updike. again, if any of the reserves want to be able to leave the commission meeting at this particular point, you're welcome to do that. if you want to stay, that's fine as well. just to let you know that you have that prerogative. we're very privileged this morning to have the senior project manager from development real estate division. welcome, mr. updike. at your convenience, and at your leisure, your presentation? >> thank you, chair, members of the commission, john updike, senior project management with real estate, and now back part-time on a few projects that are near and dear to my heart, and most certainly this fire station project is one of those projects. so i believe you all have the presentation now in front of you. let me roll through that. and then there is plenty of time for questions and input in this. so a little bit of reminder background. >> mr. updike, is this going to be on the screen, this presentation? >> i'm happy to -- >> only for the sake of the public and the me

updike, i'm overwhelmed. i wasn't expecting such a great presentation and to have so many details worked out. i don't have any questions about anything that is not related to a new fire station. that's my big concern. you and your associates have taken care of putting the rest of the project together. but with that, i'd like to ask chief rivera if you could comment. as mr. updike said, you've been really involved in this. can you add some process, pros,d hophopefully no cons, but if you can add some information from a firefighter's perspective, how this look for your crew? >> good morning, commissioners and straf, assistant deputy chief tony rivera. i've been part of the process, and as a representative of the department, i've been ensuring that the needs of the department are vocalized and communicated to the developer. i think we're heading in the right direction at this moment. and we've done some preliminary work. we also have included d.p.w. in all of our talks, and we have submitted drawings of our newl

updike. before we move on with questions and comments from the commission, i'm going to call for public comment on this item. if there is any member of the public who wishes to comment on this item five, presentation of real estate on the development opportunities at 530 sampson street, as we know station 13, please approach the podium at this time. seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners will entertain your questions and comments at this point. vice president covington? >> thank you, mr. president. thank you for your presentation. i wonder, do you have any visual material to share with us regarding what the site might look like? >> what we have is what i call a massing diagram. we're very early in design. but this will give you a sense of the layout on the block. bear with me a second. here is a look at the verticality of the site, the fire station and the parking supporting the fire station shown in red, towards the lower levels in in the mid-block, and to the left, the tower f

updike, one quick question. again, thank you, supervisor peskin, thank you to the department of real estate, fire, everyone involved. i want to underscore a point mre hotel, again, this is my first opportunity to look at this, some really happy about that. i want to say for the record, it is a really important aspect, what about the health club and all the other things? because this is city property, will a card to check agreement to be part of the negotiated final outcome? >> as we understand, the card check issue applies to the hotel , the prevailing wage issue applies to the delivery of the project itself, so any aspect, contracting, subcontracting, that would apply, but i do not believe our legal analysis indicated a card check issue would flow to the health club. >> okay. we can certainly explore that further. >> we can tidy that up if that is an issue. >> that is an issue. this particular health club has been fighting card checks in san francisco at other locations, so i just want to say, for the record, i

updike is familiar with our issues and with our developments. when you say joined by the hip at the fire department, you ain't kidding, joined by the hip, which is as much as commissioner veronese has related. and i only say that because i was one of the commissioners when fire station one was an issue. it's fire that somebody wanted to buy this and move one over to folsom. i was told don't look a gift horse in the mouth. but what i was concerned about and all the members were concerned about was the welfare of all of the members of the station one is a beautiful station, but when they exit out on folsom street, it's not the easiest thing to deal with. when we talk about here, station 13, and the traffic, and the timing, that's what we're talking about. we take care of business in this department, which is that we respond, which is part of our requirement and our duties and obligations. i'm just putting it out there because again, you came here today to get these comments and participations in terms of it. i'm looking at my list. i think i prett

and as john updike alluded earlier, we would have to look at that. i have not reviewed the resolutions passed by the board of supervisors that dedicated the funds for this project to the 732 pacific new asia restaurant project for affordable housing. i don't know how expansive and restrictive those requirements are. that would be something we would have to look at in conjunction with the city attorney. >> chairwoman: okay, thank you very much. i wanted everyone to get a chance to see who is in charge. so thank you for coming up. >> and as to the question of john updike being the project manager on this project, as you know, john brings a wealth of experience and has been involved with this project from the beginning. i'm very closed t pleased to hae him continue on this project. there is no question in that regard. >> chairwoman: yes, he is very well-qualified. i did go into my files in advance of this meeting, and i see, mr. updike, that you live at the gateway. and you're familiar with that area very much. and i'm just wondering about -- well, firs

updike and the division of real estate. >> okay. , colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. we have a few minutes to start roll call, madame clerk, let's go to roll call for introductions. >> you are first up to introduce new business. >> submit. >> supervisor mandelman? >> thank you, madame clerk. colleagues, today i am requesting we had during our meeting and memory of a man who passed away on monday, april 22 nd at the age of 94. he was a beloved husband, father , grandfather, native san franciscan, realtor, veteran, and fighting for his community. born in 1924 to a sickle mother who moved from mexico, his race alongside his eight siblings in the south of market neighborhood he attended saint patrick and mission high school before continuing his education at golden gate university, university of california extension program, and lone mountain college, earning an ma in community development in public service. he would sell newspapers and shine shoes for a dime to make ends meet. early signs of his entrepreneurial

deal is far from done and has not been analysed under ceqa, but i wanted to first of all thank john updike, our former head of real estate and came out of retirement to preside over this quite complex deal, and then i really want to thank the fire department and chief chief haze white an white and incoming chief nicholson who will be the chief here and a handful of days , as well as the fire commission and deputy chief -- chief rivera for working with real estate, and finally, i want to thank the successful bidder who we will be hearing a little bit about in the moments ahead, but i can't tell you how delighted i am that it appears that this is coming to fruition a decade or so later, and with that, the floor is yours. >> thank you, chair peskin, members of the committee. we can go to the laptop. very quickly, as the supervisor mentioned, we have been at this a while, and two prior resolutions were unanimously approved by the board. i -- i will outline them here on the slide. encourage the city to look at this area is an opportunity for housing development, and more particularly, after we

here now, former clinton pollster, mark penn and john updike, a democratic activist and president of open primaries. what did the biden announcement today tell you? did it seem rather desperate and he was overcompensating? particularly on the racial issue? >> i thought it was a good announcement. i'm detecting a lot of fear of biden tonight. i think he is eight points ahead of trump in the polls, he is 30% or so of the polls in the democratic party. he's waited until there are 19 other candidates in, which i think is good but there are probably 19 candidates are to go after him. i think he showed he is going to be values-oriented, center-left candidate, and the democratic party needed that choice. they were too many choices on the extreme left. let the voters decide what the democratic party stands for, let not anyone prejudge that. >> ray: you are really representing where the energy of this party is right now. when you look at joe biden, can you support joe biden? would you support him and what did hillary clinton's campaign teach you? >> first of all, i'm an independent, not a dem