the development of treasure island is and will be complicated. the utility infrastructure redone and so on. the longer we wait to get to work, the longer the clear benefits of the project will be delayed. 2,000 units of affordable housing. the ability to reach 400 more affordable housing units and thousands of jobs, including significant training and job opportunity. so we urge you to support this project and move it out of committee today. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. we have been involved in planning this project for several years. we are proud of the work we did with the department of public health. our concerns on the parking, which i think you will hear from others, have been addressed largely by work we have helped to bring in congestion pricing for the island. this will be the first in the state, i believe with any congestion pricing. we think that is a credible way to meter car trips on and off the island. we will make it quite expensive and if necessary more expensive. we look forward to having a great new walka

-yerba island site. approving the treasure island implementation plan. ordinance approving a development agreement. item number 9 resolution approving a disposition agreement for treasure island-yerba buena island. resolution approving the economic development memoranda for the transformation of the naval station to the treasure island authority. resolution improving the amended and restated home assistance agreement. item 12 resolution between the treasure island development authority and the california state lands commission. >> thank you. i think we may be expecting supervisor kim in a moment. we have a number of planning staff here to give a short presentation before we jump right into public comment. >> rich hillis from the office of workforce development. you have had this project before you several times, we wanted to highlight the items before you today. the project is an entire redo of treasure island, basically a new neighborhood with associated commercial and retail uses. the land plan is here and documente

to the large wilds in the northeast corner of the island. there is 25% of the project of the new units dedicated to affordable housing with the hopes to get back up there through state legislation. they are working to affect community facilities. a new police and fire station. renovated public school. job opportunities, we have talked a lot about that. up to 2,000 construction jobs and 3,000 permanent jobs to low income and formally homeless. the development agreement is the second item before you. a contract between the city and the developers that basically locks in the entitlements that we are working on today, recognizing it is a long-term development project. this item will be before the budget committee next week. subdivision code recognizing the process of accepting the new infrastructure and interagency cooperation agreement where the city family and city agencies will opine on the portions being built on the islands. you are being asked to endorse the transportation implementation program talking about mitigating and encouraging resi

the island. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am with san francisco bicycle coalition. you have probably heard in other hearings there has been a lot of work on this project, and the bike coalition is very proud to have been involved for years really hear it with our partners at the public health department, we conducted a community transportation plan to make sure that the streetscape on the island is at a maximum of pedestrian and bicycle friend is, and we are pleased with the outcome of that. we also have been very involved with planning for access to the island through congestion pricing and worked with assembly member leno's office to bring forward legislation to create the first congestion pricing district in the state. this, we think, is a very real and very meaningful way to control the access you have heard other speakers talk about. the constraints of access would vehicles to the island. it is a real concern, but we believe that with congestion pricing beginning at $5 as a tol

the needs that will be expanded on treasure island. this project is now for more than a decade been planned. i urge you to support the project. >> i will call a few more names. sue vaughn, michelle myers, shannon wise, who i think already spoke. michael theriot. thomas mccarthy. >> good evening supervisors. i am the chief operating officer of source to plow shares. the 2,000 homeless and very low income veterans we serve in san francisco, we are a founding member of tidi going back to the middle 1990's. we are considered a pioneer resident on the island where we opened up a authority in 2011. there are several veterans that are here to testify but they couldn't stay due to the length of the prior testimony. however we urge you to maintain or to forward the plan for the island. we found that the developer has worked with us and been supportive of continuing the effort of the other tidi members on the island. and i urge you to forward these 11 items today. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening supervisors. i am the senior quality contr

is the main feed on to the island. there is also a be coming from the east end of the bay bridge, and we can talk about that, but that is the emergency backup water, and that will change over time theory they will provide the fire suppression system, the method of moving water around for fire suppression, as well as putting in place in takes into the bay for fire suppression. they will also provide recycled water storage. as some of you might recall, you approved the water supply assessment about a year ago, which included as the would be recycled water use on treasure island to reduce the amount of potable water that they would be using. what are your potential cost? new emergency water supply line on the new eastern span of the bay bridge. as you know, the existing bay bridge is going to be abandoned and potentially demolished. there is a line that was placed into the new eastern span, the conduit, and we would have to reimburse caltrans about $4 million to take possession of the line. currently, we have about $1 mill

brian: where is the island? linda: it's isle au haut and it's in penobscot bay seven miles off the coast of maine. brian: ok. we need more. close to what? how do you get there? linda: the closest mainland is stonington maine and to get to the island you either have to have your own boat or travel by mail boat which is a privately owned boat that has a contract with the postal service to bring the mail back and forth from the island. so it's not the easiest place to get to. it's a beautiful island and it's physically beautiful. the people are great. islanders are, i say, quirky and i mean that in a very nice way. we're a little bit of an odd group. brian: is there somebody on the island named rita? in actuality? linda: there was someone on the island named rita. i used her real name and people always ask about rita and, you know, -- the way she got into my book. i was 2/3 of the way through the writing process and my editor called me and said, linda, you can't love everyone. you know, you're going to have no credi

i've been on the island for three years. i currently am on the island due to commercial ventures. i come from a different perspective. the new winery just opened six months ago. a lot of people encouraged me from moving forward and doing business on treasure island. it is difficult to get to and nobody will ever come out. we have seen a lot of support, not only from the treasure island development authority but also from the community. people are looking for reasons to come out to treasure island, if you look at what my pred -- predecessor said, people come to the gate and ask what is on treasure island. he has to tell them nothing. well, there is starting to be something. there are businesses that are bringing people out to the island. in our first six months we've had 10,000 tourists and people out to the winery and we have seen this development as being something that could be great for the city and something that we know are going to be transitioned and are going to have to work with the developers with the transition but we see it as a good thing for san francisco overall. we

those tourists usually ask what is in the island. i basically tell them that there is nothing right now but there is a development coming through and it will be a lot of stuff going on. the impression that i get from the tourists that they come over and look for restaurants and different things on the island. unfortunately there is nothing out there now. i think the island is a viable site and if it can be developed i believe it would be a boost to the local economy. i am supporting this project to move forward. >> what is your business again? >> it is island market and deli. a very small deli. it is not big enough to accommodate what the tourists need. >> thank you. mr. theriot. >> michael theriot. again, should be no surprise to you that after testifying on behalf of this project and a couple other hearings and meetings we remain in support of it. we are disappointed that the state's potential actions on redevelopment and encoloneled by mr. schumakers presentation of the alternatives to secure low income housing should possibilities

today we are supporting almost 200 formerly homeless families on the island. in addition, we run the child development center, where we have about 60 children of those families. i would encourage you this evening to certify the e.i.r., as well as approve all the other items that come to you this evening. i would ask you to consider the incredibly positive environmental impact of housing of formerly homeless families and the fact that hundreds of children now are graduating high school. the families are stabley housed. and this incredible community at treasure island has been living there for up to 10 years without basic infrastructure, without a supermarket, without a public school, and the need for that infrastructure is now. this incredible tie-dye program is a godsend both to the families as well as the community. we believe it's time we move forward and we greatly encourage you to do so. thank you. >> good evening, members of the planning commission and treasure island authority. my name is tom, and i'm here representing the san francisco board sailing asso

and yerba buena island, adding new sectional map ht14 to establish the height and bulk district for treasure island and yerba buena island, adding new sectional use map su14 to establish thek treasure island yerba buena island special use district. 2g, making office allocation findings pursuant to the planning code sections 320-325 for the prioritization of 100,000 square feet of office space for the treasure island yerba buena island project. and 2h is the request for approval of a development agreement between the city and county of san francisco and treasure island yerba buena island llc for certain real property, 1939-001 and 1939-002 all together consisting of approximately 450 acres for a term of 30 years. thank you. the staff presentations? >> rich ellis from the economic offs on and workforce development. we planned to do a presentation at that point but given the lengthy detail you went into, i wanted to highlight that is part of the resolution adopting environmental findings, a statement of overriding considerations that lay out the public benefits associ

the island to subsidize transit service to and from the island. those units will be provided by transit passes with a capital investment of over $145 million with an operating subsidy of $125 million total. two-thirds of the island will be public space. we will come into different types of open space from neighborhood park to access to the water board, sailing, sailing improvement, urban farms, ann coulter the successful sports fields on the island now. at a cost of $124 million through the project, affordable housing we have talked a lot about in response to the governor's proposal for development. it led to work less revenue in the project, reducing affordable housing with the ability to get back to 30%. we appreciate the work of the supervisor to try to get changes to legislation, given the commitment to legislative changes, allowing us to get back to 30%. the total cost of the affordable housing program is $430,000, making up a significant amount of the 1.2 $5 billion housing costs -- project cost. there is a program for residents that will al

to meter car trips on and off the island. we will make it quite expensive and if necessary more expensive. we look forward to having a great new walkable, bikeable neighborhood in the bay. thank you. >> there is a serious problem here and i am going to focus on the ownership of treasure island that underpins the security of the development. there are two ways to proceed on this. one is recognizing the underlying state title as wetlands preferred to the state as stewardship of the trust. it is not transferable. what i suggest to proceed is recognize the state title. the city and county as an administrative district of the state can then take trust and proceed to charge ground rents as aleviation for the loss of redevelopment funds. second, a performance bond. this is truly manageable and insurable. proven. >> thank you. >> hi. i am representing the lancey street foundation. it has been on treasure island for the past 12 years, and we have been surveying youths from the juvenile justice system and school dropouts. we were select

rubicon strongly favors the development of treasure island and the treasure island initiative. we have been offering landscaping services to treasure island since 1992. creating long-term jobs, we focus on individuals with similar barriers. most of them that come to us have considerable difficulty elsewhere. the recent issues that have come to us, health, stamina, mental illness under developmental disabilities, coping skills and social skills, prior criminal convictions, housing issues, ongoing legal issues, in substance abuse. if that helps me to find a steady support of environment for complete medical and other benefits and job training, specifically in landscaping responsibilities. thank you very much. supervisor chu: thank you very much. i'm going to call a few more names. [reading names] bu>> nine years ago, i was at rk bottom, homeless, jobless. they gave me the skills to keep treasure island clean and green, and i'm also lucky enough to live there. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. i m executive director of catholic cheerios -- cathol

we heard from residents of the island and everyone that has jobs on the island. but this is about our city. it is part of district 6. but it is not just about the island. it is about our city moving forward as an economic force in our region. i think the economic benefits are there. last, referring again back to what commissioner elberling talked about, i look at the community effort seen from people living on the island. it is so difficult for them to come to our meetings because of where they live and work. but it still came to give input. that is amazing. i look at all these factors about the environment, the economy, and the community. for me, the balancing is there. i think we can move forward and erase some of the imperfections weekends -- we have seen. i would like to see this moving forward. commissioner antonini: i think the comment that most impressed me was the gentlemen at the gate, people coming into treasure island and telling them there is nothing there. in that context, we have to remember that if nothing gets built, there is no tax increment, whe

island residents. we upgraded by facilities and bike paths leading from the bridge to treasure island. we reduce the height of the tallest building by about 200 feet as a result of public comment. produced the commercial parking ratio. we also, as you know, were faced with the governor's budget proposal to eliminate redevelopment, and the risks associated with redevelopment. at this point, we do not know where that is going to end up. we are adopting a financing district model to finance the plan and will talk about changes associated around that, which in vote -- which travelled around housing and how the project is administered. to highlight some of the public benefits, the big one is open space. two-thirds of the island is built. the 300 acres would be new open space. maintenance would be funded by the project. it would include neighborhood parks, a city side art park, access to the water, sailing, and a fairly substantial urban form. the capital cost of the open space is about $124 million. the infrastructure is a total redo of the island. new utilities, new sidewalks. we purchased

the island. we look forward to being part of the dialogue that will move forward quality health care on treasure island. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i work for the treasure island homeless development initiative for the last seven years. not only have i had to fill numerous inquiries from the public about low-income housing opportunities in which there is more demand than there is supply, i have watched how executive director williams and our other collaborative partners have worked tirelessly for the past 10-plus years. it is unfortunate how the proposed state budget has affected the project, but miraculously, all entities involved have altogether collectively and financially in order to move the project forward. i support the plan, and san francisco needs it. i hope you can support it as well. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the chair of the treasure island/ yerba buena island citizens advisory board and have been in that capaci

no other part of the planning code will be relevant to regulation on the islands. the design for development document which in addition to rereflecting the controls and the special use district contains a more comprehensive set of building standards and design guidelines for vertical development. the d for d also lays out design for the island and streets and open developments but these are referred to as horr zontle development under tihdi. key aspects of the special use districts and d for d including height limits and bulk are problematic elements that would be vested to the developer in the development agreement before you so any future proposed changes to the s.u.d. or d for d that would affect these aspects of the project would require with the developer. special use district, new zoning districts and height and bulk districts in the zoning maps. the next action is resolution to assign priority for up to 100,000 gross square feet of office space on treasure island pursuant to the office use program. granting such approval would provide priority for any such of

they are reading out from the -- radiating out of the island core. this is a very compact land development footprint. bus service provided by muni to san francisco and transit service to the east bay. this allows a couple of different things. three primarily i would like to touch down. 60% of all residents within a 5 to 10 minute walk of the transit. we're trying to get people out of their cars for their daily trip on and off the island and create a pedestrian-friendly environment, to incentivize folks who use transit and to leave their cars at home. it also allows for the delivery of very efficient infrastructure system. we are only building on 100 acres of the 400 acres on treasure island. it allows for a much more efficient network of dry and wet utility systems and allows the development of two-thirds of the island as public parks. a wide variety of programs for open space. a large portion is dedicated to infrastructure and systems and landscape architecture. we will talk about some of the measures that have been integrated to address the water tr

on the island. >> sorry, i was going to save -- yes. the waste water capacity charges would apply to both residential and commercial uses on treasure island, the same as they would citywide. >> ok. for now. [laughter] >> moving into the utility infrastructure, let me look at possible water demands. the project will reduce demand for a new development, starting with 2.29 million gallons per day. we've reduced that to just under 2 million gallons per day by eliminating water irrigation. i will talk about the recycled water plants in a minute. we have used water conservation methods and utility fixture units and things. that has reduced 3.6 million gallons a day. we dropped it by another 2.2 million gallons a day for all non possible water uses, a toilet flushing -- non-potable water uses, toilet flushing, and so on. president vietor: i sound like a broken record. what about collection facilities for each unit? do they collect the water and treated so we can be even more aggressive? >> we are being as aggressive as we can on water use based

statement of overriding considerations that lay out the public benefits associated with the treasure island project so i wanted to highlight those for you here. as you know, the project creates a new san francisco neighborhood with over 8,000 -- up to 8,000 homes, up to 450,000 square foot of retail and historic use as well as 300 acres, 2/3 of the island developed to public open space. the infrastructure associated with the project, the developer will be purchasing the presents or the city will be purchasing the property, reimbursed by the developer from the navy. all new utility infrastructure including streets, sewers, water lines at a cost of $179 million. the geotechnical improvements we heard of, strengthening of the land as well as the sea level rise protections, increasing the height of the island up to five feet around the island. the transportation program includes both incentives to use transit as well as ways to discourage car use. there's congestion pricing on the bridge as well as a requirement that pre-paid transit vouchers be purchased by every home on the island. there's a