Transcripts For SFGTV CCII Commission On Community Investment And Infrastructure 20240712

This is the regular meeting of the commission. I would like to welcome the public and the staff. Following the guidelines set forth by local and state officials during the health emergency, the members of the Economies Commission are meeting remotely to ensure safety for everyone including members of the public. Thank you, all, for joining us. Please call the first item. Thank you, mr. Chair. The first order of business is item 1, roll call. Commission members please respond. Commissioner brackett present. Commissioner ransomscott present. Vice chair rosales present. Chair bustos present. The next is item 2, announcements. The next meeting will be november 3, 2020 at 1 00 p. M. Please be advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make comments unless the Commission Adopts a shorter period on any item. During the Public Comment period, viewers are instructed to dial 14156550001, enter the access code which is 146 413 2620. Youll need to press the pound sign twice to enter the call. When prompted, press star 3 to submit your request to speak. When you dial star 3, youll hear the following message. You have raised your hand to ask a question. Please wait to speak until the host calls on you. When you hear your line has been unmuted, this is your opportunity to provide your Public Comment. You will have three minutes. You can stay online and listen to the meeting or choose to hang up. If youre planning to comment on any items, its recommended that you call the Public Comment line on the agenda. This will allow you to listen to the live meeting and will prevent you from experiencing a delay caused by live streaming. Todays presentation and other meeting materials are available on our website. The next order of business is item 3, report on actions taken at previous closed session meeting, if any. There are no reportable actions. The next order of business, item 4, matters of unfinished business. There are no matters of unfinished business. The next item 5, matter of new business consisting of consent and regular agenda. First the Consent Agenda. Authorizing a personal Services Contract with c. H. Elliott and associates, a Sole Proprietorship to provide real estate and fiscal Consulting Services for Hunters Point shipyard phase one and two. To increase the contract amount by 41,585 from 100,000 to a total aggregate contract amount not to exceed 141,585 for Web Development services. Action number, resolution number 272020. Chair bustos anyone from the public who wishes to speak or provide comment on the item . At this time, members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item should call 14156550001, enter access code 146 413 2620 followed by the pound sign, then pound sign again. Please press star 3 to get entered into the queue. Well allow a few moments for the public to call in. Madame secretary, no callers on the line. Secretary thank you. Mr. Chair, at this time there are no members of the public wishing to comment on this item. Chair bustos hearing no request to speak, i close Public Comment. Commissioners, may i get a motion for these items on the Consent Agenda . I move the Consent Agenda. Chair bustos thank you, vice chair. A second . I second that movement, chair. Chair bustos thank you, commissioner scott. Please take roll. Secretary please announce your vote. Commissioner brackett aye. Commissioner ransomscott aye. Yes. Vice chair rosales yes. Chair bustos yes. Secretary mr. Chair, the vote is 4 ayes. Chair bustos thank you, motion carried. Please call the next item. The next item is the regular agenda item, 5c, authorizing a memorandum of understanding with the San Francisco Mayors Office of housing and Community Development, mohcd, governing administration of the home Legacy Foundation Homeownership Grant Program and authorizing payment from the phase 1 community funt to mohcd to fund the Legacy Foundation Grant Program. Hunters Point Shipyard and bayview redevelopment project area, resolution number 282020. Madame director . Thank you, through the chair. Thetime before you just stated is to approve the m. O. U. Between the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development and the office of infrastructure, more specifically the Community Benefits required under the phase 1 and phase 2 in Hunters Point shipyard and bayview Hunters Point. And were asking for an allocation of funds for the phase 1 fund to help fund a down payment. We have our Legacy Foundation and most of the activity is governed by the plan that the Legacy Foundation approved. This is also overseen by the cac and we have members present as well. With that, id like to turn it over to the department to present on the item and also identify partners who are here from mohcd as well as [inaudible] good afternoon, everyone. Commissioners. My name is i will be presenting today, the request to enter into with the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development and oii for the Homeownership Grant Program. Action before you today, is a request to authorize the m. O. D. With the mohcd Assistance Program to provide 130,000 from the Hunters Point shipyard phase 1 Community Benefit fund. Today will consist of overview of the Community Benefit program. Overview of the Legacy Foundation. Overview of the Strategic Plan, to buy the commission on february 7, 2017. And the Legacy Foundation down payment Assistance Program. The Legacy Foundation award to date. The overview of the phase 1 Community Benefits. The first two in bold, are programs that Legacy Foundation is a ocii Community Benefits. And thats the Community Benefit fund as well as the Community Facilities [inaudible] phase 2, the Community Benefits program. The programs that have access are programs that were carried over from the phase 1 Community Benefits program. Also a quick reminder the Legacy Foundation purpose, which is Legacy Foundation Community Benefits fund is to reinvested in the bayview Hunters Point community to low and moderate income families for Community Development needs, social services, Affordable Housing, education [inaudible] and public safety. Next slide. The Legacy Foundations mission is to commit to building, strengthening and maintaining the bayview Hunters Point community. The foundations fundamental mission is to alleviate the impact of properties on the San Francisco bayview Hunters Point community, the core values of the legacy since the transparent, accountability, collaboration, and community. Next is a reminder of the Strategic Plan that was approved by the ocii commission on february 7, 2017. Next slide, please. Thank you. The commission with Strategic Priorities in the fiveyear plan included neighborhood building, education and workforce and homeownership. Next slide, please. This is an overview of the Legacy Foundations phase 1 fund. As you can see, its broken down into the three focus areas of neighborhood building, education and workforce, and homeownership. Today under education and workforce, we see that 25,000 has been expended in the education and Workforce Program on the Computer Tech center as well as Strategic Planning services. As i mentioned, to date, the Legacy Foundation has awarded 25,000 to the urban ed academy for the bayview Hunters Point, which is Technology Instruction and center for students living or attending school in bayview. This was through a competitive process and awarded in january of 2020. Next is the phase 2 fund. It consists of 475,000 the bayview legacy scholarship and 25,000 for the travel abroad scholarship for a total of 500,000. Why were here today is to discuss the hub ownership down payment program. The priority is to promote and support successful homeownership and access to home buyers financing for low and moderate income to bayview Hunters Point households. The assistance to Financial Assistance is providing affordable and acceptable homebuying financing, including first mortgages, assistance for qualified participants. The bayview Hunters Point Legacy Foundation Homeownership Program, also known the Legacy Program will prioritize existing bayview residents for the program area which include zip code which includes residents in zip codes 94124, 92134 and 94107. Purchasing homes in the [inaudible] next is existing bayview residents of the program area purchasing a home in San Francisco. And finally, San Francisco residents purchasing homes in the program areas. On november 18, 2019, the Legacy Foundation board voted unanimously to Mayors Office of housing and Community Development as the administrator for the legacy in town Grant Program. Based on their experience and their expertise in administration of existing homeownership Assistance Programs for the city and county of San Francisco. Ocii can make a onetime payment of 180,000 to the Mayors Office of housing. They would then make available five loans of 32,500. These loans are no interest and no Monthly Payment loans. The loan amount decrease 20 each year. And the loan would be for in its entirety at the end of the fifth year. The Mayors Office of housing would be entitled to 9,000 or 5 of the fund to cover the administrative fees associated with administering the program. The funds will be transferred to the Mayors Office of housing within 90 days of execution of the m. O. U. I would like to give information about next steps and what is coming up for the Legacy Foundation approval before opii commission. The next program would be the bayview Hunters Point Scholarship Program for 475,000 and the college which has allocated 50,000. The scholarship and educational support will make Postsecondary Education possible for students in the bayview Hunters Point area up to the age of 30. The Legacy Foundation will partner with qualified organizations to administer these scholarships. That concludes my presentation. Im available for questions and we also have tamly little from the tammy little from the Mayors Office of Housing Available to answer any specific questions you have about the administration of the Grant Program. Thank you. Chair bustos madame secretary, anyone from the public who wishes to speak on the item . Secretary at this time, members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item should call 14156550001, 146 413 2620. You will need to press star 3 to be placed in the queue. If youre already listening to anyone listening by phone already, press star 3 if you would to like to provide a comment. Ill allow for a few moments for people to call in. Madame secretary, there are no callers on the line. Secretary thank you. Mr. Chair, at this time, there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to comment on this item. Chair bustos okay. Hearing no request to speak on this item, ill close Public Comment and ill turn to my fellow commissioners for their comments and questions. Lets start with commissioner scott. Commissioner ransomscott thank you, mr. Chair. I just cant thank you enough for this comprehensive presentation you just gave us and thorough presentation it is. I am just excited and was excited as i was reading about this for the hope, especially during a time like this. That is gives and so much light at the end of the tunnel for homeowners and wouldbe homeowners and students. This is great and im very moved by it. And thank you for it. And i just totally support what is coming forth. Chair bustos commissioner brackett . Commissioner brackett i have several questions. My first question, when was the last time that the Legacy Foundation members met . The last meeting was before covid in february of this year. There was a march meeting scheduled, but in abundance of caution, that meeting was postponed. The Legacy Foundation is planning to have a meeting in the next few weeks as they are reviewing information for not only the Scholarship Program, but also the contract Assistance Program. I was also reading that the current board of supervisors and that you were trying to replace additional members. Could you give me a listing of who is currently sitting on that board of directors for the Legacy Foundation . Or who would be the representative . So is the member at large still ted hunt . Ted hunt is still a member. He, unfortunately, is having a couple of technical difficulties today, but hes trying to get on the line to come on and speak in support of the lit program. So hopefully, he might be able to call in before the meeting is over. But, yes, ted hunt is still a member, active member of the Legacy Foundation. And bell . Yes, still an active member. And kelly . Carmen kelly resigned earlier this year. However, we have reached out to the supervisor to see if they may have a recommendation for a replacement. Commissioner brackett dr. Honey cut . Yes, dr. Honeycut is the chair. Commissioner brackett what about the mayors representative . Is there a representative there as well . We do we do take advice from the Mayors Office, but not currently. We do have other members that are active. Neil legan, Joyce Armstrong and joyce Eloise Patten are also members of the Legacy Foundation. Commissioner brackett okay. Then my second question is, this Strategic Plan was approved back in 2017. What efforts have been made to take into account the current economic climate . And the impacts of covid on this new legacy as we move forward with this Strategic Plan . Youre correct, it was approved in february of 2017. Can you be a little more specific about what information youre looking for of how it would be related to covid. If i may, if i may. This is nadia sesay. That is a good question. We had challenges in meeting. We have to make sure that it satisfies the current needs. So well be working with them to see if there is an important to see what other changes we can accommodate. As you can see, reaching the expiration. Were more than halfway there. So this could potentially be an opportunity to because we havent had a meeting since covid, this could be something the board will discuss at that next meeting because circumstances are different. That is not changed materially, but everybody is having those conversations at every level on how covid is impacting the community and what can we provide in support and benefits . Commissioner brackett my other additional question, this amount that is allotted for homeownership will only serve five families over five years, is that correct . Yes. There are there will be five loans that are available. And it will be on a first come first save basis for families that qualify. First comefirst serve basis. The families can work with the Mayors Office of housing to try to get the funds as soon as possible. So the plan was to roll it out over five years, but i think since we are, as director mentioned, about halfway, the goal would be to get the funds out to families that are qualified as soon as possible. Commissioner brackett my other question is, how many families in the past have you worked with that have interest in part of being a down payment program. A lot of people, minor, or none at all . Well, the Legacy Foundation itself has not actually worked with any families because they dont administer the program. But they did meet with the Mayors Office of Housing Community Development Staff on several occasions as well as had listening sessions with Community Members and organizations to come to the recommendations that you find in the program, including the homeownership or the need for homeownership down payment Assistance Program. Commissioner brackett i guess i was trying to figure out the need in terms of the community. When im looking at the Legacy Foundation grant, its heavily on Workforce Development and education, which isnt a problem, but there is a problem in terms of access to homeowner home buyer programs for people who would like to get into the new properties that are being built. My concern was if were only serving five families with the larger part of the grant and we know thats the complaint in the last five years, if that is something that the Legacy Foundation had thought about or had discussions about, maybe changing the amount that they may be diverting over to home buyership and reducing the scholarship amount, or if there was any discussions on that . Okay. So i know probably maria wants to give overview, so ill let you do that as the Homeownership Program at large and then we can talk more specifically to the Legacy Foundation and what more they can do. Thank you, director sesay. This is Maria Benjamin from the Mayors Office of housing development. So good to see your faces. Our hope is that this amount, this grant that is targeted in these zip codes will be used in combination with some of the citys other programs, the other down payment Assistance Programs we have where we give 375,000 toward down payment. Or on the purchase of a b. M. R. , one of those units that are coming in the future in that neighborhood so that this will be in addition to those programs that are already there. Its a small youre right. Its five homeowners, but weve been really doing a lot of Community Outreach and working in the community. As you know, commissioner, this is one of the this is one of the main things that people are saying, hey, help us. And so we are were working on targeting the community and we see this as another way of because if this is going to work, then perhaps there are other Funding Sources that can come towards this model. Thank you, maria, i think that, in our minds, as i think about this, there is an opportunity to refine the Strategic Plan. There is also an opportunity to see this as a pilot if its successful and there is additional need which we know there is plenty. The reason we targeted this in partnership with mohcd is because we know the costs and other things. Combining this, as we continue to grow on it, but the fiveyear Strategic Plan is an opportunity to refine that. Of course the Legacy Foundation has all the authority to do that, but im sure listening to the feedback were hearing from you, im sure theyll explore that and take that into consideration as they revisit the fiveyear Strategic Plan and meet again. Commissioner brackett my last question. How does the impact of our vote affect the time line . As we know its slated to be to 2022. Does that mean if we dont approve it or approve it today, it may impact us drawing down the money and continue with the program, or does it get pushed out further . It does. If i may, it does delay the use of those funds. Again, as you saw in one of the slides, this will be a subset of the almost 1 million that is programmed within the Strategic Plan for phase 1. So there is still a substantial amount remaining, but because weve been working on this for quite some time and this is really providing resources to the community and they have blessed this since last year, but because of covid and trying to create this new initiative, it took us a little longer to get it in front of the commission, so that is something we can use and we believe its a model for other programs. So, yes, it will slow us down. But again, the point im making, there is still additional dollars in the Legacy Foundation that need to be deployed. So were going to be coming back to you. We come back to the commission to give update every year. During covid this summer. So youre always going to get a bite of the apple. Im basically urging we move this forward so we can show some progress and try to deploy the funds and get mohcd to do the other two identified as upcoming programs. And that would allow us to inform Legacy Foundation what opportunities exist. Programs that have been identified and the allocation in the Strategic Plan, is that consistent with current needs . Or is it something we need to resist . But again revisit . But again, Legacy Foundation makes the decision. Were going to convey the feedback youre giving us right now. Commissioner brackett my only concern is that if we approve dollars set aside and approve a bunch of things coming down the pipeline and there is no more money, then were stuck with the bucket weve chosen as a commission. But i do also understand the urgency of getting the fund out there so our constituents and the community at large can take advantage of this opportunity because people really are trying to figure out a way to anchor themselves here in San Francisco via home buying. I know maria has been working hard with eric on trying make the program as flexible as possible, but theyre still confined within certain things. I just want to make sure that as a commission were doing Everything Possible to kind of think about those things. And to kind of make sure all of our partners and amazing people who work on the commission, we dont want to stress them out and put extra work on them, but these are things coming from the community and we want to be mindful were paying attention to those. Thats the reason im asking the questions i am today. I appreciate that. I would like to add, please, the difference in the phase 1 and phase 2 funds, presenting the program in one Strategic Plan, these are two separate programs and two separate buckets of money. And the phase 1 programming was money that the Legacy Foundation did have a bit of flexibility in being able to actually fund and respond to the different needs after hearing from the community in these listening sessions with Community Members and community organizations. But the phase 2 funds with the scholarship are actually prescribed and specified in the d. D. A. , but there is no flexibility to change any of those funds or use them on another program. Theyre specifically to be used for scholarship purposes. Commissioner brackett thank you for that. Agbossoumon agbossoumon bo chair bustos thank you for the very good questions. Vice chair rosales the question that i did have was basically presented by Maria Benjamin and answered. I was very pleased to hear the presentation that this Grant Program down payment Assistance Program will be paired or will be coordinated and collaborated, if you will, with the other existing and much more robust down payment Assistance Programs. And i just want to put a pitch out there and im sure youve thought about it. This money. The m. O. H. Programming and of course, the c. O. P. Focus. Id like to be able to say that in every lens that we use, particularly when we have so much opportunity, that we pay close attention to the c. O. P. Holders to be front in line for these opportunities. Thank you. Chair bustos thank you, vice chair. I totally agree. Thank you, Maria Benjamin for the work youre putting into this and thank you also for being vigilant to make sure that we are able to expend these resources or approve these resources to go to the families that need them. My dream would be to have more folks come back to San Francisco. Folks who have the city in their blood and dna. So that would be wonderful. So thank you, everybody. Commissioners, may i have a motion to approve this item . Excuse me, chair, it looks like we have a member from the Legacy Foundation who wanted to speak and i believe hes on the Public Comment line right now. Chair bustos okay. Well listen to his comments and then were ready to vote, though. Secretary okay. Miss phone operator, do you have the caller . Caller, do you want to speak. If you want to speak, please press star 3. Thank you. Hello . Yes, hi, caller, state your name and provide your comment. Thank you very much. This is dr. Veronica honeycut. Good afternoon to all you wonderful commissioners. You know what were trying to do. We understand what our Community Needs. They need Educational Resources and they certainly need access to homeowner assistance and access to financial resources. This program coupled with the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development will allow us to get started on helping five families. Were very excited about this. This program. I have heard that you are cognizant of what our Community Needs and this is the beginning with this homeowners Assistance Program. We hope that well be able to do more in the future. Thank you so much for this opportunity to speak with you. We urge that you vote in favor of moving this measure forward. Thank you very much. Chair bustos thank you, doctor. Madame secretary, is that everyone . Secretary do we have any additional callers . We have one additional. Secretary thank you. Please put them through. Caller, go ahead. Hello, good afternoon. Can everyone hear me . Yes, your name . This is lashaun walker. Good afternoon, commissioners and director. Just wanted to call in representing part of the Development Team for these Community Benefit funds come from and say, yay, glad this is finally come before you this afternoon for a vote. Its been a while coming for all the reasons that have already been outlined. And thank you to maria and mohcd because as she has outlined and dr. Honeycut outlined, these funds will be stacked and combined to try to meet some of the needs that commissioner brackett has talked about. We are excited. There are some limitations, commissioner brackett, in terms of the d. D. A. Its already been outlined for the phase 1 funds, but the phase 2 funds allow for more flexibility because the Community Members that sit on the legacy fund are concerned about the current needs. I thank you in advance and wanted to come on and say, yay, thank you. Chair bustos thank you. Anybody else on the line to speak is this speak . No additional callers. Chair bustos thank you. Commissioners, we have this item before us. Im looking for a first commissioner brackett i would like to make a motion to approve agenda item 5c, authorizing memorandum of understanding with the San Francisco Mayors Office of housing and Community Development governing the administration of the Legacy Foundation Homeownership Grant Program and authorizing payment of 180,000 on the phase 1 Community Benefit fund to mohcd to fund the Legacy Foundation Grant Program and Hunters Point shipyard and the redevelopment project areas. Chair bustos great. May i have a second . I second that motion. Chair bustos thank you very much. Madame secretary, we have a first and a second. Please take roll. Commission members, please announce your vote when you call your name. Commissioner brackett yes. Commissioner ransomscott yes. Vice chair rosales yes. Chair bustos yes. Secretary mr. Chair, the vote is four ayes. Chair bustos motion carried. Madame secretary, please call the next item. The next order of business is item 6. Public comment on nonagenda items. Chair bustos madame secretary, anybody wishing to speak on this item . At this time, members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item should call 14156550001. Enter access code 146 413 2620. Press the pound sign then pound sign again. When prompted press star 3 to get placed in the queue. If youre already listening by phone and would like to provide Public Comment, please press star 3. Well give them a few moments. Madame secretary, no callers on the line. Secretary thank you. At this time, mr. Chair, there are no members of the public wishing to comment on this item. Chair bustos okay. Ill close Public Comment. Madame secretary, please call the next item. The next order of business, item 7, report of the chair. Mr. Chair . Chair bustos i dont necessarily have a report, but wanted to just share with the commissioners as well as members of the public that, you know, at o. C. I. Reconsider not only staff, but those who come before us from the public as family. And there has been a long period of silence from some of our regulars, many who may not have agreed with us and shared their concerns. But i just want you all to know that i did get a chance to speak with ms. Vincent, ms. James and ace washington and just wanted to on behalf of o. C. I. Give them a call to check in and see how theyre doing and if they need anything. Theyre all doing well. I just want everyone to know that, our family is still complete. So we thank you all of the leaders in the community for their hard work and when theyre not around, it is noticed by us because their voice is very important. Just wanted to share that. Madame secretary, please call the next item. . Secretary the next order of business is item 8, report of the executive director. Item 8a, informational mum dumb on the transbay essex hillside maintenance request proposal. Item 8b informational memorandum on intension to issue a request for qualification for a lead developer replacement to develop up to 112 units of Affordable Housing on blocks 52 and 54 in the Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment project area. Thank you, madame secretary. Through the chair, item 8a before you is informational. Responsible for monitoring and maintaining the property identified in the description. And we currently have existing contract with mgm management which expires january 31, 2021. And is planning extension because we know how much time it takes, staff is now requesting and seeking to issue a new request for proposal to maintain the property. Maintenance of the existing park. The next item, with regards to Hunters Point shipyard block 52 and 54. In 2018, we had a Development Team that consisted of salazar as leads, bayview Hunters Point multiservices with additional architects as well as Property Management jon stewart and company. And the rest of this year, mbs contacted oci to communicate they were withdrawing and terminating their participation within the Development Team. So in order for us to proceed with the development, we issued to replace them as lead developer. We intended to keep paying the remaining team members and any contracts that are in place. The idea is not to cause disruption. It will cause a delay, but would like to keep the team intact. If there are no questions, the staff will proceed with issuing these. Happy to answer any questions and respond to questions if you have any. Chair bustos thank you. Madame secretary, any speaker cards for this one . Secretary at this time members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on these items should call 14156550001. Enter access code, 146 413 2620. Press the pound sign then pound sign again. Press star 3 to be placed in the queue. If youre already listening by phone, press star 3 if you would like to provide a comment. Madame secretary, there are no callers on the line. Thank you. Mr. Chair, there are no members of the public wishing to comment on these items. Okay. Hearing no request to speak on the item, ill close Public Comment and turn to my fellow commissioners for any comments or questions they may have. Commissioner brackett . Any questions . Commissioner brackett can you come back to me last . Thank you. Chair bustos commissioner scott . Commissioner ransomscott im wondering if there is anyone that we know of right now that will be position as the developer . Not yet . That is the proposal of the we have the usually players, so usual players, so there will be a developer who responds. I understand we dont know yet. But there are participants that weve worked with that are skilled in this field. They have to go through the process, review, interview and then select. Commissioner ransomscott so there are hopefuls . Yes, yes. Commissioner ransomscott wonderful. Chair bustos vice chair . Any comments or questions . Vice chair rosales i had a question. If its a public record, do we know why the mccormack team is withdrawing . Its a combination of factors. Its the ply indication of the complication of the site as well as the delay in the work that is being done. We can talk more about it if you like. We did not get anything in writing or communications with them. But that is what we know. Vice chair rosales okay, thank you. Commissioner brackett i notice various deadlines that are coming out. Are those hardset dates for the r. F. P. , or are those a general outline of what youre proposing . For now, you know, they are hardset dates, but as we know, reserve the right as a agency to change. For now, this is what we intend to require, but we have the right to make changes as needed. Commissioner brackett okay. Thank you. Chair bustos okay. Madame secretary, please call the next item. Secretary the next order of business is item 9. Commissioners questions and matters. Mr. Chair . Chair bustos i dont have anything. Commissioners, anything you may have . Seeing none, okay. Madame secretary, please call the next item. The next order of business is item 10, closed session. A, conference with Real Property negotiators pursuant to california Government Code Section 549 a 6. A closed session calendared to give direction to staff regarding the potential sale of the property described below. The property is 200 main street, portion of block 3739, lot 008 rchlth known as transbay block 4. Negotiating parties for f4 Transbay Partners llc, a Delaware Limited Liability company, a joint venture of urban pacific development, affiliate of Hines Interests limited partnership and broad street Principal Investments and goldman sachs, consisting of mercy housing california, f4 Transbay Partners and lowincome housing tax Credit Investor limited partner. Under negotiation will be both price and terms of payment. Mr. Chair . Chair bustos do we have any speakers in line for this item . Secretary at this time, members of the public who wish to provide comment on this item should call 14156550001. Enter access code 146 413 2620. Followed by the pound sign and found sign again. Press star 3 to be placed in the queue. If youre already listening by phone, press star 3 if you would like to provide a comment. Again, well allow the public a few moments to call in. Madame secretary, no callers on the line. Secretary thank you. At this time we have no members of the public wishing to comment on the item. Chair bustos hearing no request speak, ill close Public Comment. Were going into closed session. I ask fellow commissioners to log on to a separate link that was emailed to you. We will return after the session has concluded. Thank you. Will that turn off . I hear a little bit of the music. Mr. Chair, before we okay. So actually, were back on. Thank you. Sorry, dr. Scott. If you want to did you wanted to Say Something first . Yes, along with recognizing many of our are we okay . Can you hear me . I was just saying you recognized some of our people that were not able to see and we havent heard from that have been to our meetings in the years. Ive been also checking on them and giving calls like Linda Richardson and dr. Walker and others. So theyre doing and theyre still boots on the ground and everything. And serving well. So some of them have said theyre praying for us and thinking about us and keep up the good work. Nadia, yeah. So thats it. Chair bustos thank you for sharing that, dr. Scott. Madame secretary, do you want to get us back out of closed session . Secretary were back. Were back on. So thank you for members of the public, we are back in regular session and there is nothing to report from the closed session items. Mr. Chair, if youd like to go ahead and conclude, or ill call the last item, item 11, adjournment. Mr. Chair . Chair bustos thank you, madame secretary. Can we have a motion to adjourn . I move, mr. Chair, that the meeting be adjourned. Chair bustos okay. And commissioner brackett, okay with seconding . She seconds it. All right, thank you, ladies and gentlemen and members of the public. We are now adjourned at 3 05. Thank you very much. Commissioner green . Present. Commissioner guillermo. Present. Clerk commissioner christian. Present. Commissioner chow. Present. And commissioner chung. Present. Ill do the approval of the october 6, 2020 minutes. The gang is all here. The commissioners have any edits or if not we can entertain a motion to approve. Motion to approve. Second. Second. Theres no one on the Public Comment line so far today. President bernal all right. Clerk [roll call]