarah those changes will happen and it will be an example for rest of the country. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. can we have the next caller, please. >> caller: hello, can you hear me? >> clerk: we can hear you. >> caller: hello. okay. i am dara garcia and i'm here to support sarah souza. i think that she is the most eligible for this position because she has worked so hard for the community. i have seen the work that she has done in proposition c. i was -- i mean, a witness of that. i worked with her and she worked so hard. and who is better to be a

representative of the immigrant community, and she is an immigrant and she's a daka receiver. and we need to make history and that is why i ask that sarah is the one that will be appointed to that seat. and also changing the way that the system works. we always have the same people running for the same things, and this is a time for change. and sarah is a person who can bring that change. and she is an immigrant who is waiting for her documentation. and who else would know better what to do than sarah? so, please consider that. and also i would like to express my support for luis zamora and hope that there's a seat on the board. thank you. >> clerk: next caller. >> caller: hi, good afternoon, can you hear me?

>> clerk: yes, we can, please proceed. >> caller: hi, good afternoon. i am louis pavos, with the democrats of san francisco. i'm here to speak for my sole endorsement of sarah souza for seat 10 and the other incumbent commissioners and i support each and every one of them. sarah souza has been a dear friend of mine for many years that i met when i was first appointed to the san francisco youth commission. we quickly became friends because we were both daka recipients and we both really understood the challenges and tribulations that go into being an immigrant despite having daka. there were still so many barriers for our community to face and many did not qualify for daka and sarah has always understood that. because of that she's always advocated for the rights and the right of happiness and prosperity. there's not a single doubt in my

mind that she'll help so many people. if there's one thing that i always hear from sarah, is there anything that i can do to help. that's what she'll bring to the table, along with all of the merits that she's done with prop-c and everything else that she's done as a leader. so, please, make history today and appoint sarah souza to the immigrants right commission. and it took four years of donald trump to send a message to the rest of the world. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. do we have any additional callers at this time? >> yes, two callers are still waiting to speak >> clerk: thank you. can we have the next caller, please.

hello, caller, if you're on the line you can proceed with public comment. >> caller: [speaking spanish] >> clerk: hello, caller, you may not understand me, but if you would like to make public comment, you can do so at this time. >> caller: hello? >> clerk: hi. you can make your comment at this time. >> caller: hello... hello? >> hello. please continue. >> caller: [speaking spanish]

[speaking spanish] [speaking spanish]

>> clerk:thank you. can we have the next caller, please. >> caller: hello, i am the co-president of the san francisco young democrats and i'm calling in strong support of the appointment of luis zamora to the commission. as president of fyid, luis was instrumental in getting more young people involved in politics and for the lgbtq community. he rallied in sb-288. and during his time with the california young democrats, lgbtq caucus, he changed the caucus by-laws in order to open up the caucus to undocumented individuals. as a son of immigrants, a first-generation mexican american member of the lgbtq community and as advocate for

young people, we believe that luis will bring a unique perceptive to the i.o.c. and i have worked closely with luis for several years and he's deeply dedicated to the mission of i.r.c., regularly attending meetings for years and has shared a number of ideas with me personally. i have seen firsthand the results that followed when he is dedicated to an issue. thank you so much. >> clerk: thank you, mr. baretto, any additional callers at this time? >> no more callers in the cue. >> all right, thank you, public comment is now closed. i want to thank all of the folks who called in during public comment. if there's any additional comments, now would be the moment for those. and if not, i will -- i will move that we continue this item for one week to our next item on

-- to our next meeting on monday, march 1st. mr. young, please call the roll. >> clerk: yes, on the motion to continue the matter to march 1, 2021 [roll call vote] the motion passes with chair peskin being excused from the vote. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. and do we have any other items today? >> clerk: that's the agenda for today. >> supervisor mandelman: all right, then we're adjourned. thank you.

>> by the time the last show came, i was like whoa, whoa, whoa. i came in kicking and screaming and left out dancing. [♪♪♪] >> hello, friends. i'm the deputy superintendent of instruction at san francisco unified school district, but you can call me miss vickie. what you see over the next hour has been created and planned by our san francisco teachers for our students. >> our premise came about for san francisco families that didn't have access to technology, and that's primarily children preschool to second grade.

>> when we started doing this distance learning, everything was geared for third grade and up, and we work with the little once, and it's like how were they still processing the information? how were they supposed to keep learning? >> i thought about reaching the student who didn't have internet, who didn't have computers, and i wanted them to be able to see me on the t.v. and at least get some connection with my kids that way. >> thank you, friends. see you next time. >> hi, friend. >> today's tuesday, april 28, 2020. it's me, teacher sharon, and i'm back again. >> i got an e-mail saying that i had an opportunity to be on a

show. i'm, like, what? >> i actually got an e-mail from the early education department, saying they were saying of doing a t.v. show, and i was selected to be one of the people on it, if i was interested. i was scared, nervous. i don't like public speaking and all the above. but it worked out. >> talk into a camera, waiting for a response, pretending that oh, yeah, i hear you, it's so very weird. i'm used to having a classroom with 17 students sitting in front of me, where they're all moving around and having to have them, like, oh, sit down, oh, can you hear them?

let's listen. >> hi guys. >> i kind of have stage flight when i'm on t.v. because i'm normally quiet? >> she's never quiet. >> no, i'm not quiet. >> my sister was, like, i saw you on t.v. my teacher was, i saw you on youtube. it was exciting, how the community started watching. >> it was a lot of fun. it also pushed me outside of my comfort zone, having to make my own visuals and lesson plans so quickly that ended up being a lot of fun. >> i want to end today with a thank you. thank you for spending time with us. it was a great pleasure, and see you all in the fall. >> i'm so happy to see you today. today is the last day of the school year, yea!

>> it really helped me in my teaching. i'm excited to go back teaching my kids, yeah. >> we received a lot of amazing feedback from kiddos, who have seen their own personal teacher on television. >> when we would watch as a family, my younger son, kai, especially during the filipino episodes, like, wow, like, i'm proud to be a filipino. >> being able to connect with someone they know on television has been really, really powerful for them. and as a mom, i can tell you that's so important. the social confidence development of our early learners.

you may call this meeting to order. >> thank you, donald. good morning. i would like to call the tjpa board of directors meeting of february 11, 2021 to order. i am the vice chair. this is being conducted pursuant to provisions of the brown act. recent executive orders to facilitate teleconferencing to reduce the risk of covid-19 transmission at public meetings. ordinarily, the brown act sets strict rules. the governor's order suspended those rules. as noted the agenda, members of the public may observe this meeting via sfgovtv and they may offer public comment by calling the public comment phone number.

i would like to welcome the numbers of the public and staff watching live on sfgovtv. mr. secretary, could you please call the roll today. >> thank you, prior to calling roll i would like to welcome alisha john baptiste and diane shaw the ac transit representative and chang is setting in and the director has a scheduling conflict and will not be present. please respond when i call your name. >> chang. >> here. >> forbes. >> here. >> john baptiste. >> here. >> lipkin. >> present. >> shaw. >> here.

>> tumlin. >> present. >> vice chair gee. >> present. >> we have a quorum. i will call your next item. >> item 3. communications. we would like to provide further instructions for the public comment. to provide public comment dial to the published number. 18552826330 and enter access code (182)585-8053. pound pound and listen as you wait for public comment to be announced. members of the public have three minutes for each item. i will announce when public comment is open. general public comment callers dial star 3 to be added to the queue. this access code will stream on the screen during the entire board meeting. when callers dial star 3 they

will be added in the order entered. all callers remain on mute until the line is open. the automated voice will let callers know when to speak. it is best to call from quiet location and speak clearly and slowly and turn down the radio or television. any communications from board members at this time? >> there are no hands raised. >> i will proceed. directors, item 4 board of director's new and old business. >> i do not see hands raised.

>> item 5. executive director's report. >> good morning, directors. i would like to welcome the new board members. i look forward to working with both of you as we execute the initiatives and add vance the downtown rail extension. i want to thank director hirsh on delivering the important transit services. last month we welcomed president joe biden and vice president harris. we are excited for the new administration. our project will receive funding over the next few years. we are excited for the new transportation secretary. a few local represents from this

area. we continue to monitor federal stimulus package as it may beings the way through the legislature. we are optimistic the $1.7 billion in funding will keep the bay area transit expansion and modernization projects on track. we join the metropolitan transportation commission and other operators in cosigning our congressional delegation in support. we are in correspondence with m.t.c. to include the tjpa in the funding. as we deal with the pandemic we are optimistic. we are working to provide outdoor services to respond to the order.

we continue to monitor the stay safe at home for collective efforts to reduce the spread of covid-19. adhering to the guidance and working with our transit operators. we continue to provide commuters and visitors the most up-to-date information about mask wearing and fiscal distancing ensuring hands cleaning protocols are in place. as rollout of vaccines occur we are working with redevelopment ventures to plan for and help ensure we are ready for increased activation when it is safe. we hope it is sometime this fall. earlier this week we hosted sales force for their kickoff. though showcased our rooftop art through the international audience including 50,000 employees and global partners.

they expect these to be broadcast to 10 million viewers. we continue to make progress on the advancement of the project with the steering committee partners including funding plan strategy, travel forecasting and ridership modeling. together with the staff we have been reaching local partners. we went with region 9 administrator and his local to reintroduce the project. we appreciated feedback to prepare the project for the program. we work closely with them to ensure the project development this fall and complete the process within the two year requirement. also, we are scheduling the commissioners to provide briefings in the upcoming months. we are excited for launch of the project in the powers authority. we realize the connection to the

east bay. we are working to plan for and build a seem less connection for the future integrated transportation system. we also sept m.t.c. a letter in response to 2050 five year implementation plan and asked them for resolution project and ensure they receive continued funding from local and regional measures to ensure the transbay program is built. early this week rail authority issued the revised draft business plan 2020 for public review and comment until march 12th. we join the high-speed rail authority the future operating partner in commitment to delivering passenger rail service to the state. the significant impact of covid-19. it prioritizes environmental clearance of phase one between san francisco and the transit

center and los angeles. we will be tracking and monitoring the plan through the legislature in april and authority's request to release state bond funding to continue the construction. we support the authority plan and request for state bond funds. lastly, directors, the cac recruitment continues. we encourage anyone to apply for this opportunity and applications are due february 26th. that concludes my report. i will take any questions. we have john here. >> thank you director. any questions on the report this morning? i am not seeing any hands raised. thank you for the report.

>> thank you. good morning, directors. i will bring up the slides. as mentioned. we are continuing to provide the intense high touch area cleaning throughout the center while also deploying the minimum amount of consultant resourcesness as part of cost reduction measures to balance our operating budget going forward. additionally, we have been working with fitness sf on outdoor space. they continue discussions with the city attorney's office as

well as the department of public health to move into indoor operations that may being economic sense for them. in the meantime they continue without door footprint. we are happy to accommodate them on the left part of the top photo. as mentioned, we have been hosting sales force virtual event culminating in live stream event two days ago that wrapped up the show. the generator on the other side in the picture, the tent located below for catering. the next slide is better perspective on howna toma was used so we can see the fitness activities there. there has been a line waiting to get in anytime i have looked during operating hours.

it is great to see that they are getting membership expansion through this expanded outdoor pod. another activity ongoing discussions with our neighbors to the south at 181 fremont, j paul, working to fastate a number of things underway. one is window washing. that is boring but when you have a high rise that butts against our facility it is a challenge. we have worked with them. the license agreement to facilitate the three week affair for window washing. they also have window repairs that need to be affected above the 40th story. there are minor bridge deck repairs that started yesterday. that work is ongoing.

minimal impact to the facility. the highest impact issue is the window repair where we have to have a fall protection area in case of mishap. that will involve a partial closure of the pedestrian path on park. you can see that on the facade depending on weather conditions. the park activities. we did have a holiday lights extension so that was through january. those lights have been removed just before sales force mobilized for their virtual event. it was a two location event on a live stream from two days ago. we let off here at sales force park followed by the chairman

presenting from singapore. latest check on website indicates estimate over 8 million views. that is the world wide exposure we received by facilitating this event with our partners. also, we can see the covid-19 check in area. to get to their area within the amphitheater required a tje; check and some protocols. we made sure that everyone was safe in moving forward working closely with the department of public health and city of san francisco. retail leasing. we have a number of active engagement to continue to negotiate food and beverage kiosk moving nicely. lease negotiations continue, not complete but getting there. suite 232 in the green off beal

street side. those discussions are going well. the key point here is while there is a lot of gloom and doom in the media relative to retail and particularly downtown san francisco, we continue to have active interest to the point where frankly we only have two first floor suites that aren't in active discussions. only have transactions ready to present town. i am encouraged there is that level of expect in our facility at this time. they recognize the value we will bring when things begin to return. we will have more information on that as these transactions get closer to fruition. this shows you the details. no change from the last meeting in terms of occupancy rate just under 80%. successful in these pending negotiations that number will

change by the end of spring. that is my hope. improvements. this slide will look familiar. verizon express is open. kaiser has completed work. they have occupancy permit from d.b.i. and are ready to go. looking at target of may 2021 for opening to coincide with downtown with the unit that cannot be found elsewhere in the system. we have more on that as they share what they anticipate the operations and service system available from kaiser. across the hall from tjpa on beal street side is the spring fertility suite. they have made great progress. they have moved in furniture.

this awaits the permit for them to begin occupancy. commencement started last year they are targeting the end of this month or more likely early march based on intelligence from d.b.i. apstatus of permits. this is a quick rundown every maining tenancies. 11 begins commencement yesterday. they are one of the first to open given their relatively limited tenant improvement package. our building effort moving nicely. we expect quite a lot of material delivery for the kitchen exhaust project to come toward the tail end of this month and early march to dovetail nicely with the anticipated q3 and on the next slide q4 openings.

we are trying to marry our delivery of the spaces with hope for return of downtown tenants and office occupants and patrons. happy to answer any questions you might have. >> john, thank you for the report. directors, any questions for mr? i don't see any questions. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> mr. secretary i think we can move to the next item. >> item 6. cac update. we have the cac chair to address you on this item. >> good morning, directors. i am derek holt. we had a citizen advisory meeting this past tuesday.

we welcomed the new role for donald and he will be outstanding. we will walk through the staff report including the efforts to ensure the projects are in federal and state transportation funding, global exposure with the global broadcasting coverage, regional transportation project week 21 development. several cap members are turning out in recruiting efforts underway. i want to thank those members turning out for sacrifice of time and contribution of ideas and questions in an effort to make this transportation project one of the best in the world and feed the needs of the community. the meetings were pleased with answers to the question to connect transit center dynamics to regional partners.

that link 21 is appreciated by the cac members. comments and questions address the mega transformative rail program objectives, capital corridor elements and connection to the transit center. there was a great deal of interest from members in the community in elements such as potential for new transbay crossing and benefits to the citizens, requirement the quality of life and transportation in general. we appreciate the contributions to the cord nations between link 21 and sales force. there were questions on the lines on the map that spoke to different rail routes. i do note there is cap interest in reviewing topics regarding track alignment, how developed, constructive ideas for alternatives. i noped the presentation from

link 21 asked for ideas and suggestions from cac members and the public. i thought that was great. members of the cac such as paul and howard and bob and members of the public should ask questions regarding speeding up the timeline of moving forward on the construction and completion, track alignment. safety of buildings and consideration of big picture ideas to incorporate to the transportation plans. some of the big pictures included expanding ferry service, impact of autonomous vehicles and impact of covid. we loved s.f.c.t.a. in the presentation by jessie. it covered the valley to valley service and more. questions from danville and others involved around

identifying the inputs for modeling, impact of covid, identifying the targets for number of transit hours connected with the transit center and key hubs. they were well received. of course, we always want to understand what is going on inside the transit center. john updike, thank you for the facilities update. members suggested using the wi-fi in the rooftop park for k-12 student classroom activities. interesting idea or adult classes or academic activities. we have done a little bit of that already. i will wrap up pie pointing out future agenda item requests include rail yard updates and budget forecast updates which executive director gonzalez will provide with the help of our

esteemed cfo in the near future. in conjunction with working on new cac members we acknowledge that it is difficult during covid to offer the tour. based on discussions with executive director gonzalez we will develop an update review of all key things and share the virtual tour with new and old members. this will be part of our efforts to get new members up to speed on all things transit center related. this concludes my report. >> thank you for your report. directors, any questions? mr. hall. i do not see any hands raised. thank you for your report. thank you to the members for

finishing the terms on the cac. it is a service, a passion. it is a commitment. i appreciate it and the board does appreciate it. please pass along our appreciation. have a good day. mr. secretary. >> yes, this is informational appears a them member of the public raised their hand. please let in the caller. please state your name. you have three minutes. >> good morning. the only thing i would like to add to the report is that it was very over debt during the -- overvi debt that -- evident it has a profound impact on the

second street alignment. thank you. any other callers? >> that appears to be the only member of the public to provide comment. i will call the next item. >> director's 7 is public comment. opportunity for members of the public to address the authority on matters not on today's calendar. it appears we have a member that wishes to address you. first caller. >> hi, jim patrick, patrick and company. i would like to follow up row

land's comment. he is a engineer, i am not. he has a bright idea of the alignment for second street. everyone discards it because we have done environmental impact report and can't look anywhere else. i believe that is short sighted. there is a lot of money to be saved, in the billions, there is a lot of gains from his idea. i would like to ask this board to solace it is a presentation from roland as to what he thinks a better idea is instead of sweeping this under the table. thank you. >> thank you for your comment. any additional speakers? >> that was the last member of the public. next item. >> before you call the next item, let me also offer my welcome to director john

baptiste and director shaw. you are coming on board at a great time to look at what is next with the downtown extension. i want to offer my appreciation to director hirsch for his time. it is a partnership and i value and appreciate his presence on tjpa. to our new directors, welcome. >> item 8. approving updated board policy no. 001. the chief financial officer will present. >> thank you. i have a request to approve updates to the policy. we are trying to implement updates based on federal guidance to allow for micro

purchases and large purchases to be increased from $3,000 to $10,000 and large purchases up to $110,000. the federal guidancal laws up to 250. we felt we should limit to keep in line with the city and county of san francisco administrative policies and the boards and agencies you all represent. additionally, we wanted to update the policy to include affirmative statements on prohibiting communications during r.f.p.s and affirmative statement on prohibiting collusion in contracting. these two updates come as a result of a report issued by the city and county of san francisco controller's office on public integrity review. we felt these updates were

timely and pertinent to our affairs and wanted to recommend these updates. i will take any questions if you have them. >> thank you. any comments or questions from directors? >> i would like to move the item, please. >> that was director lipkin. second? >> second tumlin. >> motion and second. any other questions or comments? >> lipkin and tumlin. now roll call vote. director chang. >> it is advisable to see if there are members of the public to comment. >> thank you, ms. miller. >> apologies. >> there are no members of the public to address you on this

item. i will proceed to roll call. >> director chang. >> aye. >> forbes. >> aye. >> john baptiste. >> aye. >> lipkin. >> aye. >> shaw. >> aye. >> tumlin. >> aye. >> vichair gee. >> aye. >> there are seven ayes and item 8 is approved. >> thank you, mr. secretary. before you call item 9. i would like to let the board and public know i will recuse myself from item 9. in abundance of caution to avoid perceptions of a conflict as i am the appointee of the jpb.

i would like to at this point ask that director tumlin handle this item. i will go dark on my video and rejoin when this item is concluded. >> i would be happy to take the gavel. >> thank you, director tumlin. >> thank you. i will go ahead and call the next item. >> 9. approving the interim executive director to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the joint powers board for operations analysis for amount not to exceed $185,000 in support of the downtown rail extension phasing study as required in the memorandum of inning and interim project director will present.

>> thank you. good morning, directors. the purpose of the request here is to authorize interval executive director to execute moa with joint powers and provide funding in support of operations analysis to complete the phasing study. cost for this would be shared with the socta with tjpa contributing $185,000, and $75,000 for the total cost. need is related to some of the phasing concepts that were proposed and developed by such as the two versus three track. deferral of high-speed rail that requires analysis, operational analysis not previously

available. the way to conduct this work is using caltrain and high-speed rail existing operations consultant. we feel it is an efficient way to conduct this work. the scope of work is to run various service level to simulate the level and associated infrastructure improvements ranging from relatively minimal service of six trains per hour and no high-speed rail trains all the way up to eight caltrain trains and four high-speed rail trains. the scope of work including the simulation of regoperations to determine reliability and flexibility but also disruption operations to determine what reliable the service is in terms of recovery should a train be out of service for some reason or other delay. this is an important way to look

at operations pause delays occur from time to time. we will simulate as well a run through operation at sales force transit center envisioning for example a future link 21 connection the east bay and determine if that connection in some way reduces infra structure requirement to share that information with the executive steers committee as we bring the phasing report to tjpa board with you the directors. the source of funds for this request is unexspended funds from the cta grants 1-5-914-028. with that that completes my report. i am happy to answer any questions the directors may have. thank you. >> any questions or discussion?

>> i just wanted to appreciate the teamanticlar caltrain and high-speed rail task who are the lead under the work program. it has worked out well. the consultant is on knowledgeable already about the operations. thank you. >> any further questions or discussion? seeing none. do we have public comment? >> seeing none as well. is there a motion? >> i move. >> second. >> first chang and second forbes. will i call roll.

>> director chang. >> aye. >> forbes. >> aye. >> john baptiste. >> aye. >> lipkin. >> aye. >> director shaw. >> aye tumlin. >> aye. >> there are six ayes and zero nays. item nine is approved. i would like to note as we were calling roll a member of the public raised their hand to provide a comment. if it is okay with you, i will let that member of the public in. >> i will allow the comment. >> please let in the caller. >> thank you. san jose. i would like to briefly take an

opportunity of echoing some of the metrics that i shared with the cac for this exercise. specifically, to establish specific targets because we can get away with six trains and worry later. it is ridiculous. the target as follows: the target is 12 trains in the amount of transit center with two tracks, not three tracks. with 21 your target is 30 trains in and out of the transit center every hour. if the simulation indicates that this is not possible, i respectfully suggest that you start looking at different

alignments, similar to the alignment that london uses for the olympics. that is how they got 12 trains an hour in and out. also, i suggest it is impossible to get 30 trains an hour up and down the peninsula. we need the scope of the simulation to additional track work in brisbon south of the bayshore station. in closing i will make it very clear especially to the san francisco transportation authority that unless these targets are met, caltrain will never ever be able to if fourth and king. thank you. >> that concludes members of the public. i will call the next item.

>> i will hand the gavel back to acting chair gee. >> thank you, director tumlin, appreciate the assist. >> directors, item 10. approving the minutes of the january 14, 2021 meeting. >> is there a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second lipkin. >> no members of the public to address you on this. first tumlin and second lipkin. i will proceed to call the roll. >> chang. >> aye. >> forbes. >> aye. >> john baptiste.

>> abstain. >> lipkin. >> aye. >> shaw. >> abstain. >> tumlin. >> aye. >> vice chair gee. >> aye. >> there are five eyes and two abstains. item 10 is approved. >> thank you. go ahead and call the next item. item 11 is san francisco peninsula rail program executive steering committee update. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to provide the monthly update on our work at the integrated project team. high level of outline. i will take a few minutes to

briefly update you on activities listed here. it remains a very, very busy time for the whole team we appreciate guidance of the board through this period. in terms of the funding man as the interim director gonzalez mentioned. this is the 2016 funding map to update the existing sources, committed once as well as newer ones, working with funding partners we confirm the forecast of funding sources such as the tax increment revenues and evaluating the sd1 gas tax funded programs we have applied in the past and will apply for the transit inner city rail program and the solutions for congested corridors and other

relevant programs at the state level. city has the agency working on the pricing study. should that be approved that is a potential source as well. there are recently passed or planned revenue measures to consider as well. in addition we are reevaluating the fta federal transit administration resource funding. i will come back. we had a productive conversation with the region nine office as interim director mentioned. there is potential for private participation in creative financing which we will be exploring. near term the jtpa and the staff are working to seek an amendment to the prop k allocation the transportation authority approved last year to update and align the activities with the work plan that you adopted in december. this is going to reflect potential acceleration of the project schedule to see if we

can make earlier submittal to the federal government on the restarts program. it showed august 2024 submittal. we are exploring to move that up to august of 2023 as i reported last month. this is a once in a year submittal window. that is a important decision all partners and you will be making. if approved, the prop k funds would support the team's work through the end of this year including approval of the operating project definition. that is key this fall. we would also need additional funds to comment the prop k funds by other sources going to 2022 and 2023. i will note that is the current focus of the work with the partners. we are discussing this as well so we can present that to apply for the entry to the federal program to fta.

as the interim director reported that was a successful meeting february 4th with the administrator. several members of the staff joined the virtual meeting to provide encouraging feedback as well as helpful guidance to the people. we were introduced to the entire rile ma'am partnership with importance of the multi agency collaboration and we reviewed the purpose and status of the phase-in study and importance of looking to see how we can make that strategic decision about balancing cost savings with other factors and criteria. we further introduced the ridership modeling task. it covered the different aspects of those technical decisions. also the capacity of the fta program. again, administratortulelis and members of his staff were very

supportive and ledge pledged -- pledged to guide us for entering the federal process this fall. we appreciate fta administratortule lisa's signed a member of his staff for this work. on the ridership forecasting that is a very important activity right now early leading item to establish the benefits and really understand the scenarios that will be evaluated as the last caller mentioned. sfta's modeling team is reviewing the forecasting scenarios and input with s m.t.c. we want to be consistent with 2050 and regional assumptions as well as the operating agencies who all have their own business plans and forecasts as well as high-speed rail authorities models. we are working together very

closely right now. there has been some discussion about not only this project but no project that we are picking up fta guidance and m.t.c. treatment of key assumptions during this difficult period in near term but moving forward establishing what the future demand profiles will look like as we enter the evaluation of investment through 2035. consistent with the blue print from the planned bay area we will ensure there is a wide regional look at the potential benefits including integration across the bay. as mentioned before by steven, the team continues to analyze the options to identify cost reductions for the operating project. mindful of the trade-offs.

we will bring that to you in coming months. thank you for approving the funding for operations analysis to support the team's work. turning to the planning benefit assessment. in addition to demand forecasting we have a business case analysis. last week bart and capital corridors link 21 vision did include analysis by the bay area council economic institute which published report estimating broad and significant benefits of the potential regional program featuring the crossing across the bay connecting to the other sales force train box. similarly, we will prepare a business case as well under the tpa for the lead for that task supported by partners for mobility and cost-effective and congestion and greenhouse gas reductions affords ability and

economic development affects. we will bring that to you as we scope and develop the analysis through the executive steering committee. it will be a companion to the recommendation in the fall when we come to the conclusions for the initial operating phase analysis. we do expect to see similar results to the bay area council institute 21 analysis with robust economic benefits of the whole rail program including transbay crossing. we will collaborate with connections to the centers which we examined at high level and shared connections with the link 21 team as chair holt mentioned earlier presented to the cac recently. these links will be further developed by the bart and capital corridor team through the next phases of their study.

turning to the outreach engagement. our team has made presentations to multiple groups including cac chair and i will note regarding 21 interested members of the public are invited to participate in the survey located at survey.link 21 program. org/goals. that is a way to express your feedback to bart and capital corridor. the tdp team commenced work to update the project website and outreach materials to subpoena -- support other briefings planned such as commissioners and this will continue the outreach as done with caltran senior officials as well as state legislators earlier last year. finally, i was pleased to speak about the recent symposium to prepare for the biden infrastructure and climate plan

hosted by the foundation on economy and environment. speakers included the u.s. transition team chair washington, m.t.c. executive director and acting administrator, high-speed rail authority director kelly and private industry leaders. we discussed innovations and opportunities for public private collaboration in projects. there is high private sector interest in projects well defined and supported by local sponsors. we will conduct markets as we study various delivery methods to support the project. we are prayer pairing input to -- preparing input to congress as they bring up the bill in the

coming weeks and months. we hope that bill will be taken up by the middle of this year. we are getting ready to provide input at that time. thank you. i will take questions. >> thank you for that update. directors, any questions of director chang and the esc team? >> i don't see any hands raised. mr. secretary do you see any hands raised? >> i do not. >> any public comment at this time? >> there are none. >> quick question. thank you for your hard work. i am sorry. >> a member of the public raised their hand. >> first caller.

>> thank you. this is roland. there is something seriously wrong with picking up requests to speak from the public. i really want to thank director chang for her report. the only be thing i would add is that the new bart project manager is watry. he correctly identifies the only viable alignment that they are working on the last four years. i would like to remind you if you were on the board at the time. the reason we have to stop working on that alignment we lost the powers alignment when the tjpa sold block five which

is where the tower is. mr. waltry defined pretty much the issues caused by this pushing the transbay crossing into the bay. i really hope we continue to work with him and come up with solutions that are going to push these platforms back to where they were to be in the first place in the middle of the train box. it means that there will be no train box extension. that is where the east bay goes. thank you. >> thank you. any other public speakers? >> no. that was the only member of the public. >> thank you for the update. i know this was ambitious work

plan. a lot of work is being done. i want the check is the work plan on schedule? >> it is by and large on schedule. that is the subject of the prop k amendment to reflect the changes in the work plan itself that was adopted by this board. there is a lot to view. there is risk. we are asking to track that. in fact we have an item at the meeting this month to review. we can provide better update next month on the potential schedule impacts. >> i think you and your team with the esc work plan was presented in december had a big schedule that went with it. would it be reasonable to ask that be updated in the six month mark? >> absolutely, director gee. if the action of the director chang spoke about is approved we would come back to you for

approval of the accelerated schedule. >> thank you. i don't want to add any more work but it is important to know you are on schedule and add adjustments are being made to manage the expectations. >> we are on schedule. i will come back with more detailed presentation. >> very good. thank you for the hard work. >> any other questions from directors? seeing none, mr. secretary, let's keep moving. >> at this time you are scheduled to go into closed session. as i check to see if there are any members of the public. i have not received any indication members of the public wish to address you. they have an opportunity to do so at this time. >> we will hang out to see if

the system identifies anyone that wants to make a comment. >> yes. anybody raise their hand yet. >> no, sir. >> okay. ms. miller, do we expect any action out of this closed session so the public doesn't need to hang out? >> i am not anticipating there would be any. >> thank you. seeing no public commenters wanting to speak to the board about this we are ready to go to closed session. >> thank you, vice chair gee. i will put us

. ill put us >> you're watching coping with covid-19 with chris manners. >> hi. i'm chris manners, and you're watching coping with covid-19. today, my guest is phil ginsburg. he's the director of the san francisco rec and parks, and he's a national rec and park ranger. thank you for being here. >> hi, chris. thank you for having me. >> i've heard you have an exciting new exhibit that features social distancing and is outside, so it's safer. can you tell us a little bit about it? >> the golden gate 50 anniversary wasn't the celebration that we hoped for, but when life deals you lemons, you hope to make lemonade, and

we tried to engage people in the park in different ways. behind me is what we did. it's a public exhibit which has transformed peacock meadows into an enchanted forest of other worldly shapes and lights. it's to close out golden gate park's 150 years and to allow people to have outdoors socially distant fun. >> great. and what are the hours, and when can people go see it, and are there access for wheelchairs and strollers? >> well, it will run until

february 27, and the ways are wheelchair accessible. it will close in time to make the city's curfew. we're not supposed to be gathering. we're not supposed to be celebrating out there, unfortunately. it is a beautiful exhibit and is one that can be seen from the sidewalk or you can wander into the meadow, but we ask that people be really mindful of the circumstances in which we find ourselves. the most important thing for us is to be safe and healthy. do not show up with other households. come and see it, get a little taste of the holidays and leave so other people can enjoy it. if it's too crowded, comeback because it's going to be around

for a while. >> how long does it take to walk around the exhibit? >> well, you could be there for five minutes or 15 minutes or longer if it's not crowded. it's about in an acre of meadow, but it's very visible even from a fully accessible sidewalk. you'll get a sense of it. basically, there are sculpted trees, and it's gorgeous. i got an opportunity to visit it over the weekend. the conservatory of flowers is there, and then, we have our amazing spreckels temple of

music which was recently renovated and lit up in lights. >> i have information that it was created by a local artist. what can you tell us about it? >> well, it's a new concept, but the lights were previously installed in a park in toronto and also in las vegas. the installation has been paid for through private donations to the golden gate park's san francisco 150 campaign. it reflects a culture steeped in science and history and

culture. >> i can't wait to visit it. safely, of course. >> wear masks, distance, sanitize, and don't gather. >> well, thank you for coming on the show today, mr. ginsburg. i appreciate the time you've given us today. >> thank you, and thank you for giving so much attention to golden gate park which has been so wonderful for us during covid and deserves a lot of extra love and attention on its 150 anniversary. >> and that's it for this episode. we'll be back with more information shortly. thank you for watching coping with

. >> clerk: due to the covid-19 health emergency, members are participating in this meeting remotely, and they are participating to the same extent as if they are physically present. public comment will be available for each item on the agenda. for members of the public wishing to make public comment, when your item is interest is called, dice star, three to be added to the queue to speak. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted, and you may begin your comment. item number one, call to order. director tsen? >> thank you, thank you. excuse me. [roll call]

>> clerk: we do have a quorum. >> thank you, and thank you very much for the board members to come to the special meeting. there was an item of business that we could not finish at the last board meeting due to a lack of quorum, so i appreciate that all of you have taken time out on a tuesday morning to finish this point of business.

so since we are limited in time, i want to go forward and get through the agenda quickly. let's go to the next item. we all have to have general public comment, but yes. so kate, would you call it? >> clerk: yes. item number two, general public comment. >> there's no public comment? okay. then the next item, please. >> clerk: item number three, resolution approving a second amendment to professional service agreement with associated right-of-way services, inc. to provide consulting and advisory services in implementing the transition housing rules and regulations for the treasure island-yerba buena island development project to increase

the contract amount to 2,250,000. >> all right. i know there was some discussion that the board wants to have, so we will look at this and then look at the resolution, so i am opening it up for board comments or questions. >> i don't have any questions. >> okay. what about you, ruby? >> okay. >> i can't see you, ruby. >> okay. yeah. i'm just making the comment that we've seen this, and we've talked about it, too, about

making sure we have the funding, so we want to make sure that they have what this need. one thing i think that would be great to see is a little bit -- you know, looking at other facilities to do this work in the future. >> okay. thank you, ruby. linda, do you have any comments? >> yeah, i do. this is probably the fourth time that this item is brought, you know, to the agenda. i know that we've had a ton of correspondence to make sure, again, the issue is what is the comprehensive [inaudible] you know, moving forward, given that we only have 183

households, and this process started in 2011, and we still have about ten years forward of approved relocation of the residents, and this involves looking at various resources to see how we could get this project done and utilizing all resources. that was central to, you know, my concerns, and we need someone that could be dedicated to external agencies and just things that you would need given the complexity of this kind of contract. i don't think that the issues were reflective of the performance of the resultant

itself, but the [inaudible] to ensure that this, you know, transition housing done appropriately and also to let the [inaudible] because of the shortfall in funding and all the other factors in order for us to move. so those are just the -- the broader issues here. and then, we will come back to the other plan, and i know that director buck is engaging with mohcd, which is another realm of housing to ensure that treasure island can also benefit from the resources that also exist in the city, and

i've been talking about that for a long time because there's [inaudible] so that's it. thank you. >> all right. ike, mark, did you have any comments? >> mark. no, thank you. >> yeah, my comments were addressed earlier. thank you. >> okay. so what i'd like to do is maybe propose a resolution -- a slightly modified resolution. i think the concern was the contract and the amount that was spent on it. we're doing it because of our

commitment to [inaudible] and communicate with the existing tenants and to make sure that they have all the information and all the tools that they need in order to transition into the new housing that is going to be built, but it is going to take over ten years for all of that to come on-line. some are coming on-line in the next two years, but there are many more that will be needed to take care of all the population that is currently on treasure island. and our concern is that at this rate of spending that we will not be able to provide that same level of services to the

residents. we have the nonprofits of housing that will be marketing developments, including swords to plowshares, mercy housing. we have one treasure island as a resource. we have private developers that are doing their own marketing outreach for sales of housing. we need to coordinate all of these efforts and make sure that we're being prudent, also, and how we're using our limited resources on this. so my suggestion is to give budget authority for one year. i think giving $500,000 spread over 18 months -- a one-year budget is about $330,000. so to authorize the $330,000

for this contract, but have staff come back to us before the end of the year with basically the process to issue a request for proposal so we can get competitive proposals from the vendor as well as others so we can continue to move forward on transitional housing. so that is my suggestion in order to meet the comments that have been made at the last meeting, and i'd like for the board to consider that. are there any other suggestions or comments on that? >> do we have to put this onto

the next meeting because it hasn't been noticed? >> no. mark, we called this special meeting just to resolve this issue because we could not -- >> oh, right, right. [inaudible] >> and this is the special meeting of the board to consider this one item. >> thank you. >> so do we -- do we have any alternatives or would somebody like to make a motion? >> this is ruby. i'll make a motion. >> i second it. >> second. >> i second it. >> so do you know what the motion is? >> so ruby made a motion, and maybe i'll second. >> on which -- on which --

>> on the suggestion of commissioner tsen to have a one-year contract and then for director beck to bring this back to the commission? >> okay. any other comments on that resolution? okay. hearing none, i'm going to call for a vote. >> clerk: we'll open it up to public comment. >> yes. is there any public comment on this item? >> clerk: there is no public comment. >> okay. so please call the roll for the vote. [roll call] >> clerk: there are five ayes.

>> okay. thank you. so i think, then, this -- is this the only other item -- is this the item on the agenda? >> we have an informational presentation on the mohcd m.o.u. >> okay. so we'll go ahead with that presentation, and i think that the mayor's office of housing certainly fits into this community puzzle of what services we provide to the residents and to the people who are looking for housing, so go ahead, bob. thank you very much. >> clerk: item number four, mayor's office of housing community development memorandum of understanding. >> and jamie, our finance manager, was going to present this item. >> yes. kate, can i -- thank you.

great. let me see if you're able to see my screen. great. good morning, directors. my name is jamie curven. i'm the finance manager with tida, and this morning, i'll present to you an informational item on the resolution approving the execution of the memorandum of understanding with the mayor's office of -- of housing and community development. very briefly, i know many of you are familiar with who mohcd or the mayor's office of housing is. they're a city agency charged with developing and implementing the construction of affordable housing. that includes the inclusionary housing program under the code as well as exempt housing under private activity laws. this slide, i'm sure many of you are also familiar with.

this is a refresh of tida's housing obligations, and how we plan develop the 2,163 units identified within 20 parcels. to give you a little bit of background on tida and mohcd's relationship, even though we are going forward today with a formal m.o.u., the relationship has dated prior back to 1997, when tida, mohcd, and one treasure island, or one moda had collaborated on the shipyard. since then, we've met as needed

once a week on the various affordable housing projects being developed on the overall development. so this is just to formalize a very, very long-term relationship between these parties. in terms of the specific engagement that tida has with mohcd for the approved actually already m.o.u., tida will engage mohcd to provide designated staffing services to provide in the implementation of the housing services, but not limited to, designated accounting services, administration of lotteries, marketing, and housing preferences, which will be done through the dalia services, which is an on going platform,

asset management, which mohcd typically plays a significant role in the predevelopment construction financing for these units. in terms of what is designated as on going tida specific responsibilities in the m.o.u., it does reiterate that tida is solely responsible for coordinating and providing services necessary to implement the transition regulations, so that includes advising residents of their housing rights and opportunities, enforcing opportunities to legacy residents and making the transition assignments and monitoring transition households. in terms of how the annual budget process works under this m.o.u., each fiscal year, tida and mohcd staff agree upon an

annual budget to analyze mohcds work under this m.o.u., and that includes staff time as well as other administrative costs. to date, the m.o.u. under fiscal year 2021 anticipated to only cost about $15,000. for next fiscal year, fiscal year 2022, the approximate budget is around $278,000 to cover expenses under this m.o.u. in terms of the m.o.u. terms, in terms of location, the m.o.u. covers all affordable housing, again, including authority and inclusionary units on treasure island and yerba buena island. the term is set to be sort of indefinite, and the m.o.u. may be amended from time to time, but it's really to formalize the on going arrangement and relationship between these two

parties, and tida, the authority, will be compensating mohcd based on actual quarterly expenses, so we'll be billed quarterly under the annual budget. and that's all for this m.o.u. happy to answer any questions. i also wanted to make you aware that we have aaliyah gge from the mayor's office of housing for any questions. >> yes. any questions? >> aaliyah, would you like to say anything to the board? >> yes. can you see me? >> yes. >> it's a pleasure to be here, tida directors. thank you very much for the invitation. we have really enjoyed, as jamie mentioned, a very long working relationship between our two agencies, and we're

excited to formalize that relationship, and in recognition of the formal construction, recognizing the tremendous ramping up of construction, financing, and marketing activity of affordable units. how exciting for all of us. so this m.o.u. is the result of working with several months of tida staff and we are glad to know that we have such collaborative and engaged partners in the tida staff. >> thank you. thank you very much, aaliyah, and yes, you know, the affordable housing is so important as part of what we're doing at treasure island. in fact, the housing and the

public realm are the two benefits that we get from the benefit that is going on, so we have to make sure that we make good on that promise to the people in san francisco, and affordable housing is certainly our primary driver. thank you very much. i'm glad that we are formalizing the relationships with the mayor's office of housing. and as you know, in the previous item, marketing of those units and making sure that we are able to transition the residents on the island into new housing that is building is really exciting, and i'll hope that you will help us. i'll open it up to the rest of the board -- linda. >> yes.

aaliyah, i'm so glad you are here. as a long time san francisco resident, i was engaged with mohcd, and in fact, years ago was instrumental in [inaudible] facility here in the bayview area where i live. i'm, you know, regularly receiving information from your agency, and i am -- again, i want to reiterate that treasure island residents primarily are san francisco residents. and so all the assistant residents that mohcd are actually assisting san francisco residents to provide to them. i've been calling for a long time, i've been calling for mohcd involvement, and so here we are today. i guess some clarification from, you aaliyah, and i know that tida would also be

reimbursing certain activities, but i just want to make sure that these activities are going to be on top of the regular services that your agency gives, too, to san franciscans in general because a lot of residents of treasure island do not realize that they are also eligible to all those resources. any housing, affordable housing that are built, yes, they can put their names in for lottery, and given the fact of the housing shortfall that we have on treasure island, it might get decades to get there and also the other residents to be fully occupied. i want to make sure that all these resources that already exist are also marketed to those residents.

in fact, some of them may be on the list of affordable housing on the main land, given all the affordable housing that you are producing. so you're a resource that we really need, and i'm glad that we have a formal m.o.u. so if you could just answer my questions regarding those statements i just made, i'd appreciate it. >> absolutely. thank you for the question, director richardson. so in terms of thinking about mohcds role, we oversee the marketing of affordable units, and we conduct the lottery of those units. so just to clarify a little bit, what that means is that developers themselves are actually responsible for marketing their units. they submit to mohcd a marketing plan for our review and approval and tell you how they're going to be doing their outreach. we mandate what types of

outreach will be done. for example, there'll be signage on the building. they'll be required to do certain kinds of -- in this case, virtual open houses, particularly for affordable housing units, and so on and so on. we review resident leases, we review selection criteria to make sure that there's consideration of the city's fair chance units to provide access to affordable housing to the broadest range of san francisco residents possible. so in some sense, we are conducting the same activities on treasure island as we do throughout the city. and tida has some specific requirements. your d.d.a. and housing plan includes some specific requirements that we will incorporate into our program.

but we have a vast infrastructure to be able to allow thousands of residents, that's right, director richardson, on the main land and treasure island alike, to apply for affordable housing on-line. we accepted paper applications until the shelter in place. we would absolutely encourage treasure island residents to look at affordable housing opportunities on the main land as well as on the island. so just to sort of follow up, then, on -- i heard director tsen say there is a real

distinction between the services we provide and the outreach of residents. it is the responsibility of developers to do outreach, particularly in those [inaudible] 100% affordable residents. legacy households, arws was assigned to that work as surprised by tida. >> thank you, aaliyah. >> thank you. thanks. thanks. >> are there any other questions from board members? >> director tsen, maybe if i may say one thing with regards to a future meeting. perhaps we can come back with bob's blessing and show how the dahlia website works and how

they provide affordable housing opportunities. it's something that we've done before and found that it's wonderful to sort of walk you through it, give you a tour. >> i think that would be excellent, and it would be excellent for treasure island residents, as well. and i do acknowledge that we have a higher responsibility for the housing that's produced to make sure that the residents on treasure island have, you know, priority access to those units when they come up, and that's something which is different. but yes, treasure island residents certainly having access to the dahlia system can look elsewhere for housing, as well, which is a benefit to them. okay. so if there's no other questions -- >> just one quick question. >> ruby, go ahead. >> so just -- i'm just curious how all these different

agencies doing outreach on the island coordinate with each other? i'm sure that you guys do, and i don't know if that's organized through one treasure island, but thinking about the mayor's office, its consultant, maybe some of the other things that you were saying [inaudible]. yeah, how do you guys communicate with each other? >> i'll start the response on that. so we have regular meetings with mohcd in which -- both with internal staff as well as periodically with staff from arws, particularly around we're trying to plan for how we identify the -- the -- the mercy catholic charities

building will have 23 units that are not income restricted, so these will be the first transitional units available to the legacy or pre-d.d.a. households, and how we will -- we're planning to use dahlia to rank existing residents for placement in those -- in those units to determine who would be offered a transition unit first. so around that aspect, where there's overlap, we're meeting with both mahc d&a -- and arws. and we're also having direct meetings with moh on affordable

housing development and other things where arws is not directly involved. so a lot of coordination happening through tida staff, and and joint meetings on areas where the scope overlaps. >> thank you. so any other questions? and if we're done, i think we can adjourn. there's no other items on the agenda special meeting. >> clerk: we'll call for public comment first. >> oh, i'm sorry, yes. public comment? seeing none, so thank you very much, directors, for making time for this item from our last agenda, and i look forward

to our next meeting. thank you very much. [inaudible]. >> thank you all. >> thank you, kate. streets.

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