lee thank you for being here with us today >> it's an honor to be here and thank you, mr. cowen for electing me and to the supervisors. i've been here in the business for 3 seven years and seen many changes but getting better. visitacion valley is getting better the most ability to serve for everybody if anybody need anything just come by. thank you. thank you very much (clapping) >> thank you very much. >> thank you cohen why not go back to district one and continue in the numerous order supervisor mar. thank you president chiu and thank you to the small property owner commission and the leader for choosing the theme of shaping our community. i want to show you the item that i'm going to give to the amazing business that we are honored to acknowledge from the richmond district i wish it were a green apple but if i could ask pete from green apple books i know

. >> a comment i know we're to have future comments on this but i think, you know, mr. cowen said inaccurately the market drives this market rate housing but funding you sources for you know that the city gets controls a lot of the affordable housing so it would be good to get an understanding what did funding horizon looks like for affordable housing is it going down for the redevelopment is it underway are we

. >> a comment i know we're to have future comments on this but i think, you know, mr. cowen said inaccurately the market drives this market rate housing but funding you sources for you know that the city gets controls a lot of the affordable housing so it would be good to get an understanding what did funding horizon looks like for affordable housing is it going down for the redevelopment is it underway are we expected to build thirty units can what he do it and what kind of financing is out there. >> commissioner antonini. >> in terms of the whole question of future affordable even under construction there's a couple of big projects on valley part of transbay it has a higher percentage of affordable i--i don't know. >> 35 percent. >> so you, you look at the approvals being done for transbay they're going to be quite a few of the buildings that will be housing eye and 33 percent affordable by itself there are oakland army base other areas of the city that staff can comment on that have those similar kind of qualifications for the percentages built. >> okay. thank you for you

mr. mayor the next speech is supervisor cowen of district 10 she's been a tireless supporter and been calling me saying when is this going to be done. >> thank you welcome everyone and good morning. thanks for joining us on this enjoy us occasion i'm happy to be standing w her with this momal milestone for the visitacion valley and the satire city and county of san francisco. the road to where we are today is somewhat like the road you traveled today it was bumpy and treacherous but it has not been easy we've had many meetings we've had to change course and faced with challenges but we continue to fight formal a vision that started 15 years ago. 15 years ago a vision it comes at an important point for our city no accidents that we're here today, it's by design we need to continue to advocate to keep san francisco affordable for everyone. we're here at that time, we must push for housing that's assessable for all people especially low income families this project will help deliver one thousand seven hundred units of housing 45 percent dedicated to low income housing it's part of our fight to k

mr. president. >> supervisor cowen. >> colleagues today, i'm proud to be introducing along with mia package of entitlements for the visitation site in visitacion valley. the solution of the redevelopment agency felt strong in visitacion valley. after 15 years of community planning and the adaptation of the redevelopment plan the project for the site were stalled with the government took away 50 millions of funding. i've been working tirelessly to get the project moving and today finally i'm so excited and proud we have two years later feinstein we're ready to reentitlement this site my moved with building affordable housing units this includes new parks and a long waisted grocery stores in the valley per we need this when we're working towards a more affordable san francisco. one that includes every person with difference social economic background. we've spent thelation year and a half with the components of this project and used all our city partners to make the original plan to make sure this is a viable project. colleagues, i couldn't be more excited to bring this to you for your consideration and look

mr. president. >> supervisor cowen. >> colleagues today, i'm proud to be introducing along with mia package of entitlements for the visitation site in visitacion valley. the solution of the redevelopment agency felt strong in visitacion valley. after 15 years of community planning and the adaptation of the redevelopment plan the project for the site were stalled with the government took away 50 millions of funding. i've been working tirelessly to get

mr. mayor and supervisor cowen and all you, you here today to be work in this position in this time with our support and commitment. i want to continue to see this across the city's for the benefit of our resident without further ado, please allow me to introduce mayor edwin lee. (clapping.) >> thank you joaquin and thank you for your listener on the commission but your great fine work in every neighborhood of san francisco. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to hunters view. (clapping.) >> gosh every time we accompany here i it's a great chance to celebrate but let me begin by celebrating life. we're building community and rebuilding lives that have been isolated that is one way to give the proper moment of silence like after the fire in sunnyvale i want to have you join me a brief moment of silences the familiar the names are being announced but esther a mother of a review resident and her beautiful son santana williams. please join me in a moment of silence. thank you. and that i begin with that a sober reminder their real people and families out here those were the lives we've focused foc

cowen. thank you very much mr. president, this is a wonderful time of the year we get to acknowledge all the rich culture dings and the culture of the asian pacific islander people of san francisco. i want to specifically call out and acknowledge a wonderful man by the name of john. (yelling). john (clapping) his been a usage to me we say we were friends and he works tireless also to bring peace to the southeast part of the city he makes sure there is funding for the organizations on s front line worked tirelessly with the police department and community members and it's outreach is so far beyond the community it's a privilege to honor you john you're an incredible man and family man, i'm excited and humbled but it's amazing to see you john has to leave us today he has a network of feeding people without food he going goes to places and hands out food in alice griffith and on hunters view all across the south eastern neighborhoods this is a gift from god he's amazing (clapping) and this is a gentleman i wish i coul

mr. sxooeven leon on behalf of the suggestion of supervisor cowen on behalf thoughtful boards for john and also at the suggestion of supervisor cowen and sxhoovlgz on behalf of the for the late ms. renee. >> thank you commissioner wolfram crew with jonathan and bill and others with that, there's no further business. >> that concluded our business before the board. >> ladies and gentlemen, we're

mr. sxooeven leon on behalf of the suggestion of supervisor cowen on behalf thoughtful boards for john and also at the suggestion of supervisor cowen and sxhoovlgz on behalf of the for the late ms. renee. >> thank you commissioner wolfram crew with jonathan and bill and others with that, there's no further business. >> that concluded our business before the board. >> ladies and gentlemen, we're (clapping.) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i think we have more companies anywhere in the united states it's at the amazing statement we're not trying to be flashy or shocking just trying to create something new and original were >> one of the things about the conduct our you enter and turn your your back and just so the orchestra. the most contrary composer of this time if you accountability his music you would think he's a camera come important he become ill and it was crazy he at the end of his life and pushed the boundary to think we're not acceptable at this point for sure it had a great influence he was a great influence on the harmonic language on the contemporary up to now. i thought it would be interesting beca

mr. sxooeven leon on behalf of the suggestion of supervisor cowen on behalf thoughtful boards for john and also at the suggestion of supervisor cowen and sxhoovlgz on behalf of the for the late ms. renee. >> thank you commissioner wolfram crew with jonathan and bill and others with that, there's no further business. >> that concluded our business before the board. >> ladies and gentlemen, we're just about expensive eat but food for everyone and there's organizations in the city that are doing really good work making sure that healthy food it assessable to everyone. more and more as follows are are becoming interested in upper arlthd they want to joy the open green pace sea know where their food it coming from we'll look at 3 programs talking ushering agricultural and garden to new heights. so what exactly it, your honor agricultural >> it the growing food or flowers within city limits traditionally we've been referring to communities gardener that is a raised bed over and over upper argument has a more a farming way of farming. >> so tell me 0 what's growing in this garden. >> a really at

mr. updyke please proceed with our presentation >> thank you supervisor cowen and members of the committee john updyke with the real estate department. i'll keep this brief. as the supervisor mentioned you have technical amendment that is to address the issue that arose regarding the title we'll need to have is making neither quiet will action then follow the vacation process and just to protect this we'll introduce the amendments so the rights for rail operations won't be inhandbook subsequential. briefly i'll show you a couple of maps. those are actually from presentations that the sfmta continues to make to the community under the outreach process this is the bridge location which is the area of the vacation before you now. and i want to dive in a little bit deeper and show you the specific location. of the street vacation which is a portion of the gwyneth, 92 come and ma kilogram as shown on the map. as the supervisor mentioned it is all about the existing brooklyn bridge in its delipidated condition and this is for the project a shot of the bridge. i would dive in with further daily d

cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. mr. president, all members are present >> ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all >> colleagues we have our april 8th can i have a motion to approve the minutes. we'll take that without objection. minutes are approved >> any communications. >> for the appeal parcel map as the street address on waller streets we've received a communication open april 30th, 2014, from the appellant withdrawing their appeal therefore with the consumption with john gibner, deputy city attorney their doomed tamped by operation of law. >> madam clerk, why not our if 2:00 p.m. special order. >> the policy discussion brown with the honorable mayor ed lee and the board of supervisors for district one. the mayor may address the board up to 5 immunes and the chair will recognize the speaker up to 5 minutes >> thank you madam clerk, mr. mayor week to question time. >> thank

cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. mr. president, all members are present >> thank you ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. colleagues, we have the meeting minutes from our march 25 do i hear a motion to approve minutes. 0 we'll take that without objection. madam clerk, any communications >> there are no communications. >> consent calendar are may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, the public, or staff so requests. >> roll call pr supervisor wiener. supervisor tang. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. there are 11 i's >> those ordinances are passed item 6. >> item 6 is an ordinance to appropriate approximately 2 billion of precedes for the capital improvement projects for

mr. chairman and to the members of the committee to supervisor kim and supervisor cowen anytime you introduce something it's beautiful and i have to be grateful for that but i also want to say that i know that this community and my office we're very interested in working with others communities because we want to make sure that something like that happens in other communities in the city we look forward to working closely with you and again, i'm just very honored and for me representing this neighborhood has been, you know, an honor one of the greatest honors of my life so with that, i'll turn it over to the chair for public comment. >> thank you very much supervisor campos. we'll now open for public comment it will be two minutes. i have two comment cards although i suspect there's more. we have blue cards at the front. i'll call the names i have (calling names) two spoke already so you can line up and you don't have to speak in the order i called

cowen. supervisor farrell supervisor kim. absent. supervisor mar absent. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee mr. president, you have a quorum >> ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. colleagues, we have our april 1st do i hear a motion to approve minutes motion by supervisor campos and seconded by supervisor farrell those minutes are approved madam clerk, any commission on community investment & infrastructure >> those are considered routine a member any object to any of the items. >> roll call vote on this consent calendar. >> supervisor yee. supervisor wiener. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar absent. there are 10 i's. those ordinances are finally passed item 5 and item 5 is an ordinance to appropriate 4 hundred and 21 thousand in slarlz and contingence savings and reappropriate that same amount for the increa

mr. levy restoring more than 40 bicycles we'll be giving out in the bayview hunters point so welcome supervisor cowen. >> good morning and happy bike to work we had an opportunity to continue to build and bring more bikers here it's critical we give a lot of rest and conversation insuring that the bike community is as difference as any community we're not only providing survivalist pamphlets in english but spanish as well as chinese to reach every member of the community and for i that live on the southeast part of the city it's been a challenge to connect the city the thing call the hairball i'm committed and we're going to fix that hairball. are we've got new bike lanes on bay shore and will get the railroad tracks over the boulevard and the southernmost part of the city make sure we're singing about biking being safe and it's imperfect of the well-being of the desire city in november we've heard about the vehicle license fee but don't forget to about the other development for our infrastructure. we must do this thank you very much (clapping.) thank you supervisor cowen. sound like you had a produc

mr. chair, i think we can go ahead and get into the hearing i look forward to hearing the thoughts >> thank you very much supervisor cowen. so we'll now have a few presentations to hear we'll start with the tiffany from the office of the community infrastructure and investments >> if i could get the overhead good afternoon supervisor cowen and supervisor breed and supervisor wiener tiffany from the office of the community infrastructure. i'd like to start by providing you with a brief overview of the candle stick of the entitlements and the agreement >> madam clerk we need one more copy of the presentation for supervisor breed. >> there are additional copies for any members of the public on the podium. >> one i'd like to start by providing the eva framework of the project agreements and entitlements that is for the hearing request. i'm sure you're aware of for affects it 8 hundred site has stood vacant and delipidated especially for the alice griffith residents. revitalizing and connecting this area to the fabric of the city is an enormous task by one that is major. no infrastructure exists today before this land is demo