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Wednesday, June 24, 2020
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>> the meeting will come to order.
This is June 24, 2020. Rescheduled budget and finance committee meeting.
I'm sandra lee fewer, chair of the finance and budget committee.
I'm joined by committee members
supervisor walton and mandelman.
Our clerk is sandra wong.
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>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you, Madame Clerk. Can you please call items 1 and 2 together.
>> item 1, resolution
designating el reportero, jasmine blue media doing
business asthma rhna times,
potrero view, world journal sf, neighborhood outreach
advertising for fiscal year 2020-21.
Item 2, resolution designating
san francisco print media to be the official newspaper of city
and county of san francisco for
all official advertising. Those who wish to provide public
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>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you,
Madame Clerk.
Today, we have the office of contract administration. >> good morning, supervisors.
I'm going to start my
presentation. Good morning, supervisors.
I'm with the office of contract administration.
And I will be going over the
term contracts for the official
and outreach advertising services. In my presentation, I will be
going over the background, the minimum requirements pursuant to
administrative code 2.81 through 2.84.
And the official and outreach advertising valuation and
recommendation.
Background, in 1994, voters
passed proposition j mandating the office to bid out advertising services annually
per administrative code 2.81
through 2.84. The signature required to post notices of government businesses
in newspapers that are locally
published and printed.
Every year oca conducts the bids
and awards recommendations mandated evaluation guidelines.
Oca processes the bidding and contract on behalf of the clerk of the board. The board of supervisors takes the official award by designating contract for the
official and outreach advertising.
The minimum requirement per the administrative code, official newspapers must print in the
city on three or more days in a calendar week and have
circulation of at least 50,000 copies per calendar week. For outreach newspapers, papers must print in san francisco on
one or more days in a calendar week. And circulate primarily in one
of the following outreach communities.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, african-american,
hispanic, or chinese.
For the official advertising, we
received two bids, one from san
francisco examiner and one from san francisco chronicle. Chronicle, like in previous years, did not meet the requirements because they do not print in san francisco.
For official advertising recommendation, we're recommending san francisco "examiner", because they have
the highest evaluation score and
is the only bidding meeting all
qualifications set forth in the code. O.C.A.'s recommendation is based
on the highest rate of bidder
who met all qualifications as
set forth in the administrative code. And for this contract, we're
requesting $100,000 based on current usage.
Outreach advertising evaluation received nine bids.
Four of those bids did not meet the requirements.
And for the outreach recommendation, we're
recommending potrero, bay area
reporter, and potrero view. For this contract we're requesting $40,000 based on current usage.
Thank you.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much. Any comments or questions from
my colleagues?
I don't see anyone in the queue -- >> sorry, sorry. I didn't get a chance.
If I May?
>> Supervisor Fewer: oh. Supervisor walton.
>> Supervisor Walton: thank you so much, chair fewer. And thank you so much for the presentation.
I do have a question as I look
at particularly item 1, the publications in the neighborhood
that they're focused on outreach
to, I did not see vicitation valley, little hollywood, bayview, spelled out.
Is there a particular reason for that?
>> so we received S.F. Bayview, but unfortunately because they do not print in the city, they do not meet that requirement, so we couldn't recommend them.
I believe we outreached to
500 -- I'm sorry, 50
publications and so I can check
on those if they, you know, received them.
>> Supervisor Walton: my question is more specific to
even if we don't have a
necessary -- I'm not asking
about a specific publication per se, but why those neighborhoods
are not included in terms of being able to receive outreach?
>> oh, because, unfortunately, per the administrative code,
they spell out the evaluation,
so really the crux -- the old in san francisco is a requirement
that a lot of these papers now
in 2020 can't meet. And I believe we're going to
expand on that.
>> Supervisor Walton: just for clarity, we're going to fund
publications but they're not
going to provide to advise valley, little hollywood and bayview.
>> these are the bids that we received, but I think she can expand on that.
>> I think I also wanted to ask,
what is the board's authority here? Can the board overrule this and
make an exception as we do for
residency sometimes?
Are we able as a board to overrule considering that the climate is very sensitive. Newspapers are having a hard
time surviving here. Is there a possibility that supervisors can actually overrule that? >> thank you so much, supervisor fewer. Yes.
In previous years, it is -- our
office does recommend, but it is
ultimately the board's responsibility -- sorry, not responsibility, authority,
sorry, to award if you feel --
if you choose to.
>> Supervisor Fewer: okay.
I think that's fabulous because I have a problem with the neighborhoods I represent.
I have nothing representing the
marina times does not represent us in richmond at all. And nothing for the sunset on the west side.
I know there are newspapers out there, I think the -- [Inaudible]
-- anymore, so I'm wondering if
you could actually -- I understand also what supervisor walton is saying about representation in their district
when they have a newspaper there
that has been published for a
very long time and there is a
region that depends on that
information for bayview.
I'm wondering if we could open
up the bid process again, maybe
for another week or two, to include maybe some other smaller
print newspapers, of course, neighborhood newspapers, like
the richmond review and the san francisco bayview and also -- [Inaudible]
-- and then we can decide on
whether or not we would want to
make exception on the rule that they must be printed in san francisco. I would like to add the daily to
that list, because I think they serve the residents of san francisco, the chinese leaders.
And I think that probably supervisor walton would agree
with that, since he has a lot of chinese leaders in his neighborhood, too.
>> Supervisor Walton: and also, chair --
>> Supervisor Fewer: is it
possible for us to open up the conversation again, just the process for the smaller papers,
to see -- and put the bid out again. Give them another week or two to bid.
And then we can reevaluate which neighborhoods of san francisco are being represented.
Would that be okay?
>> no, that's definitely, we can do that.
>> Supervisor Fewer: supervisor walton.
>> Supervisor Walton: thank you, chair fewer.
I would also include the sun
reporter in that as well.
>> Supervisor Fewer: yes.
We would have to do outreach to those small newspapers to make
sure they're aware.
I see Ms. Cella in the queue. Do you have something to add?
>> yes, this is acting director of the office of contract administration.
Yes, to reiterate, we would be
happy to reopen this solicitation, but to be clear,
the procedure would be to reject
all bids and re-advertise the solicitation.
I want to point out as florence mentioned, we did conduct
significant outreach for the outreach advertising
solicitation, the notification
went out to about 50 neighborhood and community periodicals.
It's possible that all of the periodicals that you've noted
that we did some outreach to for the solicitation, they May have
chosen not to submit a bid maybe
because they did not meet the minimum requirements or because
maybe the revenue stream was not -- didn't seem that significant to them. There could be many reasons they
May not have bid, but that said, we would be happy to reject all
bids and resolicit and we can provide a report to you before
we bring this back to you.
And just indicate which period
cals we did do outreach to. Once we make the recommendation, we have to follow the letter of the law. We can only make a recommendation purr the administrative -- per the administrative code requirements
and then it would be under your authority to expand or add any
other periodicals that you wish.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you.
So your suggestion today is to
vote no on item number 1, so we can reopen the bid again and
then place the item on the
agenda for the date after we
have heard from, solicited from other publications, is that correct? >> correct.
>> Supervisor Fewer: okay.
I think it is important we follow up on item number 2.
That is our main advertiser. So let's do this.
seeing no one else in the queue, let's open up items 1 and 2 for
public comment, please.
>> yes, Madame Chair. Operation is checking to see if
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>> yes, I have one caller in the queue. Queue.
>> Supervisor Fewer: welcome,
caller.
>> hello, supervisors. My name is jay curran. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak today. I'm the publisher of the san francisco examiner. I just wanted to thank you for
in the past awarding us this contract and I'm hoping that
this year we're also awarded the contract. The san francisco examiner is printed here inside of san francisco.
We have a press facility on
evans avenue in the bayview and
we employ 42 people at our press facility facility.
And that comes with quite an expense, but we are committed to providing jobs, you know, for people here inside of san francisco.
We are the highest circulated
newspaper in san francisco county.
We out-circulate some of our
competitors by five times the circulation on each day that we publish. We're very committed to providing local news coverage,
90% of our news is locally written and informative,
important news content about city issues, public transportation, housing, and as
you guys know, you know, our
team does a fantastic job getting the news out.
Even through covid, we've been
able to keep to our commitments
on publishing the san francisco
examiner four days a week. We are a free publication.
Very accessible to all the residents inside san francisco.
Besides our home-delivered
issues, we have 838 locations throughout san francisco to make
it easy for the residents to get ahold of our newspaper and get the information that the city is
trying to get out to its residents.
And you know, again, we appreciate everything that you guys do here for the city.
And we're here to support you.
And look forward to another year
of being a great partner.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you
very much. Public comment on item 1 and 2 is now closed.
I would like to make a motion to negative, we don't -- how about
I do this, Madame Clerk?
What if I vote -- we vote no on
item 1, it means we don't
forward it to the board?
>> I believe the appropriate motion should be to table item number 1.
>> Supervisor Fewer: I'd like to table item number 1. Could I have a roll call vote? >> on the motion, supervisor
walton aye.
mandelman aye. Chair fewer aye. Three ayes.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you.
I would like to give a positive recommendation to item number 2
and forward it to the board with a positive recommendation.
Could I have a roll call vote? >> yes.
On the motion, walton aye. Mandelman aye.
Fewer aye.
Three ayes.
Few ufa thank you very much. >> ordinance amending the
business and tax regulations to permit the city attorney with the consent of the county
recorder to allow or settle real property transfer tax claims in
excess of $25,000 for any amount
up to the of transfer tax, penalties and interest paid that
exceeds the amount of transfer
tax, penalties and interest, using the value of the real
property as finally determined
by the assessment appeals board.
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>> Supervisor Fewer: today we
have with us -- I see supervisor
aaron peskin and his aide lee
hepner, and the office is also available to answer questions.
The floor is yours.
You are on mute. >> there we go.
Sorry about that.
Members, thank you for hearing this item. This legislation before you
comes from supervisor peskin's office, it is essentially designed to streamline the
process of issuing transfer tax refunds when they exceed $25,000.
By way of background, transfer taxes are applied when there is a legal change in ownership and
are based on self-reported property values.
The city collected $368 million in transfer taxes last year alone.
In 2015, the office launched a
transfer audit program to verify
and confirm assessed, one when
the legal entity changes owner ownership, when it exceeds 20,000, and when it is without a sales price. Since 2015, the city has
collected $45 million in unpaid
or underpaid transfer taxes.
$4.5 million in the current
fiscal year alone.
Taxpayers can look for refunds.
Those claims are adjudicated by
the assessment appeals board. Currently, claims that --
refunds over $25,000 require written approval by the city
attorney and the board of supervisors. This legislation would remove board of supervisors' approval of these claims. Of course, the board still has
oversight in the context of
litigation settlement and there
is that important point of transparency when the board adjudicates these claims. That is all I have.
The assessor's reporter office is available to answer any questions that the committee May have. I have one technical amendment
that I request and I can present that now.
i have sent it to all of your offices.
On page 3, line 6-7 to add the
language -- which just escaped
me -- plus statutory interest
under section 113.2.
I would request that amendment
be made and I am available for
questions as are douglas and holly.
>> Supervisor Fewer: supervisor
peskin, would you like to say anything?
>> Supervisor Peskin: --
>> Supervisor Fewer: any
comments or questions from my colleagues?
Seeing none, there is no B.L.A.
Report on this, so let's open it up for public comment. >> yes, operation is checking to see if there are callers in the queue. Operation, please let us know if
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>> yes, I have one caller in the
queue.
I will unmute them.
>> I'm sorry, I think I'm -- I
would like to be in the queue for item 14.
>> Supervisor Fewer: okay.
That is coming up, thank you. Are there any other callers in the queue?
>> Madame Chair, that completes the queue.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much. I'd like to make a motion to approve the amendment.
Could I have a roll call vote?
>> on the motion, walton aye.
Mandelman aye.
Fewer aye. three ayes.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much, move to the board with a positive recommendation as amended?
>> on that motion, supervisor walton?
>> Supervisor Walton: aye.
>> Supervisor Mandelman: aye.
>> Supervisor Fewer: aye.
>> three ayes.
>> Supervisor Fewer: item 4,
ordinance approving agreement
between the city and millennium tower association for the
sidewalk on the side of mission at the intersection of mission
and fremont street and the side
of fremont at the same
intersection to allow structural
upgrade of the 301 mission street high rise building known as millennium tower. Members of the public who wish
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>> Supervisor Fewer: so today we have with us the real estate
division and charles sullivan, eileen mowi, and city attorneys
office. >> thank you.
Good morning, chair fewer.
Supervisor walton, supervisor mandelman. I'm director of real estate.
I want to share with you a
screen view.
. Supervisor fewer, are you still there, can you hear me?
>> Supervisor Fewer: yes, I can. would you like the clerk to assist you?
Do we have a copy of the presentation? >> I have it here. There it is. I'm sorry.
I just clicked on the wrong attachment. My apologies. I'm here before you today seeking your positive
recommendation on an ordinance authorizing on easement deed and
agreement between the city and millennium towers association.
This easement implements a settlement agreement that was unanimously approved by the
board of supervisors by
ordinance 7620. The conveyance of this easement is the city's primary contribution to the settlement.
The settlement will dismiss and release the city from all claims with prejudice and with no cash payments by the city.
The easement is for the surface and subsurface rights and the
sidewalk on the southern side of mission street and the eastern side of fremont street as shown
in the map on your screen.
Work to be performed by the
H.O.A. Is intended to prevent further settlement of the tower's existing foundation and
May allow for the gradual
correction of the tower over time.
Both the settlement and the easement are conditioned upon
the approval of the state land commission which occurred yesterday.
And approval of the court, which
is anticipated in mid August.
The easement will not go into
place and will not occur until
these approvals are obtained.
This concludes my presentation.
As indicated, charles sullivan from the city attorneys office
and other city attorneys and I are available to answer any
questions you might have.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much.
I see no speakers in the queue for my colleagues, so let's open
this up for public comment. I have a comment? My colleague?
Seeing none, let's open up for public comment on item number 4. >> operation is checking to see
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>> Madame Chair, there are no callers in the queue.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much. Public comment on item 4 is closed.
I'd like to make a motion to
move this to the board with a positive recommendation.
Could I please have a roll call vote, Madame Chair?
>> yes, Madame Chair.
The motion, supervisor walton aye.
Mandelman aye.
Fewer aye. Three ayes.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you.
Madame Clerk, please call item number 5. >> resolution retroactive authorizing the department of public health to accept and expend a grant in the am of $2 million from the california department of health for participation in a program
entitled funding for
international acquired syndrome
society for acquired imknow deficiency conference. Members of the public who wish to provide public comment should
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>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much, the department of public health. >> good morning, can you hear me?
>> Supervisor Fewer: yes, we can.
>> I'm at the operation center in so pardon mask. Thank you for hearing this today.
The state of california wanted
to aid the 2020 conference and
allocated to $2 million to do so.
This was approved by the state
assembly bill number 74 and then
there was a long process to get
the funding to have the san
francisco department of public health.
As you know, the aids 2020 is conducted by the aids conference and we have been involved with the development of the program.
And this year, it's unusual that it's in oakland and san
francisco in order to address a regional aspect of H.I.V.
And it's been a very amazing and
fruitful partnership. The conference will be online.
As you might imagine, in July. I think it's an amazing program.
This funding will be used to pay for scholarships and conference
fees to allow participants from
all over the globe to participate.
And there will be some program
and logistical needs covered for
reaching women and girls and
focusing on H.I.V. Prevention and targeting other key populations.
So we request your approval of
the acceptance of this funding. I believe greg wong would like to add something at this point.
>> Supervisor Fewer: yes.
Mr. Wong? >> hello.
My name is gregory wong.
I am the analyst for the san francisco department of public health. We had earlier submitted a resolution to the board of
supervisors and we would like to
submit some amendments to the
current resolution.
The current resolution we had
the word "international aids
conference" on line 1, 6 and 13.
We would like to insert the word
23rd biannual in front of the international aids conference so it will match the legislation that allocated the funding for the international aids
conference.
On line 7 -- sorry, line 4,
there was a word for california department of public health.
We actually the california department of public health, it
was changed to the california department of public health, so
we have the past entity on identified.
We have the word through on 7
changed to "to" and we inserted
the acronym aids, to represent
the word aids aids on line 12.
We ask that the board of supervisors accept these amendments.
>> Supervisor Fewer: sure. That sounds great. Okay.
Any comments from my colleagues? Mandelman?
>> Supervisor Mandelman: thank you, chair fewer.
I want to thank all the folks
from D.P.H. Working on aids 2020. It's truly unfortunate that what
was going to be this incredibly,
I think, exciting opportunity to bring folks from around the
world to san francisco and oakland has fallen victim to the
pandemic, but I also want to thank you and partners across
the globe for having done the
work needed to make this conference continue even if virtual form.
And I would be honored to be added as a cosponsor.
Thank you.
>> Supervisor Fewer: that's great.
I think we all concur with your comments. Thank you, supervisor.
Any other comments, questions? If not, let's open it up for
public comment, please.
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>> Supervisor Fewer: welcome,
speaker.
That completes the queue.
>> Supervisor Fewer: item number
5, public comment is closed.
Let's take a vote on the amendments, please.
I'd like to make -- to include these amendments, could we have a roll call vote, please. >> on the motion to amend, supervisor walton aye.
Mandelman aye. Fewer aye. Three ayes.
>> Supervisor Fewer: make a motion to move this to the board with a positive recommendation as amended.
>> on the motion, supervisor
walton aye.
Mandelman aye.
Fewer aye. Three ayes.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much.
Can you call item number 6. >> resolution authorizing the office of cannabis to accept and
expend a grant from the govern office of business and economic development local kwelt grant funding program in the amount of $4.9 million for the period of
July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021 and authorizing the office
of city administrator to execute
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>> Supervisor Fewer: we have director rodriguez from the office of cannabis.
>> good morning, everyone. Good morning, supervisor fewer, mandelman and walton. Thank you so much for having us here today.
The timing, of course, is really crucial.
We are very, very happy about
the state has identified a need
with respect to equity and is affording that need statewide and providing assistance to
local jurisdictions in this way. I'd like to briefly discuss the
importance of the -- of this
grant, including the need, which
many of you already know our
goals as well. You know, it was early this
year, around March, when the
application for this grant came out. And the turnaround time was
really, really swift, but we do appreciate we're able to come
before you today and get this through.
The community has expressed a
need for some time now for
assistance, especially during
the pandemic as many folks know, our equity community is really,
really needing support, but
unfortunately cannot access federal support cannot access, the state support industry as a whole.
We'll jump into the slides. Picking up the next slide,
please.
So our goal is to reduce the barriers of entry with respect to the cannabis marketplace. For those who have been negatively impacted by the war
on drugs, setting up a business
is not an easy feat here in san francisco. It's certainly very expensive.
There are a lot of hurdles, a lot of needs to assist in navigating the process.
We want these funds to go to people in need, our everyday community, so they can cross the
finish line and achieve the goals that our city had intended for this program.
We're very excited about that.
These funds are going to support technical assistance as well as equity community directly, so that they can be consistent in compliant needs for their
businesses.
I mentioned a little bit about the need.
There are just few resources available to the industry right now. This is one. And we are very appreciative of the state coming forward like
this and recognizing that our
program here in san francisco is deserves
ing of $4.9 million. We are very, very thankful. It's because we took a lot of
effort to see very, very
supportive, essentially, of our equity community and these goals
and they appreciate that and so
have granted us -- awarded us the 4.9. One of the things we think is
important in the process is engaming our community -- engaging our community around this discussion.
We have done so with the oversight community and perhaps
there are folks who May call in today.
We have talked to them about their needs and how they would like the money administered and with that, the executive
director of the office of cannabis is going to speak to our community engagement.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you. >> thank you, director
rodriguez.
So one of the things that we've
done is had meetings with applicants listening sessions to
discuss their resource needs. And informed our application and
our plan for distribution of these funds.
Another thing that we did most recently in June of 2020, is have a conversation with the
oversight committee where they
provided feedback regarding how
these funds should be distributed. It was important to hear
directly from our partners who are contributing really
important feedback about the process. So we've consistently reached out to them. Equity applicants in the conversation have consistently
expressed needs through meeting,
calls, office visits and our
interactions with them primarily around receiving direct assistance, access to capital
and support in finding real estate. One of the things we also wanted
to provide you with is an update on the bradford grant. So we came before you earlier this year. Some of that support was from the bureau of cannabis control.
the bill sponsored by senator bradford allowed san francisco to apply for additional funds.
We followed the administrative steps to procure those funds.
They'll be directed to support
regulatory compliance for the equity applicants. The office of cannabis applied
for the funds in August of 2019
and received about $1.4 million.
For the -- we come before today is from the governors office of business economic and development. The application was submitted on
March 9, 2020 and on April 15. The office of cannabis was
awarded about $5 million.
The bill also has additional reporting requirements. We're required to submit information on how the grants
were expended and also that contains specific demographic
data how the funds were disbursed.
We'd be happy to take any questions from the supervisors.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you.
Supervisor walton?
>> Supervisor Walton: thank you so much, chair fewer, and thank you director rodriguez and your team for the presentation.
I just have one question. What is the maximum amount that
will be allowed per business?
>> so that is something that we discussed very closely with the oversight committee. They are in the process of
making that determination.
Right now they have made a
determination specifically with
respect to individuals who are sole proprietiers.
These are people who went through the process by themselves. they made a determination that those individuals should be allocated $100,000.
They've also discussed the idea
of redisbursement throughout the process. In other words, if they're
unable to expend the full $100,000, that money will go
back into a pot to be reallocated among everyone else again.
So everyone going through the
process should have south carolina -- access to this money. So far, they're going to be
going back to the oversight
committee in early August to get more additional information
about other people in our equity
community who are eligible to see what their amounts May be. We'll do the math. But so far the only specific
target they've given us is
$100,000 for sole proprietiers to start with.
>> Supervisor Walton: thank you.
I think that is a good amount of support. My thing would be, do we have fire walls in place?
Obviously, you know we have folks who come into san
francisco, who do a good job
trying to -- figuring out a way to qualify as equity partners,
but not really -- >> I hear you -- >> Supervisor Walton: --
intending to receive support. Anything we're putting in place to make sure this benefits our folks in san francisco. >> absolutely.
Thank you for the question. Two things.
First, in order to be eligible to receive these funds, you have
to have what we determine a
viable application in our system for an actual business.
You have to be in the process.
You're not eligible if you're just a verified equity applicant. There is a reason for that.
There is a lot of scrutiny as
you can imagine for these grants.
We are very, very happy to --
long time coming, but with that comes scrutiny.
Scrutiny from the feds, from the state and certainly our own local scrutiny.
So we created a program that is going to be compliant-based.
The funds can only go to things that make the business compliant.
These are not blanket checks.
This is a very structured grant process.
>> Supervisor Walton: thank you.
>> Supervisor Fewer: yes.
And comments or questions from colleagues?
I also just want to say that I am thrilled about your using and
going to the oversight committee and having them on the ground and can give advice. That is great.
Let's open this up for public comment. Any members of the public that
would like to comment on item number 6? >> operations is checking to see
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>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you. Good morning, supervisors. Chair fewer, supervisor walton
and mandelman and to director rodriguez.
This is chair of the oversight committee.
I'm thrilled at the way that you
guys are talking about the topics. It shows that you have been listening and definitely
understand the urgency.
Just like director rodriguez had
stated before, none of our businesses in cannabis have been qualified to receive any federal
aid during this pandemic, so we
are still not being treated as
regular businesses. And this money is super
important for us to be able to
bridge our equity applicants that are almost there, you know,
and help them cross the finish line.
So like I do support the approval of the accept and expend and I do encourage you
guys to think about expediting these funds to our business owners.
As you know, we're navigating through a very hostile real
estate environment and so a lot
of people's capital is spent on rent. Even if they get approved, we're afraid that the operating costs
or just to be able to get running, like they might have
issues, so as soon as we can get them through the approval
process, the sooner we can get
them up and running and paying taxes to feed into the coffers of contributing to society. Thank you, guys, for your time. We really appreciate, again, your lens on the issue.
Thank you.
>> yes.
Hello?
Hello? Is it time for the comment?
>> Supervisor Fewer: yes.
>> okay.
Everybody, hi, supervisors, hi. How you doing?
I hope everybody is doing good.
I just heard your comment.
My name is vanessa banks and I'm a verified equity applicant that
is coming out of the bayview hunters point, the reason I'm on
the call, I need the oversight
committee to be mindful that everybody that has been impacted
by the war on drugs is not looking to be cannabis -- I'm
not looking to be a dispensary. I'm not looking to be a cultivator.
I'm looking to be an equity partner.
But in the meantime, I have been developing a non-profit around
the war on drugs, so we're going
for education and the healing
part of the aftermath of the war on drugs.
Please be mindful when you say
helping just don't look out for
people doing the dispensary ies dispensaries, look out for all of us. That's not my interest.
I am working very, very hard to
be -- partnered with me to help
me go to the website so I can get things going.
please be mindful, I'm a verified equity applicant and I
would like to be included in the
budget, not as a dispensary, but
or a cultivator. Thank you, everybody.
God bless.
>> hello, caller?
>> I'm here.
>> please begin.
>> sorry? >> yes, you May begin your comment. >> yeah, I want to make public
comment.
>> Supervisor Fewer: you have two minutes, speaker.
>> hi, this is edward, original equity group. Thanks you guys for setting this
up and getting this equity grant on this.
I wanted to bring to your attention the, I would say, lack of urgency and the lack of
seeing this as a crisis.
Supervisors, you all -- all
approved the airport condition
grant for $250,000 and you
approved that in one month.
It was introduced 5-19 and completed 6-12.
Now we're addressing the go biz
grants, why do you not see the crisis same for equity grants as for the airport commission?
Is it because the amount is different? Is it because federal scrutiny?
The urgency needs to be on that
same level for these folks.
To you, supervisors, I want to make a point there needs to be expanded capacity for the office
of cannabis so they can do their roles. They have special knowledge to
get us through this process and
they need to have the support of
the city to make sure share job
and hours -- sure their job and
hours are steady.
We did Miss Out on a grant, $24 million grant from the board of corrections.
We missed out on that because the office of cannabis didn't have the capacity. It's not their fault. It's the fault of the system
that is not recognizing that we need to have that capacity so
that we can apply for this.
I expect there will be more grants coming next year.
I would make a recommendation,
supervisors, so that we can fast-track the rest of these equity grants so we don't have
to have them stuck in committee unless it's absolutely necessary.
The equity applicants need these funds.
One more comment in this go biz,
there are three allocations for R.F.P. I would like for you guys to
start on some of those R.F.P. Processes concurrently. I would like for us not to have
to wait to get to the next stage before we start the discussion
on how the R.F.P.S should be shaped.
>> speaker's time has expired.
>> again, urgency is here -- >> next speaker. >> make a recommendation, supervisors so that --
[Inaudible] >> are there any other callers in the queue?
>> yes, I wanted to make a
public acknowledgment. Your two minutes starts now.
>> I'm sorry?
Please begin your comment.
>> okay, hi.
I am an equity verified applicant in bayview neighborhood.
And I wanted to acknowledge
supervisor walton and thank him for the acknowledgment of the
fire walls or the protection on behalf of the equity verified applicant.
Thank you. >> thank you fort comment.
-- for the comment. Next caller?
>> Madame Chair, that completes the queue.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much. Public comment is now closed.
Any more comments or questions from my colleagues? Seeing none, I would like to
make a motion to move it this to
the board with a positive recommendation.
>> on the motion, supervisor
walton aye. Mandelman aye.
Fewer aye.
Three ayes.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much.
And Madame Clerk, please call item number 7. >> 7, retroactive authorizing
the office of the city
administrator to accept and expend hazard mitigation grant
program funds in the amount of $294,000 and the federal emergency management agency through the california office of emergency services to support
evaluation of city owned older concrete buildings for the
project period from February 5,
2020 through June 7, 2021. Members of the public who wish to provide public comment on
this item should call the number
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>> Supervisor Fewer: today we
have with us danielle from the
office of the capital planning
and brian strong is also
available as well as --
>> good morning, supervisors.
My name is danielle, with the
office of planning in the city administrator's office.
I'm seeking approval to accept
and expend $294,000 in hazard
mitigation funds from fema.
To evaluate city owned older concrete buildings.
The project is a joint effort
between rpp and public works,
because we have approved our project mitigation plan. In our recent update, will allow
us to be eligible for the funds going forward.
Certain parts of older concrete
buildings referred to as non --- concrete buildings are concrete frame or wall buildings that
were constructed prior to 1990s. The primary problem with these
types of buildings, there is insufficient reinforcement in
the beams and walls that can cause failure and possible building collapse.
We've seen this in chile, new zealand and mexico city.
A detailed analysis is required to determine which of these
buildings have been a larger
inventory with the highest risk of collapse. San francisco's building is
about 160,000 total buildings
includes over 3400 pre-1980
concrete buildings and 116 of
these are owned by the city of san francisco.
some of the buildings include finance, african-american art
and culture complex, the mission cultural center, fire stations,
and animal care and control. The proposed project is to develop and apply sample screening, evaluation and rating
program of city owned concrete buildings vulnerable to damage. Newly developed evaluation tool for the building types.
As a pilot, the program will
evaluate and analyze 10-12 city
owned buildings that represent a variety of buildings.
The public will inform a larger
city-wide program of screening evaluation and writing to
mitigate the work of all privately owned buildings across the city.
Thank you for your time. I'm happy to answer your
questions.
We have public works and R.T.T. Available.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much.
Comments or questions from my colleagues?
Let's open this up for public
comment, please. Item number 7. >> yes, operation is checking to see if there are callers in the
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>> can you please call item number 8.
>> item 8, emergency ordinance to approval authority to the
mayor's office of housing and community development and real estate division to amend certain
existing leases regarding
residual rent payments. Members of the public who wish
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>> Supervisor Fewer: we have M.O.H.C.D.
>> thank you, chair fewer. Committee members, supervisors. Director of portfolio management and preservation to the mayor's office of housing and community development.
I'm pleased to present for your approval item number 8, emergency ordinance delegation
of authority to amend certain
leases and agreements for affordable housing.
The two action items before the
committee today include, first, a request for an amendment to the ordinance previously distributed to the clerk and
also included in your packets.
This technical amendment requires increased residual
receipts to be used solely for affordable housing purposes in
the city, specifically on pages
5, line 17 and page 6, line 16.
The language requires that any
greater portion of surplus cash
shall be used solely for affordable housing purposes within the city. The second item for approval
today is the approval of the
amended emergency ordinance that would temporarily delegate
approval to modify certain
existing agreements and policies related to residual receipts for
affordable housing projects.
As a result of covid-19, affordable housing developments are experiencing significant
operating deficits. Decreased residential and commercial revenue is a direct
result of underemployment, unemployment, and business
closures caused by the pandemic and economic recession.
This is compounded by increased expenses for utilities,
janitorial and supportive
services, P.P.E., insurance and staffing. The combination of revenue
losses and increased expenses
along with the tightening of credit markets, affordable housing sponsors today face unprecedented challenges to
manage their liquidity and
remain financially solvent while maintaining operations at affordable housing properties in
the city.
In response to the pandemic, we're already implementing various emergency measures to
protect san franciscans, to
stabilize affordable housing
operations and preserve the portfolio.
These include residential and
commercial moratoriums, loan forebearance, and finally, the
emergency ordinance before you
today relating to increase in residual receipts distributions
to sponsors to fund essential affordable housing purposes in the city.
This would be effectuated by
delegating approval to mohcd to
amend certain agreements, to one, bring all legacy projects into conformance with the original receipts policy which
generally allows sponsors to
district one-third and -- distribute one-third and requires the two-thirds to be paid to the city.
Two, along a one-time hardship
increase of the sponsor share of the residual receipts from one-third to two-thirds. Doubling the amount they would
normally get. Finally, incentivize
reinvestment by cross subsidizing projects with additional 2019 residual
receipts. Real real
-- reallocating the caps on these legacy projects will
provide significant, immediate and ongoing financial support that positions sponsors to
address operating shortfalls
without the need for mochd to allocate subsidy to the project. The staff is recommending a
delegated approval process to
quickly stabilize operations of the city's affordable housing portfolio in response to the unprecedented challenges facing our city.
If approved, they can leverage
existing asset functionality to
immediately deploy these funds to protect low-income
households, continue to ensure they receive essential services and safe affordable housing. Thank you fort opportunity to speak today about how our office is responding to covid-19.
I'd be happy to address any questions at this time.
>> Supervisor Fewer: any questions from the colleagues? Could we have a B.L.A. Report, please? >> good morning, chair fewer,
members of the committee,
severin campbell from the B.L.A.
To provide 60 days prior to the
mayor's office of housing and community development to amend existing leases for affordable
housing to revise the residual
rent agreements within those leases.
The leases that are impacted are
shown on page 4 of our report. We estimate that the reduction in residual rent could be
approximately $1.3 million per year if these leases are amended.
We consider approval of the ordinance to be a positive for
the board of supervisors,
because it weighs the board's authority under the charter and
I'm available for questions.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much.
I see we have an amendment also
that is -- that states that --
requires that any greater
portion of service are retained by an affordable housing
provider used solely for
affordable housing purposes. And I'm wondering from our city
attorney, if that is substantive or not?
>> no, chair fewer, it's not substantive.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much. Let's open up for public comment. Are there any members of the
public who want to comment on item 8?
>> Madame Chair, operation is checking to see if there are
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queue.
>> Supervisor Fewer: welcome, caller. >> good morning. My name is tom.
I'm the director of real estate
development at the san francisco housing development corporation.
And I have a brief comment in
support of the proposal.
I think it is outstanding that
mohcd, given the circumstances
that we're all facing which is unchartered territory, that they're getting ahead of the
game, getting out in front of the problem instead of waiting for a possible tsunami of
financial problems to occur.
And so I commend the staff for
their work and I am totally in
favor of this proposal. That's the end of my comments unless you have questions. Thank you.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you.
>> that concludes the queue.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you.
Public comment on item 8 is closed.
I'd like to make a motion to adopt the amendment that I had just led. Could I have a motion, please?
>> on the motion, supervisor
walton aye, mandelman aye, fewer aye.
Three ayes.
>> Supervisor Fewer: I'd like to make a motion to move this to the board with a positive recommendation as amended. >> on the motion, supervisor
walton aye.
Mandelman aye, fewer aye.
Three ayes.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much. Can you call items 9 through 12 together.
>> yes, item 9, resolution
approving the cares act community development virus program authorizing the mayor on
behalf of the city to apply for,
accept and expend program entitlement from the united states department of housing and urban development in the amount
of $10.9 million for a period
beginning July 1, 2020 through
June 30, 2023.
Item 10, accept and expend city cares esg program entitlement from the united states department of housing and urban development in the amount of
$5.5 million for the period beginning July 1, 2020.
Item 11, resolution approving
the cares act housing
opportunities for persons with aids competitive coronavirus program and authorizing the
mayor to apply for, the cares act funding from the united
states department of housing and urban development in the amount
of $159,000. And item number 12, resolution
approving the cares act housing opportunities for persons with
aids coronavirus program and authorizing the mayor apply for,
accept and expend the city's cares act and in the amount of $1 million for the period of
July 1, 2020 through June 30,
2023. Members of the public who wish to provide public comment on these items should call the
number on their screen, dial the access code. And then press pound twice.
If you have not already done so,
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>> Supervisor Fewer: today we
have with us eric shaw. >> good morning.
I'm eric shaw, the director of
the mayors office of community
and development.
Items 9 through 12, requesting funding. the cares act was enacted to
respond to the growing effects
of the covid-19 public health crisis. It included supplement funding
from the block grant, the emergency solutions grant and
housing opportunities for
persons with aids, hopwa. San francisco received the following awards in the first
round of funding.
$10 million, and supplemental funding.
$5.5 million in supplemental esg funding.
$1.28 million in hopwa
noncompetitive funding and
$159,460 in hopwa competitive funding.
We expect to receive additional rounds of funding as well as the state will be coming back to the board of supervisors for approval on the later rounds.
We're proposing to utilize the first round of cares act funding
in the following manner.
Entitlement in the amount of $3
million and one-time rental
assistance to four organizations. Catholic charities, young community developers. $7.9 million in operational
support for up to 22 non-congregate shelters.
For esg, all the funding will be
directed to the department of homelessness and supportive housing where essential services
and operations at emergency shelter sites.
Expansion of shelter operations 24-7. Meals for unsheltered individuals. Expansion of operations.
Hand-washing stations and mobile showers and personal protective
equipment and supplies.
For a hopwa non-
competitive provided for eight. Case management, accessing
essential services and supplies, rental subsidy
ies subsidies, meals and personal protective equipment
for people living with hiv/aids. All will be to provide subsidies, case management and assistance in accessing essential services. Meals and personal protective equipment for people living with
hiv/aids. We're recommending these
expenditures based on the
eligible use of esg and hopwa, they're alluded by hud.
What we're seeing as the greatest need for housing support to vulnerable populations. We ask that the committee recommend to forward these items to the full board.
I would like to say that the supporting documents have one error that needs to be corrected.
The funding amount for the
catholic charities and eed are switched.
Finally, I'm happy to take any questions along with the director for community development.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you
very much, director. Do you have a power point presentation, or it was verbal?
>> ma'am, just the expenditure schedules which were included
within the legislative packet that was shared. Not a power point.
>> Supervisor Fewer: colleagues,
any questions on items 9 through 12?
Done?
Okay, let's open up this item
for public comment. >> operation is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. Operator, please let us know if there are callers ready.
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>> Madame Chair there are no callers in the queue.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you. Public comment for items 9
through 12 is closed. Supervisor mandelman?
>> Supervisor Mandelman: I'd
like to be added as cosponsor to 11 and 12.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much.
Noted. Seeing no comments from my colleagues, let's make a motion to move items 9 through 12 to
the board with a positive recommendation. Roll call vote, please.
>> on the motion, supervisor
walton aye, mandelman aye, fewer aye.
You have three ayes.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you.
Can you read item 13.
>> item 13, resolution approving a building lease agreement and sublease agreement each by and
between the city and 833 bryant
L.P. For the supportive housing
unit for homeless households.
30 year term extension up to 10
years as a -- members of the public who wish to provide
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>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much. We have the department of homelessness and supportive housing.
Also available for questions, anna and marissa from the
controllers office.
>> good morning, chair fewer. Good morning, supervisor walton and mandelman. Nice to see you all. This is the department of homelessness and supportive
housing and I'm joined by my
colleague and a whole team of
people from the city, so we have
a robust group of folks here to answer questions about this project.
I'm going to share my screen and
walk us through the slides.
All right.
Try that one more time.
There we go. Can folks see this?
>> Supervisor Fewer: yes. >> wonderful.
So the item before you today is
a resolution for a permanent
supportive housing project at
833 bryant street. In SoMa the resolution before
you is a lease agreement for 145
units of permanent supportive
housing for a 30-year term not
to exceed just over $2 million a year.
It also allows a sublease with
mercy housing to operate the building and the tenant
placement will be coordinated
and traced. Additionally are the resolution authorizes the controllers
office through the office of
public finance to provide the bond sale relative to the
documents to this project.
I will just add to this slide
that we've been working closely
with the B.L.A. Throughout the
process and have an amended resolution that addresses the
questions of the B.L.A. So I feel very confident that
the resolution before you as amended should negate any concerns or questions that the B.L.A. Had.
And we can go into more detail about that during the B.L.A. Report.
Just wanted to note that amendment is already before you
all.
This is the unique private
public partnership.
State tax credits and tax debt,
it is a newly constructed -- a building that is currently being constructed, there will be brand new construction for the
homeless, individuals, 435, plus
one manager's unit.
The unique part is there is no
city funding in the construction of this project.
No city funding goes into the
project until we're leasing it. No one needs an overview of the creases of homelessness. -- crisis of homelessness. I believe you're all familiar,
but as you know, we have over 8,000 people according to the most recent count experiencing homelessness.
64% of whom are living
unsheltered on our streets. Additional funding showed that folks experiencing homelessness
are aging and increasingly sick.
And, therefore, require the targeted investment and support of permanent supportive housing to exit homelessness.
We know that P.S.H. Is our most
effective solution at ending
homelessness and has long been
central to our -- right at the core of our strategy for
addressing chronic homelessness.
District 6 has the highest concentration of people experiencing homelessness. And the city already operates
over approximately 8,000 units
of psh for families and youth
and we're excited that this
project is part of that portfolio.
As I mentioned, this is a really unique project in terms of
partnerships and in terms of financing.
And I'm going to turn it over to review the details of the
project before you. >> thank you, emily.
Good morning, chair fewer,
members of the committee, deputy
director for admin and finance.
So as emily was talking about,
this is a unique project.
One slide back, please.
And I wanted to walk you through
a little bit how it compares
with how the city typically
funds permanent supportive housing.
So on this slide, you'll see how
the project compares to a typical set aside unit in the
mayor's office of housing and community development funded pipeline projects.
it has enabled us to go at a
faster pace than the typical mocd project, the total development time is less than
three years compared to in excess of four years with a project.
And the total development cost
is approximately $385,000 per unit. The last two supportive housing
projects were in the range of
574,000 to 470,000 per unit per month. That included an upfront
contribution in the range of $69
million to $30 million.
So it compares favorably to our
typical mohcd project. The department of public housing, in order to move quickly in responding to
homelessness, typically works
with a non-profit operator to
lease privately owned buildings. These are usually older buildings that have not been remodelled or rehabbed. And the recent private leases
we've seen are upwards of $1200 per unit per month. We have been able to negotiate
the lease cost here based on the
preferable debt financing to a
$1050 per month and that amount stays flat through the 30-year term of the lease.
Unlike a private market lease.
It also offers the city
permanent affordability, so we're not subject to the
fluctuation based on market
conditions or annual rent
escalation with a private owner. This is brand new construction
with much nicer units, with more amenities.
So given the covid crisis, we're
really excited to bring on more
in-unit bathrooms where people have private baths and don't have to share bathing for health
and safety reasons, as well as kitchenettes kitchenettes. The project is leveraging the unique partnership here with the office of public finance.
I want to thank my colleagues leveraging the city's credit backing for better financing.
Next slide, emily.
One more, please.
An overview of the project.
145 units with the amenities I mentioned, there is onsite manager unit.
24-7 space for a front desk
clerk and other amenities like a
community room, laundry space,
lounge and courtyard am -- . So more about how the project was funded. Homes for the homeless fund which is managed by the san
francisco housing accelerator
fund and rebecca foster, the
C.E.O. Is here joining us today available to answer questions. Started with $50 million grant
from tipping point community.
So it's leveraged with
non-profit financing.
833 bryant is its inaugural project.
The housing accelerator fund is
providing the land at a cost of $8.2 million as well as bridge financing to allow the project to begin construction prior to
city financing going into the deal. The project also includes a purchase option for the city to
buy the land at the end of the lease term if it so chooses for a dollar. That will come back to the board of supervisors for approval if and when you wish to exercise that option.
Next slide. Mercy housing is the project developer. They were selected through a
competitive process by the
housing accelerator fund to bel developer, building owner,
future operator of the process.
Mercy is entering -- has a grant lease with homeless for the
homeless fund and will be the republican
-- recipient of the tax credit. Through the housing finance
agency, they'll also be the recipient of the tax exempt debt
to finance the construction. Other details of interest in this more complex financing deal
is the city is covenant here to pay the lease which allows for
the project to benefit from the city's advantageous credit
rating and get a lower price for borrowing. The operate and services costs
are typical to other permanent supportive housing agreements
that hsh enters into and will be completed closer to occupancy
which will be the summer of 2021.
Again, no city funds are going into the project until after construction is completed.
And based on how the financing
is strurd, this $2 million lease payment is not due until the spring of 2023.
We have a couple of years to capitalize financing before we need to make a lease payment.
Next slide.
>> I have advanced the slide. It hasn't caught up yet. >> I'll keep talking. There I go.
Thanks.
Again, the resolution before you has several components. Homes for the homeless, which is
the owner of the property, is entering into a ground lease for the land with mercy housing,
which is the developer an construction lien. Mercy will then own the improvements and will lease the building to the city in order
for the financing structure to
work, the city will then lease
the building back to mercy
housing as the operator and overseer of the services
provided there.
I'll keep going through while we
wait for the slides to advance. A few details about the real
estate transaction and then I'll
move to the financing more quickly.
The proposed lease agreement is
for approximately 61,800 square
feet consisting of the 145 permanent supportive housing units.
The initial term of the lease is 30 years with option to extend for additional 10 years.
The base rent is set at ceiling
of 2.14 -- 2.014 million per years and if the financing of
the bonds comes in more preferable, the city will be the
beneficiary of that in terms of
a lower annual rent payment.
The base rent will be finalized
upon issuance of the bonds and calculation of the debt service.
It includes a sublease agreement
where the city leases back the
property to mercy housing to be the operator.
The city will retain the
authority to place people exiting homelessness through our
coordinated entry system, which prioritizes those most vulnerable and chronically
homeless for these intensive wraparound services.
Finally, the future of michael
kovrig michael kovrig agreement, the labbed --
the land and the acquisition is subject to future board of
supervisors' approval. We'll walk you through it without the slide. I'll do my best.
The overall budget is $54.9 million.
That is a combination of $31 million in bonds proceeds, a permanent loan from the home for the homeless fund, about $1.2
million and then the balance is
tax equity financing.
The uses include related costs, 38.8 million for construction,
other financing and costs for $54.9 million. And again, the city lease contribution is capped at $2
million a year.
With your approval and formal
board approval, the project
would go forward to have bond
pricing for this deal in mid July.
We've anticipated bond closing
the last week of July. So we appreciate your attention given the short time line here.
Next slide.
>> that's the end of the presentation. >> thank you very much.
And as I said, I have my
colleagues from the housing accelerator fund and the office of public finance if you have any questions.
Thank you so much. >> Madame Chair, I believe
you're on mute.
>> Supervisor Fewer:
>> Supervisor Fewer: one
second.
>> thank you very much.
>> Supervisor Fewer: apologies.
Can we have the B.L.A. Report, please? >> yes, chair fewer, members of
the committee, the proposed resolution approves a sublease
between the city and 833 bryant
street for the development of affordable housing. With summarized the lease terms
on page 9 of our report and summarized the development cost for the project on page 11 of our report. Under the proposed lease, the city would be committed to
making $2 million per year in
lease payments over the next 30
years to the project that would then serve as service to debt on
the project.
There is also, as was briefly mentioned, at the same time a conveyance agreement that is being negotiated between the landowner and the city, which
would give the city the option to purchase the land after 30 years for $1.
We have had discussions with the department.
There has been revised
resolutions submitted to the board.
And revised resolution, there
has been a whereas clause added that would state that the city and landowner have agreed to enter into this conveyance agreement prior to execution of the lease.
Prior to concurrent execution of the lease. We still recommend that there be a report back from the department of homelessness and
supportive housing to the board when that lease -- that conveyance agreement is executed and that report be included in
the legislative bio for this report. We considered the approval of this proposed resolution to be a
policy matter for the board of
supervisors, because it does the
city to appropriate $2 million
of general fund each year for the next 30 years.
I'm available for questions.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much.
And did you -- so I think there are amendments that are going to be presented by the department,
is that correct? >> yes. My understanding, they have submitted those amendments.
>> Supervisor Fewer: okay. Did you want to read the
amendments into the record?
>> I will -- I don't actually
have a final copy of what they sent.
I will ask someone to -- Ms. Cohen.
>> Supervisor Fewer: yes. Can you read those amendments
into the record, please? >> yes. I would ask my colleagues from
the city attorney office to jump in should they need to correct
me.
Looking on page 2 of the
resolution, line 11-13, the
amendment reads whereas the housing provider has entered
into a long-term ground lease of
the property with san francisco homeless for the homeless.
Land own of term up to 90 years. And then the additional
amendment is on page 4.
Lines 15 through 22.
And reads, consistent with the
resolution and subject to the
satisfaction by the housing provider of certain conditions,
the housing provider securing certificate of occupancy from
the san francisco building of inspection for 145 residential
apartments, one manager unit and
program space to the director of hsh's determination that
placement of tenants is ready to
commence with a thorough H.S.H.,
the city coordinated system and,
three, the director of H.S.H.'s determination that the event has
been adjusted to reflect the
project financing not to exceed
$2 million -- per year.
And then the final amendment is
on page 5, lines 1-4.
Whereas the city and landowner
have agreed to enter into a conveyance agreement prior to or
concurrent with the execution of the lease agreement execution providing the city with the
right to acquire the property
for nominal amount upon
termination of the lease and
sublease, the conveyance agreement. >> Supervisor Fewer: --
>> there is one final amendment.
A strike through.
Page of, line 11 through 19,
have been removed.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much.
So Madame City attorney, are
these substantive at all?
>> no, chair fewer, they are not.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much.
So we're able to vote on those amendments today. Okay.
Let's open this up for public comment. I don't see colleagues in the queue. Public comment for item 13 is
now open. >> operation is checking to see
if there are callers that are in the queue. Operation, please let us know if there are callers ready.
If you have not done so, please
press star to be added to the queue.
If you're on hold, please continue to wait.
Operator, please let us know if there are any callers who wish to comment on item 13. >> yes, I have two callers in the queue.
I will queue the first caller. >> hello. My name is chris block.
I'm the director of the chronic homelessness and the tipping point community. I want to express my gratitude to the development team,
including the accelerator fund and the city families for
working creatively to create a really innovative development. The streets of san francisco are telling us now more than ever
that we need more housing now.
And the only way to do that is
to create housing faster and cheaper.
Bryant street is a huge step in that direction.
And tipping point is excited and proud to be part of this journey.
I want to thank you for your anticipated support of the project and look forward to
working with you in the future
to create more developments like 833 bryant.
Thank you very much.
>> thank you for the comment.
>> that concludes the queue.
>> Supervisor Fewer: public
comment is now closed. i would like to first, before
you vote on this, say thank you
very much.
I think that this is, yes, somewhat complicated of a deal, but I want to say thank you so
much tipping point and to the
housing accelerator it fund for making this happen and all the city workers that worked so hard on this.
I'd like to make a motion to approve the amendment.
Could I have a roll call vote, please?
>> Madame Chair, I believe there is a amendment by the department and the B.L.A. Would you like to --
>> Supervisor Fewer: yes.
>> on the motion, supervisor
walton aye, mandelman aye, fewer aye.
Three ayes.
>> Supervisor Fewer: I'd like to move this to the board with a
positive recommendation as amended.
>> yes, on that motion,
supervisor walton aye, mandelman aye, fewer aye.
Three ayes.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much.
Can you please call item 14 and 15 together. >> yes, item 14 ordinance calling and providing for a special election to be held in
the city and county of san
francisco on tuesday, November
3, 2020, submitting to san francisco voters a proposition
to incur bonded indebtedness not
to exceed $438.5 million to
finance the acquisition or
improvement of real property,
50% of the resulting property
tax corrins to residential tenants, and collection of tax
to principal and interest on
such bonds and findings.
Item 15, resolution determining that the declaring that the public interest and the
necessity demand the acquisition
or improvement of real property. And adopting various findings. Members of the public who wish
to provide public comment on these items should call the
number on your screen, then I.D., then press pound twice.
If you have not already done so,
please dial star 3 to speak. A system prompt will indicate
you have raised your hand. Wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you can begin your comments.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much. I'd like to also welcome supervisor ronen who has joined us. And I believe supervisor peskin,
who has joined us also. Today we have heather greens
from capital planning and the mayor's office.
We also have available for
questions representatives from
D.P.H., H.S.H., rec and park and controller's office.
So Ms. Green? Or supervisor?
Excuse me, first, supervisors
ronen and peskin, would you like
to say anything before we start the conversation?
>> Supervisor Ronen: I'll save
my remarks until after Ms. Green and Ms. Bruce.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you very much.
I wanted to say that phil ginsburg, the manager from rec
and park has joined us also.
Yes, Ms. Green and Ms. Bruce. >> good morning, supervisors.
my camera is off, my connection is not stable enough to share video support.
I will share my screen for presentations which should be
visible to you now. So thank you, supervisors.
Glad to be here today. Heather green, director of
capital planning, city administrator office for the bond proposed for the 2020 ballot. Thank you for all the input
we've received from your offices
and supervisor's offices to build consensus for this measure
as we strive to meet san francisco's capital needs.
Here you have just a brief
reminder about our capital plan spending and resilience challenges and san francisco are many and varied as you hear every day and with our capital program we strive to do the
things we need to do, meeting
our legal mandates, addressing life and resilience needs and
taking care of the things we own with our capital dollars first
and foremost to address the many
resilience challenges we face.
Including earthquake safety, climate change, aging
infrastructure, the challenge of social and affordability that
are pressing for us as a city.
A little quick look back at the geo bond program.
Over $5 billion in bond
approvals in the last 20 years, including the recently approved earthquake safety and emergency
response measure from the March ballot.
And the affordable housing
measure from the November 2019 ballot.
This shows a long view of the same data and it shows san francisco is not always successful at the ballot.
We have worked hard to build voter confidence and trust that
the city is being responsible
with the issuance of general obligation bond debt and we're asking for authorization of funds for work we can really deliver.
The blue line here, this blue line shows where we introduced the first capital plan from the city. You can see below the line here,
we did not meet the two-thirds
threshold and following that introduction, we have more successful -- that introduced --
as we retire old debt and the
city's assessed value increases,
so the property tax rate does
not increase above 2006 levels.
You can see how successful we've been. The G.O. Bond is different than
the one approved last spring.
This gives little context for that.
We have multiple urgent fronts in the city.
Mayor breed asked that the administrator re-prioritize the bond program to reflect and address the mental health crisis in san francisco that we see on our streets every day.
And then more recently with the
rise of covid-19, and the
associated leap in unemployment,
we see urgent need there to invest in shovel-ready projects and scaleable programs.
We're trying to do all that with this bond.
This is just a reminder about
the planned G.O. Bond program from the capital plan. You can see where we are
november 2020, we had originally
$255 million targeted to open space exclusively.
This is what that looked like against the program's constraint here.
You can see that program was
fully subscribed by the time we
got out to 2028.
This is the program given the policy direction of the covid crisis for the current bond in the winter and spring staff worked to address the city's need with the bond.
And this breakdown is what went to capital spending committee
and approved there.
And finally, many productive conversations to understand needs and tradeoffs and the bond
legislation here before you
today reflects revised program, which is shown here.
And this is what we'll be
discussing in detail in this presentation.
I'm joined by D.P.H., H.S.H.,
parks and rec and engineer from department of public works.
They will talk through the priorities in the program shown here and then I'll talk about the context of the plan and the amendment before you. With that, I'll hand it over to
greg. >> good morning, supervisors, chief financial officer of the department of public health. Thank you for your time and
considering this bond.
As you all know, over the past
year or so, we've been moving in
a direction of analytical
approach to our behavioral health system to help those most in need on the streets.
And through that process I've
identified a population that is
experiencing homelessness, mental health and substance
abuse disorders along with physical health conditions.
And identified of the 18,000 or so individuals that we encounter
in our health system every year,
about 4,000 with those three co-occurring conditions.
And even within that group a
smaller population of high users
of the system and have very significant health needs that we have been working with our partners in the city, including the department of homelessness and supportive housing, to
really focus our resources on
providing accessible and high-functioning services to
meet the very high needs of that population.
And risk strategy, as you all know, was discussed and resulted in legislation at the board of supervisors around mental health S.F.
As we continue to focus on
trying to meet the needs of this very high health -- people with
high health needs, part of that strategy requires investment in
our physical plan.
And that would be investing in facilities where we could add
capacity to increase access and flow in our system.
Reduce barriers to people that
are awaiting services from the department of public health.
And do better in serving that population. And so what we've got contemplated in this bond would
be the program that would allow
us to increase our service capacity within the department,
aligned with those strategic priorities of the board and the
mayor in the city.
and would include ability to use general obligation bonds for wide variety of needs that are
aligned with that strategy.
And could lock a hidden subacute
treatment facilities, open residential and stepdown
residential beds, long-term care
facilities, including board and
care, and other residential care facilities. Psyche skilled nursing facilities.
This would also give us the
opportunity to invest in program infrastructure that would facilitate access and
coordination of our services, including potentially respite
detox sobering facilities, behavioral access center that
was contemplated in the S.F. Legislation and improvements to our existing facilities.
So all of this work is coordinated between the department of public health and
our partners, including H.S.H.,
to really try to create a
continuum of services and access
to services that coordinates
behavioral health, housing and
other outreach needs. So we're thankful for your consideration of this and
believe this would be an
important piece in our effort to
build out the system that we've
envisioned in san francisco to address the crisis of health that we're seeing on our streets continuing today.
>> Supervisor Fewer: thank you.
>> and then Ms. Whitley will
speak to the homelessness
capital priorities. >> good afternoon.
Deputy director of finance for
the homelessness and supportive housing.
as greg was saying, we've done a
lot of work to coordinate our systems of care.
Whole person care initiatives to
service those experiencing
chronic homelessness or those
ott risk of chronic hospitalizations.
This would expand our portfolio
to help fund the stabilization acquisition, construction of
permanent supportive housing
which has those long-term affordable housing benefits as well as onsite wraparound services for this vulnerable population. Much like we've been able to
pilot with state funding through the no place like home initiative.
This would also allow us to
acquire existing permanent supportive housing buildings
that are currently privately leased for that long-term affordability and free up the
general funds to go back into
those projects, or new projects.
Other eligible uses include,
we've been doing very large
expansion under mayor breed's leadership of emergency shelter
and transitional housing so that
folks in crisis have a place to go at night. And we're in strong partnership
with D.P.H. And asking for your approval of this important funding source. Thank you.
>> thank you. This slide just reflects a level of investment in the proposed
bond towards this program of health and homelessness greg
just described, where our
investment priorities were $207
million, include the capital investments just described.
permanent supportive housing
units, subacute facilities, residential stepdown facilities and long-term placement facilities like board and care
and other residential care,
psyche skilled nursing facilities, the behavioral
respite facility, detox and sobering facilities and centralized behavioral health
access center as an existing health facility.
And the city has a behavioral access center currently. Lease properties are not
eligible uses of G.O. Bonds, but should the city have an opportunity to acquire a new
site, this would be eligible use for that. That is the important thing to
keep in mind, we cannot pay for
services with this, but we can pay for the physical grant to
enable access and facilitate that. In transition toward the
recovery piece of the bond, a note impact of covid-19
emergency on our local employment picture.
The data from a few weeks back from our city economist,
published data tells us that the
area regional lost over 500,000 jobs in April.
That is 50% of the jobs the
region created in the 10 years
since the great recession.
The san francisco san matteo
region lost 169,500 jobs in
April. We need to get people working, keep people working is with us
and is expected to be for the foreseeable future.
And the best way with we can do that in the capital world is to get funds to project with
advanced planning and to easily scaleable programs and the san francisco portfolio, those are
in the parks department and public works department at this time.
And so with that, I will hand it over to C.C. Bradley from the parks department to talk about the parks piece of the bond. >> thanks, heather.
Good morning, supervisors, I'm stacy bradley in the capital funding division.
I'm also joined by the general
manager phil ginsburg and our
general planning. Parks provide many benefits essential to the well-being of
our community, from exercise
communities to spending time.
Access to park improves our mental health and physical health.
We own 4,000 acres of open space
with 3400 acres within the city limits.
We operate a diverse array of
facilities, gardens, courts,
athletic fields, golf courses.
As part of our department strategic plan and aligned with
other city policies and
directives, our equity is a policy imperative for us. [Please stand by]
[Please stand by] >> 83% of adults find exercising
at parks essential to mental and physical health.
This bond will provide a much needed economic boost to the
city for the economic impacts of
covid-19 to provide work for
construction and design sectors.
An overview of the selection criteria. Our equity zones are identified
with data and the top 20% in the
city with five minute walk or one quarter mile buffer.
High growth for parks and neighborhoods where we expect residents to increase 40% or
more in the next 20 years.
The assessment to analyze the infrastructure to analyze the parks.
This was designed by the index
developed by independent consultants on our deferred maintenance needs.
This is multiuse facilities and community hubs for key gathering spaces for neighborhoods.
One project addresses many users.
Playgrounds and those that can
host large community events.
Hubs where the community
activities create community and
provide increased operational
efficiency for the department.
This covers parks with buildings.
Prioritized to improve the
seismic resiliency and ensure safety for earthquake.
They provide community gathering spaces and function as disaster response during emergencies.
As you recently saw with the emergency child care centers in the past couple months.
We have project readiness. Projects that have begun planning or design with
community support and having
projects farther along in the
process means faster delivery. They have had the designs
approved and are waiting bond
funding to move forward.
We are able to prioritize those
with funds to supplement bond
projects to allow bond proceeds to go as far as possible.
This slide shows the criteria
overlaid on the parks system.
The parks have not received investments over the past decade
with the last two bond measures.
We have needs throughout the system.
We will prioritize projects. Depending to
upon success we intend to invest funds for programs. The projects start with the
named projects.
Buchanan street mall was through
a robust community process to reinvigorate the long overlooked
community by creating an
equitable and dynamic face and
primary gathering space.
A play ground, improved
pedestrian circulation and memory walk.
This is a curb to curb
recreation center that will be
twice as large as existing facility. One indoor court to two and maintaining outdoor open space
to include playground and
landscaping and second floor terrace.
A new rec center in coordinate with hope sf development to
build a new recreation center and playground within door
basketball court and indoor and
outdoor amenities.
Next is bayview-hunters point to
restore through remediating,
enhancing natural habitat.
It creates a healthy community
with safer places for gathering
and exercise and play and
restoring access to the waterfront.
We are developing a development
plan with the community leaders
to strengthen connections and
provide community opportunities for hunters point.
This is the plaza which
resolving a water issue. The main community driven design
will provide more functional
assess to the plaza for every
day and special events while harnessing the symbolism in the neighborhood and city and region.
The city-wide parks cover our
largest city-wide parks golden gate park.
Recovery park is in the bucket
to provide opportunities for
physical and mental health,
priority parks include crocker
amazon, buena vista and
improvements to chinatown park. Sustainability program can fund
climate work, modern
conservation and other
improvements such as new spaces
and incorporating urban agriculture.
While we renovated many children's play area.
The play sf program there is
still remaining need for play
areas not touched in 30 to 40 years.
We can update the play
equipment.
We have community fund to provide opportunity for
neighborhoods, community groups
and partners to nominate projects.
It enhances park identity and experience and leverages
resources in the community. These provide the opportunity to be outside, explore and connect to nature.
This would improve trails,
implement erosion control. Community gardens are loved by many. It provides a place to connect
to nature and grow their own
food and gather with neighbors.
Thank you very much.
I will behinding this
presentation over.
>> good afternoon.
I am susan, the acting deputy
director for infrastructure and see engineer. I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak. I am speaking about infrastructure needs.
The city is responsible for over
1200 miles of streets, 50,000
locations for curb ramps, 371
street structures, nine plazas.
In recent years the capital
expenditures on these assets has
been from the pay go program, general fund and gas tax funds.
The proposed bond includes $41.5 million for infrastructure, about one year
of typical general funding. It would allow us to continue
the ongoing programs in paving and street structures.
The work is rapidly deployable.
We are always designing and moving to construction on projects.
When we delay expenditures for
capital maintenance, in the long
run it ends up costing more when
we have to go in to do the work. This is a graph which shows the
impact of expenditures on the
condition of our paving.
Where we are now is at 74.
The goal is 75 and stay there.
That is what we have been funded
at that level.
The bond would help us maintain
that trajectory to 75 and stay
there.
This summarizes how we prioritize and pick work in each of the programs.
We would propose to continue to
use this process and work on the next projects that come up.
For the repaving we use our pavement score, pci.
We look at multi-modal usage if
there is more than one kind of
transportation, is the project
ready, equitable geographic
distribution and public inquiries.
We have a curb ramp condition score.
Public inquiries are very important. Geographic distribution, very
important to get in put from
disability stakeholders anchorednate with mod to review which ramps to work on each year.
For street structures and plazas
life safety is first.
Trip and slip hazards, code violation, slope instability.
Level of deterioration. How frequently used the facility
is, is there an option for other
methods of getting back and forth?
We don't have to have that
particular asset.
Back to you, heather.
>> it ask $41.5 million that
represents about a year in what would have been recommended as a
cash contribution toward these programs. Given the budget cut time we are
in and the deficit we are facing
we will not be able to support
this infrastructure without this support.
In the final addition there is a bond report that is important communication tools for the bonds and changes will be made there as well.
That document is not before you
for a vote. I will summarize the changes to that report which will be
submitted to the file prior to
committee vote at future meeting.
We intend to adjust all members
to match the program presented
to correct the key treatment
facilities and add a key
treatment facility and
transitional housing as eligible uses.
It will rebuild and chinatown
health clinic as eligible use
for community health facilities
section.
As a priority. Prioritize small scale repairs
at existing facilities and
health services to vulnerable populations.
We need to change it to reflect
estimated allocations to
transitional housing at $137 million of $207 million in
the bucket.
$60 million to mental health disorder.
For flexibility to prioritize
eligible projects as they arise.
Health and homelessness section.
For parks again add adjusting
all members presented in the ordinance.
The language about eligible uses
of surplus to reflect prioritization of jackson playground within recovery park
and the narrative about those additional recovery parks.
$1 million towards richmond senior park.
$3 million for the south sunset.
$1 million to jackson playground
and $3 million to chinatown
park.
That adds up to change from the bond program as approved at capital planning.
We discussed the program is
constrained.
These are trade-offs envisioned
for initial proposal 438.5.
Instead of $255 million parks bond in November 2020. We increased the amount of the
health and recovery bond to
accomplish that we took
$150 million from the 2022 plan
transportation and 33.5 from the
planned public health measure.
That program is against the program constraint. Not additional capacity here.
We are trading off future bonds
to keep the constrained.
This reflects the revised
program before you and further trade-off that has been made.
You can see health and recovery
now at 487.5, up $49 million.
That will come forward from the
2028 parks reduced from 200 to 151.
We have submitted to committee legislation with draft amendments that reflect
adjustments to the eligible uses here described.
I ask the committee to adopt those amendments. In conclusion look at the
election deadlines for the bond
measure July 8th is the deadline
for budget and finance.
July 14th full board and
July 21st for the second reading.
With that our presentation is concluded. I am happy to take any questions. >> thank you. Before that could we have the
bla report, please, on item 15.
>> supervisor, our report on
item 15 is based on the lower
bond amount 438.5.
Do you still want us to report?
Report on the 438.
>> so the item 15 resolution
before you would submit to the
voters general obligation bond measure $438.5 million. We summarize the uses of those
funds on pages 16 to 17 of our report.
I will point out this does differ from the presentation that you just received from the capital planning committee.
In terms of fiscal impact on the
bond measure of $438.5 million,
the impact to a residential
property with assessed value of
600,000 would be $62 per year
increased property taxes per year.
The bond priced at $438.5 million would be within the city debt limit and we
consider approval to be a matter for the board. >> thank you, Ms. Campbell.
Comments or questions from
colleagues?
>> can I see slide 27 or 28
again.
It was the one that listed the
recovery amounts filled out. >> thank you.
I want to look at that. Thank you.
>> any comments or questions, supervisor walton?
>> no, thank you.
>> supervisor ronan and peskin.
I wanted to personally thank you
for all of the work you have
done with this bond and also to
thank andrea from the mayor's office.
Would you do anything to add,
supervisor? >> I am just here to help answer
any questions and I want to thank you and your staff for working with us over the last
number of weeks to make a number of important changes to do
something that will be impactful
for our residents.
>> yes, I just wanted to thank everyone who has been part of
these discussions.
I think it is appropriate that
we are raising the amount of this bond.
We have to stop engaging in the
biggest recovery period that was
so sudden and unexpected. Everything from health and
recovery for our city and
residents to making sure those
park projects are done and
provide that outdoor recreation
we need to the work for dpw so
we can free up some space in our general fund where we have to
close a pretty overwhelming hole.
I wanted to appreciate the mayor mayors office and particularly
andrea for being so open and
easy to work with.
Heather green at the capital
planning committee always so prepare
ed and ready to explain every trade-off and decision.
I could not be happier with this
outcome that I feel really takes
up part of the city and all of
the really important needs into consideration. My appreciation to you all.
>> thank you, for your work. Supervisor mandell man. >> I want to thank everyone for the work on this. In particular, the mayor's
office and departments and supervisors ronan and peskin.
I had a few modest additions
around the types of facilities I
wanted to see included around potential expansion of
emergency, using this for sobering facilities and some of
this for longer term locked treatment beds. The
the mayor's office was cooperative. I am glad to see that in there. These are extraordinary times
and extraordinary bond measure a little bit for everybody. I think it is important that we pass this.
I am a little worried looking at our future from the bonds planned for the future around
not just parks but transportation, which has taken
a hit, and waterfront a few years after that.
I think was we move forward, I think we will think about
revenue measures or ways to pay for those longer term investments that we desperately
need to make.
I think transportation and our
waterfront are going to be huge, huge capital needs to figure out how to deal with those.
For now, I think this is a very
good bond, and I want to thank everybody who worked hard to
make it happen. >> supervisor walton. >> thank you, chair fewer. I want to add my voice.
I want to say thank you to the mayor's office and supervisor ronan's office and all of the
colleagues working hard to increase so we can address the
service needs and needs of
mental health and parks across across
the city and being thoughtful to go through the process together. I would love to share this with
our constituents and our community. It is important for them to see all of the great work that comes
out in this presentation.
Thank you everybody.
>> thank you very much. Yes.
It takes all of us to pass it. Any other comments from anyone
or questions? Seeing none.
open up for public comment.
Can you please call for public
comment on items 14 and 15.
>> Madam Chair. Checking to see if there are
calls in the queue.
Please press star to be added to the
added tothe queue. Are there any callers to comment
on items 14 and 15?
>> yes, there are currently 38
callers in the queue.
I will queue the first caller. >> good afternoon, supervisors. Thank you for your time and service.
I am jackie flynn, executive
director of the randolph institute of san francisco. We serve thousands of families in district 10.
We have been working extremely hard especially now to remain connected in our community
serving those in need. Whether it is dropping off food
for housing, just to make sure folks are participating in their
census or assisting folks on the
call in line for important meetings like today because the phone line is busy.
I have been texting to remind folks to try again.
Our community is resilient. We remain connected.
I want to thank the general
manager phil ginsburg that has
created an opportunity for apri
to work with rec and park and the community and the parks
alliance and trusts for public
land to directly connect and
draft the plan to build equity
into every aspect of the india basin park from design to programming.
Over the last 8 months we have a
community of 16 community leaders participated in building
the equity plan for the project
despite the impact of covid-19. Thank you for your leadership.
The city has a huge opportunity
to consider the community first and build smart parks where
technology in planning and design. Build it for the existing community. I ask your support for the health and recovery bond.
I want to continue be to invest
in building healthier communities especially now in communities that have waited for so long.
In closing I want to let you
know your video feed is a few
minutes in delay from audio so
if folks are watching they might be delayed. Thank you for your time.
I appreciate all of the work
that has gone into this. >> with over 50 members
organizations serving over
250,000 residents in san francisco. I would like to thank you for
support to include the park in
the health and recovery bond measure. It is thoughtful and fiscally responsible given the size and uses of the park.
As you know the square is a central space for local
residents and tourists. [Inaudible]
It really fills the committee needs.
We have little open space in chinatown.
The pandemic has hurt us.
Lack of fresh air and open movement. This has for years been part of
a larger public health plan and highlighted how vital quality
open space in chinatown is.
Youth and parents participate in
numerous meetings and given design since 2016.
They all look forward to the
chinatown for families. Funding will not only create
open space but provide long-term benefits.
This project will create good
paying jobs for local community
with enhanced experience for
visitors and support the chinatown small business. Thank
thank you for including this in the bond measure.
>> thank you. >> good afternoon.
I am eric state take with the trust for public land.
I would like to thank everyone
for work on the 2020 san
francisco health and recovery bond.
We have the trust for public
land to support safe and
equitable access to parks and
mental health visitors.
The shelter-in-place taught us
that parks and open space are
critical to mental health, well
being and economic recovery. This bond represents down
payment on the continued need to
invest in park equity in san francisco.
The trust for public land had a long standing successful history of partnering with the city of
san francisco to create improved
parks and open spaces based on
deep and diverse community
engagement. This will prioritize projects
with central government services, support economic
recovery and provide funding for behavioral health and our parks
and rec creation so our local residents can get back to work
to help san francisco recover.
The benefits of parks provide
multiple benefits. Please support this by approving this for the ballot.
We look forward to passing this bond on the November 2020 ballot. Thank you
thank you for your support for
parks in this beautiful city.
Thank you.
>> I am a director of housing
and community infrastructure mercy housing.
I am in support for the
recreation center at hurts park
and owned and operated by the recreation and parks department.
It is a public private
partnership with mercy housing
and children's services.
The $10 million will be matched by $10 million from a capital campaign led by the four partners.
It will be part of the new
neighborhood hub to be part of
the revitalization to build 1700
new housing units.
It has playground, pool and new retail space for businesses and new community center with youth
programs and neighborhood activity space.
It is inclusive and family
friendly and a place that
inspires people to play and
learn together in a common neighborhood.
Thank you for your support in
investment in our youth and families.
And for your support of the $10 million bond for the new
recreation center.
>> next caller, please.
>> good afternoon, supervisors.
i am the park director.
We facilitate hunters point
collaborative and rec and park 2020 bond working group.
I am calling in support of the bond which includes the projects in district 10.
We have seen over the past few
months the importance that parks
and outdoor space play in our community. They are safe for families and friends to gather and
individuals to improve mental and physical health.
I look forward to daily walks
which involve the park side destinations.
Continued investment is greatly
needed in the southeast sector within our city and has had a
lot of park investment opportunities. Therefore I hope the committee
sees fit to approve this much needed bond. Thank you.
>> next speaker.
>> good afternoon.
I am jeremy chan, board member
of the japan task force.
I am calling to urge you to pass this bond. It is a crucial gathering soace for the community.
As member of the japan
performing arts group I
performed in the peace plaza.
Recently we hosted an arts event with the movement of black lives
and supported by the neighbors
in the fillmore.
It is in need of critical repair.
Not only do the surface tiles
have a washing hazard but water continues to leak below the plaza.
That dates back to error in
construction. the city sued to reach settlement with the contractor
and the funds were never reinvested. This provides an opportunity to right that wrong.
From the peace plaza has had
involvement from hundreds of
individuals and community organizations.
The design standards and shovel
ready to begin.
We have received approval from rec and park.
For all of these reasons I urge
you to support the peace plaza project.
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: I am john o saki,
co-chair of the peace committee. I want to thank you for taking
up this item.
I want to emphasize that the
peace plaza is symbolic of deep
wounds in our community that have never healed.
This city has to be accountable for evicting thousands of
residents and businesses during redevelopment on the very spot
where the peace plaza was built.
I think this project, I personally have been working on
it over five years now.
We have waited 20 years for a plaza that reflects needs and priorities of our community.
This project will go a long way to healing those wounds to
making things right, making up
for the fact that our community
is permanently displaced from the japan town area.
I am here to urge your support
for retaining the full
$25 million allocation for the peace plaza. I thank you very much for taking
up this item and for your support. thank you very much.
>> next speaker, please.
>> Caller: this is sophie
constantine no. We are here in support of buchanan mall. We have been working with the community and we request you to
play the video we have given
you. There were a lot of gun
violence so my mom didn't let me go. >> come on. We need your input.
>> we are trying to do a project
on buchanan mall. We are trying to have a project
the community will be proud of.
>> come here. Making a price for people to feel comfortable for playing and walking through.
>> we set out to do the community that involved
long-term residents. A beautiful activation.
>> I want to know what you guys
want to see. You are all here.
You have a lot of people.
>> right now that is the first step. Show the community we did
something so people could see
what we have done and hopefully
bring in more people to be part
of it.
>> the buchanan mall so we can have your opinion on what you
would like to see.
>> my family is different
because of cultural stuff.
They meet up once a week.
Everybody should do that to get
to know their community.
Everybody wants the community
that comes out together. >> when we first started I felt like you.
It was too big.
>> thank you.
Next caller, please.
>> Caller: I am larry jones.
40 plus year member.
I would give a shout out to supervisor walton and his constituents on the commit and
people that put in work to push
this bond forward. I support the $10 million given
to the playground in the valley
for the public housing project.
I want it known that that it will save lives.
Over three to four decades we
have been let down with failed bond measures and construction
projects that were to uplift youth and people.
Now we have transformation in place. This bond will help insure we
are recognized as a vibrant community and known for just negative things.
We are on the rise over here.
I appreciate all of the board's support. We are supported by loving people and there is loving families trying to support change. With the bond measure that change is very near, and I am glad to be part of this.
I would like to thank everybody involved. Let's continue to push it through.
Thank you very much.
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: this is jr eppler, President Of the boosters neighborhood. While I appreciate the priority
given to jackson as recovery
park I am asking for $10 million
in bond as named project.
Not having funding for line item. There May be money left from another project.
Yesterday you received a letter
from me on the reasons why jackson park should be named.
I will talk from my experience
as father of 5 year-old.
Jackson is central to the neighborhood. We can hardly access it.
It occupies all of the open space. We want to play we have to keep
our eye out for well hit balls.
It is old and in ill repair. The clubhouse which should be
providing programs is under
utilized and falling apart. The neighborhood part in the
sense it is physically in the neighborhood.
Interestingly, jackson has become a neighborhood park during shelter-in-place.
They can play freely.
My family has picked up dinner
from the restaurant and occupied physical distancing.
We are able to see and talk to preschool friends.
We watch construction workers
building the units adjacent to the park to bring new neighbors to the neighborhood without any
open space to serve them.
When we go back to business as
usual, we lose the park again.
The renovation will allow it to
become something to our own little area. That will take place in a
reasonable amount of time with
reasonable certainty we need at
least $10 million in funding.
Thank you.
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: good afternoon.
I am a friend of jackson park.
We have been working since 2013
to ensure that the jackson park
renovation project is funded on
the 2020 health and recovery bond. In that time friends of jackson
raised more than $17 million
from private sources and impacts by developers.
We don't have an approved project design yet.
That shows you how desperate we
are for open space parks in our neighborhood. As you know, the east side of
the city is undergoing thousands
of new residents in the next few years. We have never received funding
for the parks as promised by the eastern neighborhood plan.
Funding the jackson park project
we can take a small step to right this wrong.
The criteria presented this
morning will be shovel ready now
more than ever the community is
blocking seeks health and healing. Shout out to phil ginsburg for including us for the social
distance circle.
120 social distances are popular.
When they are allowed no open
space for us to gather. Thank you for your work especially for increasing the
park section of this bond.
We urge you to name jackson park as a priority in the 2020 health
and recovery bond with a minimum allocation of $10 million.
Thank you for your support of this bond.
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: this is amy jones. Good morning.
I am for the elderly.
Known as the extended living room of our community,
especially senior in the surrounding single hotel rooms
with no living rooms no privacy and no open space.
When you look up to these in chinatown, perhaps you have
noticed they are pocket plans on
the window sills and the fire escapes.
Those are our residents only gardens. For the past six years the
community engaged in the long
but exciting redesign
feasibility study that cost the city $2 million.
It was thorough and the result
reflects thousands of residents
and park use earns in china town. We were looking forward to the
project last year which did not happen. In the sessions for the new park
we see a modern park with newly
defined recreation and quiet
space and clubhouse which functions for a wellness program, community meeting space
where people gather and socialize.
It will serve as cooling center
when the heat waves make living unbearable.
We can teach earthquake
preparedness and serve as out
station for the many social services.
We are doing all of this in the
tiny room no longer functional and viable. Supervisors we need funding for the new park now.
We waited for many, many years for it.
If this is not included this
year, we May never live to see on you dreams come true.
Please support the inbe
conclude in the November bond it is long overdue. Thank you very much.
>> thank you.
I would like to make a quick announcement.
There are 32 callers in the
queue this meeting will go beyond 1:00 P.M. The budget meeting will begin
when this meeting is adjourned. Thank you.
Next caller, please.
>> I am a resident adjacent to jackson park.
I am looking out my window at jackson park.
I see a vital san francisco park.
It is used by many people.
We have a number of children
camps operated including
reading, child care offered in another.
This is something that I hope
will continue after this period.
It will only happen if we have
the funding to renovate the park.
We looked at parks and the space
available that doesn't offer the
space for people to play, to relax and be outside.
It only has a program.
I would like to thank supervisor
walton forgetting the
$10 million for the renovation
project.
We do need a priority for this park.
We have raised $17 million that
can be leveraged for this renovation. It is a shovrel ready project because of that. I hope that you will make sure
that it is on the bond.
And that there is a specific priority for jock son park. Thank you.
>> next speaker, please.
>> Caller: I am jackal better.
I am a citizen of san francisco.
Thank you to our public representatives working throughout this presentation.
I am calling to discuss jackson park item 14 to share my experiences with jackson park. I grew up the city.
Jackson park is the closest park
to my house and childhood memories and time spent with friends. After coming home from college,
I was able to see jackson park
for what it was.
It is an under funded public space.
Rusty fences, dilapidated concrete and the difference
between my view and the park was jarring. I was surprised to learn they have not received development
since I was 2 years old.
To reiterate in the time between
jackson park's last funding and
time there was time for a
toddler to read, write and speak
english and serve in the peace corps in africa and return here
to be on the phone call.
That underscores the need for a named priority in the budget and
receive a minimum of on $10 million. I will say please invest in the children that live here, the
people here and jackson park. Thank you very much.
>> thank you.
>> Caller: hello.
I am steve, executive director
of japan town task force.
Thank you supervisor fewer,
walton, mendelson on your support and hard work with the
department of park and recreation.
I ask for your support in the general bond, but particularly I
would like to speak to japan town peace plaza. It is a project we have been
working on for a numerous amount of years.
It is the process what we as a community have gone through most
recently with eminent domain
during redevelopment of 1960s and 1970s.
Previous to that was
concentration camp in terms of
peace plaza we regard as social, cultural, sacred space.
We worked hard with due diligence in tropical storms of the reforms. We would like to have your
support in terms of the
long-awaited result to have that
peace plaza shared with future generations of phan and in
san francisco. Thank you for your hard work.
I ask for full funding for the peace plaza. Thank you. >> thank you.
Next caller.
>> Caller: I am a san francisco resident.
I want to speak in support of
the ordinance and the resolution. This bond is going to support
the repair of the japan town
peace plaza, and I support full funding of the $25 million for
this project.
It is in a uniquely difficult situation because of the structural challenges.
It is a city park but it sits
right above an underground
parking facility, which is also owned by the city.
It is desperately in need every
pairs for safety reasons and
this is, as you know an important cultural landmark for the city.
It is for the economic survival of small businesses and
restaurants that be surround japan town and the fillmore.
I wanted to just voice my support for full funding for
this park.
Thank you.
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: hello I am bonnie doyle, a member of friends of
jackson park since 2013.
I am a resident of district 10.
I am calling in support of jackson park.
I am pleased to see that it is
being mentioned as a recovery park.
I would like to see it dedicated $10 million for our project. We have been working on it for a long time. I have had many consultations with the community about what they want.
As you have heard and I
personally can attest to we need
more green space assesssible when games are going on.
At the moment we have none.
Actually we have all of it but under normal circumstances we
would have none.
It has been great to take my
kids to the park and we would
like to see that project happen before my kid grows up. I have been working on it since
they were 1-year-old.
I would also like to briefly
speak in support of the square.
We don't use that park, I know they have been working for a
long time and it would be great
to see them get dedicated
funding, too.
Thank you.
>> Caller: my name is dan byron.
i work for the owners of japan center mall.
I am calling add adjacent to peace plaza. On behalf of the associates of
japan center mall we urge you to support $25 million for the
japan town peace plaza in the bond measure.
It has waited 20 years for space
to be properly repaired and create an open space to reflect
the priorities of residents, community organizations and
businesses and visitors. The peace plaza is the only open
space in japan town and it is
symbolic of the jan pan niece community.
It was -- japan community.
It was once occupied by japanese americans and businesses.
While we do not dwell on the
fact the city required ownership
when it was built we do feel that san francisco has a responsibility to take care of the space.
We understand san francisco has urgent priorities.
We are adamant we are more than patient and it is time for the
city to address this. The residential base May never return and having the means to
bring people back is critical to the economy of the neighborhood.
We returning you to support the
full $25 million for peace plaza
in the health and recovery bond.
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: hello.
I am mark and I am bored member
of the japan -- board member of
the japan town.
I am calling to support the peace plaza.
I want to emphasize the peace
plaza is a icon in san francisco.
Pre-covid I have seen people
taking photos in front of the plaza and pagoda.
It is becoming a symbol of san francisco.
I would like to voice my support
for the help that the recreation and parks department and planning department have given
in helping us get this project
shovrel ready thank you.
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: thank you, chair fewer, supervisors. I am denise.
Contact for san francisco parks alliance group. We preserve and maintain the
park and the children's playground. We strongly you remember your support in the bond because it
puts in a new platform for
city-wide recovery, need for soap space and user challenges
now and in the future.
The identified projects serve as
models how we can provide the connective tissue to better serve our users.
It is a prime example of the
smaller parks used by
preschoolers, elementary, youth
centers and senior centers and residents from the housing
access and depend on the parks.
This bond offers city parks,
health program was and repairs
for those local neighborhood parks, development pathway to
build programs, restoration and
improvement of the parks for all our residents. Thank you for all your work and
support of this bond.
>> thank you for your comments.
>> Caller: I am a retired pastor
at the oldest japanese american church.
at the japanese american
national library I am on the board.
I want to speak in support of peace plaza project.
It is many years this is worked on. 60 community organizations
including churches, temples,
social service agencies and
children and families and seniors have been involved with
planning it it is complete exempt for approval by the board of supervisors.
I feel like time has come to
release the kite string and let the kite soar.
I hope you take the action necessary to get the project
completed. Thank thank you so much.
Next caller.
>> Caller: I am emily wang, a
resident in district 10 for so years.
I -- for 10 years.
I have two small children's ages 2 and 4.
I have noticed and more so
recently I have been aware of
the evaporation of young new families in the neighborhood
brought by the density brought
since four years ago when my first child was born.
That is the lack of basic public amenities to accommodate the
long-term resident family needs
with children and that being the
capital chart, having green pace
and a playground is a basic need.
It is one which I would expect
to see you could support and
sharing the bond measures I am
happy to hear jackson park is allocated to $10 million.
During the shelter-in-place it
has been increasingly difficult to go for a walk and stay 6 feet
away from people.
Putting a magnifying glass on
the need for open space in the
eastern neighborhoods as we have
been asked locally. >> I you can the city to recognize there are certain areas in san francisco rapidly
growing in population due to the zoning and not yet documented as
the census is not completed. In that time we we are still
lacking basic amenities needed
to serve this growing population
and parks would be one of them. It is a priority. I am glad to see that is going
to be contributed to and this
bond measure and as other neighbors mentioned we look forward to this.
It is a long time to see improvements and this this is a shovel ready project.
Living here and understanding
district 10 has taken density increase and improvements in
transportation and jobs and education.
Aside from parks any budget is
considered a lot of density. >> thank you for your comment.
Next caller, please.
>> Caller: hi, this is sandy moore, President Of the board of
directors for the japan town task force.
Our mission is to help preserve
and promote economic development
in one of the three remaining japan towns in U.S.
The other two are in san jose and la.
I am here to promote the bond.
I want to comment about the peace plaza.
the japanese american community
has been here for over 110 years, over five generations.
We are part of the san francisco diversity. The whole idea of having
community input and process and supporting the design we went through and had a lot of people coming out for those sessions.
I want to thank the rec and park staff and commission and also
the planning committee and mayor
for all of their support.
We look forward to being included in this bond. We look forward to working with
you to get two-thirds vote in November. Thank you. Of.
>> I would like to state since
there are 21 callers in the queue. The regular budget meeting will
begin as soon as this meeting is adjourned. Thank you.
Next caller, please.
>> Caller: hello.
Resident of the western addition.
I am urging you to cast support
for $25 million for the japan town peace plaza, part of the
2020 health and recovery bond mission.
The western addition
neighborhood have waited decades
for the peace project to be
declared and renovated to
reflect the residents and the
organization and businesses here. Peace plaza is close to the heart of the community.
It was built over destroyed
homes and businesses during the
second demolition by urban renewal.
we are aware of the city of san
francisco's priorities due to
the earth shattering situation in regards to the pandemic.
The needs are great.
Allocation is there. Community has done what it was requested to do.
We followed the rules and worked
hard to finish the process and
accomplished the steps to finish
our part of the world.
The renovation will bring about meaningful it
changes to the area. To support the local businesses and organizations that will
strengthen and revittillize the community. We feel, unfortunately, this
will be the last opportunity to accomplish this renovation.
If this opportunity is not met,
it will bring about the denies
of our weak community and we,
too, will become a memory. We urge and need your full
support for the $25 million
allocation for the jab pan town
-- for the japan town plaza. Thank you for your work for the beautiful city of san francisco.
>> next caller, please. >> good afternoon. Thank you for your patience.
I am jane wild. I live in mid market mission
street at seventh street, ground
zero for homeless and mental
health crisis and most open space deficient part of the city.
I strongly support the health
and recovery bond. I have been involved with the
mental health sf with supervisor haney.
200 million dollars for park and open says projects all over the
city is critically needed
especially the green friend
recreation center in d6, soma.
We must get started to serve our communities who have been patiently waiting.
I think there will be very
strong support on this ballot
measure in November.
On the other hand the $197 million for real property
for treatment is critically
needed especially 107 for
behavioral access. We can't keep throwing money without changes.
What happened to the 2017
coordinated access system which
promised to integrate 15 databases.
It sounds the same as behavioral
health access system.
I was told it failed.
We must make grantees comply or risk defunding.
If we want to have this bond succeed we say must have voter support in November.
We must convince them this is money well spent. We all need this and we have to
make sure it passes in November.
We have to make it
understandable to the voters and
make them support it.
Thank you very much. >> members of the public who
wish to comment on items 14 and
15 call 800-474-6762
15 and call the number on the
screen.
Please send in the next caller.
>> Caller: good afternoon. Matthew henry boys and girls club.
I am in support of the playground fund $2 million in
the fund for the November ballot.
I have been on the ground for
the last four years and boys and
girls club has been here 20 years. They have at the staff level
from both communities.
We are excited about this opportunity.
We are focused on the indoor basketball court.
We have three courts that don't
mead community needs with the
weather and high winds and this valley.
It is extremely hard to play outside.
Boys and girls club will be in the community center.
Our new expanded programs and
youth leadership for 125 school age youth.
It can be critical for all young
people to realize their whole stuff.
Thank you to all of our partners
but pushing this through we are
excited to push this through in November.
Thank you to supervisor walton for support. We hope to continue to make this
better in this community for our young people.
Thank you, guys, and have a good day.
>> next caller.
>> Caller: good morning.
I am richard agima, member of
the japanese american community.
The historical context and this bond will provide an opportunity
to make right historical wrongs
of community displacement and neglect. Having this open space will
represent the character of japan
town and vital to the long-term
sustainability for a vibrant community.
Thank you for the opportunity. Please support the current
application in the general obligation bond for the peace plaza. Thank you.
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: I am franmartin.
I am for outdoor education for over 25 years in vegetation
valley, one of the most
underserved make hoods in the
city -- neighborhoods in the city.
There is long-term neglect.
People of collar are dying from
pre-existing conditions. Help remedy this situation I urge you to support the bond and
include funding for the following.
One of the highest percentage of
children needs $10 million for a
gym at hurt recreation center.
They have been housed away from
the city causing social and economic issues.
The responses by the powers that
we are inadequate. The gym is a priority for residents and our children to
have an opportunity.
They are only asking normal amenities.
In this time of up up
upheaval.
Second overall major
improvements provided refuge for
exercise during the pandemic. More funding should be allocated
to the park as it is centrally
located in the neighborhood most
impacted by covid-19.
It is a lack of resources while
golden gate park has enjoyed programs over the years.
It is time for the poor
neighborhoods be given attention.
Third, approve $600,000 for the
recreation and parks community garden.
Given the lessons a healthy diet
is critical to our citizens.
It is a resource for education
and means for the public to grow
food and bond with neighbors.
>> your time is up.
>> Caller: I am kirk grimes.
I am a baby resident.
I am a bayview homeowner and
program manager for the institute of san francisco.
With the covid now more than
ever a clean, safe, healthy
space is essential to almost our very existence. Feeling trapped inside is enough to drive anyone crazy.
I am very much in support of the bond measures currently
happening right now, 14 and 15.
I would like to shout out for
the public land for putting
together a park with equity in mind.
Our ability to have a clean,
safe, healthy accessible open
space is very necessary for us under covid.
After the covid, the parks are
going to be a necessary part
because our community is growing with leaps and bouns.
Transportation and construction for more housing
more housing. I would like to thank you for your time and consideration of this bill.
Moving forward once again the
clean safe healthy accessible
open spaces are very necessary.
Thank you.
>> Caller: I am a youth member and leader.
I want to thank supervisor walton for his efforts and work for the community.
I have grown up -- [Inaudible] Down the street from my house.
I have noticed that those parks
needed improvement asap.
When I go to the indian shoreline park, I notice there is no bathroom.
That is like the basic necessity
for any park in the city.
I am here in support of the bond. I think money should be put
aside to improve the spaces in
bayview. Thank you.
>> next caller.
>> Caller: this is alice.
I am a board member of the japan
town task force and long time resident of japan town.
I would like to report to the supervisors of the budget and
finance committee to support the
obligation bond for health and recovery.
Specifically within the bond the japan town community and task
force is seeking $25 million
towards renovation of the peace plaza, the hub of our community. This project has been in the works for many years.
We have done many outreach meetings for the community and come up with wonderful plans to make this a reality. We also work diligently with rec
and parks as well as dpw.
We also had a lot of support
from the culture architect team
that the park will reflect the
japanese theme and culture.
We are shovrel ready the peace
plaza is used for many events,
rallies and a place for neighbors to enjoy.
As you know, japan town area is
the largest community of seen seniors and they need r
a place to go. The closest park is too hard to work up the steep hills.
This is in a few blocks where they live would be wonderful.
In the time of the covid and
black lives matter, we need more
than ever to provide peace, healing and reflection to
provide green space to enruth
the environment and reflect the culture and beauty. The investment will provide all
of this plus bring together economic growth and historical and cultural understanding.
>> your time is expired.
Next caller, please.
>> Caller: I am 65-year-old
resident of japan town.
Peace plaza represents the past.
,
present and future of the japanese community in san francisco. I urge you to support the
allocation for peace plaza.
Thank you.
>> Caller: hello.
I am linda.
I am apart owner and manager of
the paper tree in japan town.
We are a business entering the 52 and year and proud to
continue being in japan town and
supporting the community.
I urge the board to continue and
support the $25 million in funds
dedicated towards the peace plaza program.
I grew up japan town and I was
there before the installation of
the pagoda.
Over the years I have seen the
plaza really deteriorate.
Now we have an opportunity to
make it right by checking the
final box to give okay to use
the funds to continue to fix the beautiful peace plaza, which is
the centerpiece of japan town
where all of the community
gatherings happen, big cherry blossom festival, street fair.
it is a gathering place not only for shows special events but daily.
A lot of the schools and seniors
take daily walks there, it is a
gathering place and really the
plaza itself is important to
maintain and continue to be one
of the highlights of san francisco.
I urge you to proceed with the
$25 million towards the peace
plaza project and to support the japan town community.
Thank you very much for your time. >> thank you for your comments.
I want to state there are 14
callers in the queue.
The regular budget committee
meeting scheduled for 1:00 P.M.
Will begin when this meeting is adjourned.
Please go the next caller.
>> Caller: good afternoon.
I am the director and adviser to May or breed. Thank you speakers.
I am here to echo what was said.
This is a historic moment
everything we throw around racial equity and recreation.
What you committed to do is is historic.
We are repairing historic harm
for 770 households have been without recreational resources
for too long. On behalf of mayor breed I want
to thank you for that commitment.
Our families need safe spaces to congregate and be healthy.
I want to thank the supervisors,
and I want to thank the general manager for prioritizing this.
We want to support the initiative.
We hope there is a promise we
are repairing the systematic harm our communities have created on communities of color.
This is a step in that direction.
Thank you, chair fewer and supervisors for moving this forward.
>> next speaker, please.
>> Caller: I am Ms. Clark.
I am assistant director of boys
and girls club.
Thank you for your hard work for
always supporting sunnydale.
I am strongly advocating for the bond to be developed and passed through because the community
has been waiting for a long time
for development. Inner face with youth and families.
They are excited about the gym coming about. This this is a critical need and
first step to the community
actually going on right now.
Conditions are actually harming
those who contract covid.
Living healthy lives is extremely important. Having a safe space for kids to
play is extremely important. Having a place for the community
to call their own to do
celebrations for seniors to
exercise and for it to be a
space just for the visitations
of the area especially sunnydale.
As you know it is their step in the right direction.
It is approving their health, lifestyles.
In addition to the gardens.
I just really hope this bond is seen through.
I hope this is not false promises as in the past.
I am strongly advocating for this bond.
it is going to be a huge asset to this community.
I want to take full advantage of this.
It is just really critical that this bond is passed.
I want to thank everyone who has
worked on the project. Thank you for the project and
anyone who had any part of this. Thank you.
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: I am with the
national japanese american
historical society, executive director and japan town task force.
I want to thank you for your support.
I am here to talk about the peace plaza.
The black and japanese american communities have a long history
of support that including sharing of the space.
Both communities in the western
edition have been devastated by covid-19. We depend on recovery.
Together the city with our proud
multi-cultural roots we must
restore, review callize the few
-- revitalize the peace.
There is a program with no magic
for youth at risk.
Our interns welcome kids to the
japan town peace plaza.
This historically speaking 1968
the peace pagoda was a gift from
the people of osaka to the people of san francisco. This was built on redevelopment ground zero, the heart of the
old japan town neighborhood.
In the past it would wipe out
homes and businesses, familiar
african and japanese american.
In place was the shopping mall
and the expressway to slice through the neighborhoods.
over the years they diversified. The peace plaza has diversified
with the cherry blossom
festivals to reflect the proud
heritage and the historical society is right across the
street from the peace plaza and
became involved in this historic
preservation and review callization. We documented through the 50
years to educate the public.
The peace plaza has gone through
numerousren navieses and -- renovations. The $25 million budgeted allocation would be necessary for the renovations and preservation of this heart of japan town.
For these reasons the peace
plaza has historic value to
remain as iconic symptom in
resilience and hope for humanity
in the post pandemic recovery.
Thank you for your support.
>> I want to clarify this is the
budget and finance committee
meeting we are still in session. The regular budget and appropriation meeting begins
when this meeting is adjourned.
Next caller, please.
>> Caller: good afternoon.
I am a fourth generation japanese american working for senior services nonprofit in
japan town. Every day you commute two hours to work. Like many japanese american
youth I cannot afford to live in
my community that I love and serve every day.
We have been pushed out of japan town so many times. First world war ii. Then during redevelopment.
There are entire generations
that will forever be affected.
so many japanese american kids
grew up where we were the wrong
religion, wrong race, wrong culture.
We come back to japan town for
festivals, nonprofit work and commute four hours every day during covid-19.
We invest in our community because it validated who we are
in a way that no other place does. Exceptional leadership brought
our community together behind the peace plaza vision plan.
These have been ongoing before I was born.
We have put in the work as we always do.
The meetings, research because
we know this is vital to our future.
We will not give up.
Japan town is our mecca. We want to make sure it survives forever.
You can help us do that.
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: thank you.
I am david.
Long time member of the san
francisco japanese american community and resident in district 11.
I am calling to urge support for the $25 million allocation to
the japan town peace plaza. You have heard from many
different callers to give you a good overview of what we support for this project.
My point to you is that in the last 20 years we have received
the support of all of the
mayors, all of the district five
supervisors, and most recently recreation and park
commissioners, staff, city
planning, municipal transportation, department of
public works and engaged in a
long community-wide planning process.
The need is great for this project.
At present we have heard that
there is eight SUPERVISORs
strongly supporting the project.
We have yet to hear from three supervisors.
Our goal is to help ensure that
we have 11 supervisors supports the $25 million allocation for japan town. If there are questions you know how to get in touch with us.
I am hoping we will have 100%
vote of the supervisors
supporting this bond measure.
Thank you.
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: good afternoon, I am bonnie.
I am the area manager for the san francisco parks alliance. I speak on behalf of the san francisco parks alliance in
support of the 2020 health and recovery bond.
My work at the parks alliance
allows me to connect with a wide
range of fridays cans who are
passionate about the --
the o fridays cans. They another -- they know how
important they are on level. I work with those whose deep connection to san francisco
happens in parks, recreation
centers and open spaces.
Not only is it is only access to
nature it is where they form larger communities, food, mental
health services, support for
seniors, safe play for children,
spaces for exercise and special events and activities to support and people who live there.
The shovel ready projects are where neighborhoods are impacted
by growing population, housing density and challenges and lack
of well maintained parks and open spaces.
This provides the opportunity to build out these programs. It provides connection to
services and encourages access
to being out doors to connect or recharge. All proven to increase mental health and well-being.
Before covid arrived we knew how
important parks and open spaces are to health
health and well-being. It increased with shelter-in-place. We believe we will continue to
see an increase in the use of
parks and public spaces.
We want to ask you vote to
ensure the parks grow and thrive.
Welcoming to all as well
maintained vital community hubs.
Thank you for your hard work and dedication to san francisco.
>> thank you.
There are six callers in the queue.
Next caller, please.
>> Caller: hello.
I am born in bayview.
I am in favor of the safe clean.
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I hope you have about that. Thank you so much. That is it. Thank you.
>> thank you for your comments.
Next caller, please.
>> Caller: I am maureen.
I live on texas street calling on behalf of the friends of jackson park. Jackson park has a project that
is shovel ready we raised
$17 million and we need you to
make sure on this bond it is named. Thattual locate $10 million to
get us to remodel amount we need. Before you take this vote and
make this decision, I beg you as citizen to drive by jackson park
for your own opinion.
The crumbling concrete walls,
the chain-link fences rusted.
Let me say it one-time. Jackson park has never been
recipient of a park bond.
When I moved here in 1984, I we
have figured it out.
At&t park and hundreds of condos
on the border of the park.
Do not make us wait any further. Jackson park $10 million now. I appreciate your time.
Thank you very much. .
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: good afternoon, supervisors.
I am alison hughes on behalf of
the advocates for investments in
the complete neighborhood plan.
The hill has never had the
amenities such as open space and recreational facilities neighborhoods take for granted.
We are shouldering thousands of
new housing units with no
funding for neighborhood parks.
The eastern neighborhood plan
failed to deliver on promises.
Friends of jackson park led a
campaign to leverage private
donations with expectation the
city would help fund the gap with jackson park named on the
2020 parks bond. The neighborhood shouldn't be forced to look for private funding for the public park.
The friends of jackson park
managed to get $9 million in pledges from local businesses
and real estate developers.
With an additional $8 million in
the funding and project to be
shovel ready it is this bond
money to bring the project to fruition.
I am glad to see the bond increased.
Jackson park needs to be
included as a specific line item in the bond.
Our need for open space and recreational facilities has been overlooked too long. The goal would be in reach with
the minimum of $10 million on the bond.
Thank you everyone for your support.
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: I am a leader with
friends of the urban forest and district five rep.
I want to voice my support for
2020 health and recovery bondings.
I look forward to working for
the passage of the bond measure
and seeing improvement in
buchanan mall and parks across san francisco. Thank you.
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: hello.
I am on the park and recopen space advisory committee.
I am a full supporter of the bond. We have gone through a lot to make sure it covers equity zones
and also supports the city.
It covers a lot that is in the
equity zone.
I support this bond and I hope
it will pass budget and finance
and the voters vote for it.
I am happy to see that it has
the permits for the housing and wellness and health section as well. Thank you.
Have a great day.
>> next speaker, please.
>> Caller: hello, supervisors.
I am grace executive director of community district.
We provide services in as assisting small businesses during these
difficult times.
We focus on beautification of public spaces.
Today we urge you to support the full $25 million allocation for
the japan town peace plaza project included in the bond measure.
The city of san francisco and
the japan town community
deserves to have the space
properly renovated by repairing
and improving the space that
serves as the heart of j town
but a place for cultural
organizations such as the cherry blossom festival brings together
the city to promote the cultural
and heritage to locals and visitors.
We are taking part in the process to participating in the
town hall meetings presented by
the task force and rec and park.
Key leadership is working for the vision plan that the community members feel we had
the opportunity to provide I put.
He it is in involvement that
shows how committed j town is to
make sure the peace plaza is
here for our future generations
who will be the care takers of
one of the last officially
remaining j towns in the united states. Thank you all for your hard work for the city.
>> next caller, please.
>> Caller: this is erica from
the chinatown community
development as well as committee
for parks and rec in chinatown.
We are calling in support of the
inclusion of the bond in the
recovery park section.
The chinatown park.
There has been the community
central gathering place.
In the locals of the squares
delapdating from out dating design and faming the community needs.
Over 10 years we have been working with san francisco rec
and park as well as the design
team to come up with a
thoughtful design that helps
with a clubhouse and to create
the needs for the park.
Chinatown is a park that is desperately in need of open space.
Many of those chinatown
residents live in SROs and don't have common living spaces.
Our open space is so much in
need for this community.
We strongly support inclusion of
this chinatown park on the bond and hope that the supervisors
and the budget committee will
support this and the voters of
san francisco will create a park
that all those in san francisco
can enjoy, especially those that
are residents of san francisco
chinatown.
Thank you.
>> that completes the queue, Madam Chair. >> okay.
Public comment is closed on
items 14 and 15.
I would like to make a motion to
approve the amendmentses for
item 14. Roll call vote. >> Madam Chair.
>> could we please ask to read
the final amendment into the record. >> Ms. Green would you read the
final amendment into the record, please.
>> thank you.
For the ordinance we have a
change in the not to exceed
amount of the bond to $487,500,000. The change in the summary adding
the language to house and/or
deliver services.
Facilities to house or indoor
deliver services to those experiencing mental health
challenges, substance use disorder and/or homelessness. In I. Health and recovery bond will
provide a portion of criticalness funding to improve
real property including transitional and permanent
support of housing and shelters.
Adding section t to defin urban
agriculture to read additionally
agriculture provides proven
benefits for the broader green
space and recreation ecological
benefits and access to work force potential and low income
and vulnerable communities.
Section y it talks the bond will
provide critical funding necessary to acquire improve
real property, neighborhood and water front parks and rec
creation facilities and urban agriculture under the jurisdiction of the recreation
and parks commission. Bb.
City staff identified a capital
improvement need $487,500,000.
To make permanent and
transitional supportive housing.
In the language of the ballot
measure again changing amount $487,500,000.
Anding the language permanent
and transitional for supportive housing.
Adjusting the ab195 required language to read as follows
where we would have an estimate ed
average tax rate of.014 per
$100 of assessed property value. Average revenue of $40 million.
That is a change from.011 to
.014 and $35 million to $40 million.
In section 3a changing the
amount from $197 million to $207 million for delivering
services for those with mental
health services and adding
transitional to describe the
supportive housing units as
eligible adding acute and sub-acute treatment facilities
as eligible use.
Psychiatric skilled nursing as eligible. Sobering after detox.
So we have detox and sobering. 3b $239 million for open pace and recreation.
Eligible uses and adding and
urban agriculture site after
waterfront city-wide and
waterfront park and recreation facilities. Delenation
$101 million.
Recovery parks $86 million.
Playgrounds $9 million. Sustainability $14 million. Community opportunity fund $6 million. Trails $1 million.
Community gardens $600,000.
$1.4 million. Administration $2 million. Total bond funding for park and
open space $239 million.
Then the resolution on file
adjusting to $487,000,000.500000.
In section 8 where it has the
ballot language $487,500,000.
That language to.011 to 014.
From $35 million to $40 million.
That concludes the last one in section 18.
The maximum amount of bonds $487,500,000. That is the conclusion of the amendments and the ordinance.
Would you like me to read the resolution? >> Madam Clerk, is it necessary
for her to read the ones in the resolution?
>> if we can ask to confirm if
there are new amendments aside
from what you mentioned previously.
>> no new amendments. Correction of typo.
It is the number I will flag it. Not to exceed amount in the
title should be $487,500,000.
There are a couple of typos to be brought in line.
Otherwise no additional changes. >> okay.
I am assuming city attorney that
these changes are substantive
and so we will have to bring
this back to July 8 meeting for
final confirmation? >> that's right.
All amendments to ballot measures need heard a second time. >> motion to approve the amendments we have heard.
Could I have a roll call vote, please.
>> on the motion to amend some
and 15.
Supervisor walton. >> aye.
>> mandell man. >> aye. >> chair fewer. >> aye. >> there are three ayes. >> thank you very much.
Now, I would like to approve
item 14 as amended to go to full
board with a positive recommendation and item -- let's
do item 14 as amended.
Roll call vote. >> item 14 to recommend to the
full board as amended or continue?
>> sorry.
Item 14 -- excuse me, city attorney.
Do we need to continue items 14
and 15 to meeting of July 8th?
>> I believe it makes sense to
travel them together. I recommend they both be continued.
>> I would like to make a motion
to continue item 14 as amended
and item 15 to the meeting of July 8th. >> yes. >> roll call vote. >> on the motion to continue
both items as amended to
July 8th meeting, supervisor walton. >> aye.
>> supervisor mandell man. >> aye. >> chair fewer.
>> aye. There are three ayes. >> thank you. Is there any more business before us today?
We are adjourned.
We will begin the budget appropriations committee shortly.
Thank you very much.