Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20180216

Most excited about and why i coauthored the legislation is the amount of Affordable Housing and middle Income Housing thats being created. 40 of the units will be affordable, and they will be affordable to a wide range of income. This is exactly how we should be developing Affordable Housing in San Francisco. It will be for low and middle income residents earning up to possibly 150 ami. This range captures, as supervisor kim has stated, so many people. Im hoping as a result of this project, that many of the people who are members of local 2, who work at the ballpark, can actually qualify for the housing thats right next to the place that they work. So we have, along with our neighborhood preference legislation, along with the opportunities that will exist here for Affordable Housing of all income ranges, we are hopefully not just going to create a new opportunity for housing. Were going to make sure that residents of this city, people who are part of the workforce in this city and at the ballpark actually have a real opportunity of living close to where they work. Im excited about seeing that happen. Very few projects have been able to accomplish this affordability level, and i hope that this is an example of how we deal with Development Projects in the future moving forward in San Francisco. What a great opportunity. Its taken us a while to get to this point, and i just cant wait until we break ground and move this project forward. With that, i know that there are other members of the board who would like to make comments, and i will start with supervisor yee. Thank you, president breed. One of the most exciting things about becoming a supervisor five years ago was this project actually. I entered it when it was probably was under several years of discussion and so forth. I got really excited about it because two things that i mentioned i wanted the giants to focus on at the time right before they were going to present it, was about housing for families and the notion of having Services Like child care on the premises of their development. I remember the first discussion i had with them, they kind of looked at me and said, what do you mean Family Housing . The other thing was, geez, nobody really asked them about child care. So to their credit, about a week before we had to vote on the term sheet, they came in and talked about Family Housing in a big way. That was really five years ago. That was the beginning of my discussions of what we have developed in the city, but city planning had the position paper and Family Housing. And the other thing that they took into consideration and took seriously was to build child care centers. It was something i got excited about and wanted to support the project then. I have to say, i got a little nervous in the last few days whether i really wanted to continue supporting this project because i found out the child care piece wasnt even in the term sheet. They were talking to me as if it were. I had a quick discussion with the Giants Organization, mr. Blair, and he reassured me that no, no, no, were going to keep to that commitment. So im glad in your presentation, in your earlier presentation, in terms of the public benefits, that under housing affordability, you have not only family sized units but on site child care. I want to make sure that they went furthers than that. I asked that we have documentation because this is a longterm project that child care will not only be considered but actually built. So i want to submit to i dont know who i submit this to, but i received a letter from the Giants Organization to reenforce that they will be looking at child care facilities and incorporated it into the project. Do you madam clerk, am i supposed to submit it to you. Were happy to take that, madam, president , for the file. Again, im glad that the Giants Organization stepped up under commitment and im going to be very happy to be supportive of this project. Thank you, supervisor yee. Supervisor peskin. Thank you, madam president. First of all, let me associate myself with the words of supervisor kim. I saw this in its earliest incarnations back in the days of Darius Anderson and various other competitors, and im delighted the way it worked out. I want to underscore something, to the port, we all know this, these are lands of the state of california that we hold in trust for the people of the state of california. The process has been long and remarkably fruitful and productive. As a result, we have these images of open space, appropriate housing, not the 300 foot towers that were originally proposed. I want to take a moment to actually underscore something that the few remaining supervisors here i was not on the board when the 8 washington matter happened. But that was a shot that was heard around the world relative to how we treat the waterfront, how we actually respect the waterfront, and that ultimately rolled into proposition b. I wanted to use this opportunity to say the greatest thing that ever happened to seawall lot 337, lot a as we call it, was proposition b. We were able to go to the voters and have them participate in the kind of process that we are now voting on here today, and the reason i bring that up is because as those individuals from the port of San Francisco well know, we are on the eve of settling hopefully knock on wood that lawsuit. I just want to underscore that at this moment in time, jack, because im looking at you, because you started that thing, that actually it was the right thing to put that power in the hands of the voters. I say that as a member of the California Coastal Commission Pursuant to the coastal act because there are things that are so precious in the state of california, our bay, our coast, and yes, they should be developed and yes they should have maximum feasible public access. The most Affordable Housing, the most amount of open space. We ultimately achieved that and voters and citizens have to be part of that process. Im delighted that the lawsuit is being settled, and i also note that it is it need not have happened, and with that, i look forward to voting for this thing. Congratulations, fran. Congratulations, jack and larry and the rest of the team and all of the members of the city family, roscoe, who made this happen and hats off to jane kim and her staff and april who went through incredible negotiations to get the maximum amount of Affordable Housing. Supervisor cohen. Thank you. Supervisor kim, i dont know if im overlooking, but i was wondering if theres anyone here from mta. I said carly is going to be here. She is here. Great, because i still have questions about transportation. Is it okay if the presentation happens first and then we go to questions . Yes. We have noted the questions on transportation. I believe she has gotten them in advance. Okay. Thank you. So supervisor cohen, did you have any further comments . Supervisor kim, you have additional comments . I just forgot to also acknowledge a few other folks. The former mayor, former state senator who were also there that night as well as john as well. So thats it. Thank you. Seeing no names on the roster, we can begin the presentation. Thank you. Im with the port of San Francisco to drill down into a microscope into one aspect of the project that under state law were required to speak to you about and has a separate action and thats the infrastructure financing district. The infrastructure financing district is a key financing source that among all the complex financing sources you saw, this is the one were relying upon to help fund eligible costs and those include items like Backbone Infrastructure, public parks, short line adaptation, and Historic Preservation. The item before you would establish the creatively named project area i which is adjacent to the mission rock site. It would be within the existing port wide ifd. Establishing the ifd would allow the port as the citys fiscal agent to direct the citys share of new property tax dollars. It equates to 65 of the tax dollar that would go to the eligible sources or eligible uses that i mentioned earlier, infrastructure, public parks, rehabilitation and shoreline protection. Estimate costs include about 191 million for Backbone Infrastructure in 2017 dollars. We also have estimated about 90 million in Historic Preservation for pier 48. That may be different depending on who the tenant is and what their needs are. We have part of the infrastructure financing plan the ability to direct money from the property tax from the site to future seawall improvements that are identified. They are working on identifying these right now, and future Sea Level Rise improvements that would be needed on site and also port wide. This is the Funding Source that we can use into the future over the 45year term of the ifd to protect other parts of the city from Sea Level Rise issues or threats. I mentioned earlier this is a microscope on one Funding Source. The project has several other Funding Sources including Community Facilities districts. These are special taxes on top of the traditional property tax in San Franciscoment these are taxes that would be above and beyond that. They would go to infrastructure costs as well as on going operations and maintenance costs for parks and street maintenance. I wanted to mention developer capital is a key Funding Source. Port has the ability to invest in the site and receive a return on that investment. We also have proceeds from land, that is, for parcels we select to use prepaid lease revenues. Those would be a lump sum payment for to help finance us through the infrastructure costs that we know are coming through the financing plan. That concludes my presentation on the infrastructure financing district item and were available to you for questions. Supervisor kim. Thank you. I just want to ask the same question that i asked last week. I think its important for the members of the board to hear this as well. You know, one of the Major Concerns with these big projects, like Treasure Island and shipyards and park merced is that we have to build the infrastructure. We ask the developer to front the financing for the infrastructure thats associated with building this new neighborhood. The things that people often dont think about, but the horizontal development, so the sewage, the lights, the grid, the streets, the parks and all of that. So weve seen, you know, of the 30,000 units of housing that we have already entitled, that theyre not getting built because of the immense cost, up front costs of building this infrastructure. I was hoping you could talk about how we ensure this project doesnt fall victim to the same kind of to the same challenges and that well be doing everything that we can to ensure that the shovels go in the ground and housing that we fought for along with the 40 gets built as quickly as possible. Thank you for the question, supervisor. We are concerned about this as well because we get such great outpouring for this project and we dont want to have the disappointing action occur where were waiting for the shovels to get in the ground. I wanted to make two comments on the question. One is we worked hard with the City Attorney to make sure our transaction document has an outside date for pull full performance, but we negotiate the outside date for the giants to put in their application for phase one to be no more than three years after approval and throughout the process, we have these milestones where were working closely with them to make sure that they are moving the project along. Otherwise, the port has remedies. One other inning this, the Port Commission today, recently the board heard the pier 70 waterfront project. That is at the Port Commission today with their phase one application. Weve been very pleased with how quickly that item is coming forward and we have a similar schedule with the giants, if approved today, were going to state lands and completing the application and processing and then they have plans for beginning construction this year or beginning their application this year. Thank you so much. And also, i mean, if its okay, i would just love the project sponsor to address this question as well. We would love to have them discuss in public some of their plans and ideas to make sure that we get this project moving. Thank you, supervisor. We very much want the project to move as quickly as possible. As rebecca mentioned, we have every intention to file our phase one application this calendar year with a goal to Ground Breaking in 2019. We, too, want to see the project get off the ground and move as quickly as possible. So were very much committed to that. Great. Thank you so much. Finally, since many of our departments are here today, i just want to say that i hope that we work in advance on a lot of the design and approvals for the infrastructure. Its been incredibly frustrating for so many of our residents. I know he knows this as well, to see streets and playgrounds get completed by the project sponsor and for it to take a while for the city to be able to accept the conveyance of that work. Of course, we dont want to accept anything thats not up to code and up to standard. Im not saying that we should be accepting streets that dont work for the city, but i just hope that we can do the advanced work so that when the streets are done, were able to accept them in a timely manner so our residents can enjoy them as soon as possible. So i know that there are a number of questions from my colleagues on the board. This is the time to ask them. I know supervisor cohen had a series of questions on transportation. Supervisor fewer had some questions around Public Schools and education allege educational needs. Supervisor cohen, would you like to begin your questioning . Thank you. I would. Hi, carly. Come on down. I will say this. Ive done a lot of work with not only the neighbors but with mta in this area. Transportation is an issue and concern. Transportation could ease the projected congestion that will come in this area of the city as well as help with the fluidity and mobility along the southern waterfront. But im kind of concerned because i dont see anything that has the transportation commitment. Im wondering how mta plans to mitigate the congestion from this development. Thank you, supervisor cohen. Carly payne. Pardon me. There are im going to give you two parts of an answer to your question. One is about mitigating impacts of congestion and from that im going to address the particular environmental mitigations that were identified in the environmental analysis. In the Environmental Review documentation, there were some impacts identified, and in particular, there were impacts identified of potential transit delays on the third line, which were identified to be mitigated through prevention for access to the garage, designing the garage access with right in, right out so theres minimizing crossing the t third line. We really do not want to see all of the investments that we are putting into the it third line in the central subway and increased frequency, be undermined by cars stopped in the middle of the intersection. This was something we were very focused on. So there are a series of mitigations that get at making sure that that doesnt happen. So theres a whole series of prevention items there. There are Pedestrian Safety issues related to additional volumes on 4th street, adding new signals, and Event Management around events at at t park because although at t park is not this project, this project does include a parking garage facility that, in part, provides parking for attendees at the ballpark. In terms of mitigations, i think those are and then theres transited capacity in which the project sponsor is responsible for paying for some portion of new buses for particular bus lines. Separately sorry. I was going to say, these are words. Right . I mean, im looking for something thats written down that we are able to hold the agency accountable, that we can point to in years past excuse me in future years as to how we thought about the transportation, the moving and the flow. So this is one part of the project that still concerns me. I just dont see anything. All i hear are words. I want to see words on paper, not words in the air. All of those mitigations are in the mitigation claim separately in the transportation exhibit of the disposition and development agreement. Theres documentation around how we will invest the transportation fees that the project generates. Similar to the pier 70 project, which we worked on with your office, what we did, because of the proximity of the two projects geographically and because of the overlap in buildout between the pier 70 and mission rock, we developed a shared list of transportation investments, which reflect what they feel like are the needed projects. We worked with neighborhood groups to get their approval and met with various supervisors offices to review these. Among those projects are things to really reenforce the investments righthand a the t third corridor and add investment around bus lines that serve the area, create new connections where there are gaps in the bicycle and Pedestrian Network, and really invest additionally in water transit. So those how those funds will be spent and the commitment from sfmta also to seek other sources of funds to advance those projects while we wait for the transportation fees to come in over the course of buildout, that commitment is also in the document. Im not sure if thats what youre looking for or something else. More or less its kind of what im looking for. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you. Okay. Thanks. Can i ask a followup question to the transportation, mr. President. Yes. I was hoping you would just talk specifically about what was in the transportation exhibit in terms of what sfmta is committed to funding use the impact fees but also transportation funds. If you could talk about specifically what they are envisioning. Absolutely. Ill preface by saying this project, because of its date of application was grandfathered at a lower fee rate and through the negotiations, theyre paying the full equivalent of the Transportation Sustainability fee, which is about 40 million. As i mentioned and as you probably all know, these fees come in as the Building Permits are drawn. So with a phased project like this, the fees will be coming in over the course of the project. So i just want to reiterate. Everything that i mentioned today, im about to mention, were also going to be trying to advance those projects so that were not waiting until those last phases are built to complete our investment in this. Then we will be repaid by the fees. So the things that are and for those of you who want to follow along in your documents, this is exhibit b 7, the transportation exhibit to the disposition and development agreement. So water transit, which could ba project, but the money would go there. So investment in the 16th street Ferry Landing or other water Transit Network investments along the waterfront. Could you tell us where this project is at right now . I know this is with the port. But where are we at . I prefer to defer to somebody else who is more familiar with where that project is. Adam . Thanks. That has come up in our discussions as well because were one of the funding bodies for this project. The 16th street Ferry Landing is a port project. Ive been participating in those meetings. Its 60 designed with the expectation of completing all of the soft costs, the design and permitting this calendar year. Were looking to identify all the Construction Funding to deliver that Ferry Landing in the next couple of years. One of the options for that is regional measure three, which this body knows quite a bit about for the june ballot, if were successful with the voters in june, this would be an eligible project and could Start Construction as early as 2019. What do we expect would come with this new Ferry Terminal at 16th street and who would they be serving. It is a double sided float at 16th street near the under construction chase center in mission bay. It would serve the water emergency transportation agency, richmond, oakland, alameda as well as golden gate ferry, which serves the north bay. And also, i understand that well be considering water taxis and smaller ferries as well. Theres a separate dedicated landing south of the Ferry Landing. Thank you so much. [ please stand by ] add added capacity meaning additional rail cars and new buses for area bus lines, expanded facilities at the metro metro east bus and rail yard. East west bike connecter between the 17th street bike corridor and 4th street and owens. Its really closing an important gap in the bike network. The bikeway on cherry francois build. And closing of gaps in the Pedestrian Network and safety. Thank you. I feel increased bus service is going to be key, too. I want to concur with supervisor cohen. I understand her frustrations of meeting the Transportation Needs of mission bay and dog patch down to the bayview, i dont feel is served by our current public services. Have you ridden the t at that time . Yes. Its so frustrating. Youre literally packed in and were growing these neighborhoods in mission bay and dog patch and they are becoming not real alternatives for our residents and so they have to rely on cars to get around the city. Our mission bay residents get served better by the t line because its closer to downtown but b, the t line doesnt make it down to the bayview because it often turns around, which is so disappointing to folks who have to ride the t the whole way and get off at mission bay or dog patch and wait for the next train that may or may not go to the end of the line. Its one of the slowest lines i have ridden. I cant believe i miss the 15 kearny that ran faster from the bayview to chinatown. But we invested all this money in the ttrain and you know supervisor cohen and i talk about it all the time. I dont know what we can do to make it better. Im worried about it meeting the need for the growing neighborhood. Okay. Thank you. Supervisor fewer thank you supervisor safai, i was a substitute for the government audit and oversight committee, i filled in for aaron peskin and when i heard this came before the committee, i raised concerns about the lack of a school at mission bay and i wanted to just say that i think this is a wonderful development. There are many wonderful things about this development, the 40 below market rate units, the open space, the attention to economic development, the coffee shop, retail space, markets, i think there are a lot of things that are really good about the development on a lot not previously used for anything but maybe parking cars. But i have to say that after even having heard today about all the parties that were brought to the table to build this community, that no one thought of contacting the San Francisco Unified School District. And i have to i was on the school board for eight years and this was something that i really worked on because we discovered at a late date that actually San Francisco Unified School District was five schools behind the building of new developments in San Francisco. That is unusual for San Francisco Public Schools because we had a declining enrollment that it looks like now, they have an increasing enrollment. So i was very concerned that there wasnt a school there and i think i voiced it at the committee that its not just enough to build the units for families. It is about building a community for them where theyll have viable lives and their children will be successful in the 21st century. When were looking at 40 below market rate housing, we know the families will be dependent on the Public School system and i admit im bias. I was on the school board for eight years and four generations of my family have been educated through San Francisco Public Schools. We have schoolaged children in the units, i want to capture as many Public School students as we can and offer them the quality education that our Public Schools offer every day to other districts. So it was very concerning to me but out of that i think came a robust situation with the Unified School District with planning and the port to look at how we can provide a really solid educational experience for those families that will be living there. I think were sfuc is a little behind the game and have had a transition with superintendents and blah, blah, blah. I want to say i concur with president breed, i would love local two workers to live there. I would love for their children to be able to go to schools in their neighborhood, too. I think when we look at projections, its a very difficult thing to project how many students we can capture. We already have a population of schoolaged children living in mission bay and those parents have been screaming for a school and now, through this robust conversation we discovered that now the sfusc has not been around the table for the planning. We are going to see more Affordable Housing and many more units of Family Housing and yet we have no school to educate the children and there are projections that show well be overcapacity at the site a lotted for mission bay, for a school there. Through this robust conversation, through the planning department, oawd and the port and myself, were able to identify there is a gap that in expertise that prohibits San Francisco Unified School District for rushing through or really starting the process of planning with the city for this new community. And to make sure theres an educational solid educational experience prek through 12 for these students. And so, while i think that all these things are great that is happening there, i feel very strongly that the missing component here is a Public School 25 has been estimated 25 of commute morning traffic are parents driving their kids to school. I think in mission bay we have an opportunity to build a school that actually compliments what is happening at mission rock. So i would like to ask the giants, as the developers, because i think after conversations with the giants through the representative roszko mats that they recognize also that they also want to build really Strong Community and it is their intention actually to build really Strong Communities and would love to partner with the San Francisco Unified School District in making the school a reality for the parents at mission rock and the Community Already there at mission bay. And looking and setting an example for all the developers in the central soma plan to be collaborating with the San Francisco Unified School District to curate a really strong educational experience for the families that are living there. So i just have a question actually for jack baird, that when we looked at the gap that the San Francisco Unified School District has, and you know, jane kim, myself and supervisor norman yee, we know about the School District and how underfunded it is, this is not something they anticipated, to have to build new schools in such expedited manner. Would you be willing to assist them with acquiring a demographic study that could do projections on student enrollment and what they might be needing to build. When we spoke to the Unified School District, they said we dont know its a k5 or k8. We dont know where the middle school will be, we dont know where the high school will be or how many students to project for or housing in part of the school. So im thinking and actually speaking with deputy superintendent, he identified that this is kind of a gap. I know the giants have done a lot to build the community here, i think what im asking is if youll work in the partnership who doesnt have a lot of experience building new schools. Im wondering if you would be willing to be a very strong active partner in helping them i think secure these the analysis of future demographic projections for schools in that particular neighborhood. Were very happy to help the School District in this effort. The school site thats been selected is just a block from mission rock and were very motivated to see this happen, to provide the resources and help to the School District necessary to make sure it happens as soon as possible. Supervisor fewer thank you so much. I think that will go a long way to push the School Districts to start robust planning around this area. And i think the giants have been great partners in this whole thing. I know it is difficult to have everyone at the table. I want to take some responsibility having been on the school board, while discussing the building of the Mission Bay School and i was the one to help get it on the bond because i knew how important it was, but that, you know, it didnt happen and i want to own that as a commissioner on the school board, but now as a supervisor in the city family, i want to own the fact that the Zoning Department has not planned well when planning the new communities that need great infrastructure but not planning well with the Unified School District and i think we can do better on this. I want to thank the San Francisco giants for stepping up and being a good role model and supervisor kim has said i want more schools in my neighborhood. So im hoping to get that started and hopefully it will coincide with the new population coming in. Thank you very much and i want to thank my colleague supervisor jane kim. I know that this is hours and hours and hours of hard work and more than hours, months and years of hard work and really pushing to get the most that you can for our communities. And that type of integrity and commitment and tenacity has brought us to this point here. So supervisor kim, on behalf of all those families that would be living there and attending the Mission Bay School, i want to say thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you very much. Supervisor kim thank you supervisor fewer through the chair. And i want to acknowledge supervisor fewers work, since 2009 or 10, she has been advocating for a school in mission bay and last year was the sole voice on the board of education to push for dedicated funds for Mission Bay Schools and the bond and i appreciate you being the voice, even though you dont represent our district, last year in those discussions and making sure we got on to the bond and i want to thank the giants for agreeing to committing and supporting the study process moving forward. Supervisor peskin was joking next to me it was only one night, it was more than one night, it took a lot over one night. So i dont see any other comments from colleagues, so through the chair, if we can open up for public comment. Im going to Say Something quickly. If you look at the timeline properly, supervisor, this is your culmination of two terms on the board of supervisors. This started in 2010, conversation culminated with the famous evening of negotiations, i think i saw you after that. Blurry eyed but happy the deal had been done and i want to recognize the giants. I think one of the things missed in the conversation but eluded to is that the giants are very prolabor organization. We have a lot of folks from Labor Community represented in the room. Not only the workers on site but the workers that will build the facility and this is going to create thousands of jobs for them and then also this was forward thinking in the sense that now we have many projects on public and non Public Land Following in the footsteps, i know we spent a year negotiating a project now that will be 40 affordable and so the expansion of that and this was the groundbreaking project in that regard. So middle class and working class families but also the long conversation we had on inclusionary housing. This is not just lowincome affordable, this is really and truly middle class housing that has not really been done. Weve had that conversation and this is all being done on the dime of the developer and the giants. I dont see any other name once the roster. Well open up for public comment. Speakers will have two minutes to comment on the item. Thank you. Good evening supervisors. Im chris kelton, my wife and i have lived in south beach for nearly 30 years and recently closed a business on townsend. We witnessed tremendous change, empty fields, cyclone fencing, condo apartments and mission bay. Despite all the development, we are missing the sense of a neighborhood. People drive through on their way to the 280 freeway, the bay bridge or another neighborhood seeking energy and liveliness. Im a the glass is half full kind of person and believe in a better tomorrow. Where you see a 28 acre asphalt parking lot, i see a blank canvas waiting for the broad stroke of the Artists Paint brush creating a master piece. You see a wind swept eyesore, i see potential for a better life for all, construction workers Building Mission rock, shops, restaurants, cafes, the neighbors of mission bay and south beach who will have a place to congregate, make new friends and explore new interests in an inclusive atmosphere and a better life for those living at mission rock. After propb passed, i stood in support of the project. I said at the time San Francisco had billed itself as a city that knows how to but was becoming known as a city that knows not to. I was proven wrong. Supervisors, i ask you and beg you to pass this project on and bring that potential for a better tomorrow for all. Thank you and next speaker, please. Good evening president breed and supervisors. Im a Community Organizer on staff at the San Francisco coalition. Im here to provide support for the bicycle components on behalf of our 10,000 plus members. We have seen a strong commitment from the giants to look at bicycles, Public Transit options. When it comes to the bicycle network, this means class four connections to mission rock street and when paired with class two and 3 along other streets will be a meaningful addition to our bicycle network. The Space Network will serve as the starting point for the blue greenway, trails, parks and open space along the southern water front. Its an incredibly important space and needs to be accessible for people riding bikes. Were happy to see a classone separated facility to open it up to all levels of riders and eventually connect to the Hunters Point shipyard. I want to recognize and thank the giants for their hard work in a great public planning process for this project. Their staff has made themselves available to us, so we look forward to seeing the project move forward and break ground. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker please. Hi everybody. Im daniel turner, im the executive assistant at hamilton families and im here to read a letter on behalf of our ceo. Im writing to request your support for the mission rock project. Approved by San Francisco voters in 2015, this project will address a number of Housing Needs in the city of San Francisco. Including the need for hundreds of Affordable Housing units. With much planning and community input, the mission rockland use plan includes 40 Affordable Housing for low and middle income families. It also includes mixed unit sizes with two and three bedrooms for families. Mission rock will create eight acres of open park and space, neighborhood serving retail and onsite childcare for the community. In all of the years operating at t park, the San Francisco giants have formed relationships with the city and local nonprofits, including hamilton families and heading home initiatives to address family homelessness. The longterm commitment is why i urge you to support the project today. Thank you. Next speaker please. Im the ceo of the Parks Alliance, serving diverse city parks and open spaces, serving over 200 organization or friend of group, together with our partners, raising millions annually to improve our parks, playgrounds and open spaces. Im speaking in support of the approval of the mission bay project. Since 2003 when the mayor assembled a park force, it has served to realize the blue greenway vision for recreational areas along 13 miles from at t park to candlestick point. Much needed acres of new parts is a vital step in realizing the vision. For far too long, the eastern and southern waterfront has been disconnected from the other areas with lack of Pedestrian Access and trail connectivity making the need for the underserved neighborhoods. Opening eight acres of public space is a game changer for a neighborhood that has lacked open space and Central Community gathering space, 40 of housing goes a long way to afford to remain in this part to remain a part of this community. The Parks Alliance is please ed with the consideration that have been made to address Sea Level Rise, land especially parkland is important to preserve, preparing the site for generations of us is a wise investment. This completion is a priority for the board of the Parks Alliance and we hope you support it as a whole and i want to thank giant and city staff for a great job in the project. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker please. Supervisors, San Francisco building and Construction Trades Council and Bicycle Coalition for a number of years. Supervisor kim, i think in all the years and at all the various hearings before all the various bodies at which i have testified on behalf of this project and all the work i have done, i have managed to avoid a baseball metaphor, but in talking about four championships, you got me to say i think you have moved a fast ball down the middle of the pipe and giants are going to hit it out of the park. Proposition b, those of us involved in politics for some time in this year, not so many years ago, debate over Development Even more than now involved the close end combat. When i agreed to be a coplaintiff it was in fear this would be another one of the situations. I am pleasantly surprised at the broad public buyin that the giants have obtained for the project over the years and im trusting youll take care of the appropriate approvals today. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker please. Good evening president breed and honorable members of the board of supervisors. Im the current political director for united educators of San Francisco and previously family liaison. Im here to speak in support of the mission rock project. This is a mixed integrated project that will provide housing for low income workers in San Francisco and middle class families. In particular, i want to be able to talk about how it will actually impact our para educators in San Francisco with our teachers play a role to support all students obtain a well rounded education. And this project would help many of our parents stay here in San Francisco and im going to describe who are the parent educators. Para educators are special ed teachers that work with special ed students and they work with prek students, they are security guards that help keep our schools safe and family liaisons that provide resources to keep families engaged in the childrens education. And i want to be able to say that this project is really significant because of the honest because of the honest negotiations that resulted in 40 of low income and middle Income Housing. You have labor, community, business and different stakeholders at the table wanted to meet the needs of the community. Growing up as a farm worker child, at the dinner table i heard my parents say if the growers would be honest in negotiations, it would improve the lives of farm workers. I urge your support for the project. Thank you. Next speaker please. Good evening president breed and members of the board of supervisors and especially supervisor jane kim for playing the long game. Its quite impressive that as supervisor safai said, you started your career at the board of supervisors with this project and youll be leaving quite a feather in the citys cap. And on behalf of San Francisco teachers and para educators, id like to continue anibells comments. Im on the executive board and 25 year school teacher, i think the whole city is now familiar that San Francisco teachers and para educators cannot afford to live in the city anymore. So representing the 6200 educators work in our school have become part of the site for Affordable Housing. Our mantra in the fight is to expand the pie, make room for middle income Affordable Housing, but in no way take from lower income San Francisco. Take the pie and expand more for everyone. In this matter, supervisor kim, giants, labor, community have weighed in on a forprofit project with 40 Affordable Housing. We hope that becomes the Gold Standard for San Francisco as we go forward. So just i wont leave you with my personal note. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker please. please stand by