for the exceptional leader, reverend fong who for the chinese development corporation -- reverend fong, this man has spent all of his life, decades, and has been a bridge builder and in all areas across he has been exceptional and i had the privilege of knowing him before with the commissioner chen that we were all there as part of this global i havage. so i want to thank you, commissioner, for your continued leadership on this board and i just wanted to make a statement that this matter belongs to all of us and we should all collectively -- and it's not about white, black or asian, we should all just vote together to

foster a city and that we will continue for our children and our partners will continue to have everafter. so i would like in gratitude to close this meeting here and i would like to the reverend norman fong to let him know that we consider him a great leader of this city and we thank him greatly for his ongoing leadership and community service. thank you. >> thank you very much, linda, for that. and i certainly will tell reverend fong of your accommodation as well. are there any other future items that the board would like to bring forward? yes? >> i would like to put on the agenda -- it's my first time putting something on the ajend -- i would like to put on the agenda for us to speak about

regulating a space on the island for the youth and young adults to have access for coding classes. i think that is something that, you know, is going to be -- this is what it is -- it is tech, right, and it is coding. and i have a lot of youth on the island and in city college who are interested. we have access to a couple of programmers that are willing to come to the island and so that is something they would like to see discussed on the agenda. >> thank you, we will put that on the agenda. i think that you are right, it's the future. >> it is. >> okay, well, hearing no other agenda items for the future, i think what is the next item, can we adjourn? >> clerk: yes, adjourn. >> we adjourn this meeting. thank you all. we got through the budget and we

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today. thank you everyone joining in very early this morning. thank you all. please move to the next agenda item. >> item 2. general public comment. this is to allow members of the public to address the infrastructure and transportation committee on items that do not appear on the agenda. public comment is held on each item on the agenda. there is no public comment. >> next agenda, please. >> item 3. consent agenda. approving the minutes of march 16, 2020 meeting. >> i move approval. >> i second that motion. all in favor. aye.

>> we have to do roll call? >> director richardson. >> yes. >> director tsen. >> yes. >> there are two ayes. item 4. update from treasure island mobility management agency on wetatimma. >> tell us where we are today. >> i am eric cordova, director for transportation authority. i am here to update you on a very exciting portion of the transportation program the ferry implementation.

bob, thank you for helping me to pull up this slide deck so i can go to the next slide, bob, our agenda. i want to update you on the transportation program. the overall goals and m.o.u. we are going to execute with the water emergency transportation authority. really to get into more detail with a study we are preparing as it relates to the ferry from treasure island to san francisco. the next slide. real quick in terms of usury visiting mobility goals. the incentives are to have folks travel via transit, walking or biking as much as possible. did discourage the use of private cars through the tolling and paid parking that is part of the program. most importantly meeting 50/50% transit walking, biking mode

versus driving peak visit mode. the map that shows here is our intent right now. we will focus on the ferry service and discussion. we are also chatting and working with patterners to the east -- partners to the east. ac transit to establish transit service to and from the east bay. working with s.f.m.t.a. with the existing service and increasing service to san francisco. there is a plan for on island shuttle. today's topic when we are all excited about is ferry service from the new ferry terminal under construction and nearing completion to san francisco. i will talk first about the

m.o.u. we crafted. we have been working for the last three to four months with the water transportation authority and tida to prepare m.o.u. to establish the framework of coordinated effort to fund, operate and add more ferry service to and from the island. zero mission vessel is attainable. it is something we are striving to work towards in that regard and working closely with weda from that perspective. on may 6, a couple weeks ago we were in front of the weda board and it was approved 5-0. they were excited in terms of opportunity that lies ahead. our intent is to move to the tima board next month. i can advise bob and the committee in terms of specific dates so you can have more clarity. we have to establish the tima

committee and board meeting. what i want to do is go through quickly the study, scope. quickly in terms of planning, operations, costs, fare revenue analysis. this is all work to be completed. we want to complete here this summer. right now pass one is looking at the service plan for the island. we are referring to two services here. early service plan. seeing what we could do as early as next year knowing that the ferry terminal is going to be opening soon. we have been working with weda to establish whether or not that is a possibility. it is something they have an existing fleet of vessels. given the pandemic could use

more usage. we have been talking with them regarding that. really a large focus on the ultimate service plan with ability to access and obtain electric vessels and have more need and demapped on the island -- demand on the island in a few years once the island continues to build out. both of those are two of the major issues and items we will review over the next few months. we are doing that right now. we are also going to establish what we consider taking a look at the peer agencies not only in the bay but other parts of the united states to get a better sense how they might approach ferry service and learn. best practices, lessons learned. under task two. that is the in depth operational analysis service plan

alternatives. we are focusing on smaller boats because it is such a short run between the treasure island terminal and san francisco ferry terminal. when i say smaller boats, we are talking about in the capacity of 149 to 199 passengers with very high frequency. right now the thought process to have every 20 minutes ferry service back and forth which we think is attainable. as always, there is a cost associated. the operations and maintenance costs. those are the issues we will evaluate as part of the study. starting this month and into july we will get into the specifics of that. cost, fare, revenue analysis. estimating capital cost in particular for charging infrastructure. now there is no electric vessel

charging infrastructure on the port of san francisco that we are aware of our on treasure island. with treasure islands under development like it is we think this is a great opportunity to include that as part of the overall package here. we think also, too, we can be successful in obtaining grants for the charging infrastructure and the vessel the first of its kind in the bay area. we think there is tremendous opportunity here. we are going to take a look at the ferry structure, working with weda to establish the ferry structure for approval by tima and weda. they would be the public agency implementer and carrier of the ferry system. that happens in the summertime. task four now. i want to advise you that we have established a very good

working relation with weda to cord nate with the port of san francisco in terms of specifics where the boat would or might dock. looking at other partners, in particular the transit district. they operate ferries. as part of any peer group we want to get some potential lessons learned from their end p.we are on schedule to complete by august timeframe in 2021. that is an overview of where we are at today in terms of ferry service planning. i am open to any questions you might have. thank you. >> thank you again for being here. i will yield to commissioner tsen to ask questions. i will have questions for you as well. thanks for that presentation.

commissioner tsen. >> thank you so much for the update, eric. we have been looking forward to your report and hearing about the ferry service. that is such an important link between treasure island and the mainlands and the ferry building. it will be an exciting event when that opens. it will allow more mobility for the residents and be able to bring visitors to the island. very, very important link in our overall transit plan. you said that you will finish the study by august. when will you be able to report back to this commission on the results of that study? >> my thought process we should

be able to report back no later than august. maybe a touch point before that. i would work with bob in that regard. one of the things i did fail to mention. my apologies. we are looking at inter lining of existing routes that weda has for exampling fromala need de to see if there -- alameda to see if there is a synergy that can work for the island that is part of the service planning effort. >> there are other points in the bay area that will have access by ferry to the island? >> exactly. part of a study there is another component be looking at touch points on the waterfront. we are excited about that. that is phase two after the august timeframe. we will be at least delving into the potentials. others have said it would be

nice to have waterfront ferry along the waterfront there. we don't want to ignore that thought process and keep that in mind as we embark in our work. >> that is great to have more connections along the bay and have access to treasure island. i am glad you mentioned that. i would like to ask when you do the analysis and this is something we mentioned before when it comes for ferry service. whether they handle bicycles. how do you bring passengers who want to bring their bicycles to treasure island and part of the effort and capital into creating those wonderful bicycle lanes, pedestrian lanes and bicycle

lanes as well. what is the planning for the storage of bicycles on the ferries? >> right. right now we definitely understand that is a large component of the effort. we are excited about the bicycle connection. we envision bike sharing and at the transit terminal where folks can store the bike if they like for sure. i also think that electric bikes are now at the forefront more than in the past. that is something to plan for as part of the overall programming. the issue to bring bikes to the boat is one a question how long it takes to load and unload and the ability to -- where to put them. we have to look at all of that as we do this work and we will. >> i am just asking that you really pay attention to that

element. these small vessels i don't know how much they can accommodate, and i noted this before. one thing is to look at other places in the bay area that have a lot of bicycle activity. sausilito was getting 5,000 bikes each day at one time. i don't know the volume. you will have rental facilities on the island. still, i would not underestimate the desire of bicycles to come on and how can we accommodate them. you are right, the difficulty is essential the loading and unloading. it also dovetails with the ferry

terminal platform as well. i look forward to when you come back to have ass on that so that we -- have some answers on that so we can gauge the effectiveness. that certainly should be in the plan. >> we will definitely do that. that is why we want to coordinate with the golden gate district for lessons learned. >> the other thing i applaud you for looking at zero emission vessels. that is something maybe even five years ago would not have been a possibility or something to be considered. i am glad as we are building the ferry terminal now for treasure island to look into those to charge. i don't know if there are solar charges. do you know? >> the thought process right now

is electric charging. >> that is a wonderful progress to be able to think we might have ferry service and that the emissions would be zero. that is great. those are the comments that i have for now. >> thank you, commissioner tsen and to everyone. this is linda richardson. i am calling from the phone. i have some questions for you. it is very comforting from your opening statement that you now have a very robust relationship with weda. that is very significant. i know that agency has had a change in organization structure within last year or so and it is

great. at some point the underlying this committee would like to invite weta and host so that we can use the opportunity to talk about what is going on so we can host the new director in there. first question has to do with zero emission vehicles. you mentioned that no one in the region has these so tida is first. there is currently no charging stations. what can we begin to embark on to make sure we have this electric charge stations that will be based and the planning processes, acquisition of equipment and all of that?

i would like for you to shed light on that. that is my first question. >> sure. you are very astute that as part of the development here with the new infrastructure it is so important to plan for and do the appropriate engineering to understand what we must do to charge vessels like this as well as charge the electric type vessels from other forms of transit. we are going to work with treasure island development authority and with the development staff to make sure that we do that planning now. i think that is a very important area for us to be able to show, in particular, to weta, we can charge the vessels here. right now there is none of that capability within the system from what we understand. they are planning for it.

we believe that is an important item as we move forward and embark in the long-term relationship with weta. we are starting that work already in terms of planning for that. >> we would like to have involved with that. this would be great if we can make opportunity and be the first in the region and probably everywhere that we look into land yumaster plan to -- land use for the master plan so people from oakland can come in and charge there and we can charge them. another way to make revenues, another way to promote the island about sustainable transportation, innovation. this would be significant. another opportunity to provide business opportunities, also. this is very, very exciting.

it is part of the development of the island. we keep telling people everywhere we are doing things here that nobody anywhere has ever done. looking to the innovation and sometimes it is great. i will challenge you sometime to write op-ed to let people know how we are treating transportation here, how we have infrastructure, bicycles, what we are doing on treasure island. we are a model. sometimes as part of our educational outreach we need to let people know about that. second question. we would like to look at the m.o.u. that was may 6 that it

was approved. it is now to the tima board maybe to the director. do we have an m.o.u. to look at? >> definitely. i have provided bob the packet that went on may 6 to the weta board with the attachment which is the m.o.u. itself. bob and the development team looked at this. i am more than happy to make sure you look at that. >> all of these agreements we would like to look at them and see how the obligations are aligned and issued and for historical and also for the management of that. please as soon as we can have that that would be extremely

important. please if you could have that before august, it would be great. i know you are working very hard. we know that. anytime you have any of this information, make sure that we will get that. there are issues that i know candidate for discussion but will be remiss not to touch on baseicly not in detail where we are so our next meeting we would like to entertain just to tell us briefly what has transpired since it has been a long time for the public to let them know that we are going to put that on the full calendar. can you tell us briefly what is going on with the tolling? i understand there are

significant welcoming things on the way. >> what we are doing right now is we have had some outreach with the public, with the businesses to what we have been working with them on a co-creation session. better understanding concerns as it relates to tolling to make sure we craft an affordability plan that works. we had those meeting as of late. we anticipate coming to the tida board and timma board in the late summer, early fall of this year with recommendations based on what we have analyzed as well as input from the public. that is where we stand as of today. >> that is great. i know that the outreach is out there in the community. yes, please, it is an action item. let us know what kind of

progress you are making on that. third, and last question i have, the upgrades with regards to caltran? what are the issues? how can we help here to move the dial? >> thank you for asking that question. right now i want to update you on what we refer to as the west side bridges project. basically the retrofit and replacement of bridge stork turs on the west side of the island. we completed design and are making request to the state of california for additional federal highway bridge programs seismic retrofit funds. one issue. that program is over subscribed. in essence, not enough money to go around just in layman's terms. we would appreciate any support you can give us in terms of

working towards. we have been applying for funds in different pots of money. we worked with bob for letters of support. we will come to you for support for the time funding. it is shelf ready for construction right now. we are talking about close to overall when you include construction management, administration close to $100 million along that west side for improvements. we are working with the state for additional funding. we believe it will take a mix of us working with our partner in the region as well as the state and federal government to obtain the final funding for it. >> yes. this is significant. we cannot complete development of treasure island without that seismic upgrade. it is just that.

i am glad you are measuring it. it needs to be escalated and with the city helping us and with tida we would like to move the dial. you know that the housing construction and all of those things are going on you just mentioned about the ferries and all of this wonderful transportation improvements, seismic. it is $100 million. we heard about the infrastructure federal grant and no the state of california right now has some money to look at. i know that we have very -- people at the state level including state governor and legislators that also know the

significance and sign on on treasure island. they know you cannot do anything without the seismic upgrade that is the bottom line. it is a dangerous thing. if we do not do that, we cannot have people on the island. please keep us informed. from this meeting talk to us here and talk to the commissioner tsen. we are on top of this and working diligently, thank you, bob. we would like to escalate this as soon as possible so we can get the powers involved and resolve this timeline issue. it is 2022 is just around the corner. we are now doing that. it is a setback in our milestone. thank you. we would like to talk to you

after this meeting and the director and the commissioner tsen to see how we can get the city and state to help us with this. >> can i ask you a question, please. >> sure, please. >> thank you. thank you for the presentation. i am excited about the electric ferries. i know they are in europe and around the world. it is great to bring them here. one of the plans i saw. the ferry has electric bikes by the ferry stations set up. have we considered a charging station by the ferry dock to be used for the ferry and bikes and cars? >> actually we are doing that and taking a look at it comprehensively the need as it

relates to electric bike charging to see what the vessel would need for the ferry and other type of transit charging that might be needed on the island. in my opinion we have a rare opportunity to appropriately plan for it. it is more difficult when you have to do it call it on the san francisco side with a lot of obstacles to deal with. >> good point. i am excited. are you looking at back up power on the island to make sure there is a full charge that is local? >> that is something that we are frankly i need to bring that forth in terms of mind set here to see how best to go ahead and plan for any potential back up system, etc. we are just at that. i appreciate that comment. >> i am excited you are

collaborating. there are federal dollars. this is a perfect demo for financial assistance. the other question is on equity. with the ferry system, is there a tiered system for residents of different incomes to have benefits for the ferry so they are not incentivized to drive the car? >> we are looking at equity and affordability. i know that weta embarked on the same mindset. we will work with them in that regard to establish a program here that accounts for and is responsive to the need in that regard. >> thank you. i think your point on responsiveness is so important. as the city brings these new components that are expensive. the vision of clean energy

future to make sure costs are affordable and equitable. >> one final point we have established a good working relationship with the resources district there are opportunities for grants on the zero emissions side across the board. that is something we are working diligently as part of the overall plan here. >> both commissioners said can you add this to remarks on the partnerships what is able to be financed by the city or by other grants to help implement these great ideas? >> yes, definitely. that will be part of the financial side of the house here when we come back with draft recommendations or alternatives, we will make sure we include that. >> thank you so much. i appreciate the work you and your team are doing. >> thank you, commissioner.

any question, commissioner tsen before we let him go today? do you have any other thing to add? >> no, i don't have any nor questions. thank you, eric. we look forward to hearing from you in the fall when you finish your analysis. >> thank you. >> eric, as always, your agency is top-notch. i want to thank you again. this is exciting. we would like to entertain you as soon as possible, especially with the planning of the stations. thank you so much. let me ask are there public questions before we let him go?

>> there is no public comment. >> okay. thank you again, eric. i look forward to seeing you. next thing on the agenda, please. >> wayfinding signage update. item 5. >> good morning. .i am with the landscape architecture to give a recap of the wayfinding signage -- way

finding signage program. i want to give recap of the approved signage program and preview of the first couple of signs we have planned. the cmg working with the signage master plan in 2015. that was presented and approved by both treasure island by the tida board. we put up more detail. we took the sane age to 90% design level. in october i presented and gave you a recap of the signage. there were questions around

accessibility and the bicycle wayfinding signage. i will go into more detail about that toed. we gave that in december to the cab and then today i am following up. the signage master plan is the framework guiding everything that i am showing you today. that is approved by the board several years ago in 2015. a lot of the signs today are still from this master plan. the goal is later this year to develop the final design and content. right now they are in early planning. we will be back with final graphics. it has the look and feel of the signs and content to be included. we worked with hunt design, national designer that worked at the national mall and projects

with the golden gate national recreation area. that master plan is the materials and colors and types of signs for different users, motorists, bicycles and pedestrians. it also discusses code compliance and union i verial design and accessibility. for the master plan we looked at great projects around the world and took inspiration from the colors and materials of the san francisco bay for the signs. this is what the signs will look like. content is draft. the concept and what is unique about the signs. the content on one side. you will have the way signing information on the front and back is opportunity to include art or interpretive information about the history or ecology of the island.

the signs are in user types, some for pedestrians and motorists and bicyclists. we know that the tida board sets high standards for accessibility. we have been working closely with the public works accessibility director and the lighthouse for the blind to develop the programming. we know we need to meet code we want to exceed that and do the best we can with the signage program as accessible as possible. some of the best things are simple. making sure that the text and font is large and highly visible and high contrast of the message in the background. it is the placement of the sign that is important. we want to place them to be visible. they need to be add adjacent to

accessible material and pathways so people who use the signs. they need to be at comfortable heights for mobility impaired users. we will also be including universal icons. those are important for ease of understanding. they are important for international visitors and residents which english is not their first language. you can see calling out different programs like hiking trails, restrooms or regulatory signs like no smoking. other accessibility features to be incorporated are things like push boxes to read the text of signs, transit stops could have push buttons for the next trip. and there are tactile signs. some won't be in the first

phase. it doesn't include the shuttle stop. that comes later. in speaking with the signage be experts. the textile signs are not easy to change. we want to incorporate when the major construction detours are finished. we don't want them to be inaccurate. that may be a later phase of the signage design. as we locate the signs on the islands we want to make sure we are looking at the circulation routes and placing in the key locations where people can make way finding signage decisions. starting with arrival at ferry, how we greet people when they get off, main routes through retail and historic, the waterfront destinations and range of parks and other programs we want called out very clearly. the first signs people will encounter as they disembark from

the ferry is the digital display in water front plaza. this is a large sign that easy to change. it has up-to-date information to be swapped out on regular basis to let people know transit information or latest events on the island. that is the first stop for those planning the visit. from there at a lot of the park entries are the banner signs that include maps to orient to islands and destinations. we work with the signage consultant to make these panels. they look like one sign. it is a three panel system so the map can be swapped out as the island the built out. over time that will change so we want to give people the best

information. at the bottom is where we can use the icons to call out programs and amenities available nearby. the back of the signs can also be used for additional information like historical information. there will be more simple wayfinding signage to help people navigate between the various sites and sign that call out the easiest ways to destinations. getting into building one and the accessible pathway to the beach will be called out as well. importantly, the trails have a different standard that we will be using. these standards are recommended by the american access board. it includes obstacles so people know what to expect before they start out on the trail.

at the major trail head there will be information like link of trail concrete or come tact earth, width and scope of the trail. those signs will be at continuous points around the trail system. it will look like this to let people know what to expect so they can make the best decisions about which path to use. all of signs and locations that i have called out so far are part of the first phase of the project. this is a many year project. as the project is built additional signs will be included to help people find those as well. bicycle way finding signage has its own best practices we are

incorporating. best practices for sign age include the distance and time to the destination. so people know what to expect. it is best to limit the signs to two to three destinations since people are traveling quickly on a bike and don't have that much time to read. signs include bike icons so it is clear who the audience is and similar would be pedestrian signs we want them to be high contrast. i think earlier on the call we have great bike facilities. we want to know where to find them. we look at the different tracks and the bay trail around the island and the facilities in the street to call out where people should be or which bike path people should use. the bike sane age will look like

-- signage will look like this at entries and decision points. people will come from the causeway to the best bike route. people leaving from the ferry plaidza will point to the cycle tracks. where the bike facilities meet. one where the cycle and bay trail split. this lets them know which route leads to the various destinations. on yerba buena island there are signs so when people are off the bay bridge and come across the causeway at the major intersections letting them know which direction to go. there are a few regulatory signs letting bikes to know to walk or ride. at the ferry will be more congested. that is a bicycle dismount zone.

what i am showing now is the signage. as it is built out there will be additional signs. finally, the first two interpretive signs are in concept development right now. they are a great way to teach people about the history or ecology of the island. we envision these in a lot of different styles. we have different architects to design them to fit in the context of the park spaces where they will fit. the first sign that we are plans is the port chicago trial. that was the important trial that happened on yerba buena island following the disaster and the trial that followed and the public outrage.

that was de segregation of the navy that occurred on yerba buena island. we want people to go about that event. that sign is being planned for infinity point, the western point on yerba buena island designed by a design studio landscape architect. working on the content of the sign where the museum. now the concept for the sign is to have metal panels. you can see them here. affixed to the remnant water tank at the major overlook at infinity point. as people read and learn about the disaster and trial they are looking in the direction of port chicago in the east bay. you can see where those signs will below indicated adjacent to the main overlook at infinity point. the second interpretive sign is

about habitat management and the island stormwater treatment. we have a range of diverse habitats on the island. we are working with the san francisco department of restoration project and we have innovative stormwater treatment plan treating runoff from streets and development. we want to teach people about that as they look at the basins. that sign we are working with the san francisco department of environment on the content for it for habitat management and great restoration work they are doing out there. you can see we are in the first development of these signs. we will be working on them more throughout the summer and coming back with more information and more details and content for both of those signs.

next up for the way finding signage. through oust summer we will look for hunt design and the different city agencies to finalize the graphics. we will return to the board to review those with you. after that we will look for fab fabricatetor. those drawings will go to the city to review the signage. when approved the signs will be fabricated. the first signs will be installed on yerba buena island in early 2022. that is the briefing for today. i am happy to take any questions you might have. >> thank you so much. it is a wonderful presentation. i am going to -- i think it will

be great to have for members of this committee to have the information. i was looking at the old one we have to make a comparison, and i will not be able to do that. we would like to look at these plans that you presented today so that we can go item by item. that is the purpose of this committee to be able to look at things very closely and so that we can if guide the process. number one. i am going to yield to commissioner tsen. after her let commissioner prochnik and i will ask my specific questions. again, thank you for the presentation. commissioner tsen please go ahead with your questions and

comments. >> lauren, thank you. that was an excellent presentation. you have been before us before and we have given you our comments along the way. i am glad to see the many suggestions we have made to improve the bicycle signage to address the ada issues, all of that certainly has been incorporated. i very much appreciate that. there is perhaps one comment that i would like to make. that is about the interpretive signage and what an opportunity there is right now for us to incorporate ways that actually teach our youth as well as just various visitors who come to the island about the ecology, the history you have with the port

chicago trial. you have to incorporate that and about the natural environment. i find that when you had these interpretive signs people can learn more about their surroundings and go deeper into what they see there. it is really a great way to educate. i wonder whether you have touched base with the exploratorium which has done quite a bit along the other side of the waterfront on the mainlands side of the waterfront. they are doing interpretive signs. i think they can do something for us which goes beyond because they involve signs into it. i think particularly for the

youth and for the youth living on the island to find out to learn about what is there on the island would be great. i am not saying just exploratorium, academy of science. we have institutions in our community, educational institutions that could be brought in to give more information and to give you insight into what can be done. the exploratorium has done really some great work on fuel stations where the signs are so you can measure things over time whether it is wave action or air quality or wind directions. i think there are some things that can be done in a very active way.

perhaps you could look into that. other than that, i think you have done a great job and i appreciate the work you have done so far. >> thank you very much. commissioner prochnik. >> thank you again. i appreciate the update. thanks for taking all of the different suggestions and incorporating them. i have a question. on one of the last board meetings we brought up the local community center and the kids working on projects about the native americans that lived on the island in the area and changing names and having more input in the discussion. have we coordinated on those efforts and started looking at different pieces to work in the local knowledge into the signs and way finder components?

>> we are in the beginning process of looking into that. >> i will look forward to an update with the information from them. thank you. >> one more thing. the very beginning of the presentation she mentioned the electric sign. you are going to needy electricity to power that sign. from the previous presentation if we could set up a micro grid or energy station where that sign is going to be we can ensure that is readable. our wise when the power is out that sign is out. if that is a main center focus that needs to be powered by solar or clean energy that is always on.

>> lauren, the solar power of those signs is that something you have looked into? >> i don't believe we have. i know that some of the smaller features like the bus stops where you have the audio buttons or interpretive signs, some of those can be powered by solar. we can look into it. right now it would be powered off the island electrical grid. that is a good suggestion to look into. >> thank you again, lauren, for the wonderful presentation. we would like to get the full presentation. let me dive in accentuate the

educational aspect of the signage. it is about everything, treasure island and yerba buena island and the engagement with the schools and it is a learning center. i think it is important in the design of the art that we get the youth involved. i envision a lot of field trips, not just from san francisco kids but from all over the region, from all over other places coming to treasure island. why? we are going to have open spaces and parks and they are going to be so nice. one thing we are accentuating before and the information how to be digital. i am thinking here relevance to the ada.

officially impaired people in our city in the region also are sensitive about those points. as we said earlier on and i know you have incorporated some ideas to make sure whoever you are, you come to treasure island you will be able to enjoy it. especially those visually impaired on the bike trails and the places when they land on the island. we need to go the extra mile to really accommodate their needs. all of us on the main land in san francisco through all of these years and decades observed how limited even in a progressive city like san francisco, the development of treasure island is to show the world how we can be innovative and do things differently. these projects allow us to go

beyond the duty to show how people with live well. i would like to at some point look at where all of the digital signs are, whether or not they are voice activated, what they look like in relationship if i am driving or riding my bike on the trail what measures do we make in there? i think that would be great. i know you have this to help us pull that toeing. we are going to look at that. i am glad that you are working with the treasure island for the port chicago exhibit. that is a great piece. at some point we would like to see what you come out with. that would be extremely

pertinent. lastly, when are you planning to come before this committee again? when are you going to go to production? >> we will be in production toward the end of this year. the plan is to work on the detailed graphics for the signs. reaching out more to other organizations to finalize those. we plan to return to you later in the summer to review those in more detail. >> that would be great. one suggestion here that the exploratorium are doing wonderful things. all of these agencies are partners. what we have done is look at the agencies, city agencies, commission on environment and exploratorium, all are doing things we wanted to incorporate and work with them. please take that advice and see

how we can look at what they are doing and how we can all collaborate together. i would like to entertain you again at that time. it is great to have the presentation so we can spend time to look at that. everything that you said today is great. incorporate a lot of stuff. there might be things we do not want to miss that working together. if we could have all of the presentation ahead of time it would be great. thank you again for all of the work that you have been doing. we look forward to hosting you again. i am going to ask the public to ask questions before we let you go. >> there is no public comment.

>> no public comments. thank you. we look forward to seeing you soon. >> thank you. >> you are welcome. next thing on the agenda. >> item 6. discussion of future agenda items by directors. >> commissioners, are there any discussions? i think for the next agenda, of course, some of the issues we touch about today i will leave that to the directors and the negotiations to inform us on what the agenda should be. that is no problem. okay. next thing on the agenda. >> meeting is adjourned. >> thank you, commissioners.

and all of the members of the public watching us today. we look forward to seeing you soon. this meeting is adjourned. thank you all. >> good morning, everyone! i get the amazing privilege of being the coronavirus of habitat for humanity greater san francisco and we're so pleased you can join us.

we're here in diamond heights to break ground on a very important project to us. there's not very many community occasions that is exciting as the ground breaking except for the day we give the keys to the family which is coming soon. as we begin, i would love to invite a champion for affordable housing and a good friend to habitat for humanity, pastor teresa chow sigh a few words and to bless us all. pastor chow. [applause] thank you. a house carries very significant importance. it's more than just a shelter, for some it's a sanctuary, place of rest and belonging. for my parents, who emigrated to the u.s. from south korea a house was a dream, however their dream didn't stop at owning a

house for themselves, but being able to provide a house for their children and grandchildren. 20 years ago, when i moved to san francisco, newly married, my parents' dream was realized as they helped my husband and i purchase our first home. and it's why i chose to wear this particular stolz today. this korean fabric means many colors. during very difficult times through out korean history, parents would don their children in these colorful fabrics as a symbol of their hope. they carry the hopes and dreams of the community and i wear this carrying dreams many of us for not just housing but affordable housing. to make this dream come true, it takes the community to put fourth the sweat equity, to push fourth just policies, build a foundation, network the resources and carry the hopes with determination. i love that the homes that will be built here on this land begins with community.

city officials, faith leaders, volunteers, neighbors, homeowners and home dreamers, which truly makes it our house. in the korean angst possess i have pronoun, my is rarely used. we use our. my house is our house, my dream is our dream, my land is our land. however, when we say our house, we also carry the responsibility of not only the hopeful future but the past so that our dreams do not -- are not at the expense of others and that's what it means to be a community. so in the spirit i would like to share this house blessing by poet jan richardson and acknowledging this is on the ancestrial home lapped of the aloney people who are the or not inhabitants. think of the year as a house, door swung wide and welcome,

threshold swept and waiting a grace spaciousness, opening and offering itself to you. let it be blessed in every room, let the it be hollowed in every corner. let every nook in the refuge and every object set to holy youth, let it be here that safety will rest, let it be here that health will make its home, let it be here that peace will show its face and let it be here that love will find its way, here let the weary come and let the aching come, let the lost come and let them find rest and find their soothing and let them find their place. and let them find their delight. and may it be in this house of a year that the seasons will spin in beauty and may it be in these turning days the time will spiral with joy and rooms will fill with ordinary grace and lights spill from every window with welcome to the strangers calling it home.

amen. [applause] >> thank you so much pastor. we appreciate you and your congregation for your friendship and your advocacy on housing and your on going support. i want to welcome our guests here with us today. because of covid we had to limit the crowd. i appreciate all of you who are here with us, and physically and in spirit. i'm delighted to say that mayor breed is with us today. since her inauguration, mayor breed has been a true champion and leader prioritizing affordable housing. under her leadership, the mayor's office of housing and community development has continued and increased their work supporting families and communities across the city. today, san francisco has a robust pipeline of affordable housing and ready to be built

and available at all levels for all family sizes. madam mayor, it's great to see you and we look forward to bringing hundreds more homes that we have in our pipeline in the next several years forward to partner with the city. i also couldn't be happier the district 8 supervisor mandelman is with us today. there are few people who have worked harder more thoughtfully than you have to get more affordable homes built with the needs of each neighborhood. it's good to see you. i'm going to come back to a would be wonderful proposal of yours in a little while. eric shaw is also with us today. thank you for your leadership and your vision and we really appreciate it. we also have with us three san francisco habitat homeowners today. den ice, jenn, and jeanette. if you can all just wave. like all habitat homeowners,

denise jenn and janette know their way around a construction site and experienced home builders. i know they can't wait to welcome new families to these homes and help them on their journey. i'm so pleased to see bryn smith here today, a fantastic volunteer who has worked hundreds of hours both here in san francisco and overseas across the globe. thank you, bryn. you live a stone's throw away and we'll see him working on the homes. representing our amazing dime opened heights neighborhoods, i can see betsy eddie, thank you, co president of the diamond heights community association, and betsy is such a strong supporter of this project. from the moment i first called her to say yes, how can we help and i really appreciate you. last time we were together, just up the hill at the police academy, we had about 70 community members join us to learn about and support the project. i was so impressed that we had almost everyone 68 out of the 70 who said yes we want to see this

project happen. something that doesn't get enough recognition here in our city. our architectses, toby is here and you can see the beautiful rendering behind me and it will turn into a beautiful community for the families that live here. and you can see reflected in the design the compliments of the neighborhood as you look around. several members of our habitat for humanity greater san francisco board are with us today. mark and ken preston and thank you for coming out and if i missed anyone, sorry. we have a board meeting later so i'll hear about it. normally, of course, in pro covid times, we would be able to welcome many more of our hundreds of homeowners and thousands of volunteers to this event. i feel so blessed that we've been able to be here together and gather as many friends. i know we're all excited to be moving forward with this path to a gradual and safe reopening. we're starting the project with

a very special story attached to it. on this site, right here, stood the home of a great san franciscan maria collish. she was one of the first people to move into the diamond heights neighborhood in the '50s when all of this was in open meadow. she was a chemist, activist, medical researcher whose circle of friends included chemist line, artist, and venture and architect fuller and photographer imaging cunningham and if you look over at the plaque, you will see the beautiful image that the shot of her that we memorized on a plaque. she loved her city and had he loved the people who live here. the site was donated by her son and his wife. in her honor and memory they wish to help more hard-working families stay in the city that she cared for. today, mischa at 99-years-old is resting at home and he is looking forward to seeing a

video of us all later today. the flag recognizing his mother will be a fix to the building when finished. the sculpture is based on a photo. this will stand as a reminder to all of the life maria left and her generosity to families in san francisco. so now where there was previously one home, there will be eight homes. three and four bedroom homes for families. this type of urban refill project typically more manageable numbers on units on smaller parcels o of land has potential to contribute to the number of homes that low income people can be homeowners in in san francisco. that's why we're so supportive of sensible proposals such as those by supervisor mandelman to make it a little easier to build smaller size projects and certain locations that are in keeping with the neighborhood character density and transportation availability. just yesterday, the supervisor

introduced legislation to make four-unit buildings easier to build and we support that effort. so what makes a habitat project? well, all of our homes are affordable homeownership. because we know home opioid allows families to realize potential, to build wealth and equity and accomplish their dreams. habitat serves as both the general contractor, the developer and the mortgage lender with a zero down and zero percentage interest loan for families. we cap all families housing costs at 30% of their income and this pro voids predictability, stability, and for the next generation, and for this generation as well. our homeowners invest 500 hours working alongside their neighbors and the community. they will be joined by hundreds of volunteers who live and work in san francisco and who want to make sure families have a chance to stay and plant their roots in the community. these homes are forever affordable as habitat buys them

back when families move on it market rate homes or relocate after their children are grown and the process starts over again with another family. san francisco loves volunteers, pound for pound we have the most generous people in the country right here in san francisco. we've already been inundated with offers from volunteers who are anxious to safely get back to work after the past year of quarantine. this will be supported by habitat pro commercial construction staff and they have kept our construction sites safely and productively across our region. habitat san francisco is building in and to see so much affordable housing gun o in our. and the balboa reservoir projects last year. we're excited and proud to be

homeowner developers in these projects. this is being supported by the mayor's office of housing and community development with $1.5 million in construction and permanent financing. just like so many affordable developments, the mayor will drive them to the finish. i want to acknowledge eric. when he learned that 85% of habitat homeowners were bipoc family in san francisco and we look forward to carrying the legacy forward in awful our projects. and as our reopening process proceeds, we listen to the guidance from local government, we look forward to restarting our critical repair work which has helped so many of our neighbors stay safe and warm in the homes they know and they've been in for a long time, especially in the buy view and san francisco. tur for being here. i'm delighted to introduce you to the woman who needs no introduction, and the leader mayor london broad. breed. [applause] madam mayor, welcome.

>> thank you, i had to put my hair back. it's windy out here. first of all, let me say how excited i am about this project and i am not surprised the community here in diamond heights rallied together to support it. this community is a very active community and i have a history, believe it or not, with the diamond heights community when i worked at treasure island when the city was considering moving the police academy to treasure island. this community fought to keep the police academy right here in this community and they were successful. along with the work and the advocacy around george christopher park and we broke ground on a new playground and in that particular area, a couple weeks ago. and so, this is an amazing community. it's a resilient community. it's a community that has a history that was just talked about. maria polish, one of the first

residents here in the 1950s when it was just a meadow and now look at it. a neighborhood and a community where children are raised and people shop and see each other at the grocery store and we know that this project is going to be an important part of this community too. so, i am excited about it. i'm especially excited because some of you might have remembered when i served on the board of supervisors i introduced neighborhood preference legislation and that legislation made sure that when we build affordable housing in communities, the right of first refusal for the certain percentage of those units goes to the people who actually live here who are qualified for the affordable unit. in order to allow for opportunities for your children or grand children, who may have grown up in this community, to have at least the possibility of getting access to these homes. so in this particular project, neighborhood preference will be used for home ownership.

i can't be more thrilled to be working with habitat for humanity because of the incredible work that they do the hardest part of owning a home is putting together a down payment. and in san francisco, that's at least a minimum of $250,000 in order to own a home that many people sometimes can barely afford. and here, no down payment. no more than 30% of their income used to pay representative. a place that people will call home and be able to raise their families. and if they are so fortunate enough to excel in life and generate more revenue for their household and move on to purchase another property, the home will still be affordable to the next generation. this is an incredible project for our city. and i couldn't be more thrilled. i wanted to say how much i appreciate all of you the voters of san francisco. when i first became mayor, we put on the ballot an affordable housing bond which wow supported

overwhelmingly and since i've taken office, we've been able to, along with that affordable housing and other resources, we're able town vest over a billion dollars in affordable housing in san francisco. that's why it was not a hard sil for us, immediately providing the resources necessary to get the job done for this project so it's your support, your advocacy and everyone coming together and it really does take a village and this village came together to provide incredible opportunities for home ownership for families and i'm looking forward to being here when we cut the ribbon in the first families move in. thank you all so much for being here today. [applause] thank you so much, mayor. now i want to introduce someone well-known to us and well-known further afield for his thoughtful approach to an environment where more affordable homes can be built. i want to welcome rafael

mandelman. welcome. >> thank you. samson bloom. this is a little bit of like a collision of my multiple world's. i want to grad school 20 something years ago with eric and hey eric, and i worked when i was a lawyer in private practice representing local governments on many teams, are you representing kappa chat? you are on the board. awesome. well, good to see you. so, at any rate, everybody, i am so excited about this particular moment. from the moment that i started as a supervisor, i wanted to see more affordable housing built in district 8 and district 8 is a hard district to get affordable housing built in notwithstanding the displacement that has happened from district 8. it's hard because we're built out and we don't have a lot of available sites because land values are high.

from our very first meeting with mayor breed, i've been asking her for help with affordable housing in district 8 and she's been delivering it. she acquired a big giant property on market street that is going to house lgbtq queer seniors and friends. this particular project is really exciting and required moe and eric to do outside the box thinking about how to use the funds. in district 8, projects small projects like this habitat projects, affordable home projects make a lot of sense on these small sites. but it's been something that most have been funding before and i'm sure partly through the intervention of our mayor and doing things like this and it showed great flexibility around funding this and i have all sorts of people who i should thank. got the mayor and eric shaw and of course habitat for humanity

and the tremendous work you do and you are pushing us to think outside the box about getting this project done. all of the volunteers and of course the neighbors. betsy, deserves praise all the time in every way but it's wonderful to be in a neighborhood that is welcoming affordable housing and wants to see it built here and i'd love to say this was courageous to have this project here but the neighborhood wants it and people have been e-mailing us saying when is it getting done. there's excitement and enthusiasm and of course finally to mischa and his family for making this opportunity availability this is exciting. thank you, everyone. >> thank you so much. so as we get ready to mark the occasion with some photos. we're going to put some shovels in the ground. i want to thank everyone for

being here and lending your support. thank you mayor breed, you are well served by your staff and they were amazing to work with and thank you supervisor mandelman and your team, also amazing and thank you to our neighbors here in beautiful diamond heights we can't wait to see you out on the construction site in the spring and be ready to start with our volunteers, right, err on, and all our communities of homeowners, volunteers, board members, staff, donors, thank you, thank you, thank you. and a most special thank you to my friends, and our generous donor mischa and the vision and donation of this hand in honor of maria, began journey and brought us here where today. thank you all. thank you very much and we appreciate you joining us. we're going to move over to some photos. 3, 2, 1, turn that dirt! >> we're in business!

>> good afternoon and welcome to the may 18, 2021 regular meeting of the san francisco san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk, will you please call the roll? [roll call]