in the summer of 2017, oewd invested funds to conduct an naa , called a neighborhood activation asset process. the probable outcome for the public buildings as an r.f.p. for the site. to prepare for the anticipated r.f.p., we hired architecture partners and race $45,000 for predevelopment costs and began the design of these schematics. data from our online community survey, with over 250,000 responses plus public outreach meetings drove programming plans to best serve a growing population and neighborhood -- in a neighborhood undergoing massive change. the population is on track to triple by 2020 and triple again to over 18,000 people by 2030. the idea of a community center is not just to save these buildings but it is equally fuelled by the fact that the dogpatch has not one public serving facility despite nonstop development. as part of the n.a.a. process, sfpd was contacted about the buildings. in march of 2018, chief scott sent a letter to the city stating the police were considering use for the station. this was a conclusion of the n.a.a. process. on may 1st, 2018, the friends of