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(roll call). we have a quorum. 2. public comment. public comment will be held on each item on the agenda. >> any public comment? okay. seeing none. next item. >> 3. leadership in energy and environmental design. neighborhood development update. >> we thought that kicking off the sustainability committee would be good to start with an overview of the leed for neighborhood design program and our status within that ranking system. i will turn it over to erin. >> thank you, bob. this is the review and discussion or reinvigoration and what was the other word? >> reactivation. >> i think that is a great principal. we are not just locking something down and not having it change. it is a sea environment. things will be changing for the lifetime of the project. i will try to give an overview of basically where we are to this point. that will be maybe 60 or 70% of my presentation. for the last couple minutes some ideas of suggestions for future areas of exploration. there are others but these have come out in our work with the development team, talking to kevin and bob and their team of ideas that you might consider exploring, and then welcoming your other ideas to continue exploring to this committee in other ways. here is the review part of this. i gave a similar presentation to the tida board maybe three or four years ago when we first got the le. d certification. i am not sure if you were there. i know you have a long history with the project. this could be review for some of you and might be new material for others. this is to get us up to speed. the design for development back to 2011, i worked on this a little bit with perkins more like on the planning andy sign side. it is gratifying to see what was a big wild idea coming to fruition right now. it is exciting to think through the details what can happen. that really form the foundation for a lot of development work occurring, which you all know. associated with that was a development agreement and sustainability obligations with the development greet in 2011. if you want to get into exhibit o of the gda. one of those was to achieve le id for neighborhood development. that is what i have been involved with achieving certification and implementing it. there was also transportation, infrastructure and energy and water that the project committed to. those are locked in and required by the development agreement and we are benefiting from or tearing off the commitments that were made years ago. there was a plan that pre-dated the design for development and was updated in 2011. there is good material in there and it is something to revisit, maybe think of updated concepts how it could work. that is a nice resource. then a series of other plans and obligations habitat management, transport improvement. stormwater, infrom structure, housing plan. wastewater is here today. all of these topics have efforts predating or neighborhood development effort and we are rolled those into a standard with the commitment and implementation items for the island. we are not starting from scratch. we are following on the heels of great work done for the last 10 and 20 years. a little more about the leed. it is the most widely used green building in the world administered by the u.s. green building council and typically used mostly on buildings. in the last several years they have been diversifying the late of rating systems. in the last 10 years is lead for neighborhood development certification that goes beyond buildings to look at the neighborhood scale development that are not in the system like streets, infrastructure, housing afford ability. policy issues, stormwater, how it works on the site. things you cannot touch building by building. this system attempted to inkoroperate that. that was appropriate choice for treasure islands. that is what i will talk more about the details. it is leed for neighborhood development. leed-nd. that is the system that we were certified under. not to say we can't do building level certification. i will talk about that. that is the umbrella under which everything else will fall. a couple details what we have achieved. we achieved leed-nd platinum for treasure island as one project in 2016. it was the highest scoring lat numb project in the world -- platinum project in the world. i need to doublecheck that. it was also the largest and one of the first under the version four rating system that had just come out. version four is the most current in use. there might be 4. 4.1 but the bc structure is there. i know it has gotten press locally, nationally and something to be very proud of, and it is a very inspiring accomplishment to have done that. it is very rare to get platinum. only 7% of the projects get platinum. it is a very high standard that we are trying to continue. i won't go into all of these credits. the way you get a certification is pick the list of tropical credits and get points. one or two points for a total of up to 100 or 110 with bonus points. this is the list. you can take it home and study it, but every topic here is where we scored points. generally it is three categories. one is smart location and linkage about where did you place the development, and some of the i guess foundational items related to location and transit in transportation connections. neighborhood pattern andy sign. second about urban design and building façades. green infrastructure and buildings is the more traditional or conventional green building topics like energy, water, infrastructure efficiency answer materials in the third category. the points we scored highly in all three categories. often the project will do well on location right next to transit but don't have the money for green building. they score some pointses but not all. what was great about this project. great location, had excellent site plan for walkability and transit. it also followed through on a lot of amazing infrastructure. wastewater, things that a lot of projects will look at wastewater treatment and say, well, we will never get that point because i am not going to build a wastewater treatment plant because it doesn't make sense for my location. here it does. we are required to. we are benefiting from that aggressive program here. that is so far. what is next in terms of the leed-nd status? we need to make sure we are delivered on the commitments we made in 2016. make sure we understand how they flow to the work plan for infrastructure, horizontal and vertical development. that is what we are getting into right now. second, and this is partially your charge is to continue exploring new strategies and implementation details. we might know that we want to achieve an energy efficiency target or renewable energy. exactly how, where, about technology to use there are open questions, and still things being discovered and explored. you have a nice moment of opportunity to get into those details. i am going to talk about some specific commitments so you know. i don't want to get into the details because we have time to come back to this. we are getting credit for some of these things. some seem like black box claims that were sustainability, but you are like what did you do? we will come back at a later date. so you know i like to split it into a few credits or ways they play out on the site. several are inherent to the site plan. not to say you couldn't mess these up, but it would be very hard based on what we know is required and is happening on the island to miss the credits. the overall mix of uses and mix of housing types, a lot of that is locked in and just knowing what is built. you will meet the diversity of housing types credits. you can continue to improve on that. it is something to meet the requirement for affordable housing. you will meet that and get bonus points. you probably couldn't miss that if you tried because you are not allowed to. the climate sea level rise topics are happening. we are benefiting from that. issues like flooding, requiring transit service. you can talk about what technology do you use? what is the frequency? the fact the service will be there is required. we get credit for all of those. this is a list of examples. location, previously developed. you get pointings for that. parks and open space. small block network which is walkable. diversity of affordability. transit. building reuse. naval officers are rehabbed. you will get points. habitat preservation and commitment to do local food production with the farm in the middle of the site. these things you are getting credits for. it is not to minimize, it is to say some of the work has already been done. then we get into the horizontal and vertical. how are these implemented on the ground. horizontal energy efficient streetlights. infrastructure item that the development team is figures out how to install to prep for actual vertical development. it also including stormwater management, i mentioned flooding is crossing over. wastewater treatment is a good example. it needs to be in place at horizontal level to enable vertical development. we have commitments on recycled content and infrastructure. there is material created. reusing that in road base there are limitations what the city allows us to do. as a principal that is a target. providing street trees and walkings, which it is sort of good urban design. to say they are everywhere and they meet a certain standard is important. you want to make sure we don't miss that. urban farms, speed limits. transit stops. these are all happening across the island, and not just building by building. i should mention outreach and education. i will come back to that. that is one you can weigh in on. then we have the vertical specks flowing down from leed-nd, water efficiency and things around pedestrian oriented frontages. what is great is that leed-nd recognizes sustainability is about a beautiful pleasant place to walk because you designed it that way. cross-checking architects' elevations to make sure there aren't huge 100-foot blank walls to walk next to that are not conducive to walking. then other things so water, energy, solar reflective roofing, there is some parking reduction commitments that we are going to meet, recycling, composting. all of these can be baked into the new building specs. some blend. renewable energy could happen on top of buildings, which is going to happen on some buildings. then it could also happen as more of a shared site-wide piece of infrastructure whether it is wind, solar, geothermal, battery. there are new used around this topic. things like waste diverse. they have to do it if it is building or infrastructure. transportation demand management. what i went through is sort of like the dirty details of what we are getting credit for, including commitments. there are several things valuable topics but we aren't dictating through the certification. these are the building level things that happen through building design. some of the classics that you would see in a leed like indoor air quality, we aren't making requirements on those topics. it will come to the building level. bicycle parking, green power and actual coordination how we pull these off. it is not dictated. we say this is the standard and it is up to us to deliver on it. we are organizing, trying to coordinate with project teams. transportation consultant, landscape, wastewater treatment consultant often only have three or four pieces of overall certification to worry about. we are trying to annotate which they are and describe how they apply to the site so there is a crosswalk between our big umbrella and what they are doing on the ground. that is a back and forth coordination reviewing site plans and we are be beginning that process as the work gets done for the first time. that was my first and the majority of presentation. that is quick and dirty. you can ask any questions afterwards, but i think as we pivot from what we committed to and what we want to do in the future, there are topics that there is a lot of flexibility or opportunity, and some of these might be related to like earning leednd credits. they might be the right thing to do for the project. i mentioned renewable energy. onone thing that come up is maye there is the opportunity to have exciting interesting demonstration projects. there is land out there, there is the need for renewable energy, solar, wind, total. i worked in hawaii deep sea water cooling, battery storage. silicone valley battery companies are doing interesting things with energy storage. maybe they do the coolest and latest and uv talked to the california academy of sciences with a demonstration how this works on treasure island. that could happen. details. integrating the wastewater reuse concept. we will hear about the waste water treatment at the top corner. urban farm. retention farms and open space. i think how those programs are linking with the availability water, how it flows through the site is stuff that other folks are much more well versed in the details, but just to raise it as a topic, i think, of consideration. this is one maybe you wouldn't score points on this. it is cool to tell your story. highly visible reuse. you are generating a lot of material, rubble, stumps you are unearthing, boulders, steel, pilings from the bay bridge, old navy equipment. the chip and container restaurant out there. there is a cool story to tell where you don't just bury the stuff, you can make it visible and put it out there. here is a cool rendering of an art installation. i think the landscape firm pulled this together. sustainability transportation. like i said, we have commitments on service levels. exactly how the transportation demand management works and who is doing it. all of the new topics online in the last 10 years. electric powered vehicles, buses, ferries, scooters, bike scare, congestion pricing, bike pad transit needs an integrated transportation plan. there are new opportunities there. coordinating the building level performance targets. sometimes in a target this big, every building is done on its own pace with its own program. there might be topics for energy or water or materials where you want to look at how all of the buildings together are performing. you can make statements like our buildings are meeting x level of efficiency across the board. sometimes it is communicating to the vertical developers. there are others where you leave it to the architect. there won't be possible to make them all uniform, but i think figuring out those and some checklists whether it is green point or leed buildings would be cool. sustainability education is a credit we are going to score. it could be something as simple as aligning with existing signage so there is signage around the island that highlights the sustainability performance. i think what i get excited about is finding potential partners. i am sorry i left your organization off here. there are a lot of them. the treasure island museum wants to do something exciting and cool. they are a great partner. existing non-profits, save the bay, city art commission. some of this might happen individually or joint things. what if the exploratoryium was there and a lot of people will come out to the island and take the ferry to give themself guided tours, that type of stuff. the final piece is continuing the coordination to make sure we deliver on commitments and getting the final certification and continuing your work with new ideas and strategies, and to say also that we are taking notes and open to other ideas for how this can all come together. thank you for your time. i can answer questions and also listen to your comments. >> a couple questions. thank you. this is really cool. three things unrelated. in terms of neighborhood planning. i am familiar with platinum leed. in terms of neighborhood that is new. walkability. what is the plan to having benches? senior citizens, one of the fastest growing segments. i don't know how many citizens will be on ybi or tbi near medical services. having benches to go to. are there guidelines or is that an add on? >> just going through my rating system in my head, it does show up in things like required benches for transit stops and those facilities in terms of regular benches on the public soacspace. i agree the idea of street furnishing and benches is in the walkable streets credit. i don't think there is an actual requirement. >> i am not an expert in this area. >> i don't think there is a requirement but i endorse your concept. >> transportation. is that under your purview the vehicles? >> no specific topic is under my individual purview in terms of deciding what is going to happen. i am trying to link it. i think the concept is sustainable transportation. bike, scooter, tdm, transit. autoautonomous vehicles look wih other solutions and allow it as independent not integrated with other transportation planning would be a problem. it needs to be integrated with the bucket of sustainability in transportation as the topic. >> the third thing and final thing. you had some of the reused falling len-- fallen wood. your view on the neighborhood is key. we want it a public attraction. a music festival and things will continue, but one thing we found in golden gate park. people come because we have a sustainability mission at cal academy. there is a bench cut out of redwood they want to post on instagram. we cut down a tree, and they carved it into a bench. that is one of the oddesting public attraction. whatever draws people. instagram moments are increasing attraction to people to be drawn. i am glad you focus on the soft experiences within that realm. thank you. >> thank you very much forgiving us that overview. we need to be reminded that this project has actually received and is the larged le ed platinum certification in the world. is that right? we should be extremely proud of that fact that we have received this designation, which it is so hard to get. the plan was developed overall most a decade ago. it was very forward thinking at that time. it was 2011. so much has changed since then and certainly the issues that we are facing in terms of sea level rise, climate change are even more urgent today. i am glad we have formed this committee for treasure island we are doing so many cutting edge things or we could be a demonstration project for cutting edge things. continuing to have that i am ths important. thank you for chairing the committee. the other thing the committee is important for is really propelling the education part of it. the sustainability education that we can in fact be a way of channeling community education, getting alignments and collaborations with other institutions and providing information but maybe even public symposiums, community gatherings on these topics. even symposiums where we gather leading scientists working on these issues. i hope this committee will be that forum where we can do that thinking and planning. i want to say i am so happy we created this committee. as far as issues, and maybe we will discuss this later, certainly what is the latest in the thinking on sea level rise and climate adaptation and we ought to refer back to treasure island. when we were planning in 2011 sea level rise was sort of thought of. people said maybe 24 inches, 36-inch chess, but now people are expecting much more by the end of the century. i would like to go back and revisit what we are doing at treasure island. we have actually been noted as one of the plans that the bay conservation development commission has used as an example how other cities should respond to creating reserve to deal with future climate change and sea level rise. i think that would be a good thing to bring back, especially new commission members may not know about it. infrastructure is something we are looking at constantly. stormwater and wastewater systems put into treasure island. i am hoping we are going to be cutting edge on those. urban farms and composting. that is really, you know, that was part of our plan. we would like to look at the possibility of urban farms of native plants of the ideas. if they were allowed to pursue at pressure island, i don't know. it is something to explore. renewable energy. as you said perhaps some demonstration projects we can have on treasure island. finally the landscaping if it is sustainable or not is important in creating the ecosystem for this island which we are going to have almost 300-acres which will be open space and parks. all of these topics are very important today in today's climate of concern and crisis so i am very glad we have this committee. this overview was really excellent. thank you very much. >> any comments? okay. thank you very much. >> thank you all. >> item 4. recycled water and wastewater treatment plan. >> mr. billing birmingham welcome. >> good morning directors. thank you for having me today. i am tom birmingham, project manager with the san francisco public utilities commission for the wastewater treatment plan we want to call it water resource recovery facility. i am probably going to call it wastewater treatment plant at least 10 times today. we are trying to go forward to recognize opportunities to reuse what we are capturing in the plants, recycled water or biosolids. there are a lot of opportunities here. it is no longer taking wastewater from homes, dumping into a water body. we want to do positive things with the water as it comes in. i will give an update where we are today on the project. i will talk about the items we are doing with the rest of the development, walk through some architectural images of the direction we are going with the project and update where we are on the schedule. if treatment plant will below indicated south of the existing plant. thathat is the odd-shaped gray blocks and the proposed plant is to is south. the reality is the planning documents are planning documen documents. >> can you point that out? >> yes, i can. >> you may have to know point to the screen. the laser pointer doesn't show up on the tv screen. >> the existing plant is up here. this is proposed. >> right next to it? >> yes. the old barracks were there and storage facility were there previously. those are demolished. i have a presentation of what is there now. that is the site for the future plant. it is a 10-acre site used for planning purposes. it is a rectangle 10-acres going forward. this is a little better image to show the existing plant and in the red is our proposed water resource recovery facility. directly to the east of the blue box is the proposed wetland site. we have gone to the state lands commission in august and the gray infrastructure is the red box that you see was pulled out of the trust. it was not a trust compatible use. the wetlands is trust compatible use. it remain in the trust. we were a bit constrained on his site like any site in the urban environment. we have fire training to the south, existing plant north and tenants surrounding the rest of the site. this was the sand box to plan. we have worked with this site to move forward with the project. i will give a little background on the recycled water. in 1991, the city passed recycled water ordinance which in every new building that went up dual plumb inside. the purpling areas on the figure that includes treasure island around the edges of th the city. presidio and golden gate park. treasure island is included. in 2015, the city passed the nonpottable water ordinance which stipulated all buildings over 250,000 square feet were responsible for meeting their own nonpottable demands. they had to capture gray, blackwater and treat it and provide the water for uses inside the building or irrigation. treasure islands was not included in this because it was approved prior to 2015 however it is looked at as a district with the single central treatment plant to produce recycled water for treasure island. this shows the blue circles. treasure island will be the first neighborhood to use municipally recycled water for indoor and outdoor demand. we have a great opportunity to really showcase that. >> this shows the network of piping that will provide the water for residents, commercial uses and ball fields, urban ag and other items. the new water resource facility we are looking at 1.3mpg on average. peak flows about 4 mpg wastewater. we are anticipating 1:0 anticipk uses. every drop of water will be treated to title 22 no contact restriction recycled water. if we are able to find additional water uses for recycled water on the island we will have that water for use. this shows we are part of the overall sustainable plan for the island. we are capturing waste, sending it back out as recycled water. we are going to use urban ag, dual plumbing in buildings, some of the green infrastructure on the island during the summer when it is not watered we will use it there. there are still more opportunities we will come up with. this is a rather detailed image of the proposed -- recommended treatment. it is now at conceptual engineering 10%. what we try to do is identify a plan that will work, knowing as we go forward we will optimize that plan internally or externally depending on the project procurement. i want to show this because it shows right now because the plant is going to be serving small flees we are still hauling biosolids or sludge to the oceanside facility for treatment of the biosolids. while you may not think that is the most sustainable thing, it is nice ba because oceanside wil be treating to class a level which opens it to what they are used for farming in the central valley, alternative cover on landfills, package it and sell to residents. there are a lot of opportunities. in addition to biosolids you capture the gas. the dythe boilers and things lie that. we now hall the sludge to ocean side. it is used by farmers in the central valley. they love it. we have great images that show when they use it and don't use it. it is great fertilizer. there is a lot of opportunities. in the future when the development is fully built out and there are more flows we do anticipate doing some kind of biosolid treatment on the island. we are reserving space for it. we don't want to build something now and mothball it for 15 years. it is not the best use of money. in the future we plan to do something on the island. it is not wise right now. this shows our proposed footprint for the plant. two things to point out here. to the south or the right of image is the switchyard. the power is coming from oakland. it will reach the shore on the eastern shore to the south of here, come to the switchyard to distribute to the rest of the island. we anticipate the switchyard, which is a project not directly tied to the wastewater project but we ar we are co-locating top things together. we think that will be online by the end of next year or end of this year, sorry. it is already 2020. it will be online by the end of 2020. the power to increase the reliability of power for residents on the island. that is great important to the residents out there. the wetlands are located to the east of the site. they are about 1 to 1.5-acres. they are not big but they are proposed to be nice. what they are going to be is hydraulic retention wetland. you are not going to get a lot of treatment. they are providing a hydraulic buffer for how we propose to get rid of did h of the effluent. many propose it to the river, ocean or bay. we propose tieing to the stormwater pipe that is from anyway. it discharges on the shore there. the water is so clean, there is no reason not to tie in and let it discharge on the shore. however, during the stormy haven'ts when that pipe is full we need a place to leave the water. the wetlands if we see a large storm we close the valve to fill the wetlands with water. we will fill them to provide habitat and recreation for people to walk around. during the winter for a storm we plan so they provide a hydraulic buffer so we don't flood the island. as i mentioned before this is the site right now. i went out. this is probably a month or so ago. it was exciting to see things happening. they are installing drains. after that is done they will start compaction and surcharge work. we are designing our site for sea level rise in 2075 or so. we do that because that is about the life of the plant. there is no reason to raise it for 2100 if the plant isn't going to be there any more. we are designing the site for 2075 sea level rise. 39 inches and 6 inches on top of that brings us to 45 inches. we are also capturing all stormwater on our site. every drop of stormwater falls on our site will go to a stormwater basin. that is the blue blob on the left side of your image to the north of the plant. there might be some treatment there, but what will happen is it will get sent to the head works. we don't want any contaminated rainwater to get off the site to the stormwater system. trastreasure island is separate stormwater and wastewater. we want to keep the two from contaminating. we are coordinating with the developer on many, many touch points. i don't want to go through them all. there are a lot o. we are working on the switchyard to the south and sharing that it is not two projects. we want the public-facing part to be seamless. the fence and perimeter wall will look the same from the outside. that is very important to us and the arts commission as well. we are coordinating on the wetland construction and moving dirt around for that. the coordinating on the temporary infrastructure. as development starts we need to get to waste water to the new plant. we are coordinating on the pipelines around the plant. there are a lot of touch points i can go into at a different time. there is a lot going on with the developer. the plant being in the wilds part of the island is an opportunity for us to treat as an educational experience for the residents of the island and the city. we want these wetlands to be a place to walk next to and learn about the effluent and how it moves through there. the statement with stormwater. we are in the outdoorsy park. we want to blend that. we are working with the public utilities commission, security team to make sure this is a secure facility. that is one of our most important parts. the walls will be about 10 feet tall, nonscalable to make sure it is safe for the people working inside and so the equipment doesn't get stolen. these are the facilities to be part of the plant. we are early in the project, however, from previous projects working with the arts commission i learned they like for us to embrace the nature of what we are doing. don't try to put a piece of equipment in a giant brick building. embrace what is inside there. we are going to try to have as many things outside as we can so you can get the mechanical equipment feel for what is going on out there. that is why we need to make sure there are no odor issues. things with odors will be inside or have proper odor control. this provides a couple of viewpoints. the bay is on the right side of the image and east side avenue is on the left. if you are on the sidewalks or bay trial, what you might see looking in. you will see the top of equipment and you will see the top of some acknowledges and from talk ? buildings. last week they want to make sure what is at the top of the buildings does match the feel for the rest of the island. we will be working with the engineering consulting team and architecture team. c mg is the architect and they have done the planning. it is great to have th the team. one idea for the perimeter fence because it is so long. it is above 22 to 2500 feet. it is a long fence. it is a long wall it would be miserable experience so they have come up with this waved fence along. you will have moments of a solid wall, moments to see through. you will have color. it kind of breaks it up as you go along. there is a different look here. there is a landscape buffer between the sidewalk and the plant with some shrubs. we will have a few trees. generally speaking trees and wastewater treatment plants don't get along. you don't want leaves anabranches and needles into equipment and you don't want people climbing trees and hopping the fence. we want them to be the right trees for the application. another view. that solid wall provides an opportunity for public art. we are going to be working with the art commission on where our public art money gets spent. this is one opportunity that will be kind of neat. this is a view from the bay trail looking towards the trim plant. those are the proposed wetlands right there. it is pretty neat the way we envision it is near chrisy field. it will be a low fence to keep dogs from going in the wetlands. if somebody wants to go into a cold wetland, then they will find away, but i don't know why you would. the low fence is to keep the dogs from running in there. the same fence going around that perimeter and scattered trees and berming. we want it to stand out so people recognize what is there. we don't want it to be an eyesore either. one more view. right now the cer was brought in last week. that is done. we are out there doing a condition assessment of the existing infrastructure getting a better handle on how to move forward and keep it up and running as we go forward. we are looking at different project procurement methods. we went to our commission last year with a design-build operate procurement. we still have to go to the board of supervisors and we are working on those details. if we are able to go forward we would like to have the r.f.p. out this summer. if we need to change directions and go a different direction, the r.f.p. would come out a little later for the procurement. we think the important date is 11/1, that would be the start of construction and the 3/1, 24 would be the construction date. we believe that will hold true. with that i am happy to answer any questions you may have. >> commissioners. >> thank you. most times wastewater is not a sexy subject, but i think it is very fascinating. i am so interested in how you are designing the wastewater treatment facility. i would just start with my first comment when you talked about art and incorporating a small part of the walls and having art there. i would really encourage robust engagement on using those walls and finding opportunity for artwork. we do have a committee at treasure island, not just arts commission. it is a joint treasure island arts commission committee looking at possible locations to make treasure island a place to come to because there are surprises with artwork. when you have walls like that, if we can incorporate artists' works on those walls, you know, infrastructure, wastewater systems usually is like separated and hidden from view, but since you have those walls if you can make them into something which is delightful, which is is surprising which is something that people would want to see. [please stand by] in general, though, it will go into the storm drain and out into the bay. >> okay. i see. and then my final question is about the wilds, what is being labeled as the wilds, has there been some thinking as to what that will be? >> i don't know the answer to that. beyond the walls of the truman plant, i'm not quite sure what's planned for the wilds. i've been talking to c.m.g. they talked about having some urban camping out there. i believe there's a pier out there, there's going to be a little beach out there, windsurfing. everything i know has just been from listening to them. but we're not directly tied to anything outside of our walls. >> okay. great. thank you. >> you're welcome. >> any other questions? thank you very much. it was very thorough. >> sure. thank you. >> clerk: item number 5, discussion of touch agenda items by detectors. >> well, i think that we've covered a lot of future discussion topics. >> yeah. i was taking notes on a number of topics that came up during the course of both presentations, as potential follow-on presentations. but if you have any further, i'd be happy to type up my sustainability education, recycled materials, sea level rise, urban farm, renewable energy landscaping. but if you have others, i'd be happy to follow up. >> i think we will determine them as they come up. but there's no lack of issues that we can talk about. and i think this forum itself is going to be a good education, both for the commissioners, as well as for the public. >> okay. >> well, one thing based on what you were saying, in terms of public art, there was someone -- a san francisco-based street artist that did something for the p.u.c. in hunters point and bayview. the massive wall where they did sort of a san francisco environment-themed, with a giant turtle with the city of san francisco on its back. i don't know if you remember that mural? i'm not an artist. but that's something to consider as some sort of tie-in to the neighborhoods that reflects it. it was really well received and it actually held up very nicely. and it's been five years now since that came up. but speaking to the joint agency effort, you know, public art is great. to have something that might be kinetic over time. so it's refreshed over time. so as my colleague was saying, drawing people to the island to come see a new installation doesn't have to be a new sculpture, a new something, could be street art that reflects the city itself. just one note as we look -- as you work with the arts commission. >> yes. absolutely. >> i'll look at the name of the artist. i think it's mowberg is his last name. >>that's all i have. >> clerk: meeting is adjourned. >> thank you. >> thank you all. ♪ >> thank you so much for joining us here today at 888 post, the site of a new transitional age use navigation center, right in the heart of your district, supervisor peskin, congratulations. i know you've had to endure a lot of challenging community meetings along with the teams from our group and others but thank you so much for your leadership and your work to make this possible. many of you know that in october of 2018, i set an ambitious goal to build 1,000 new shelter beds by 2020, which was one of the most ambitious goals of building shelter beds in our city's history. this is the largest expansion of shelter beds since 1989. we know that we have a real challenge with homelessness. and along with building more housing, it's important that we have more places for people to go to get the services and the support that they need. and i got to tell you, i set this goal, and i didn't realize how challenging it would be to meet it. you know, we talk about what we want to see in san francisco. but i don't think sometimes we realize how much work goes into making this possible. and i want to just take this opportunity to really express my gratitude to so many folks who are standing here behind me, because it really does take a village. as a result of the work of so many folks which i definitely want to highlight and mention today, we are going to not only meet our goal of 1,000 new shelter beds this year, we are going to exceed it, and we are expected to at least open 1,065 shelter beds this year, and we already have a number of those shelter beds underway. since i made this commitment, we've opened 566 new beds. we have 299 beds in the pipeline. the bayview, safe navigation center right here at 888 post street. and today, i'm announcing a new opportunity which i'm super excited about. 33goff street where we will provide 200 new navigation center beds which will take us over our goal. this is absolutely incredible. [applause] and let me tell you, i would like to say we could wave a magic wand and this could happen, but it can't. it takes a village. the village of the people who are standing behind me today. there's work that goes into constructing these places. there's the people who have to manage the facilities 24/7. there are so many people to thank for helping us to not only maintain the shelters that we have but to also raise their hand and say we are with you, we are here to help, we are here to do whatever it takes to support this effort, and they have stepped up. our amazing, amazing shelter partners, many of our community-based organizations, including five keys, the episcopal community services, st. vincent depaul society of san francisco, community housing partnership, p.r.c., the lower street community services, providence foundation, hospitality house, larken street youth services, hamilton families, homeless prenatal programs, dish, compass family services and catholic charities. all of these organizations do not only tremendous work of working with us on our shelter system but they also work with us on our wrap around supportive housing system here in the city. they do amazing work, and we are so grateful, because we couldn't do this work without them. so thank you to our nonprofit providers. and also thank you to many departments in the city who work together to make this possible, including the department of homelessness and supportive services, the department of public health and dr. grant colfax is with us here today. the san francisco public works department, the real estate division, the san francisco police department, the human services agency and the port of san francisco. many of our department heads are here today. and we are grateful for their leadership and working with us to identify locations to negotiate the lease and the terms to staff, to provide assistance and especially the department of public works, because they oversee all of the buildout. as you can see, many of you are probably tired from that three-flight stairs that you climbed to get here. did he tell you a commitment. i got my steps in so i'm excited about that. but part of their role is to put in the elevators necessary because standing on this space will be where people will reside. the second floor will provide the services and support the people need to wash their clothes and to eat and to come together as a community and to get the services and support that they need. so right now, you see an open, empty space, but it's going to be an incredible space for the people that we plan to serve. i want to thank the neighbors and advocates who have championed these navigation centers in various communities. i know it hasn't been easy, and oftentimes, there have been a number of challenges. everyone is into thed to into t- entitled to their opinion, and we understand there is a lot of uncertainty and people are concerned, but i'm hoping that we fulfill our promise to make sure we provide the support that the folks who are homeless need while maintaining the safety and other issues that people were concerned about in the communities. i want to thank members of the board of supervisors who work with us to open navigation centers and more specifically, i want to thank our state partners. the legislation that state senator scott wiener helped to lead in sacramento is why we were able to open the navigation center on the embarcadero as quickly as we were able to open it. so it's give up us a tool that has just really made this goal a reality. so thanks to senator scott wiener, assemblymember david chiu and hill ting who has been necessary to providing the funding necessary. so it really is a village that has come together to make this possible. so we are meeting the goal that we set. and we are hoping that we see a difference and we feel a difference. and ultimately shelters are helpful. but we also have to get more housing built in this city so that we can get folks into a safe, affordable place to call home. nothing is more important than ensuring that there is housing opportunities for all people, for all levels of income. that is really ultimately where i'd like to see our city go and what i will be striving to make happen. what are the next steps after meeting this goal? well, it doesn't stop because we met a goal. it's time to set a new goal. it's time to do more work. so i know the folks who have worked on this including power who really is my policy director but has led this effort and worked with his team and others to make this a reality, i know a lot of them are saying oh, my god, mayor, what else can we do? we are working hard every single day to get this done. and we have more to do. people are counting on us to do more. and doing more means that we have a place for people to go. yesterday when i was out at the embarcadero and the hot team, they were out there talking to people, they were able to fortunately get three people to commit to a shelter bed at the embarcadero navigation center, but that was three people. there were a lot of other folks that refused service. and some of those people were having a number of challenges. and as a result, we needed, of course, to do more. and doing more means that we meet people where they are, whether there is a mental health challenge, whether there is a substance use challenge, we need to make sure that we have a place for everyone to go when we're offering assistance. so part of my goal is to provide 2,000 additional placements. and when i say placements, i don't mean navigation center beds, i just mean placements. meth sobering centers, safe injection sites, places where people can go to get a hot meal or wash their clothes or take a shower. meeting people where they are. so for example the woman that we ran into who clearly was struggling, clearly needed help and support, was hungry, probably needed a shower, had a lot of things and refused to accept the service that we provide. what do you do for that person? she said she was hungry but did not want to go to the navigation center. so having an alternative, having a place that meets people where they are is also important. so when we talk about the next steps, the next step is to provide 2,000 additional placements for people, whether that is navigation center beds or sobering centers or safe injection sites or mental health stabilization beds, whatever that is, we need to expand those opportunities so that we can really make sure that we make an impact of what you see on the street. drop-in shelters a number of other issues, and i want to make sure that we are prepared to make the investments to do just that. we are already looking at locations throughout san francisco that could hopefully be, even if they are temporary pop-up locations like restaurants do pop-ups, so why not in this particular case, take something innovative and for the moment, provide an opportunity to support people in need and meeting them where they are. i'm really excited about the next step that we are going to take, because ultimately, along with these shelter beds, along with the investments that we are making, along with building more housing and opening up more places for people to live, we are going to see a difference. and, again, thanks to the support from members of the board of supervisors, we have identified locations, we have been able to open up more locations. but also we have been able to make investments in master leasing a number of buildings that have provided much-needed housing. last week we broke ground on the abigail over 60 units of wrap-around supportive house. you all know about the bristol and others. we are talking about over 300 new units of supportive housing in our system that we did not have before, which means transitioning people out of shelters into permanently-supported housing. that is so key to the success of what we are trying to do here today with adding more shelter beds to our system. and so i want to, again, thank supervisor peskin for being here today and continuing to work with us and to be an advocate for supporting navigation centers, including the one right here in his district. and at this time, ladies and gentlemen, the supervisor for district 3, supervisor aaron peskin. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. i think mayor breed has said just about everything, but i will add a few things. as somebody who has been on and off the board of supervisors for 20 years, i remember the battle days when san san francisco's government denied the fact that we did not have enough shelter beds. there has been a change in recent times under mayor lee followed by mayor breed, and i am dried to be a part of that solution. i also want to say to the folks who live in this neighborhood, that we will hold ourselves accountable, and you have to hold us accountable. i want to say to chief scott and to the folks from there that we make sure this is the best-run facility that does not adversely impact the folks who live here and call this home. we have done that in the case of other navigation centers, and we have to make that be true here. i also really want to thank a community that wants to be a part of the solution. we have had a number of meetings here in the neighborhood, and i will be quite candid, they are not without controversy. people are concerned and rightfully so. and it is my job and the mayor's job and our department of homelessness' job and our police department's job to make sure that we do it right. i am committed to that. and we will make that come true. and i really want to thank the lower polk neighbors, lower polk community benefit district for their support and their trust in the city and county of san francisco. and now let's get this done, 75 beds here. we are going to have more community meetings including next week, and i want to hear from folks in this community. and like i said, we are going to get this thing right. thank you, mayor breed. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor peskin. and jess could not be with us today because he is in school right now along with a number of other department heads who are working on ways to improve what we do in san francisco so that we can make sure that we are working together to produce the results that our city deserves. but whittle, the deputy director of the department of homelessness and supportive services is here today. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed and thank you supervisor peskin. i'm horned to be -- i'm honorede today. when the department of homelessness was born three years ago, we identified a gap in our city's housing and shelter system. we were able 1,000 beds short of the demand for emergency shelter. today thanks to the vision and leadership of mayor breed, the commitment of our hsh team and all of our city departments in our fantastic community-based providers, we are closing that gap. [applause] whoo! the 1,000 bed initiative represents the largest shelter expansion over the last 30 years. the built upon the work to shelter 3,000 individuals every night. temporary shelter is a core component of the city's homelessness response system, but it is only one component. we recognize that housing is the solution to homelessness, and we must create more permanent exits from homelessness through all creative means possible. with that in mind, we begin 2020 having fully deployed coordinated entry, allowing us to match resources to the individual needs of our clients. we begin 2020 with the stronger partnership across city departments to reach the hardest to serve individuals on our streets. we begin 2020 with new permanent supportive housing units opening up this year. and we begin 2020 by expanding problem-solving interventions that empower people to resolve their own homelessness. yet we recognize that our unsheltered neighbors are suffering on our streets and all of our residents, our businesses and our visitors demand more us. today marks the milestone in that direction. it is an honor to be here today with justin vazquez, who you will hear from shortly. [applause] and whose inspiring journey to exit homelessness. a special thanks to each and every one of you across our city who volunteered our time to serve food and bring dignity to your neighbors who operate and work in these valuable programs who everyday advocate for bettes into your community like this one, who work tirelessly for the city and county of san francisco and to all of you who commit yourself to our shared vision of ending homelessness in san francisco. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. now someone who has been an amazing partner with working with our transitional population has been five keys and they are executive director steve goode, is here to provide remarks. steve. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. it's truly an honor to be able to be here to speak to everybody about the work we are doing at both the embarcadero navigation center and at 125 bayshore. our work at five keys and i'm sure the work of the other providers is informed by the fact that homelessness, in fact everybody affects everybody in san francisco whether it's a child having to walk past a homeless encampment or myself having to work to my office and seeing a body and wondering if they are alive. most of us at one point in our life have been one paycheck away from being homeless. unfortunately for so many of -- and fortunately for so many of us we had a family member we could lean on. but when you face substance abuse, a woman escaping a violent partner, those options become fewer and far between. that's why five keys came truly applauds mayor breed and supervisor's efforts to get homeless as the number one priority in san francisco about 1,000 beds and now the initiative for 2,000 more places. we strive at five keys to provide a safe and welcoming and dignified place where we can help stabilize guests with their work. we work with them to get them off the streets and address the core issues of homelessness. we are working with h.s.a. and our city partners to navigate through the complex matrix of city services to truly help our clients and guests get the services they need, the essential services, including housing, permanent housing and healthcare. this is accomplished by a coordinated system of city departments including the hot teams and shelter guests are assigned a care manager that works with each guest on their core issues that led hem them to homelessness, where we work to address the problems in their lyes, in particular, mental illness with our partner bayview foundation and their great work in dealing with mental health issues. the goal is to help our clients get the services they need, whether it be access to medical care or needed medication. our number one goal of operates is to provide a safe and dignified community for the resident of san francisco that are without shelter, provide a respite from the streets for a place to live until housing becomes available. in our view, there is no greater urgency than getting people off the streets and providing a safe, stable place where they want to be as an alternative for living on the streets. this helps to restore dignity and helps those without shelter. if our guests do not feel safe with us, then we are not doing our jobs, and that's our number one priority. thank you. [applause] >> and now someone who can speak to their experience and how the navigation center and the bayview has supported and helped them, justin vazquez. [applause] >> hi, what's up, everybody? so basically i was incarcerated for about nine months. in incarceration, just getting there, i had no sense of direction. not a very good attitude, you know? and immediately my head turned to education to do something different with my life to stop living paycheck to paycheck, to stop the inconsistent lifestyle and hurting those around me and myself. and as soon as i fully invested in five keys, everything changed. community, it's like a huge word right now, like what's happening with the people surrounded that want a change that want something different that isn't being homeless, isn't involved in drugs or, you know, several of the issues that just cause a lot of problems. so upon getting released, captain was my case managers patrick in custody, helped me set up everything with the navigation center. and wanting to move forward, staying out of the streets, staying out of trouble and attending school and prioritizing. so with that, i was at the center for about six months. great, everybody's super extremely supportive, very positive, willing to help with whatever. and if you really want it, it's there for you. and i truly believe that five keys implements that to the people. yeah, so moving forward, i did get the support with school, got my g.e.d., enrolled into city college. so currently attending that. and i live right up the street. got a place and staying out of trouble. it's great. [laughs] [applause] and i just want to verbally thank everybody that's on my support team, donna, patrick, aisha, meg, jeff from the navigation center and the department of homelessness and mayor london breed. the whole community that's putting this together. thank you. i really appreciate it. best of luck to everybody else too. [applause] >> justin, thank you so much. it's so great when you can actually hear from someone who had the experience and to see all of the amazing people who are part of justin's village and what they did to support him and now it's really amazing. so i'm really happy for you. and we are looking for good things to come. so thank you so much for sharing your story. [applause] now at this time i would like a community member who is a general manager of music city s.f., peter jacobson, to say a few words. [applause] >> first i would like to say thank you to mayor breed, to supervisor peskin and really to everyone else who has been just so welcoming to us throughout this process. my name is peter jacobson, i'm the general manager of music city. we are located at bush and polk. we are committed to supporting local developing musicians in san francisco. growing up, to me san was a place of creativity, of community and of empathy. our neighborhood here is rich in community and creativity but for an empathetic person, it can be a disspiritting place to be. homelessness is the defining issue that our city faces today. and in many areas like this one, it's one that's impossible to ignore. my heart is broken every day working here. the proposed navigation center in this building represents critical resources for 18 to 24 years old. these are young people who have already been failed by our system. the question i would like to ask is what happens to an 18-year-old who is experiencing homelessness who is denied the help that they need? denied possessions, hygiene, denied the guarantee of a safe place to sleep. realistically, the best case scenario is a 30-year-old experiencing homelessness. we live in a city with a $12 billion annual budget. navigation centers like this one alone will not solve the problem, but they are a massive step in the right direction. i know there are hundreds of people who would like to have their opinions heard. our organization has been blessed with being in communication with supervisor peskin's office on this project for over a year. as a member of the board of lower polk neighbors, we have been doing everything to make sure the feedback reaches the right places. every department involved whether the mayor's office, the department of homeless, sfpd, every department is committed to making sure this project is a success. my plea is this, for all who involve themselves that we may approach this crisis, not with appear apathy but with hope. the moment we accept the suffering of others is the moment it becomes inevitable. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, peter, for that perspective, especially just really calling out the importance of why this particular navigation center is important to young people who if provided this sort of opportunity, anything could be possible. and i don't take for granted that everyone is fortunate enough to have a network of people that they could rely on for support or to just get them over that hump. and we are grateful that we have opportunities like this and incredible service providers that work with young people every single day. and i'm excited about this navigation center and what it's going to do. it not only will house transitional-age youth to help them transition to hopefully permanent housing opportunity with our uprising campaign, is that what it's called? rising up. thank you. our rising up campaign where we are on a mission to make sure that we raise enough money to provide support to transitional-age youth in this city so they can get permanently housed. and larken street has been really at the forefront of that particular program. and i'm excited about what that's going to do. i'm also excited about our partner in this effort, good will, who down stairs along with i think is it google? google and goodwill? anybody remember? no? oh, just goodwill. oh, sorry. they will probably be using the search engine of google to find jobs. [laughter] but downstairs, good will who provides incredible services, provides opportunities for people to get a second chance at life, will provide a employment and training program for those young people. so the way this building is about to be used and what it's going to do to support young people to help them not only succeed but to thrive is going to be incredible. so i'm looking forward to it. we are going to work hard to get it open sooner rather than later. and in addition to the places that you all know, we are opening up as navigation centers, we also have supervisor safai who is here today who was instrumental in opening one of our first navigation centers for parking for people who were living in their vehicles. he worked really hard to get that location open in this community against fierce opposition. so we want to thank supervisor safai for joining us here today in his work in his community as well. so a lot has been done but a lot more to do. so, again, thank you to all the department heads, the service providers, the people of this community, the lower polk merchant association and so many incredible folks who really support these efforts. i want to lastly say that as much as i wish we could wave a magic wand and make great things happen for the city and improve the quality of life and the condition of people's lives, there is no quick fix. there is no one thing that's going to solve one of the most significant challenges that we face as a city. but this, along with other efforts that we put forth together, are going to really improve the city for the better. and i'm looking forward to doing many more things like this throughout our city. and i want to thank all of you for being here today. thank you. [applause] -- [♪] ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. there's over 120 service providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5% -- to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu shots, dental care, groceries, so many phenomenal service providers, and what makes it so unique is we ask that they provide that service today here it is an actual, tangible service people can leave with it. >> i am with the hearing and speech center of northern california, and we provide a variety of services including audiology, counselling, outreach, education, today we actually just do screening to see if someone has hearing loss. to follow updates when they come into the speech center and we do a full diagnostic hearing test, and we start the process of taking an impression of their year, deciding on which hearing aid will work best for them. if they have a smart phone, we make sure we get a smart phone that can connect to it, so they can stream phone calls, or use it for any other services that they need. >> san francisco has phenomenal social services to support people at risk of becoming homeless, are already experience and homelessness, but it is confusing, and there is a lot of waste. bringing everyone into the same space not only saves an average of 20 hours a week in navigating the system and waiting in line for different areas, it helps them talk, so if you need to sign up for medi-cal, what you need identification, you don't have to go to sacramento or wait in line at a d.m.v., you go across the hall to the d.m.v. to get your i.d. ♪ today we will probably see around 30 people, and averaging about 20 of this people coming to cs for follow-up service. >> for a participant to qualify for services, all they need to do is come to the event. we have a lot of people who are at risk of homelessness but not yet experiencing it, that today's event can ensure they stay house. many people coming to the event are here to receive one specific need such as signing up for medi-cal or learning about d.m.v. services, and then of course, most of the people who are tender people experiencing homelessness today. >> i am the representative for the volunteer central. we are the group that checks and all the volunteers that comment participate each day. on a typical day of service, we have anywhere between 40500 volunteers that we, back in, they get t-shirts, nametags, maps, and all the information they need to have a successful event. our participant escorts are a core part of our group, and they are the ones who help participants flow from the different service areas and help them find the different services that they needs. >> one of the ways we work closely with the department of homelessness and supportive housing is by working with homeless outreach teams. they come here, and these are the people that help you get into navigation centers, help you get into short-term shelter, and talk about housing-1st policies. we also work very closely with the department of public health to provide a lot of our services. >> we have all types of things that volunteers deal do on a day of service. we have folks that help give out lunches in the café, we have folks who help with the check in, getting people when they arrive, making sure that they find the services that they need to, we have folks who help in the check out process, to make sure they get their food bag, bag of groceries, together hygiene kit, and whatever they need to. volunteers, i think of them as the secret sauce that just makes the whole process works smoothly. >> participants are encouraged and welcomed to come with their pets. we do have a pet daycare, so if they want to have their pets stay in the daycare area while they navigate the event, they are welcome to do that, will we also understand some people are more comfortable having their pets with them. they can bring them into the event as well. we also typically offer veterinary services, and it can be a real detriment to coming into an event like this. we also have a bag check. you don't have to worry about your belongings getting lost, especially when that is all that you have with you. >> we get connected with people who knew they had hearing loss, but they didn't know they could get services to help them with their hearing loss picks and we are getting connected with each other to make sure they are getting supported. >> our next event will be in march, we don't yet have a date set. we typically sap set it six weeks out. the way to volunteer is to follow our newsletter, follow us on social media, or just visit our website. we always announce it right away, and you can register very easily online. >> a lot of people see folks experience a homelessness in the city, and they don't know how they can help, and defence like this gives a whole bunch of people a lot of good opportunities to give back and be supported. >> the bicycle coalition was giving away 33 bicycles so i applied. i was happy to receive one of them. >> the community bike build program is the san francisco coalition's way of spreading the joy of biking and freedom of biking to residents who may not have access to affordable transportation. the city has an ordinance that we worked with them on back in 2014 that requires city agency goes to give organizations like the san francisco bicycle organization a chance to take bicycles abandoned and put them to good use or find new homes for them. the partnerships with organizations generally with organizations that are working with low income individuals or families or people who are transportation dependent. we ask them to identify individuals who would greatly benefit from a bicycle. we make a list of people and their heights to match them to a bicycle that would suit their lifestyle and age and height. >> bicycle i received has impacted my life so greatly. it is not only a form of recreation. it is also a means of getting connected with the community through bike rides and it is also just a feeling of freedom. i really appreciate it. i am very thankful. >> we teach a class. they have to attend a one hour class. things like how to change lanes, how to make a left turn, right turn, how to ride around cars. after that class, then we would give everyone a test chance -- chance to test ride. >> we are giving them as a way to get around the city. >> just the joy of like seeing people test drive the bicycles in the small area, there is no real word. i guess enjoyable is a word i could use. that doesn't describe the kind of warm feelings you feel in your heart giving someone that sense of freedom and maybe they haven't ridden a bike in years. these folks are older than the normal crowd of people we give bicycles away to. take my picture on my bike. that was a great experience. there were smiles all around. the recipients, myself, supervisor, everyone was happy to be a part of this joyous occasion. at the end we normally do a group ride to see people ride off with these huge smiles on their faces is a great experience. >> if someone is interested in volunteering, we have a special section on the website sf bike.org/volunteer you can sign up for both events. we have given away 855 bicycles, 376 last year. we are growing each and every year. i hope to top that 376 this year. we frequently do events in bayview. the spaces are for people to come and work on their own bikes or learn skills and give them access to something that they may not have had access to. >> for me this is a fun way to get outside and be active. most of the time the kids will be in the house. this is a fun way to do something. >> you get fresh air and you don't just stay in the house all day. iit is a good way to exercise. >> the bicycle coalition has a bicycle program for every community in san francisco. it is connecting the young, older community. it is a wonderful outlet for the community to come together to have some good clean fun. it has opened to many doors to the young people that will usually might not have a bicycle. i have seen them and they are thankful and i am thankful for this program. >> directe[roll call] >> chairwoman: item three, announcement of prohibition, please silence your cell phones and all electronic equipment. they are prohibited at the meeting. the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing of or use of one of these devices.