. >> i'm sherri williams. we are the hiring hall for the program. they have the support. i we are here to certify them. it is said the project can finally get started. they currently have 250,000 units. it represents about seven and a thousand. meanwhile, it'll facilitate environmental cleanup and improvement. edulcorate committee -- it will cultivate committee amendment. we urge you to move the project forward to employ thousands more. it also provides more safety and services. thank you very much. >> good evening. my name is emily rappaport. i am a resident of treasure island. i also work on treasure island. everything that has been done has been to the betterment of the program. i am urging q to pass it -- urging you to pass it. those of us who live there really want to see this happen. there is so many benefits that have been given to us. i am asking you for myself to pass is a move the project forward. >> we are a proud member of tihda. we support 200 families. we urge you to find that it is an adequate documents. we urge you to certify a that it is legal and to cert

sherri williams and many of the community-based organizations will continue to not only provide affordable housing but actually support the community as well. we are looking at a mixed income neighborhood in treasure island. treasure island will have an impact on the city. i want to think ross mirkarimi and david chiu for introducing some changes to the development agreements, which will help to mitigate some of these impacts. of course, the mayor's office, for being a really good partner on this project, working with our office. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, jane. it does take a lot of teamwork. i think we are resurging that team work in city hall. i know the work of david chiu has been instrumental in doing that. i want to get david appeared to say a few words and also to signal, and we do not get -- often get an 11-0 vote. i can remember one other -- [laughter] david, you have been working so hard. come up and say a few words. [applause] >> it takes a village to build a village. i want to thank the village behind and in front of us. over the past year, we have put 10,000 units of

williams, you may respond. >> i appreciate that question and it is sherri critical. of come from a county in northwest florida with less than 20,000 people. we are small county with an operating budget based on $9 million. you are going to run into family folks. i felt i am glad we are here in an office of oversight and reform because not that i take offense, appreciate the question but i feel it is a red herring for the issues we're here to address today. we were under a tremendous amount of pressure. i have two people in the emergency management department. we had no resources or guidance from the state or the federal government. we were put under tremendous strain at the article you are referring to, the author of that never came to my county. never set foot in our county. you are indicating a girlfriend worked as a public information officer and she volunteered in that period of time tremendously through the process. with all due respect my scenario would be you have to understand i am proud of what we did trying to put people to work together, amassing what we h