cheers to sylvia and pearl's. >> redevelopment efforts on sixth street have been intense for years. without redevelopment efforts, pearl's would not be here today, i think it is safe to say. like to recognize redevelopment and have tiffany, the director, say a few words. [applause] >> thank you, jennifer. the opening of pearl's here at the corner of sixth and market st. marks a major milestone as the mayor and our community partners have indicated. what was once a vacant and blighted corner is now this incredible, beautiful store where we can all enjoy burgers and then some. that history dates back many years. since 2003, the redevelopment and the city have invested in this area. more than 30 businesses and tenants, ranging from great community partners -- they are all here due to our sixth street economic revitalization loan program. without the partnership of folks like urban solutions, and jenny mcnulty is here -- we would not have been able to achieve the success, even though we had the strong backing of our mayor and our chief. we are excited that this is just one of many great

i work in the toxic cleanup division, pretty much specifically working on redevelopment projects like you're 70. and i am also working on the adjacent control power plant, so it makes it more convenient. looking at the proposed remedy for pier 70 come it is highly protected. there will be no exposure to the effect of soil that is there now post-development. that is the best way to go. no exposure, no residual health component. construction worker exposure as the manage this can be managed through a health and safety plan. procedure that is pretty standard and simple. one nice thing about the proposed remedy is there is two ways to address here 70 is either remove the soil or be bought it in place. if you remove the soil, there are buildings on top so you could damage or demolish the historic buildings. so this is friendly to the buildings that are there. it has a very low carbon footprint as compared to hauling off several hundred thousand yards of soil and bringing in that much soil. it can be implemented during the redevelopment quickly. it will not really slow down the redevelopmen

funding on several projects was cut when the state budget ax fell on redevelopment agencies. heather ishimaru reports from the north bay. >> these new sidewalks and streetlights are simple additions to the sonoma county springs neighborhood. but it took 20 years of work by residents and county politicians to get them. in part because the county improvement on a state highway involves layers and layers of beurocracy. it is small improvements in pedestrian safety and community pride. they have lived here for 30 years. >> we come from aspects and proud of it. >> the project is half done. it is supposed to cover a two-mile stretch north of the city of sonoma with phase one completed, phase two is now in jeopardy since governor jerry brown's budget suddenly dissolved the state agencies on february 1st. >> it was generally unintended consequences. i don't think anybody intended for this to happen. >> the advisory committee chair has been fighting for the sidewalks since his now college age son was in kindergarten. school children and moms with strollers navigate the shoulder daily

someone mentioned to me the other day that did he not say that you could not use ifd's on former redevelopment properties. is that correct? i can review this section. -- i can read you the section. it is section n/a. a district may not include any portion of the redevelopment area. >> we are aware of that code section. the district that we are talking with, as a non-attorney, i do not know exactly how that code pertains to the port special legislation. my understanding is that that applies to where we use the funding. since our primary intention is to use it on the piers, over water, when we bring that isp to the board of supervisors, we will address that issue. commissioner sugaya: staying with the ifd's, since they are mentioned here as overriding consideration, i assume that that is considered to be an integral part of this whole project. that assumption might be wrong. that calls into question the same california code section c, which says that any district that distrust dwelling units shall set aside not less than 20% of those units to increase and improve the community's supply of low an

some of the ones he listed are redevelopment areas and they have tax increment financing. that is a different funding mechanism, and that is up for discussion. you probably know more about the plans for that than i do. we focus on pieces are around development impact fees. one western it is adopted, it will be folded into ipic's work. >> thank you. >> we resound all these areas, they have development impact fees to support the infrastructure. the development impact fees cover 30% of the total an infrastructure. supervisor cohen: in conjunction to what supervisor mar was asking, have there been conversations are around the financing for the redevelopment authority? district 10 with the exclusion of the executive park, has a large area that you have designated as planned areas. what are other groups? >> the other groups refers to -- we want to be exclusive, wanted to -- i am not the most up-to-date in terms of the status of the changes of the redevelopment and how we will move forward with that. i should mention that one area that we will be coming back to you with next year

funding on several projects was cut when the state budget ax fell on redevelopment agencies. phase one completed, phase two is now in jeopardy since governor jerry brown's budget suddenly dissolved the state agencies on february 1st. >> it was generally unintended consequences. i don't think anybody intended for this to happen. >> the advisory committee chair has been fighting for the sidewalks since his now college age son was in kindergarten. school children and moms with strollers navigate the shoulder daily on a highway that has become more and more congested for years. phase two was fully funded with community taxpayer money. the only fully funded state project ready to go out forbid in march. but cox was now faced with half of the dream come true. and another generation of parents possibly left starting over. amy has a fifth grader and a kindergarten. >> sometimes cars are racing to make the lights and not looking at what the pedestrians are doing. it is nice to have that extra bit of safety and not in the weeds and the mud. >> i understood the money aspect, but for a p

today his attention is focused on redeveloping the atlantic yard site at the centre of that project the barclays center. it will be home to the nba nets franchise. they depart new jersey for brooklyn next year. i'm pleased to have bruce ratner at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: we do lots of architects on this program as you know. >> it's true. >> rose: your friend frank ghery has been on ten times at least. but not many developers. tell me how you see developers and you ho you-- what do you think of the role of developers and why should we add mayor them and why should we not so much admire them. >> that's a very, very good question. well, first of all, i think the way i think about myself as a developer is as a civic developer. we do a lot of civic projects. and every project that we do has to have some civic component it can be architecture. it can be economic development or it can be something like the arena where you are providing entertainment, in some sense a public building. so we really what we really do is civic development. now that's n

redevelopment agencies. what is your opinion of the plan? what are your thoughts on the value of redevelopment agencies? >> i think the plan is over- broad. i do not support it as it relates to san francisco's model of redevelopment. our redevelopment agency does tremendous work in san francisco. a lot of projects like treasure island and what is happening in hunters point, those kinds of projects would be difficult to achieve without redevelopment. a redevelopment agency is the largest source of affordable housing creation in the city. it has been a huge asset. i understand there are other parts of the state where redevelopment has a different model and is not as positive. there are types of unwise development. redevelopment statewide is in need of reform. san francisco is a model for redevelopment and it needs to stay intact. >> let's talk about the role of sports. are you happy with the plans for the america's cup? should the city spend money to keep the 49ers'? >> i am thrilled about the america's cup. it will not just be an economic boom that creates jobs and long- term economic development. it wil

on housing. i want to continue thanking the former commissioners of our redevelopment agency.is here today. along with commissioner dar. thank you. [applause] i want to thank the bayview merchants association. thank you for constantly working with us here and making sure we do the right thing and communicate with all the people and not let go. i want to thank our police department. the captain is here. he is working with everybody thank you for being here. [applause] askinder is very worldly. he knows what is happening in our city and in this neighborhood. he is investing in an neighborhood he knows very well and investing in people. that is what makes a great menu, if i can put that connection together. a menu that will be reflective of the health of this neighborhood. it will get us involved. it will get the contractors involved. some are down here working in the bayview, along with the contractors and vendors throughout this corridor. he is working with mohammed nuru who is here as well with dpw. he is working with our city administrator noami kelly, who is also here. we're

on tuesday, the council approved $3.5 million to go towards the redevelopment of the coliseum area.nation and fans of the a's were at city hall to show their support. the plan is still in the works but the idea is for a new baseball stadium, shops, hotels and other commercial developments to go in. >> one person says the redevelopment of the area will give all three teams what they want and keep them playing in a centralized location that is easy to get to. >> we have bart, amtrak, the 880 corridor. oakland is the population center of the east bay. we want to keep the teams here. >>j.r.: once the ball is rolling, city officials will get in touch with each of the teams and make their pitch to stay in town. >>grant: they can store fronts are being renovated in some cases filled. i ended names are moving in. here are a couple of examples of the luxury retailers expected to open this year. jimmy choo is expected to open a shop on geary this spring. the french fasten house yves saint laurent. maureen kelly spoke to a commercial real-estate agent about what is driving of this flurry of ne

on this site. this is the maps from the redevelopment agency. we did not color this in. this is their colors. this says recreation facilities. all the green is recreation and open space. this is the redevelopment plan for this area. when the first three projects came through, redevelopment controlled this block. their jurisdiction extended. the redevelopment staff and the redevelopment commission kept shooting down proposals to develop this site because it was

on. you have asked about what is happening to the redevelopment agencies in california. we have a bit more clarity on that and are here to talk about that with you. but >> thank you, general manager. the last director of the san francisco redevelopment agency, in the current executive director of the success for -- successor agency. as long title. [laughter] we will come up with a different name other than the artist formerly known as. [laughter] it is my pleasure to be before you end up debut. what happens, where we are now, in what it means for you at the puc commission, stepping back, what has happened to the redevelopment agencies in california. as of the first of february and a court decision by the supreme court of february -- of california in late december, all of the redevelopment agencies were resolved as of february 1. they no longer had any assets or reset -- resources under their control. providing for cities, counties, or perhaps a state appointed body to step in as their successor-appointed agency to wind down their activities. the contracts and obligations

emphasized in my presentation, one of the most important things that we as mayors need to do is make sure we create an investor-confidence situation here. what redevelopment has taught us is they had investors dependent on a certain system to work with tax increments, but we have lost that. we now have a challenge. how do we continue with investors, who invested multiple millions of dollars in our re-development strategies? how we keep our investor confident about what we're doing. that is how this audience is good to be able to help. >> on another topic, you referred earlier today to the changes your administration is made it -- is making to the peril tax. there have been many attempts and failures to do that over the it years. what is the difference this time? >> i have used my own style of communication in this effort. all the businesses are experiencing a new fund relationship and level of communication and of not had in a long time. we are not going anywhere. i am here to stay and see this out in every aspect of it. i think these conditions offer us a good level of conversation about what it is that we need to replace it with. we are already working

the fee would have added additional financial burden on a project that is no longer having access to the redevelopment funds which were eliminated earlier this month. we support the amendment and look forward to working with the city on funds for the project and letting the public benefit with this project to be earlier -- to be realized earlier rather than later. supervisor mar: next speaker. >> which districts are you planning to expand to? >> south of market. it just commercial, 25,000 square feet. >> district 10 would not be included? >> district 10 would not be included. supervisor mar: is there anyone else who would like to speak? seeing none , public comments is closed. the reason not to focus on strategic areas is to say the development will not be happening in those areas but it would be included if it was a citywide? >> it would have been included under the current language, though we did have a lot of discussion about large significant development project and what we what -- whether we ought to include this project. it is my hope that we do. i have heard of feedback that people hope the pro

with phase one completed, phase two is in jeopardy since jerry brown's budget dissolved all 400 state redevelopmentfebruary 1st. >> i think it was unintended consequences of the state legislature. i don't think anybody intended for it to happen. >> the former advisory chair steve cox has been fighting for the sidewalks since his now college-age son was in kindergarten. school children and moms with strollers navigate the narrow shoulders daily on a highway that's become more and more congested over the years. phase two was fully funded with community taxpayer money. the only fully funded, vetted and certified state project ready to go out for bids in march. but cox is now faced with only half his dream come true and another generation of parents possibly starting over. amy has a fifth grader and a kindergartner. >> sometimes the cars are racing to go make the lights and they aren't paying attention to what the pedestrians are doing. it's nice to have the extra bit of safety on the side of the road and not be in the weeds and the mud. >> i understood the money aspect but for a project like this one